Reborn in the end of the world, I scavenged in the empty city and bought for free

"So the cave is really connected to the underground city?" Gu Tongwan propped himself up with a look of surprise between his brows. Although he had suspected it for a long time, he was still surprised when the suspicion became reality.

Chen Yanxi took off his gloves, and there was a layer of frost on them. Every time he used his superpowers, his body would have a similar reaction. This should be some kind of sequelae left by using superpowers, but it has been five years since he awakened his superpowers. In these five years, no such sequelae have been found except for the temporary frost-like phenomenon in the body. No other side effects have been found. After gradually getting used to it, Chen Yanxi also accepted it calmly.

However, it was the first time that Gu Tongwan had seen this, and he didn't know that the use of superpowers actually consumes the physical and mental strength of the superpower user. The faster the superpower is used, the larger the range of frost condensation. In the most serious cases, the whole body is covered with a layer of frost, and the surrounding area within a dozen meters will be affected. Therefore, every time the "Hunter" team completes the mission, the other members of the team will either leave the villa to leave Chen Yanxi alone to allow the sequelae to subside, or Chen Yanxi will go back one day later than his teammates. If the sequelae are not serious, Chen Yanxi will lock himself in the room for a day or two, and his teammates will never step into the second floor within this range.

Of course, there are special circumstances. For example, when it was extremely hot a few months ago, the rooms near Chen Yanxi's bedroom on the second floor seemed to have their own cooling effect, and all the team members were eager to stay on the second floor.

Liao Yunyun was a light sleeper to begin with, and woke up after hearing the chattering voices. She looked at the two people with sleepy eyes, but her mind was not yet fully awake, so she asked stupidly, "Ah, you guys continue, I shouldn't have disturbed you, right?"

"No, you can continue sleeping." Chen Yanxi's voice was calm but with a hint of amusement.

Liao Yunyun raised her eyebrows and looked at her sisters, only to find that they were smiling helplessly. She knew that there was nothing going on between the two of them. She also saw Yan Fan sitting on the side, pretending nothing had happened and wiping his dagger.

"I'm not going to sleep anymore. You guys are back at this time. You must have discovered something during your previous investigation, right?"

Seeing that Liao Yunyun had woken up, Chen Yanxi continued, "The cave is only two kilometers away from the underground city area. The direct path is near the undeveloped dangerous area. Although there has always been a high-voltage barbed wire fence there, the first layer has been destroyed by mutant rodents. Preliminary inference is that it is very likely the mutant species that we saw in the underground city."

"Didn't you participate in the last cleanup operation? Didn't you completely eliminate those mutants then?" Liao Yunyun changed her posture. She had actually always wanted to ask Chen Yanxi about this matter in person. After all, she and the news team had witnessed the brutal massacre in the underground city with their own eyes. She still felt horrified whenever she thought of those remains and broken limbs.

"The team I led was only responsible for the suppression in the early stages. The finishing work in the middle and late stages was carried out by other teams and the Hunter Association. According to the final results, the mission was completed within three days, and 31 A-level mutants and 6 S-level mutants were eliminated. More than 200 people were dispatched for the elimination operation, covering almost all mutants from B-level to S-level."

"It seems that someone doesn't want you to interfere too much in this matter. You are sent to suppress it in the early stage. After the most dangerous batch is dealt with, the rest of you can just wait to pick the peaches." Liao Yunyun sneered. Even if Chen Yanxi did not mention the suppression process in detail, it is clear that the early suppression mission is the most dangerous and difficult. If the highest-level mutants are not dealt with first, the subsequent clearance work cannot be carried out smoothly.

Liao Yunyun continued, "No wonder I said that we were asked to prepare several press releases within a few days after we came back. They were all about irrelevant content such as the air quality and water seepage in the underground city. The purpose was to postpone the opening time of the underground city. However, they kept silent about the mutants and the suppression operation. The leaders even kept silent about it."

"The initial suppression mission shouldn't have been easy, so you didn't contact me during that time. Is it because of this reason?" Gu Tongwan's gaze fell on Chen Yanxi, with a hint of worry in his eyes.

