Chapter 1 Another Side of the Restricted Area

On the other side of the Restricted Area, Han Xiao reached his destination. The air was thick with a foul, rotten smell, carrying a slight toxicity. The plants on the ground grew in a distorted manner.

"The area is a bit large. I don't know the location of the Boss Beast King."

Han Xiao put down the metal box in his hand. After opening it, he quickly donned the Viper-Modified armor. He observed the outside through the holographic screen. Usually, it was the same as normal vision, and he could zoom in or out at any time. Moreover, the screen had various scanning modules that collated data, giving him a more detailed understanding of the surrounding environment. In the upper left corner of the screen was radar monitoring. The small radar could detect life signals within a diameter of one kilometer, and the power could be increased to three kilometers.

The scanning and analysis module could analyze what kind of creatures had passed by some time ago from the slightest traces on the ground, and it could also analyze and record some unknown things, and record them into the database, which was rich in functions.

The filtering device made the foul-smelling air fresh. Han Xiao could hear his own breathing. The armor's thermostat made him very comfortable and not stuffy at all.

He carried guns and some grenades, all fixed on the armor's rails, fully armed without affecting his movements.

Han Xiao moved his hands and feet to familiarize himself with the armor's controls. With a spring of his legs, he leaped nearly ten meters in one step, delving deeper into the Restricted Area.

He was now in standby mode, and the bonfire reactor was recovering more energy than it consumed, keeping the energy at full capacity.

Radar monitoring was always on. As long as there was a life target with a strong signal, it might be the Beast King. Since the Beast King that spawned each time was not fixed, Han Xiao was not sure what species the target was.

After running for five minutes, more than a dozen life signals appeared. Han Xiao adjusted the zoom of his vision with a command, and the eye scan magnified like a sniper scope. The current control mode did not require neural links. He needed to use voice to control various functions. The intelligent chip could analyze this simple instruction, and Han Xiao also set up voice identification, which could only identify his voice as a command, and others could not use it.

Hundreds of meters away, more than a dozen giraffe-like beasts were栖息 (qīxī, resting). The ferocious bone spurs on their bodies showed that they were not docile at all. Several of the largest giraffe beasts raised their necks and looked in his direction, seeming to have spotted him.

"Stealth mode."

Optical camouflage was activated, and the armor surface turned into the color of the surrounding environment, like a chameleon. At a rough glance, no anomalies could be found, and the armor gaps were sealed, not leaking a trace of odor.

Those giraffe beasts shook their heads, didn't spot him, and then lay down again.

Enemies high-level enough could see through the stealth, but these beasts were far from it. Han Xiao continued to move forward, constantly searching for the target.

Two hours passed. He had scanned dozens of kinds of mutated plants and animals, all of which were recorded into the database. He also fought several beasts with different signal strengths to enrich the data and determine roughly what level each signal strength was at.

The highest-level beast he had encountered so far was a group of level forty-two wolf-mastiff-like beasts, not the target he was looking for.

The sky darkened, and the night in the Restricted Area was even more dangerous. Various beast howls sounded from different directions, which were eerie to hear.

If he didn't have the armor, the night in the Restricted Area would indeed be very dangerous, but the darkness could amplify the Viper-Modified's stealth ability, sealing its various odors and sounds, like a stone, inconspicuous.

"Still haven't found the target." Han Xiao sat against a giant rock, pressing yellow bullets into the magazine one by one. He changed his vision to night vision. The database had recorded the area he had walked through. The possibility of the Beast King entrenched in the center of the Restricted Area was higher. That was the Lauperte Ruins. The closer to the center of the Restricted Area, the more frequently he would encounter beasts.

With a thought, Han Xiao issued a command. The leg armor of the calf suddenly separated, revealing a small space inside, storing some small spider detectors. Han Xiao activated these detectors, let them disperse, and head to the central area. Everything they saw would be fed back to his vision.

The spider detectors shook their heads and left at a good speed. After a while, Han Xiao saw the situation in the central area through the detector's camera, seeing many ferocious beasts passing by.

