142: Uncover the conspiracy of the dead! Besieged by a monster horde!

After Su Lie issued his command, 16 of the Exploration Team's 25 Little Skeletons came forward to him.

They lined up in two rows, with 8 Little Skeletons in each row.

Additionally, Su Lie left a small squad in each of the three directions —left, right, and rear —to handle guard duty.

The Departed Soul within the eye of obsession vibrated and said, "Brother! A large number of monsters are heading this way! You must be careful! Retreat if you have to!"

At this moment, an Exploration Hint quietly appeared in Su Lie's line of sight.

[Exploration Hint: The Departed Soul within the eye of obsession has sent out some unknown information externally through a special netherworld Skill, which will greatly increase the difficulty and danger probability of your current exploration plan!]

[Exploration Hint: Please be wary of your mission! And the Departed Soul within the eye of obsession! Guard against the Departed Soul's betrayal!]

"Hmm?" Su Lie frowned, a sense of unease rising in his heart.

He had indeed observed a group of monsters coming from the underground station earlier.

At the same time, he also noticed a group of monsters following him from a distance behind him.

Furthermore, a large number of Departed Soul and fierce ghost-type monsters were gathering from all directions toward the location of these monsters.

This was highly abnormal.

After reviewing the Exploration Hint, Su Lie determined that this must be related to the eye of obsession in his hand.

He then quietly put away the mountain-viewing jade mirror: "Is this eye of obsession definitely bait? Does the other party want to hunt Survivors through an Opportunity Mission? ... It seems the basic rules of the Mist, which state not to trust any life form, were not unfounded!"

At this moment, the idea of destroying the eye of obsession crossed his mind.

"Wait a moment! I need to complete the mission before dealing with it! But having such a Departed Soul in my hand makes me very uneasy!"

While contemplating, Su Lie took out a moonlight pearl from the ruyi pouch and attached it to his shoulder.

This moonlight pearl possesses a Holy Light effect and can release divine light to purify Mist contamination.

This kind of power naturally counters the undead.

"I hope it works!" Su Lie muttered silently, looking up at the darkness straight ahead.

Through his Yin-Yang Eyes, he saw a large number of Vengeful Spirits and fierce ghosts approaching.

These Vengeful Spirits and fierce ghosts were extremely conspicuous in the vision provided by the Yin-Yang Eyes, looking like glowing light bulbs.

Following them was a horde of mutated zombies and zombie animals.

Su Lie raised his Mist Pistol and pulled the trigger on the monsters ahead.

In the blink of an eye, a large number of god-tier basic resource treasure chests dropped onto the dark subway tracks.

The light emitted by the god-tier treasure chests dispelled the darkness in this area.

Although the Little Skeletons were ready to attack, they did not open fire, consistently following Su Lie's steps, steadily pushing forward step by step.

The Mist Monster was being continuously forced back by Su Lie alone.

Howl!

About ten minutes later, when the monsters had suffered seven or eight hundred casualties, a wild and agitated roar echoed in the tunnel.

This instantly made the eyes of the oppressed monsters turn red, and they rushed toward him recklessly.

[Exploration Hint: The Departed Soul within the eye of obsession has received the Ghost King's command and is about to use the Possession Skill on you! Estimated time of execution is 10 seconds from now.]

A cold light flashed in Su Lie's eyes as he focused on shooting: "Seeking death!"

The next second, he suppressed the killing intent in his heart and directly handed the eye of obsession to the captain of the Exploration Team beside him.

The Little Skeleton possesses the Holy Light Talent; its body emits divine holy light and is completely unafraid of Departed Soul possession.

[Exploration Hint: The Departed Soul within the eye of obsession was frightened by the Little Skeleton's power and hid inside, not daring to come out.

Its Skill was also blocked by the power of Holy Light!

You have successfully curbed the traitor's message transmission, and the mission completion rate has increased by 30%.]

"Good!" Su Lie's eyes lit up, and he gave the Little Skeletons the order to attack.

Meanwhile, he walked and collected the Treasure Chests on the road one by one.

In less than 3 minutes, nearly a thousand monsters on the tracks had been completely annihilated.

This time, Su Lie obtained 831 Treasure Chests.

His experience points jumped from 509 to 2193 points.

After tallying the gains from this round, Su Lie once again issued a command to the Little Skeletons: "Keep pushing forward at this pace! Execute Plan 3!"

