Chapter 121 Weird

The Fire Stealing Mecha is 81 meters long, very close to Class B, and has obviously been upgraded many times by Zhou Changling.

The whole body is like an enlarged version of a gibbon, with round arms that are longer than the knees, and the arm armor is made of soft hair composed of khaki biological hair.

The head is covered with a dome-shaped hairy armor, the edge of which just covers the diamond-shaped eyes, which are flashing with scarlet light.

The canine teeth stick out of the head like knives. The head is usually grinning, revealing a row of uneven fangs like steep peaks at the corners of the mouth.

There is something extending upward from the spine groove on the back, passing the top of the head, which is the handle of the C-level divine weapon.

When standing, he looks like a hunchbacked old man, but when he draws the C-class sword behind him, his momentum is like that of an ancient god who can split the sky and break the earth.

This outfit and aura are worthy of what Long Qizhen said, that he is the number one sword-slaying king under the Heavenly Rank.

This height alone is the highest among everyone present.

It is also the most divine mecha Li Yi has seen since he participated in the exploration this time.

At this moment, the C-level Sea-Slashing Sword of the Fire-Stealing Mecha was gently shaken backwards by its long arms, and a terrifying sonic boom suddenly sounded in the air.

"Let me, an old man, do my part to help."

On the public channel, Zhou Changling had not yet finished speaking.

A red-blue arc of fire suddenly rose from the tip of the Zhanhai Knife. As the tip of the knife swung from back to front, it drew a thin line of fire and slashed downwards! Sparks suddenly exploded into sky-high flames, merging into the ground like the flash of a meteor.

Boom!!! Wherever the flames passed, there was nothingness!

Chichichi! The billowing residual heat carried the soaring smoke and scattered in all directions, and the high temperature distorted the vision.

"Tsk, I haven't used a knife for a long time. I can't even gather my temper. Sorry for making fun of you all."

As Zhou Changling smiled, the mechas looked towards the ground passage that had been pierced.

Measuring the length, it was discovered that Zhou Changling had penetrated a depth of 110 meters in an instant! You know, there is a 60-meter-thick special alloy layer in the middle! Although this alloy layer has been damaged by parasites and is no longer invulnerable, and can no longer transfer all the attacks received, the overall difficulty of digging through has been greatly reduced.

But it is enough to prove the value of Zhou Changling's attack.

The combination of the divine properties and the enormous power of the mecha itself produces such a huge instantaneous destructive power.

Basically, this attack has enough lethality even when facing a hundred-meter-class mecha, which is quite amazing.

Chen Qiongzhi smiled and said, "Senior Zhou's sword is still sharp and his attack power is amazing. I admire you. In that case, how about you strike again?"

Zhou Changling laughed dryly and said, "I'm getting old. This move almost broke my waist. I'll leave it to you guys from now on."

The next person to take action was Mo Lihong.

He was driving a 62-meter Vulcan-series burning cage mecha that had just been upgraded to C-level, which was fiery red in color with a steaming fire pattern on the chest.

Compared to the amazing momentum of the Fire Stealing Mecha, his move was much simpler.

It simply opened its mouth and spurted out a flame energy cannon for more than a minute, melting through the remaining forty meters.

…

The Pluto Mecha stood in front of a passage with a diameter of 40 meters, carefully checking the situation of the sixth level.

There is a green field at the end.

At first glance, it seems very peaceful, with a gentle breeze and plenty of light.

If I didn't know that there was a large enclosed space below, at first glance I would have thought I was in some open, sunny field.

Li Yi quickly realized that this was just an illusion.

Following the subtle traces extending all over the green fields, it can be seen that a grand fight had taken place before.

It is a huge divine creature that is at least two hundred meters in size.

Although with their current strength configuration of seven people, they are not afraid of the huge divine creatures within a range of two or three hundred meters.

But if you encounter a guard mecha that has already been transformed into a mecha, you will be at a loss.

Whether it is defense or divine endurance, a divine mecha must be far superior to a divine creature of the same size.

Chen Qiongzhi asked: "How about it, can I go in?"

Li Yi nodded and said, "The surrounding area is safe for now, but I'm not sure if it will attract attention after landing."

Chen Qiongzhi said, "In that case, Senior Zhou will lead the way in, Hu Yitong will assist, and in the middle will be Teng Juli, Liang Zhishen, Mo Lihong, Li Yi, and me. We will enter in this order one after another. Is that ok?"

