The system invites me to be the boss

Chapter 163 Desperate Storm
Riding on a double-headed eagle, Jian Rui crossed the grasslands and mountains, and flew towards the impenetrable north. He found the special places in Shu Qu's records one after another.

Some special extinct species that live together have also been confirmed one after another in his sight.

This shows that in the past six years, Shu Qu really traveled through the vast and boundless area bit by bit, and then made very detailed records.

This credit alone is enough for him to leave a strong mark in the history of human awakeners.

Ten days later, the double-headed eagle had flown 70 kilometers.

Arriving at this place, the breath of 8- and 9-star desperate creatures can be seen everywhere.

And different from the edge, the high-level creatures here have begun to have a strong sense of territory, but they are not very aggressive.

The double-headed eagle was accidentally spotted by a 9-star flying creature, but it didn't attack immediately, it just chased after it.

Once the double-headed eagle is out of its territory, it will decisively give up the pursuit.

And what is very magical is that in the territories of these high-level creatures, there are a large number of low-level desperate creatures. These are not their food, but more like their subjects.

Jian Rui once saw from a distance that some low-level desperate creatures transported some energy ore near the lair of high-level creatures, which seemed to be paying tribute.

This is very different from Earth.

The wild animal groups on the earth have always been that the big eat the small, and the strong eat the weak.

The species groups in desperate situations are more like the primitive human social system. The weak are no longer food, but tools to be exploited by the strong.

Jian Rui was very surprised by this discovery.

This shows that these desperate creatures are more intelligent than he imagined. If the awakened human beings want to obtain resources in their territory in the future, they may face a large group of desperate creatures in a planned and targeted attack.

Could it be that this is what Shu Qu was talking about that could be dangerous to humans?

So he asked Brother Hip and Bell Cat: "Are all the desperate situations you have there like this?"

"I don't know."

Brother Buttocks shook his head and said, the desperate situation in his hometown has been around for a long time, and it has been wiped out for a long time. Where can I see such a scene?

On the other hand, the desperate situation in Bell Cat's place has been explored, but it still retains its original appearance.

"Anyway, according to what I know, cats on the Cat Planet will generally not collect resources recklessly in desperate situations unless it is extremely necessary," Bell Cat said, "We on the Cat Planet are all good cats who love peace and care for the environment. "

Jian Rui: ...I'm afraid it's because most of the cats on your cat planet have the same personality as you, and they only like to sleep every day.

But that's not clear either.

After all, cats are not humans, and their thinking habits must be different.

Maybe in their consciousness, like humans, they don't think that desperate creatures are lower life forms and are on the same level as cats.

Just like humans on Earth, although there will be wars and discrimination between various races, they will not think that other races should be food on the plate.

"How long has it been since you were in a desperate situation?" Jian Rui asked.

Bell Cat shook its tail, thought for a while before replying: "It should be tens of thousands of years ago, anyway, that's what big cats say."

Tens of thousands of years, which is about the same as the desperate time of Brother Sixiang's hometown.

"Then how big is your entrance now?"

"It's more than ten meters away," Bell Cat said, "The bodies of the cat tribe are relatively small, and it's useless to have a big entrance."

"Brother Hip, how many years has it been since the desperation in your hometown?"

"3200."

It just doesn't feel right.

Brother Hip once said that the desperation on their side is definitely not as big as that of Cat Planet, but the diameter of the entrance is more than 100 meters.

So it can be inferred that the size of the entrance should have nothing to do with time.

But what is it about?

Could it be that the more resources people get from the impasse, the bigger the entrance will be?

If this is the case, then the earth is indeed very dangerous.

Human beings on the earth always regard themselves as advanced creatures, and they can ask for everything in nature.

Even if there are more resources in the desperate situation, how long will it be enough for human beings to squander?

As for dangerous desperate creatures, no matter how many there are, what's the use.

It has only been 19 years since the Earth's Desperation appeared, and top figures like Shu Qu have already reached 9 stars. Now that the entrance is fixed, it will be easier to obtain resources.

I am afraid that in a few years, 9 stars will no longer be a rarity.

Coupled with the fact that he can produce more powerful equipment, human beings are even more powerful, and it is only a matter of time before they unscrupulously exploit desperate resources.

But as said before, it is useless even if he is worried now.

Human beings have never lacked foresight and foresight, but things always develop in the worst direction.

Such as the environment.

As early as when coal and oil resources were used on a large scale, many people raised concerns about the environment.

But have these remarks prevented people from using coal and oil?
No.

Human society makes full use of these polluting resources for the sake of development and huge benefits.

So there was no point in worrying, so Jian Rui stopped thinking about it.

