12

When Bao Zi successfully awakened her Fire Ability and joined Kyushu Base's Special Ability Army for training, Gou Liang, Shi Buyu, and the others had finished collecting information on the Ultra Beasts in C City and were heading south, where the Ultra Beasts were more concentrated.

The further south the train went, the heavier the atmosphere of the team became.

After crossing the line of death at 30 degrees north latitude, Gou Liang saw that the Ultra Beasts were getting more and more energetic. Whether it was their speed or strength, they were much stronger than the Ultra Beasts they had encountered before.

In fact, the system had already discovered the existence of Ultra Beasts. The higher the temperature, the denser the distribution of Ultra Beasts.

However, Gou Liang could not warn them in advance since they knew nothing about Ultra Beasts.

And now, the team had encountered their first Ultra Beast — an Ultra Beast that could turn the ground into a swamp.

The sonic repellent was ineffective against Ultra Beasts, so when the modified train stepped into the Ultra Beast's territory without any warning, the ground suddenly turned into a swamp, and the train immediately sank!

"Evacuate!"

No matter how fast Shi Buyu reacted, the train was still swallowed into the swamp.

The engine was still running, but the train suddenly stood upright, and the ninety-degree tilt caused everyone to slam into the rear of the train.

Yu Sen and Jang Ren worked together to catch everyone.

"Not good, there's an energy cluster approaching! Watch out for the Ultra Beasts! "

Gou Liang shouted.

As soon as his voice fell, a huge earthworm beast in the swamp opened its mouth and swallowed all seven carriages, including the people, before they could successfully break out of the train.

The next moment, both the earthworm beast and the swamp disappeared in a violent explosion!

Gou Liang was tightly held in Shi Buyu's arms. The roar of the explosion caused him to lose his hearing for a moment. He shook his head and opened his eyes, only to see that everything within a kilometer radius had been blasted away by the lightning. The only thing left in the bowl-shaped crater was scorched earth and the seven of them.

"The train …"

Gou Liang looked at the remnants of the iron and thought of the special ice cream he had not finished yesterday. His heart ached.

"Shh, let's get out of here first!"

Shi Buyu took out a belt and tied Gou Liang firmly in front of him. He took the only protective helmet he could grab in time and put it on Gou Liang's head, saying, "Hold on to me, don't be afraid."

"I'm not afraid," Gou Liang said anxiously. "I saw an unmanned search and rescue helicopter at nine o 'clock earlier."

"Okay!"

Without the sound wave repellent, they were instantly exposed to the exotic beasts' keen sense of smell. The excited exotic beasts roared as they approached them. Before they could jump out of the pit, countless exotic beasts' heads appeared above them, roaring at them with drooling desire.

"F * ck!"

Even Man Qin was the Eye Qin Feng was, Gou Liang's was Qin Over.

"Old Qin, support. I'll cover you. The rest of you, leave at full speed. Focus on defense!"

"Sir!"

A bolt of electricity shot up. The Ultra Beasts had a natural fear of lightning, so they all dodged, creating an escape route for them.

With the support of Qin Bei's Wind Arcana, everyone jumped out of the crater as fast as they could. Then, a bolt of lightning swept back and forth, creating a path for them. Everyone burst out with their fastest speed and ran in the direction of the drone.

After they broke through to Level 2, their Speed and Strength had greatly increased, but they were still not fast enough compared to the Ultra Beasts.

The Ultra Beasts chased after them, and the Ultra Beasts on both sides also pounced on them after the lightning disappeared. There were a few times when they almost bit Zhou Gao and Jang Ren who were guarding the flanks.

Yu Lin kept smashing ice behind him as he shouted, "It's melting, Boss! Quick!"

Shi Buyu split off a bolt of lightning and struck the surface of the ice that had turned into water. Immediately, the electric current spread out on the surface of the water. The strange beasts that stepped on the water were covered with electric current, one after another. They roared in pain, causing many strange beasts to stop abruptly in their tracks.

"Well done!"

"F * ck, Brother, don't talk nonsense!"

Yu Sen grabbed Yu Lin who was one step behind. Why didn't they take advantage of the fact that the Ultra Beasts were one step behind to run for their lives?!

After tasting the sweetness, Yu Lin did the same thing as before, stopping the Ultra Beasts a few times. Before he could relax, the cries of Ultra Beasts suddenly came from the sky.

A flying Ultra Beast's sharp claws pounced at them. Shi Buyu's eyes sharpened.

