Although the pressure was immense for everyone at first, there was absolutely no room for error at such a time, so the few responsible for staying behind used the ice-sealing grenades without hesitation.
As streaks of white light exploded, the air was instantly filled with an icy mist. Within a twenty-meter radius of Li Chonglou, everything was frozen. Although there was an endless stream of beast tides wanting to surge in from the outside, they were greatly slowed down by the ice sculptures.
Li Chonglou didn't even know the names of the remaining six people, but they all took great care of him. Despite the immense pressure on everyone at that moment, no one suggested he help.
This was because they genuinely believed Li Chonglou's stamina had not yet recovered, and they knew he would be left alone to defend the area later. If his condition wasn't good, anything could happen.
Watching the six people working non-stop, Li Chonglou felt a pang of guilt. However, for the sake of his mission, he could only feign weakness.
Half an hour was neither short nor long. Before long, the team member responsible for timing reminded them, "Time is almost up, we need to move on."
At this moment, Li Chonglou was also a little curious, wondering how the six people would approach the electric fence and enter the passage without attracting the beast tide.
However, the answer was soon revealed.
When Li Chonglou saw the team member who had spoken earlier pull out a massive bomb from his backpack, his eyes narrowed.
An enhanced ice-sealing bomb?
As this thought flashed through his mind, the team member threw the bomb into the air, and then the six of them, pulling him along, rushed towards the electric fence.
When the bomb reached its apex, one team member turned and fired a precise burst from his assault rifle.
Boom!
A deafening explosion reached Li Chonglou's ears, and a visible wave of ice crystals rapidly spread, turning a radius of several hundred meters into an icy expanse within moments.
The beast tide, having already lost its sanity, continued to surge towards the center of the explosion, completely unaware that the six had already departed.
It was using sound waves.
Li Chonglou suddenly understood, finally realizing what the deranged mutated creatures used to locate their enemies. When the seven of them reached the vicinity of the electric fence, they were only followed by a small group of about a hundred mutated creatures, which were all dealt with using a few ice-sealing grenades.
It was then that Li Chonglou finally understood what the so-called electric fence was.
It was a circular pit about ten meters wide, surrounded by several layers of wire mesh a few meters from its edge. Although it looked ordinary, Li Chonglou knew without a doubt that coming into contact with it would instantly turn him into a charred corpse.
And within these wire meshes was a winding, serpentine human-sized passage. Although the seven only took less than half a minute to successfully navigate inside, for the deranged beast tide, it would likely take a lifetime to get through.
Not only that, but Li Chonglou's ears twitched slightly, detecting faint sounds emanating from the wire meshes. Clearly, this was why there were no beast tides gathered around the passage.
At this point, the enemy finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Little Li, we'll leave this to you. We're going in to support the Captain."
A man patted Li Chonglou's shoulder as a gesture of encouragement. That was how camaraderie between men was; they didn't say much verbally.
Li Chonglou nodded seriously and picked up an assault rifle, saying, "Don't worry, as long as the gun is here, I'm here, and the net is here."
The six men chuckled, their eyes brimming with admiration and affection for Li Chonglou.
"If we complete this mission successfully, I must have a good drink with you!"
The six said their farewells one by one, then formed a single file and walked down a small path beside the electric fence.
Li Chonglou also walked to the edge of the pit and looked down. Although he had already guessed the situation below, seeing it for himself still made him exclaim in admiration.
Layer upon layer, the intertwined electric nets were densely arranged throughout the entire pit. Moreover, the wires in the pit were different from those on the upper perimeter, with visible sparks crackling along the wires.
With such an arrangement, it was almost impossible for any living creature to break through!
The small path the six men took was also extremely complex. At least, Li Chonglou couldn't help but feel a little nervous watching them move so quickly, fearing they might accidentally touch the electric fence due to a mistake.
However, when Li Chonglou turned his attention back to the electric fence in the pit, he soon noticed something unusual.
Among the neatly arranged and intersecting sound and electric nets, several areas showed irregular bumps and depressions. If the large black snake from earlier truly originated from the third layer, as everyone suspected, then it was clearly from here that it broke out.
"No, if that were the case, even if it could get out, it wouldn't be unharmed..."
Li Chonglou frowned slightly, a possibility suddenly occurring to him.
This electric net had failed once before!
With this thought, he continued to carefully examine the area around the electric net, but unfortunately, the ends of the nets were inserted into the walls, and their connection points could not be seen from the outside.
"I wonder if the Captain and the others have realized this."
Li Chonglou suddenly became pensive. According to what Xi Wen had said earlier, it should have been the simultaneous impact of the beast tides from the second and third layers on the electric fence that caused the disruption and temporary failure.
However, there were no mutated creature corpses outside the second layer, and the electric fence in the pit did show anomalies. All of this undoubtedly indicated one thing: something unexpected had happened, and it had occurred in the third layer.
In other words, there was likely a special accident occurring below them right now!
Of course, all of this was still Li Chonglou's speculation, as he hadn't seen it with his own eyes. Therefore, he now had to make a choice.
Should he remain on the second layer, find an opportunity to retrieve the token the old man needed, or go down to the third layer to assess the situation?
After all, if his suspicions were correct, Xi Wen and the others might already be in danger.
"Forget it, I can't get out in a short time anyway. Even if I get the token, it's useless."
Li Chonglou muttered, no longer hesitating, and walked directly into the passage beside the electric fence.
Meanwhile, on the other side, in the trial areas of the various hunting teams in Tie Lin.
Special accidents had also occurred.