Chapter 900: Dormant Volcano (Chapter Two in One)
Qi Lin continued to explore and move forward in the underground forest. Due to the existence of the frost dragon, there were no large mutant creatures living in this forest, but a beetle with a bright color and only the size of an egg almost made Qi Lin overturn in the gutter.
It is not completely correct to say that it is bright in color. When these beetles fall on black soil, their carapaces will turn into dark colors similar to the soil, and only when they attach to the leaves of those colorful mutant plants will the carapaces become colorful.
This ability is very close to the chameleon. Qi Lin was just not careful and was attacked by a beetle that fell from the top of his head. Although the beetle is small, its mouthpart is very sharp. It directly tore open the clothes on Qi Lin's arm and left a very obvious bite mark on Qi Lin's elbow.
Although the beetle was immediately slapped to death by Qi Lin, with the numbness and itchy feeling coming from the wound, Qi Lin only felt that his consciousness began to become blurred, and there seemed to be a mist in his vision... Then, a large number of beetles emerged from all directions and rushed towards him frantically!
If you have watched this scene, those who have watched the "Mummy" series of movies will definitely not feel unfamiliar. These colorful beetles are like scarab beetles covered in the movie. Wherever you pass, any living creature will be unable to escape...
Qi Lin had already taken out a plasma grenade from his pocket. Just as he was about to pull the pull ring and throw it out, the voice in his main brain suddenly rang out.
The voice of the master's brain seemed very far away, as if it was a hundred and eight thousand miles away, and it seemed like he was talking to Qi Lin across a dimension, vaguely unable to hear it clearly... But Qi Lin's ears successfully captured a very critical word - "illusion".
"These beetles... are hallucinations?"
Looking at the beetles that had already rushed to him, Qi Lin took a deep breath, put the plasma grenade back, picked up the assault rifle, and smashed it at the beetle closest to him with a buttstock!
"puff--"
The butt made a small hole in the soft soil, but nothing else was hit.
There were no beetles on the ground at all. The sea of insects that had just surging like a tide had disappeared. If Qi Lin had not resisted the pressure and threw the plasma grenade out, the only result he could get was to wake up the frost dragon deep in the forest in advance.
"It's really an illusion?"
Qi Lin immediately remembered what he had just bitten by a beetle. He looked down and found that the wound on his arm was gone... Not only that, even the torn sleeves had recovered.
"Dong!Dong!Dong..."
At this moment, the ground trembled violently. Qi Lin thought that the frost dragon had appeared, but when he looked up, he saw a giant beetle that was more than ten times larger than the frost dragon. The back of this beetle was almost tightly attached to the top of the volcanic cave. Every step he moved would bring a vibration that was no less than a magnitude seven earthquake.
However, this time, Qi Lin was no longer panicked. He knew that he was still in hallucination... He quickly found a detoxification serum from his backpack and pierced into the muscles in his arms. As the serum slowly injected into his body, all the hallucinations began to collapse, the ground no longer trembled, the giant beetle disappeared, and the mist that had been in front of Qi Lin's eyes gradually dissipated.
Qi Lin glanced at his arm again. The damage to his sleeves did not recover, and the wound bitten by the beetles had already scabbed.
"It's a phantom beetle."
The master's brain said to Qi Lin, this time, its voice was directly heard in Qi Lin's ears, no longer as far away and illusory as when Qi Lin was in an illusion just now.
"A beetle that can make people hallucinate?"
"This name has two meanings. First, there are some places in the gene sequence of the phantom beetle that are very similar to the chameleon, so it can change the color of its carapace at will, thus forming a wonderful disguise. Second, the phantom beetle's venom contains a large amount of hallucinogens, which will gradually drag the poisoned prey into the abyss of madness, allowing the prey to fend for itself in hallucinations. Of course, if a person with strong mental consciousness is strong enough, he will not be affected by hallucinations and can get rid of the hallucinations by himself. However, because your energy gathering vortex is limited, your mental power is at a level below normal, so you will be caught."
"But the hallucination of this bug is a bit clumsy. How could such a huge beetle not make such a huge noise until it appears in front of me? Anyone with a little brain will know that this is fake, right?" Qi Lin said with some disdain.
"The hallucinations created by the venom of the phantom beetle are not fixed, but will be randomly generated based on memory fragments in your brain. At the beginning, the sea of insects everywhere seemed very real? If I hadn't reminded you, I'm afraid your plasma grenade would have taken action."
"Uh...it's also...that scene feels very similar to some of the clips in the movie "Mummy" I've seen before. That scene once left a big psychological shadow on me when I was a child. Could this illusion change from these clips, right? By the way, if I hadn't watched that movie, there shouldn't be such an illusion?"
"Not necessarily, after all, this kind of shot is not limited to "Mummy". In various science fiction movies and even games, there are scenes of monsters everywhere. How can you be sure where the hallucinations that appear come from? The venom of the phantom beetle will discover the things you fear the most, and gradually escalate this fear, allowing the prey to spontaneously make some devastating actions. When the prey is exhausted or commits suicide, it is time for the phantom beetle to enjoy a big meal." said the master.
"But when I woke you up later, you realized that you were in an illusion, so the second illusion that appeared seemed so unreal... because you already regarded the 'giant beetle' as an illusion in your subconscious."
"In other words, if you don't call me, I might have fallen into madness now, right?" Qi Lin said with some fear.
"Yes, humans will never know how terrible it will be when their inner fear is fully unearthed. In that case, even the most determined person will do something extremely crazy."
"Then I feel that the venom of this phantom beetle is very useful." Qi Lin nodded thoughtfully, "By the way, this kind of bug is only available in this underground forest, right?"
