Chapter 120 Route

"Earth ruins?"

Li Yi's heart moved slightly, and he asked: "What are the benefits of entering the Earth ruins?"

Guan Shanyue said: "First of all, there is a very special soul strengthening field there. If you stay inside for a long time, the speed of soul strengthening will be several times that of ordinary people."

"Depending on your physique and fitness, the strengthening effect may even be better."

"Then, there are also various A-level and even higher-level divine radiations available there, and there are many types, covering almost all types known to mankind."

"Whether you choose the sole route or the combined route, you can obtain the most comprehensive divine radiation resources here."

Hearing this, Li Yi's heart moved. Doesn't this just meet his needs? The richest divine radiation resources and soul strengthening fields are just the important resources that humans need to move towards the heavenly position.

No wonder it is called the most important relic of mankind.

Perhaps in terms of scale, the Tianshu ruins are not much inferior to the Earth ruins, but in terms of help to mankind, the difference is huge.

Of course, if the Tianshu ruins can continue to be developed, perhaps other good things can be discovered, but that is a story for later.

Guan Shanyue continued: "These two are just two of the relatively obvious benefits."

"There are many powerful people in the ruins, some of them are at the Heavenly Rank or above, and they have settled down and guarded the developed areas in the ruins."

"With a little guidance from a top expert there, you can avoid taking detours."

Long Qizhen, who was standing by, also heard the conversation and asked in surprise, "Save some detours? Isn't the current cultivation information very comprehensive?"

Guan Shanyue smiled and said, "It's different. We are just following the path that our predecessors have opened up, and this is limited to reaching the top."

"When you reach the upper and celestial levels, the key is to condense the divine core."

"But everyone's divine genes are different, and their divine characteristics are different. How this divine nucleus is condensed cannot be understood by just looking at the data."

"If there is a senior master who can give you some pointers from a high-level perspective, wouldn't you be able to cross this threshold quickly?"

Long Qizhen said thoughtfully: "Can't our captain give us instructions?"

Guan Shanyue said: "It's different. Experts also have specialties. Those who can guide you are at least those with similar sequences, similar characteristics, or similar gene segments. Only such experts can see your detailed problems."

Long Qizhen said: "I understand. First, they must be strong enough, and second, they must also be matched."

Li Yi also nodded slightly, roughly understanding how important this earth relic is.

Guan Shanyue smiled and said, "There are many different good things in there. Anyway, if you are a person of character, you should go to the ruins of the earth."

Li Yi said: "Then thank you for the guidance of Instructor Guoguan."

Zhou Changling also came over and said with a smile: "In fact, the Tianshu Ruins also have an advantage, that is, the rate of material change is inconsistent with the outside world. In other words, we can try to hide some old mecha masters who have reached a certain age but cannot break through."

"People like me are perfect for this place."

"Once the war enters an extremely brutal stage, we old guys will be called upon to burn out our last breaths."

Guan Shanyue immediately changed the subject and said, "Senior Zhou, what's with all the life and death stuff? That's too unlucky! Why don't you tell me how to attack the sixth level later?"

Zhou Changling also took the opportunity to change the topic and said with a smile: "I think that our staff officers and the captains can form a team and explore in the afternoon."

"After all, we have already cleared the first five levels. If we send someone with weaker strength to the remaining sixth level, I'm afraid they will just die in vain."

This topic caused several people to think.

…

The meeting was chaired by the three instructors of the three ships, Chen Qiongzhi, Lin Huiyi and Zhang Pengting.

These three people either have ability, background, or qualifications.

They are all the top leaders within the three ships, so they naturally sit in the main seats.

At this moment, Zhang Pengting knocked on the table and said, "Okay, the discussion is over for now. Now, let's reach a consensus in the meeting."

"We have to tackle this tough nut to crack at level six."

"According to the map information we obtained earlier, once we confirm that the terrain of the sixth level matches the map information, we can basically be sure that the number of levels recorded on the back of the map is true."

"Therefore, the Tianshu Ruins will definitely become the focus of development for our three ships in the future."

"But this increase in the level of exploration will definitely happen again."

"Wait for the headquarters to confirm the intelligence. If nothing unexpected happens, we will send people here within half a month."

"By then, we will have much less to earn."

"For the sixth level, I think it is better to move quickly and quickly select elite troops to start the exploration."

"Of course, since the risks are unknown, we adopt the voluntary principle here."

"We will also provide 70% of the profits to those who voluntarily sign up, as well as a guaranteed reward of 1,000 military merits per person."

"In addition, only those with special divinity or the strength of a high-level mecha master can register."

"If you enter as a team, your combined strength must be equivalent to the combined strength of two superior mecha masters."

"In addition, if the on-site staff officers also want to enter the sixth level, they are not allowed to form a team on their own. They need to join the various registered teams according to the situation."

After this was said, no one had much objection.

After all, there is no intelligence about the sixth level and the risks are unknown. Those who are weak will naturally have to weigh their own strength.

And those who are strong will be rewarded for entering, and the share is high, so why not? However, the on-site staff officers cannot form teams freely, which makes some people feel uncomfortable.

