After solving the problem of the sandscorpions, the trio did not encounter any other creatures along their journey in the Desert . Xuan Ning no longer felt lively . Sha Ya looked pale, perhaps from all the vomiting . Ye Chong could tell that Sha Ya was afraid of him . It was not the first time people looked at him this way . Every time he used alchemy, people would be afraid of him . He was used to it already .
Ye Chong never minded the silence around him . Sha Ya and Xuan Ning thought the Desert was an uninteresting wasteland, but Ye Chong could study his surroundings with great detail and undivided attention .
They must be arriving in the last drought region of their journey . Some of the rocks on the ground would sparkle with a metallic luster . There were more metal ores here . Ye Chong could see that most of them were low quality metal ores . Unless he had access to good extraction technologies, the ores would be useless to him .
There was a trend here that he had observed - the further in they went, the more metals there were around them .
"Beyond this ridge is the Mist," said Xuan Ning . Three days had gone past, and the shooter had now recovered himself from the shock .
This was a huge white-colored rocky structure . It was not tall, and had white jagged edges all over its bald surface . It looked more like a small hill of about 300 meters tall than an actual mountain ridge . The structure extended for a very long distance like a natural barrier . Huge rocks were randomly stacked next to each other, forming this ridge structure . Many parts of the ridge were unsuitable for climbing .
Of course, to Xuan Ning and Sha Ya, the mountain barely reached 300 meters; to Ye Chong, it was only a small hill .
Under Ye Chong's command, the Spider made its way quickly towards the hill .
The Spider's eight legs allowed it to move across the uneven terrain easily . Obstacles that were impossible for humans to cross were easily leaped over by the Spider .
Xuan Ning could not help but felt emotional . "Machines are so powerful . This Spider must be more valuable than 10 Level 8 shooters . I wonder, were the decades that I spent in honing my parapsychic abilities all in vain? If I used all that time to study engineering, what would the outcome be instead?"
Sha Ya looked at Xuan Ning, shaken by his words . She found it hard to believe that a Level 9 shooter would say those words . Shooters were mentally tough and determined people . This was why they were stronger than common people . However, the first Level 9 shooter in the past five decades, Xuan Ning, had just made this surprising comment . Sha Ya found herself very much surprised .
Ye Chong shook his head . "Everything has limitations . This applies to machines as well as parapsychic abilities . Your people understand too little about parapsychic abilities, and have not think of other ways to make use of them . That is why you feel like this now . "
"What other ways?" Xuan Ning was inspired by Ye Chong's words . Sha Ya, on the other hand, could not keep up with the conversation .
Ye Chong did not elaborate further . He had to concentrate on driving the Spider .
The truth was, he had long realized what he shared just now . In terms of mental abilities, he had never seen anyone as powerful as the shooters of this world . Even the famed mentalists from Xi Feng Tribe fell short . Nevertheless, the shooters used their parapsychic abilities in very limited form . Xi Feng Tribe fared better in terms of application variety .
Xi Feng Tribe's mentalists did not parapsychic abilities as strong as shooters at Level 5 or 6, but they had already mastered skills such as movement restriction . Experts like Huang Baiyi could even fight with him on even ground in close quarters . Unlike mentalists, shooters lost their combat abilities the moment they lost their guns .
Besides, Xi Feng Tribe's people had excellent battle coordination strategies, second only to the Sang Tribe, as the result of their mentalist skills . A normal mentalist mech pilot from Xi Feng Tribe was only on par with a fresh Level 3 shooter in terms of parapsychic strength, but the former could use their abilities in more creative ways .
When the Spider crossed the white rocky ridge, the environment around them transformed markedly .
A thin purple mist shrouded the place, blocked by the white rocky ridge on one side . The thin mist added a hint of mystery to everything in sight .
The place had higher humidity compared to the Desert .
"This is the Mist . " Sha Ya said to Ye Chong when she noticed Xuan Ning was still deep in thought . Ye Chong was the leader of their expedition to Darkniss . He had also surprised Sha Ya with his demonstration in the Desert . Sha Ya had gradually come to think of Ye Chong as the decision maker for their group of three .
"The mist here is thin, but it will get thicker as we go on . "
Ye Chong soon found that the light purple colored mist was highly disruptive to the holographic scanning system . The image on the screen was no longer clear . If the mist was to grow thicker as they progressed, then the Spider's holographic scanning system could no longer be relied upon .
