radicalducati Chapter 189 Mice are cute, don't eat them!
Chapter 189 Mice are cute, don't eat them!
Chapter 189 Mice are cute, don't eat them!
The screen of the Shannon counter in my hand emitted a faint light.
Following the counter's readings, Little Green searched for traces of the monster in the mine.
Fortunately, Bai Shuyuan invented this. After all, the mine is a complex and intricate place, and without this thing, finding that monster would have been almost impossible.
Now, all you need to do is stare at the screen and fly in the direction where the value decreases.
Almost all the brain monsters and mindless people were wiped out, and the mastermind behind it was also seriously injured. The stability of information here is much higher than when we first came in.
0.87————0.86————0.85————
"We should be there soon."
Little Green pointed ahead.
The fork in the road has disappeared, leaving only a dark, silent entrance.
"Um.
""
The wolf responded softly and nodded.
Xia Zhaozhao had already taken the lead and rushed into the cave entrance.
The remaining two magical girls followed closely behind her and went inside.
After flying a short distance further, a faint chewing sound suddenly came from nearby.
At the edge of the field of vision, a figure was curled up in a corner, lying on the ground, seemingly gnawing on something.
"That's it—!"
Xia Zhaozhao recognized the outline, let out a loud shout, and accelerated again, rushing straight towards it.
The creature trembled at the shout, clearly not expecting the pursuers to arrive so quickly.
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It frantically grabbed the food beside it and hurled it hard at Xia Zhaozhao's face!
Xia Zhaozhao casually swung her sword to block. However, the instant the blade touched her, she felt a soft, yielding sensation, like cutting through rotten flesh?
She instinctively tilted her head, letting the two pieces of something fly past her ear. Then, she smelled blood.
"Snapped!"
The thing slammed directly onto the ice shield that Little Green had raised, and then landed.
Little Green looked closely and discovered that it was actually a skinny mouse with half its belly ripped open and its intestines spilling out—
No, it should be one-quarter now, multiplied by two.
She instantly realized what was happening, a thought flashing through her mind: "That guy ate rats to replenish his biomass and recovered somewhat!"
Before the words were even finished, a series of rapid climbing sounds came from deep within the mine!
That half-dead guy from before, I wonder how many rats he's swallowed in those few short minutes.
Although it was smaller than when we first met, the wounds on its torso had healed, and its torn hind leg had grown back.
Moreover, its body underwent another mutation.
Now, its limbs have become unusually long, like a spider, with sharp claws at the ends digging deep into the rock face, allowing it to cling firmly to the surface and move at high speed.
At this moment, it was clinging to the rock face, barely managing to dodge Xia Zhaozhao's follow-up attack.
Why are there rats?
As Xia Zhaozhao chased after him, she shouted after him, her voice filled with confusion.
"This mine is relatively enclosed, and located on the mountainside at a higher elevation, so it's normal that rainwater doesn't get in!"
Little Green followed behind her and raised her voice as well.
"Besides, the mine is already deep, so it's reasonable that there are rats inside!"
"Um!"
Xia Zhaozhao responded and didn't ask any more questions, focusing on chasing forward.
The monster displayed astonishing mobility. Its long limbs crawled rapidly and alternately across the ground, walls, and even the top of the mine, its trajectory unpredictable, like a startled giant cockroach.
Xia Zhaozhao followed closely behind, flying through the mine and biting the monster from behind, occasionally slashing at the rock walls and sending sparks flying.
The whole scene resembled a motorcycle extreme race, with the rock walls being left behind at an extremely high speed, and the whistling wind filling the ears.
Just then, the monster in front suddenly exerted its strength, its hind legs slamming into a minecart, kicking it hard into the pursuers behind it!
Wow! That's pretty smart!
However, Xia Zhaozhao neither dodged nor avoided, but simply held the greatsword in front of her and chose to smash the minecart aside!
Seeing this, Little Green silently increased its flight altitude, flew over the minecart, and continued to chase after it.
Behind me, a dull thud was heard, followed by the sound of metal being torn apart.
Without even turning around, one could tell that the wolf was now surrounded by even more sharp blades.
However, as Xiao Lü continued forward, she suddenly discovered that there was a sharp turn at the end of the alley, almost ninety degrees.
"Watch out! You're about to turn!" Little Green shouted.
"Wow!"
