The subterranean part of the base is in dire condition - literally in ruins.
This ancient base is not the same as the ruins we have seen in other places. Although its aboveground part has been weathered and eroded by years, it is better preserved than the underground part. At least we can see most of it intact on the ground. Although some facilities have collapsed, the original appearance can still be seen, while its underground part seems to have suffered double devastation from geological changes and forest expansion, and is already dilapidated.
The once wide and deep passage is now severely deformed, most of the walls and floors show signs of twisting and cracking, the non-corrodible building materials seem not strong enough, and we can even see thick plant roots coming from the cracked corridor walls poke in.
But we can’t complain that it’s not strong enough. After all, it’s not all kinds of supernatural metals made by the empire. It’s actually a miracle that this base can still stand after tens of thousands of years. At least we can still see its general appearance.
The Sandora ball emitted brilliant golden light and floated in mid-air. It has completely transformed into a light bulb at this moment, but after all, the soul spark is not specially used for lighting, so I also pulled Alaya out to help illuminate it, so A large area around him is as bright as day, and Alaya's holy power has its own air purification and constant temperature effects, making this gloomy, cramped and dark underground passage seem a pleasant environment. The three of us continued to move forward along a slope that sloped slightly to the ground. While observing the surrounding situation, we speculated what kind of race the builder of this ruin would be. We have been walking for about ten minutes now, but the tunnel has no meaning at all.
"This underground structure is probably as big as the above-ground structure, maybe even wider," Sandoraball tried to make herself brighter, and muttered, "It looks like a refuge, but I don't see a refuge There should be isolation layers and buffer compartments, and there is no large-scale material warehouse... Tsk tsk, why dig the underground part so big?"
"Maybe it's a racial habit?" I pulled Alaya's wings to look at the wall next to me, checked the metal stubble, and then released the angel sister, "Sometimes ordinary races have all kinds of weird habits , even Kill Matt can survive on Earth, you have to be more tolerant to mortals. By the way, the air here doesn’t seem to be completely still... there is a slight circulation.”
Alaya raised his wings, but quickly lowered them again: "I didn't fan them."
"Tens of thousands of years, geological changes and plant growth are enough to block most of the vents, and the underground part of the base has been completely cut off, and theoretically there is no ventilation equipment," Sandora seems to be able to Sensing the air flow, she released some smaller light particles from her body as she spoke, allowing them to spread out along the opposite direction of the air flow (that is, directly in front of us), "The air is relatively fresh, not today's base. The flow comes in when it's open, so there should be something further out there... an unblocked vent or some other way in or out."
"That Leon should have tried to find other exits after he discovered that the main entrance was blocked. He should also have realized that there is something strange about the source of fresh air in the underground passage," I felt the fresh air and the oncoming breeze getting stronger and stronger. Obviously, I couldn't help but speculate, "So he is probably going in this direction too. But why did he die on the way... There is fresh air here, the explosion and radiation on the ground have not spread, and there seems to be no monsters and monsters underground. Why did people die in the recent landslide?"
"God knows... huh?" Sandora just said a few words, then suddenly let out a small hum of doubt, and then she suddenly released a stronger spiritual detection power, and I suddenly became curious: "What did you find?"
"Just now I felt a 'spiritual wisdom' in the edge area," Sandora Ball was in a happy mood, floating up and down while talking, "I have complicated thoughts, emotional tension, and there are still people living deep underground... The situation is starting to change. Interesting. I have already set a mental imprint on the other party, and I can control the target at any time, but he seems to be going somewhere fast, so let's continue to find Leon's whereabouts first, and we will see what it is like later Guys stay underground like this. Caveman?"
I was taken aback by Sandora's news. I never expected to meet other living people underground. This is obviously not one of the adventurers who set off with Celine. The ancient ruins tens of meters deep underground seem to be It's getting more and more interesting.
After continuing to move forward for a few minutes, we finally found the clue we were looking for: blood stains appeared on the ground not far away.
There is a pool of dark blood that has not completely solidified on the cracked concrete (concrete of the alien version) on the ground, and a shocking blood handprint can be seen on the wall a few meters ahead. Alaya keeps his light constant and points to Ahead, we found an intermittent bloodstain spreading forward to the end of the line of sight: this underground passage finally came to an end, and there was a T-junction more than ten meters ahead, and the bloodstain continued to the corner ahead.
I didn't run directly along the bloodstains, but noticed some traces around: there were many obviously "fresh" deep cuts on the walls and the ground, which looked as if they were cut out by some heavy swords, A number of smaller but deep oval indentations were also visible around the bloodstains, along with clear signs of melting around these oval indentations, reminiscent of some kind of high-temperature firing weapon.