"Not only, I have found this phantom beetle in all areas with high radiation concentrations in China alone. Of course, compared with the sparse number of phantom beetles, you should be very familiar with its subspecies - Nightmare Beetle."
"Ha? Is the Nightmare Beetle a subspecies of the Phantom Beetle? But speaking of it, it seems that there is really nothing wrong with it..."
Of course, Qi Lin, the famous name of the Nightmare Tou, has heard of it. Not only he has heard of it, but all the players who are slightly more experienced in the Wasteland Survival Code know this kind of mutant insect with the size of a palm, pitch black as ink, and two white tentacles.
As we all know, one of the raw materials of the famous drug "Jet" in the wasteland world is the hallucinogenic mushrooms that can be seen everywhere in the radiation area. The hallucinogenic mushrooms are chopped, the squeezed juice is mixed with double-headed cow dung ground into powder, and then steamed at high temperature to make the finished Jeet. Just take a small sip to make people enter a state of floating in ecstasy.
However, this is just the Jet recipe in the early stages of the "Wasteland Survival Code". Later, a pharmacist discovered the mutant insect of Nightmare, and tried to replace the body fluid secreted by Nightmare Tomoto with hallucinogenic mushroom juice. As a result, the new Jet medicine prepared is more effective and lasts longer. The hallucinations produced are extremely realistic, and the addictive nature is also terrifying.
However, there is one of the most obvious differences between the new Jet and the original Jet, that is, after the original Jet sucked, all the only vague fantasy was created, but the new Jet would make people fall into an inexhaustible nightmare. Two of the five people who tried the new Jet committed suicide, one went completely crazy, and the remaining two took a long time to get rid of the terrifying dream. Despite this, for a long time, both of them were in a state of desolation and their personalities became very strange.
Although the new Jet cannot be sold as a consumable like a cigarette, players quickly discovered another use of this agent... intimidation, torture, torture, and so on...
"If you have the chance next time, you have to find a way to get some phantom beetles... The nightmare celestial beetle is already so perverted. The toxins of this phantom beetle are much stronger than those of the nightmare celestial beetle. Maybe it will be useful at any time..." Qi Lin said with lingering fear. Although his energy gathering vortex is in a state of suppression, his mental power is still much stronger than that of ordinary people. Even he was caught. Then if an ordinary person is bitten by a phantom beetle, he probably will not be able to wake up.
"If you need toxins from the phantom beetle, there are still a few bottles in my stock," said the master, "but what are you going to do with this thing?"
"Give poison, you still need to ask?"
"This toxin is too useless to be fatal immediately, nor can it make the enemy lose its resistance in an instant. What's the use?" asked the master's brain.
"You imagine that if a group of soldiers suddenly became poisoned and he began to attack everything around him, then the formation of this army was disrupted in an instant? And as the number of people in chaos increases, the effect will be greatly improved. Isn't this much more powerful than directly poisoning people to death?"
"That can only work for humans or native mutant creatures, and it has no effect on biochemical transformations controlled by robots and brains. In the next task, most of the enemies you need to face are the latter two."
"Okay, but..."
Qi Lin wanted to say something, but a violent sound came from the depths of the forest. Qi Lin quickly dodged and hid behind a thick tree trunk.
This time it was not an illusion, but the only one who could create such a sound was the frost dragon.
The frost dragon's body covered with pale scales soon appeared in Qi Lin's vision, which made Qi Lin's heart almost hang to his throat. At first, he thought he had been discovered by the frost dragon, but soon he discovered that the frost dragon had not noticed himself lying in the bush less than twenty meters away.
Dragging the injured leg, the frost dragon limped to the vertical passageway. During this movement, its body broke countless trees, and its claws and abdomen were also broken, crushing a large number of mutant plants. It did not follow the "foot trail" originally opened, but directly chose the straight line with the shortest distance.
This frost dragon... looks very panicked?
With the wings blowing hard, the frost dragon rushed out of the vertical tunnel, but Qi Lin noticed in surprise that with the departure of the frost dragon, the vibration on the ground became more and more obvious!
This is not an illusion... This is definitely not an illusion... This vibration...
"Grass!"
Qi Lin couldn't help but curse a dirty word, jumped up from the ground, and began to run wildly towards the vertical tunnel - he finally realized the source of the vibration... This volcano is not an extinct volcano at all, but a volcano in a dormant state!
And now, this volcano is about to erupt!
The Frost Dragon had a premonition of this, so he dragged his injured body and ran away desperately.
"Damn it, this luck is so fucking good!"
Judging from the luxuriantness of the underground forest, this dormant volcano may have not erupted for hundreds of years, but it did not spray early or late, but it started spraying after Qi Lin came in, which made Qi Lin feel that he was once again cheated by his master...
"You can't blame me for this. The eruption time of the volcano has been fixed after the training program is completed. You are just unlucky. And according to the original plan, you shouldn't enter the abdomen of this volcano. This eruption of the dormant volcano had nothing to do with you." The main brain seemed to know what Qi Lin was thinking in his head, and explained in a very innocent tone.
"Forget it, I don't have time to talk to you about this - how much time is there to get to the last eruption?" Qi Lin asked loudly while running.
"16 seconds - this number is the time when the magma rushes out of the crater, and the time when you are flooded by the magma will probably be about 5-6 seconds ahead of this foundation."
"In other words, I still have ten seconds, right?" Qi Lin didn't care about being discovered by the Frost Dragon at this time. The energy gathering vortex was fully powered, and his running speed was almost at its peak!
“Standardly, there are eight seconds left.”
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