Soul of Searing Steel

Chapter 738: Tomb of Black Mist

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In the first world, halfway up the unnamed alien mountain range, after Priest finished his routine report to the transmitter, he carefully and carefully put it back into the carrying compartment on the back of the armor.

"There's no need to be so nervous, Captain."

On the side, the alchemist who had been watching Priest's report saw the other party's cautious and serious look, as if he was holding an egg, and couldn't help but laugh easily: "Didn't we test the sturdiness of the transmitter? This It won’t break even if it can block a knight’s full blow.”

"Idiot, let alone the existence that is stronger than the knights, the transmitter is the only channel through which we can communicate with the mother world!"

Priest expressed his dismay at the improper attitude of his team members: "If this thing breaks down, we won't even be able to call for help if we encounter an accident. Putting aside this, have the acid resistance potions been prepared?"

As he spoke, Priest greeted the mage and others who were still using various means to detect the surrounding environment not far away, indicating that he had finished his report and was ready to gather for the next step. The alchemist was also skilled He took out five light green potions in crystal vials and handed one to Priest.

"Fortunately, I exchanged the Heart of Hydra some time ago. Not only is it resistant to this acidic environment, but it is also nearly twice as fast to configure potions with similar properties."

"It's better to use less of this kind of Warcraft organ modification."

Priest nodded noncommittally. He took the light green potion, and then a piece of pure white flame lit up in his hand - that was the light of fighting spirit. The fighting spirit burned along the outer wall of the magic armor, burning away the heavy metal that filled the air. Cleaned away with the acid, a pure environment was created in Priest's arm.

The next moment, as a piece of armor bounced up, a groove with a needle appeared on the arm of the magic armor. Priest inserted the crystal vial into the groove without changing his expression, and a light green liquid could be seen. Descending at a speed visible to the naked eye, a fluorescent green light filled his body, forming a repulsive force that pushed away all the surrounding acid.

The original magic potions in Mykrov's world were all taken orally, using the digestive organs to react with magic. Not only was this method of absorption inefficient, but it also took effect slowly. With the development of technology, now all members of the External Exploration Department are Injectable medicines have begun to be used. In addition to their quick onset of effect and high utilization rate, they can also be used in environments so harsh that they cannot even open their mouths.

Of course, if the world you live in is too bad, for example, if the potion boils as soon as you take it out, or it is frozen, even an injection cannot save you and you can only admit defeat.

The world No. 1 where Priest and others are now is a different world that is not too bad, but is definitely not pleasant.

Priest watched his teammates gather together, then took the potion from the alchemist one after another, and injected himself. He raised his head, looked at the gray-white metal snow and the misty acid mist floating in the sky, and shook his head in a low voice. Said: "It's like someone cast an acid cloud spell that envelopes the world, and is also attacked by dozens of Jiyi-level magic 'Earth Flame Explosion' at any time."

Because geothermal heat is directly transmitted to the ground, the surface temperature of World No. 1 exceeds 400 degrees, and the heat of high-strength inorganic acid mixed with heavy metal mist evaporates to high altitudes—but also because there is no sun, at an altitude of almost more than a thousand meters, these The high-heat metal acid mist will cool into snow and fall to the ground. The temperature difference between the upper and lower reaches is even close to 500 degrees.

"So, it's really amazing, a different world."

On the side, the mage who had injected the resistance medicine said with emotion: "That's why I decided not to study abroad in Guantian White Tower, but chose to study in the Exploration Department. This world environment in such an extreme environment will never be a loss if you see it once." !”

"You may not lose money, but the empire will definitely make a profit - okay, get in the car."

Before the mage could continue to sigh, on a relatively flat platform on the mountainside, the knight had already unfolded his equipment - a four-wheel off-road vehicle with a simple structure that seemed fragile, but in fact the key structure was made of adamantine. He called Priest, Mage and others to come over, and everyone boarded this special vehicle for other worlds.

The car has three rows, and the first row is actually for driving. The mage sits in the middle and holds up the shield, while the cleric sits in the front row and uses holy light for illumination. Priest and the alchemist sit in the back row and use detection. The instrument observes the surrounding environment.

"let's go!"