Xia Zhaozhao didn't want to crash headfirst into the wall. She pressed the tip of her greatsword against the rock face, forcibly slowing herself down by friction, sending up a long string of sparks.
The monster seized this opportunity and instantly created distance!
Xiao Lü leaped over Xia Zhaozhao, activated her magic to fly at high speed, and continued to chase after the monster!
Seeing that it couldn't shake off its pursuers, the monster smashed into several supporting wooden beams in front of it.
Gravel and dirt fell down, and the alleyway was about to collapse!
Little Green dodged left and right among the falling rocks, passing through the area, but the distance between it and the monster increased again.
This guy is indeed quite familiar with the environment here, which makes her feel a bit tricky.
However, that wasn't very useful.
Little Green had noticed that the monster's movements had slowed down. It seemed that it was also getting tired.
It's just a fish trapped in a dry rut.
The three continued their pursuit, but it seemed that they had reached the end of the road ahead, replaced by the main vertical mine shaft!
Without hesitation, the monster leaped down!
Seeing this, the three magical girls also chased after the monster closely and jumped down!
There was no flight, but free fall. The feeling of weightlessness instantly enveloped my entire body.
Having gotten used to the feeling, Little Green adjusted its posture as it fell.
She locked onto the figure falling below, and with a thought, several icicles instantly formed and whistled as they pierced through!
Further back, the wolves also made their move. Countless pebbles were stripped from the well walls and poured down like a torrential rain!
"Bang! Bang!"
The monster let out a scream as it was struck on the skin by a barrage of icicles and rocks!
Although its fascia is thick, it still suffered deep indentations in many places after such continuous blows.
However, it used the force of the downward impact to accelerate further, trying to widen the distance!
They're really tenacious.
The vertical space amplifies the sense of speed.
The whistling wind rushed past their ears as the three magical girls gave chase.
The descent felt like only a few seconds. Little Green could already vaguely see the bottom of the mine.
The monster seemed to realize this as well, and its limbs suddenly pierced into the well wall in an attempt to slow down.
However, this action was purely suicidal. Its falling body, unable to maintain its balance due to external forces, went out of control in the air and began to tumble!
"Bang!"
It crashed directly into a protruding rock, bounced off, and let out a mournful howl!
Little Green and the wolf activated their abilities just as they were about to hit rock bottom. Little Green curled up slightly, adjusting to the immense pressure of gravity during the deceleration.
Xia Zhaozhao, however, did not slow down.
She even kicked hard against the well wall, adjusting her descent angle, heading straight for the monster that had lost its balance!
In the blink of an eye, Xia Zhaozhao's greatsword had caught up with its target.
The huge speed difference allowed the blade to easily cut the monster in half!
"Snapped!"
The monster's mangled body fell to the ground, splashing up patches of mud.
"boom--!"
Xia Zhaozhao only managed to slow down to the limit at the last moment, but she was still going very fast, and made a loud noise when she hit the ground.
Little Green and the wolf arrived at that moment. Then, countless attacks converged from all directions, completely blasting the monster's lower body into a pulp.
However, the monster's upper body was still moving.
It dragged half its body along, stubbornly crawling towards an even smaller mine shaft ahead.
However, the crawling speed was clearly no longer enough to shake off the three of them.
"OMG, that was so fast! My knees hurt from all that jumping!"
Despite her complaints, Xia Zhaozhao didn't stop running forward.
Little Green silently followed.
However, when she rushed into the small mine, the scene before her eyes was not quite what she had expected.
This place is like a warehouse, densely packed with crates.
From the several opened boxes, you can see piles of strip-shaped objects, packaged in a way that resembles sausages.
"Huh? A sausage? It wants to eat raw food? Humph!"
Xia Zhaozhao laughed out loud, probably finding it somewhat ridiculous that the monster was still thinking about eating even as it was about to die.
She raised her greatsword, ready to deliver the final blow.
wrong!
However, the moment Xiao Lü saw what it was, alarm bells went off in her mind.
At that moment, the severed body pulled out a yellowish-brown cylindrical object.
detonator?!
"Watch out! That's explosives!" Xiao Lü shouted a warning to Xia Zhaozhao.
At that moment, the eyeballs between the fascia on the monster's body all turned towards the three of them, and a strange glimmer of light emanated from the depths of their pupils.
Then, it seemed to flip a switch, directly detonating the electric detonator in its hand!
