The city was silent, but the crowds were bustling. Tianyang, along with Chiying and the church warriors, crossed the streets and "brushed past" the figures recorded in the mist.
They searched some buildings along the way, which allowed Tianyang to roughly grasp the pattern. Those buildings that were not closed or welded shut were basically posed no danger, and no corpses or skeletons were found inside. The objects were generally preserved, except that the pots and pans had fallen to the ground, the tableware was scattered on the table, the quilt on the bed in the bedroom, and the clothes in the closet were thrown everywhere.
It seemed that the residents of this city left in a hurry, and it was obvious that they were not given any time to evacuate calmly.
In addition to these buildings, you need to pay attention to those closed buildings with closed doors and windows and welded shut. There are usually mutated residents in these buildings. They don't know what kind of pollution they have encountered. There are basically no human organs on their faces. Most of them are severely deformed holes. A lot of blood and flesh will flow out of those holes, forming blood and flesh flowers. The core of those things is a finger.
These mutated residents will attack explorers, but overall they are not a big threat. As long as they are detected in advance, well-trained soldiers can eliminate them with star rifles.
Tianyang examined the corpse of a mutated resident and found that these things could no longer be called human beings. They just had the human appearance, but under the human skin they were other creatures.
Those creatures seemed to be parasitic on the residents' bodies, transforming their bodies into a hotbed suitable for survival. They could control the residents' body activities. After they attacked the explorers, they would spray out some things that looked like insect eggs. Once those things entered the explorers' bodies, they would parasitize on important organs in the body and absorb nutrients to grow rapidly.
The parasitized humans will not die in a short period of time, but a large amount of nutrients provided to the body will be intercepted and supplied to the insect eggs. This will make the parasites weak and unable to move. Although they are not dead, they can only serve as food and are difficult to change.
One of Tianyang's church warriors was unfortunately parasitized. He claimed that he heard the sound of his internal organs being eaten and finally chose to commit suicide. However, even though he shot himself in the head and heart with a gun, he did not die.
In order to survive, the parasites in his body constantly stimulated his body to secrete large amounts of hormones, while at the same time repairing and treating the warrior's injuries, allowing him to live for a while longer.
This was extremely terrifying, and Tianyang eventually used a thunderstorm to cause massive necrosis in his body, causing him to fall into eternal sleep without consciousness in an instant, thus ending his suffering.
The soldiers of Silver Dragon Fort did not receive such treatment. After being parasitized, they had to endure great pain before dying. Some of them were burned by high-temperature flames, and some had their brains completely destroyed by beams of star element light. Due to the effects of the parasites in their bodies, they often maintained their will until the moment of death. This was undoubtedly a torture for the parasites and other soldiers.
Finally, Olgali changed her strategy and marked out nearby buildings that showed signs of closure, clearing them out with superior firepower at all costs to avoid unnecessary sacrifices of soldiers.
About five hours after sunrise, Tianyang, who was walking on the street, began to feel the light above his head dimming. He raised his head and saw the sun that never sets in the sky through the gray fog.
The solar eclipse state has begun to return.
About ten minutes later, a black sun appeared in the sky again. After the total solar eclipse, the shadows scattered in every corner of the city. Those figures that changed in the fog disappeared. Except for the silent surge of fog, Yarati returned to its previous desolate and dead feeling.
After some effort, Tianyang finally arrived at the temple that Olgari mentioned. The temple was located in the center of a square. The temple was not large, and because of its location, it could be concluded that this was not the "Lightless Hall" of the Niguang Cult, but just a place of pilgrimage for nearby residents.
After carefully sensing and confirming that there were no mutants hiding inside, Tianyang made a gesture. Then the church warriors led the way, Chiying carried a golden sword and was on guard, Tianyang walked at the end, and the group entered the temple one after another.
The hall of the temple was unexpectedly empty. Given the status of the Niguang Sect, Tianyang was prepared to see the gorgeous and complicated interior decoration. He did not expect that in such a state religion's temple, there were so few things in the hall.
There is almost no decoration in the space of several hundred meters in radius, except for a high platform standing in the center. On the platform is a black statue. The statue looks like a person wearing a cloak and a hood. The face hidden in the hat has no outline and no specific facial features, but it is inlaid with a lot of gems. They are distributed around the face of the statue, like stars embedded in the night sky.
The statue's cloak was too simple without much decoration. There was a chain around its waist, which held a heavy book.
