under the mask

Jacob was laying his legs on the table in boredom, the metal buckles on his long military boots were shining brightly.He didn't show up for more than half a month. Although he went to other places for "activities", he still felt very boring.

He glanced at the piece of paper on the table, and subconsciously wrinkled his thick eyebrows.

The doctor gave him this... What the hell was he trying to do?

After a few minutes, Li Wei knocked on his door and explained the matter before he understood.

"Are you going to take this task?" He stood up and was about to walk to Li Wei's side when he suddenly stopped and sat back in his original position.

Li Wei was so annoyed that he didn't notice Jacob's contradictory little movements at all.He nodded and said, "I want to get the blueprint of the battleship in the workshop... The doctor warned me that this task is very troublesome, let me ask you."

Jacob took a sip of water, suppressing the sudden hotness in his heart.He stared at Li Wei's face, the other party's words entered his ears, and then went out as they were.Speaking of which, he hasn't seen this guy for a long time... Why isn't this guy excited to see him at all?

"I mean, I don't need to bother you at all. I heard that you have been there...or you can tell me." Li Wei tried his best to ignore the burning gaze, and his tone was as normal as possible: "Did you hear that? ?”

Jacob blinked his eyes back to his senses, and pretended to take a look at the power of attorney that he had read a long time ago, and said indifferently: "It's okay to talk to you, but it's been a year since I went there... You know, some details can’t be remembered at all. I suggest you... it’s better to do it in a different mission.” Abel couldn’t possibly agree to him joining Levi’s team, but he had an impression of this coordinate—it was indeed dangerous there, like Levi’s Such recruits simply cannot handle it.

So it's best to dispel his thoughts.

It's a pity that he thought well, but the words on his lips revealed a sense of disgust.

Li Wei frowned and said nothing patiently. "Just talk to me, and I will take people there myself."

Jacob opened his mouth, and finally said briefly: "I took a task before, which was to overhaul an electric tower 500 meters away from the ground in the underground workshop... In short, there is a 47% chance that desert mutations will spawn within a radius of one kilometer. Giant scorpion, if you encounter it, you will die."

Li Wei habitually wanted to ask if this counted as a dungeon, and if there were any dropped items, and then he remembered that this game was not the one he played before. Even if he brushed the boss, he would only get virtual points rewarded by the system, like them Such soldiers still have a chance to be promoted, but there is absolutely no item drop.He didn't take what Jacob said to heart, the giant desert scorpion...he had seen the specimen at the base, no matter how mutated it was...it was just a scorpion, right?I just ran over it while riding a motorcycle!

So he thanked him casually, took the power of attorney and went out.

Jacob watched the door being closed, feeling a little uneasy.So the other party was like this... scared and flinched by him?Shouldn't you accept this task?

I can only say, young man, you underestimated the sullen and conceited heart of the middle-aged uncle.

Li Wei first went to the entrusted mission bulletin board to accept the mission, chose a single person in the single/group behind, and then went back to the room to organize the backpack.Players will come with a backpack when they enter the game system. The space is only 3X3, but the things inside will not be dropped by death. Levi spent a sum of money to open the online storage space, but in general, the backpack is enough.He prepared seven or eight buckets of water and stuffed them in. He also planned to get beer coupons after dinner and exchange them for wine, plus a large bag of compressed food, compressed nutrient solution, and a medicine box, and finally stuffed a few clothes and shoes.After thinking about it, I brought the spare electric board for the motorcycle. Although it automatically converts light energy, it is better to be just in case.

He opened the closet, changed into a desert camouflage, took a small pulse gun and energy bombs with him, and put elbow protectors in the flame-resistant jacket, and then closed the door with his bag on his back and went out.

At this time, because it was approaching the hottest noon, the soldiers were either going out to patrol or practice, or just hid in the activity room to fart and chat.Li Wei calculated the time. It was estimated that less than two hours had passed outside the game. It was almost nine o'clock in the evening. Adding five or six hours tomorrow morning, it would take about one and a half days to play the game, riding a sand bike It should be enough to go back and forth quickly, anyway, as long as he gets the blueprint required for the mission, it will be completed... It doesn't matter if he dies on the return journey.