After confirming that everyone was in their positions, the tall knight suddenly showed a smile that said, "I have always wanted to do this". He stepped hard on the magic door - and suddenly, the four upright wheels of the off-road vehicle immediately rotated. It deformed and turned into a structure with the wheels facing downwards, like a rotor!

Buzz! There was a rapid but slight buzzing sound, and with the strong wind mixed with the magic jet, this 'off-road vehicle' took off like this!

"A driver who doesn't want to drive a speeding car is not a good knight!" A certain knight who had never touched a horse in his life laughed loudly, and then drove the speeding car that was already nearly ten meters in the air and flew forward quickly. If you look at it, you can see an oval light point with a magic shield flying rapidly towards the edge of the alien mountain range in a straight line.

"Don't forget our mission! The goal of this operation is to find the existence of the unified information database!"

Priest, who was in the back row, was afraid that the knight would get too excited and start racing in another world. He hurriedly reminded: "Let's go to an area with relatively mild geological changes to collect magic radiation. Don't drive randomly!"

"Don't worry, it's just a rare practice, so I'm a little excited."

This was indeed the case. Although the knight's car was driving very fast, it had been following the instructions of Priest and others, heading towards an area with fewer volcanoes and cracks in the earth. Soon, after about an hour and a half of high-speed driving, , when the energy reserve of the speed car was about to be exhausted, a group of people who had left the alien mountains for nearly two hundred kilometers came to a gentle metal plain.

Because there were no surrounding volcanoes erupting, there were no metal clouds covering the sky here. After confirming that there was no danger in the surrounding area, everyone got out of the car skillfully, and then began to set up some more important exploration equipment on the plain, and began to collect everything around them on a large scale. Magic power fluctuates.

The process of collecting and filtering valuable information was boring and boring. A few hours passed in the blink of an eye. However, the elite team had practiced it countless times and did not find it difficult. Soon, they had collected the surrounding magic radiation information. The mage brought a magic ball containing a large amount of data and came to Priest's side with a frown: "Captain, no abnormal magic radiation was found on the surface... except for the high-energy reaction caused by volcanic eruptions and underground lava. , this world only fluctuates with a little terroir element contained in the cycle of heavy metal acid mist clouds.”

"There isn't one on the surface? Does that mean there is one in the sky?"

When Priest heard this, he knew there was something in his teammates' words, and the mage nodded. He frowned with a serious expression: "That's true... There is no sun or stars in this world, so there are no noisy magic fluctuations, so The abnormal radiation in the high altitude is especially obvious."

At this point, there was no need for the mage to continue talking, and everyone else understood. The five members of the elite team all raised their heads, looked at the 'dark rainbow' that had been rising and falling in the sky for a week, and then fell into silence.

"I asked, could that rainbow in the sky be the 'information database' that Lord Earl and the others are looking for?"

The knight was outspoken and directly stated everyone's suspicions. In response, Priest could only nod: "It's very possible... use high-altitude detection."

Since the target is not on the surface, this is the only way. After selecting for a while, everyone selected a flat metal ground, then began to take out various parts from the package and began to assemble a strange-looking magic machine.

Although it has a strange shape, if anyone on earth sees this scene, they will easily find that what Priest and others assembled is a pocket-sized rocket! However, this rocket was not made using technology. Its surface was engraved with all kinds of sacred runes of holy light. In other words, it was a rocket of holy light.

Using holy light as the power source for miniature high-altitude detection rockets is the best choice confirmed by Joshua after many experiments. Although holy light is not as explosive as fighting spirit and not as malleable as magic power, compared with fighting spirit, Holy light is more durable and more stable than magic power. In other worlds with different situations, only holy light has higher universality, but because of this, it does not have any special effects.

Ten minutes later, accompanied by a burst of dazzling holy light, the holy light rocket carrying the high-altitude detection magic weapon rose into the sky in a pillar of blazing white light. You can see that the rocket separated section by section, and the detection magic weapon at the top was separated. The device is sent high into the sky.

After the estimated time was almost up, Priest, as the controller, decisively received the signal, and a scene with snowflakes appeared in the control light curtain on the surface, while the other four people in the exploration team stood together. Behind Priest, he held his breath, waiting for the results sent back by the detection instrument.

However, the result left them puzzled,

"What's going on? Why is it still dark?"

