137: Chapter 131 Livable Floors

Chapter 131: Habitable Floor

As the smoke caused by the grenade explosion cleared away, the people of Bullet Town shot and killed all the Scarecrows that had lunged at them.

Deputy Leader Chu Quan swept his gloomy gaze across the surrounding environment, deep tire tracks stretching far into the distance.

As for the people of Iron Ash Town, they had already vanished without a trace, leaving behind the corpses of three companions and a few lingering Scarecrows on the ground.

Deputy Leader Chu Quan's expression was very ugly as he said in a cold voice, "The people of Iron Ash Town have escaped, and the news about this Infinite Building is probably going to leak out. Omo, take a few people immediately and go back to report to the leader. Even if it is very far from our location, this Infinite Building must be taken."

"Understood, Deputy Leader, I will go handle it right away."

Behind Deputy Leader Chu Quan, a dark-skinned man wearing a denim jacket immediately nodded and agreed.

He picked two people from the team, had them ride motorcycles respectively, and then sped off straight toward Bullet Town.

Bullet Town was about 50 km away from this location, which indeed wasn't very close.

If Deputy Leader Chu Quan hadn't brought people out this time to hunt monsters at the Infinite Building, they might not have encountered the abnormality of this place.

Looking at his subordinates, Deputy Leader Chu Quan did not completely stay put and wait for the main force of Bullet Town to arrive.

He watched as the Infinite Building gradually emerged; at this moment, it had gradually solidified from its flickering state and completely descended.

Those deep stairs were placed so brightly right in front of him, and at a glance, the stairs seemed to lead to hell with no end in sight.

Although he already had some pre-judgments about the environment inside through the abnormality that was the Scarecrow.

The Infinite Building of Scarecrow Town was no secret, because this Infinite Building had been opened up by Jumu City during its exploration process and then handed over to Zhao Kun to take charge.

There were quite a few people on the wasteland who knew about this Infinite Building of Scarecrow Farm.

Now that the same type of anomalous monsters could appear, it was highly likely to be an Infinite Building of the same type.

"Xie Heng, take five people to stay behind here. The people of Iron Ash Town will not bring people over immediately. I will take people for a preliminary exploration first. When the leader brings reinforcements over, this place is ours for the taking."

"Yes, Deputy Leader."

Deputy Leader Chu Quan selected about 10 people and left the remaining two wounded behind with Xie Heng; bringing the wounded inside would only slow down their pace.

He led the ten-man squad onto that staircase.

The cold concrete stairs were like blocks of ice, radiating a trace of coolness that inevitably made him feel worried in his heart.

Although there were pre-judgments, at the final step, what the situation inside actually was still required a true exploration to know.

He waved his hand, and the two subordinates behind him understood his meaning, stepping past him and walking up the stairs.

The figures of the two disappeared into the darkness at the end of the stairs, crossing the barrier between the Infinite Building and the real world.

At this moment, the entrance of the entire Infinite Building seemed as if time had stagnated, quiet and still.

In the hearts of the waiting people, it felt as though there was a clepsydra; every second that passed made a ticking sound.

The sound made by the friction of clothes, along with the noise from slight movements, made them grow increasingly apprehensive in their hearts.

After a few minutes, Deputy Leader Chu Quan also began to suspect inwardly, thinking: Could it be that this Scarecrow is just an exception, and the inside is a monster floor?

For a newly appeared Infinite Building, even if it were a monster floor, it still had a certain exploration value.

The accumulated large number of monsters and the transcendental materials of newly discovered monsters that might be found would hold extremely high value whether these items were sold or researched.

If special transcendental items were harvested, it would be even more prosperous.

But regardless, if this were a monster floor, its value could never compare to a habitable floor.

Finally, under Deputy Leader Chu Quan's worry, two figures suddenly rushed out with faces full of wild joy: "It's a habitable floor! Deputy Leader, we've struck it rich! This is a habitable floor; a glance over shows nothing but wild wheat and weeds, and the number of monsters doesn't look very large."

Deputy Leader Chu Quan was overjoyed and immediately led his team deeper into the stairs.

With a single step down the stairs, their eyes suddenly lit up; the Floor World was indeed a lush expanse of bushes.

Looking out, this place was open and verdant, with weeds in clusters and patches of wild wheat scattered here and there in a disorderly arrangement.

Bright light cast upon him; even though the sun could not be seen in this floor, the naturally generated light still made him feel a trace of warmth.

"It really is a habitable floor."

Meanwhile, after quietly withdrawing from the hillside, Dong Hu immediately returned to the convoy, and without another word, directly instructed the driver to turn around immediately and return to the Outpost Camp.

The car sped all the way, kicking up smoke and dust like a long dragon, and rushed straight to the Outpost Camp.

Dong Hu did not rest after getting out of the car, grabbing Qu Ling to ask for Wang Ting's location, and then finding Wang Ting in the woods, who was practicing by controlling flying daggers.

"A new situation has been discovered on the wasteland. About 30-plus kilometers to the north, a new Infinite Building has appeared with a three-story exterior. The initially projected monsters are Scarecrows, and I deduce that the Floor World inside might be a habitable floor just like the Scarecrow Farm floor."

Dong Hu poured out all his findings to Wang Ting and then took a breath, but his sweat was still stained with quite a few yellow gravels, making him look somewhat disheveled.

Racing back all the way, the sand and dust kicked up by the tires filled his face, and even with the windows closed, it couldn't be completely avoided.

Hearing this, a look of surprise appeared on Wang Ting's face: "Are you sure?"

