Wasteland Hideout: Upgrading from the Sewers

Chapter 162: The Beekeeper, Searching for the Flavor of Bees, and the Mimicry Cloak

You have successfully entered the area where the player ID: Yu Yuan Shelter is located.

The player invasion war between 'Star Duke Shelter' and 'Yu Yuan Shelter' has officially begun!

Ma Xingjue listened to the prompt information in his ears and quickly observed his surroundings.

"This is indeed a city block, I guessed right!"

His current location seemed to be a bathroom. He went to the window to observe the outside situation.

Soon, his brows furrowed.

"What's going on? Why are there so many signs of battle on this street?"

The location of Ma Xingjue's own shelter was at the edge of a city, so he was naturally very familiar with and understood cities.

It was precisely by relying on this advantage that he reached his current ranking in just over a year.

One could say, urban combat was like fighting on home turf for him.It was with this confidence that, after guessing the area where Yu Yuan Shelter was located was a city, he carefully prepared and chose to invade.

As a Driven Faction player, he naturally knew that many big shots were paying attention to Yu Yuan Shelter.

He also knew that because of Yu Yuan Shelter's astonishing achievements yesterday, some people had become wary.

But Ma Xingjue had enough confidence in himself to take down this newcomer.

However, the situation before his eyes differed somewhat from what he had anticipated.

What is the greatest danger in surviving in a city area?

Without a doubt, there's only one: people.

And among them, the most dangerous are naturally the Thug factions.

One could say, the intensity of the Thug factions' aggression determines the difficulty of a player's survival in this city.

But, what's the situation with this city?

Where could you still tell this was a city street? It's almost comparable to a battlefield.

Ma Xingjue opened the Virtual Light Screen to check the location and distance of Yu Yuan Shelter.

"Eight hundred meters. That distance is actually pretty good. Let's go scout the situation first!"

Ma Xingjue took out a hooded cloak from his backpack.

The cloak was grey in color and quite large.

Ma Xingjue draped the cloak over himself and put on the hood.

A miraculous scene occurred.

The air rippled like water waves for a few moments, and Ma Xingjue directly disappeared. In his original position, one could only see a transparent, liquid-like human silhouette.

The human silhouette pushed open the bathroom door and walked out.

This was one of Ma Xingjue's trump cards, and also the most powerful item he had obtained in the Wasteland Great Escape.

[Mimicry Cloak]

Quality: Rare Artifact

Ranking: Unranked

Effect: After wearing, can perform color mimicry with the surrounding environment to disguise oneself.

Although this Rare Artifact had not entered the Rare Item Leaderboard, it was precisely by relying on this cloak that Ma Xingjue had avoided danger several times.

In several invasion wars, it was also by relying on this cloak that he toyed with other players in the palm of his hand.

This was his greatest reliance for choosing to invade Yu Yuan Shelter.

He believed that no matter how powerful Yu Yuan Shelter was, it would be useless against the effects of this Mimicry Cloak.

Leaving the building he was in and entering the street.

Ma Xingjue quickly approached the location of Yu Yuan Shelter, following the directional arrow on the Virtual Light Screen.

When he saw the icon guidance on the Virtual Light Screen disappear, he immediately understood he had arrived.

He didn't stop, but continued walking for about two hundred meters in the direction previously indicated by the arrow.

Only then did he stop, carefully observed the surrounding buildings, and ducked into a nearby shop.

Just as he was about to take action.

Boom...

Rat-a-tat-tat...

The sudden sounds of combat caused his movements to pause slightly. He went up to the third floor to look in the direction the sounds were coming from.

He saw thick smoke already rising in the distant sky.

"What is going on in this world? The fighting is so intense?"

Ma Xingjue felt this area was a bit too strange. It would be better to find Yu Yuan Shelter quickly and end the invasion war.

He took out a metal box from his backpack.

As the box opened, a black and yellow striped bee, about the size of a thumb, slightly raised its head. Seeming to detect Ma Xingjue's scent, it immediately fluttered its wings and flew out of the metal box.

Ma Xingjue also revealed a slight smile.

He extended his left hand. The bee landed on his hand and remained still.

Ma Xingjue's right hand had already taken several items from his backpack and placed them on the ground.

Cigarettes, candy, chocolate, coffee, a dagger...

Then he brought the bee close to these items, pausing for ten seconds on each item before moving to the next and repeating.

In this way, after going through all the items, he took out a bottle with a dropper from his backpack and carefully dripped a drop of liquid onto the bottle cap.

The bee in his hand immediately flew to that drop of liquid and began to lick it.

Ma Xingjue showed a pained look in his eyes.

"Nectar has gotten more expensive again recently. Almost 500,000 survival points for 2ml of nectar, sigh~~~"

But soon, his eyes revealed a hint of anticipation, until that drop of nectar was completely licked clean.

"Sweetie! Start working!"

The bee raised its head, licked its two front legs, fluttered its wings, and began to circle above those items.

First the coffee, then the dagger...

Each time it hovered over an item, Ma Xingjue's eyes showed expectation, but when the bee flew away, a trace of disappointment would appear.

"Not this one?"

"Not this one either?"

Finally, the bee came to the location of that box of Golden Fleece Cigarettes. After circling for a while, it suddenly landed on them and began to crawl.

A sharp gleam flashed in Ma Xingjue's eyes.

"Found it!"

He saw the bee crawl on the Golden Fleece Cigarettes for a while, then flutter its wings and fly again. This time, however, its flight direction was outside the room.

Ma Xingjue had already put away all the other things and prepared himself while the bee was crawling.

Seeing this situation, he stuffed the cigarettes on the ground into his pocket, put on the Mimicry Cloak, and hurriedly gave chase.

The Title Path Ma Xingjue had unlocked was called [Beehive]. This bee was cultivated through the ability of the title [Beekeeper] after he unlocked the second stage of [Beehive]. It was a [Scent-Seeking Bee].

Within a region, it could find the location of targets possessing the same scent by using the smell on an item.

Those several items were goods Ma Xingjue had previously specifically purchased on Taotao Hole, all of which he thought might be goods sold by the owner of Yu Yuan Shelter.

And the facts proved his preparation was effective.

That box of cigarettes was an item from this region, so the Scent-Seeking Bee also began tracking the location of Yu Yuan Shelter using the residual scent on the cigarettes.

The distant fighting had already stopped. Ma Xingjue followed behind the Scent-Seeking Bee and soon arrived at a Dental Clinic.

"Could it be here?"

Ma Xingjue frowned. This was not a good choice for building a shelter.

After following the Scent-Seeking Bee as it paused at the Dental Clinic for a few seconds, the bee flew out to the street again. It soon stopped at a sewer manhole cover, then crawled into the hole of the manhole cover.

Seeing this, Ma Xingjue showed a trace of astonishment.

"Holy crap! No way! Did he really build his shelter in the sewer? That's hardcore!"