Chapter 256 Missing
A group of wizards are gradually advancing in this inverted sea of clouds.
During this process, encounters would occasionally occur, which were fierce but short.
More than ten days passed in this uneventful manner.
According to Levin Mills's detection, they should have checked half of the internal space of this distorted area.
Hearing this, the twelve recruited wizards, including Benjamin, showed satisfied expressions.
Although this mission lasted a little longer than expected, everyone gained more than they had imagined.
Just as Jack had said, the biological density inside this space distortion zone is much higher than outside.
And occasionally you can collect some special and valuable resources.
Like the potion raw materials that Jack mentioned before, which can permanently enhance spatial perception, a lot of them were collected a few days ago.
Of course, in this process, the reconnaissance mosquito swarms they controlled suffered a lot of losses.
Although the fat wizard would replenish new mosquitoes in time, the mental shock brought by the death of the transformed beast with a deep soul contract was still unavoidable.
Many of the recruited first-level wizards have become noticeably weaker and their faces are pale.
Benjamin is in pretty good condition.
After all, he has a Qi training method that can integrate essence, energy and spirit. His soul strength and physical fitness far exceed those of wizards of the same level, and his recovery speed is very fast.
Coupled with the adaptive evolution of his body-building method, in the past few days, Benjamin has even developed resistance to this level of mental shock.
However, due to concerns arising from some anomalies discovered during this mission, he also appropriately pretended to be weak in order not to attract too much attention.
After completing the search work this morning, Jieming was about to stop to contact others and exchange information with each other.
These mosquitoes named "golden worms" are indeed biochemically modified beasts specialized in reconnaissance.
In addition to reconnaissance and searching, it can also communicate with others in real time through the mental link between mosquitoes.
Mosquitoes themselves can even serve as communication lines. Even wizards who are the farthest apart can communicate with each other through the communication network built between different people's mosquito groups.
But as soon as the contact began, Benjamin noticed something was wrong.
The number is wrong - there is one person missing in the contact network for no reason!
The sudden change made the hairs of all the wizards present stand on end.
Although each wizard is separated from each other by dozens or even hundreds of kilometers, through the connection network built by the mosquito swarm, they can still "contact" other members of the team anytime and anywhere.
But in this situation, a wizard disappeared silently!
How is this different from a group of people walking together and suddenly one person disappears?!
Through mutual contact and confirmation, it was soon confirmed that the missing wizard was one of the recruited wizards.
What's even more creepy is that the area where the other party disappeared was not at the edge of the search line, but in the middle of the search line of a group of wizards.
After questioning the wizards on both sides of the missing wizard, they all said that they did not sense any particularly special energy fluctuations before and after the incident.
The wizards did not dare to be careless and immediately flew back to the search location a day ago at high speed.
Then they carefully moved around the edge and gathered together.
Because Benjamin was located far away, he arrived relatively late.
As soon as he came over, he saw a group of wizards anxiously surrounding the fat wizard.
The fat wizard had a serious expression on his face, and he closed his eyes tightly, as if he was communicating something through the mosquito network.
After a while, until all the wizards had gathered, the fat wizard finally opened his small eyes dejectedly.
He glanced at Levin Mills next to him and shook his head regretfully:
"No contact. Those 'fireflies' are not dead, but they are also impossible to contact..."
"Is it because of space distortion that we were teleported too far away?" Jack asked in a deep voice.
"No, we're still within communication range." The fat wizard shook his head with a strange expression, his face full of confusion. "It feels... like the bugs are ignoring my communication."
"What do you mean? Out of control? Or, communication was interrupted?" Levin Mills was stunned when he heard this.
"No, that's exactly what I meant. Although I was able to contact those 'fireflies', all my communication messages were ignored, including that wizard who kept ignoring my messages..." The fat wizard emphasized again, his tone full of confusion.
The fat wizard's words made everyone frown.
This bizarre situation is beyond everyone's understanding.
Although it is not clear what exactly happened, we cannot just leave the problem alone.
A group of people discussed it and decided to go over and check out the situation.
After flying forward for several hours, Levin Mills suddenly raised his hand and said, "Stop."
Jieming and other wizards stopped immediately, turned their heads and looked over with a questioning look.
