The third Raven Squad suddenly lost contact with us.
This was completely beyond everyone's expectations. The last message they left indicated that the team had entered the depths of the crypt without any fighting along the way. When they found that "the crypt suddenly opened up, there was a large hole in front of them." " and "is about to enter a fault zone", the communication between the two parties was suddenly interrupted, and the call from the mothership did not respond at all, and the two teams were approaching the regular raven team from the other two passages in the crypt. The troops then lost contact.
This strange situation made me immediately notify the troops who were searching near the crypt to suspend their respective operations, and put them on high alert to defend against enemies that might appear at any time. Afterwards, Qianqian and Lilina and I boarded and landed The cabin came directly to the vicinity of the target crypt.
After the three teams lost contact one after another, the first team led by Jaina was the first to rush to the scene. There were as many as ten powerful ravens and one hundred great magisters from Dalaran and Silvermoon City. This team has unprecedented strength. Under my order, they have used arcane shields and psionic barriers to jointly block the entrance and exit of the crypt, but so far, it seems that no enemies have emerged from it.
Now the place we are in is a wilderness full of rubble, which has obviously been occupied by Zerg for a long time. Although the moss on the ground has been burned to ashes by the ravens using the fire storm, occasionally there are some spots on the surrounding desolate Gobi surface. The carbonized Zerg limbs still make people's stomach churn. Since these Zergs have been dead for a long time, the specific chemical substances in their bodies have long lost their activity. Too much effort was put into burning these blackened internal organs and flesh and bones one by one, and as a result, a large number of rather uncomfortable bug corpses were left here.
"How is the situation now? Still can't get in touch?"
What I'm asking is not Jaina, but Raven 001 who is in charge of assisting Jaina. Although the former is the leader of this team, she is similar to the honorary leader. She doesn't understand the advanced communication technology of the Xiling people.
"Your Majesty," seeing us coming, Raven 001 immediately dissipated the strong arcane halo floating on the black windbreaker, bowed his head and saluted, "We have released several more detectors, and so far they have not contacted the third team. Said 'fault zone', the current situation is not unusual."
From the images sent back by the detector in real time, I can clearly see the scene in the crypt.
To be honest, the inside of the crypt doesn't look as disgusting as I imagined, and it's even better than the environment around us-at least there are no disemboweled Zerg corpses that suddenly appear to affect your appetite.
The entrance of the crypt is located under a gentle hill, with a diameter of about ten meters, allowing light individual fighters to enter easily. The interior of the crypt is mainly composed of a kind of black mixed rock, which is very strong and has not collapsed. Possibly, the first 100 meters inside are flat and the environment is dry, and the footprints of the first team can be clearly seen under the lens of the detector. It spread out, forming a flat dome. Based on the information left by the first team, the agile detector completely simulated the latter's course of action before it disappeared, and gradually approached a suddenly open area.
"The terrain here is like entering a flattened fuel tank through a slender pipe," Raven 001 used a very vivid description to describe the underground terrain, "Your Majesty, the fault zone is ahead .”
As the voice of Raven 001 fell, the picture in front of us turned a corner, and then changed drastically.
large crystal jungle
Words can hardly describe the magnificence of this scene. The magnificent light blue crystals grow out of the ground like bamboo shoots, reaching a height of nearly 100 meters, directly running through this huge crypt that can almost be called another world. These crystals In the process of growing, it is still branching out, and it looks like a tree from a distance. The faint streamer jumps and swims between these crystals, just like a dream, and the ground under the crystal forest is no longer that black. The composition of the crypt here forms two distinct parts, one side is a gray and black rock formation, as dull as a dirty ghetto, and the other side is a glorious place. A magnificent crystal forest, regal and majestic like an elf sanctuary—well, in fact, I have never seen anything like an elf sanctuary...
Then, the picture in front of us suddenly distorted a few times, turning into noisy interference patterns in an instant.
Is it some kind of energy present in the Crystal Grove that is causing conventional communication equipment to fail
It is impossible for an ordinary soldier to be equipped with such a painless out-of-spec device as a hyperspace communication device, and an ordinary communication device—even if it is labeled as made by Xiling, it should fail or fail when it encounters a super energy field. .
"We'll go down ourselves."
I turned off the projector casually, moved my shoulders slightly, and said decisively, which immediately caused the joint objection of Raven 001 and Jaina: "Your Majesty (Master Angel), please don't take risks."
"That's not dangerous. You should have some confidence in the strength of your leader," I said, and patted Lilina's head. "More importantly, I'll be fine with this guy."
"Yes," Lilina immediately showed a shy expression that was almost indistinguishable, "You can use Lilina as much as you want~~Big Brother~~~"
"boom"
I knocked this troublemaker away with a knife in my hand.
