Oops!
When they heard the spiritual voice that reached directly into their hearts, even if the five people present did not hear clearly what it said, something bad suddenly occurred in their hearts.
Explore five extremely dangerous and abnormal signs in the other world - eerie broken ruins, spectacular ancient ruins, frequently changing energy fluctuations, sudden increases in disappearing scenery, and finally, the voice of the heart from an unknown source.
Not to mention the first four - beings who can forcibly break through the self-protection will of intelligent life and directly instill information into the opponent's brain. Either they have extremely advanced research on the mind, or their strength is at least several realms higher than that of the explorer. If the explorers of the Voice don't have any countermeasures, most of them will be in bad luck, and they won't even be able to save their souls.
"Be careful, this should be an automatic defense measure for ancient civilization ruins!"
When the unknown being said 'activate automatic defense measures', Priest reacted and immediately roared, turned around and ran away decisively.
But now, the violent energy flow is like a whirlpool, converging on the top of this unknown mountain peak. The free energy in the air has been plundered, and even formed an energy vacuum zone. Priest immediately sensed, The magic energy armor on his body has lost all power, the engine has stalled, and the energy pool is completely empty. Not only can it not provide him with additional strength bonus, it has become a heavy burden.
So the next moment, he directly activated the escape device, used the pure mechanical power built into the armor to eject himself violently, and then escaped from the metal area as quickly as possible.
Click, click, click, click! Four consecutive sounds of activation of the escape device were heard, and the other four members of the elite team also escaped without hesitation. The five people immediately turned around without any communication, and ran or even flew in five completely different directions. Possibly reduce the chance of being caught in one fell swoop.
But can he run away so easily
"—Start implementing the comprehensive decontamination protocol."
As soon as he finished speaking, the unknown entity that called itself 'Akrafa Hub' launched an attack without haste.
In the next moment, accompanied by an undetectable fluctuation of time and space, the people who had originally run several thousand meters away in just a few seconds returned to the starting point in an instant - five people took off their magic armor. Human beings were stacked together like randomly placed garbage, forming a pile of people, and everyone's eyes were full of confusion.
Why... why are you back
Just when Priest quickly figured out that this was probably some kind of extremely advanced and exquisite teleportation spell, the attack on the Akrafa Hub was already ready.
On the top of the mountain, the surging energy condensed into an entity. Between the breaths, a dark blue pulse light point appeared in the sky like a new star. It was surrounded by energy radiation of tens of thousands of different colors. The composition was far more beautiful than any facet of any gemstone. A gorgeous brilliance, but hidden under this beautiful brilliance is a high-energy magic flow that can turn all material existence into nothingness.
"Oops, the shield is not there... but I have to try anyway"
At this time, Priest still had no intention of giving up resistance. He was at the top of the crowd, so he could stand up immediately by turning over. The young warrior stood in front of his team members, forcibly mobilizing the fighting spirit in his body to use his best strength. He quickly built a strong shield of fighting spirit in front of him - but Priest himself also knew that without a physical shield as the main body, no matter how powerful his fighting spirit was, it would never be able to block the wave of fighting spirit that gathered within a radius of several kilometers. A blast of all free energy.
"It's over, my life..." Behind Priest, a revolving door seemed to have begun to appear in front of the mage's eyes. He originally wanted to bless his captain with a few spells, but in this energy vacuum zone, as soon as his magic appeared, It was immediately shattered and sucked away by the raging energy flow, and no spells could be released.
"Damn it, I've already thought of a very handsome epitaph, but I can't use it now!" The alchemist was pressed at the bottom of the crowd. The monster organs all over his body were unable to exert any power due to the lack of magic power. , he complained bitterly: "I want to be buried on a cliff surrounded by the sea on three sides -"
"Am I going to be burned to ashes together with this crow's mouth and the transformation maniac?!" The cleric who was pressed by the knight was already despairing, but when he thought about his fate being so miserable, he suddenly became furious: "Never!" As he said this, he actually burst out with a power that was far superior to the ordinary gold primary level. He suddenly made a breakthrough and temporarily advanced to the next level! I saw the surging holy light mixed with Priest's fighting spirit, condensing into a bright light golden giant shield.
