"I'll be damned!"
Bai Ye stared at the information displayed on the light screen, stunned for half a second before letting out a curse.
Jin Sha asked, "What do we do now?"
Bai Ye shrugged. "What else can we do? There's one minute left. After entering the restricted zone, you're on your own."
Jin Sha's expression grew serious. She raised her fist towards Bai Ye. "Good luck."
Bai Ye bumped fists with Jin Sha. "Same to you. May luck be with you!"
Since they were randomly teleported to different locations within the base, it was highly probable that the two of them would not be together. From then on, they would have to rely on themselves to survive.
Even if Bai Ye wanted to help Jin Sha, he couldn't.
A minute was a very short time. Soon, Bai Ye noticed Jin Sha's body becoming increasingly transparent, gradually fading away. He then looked down at his own hands and found that he was experiencing the same thing.
Bai Ye couldn't help but grin.
He had always been the one to initiate the restricted zones, sending others within the area into them. So, was it his turn to enjoy the benefits now?
As Bai Ye pondered this, everything around him went dark. When the light returned, Bai Ye found that his surroundings had completely changed.
He was in a narrow corridor. It was cold, and the walls and floor were covered with noticeable frost. Apart from that, there was nothing else.
Bai Ye didn't act immediately. Instead, he took out a cigarette pack from his pocket, lit one, and put it in his mouth, deciding to gather his thoughts.
Firstly, the research base becoming a restricted zone was something Bai Ye had never encountered in his previous life. As for the reason, the information provided after triggering the restricted zone explained it clearly.
Bai Ye knew that three Predators had completed their rite of passage by hunting Xenomorphs. However, he didn't know there was a follow-up: new Predators had arrived and engaged in a battle with the Xenomorphs within the research base, thus turning it into a restricted zone.
The situation was easy to understand, but Bai Ye was worried about the pyramid ruins. If Xenomorphs had managed to get from underground to the surface, wouldn't that mean the Predators and humans within the pyramid ruins were already finished?
However, Bai Ye felt there was still hope, due to the rewards for the restricted zone mission.
The three restricted zone missions were quite straightforward. Whether it was Xenomorphs or Predators, they intended to kill any humans they encountered, so surviving and leaving the area would count as mission completion.
The survival mission was relatively simple; as long as one could escape, everyone would benefit.
Of course, the mission rewards weren't particularly impressive. Among the three standard Predator equipment, the cloaking device and plasma caster, which were products of future technology, were absent. All he got was a broken wrist blade. As for throwing discs and daggers, they were probably similar to wrist blades. Predators also had their preferences; although the wrist blade was standard, not all Predators used it.
However, after escaping from the Xenomorphs, he could obtain a distress beacon. This was interesting because this item was required to join the human faction.
In Bai Ye's memory, the process should have involved finding the distress beacon in the research base, receiving a human distress signal from the pyramid ruins, and then proceeding to the pyramid ruins as part of the human faction to activate the restricted zone.
The situation at the research base had now changed, but this item was still here.
Bai Ye wondered if this could be interpreted as everything within the pyramid ruins not being over yet.
As for the final restricted zone mission, killing a Xenomorph Predator...
This would be difficult.
A Xenomorph Predator was a Xenomorph monster created when a Predator was infested by a Xenomorph. Its strength was considerable, and the reward tier immediately increased. The plasma caster, one of the three standard Predator equipment, appeared, along with a retractable net gun, which was also a decent weapon.
It was just that the number of God Stone fragments was a bit small, only two.
However, Bai Ye felt it was understandable.
Hadn't higher-tier items appeared?
Even if the plasma caster was at the bottom of the black-quality high-tier items, it was still a high-tier item.
"It's a shame about the computer system and bio-mask," Bai Ye scratched his head. "But since we've been pulled into the restricted zone, getting a plasma caster is fine too."
As Bai Ye thought this, he tossed out the gacha machine.
At a time like this, how could he not draw from the gacha?
As the machine spun, Bai Ye went for a double draw this time, and two gacha balls rolled out simultaneously.
Bai Ye squatted down and picked them up. Both were blue.
"Mediocre, I suppose!"
Bai Ye tapped the two gacha balls together like knocking on eggs, and then both balls cracked open.
Shaolin Dragon Claw Hand (Martial Art) (Blue): One of Shaolin's many fist techniques, with immense destructive power but slightly weaker defense. Effects: Rend (15% chance to rend armor below blue quality), Inner Force Burst (Upon successfully grabbing a target, Strength increases by 20 points).
A close-combat martial art. Bai Ye thought it was passable, as he had said before, "mediocre."
As for what appeared in the other gacha ball...
It looked familiar!
Grenade Pouch (Item) (Blue): Equipped with six 82-2 all-plastic pinless grenades, six SL01A smoke grenades, six
Ultimately, Regice was to blame. The appearance of the Ice Pillar caused the beasts living in the glacier to suddenly become active.
And the existence of these beasts was what Bai Ye found most unfathomable. He wondered if their presence would cause any variables.
"As long as they don't cause me trouble."
Thump, thump, thump...
As Bai Ye was thinking, heavy footsteps suddenly echoed from ahead, and then a massive figure slowly appeared before Bai Ye.
Bai Ye was speechless. "The worst comes true? Can't you give me some face? Do you have to be so jinxed!"
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