But what I said is right, with Lilina by my side, the so-called dangerous horses are just floating clouds—as the chief priestess of the goddess of life created by the ruling god of the universe and given authority, this fake loli has the most heaven-defying character in the world. Halo skill: friendly targets within her line of sight will gain the effect of life gazing, not only the vitality and recovery ability will be increased several times, but more importantly, they will have a chance to be resurrected every fifteen minutes, although I don’t think There may be something on an inconspicuous star that could kill the emperor-level Xiling apostles, but Lilina's ability has undoubtedly dispelled Raven 001's doubts.
After ordering the first Raven Squad to stand by, Qianqian, Lilina and I entered this deep and dark crypt under the personal escort of Scorpion Vega.
"Bringing Vega here is indeed a very wise choice."
Not long after leaving, Qianqian sighed cheerfully.
I nodded and told Sister Scorpion: "Vega, turn up the brightness."
The latter's depressed voice followed closely: "Sir, if you increase the output power, you will reach the attack limit."
"Oh..." I nodded, and continued walking behind Vega who turned into a searchlight.
You said, how did Qianqian come up with the idea to ask Vega to open the carapace on the tail to use as a searchlight? Is this girl's mind really developed according to human standards
I have to admit, though, that the photon cannon on Veigar's tail works really well as a searchlight...
"There is a faint breath of life coming from ahead," Lilina said with a dignified expression on her face, and the tip of her small nose moved slightly, as if she could really ask for the smell of life from the air, "Well, the smell of cumin …”
I:"… "
This crypt is indeed quite deep, and the ground is full of gravel and big pits. It is quite uncomfortable to walk with one foot deep and one foot shallow. At the beginning, Qianqian was bouncing around like a child with infinite vitality to play a big adventure game. But it didn't take long before she fell into a state of boredom. It seemed that even a wild slime that came out to block the way didn't make her less interested. Lilina made people roll her eyes because she was a priestess and couldn't walk well, and she was still a child who needed care. The reason for the reason occupied the only stable place: Weijia's back. At this time, the old god was sitting on the back of Sister Xiezi. The original position should be mine... Forget it, I don't know like a child.
After nearly half an hour, we passed through this rather difficult tunnel and came to the Crystal Forest area.
"Wow" Qianqian entered a state of excitement just as I expected, and rushed into the crystal forest dancing and dancing, and began to pull out the crystal from the ground like a carrot. After being strengthened, Qianna made a creaking sound under the torture of his arm strength comparable to that of Gang Damu, "Ajun, Ajun, do you think this thing can be made into a diamond?"
I'm lucky that Little Bubbles didn't follow, otherwise the little guy would have dug the entire Pimple Star into landslides.
I didn't pay attention to Qianqian who was already in a state of berserk, but started to feel the energy flow around me.
Just as I guessed at the beginning, there is a very disturbing energy field in this jungle, and our communication with the outside has been cut off.
This kind of energy field is not strong, and it is not even harmful. It is no wonder that Qianqian can't be wary at all, but it can effectively block any conventional means of communication. Under my spiritual perception, the entire Crystal Forest This kind of energy field pervades everywhere, and the latter vibrates regularly, forming a secret synchronization with the surrounding crystal clusters, as if these crystals are resonating. Gradually, I understand that these energy resonances block communication principle.
I don't know if these crystals are magical substances made by the Protoss. If this is the case, then these mysterious Protoss are really worthy of our study.
"Gianna, can you hear me?"
"Master Divine Envoy is so kind, you suddenly lost contact just now..."
"Calm down, we are in good condition now," I breathed a sigh of relief, "The crystal forest here has produced ingenious energy resonance. This self-contained resonance cavity prevents conventional communication signals from being sent out, but it has a special effect on my If the ability doesn't work, you don't have to worry."
After a brief explanation, I called Qianqian, who was busy reversing the formation process of these crystals, and Lilina, who was riding on Vega's back, and headed deep into the crystal forest.
There is not only one entrance here, there are two passages juxtaposed in the direction we came in, which should be the way for the other two missing teams to come in. As a special melee unit, Vega is quite good at tracking such "hunting" skills , under her investigation, we easily found the traces left by the previously missing team, which were quite neat and there were no traces of battle, which indicated that they marched collectively into the depths of the jungle under an orderly command, but Where are the soldiers now
With such questions in mind, we went deeper all the way. The area of this crystal area is amazing, and its interior is no longer just a "jungle". Walls and passages formed by crystal clear crystals began to appear, allowing the deep The terrain is becoming more and more complex.
"The response of life in front has become stronger"
Lilina stopped us suddenly, then frowned tightly.
"It smells bad... Zerg..."
Does the so-called breath of life really have a smell
I couldn't help but express such doubts, and Lilina had already jumped off Vega, supporting a light green energy shield beside her, Vega drew out her two knives, and the photon cannon on her tail switched to close-range impact mode .
As we moved forward, gradually, the low friction sounds and the meaningless screams of the bugs came from the air. Without Lilina's guidance, we could quickly find the enemy's location.
