Underworld, Area R.
No matter how many times I imagine what the underground world should look like, when I actually see it, I find that human imagination is still full of limitations and cannot fully outline another civilization.
At least that's what Tang Ling thought.
What kind of civilization should this be? In fact, if you jump from the edge of the uneven crack and travel underground, you can give a rough definition and call it a 'cave' civilization
Yes, it seems that this underground race has a persistent pursuit of digging holes, so there is not a deep ravine leading directly to Area R as imagined, but a variety of winding, criss-crossing and messy caves.
The underground black market would probably like a place like this.
Because these underground races not only have a persistent pursuit of digging holes, but all of them should be masters.
The caves they created have neat lines and smooth ventilation. It is not even known what kind of techniques were used. Each cave has a light-transmitting opening, and the twists and turns attract natural light from the ground.
Although in Tang Ling's opinion, this is something that can be solved by a luminous body, such as an oil lamp or something. After all, the underground race should not be short of oil, right? But they still took the trouble to attract natural light. Can we understand that this is an obsession
In addition, they may not be able to restrain their itchy hands, and from time to time they will carve some decorations on these caves that serve as passages that are difficult for humans to understand.
Decoration perhaps? It is also possible that their totems and words seem to be telling an ancient history.
Because of the existence of 'prosthetic bodies', these caves all have a strange 'double circle' structure, with a small circle next to a large circle.
You can imagine a scene like this: when the prosthetic body is removed, they will walk through small caves, and when the prosthetic body is equipped, they will walk into large caves.
However, according to human thinking, this is a waste of engineering. Wouldn't it be better to just build them all into large caves
Therefore, seeing the strange shape of double circles adjacent to each other, making the road more complicated, Tang Ling could only think that these underground races had a special obsession with digging holes.
After a hundred years of exploration, these labyrinth-like roads can no longer be an obstacle to progress. According to the special marks left by humans, there is almost no obstacle to progress along the way.
Tang Ling's precise instincts were running quickly at this time, and such a complicated road was quickly imprinted in his mind, like a precise 3D model.
After all, the only topographic map lies with Andrew, and Tang Ling is not willing to be controlled by others on this point.
The cave is very quiet, and there are no underground races. According to Albert's intelligence, after all, large forces are gathering, and the possibility of encountering underground races here is zero.
Just walking through it makes people more eager to see what the civilization of the underground race looks like
"What you can't see, even if you get to the R area, it's not their true civilization." Andrew's voice came from the front of the team. He was answering a question from someone in the top team. The R area is clearly an underground race. Where to live, why does Yang Kong say that no one understands the real underground civilization
"Why?" Someone couldn't help but ask, the voice was slightly high-pitched, echoing back and forth in the quiet cave, and no one knew how far it spread.
"Quiet." Andrew reprimanded in a low voice, but still simply replied: "Legend has it that the real civilization of the underground race gathers in several of their underground cities. That is the origin of their civilization, and it contains the secrets about this planet. "
"As for the R area, or even the larger underground race gathering place, it is impossible to get a glimpse of their civilization. You can understand that it is just a military camp, a military camp that invades the ground. Can you get a glimpse of their civilization from a military camp?"
It has to be said that Andrew's knowledge is rich. These things that are impossible to find in the database have deepened Tang Ling's understanding of the world.
"I'm really curious about their cities." Someone couldn't help but whispered.
"It's best not to have such thoughts. Everything is just like what Instructor Yang Kong said. No one has really entered their country, let alone those big cities. There are more strong people in human beings than you think. Why is this still happening? What?" Andrew dispelled the man's unrealistic curiosity with a rhetorical question.
And why? Human beings have always been creatures with endless desire for exploration and overflowing curiosity. This seems to be an instinct engraved in genetic fragments. However, driven by this instinct, we still know almost nothing about underground civilization, which can only indicate the dangers there. It is unimaginable that countless powerful people will never return.
Even so, it would be good to take a look at Area R. Even if a place similar to a military camp cannot peek into their civilization, it can at least outline some clues.
This was Tang Ling's idea, and also the idea of most of the Crescent Soldiers in the First Reserve Battalion.
Only geniuses have such a mood, with curiosity full of questions before a life-and-death battle.
But this is a march after all. After this question, the team fell into silence again, and only the sound of extremely fast footsteps echoed in the cave.
According to the marching speed of the 1st Reserve Battalion, the winding cave took them 15 minutes to reach their destination - Area R.
Tang Ling used precise instinctive calculations all the way. These caves seemed to be parallel, but in fact they were winding downwards all the way. However, the downward angle was very slight. It seemed that they were only 50 meters away from the ground, the depth of the crack. In fact, It has reached a vertical height of nearly one hundred meters underground.