"There's interference here . Both of you are in charge of security and direction . I'll clear the path . " Ye Chong ordered the two shooters like it was the natural thing to do .
"Alright," Sha Ya replied .
After staying quiet for so long, Xuan Ning felt excited again . "Hah, this is what I've been waiting for . There wasn't a chance to shoot since we first started, my hands are getting itchy . " He eagerly reached for the firearms control lever in front of his seat .
Now that the two shooters were ready for battle, Ye Chong opened the hatch for the two laser guns they were controlling . These laser guns were more like laser cannons . Laser guns graded at 4 million Lux were considered quite powerful, but the Spider's laser gun could reach 12 million Lux . They were powerful monsters . Even an aircraft's laser cannon never exceeded 8 million Lux . The Spider's weapons, the mother of all laser guns, could also swivel around easily .
Ye Chong now had a Level 8 shooter and a Level 9 shooter behind his two very powerful weapons . Surely they must be enough for his own security .
Here in the Mist, the ground began to feel uneven . There were trees growing around them sparsely . As Sha Ya warned earlier, the mist was getting thicker, and the holographic scanning system was rendered useless . Ye Chong turned it off and switched to optical mode .
Ye Chong remembered the purple mist back in Yi Ju . The purple mist there was also disruptive to their holographic scanning system . It was impossible for holographic scanning to penetrate the purple gas cloud .
Ye Chong realized that the purple mist here and the one he saw in Yi Ju was eerily similar, and felt alarmed by the consequences .
"Left … Left … Right … Right …" Xuan Ning directed excitedly . He had to play the role of their holographic scanning system .
Under Xuan Ning's direction, the Spider moved at a moderate pace . Since, Ye Chong could not see the ground clearly, the Spider could not move with the stability they enjoyed back at the Desert .
There were more trees now . The Spider had to avoid them frequently .
"Stop!" Xuan Ning said .
"What is it?" Ye Chong asked .
Sha Ya said to Ye Chong, "Ahead of us is a thick forest . I don't think the Spider can enter . " She remembered the forest clearly . No one who had been here before would be likely to forget the dense foliage .
Xuan Ning explained earnestly, "It's difficult to travel in there . The forest is dense, with creepers all over the place . There are swamps too . If you get stuck in one, you're dead already . Many shooters lost their lives here . " He added, "Spidey here can't go inside, I'm afraid . What a pity . " He caressed the firearms control lever regretfully, having not fired a single shot from it yet .
"How long does it take to cross the forest?" Ye Chong asked after some thought .
Xuan Ning reached for his memories . "We spent seven days last time . "
Ye Chong turned to Sha Ya . The shooter smiled bitterly . "I wasn't so lucky . I spent 14 days in the forest, nearly went crazy from it . "
The two shooters looked at Ye Chong . The forest was too dense for the huge Spider to move through . Nevertheless, they were reluctant to let go of the Spider .
Ye Chong considered the duration of seven to 14 days, and did some mental calculations . After a while, he nodded . "I have a plan . "
"What?" Xuan Ning and Sha Ya looked at Ye Chong .
Ye Chong said nothing as he lowered his head and began to type on the control console .
A piece of armour on the Spider's left side slid open, revealing a weapon underneath . Xuan Ning and Sha Ya were using their parapsychic waves to monitor their surroundings . The movement did not escape their notice .
Suddenly, the Spider reached the first leg on its left towards the back to retrieve the strange weapon . Tap! The weapon was activated . They heard a whirring sound that came from fast rotation - it was a laser saw!
"It's huge!" Xuan Ning exclaimed . The laser saw was about nine meters long and three meters wide . It was a really huge weapon . However, the handle was small enough to store inside the Spider's body .
Xuan Ning and Sha Ya understood what Ye Chong's plan was . They exchanged a look and cried out in unison, "It's a good plan!" This way, they would not have to leave the Spider . The past few days were enough to make the two shooters love the Spider to bits .
With the huge laser saw clearing the path, the Spider could now advance faster . Any physical obstacles in the way were cleared or cut to pieces as the Spider waved its front left leg . Xuan Ning could only stare in amazement . "This thing's amazing! I say, what else do you have hidden in the Spider? This laser saw is d*mn powerful, haha, you have to fit my Spider with one too . "
Ye Chong had originally wanted to bring a ship cannon, but the Spider could not bear the weight . The cannon would have cleared a path in the forest with just a few shots . However, since the ship cannon was too bulky, heavy and energy consuming, he had ditched the idea .
