Chapter 7 Leaving the Mine
Although I read a lot of information online, Lu Chen only browsed it roughly in two days and didn't know much about the specific monster information.
This time Renault did not speak, and the other contractors explained to Lu Chen.
"Rock spiders are like spiders, but rely on rocks and other minerals to make a living. The hard minerals can be bitten by their sharp teeth in an instant, and the steel armor on our bodies may not be able to withstand their bites. The eight legs allow them to walk on flat ground in any terrain, at a very fast speed."
As soon as he finished speaking, someone next to him said: "If it were just like this, they were just a little hard to deal with, but they have been feeding on minerals all year round, and their bodies are extremely hard. Ordinary gun attacks are useless to them. Only some artillery such as bazooka can cause damage to them."
"If you are on the ground, relying on tanks and cannons, it is easy to eliminate them, but the problem also appears at this moment. Rock spiders live underground. They don't go to the ground at all. Underground, heavy firepower cannot be used at all. If the mine collapses, we will die here. This kind of monster is the most annoying." The speaker shook his head in distress.
After hearing other people's explanations, Lu Chen also knew the reason why Renault was frowning. Rock spiders may not be the most powerful, but underground, wearing heavy armor is definitely the most difficult to deal with.
However, rock armor may be useful to others, but Lu Chen is controlled by the earth-based superpowers. As long as he takes all his strength, these rock spiders can be easily captured. Lu Chen is hesitating now whether to show his strength.
While Lu Chen was hesitating, the irritable little girl Ji Hong suddenly slapped her head, looked at Lu Chen, and asked angrily: "You are not coaxing us, are you?"
This made Lu Chen quite speechless. Although he knew that it was not good in her impression, he was curious about how she survived.
Renault, who was thinking, was also a little unhappy: "Xiaohong, I know he has a bad relationship with you. But don't say such things in the mission."
"Where did you think of it? I didn't question it because I disliked him. Rock spiders can rely on the vibrations of the ground to sense the enemy, and the distance was very far. If the poisonous scorpions could detect the rock spiders, they would have come out long ago, so where would they leave us time to discuss it."
Ji Hong's words made the others react, and they all looked at Lu Chen with questioning eyes.
In response to this, Lu Chen just shrugged: "Maybe my observation distance is farther."
This made Ji Hong sneer: "Although I don't know your reconnaissance methods, underground, reconnaissance methods will be affected. The rock spider relies on vibration, and the distance you perceive is not something you can imagine."
After laughing, Lu Chen shook his head and said, "That's a coincidence. I also rely on vibration to observe the enemy."
"Piracy Scorpion, are you sure the enemy is as you have observed?" After pausing, Renault continued: "This is related to our lives and the gains we have. I hope you are more careful."
After all, Lu Chen is a newcomer, and Renault is a little confused about Lu Chen's judgment.
When he first came to this world, some of Renault's words were very helpful to Lu Chen, which made Lu Chen feel a little fond of it. Lu Chen nodded with a good attitude towards Renault's question: "It's certain."
These words made everyone silent, and Renault was unaware of it for a long time.
"We just went back like this, and we didn't even see the monster. We couldn't explain to the merchant. If the judgment is wrong, compensation for survival points is second. If the level points are lost, it will take us a long time to replenish them."
The contractor was still hesitating, and the mercenary no longer wanted to go.
"Captain, let's retreat first. If there are really more than a hundred rock spiders, we can't escape at all."
The warnings of the team members made the mercenary captain hesitate. Although the mercenaries are not as meticulous as soldiers to execute orders, the mercenary team also needs credibility. If they make mistakes this time, it will be difficult for them to survive in the mercenary world in the future.
After all, it would be too embarrassing to run away without seeing the enemy. If you go, the end of the group destruction will make the mercenary captain dare not try it easily.
He wanted to see the contractor's decision before making plans.