Shi Buyu let go of the hand that was holding Gou Liang, and Ask the Heavens Sword appeared. He controlled the whip-like lightning to open up a path in front of him, while his other hand slashed at the flying Ultra Beasts.

"We will deal with the Ultra Beasts in the sky. Boss, you can't waste your energy like this! You won't be able to hold on! "

"We can hold on. Everyone, speed up!"

Shi Buyu refused Jang Ren's request. Their abilities were still not a match for these Ultra Beasts. They could block them for a while, but it would greatly slow them down. Thinking of this, Shi Buyu simply increased the power of his lightning. An electric current as thick as a child's arm swept left and right, driving the Ultra Beasts that were swarming from both sides even further away. This lessened the pressure on them to defend, and allowed them to advance even faster.

"Shi Xiaoyu, open your mouth!"

Gou Liang shouted.

Seeing Shi Buyu's pale face, Gou Liang knew that his energy consumption had already exceeded the limits of his body. He was just forcefully holding on.

Just now, he had used his lightning to kill the Ultra Beasts and destroy the swamp that had swallowed them. It had already consumed a lot of his energy. Adding the energy consumption from running all the way, even Shi Buyu couldn't hold on. Because the laws of the God Realm in this transition world were very strict, under its suppression, both humans and Ultra Beasts could only use a certain amount of energy.

If he couldn't replenish his energy in time, even if Shi Buyu had a lot of Soul Power, his body would be greatly damaged if he continued to exhaust his energy.

Gou Liang immediately bought an energy pill from the system and stuffed it into Shi Buyu's mouth.

Shi Buyu swallowed it without hesitation, and his energy reserves returned to their peak. Shi Buyu was surprised, but he didn't ask any questions. He increased the electric current by several times and roared, "Full speed ahead!"

Under the pursuit of the Ultra Beasts, they entered the range of the drone's sound wave, but they didn't slow down.

Yu Sen used his wood ability to trap the drone. Shi Buyu, who had consumed the most energy, and Yu Lin, who was in charge of piloting the drone, were placed in the two-seater seats of the helicopter. The others hung down from the helicopter using vines.

Yu Lin glanced at Shi Buyu, who was carrying Gou Liang and sitting in the passenger seat. He was slightly relieved when he saw that Shi Buyu's complexion wasn't bad. He then controlled the helicopter and flew back in the direction they came from.

The loss of sound wave just now made them more vigilant. They had been on high alert, guarding against the flying Ultra Beasts. Fortunately, the accident didn't happen again.

They flew all the way out of the death zone below 30 degrees north latitude before Shi Buyu asked them to stop.

"Boss, how are you?"

"Let's go kill a few Ultra Beasts now!"

Everyone hurriedly asked.

"I'm fine. Rest here. Stay alert."

Shi Buyu untied Gou Liang from his body. Gou Liang took off his helmet, confirmed his energy status, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Shi Buyu kissed him, put him on the ground, and asked, "What treasure did you feed me just now?"

"A super Ultra Beast Pill."

Gou Liang wiped his sweat and said, "Didn't I extract the energy from the Ultra Beast Pill to make a fast food pill? This is a semi-finished product. It contains the energy of fifty Ultra Beast Pills. Fortunately, I had it with me today. "

After saying that, he asked Yu Lin to move aside and began to adjust the communication equipment on the drone.

The communication equipment on the train was connected to Kyushu Base at all times. If they lost contact, Lieutenant General Yao and the others might have already sent reinforcements. Now that the situation in the death zone was unknown, they would be sending themselves to their deaths if they came. They had to quickly get in touch with the other party.

The others were shocked speechless by his casual words.

Fifty Ultra Beast Pills?!

Yu Sen and the others looked at each other. They could see the slight disapproval in each other's eyes.

This was too dangerous. Although the energy consumed wasn't at the upper limit of the body's tolerance, the body's digestion speed was limited. Eating too many Ultra Beast Pills at once could cause the body to explode!

There was a case in Kyushu Base before.

The victim was an Ability User with some success. After eating five Ultra Beast Pills in a row, his body suddenly exploded without warning. He exploded into pieces, scaring the base into issuing a food restriction order.

Shi Buyu had absolute trust in Gou Liang. He didn't think that his method was inappropriate.

He knew very well that Gou Liang wouldn't do this if he wasn't absolutely sure. After patting Gou Liang's head, Shi Buyu changed the topic and said, "You guys stay here. I'll go hunt an Ultra Beast and come back."

They had to eat as soon as possible to recover their energy during this escape.