The laser saw was more than enough to clear a path in the forest .
The forest was humid, and the plants grew wildly . Unfortunately, Ye Chong could see none of it from inside . This forest would surely be home to very valuable plants . Ye Chong had to be careful when maneuvering the Spider on soft layers of decomposing leaves on the ground . Besides, they were unlucky enough to have encountered a few swamps along the way . Fortunately, Ye Chong was able to react just in time in every encounter . The Spider's many legs helped . As long at least one leg was not caught in the swamp, they would be able to break free with no issue .
Xuan Ning was very excited . The Spider's weapons were crazy powerful .
There were no large animals in the forest, only small ones, but Xuan Ning was still eager to test out his gun . It was like firing a cannon at a mosquito - now that was exhilarating!
Where before they had to worry about being attacked by harmful plants, now it was a negligible issue . The Spider was solid enough to resist attacks from these plants . Ye Chong had also closed all the airways that led outside . They were now running on an isolated air circulation system . Tranquilizing gas that came from the plants could no longer affect them .
There was also the problem of the swamps . If they were travelling on foot, they would have died many times over . The Spider had kept them intact throughout the journey .
The laser gun was such an overbearing weapon . Xuan Ning wanted to try it out himself .
Ye Chong could not see anything around him . He only hoped to cross the Mist as soon as possible . Without help from Xuan Ning and Sha Ya, the forest was too dangerous for him .
The Spider waved its huge laser saw left and right . The thick laser beam allowed the Spider to advance unhindered .
It took only three days for them to cross the Mist . By then, the mist was becoming thinner . When the image on the screen cleared up, Ye Chong heaved a sigh of relief .
All around him was a long stretch of crimson colored wasteland . The crimson earth supported no plant life . The flat earth extended towards the horizon with no end in sight . Compared to the dense forest that was teeming with life, this desolate place was a sharp and unsettling contrast .
"The Red Wasteland is not a very big place . Judging by the speed of the Spider, we should be able to reach the entrance to Darkniss in a day and a half . "
Sha Ya studied their surroundings and said to Ye Chong, "That way . " She pointed at an angle towards the left .
Chapter 558 Crossing the MistTranslator EndlessFantasy Translation Editor EndlessFantasy TranslationAfter solving the problem of the sandscorpions, the trio did not encounter any other creatures along their journey in the Desert . Xuan Ning no longer felt lively . Sha Ya looked pale, perhaps from all the vomiting . Ye Chong could tell that Sha Ya was afraid of him . It was not the first time people looked at him this way . Every time he used alchemy, people would be afraid of him . He was used to it already . Ye Chong never minded the silence around him . Sha Ya and Xuan Ning thought the Desert was an uninteresting wasteland, but Ye Chong could study his surroundings with great detail and undivided attention . They must be arriving in the last drought region of their journey . Some of the rocks on the ground would sparkle with a metallic luster . There were more metal ores here . Ye Chong could see that most of them were low quality metal ores . Unless he had access to good extraction technologies, the ores would be useless to him . There was a trend here that he had observed the further in they went, the more metals there were around them . Beyond this ridge is the Mist, said Xuan Ning . Three days had gone past, and the shooter had now recovered himself from the shock . This was a huge white colored rocky structure . It was not tall, and had white jagged edges all over its bald surface . It looked more like a small hill of about 300 meters tall than an actual mountain ridge . The structure extended for a very long distance like a natural barrier . Huge rocks were randomly stacked next to each other, forming this ridge structure . Many parts of the ridge were unsuitable for climbing . Of course, to Xuan Ning and Sha Ya, the mountain barely reached 300 meters to Ye Chong, it was only a small hill . Under Ye Chong s command, the Spider made its way quickly towards the hill . The Spider s eight legs allowed it to move across the uneven terrain easily . Obstacles that were impossible for humans to cross were easily leaped over by the Spider . Xuan Ning could not help but felt emotional . Machines are so powerful . This Spider must be more valuable than 10 Level 8 shooters . I wonder, were the decades that I spent in honing my parapsychic abilities all in vain If I used all that time to study engineering, what would the outcome be instead Sha Ya looked at Xuan Ning, shaken by his words . She found it hard to believe that a Level 9 shooter would say those words . Shooters were mentally tough and determined people . This was why they were