The apocalypse begins with a dungeon game.

Chapter 102 Red Coordinates

This is a warning that endangers one's own life.

Li Can had no doubt that if this thing attacked his body, he would melt and die.

"Brother Xing, how is it? What is that? It's red and looks like an exclamation mark with a hole in the middle, round and long..." Shen Yuan squatted at the entrance of the passage above and asked Li Can, who was focused on controlling the spider monster puppet below with his eyes closed.

"It looks like a coordinate pattern." Li Can controlled the puppet to run and move through the empty basement.

They were locked in combat with this red, fiery, unidentified creature.

It seems that it was because I entered and violated its territory that it began to riot completely out of control.

This red coordinate-like object is floating in the air and is about the size of an apple.

A constant heatwave permeated the surroundings, like a red-hot metal block that would sizzle and burn anything it touched.

Li Can could only control the puppet below to dodge attacks on this thing. He tried to extend the tentacles of the humanoid spider monster and grab the restless coordinate point.

However, the moment you touch its body, a fierce burning pain is transmitted from the puppet to your own body.

Li Can quickly severed the connection between himself and the puppet, which relieved the real pain in his body.

He now feels that this thing is a bit tricky and difficult to handle.

It's not that I have no other options left in my own consciousness, but in the current environment, it seems that none of them are useful.

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Even if more puppets surround them, it will be of no use.

Because of this brief interruption, the puppet had already been completely ignited by the red coordinate point in the darkness below.

The raging flames burned on the humanoid spider monster, illuminating a small patch of the otherwise obscured space.

Seeing that he couldn't subdue the thing for the time being, his younger sister Li Lan turned around and walked to the ruins next to her, quickly picking and choosing.

He then snapped several steel bars with his bare hands.

She kept two for herself as self-defense weapons, and left the others at Shen Yuan and Li Can's feet, letting them pick them up as needed.

"As expected of you, this is the first time I've ever seen you use your ability. It's so cool!" Shen Yuan exclaimed with admiration.

Li Lan simply nodded her chin, signaling her to quickly move further back.

At this point in time, the indigenous people in the surrounding area who were being blasted have already left because of the work they were doing last night.

Only the three of them remained at the scene.

In the lower city, thanks to the work assignments of "Xing Dong, west, and Nan," things became more systematic and procedural, with everyone having their own specialized projects.

They entered the venue in batches.

So once the industrial waste is cleared from the ruins here, the next wave of people will come to dig the foundation and build the wall structure.

The group wasn't worried for the time being, because the commotion here might attract someone's attention.

In terms of noise, any other place in the lower city is much noisier than this.

"This thing seems to be just guarding the underground space. The three of us are completely exposed up there, like sitting ducks, but it doesn't seem to be hostile towards us at all."

"On the contrary, after my experiment destroyed one of the puppets, it should only have aggressive intentions towards the people who went down."

"It must be guarding something useful down there..." Li Can pondered, then changed the subject, "Or perhaps, it's protecting itself."

"It might just be that precious thing, who knows?"

Shen Yuan reached for the steel bar of the self-defense weapon that Li Lan had just broken for her with one hand, but found that it was not something she could lift with one hand.

She used all her strength, pulling with both hands, to finally pull the stick out of the crack in the cement floor.

"If that's the case, what should we do next? This bright red thing is too difficult to fight and too dangerous. Maybe we should just give up. Anyway, as long as we don't touch it, it won't pose a threat to us."

As Shen Yuan spoke, she sighed, "It's getting late, and the time we agreed upon with Yang Mo and Feng Tian is almost here. Should we prepare to meet up at our usual spot?"

After she finished speaking, she watched as the remaining two parties tried to get their opinions.

But Li Lan shrugged indifferently, "I'm fine with anything." However, her gaze lingered on Li Can; she needed to make a practical decision based on his thoughts.

Li Can was also thinking at the same time.

Shen Yuan was right. The agreed time was approaching, and he was executing the plan smoothly, just as he had told Yang Mo.

On the other hand, I don't know how things are going in the upper city.

Right now, it's true that he wants to leave the lower city and enter the upper city through Yang Mo.

But he was more afraid that Yang Mo would break his promise, or that he would fail and the plan would be scrapped, and he and Shen Yuan's group would naturally become expendable pawns.

Now that he has found a crucial clue that may have been left by the old city lord, he cannot afford to lose sight of the bigger picture and abandon this place.

Although this red coordinate point is difficult to control, its origin alone makes it well worth Li Can's attempt.

After a few seconds of silence, he raised his head, his expression gradually hardening. "No, I'm staying here and taking it."

He held the steel bar in his hand and pointed it into the space below, where a red dot floated leisurely, seemingly without any target.

Based on the countdown to the destruction of Earth in his mind, he calculated how much time was left before the promised reunion.

There's plenty of time to linger here, so there's no need to rush.

Li Lan listened to his voice and responded directly, "Okay, then I'll go with you."

Looking down at the unfathomable depths below, and seeing that both of them had made up their minds, Shen Yuan had no choice but to say, "The minority shall submit to the majority; I'll join."

Nodding, Li Can released even more puppets this time.

A dozen or so birds jumped in one by one, like dumplings being dropped into a pot.

Perhaps even the red coordinate hadn't expected so many "people," and a hint of surprise flashed across its face.

With the puppets providing cover, Li Can and his sister Li Lan followed one after another and jumped in.

Shen Yuan was left standing alone on the stage, at a loss. She was an ordinary person, and even the slightest scratch on her would be fatal.

"Then...then I'll keep watch for you up here." She sounded a little guilty.

Without turning her head, Li Can picked through the supplies gashapon and conjured some weapons out of thin air around her.

Shen Yuan looked at the suddenly appearing bottles and jars and was a little confused.

"What are all these?"

"Smoke grenades, the like." If we encounter danger up there or suspicious people approaching, we'll release some smoke to provide cover, and we'll be able to react and regroup with you quickly.

"Okay! I guarantee I'll complete the mission." Shen Yuan felt a little better knowing that she was completely capable and confident, and that she wouldn't be a burden.

To be honest, after Li Can saved her, she spent a lot of time in the lower city and naturally developed feelings for the people there.

I've always come here with a mysterious identity, and it always feels unreal.

Now I actually feel that sometimes the people in the lower town are more flesh and blood than the people in the upper town, making you want to get closer to them and stick together for warmth and comfort.

Whether it was the restaurant owner Huang Xiaoqi, the chubby uncle Qian Shi and his staff next door, or the eccentric Xing Tiantian... and so on, they all made her feel warm.

"Be careful," Li Lan reminded her again, still worried.