Oh no! This guy wants to take us all down with him! The thought flashed through Xiao Lü's mind in an instant.
She knew nothing about the composition and power of the explosives wrapped in those sausages. If the electric detonator had detonated them, she didn't know if she would have survived such an explosion.
Even if they survive, a large-scale landslide is bound to occur here, and it will probably take a lot of effort to get out then.
No, now is not the time to think about these things.
In this critical moment, Xiao Lü forced herself to calm down. Clearly, it was too late to escape the room.
Then there's only one thing we can do.
She frantically gathered the magic power within her body, trying to extract it all as quickly as possible!
Subsequently, it was directly applied to the explosive boxes packaged in ham sausages!
The surface of the box was instantly covered with a layer of white frost, followed by a thin film of ice that quickly condensed and thickened.
However, before this layer of ice could continue to grow and accumulate, the detonator had already emitted a flash of light!
That's too late.
This thickness of ice is no match for the impact of the detonator.
However, at that very moment, a powerful gust of wind suddenly swept around him without warning.
Xiao Lü felt that the surrounding air was being drawn away by a powerful force and was rushing wildly to both sides!
It's a wolf!
She actually sucked all the air out of the three of them!
Shock waves cannot propagate in a vacuum — but how does she know this?
The thought had barely crossed Xiao Lü's mind when a figure rushed over from beside her, hugged her tightly, and completely protected her behind her.
It was Xia Zhaozhao; she had already changed direction.
Immediately afterwards, a blinding flash of fire engulfed the entire cave.
However-
There was no explosion.
No sound.
Out of the corner of her eye, Xiao Lü could only clearly catch a glimpse of firelight, a firelight that wasn't very big.
She leaped over Xia Zhaozhao's body and looked towards the source of the explosion.
As a result, she discovered that the monster's remains had been blown to pieces by the detonator.
Along with it, a small portion of the ham sausage explosives closest to it was also smashed.
The powder from the explosives coated the monster's body, causing a fiery explosion.
That's right, there was no explosion, only deflagration.
Among the wreckage, the still-movable parts struggled and rolled in vain amidst the flames.
Its remaining eyes, which had not yet been burned and burst by the flames, also looked at the group with malice.
Xiao Lü could even sense the intense malice and the even stronger resentment.
It seems that it completely fails to understand why the explosives failed to detonate.
The three magical girls were also stunned.
They just stared blankly as the half-monster writhed and struggled in the flames, eventually burning to ashes.
Xiao Lü then came to her senses, and with a thought, the ice layer quickly spread, completely sealing the remaining explosive boxes.
The remaining flames were completely extinguished at this point.
At this moment, the wolf realized it was safe and released its telekinesis, allowing air to flow back in and the sound to travel.
"Alright, alright, let me go."
Xiao Lü broke free from Xia Zhaozhao's grip. This girl is surprisingly strong.
Why didn't it explode?
At this moment, Xia Zhaozhao looked surprised, but didn't seem to have any sense of relief at surviving a disaster, perhaps because she knew she wouldn't be killed by the explosion.
"—I don't know."
Little Green simply walked over to a sausage that had fallen to the ground, picked it up, and broke it open with force.
Subsequently, they discovered that the explosive powder inside had solidified, as well as a lot of ice crystals that had been frozen inside.
"————It got damp."
""
She came to a conclusion.
The mine was already damp, so these explosives must have been stored there for quite some time.
It seems I should say I was just lucky.
Even if it explodes, Wolf's move just now could greatly reduce the damage to the three of them.
"Wolf—did your sister teach you this move?"
"Hmm." The wolf nodded.
Xiao Lü silently raised her opinion of the wolf's sister, whom she had never met before, thinking she was another intelligent character.
"But is that all the explosives you have?" Xia Zhaozhao leaned closer and asked.
It's not a big deal if it gets damp, after all, there's Little Green who can remove the moisture. Even if she can't do that, there's still Bai Shuyuan.
The important thing is that there are only a few boxes of explosives here.
"No, there's definitely more than that."
Little Green shook her head.
"A mining company this big must have a massive stockpile of explosives. I guess these few boxes are just for temporary use."
"The real explosives depot would never be inside the mine; it must be somewhere outside."
Xia Zhaozhao nodded, no longer dwelling on it. The three of them left the makeshift explosives depot and returned to the bottom of the main mine shaft.
Looking up, you can see a faint sliver of sunlight filtering through the well opening.