After one hour.

The fire that spread in the tower clock area was extinguished, leaving traces of scorch everywhere. The power plant under construction was destroyed, and the collapsed tower clock turned into ruins. The place became a mess, which increased the cleaning task.

A cordon was set up nearby, and Huang Yu was directing the scene. He was in a state of panic. Fortunately, some players tried their best to clean up the ruins, and the situation was relatively stable.

Thousands of players gathered in the distance to watch, looking at the dilapidated scene in amazement. The group of black shadows stepped on the brick ground to leave a series of cracked footprints. The feet had three claws and were slender in shape. It was unknown what kind of creature it was.

At this time, the group of black shadows had retreated to the river channel and disappeared. It was obviously their lair, and no one was going to provoke the unknown group of monsters for the time being.

"What beast could cause such a commotion?"

"The monsters I encountered during my exploration in the past few days are all at level ten or twenty. I thought there were no powerful monsters, but it turns out they are hidden here."

"I heard from people who experienced the scene that the results they detected were all question marks, and the danger was extremely fatal."

"Hey, you must be at least level 40 then."

"Wait and see, we will probably be asked to do a task later."

Huang Yu arranged his work, opened the communication, and reported: "Your Excellency, the situation has been temporarily stable."

"How's the loss?" Han Xiao said calmly.

"It's not good. The power plant we are building was destroyed. The building materials and engineering equipment inside were all ruined."

Han Xiao gnashed his teeth. He had expected this. Since the refuge was the main line, there might be twists and turns. Surprises came as expected. Unexpectedly, there were powerful monsters hidden in the gray iron ruins, and there were losses in building materials and engineering equipment.

Secondly, if there is no way to deal with the beast, it will greatly delay the construction period.

"What kind of beast is it."

"We are still investigating, but they are hiding in the river drainage channel. We have no idea where they are. It is very dangerous."

"Wait for me to come over."

Ten minutes later, Han Xiao arrived at the scene, and everyone gathered around to report. He listened for a while, waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then came to the footprints to take a closer look.

"Being able to crack the stone brick floor means that the beast's leg strength is very developed, and it is very heavy. It likes to live in damp and dark places, is a social animal, has unknown food, and is highly aggressive..." Han Xiao opened the tablet and searched

I searched Aquamarine's illustrated beast manual and found many matching examples.

After thinking about it, Han Xiao lifted his windbreaker, and seven or eight spider detectors landed on the ground along his legs. They crawled into the river channel in groups to detect the internal situation. The night vision of the detectors was connected to the tablet computer.

Instrument and infrared vision screen.

While waiting, Han Xiao asked casually: "Are there powerful beasts elsewhere?"

Huang Yu immediately replied: "No, only here. The cleaning work in other areas is going smoothly."

The sudden changes here have not delayed other construction. The huge city wall is under construction. Residential buildings, warehouses, energy plants, internal life support facilities, greenhouse farmland, etc. are all progressing simultaneously. Only Han Xiao can get the help of tens of thousands of players to have enough manpower to fully carry out the project.

Blossom, like the Second Sanctuary, is still exploring the city painfully, and the progress is several times slower than him.

The spider detector sent back a picture. The wall deep in the river channel was covered with mucus secreted by some kind of creature. It was very sticky and disgusting, and it was still dripping slowly.

A small spider was wrapped in dripping mucus. Its slender mechanical limbs twitched a few times and immediately shut down, as if it were wrapped in amber.

Further inside, Han Xiao saw a shocking scene. The end of the river channel was dug out by wild beasts with countless forked roads. He directed the little spider to split up. As the scenes continued to be transmitted back, everyone present became more and more surprised.

Under the gray iron ruins, there is actually an underground lair of terrifying size! It covers most of Xicheng District!

This group of beasts has been entrenched in this abandoned city for many years!

"Be a good boy..." Han Xiao was slightly startled.

The hidden beast showed its outline in the infrared vision. Han Xiao hurriedly opened the beast illustration and finally locked the target this time.

"The scientific name is Niagara Shadow Viper, referred to as Shadow Prey Viper. It is an oviparous animal with six legs and three claws on its feet. The whole body is covered with chitin carapace. It is divided into head, trunk, limbs, and long tail. Its adult body length can reach

Four meters long, claw strikes, tail flicking and biting are common attack methods. It can secrete a corrosive mucus from its mouth and excretion site, which is used to dig nests. It likes heat, darkness and humidity. It usually lives near the underground of volcanoes..."

Except there is no facehugger, this thing looks like an alien!

Han Xiao compared the database of the Viper·Change Chip and found that the life strength signal of the Shadow Prey Viper was around level 40. To the players at this time, every one of them was a small boss-level high-level monster.

It is roughly estimated that there are more than a thousand shadow predator vipers in the nest, which is a huge hidden danger in the refuge. If it is not removed, accidents like today will continue to occur, slowing down the construction schedule of Xicheng District.

Han Xiao suddenly discovered something unusual.

"Shadow Predator Vipers like hot environments. It's strange. This is a plain, and the underground should be cool and moist. How could it attract Shadow Predator Vipers? Could it be that... there are abandoned reactors or high-energy waste underground?"

He pondered secretly, thinking that it would be best to let the players detect the radiation concentration inside.

