The wild animals in Dual Forest were all scared away by the gigantic newcomer . In the end, Ye Chong and his crew crossed Dual Forest without being challenged by any of the native creatures . Xuan Ning felt annoyed, for he had just learned how to maneuver the Spider's weapons system .
The shooters who were following the Spider suddenly found themselves travelling all the way across Dual Forest . Most of them had never ventured deep into Dual Forest, for the place was home to many vicious animals . It was simply too dangerous for them! Now that they had actually crossed the entire Dual Forest, all the shooters felt excited . They had all run with all they got just to keep up with the Spider in the past few days . The weaker shooters were left behind long ago .
Xuan Ning frowned, "What's with their foolishness? Staying alive is more important than satisfying their curiosity . "
Ye Chong and Sha Ya understood him . The shooters were able to reach so far inside here because of their Spider, and not their own strength . Once they were no longer under the protection of their Spider, the dangers of the place would surely overwhelm them .
Ye Chong and his team did not have time to care for their survival . These shooters must now make their way back to Yedda City by crossing the entire Dual Forest again . Xuan Ning and Sha Ya both knew that only shooters of at least Level 6 could survive the journey . Of all the shooters following behind them, only a few were that skilled .
Xuan Ning saw Ye Chong's eyes lingered on him . He said to Ye Chong, "Forget about them . We should be on our way . Shooters who cannot think calmly are foolish . We're not their babysitter . "
Sha Ya threw a pitiful glance at the low level shooters . They had realized the situation they were in now, and had started to panic .
The three of them did not stay behind to help . They would not delay their expedition because of these shooters .
Without the Spider, crossing the entire Dual Forest would take around 20 days . Even capable shooters like Xuan Ning and Sha Ya would take that long . This was because the only way to travel was by foot . Besides, in order to avoid the territories of the vicious native animals, they had to make detours and risk losing their way .
On the other hand, Ye Chong and his team sat inside the Spider's pilot cabin, enjoying their drinks and sporadic conversation while the Spider made its way through Dual Forest . It took only five days to complete the journey . Along the way, the Spider stormed through anything in its path . Xuan Ning was astounded by the sight of all the animals that practically leaped out of their way . Once, the Spider unknowingly crashed into the home of a flock of sharpbeak cuckoos . Over a hundred sharpbeak cuckoos scattered to the skies, making for an impressive spectacle .
Even the larger animals were cautious around the huge spider, for they had never seen it before . They stayed back and did not initiate any contact . Hence, the Spider carried its three passengers and led the group of low level shooters behind it across the entire Dual Forest .
Once they exited Dual Forest, the environment around them transformed quickly .
There was less foliage . The air was dryer . The ground composition turned sandy .
On the third day after leaving Dual Forest, there was not a tree in sight . The ground was flat . The wind bellowed . There were no plants, no humans, no animals - it was a wasteland . This was the Desert .
The wind grew stronger and stronger, kicking up tiny rocks that hit on the Spider . Cling! Clang! The graveled terrain was a picture of desolation . The uninteresting surrounding was uninspiring .
Nevertheless, Xuan Ning was sitting up straight and looked serious . "I think a sandstorm is coming . "
Beside him, Sha Ya shared the same thought . "Agreed . "
Ye Chong heard them . He focused on the holographic screen and keyed in a series of commands . Xuan Ning approached him and asked curiously, "What are you doing?"
"Releasing the Hummingbirds . " Ye Chong answered without looking up .
"Hummingbirds? What are they?" Xuan Ning thought he was just like some curious child who could not help asking questions .
Ye Chong continued keying in the commands . "Hummingbirds are small surveillance devices that can increase surveillance coverage area . "
"I see . "
Four Hummingbirds were released from the Spider into the outside world . They headed straight for the skies .
The Hummingbirds transmitted their video feed onto the screens . Despite the strong wind, the Hummingbirds maintained steady flight and provided clear images of their surroundings .
"D*mn it!" Sha Ya and Xuan Ning cursed simultaneously .
On the screen, the sky had darkened some distance away from them . The sandstorm cast a dark shadow on the ground . The most dangerous thing in the Desert was not the large army of sandscorpions or the vicious sandlizards, but the natural phenomenon known as the sandstorm . Strong winds could lift huge rocks into the air . If hit by any of them, the result would be nothing short of a swift death .