The knight, who was bounced away by the holy light suddenly erupted from the priest, murmured inarticulately in mid-air: "I think we can still save him..."
Just when everything was in chaos, it seemed that the five-man team was about to face the terrifying-looking Pulse Nova.
The condensed magic light group in mid-air suddenly dimmed.
The energy flow of destruction that was about to be launched dissipated.
The energy-grabbing frenzy that forcibly plundered all the surrounding energy also ended directly at the same time.
Prepared to die, ready to burn the last spark of life, the elite team looked up at the top of the mountain blankly, but never waited for the attack or death to come.
However, they heard a voice that was as cold and rigid as a machine without any emotion at all.
"The energy is gathered, the target is locked, and the purification begins -<Error!><Error!>< ;Error!>,<Index CPU... This is not a valid address!>—Force to skip the attack confirmation process—Cannot skip—& lt;Wrong target>. The opponent is not a chaos monster and cannot launch a purification attack."
"The Accrafa hub restarted the observation system and started the second scanning and positioning work."
Very quickly, if you don't listen carefully, you won't be able to hear what it is saying. After the voice of the heart ended, an invisible ripple swept towards the five people present. Everyone wanted to stop it, but no matter what they did, it was useless. , fighting spirit, magic, and holy light are completely unable to block this seemingly gentle ripple, and can only be swept across the body by it.
"The target is detected as a 'hybrid human'... The basic bloodline compliance of the subject is 99.7%, within the normal error range, and it is not a chaotic existence. Eliminate the 'hostile mark', grant level 4 authority, temporarily suspend the 'killing procedure', and start' Ask the program'."
"The target detected is a 'Warcraft Chimera'... 27.15% of humans, 18.85% of elves, 12.45% of Hydra, 14.6% of Terror Claws, 10.25% of unknown advanced warcraft dragonflies.... It is determined to be a Mycrof indigenous creature, and the 'hostility' is eliminated. Identify', grant 'pet' permission, and temporarily suspend the 'killing process'."
Suddenly, everyone present heard a completely different cold voice, and after that, this cold voice seemed to have fallen into some strange logical error, and started an endless loop again.
"… what happened?"
Even someone with a psychological quality like Priest was at a loss - he had just been prepared to die, so he stood in front of everyone.
You must know that the world they live in has a very strange energy wave, or some kind of extremely special isolation barrier, which can block all communication signals, whether it is the sending device officially equipped by the empire or Radcliffe Even the repairing beam of light given by Lord Husband cannot connect to the outside world... This means that if everyone is in danger this time, there will not be a legendary strongman passing by to save everyone from the fire and water. Prester's most optimistic idea is probably The Soul Abyss Ball can save their souls and wait for the imperial rescue team that arrives later to rebuild their bodies.
After all, no matter how slow the imperial officials were, they would not have discovered that their group had lost contact.
"I guess... is there something wrong?"
The mage leaned on his staff, stood up straight, and replied with some shock: "After all, it is an ancient creation, and it was buried like a mountain. It should not be surprising that something went wrong after such a long time..."
It’s not that the five members of the exploration team haven’t thought about taking this opportunity to escape directly, but let’s not say that everyone is still locked by magic, and there is a high chance that they will be teleported back if they escape. More importantly, everyone is afraid that their actions will stimulate this. There is obviously something abnormal about the creation of ancient civilization - if next time it shoots a magic death light without saying anything, the five people present will turn into five balls of ashes.
So you can see a very strange scene, appearing on the mountainside of this unknown mountain - five human beings who dare not move standing on the mountainside covered with moss and shrubs, and one road after another is mostly made of'& The mental communication consisting of "Error" and "Target does not exist" swept across dozens of kilometers.
Only the alchemist has not fully reacted yet. He is still struggling with the words he heard before.
"Say, what's going on with this 'Warcraft Chimera' and pet rights?!" He said angrily: "I'm obviously a human-elf hybrid! At most, I just changed a little bit of blood and internal organs!"
