"Where am I...?"

The skeleton opened his eyes, looked around in confusion, reached out to touch the crystals beside him, and the cold touch flowed all over his body.

She rubbed her forehead that was painful and tried hard to recall what had happened before. But the memories at that time seemed to have been erased, leaving only some blurry pictures.

"What the hell is wrong?"

The skeleton face slowly stood up, looking around and staring at the nearby crystals. She was already a little confused, and she woke up instantly:

——This is the interior of the underground world?

When she came here to explore the last time, she only wandered around the entrance for a while and did not choose to come in rashly and die. But this time the situation was different. She should be in the depths of the "underground world".

Moreover, the newcomer who brought him in was nowhere to be seen at this time.

The skeleton face had no idea what was going on. As soon as the "slimming" crystallized face appeared in his mind, his heartbeat began to speed up inexplicably, and a strange heat flow seemed to surge in his body.

"What's going on with me?"

She looked down at her hands in confusion, trying to figure out where this inexplicable throbbing came from, but saw a strange picture:

My hands, which were originally "slimming", were covered with a layer of transparent crystals. The skull's face immediately rolled up his sleeves, and a layer of crystals appeared on the skin of his arms.

——Is this the same "crystalization" as that newcomer?

Realizing that he had mutated, the skeleton face subconsciously wanted to leave the place. His right foot, which was supposed to take a step, stopped in place without moving.

She immediately lowered her head and stared at her feet that she hadn't noticed just now, and immediately found that half of her foot had been embedded in the dark blue "crystal floor", but there was no pain or other feelings.

The dark blue crystal here seemed to be devouring her body. The skeleton face pulled out her feet with force, and then ran forward two steps, and there was a nearly hypnotic thought flowing through her mind:

——Sleep, it’s safe here.

——Nothing to worry about, you can sleep.

——Don’t waste your energy…

A strong sleepiness came, causing Skeleton Face's body to stagger and almost fall. Although the temptation of those sounds was extremely strong, Skeleton Face still remembered where he was, and a strong red flag suddenly surged in his consciousness.

Bang!

She raised her right hand and slapped her cheek hard, and she immediately woke up a lot. But the abnormal touch on her face made her look even more serious.

The skeleton face stroked his cheek with both hands. The face with only half of his dead bones was left, but it felt like cold crystals when it felt.

"I... are mutating?"

I noticed that the speed of change in my body was much faster than I imagined. The skeleton face tried to move my arms and feel the power of this body.

I am now much more powerful than before. If the nearby crystal was not trying to assimilate my body, the skeleton face would probably continue to stay here and absorb this powerful force at will.

In the underground cavity bombarded by the hydrogen bomb, the radiation value is incredibly high. Just standing here, the skeleton-faced body is constantly evolving.

——So, those explorers who have never returned are all bewitched by this force and are "absorbed" by the crystals in the void?

Recalling the condition of her feet, the skeleton face immediately understood the reason why the poor people disappeared. However, as a hero-level NPC, she naturally would not be as weak as those useless people.

Bang!

The skeleton face took a step forward with a firm pace and walked towards the depths of the cave.

Even if the newcomer was missing, she still chose to explore the underground void. After all, for wasteland explorers, such an opportunity is rare.

The skeleton's face took out a miniature flashlight from its pocket, and the slender beam of light shone brightened the dark void nearby. The crystals of various shapes refracted the flashlight light, as if they were exquisite handicrafts made by great craftsmen, and their appearance was wonderful.

"This place, at the end..."

The skeleton face made a confused sound and continued to walk forward.

Then, a figure appeared in front of her.

...

"Welcome back, fellow countrymen."

A cold sound rang out from the hole in front of him, causing Lin Chi's steps to stop.

The sound sounded even more ruthless than the early Frankenstein, as if it came from the cold deep sea, which was very consistent with the style here.

Realizing that the other party's voice might have come out of the crystal, Lin Chi stopped and asked, "Are you a resident here?"

"We are immortal beings, not only me, but you are the same, my fellow countrymen."

The "person" welcomed Lin Chi's arrival in a voice without any emotion. Lin Chi walked towards the direction where the sound came and finally saw the guy talking to him.

Like myself, the other party is also a "humanoid creature" composed of crystals, but his body is white, while the other party is deep blue.

Unlike humans who are carbon-based creatures, this resident is a completely silicon-based creature. He stretched out his glass-like right hand to Lin Chi, and his crystal head with a strange blue light flashed:

"You are also a member of us. By joining us, you will gain immortality and eternity."

While speaking, a line of text lit up next to the dark blue humanoid object:

Crystal man, hero level NPC (leader level), cannot be recruited.

"Sorry, I can only stay for three more days." Lin Chi told the truth.

——As a player who stays in the game for at most "five days", the "immortality and eternity" in the crystal population is just a joke to Lin Chi.

Of course, he did think of things like "immortality", but it was not in such a ridiculous way.

