Starting Off Survival With A Small Treehouse

Chapter 1376 - 690: Giant Crimson Crystal (Part 3)

He slightly rose again to look downwards: "But later, they probably realized that randomly cutting here and there wasn’t effective, so they focused on cutting one spot, which is where those three alien invaders are currently cutting."

Beneath the crystal, about one-fifth of the section was missing, representing the wear from a millennium of alien invasion. Right now, those three alien invaders are repeatedly cutting that area.

"Oh, I see," Wen Guixin slightly raised his eyebrows, "If we cut at these gaps they’ve already started, it would save us effort and the crystal’s appearance wouldn’t change much, making it less noticeable."

"That’s exactly what I mean," Xu Xin nodded, "Moreover, although those pits aren’t very deep, cutting within them can block some of the laser light."

He glanced at the mechanical jellyfish around them: "It’s best not to let these mechanical jellyfish see the laser. By cutting within those pits and having a few people surround Zhao Xiaochuan, we can minimize the exposure of the laser cutter’s beam."

This should be the most secure method.

"Surrounding, what a hassle..." Wen Guixin closed his eyes to rest them, "Let’s start the first step anyway. We’ll cut and discuss how to capture the cutters from those three alien invaders below."

The team gently strolled over to the nearest pit.

Around them, the mechanical jellyfish were still neatly circling the scarlet crystal unceasingly.

Xu Xin noticed that their attention seemed to remain on the hole at the core of the world tree above.

This is just perfect.

Underfoot, the pit wasn’t large, about the size of a well mouth, not even half a meter deep, with sharp angles showing it had been cut out.

Zhao Xiaochuan jumped inside, squatted with the cutter held like a dagger in reverse, ready to start but suddenly looked up and whispered to the others, "You guys cover for me!"

"I will." Wang Lei’s tall figure covered Zhao Xiaochuan’s side and rear, which were the directions most likely to leak light.

The others also gathered around.

They were curious to see how effective the cutter was.

"Zzz—"

The cutter Zhao Xiaochuan held in reverse suddenly flickered with light.

This light was short, only about 20 centimeters, and very bright.

But since the scarlet crystal itself was also very bright, the cutter’s laser didn’t flash in Xu Xin and others’ eyes.

They were accustomed to it.

Yet they were also thankful they blocked the light.

After all, suddenly bright white light amidst scarlet was very conspicuous.

Zhao Xiaochuan drew the cutter towards the crystal slowly.

"Zzz—"

The sound of cutting the crystal wasn’t loud.

But in this hollow underground space, it was much more noticeable.

Li Wenxi suddenly grabbed Xu Xin’s arm, whispering, "The mechanical jellyfish around are noticing this area!"

Under her ability, the movement of these mechanical jellyfish around couldn’t escape her surveillance.

She clearly noticed that although the mechanical jellyfish’s circling speed around the scarlet crystal hadn’t slowed, their focus had shifted from the entrance above to them!

"Yingying!" Xu Xin called softly, "Your sound-dampening device!"

Xu Ying had already taken out the small device and activated it as soon as Xu Xin called her name.

With a buzzing sound, the surrounding noise was disturbed, unable to spread further.

However, Zhao Xiaochuan, startled by everyone’s reactions, had already turned off the cutter, looking at them nervously, "How’s it? Is it okay?"

Everyone cautiously observed the surroundings.

Except for Li Wenxi, the others couldn’t see any differences in the jellyfish compared to before.

"Is it safe now?" Zhao Xiaochuan breathed a sigh of relief, "Then I’ll continue cutting. This laser cutter feels quite good; the speed shouldn’t be slow, I..."

"Wait...!" Li Wenxi whispered, "Don’t start yet."