Chapter 6
"...Hey! What are you all standing there for?!"
"Now is our chance. Those who need to evacuate should evacuate, and those who need to save people should save people!"
After seeing the leader of the snake-headed pterosaurs being suppressed, similar roars echoed throughout the battlefields of the palace.
These sounds successfully awakened most of the people who were still in a daze.
"Too strong, too strong!"
Shocking shouts were heard one after another from the battlefields scattered throughout the palace.
"Did you see how easily a C-rank monster was suppressed?"
"I see, I see..." He responded helplessly, and everyone came back to their senses. "We are not blind, so you don't need to tell us."
How could he not have seen that earth-shattering blow?
It really is...
——It’s amazing!
They looked at the monster that was about to take their lives and flew away in panic.
The situation changed drastically in an instant.
The overwhelming victory above the sky seemed more like a miracle that existed in another world, allowing them to glimpse it briefly.
"We're saved! That's great! I thought I was dead this time! This is my first time on a mission, and I didn't expect it to be so exciting!" A team member sat down on the ground exhausted.
"This is the power of top combat forces," he turned the tide with his own strength, "no wonder the headquarters recruits so many strong people every year." Some people have since opened the door to a new world, with admiration, yearning and ambition in their eyes.
"Hurry, go and see what's going on over there!" Someone gasped and covered his chest with his heart beating too hard.
"This isn't someone we know... Such a powerful force... I don't know if it's friend or foe. It definitely can't be a ghost story."
The huge magic circle that was slowly converging was gradually turning into fluorescent light and disappearing from their sight, as if splitting their minds into two parts: illusion and reality.
The magic circle was so gorgeous that it looked like a miracle that only existed in mythology. The mysterious patterns made people's heads buzz and their eyes sting when they saw it.
Unreadable, unseemly. It seemed to be saying this.
Coupled with the excitement of surviving the disaster, it directly triggered all kinds of emotions in their chests. For a moment, they were excited, scared, awed, worried, grateful, and admired... mixed emotions made everyone incoherent.
"It's a power I've never seen before..." Six muttered, his scholar's intuition ringing wildly.
He intuitively felt that there was something in there that he could not understand, but must be extremely shocking.
Unfortunately, there is no way to delve deeper into this now.
Most of the monsters had flown away, and although a few remained, they were within the range that they could deal with.
Most of the remaining people began to run towards the center of the battlefield. On the one hand, this was to support the most intense fighting point, and on the other hand, it was a completely subconscious behavior.
They pursued the blooming silver-blue light, like chasing the sun that was about to return to the sky, trying their best to retain that touch of light.
"Hey, wait a minute, what should we do with these wounded people!?" Xix, who stayed where he was, waved his Erkang hand, trying powerlessly to hold back the extraordinary people who suddenly became excited.
"Let them go." The injured Transcendents were forced to remain where they were. They drew their weapons and fought off the few remaining monsters, their morale soaring. "We want to know what happened, too."
——A bunch of lunatics!
Six looked at the group of people with blood on their faces but grinning with excitement.
——After dealing with the abyss for so long, everyone's brains have gone crazy! They don't even care about their lives anymore!
The desire to pursue "abnormality" and yearn for "extraordinary" has unknowingly become the instinct of the group of extraordinary people, and has finally been engraved into their bones, creating a group of alternative crazy monsters.
…Wait, where’s Donald?
Xikes looked at the familiar figure among the departing group and asked in surprise, "Why did you follow them too?!"
Let’s put aside the exhausted Sheeks for now. Lu Mi, who had just dealt with the leader of the snake-headed pterosaur, stood on the tower and slowly withdrew his strength.
He took care of a group of monsters that came to his door, and ignored the others.
He was here to help, not to babysit. Besides, if they couldn't handle the remaining monsters, then he really had to reassess the strength of the Transcendent Guild.
Of course, what is more important is that, as he said before, to solve this problem, we must solve the "source".
If the abyss rifts are not closed or controlled, no matter how much you do, it will be like drinking poison to quench thirst.
"The crack is right here in the ground!"
Ever since Fei Zhang had fought a battle with Lu Mi, his admiration for him had reached its peak. At this moment, he wished he could do everything in his power to help him find the things.
"Underground?" Lu Mi waved his hand and summoned the silver spear again, saying slowly, "It's been strange since the beginning. Although I can vaguely sense the aura of the abyss crack, I always feel like something is blocking my perception."
So even though he knew the crack was "nearby", he was unable to locate it accurately.
"I know, it's because of that ore called blue steel!"
Fei Zhang recalled the scene when he first arrived in this world. "There's a lot of this mineral underground. It can block out the aura of the abyss... If I hadn't come from there myself, I wouldn't have been able to sense the cracks down there now!"
"That kind of ore actually has such a use." Lu Mi thought thoughtfully.
Then he stood up straight and raised the tip of his gun. "Let's go and see what's going on down there."
The silver-blue light fell to the ground like a meteor, and the tip of the gun pierced through the surface, digging a hole the size of a person in the ground.
The pit was submerged among other ruins and was inconspicuous.
Lu Mi jumped down from the tower, his clothes fluttering in the wind, drawing a sharp and light arc.
The next second, he passed through the hole with precision and landed easily. The silver spear that had cleared the way transformed into light particles and automatically retracted into his body.
"...I didn't expect that there is such a large space under the palace." Lu Mi looked around and found that it was a corridor that led to all directions.
The bricks and stones on the walls were laid very neatly, and one could vaguely see some old murals painted on them. There were rooms everywhere that looked like normal buildings, but they were darker and older.
Every once in a while, you can see some ores piled together, slightly blue.
"Those must be blue steel, right?" Lu Mi commented to himself. "This place looks like another palace built underground."