It is especially troublesome to accept tasks in the game. It is best to complete the task at one time. If you are in a group, it’s fine. In case of a single player like Li Wei, once you die on the way, you will not only lose points, but also have to start all over again. All the previous energy and time were wasted.Although getting the battleship from the underground workshop is very useful for participating in the competition, but memorizing the blueprints that Amelia sent him is barely useful. It would not be worthwhile to waste time on the task repeatedly, so Li Wei decided to add it overnight In one morning, if he died twice, he would give up the task and go back to memorize the blueprint obediently.

He hurriedly went to get the beer coupons and exchanged them for his own, stuffed them into his bag, and handed over the rest to Tom, and Li Wei rode on the repaired sand motorcycle and fled all the way away.

If it weren't for the dazzling "sun" above the head that is still emitting heat, riding a sand motorcycle in the desert is actually a very cool way to travel.The endless white sand extends infinitely from the field of vision. Under the strong sunlight, countless large and small sand dunes in the distance steam steam, even the air is distorted, setting off a flawless blue sky above the desert, like clouds It was all roasted, and there was no trace at all.The sand bike glides unhindered on the open desert, with the sound of whistling wind, and the rear wheels even sweep up the steaming sand waterfall, the white sand all over the sky...

Li Wei rushed across a sand dune more than 100 meters high with his legs clamped, and his vision seemed to slow down for a moment. The blue sky suddenly enlarged in front of his eyes, and then slowly went down, and the white sand on the ground gradually expanded in his vision. , Even the people and the car vibrated crazily, and continued to rush forward without stopping.

A gust of fine sand hit his face, and was blocked by the goggles, and the slightly exposed bridge of the nose and cheeks felt a tingling pain.

The front is unobstructed and flat again. Li Wei took a deep breath, driving the motorcycle with one hand, and lightly pressed the edge of the wide goggles with the other hand. A bright green coordinate line appeared on the originally brown mirror surface, connecting A gentle female voice sounded from the small earphone of the goggles.

"There is a small oasis ahead, coordinates (1580, 1359), there is a water source, and plants can be collected, Haloxylon, cistanche."

"Close to target (2017, 1567)."

Li Wei swallowed, his throat almost burning.He followed the navigation and arrived at the oasis in 5 minutes.

"..."

Li Wei stared at the so-called "small oasis" in front of him speechlessly, it was so damn small, he probably could turn his head around under that tree.A tree, plus a few clumps of Haloxylon trees, and a small puddle inside, which cannot be smaller, is an oasis.

He shook his head, got off the motorcycle tiredly and walked towards the oasis.Anyway, it's a place that can block the sun.It’s been nearly four game hours since he set off. What’s it like to drive a motorcycle under the sun for four hours in the desert... Anyway, Li Wei’s head is numb. Sweat, and later took off the headgear, put on goggles and plugged the ears, the sweat had been evaporated, and it was so hot that I didn't even sweat anymore.Apart from stopping every half hour to rehydrate and clean the sand from my clothes and motorcycle, I basically didn't think about anything.

The communicator suddenly rang.

"What's the matter?" Li Wei sat down under the tree and asked hoarsely.

The doctor's anxious voice came out: "Where are you! You can't be in the desert!?"

Li Wei took a sip of water slowly, swallowed it with difficulty, and then replied: "It's in the desert."

"Fuck!! You went there alone!!" The doctor was furious: "Didn't I tell you that you can't accept that task?!"

"You said you asked me to consult the lieutenant," Li Wei corrected him lazily leaning against the tree: "So I went to consult, and then I took it."

"I asked you to go with Sterling!!" The doctor didn't know what to say.

"Where are you now?"

Li Wei raised his hand and looked: "It's only a few hundred meters away from the entrance, so I'm resting."

"=Tian=!!!"

"You will regret it..." Doctor: "You will..."

Li Wei picked up the cistanche hiding under the Haloxylon tree and threw it into his backpack. He said coldly and proudly, "Let's discuss it after I regret it." .This thing looks inconspicuous, but it is actually known as desert ginseng. It is conceivable that it is both precious and expensive...Pluck a little more and sell it to desert merchants...Although he is not short of money, his monthly living expenses are also limited. It costs a lot to open online storage, and it is a little bit to earn back.

