Chapter 904: Cursed Runes
Lu Yao poured a glass of iced cola and cleared his mind.
The situation on the ninth level of the abyss is not simple.
According to the world background records, this floor holds more than 3,000 prisoners, most of whom can move freely, but there are very few like Ms. Nature and the stone lions.
The God of Darkness gave an evaluation of each prisoner, which shows that the items placed on the ninth floor are all collections selected by Him.
The insect nest at the bottom of the abyss was also deliberately connected.
It's like someone deliberately releasing invasive species just to have some fun and make things more difficult for the ants in their insect box.
The purpose is to let the prisoners fight against the cursed insects.
A god who has lost his divinity is only a demigod, with all the power of his original body. It is difficult for him to recover quickly after being injured, and it is hard to predict the outcome of a fight with a large number of cursed insects.
On the ninth floor, which was like an octagonal cage of life and death, the situation was changed by the cursed insect.
In the early days, the cursed insects that invaded from the outside world were mainly of two types: [Overwrite Insects] and [Parasitic Insects]. These were also the ones that Lu Yao had fought against when he first explored the abyss.
But later, the black snakes integrated and conquered the two ethnic groups, making this place stable.
The Black Snakes have a strong sense of territory and forbid prisoners from approaching their territory, the so-called tenth floor, but the Curse Clan among them will negotiate and communicate with the prisoners.
There is no specific record of conversations in the world background, it can only be seen that this situation is very frequent.
After many years of interaction, strange changes occurred in the Demigod of the Abyss.
Some of them began to transform into cursed people.
When Lu Yao saw this, he suspected that he had seen it wrong.
[Unknown rune successfully triggered: Life evolution.]
[The rule was triggered successfully: the cursed insect was born. ]
[Unknown rune successfully triggered: Life evolution.]
[The rule was triggered successfully: the cursed insect was born. ]
…
Yet there is ample written evidence that this is what is happening.
The demigods transformed themselves into curse insects through some kind of runes, and walked into the curse insects' nest with a gesture of embrace and assimilation. In this way, they escaped from the abyss and embraced a new freedom.
Based on their behavior, the prisoners on the ninth floor can be divided into three groups.
The first part is the prisoners who were transformed into cursed insects. This part is the largest, with a total of 1,754 people, representing the final choice of most prisoners.
They found staying here more unbearable than becoming cursed insects.
The second part is those who entered the tenth floor area but did not become cursed insects, so this part was marked as missing, with a total of 704 people.
The last part is the abyss prisoners who were confirmed dead, 642 of them.
Excluding Lady Nature and the stone lions, there are now 11 people in the entire ninth floor, all of whom are demigods.
There are no longer any special objects or monsters here.
As for the tenth floor, it is actually the overlapping area connecting the ninth floor and the Zerg nest area. It cannot be displayed and recorded in the background of the world. All that is displayed on the screen is a fog of war.
Lu Yao turned his gaze to these 11 people.
They each hide in a corner, are the most conservative and neutral, and know best what happened here.
Among the remaining 11 people, the one with the longest seniority and the most advanced world background record is a demigod named Yuzhu.
It looks like a candle in a copper candlestick, fixed to the top of the outer wall of the passage, with the candlestick still burning. If you don't pay attention, you might mistake it for a lighting tool.
The God of Darkness made no secret of his contempt and neglect for the Fish Candle.
"Release the materials to test the mortality rate of the ninth layer of the Abyss."
There are no other reviews.
In short, it is a tool for construction inspection.
Malik told the demigod disguised as a lighting device: "Yuzhu, Master of the Abyss, Lord Yaoshen has something to ask you."
"Oh! Lord of the Abyss! I am so rude!"
The candlestick of the fish candle is propped upwards, and it uses its two legs and two hands to clamp onto the wall to fix itself.
The candle man climbed down the wall carefully, and his movements did seem like those of an elderly person.
It knelt respectfully with its head on the ground: "Supreme Lord of the Abyss, Yuzhu offers you unreserved loyalty and respect. Your servant will obey all your orders."
Unlike the previous prisoners, this one showed a natural obedience.
Lu Yao asked it.
——How did the gods here become cursed insects? The flame on the candle man's head swayed: "Lord Lord of the Abyss, because a powerful winged man [Feather Record of the Gods] Amer appeared among the cursed insects, and she brought a special rune called [Cursed Rune]."
"This is a power similar to a curse and a seal. It can take effect on demigods with divine bodies. Based on their respective abilities, they are transformed into the form of curse insects or curse tribes. A demigod will usually transform into at least three to five curse tribes, and each curse insect represents a part of its body and abilities."
"Amer told the demigods here that if they want to leave here, they can use the [Cursed Rune] to transform into cursed insects first, and then pass through the insect nest over there. They will not be restricted by the rules and boundaries of the world and can start a new life. She hopes that the demigods can join her camp and gain freedom and a future."
