Perhaps due to their massive size, making it difficult to fit into the passage, the mutated creatures that rushed forward first were all smaller ones. The giant spiders queued up, forming a line in front of the exit.
As soon as Li Chonglou entered, he saw countless pairs of eyes that made his scalp tingle. How could this not make him feel a prickle of fear?
However, compared to the others in his suicide squad, they seemed to have witnessed such a scene before, and thus did not react much. Instead, they all took out their other firearms.
"First, clear a safe zone!"
Xi Wen at the front suddenly shouted, and Li Chonglou was somewhat perplexed.
The space here was vast, and the visibility was wide. Looking around, these mutated creatures seemed endless. What was the point of clearing a safe zone now?
However, no one had the time to answer him at this moment. Everyone else followed Xi Wen's command, immediately pulling out their most powerful firearms and firing at the mutated creatures around them.
This was truly a hail of bullets and flying flesh. Under the mad barrage from the suicide squad, the closer mutated creatures were blown to smithereens, turning into a pile of bloody pulp.
Following a series of fierce sounds, the ten-odd people spent less than five minutes clearing a ten-meter radius safe zone.
However, it was soon filled by the mutated creatures surging from behind.
Li Chonglou immediately furrowed his brow, staring intently at everyone's actions. He wanted to know the true intentions of the suicide squad. If they didn't have corresponding methods, then the round of fierce gunfire was clearly a waste.
However, the next second, Xi Wen and the others' actions caused Li Chonglou's expression to freeze.
He saw them each find a giant spider corpse, then quickly cut open its abdomen, and retrieve a fist-sized green gallbladder.
As soon as he obtained the green gallbladder, Li Chonglou saw that Xi Wen directly stabbed it with a dagger, then threw both the gallbladder and the dagger towards the surging mutated creatures.
As the green gallbladder flew, the dagger was already thrown off. A stream of green liquid was immediately sprayed into the air, and then the entire gallbladder smashed into the swarm of mutated creatures.
A scene that Li Chonglou did not expect occurred.
Wherever the green liquid appeared, all mutated creatures within a few meters of the area turned and fled, as if they didn't want to stay in that area for a second.
Soon, the entire front area was covered with thrown green gallbladders, and all the mutated creatures were kept outside, not daring to enter.
Even if other mutated creatures, unaware of the situation, surged from behind, they would scatter to the sides after entering the range of the green gallbladders.
For a time, it was as if an invisible wall appeared in front of everyone, safely separating them.
At this time, the members of the suicide squad were also clearly divided. Half of them rested in place, while the other half continued to dig out the gallbladders of other giant spiders, constantly reinforcing the front.
Among those resting was Old Niu. When he noticed the confusion, bewilderment, and curiosity on Li Chonglou's face, he proactively came over to explain.
"These are called Stinky Fox Spiders. They were researched by our base's science lab. Their inner gallbladders emit a smell that stimulates the sense of smell of all mutated creatures."
Li Chonglou suddenly realized, and only then did he understand that these giant spiders were not gathered here because of the beast tide, but were deliberately bred and kept here by people from their base.
However, at this moment, Li Chonglou's pupils suddenly constricted, and then his figure flickered, disappearing from Old Niu's sight.
Old Niu did not react for a moment and stood frozen. The next second, he heard a loud noise from behind him.
"Be careful!"
Xi Wen, not far away, shouted anxiously and rushed towards them desperately.
Old Niu then reacted, turned around, and saw that a large hole had appeared behind him at some point, and Li Chonglou's figure had already disappeared.
"What happened? Where's Little Li?"
Old Niu, with a bewildered expression, looked at Xi Wen, who was rushing over from not far away.
"Damn it, a mutated creature was hidden here wanting to ambush you. Little Li killed it for you and then fell down."
Xi Wen, who happened to witness the entire scene, quickly explained. At this moment, the other members of the suicide squad also gathered around.
"What's going on? Why is there another passage here?"
Everyone looked at the bottomless passage before them, their faces full of confusion.
This small team was now truly called the suicide squad, but before that, they had another name: the Vanguard.
Therefore, this was not their first time in this place. Taking Xi Wen, the captain, as an example, he had entered the second level no less than thirty times. His position was not solely due to his strength, but also his luck.
Although others had not been here as many times, they had all come at least three times or more, so they were still somewhat familiar with the environment of the second level.
And this passage before them clearly did not exist before!
"What should we do? I... I... we now..."
After a long silence, Old Niu suddenly spoke up somewhat helplessly.
At this moment, everyone's gaze fell on Xi Wen. It was time for him, the captain, to make a decision.
Xi Wen's expression immediately sank. He gritted his teeth and said, "Do I need to ask such a thing? Save him first!"
As soon as the words fell, Xi Wen took the lead and jumped in. Everyone showed a smile and followed him.
Old Niu muttered with a smile, "As expected of the person I, Old Niu, admire. This is true brotherhood."
After saying that, he also jumped in.
As soon as he entered, he took out a flashbang. Although everyone in front had already fired flashbangs downwards, he still held one in his hand just in case.
After all, in this environment, there could be no slight mistake. If the light affected their vision, it would easily lead to other dangers, especially for mutated creatures that naturally liked to ambush. They had to ensure they proceeded under continuous illumination.
The suddenly appearing hole was not very deep, only about three meters. This height did not even require them to decelerate, and they all landed steadily on the rocks.
However, in front of them, there was a clearly newly dug passage leading further down.
At this time, everyone still hadn't found Li Chonglou's figure, so they couldn't help but take out their illuminating flashlights and continue forward.
As for why they fired flashbangs first instead of directly taking out illuminating flashlights, there was a reason. Because their flashbangs not only had illuminating effects but also had a deterrent effect on mutated creatures.