Chen Yanxi said frankly, "That's part of the reason. Besides dealing with the underground city, I also had to rush back to the capital to handle other official business. The situation in the capital was turbulent, and the guards were divided into several factions. Everyone wanted to have more power, especially the power to mobilize people with special abilities."

"So no matter what the environment is, power and profit are what people will pursue until death." Liao Yunyun couldn't help but sigh sarcastically.

Gu Tongwan found that the frost on Chen Yanxi's fingers seemed to be lighter than before. Only then did he realize that Chen Yanxi's fingers were very long, with clear bone joints. The light blue blood vessels on the back of his hands seemed to have traces of slight flow under the weak firelight, and the remaining frost on them was as crystal clear as snow. However, such a pair of hands were not weak but full of strength.

In Gu Tongwan's opinion, such a pair of hands that can rival those of a pianist and an artist are more suitable for holding a sword. His fingers are tightly clasped on the hilt, and there are slight changes in his fingers with each swing.

Perhaps he was too engrossed in watching, until Liao Yunyun couldn't bear it anymore and coughed twice, which brought Gu Tongwan back to his senses.

"Sister, I know she's pretty, but there's no need for you to keep staring at her. Sooner or later, she'll be yours, and you can look at her however you want. Why do you have to do it now? I'm so embarrassed for you that I'd like to buy you a room with a sea view." Liao Yunyun leaned close to her ear and couldn't help teasing.

After Liao Yunyun said that, she touched her ears a little embarrassedly, and then quickly changed the topic back to the dungeon.

"You guys have been down there for quite some time. You mentioned before that there were unusual energy fluctuations at the bottom of the cave. It looks like you guys were struggling with something, so what exactly was that thing?"

"A mutant species of snow ape." Yan Fan replied quickly.

Gu Tongwan and Liao Yunyun both looked at him at the same time, and Yan Fan explained, "It is a new type of mutant beast similar to the snow ape and the mutant. It looks similar to the snow ape, with white hair, but its skin is black like the mutant, and it only uses the strength of its lower limbs when moving. It usually walks upright, and it will show high agility in battle. It has a higher IQ than the snow ape, and the combat power of a single one is above B-level ability. The leading snow ape mutant can reach at least SS level. Its biggest advantage over the mutant is that it can survive in extremely cold environments, is not afraid of the sun, and has a cautious and violent personality. Even if it is of the same species, it will kill each other and treat the other as bait."

"You've figured out the habits of these things in just two hours?" Liao Yunyun asked in surprise.

"Basically, we can guess what's going on, but the details may still require professional personnel to judge." Yan Fan was very honest.

After Yan Fan finished speaking, Gu Tongwan looked at Chen Yanxi again: "So you encountered an SS-level snow ape mutant."

Yan Fan sensed some danger in the tone, so he immediately lowered his head and looked away. No matter how poorly he looked, he knew that Sister Wanwan seemed to be in a bad mood at the moment.

"There are only two, so it's not difficult to deal with them." Although the expression on Chen Yanxi's face did not change much, his tone was much softer than before.

This time it was Liao Yunyun's turn to be surprised. She didn't expect that the man who was cold and distant in front of outsiders would become a different person when he met the woman he liked. This was when there were outsiders around. If there were only these two people left now, she didn't know how the atmosphere would be created.

In fact, Gu Tongwan was not really worried that Chen Yanxi would act impulsively. After all, he was not that kind of person. She was actually worried that the unpredictable underground city would have unexpected changes again. After all, the underground structure was complex, and there were many areas that the government had not yet fully controlled. Even a psychic with superpowers at their peak might not be able to understand the entire underground city and the mutant creatures that humans had not yet recognized.

"At present, the base is eager to deal with the monsters in the dungeon in order to open the dungeon as soon as possible. The dungeons in the capital, Hongshi, and Liucheng have been opened to the public one after another, so it is only a matter of time before the Jiangcheng dungeon is opened. Our unit has already made the announcement of the full opening of the dungeon. Once the snowstorm stops, we will start to get busy some time after the New Year.