Perhaps the royal family of the Blue Steel Empire likes this style, with homes both above and below ground? But wouldn't it be creepy to sleep in the empty underground?
He shook his head and walked deeper into the road. At this distance, he could already sense the crack.
At this moment, next to Qiang Zhenyi in the abyss crack, two figures were gathering together stealthily.
The shorter man spoke hesitantly, "Are we really going to do this?"
"Nonsense! We can't let them find out what's been done to Qiang Zhenyi! We have to destroy the only evidence and the scene before they get here!" The tall man said sinisterly, giving him a warning look. "This is an order from that master."
"...I, I understand." The short man was obviously afraid of the person mentioned in the other person's words and swallowed his saliva.
Then he opened the terminal tremblingly, and a linear map of the underground palace was immediately projected on it. Densely packed red dots could be seen flashing on many lines.
"These are the detonation points. If they are successfully detonated, the entire palace will probably sink into the ground in an instant."
"Great! Thanks to everyone going outside to fight the monsters, and thanks to someone using some unskillful trick, all the snake-headed pterosaurs that were blocking the underground passage have flown out—God is really helping me!"
The tall man grinned and asked again, "Where is the king?"
The short man clicked on another interface and confirmed the green dot on it. "Still in the palace."
"Okay! I don't believe he can survive this time!" The tall man didn't delay any longer. He snatched the terminal from the other party's hand and pressed the countdown.
【10:00】
【09:59】
【09:58】
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Seeing that the countdown had started successfully, the two of them stopped hesitating and turned to walk out.
The tall man said, "Hahaha, you deserve it! I don't know how many people will be buried with me this time. Let's retreat!"
"Will people die?" The short man was stunned for a moment, then he pursed his lips and revealed a twisted smile of fear and excitement. "That's really... great!"
Whenever the short man thought of the impending desperate scene, he felt sincerely looking forward to it. He had accomplished another big thing, and everyone's attention would be focused here by then!
However, just when the two of them took a few steps——
An inexplicable feeling suddenly came over them!
It was like being targeted by some extremely dangerous anomaly, like a giant snake swimming out from the dark depths, like Jörmungandr poking his head out from behind the thick fog of the mortal swamp.
Every hair on my body stood on end, and the cold air drifted from behind me, making my hair stand on end.
"Tick, tick, tick—"
It's footsteps.
In a place where there was originally no third person, footsteps other than theirs were heard.
This infinitely stretched second was like a slow motion, and the two men stiffened their bodies and turned their heads slowly.
——Pitch-black eye whites and scarlet vertical pupils.
Man with ram horns and black wings.
He was slowly stepping out from the twisted crack, and someone's bright red blood was stained on his pale, abnormal cheek, becoming the only bright color in this dark hell scene.
This person...!
The two men's pupils widened instantly, unable to move their bodies, and only physiological tears burst out of their pupils.
Absolutely, absolutely! Not human!!
A creature from the abyss with human form?
For the world where C-level and above are top secret, it is impossible for ordinary people to come into contact with such existence.
How could such a creature exist? Such an unreasonable existence... I've never even heard of it!
The overwhelming feeling of oppression made them unable to utter a single sound, and their shuddering screams were stuck in their throats.
But the next moment, they felt a sharp pain in their chests, and bright red blood splattered before their eyes—was that my blood…? How could it be? I hadn't done anything yet, and hadn't let anyone know that I…
Pitch-black chains emerged from their shadows, and the sharp locks pierced the hearts of the two men cleanly.
“Bang—”
The two bodies fell to the ground with a loud bang, without causing any ripples, and died easily.
"What an ugly soul!" the demon said calmly, not even glancing at the two corpses on the ground. "How could such a filthy maggot exist where I am waiting for my master?"
He was about to walk out when he noticed the lighted terminal screen on the ground.
With just a thought, the chain rolled up the terminal that had fallen to the ground and brought it to his eyes.
The demon looked at it, then narrowed his eyes. His slender, pale finger tapped it tentatively, and a red box popped up.
[Command cannot be changed]
The red countdown continues.
On the other side, a group of extraordinary people including Donald were having trouble moving forward because of the collapsing roads everywhere.
Until Donald accidentally turned over a stone slab and saw the big hole in the ground -
"I figured it out! There are underground passages extending in all directions under the palace. We can go there!"
"Is it true or not? How come I don't know?"
So a group of people tried to go down underground, and indeed they found a path that they could walk on.
"Good job, kid. You even know there's something like this in the palace."
"Hey, everyone, come and take a look!" The person who was walking in front to explore the way suddenly shouted loudly.
Everyone was startled by the sound and rushed over. They saw the man pointing at a device installed in the corner of the passage, and asked with horror, "Is that the latest type of detonating bomb?"
The others took a closer look and were horrified. "Oh my god! It's already started, and there are only eight minutes left on the countdown!"
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"Hmm? What happened?" Fei Zhang looked at Lu Mi, who had suddenly stopped, and moved his tentacles in confusion. "The crack is just ahead."
The wind whistled through the corridor. The surroundings were so quiet that only the sound of water dripping from the corner could be heard. The unique color of the blue steel exuded a quiet luster.
All of this makes this place not like the ordinary world at all, but rather a bit like another world called the abyss.
Lu Mi did not answer.
A look of doubt about life appeared on his face, as if he had sensed something but couldn't believe it.
"I seem to..."
"I sensed a familiar presence."
No way, no way, there won’t really be a big surprise at this time!
The author has something to say:
Lu Mi: My comfortable and leisurely life...
Devil whispers: There has never been such a thing! (Smile)
By the way, the two unlucky guys were unlucky and ran head-on into the big boss who had just come out, and were killed instantly.
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