The alchemist looked at the snowflake screen flickering in the light screen and the pitch-black scene behind the snowflake screen, and couldn't help but wonder: "This is already 10,000 meters high in the sky - it's even rising, but we still can't touch the dark rainbow? "

"Yes, and the size of the dark rainbow has not changed at all."

The mage was a little unbelievable. He said softly: "The high-altitude detector has risen to an altitude of 20,000 meters - the gravity here is relatively low and the propulsion speed is faster than we imagined - but the size has not changed. This shows."

Having said this, he couldn't help but shake his head: "It means that the distance to the target is much further than we thought."

Priest did not join the increasingly heated discussion among the team members. He just stared at the various data fed back by the light curtain. At this time, the high-altitude detection instrument had risen to an altitude of nearly 30,000 meters. This was originally It's impossible, because according to Mycrov's standard power, the magic weapon will be captured by gravity due to insufficient power when it rises to an altitude of about 10,000 meters, and fall back to the earth.

But now... because the dark rainbow is right above their heads, the high-altitude detection instrument actually got rid of the gravity of the earth in an instant, entered a state of weightlessness, and then flew directly towards the rainbow shining with colorful brilliance. go!

"...I can't pull it back."

Priest input the return command several times in succession, but the distance was too far and the external adder was completely weightless, so it had no effect at all. He could only watch helplessly as the camera gradually became smaller as he flew towards the rainbow. It became blurry. He and his teammates looked at each other and could only sigh and laugh at himself: "At least the magic weapon is still working - maybe it will be able to get close to the rainbow in a few days?"

In the final analysis, this small setback is not a big deal. It is just a high-altitude detection weapon. Priest and others have been mentally prepared for it. After all, this is a different world, and no matter what happens, it is not surprising.

But just as the elite team and others began to prepare to camp on the metal plain, preparing to conduct a deeper exploration and data collection of World No. 1 the next day, they lost control completely and flew towards the high altitude of the dark deep space. Strange changes occurred in the lens of the detection array.

In the lightless shadow without the sun, in the darkness in the darkness, there is a misty and dream-like 'black mist' passing in front of the lens... It seems to want to get close to the dark rainbow in the distance, but But he seemed to be worrying about something and never dared to get close.

But no one noticed this scene.

On the other side, the world of Kallis.

After continuing to observe the light screen all night, Joshua, Kallis and the python were still very interested even though the entire silver goblin community was asleep.

"A desolate world is a desolate world, and there is indeed no harvest."

At this time, Joshua held a light curtain in his hand, which recorded all the detection results of the worlds where the eight exploration teams were located. On it, worlds No. 2, No. 4, No. 5, No. 6 and No. 8 were completely There is nothing of value in this desolate world, and they all have a red cross on their backs. Only the three worlds No. 1, No. 3 and No. 7 are circled by red strokes.

Joshua looked at the information on these three worlds and muttered: "Except for worlds No. 1 and No. 3, which may have information database clues, only the water-rich world No. 7 is worth mentioning... This plane is almost entirely composed of oceans. It seems that there is no core composed of metal and rock at all, and it is a real super water world."

This is completely opposite to the world of Kronos, where the ocean has been completely evaporated, which is the hometown of the dragon girl Lisa. Joshua feels that there is a lot of room for manipulation in this. Maybe he can consider trying to start a temporary period in the future. The portal allows the resources of the two worlds to be exchanged.

Needless to say, the metal-rich world can be used as a mineral base, but I don’t know how many valuable mineral veins there are and whether it is worth opening a permanent portal connection. Other desolate worlds are really too desolate, but the ice world is worth mentioning. —After all, it can be made into an eternal air-conditioning warehouse. The world has fallen into absolute freezing cold, and a refrigerator of this size is very difficult to find.

"This ocean world is very similar to the 'Abyss World' that your Mycroft world was connected to back then. It is the mother world of those Abyss Dragons."

On the side, the Steel Python stared at the information on the water world. It nodded slightly and said: "However, the abyss world has been determined to be destroyed, but this world is obviously recovering from itself, and even gave birth to basic life. It should be the impact it received at the beginning. It’s not big, so it has recovered.”

"Yes, Black will probably like it very much. It's a world full of water, and even giant dragons can move around freely."

