Fantasy Game: Infinite City

At the same time Han Zu left the cave, 100 kilometers away was the exploration team's last temporary camp.

“Hu…Hu…!”

This was the interior of an old metal building whose details were unclear. Half of the building was buried deep underground. Several soldiers in auxiliary armor were resting against the rusted and mottled wall. Their breathing was rapid, and it was obvious that they had just experienced a fierce battle. The captain of the soldiers stood at the door, observing the surrounding environment vigilantly. There were many monster corpses lying on the ground between them.

At this time, a soldier ran over to report: "Captain, the exploration team ahead of us has reached a safe location and will soon be able to leave the building. They have also contacted rescuers who will soon arrive at their location." The captain breathed a sigh of relief, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "Everyone check your equipment and get ready to go. We have to keep up..."

“Hey…”

Before the captain could finish his words, a monster's deep voice suddenly came from the darkness on the other side of the room.

"Ready to fight!"

The soldiers quickly picked up their weapons and entered combat mode. The captain raised his weapon and aimed at the source of the sound, approaching cautiously, and the others followed closely behind.

“Hey…”

The monster that made strange noises came out of the shadows. It was huge, with a hard shell like armor, and exuded a suffocating smell. It was like a hybrid of a crustacean and a giant lizard. The Geiger counters on the soldiers' auxiliary armors were buzzing, proving that the monster was also quite radioactive.

"Roar~!!"

"Fire!"

The monster roared and charged at the crowd. The soldiers immediately began to fight back. Bullets and energy beams rained down on the monster, but its shell was indestructible and was not affected at all. The captain realized that this monster was more dangerous than the previous ones. He ordered to concentrate fire on the monster's legs, slowing it down while looking for the monster's weakness.

However, the monster was extremely fast and dodged the attack easily. It rushed towards the soldiers, waving its sharp claws, and several soldiers were injured and fell to the ground in an instant. Several soldiers were not positioned well, and the auxiliary armor could not play its best role. They were easily cut in half by the monster's claws and lost their lives instantly.

During the intense battle, a wounded soldier discovered the vulnerable part of the monster's head. Relying on the temporary strengthening potion on the auxiliary armor, he just stopped bleeding and immediately picked up the plasma rifle that fell on the ground and emptied the energy furnace without hesitation towards the monster's weakness. The severely injured monster howled in pain and temporarily stopped attacking. Taking this opportunity, the captain led other soldiers to launch a counterattack, fighting and retreating, trying to find a better attack position.

"Roar~!!"

However, before they could distance themselves from each other, the monster came to its senses and became manic due to its injuries. It charged towards the crowd again under the hail of bullets. Fortunately, the monster was not very big, only about the size of a tiger. The soldiers who were locked on it temporarily stopped attacking and flew to both sides to avoid the monster's charge.

After rolling a few times to distance themselves from the monster, the soldiers attacked the monster's tail again. Its tail was very fragile and was quickly broken by the soldiers' energy weapons. The broken tail made the monster even more angry, and it turned and pounced on the nearest soldier.

The soldier had no time to dodge and was knocked to the ground by the monster.

At this critical moment, the captain rushed forward, blocked the monster's attack with the force field shield on the auxiliary armor, and fired at the inside of the force field shield with the energy weapon in his hand. The powerful impact force generated by the force field overload successfully pushed the monster away and sent it flying.

The other surviving soldiers concentrated their firepower and were originally prepared to attack the monster's weak point on the head. However, as the monster was blown away, revealing its soft belly, the soldiers immediately changed the direction of their attack and mercilessly shot at the monster's soft belly with their weapons. With the explosion of a blood mist, the monster's belly burst open.

The monster fell down with a scream, its body twitching continuously, and soon it was silent. Its blood flowed out from the big hole in its abdomen, slowly corroding the ground and making a faint sound.

The soldiers panted, looking at the dead monsters and the bodies of their companions, their hearts filled with exhaustion and relief. After a short breath, the captain arranged two soldiers to recover the bodies and identity tags of their companions, while the others began to treat the wounded. The captain began to use the communication channel to contact the exploration team that had already arrived in a safe area.