"The traces of the battle seem to have been attacked by guns." Alaya, as a natural fool, finally expressed some opinions, but the opinions themselves are quite reliable. She bent down and gently touched the bloodstains and dents, using a special method Looking back at what happened here, "There was a mixture of anger and panic. It was a sudden attack, but the victim recognized the identity of the attacker and was furious because of this identity."
As Alaya said, he stood up, and the blood stain on his finger was ignited by the holy light. Leon's blood quietly burned into a small golden-red flame, and at the same time, the blood stain on the ground also began to emit the same light. Mysterious light. In the blaze of holy flames, an uncertain phantom appeared in the air: a tall man as strong as a bull wielding a giant sword seemed to be fighting someone, but his enemy was shrouded in darkness. Therefore, the scope of the Holy Light's backtracking cannot reveal the real body. The battle between Leon and the assailant didn't last long, because the enemy was not only powerful in melee combat, but also carried some kind of powerful long-range weapon. After the two sides opened the distance, Leon was hit by some kind of white light soon, He fell to the ground in pain while his attacker walked away.
The holy light is still burning, reflecting the strange memories of time and space. Leon's phantom climbed up again after resting on the ground for a while and walked forward with difficulty holding onto the wall. We followed immediately and turned left at the T-junction ahead. It took another two turns to see the phantom dissipate with the extinguishment of the holy light, and Leon's body fell under the corner not far away, lifeless.
As I walked over, I murmured, "It's true that he persisted for a long time. Maybe he wanted to catch up with the enemy? But this made him die faster. Originally, he should have been able to persist until we arrived."
Alaya was a little regretful: "The range of the Holy Light's backtracking is a bit small, and I couldn't see who the prisoner is, but it is probably the person Her Majesty Sandora sensed just now?"
"Maybe," I was noncommittal. Anyway, Sandora's imprint cannot be detected or eliminated by mortals. I am not worried that the other party will run away. It is better to check the status of a certain muscular demon first. I stepped forward and flipped Looking at Leon's body, he quickly discovered that the fatal wound he suffered was a large hole at the junction of his chest and abdomen. Something similar to a scorching ray had pierced through his body, but the high temperature also caused the internal wounds to tighten and produce The temporary analgesic effect made him chase so far all the way, "I have to send him to the spaceship first, the soul probably hasn't dissipated, and the brain activity is still there, he hasn't died completely, and it's no problem to be resurrected .”
"The two couples can probably wake up at the same time, so we don't have to explain it to each of them," Sandora said while opening the portal to the Admiral of the Empire, "Alaya, you He sent him to the spaceship, and Ah Jun and I went to see who was hiding in this ten-thousand-year ruins, that guy is still running out, and he is almost out of the range of the ruins."
Sister Angel left with Leon's body, and Sandora and I quickly followed the direction indicated by the spiritual imprint.
The power of the soul snatcher (in fact, most of the psychic assault soldiers with a little experience can also be used) is definitely the most weird and terrifying of all abilities. It is invisible and qualityless, and it cannot be resisted. It's very difficult to die no matter what, the soul snatcher doesn't even need to contact the target, and just needs to know the existence of the target to leave a mental imprint, and this marking process is completely irresistible.
The suspicious target scanned by Sandora is in the underground ruins, acting in a panic and full of tension (Sandora sensed it), so it is very likely that he is the suspect who killed Leon. The adventurer who is regarded as a "hero profession" by the mainstream society has killed the killer. The opponent has aroused the interest of Sandora and me, and what is even more interesting is... This underground ruin seems to have been excavated by someone long ago ! We have left the original structure of the ruins, and now we are walking in a brand new tunnel.
The wall just passed showed signs of being violently damaged. It was originally an alloy wall at the end of the underground passage, but it seemed that a big hole was forcibly melted by some high-temperature welding torch, so that the ruins could be destroyed. The underground passage network is connected with the outside tunnels. Now we are walking in a place like a mine supported by metal and log frames, and the walls are thick soil and heavy stones. I released my spiritual power to confirm my current position. I was surprised to find that this place is already deep in the forest, far away from " The base where the ancient tower is located.
"Oh, it looks like a guy with a keen sixth sense, the target has stopped." Sandora's tone rose, and she gently floated forward to indicate a corner 100 meters ahead.
I immediately picked up Sandora's feet and ran forward with strength, feeling like holding a big miner's lamp (in fact, I also use it this way). The distance of more than 100 meters approached in an instant. After turning around the fork in the mine road composed of wooden beams and thick metal piles, a short and fat black figure appeared in front of his eyes. Just like Sandora said, the other party did not dodge at all Meaning: He already knew that he was being followed, and there was no room for him to ambush or get rid of the follower in this narrow mine tunnel.
Well, it's normal for the two of us to be discovered, after all, Sandora and I didn't hide our movements.
