At the same time, most of the Guardians paid the price for their arrogance.

"Damn it, how did you end up near the lair of this earth beast?" A man with a slightly immature face covered his arm that had begun to fester. All three anti-venoms he carried had been used, but the fierce toxicity was still there.

It's eating away at his arm.

It seems that we can only retreat? It’s just...

There was a look of reluctance on the man's face. He was the explorer of this team. Unlike some other teams, this team was quite convinced of him. Moreover, despite the immaturity on his face, he was already

Over thirty years old.

All members of the team were attacked, but he was the only one who escaped in time and was stabbed in the arm by a sharp thorn. Unfortunately, the sharp thorn was highly poisonous. Even if he used all three antidotes prepared by Node for him,

It could only prevent the poison from spreading. Now, his arm began to slowly fester due to the poison.

In this case, he could have retreated. However, there was a girl in the same team who touched his heartstrings. At the beginning, the two of them were chatting happily. His heart fell. He thought

To rescue the girl, he was not sure that the girl would use the jump coin as he said when she was attacked, so he wanted to see if the girl was really safe.

After much hesitation, the man held the coin tightly and headed towards the dark hole. He made up his mind that as long as he was careful enough, he would return to the node after discovering the girl or confirming that the girl was safe.

It was very dark inside the cave. He activated the night vision function on the tactical lenses. When he saw it, some broken limbs and broken arms were scattered everywhere. The blood stains were still new. These should be the remains of the team members who were attacked. He even saw

I saw a half-broken hand holding a half-broken coin. It seems that the owner of this arm wanted to use the coin to escape from danger. Unfortunately, the coin can only sense human breath. As for the dead...

…

The originally flat ground began to extend downward. The man clenched his fist, and a folding device transformed into the shape of a dagger, but it was obvious that half of the dagger was missing.

The man's steps were very low. As he continued to move forward, he finally came to an open space. However, the scene that caught his eye made his eyes completely split.

In the open space, dozens of broken corpses were piled up on one side. Several small lizard-like creatures were lying on them and eating. Those were the corpses of his team members. On the other side, two human women fell to the ground.

, under their bodies, a large pool of white turbid liquid spread along with blood stains.

male

Zi recognized at a glance that one of the women was the one he cared about. When he saw several lizard-like creatures crawling and squirming beside them, the broken knife in his hand flashed a dazzling white light, but

, after he exerted force suddenly, he found that his vision became strange. With a squeaking sound, he saw the lizard piercing an ugly object into the girl's body, and his headless body slowly

Fall down...

"Li'er..." The man's consciousness dissipated, and the last thing left in his mind was the girl's eyes that had lost their luster.

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As of one hour after the jump was initiated, a total of 13,612 guardians and explorers had gone to the wilderness, the death toll had reached 9,571, and 126 had returned. There are currently 3,915 people left in the wilderness.

Looking at the data in his hand, Mr. Long sighed: "Sure enough, comfort has made the guardians lose their spirit. I really hesitate to send other teams into the wilderness."

"Long Lao, think twice!" A tall and thin man behind Mr. Long said quickly: "This time the guardian establishment has been greatly weakened. If other establishments are also dispatched to the wilderness, then our defense force will be in a vacuum.

"

"Currently, the armed forces within the node, leaving aside the guardians, are less than one-tenth of the total number of explorers affiliated with us. There are 3,000 dragoons. This is the elite among the elite. We can ignore it for the time being. The lancers

But there are nearly one hundred thousand. I really want to know how many of these one hundred thousand lancers are elites, and how many are rabble." Elder Long glanced at the tall and thin man indifferently.

Cold sweat broke out on the man's face: "Mr. Long, the Lancers are some low-level armed forces, and they only play the role of soldiers in war. This is not very necessary, right?"

"There are too many uncertainties in the future. If we cannot strengthen ourselves, then we will only face destruction." Mr. Long said with a serious face: "I know you have many things to worry about. If you go to Long Fu, just say I will give you something."

He has the right to let him form an elite team composed entirely of superpowers. The initial number is tentatively set at 1,000 people. We now have enough low-end weapons, and it is time to think about how to develop high-end combat power. As for the Guardians,

That would be the first step.”

The tall and thin man bowed and then retreated from the room.

"Let me see! Guardian, are you facing destruction or rebirth?" Elder Long sighed as he looked at the constantly changing data on the big screen.

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A few embarrassments

The figures were running fast in the waist-deep grass. Behind them, a large piece of red mist was dancing in the air. If you look closely, you can see that the red mist is made up of tiny mosquitoes. These mosquitoes

The body exuded a faint red light, filling the surrounding air with the smell of blood.

"Yoshou! What on earth are these!" A guardian kept throwing various bottles and cans behind him while running forward. Behind him, pieces of fire rose up, but these

The firelight poses no threat to this red mist.

"Stop messing with all your stuff, it's normal to run a few steps when you have time." A woman with a somewhat old-fashioned and cold face said as she ran.

"What the hell is this!" Upon hearing this, the guardian put away the bottle he was about to throw away, looked at the woman and asked.

"This is a ghost fly. It specializes in feeding on blood. I advise you, if you are really about to catch up, just crush the coin." The woman looked back at the red mist that was getting closer and closer, and there was something in her words.

With no emotion at all.

"Don't we have to return without success? No matter what, we need to get familiar with this wilderness, right?" A man in his forties said reluctantly on the other side.

"Your own life is the most important thing. If you keep the green hills, you won't have to worry about running out of firewood. If you die, you will have nothing." The man who threw the incendiary bomb earlier held the coin in his hand. He had already done so.

He was ready to crush the coin in his hand whenever the red mist came within 3 meters of him.

"I'm not willing to give in! We are elite guardians, how can we escape like this?" A guardian who looked very strong shouted unwillingly. On his chest, a bronze-colored badge followed him.

His movements were shaking constantly.

The blood mist behind them was getting closer and closer. Several guardians who were obviously lagging behind gritted their teeth and turned around suddenly. Homing cannons and various bombs were deployed by them.

"I would rather die than escape." A strong man holding a giant cannon suddenly pulled the trigger in his hand, and the cannon in his hand shot out wisps of white pillars of fire. The blood mist was sprayed by the pillars of fire, and he immediately

It turned into a piece of black ash and spread out.

"..." The cold-looking woman bit her lip and watched as the blood mist surrounded these people. A fierce look flashed in her eyes, and a sharp voice roared out of her mouth.

: "Remember, you owe me this! Without my permission, none of you are allowed to die!"
Chapter completed!