Although this move is quite reasonable, they will naturally feel unhappy when it applies to them.

However, although he was unhappy, he didn't want to get angry because he could still join other teams.

Li Yi was also in trouble.

He was not sure whether he should take his team down to the sixth level.

In terms of overall strength, their team should be able to reach the level of two upper-level mecha masters.

After all, there are already several people who have entered the middle position, and they all have divine weapons or flight thrusters. The combined number of people with equipment is barely equivalent to 1.2 upper-level mecha divisions.

Li Yi’s strength is not bad and can be compared with that of a superior mecha master.

Therefore, if they are added together and counted as two, with various combat records as evidence, it does meet the standard.

However, the team and he are only barely comparable.

The most typical ones include ultra-long-range attacks, ultra-long endurance, and ultra-large total amount of divinity, which are far inferior.

Although the actual performance is not bad, the hard data is indeed not up to standard.

The possibility of getting stuck is not small.

Of course, being stuck is not a problem. The key point is that with their current strength configuration, the risk of team annihilation is quite high.

This is what Li Yi is worried about.

Even he was not sure that he could lead the team through the sixth level without any intelligence.

If you are lucky, it's fine, but if you are unlucky, it will be very uncomfortable.

While he was thinking, Chen Qiongzhi said:

"Let me say a few words."

"The sixth level, judging from past experience, will definitely increase in intensity again."

"Anyone who wants to take on the challenge must weigh their own strength."

"This is not a game, nor is it like the first to fifth levels, where you have sufficient intelligence support to make you feel at ease."

“Perhaps some people who are exploring ruins for the first time will wonder why it is so simple.”

"It's not simple. It's the route that the advance team blazed for you at the cost of their own lives, and the special class before them spent a lot of time and resources in the virtual ruins."

"In our past explorations of ruins, the percentage of casualties was mostly in the 20% or even higher range."

“But this time, it’s only 5%, which shows the importance of intelligence.”

"You know, in terms of overall difficulty, each level of this ruins is equivalent to the medium-difficulty ruins we explored in the past, and the difficulty increases as you go down the levels."

"My warning is here. I'm not trying to discourage you. I just hope you don't act rashly and lose your life in vain."

These words are not meant to pour cold water on you.

But it did have the effect of pouring cold water on it.

Immediately, a few people who were originally quite enthusiastic began to back off in their hearts.

Even Li Yi made up his mind because of this.

This time, join without a group.

…

Finally, after a round of registration, review and selection, three teams with extremely impressive on-paper data were formed.

One group, led by Chen Qiongzhi, includes Liang Zhishen, Zhou Changling, Hu Yitong, Teng Juli, Mo Lihong and Li Yi.

Team 2, led by Zhang Pengting, includes Lin Xiaohu, He Qizheng, Zhang Tongyao, Guan Shanyue, Long Qizhen, and Zhang Baili.

Lin Huiyi was in charge of the general logistics department in Cabin 18 to prevent any accidents from happening during the exploration of the first five levels.

Among them, except for a few individuals, almost all the upper-level mecha masters entered the sixth-level exploration team.

Teng Juli, Mo Lihong, and Zhang Baili are the best middle-level mecha masters selected from the original fourth and fifth level exploration teams. Their divine mechas have been upgraded to level C, and with the addition of divine equipment, their strength is comparable to that of upper-level mecha masters.

Long Qizhen and Li Yi were approved to join the exploration team as on-site staff officers and possessed special abilities.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Of course, in terms of strength, Li Yi is naturally not bad.

But the reason why Chen Qiongzhi chose Li Yi, besides his strength, was naturally because he valued Li Yi's strategic ability.

And Long Qizhen's divine characteristics also make him good at detecting different types of dangers. Therefore, although his strength is slightly weaker and he does not have the level of a top-level mid-level mecha master, he is also suitable for selection.

…

The exploration time was set at the third standard hour in the afternoon.

After Li Yi explained the situation to everyone in the group.

Cai Xiaodong immediately said, "Just go ahead and don't worry. In terms of strength, I am indeed lagging behind. The first five levels are fine as I am familiar with the intelligence, but the sixth level is not a virtual reality. It would be better if I don't go."

Zuo Ying also said: "Brother Xiaodong is right, I feel the same way."

Tan Haoran said: "That's right, our strength is still lacking after all, there is no need to hold you back."

Zheng Xueyuan whimpered, "Brother Yi, just wait and see. I will condense nine divine genes within three days!"

Zhang Xuqiang said: "Don't cause trouble for the boss."

Yao Shiwan and Sun Duxiu, who entered the middle position, also expressed their opinions.

Sun Duxiu said: "Although it is a pity, I have to admit that I am still far behind you. Don't worry, when you go to make money, I will also work hard to practice and try to keep up with your pace."

Pharmacist Wan smiled slightly, stretched out her hand to help Li Yi tidy up his combat uniform, and said quietly:

"I wish you a triumphant return."

Li Yi was stunned, then smiled:

"Of course, brothers, wait for my good news."