Here, you can't feel any difference from the ground. There is still air circulation, and it is not stuffy. There is still natural light penetrating, but other than that, the entire R area is filled with unusually high temperatures.
Sixty-two degrees.
This is the answer given by precise instinct.
Pre-civilized humans would not have been able to survive for an hour in such an environment.
Because this is not an extremely dry environment, but an underground river twists and turns through the center of the entire R area. This means that the air here is destined to be full of humidity, which will prevent human sweat from evaporating smoothly.
But in this era, such an environment and high temperature are not unbearable for ordinary people, or the time they can bear it is greatly extended, not to mention these Crescent Warriors who are far beyond ordinary people.
Apart from a slight feeling of heat, they did not feel any discomfort, and did not even think about taking off their regular combat uniforms. Now they were all shocked by this new civilization, even though it was just a so-called military camp.
Tang Ling was equally shocked.
He found that it was wrong to define this civilization as a 'cave civilization' before. If he really wanted to define it accurately, it should be a 'geothermal civilization'.
What is the entire R area? It is a huge cave, but in this cave, in addition to an underground river, there is also a lava hole with a diameter of no more than 10 meters, which is constantly boiling magma, like a volcanic crater.
This hole is not exposed, but has a translucent cover that looks like it is made of impure diamond.
And this cover has extremely complex lines, just like the lines on the gene chain calculator, but it may be much rougher than that. After all, the lines on the gene link calculator are so fine that it looks like an ordinary stick. lines, but there are countless lines within them.
But even so, Tang Ling observed with precise instincts and found that its precision was no less than the most advanced human chip, but the circuit structure was a completely different structure, with fine red gemstones inlaid at key points. Just like humans' high-end mechanical watches use artificial rubies as mechanical bearings.
But Tang Ling had no idea whether these tiny rubies were bearings.
All I know is that this diamond cover is perfectly qualified to be used as a beautiful abstract work of art.
But no one could take it away, because it was obviously a large instrument with a solid pipe on it, about twenty centimeters in diameter and three meters long.
This three-meter solid pipe was polished very brightly and neatly, and multiple corrugated surfaces were carved from different angles, just like humans carving diamonds.
I don’t know what principle this cover uses to gather the heat energy from the magma, making the entire solid pipe red, like a pillar of fire.
One end of this fire pillar is connected to the diamond cover, and the other end is connected to a machine suspended three meters in the air.
The whole body of this machine is also covered with diamonds, but various parts inside can be vaguely seen, such as gears and bearings that are constantly running.
On top of this machine, there are countless pipes connecting it. These pipes are firmly fixed on the roof of the cave, and then spread into countless branches, leading to various small holes on the cave wall.
These small caves are obviously the caves where underground races live. Even standing in the center of the hall, you can feel the circulating air and wind in these small caves, as well as the constant temperature, and some ferocious-looking prosthetic bodies hanging in them. Outside the small hole, there was a pipe directly connected to it, flickering on and off.
so what? These pipes function as 'air conditioners', keeping the temperature here at the 62 degrees that underground races love? At least after Tang Ling entered Area R, he found that the temperature here was almost constant.
These pipes also serve as a 'fresh air system' for exchanging air and allowing air circulation
The biggest function of these pipes is to charge the prosthetic body
Tang Ling couldn't guess specifically yet. After all, he was not a scientist, but in general, Tang Ling knew where the energy support of underground civilization came from. It came from the magma! Or all kinds of geothermal.
There is no doubt that as long as there is sustainable energy, a civilization will have a foundation for development.
Even Tang Ling was a little sour. After all, their energy seemed to be more environmentally friendly and more environmentally friendly than the petroleum energy used by pre-civilized humans.
They even used their racial advantages to mine a large amount of diamonds. Pre-civilizations have speculated that the planet's diamond energy is actually very rich, but the technology of pre-civilizations was not able to mine these diamonds buried deep underground.
So, according to the hardness of diamond, it does last forever, but its value? Probably not enough to last forever.
All in all, this power equipment that utilizes geothermal heat has refreshed Tang Ling's understanding of underground races, but this does not represent all underground races.
Because there is a very strange sense of contradiction here.
There is obviously such advanced geothermal technology, but there are fires everywhere here. Next to the fires are piles of various gnawed bones, including even human bones.
This is something that makes people very angry. They are not of the same race. There will be no psychological burden on underground races to eat people. But when humans see it, it is absolutely impossible to accept this fact.
