When You Become an NPC That Might Die Any Moment in the Novice Village-Chapter 238 - 100 Exploration Degree increase, unlocking the opportunity for Advanced Profession【5k】_2
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The next morning, Bai Fu, with the freshly minted Explorer Medal and Little Julia in tow, headed straight for the location marked on the map.
The journey took her six hours, and as she got closer to the research facility, the number of sandworms on the road increased, as did their level, giving her an increasingly uneasy feeling.
"How are things now?"
Bai Fu arrived at the entrance of the research facility and asked Old Nison, who had been waiting there for a while.
Beyond Old Nison's shoulder, she saw the research facility's door was half-buried in yellow sand, with a small part of a sign visible on the left side of the wall, displaying the character "所."
Desolate, with a chilling solemnity amidst the desolation.
Bai Fu saw blood on the wall and fresh corpses of sandworms by the wall.
Old Nison shook his head, "When we found this place, there were quite a few sandworms inside. Fortunately, the Undying People covered us, or else I might have perished here. There were no sandworms last time I came; it might be that I stirred something inside the research facility that attracted them."
Bai Fu nodded her head. She didn't rush into the research facility but first opened the camp management interface and brought the research facility under the camp's jurisdiction, then set up a resurrection point outside the facility.
With this resurrection point, players wouldn't have to worry about running for hours to get back here if they died.
"Come on, let's go inside."
Following Old Nison's lead, Bai Fu familiarized herself with the interior of the research facility.
Just as Old Nison had said, all the security systems inside the research facility had been sabotaged; every few steps there was a skeleton on the ground, hinting at the fierce battles that had once raged here.
"On the walls, doors, skeletons… Are these claw marks from beasts or mechanical claws?"
Bai Fu touched a skeleton on the ground.
Some timid players deliberately stood far away, helpless because the skeletons were too realistic; even in harmony mode, they were still frightening.
"Everyone split up and see if there's any overlooked information."
Bai Fu issued a new task and then followed Old Nison to a suspected control room, where not one area was intact; several big holes had broken through the walls.
Is this it?
Can't be.
Keep in mind that the main task of the Goli Desert, "Watcher's Lament," was specifically listed to find this research facility as a separate release.
Bai Fu felt a wave of disappointment.
She was about to leave when Little Julia in her pocket spoke, "There's a place on the left with very high spiritual energy; something is definitely off there!"
On the left?
Immediately, Bai Fu used her Spiritual Ability Perception towards the wall, and in an instant, a red question mark appeared in her vision, and the game prompt also chimed in.
[You have discovered the hidden map [Spiritual Ability Research Institute Branch-2, 2nd Floor]]
Damn, a hidden wall!
The game developers must have learned from Xiao Gao, liking to place hidden walls in some unexpected places.
"Everyone, step back."
After the players and Old Nison retreated outside, Bai Fu placed two Little Bai Fus on the wall.
Accompanied by a loud boom, the wall was shattered, and once the dust settled, there appeared a staircase leading underground.
She then summoned a new Little Bai Fu and sent it down the stairs to scout.
Although many years had passed, the various equipment on floor -2 seemed to still be operational.
Little Bai Fu moved unhindered and finally found a cylindrical room at the end of floor -2; the room was open, and Little Bai Fu leisurely flew inside.
The scene shifted, and what appeared before Bai Fu's eyes was a peculiar life form inside a cultivation vessel.
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She threw a Spiritual Vision at it.
[Spiritual Ability Prototype (Deceased)]
[Introduction]: A prototype life created by Branch-2 of the Spiritual Ability Research Institute based on "Obsidian," energy intensity close to 100 units. After the Great Catastrophe, due to a lack of sufficient nutrients, it has died but still maintains an energy intensity of 43 units.
"It seems like we've found something incredible."
Bai Fu frowned deeply.
Old Nison had mentioned in the documents taken from this research facility that they had been studying a peculiar black slate, which must be the so-called "Obsidian."
Speaking of Obsidian, she also recalled the documents she had plundered from the Ocean Life Research Institute, which included an Obsidian Plan.
There seems to be a connection between the two.
Besides Obsidian, the term energy intensity also caught Bai Fu's attention.
While she was pondering, a player approached.
"Fufu, leave the scouting to us."
Bai Fu nodded, "Be careful."
In terms of scouting, Little Bai Fu had many advantages over players but also many disadvantages, the biggest of which was that Little Bai Fu's hands and feet were actually just for show; she couldn't control Little Bai Fu to rummage through various things, so this task still had to be left to the players.
The tasked players cautiously entered the -2 floor of the research facility, and it took them nearly ten minutes to finally reach the door of the cylindrical room.
When they saw the Spiritual Ability Prototype inside the cultivation vessel, they all widened their eyes.
"Holy shit, what kind of monster is this?"
"I hope it doesn't suddenly break the glass and jump out to show its blood bar if I walk over now, right?"
