Chapter 164 - 165: At the End of the Road, Extremely Increased Combat Confidence!

Looking at the Storage Space filled with harvests, Lin Yue felt that this trip was not in vain.

After obtaining a large number of Copper Treasure Chests and Silver Treasure Chests, he accidentally rescued those Survivors and gained a substantial amount of supplies.

Among them, there were even quite a few Shelter Design Maps, which was an unexpected surprise.

However, Lin Yue was not completely satisfied.

"The exploration rate of Underground Ruins F Zone... is only 11.2%? Not enough, wouldn’t you agree, Meng?"

"Pfft!"

Meng nodded towards Lin Yue with great seriousness, even though Lin Yue knew that this little guy didn’t actually understand what he was talking about; the nodding was something it learned from Bai.

"Don’t you like roasted lamb ribs?"

"Pfft pfft!" It nodded again.

Good grief.

It seems Bai’s cleverness is truly unique.

At this moment, he had already returned to the crossroads, and Meng was not at all looking at the Lizardman’s kitchen, but in the direction of the passage where he was ambushed last time by Lizardmen.

Sure enough, Lin Yue nodded, took out three fully-loaded magazines for the M19 Pistol and placed them in his shirt pocket, then took out a Burning Arrow and set it on the Tactical Crossbow.

Although the Tactical Crossbow couldn’t match the shooting density of the M19 in short distances, it could shoot burning arrows that could easily ignite the Lizardmen’s extremely combustible skin, instantly turning them into fireballs, giving it a deeper tactical significance.

Continuing forward, almost reaching a web-like small passage he had seen before, Lin Yue suddenly felt a gust of wind blow behind him, immediately followed by Bai’s silhouette appearing in front of him.

"Gawoo!" Bai completed the task excellently.

Things resemble their master.

After being with Lin Yue for a long time, Bai also learned some caution.

It escorted those people all the way to the end of the road, and after confirming they all left through the scent, it returned to the intersection as fast as possible, spraying a lot of icy fog over there, completely sealing it with ice.

Even if the master hadn’t said anything, it didn’t mean it shouldn’t be done.

Bai could smell the Lizardman’s scent.

They weren’t gathering in the direction those people left but instead clustered at the place where the master and it were attacked last time, thus it ran back to Lin Yue as fast as possible.

"Gawoo!" Bai roared forward, its sound echoing throughout the passage, deafening!

Lin Yue instantly raised the Tactical Crossbow!

Bai’s range of perception was much greater than Meng’s, possibly because of evolution—its strength and combat prowess had increased significantly, surpassing previous levels in this aspect as well.

Lin Yue realized that currently, Meng’s sense of smell was still far... wait, this scent!

That familiar aroma again, faint yet ever-present.

"I see, Bai should already be able to smell the Lizardman’s scent from these aromas, but Meng still can’t."

Understanding this, Lin Yue also looked towards Bai.

"Bai, have Meng check those small passages for Lizardmen, and if there are any, take them out directly!"

Last time, he suffered because he thought the Lizardmen couldn’t crawl out of these small passages, which almost resulted in an ambush with a two-sided attack.

This time, he couldn’t be caught off guard like last time.

Especially since the enemy was driven to a desperate situation and is now like a spent force—if he acts carelessly and arrogantly, he’ll pay a tragic price.

"Pfft!" Bai received the order, instantly turning into a silver flash heading straight forward, with Lin Yue and Bai closely following.

But before they ran a few steps, the sound of Lizardmen’s screams came from the direction of the corner ahead!

And these screams echoed, filling the entire passage!

Lin Yue quickly moved forward and ignited a Burning Arrow, and after turning the corner, he saw seven or eight Lizardmen screeching in the passage while a silver light flashed continuously through the narrow small passages on both sides, and more Lizardmen scrambled out from them in chaos.

Indeed, as expected.

These Lizardmen repeated last time’s tactic, hiding in those small passages laying ambushes, but the small-sized Meng happened to be their nemesis, compelling them to come out with attacks and harassment.

A Burning Arrow quickly shot into the midst of several Lizardmen, and the flames instantly ignited three of them, turning them into three screaming fireballs!

With another Burning Arrow shot, Lin Yue immediately switched to the M19 and started the twin-trigger mode!

Gunfire gradually replaced the Lizardmen’s screams in the tunnel, and Lin Yue continuously received Copper Treasures Chests!

However, there were still far fewer Lizardmen here; after the last fireball fell, Lin Yue collected the last Copper Treasure Chest that burst out beside it, discovering there were only 23 here.

But it was still a gain.

Reloading bullets, Lin Yue remained ever-ready, continuously advancing with Bai and Meng through the passage!

For the small passages along the way, he had Meng go in and investigate; after walking a few hundred meters, Lin Yue only flushed out three Lizardmen.

It seemed there weren’t many Lizardmen left in Zone F.

Lin Yue checked the time.

The system panel time was 24-hour format, which meant it should now be a little after 7 PM; it had been almost two hours since he came from the surface to this area.

He glanced at the unexplored area on the regional map and factored in the return time, so as long as things went smoothly, he should be able to return by around 10 PM.

This trip to the Underground Ruins, what Lin Yue gained was not only treasure chests and various techniques for weapon combat at hand, but also that confidence and calm mentality established when dealing with a pack of enemies!

Now, when facing a group of enemies, he no longer thought about killing some key foes to break through, but instead tried to use the weapons at hand to eliminate more enemies to achieve breakthrough and even counterattack.

Indeed, once firepower was gained, especially with absolute supremacy over Lizardmen’s weapons, confidence surged immensely.

Lin Yue looked at the map, following the keen-scented Bai, progressing continually through twists and turns, but there wasn’t really much to find.

The most prevalent thing, if anything, were those widely scattered earthenware jars.

Each jar contained more or less some remains, but Lin Yue didn’t care to inspect them closely, simply ignoring them.

As time passed, the continuously advancing Lin Yue found himself arriving at the only unexplored corner of Zone F.

And here, just like between those previous altars and kitchen, a huge room stood.

However, differently, this room’s structure was incredibly complex!

"Could this be the Lizardmen’s last hiding place? It seems worth exploring!"