The statue raised its left hand and spread its palm, looking like it was staring at its own palm. Tianyang disappeared in an instant, and the distance controlled
'Flashed to the palm of the statue, but the palm was smooth and empty.
Tianyang looked back at the statue and thought that there should be something held in the palm of the hand, while the other hand of the statue was pointing outside the temple, and he didn't know what the purpose was.
Just as Tianyang was checking the temple statues, a church warrior who was on guard outside the temple suddenly saw a shadow in the fog ahead. He immediately raised his rifle and shouted, "Who is it! Stop!"
The figure paused immediately, as if he was also surprised, and shouted in the same voice: "I am Song Wu."
The vigilant church warrior was stunned for a moment. He was Song Wu. For a moment, he felt absurd and said angrily: "Who is playing tricks there? Come out!"
"Come out if you want, and don't shoot." Footsteps were heard, and a church warrior in black clothes and armor, holding a rifle, walked out of the fog. The man had thick eyebrows and big eyes, wore a helmet, and there were burn marks on the bridge of his nose.
Another church warrior at the temple entrance couldn't help but look at his companion. He also had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and there were burn marks on his nose.
The warrior immediately felt a chill on his back, took two steps back, and pointed his rifle at him: "Who are you?"
The warrior who emerged from the mist also shouted, "Yes, who are you and why do you look exactly like me?"
Song Wu was startled, his eyes filled with horror. He explained, "I am Song Wu, Gao Bo, think about it carefully. I have never left, so that is fake!"
He pointed at the warrior who emerged from the mist.
It is called
The warrior for Gao Bo hesitated and said, "We all wore helmets after entering the city, and the fog was so thick that I wouldn't know even if you walked away. The only thing I can be sure of is that I was with you after Master Tianyang went in."
"Before that, I can't be sure."
"He's a fake." The warrior who came out of the mist shouted, "Master Tianyang just told us to look around. How could we stay where we are? I know. As soon as I left, this thing took my identity. Who are you?"
At this time, someone in the temple said calmly: "When did I order you to look around?"
Then a golden sword energy with infinite sharpness broke out from the temple, crossed the earth, tore the ground, and crossed the warrior who walked out of the mist.
The warrior exploded into pieces of deep and blurry shadows, which dispersed into the mist and disappeared.
A moment later, several dark shadows appeared in the fog, and then several figures walked out of the fog. The leader was a silver-haired man, and next to him was a tall lady wearing a red cloak and carrying a golden sword, and the rest were all church warriors in black clothes and black armor.
It turned out to be Tianyang, Chiying and the church warriors.
Tianyang walked out of the mist, pointed at the temple and shouted, "Get out of here, what's in there? You dare to pretend to be me! You're so bold!"
The church warriors standing guard at the temple gate were completely confused. They could no longer tell which side was real and which side was fake.
At this time, a figure flashed in the square in front of the temple. Tianyang stood with his hands behind his back and glanced at himself opposite him indifferently.
The corners of his mouth slightly raised, and he chuckled: "Interesting."
As soon as he raised his finger, there was no flash of lightning, but there was a sudden explosion of thunder. Tianyang Chiying and the church warriors on the opposite side seemed to be hit by invisible thunder. Their bodies quickly turned red and shiny, and then exploded. Amid the whistling air waves, deep, mottled black shadows scattered everywhere.
They quickly gathered together and suddenly expanded, turning into strange creatures that looked like crows, but with eyes all over their bodies.
Those eyes, big and small, seemed to be embedded in a crow-shaped shadow, blinking constantly. The figures of human beings were reflected in each pupil, which was either gray, bright red or inky black.
This thing seemed to be non-physical, its body was translucent and seemed somewhat unreal. It retreated with a whoosh and disappeared into the fog.
The warriors' scalps tingled. After a while, they heard Tianyang say, "Everyone gather together, turn on all lights, and stay alert, but don't open fire casually to avoid accidentally injuring friendly forces."
Tianyang took out the communicator again and told Olgari about their experience, asking them to be careful over there.
Putting down the communicator, Tianyang raised his head and took a look at the sun in total eclipse. "When the sun is in normal state, only images of the residents' lives in the past appear in the fog, but after the total eclipse, a strange black shadow will appear that can transform into anyone. Moreover, that thing can split itself and become several people. I don't know what other abilities it has."
"Yalati is really weird. This lost city is no safer than any other world. There are creatures that parasitize the human body, and there are also deformed shadows that appear during a total solar eclipse."
"It seems that the King of Conquerors' motive for hiding this capital is not that simple..."