Before leaving, he gave the others a look that said, "Don't doubt Gou Liang."

Seeing this, the others didn't say anything.

However, Yu Lin hesitated for a long time. Before Shi Buyu came back, he couldn't help but ask, "Miss Tang, isn't it … too risky for you to give Boss a semi-finished product?"

Gou Liang, who was still adjusting the communication channel, explained, "He doesn't need to digest the Ultra Beast Pills. He doesn't have to worry about his body exploding. I originally wanted to make it into a Hundred Beast Pill."

Gou Liang did have this idea, but he didn't have the time to realize it.

It was just that he had always been the one in charge of the Ultra Beast Pills. The others never interfered with his experiments, so they didn't know if he had a finished product or not. Now that their stockpile of Ultra Beast Pills had been destroyed, there was no way to know if he was lying or not.

Yu Lin completely relaxed after hearing this. He smiled apologetically at Gou Liang and said, "Miss Tang, please don't mind. I'm just …"

Gou Liang shook his head. He looked back at him and said sincerely, "Thank you for caring about him."

Yu Lin was startled. He suddenly realized that he was already an outsider to Boss and Gou Liang.

The son had grown up and couldn't be controlled by his mother — — bah! Even if the heavens wanted to rain, the mother wanted to marry, and now Boss had a wife.

Yu Lin sighed with emotion.

The others weren't as sensitive as him. Qin Bei excitedly asked, "Miss Tang, can we also eat Hundred Beast Pills?"

If they could, then their leveling speed could be sped up!

Gou Liang glanced at him and said, "I'm afraid not. You're in danger of exploding from eating Ten Beast Pills."

Qin Bei, "… …"

As soon as Zhou Gao opened his mouth, Gou Liang looked at the others and concluded, "You guys as well."

Yu Sen's attention was on another question. "Since Captain can absorb so much energy, why hasn't there been any obvious change in his ability level?"

Gou Liang said, "His energy base is many times higher than yours. Using you guys as a reference, he was already a level three ability user when I met him. If he wants to level up, he needs a lot of energy. "

Yu Lin said, "So Boss needs more Ultra Beast Pills?"

"Yes."

Gou Liang nodded.

Everyone looked at each other and made a decision in their hearts.

Qin Bei slapped his thigh and said in annoyance, "Then why did we stock up on emergency Ultra Beast Pills? Wouldn't it be great if we gave them all to Boss? Now they've all turned to dust! "

While they were talking, Shi Buyu came back with a beast on his shoulder. Jang Ren quickly took over handling the beast meat.

At this time, Gou Liang also connected the drone communication device fixed to Kyushu Base's rescue communication station to Kyushu Base's secret communication station.

"Is this Major General Shi?!"

As soon as the communication was connected, Lieutenant General Yao's voice rushed in impatiently. After receiving a positive answer, he immediately let out a sigh of relief and said, "You guys lost contact 23 minutes ago. Did you guys encounter danger? Were there any casualties? "

"It was scary, but not dangerous."

Shi Buyu explained the situation of the swamp beast. Lieutenant General Yao's heart suddenly sank, "You mean, there's a race of beasts with abilities?"

"Yes, Lieutenant General."

Speaking of this, Shi Buyu's face was solemn, "At least the one I encountered had a special ability. It could turn the ground into a swamp. Moreover, it lives in the ground. Not only are our current detectors unable to capture it, it doesn't seem to be afraid of expelling sound waves, either. Currently, we're not sure how many of these beasts there are, or what kind of attack power they have. "

"Mhm, its energy is about ten times higher than the vertical-pupiled Tyrannosaurus."

Gou Liang added.

Let alone the shocked Lieutenant General Yao, even Shi Buyu and the others, who had personally experienced it, were shocked by this number.

The vertical-pupiled Tyrannosaurus was the beast with the highest energy storage they knew of. Although it wasn't Shi Buyu's match, if even a hundred rank ability users might not be able to subdue it, it went without saying that they wouldn't even have the chance to make a move if it was this swamp beast!

And this was only the strength of a single ability user. If a large number of such beasts appeared in the north, Kyushu Base wouldn't be able to withstand a single blow.

Thinking of this, everyone's expression turned solemn.

"We have to determine their situation. Major General Shi, I'll send some ability users to support you … "

"Lieutenant General, it's useless to ask them to come now." Shi Buyu said, "These beasts are very strong, but their beast cores are at rank ten. It's also a good opportunity for us to quickly improve our abilities. Lieutenant General, I'll think of a way to get to the bottom of their strength. First, we'll raise the level of our squad's ability users, then find a way to provide more beast cores to our comrades in Kyushu. No matter what, we'll only have hope of defeating these beasts if we increase our strength. "

"… Alright."