Joshua didn't pay much attention at first, but after thinking about it, he suddenly nodded and said, "Next time you have a chance, you can go over and have fun - this world is indeed quite interesting."

After all, even he cannot create all kinds of substances and raw materials out of thin air. If Joshua wants to ignite the melting core furnace, he will naturally need a large amount of raw material elements. The old sea absorbs water and has no influence on the local environment. Okay, but if it's a water world made entirely of sea, then getting a little water shouldn't be a problem.

The taste of those rich ore worlds should be good, and they can easily replenish the intake of metal elements... Just when Joshua was thinking about replenishing resources in the future, among the eight light curtains suspended in front of him, another one suddenly happened There was a change, which immediately interrupted the warrior's train of thought, causing him to raise his head and look at the changed screen.

"It's World No. 3."

After seeing the world number, Joshua couldn't help but cheer up and carefully looked at the records coming from the light screen - after all, this might be the world where the large information database is located, and it must be carefully reviewed.

But what he saw was a detailed analysis report on special local metal particles sent back by World Exploration Team No. 3.

This may be valuable to the empire or the world of Mycroft, but it is of little significance to Joshua who only needs raw materials. However, out of a basic sense of responsibility, Joshua still takes this seriously. He read the report once, and then... he was stunned.

"What's wrong, Joshua?"

Kallis, who was observing the hapless exploration team on the icy world No. 5 struggling to survive in the sub-zero 100-degree temperature, noticed that Joshua suddenly stopped chatting with him. In response to this, it turned its head to look at the warrior with confusion. At this moment, Joshua suddenly stood up from his seat. He picked up the report with his left hand, stretched out his right hand and spread it out. In the palm of the warrior's right hand, a steel The power is surging, and he is carrying out material restoration on a microscopic level based on the data sent back by the No. 3 World Exploration Team.

"So similar!"

Joshua stared at the report in front of him and murmured in a low voice: "Almost exactly the same - but we can't be sure yet, these data are not detailed enough!"

The material in the palm of Joshua's right hand has roughly condensed into shape. It is a bunch of small particles that are as loose as dust, but Kallis can't figure out what it is at all. The only thing that Steel Python can be sure of is that It is definitely not a substance that can be formed by the normal evolution of the world.

At this moment, Joshua closed his eyes, and gray-silver light began to flow on the surface of his body. He began to mobilize the power of steel with all his strength, crossing the nearly infinite distance of the multiverse, and directly connected with the world located in the Dark Realm No. 3. , the repair light beam in the exploration team's package resonates!

Dark Realm, World No. 3.

At this time, the third team was driving an off-road vehicle on a desert plain composed entirely of metal particles. They were collecting data on the surrounding environment and planned to find a relatively solid flat rocky ground to camp and repair.

However, with a flash of silver brilliance, the captain of the third team let out a cry of surprise - because the armor compartment behind his magic armor suddenly exploded, and a silver beam of light leaped out with him, falling heavily to the ground. Suddenly, the off-road vehicle traveling at full speed turned around and went back, preparing to recover the accidentally dropped exploration team materials and its own captain.

Then everyone discovered that what was left outside was actually the repairing light beam that they had complained about being "too heavy" before. However, this repairing light beam had opened on its own and was now standing directly on the metal desert.

"What's going on? How come this repair light beam opens on its own?"

The captain of the third team was supported by the mage, and stood up from the metal gravel in a daze. He raised his head, looked at the repaired light beam, and complained inexplicably: "Is it possible that we got inferior products? It scared me. , I thought I was attacked by something.”

"It was originally a test subject, isn't it normal for something to happen unexpectedly?"

On the side, the mage of the third team comforted: "Every time the goblin alchemist over there makes a new invention, it will explode. As long as you have seen it, you will know that accidents to experimental products are 100% possible, and you will get used to it sooner or later."

"Produced by Goblin, it's shocking - of course I know that, but it's produced in Moldavia... that's all."

At this time, the captain saw that other teammates had already got out of the car and moved towards the location of the repair light beam. He couldn't help but sigh and said: "This place is almost there - I guess we are still far away from the edge of this metal desert." It’s some distance away, so camp here.”