Such a primitive and rude way, coupled with the pottery, bone tools, and even stone tools nearby that are like those excavated from ancient civilizations, or even rougher than ancient civilizations, makes people suddenly feel like they have seen a primitive society.
What kind of collision is this? Tang Ling's eyes couldn't help but fall on the densely packed small caves on the wall of this huge cave.
These caves are not as rough as you think. They have different shapes. Although the lines are weird, they are very rich. Each cave is like an abstract sculpture, and you can find a little bit of human civilization in it.
For example, when Tang Ling saw one of the caves, it was full of the atmosphere of ancient China, trying hard to express the ancient style of tiles and bricks, as well as the quiet and elegant feeling surrounded by green bamboos.
Although the learning may not be in place, the combination seems a bit nondescript.
Is this the 'spiritual world' of underground races? All of them are masters of carving and drilling. Perhaps life without sunlight is too oppressive, forcing them to look like this? After all, there is also playing with mud and stones underground.
Tang Ling had no sympathy in his heart. Why should he sympathize with these cannibals? Not even interested in using civilization to integrate them!
The only thing is to maintain proper humility and respect for a brand new civilization.
After standing here for only two minutes, Tang Ling got this information and finally had a superficial understanding of the underground race.
But the mission here is to fight.
Andrew also coughed appropriately, and then said: "Standing here and letting you satisfy your curiosity is already my biggest failure as a commander. It has been two minutes, but fortunately there has been no battle."
"Now, let's disperse and start executing the mission according to the previous arrangements."
**
The area where the Raptors team is located is at the intersection of the second and third strategic corridors.
The area covered here is about one mile, close to the underground river. Because the shape of the large cave in the entire R area is not only irregular, but also very twisted, there is a rock wall extending out from the north and south sides to cover it, like a half A small, enclosed area.
Other than that, there's nothing special here.
After the Raptors team arrived here, they each began to rest where they were. After all, it seemed quiet now, but battles could happen at any time, so keeping physical strength in optimal condition is something that a qualified warrior should not forget at any time.
But Tang Ling did not choose to rest at this time. Instead, he walked around the one-mile radius.
He was observing everything here and gradually frowned.
These two rock walls seem to make people feel very safe, except for receiving the support signal and having to go around the rock wall to fight outside.
But what kind of trouble is that? Each of them is less than 100 meters in length. According to the speed of the Crescent Warrior, doesn't it only take a few seconds
But is this true? Not really!
After all, there is a huge cave wall on one side and rock walls on two sides, forming a concave character. During the battle, if an enemy breaks in from behind, the Raptor team will undoubtedly fall into a situation of being 'made dumplings'.
Don't expect support. One can never yearn for help from the outside world.
But is this a conspiracy? Apparently not! Such a simple conspiracy can be easily broken.
Tang Ling tried his best not to think wildly, but after careful observation, he circled four points on the two rock walls, and then said to the rest of the Raptor Team: "Come here and drill through these four places. "
"The height should not exceed two meters, and the width should not exceed 1.5 meters."
"What are you doing? This will be a waste of energy." Auston has not yet had the consciousness to start fighting. He is lying lazily on the ground. Perhaps it is too quiet here. There is not even the sound of the Ziyue warriors fighting in the strategic route. Coming, people can't help but relax their vigilance.
After all, the Ziyue warriors were blocking the front, giving people a complete sense of security.
"Why not? Cut through it." Tang Ling didn't want to explain. The growing anxiety had reached the level of torture. He directly pulled out the C-grade alloy knife and began to cut the rocks quickly. .
Fortunately it was not diamond, otherwise with the hardness of diamond, even with Tang Ling's strength it would have taken a lot of effort to use a C-grade alloy sword.
Tang Ling's direct action made the members of the Raptors team who had always trusted Tang Ling begin to take action. Although they still had doubts in their hearts, the tacit understanding, trust and affection between them had not been cultivated overnight, so Tang Ling If you don’t want to explain, no one will ask.
The sound of sharp tools cutting and digging into rocks began to resound in this small area, and the surrounding team did not know what was happening here because of the problem of light source and distance
They could only suppress their doubts and be more careful on guard. After all, they were not allowed to leave their respective guarded places without authorization.
Quiet, depressing silence, accompanied by rising anxiety, made Tang Ling dig into the rock wall faster and faster. As the gravel splashed, Tang Ling always felt that there was an obvious loophole in this show battle, which made Tang Ling dig into the rock wall faster and faster. One can smell a conspiracy.
What is this vulnerability? Tang Ling frowned and thought carefully, and he was responsible for digging one point at a faster speed than the other three points if the two of them worked together.
With a 'boom', Tang Ling kicked open the last thin layer of rock wall. With this sound, the faint sound of killing finally came from the third strategic artery.