However, when they tried to contact the researchers, they found that the communication equipment was once again severely interfered with.

At this time, a cold wind blew from the passage, carrying with it a strange sound. All the team members had an ominous premonition, and the captain immediately looked in the direction of the sound. That was the wall where the monster had charged and hit before. At this time, a hole had been opened and rain was pouring in. The two soldiers who were closest to the wall and who were collecting their companions' identity badges came closer to check and found that the strange sound came from the fierce corrosion of the metal wall by the rain.

"Captain, it's raining heavily outside, and the rain is extremely corrosive. Our auxiliary armor can't resist this level of corrosion!"

The captain acted decisively and gave the order immediately.

"Don't recycle yet, you two. Use the parts inside the building to block the gap. Send a few people to help! Block the direction the monsters are entering as well! Go quickly! After you two have recovered from your injuries, immediately continue to try to contact the headquarters. Heidi! Come here!"

The captain shouted to a soldier farthest away, and the soldier who was collecting nameplates put the nameplates into the storage compartment of the auxiliary armor, and then immediately rushed to the captain's position.

Heidi was a new female soldier. She had just finished her training not long before going on this mission. Although this was not her first mission, it was the first time she had seen such a dangerous scene.

Heidi took off her helmet and held one hand tightly on the weapon in the holster. Her expression was solemn and her eyes were wandering. It was obvious that she was a little scared, but she still persisted stubbornly.

"Heidi, Heidi? Look at me! I know it's hard for you to handle this kind of situation for the first time, but you're great. At least you didn't vomit in front of us, haha!"

The captain tried to comfort the recruits in front of him with some not-so-funny jokes, but it didn't seem to have much effect, so the captain had to change his tone and start giving orders.

"I need you to contact the exploration team. Communications are affected now, so we can only use this most primitive method. I need you to understand their situation and then come back to report their news to me. Can you do it?"

Perhaps because Heidi was too nervous, she couldn't speak, but she still nodded and accepted the captain's order.

"Put on your helmet. Remember, go quickly and come back quickly. If you encounter a monster, you must hide first. Don't try to be a hero. Do you understand?!"

Nodding, Heidi said goodbye to the captain and chased after the exploration team along the passage inside the building. Before she ran far, she heard shouting and the sound of gunfire behind her.

"Damn it!"

The captain and his men were obviously attacked by monsters again. Heidi immediately changed direction and prepared to go back to help. However, when she was halfway there, the wall in front of her was suddenly corroded, and a large amount of rainwater accumulated outside due to the terrain structure instantly poured back in, quickly flooding the ramp in front of her. Fortunately, Heidi stopped in time, otherwise she would have rushed into the deadly pool of water.

The backflow of rainwater gathered into a huge pool, and the water level rose rapidly, blocking the way back. Loud thunder could be heard through the holes in the corroded wall, and the heavy rain outside was still getting heavier.

The equipment on the auxiliary armor was not enough for Heidi to cross the huge puddle of water. She could only listen to the increasing roars of the monsters in front of her and the decreasing shouts of her companions. Heidi was extremely anxious. She wanted to use the surrounding building parts to build a way back, but those parts had long been rusted and were soon swallowed up by the highly corrosive puddle of water.

Not long after, the captain's loud shouting came from the original position. Due to the distance, Heidi couldn't hear what the captain was shouting, but then a loud explosion and the shock wave that soon came to her face interrupted Heidi's thoughts. After the explosion dissipated, the captain's direction became quiet.

Heidi stood there in a daze, a few tears dripping unconsciously.

"Boom!!"

A huge thunder roared, bringing Heidi back to her senses again. She took off her helmet, wiped away the tears on her face, put it back on, and, suppressing her sadness and fear, she rushed towards the direction of the exploration team without looking back.

Ten minutes later.

"Heidi! Great! We heard the explosion just now and thought... Where are the captain and the others?"

The leader of the exploration team saw Heidi running over. She looked a little lost.

"Captain and the others..."