Judging from the situation on Brother Hip's side, it will be at least hundreds or thousands of years later, and I don't know if it's his turn to worry about it.

After the double-headed eagle continued to fly forward for two days, it did not want to go any further.

At a distance of 90 kilometers from the base, 8-star creatures have already appeared in groups, and the numbers are dense. It is basically impossible to find a safe way among them.

So the next step is up to Jian Rui.

He let the double-headed eagle find a place to rest by itself, and took Brother Hip and Bell Cat back to the company. They released too much energy and could easily be noticed.

However, in order to prevent sudden accidents, he still called Brother Siwei out.

"Then the two of us are on our way."

Brother Sisi shrank his neck and looked around, the iron skin on his body was covered with lumps.

Where is this place? Why are there so many 8 and 9-star auras? I really want to dig a hole and hide myself.

"Boss, where are we going?"

Jian Rui opened the map and found his current location.

Shuqu's exploration of the desperate situation should be from west to east, and then from east to west, back and forth like this.

So now the northernmost edge of the map is a relatively straight line, just like the latitude line on the earth map.

But right in the middle of this "exploration line", there is an obvious depression heading south.

I don't know if it was because it was too dangerous, but Shu Qu didn't explore it. He did it anyway, but he didn't want others to know, so this map is missing such a piece.

So Jian Rui made this place the first goal.

Danger means there is good stuff, and if Shu Qu deliberately concealed it, it would be even more important to go and see it.

After confirming the direction, Jian Rui took Brother Sisi and started to set off.

Relying on his keen perception, he tried to walk on the edge of the territory of high-level desperate creatures. If it didn't work, he would take Brother Thought to the office to avoid it.

Originally, the 20-kilometer journey only took half a month, but it took them three months of stopping and going to finally reach the edge of the "pit."

The vegetation is gradually thinning out, and the dense desperate beasts are gradually disappearing. Jian Rui feels that he is heading towards a dead zone without life.

Sure enough, after passing through a sparse bush, there were more and more gravels under their feet, and then they saw a vast and boundless Gobi.

Jian Rui is well-informed even in the desperate situation. He may have been to the most places except Shuqu, but he has never seen the Gobi and desert.

With a little curiosity, Jian Rui continued to go deeper and walked tens of thousands of kilometers, all in the same terrain, without encountering even a desperate creature.

And strangely, the deeper the Gobi went, the weaker the energy fluctuations in the soil became, and finally almost disappeared.

He asked Brother Siwei and his ten tribesmen to find a random place to dig underground, but they dug at least a few thousand meters deep, and the situation remained the same.

This is almost impossible in a desperate situation.

The desperate energy in the desperate situation is like the water on the earth, it is almost everywhere.

Even in the deserts of the earth, there is abundant water beneath the surface.

"I feel like I can't go any further," said Brother Hip. "Although there are no desperate creatures here, I feel that there are things more dangerous than desperate creatures."

Brother Sisi nodded vigorously.

Jian Rui patted Bell Cat on the head and asked, "What do you think?"

"Ben Meow thinks that since you are the boss, you should do something the boss should do," said Bell Cat, "such as sitting in the office drinking tea, helping his cat organize a concert and so on.

"Li Tianqin and his gang will find their way here sooner or later. If there is danger, let them carry it. If there is any benefit, won't they have to hand it over to you obediently in the end?"

I have to say that although the bell cat's words seemed a bit selfish, there was some truth to them.

But we have already come here, if we don't make this area clear, Jian Rui will always feel like being scratched by a fat cat.

"The unknown is always the greatest danger," Jian Rui said, "Well, if we walk another [-] kilometers, we will almost reach the edge of Shuqu's exploration.

"If we don't find anything by then, we'll change direction, either east or west."

The boss made a decision and no one said much.

Without high-level desperate creatures, Brother Hip doesn't have to sit in the office every day, but acts as a pioneer.

For them, [-] kilometers is more than a day now, and soon in the afternoon of the second day, the unchanging scenery finally began to change.

The originally flat ground seemed to have turned into the back of the moon, covered with dense and huge ring-shaped pits.

The small ones have a diameter of hundreds of meters, the large ones have a diameter of several kilometers, and they have a depth of thousands of meters.

Although there is still no breath and energy fluctuations of desperate creatures, Brother Hip is more cautious. The silver light in his eyes is no longer flickering constantly, but has always maintained a faint silver color.

Jian Rui has never seen Brother Hip so cautious, and he can't help but concentrate all his energy to perceive all the movements around him as far away as possible.

The light in the sky was gradually dimming, and the desperate night was approaching. Jian Rui saw that everyone was highly nervous, so he decided to camp where he was and wait until night before making plans.