stronger than common people . However, the first Level 9 shooter in the past five decades, Xuan Ning, had just made this surprising comment . Sha Ya found herself very much surprised . Ye Chong shook his head . Everything has limitations . This applies to machines as well as parapsychic abilities . Your people understand too little about parapsychic abilities, and have not think of other ways to make use of them . That is why you feel like this now . What other ways Xuan Ning was inspired by Ye Chong s words . Sha Ya, on the other hand, could not keep up with the conversation . Ye Chong did not elaborate further . He had to concentrate on driving the Spider . The truth was, he had long realized what he shared just now . In terms of mental abilities, he had never seen anyone as powerful as the shooters of this world . Even the famed mentalists from Xi Feng Tribe fell short . Nevertheless, the shooters used their parapsychic abilities in very limited form . Xi Feng Tribe fared better in terms of application variety . Xi Feng Tribe s mentalists did not parapsychic abilities as strong as shooters at Level 5 or 6, but they had already mastered skills such as movement restriction . Experts like Huang Baiyi could even fight with him on even ground in close quarters . Unlike mentalists, shooters lost their combat abilities the moment they lost their guns . Besides, Xi Feng Tribe s people had excellent battle coordination strategies, second only to the Sang Tribe, as the result of their mentalist skills . A normal mentalist mech pilot from Xi Feng Tribe was only on par with a fresh Level 3 shooter in terms of parapsychic strength, but the former could use their abilities in more creative ways . When the Spider crossed the white rocky ridge, the environment around them transformed markedly . A thin purple mist shrouded the place, blocked by the white rocky ridge on one side . The thin mist added a hint of mystery to everything in sight . The place had higher humidity compared to the Desert . This is the Mist . Sha Ya said to Ye Chong when she noticed Xuan Ning was still deep in thought . Ye Chong was the leader of their expedition to Darkniss . He had also surprised Sha Ya with his demonstration in the Desert . Sha Ya had gradually come to think of Ye Chong as the decision maker for their group of three . The mist here is thin, but it will get thicker as we go on . Ye Chong soon found that the light purple colored mist was highly disruptive to the holographic scanning system . The image on the screen was no longer clear . If the mist was to grow thicker as they progressed, then the Spider s holographic scanning system could no longer be relied upon . There s interference here . Both of you are in charge of security and direction . I ll clear the path . Ye Chong ordered the two shooters like it was the natural thing to do . Alright, Sha Ya replied . After staying quiet for so long, Xuan Ning felt excited again . Hah, this is what I ve been waiting for . There wasn t a chance to shoot since we first started, my hands are getting itchy . He eagerly reached for the firearms control lever in front of his seat . Now that the two shooters were ready for battle, Ye Chong opened the hatch for the two laser guns they were controlling . These laser guns were more like laser cannons . Laser guns graded at 4 million Lux were considered quite powerful, but the Spider s laser gun could reach 12 million Lux . They were powerful monsters . Even an aircraft s laser cannon never exceeded 8 million Lux . The Spider s weapons, the mother of all laser guns, could also swivel around easily . Ye Chong now had a Level 8 shooter and a Level 9 shooter behind his two very powerful weapons . Surely they must be enough for his own security . Here in the Mist, the ground began to feel uneven . There were trees growing around them sparsely . As Sha Ya warned earlier, the mist was getting thicker, and the holographic scanning system was rendered useless . Ye Chong turned it off and switched to optical mode . Ye Chong remembered the purple mist back in Yi Ju . The purple mist there was also disruptive to their holographic scanning system . It was impossible for holographic scanning to penetrate the purple gas cloud . Ye Chong realized that the purple mist here and the one he saw in Yi Ju was eerily similar, and felt alarmed by the consequences . Left Left Right Right Xuan Ning directed excitedly . He had to play the role of their holographic scanning system . Under Xuan Ning s direction, the Spider moved at a moderate pace . Since, Ye Chong could not see the ground clearly, the Spider could not move with the stability they enjoyed back at the Desert . There were more trees now . The Spider had to avoid them frequently . Stop Xuan Ning said . What is it Ye Chong asked . Sha Ya said to Ye Chong, Ahead of us is a thick forest . I don t think the Spider can enter . She remembered the forest clearly . No one who had been here before would be likely to forget the dense foliage . Xuan Ning explained earnestly, It s difficult to travel in there . The forest is dense, with creepers all