Even if someone could avoid being smashed by huge rocks, they would not be able to avoid the sand flying all around them . If unlucky, they would find themselves buried deep under tons of sand, something not uncommon in the Desert .
Ye Chong and his team had not even reached the heart of the Desert when this sandstorm hit them . They were most unfortunate .
Just then, the video feed shook . Ye Chong quickly ordered the Hummingbirds to return, but by then he had already lost one Hummingbird to the sandstorm .
There was only one thing left to do now .
The huge spider raced across the empty desert wasteland, with a massive sandstorm close on its tail .
The Spider was not fast, and the sandstorm caught up quickly . Its passengers were now witness to a powerful force of Nature .
Bam bam bam! Rocks and pebbles rained down on the Spider's armor . Larger rocks would shake the pilot cabin . Not even a Level 9 shooter can survive the sandstorm . Xuan Ning felt unsettled by this realization .
"It's d*mn lucky that I didn't encounter a sandstorm last time . F*ck, no one can survive this . " Xuan Ning could not help cursing . Ever since he reached Level 9, his personality had undergone a 180 degree change . He lost his rigidity and became more open and easygoing . Once upon a time, he would never have cursed openly like this . Ye Chong thought the behavior change was curious . None of the mentalist principles that Huang Baiyi had taught him said anything about personality changes .
Sha Ya looked nervous . "Yes, I was quite lucky too the few times I've been here . I never encountered a sandstorm before . It's highly unlikely for anyone to live through this . "
The pilot cabin was hit again, and shook violently . Xuan Ning was nearly sent flying from his half lying position . He put his hands to his stomach and gritted his teeth, enduring the pain .
The screen informed them that the Spider was hit by a rock of over half a meter in diameter . Xuan Ning looked even more unsettled .
Ye Chong was expressionless . "The wind is too strong . We have to stay put and wait for the storm to pass . "
"It's our only option . " Xuan Ning and Sha Ya exchanged a look of helplessness . The Spider was shaking violently from the buffeting of the winds . Large rocks would hit them intermittently . It was impossible to travel in this condition .
Ye Chong keyed in a series of commands in the control console . Xuan Ning looked curiously at Ye Chong at the control console . Everytime Ye Chong did something at the controls, the Spider was bound to respond in some way . Xuan Ning thought that the Spider was full of surprises, just like its creator .
Whrr! A laser gun was activated outside the Spider . It fired eight times on the ground, leaving eight deep holes . The holes were arranged in two rows of four . Xuan Ning and Sha Ya were still trying to figure them out when the Spider stepped its legs into the holes . The Spider's body lowered as a result . The pilot cabin was lowered to the ground . The Spider's legs now had a tight grip on the ground . The holes were just deep enough for the joints of the legs to bend at the surface of the ground .
Creak creak creak! A grappling clamp came out from each of the leg's joints and sunk itself into the ground .
Suddenly, the pilot cabin stopped shaking . Despite the rocks raining down on the Spider, the pilot cabin did not move at all . The three passengers felt none of the violent shaking anymore .
"So you can do this too! This is neat!" Xuan Ning praised . The thought of Ye Chong giving him a Spider after they returned from Darkniss sent a jolt of euphoria through him .
"Sleep . " Ye Chong did not care to indulge him . He switched off the lights in the pilot cabin, and all of a sudden they were shrouded into darkness .
Xuan Ning exclaimed in annoyance . "Why'd you turn off the lights? It's so dark . "
Sha Ya was not used to being in the dark with someone else, much less with two men .
Just when she was about to speak up, Ye Chong's answer silenced her . "It's to conserve energy . "
Xuan Ning complained, "Conserve energy? How much energy can you save like this?"
Ye Chong ignored him, and Xuan Ning soon quieted down .
The pilot cabin was dark and quiet . Its passengers were most likely asleep now .
The storm continued for a full day before it subsided . By then, the Spider was mostly buried under the sand, leaving only a small part of its back exposed . Even so, there was a thin layer of sand on its back .
Fortunately, Ye Chong had fitted a powerful engine for the Spider, or it would have been impossible for them to climb out of the sand . The Spider lifted its body, and all the sand was shaken off .
The Spider began to walk . There was a disc of about 1 . 5 meters in diameter at the end of each leg to prevent the machine from sinking into the sand .