"Liao Yunyun did not look relaxed. It was not because she was unhappy about the busy schedule later on, but she was worried about the problem of the underground city. After all, the number of people who would be allowed to enter the underground city had been determined, tentatively set at 20,000, with the inner and outer circles each accounting for half of the number of people entering the city.

"Indeed, the most important thing now is to promote the opening of the dungeon. For example, during this extreme cold weather, human activities will be much more convenient if it is in the dungeon." At least the dungeon will not be attacked by the blizzard, and all kinds of factories and enterprises can operate normally. Gu Tongwan can understand why the base has been eager to open the dungeon. After all, all major factories are now in a state of shutdown. If this continues for a long time, the entire national economy will continue to decline, and people will not be able to buy what they need in daily life, which will have a great impact on human life.

At this moment, Liao Yunyun recalled the conversation she had with Gu Tongwan just now. She suddenly shrank her neck and said softly, "I was still chatting with Wanwan when you came back just now. Now it seems to be foggy outside. Didn't you see anything in the fog?"

"In the fog? We came back from another direction, so we didn't see any fog." Yan Fan spoke while looking outside. Unfortunately, it was too dark outside. The fog that Liao Yunyun and the others had seen just now seemed to have disappeared.

However, Chen Yanxi seemed to understand what Liao Yunyun was talking about, so he took over the conversation and asked, "Are you talking about the nematodes in the fog?"

"You also know about nematodes?" Liao Yunyun's eyes widened suddenly.

"We met once before in Hai City." After Chen Yanxi said this, he turned to Gu Tongwan.

The latter looked away guiltily. She was in Haishi at the time, and she also used Barrett to blast away a mutant and some mutated plants.

"Just now, after you went out, it suddenly became foggy outside, but now... it seems that the fog has disappeared again."

"This white mist is definitely not simple. There are nematodes in the white mist. These nematodes will chew living things, and there are tens of thousands of them. We'd better be careful." Gu Tongwan tapped her knees with her fingers. This was a small habit of hers. Once she was concentrating on thinking about something, her fingers would unconsciously make the action of tapping objects.

Yan Fan looked around and found that people on both the first and second floors were too relaxed and had no sense of crisis at all.

"Although there is still a blizzard outside, if the team is united enough, it is not impossible to get back to the car. But starting the car will take some time. The best way is to send a few people back to the parking spot, and then find a way to start the car and drive back." Chen Yanxi's eyes fell on Fan Yong and his group who had their backs to them. In fact, Fan Yong was not stupid. At least he was right to let the team rest in place and wait for rescue as soon as the crisis occurred. However, apart from waiting in place, he did not make any backup preparations, which would only put the team into a passive state. If any accident occurred in the middle, they would be caught off guard.

"Fan Yong is an egoist to begin with. His so-called overall perspective and leadership are just for show. Do you really think he is such a good person? After the massacre in the community, he even proposed to the property management to strengthen night patrols for Units 7 and 8, but he didn't mention the situation of the victims in Unit 5 at all. I saw through him then. But because more than half of the owners' committee members are on his side, anyone who raises an objection is either banned or kicked out of the group. He even excluded a few owners who rarely speak the truth. It's ridiculous that such a person can be on the owners' committee."

Seeing Liao Yunyun criticizing Fan Yong, Yan Fan asked curiously, "Why did you join the outing team he organized?"

Liao Yunyun snorted, with a playful expression on her face. "Although Fan Yong is not a very good person, at least she will make all the arrangements to save her life. If we go with her, it will save us a lot of trouble."

"Get ready, we'll be leaving soon." Chen Yanxi put on his gloves again. The black leather gloves completely covered his slender fingers, making the shape of his fingers look clear and powerful.

It was nearly one in the morning, and most of the people on the second floor had fallen asleep leaning against the mast due to exhaustion. Only Fan Yong was still sitting not far away, discussing something in a low voice.

I thought the night would just pass by, but something unexpected happened. A man rushed to the second floor in a hurry and shouted to Fan Yong, "Brother Yong, something happened. Li Xinhua is missing!"