Seeing the captain hesitation, the deputy commander behind him stepped up his persuasion; "Captain, those contractors are powerful. Even if they encounter rock spiders, they can escape, but we do not have the speed of theirs, so staying will die."
This made the mercenary captain tremble. Indeed, Renault and others were thinking of going there, and they knew that the danger was not great and could quit at any time, but their ability to release it does not mean that these mercenaries were safe and sound.
Thinking of the contractors' actions, the mercenary captain did not think that these cold contractors would protect them desperately, and even the contractors would let them fight against the rock spider behind them and escape first.
This may not be non-existent, but there is a half chance of happening. As long as the black-robed contractor said it is true, keep moving forward, the chances of all mercenaries being killed are more than 50%.
After calculating this, the mercenary captain did not hesitate and immediately stepped forward and hugged his fists: "Sorry, there is a rock spider in front of him. This is not something we can deal with. Go out and let others come in."
No matter how important money and the credibility of mercenaries are, they are still not precious. Although the mercenary industry is dangerous, it will not perform mortal tasks. When they came in, the task publisher had already said that they could only be considered as assistance, and they also need to look at the contractors.
Moreover, this time can also be considered a reconnaissance mission, and the enemy cannot be eliminated. As long as the enemy's situation can be detected, it can be considered a completion of the mission.
The only doubt now is whether the information Lu Chen detected was accurate. However, if he wanted to confirm, he would use the names of the entire group to investigate, and they dare not do so.
The mercenary wanted to retreat, but Renault also wanted to keep it: "If the scorpion detection is wrong, your losses will be huge, so I won't think about it anymore."
"Forget it, we are too weak and we can't help even if we stay here. Let's wait for you outside. If you want to go to the detection, we will give you all the gains from this mission, and we will not take any money." As he said this, the mercenary captain took his men and evacuated.
Seeing all the more than 100 mercenaries leaving, the remaining contractors looked at each other in a daze.
Finally, Ji Hong glared at Lu Chen fiercely and said angrily: "It's all good things you did."
This made Lu Chen very speechless. He didn't expect that the rock spider was so famous that he ran away before he saw the enemy or heard the name.
Seeing that Lu Chen was a little incredible, the contractor next to him explained.
"Rock spiders are actually not very strong. If they can lead them to the ground and use tanks and planes, they can easily eliminate them all, but they also know their weaknesses and will not leave the ground easily. The ground is their home court and their advantage is too great. Fighting against them under the ground is like fighting against sharks in the water, and they cannot use powerful weapons."
"Of course. Even so, it's very easy to deal with them. There are many powerful weapons in this world that can destroy all the rock spiders underground, but in this way, the underground mine cave cannot be dug. I think the person in charge of this mining area will not do this." This time, Renault spoke.
When other contractors explained to Lu Chen, Renault had already come back to his senses from the situation just now.
After looking at Lu Chen, Renault seemed to let go and continued, "It's okay to notice the enemy in advance. Go back and bring this news to the head of the mining area. We can't deal with it. There are many strong people in the contractors. He will continue to find someone to deal with the spiders below. We can come down with the people he has found, so that we can get two gains, which is also good."
Just talking about this, Renault paused: "But we still have to go to investigate. It's not that we don't believe you, but that this matter is related to our credibility. We can't just leave it alone. Of course, you can do it if you don't want to go. If the detection is as you said, the harvest will be given to you this time, but if it is different from what you said, you won't get anything."
In response, Lu Chen nodded and agreed: "Yes, you guys can go down."
Lu Chen had no intention of going down at all, and Lu Chen was very confident about his own judgment.
Seeing the five of them moving cautiously towards the bottom, Lu Chen did not hesitate and returned directly. Although the relationship with the five people became a little stiff, Lu Chen didn't care. He entered the team just to see what the mission in this world was like.
Lu Chen may recruit subordinates in this world, but he has never considered joining the team. Even if he enters some powerful teams, Renault and others are not qualified, so Lu Chen does not need to please them at all.
