33: Section 33

"Bang bang bang!"

Suddenly, screams and gunshots came from the headphones, and everyone immediately realized that something had happened.

"It's Spinal Gu!"

"Captain, we've encountered a swarm of Spinal Gu!"

"Retreat! Quick, retreat!"

At this moment, the communication frequency was in chaos. Jing Yuan and Penny exchanged glances and immediately prepared to rush back.

But at this time, rustling sounds began to appear around them.

Jing Yuan's Mental Power swept around, not detecting any Phage Beast. However, his powerful perception allowed him to notice some subtle movements.

Penny held her rifle, and with a sweep of her light, she discovered a Spinal Gu.

"It's Spinal Gu!"

Penny warned, then immediately opened fire on the Spinal Gu.

Bang bang bang!

Spinal Gu are small and agile, making them difficult to hit with a single shot. Penny fired at least six or seven bullets before killing that Spinal Gu.

Jing Yuan also discovered traces of Spinal Gu. He was wearing his gravity body, and a Spinal Gu crawled past him. Jing Yuan raised his foot and stomped it to death.

Looking at the flattened Spinal Gu, Jing Yuan felt a little confused. Why didn't his Mental Power detect this thing? Was it because it was too small?

Moreover, after killing the Spinal Gu, he didn't even absorb any life source essence.

Jing Yuan took out his Greatsword and chopped a Spinal Gu in half, still no life source essence.

What exactly is this thing?

"Quickly!" Penny immediately shouted, then retreated while firing.

Spinal Gu have very weak attack power, but they have a very annoying characteristic: they release crimson toxin.

Once infected with crimson toxin, there's no solution.

Suddenly, a Spinal Gu jumped onto Penny's back. Penny couldn't attack the Spinal Gu, so she could only sway from side to side, trying to shake it off.

"Penny! Don't move!" Jing Yuan roared.

Out of trust in her companion, Penny immediately stood still.

She only heard a whoosh, and Penny felt the Spinal Gu on her back fall off by itself.

Turning around, she saw that the Spinal Gu's head had been cut off by something.

"Hurry up!"

Before Penny could think further, Jing Yuan quickly urged her, as more and more Spinal Gu were appearing around them.

The method for dealing with low-level Mana Creatures like Spinal Gu is very simple: just decapitate them.

But while it sounds simple, few Wasteland Hunters can actually do it.

Everyone prefers to use firearms. Even if a bullet hits the head, it can't immediately kill a Spinal Gu.

This was a small problem for Jing Yuan. He controlled his flying daggers with his psychokinesis, making it very easy to cut off a Spinal Gu's head.

With just one arc, Jing Yuan controlled his flying daggers to cut off the heads of five Spinal Gu.

"Run, I'll hold them off!"

Jing Yuan blocked from behind Penny, letting her run first.

Jing Yuan stood there, controlling his flying daggers to slaughter the swarm of Spinal Gu.

Before long, this group of dozens of Spinal Gu had all perished under his flying daggers.

Unfortunately, these Spinal Gu had no life source essence.

Was there none, or too little? Jing Yuan didn't bother to investigate.

Jing Yuan drove his gravity body and caught up with Penny in a moment.

Penny ran and asked, "Did you stop the Spinal Gu swarm?"

"I did, but we still need to get out of here as soon as possible."

Returning to the room where they had found the equipment earlier, Chu Feng and Neil were also moving supplies.

Erica was on alert nearby. She knew the situation of teams two and three, and seeing Jing Yuan and Penny run back in a panic, she knew something had happened here too.

"Is it a Phage Beast?"

"It's Spinal Gu!"

Jing Yuan said, "Erica, you all transfer this equipment out first, I'm going to help Captain Mark!"

"Alright!"

With Erica's gravity body here and four armed Wasteland Hunters, even if Spinal Gu pursued them, it wouldn't be a big problem.

Jing Yuan turned on location sharing and began to search for Mark's position.

He drove his gravity body through a corridor inside the building, quickly approaching Mark's location.

At the same time, he was also expanding his Mental Power search. Combining the two, his search speed would be faster.

When he reached the center of the building, Jing Yuan suddenly noticed a human presence nearby.

He looked at the map, and the positions of teams one, two, and three were not nearby, yet he indeed sensed a human presence.

Jing Yuan looked up at the ceiling, "Up there?"

Chapter 34: Consecutive Kills! Absorption!

Jing Yuan looked up at the ceiling, hesitating for a few seconds.

Someone!

And not a Wasteland Hunter. Then it should be someone living on The Surface.

Could it be someone under Bai Yuekui?

Should I try to make contact with them?

Currently, the Wasteland Hunters team encountered Spinal Gu, but Spinal Gu wasn't a big problem.

Mark hadn't reported encountering any Phage Beast, and even if he did, Mark's abilities could handle it.

Whether Jing Yuan went to support Mark or not, it wouldn't be a big issue.

Now, the person above the ceiling made Jing Yuan even more curious.

Jing Yuan activated the gravity body's booster system, controlled the gravity body to leap, using the broken ruins of the building as stepping stones, and jumped up to the ceiling level by level.

Through a crack in the building, Jing Yuan jumped onto the rooftop above the entire building.

But when he jumped onto the rooftop, that person's presence suddenly moved.

Jing Yuan quickly controlled the gravity body to pursue, but the other party deliberately avoided Jing Yuan.

Jing Yuan controlled the gravity body to fly, and after crossing a row of ruins, he saw a figure jumping on the damaged rooftop.

Seeing this, he confirmed that his Mental Power had not misperceived, and also confirmed that this person was not from Lighthouse.

The other party was a male, agile, running across the ruins as if on flat ground.

Ordinary humans couldn't possess such stamina, which made Jing Yuan even more convinced that this person was from The Surface. And like Bai Yuekui, he was an awakened individual.

But why did he run when he saw Jing Yuan?

Recalling the original plot, it seemed that Bai Yuekui had always been observing the situation on Lighthouse. Several times when Mark went on Surface missions, she observed from a distance.

With their understanding of Lighthouse, they shouldn't be so wary of Lighthouse people.

Do they not want to interact with Lighthouse people?

Jing Yuan was puzzled, but he did not stop his pursuit.

The two, one in front and one behind, descended from the building's rooftop to The Surface, then the person darted into a pile of ruins.

But Jing Yuan could sense his presence, so no matter how he escaped, Jing Yuan could still follow closely.

However, not long after, that person's presence disappeared!

"Disappeared? He can hide his presence?"

Jing Yuan stopped, his mind recalling that in the original work, the Ground People led by Bai Yuekui possessed an ability to hide their presence.

But this ability was to hide their presence from Phage Beasts.

Why can it also block my Mental Power detection?

Is it because both are the same type of perception method?

Or rather, am I actually similar to a Phage Beast?

It's not surprising that Jing Yuan would think this way, after all, he can upgrade by devouring the life source essence of Phage Beasts.

By all accounts, he resembles a Humanoid Rending Beast.