"Also, Liang Zhishen, you take care of Teng Juli, and Li Yi, you take care of Mo Lihong, so as to avoid making a loud noise when landing. Do you understand?"

"clear!"

Soon, the mechas entered one after another in order.

Among them, Zhou Changling, Hu Yitong, Chen Qiongzhi, Liang Zhishen and Li Yi all have flying equipment.

Although Teng Juli and Mo Lihong are outstanding among the middle-level evolvers, they have not had many opportunities to earn military merits in the past. Therefore, apart from their E-level divine weapons, they have no other equipment.

However, they have earned a lot of military merits through this operation, enough to exchange for corresponding divine equipment.

I believe that after returning to the main ship, we will be able to usher in a wave of equipment upgrades.

Immediately, seven divine mechas landed one after another under the push of thrusters.

Silently.

At this time, a continuous group of hills appeared in front of the mechas.

The entire sixth level is about three hundred meters high, while the hills in front are an average of two hundred meters high, extending from the ground to the far distance.

Just now, when Li Yi fell, he looked around. Looking down from a high vantage point, he saw a group of hills that looked like wrinkles on the ground, and they stretched as far as the eye could see.

The reason why you can't see far away even from a high place is because there is fog in the depths that blocks all information.

Even the information collection system of the divine mecha cannot collect any information seven or eight kilometers away.

After the mechas were on alert for a while, Li Yi said:

"There was a great battle here before. Judging from the traces of battle and the rate of material change in the surrounding area, it should have happened three days ago, which is exactly when we arrived here."

"The two sides in the battle may be the parasite on one side and a giant creature at least two hundred meters in size on the other."

"Looking at its movement trajectory, it looks a bit like a giant lizard, but its movements are very flexible and the power of its tail is extremely ferocious."

As he spoke, he controlled the Pluto mecha to point at a huge long scar not far away that was obviously sunken by more than half, and said:

"The strength of the ground is twice as strong as that unknown alloy. It is basically the same as the armor strength of a 50-meter-class divine mecha, but it can easily create a pit that is more than ten meters deep."

"In other words, a single strike from this giant lizard could break through our outer armor and directly destroy the internal structure."

"Of course, if you stimulate your divinity at any time and use it to offset the damage, you will probably be fine. But it won't be a good thing either. A huge increase in load and divinity consumption is inevitable."

"Then, based on my previous raids on several mecha-enabled divine creatures, this giant lizard should have completed at least 60% of its mecha-enabled transformation."

"So, although it is only about 200 meters in size, its strength is probably only inferior to that of the macrophage mucus, and it is not easy to mess with."

Everyone listened carefully to Li Yi's analysis and felt amazed.

Teng Juli couldn't help but ask:

"Li Yi, what you described seems like something you have seen with your own eyes. How accurate is this analysis?"

Li Yi smiled and said, "The traces here are very obvious. There is no need to analyze them. You can draw a conclusion just by taking a few glances."

Teng Juli: “…”

Guan Shanyue said, "Li Yi, I recognize your strength as a strategy king. I can roughly see it from the previous analysis. But I don't quite understand this mecha. How can you deduce that it is 60% mecha based on these traces? And how do you determine that it is a lizard in appearance?"

This is everyone else's problem, too.

“That’s not difficult.”

The Pluto mecha walked up and pointed to the locations of various ground traces.

The mechas walked over and found that the indentations at the locations Li Yi pointed out were slightly deeper than other locations, and their shapes were relatively regular blocks, which were inconsistent with some of the fine scaly marks around them.

Because the dents interfere with each other, you cannot tell the difference between them if you don't look carefully.

Li Yi said:

"This special alloy can leave these two different types of dents, which means that there is something like armor on the surface of its body."

"But these armors are obviously incomplete. Some have it, and some don't."

"It just so happens that there are a few traces of rolling around there. With a few references, we can almost construct the general outline of the species and the armor on its body."

"Finally, with a little calculation, we can tell that this giant creature is 60% armored."

"As for the outline and gait, we can refer to the lizards among us humans, but the similarity is not completely consistent, and whether it is really a lizard appearance is not certain. This is just my estimate, and other appearances are also possible."

After listening carefully to Li Yi's explanation, everyone was convinced and expressed their admiration.

Chen Qiongzhi asked: "So, what was the outcome of the battle between these two giant creatures?"

Li Yi said:

"In fact, the parasite is not very big. Judging from the traces on the ground, it is probably less than ten meters long. Compared with this big lizard, it is just like an earthworm."