And just when everyone was uneasy, wondering whether to cautiously stop in place and not irritate the ruins intelligence, or to quickly take advantage of the opportunity to escape, the ruins intelligence seemed to have finally ended its long cycle of errors and restored its normal communication capabilities.
"Announcement: All dear citizens of the United Federation of Radiance, the Akrafa space-time hub has been eroded by chaos, and all citizens with permissions below 5 are not allowed to enter. Starting from "Time Error", Akrafa The space-time hub will enter the emergency martial law blockade stage, suspending all transmission, transfer, consignment and express services. The blockade will last until "time error". Thank you to all citizens for their cooperation."
At first, the voice seemed a bit dull, stiff, and completely cold and mechanical, but soon, the voice became soft, sweet, and a very gentle young female voice. Unexpectedly, the voice of the heart changed so quickly. , so that no one in the elite team could immediately react to what it was saying.
And the next time—a few seconds later, Priest’s eyes suddenly widened when he finally understood. He took a breath and whispered: “I understand!”
He listened to the familiar and friendly Mycroft common language that appeared deep in his heart, with at most a slight accent problem. Thinking of the environment around him that was exactly the same as Mycroft's world, Priest recalled his teacher. Some things he had casually mentioned to himself, some related to the black mist, and some information about the final battle of the last era, he finally figured out what all this was about!
But before Priest turned his head excitedly and explained the truth of all this to his teammates and why he and others failed to transmit, the sweet and gentle female radio voice of the Akrafa Space-Time Hub appeared again.
"Hello, dear United Citizens of Radiance, your permission does not allow you to access the <wrong location> area. If you cannot access the <wrong time> ; before leaving, we will take some unpleasant measures."
"<Wrong time>."
boom!
The next moment, there was no time to wait or prepare. With an invisible repulsion suddenly erupting, the five members of the elite team, together with the magic armor they put aside, and the wreckage of the speed car, were all like rubber balls. Being blown away from a distance - Since the five people were standing very close together, they were not thrown away in different directions during the emergency. Instead, they joined hands and became one body and were blown away into the dense forest at least several kilometers away.
And in the middle of being blasted away, in mid-air.
Priest forced his eyes open in the strong wind. He saw a bright light bursting out from the inside of the mountain. It broke through the sky and turned into a straight white pillar of holy light, standing between the sky and the earth.
As the light pillar appeared, the originally majestic and spectacular mountain shell began to crack inch by inch - the rock shell several meters or even tens of meters thick burst into dense cracks, and the dazzling magic light flowed out from these cracks, filling them up like water. All cracks.
Then, there was collapse.
Thousands of millions of tons of rock formations, condensed for thousands of years, were stripped off like loose clothing by the huge metal building in the center of the mountain range. It could be seen that the entire earth was shaking violently, because this did not happen here. .
It can be seen that in other distant directions, holy pillars of light stand straight one after another, supporting the heaven and earth. Countless towering mountains collapse, revealing the true form that has been hidden for an unknown amount of time.
Bang, bang, bang!
Priest did not see the end, because the five people who were knocked away had already fallen into the forest. They passed through the dense branches and leaves like a stone, and then fell solidly on the soft humus soil. A huge hole was created in the dusty sky.
If the five members of the elite team were not all golden experts, they would have been seriously injured even if they fell this time.
In fact, Priest and others were not injured at all. Everyone stood up quickly amidst a mess of groans and complaints, and then checked each other's status.
"What the hell is this?"
After checking the surroundings, there were no wild beasts or enemies, and after confirming that no one had suffered any injuries except being severely frightened, the cleric who was so frightened that he broke through the battle did not know whether he should be happy or angry. The expression of the crystal ball in the handshake was also mixed, and the strength was so strong that it made people worry that he would crush the ball: "I haven't encountered anything remotely normal since I was transported into this world! What a weird forest, primitive elves and natives , those terrifying moons in the sky, and this crazy 'hub'... what on earth is this place?!"
Others also complained, venting their dissatisfaction and fear - although the five of them were all professional exploration team members with absolutely excellent psychological qualities, they encountered so many stimulations in a short period of time that even an iron man would not be able to endure it. He couldn't help but make a few remarks.
"I think I kind of understand where we are now."