"You have received the gift of the nuclear god to evolve so quickly and become a member of us."

The dark blue crystal man stood there and said to Lin Chi to "know with emotion and move with reason" and continued to persuade: "You may still be bound by a lowly identity like 'human', but you must know that we have long surpassed human beings. We are the strongest existence in the world and the masters of the top of the biological chain!"

"Is that true?" Lin Chi laughed: "Then why do you hide underground?"

"Because this is the most suitable place for us to live in. Such a powerful holy light shines on our bodies every moment. Compared to the pitiful radiation people on the surface who snatch the radiation source, we are the messengers who are truly gifted by the gods." The crystal man's voice was still cold, but he was inexplicably proud.

"Oh, let me think about it..." Lin Chi lowered his head and pretended to be thinking.

He thought that in the cave, the boss battles, or special tasks, would trigger things like this, and it was indeed an unexpected situation.

However, even if the other party's words sounded very reliable, Lin Chi, who noticed the bodies in the crystal, naturally would not trust the other party easily.

"It's okay to let me join you, but I want to know something first." Lin Chi said.

"Please ask a question." The crystal man opened his arms, looking like he knew everything.

"I want to know, are you eating people here?" Lin Chi reached out and patted a piece of crystal beside him, making a dull thud: "You should know more about what is hidden in it than me, right?"

Faced with Lin Chi's doubts, the crystal man's voice was still calm, and he answered Lin Chi's question lightly:

"Please don't care, they are just weak people who have been eliminated. Poor people who are too obsessed with power will only end up in this way."

"What's going on?" A white light lit up in Lin Chi's crystal eyes.

"The stupid radiation people are trying to trek into our territory. Their poor bodies cannot withstand the process of crystallization at all. In the end, they can only be assimilated by nearby crystals and become part of the void."

Speaking of this, the crystal man laughed ruthlessly, his extremely cold voice seemed to come from hell, which sounded extremely terrifying: "The weak who cannot evolve can only end up like this, and only a very small number of the strongest can survive the crystallization."

"Oh, then forget it, I have to go back and have a look first."

Hearing the words of the crystal man, Lin Chi turned around and left without saying a word. With the strength and agility of 190 points, his whole person turned into a white flash and disappeared in front of the crystal man.

According to the crystal man, what happened here was actually a terrifying mutation, and those who were enclosed in the crystal were all the dead who failed to evolve.

Although I don’t know what the principle of this evolution is, the focus is not this now - if the crystal man did not lie, the skeleton face that remained in the cave would undoubtedly be in danger!

On one hand, there are leaders-level minions who cannot be recruited, and on the other hand, there are hero-level NPCs who have already done half of the recruitment mission. Lin Chi's choice is naturally the latter.

Moreover, the crystal person I just met does not meet the characteristics of the recruitment object described in the contract. After all, silicon-based organisms should not like to eat roast beef...

"You... want to betray us?"

The voice of the crystal man was so close that it seemed to be coming from a very close distance. Lin Chi, who was "flying against the ground" at the highway, had no interest in continuing to chat with the other party, and said perfunctorily without looking back: "I will come back..."

However, the other party seemed unwilling to let him leave easily:

boom!

The crystalline earth under his feet began to fall apart, revealing unfathomable cracks. Lin Chi rushed past the broken earth at a speed close to the sports car, but a crystal wall rose in front of him.

Slap sex!

After rushing to the deep blue crystal barrier that was twenty meters high, Lin Chi used his hands and feet to cross the obstacle within two seconds. He crossed the obstacles behind him and ran forward like a hurdler.

——Now I don’t have time to continue talking nonsense with the crystal man. If I drag it on, the skeleton face will probably be swallowed by the crystal assimilation. By then, I will undoubtedly lose a powerful leader... No, I am a capable subordinate.

Lin Chi, who was rushing forward, had a huge crystal wall rising again around his body. The terrain changed much faster this time than before, and Lin Chi was soon sealed in a confined space of about 200 square meters.

Looking at the dark blue "glass wall" around, Lin Chi suddenly waved his arm and hit the wall in front of him with a heavy punch.

Dong!

A dull loud noise spread in the clearings, but apart from a few fine cracks, no trace was left on the crystal barrier.

Seeing that the full-strength attack of 190 points was ineffective on the wall. Lin Chi didn't intend to waste his energy, so he stood in the center of the open space and moved his muscles and bones, pressed his crystal knuckles, without making any sound.

"Do you want to fight?" he shouted.

"What humans call 'glass' is extremely fragile when it is only a thin layer. Even those sad carbon-based creatures can easily break it with one punch."

The faint voice of the crystal man kept echoing in the closed space. He did not directly respond to Lin Chi's provocation. Instead, he recited the lines seriously: "But even the most fragile inferior glass can be transformed into the hardest substance in the world as long as it is large enough in volume and density. What you are facing is the most solid barrier in the world."
To be continued...