Finally, when our ears were filled with those gum-swollen creaking sounds, we approached an invisible crystal wall, and the sound of the insect swarm came from a series of uniform waves on the wall. Came from behind the round hole.
This should be the end of the crystal jungle. I am already a little dazzled by this vast and endless crystal crypt.
We leaned over carefully, and then looked into the hole with our heads.
"Damn, are those bugs all concentrated here?"
I immediately cried out in a low voice. I had long felt that even if the queen worms on the planet died, before the entire planet was burned to ashes, it would be impossible for those zergs to remain. So...they are all hiding underground
how many? I can only say, boundless, truly boundless, and I have no doubt that they are as large as tens of millions. As for hundreds of millions... Well, that is too ridiculous.
Boundless swarms of insects filled our sight, the deep purple carapaces and tentacles intertwined, as disgusting as a wriggling sticky swamp, a large number of hydralisks, springtails, lurkers, flying dragons and other strange shapes and in-game The completely different bugs seem to gather together in a chaotic manner, and the faint friction sounds caused by their slight movement are mixed together, and the amplification effect of the crystal cave sounds deafening.
"I kinda hate the planet's atmosphere..."
I flicked my ears, distracted by the noise of the bugs.
Vega immediately nodded to me with a serious expression: "Yes, sir, we will burn the atmosphere of this planet after the operation is over."
Even Lilina expressed horror this time.
"They seem to be mobbing something."
Vega didn't realize that there was anything abnormal in what she said, but continued to observe the situation in the cave. The slight halo in her eyes indicated that Sister Scorpion's radar was fully open. Soon, she found what she wanted. looking for something.
"Report sir, there is a strange high-energy building in the center of the swarm, the signal of the contact beacon has been detected, and our friendly forces are fighting fiercely there"
"Prepare to fight and storm in" I immediately ordered in a low voice, and then, a warm sense of security suddenly radiated from my side.
Lilina's hair has turned into a bright emerald green in an instant. This petite girl who is always playing tricks and tricks actually brought me an inexplicable sense of holiness at this moment. She slowly floated into the air, with a surging life Energy begins to surge through every inch of space around us.
"The chief priestess of the Goddess of Life is not that simple," Lilina said lightly, and then decisively got behind me, "Boss, you must protect the delicate Lilina for a while~~~"
Before I had time to give this girl a triple-speed hand knife as usual, Vega had already jumped in from the opening of the crystal cave, and the photon cannon on her tail had already started to recharge when she just jumped out. When she fell to the ground, The crimson light had already accumulated to its peak, and then exploded.
The thick crimson light beam suddenly illuminated the somewhat dark underground world, and the swarms along the way were painted a large area of blood by the intense light. The torrent of photons has swept away a terrifying scar several meters wide and hundreds of kilometers long in the insect tide. Amidst the sizzling sound of the rapid recharging of the two knives, Vega raised his upper body high, and in front of the "Long Live the Empire" In the battle cry, it instantly turned into a phantom, rushing towards the beacon surrounded by insects.
I pulled Lilina casually, followed by Qianqian.
Tens of millions of swarms besiege a big building, and naturally less than a drop in the bucket can participate in the battle. Most of the already hyperactive worms can only watch the show remotely from behind. Their nerves have already been burned. It found a venting point. Although under Vega's sudden attack, nearly ten thousand Zergs had already been turned into fly ash, but in the next second, the channel that had just been opened was refilled by them, and then, the overwhelming swarm of bugs rushed to the ground. A group of "weak humans" who jumped out on their own initiative launched a brave attack.
Qianqian used the unprecedentedly powerful mental power to suspend in the air, and launched a non-technical crush on these "weak" bugs in the process of speeding forward. She didn't even bother to use any moves. Anyone who dared to approach us for three weeks The Zerg within a range of 100 meters turned into neatly cut pieces of meat or rotten and scorched flesh and blood in mid-air. Qianqian, who had entered a brutal state, tore the torrent of time around him mercilessly, even if it was theoretically impossible to die due to aging. And the dead Zerg couldn't resist this chaotic time shock. Their bodies were simultaneously stuffed into hundreds of thousands of timelines that could span thousands of years, and then they turned into overwhelming monsters before they were aware of it. blood rain.
No matter how many times I've seen it, the battle scene of Qianqian... is really disgusting...
The dense crackling sound and the muffled sound of "puff puff" caused by large pieces of flesh and blood falling on the ground constituted the only symphony around us. All the rushing Zerg turned into lifeless carrion and pus in mid-air, Even a guy like Lilina, who claims to be fearless, couldn't help retching after witnessing the brutal scene of Qianqian's battle. I had no choice but to pick up the pale little girl and follow Vega's footsteps. , quickly leaving the bloody wind caused by Qianqian behind.
(Piao Piao don't cool down, I still want to stay on the classification list for a few more days...) M