Lieutenant General Yao thought for a moment and agreed with Shi Buyu's suggestion. Then, he said, "Everything should be based on your safety. Don't force it."

"Yes, sir!"

Everyone replied.

Afterwards, Gou Liang proposed to have the base send over the computers and other supplies he urgently needed.

Last time, when his car was almost destroyed by a snake-like beast, he had kept an encrypted backup of all the information in Kyushu Base. Therefore, this time, he had suffered heavy losses at any time, but at least it didn't cause irreparable loss of information.

Lieutenant General Yao naturally wouldn't refuse his request, but he still couldn't help but repeat the same old words, "The death zone is too dangerous. Miss Tang, if you stay there …"

"There's no place in the world safer than Shi Xiaoyu. I won't consider returning to the base."

Gou Liang directly interrupted him.

Lieutenant General Yao thought about it and agreed. If even Shi Buyu couldn't protect him, then Kyushu Base wouldn't be able to either.

He smiled and agreed. Then, he said, "Major General Shi, I haven't received your marriage report yet. When did you become so inefficient?"

Shi Buyu was startled. Then, he laughed and said, "It's my mistake, Lieutenant General. When the time comes, you'll have to officiate at Miss Tang's and my wedding."

"Of course, of course."

Lieutenant General Yao agreed with a bright smile. The atmosphere finally wasn't so heavy anymore.

Three hours later, the supplies from Kyushu Base were urgently delivered. Everyone rested for the night, and the next day, Shi Buyu set off with the upgraded exotic beast detector that Gou Liang had updated overnight.

He didn't bring anyone into the death zone. This trip was mainly to test the waters. He had the ability to protect himself when the situation of the exotic beasts was unclear, but he couldn't guarantee the safety of the others if he brought them along.

Shi Buyu's trip took a total of ten days.

During this time, Gou Liang had finished refining the Hundred Beasts Pill.

When Yu Sen and the others learned that Shi Buyu needed a large amount of beast pills to upgrade his ability, they didn't dare to relax for even a moment. They even stopped distributing the supplies to Kyushu Base and only sent the exotic beast meat back.

[Ding! Friendly reminder: The target is less than a hundred meters away from you.]

Gou Liang, who was wholeheartedly focused on studying the eggs of the locust-like exotic beasts, suddenly came back to his senses and immediately ran out to open the door.

Shi Buyu was greeting Zhou Gao, who was in charge of guarding the car today, when he saw the door open. Gou Liang's eyes lit up, and he jumped out of the armored vehicle and pounced on Shi Buyu in surprise.

"Shi Xiaoyu!"

Shi Buyu was so scared that he hurriedly went to catch him. Just as he was about to warn him to be careful, Gou Liang hugged him tightly.

He eagerly stroked his face and rubbed his neck, pressing himself tightly against his body. Only then did he let out a comfortable sigh. "Shi Xiaoyu … I missed you."

Shi Buyu smiled and kissed him comfortingly. He stroked his back and said, "Xiao Kener, I'm back."

"That's great."

Under his kiss, Gou Liang's impatience slowly calmed down. He hugged Shi Buyu, but he was unwilling to let go.

Zhou Gao, who was standing on the roof of the armored vehicle, looked at Miss Tang, who didn't like to talk or smile these days. She finally returned to normal. He laughed and said loudly, "Boss, hurry up and cure our Miss Tang's hunger and thirst! For the past few nights, he hugged your clothes but it didn't work. He hasn't been able to sleep well. "

Shi Buyu also missed Gou Liang. He couldn't help but worry when he was away from him — even though he knew that Zhou Gao and the others would protect him even if it meant risking their lives.

Hearing this, his heart ached even more. He couldn't help but whisper in Gou Liang's ear, "I'll apply for a day off tomorrow. I'll stay by your side 24/7, okay?"

"Okay!"

Gou Liang was so surprised that his eyes lit up. But soon, he hesitated and said, "What if there's another emergency rescue mission …"

He glanced at Shi Buyu with hidden bitterness. The latter immediately recalled the terrible thing that happened when they were interrupted by the rescue mission last time — the prelude was about to get hard.

Shi Buyu kissed his lips, bit his ear, and said, "Even if the sky falls, I won't stop."