Among the plans Su Lie had prepared for the Exploration Team, Plan 4 was mainly a formation against frontal enemies, and Plan 5 was a formation for situations involving a pincer attack from front and back.

Now that the Departed Soul within the eye of obsession was suppressed by the Little Skeleton's Holy Light and could no longer transmit messages.

He no longer needed to worry about the monsters knowing his arrangements.

[Exploration Hint: Warning! You are about to enter a collapse zone! The zone spans 1.5 kilometers.

Warning: Evil Spirit Ghost King You Tong has set a trap here; if you stay in the upcoming section for more than 10 seconds, you will certainly be buried by the collapsing underground tunnel!]

[Exploration Hint: Warning! There is a maintenance passage on the left side of the track area, and you can use this passage to go directly to the underground station!]

[Exploration Hint: Warning: Once you enter this passage, the Evil Spirit Ghost King is highly likely to issue a command for a full-scale encirclement and slaughter, please prepare for battle!]

Su Lie looked at the three consecutive Hints that appeared.

The corner of his mouth slightly curled up: "Haha! With this Exploration Hint Talent, no crisis will be a problem!"

Subsequently, he led the Little Skeletons forward another seven or eight meters before finding the maintenance passage located on the left side: "Let's go!"

Su Lie glanced at the deep underground tunnel, directly abandoned the Vengeful Spirit bait currently wandering in the tunnel, and turned toward the maintenance passage door.

Bang!

Su Lie kicked the door open, and he rushed inside with the Little Skeletons.

At this point, the Little Skeletons had reverted to Plan 1's full-range defensive stance.

This maintenance passage was not wide, only about 5 meters across.

Once the Little Skeletons spread out their formation, the area looked quite cramped.

Howl!

When the group had advanced about 10 meters, an angry wail came from the tunnel.

Su Lie, who was checking the mountain-viewing jade mirror, discovered that a large number of Vengeful Spirits, fierce ghosts, and various soul-state mutated soul monsters were rushing toward this tunnel at an unimaginable speed.

Their speed was 10 times faster than before.

"Defend and Counterattack!" Su Lie was startled and immediately issued the command for the Little Skeletons to defend and counterattack.

At the same time, the Little Skeletons responsible for throwing bait at the front and back each took out a Strange Fragrant Chestnut from their Backpack and threw it in the forward and rear directions.

Clatter!

After the Strange Fragrant Chestnut was thrown, it quickly landed.

As soon as the sound rang out, the soul-type monsters that had phased through the wall suddenly shuddered, turning to pounce on the Strange Fragrant Chestnut.

"It works!" Su Lie's eyes lit up upon seeing this.

As the monsters ate the Strange Fragrant Chestnut, he threw four Wonder-Scent Burst-Thud Fruit toward the areas behind and in front of him.

The monsters that were about to surround them turned again and rushed toward the Wonder-Scent Burst-Thud Fruit.

At this moment, Su Lie observed with surprise that dense Heart-Piercing Rampant Insects were actually growing inside the Vengeful Spirit that had eaten the Strange Fragrant Chestnut.

These Heart-Piercing Rampant Insects were even able to devour soul-state monsters.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Simultaneously, the Little Skeletons pulled their triggers.

A large number of monsters were killed instantly.

More monsters rushing in struggled to pounce on the Wonder-Scent Burst-Thud Fruit.

Su Lie also joined the ranks of the counterattack.

In the blink of an eye, a large number of god-tier basic resource treasure chests dropped onto the ground.

Boom!

Boom!

Soon, the fierce ghosts that ate the Wonder-Scent Burst-Thud Fruit exploded.

Its scattered soul fragments were instantly devoured by the monsters rushing in.

Following that, another wave of new explosions occurred.

And this time, a Vengeful Spirit, after snatching a Wonder-Scent Burst-Thud Fruit, actually ran straight through the wall and out.

It exploded outside the wall.

This attracted countless soul-type monsters from the surroundings, who had come to encircle and kill Su Lie, to frantically scramble for the fragments.

Two or three seconds later, seeing that no more monsters were entering the maintenance passage, Su Lie collected the Treasure Chests covering the floor and two heart-piercing bug molts.

When he led the Little Skeletons out of the 2-kilometer long maintenance passage, he was shocked to find dense monster crystals outside the passage.

Boom!

At this moment, another explosion suddenly rang out.

A dazzling burst of golden light suddenly erupted from Su Lie's body.

This made Su Lie's eyelids twitch: "Did I level up?"

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