In fact, these are all excuses. He used to play games and like to collect a bunch of useless garbage in his bag, such as snakeskin cloth pieces and stones with no attributes. It is completely caused by the uncle's unknown collection habit.

Li Wei was pulling weeds here with inexplicable excitement, but the station was not very peaceful.

"Why didn't you stop him? No, why didn't you go with him?" The doctor asked slightly angrily: "I see that you have some friendship in private, so I asked him to ask you, just to let you give up his idea. Go with him! Why did he run away by himself, and you are still sleeping here..."

As a result, before he finished speaking, Jacob jumped up from the sofa in a rage.

"Fuck!!" He glared at the doctor and shouted, "You said he went alone?!!"

The doctor looked at him blankly and nodded subconsciously.

"This idiot!!" Jacob's anger soared to the peak, his nose was about to spit fire: "I fucking thought he was listening when he was so calm...I...I just fucked it!!" He really wanted to give himself a break Slap, why did you still sulk at that time and refused to tell Li Wei, what a tsundere!In the end, he was the one who was anxious! !

The doctor was really eye-opening. He had known Sterling in the past few years and had never seen him like this. He had always been an arrogant and indifferent person, but now he was jumping anxiously for another person, and even roared! ? (That's because it's not alone ==)

Jacob turned around a few times in vain, then turned around and asked the doctor after calming down a bit, "Have you contacted him? Where are you now?"

The doctor spread his hands helplessly: "He turned off my communication...it seems to be within range."

Jacob calmed down completely. If this was an ordinary game, it would be okay, but the pain of the people in their military academy must be adjusted to a very high level. Although it is not close to death, it depends on how to die.The giant mutant desert scorpion is a perverted boss. Not only does it spit out poison but also fire, and it can summon hundreds of ordinary desert giant scorpions at the same time... He died for a while when he took the task, because he was alive and corroded by the poison. The arm was burnt to death at the end.After his death, he quit the game directly and rested for two or three days before recovering.

Thinking that Li Wei might also suffer such pain, and that his calm and soft face would be distorted by death, Jacob felt panicked in his heart, and even his back began to sweat, icy cold.

The communicator dinged and a message came.

"What's wrong? - Sterling (Abel)"

Jacob swallowed his saliva and replied a message.

"I'm going to get Levi, he's in danger. - Sterling (Jacob)"

Li Wei was half-resting and half-collecting, and when he couldn't find cistanche in this small oasis, he grabbed a few Haloxylon scale-like leaves and threw them into his backpack with satisfaction.He washed his face in the puddle the size of his hands, and then kindly poured the remaining few sips of water into it, put on his goggles and earplugs again and walked out of the oasis.It’s already past two o’clock in the afternoon in the game, the sun is shining brightly above the head, it’s so dazzling that it’s about to melt into the surrounding sky, and the sky seems to be whitened by the sun, only the blue sand dunes can be seen in the distance. color.

He walked to the side of the motorcycle and took off the sunscreen, lowered his head and shook the water droplets on his head, countless small water droplets dripped onto the sand beside the boots, made a small sizzling sound, and evaporated in an instant.

"..." I knew I would bring some eggs or something. Fried eggs with bread are much more delicious than compressed biscuits.

Li Wei touched his stomach, and couldn't help but took out another biscuit and stuffed it into his mouth.Although I have eaten it before, I always feel unsatisfied when I eat compressed food...

It is only a few hundred meters away from the entrance of the underground workshop, and Li Wei's mood relaxes involuntarily.The content of the navigation reminder is the same as what Jacob said, there is a 40.00% chance of encountering the boss, but after all, it is less than 50.00%, he should not be so unlucky... Besides, he is still riding a motorcycle, so it is not always possible for the scorpion to return. Can you run a motorcycle?

Facts have proved that the uncle has a naive heart.

The entrance to the underground workshop is not difficult to find.In the middle of a flat land surrounded by sand dunes, there is a scorched book tree, and it is afraid that others will not see it.Next to it is a large sandbag bulging, and there are a lot of stones and metals scattered beside it, and there are even some human objects that seem to have fallen in a hurry.

Li Wei pressed the glasses, and sure enough, a female voice reminded him that he had reached the predetermined coordinates.He took the metal detector out of the car and scanned around. The surrounding area was safe, and the metal valve was just under the big sandbag, and it was enough to clean off the sand on it.