The sound was not loud at first, but in less than a minute, it gradually became very clear, allowing everyone in the cave to hear it clearly.
This was as clear as a signal, and the sounds of killing were heard from both the first and second strategic arteries at the same time.
In just an instant, it went from being vague to boiling and exploding, accompanied by faint shaking. You can imagine a contact battle, which from the beginning of the collision, directly entered the white-hot without any excess.
Alston's palms began to show slight sweat stains. What on earth is this damn rock cave wall? Although it is not unbearably hard, the hardness is still annoying. Every time he smashes and cuts a rock, it will consume a lot of physical strength. .
Therefore, when the sounds of battle began to become clear, and when all three strategic arteries erupted, Auston couldn't help but ask, "Tang Ling, do you want to continue? We may enter a battle state at any time."
Tang Ling did not answer. He had already dug an opening that met the requirements. He rushed directly to Auston and began to quickly help the duo of Auston and Christina dig into the rock wall.
"Tang Ling is right, let's hurry up." Yu suddenly shouted at this time. The Yufeng family is famous on the battlefield. The training Yu received since childhood was not just about personal force, but also about strategy on the battlefield. and tactics, he saw the problem.
"Yes, hurry up." Tang Ling's speed was very fast. At this time, he didn't care about hiding anything, and he was hacking at the rock wall almost as if he was venting his anger.
"Are you a monster?" Although Auston was still puzzled, this sudden sense of nervousness infected him, making him dare not have any reservations.
Tang Ling began to sweat heavily on his forehead. This was not because he felt tired, but because his inner anxiety seemed to have suddenly reached its peak at this time.
"Kill!" A clear word "kill" came from the third strategic artery. Because this is close to the junction of the first and third strategic corridors, this word was like shouting in the ears.
Tang Ling's hand trembled, and he already felt something was strongly wrong in his heart, but he hadn't grasped the point yet!
Time, give me two seconds.
Thinking, I need to think.
Tang Ling suddenly inserted the long knife into the rock wall, stopped his movements, and began to work hard to calm down.
Key point, key point!
Tang Ling looked around, and his ears began to fill with the sounds of various fighting. What is the key point? A lava cave in the ground? That shocking geothermal installation? A deserted little cave? There are no more than forty bodies hanging outside the small cave, and they are still flickering in and out of prosthetic bodies that seem to be charging
Or the message conveyed in these fighting sounds!
One second, beads of sweat rolled down Tang Ling's forehead, two seconds, Tang Ling clenched his fists, three seconds, four seconds, Auston roared wildly, and with Tang Ling's help, he successfully opened the second entrance. .
With a clang, the long knife that Tang Ling had inserted into the cave wall fell to the ground. Auston turned his head and looked at Tang Ling, his lips opening and closing, obviously having doubts about Tang Ling's current state.
At this moment, Tang Ling suddenly raised his head, not even bothering to pick up the long knife. Under Auston's extremely shocked eyes, he flicked his wrist and took out Wolf Bite. He jumped up and stretched out his hand at the same time. With his arms, he nailed the wolf's bite deeply into the cave wall. Using this as a fulcrum, he climbed up quickly.
"What are you doing?" Auston didn't understand why Tang Ling's mind was jumping so fast.
At the same time, more than a dozen shouts of killing resounded through the first and third arteries, followed by the sound of fierce clashes of weapons, accompanied by the sound of hot weapons.
"Go help dig the cave entrance." Tang Ling didn't have any explanation at this time. He just climbed quickly towards the top of the cave wall. As soon as he finished speaking, he had climbed to a height of almost fifteen meters and was almost close to it. The height of a rock wall.
This height is not enough! Is there no conspiracy? It turns out that this conspiracy is hidden so deeply! What if it's really about me? What do I do now? What choices were made
Tang Ling's mind was racing with various thoughts. There was no better way. All he had to do now was to make amends.
But even gods can't outline the conspiracy hidden in the dark without information.
Tang Ling began to feel pain in his heart. He knew that farewell might be in the next moment, and he wouldn't even have time to say goodbye.
At this time, he had climbed to a height of about twenty meters. He grabbed a slightly protruding rock and began to use wolf bites to quickly cut out a small rock pillar with a diameter of three centimeters and a shape similar to a hook. The smart lock of the tactical mobile disk is hung here.
Then without having time to take a breath, he quickly cut out the second and third hooks like this.
"Throw your tactical mobile disk over to me!" Tang Ling shouted loudly as he hung on the rock wall.
On the wall of the large cave that no one noticed, a prosthetic body suddenly stopped flickering on and off.
(End of chapter)