"But precisely because of this, there are basically no obvious traces of the parasite on the ground. Only very shallow traces, equivalent to millimeter-level traces, can be seen."

Everyone was shocked and asked, "Could it be that this parasite has already parasitized this half-mecha giant lizard?"

Li Yi nodded and said, "Yes, not only did it parasitize successfully, it also went to the hills ahead and headed west without any hesitation. I think maybe the big lizard wanted to survive and was looking for some way to save its life in the hills."

Chen Qiongzhi was also observing the surrounding situation and said:

"It seems that the greatest danger in the surrounding area has been contained in the battle with the parasite and cannot interfere with us."

"For now, the biggest threat in the surrounding area has been eliminated. Let's explore the surrounding area first, and then consider whether to go to the hills. According to the direction, that area is consistent with the densely populated area above, and it is likely to be the most dangerous area in this level."

Naturally, everyone had no objection and immediately started to sweep the surrounding area according to Chen Qiongzhi's arrangement.

On the other side, Group 2 also received news from Chen Qiongzhi and entered the sixth level one after another.

It seems that the sixth level is not as dangerous as everyone imagined.

…

After 20 minutes, the seven people returned from their respective explorations.

When the other people reported, they all said they had not found anything yet.

When it was Teng Juli's turn to report, he said, "Lao Mo and I found some rock caves about ten meters high. In the caves lived some insects about one meter high. They looked a bit like a mix of ants and flies. They were quite fierce, but their lethality was nothing to us. We have already collected a few samples."

As he spoke, he controlled the Raging Tide mecha to open the lid from the side waist slot, took out a few bound insects and showed them to everyone.

They turned out to be a few large insects tied up, their compound eyes blinking constantly, and their mouthparts full of tiny sharp teeth opening and closing continuously, making babbling sounds.

As for what is used to tie them up, of course they use local materials, and wrap grass and wood with good length and toughness into ropes.

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

It’s no wonder that Teng Juli’s control technique is quite delicate. Such a tall and huge mecha can actually twist such relatively small plants into such a fancy way.

Zhou Changling praised: "Not bad, your technique shows that you have been training in fighting skills and mecha skills quite hard."

Li Yi observed the insects and said:

"These insects seem to be intelligent and appear to have mastered some kind of spoken language."

"Their tentacles seem to have some strange ability, absorbing Senior Teng's divinity very carefully."

When everyone heard this, they were stunned and began to observe carefully.

Upon seeing this, he actually discovered that there was a slight loss of divinity in Teng Juli's palm.

However, the loss of divinity is so small that it can be easily overlooked if one does not pay close attention.

"But is this really some special language?"

Teng Juli said in surprise.

Li Yi said: "I'm not sure, but it's very likely."

His current decryption skills are still at a proficient level, and he has not yet reached the point where he can generalize and apply them to other fields at will.

The reason why we think it is a language is purely based on the basic judgment formed based on the various decryption knowledge provided by Lao Zhang.

It is obviously impossible to translate the language of these insects.

If you reach the perfect level, you still have a chance, but it will probably take a lot of time and energy.

After all, there is a lack of sufficient information and no reference, so I can only observe and record bit by bit and sort out its language system.

Of course, if you really reach the perfect level of deciphering, even a few words or the simplest communication can probably be understood in seconds.

Chen Qiongzhi said: "Since it is possible that it is a special intelligent race, we cannot dispose of it casually. It may have extremely high research value."

"Teng Juli, if you encounter a battle later, be more careful. Don't accidentally shock these insects to death. They are more or less intelligent. Be careful."

Teng Juli nodded in agreement.

…

The exploration of the surrounding area was disappointing.

Apart from these bugs, not even the remains of battles of other creatures were seen.

Chen Qiongzhi asked, "Li Yi, can you tell whether this giant lizard has always lived around here, or just wandered in here occasionally?"

Li Yi pondered and said, "Based on the traces, he was most likely exiled to this area recently."

"I guess the battle between the parasite and the giant lizard was just a coincidence."

"If they hadn't encountered this giant lizard, they would probably have gone to other areas to search for a parasitic host."

Chen Qiongzhi thought for a moment and said, "In that case, let's go around the hills and observe the situation. If there is no obvious danger, we will find an entrance and enter the hills."

Because there was no intelligence, Chen Qiongzhi was very cautious and all the actions he planned were to carefully explore first and then move forward slowly.

