Chapter 18

Ten days later, the Z7 base was unharmed.

At first, after bringing back all the information, Old Jack had indeed paid a lot of attention to it.

For this reason, Old Jack ordered that no one was allowed to enter or leave the base. He also suspended mining operations, so that the sound of mining wouldn't attract the tyrannical creature's attention.

At the same time, Old Jack asked Zoug to lead the team and to stand guard 24 hours to strengthen the base's surveillance and martial law at the entrance.

However, after ten days, nothing happened and nothing strange happened around the base. As a result, Old Jack lifted his martial law rule.

Even though Zero was still worried, the movement of the creature was so obvious that it was heading straight for the base, so how could it just disappear into thin air?

But he knew better. It was impossible for Old Jack to make the base stop working for long. Ten days was the limit of a z7 base.

Therefore, Zero did not stop him from lifting the martial law order.

He was personally involved in the operation on reconnaissance of the area around the base, and confirmed that there were no suspicious signs of biological approach.

In that case, it was only natural that the martial law should be lifted.

The z7 base resumed its former operations.

However, the original hunting mission had been cancelled. With the migration of the largest pack of wolves nearby the base, there would be no new ones threatening the safety of the base for a short period of time.

Zero resumed his usual three-point days, cycling through the guard, the practice field, and the sleep.

He had been at the base for two years, and had become more or less familiar with the new era of life.

According to his own will, he would have left the base a long time ago after he gained the first rank of Strength and Defense.

After completing the Silver Tree City quest, he had obtained Old Jack's acknowledgement of his zero level ability.

Old Jack had been generous enough to ask Zero to examine the hibernation pod, which Old Jack had used as a collector's item.

Unfortunately, he did not find much valuable things in the apparatus that woke him up.

The only clue was a set of English carved into the back of the hibernation tank.

Halson!

No matter what, it was like a person's name.

However, the base of zero computer search, the number of people around the world called Halson hundreds of people.

To him, this was no different from having no clues.

If you want to find your past, you have to try your luck somewhere else.

After the Cataclysm, the land mass of the world has changed.

The former Wuhai state now has only one highly polluting sea known as the Angry Sea, but after the six great plates changed, connected and collapsed, the six great plates only have three.

New plates are naturally renamed, such as the continent where zero now resides, known as Middle-earth.

The Sino-European plate, formed by the collision between the original Eurasian plate and the American plate, is the world's largest known block.

Of course, the system of countries in the two great sections of the old era is gone.

It is corporations and plutocrats like Parkland who rule the continent now.

The z7 base, located in the periphery of the China plate, provides very little information to zero.

Zero must go deep into the centre of the continent to get more information from other companies or chaebol.

However, he did not leave.

All for Leah.

This girl who was extremely similar to the beautiful figure in his dream, made him unwilling to leave.

It was as if by staying with Leah he could occasionally live in a dream and forget the cruel world outside.

That day, Old Jack was present at Lia's lab.

Both grandfather and grandchild were engrossed in observing a potion, and even the arrival of zeros did not attract their attention.

Leaning against the door, he knew that Lia had recently been working on an antivenomous serum that could mitigate the damage and invasion of the tertiary virus.

If studied successfully, z7 bases not only have the initial ability to treat grade 3 viruses, but can also sell drugs to gain other sources of income.

However, with a light sound, a choking smoke rose from the test tube.

Even a layman like Zero knew that the experiment had failed.

Old Jack patted Leigh on the shoulder, where she was crying.

After comforting his granddaughter, Old Jack looked at Zero and said, "Come with me to the study room. I have a mission for you today."

Zero nodded and followed Jack out of the lab.

Half an hour later, he appeared in front of the main gate of the working area.

The door was opening, and when a gap appeared for one person to pass through, Zero entered the dark mining area.

He had received a reconnaissance mission.

Recently, a miner discovered traces of the golden beetles in the depths of the work area.

The metal-eating bug was shaped like a maggot and was about twenty meters long.

Because of the absence of some element, this insect's body likes to eat metal minerals, then use their strong stomach acid to disappear, finally extract the required element to provide to the body.

However, because of this insect's special hobby, they became the enemy of any mining area.

The golden bug would take over the mining area as a lair. They belonged to the kind of creatures that reproduce asexually. Often, a golden bug would give birth to a swarm of insects in the following year, which would make an area of mineral resources vanish into nothingness.

The golden bug's vision had already deteriorated, but it stayed underground and devoured metal. The skin on its body was comparable to the armor made of strong fat material, so it had good impact resistance and explosion resistance, so it was hard to kill.

Therefore, the various mining bases were both disgusted by this bug and had a headache.

The task of Zero was to scout the bottom of the mining area. Once the existence of the Gold-Swallowing Worm was discovered, what he needed to do was to collect information about the number and route of the worms.

It was convenient for Old Jack to determine if he should ask for help from the headquarters or give up on this mining site.

Reconnaissance missions are less dangerous, and the same goes for zero reward.

After this mission was completed, he would only receive 20 yuan.

However, Zero did not reject his offer. If he did not choose a mission, his salary would only be this little for a month.

He took Old Jack's mineshaft to the bottom of the work area. Under the guidance of a miner named Nick, they arrived at a mineshaft.

The wall of the mine also revealed pieces of natural copper, but on the other side of the wall appeared a circular passageway.

There were traces of something similar to body fluids in the tunnel. The grayish white liquid was carved by the Gold-Swallowing Worm, which acted as a lubricant, allowing the Gold Swallowing Corpse to quickly move underground.

This passage was naturally drilled out by the golden bug, whose mouthpart was full of sharp teeth.

In addition to easily biting off the metal, it could also dig large amounts of mud stones.

However, these substances, which are not needed by the golden bug, will quickly be turned into mud to drain out of its anus, and not take up the capacity of its stomach pouch.

Zero wiped his worm-stained hand on the clean wall. He let Nick go back to work, but he crawled into the passage where the golden bug was.

He had to confirm where the bug had gone to.

Did he pass by the mining area, or was he planning to settle down here?

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