Chapter 184

What the hell is this?

Did that thing run away?

Zhang Tie activated the Blood Flesh Healing Skill while touching his bald head, his face full of surprise.

If it weren't for everyone nodding in unison, he would have thought he was hallucinating.

A black shadow rushed over, and then he was knocked flying.

By the time he got up, the monster had run away.

Lin Dui?

Damn mutant, does it even run away?

The black bear's recovery speed was extremely fast; under Wen Ya's mental sharing, he simply activated the Blood Flesh Healing Skill three times in a row, and his caved chest and injured right hand quickly healed.

Huffing and puffing, he fetched a shovel to fill the road surface, Zhang Tie looked curious.

Under normal circumstances, or rather, in the vast majority of cases, mutants do not flee.

They have no concept of death; only demonic beasts and mutant beasts do.

That monster looks somewhat special...

Lin An also found it strange.

He too had never encountered a mutant that would flee before.

I don't know why, but the mutants I've encountered lately have all been somewhat special.

Marrow-sucking Spider, Rat King, the controller inside the Rat King's body, and the Empty Ghost just now.

Although mutants come in all varieties, every kind exists.

But for some reason, Lin An always felt that something was off there.

The monsters appearing around Facing River seem considerably stronger than in his memory.

Is it because, in my past life there were no chat channels, I had no way to obtain this information?

But the Empty Ghost just now doesn't look like a living creature at all; it looks more like a man-made object.

In an entangling battle, or by using a sealing sword, Lin An has absolute confidence to kill it.

But if the monster intends to play cat-and-mouse, the people behind him may not be safe.

After all, the Empty Ghost's speed is too fast; even he can barely keep up.

Logically, any mutant would either continue fighting him or simply rush past him to kill the ordinary people behind.

Bloodthirsty, man-eating.

These two traits are engraved in the mutants' genes like instinct.

He frowned slightly.

After a moment's thought, Lin An gave up investigating and instead began studying the Rat King's Ring.

He had just received a hint from the Search Special Effect.

Nearby there are a large number of spiritual energy items, and they are within 100 meters.

However, one thing surprised Lin An: the Rat King's Ring's search ability actually consumes his spiritual power on its own, without him having to activate it.

Rather than what he had thought, needing to manually activate it.

This is much more practical.

After all, in ordinary times he couldn't possibly keep the searching skill active all the time to constantly probe.

Closing the door and focusing his mind, Lin An spread out his mental search, sensing inch by inch the spiritual energy fluctuations within a hundred-meter radius.

A moment later, a glint of sharp light flashed in his eyes.

Found it!

"Zhang Tie, go southeast and dig down 67 meters."

"It should be... a package?"

As soon as Lin An finished speaking, the black bear went huff huff running over, but Huang Haitao stopped it.

"Brother Zhang, your wound isn't healed yet; let me do it."

"For such a small matter, let me, your subordinate, handle it."

He wore a sincere expression, not seeming fake.

Lin An didn't say much more, anyway, under the cover of his mental power Huang Haitao couldn't possibly hide anything.

Moreover, from his appearance he really just wanted to help out.

But Lin An always felt that this guy's way of doing things was a bit... strange.

He recalled the day the sandworms invaded the academy; this guy, in order to get him to act, simply thought of slapping himself to death with one palm.

Just to let Lin An "vent his anger".

If he hadn't intervened to stop that palm, Lin An had no doubt this guy could have killed himself.

Soon after, Huang Haitao came running over with a respectful expression, holding a military-green satchel.

The satchel was covered in fresh dirt, and the plaque in the middle read "Made by Wangjiang Army".

"Lord Lin An, the item has been found."

Huang Haitao brushed off the dirt on the satchel and presented it with both hands.

Lin An watched with interest as he lowered his head, humble, not daring to look at his own Huang Haitao:

"No need to be so formal."

"I'm curious, what did your uncle say to you?"

He always disliked this kind of obligatory humility; perhaps some people go for it, but Lin An only finds it troublesome.

Unexpectedly, Huang Haitao raised his head, his eyes serious:

"Lord Lin An, my uncle said."

"He wants me to study with you, he says you're very strong."

Lin An laughed helplessly.

Looks like Old Fox Huang Zheng is quite interesting; apparently he was frightened by his own previous tactics.

He shook his head slightly; this guy seems a bit slow-witted, but his nature is not bad.

Since Huang Zheng painstakingly wants his nephew to follow him, let him follow.

Ignoring it further, Lin An turned his gaze to the military-green satchel in his hand.

The soil is fresh, the nameplate is brand new.

It doesn't appear to have been buried for long.

Can spiritual-energy items be buried in a pack?

Either the person burying the pack fears interception and cannot keep the items safe.

Or the items inside the pack are problematic, so the other party dares not take them.

Moreover, the other party is likely nearby, ready to return and take them at any moment.

The burial pit is shallow, showing the other party isn't worried about rain washing it away and exposing it.

I just don't know if the fleeing empty ghost came for something...

Lin An pondered for a moment, then curiously opened the satchel.

At the bottom of the pack lay a blueberry-like fruit, a fist-sized transparent crystal, and a metal box.

The three items look unremarkable; the only one that appears valuable seems to be that clear, flawless crystal.

He casually picked it up.

"Ding, obtained secondary spiritual-energy fruit: 【Mist Berry】"

"Ding, obtained blue equipment: 【Telekinesis Crystal】"

"Ding, obtained special prop: 【Reformation Module】"

Secondary fruit? Special prop? Blue equipment?

Lin An looked utterly bewildered.

He felt like a mouse digging into a tunnel to forage, only to look up and find the ceiling was a granary...

However, before he could check the information, the system's notification sounds rang out in succession.

"Ding, came into contact with 【Reformation Module】"

"Ding, determined the toucher to be a player, triggering B-rank special instance 【Amoeba Worm】"

"Instance participant limit: 4, difficulty level: Dangerous-Horrific"

"Note: This mission is compulsory; please enter the instance within 7 days."

"Violators: extermination!"

Lin An froze in place, his heart sinking.

Again, a system-issued mission, and the penalty for failure has been raised to the maximum.

Compared to the Savior System, the Player System is basically Yang Bailao.

Zhang Tie dubiously patted his shoulder, his eyes continually sizing up the thing in his hand.

"Captain Lin, what's wrong?"

"Nothing..."

Lin An gave a bitter laugh:

"I stepped on a mouse trap."