To be honest, just when their third team conducted their second high-altitude detection, everyone discovered that this metal desert was probably not the remnants of a high-level magical creation after it was shattered... because it was too big - Fangyuan The vast area of 20,000 square kilometers is full of such metal deserts. The reserves are so large that everyone almost thought that the equipment was broken.

But the instrument was not broken. What they saw was real. The metal desert was just that big. If this desert is really the remains of some magical creation, then this magical creation is at least tens of thousands of meters high and as large as an entire empire province.

Soon, the third team set up camp around the automatically activated repair light beam. They also began to check what was wrong with the light beam... Naturally, no one could check whether it was good or bad, and could only lament their bad luck. An accident that is unlikely to happen even if it is one in 10,000.

And another time in the world, the world of Kallis.

Joshua activated the repair light beam and used it to directly swallow a small piece of metal particles into his body for analysis. Joshua opened his eyes wide for analysis. He replied in a low voice across the distance of the endless void: "No, this is indeed the remains of a high-level magical creation - But it’s not made up of some giant object!”

"On the contrary, these particles are large waste particles formed by the remains of countless smaller creations condensed together!"

When he said this, the warrior's tone was extremely conclusive. He raised his right hand and stared at the alien substance that was rapidly perfected based on the analyzed data in the palm of his right hand. He could see large swathes of dust-like metal particles. Soaring into the sky under the electromagnetic force, it turned into a large misty black mist, suspended beside Joshua, and turned into a hazy gaseous armor!

"This is the 'corpse' of Black Mist!"

After speaking, the warrior clenched his right fist. Suddenly, all the black mist returned to his palm, and then condensed into thousands of tiny dusts and particles. Its shape followed the passage of time as Joshua accelerated. , completely transformed into the appearance of those metal particles in World No. 3!

Yes, those metal particle deserts occupying at least tens of thousands of square kilometers are actually the abandoned remains of black mist!

On the other side, Kallis had no idea why the warrior was so serious, but it could also tell that Joshua was thinking about some extremely important issues at this time, so the Steel Python coiled around and looked at the opponent again. Read carefully the reports sent back from the third world.

"The results of high-altitude observations of more than 10,000 meters are that a vast area of more than 20,000 square kilometers is covered with such a metal desert, and they cannot even detect the thickness of the metal desert, which means that it is at least 800 meters deep."

At least, 20,000 square kilometers, 800 meters deep metal particles... This is a mass of hundreds of billions of tons! Even the arrival of his current body is nothing more than this, and the corpses piled up here by the black mist are at least of this weight. It can only be more, never less!

Joshua's eyes were solemn. He raised his head, looked at the light curtain of World No. 3, and murmured: "In this case, the high magic power that is eleven times more than the normal world can be explained - the black mist itself carries a large amount of magic power. , it would not be surprising if a few black mist clusters that absorbed full energy from the void vortex crashed into this world, dozens of times more!"

"But the question is, why is the black mist damaged?" Joshua was puzzled by this problem. It was in the world of Kronos, but together with Cologne, Barnier and William, the four legends surrounded and attacked it. , and then he wiped out the black mist cleanly and neatly. Although he could defeat it alone, he could not stop the other party from destroying the world environment.

It is so powerful that it can even protect Alpha Sanctuary from the evil god. As the most advanced creation of the Sanctuary civilization, how come the black mist fell in large tracts in this inconspicuous dark realm world? High-end magic weapons that are comparable to legends can be cut down like grass. How dangerous is that world

At this moment, Joshua immediately decided to call back the exploration team in World No. 3 - he did it as soon as he thought of it. He concentrated his energy and created a communication device in his hand to contact the Gran Sefa in the void. , preparing to ask the empire officials to end the mission of the third team.

And right now.

In World No. 1, the high-altitude detection lens released by the elite team was flying rapidly towards the dark depths of the sky.

It can be seen that the rainbow surrounding the darkness is flashing in the depths of the lightless sky. It wraps around the invisible entity and extinguishes all the light. It spins and jumps rapidly, and it releases circles. Spectacular waves that are completely invisible to the human eye, as if they are dancing in the void

This is the 'dance' that makes even the sky, the earth, and even the stars tremble.

Stomach trouble has been very serious recently... but there are actually no shortage of updates. It’s just that the updates from two days have been merged into one.

(End of chapter)