And after everyone had finished complaining and vented their feelings, Priest, who had been silent all this time and seemed to be sorting out his thoughts, said, "I think we should be in some hidden 'glory heritage'. "
The Glorious Heritage is a concept proposed by many scholars after the information about the Glorious Era gradually became popular. It refers to all the relics, ruins and wonder buildings left behind during the Glorious Era, even demiplanes such as the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrifice Site. A level small world can be considered a glorious legacy, not to mention a typical glorious legacy such as the integrated large information database.
Hearing this word, everyone immediately understood what Priest meant. The mage touched the magic crystal inlaid on his staff. After calming down a little, he calmly agreed: "Well, now that I think about it, it is true. There are many clues to prove this... We should have reacted from the moment we discovered that the surrounding forest is exactly the same as our hometown."
"Yes, this is the edge of the world's galaxy. Except for the Era of Glory, no one can create this identical forest." The alchemist no longer bothered about the fact that his authority was pets. He nodded and said: "But , what happened to those elves?"
"Those elves may be some people who accidentally ended up here."
Priest said calmly, he turned to look in the direction of the Akrafa hub before, frowning and said: "Previously, when the ruin intelligence informed, it mentioned that it was a 'space-time hub' that could be used To transmit, transfer, consign and express... The latter two words are more difficult to understand, but the former transmission can well explain why we did not return to the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrificial Site after activating the 'Return Beacon', but came to to here."
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but immediately understood - during the Era of Glory, before the completion of the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrificial Site, there was no doubt that it had its own teleportation network, and after the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrificial Site was completed, there was no doubt that all The previous time and space hubs were brought under its own jurisdiction.
It can even be said that the body of the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrificial Site is not the demiplane located around Mycroft's world, but the extremely developed time and space system of the entire glorious civilization!
"So, in fact, we have indeed returned to the 'Mycroft World' under the jurisdiction of the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrifice Site. The return beacon did not make a mistake. Our transmission was successful!"
Even the knight, who has never been very sensitive in this regard, understood what all this was about. He said in a dumbfounded voice: "Because this place may be the colony of glorious civilization before! It's just that it's half a world away from our hometown. distance."
"not necessarily."
Hearing this, Priest shook his head. He sighed, pointed at the nine 'moons' that were still very conspicuous in the sky, and said helplessly: "You will put the colony here? Only a madman would do this! I doubt, Those elves came to this place by accident just like us!"
Before the cleric could ask, 'What happened to those elves? ', Priest directly analyzed: "I once heard the teacher, the Lord, say that at the end of the Glorious Era, a large number of private adventurers set out for the World Galaxy after reporting to the coalition government. In other places, start adventures or colonize. Among them, the elves are the most numerous, and they drive solar ships that use the power of the sun to wander in the void."
"Countless elven colonists have actually taken root in many worlds, but after the final battle, no one was able to contact them. To be honest, I suspect that these elves are the descendants of the original colonists. When they came here, they were probably just one An accident, like a large information library floating in the void, or similar to our failed transmission... But this is pure speculation, but only this guess can explain why these elves are dressed... so primitively."
Although after Priest's explanation, everyone almost understood why they came to this place, there are still many things that have not been explained... For example, what is the strange barrier that blocks all signals? ? Why does it exist, isolating the inside and outside? Why do the nine-headed giant beasts hang in the sky, and how do they die
Why does this mysterious world at the edge of the world's galaxy exist? What is the purpose of the Era of Glory to place a space-time hub—looking at those light pillars in the sky, there may be more than one—here
There are so many questions and the answers are hard to find. Priest and his group pondered for a while, but couldn't think of a reason.
"Speaking of which, we have encountered two 'dangerous anomalies' this time."
The priest said with joy in his suffering: "The magnificent ancient ruins and the mysterious voice of the heart are well-deserved, and they are indeed extremely dangerous!"