With the help of these eight discs, the Spider moved quickly across the sandy terrain . The sandy mounds did not slow the machine down .
"Ohh, this is amazing!" Xuan Ning exclaimed in excitement . "Haha, when I get myself one of these, I am coming to Darkniss every year for vacation . This is so much fun!"
Ye Chong focused on the screen in front of him . He ignored Xuan Ning completely as he piloted the Spider on its way forward .
When the Spider reached the peak of a 100-meter tall sand dune, it brought its eight legs to the center and linked all the discs at its feet together to form a huge board . The Spider then glided down the dune on the board .
Sha Ya and Xuan Ning had never seen anything quite so interesting . The Spider was like a toy for them . Xuan Ning was jumping up and down like a little boy . On the contrary, Sha Ya's composure was more like a Level 9 shooter's .
The Spider travelled more easily and quickly on the sand dunes .
"If we follow this direction at our current speed, we will leave the Desert after roughly three days . " Xuan Ning pointed to the front and said to Ye Chong . He still looked energetic, with a seemingly unlimited capacity for excitement . Sha Ya, on the other hand, was already over the initial phase of excitement .
Their luck seemed to have turned for the better after the sandstorm . Aside from the two sandlizards that had immediately took off after being surprised by their transport, they had encountered no other wild animals . Three more days, and they will be out of the Desert .
The Desert was a strange place, interspersed with drought regions and sandy regions . In the past few days, they had already crossed a few of them .
It was all sand and rocks, but Ye Chong still noticed the subtler details . The deeper they went, the more metal ores there were in the drought regions . He could see these metal ores now at their location . The ores were mostly soft and tiny . The sand was more fine as they went deeper into the Desert .
Ye Chong had the Hummingbirds outside throughout their journey . The holographic scanning system was disrupted, and could not provide enough scanning range and detail . Ye Chong had no other combat mode holographic scanning system aside from the ones on Celest and Moon King, but he did not want to use his mechs . Fortunately, the Hummingbirds provided him with some improvement in holographic scanning results .
However, they were soon running out of luck . According to the live feed from the Hummingbirds right now, there was a sea of sandscorpions in front, advancing towards them like a swathe of dark clouds .
Chapter 556 The Amazing SpiderTranslator EndlessFantasy Translation Editor EndlessFantasy TranslationThe wild animals in Dual Forest were all scared away by the gigantic newcomer . In the end, Ye Chong and his crew crossed Dual Forest without being challenged by any of the native creatures . Xuan Ning felt annoyed, for he had just learned how to maneuver the Spider s weapons system . The shooters who were following the Spider suddenly found themselves travelling all the way across Dual Forest . Most of them had never ventured deep into Dual Forest, for the place was home to many vicious animals . It was simply too dangerous for them Now that they had actually crossed the entire Dual Forest, all the shooters felt excited . They had all run with all they got just to keep up with the Spider in the past few days . The weaker shooters were left behind long ago . Xuan Ning frowned, What s with their foolishness Staying alive is more important than satisfying their curiosity . Ye Chong and Sha Ya understood him . The shooters were able to reach so far inside here because of their Spider, and not their own strength . Once they were no longer under the protection of their Spider, the dangers of the place would surely overwhelm them . Ye Chong and his team did not have time to care for their survival . These shooters must now make their way back to Yedda City by crossing the entire Dual Forest again . Xuan Ning and Sha Ya both knew that only shooters of at least Level 6 could survive the journey . Of all the shooters following behind them, only a few were that skilled . Xuan Ning saw Ye Chong s eyes lingered on him . He said to Ye Chong, Forget about them . We should be on our way . Shooters who cannot think calmly are foolish . We re not their babysitter . Sha Ya threw a pitiful glance at the low level shooters . They had realized the situation they were in now, and had started to panic . The three of them did not stay behind to help . They would not delay their expedition because of these shooters . Without the Spider, crossing the entire Dual Forest would take around 20 days . Even capable shooters like Xuan Ning and Sha Ya would take that long . This was because the only way to travel was by foot . Besides, in order to avoid the territories of the vicious native animals, they had to make detours and risk losing their way . On the other hand, Ye Chong and his team sat inside the Spider s pilot cabin, enjoying their drinks and