When they came, because they needed to move forward carefully and beware of monster attacks, Lu Chen and his team advanced very slowly, but when they returned, they didn't have so many concerns.
A giant dog was summoned, and Lu Chen rode it and ran out quickly.
In just a while, Lu Chen saw the retreating mercenaries halfway.
They were still a little alert when they saw that there was something going on behind. When they saw that Lu Chen was riding a giant dog, they breathed a sigh of relief. However, when they looked at the giant dog Lu Chen was riding, they were all a little shocked.
"Viral scorpion, we meet again. Is this the superpower of your contractor? Such a monster is about to catch up with the rock spider." He glanced at the giant dog Lu Chen was riding with envy, and the mercenary captain approached Lu Chen.
Seeing their speed of progress, Lu Chen frowned: "If I were you, I would push this mine soon. Others have already investigated the situation of rock spiders. If nothing unexpected happens, those spiders will be drawn up soon."
When he saw the mercenaries, Lu Chen did not leave immediately. Instead, he stopped and reminded them a few words.
This shocked the mercenary captain, and he immediately turned around and said to the others: "Go ahead at full speed and leave here."
Seeing them running in front, Lu Chen did not shake them away, but rode a giant dog to follow the mercenary captain and followed him.
Lu Chen said before that he doesn't need teammates because it's a bit troublesome to deal with, but he needs it for his subordinates.
Teammates and Lu Chen have an equal relationship. You can question Lu Chen's decision, and Lu Chen cannot harm others' interests.
But his subordinates don't have so many concerns. Those who can become high-level contractors are a little arrogant. Unless they are trained from the beginning like a poisonous snake, Lu Chen feels that he can't find a contractor to treat him as his subordinate. At least Lu Chen can't do it now.
The contractor was not good, so Lu Chen focused his attention on the mercenaries in this world.
If possible, Lu Chen doesn't mind collecting a few subordinates and starting a fight.
It was a waste of time to do everything by herself. At this time, Lu Chen missed the poisonous snake a little. If she was here, she went out to collect information, bought something, and contacted the tasker, she didn't need Lu Chen to come forward, and the poisonous snake could help Lu Chen handle it properly.
Now that the poisonous snake doesn't know if it can come up, Lu Chen set his mind on these mercenaries.
To conquer his subordinates, Lu Chen felt that as long as he gave his kindness and power and supplemented with benefits, he could do so.
Now Lu Chen hopes that the contractors below can lead the rock spider up. At that time, Lu Chen takes action to block and save this group of mercenaries, so he can show his strength and be kind.
Even Lu Chen had the idea of actively disturbing the rock spider, but Lu Chen also knew that the contractor below was very close, and it was too late to go now.
However, Lu Chen still did not give up. As he said, when the contractors go in to investigate, they will definitely draw all the spiders out. Lu Chen can only hope that they will be faster and not procrastinate.
While running, Lu Chen kept paying attention to the lower part. It was only after three or five minutes that the mercenaries had already reached a very high distance before the movement came from below.
Renault and the others also worried about the mercenaries. They only started to investigate when they walked away, which made Lu Chen quite helpless.
Two minutes after using vibration to sense movement and stillness, even without vibration to sense, Lu Chen could sense that the contractor was approaching desperately.
Not only Lu Chen could detect it, but also the mercenaries who were moving forward at full speed, which made them run a little faster.
Soon, the contractor caught up with Lu Chen, and at this time, Lu Chen could hear the "rumbling" sound coming from behind, which was the sound of monsters walking.
When they came to the contractors and mercenaries, Renault and others slowed down their speed and kept moving forward at the same speed as Lu Chen and the others.
"You're really right, there's a rock spider nest underneath." Ji Hong was speaking. She looked a little embarrassed at this time. Before she could touch the underground nest, the rock spider discovered them and attacked them. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!