BFET Chapter 53

As Xie Yi subconsciously reached out to catch it, he heard a very soft sigh.

A string of goosebumps instantly erupted on his back, and he abruptly turned his head to look beside him, but there was nothing except the dead mutated entity.

“That…”

A hesitant voice came from his side, behind him.

Xie Yi regained his senses, and shielding Shen Shu, turned sideways.

He saw two people some distance away in the weeds, supporting each other as they looked at them, their expressions tense.

Seeing Xie Yi look over, the slightly taller youth immediately said, “Thank you for saving us. Are you alright? You look like you’re having a severe mutation reaction. Do you need…”

“It’s nothing, this is just an ability reaction. I’ll be fine in a moment. He’s fine too, just injured and passed out.” Xie Yi shifted Shen Shu to a better position on his back, walked towards them, and glanced at their team uniforms. “From the Guanghai Safety Zone? Where did you encounter this Ugly Locust?”

The Ugly Locust, a high-level mutated entity, often active in the depths of high-risk Enclosed Zones, resembles a Rafflesia, with tooth-like tails as petals, and a poisonous mouth at the flower’s heart.

“We ran into this Ugly Locust as soon as we entered this area, and we haven’t been able to shake it off. Even our car was destroyed by it.” The slightly taller youth gave a wry smile as he looked at Xie Yi approaching. “By the way, my name is Xu Wei, and his name is Qiao Liu. We are members of the Joint Team, the Zulu Team. May I ask…”

“Zulu.” Xie Yi stopped in front of them. “Where did you come from?”

“Contact Point Number 5.” Xu Wei said, “Last night, due to resource shortages, we and several other companions went to the contact point to resupply, but we didn’t expect something to happen as soon as we arrived. We encountered a mutated entity riot.”

Xie Yi paused upon hearing this and pressed, “A mutated entity riot? When was this?”

“Around 11 o’clock, I think.” Xu Wei’s voice was a bit dry. “We got separated from the others during the retreat. After finally avoiding those mutated entities, we received a Safety Zone assault alert.”

Xie Yi was silent for a moment.

He and Shen Shu received the Safety Zone assault alert while still inside the high-risk Enclosed Zone, and only encountered those rioting mutated entities afterwards.

Judging from the time discovered on the communications equipment at Contact Point Number 9, Contact Point Number 9 must have also been in trouble after receiving the Safety Zone assault alert. Now this Xu Wei is saying that Contact Point Number 5 was in trouble even before that.

What about Contact Point Number 6? What will be the situation when Shang Mengzhou and the others arrive at Contact Point Number 6?

“Hiss—”

A soft gasp pulled Xie Yi back to his thoughts. He glanced at Xu Wei. “The rotten flesh on your foot, corroded by the Ugly Locust, should be treated as soon as possible. The Ugly Locust is poisonous. Although it corrodes slowly, your leg will be useless if you don’t treat it early.”

Qiao Liu, who was supporting Xu Wei, became anxious upon hearing his words. “We…”

However, he was interrupted by Xu Wei as soon as he opened his mouth. “I know, but we’ve used up all of our medical supplies. We can’t treat it for the time being.”

Xu Wei obviously wanted to say something, but he was embarrassed to say it. But in the current situation, medical supplies are life-saving things. He…

Xie Yi strangely looked at his hesitant appearance, and for a moment didn’t understand what he was hesitating about, so he simply said directly, “Treat your wound first. Just say what you need.”

“Let’s go somewhere else. Come with me.” After saying that, Xie Yi, carrying Shen Shu, walked past them towards the place where he had stopped before.

Xu Wei and Qiao Liu were stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted and followed.

Xie Yi put Shen Shu in the car, injected him with a sedative, and then took the opportunity to treat the wound on his own hand.

The Ugly Locust poison was not as bad as the previous injury to his left shoulder. He didn’t know if it was due to ability evolution, but his injury wasn’t too serious this time, at least there was no severe rot.

A rustling sound came from the side, followed by footsteps.

Xie Yi looked up and saw Qiao Liu supporting Xu Wei as they walked towards him. Qiao Liu wanted to return the unused items to him, but he raised his hand to refuse. “Keep them.”

Qiao Liu subconsciously looked at Xu Wei, and then turned to say thank you to Xie Yi.

“Did you encounter the High Tower Contact Station on your way from Contact Point Number 5?” Xie Yi asked.

“We specifically looked for the High Tower Contact Station, but it was destroyed. There was no way to contact the team or receive messages.” Xu Wei said, “There were a lot of mutated entities wandering along the way from the contact point. They only decreased when we got closer to this area.”

Speaking of this, Xu Wei paused. He looked at the logo on Xie Yi’s chest and suddenly said, “By the way, we also encountered people from the Kui City Safety Zone before entering this area. The leader was called Shang Mengzhou. Do you know him?”

Xie Yi abruptly looked up and took a step forward. “How many people were there? Were they injured?”

Xu Wei didn’t expect him to react so strongly, and after being stunned for a moment, he immediately said seriously, “There were three people. They had injuries, but they were all fine, not too serious. I heard them say that they also encountered a mutated entity riot on the way to the district contact point, but unlike us, they didn’t even see the contact point after leaving the high-risk Enclosed Zone. They were chased all the way, and lost three people along the way.”

Xie Yi frowned, and could roughly guess who the people who were lost along the way were. “Where did they go after that?”

Xu Wei: “They went back to Kui City. They also haven’t found a way to contact the team, and they kept receiving the Safety Zone assault alert, so they decided to find a way to return to the team. If you want to chase them now, you might be able to catch up with them if you hurry.”

Xie Yi was silent for a moment, and then said, “No, we’re not going back to the team. We’re going to Xin Nan.”

“Xin Nan? Did something happen there?”

Xu Wei asked, then suddenly realized something, and then he heard Xie Yi look up at him and say, “We recently found a communications device with receiving capabilities in the attacked Contact Point Number 9. Although we can’t contact the main team, we got some information from it.”

As he spoke, Xie Yi retrieved the automatically saved communication content from the smart terminal and played it directly for them.

The more Xu Wei listened, the tighter his frown became, and the more Qiao Liu listened, the paler her face became.

Xie Yi turned off the smart terminal after it finished playing. “We’re going to Xin Nan to provide support. What are you… what are your plans next? Are you going back to Guanghai? We should be able to give you a ride for a short distance.”

“No.” Xu Wei said, “We were indeed planning to find a way to return to Guanghai when we didn’t have any information, but now that we’ve heard this.”

As Xu Wei spoke, he looked at him. “We’re also going to Xin Nan to provide support. The high-risk Enclosed Zone has strong, unbalanced magnetic fields in the sky all year round. Helicopters can’t fly directly, and the rescue team won’t arrive so quickly. Now, with one more person going, Xin Nan can hold out for a while longer.”

Xie Yi didn’t say anything upon hearing this, just nodded. “Then let’s go.”