Suddenly, the image fed back by Spider No. 1 trembled slightly, and there was a violent collision sound in the distance. He saw those beasts gathering in one direction.

Spider No. 1 crawled onto the back of a long-haired pig and followed along. In the picture, two Supers appeared, being chased by various beasts, running for their lives. One of them was an Esper, who could release a hazy white shockwave from his hand. The power was good, and it repelled the approaching beasts again and again, but the sound attracted more beasts, a vicious cycle, drinking poison to quench thirst.

"There are other people in the Restricted Area?" Han Xiao raised an eyebrow. The next moment, he saw a giant white lion five meters high and more than ten meters long appear. Wherever it passed, other beasts fearfully avoided it. Those who failed to avoid it were bitten to death by the giant white lion in one bite, crushing a path in the beast horde.

Han Xiao's eyes lit up. This was likely the Beast King.

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Yang Dian and Nide were running for their lives, panting for breath, their lungs burning. Hundreds of mutated beasts were chasing behind them, and a giant white lion whose aura was so terrifying that they couldn't muster any fighting spirit was hot on their heels.

"It's all your ability, the sound attracted the beasts," Yang Dian gritted his teeth and said angrily.

Nide slapped his palm back, and the hazy white shockwave spread in a circle, repelling the approaching beasts again. Hearing this, he said angrily, "Shut up, if you hadn't been careless, we could have quietly crossed that pack of wolves. Stop talking nonsense, what do we do now?"

Yang Dian took out a tablet computer while running and browsed the map. He hurriedly said, "We are approaching the center of the Restricted Area, it's very dangerous, quickly change direction!"

The two hurriedly turned around, the beast horde chased closely, and the giant white lion was chasing the closest. Nide's shockwave hit it, only causing it to stop moving, and even failing to make the white lion retreat. Nide was sweating profusely, and his strength was gradually exhausted.

At this moment, a broken wall suddenly appeared in front of them, and there was a crack in the ground below, just large enough to accommodate a human being rolling in sideways.

The two were overjoyed.

"Quick, hide inside!"

Suddenly, Nide noticed a huge shadow expanding rapidly under his feet. He turned his head in astonishment. The white lion leaped into the air, and its huge claws slammed down. The strong wind was like a knife scraping his face, making it difficult to open his eyes. The oppressive feeling almost suffocated Nide.

"You go first!" Yang Dian shouted, pushing Nide away and punching out towards the claws, dense blue flames缠绕 (chánrào, twining) his arm.

He was a martial artist with a strong physique and was better at resisting hits than Nide. He thought he should be able to block this blow.

The fist collided with the claws with a bang.

A series of cracking bone sounds rang out. Yang Dian's arm bone was fractured, and several ribs were also broken by the aftershock. He suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, flying out dozens of meters like a small stone, plowing a dirt mark on the ground, with blood overflowing from his mouth and nose.

Nide hurriedly pulled him into the crack. The claws that followed closely scratched on the crack, splashing gravel, and the two almost failed to escape.

"What a terrifying force!" Yang Dian's face twitched in pain. He, a powerful martial artist, was seriously injured with one blow. The strength of this lion was terrifying.

Nide was even more horrified. He knew his companion's strength, but he couldn't even withstand a single blow from the white lion.

This time, things looked grim.

With beasts surrounding them outside, the two had no choice but to rely on the crack to survive, and showing their heads would mean death.

The beasts couldn't squeeze in, and their claws scratched at the crack, trying to dig out a larger opening. The repeated impact sounds made the two feel terrified.

Yang Dian took out bandages and ointment to bandage the wound. Next, there might be a desperate fight, and he could only endure the pain to restore his state. Nide on the side was also squeezing his stamina to restore his strength.

At this moment, the beast horde under the broken wall crowded together, colliding with each other. The white lion suddenly roared and began to slaughter other beasts. The beast horde also began to kill each other, blood splattering, and roars continued.