…

Fourteen mechas entered the fifth level in batches as planned.

Chen Qiongzhi was the vanguard team, and the second team led by Zhang Pengting followed behind the route they opened up to provide support.

As for the entrance route, Li Yi had already discovered three entrances.

At this moment, just after entering the fourth level, Chen Qiongzhi couldn't wait to ask:

"Li Yi, where are the three entrances you mentioned?"

Li Yi said:

"The first entrance was discovered by me last time in the virtual ruins. It is located in the original activity area of ​​the four major slime creatures. The special alloy layer there has been repeatedly penetrated and corroded by the body fluids of the slime creatures, so it is easy to break through downwards."

"The second entrance is directly below the dome where the macrophage mucus is always attached. According to the ground frequency over there, there is also a very shallow ground. There should have been traces of opening up passages at both ends before, but they were buried."

"By the way, after we defeated the macrophage slime, I also checked the surrounding dome and surrounding conditions. I didn't find out why the macrophage slime was so tightly attached there, but I found this second entrance."

"The third entrance was found during our exploration of the fifth level these past two days. From the traces of the parasitic giant clam, we discovered the entrance to and from the sixth level."

"As for the danger levels of the three entrances, I think the one with the parasitic giant clam is relatively safer."

Chen Qiongzhi nodded and said, "Because the surrounding risks have all been eliminated by the parasitic giant clams?"

"That's right."

Li Yi said:

"In addition, if the giant clam is unable to eliminate the potential threat, it may be eliminated by its opponent. At this time, the parasite may move on and devour a large amount of the opponent's vitality."

"In this way, no matter how strong the strong men below are, they will inevitably be weakened."

"Also, based on the location of the fourth level above, the route that the giant clam takes to enter the sixth level is also a non-dense area."

Chen Qiongzhi waved his hand and said domineeringly: "Okay, then enter the giant clam route! Then capture this walking 10w combat merit!"

…

The mechas moved quickly and, following Li Yi's instructions, quickly arrived at the target location.

There was a place where giant ferns were entangled with each other, climbing all over the surrounding walls like a twist, and even in front of it like a huge green ball, seven mechas stopped.

Mo Lihong carefully observed the surroundings and said:

"Could it be that the entrance is in front of us where the giant ferns are densely entwined? Why don't we see any signs of giant creatures' activities?"

When everyone looked, they indeed did not find any huge traces. The surrounding soil surface seemed very flat, and there were no obvious indentations on the low ferns on the ground.

Many careful people discovered that just a few kilometers away, the traces of the giant creature became increasingly sparse.

But out of trust in Li Yi's strategic record, they did not raise any questions.

Chen Qiongzhi asked: "Li Yi, are you sure this is it?"

Li Yi observed the surroundings and nodded:

"It's here. Besides, it's not that there are no traces here, but they are too shallow. They don't look like traces left by giant creatures at all, so you just overlooked them."

"Here, the giant clams are completely devoured by parasites and are losing weight."

"In the end, all that was left were giant ferns and empty shells underneath them. The parasites broke away from the giant clam and entered the sixth level."

Listening to Li Yi's story, several people felt their scalps tingling.

What kind of parasite is so ferocious that it can eat even a 300-meter-long creature and leave only its shell?

Li Yi said:

"However, we shouldn't worry too much about being parasitized by parasites. Instead, we should worry about the parasites finding a stronger host in the sixth level, which will be more difficult to deal with."

As he spoke, Li Yi controlled the Pluto mecha forward to collect the biological information left by the giant clam.

According to the bounty offered by the Biological Research Center, the focus is on parasites, and giant clams are just by the way. However, if we take them back here, they will have some value.

Then, the entangled giant ferns were pulled apart to reveal the giant clam biological tissue underneath the roots, which was as hard as iron and stone.

The mechas were paying attention to Li Yi's movements, and were slightly surprised again when they saw this.

It is incredible that it can be easily pierced by the roots of giant ferns despite its high hardness.

Li Yi used the information collection system to observe the root system from a microscopic perspective. He looked for a long time, then let out a long breath and said, "It seems that as previously speculated, these ferns are essentially the same as the ordinary giant ferns we saw before. The only difference is that they are parasites, which give these giant ferns powerful vitality."

As he spoke, he also collected some of these giant ferns and placed them where they were, so that he could transport them back when he returned.

In preparation for this field exploration, he naturally also made up for a lot of advanced knowledge on biology and plants.

Then, the Pluto mecha knocked around nearby and used its hands to receive frequency information to confirm where to start the channel.

After a while, Li Yi said:

"Instructor, who in the team is from the God of Fire or God of Strength sequence? Come and dig a hole. If we dig vertically down 150 meters from this place, we will reach the sixth level."

"It just so happens that the sixty-meter-long special alloy layer at the core of this place has been drilled through by the parasites. We don't need to exert too much effort to break through it."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Changling smiled and said, "Then leave it to an old man like me."

As he spoke, Zhou Changling piloted his C-class Vulcan sequence, the fire-stealing mecha, and stood in front of the position Li Yi pointed.

(End of this chapter)