Unexpectedly, as soon as it got dark, there was a faint buzzing sound in the air.

The sound came from the north, like a large swarm of desperate bees approaching quickly, but there was no energy fluctuation.

"It's windy," Brother Hip said, "It's very windy."

Wind is not unusual in the Impasse, but even on the surface of the Impasse Sea, the wind is not too strong.

In the depths of this Gobi, he could actually see the strong wind.

A few minutes later, strong winds rolled up the sand and gravel on the ground, and the sky was covered with roaring winds.

Jian Rui had never seen such a strong wind, if it wasn't for Sisi and his clansmen, he probably wouldn't know where he was blown.

"Careful! There's something in the wind!"

In the darkness, Hip Brother's eyes suddenly became bright, like two searchlights shining into the oncoming strong wind.

I saw the sword in his hand kept waving, slashing at some unknown things.

Just as Jian Rui was about to ask what it was, he felt a burning pain on his face, which seemed to be a bloody mess.

He is now a 9-star with extraordinary perception.

But he didn't feel anything just now, and a piece of flesh and blood was cut off from his face.

At the same time, sparks kept appearing from his armor, as well as from the bodies of Brother Sizhi's clansmen. It was unknown whether they were rubbed by sand or stones, or were attacked by something.

Jian Rui released a trace of energy, quickly healed the wound on his face, and searched carefully.

Ding--

Brother Hip drew his sword again, and this time Jian Rui could see clearly that it seemed to be a fist-sized creature that was split in half by his sword.

But because of the strong wind, the body split in two was instantly blown away without a trace.

ding ding-

Brother Hip's speed was getting faster and faster, and two afterimages were pulled out in the strong wind, but as the wind became stronger and stronger, there were more and more such weird creatures, and deep bone wounds began to appear on his body.

"energy!"

Hearing Brother Hip's voice, Jian Rui immediately asked the system to replenish his energy.

But he was surprised, in less than a minute, Brother Hip's energy was exhausted?
What the hell is this?
"Can you catch someone alive?"

"As much as possible!"

Brother Hip said while swinging his sword, while trying to catch this weird creature with his hands.

But the speed of this thing is too fast, and like some sharp knives, Brother Hip's hand was cut bloody in no time.

"No, it's too fast," Brother Hip said, "and it's very sharp."

Jian Rui thought for a while, if he couldn't control the speed, could he make a net or something?
But now, where can I get the internet for a while?
In the end, he looked at the brother thinking beside him, and immediately had an idea.

"Brother Sisi, open your mouth and see if you can catch one."

Brother Sisi: ... Boss, your idea is really good. I guess I can't think of it in my life!

So Sisi brother opened his mouth wide to the wind.

boom--

Soon a monster creature was "eaten" into their mouths.

Brother Sisi: ... Hurry up, boss, this thing is biting me!
Seeing that he had caught it, Jian Rui immediately took everyone back to the company with a thought.

Without the raging wind, Jian Rui immediately relaxed.

Brother Sisi spit out what was in his mouth on the ground, and it turned out to be a creature that looked like a bat.

However, the wings of this desperate bat are very short, and it has two front claws that are the same as the sickle, and two sharp blades grow on the short wings.

After being spit on the ground, this hopeless bat still wanted to fly, but was knocked off the ground by Brother Hip with his scabbard.

"My god," Bell Cat jumped up from the table, "Why did you catch this thing, take it and throw it away!"

"you recognize?"

"How could I not recognize them," the bell cat said proudly, "This is one of the most annoying species for cats in desperate situations. They move with the storm and are so fast that they scare the cat to death."

Jian Rui sensed again, and confirmed that the desperate bats did not have any energy fluctuations, and asked, "Is this also a desperate creature? Why don't they have energy in their bodies?"

"This one is just the lowest minion," Bell Cat said, "They have just hatched, haven't found food yet, and of course don't have any energy.

"And this lowest kind of desperate bat, they are born in the desperate storm, moving with the storm, looking for food and energy.

"After the storm stops, those who don't find energy will die on the spot, and those who find energy will fly back to their lair, and then be eaten by high-level ones."

eat?

Both Jian Rui and Brother Hip were secretly startled, what kind of species is this that actually cannibalizes its own species.

"So let's go back quickly." Bell Cat looked at the hopeless bat still struggling on the ground with lingering fear, and his hair stood up unnaturally. Desperate bats can breed tens of thousands of minions in a second, I will ask you if you are afraid!"

　Thanks to: Qiu Xi, Tyrant Jedi Supreme, Chen Xiaobing 710, Translucent Ice, *Unknown Life*, Jade Ruqing for the reward.

　　Thank you for your support.

　　
　
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