Levin Mills carefully sensed the direction of the airspace in front of him.
After a long while, he suddenly raised his head and said, "About five standard times, a wizard skilled in 'Energy Shaping' fought here."
"Five standard times?"
Wizards divide a day into ten standard hours, and five standard hours are exactly half a day ago, which is what happened yesterday.
"At this point in time..." a recruited wizard spoke, drawing everyone's attention.
"I'm more clear on this. He must have encountered a group of creatures from the Aerial Plane and collected quite a few of them... He even boasted about it to me after defeating them..."
"Oh? And then what?" Levin Mills asked.
The wizard thought for a moment, then shook his head: "There is no connection after that."
"That is to say, at least that guy was fine before this." Benjamin said with a serious expression.
The other wizards also became serious, and they all figured out the reason.
This means that this should be the location where the opponent's last battle took place yesterday.
And since then, he encountered inexplicable circumstances and disappeared.
Everyone immediately perked up and moved forward cautiously.
Various reconnaissance methods, including fireflies, were also deployed without reservation.
He flew for a long time, remaining alert but sensing no enemies or any unusual auras.
Just when Benjamin was wondering, he suddenly felt that his "Xuan Gang Red Dust Barrier" was triggered!
"Enemy attack! Be alert!" Jie Mingli shouted immediately!
However, the reactions of the wizards around him horrified him!
Mingming was shouting very loudly, but they seemed not to hear what he said at all. They continued to fly forward unconsciously, as if they were sleepwalking.
A cold light flashed in Benjamin's eyes, and he attacked without hesitation.
He controlled his strength and delivered a pure energy bomb to each person.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The energy bombs were easily blocked by the self-protective shields on everyone's bodies, but the sudden attack also woke up everyone who seemed to have lost consciousness.
However, they didn't seem to realize that they had been tricked. After waking up, the first thing they did was look at Benjamin with caution.
However, Benjamin's attack power was not very strong, so they did not do anything too extreme.
Levin Mills was just about to ask Jermyn why he did this when suddenly his face changed!
Puff puff puff...
A series of "puff" sounds were heard, and in the shocked gazes of Jemin and other wizards, a group of ghostly white mist-like creatures crawled out from the thick clouds below like a tide!
The surface of these creatures is covered with dense hairs, and from a distance they look like thick clouds.
Benjamin subconsciously scanned with his reconnaissance eyes, but found nothing, as if all he saw was a group of moving clouds and fog.
His eyes widened instantly, and his all-seeing eye expanded, focusing on the unknown creature closest to him.
A large amount of information flowed into his mind. Benjamin quickly closed the Eye of All Uses, frowned, and took a step back.
Only then did he understand why various investigative methods had not discovered the other party.
Because these creatures not only look like the foggy ground, their own material composition is almost no different from the surrounding foggy ground.
That's why it can perfectly evade the detection of wizards.
"No!" After a brief surprise, Benjamin immediately realized something was wrong.
He could clearly feel that his "Xuan Gang Red Dust Barrier" was constantly fluctuating!
This means that they are still under continuous attack!
and……
He looked around and the reactions of the wizards around him were obviously wrong!
They were awakened from their vigilance and saw the enemy.
But their reactions were much slower, and even their eyes looked a little dull.
Although he had clearly seen the enemy, he did not react much, and it could even be said that he had no intention of responding at all.
"Be careful, these creatures are good at 'soul-cursing illusions'!" Levin Mills' voice rang in everyone's ears with a hint of soul-shaking sound.
Jieming also instantly understood the strange methods of these enemies!
"Soul-cursing illusion" is an extremely peculiar category.
It is essentially a curse, but the effect it creates is similar to an illusion.
It can make the soul of the cursed person become confused and almost unable to think!
The camouflage methods of these creatures determine that their individual strength is not very strong, so the curse cast on one individual will not have much effect.
I guess even an apprentice-level wizard can easily resist it.
However, the number of creatures in front of us is simply too many!
Tens of thousands?
Hundreds of thousands?
Maybe even millions!
When such a large group of people use the curse together, the effect is quite terrifying!
Even Levin Mills, a third-level wizard, was caught off guard and affected!
(End of this chapter)
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