I quickly looked at the short guy in front of me. He was wearing a black robe that completely covered his head and face, so that he couldn't tell the gender or race, but based on the guy's figure, I hope it's a man. If a girl is long This figure is a tragedy for both the audience and the parties involved. And after the meeting, the other party was also observing us calmly... especially focused on Sandora, I guess it was because such a strange lighting tool had never been seen on this planet.
The chunky figure hadn't revealed friend or foe yet, so I raised my hand to see if I could communicate with him: "Well... hello."
"You follow me," the other party said suddenly, his eyes didn't stay on Sandora Ball for long, and finally focused on me, his voice sounded like an old man with a little bronchial disease, hoarse and low, "Are you who?"
He uses "you" instead of "you", which is a sad story for Sandora: who would have thought that this golden ball of light could be a beautiful girl if someone reminded her
"I still want to ask you." Even though I knew that the other party was suspicious, I still pretended to be a passing crowd who didn't know the truth, "I'm a passing adventurer - I came with the group, and the others were on top."
I deliberately mentioned the word risk, just to see how the "criminal suspect" would react after hearing these words, but the other party's reaction was more decisive than expected. In an instant (for ordinary people, this is a moment when it is easy to relax), he suddenly jumped a long way and quickly pulled out a strange-looking short gun from under the black robe!
"Puff puff puff", there were three strange muffled sounds, which didn't sound like the sound of ordinary firearms firing, and then I saw three groups of scorching white light shooting out from the barrel and flying towards my chest. At the same time, the other party yelled: "Die! You stupid idiot! Together with your Holy See... eh?"
The opponent's shouting stopped abruptly, because he watched with his own eyes two of the three scorching flames that could melt through steel plates disappear out of thin air, and the last one was swallowed by the "strange golden light ball".
"It looks like your attack doesn't work very well." I shrugged at the other party.
The suspicious man in the cloak once again showed his decisiveness: he was stunned for a moment and realized that he had encountered a strange situation that he couldn't deal with, so he threw the weapon in his hand towards my face, turned around and ran away at the same time!
I put away this strange weapon in my portable space without looking at it (maybe I can give it to the host of the spaceship to research something), but when I was about to chase it, I was suddenly stopped by Sandora : "Don't chase!"
I glanced at Sandora Ball puzzledly, and the latter's tone was full of "pleasure": "I have already lurked in his spiritual world, let's see what this guy will run into next." This is more effective than torture, brainwashing and interrogation after being caught. By the way, do you want to see the hunting method of the spirit robbing? I will share the vision of the mind with you."
I froze for a moment, and just as I nodded, I felt myself sinking into another "perspective", a...predator's perspective.
The soul taker, the deadly executioner who wanders between reality and illusion (although this word is very inelegant when used on Sandora, but it has to be said that it fits well), the heart and mind are the real battlefield of the soul taker , many creatures can have a strong body and armaments, but most creatures cannot arm their hearts—for the Soul Reaper, the so-called "firm-willed" and "brave and fearless" effects are quite limited, because you use The "will" used to arm your brain will eventually become the weapon of the soul snatcher. The bravery born in your heart cannot resist the betrayal of your inner self.
In the presence of the Soul Taker, your mind will take the initiative to let go of its defenses without even realizing it, and welcome hell.
The fleeing man in black tried his best to stay away from the fork in an inexplicable fear. Although the enemy did not seem to be chasing him, the feeling of being pursued and the terrible palpitation of being targeted by a predator still lingered Go, this unreasonable psychological effect makes him run desperately, the farther the better, and... the sooner he joins the "others", the better.
He is a strong guy, and he has undergone strict training. Living in dangerous places all year round has also given him outstanding escape skills, so it didn't take long for him to run along the criss-crossing underground mines to a considerable distance. place, and seems to have thrown some "something" off.
He looked behind him in horror, but saw nothing. The previous feeling seemed to be just a psychological effect.
The man in black tightened his hood, cursed in a low voice to increase his sense of security, and then turned around to the end of the mine. Here is a shaft leading to the ground: after running for a long time After that he has completely moved away from the previous ruins.
Climbing out from the exit of the shaft in a rather embarrassing way, the outside is still a forest area, but it must be far away from the search range of those adventurers, "We must collapse those underground mines as soon as possible... No, it has already been discovered, so we should do it as soon as possible." The transfer is good." The man in black muttered, running lightly and swiftly in a certain direction, this flexible figure did not match his figure at all.
After running for a long time, ordinary people...even elves who are quite familiar with the forest may lose their way if they drive for a long time in this kind of place, but the man in black was not at all confused by the identical tree walls in front of him. I arrived at my destination: a rocky terrace located by a small stream in the forest. The terrace tens of meters high is covered with moss, and it looks normal.
However, the man in black found a few pebbles inlaid on the stone wall on one side of the platform. He twisted these pebbles vigorously, and a piece of "moss" on the stone wall suddenly disappeared, revealing a metal door glowing with silver light. Come.
He goes to this door.
With the seeds of the plague. RS