Overall, although the efficiency is a bit low, it is safe enough.

Everyone was in no hurry and showed great patience.

…

In the blink of an eye, three hours passed.

At this moment, the seven mechas have entered the 20-kilometer range of the hills, and the density of the fog can be felt to be getting higher and higher.

Just in case, their marching speed was reduced by several levels, and their advancement was quite slow.

For some unknown reason, a certain repressed emotion quietly crept into everyone's hearts.

Walking in silence.

Mo Lihong suddenly said on the public channel: "Wait, I can't see you anymore."

Chen Qiongzhi was slightly startled and immediately said, "Everyone, don't move! Mo Lihong, don't move either!"

As he spoke, the Mote Mecha turned around and looked behind him.

But as soon as he looked over, the Ranlong Mecha driven by Mo Lihong suddenly disappeared.

Li Yi said: "Instructor, Mo Lihong may have triggered the ban on speaking! I just felt something passing by above, maybe there is something above!"

Everyone was immediately shocked! They had naturally read the information related to the forbidden language, and knew that when Li Yi and his companions were exploring the densely populated area of ​​the fourth level, they triggered the forbidden language and disappeared directly.

Chen Qiongzhi made a prompt decision and shouted, "All mechas, reach out and touch the teammates next to you immediately. Stay where you are and don't move!"

As soon as the words fell, the Mote Mech suddenly disappeared. Immediately afterwards, the Mote Mech opened its mouth and sprayed out a huge column of divine energy into the sky.

Boom!!! As this wave of energy swept through, the surrounding fog suddenly became a little thinner.

The vision of the mechas also became much clearer.

Suddenly, the energy column hit something and made a loud explosion.

Immediately afterwards, a red outline suddenly fell from mid-air and hit the ground heavily.

Boom!!! It was Mo Lihong’s Burning Cage Mecha!

The Mote Mech immediately ran over, dragged the Burning Cage Mech back to where the others were, and quickly said, "Don't talk, retreat immediately!"

Soon, after retreating about seven or eight kilometers, we came to an area with almost no fog.

At this moment, everyone relaxed their tense state and checked the condition of Mo Lihong in the cabin.

"Fortunately, I just fainted."

Teng Juli said with lingering fear: "Fortunately, you acted decisively, otherwise if it had dragged on any longer, Lao Mo would probably have died there."

Anyone who is familiar with the regional taboos knows that those who trigger the taboos rarely escape with their lives, and the mortality rate is extremely high.

Chen Qiongzhi shook her head and said:

"I just tried my luck that time. I didn't expect to really hit anything. I guess it's just because we haven't gone deep into the fog area yet and are just walking around the periphery. The power of the regional ban is not that strong."

"It was thanks to Li Yi that he noticed the movement above that I decided to try my best and use my divine skills to shoot upwards."

"But I didn't expect that the target was the Burning Cage Mecha."

Li Yi said:

"That fog can interfere with our information collection system, but it can't cover up the fog vibrations that already exist."

"It's really good luck. If it was the fourth level, where the air flow around was suppressed, I probably wouldn't know what happened."

"Besides, the blow that Senior Mo got hit with just now may not be without benefit to us."

Everyone pricked up their ears attentively.

Li Yi continued:

"That is, we can use this to figure out that the mechanism of the silence in this area is most likely to confuse the driver's soul and force him to leave our vicinity on his own!"

“And the key word of confusion is that you can’t see.”

Guan Shanyue nodded and said, "Yes, I think so too, but isn't the result obvious?"

Li Yi smiled and said:

"Of course, the word 'can't see' is actually very subtle and is completely different from the taboos we have seen or experienced in the past."

Guan Shanyue was very perceptive and immediately grasped Li Yi's thoughts. He said thoughtfully:

"You mean to say that the word 'can't see' is not an expression of emotion, but an expression of state? Relatively speaking, the requirement for emotion is not that high? As long as it is said, no matter what the emotion is, it will be triggered?"

“Yes, that’s one of them.”

Li Yi explained: "The second reason is that this foggy environment will naturally prompt people to subconsciously say similar words. In other words, this fog may be screening intelligent creatures. And low-intelligence creatures find it difficult to express complex words other than emotions."

"You can't see that this word may seem simple, but in fact, it is a word that is basically impossible for low-intelligence creatures to say."

Guan Shanyue nodded and said, "That's a good idea, but it seems to be just a guess without any evidence, right?"

(End of this chapter)