This possibility surprised Su Chen. Could there really be a giant beast of tens of thousands of meters here, capable of killing Wind Tide? If so, where did the scorpion go?
The super soldiers had carefully examined the surrounding area but found no traces of a gigantic beast or the scorpion. There were only two possibilities: either both the gigantic beast and the scorpion had concealed their tracks, or they had left from the air.
"Commander, there might be other dangers here. We must be more cautious," Li Shaolong said with a serious expression.
Su Chen nodded. The dangers here weren't as calm and silent as they appeared. An Eighth Order pinnacle Wind Tide had died just like that, and another Eighth Order pinnacle scorpion had disappeared.
He was increasingly certain that South Emperor must have known something, but he was possibly constrained from revealing the situation here.
So, they spent three days wandering around this place. They hadn't encountered anything else, as if they were the only ten people in this world.
Thankfully, they had prepared plenty of food stored in a compact spatial device before entering. Otherwise, even Eighth Order powerhouses would feel hunger after a few days without eating.
"Mmm, grilled octopus is delicious as always," Yun Ru said with her mouth full, holding several skewers.
The others each had their favorite skewers and started eating.
In this strange place, they were grilling skewers. If Wind Tide could see this, it might come back to life from sheer indignation.
"Three days of searching, and we haven't found anything except these crystals," Ju Ling said, picking up a crystal from the ground and showing a hint of helplessness in her eyes.
They had two goals: finding the scorpion and eliminating it, and finding a way to leave this place.
Over these three days, they had covered a distance of no less than tens of thousands of miles. Yet, they hadn't found anything except crystals upon crystals.
At this moment, none of them noticed that not far away, on the surface of a crystalline mountain wall, there was movement.
The previously smooth crystalline wall seemed to have a thin membrane on its surface, which gradually moved upward, revealing an eye!
An entire mountain wall turned out to be a colossal creature!
As the eye looked at them, the intuition of the super soldiers alerted them—they were being watched!
Instantly, everyone adopted defensive positions, protecting Su Chen in the center.
"Commander, there's an enemy."
Su Chen surveyed the surroundings, but he found nothing. However, he believed in the intuition of his subordinates.
The surroundings remained quiet, as if nothing had happened. Suddenly, Ju Ling's gunshot rang out, hitting something.
Su Chen looked over and was stunned. He saw a colossal eye on a certain spot of the massive crystalline wall of the mountain—it wasn't just an eye, but a massive creature lying there, asleep!
This creature was tens of thousands of meters long and over thirty meters tall. Its body was like crystal, a true Crystal Beast.
Su Chen realized that this beast was probably the one that had killed Wind Tide. He hadn't expected it to be so close to them.
Faced with a colossal beast hidden not far from them, they were cautious and didn't launch an attack recklessly.
What surprised them was that the creature actually spoke, "I didn't expect another batch of youngsters to arrive. I wonder if you can help me out?"
Su Chen shouted, "What do you need? Tell us."
Su Chen didn't agree right away. Who knew what the creature wanted them to do? He wouldn't recklessly charge into action without knowing its intentions, especially when its strength was unclear.
The creature moved slightly, but there was no disturbance on the ground. Su Chen was puzzled. Shouldn't a creature of this size create a significant impact on the ground when it moved?
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed that the creature's movement wouldn't cause ground tremors.
"This favor is quite simple. Help me find a unique crystal here. Once you find it, you can bring it to me."
At first, this task seemed straightforward, but it wasn't.
Three days of searching had made Su Chen realize the vastness of this space. They hadn't reached the edge yet, so how could they find a unique crystal among the vast expanse of crystals?
And what kind of crystal would be deemed unique and special? What if they found the wrong one?
"Can I refuse to help?" Su Chen asked.
"Of course you can." The creature seemed quite reasonable.
Just as Su Chen was about to speak, System's warning sounded, "Master, it's best not to refuse. According to my calculations, your chances of survival are as low as 99.9999999%!"
Su Chen was taken aback and immediately shut his mouth. He had complete faith in what System said. However, why would refusing lead to death? What kind of situation was this?
Suddenly, Su Chen thought about Wind Tide, which had already died. A thought emerged in his mind.
Could it be that Wind Tide had refused to do the creature's favor and was subsequently killed by it? As for the scorpion, maybe it agreed to help find the crystal?
The more he thought about it, the more this seemed plausible. Su Chen quickly changed his stance, "Alright, I agree."
The other super soldiers were puzzled. Why did Commander agree? Didn't the creature say they could refuse?
But now that Commander had agreed, as his subordinates, the super soldiers couldn't refuse.
Seeing all ten of them agreeing, the Crystal Beast seemed pleased, "Very well, you're much better than the ugly creature I encountered before. You didn't refuse my request. I really hate it when people refuse me."
Hearing this, Su Chen and the others immediately understood. Wind Tide's death was truly unjust.
Indeed, one could refuse, but after refusing, one would be at risk of being attacked by the Crystal Beast.
Even an Eighth Order pinnacle Wind Tide wasn't a match for the Crystal Beast. Even if they were all super soldiers, they might not win.
Their respect for Commander soared to a new level. Truly worthy of being Commander, he had seen through the creature's intentions long before.
After seeing their agreement, the Crystal Beast was about to lie back down and continue sleeping. However, it seemed to think of something and said to Su Chen, "Could you give me some of the food you're eating?"
Su Chen's expression became somewhat strange. Setting aside the fact that this bit of skewer wouldn't even be enough to get stuck between the teeth of the Crystal Beast's size, could a Crystal Beast whose entire body was made of crystal even eat meat?
Suddenly, Su Chen remembered Wind Tide. Its body seemed to have been devoured by the Crystal Beast. It all made sense now.
It wasn't Su Chen's style to give something away so easily.
"Since you asked us for help, how about you do something for me first? Then I'll give you something to eat. Fair trade."
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