sporadic conversation while the Spider made its way through Dual Forest . It took only five days to complete the journey . Along the way, the Spider stormed through anything in its path . Xuan Ning was astounded by the sight of all the animals that practically leaped out of their way . Once, the Spider unknowingly crashed into the home of a flock of sharpbeak cuckoos . Over a hundred sharpbeak cuckoos scattered to the skies, making for an impressive spectacle . Even the larger animals were cautious around the huge spider, for they had never seen it before . They stayed back and did not initiate any contact . Hence, the Spider carried its three passengers and led the group of low level shooters behind it across the entire Dual Forest . Once they exited Dual Forest, the environment around them transformed quickly . There was less foliage . The air was dryer . The ground composition turned sandy . On the third day after leaving Dual Forest, there was not a tree in sight . The ground was flat . The wind bellowed . There were no plants, no humans, no animals it was a wasteland . This was the Desert . The wind grew stronger and stronger, kicking up tiny rocks that hit on the Spider . Cling Clang The graveled terrain was a picture of desolation . The uninteresting surrounding was uninspiring . Nevertheless, Xuan Ning was sitting up straight and looked serious . I think a sandstorm is coming . Beside him, Sha Ya shared the same thought . Agreed . Ye Chong heard them . He focused on the holographic screen and keyed in a series of commands . Xuan Ning approached him and asked curiously, What are you doing Releasing the Hummingbirds . Ye Chong answered without looking up . Hummingbirds What are they Xuan Ning thought he was just like some curious child who could not help asking questions . Ye Chong continued keying in the commands . Hummingbirds are small surveillance devices that can increase surveillance coverage area . I see . Four Hummingbirds were released from the Spider into the outside world . They headed straight for the skies . The Hummingbirds transmitted their video feed onto the screens . Despite the strong wind, the Hummingbirds maintained steady flight and provided clear images of their surroundings . D mn it Sha Ya and Xuan Ning cursed simultaneously . On the screen, the sky had darkened some distance away from them . The sandstorm cast a dark shadow on the ground . The most dangerous thing in the Desert was not the large army of sandscorpions or the vicious sandlizards, but the natural phenomenon known as the sandstorm . Strong winds could lift huge rocks into the air . If hit by any of them, the result would be nothing short of a swift death . Even if someone could avoid being smashed by huge rocks, they would not be able to avoid the sand flying all around them . If unlucky, they would find themselves buried deep under tons of sand, something not uncommon in the Desert . Ye Chong and his team had not even reached the heart of the Desert when this sandstorm hit them . They were most unfortunate . Just then, the video feed shook . Ye Chong quickly ordered the Hummingbirds to return, but by then he had already lost one Hummingbird to the sandstorm . There was only one thing left to do now . The huge spider raced across the empty desert wasteland, with a massive sandstorm close on its tail . The Spider was not fast, and the sandstorm caught up quickly . Its passengers were now witness to a powerful force of Nature . Bam bam bam Rocks and pebbles rained down on the Spider s armor . Larger rocks would shake the pilot cabin . Not even a Level 9 shooter can survive the sandstorm . Xuan Ning felt unsettled by this realization . It s d mn lucky that I didn t encounter a sandstorm last time . F ck, no one can survive this . Xuan Ning could not help cursing . Ever since he reached Level 9, his personality had undergone a 180 degree change . He lost his rigidity and became more open and easygoing . Once upon a time, he would never have cursed openly like this . Ye Chong thought the behavior change was curious . None of the mentalist principles that Huang Baiyi had taught him said anything about personality changes . Sha Ya looked nervous . Yes, I was quite lucky too the few times I ve been here . I never encountered a sandstorm before . It s highly unlikely for anyone to live through this . The pilot cabin was hit again, and shook violently . Xuan Ning was nearly sent flying from his half lying position . He put his hands to his stomach and gritted his teeth, enduring the pain . The screen informed them that the Spider was hit by a rock of over half a meter in diameter . Xuan Ning looked even more unsettled . Ye Chong was expressionless . The wind is too strong . We have to stay put and wait for the storm to pass . It s our only option . Xuan Ning and Sha Ya exchanged a look of helplessness . The Spider was shaking violently from the buffeting of the winds . Large rocks would hit them intermittently . It was impossible to travel in this condition . Ye Chong keyed in a series of commands in the