“Initially, no one responded.”
"However, as time went by, the abyss began to shake and tear more frequently, but it has not been repaired. More and more cracks and gaps appeared in this space, and the dangerous areas continued to increase. More and more curse insects came in to attack the demigods. It is said that even the upper layers have experienced such a situation."
"It's becoming increasingly difficult for everyone to deal with the cursed insects. There are too many of them, seemingly endless, crawling out from every crack in the sky. More and more demigods are killed in the battle, and everyone is having a hard time surviving. There's nothing we can do..."
The flame on the fish candle head became a little dimmer, as if representing its depressed mood.
"I can only stay away from you."
Lu Yao double-clicked the candle man and found that its panel was indeed very weak. The damage and defense of the fish candle were both less than 100, and the speed was only 7 points. Among the demigods, it was considered a slow-moving grandfather.
However, it has a special ability, which is also the key to survival here.
…
[Candle Shadow]: Cast candle shadows by illuminating the surroundings, thereby exchanging the positions of yourself and the candle shadow.
…
It is equivalent to the ability to teleport in a small range. As long as the body is still glowing, it can be transferred quickly.
First-class escape.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
"Then a dying demigod tried the curse rune and became a cursed person, joining Amer's camp. He was able to gain protection and leave here and enter the hive. Although he had to accept orders there as well, at least he escaped the dilemma of death."
The candle man said: "Death in the abyss does not mean complete annihilation. When a prisoner dies, he will get a chance to return to the place of service and become a death servant of the God of Darkness. He will work and serve for Him until the service is completed, and then he will be thrown back into the abyss again."
“It’s an endless cycle, a perpetual struggle between death and exhaustion.”
"That's why some people turn into cursed insects, hoping to fly out of here."
Lu Yao remembered at this time.
When he attacked the first few layers of the abyss, he encountered some hostile prisoners, such as the earliest [Count Celty of Withering] and the later [Tiger Yizi] who resisted stubbornly, and all of them turned into black smoke and drilled into the ground after death.
It seems that he was forced to serve after his death.
If you want to live, you must serve.
This approach is not bad.
Lu Yao generally understood.
The Dark Brother puts pressure on the Abyss, causing these prisoners who refuse to surrender but have remarkable abilities to gradually weaken their wills in the endless fighting over the years.
This slow knife cuts the flesh, causing them to eventually go from resistance to numbness and then to obedience, thus completing their taming.
After their service they will be thrown back.
This is a false hope.
Lu Yao judged that the dead soldiers were mostly soldiers. If they were gods or apostles, they would not be treated like this.
Unfortunately, the God of Darkness probably didn't expect that his arrangement would be exploited by Amel, who stole many prisoners here and turned them into his own cursed subordinates, thus turning it into an excellent recruitment point.
On the screen, Yuzhu was still telling the story.
"A few years ago, the Black Snake Clan suddenly announced their withdrawal. It was said that a large-scale disaster occurred in the Time Stop Zone, and they needed to evacuate to protect the safety and reconstruction of that area, so they simply withdrew from here."
"Before leaving, they repaired the gaps and cracks around the ninth floor."
"It was also because they saw that the Black Snake Clan had evacuated on a large scale and might not come back, so almost most of the demigods chose to leave with them. Otherwise, they didn't know when the next opportunity would be."
"Except for those who have made clear their stance, some others eventually chose to serve in the army, leaving only a few of us old guys here."
According to Yu Zhu, the tenth floor is actually more like a special space. Unlike the ninth floor, it is connected to the passage of the service place and is also connected to the insect nest, forming a three-way intersection.
However, it was timid and never moved forward. All it knew was basically what it had seen and heard over the years.
It has survived until now, when even the God of Darkness has fallen, but it is still alive. It is indeed a winner.
Malik questioned the other survivors separately and got similar statements.
So Lu Yao ordered Malik to lead the army of soldiers and spirits to advance and survey the tenth floor.
Three Taoists led by Joseph also followed the army.
They volunteered to do so. Because there might be curse insects ahead, they could immediately recruit them, mainly to reduce unnecessary internal friction among the curse insects.
Lu Yao stopped his view on Malik's head.
The brigadier general led the troops forward, and the fog was gradually cleared.
Ahead was a world of stars, like some kind of lazy screenshot, unable to distinguish between the ground and the sky, and it looked very strange.
Lu Yao summoned the [Arbiter] and [Concorde].
A prompt appears on the screen.
[Concorde: Suspicious unknown target found, risk assessment is "unknown", extremely dangerous, please be careful. ]
Lu Yao was alert and activated [Adjudicator] again, clicking [Break the Law].
After [The Judge] consumed 2.6 million spiritual energies, the psychedelic light bands radiated in all directions.
A term slowly appeared in the top center of the screen.
【Tianzun Star】.
Lu Yao frowned.
Could it be that the tenth layer is the projection of the zodiac star?
(End of this chapter)