"Damn it!"
Bai Ye stared at the information appearing on the 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? We have one minute left. Once we enter the restricted zone, it's survival of the fittest."
Jin Sha's expression grew serious. She raised her fist towards Bai Ye and said, "Good luck."
Bai Ye bumped fists with Jin Sha. "You too, may luck be with you always!"
Since they were randomly teleported to different parts of the base, the chances of them being together were slim. They would have to find their own ways to survive.
Even if Bai Ye wanted to help Jin Sha, he couldn't.
One minute was a short time. Soon, Bai Ye noticed Jin Sha's body becoming transparent and gradually disappearing. He then looked down at his own hands and saw that he was experiencing the same.
Bai Ye grinned.
He had always been the one to trigger restricted zones and send others in. Was it his turn to enjoy this "benefit" now?
As Bai Ye thought this, everything around him went dark. When the light returned, he found that the scenery had completely changed.
He was in a narrow corridor. It was cold, and the walls and floor were covered in frost. Other than that, there was nothing.
Bai Ye didn't act immediately. He took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and decided to gather his thoughts.
Firstly, the research base had become a restricted zone. Bai Ye had never encountered this in his previous life. As for the reason, the information provided after triggering the zone was clear.
He knew that three Predators had hunted Xenomorphs to complete their rite of passage. However, Bai Ye didn't know there was a sequel. New Predators had arrived, and they had fought with the Xenomorphs within the research base, turning it into a restricted zone.
The situation was easy to understand, but Bai Ye was worried about the pyramid ruins. If Xenomorphs had made their way from underground to the surface, it meant that the Predators and humans within the pyramid ruins were likely finished.
However, Bai Ye felt there was still hope because of the rewards for the restricted zone missions.
The three restricted zone missions were quite straightforward. Whether it was Xenomorphs or Predators, they intended to kill any humans they encountered. Therefore, surviving and leaving was considered a completed mission.
The survival mission was relatively simple; everyone would benefit if they could escape.
Of course, the mission rewards weren't exactly spectacular. The Predator's three standard equipment items, the cloaking device and plasma caster, which were products of future technology, were not included. All he got was a wrist blade. As for throwing discs and daggers, they were probably similar to the wrist blade. Predators had their own preferences; although the wrist blade was standard, not all Predators used it.
However, being able to obtain a distress beacon after escaping the Xenomorphs was interesting because this item was necessary to join the human faction.
In Bai Ye's memory, the process involved finding the distress beacon in the research base, receiving a human distress signal from the pyramid ruins, and then entering the pyramid ruins as part of the human faction to activate the restricted zone.
Now the situation at the research base had 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 Predalien...
This would be difficult.
A Predalien was a Xenomorph monster born from a Predator being impregnated by a Xenomorph. Its strength was formidable, and the reward tier instantly increased. The plasma caster, one of the Predator's three standard equipment items, appeared, along with the retractable net launcher, which was also a good weapon.
It was just that the number of God Stone fragments was a bit small, only two.
However, Bai Ye thought it was understandable.
After all, advanced items had appeared!
Even if the plasma caster was at the bottom of the high-quality black-tier items, it was still a high-quality item.
"Pity, no computer system or bio-mask," Bai Ye scratched his head. "But since we've all been pulled into the restricted zone, getting a plasma caster is fine too."
As Bai Ye mused, he threw out the gachapon machine.
How could he not draw from the gachapon at a time like this!
As the machine spun, Bai Ye went for a double draw this time, with two gachapon balls rolling out simultaneously.
Bai Ye squatted down and picked them up, seeing that both were blue.
"Mediocre, I guess!"
Bai Ye tapped the two gachapon balls together like eggs, and then both cracked open.
Shaolin Dragon Claw Hand (Martial Art) (Blue): One of Shaolin's many fist techniques. It has immense destructive power but slightly weaker defense. Effects: Rend (15% chance to tear through armor below blue quality); Inner Force Burst (When successfully grabbing a target, strength increases by 20 points).
A close-combat martial art. Bai Ye thought it was passable, sticking to the word "mediocre."
As for the item from the other gachapon ball...
It looked familiar!
Grenade Pack (Item) (Blue): Equipped with six M82-2 all-plastic frangible hand grenades, six SL01A smoke grenades, and six M84 stun grenades.
The grenade pack was an item from a green gachapon ball that Bai Ye had drawn before. Why had it suddenly become blue?
It was because the quantity had increased!
The green one only had three, while the blue one had six.
The gachapon machine wasn't about giving more for the same price.
Moreover, Bai Ye felt the grenade pack was quite useful, with very high practicality. The only drawback was that it was a consumable item.
After tying on the grenade pack, Bai Ye took a deep breath, drew his Zanpakuto, and then, with a stack of playing cards reversed under his sleeve, he began to move.
He walked along the corridor until he reached a corner, where he stopped.
A strong scent of blood.
Bai Ye became more vigilant. He then turned the corner and saw many corpses.
These were not human corpses but the corpses of spirit beasts.
Bai Ye stared at the bodies for a moment, then remembered what Jin Sha had said: many spirit beasts had run into the research base, turning it from a supply point into a dangerous supply point.
Ultimately, Regia was to blame. The appearance of the Ice God Pillar had suddenly made the spirit beasts living in the glaciers more active.
The existence of spirit beasts was something Bai Ye couldn't figure out. He wondered if their presence would cause some variables.
"As long as they don't cause trouble for me."
Thump, thump, thump...
As Bai Ye was thinking, heavy footsteps suddenly sounded ahead, and then a huge figure slowly appeared before Bai Ye.
Bai Ye muttered speechlessly, "I thought of the worst, and it came true? Can't you give me some face? Why are you such a jinx!"