Lingxi's driving skills, reaction time, and judgment were all superb. Even with visibility reduced to about 5 meters in the thick fog, she maintained a remarkably fast speed.
The ride was also quite smooth, so much so that Ye Feng, sitting on the roof, didn't feel any significant bumps.
Occasional gunshots and frightened screams echoed through the fog, along with the persistent roar of engines.
From his perch on the Humvee's roof, Ye Feng periodically used his long case to swat away or knock off any skeleton spiders that fell or attempted to jump onto the vehicle.
"Hoo~"
After swatting away another skeleton spider, Ye Feng let out a sigh of relief.
The rectangular box, about 2 meters long, 0.5 meters wide, and 0.2 meters high, contained 250kg of C4 plastic explosives.
Because C4 plastic explosives were quite stable, they wouldn't detonate from impact, fire, or even gunfire. They only exploded when triggered by a detonator or blasting cap.
Therefore, Ye Feng, lacking any blunt weapons at the moment, decided to use it against the skeleton spiders. After all, using a gun or knife to kill them could lead to the random spraying of corrosive acid.
"Boom!~"
Suddenly, the loudest engine roar Ye Feng had ever heard in his life sounded from somewhere behind them.
"Huh?"
Ye Feng turned his head and saw a blurry, red, quadrilateral object rapidly gaining on them, overtaking many vehicles.
"A vehicle? A red armored car!"
"And it's so fast!"
As the red quadrilateral object drew closer, Ye Feng was astonished.
Unlike the vehicles the other explorers were using, this red armored car had a completely different design and moved at an incredible speed.
Furthermore, the red armored car seemed to travel in a straight line, only veering to avoid large rocks and crashing through everything else.
Even the skeleton spiders were no exception. Their corrosive blood sprayed onto the red armored car, but it only slightly corroded the outermost red layer, causing no significant damage to the vehicle.
"A specially designed red coating?"
Ye Feng frowned slightly, marveling at how well-prepared the occupants of the red armored car were.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Ye Feng's expression changed.
The thick fog ahead churned, and a dense swarm of skeleton spiders charged from all directions.
The red armored car was directly in their path!
"Bang!~"
"Crazzz, crazzzzyyyy, cckkkkk………."
A deafening explosion, akin to a fighter jet breaking the sound barrier, suddenly erupted, followed by a series of chilling sounds.
"Wh-what?"
"Did it explode?"
Ye Feng cautiously scanned his surroundings, but found no flames.
Instead, the dense swarm of approaching skeleton spiders had, at some point, frozen solid. At first glance, they resembled an iceberg.
The freezing sounds Ye Feng had heard earlier were coming from this direction!
Near the "iceberg" formed by a multitude of skeleton spiders, clouds of cold mist billowed, and some of the thick fog even condensed into falling raindrops.
"Boom~Boom!……."
Within the "iceberg" of skeleton spiders, a red armored car was moving at high speed.
In a short while, it completely disappeared into the vast expanse of fog.
"Ah!~"
"Zzzzzz~"
"Bang bang!~"
"Boom~!"
…….
The sounds of battle between explorers and skeleton spiders once again became the dominant noise in the fog.
"Lingxi, now!"
Before Ye Feng could finish speaking, the Humvee's engine roared louder than before, and its speed increased again.
Although he didn't know exactly what had happened, this was clearly the best opportunity to escape.
The sudden, massive freeze had significantly reduced the number of active skeleton spiders.
Moreover, as the temperature plummeted and some of the fog turned to rain, visibility improved.
Ye Feng's group wasn't the only one to realize this; the sounds of engines roaring much louder than before echoed through the fog.
Many survivors were eager to seize this moment and drive out of the dense fog infested with skeleton spiders!
…….
Ye Feng, Lingxi, and Xiaoxiao forged ahead.
The fog was still incredibly thick, so Ye Feng retrieved the previously damaged solar-powered lamp.
Strictly speaking, this lamp, with its unusual operating conditions, was actually a fog light, perfect for use in foggy weather, especially dense fog.
And since it was broad daylight, there was no issue with power supply!
Leveraging the fog light's wide illumination range and strong penetration, the trio's progress accelerated further.
…….
Time flew by.
"Dada da~…….."
With the sound of AK47 fire, two skeleton spiders that had leaped from a distance fell to the ground.
"Bang!~"
A massive explosion erupted, creating a large gap in the approaching swarm of skeleton spiders.
The raging flames caused the skeleton spiders to retreat rapidly to the sides.
The Humvee seized the opportunity to speed through, leaving the skeleton spiders behind.
This scenario repeated itself many times along the way. Ye Feng and Lingxi coordinated remarkably well, maintaining high speed.
Xiaoxiao also fired a few shots occasionally, her aim remarkably accurate, usually hitting the skeleton spiders' eyes.
"Big Brother, the fog is starting to thin!"
Suddenly, Xiaoxiao's cheerful voice rang out.
"Mm!~"
Ye Feng nodded, feeling a surge of joy. "We should be leaving this dense fog soon!~"
"Boom!~"
Another engine roar. The Humvee finally burst out of the dense fog that had harbored a large horde of skeleton spiders.
"Are those skeleton spiders dependent on the fog?"
Looking back, Ye Feng frowned slightly, his mind deep in thought.
After the Humvee exited the dense fog, the skeleton spiders did not pursue them.
"Finally out!"
With the return of wide-open visibility and fresh air, Xiaoxiao was clearly delighted.
Ye Feng also returned to the inside of the vehicle from the roof through the sunroof.
"Big Brother, there are so many explorers over there. What are they doing?"
As soon as Ye Feng sat down, Xiaoxiao's somewhat puzzled voice reached his ears.
"Huh?"
Ye Feng turned and saw groups of explorers standing around numerous off-road vehicles.
They were either smiling blankly with vacant eyes, staring fixedly at the scorching sun in the sky, glaring fiercely at a large tree, or baring their teeth at the air.
"What the hell is wrong with these people?"
Ye Feng was bewildered.
"Big Brother, let's leave here. It's dangerous!"
Just then, Xiaoxiao's voice sounded again.
As she spoke, she glanced around fearfully.
"Ah!~…….."
Suddenly, the explorers exhibiting bizarre behavior let out fierce roars almost simultaneously.
Following that, they began to attack wildly. Their targets were sometimes people, sometimes trees, sometimes off-road vehicles, and sometimes rocks.
"This……."
As Ye Feng was contemplating what was happening, his vision suddenly went black.
"What's going on? Why did it suddenly get dark?"
Ye Feng's expression changed.
This darkness was unnatural; it felt as if the surrounding light had instantaneously vanished, rendering it impossible to see anything.
"Lingxi, Xiaoxiao!"
Ye Feng shouted, but received no response.
Without hesitation, Ye Feng tightened his grip on his AK47 and simultaneously attempted to communicate with his spatial warehouse to retrieve a lamp.
However, he felt a nauseating and repulsive sensation in his mind, and his attempt to access the spatial warehouse failed.
…….