"It's okay... no need to say anything..."

The person in charge immediately understood what happened, but Heidi still told the members of the exploration team what happened. Everyone was in a heavy mood and decided to contact the headquarters as soon as possible and find other safe exits.

They moved forward along the passage, encountering a lot of damaged places on the way. The highly corrosive rainstorm formed many puddles under the influence of the terrain, making it difficult for the exploration team to move forward. As the number of puddles increased, they soon connected together, leaving fewer and fewer places for the exploration team to stay. Moreover, as the rainstorm continued, the water level was slowly rising. It would not be long before the exploration team would be trapped in this place, provided that the monsters could not move in these corrosive puddles.

"This is not a solution. Let's try to contact the headquarters or the people who come to rescue us. It looks like the heavy rain outside will continue for a long time."

Heidi took out the communicator and tried to contact the headquarters or the rescue team again. Everyone gathered together and silently prayed that the signal would return to normal.

However, after many attempts, there was only noisy noise in the communicator. In desperation, they decided to look for a higher position, hoping that the signal there would be better.

The team supported each other and climbed up a slope with difficulty to the upper floor of the building. The water here was relatively shallow, but the corrosion was more serious.

Just as they were looking for a suitable location, a roar came from not far below, accompanied by the sound of liquid flowing. The monsters actually followed them, and it seemed that they had long adapted to the environment in the water.

The remaining soldiers gripped their weapons tightly, ready for a new round of battle. Even those researchers who had rarely used weapons before had no choice but to pick up their weapons.

However, the monsters did not seem to notice the crowd and were just moving around in the water. However, the monsters did not leave them too far. Just below the team, more than a dozen monsters of different sizes stopped in the pool of water and floated on the water.

Through observation of them, the leader of the exploration team discovered that these monsters are divided into genders. The males are larger in size. They float on the water and seem to be resting, while the females protected in the middle of them dive underwater and seem to be laying eggs.

"Kara..."

A voice suddenly sounded from behind a pile of debris at the edge of the pool below. Heidi, who was closest, looked at that location and unexpectedly found that a researcher was hiding there. He was left behind when the team climbed up the ramp to the upper level. Heidi signaled everyone to keep quiet, and she carefully approached the top of the researcher. The researcher was pale, trembling all over, and holding a portable scanner in his hand.

Heidi waved her hand, signaling the lone researcher to keep quiet. She was ready to find a way to rescue him, but the researcher pointed at the scanner in his hand, and then threw the scanner up while the monsters were not paying attention.

Heidi took the scanner and frowned at the data displayed on the screen. According to the data displayed on the scanner, many monsters were approaching this location. It should be a large pool of water formed by the corrosive rainstorm below, forming an environment that was very suitable for these monsters to lay eggs.

According to the scanner's confirmation of the size of the pool, this giant pool composed of multiple small pools is large enough to accommodate hundreds of the same monsters. Although the other monsters are still some distance away from this place, it is only a matter of time before they completely occupy this place. By that time, let alone the lone researcher below, everyone will become food for the monsters.

The lone researcher took a few deep breaths and gestured to Heidi, meaning that the exploration team should find a way to leave first and not worry about him anymore, as he probably wouldn't survive. However, no one in the team left, as they didn't want to abandon their companions.

Using the display screen on the auxiliary armor, Heidi conveyed a message to other members of the team, asking them to evacuate the location first, while she stayed behind to rescue the lone researcher. In order to save the team, the person in charge had no choice but to agree with Heidi's method. The exploration team moved quietly along the ramp, and finally entered a narrow passage and temporarily arrived at a safe location.

After confirming that the team was temporarily safe, Heidi turned on the optical camouflage device on the auxiliary armor and slowly descended to the researcher's position. She used her body to block the researcher. Both of them were covered by the optical camouflage, avoiding being discovered by the monsters.

However, the auxiliary armor was still somewhat heavy, and Heidi couldn't avoid making some noise, and this sound attracted the attention of a male monster closest to them.

The monster moved cautiously in the water, slowly approaching their direction.