Starting Off Survival With A Small Treehouse

Chapter 1317 - 670: Small Crimson Crystal Fragment (3)

These laser guns crawl along the walls like insects, starting to move around!

The entire factory seems to be a living creature, and this tiny scarlet Crystal Stone appears to be its heart. As the heart beats, the factory comes to life.

"...You guys better wear your Stealth Cloaks properly!" Zhao Xiaochuan felt his ability was somewhat insecure for the first time. "If we are discovered, we’ll probably be shot into a sieve instantly, won’t even have time to run..."

Indeed.

The central location they are in now is the focus of many wandering laser guns.

If discovered, they could probably be evaporated by the laser guns in an instant...

"Ying! Ying ying!" Keke poked its little head out in Xu Xin’s arms, with one small paw covering its eyes, unable to open due to the red glow, and the other pointing at the red crystal. "Ying!"

Its intention was clear, telling them to take this small piece of red crystal.

"This thing... Can it be taken away?" Xu Ying also understood Keke’s intention. "Isn’t it embedded inside?"

"Let me try." Zhao Xiaochuan touched the red crystal but withdrew his hand instantly. "Gosh! It’s hot!"

It was indeed very hot, his fingertip even blistered from the heat.

"Your hand..." Xu Xin looked at his hand in shock.

Several fine red lines started to coil around his fingertip which touched the crystal, then crawled up his whole finger, and subsequently his palm and the back of his hand.

"Oh my! What’s this!" Zhao Xiaochuan exclaimed in a low voice. "Am I... Am I mutating?!"

"Don’t worry." Xu Ying glanced at his hand. "You’ve taken the gene serum, you won’t mutate just because of this."

"Is... is that so...?"

Xu Ying was right, the red lines on Zhao Xiaochuan’s hand merely crawled all over it, stopping before reaching his arm.

"This hand... It’s so hot!" Zhao Xiaochuan clenched his fist full of blood lines.

Then, the lines gradually faded away and after a few seconds, his hand returned to its original state.

"Amazing, it actually recovered!" Zhao Xiaochuan exclaimed, but then looked at the crystal with some unease. "This thing can’t be touched; I almost felt like I was going to transform into a beast..."

"This is the Source of Life of the alien invaders, isn’t it..." Xu Ying stroked her smooth chin. "If we could have a few pieces of this stuff, though it doesn’t help us much, it would be very useful for infiltrating the alien invaders’ base."

Xu Xin understood Xu Ying’s meaning too.

This thing is like a trap for alien invaders.

There must be some special uses too.

"How can we get it off..." Xu Xin pondered, then his eyes lit up, "Could Wenxi do it?"

Wenxi’s ability is mining, so this red crystal counts as a type of ore.

The tools she makes might be able to lever this red crystal off the platform?

"Feasible."

Xu Xin and the others exchanged glances and nodded.

"...Wenxi should have already put on the Stealth Cloak, right?"

Xu Xin worried slightly, then shook his head. Wenxi wouldn’t have any issues in this regard.

He no longer wasted time and turned his wristband.

Immediately, Li Wenxi appeared before the three of them.

She was sitting on the ground hugging her knees, covering her eyes from the red glow which caused her to exclaim, "Ah..."

But the sound wasn’t completely emitted; she covered her mouth with another hand.

Xu Xin helped her up, whispering, "It’s okay to speak. Don’t worry."

"Is... is that so? Where is this place?"

She squinted at the red crystal and quickly looked away.

Too bright!

"So here’s the thing."

The three explained the situation to her.

"I understand. Let me try."

Li Wenxi didn’t say more but directly took out a small pickaxe.

She placed the pickaxe at the edge where the red crystal was embedded, then leveraged forcefully.

"Crack!"

"Clatter clatter..."

The red crystal was easily pried from the groove on the platform, falling to the ground.

All at once, the red glow throughout the factory began to flicker.