control console . Xuan Ning looked curiously at Ye Chong at the control console . Everytime Ye Chong did something at the controls, the Spider was bound to respond in some way . Xuan Ning thought that the Spider was full of surprises, just like its creator . Whrr A laser gun was activated outside the Spider . It fired eight times on the ground, leaving eight deep holes . The holes were arranged in two rows of four . Xuan Ning and Sha Ya were still trying to figure them out when the Spider stepped its legs into the holes . The Spider s body lowered as a result . The pilot cabin was lowered to the ground . The Spider s legs now had a tight grip on the ground . The holes were just deep enough for the joints of the legs to bend at the surface of the ground . Creak creak creak A grappling clamp came out from each of the leg s joints and sunk itself into the ground . Suddenly, the pilot cabin stopped shaking . Despite the rocks raining down on the Spider, the pilot cabin did not move at all . The three passengers felt none of the violent shaking anymore . So you can do this too This is neat Xuan Ning praised . The thought of Ye Chong giving him a Spider after they returned from Darkniss sent a jolt of euphoria through him . Sleep . Ye Chong did not care to indulge him . He switched off the lights in the pilot cabin, and all of a sudden they were shrouded into darkness . Xuan Ning exclaimed in annoyance . Why d you turn off the lights It s so dark . Sha Ya was not used to being in the dark with someone else, much less with two men . Just when she was about to speak up, Ye Chong s answer silenced her . It s to conserve energy . Xuan Ning complained, Conserve energy How much energy can you save like this Ye Chong ignored him, and Xuan Ning soon quieted down . The pilot cabin was dark and quiet . Its passengers were most likely asleep now . The storm continued for a full day before it subsided . By then, the Spider was mostly buried under the sand, leaving only a small part of its back exposed . Even so, there was a thin layer of sand on its back . Fortunately, Ye Chong had fitted a powerful engine for the Spider, or it would have been impossible for them to climb out of the sand . The Spider lifted its body, and all the sand was shaken off . The Spider began to walk . There was a disc of about 1 . 5 meters in diameter at the end of each leg to prevent the machine from sinking into the sand . With the help of these eight discs, the Spider moved quickly across the sandy terrain . The sandy mounds did not slow the machine down . Ohh, this is amazing Xuan Ning exclaimed in excitement . Haha, when I get myself one of these, I am coming to Darkniss every year for vacation . This is so much fun Ye Chong focused on the screen in front of him . He ignored Xuan Ning completely as he piloted the Spider on its way forward . When the Spider reached the peak of a 100 meter tall sand dune, it brought its eight legs to the center and linked all the discs at its feet together to form a huge board . The Spider then glided down the dune on the board . Sha Ya and Xuan Ning had never seen anything quite so interesting . The Spider was like a toy for them . Xuan Ning was jumping up and down like a little boy . On the contrary, Sha Ya s composure was more like a Level 9 shooter s . The Spider travelled more easily and quickly on the sand dunes . If we follow this direction at our current speed, we will leave the Desert after roughly three days . Xuan Ning pointed to the front and said to Ye Chong . He still looked energetic, with a seemingly unlimited capacity for excitement . Sha Ya, on the other hand, was already over the initial phase of excitement . Their luck seemed to have turned for the better after the sandstorm . Aside from the two sandlizards that had immediately took off after being surprised by their transport, they had encountered no other wild animals . Three more days, and they will be out of the Desert . The Desert was a strange place, interspersed with drought regions and sandy regions . In the past few days, they had already crossed a few of them . It was all sand and rocks, but Ye Chong still noticed the subtler details . The deeper they went, the more metal ores there were in the drought regions . He could see these metal ores now at their location . The ores were mostly soft and tiny . The sand was more fine as they went deeper into the Desert . Ye Chong had the Hummingbirds outside throughout their journey . The holographic scanning system was disrupted, and could not provide enough scanning range and detail . Ye Chong had no other combat mode holographic scanning system aside from the ones on Celest and Moon King, but he did not want to use his mechs . Fortunately, the Hummingbirds provided him with some improvement in holographic scanning results . However, they were soon running out of luck . According to the live feed from the Hummingbirds right now, there was a sea of sandscorpions in front, advancing towards them like a swathe of dark clouds .
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