The so-called five dangerous anomalies in the Department of External Exploration, the eerie broken ruins, the spectacular ancient ruins, the frequently changing energy fluctuations, the sudden increase and disappearance of the scenery, and the voice of the heart of unknown origin, actually correspond to the words 'obviously huge'. Areas where threats exist, "very conspicuous but always present, ruins that are absolutely extremely dangerous inside", "environmental changes that cannot be estimated to be dangerous", "abnormal time and space" and "unknown existences that are absolutely strong and can endanger exploring life" , once these abnormal situations are encountered, it is basically either death or injury. This is the experience summed up by adventurers of the past generations with blood and tears.
"At least none of us have died now, which is lucky."
Priest stood up. He called on everyone to stand still in line, and then decisively ordered: "Although our magic energy armor was sucked out of a lot of energy by that hub before, we also carry a lot of backup energy... In addition, Almost all our supplies are in the magic armor storage warehouse, so our first goal now is to find... "
Whoosh! !
Priest shut his mouth and immediately hid behind the surrounding trees, alert.
Because just now, a sharp arrow flew past him and was nailed into the trunk of the tree.
The other four people also immediately looked for hiding places to hide, guarding against possible hidden arrows... But soon, everyone discovered that these efforts were in vain.
Because one after another the war songs of primitive elves are coming from all directions and approaching rapidly.
Blah blah blah—
Because it was not safe to hide behind a tree, the five people, back to back, formed a circular defense formation. Looking at the countless black shadows jumping between the branches in the forest, they could clearly sense that at least 800 elves were attacking them. The location was surrounded by people, including more than 200 silver-level people and four gold-level people.
"...Is this an outburst?!"
The mage felt the battle comparable to that of the beast tide, and said in shock: "Just to deal with a few of us? Why bother - we didn't do anything! Are these elves crazy?!"
"I didn't say anything!" the knight quickly emphasized: "I've been very quiet since just now!"
But no matter how shocking or unbelievable, the fact is this - they had just escaped from the tiger's mouth in the Akrafa hub, and in the blink of an eye they were surrounded by a group of elves who were still in the primitive era.
"Kill out?" The alchemist took out bottles of alchemy potions from his arms and said solemnly: "Although it is a bit late, it is not too late."
"Wait a minute." Priest narrowed his eyes. He keenly noticed that the elves around him did not seem to be very hostile. He clenched his fists and whispered: "As long as they are determined, they can't stop them. Let’s see what happens.”
However, what surprised Priest and others was that the elves in the front row did not attack them immediately... They just silently targeted everyone with bows and arrows, as if waiting for the follow-up arrival.
Soon, people came.
In Priest's senses, four gold-level elves were approaching their location together. Their steps were heavy and powerful, and they were approaching step by step.
And just when the dense branches and leaves were swayed, the leader, the gold-level deer crown elf, appeared in front of everyone, and the two sides looked at each other.
The middle-aged elf with a somewhat tired face looked surprised.
"… Humanity?"
He stared at the elite team members who were not wearing magic armor and were now wearing simple leather armor. He couldn't help but frown. The deer crown elf's use was not very standard. It could even be said that he said to himself in confusion with a very elf accent: "You...are not chaos monsters?"
The voice of the Deer Crown Elf was tired and a little confused.
But no one answered his words.
In an instant, the eyes of the five members of the elite team changed from relaxed and alert to extremely serious and solemn. The leader, Priest, clenched his fists subconsciously, as if he was about to directly attack him in the next moment. Charge.
Everyone's eyes were all focused on the elf's left arm.
There was a black, crawling scar there, like a shadow. If you don't pay attention, it may be easy to ignore, or it may be regarded as some kind of natural birthmark - even a magic pattern is possible. After all, isn't what the Elf Druid likes to do most is to have all kinds of strange magic patterns tattooed all over his body
But people who came from the external exploration team will not ignore it, and people who have trained under a certain Chaos enemy lord will never ignore it.
This breath, thick and evil, seems to be alive, corroding the surrounding atmosphere and the flesh and blood of the Deer Crown Elf like a plague... But it is not life, not a germ. Not only does it have no vitality, but it ruthlessly destroys everything around it. everything.
This is the whisper of nothingness, the prelude to destruction.
-This is the breath of chaos.
Ah, the long lost chapter.
No matter how much I subscribe to, at least I have to finish writing what I need to write this time.
(End of chapter)