over the place . There are swamps too . If you get stuck in one, you re dead already . Many shooters lost their lives here . He added, Spidey here can t go inside, I m afraid . What a pity . He caressed the firearms control lever regretfully, having not fired a single shot from it yet . How long does it take to cross the forest Ye Chong asked after some thought . Xuan Ning reached for his memories . We spent seven days last time . Ye Chong turned to Sha Ya . The shooter smiled bitterly . I wasn t so lucky . I spent 14 days in the forest, nearly went crazy from it . The two shooters looked at Ye Chong . The forest was too dense for the huge Spider to move through . Nevertheless, they were reluctant to let go of the Spider . Ye Chong considered the duration of seven to 14 days, and did some mental calculations . After a while, he nodded . I have a plan . What Xuan Ning and Sha Ya looked at Ye Chong . Ye Chong said nothing as he lowered his head and began to type on the control console . A piece of armour on the Spider s left side slid open, revealing a weapon underneath . Xuan Ning and Sha Ya were using their parapsychic waves to monitor their surroundings . The movement did not escape their notice . Suddenly, the Spider reached the first leg on its left towards the back to retrieve the strange weapon . Tap The weapon was activated . They heard a whirring sound that came from fast rotation it was a laser saw It s huge Xuan Ning exclaimed . The laser saw was about nine meters long and three meters wide . It was a really huge weapon . However, the handle was small enough to store inside the Spider s body . Xuan Ning and Sha Ya understood what Ye Chong s plan was . They exchanged a look and cried out in unison, It s a good plan This way, they would not have to leave the Spider . The past few days were enough to make the two shooters love the Spider to bits . With the huge laser saw clearing the path, the Spider could now advance faster . Any physical obstacles in the way were cleared or cut to pieces as the Spider waved its front left leg . Xuan Ning could only stare in amazement . This thing s amazing I say, what else do you have hidden in the Spider This laser saw is d mn powerful, haha, you have to fit my Spider with one too . Ye Chong had originally wanted to bring a ship cannon, but the Spider could not bear the weight . The cannon would have cleared a path in the forest with just a few shots . However, since the ship cannon was too bulky, heavy and energy consuming, he had ditched the idea . The laser saw was more than enough to clear a path in the forest . The forest was humid, and the plants grew wildly . Unfortunately, Ye Chong could see none of it from inside . This forest would surely be home to very valuable plants . Ye Chong had to be careful when maneuvering the Spider on soft layers of decomposing leaves on the ground . Besides, they were unlucky enough to have encountered a few swamps along the way . Fortunately, Ye Chong was able to react just in time in every encounter . The Spider s many legs helped . As long at least one leg was not caught in the swamp, they would be able to break free with no issue . Xuan Ning was very excited . The Spider s weapons were crazy powerful . There were no large animals in the forest, only small ones, but Xuan Ning was still eager to test out his gun . It was like firing a cannon at a mosquito now that was exhilarating Where before they had to worry about being attacked by harmful plants, now it was a negligible issue . The Spider was solid enough to resist attacks from these plants . Ye Chong had also closed all the airways that led outside . They were now running on an isolated air circulation system . Tranquilizing gas that came from the plants could no longer affect them . There was also the problem of the swamps . If they were travelling on foot, they would have died many times over . The Spider had kept them intact throughout the journey . The laser gun was such an overbearing weapon . Xuan Ning wanted to try it out himself . Ye Chong could not see anything around him . He only hoped to cross the Mist as soon as possible . Without help from Xuan Ning and Sha Ya, the forest was too dangerous for him . The Spider waved its huge laser saw left and right . The thick laser beam allowed the Spider to advance unhindered . It took only three days for them to cross the Mist . By then, the mist was becoming thinner . When the image on the screen cleared up, Ye Chong heaved a sigh of relief . All around him was a long stretch of crimson colored wasteland . The crimson earth supported no plant life . The flat earth extended towards the horizon with no end in sight . Compared to the dense forest that was teeming with life, this desolate place was a sharp and unsettling contrast . The Red Wasteland is not a very big place . Judging by the speed of the Spider, we should be able to reach the entrance to Darkniss in a day and a half . Sha Ya studied their surroundings and said to Ye Chong, That way . She pointed at an angle towards the left .
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