If you guessed it correctly, a group of shadow hunting vipers will have a wild boss-level beast king. Only you can deal with this thing.

The lair with complex terrain is the home ground of the Shadow Prey Viper. Han Xiao does not want to deal with a group of people by himself. Even if there is a mechanical guard group, the damage will be heavy.

Players should be able to kill ordinary Shadow Predator Vipers by using the human sea tactic. Since there are players around, they have to make the best use of them.

"Speaking of which, the corpse and eggs of the Shadow Prey Viper are a kind of potion material..." Han Xiao's eyes flashed, and he had some calculations.

At this time, Huang Yu was actively giving opinions and talking eloquently: "I think we can use large-volume explosives to destroy the underground cavity and cause landslides, leveling the nest of the Shadow Prey Viper. The result will be a collapse of the ground in Xicheng District, but this

It's an abandoned city. It won't be a big problem if it collapses. It can be used for reconstruction..."

"Good idea." Han Xiao's eyes lit up. He always likes to maximize profits within the scope of his ability. He just blew up this nest of Shadow Prey Vipers to waste, but Huang Yu reminded him that the Shadow Prey Vipers would be disturbed if they were disturbed.

A violent attack can lure snakes out of their holes, lay traps in advance, and give them a head-on attack.

He was a man of action, so he directly mobilized all the 2.5-generation Rangers who were patrolling everywhere in the river channel, and asked the people on the dark network to move the small forts over and arrange them into an array battle line, aiming at the river channel.

"Go in and put a flash bomb." Han Xiao gave a mission to Crazy Blade. Crazy Blade rushed in without saying a word, climbing up the mountain of swords and under the sea of ​​fire without batting an eyelid.

Time passed by minute by second, and the entire audience held their breath and became very quiet. Occasionally, there were players watching from a distance, whispering to each other, and staring closely at the center of the field.

The ferocious roar of the beast broke the long wait, and along with a short scream, the ground shook slightly. The sound came from the passage, getting closer and closer, and something was about to come out.

Rumble——

A large group of shadow predator vipers rushed out, with dark carapace and ferocious bone spurs. Three pairs of small scarlet eyes hidden in the bone armor were full of anger and irritability. At least hundreds of shadow predator vipers appeared.

Spotting the crowd gathering in the distance, they roared and charged towards them.

Chug tug tug——

The next second, a torrential rain of gunfire hit their heads and faces, overturning and repelling the group of shadow predator vipers. Dozens of large-caliber machine guns fired, steel-core bullets shattered the chitin carapace, the carapace cracked, and thick body fluids splashed everywhere, roaring.

It turned into wailing, struggling to stand up again and again, only to be knocked down by the rain of bullets, pressed to the ground by the continuous kinetic energy, and beaten into a sieve.

The flickering gun flames illuminated Han Xiao's side face again and again. He slowly lit a cigarette and watched hundreds of shadow predator vipers being beaten into sieves.

Not long after, the machine gun made a clicking sound, emptying the magazine and leaving bullet casings all over the floor.

The smell of gunpowder smoke filled the air, and the whole place fell silent. The tragic corpses of Shadow Prey Vipers were scattered all over the ground, in pieces.

Many onlookers turned pale and were disgusted by this truly disgusting scene.

"Bring the body back and put it in the cold storage."

Everyone quickly cleaned up the battlefield, and Han Xiao replaced Haotian to release the flash bomb. This time, the Shadow Predator Viper no longer fell into the trap. After killing Haotian, he still huddled in his lair and said nothing.

In this way, the mechanical guard group is temporarily useless. The open terrain is the best place to exert fire coverage. If you enter a narrow lair, you will only be dismantled into scrap metal by the Shadow Prey Viper one after another. It is enough to defeat the enemy once.

Players have been watching for so long, it's time to find something for them to do.

"I need some manpower to clean this nest. It is best to solve it within three days." Han Xiao said loudly, quickly setting up the task and sending it out.

"Prize Pool Mission: Clean the Nest!"

After many days, Han Xiao released another prize pool task. He found that the prize pool task was extremely easy to ignite the enthusiasm of players. As expected, the players watching the show immediately became excited and swarmed over, scrambling to take over the task.

The prize pool quickly accumulated to millions of experience points and is still increasing. The task requirement is to kill the Shadow Predator Viper and bring back the eggs. Through these two actions, you can gain contribution points, and you will be ranked according to your contribution points. The top ten will receive prizes (

Calculate the team ranking).

A large number of players are eager to rush into the nest to hunt the Shadow Predator Viper. If they are not strong enough, they will try to kill them as long as they are alive.

Han Xiao turned around and said to the four Crazy Blades: "Take this instrument to detect the radiation concentration in the nest, and observe if there are any special shadow hunting vipers. That is the Beast King. If you find it, notify me immediately. If there are any others,

If you find out, please remember to tell me."

The four of them nodded and entered the lair together.

Looking at the enthusiastic players, Han Xiao thought secretly.

"The Shadow Prey Viper is too powerful for current players. In order to hit the prize pool mission, players will have an even more urgent need for weapons. After seeing my mechanical guard group, someone must have had their thoughts..."

It just so happens that he has enough parts to sell weapons and make another profit.
Chapter completed!