Dong Hu nodded heavily: "I saw it with my own eyes. The people of Iron Ash Town and the people of Bullet Town have already started fighting outside the Infinite Building. After a few people from Iron Ash Town died, they ran away. Once they go back, this news definitely cannot be kept under wraps. The people of Bullet Town will probably also transmit this news back to their own town, and by then, it is likely that more than just their two towns will come."

If an Infinite Building was not discovered by a single town alone and there was fierce competition with other towns, it meant that the news of the town could not be suppressed.

Under this circumstance, even if Iron Ash Town did not actively spread the news outward, during the subsequent scramble, the news would definitely leak.

By then, the people participating in the contention would only become more and more numerous, and the situation would only become more complex.

Unless someone could occupy an early advantage and absolute strength to defeat everyone who dared to compete with them for the ownership of the Infinite Building, otherwise they could only be like the Outpost Camp, building up the camp before others discovered it to increase the difficulty of capturing it, thereby forcing others back.

A distance of 30 km was not very long and was still within the reach of the Outpost Camp.

Moreover, a habitable floor had a value comparable to a camp.

Not to mention the size of the camp, at least it could guarantee the normal operation of a Shelter on the scale of the Outpost Camp or Scarecrow Town.

Seen from this point, its value was self-evident.

After hearing this, the flying dagger Wang Ting was controlling instantly flew back into his hand.

"Go call Feng Bo over, and let's go take a look. If it really is a habitable floor, then we're taking this place."

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Wang Ting said these words decisively; this was not him being arrogant, but rather, he who refuses what heaven bestows will suffer its curse.

Although Vine Town was good and had already initially established the Outpost Camp, its material floors naturally had shortcomings, especially when the area and number of floors were insufficient, these shortcomings would become even more obvious.

The entire Vine Town was not a habitable floor.

Aside from the town area, even if that area in the suburbs was completely cleared and cultivated, it would at most not exceed 2,000 mu of land.

The yield per mu here would definitely be lower than Scarecrow Farm, and being able to reach a yield of 300 jin per mu would probably already be a stroke of immense luck.

And with such a yield per mu, even if the food share of everyone's three meals was correspondingly deducted, calculated at a consumption of one jin of food per day, it could only feed about 2,000 people.

This was still calculated using the average.

Core members within teams such as the Guard Team, maintenance group members, and medical group members had a far higher consumption of food and demand for supplies than ordinary residents.

That is to say, after the entire Vine Town was fully developed, relying solely on its resources to achieve self-sufficiency, the number of people it could feed would only be a little over 1,000, falling far short of Wang Ting's goal.

In the long-term planning of him and Feng Bo and the others, the Outpost Camp would inevitably expand.

Either they found a suitable habitable floor to feed a larger population, or they continuously expanded the town in reality, and then raided more Infinite Buildings, established outposts, sat on more resource points, and absorbed massive resources through means like trade to support their team.

This was also the most common expansion method on this wasteland; Jumu City was a very typical example.

And now, because of an abnormal sandstorm, the abnormal changes on the wasteland had intensified, and an Infinite Building had descended right before him.

If he didn't want it, wouldn't that be wasting heaven's good intentions?

Feng Bo's men assembled very quickly, and the people on the training ground were directly pulled over: two squads from the Three Wolves Gang and one squad from Xu Yan, totaling 30 people.

"Everyone get in the car to execute the field mission; the mission will be explained on the way. Bring more weapons and bullets, as well as food. We will probably have to stay out for a few days this time."

Wang Ting immediately issued the order.

For the first time, everyone saw Wang Ting in such a serious tone, and subconsciously their hearts tightened as they checked their weapons and equipment well and made complete preparations.

They moved boxes and boxes of bullets onto the truck, pulled out a heavy machine gun, and mounted it on the vehicle.

Wang Ting sat in the passenger seat, and Feng Bo was in the same car with him. At this time, Feng Bo finally knew what had happened.

Nearly half of the Guard Team members were directly pulled away, and since both he and Dong Hu were executing the mission, within the camp, Ren Chuan was the only one left with the strength of a secondary limit-breaking.

He reminded Wang Ting: "Boss, if we all leave, what about that Researcher Huoling? She is an Extraordinary after all."

Feng Bo had always been cautious.

Even after Wang Ting went out last time, Researcher Huoling had been quietly researching and cooperating in building a new laboratory, but he still couldn't feel at ease.

This quietness was essentially dormancy.

At that time, Ren Chuan, Feng Bo, and Dong Hu all possessed the strength of secondary limit-breaking, coupled with two heavy machine guns and Researcher Huoling being inside the Infinite Building where wanting to come out required only the stairs entering and exiting the Floor World, which basically eliminated the possibility of escape.

Because even an Extraordinary could not completely ignore suppressing fire.

But now the manpower controlling the Outpost Camp was drastically reduced, especially with the lack of top-tier combat power, dealing with Researcher Huoling wouldn't be so easy.

By then, coupled with the disputes over the new Infinite Building, if Researcher Huoling really stirred up any commotion, they truly wouldn't have time to pursue her.

He had never underestimated the mind of this woman, Researcher Huoling; being able to escape from Huangyan Town, she must have extraordinary qualities.

Hearing Feng Bo's reminder, Wang Ting furrowed his brows slightly.

He wasn't afraid of Researcher Huoling causing trouble; if she really dared to do so, by exchanging those tracking traits, this woman would definitely not be able to escape his hunt.

But what Feng Bo said also made sense.

The Outpost Camp was still newly established after all, and couldn't withstand too much tossing and turning, nor could they let Researcher Huoling harbor petty thoughts, even though she currently looked very cooperative and didn't dare to cause trouble.

"Since it's a new Infinite Building, bring her along as well to see if there is anything she can help with."