Chapter 89 Altar

Fortunately, this huge shock that could even knock down the divine mecha did not last too long.

After a while.

In the dust, the Pluto Mecha groped its way to the side of the Ice Wheel Mecha, touched it with its palm, and transmitted the information.

"Are you okay?"

"Fortunately, I didn't almost get overloaded. Just now, I seemed to have taken in a lot of messy information."

"It's not completely chaotic information. There is still some pattern. But I don't understand what this pattern means yet."

Zhang Xuqiang asked: "What about now?"

"I have written down the patterns and details of the messy information. Next time I can find a chance to exchange it for the book 'Analysis of the Divine Mecha Information System' to see if I can figure out what secrets this earthquake hides."

Li Yi said:

"As for now, I think after this wave of shock, if we are lucky, Yaoshi Wan and Tan Haoran have been rushed out. Let's go, let's continue to go inside."

In the cockpit, Zhang Xuqiang pinched his brows and said:

"Damn it, with those few huge earthquakes just now, I seem to have confused the exact distance we came in from."

"Don't worry, you are now at the 731st meter. I'll remember it for you."

Zhang Xuqiang was speechless.

In this situation, how can you still remember the position of your teammates? This is not something that only a genius can do. It also requires careful thinking and a high degree of calmness.

After a long silence, he said:

"It turns out that deciding to follow you is the best decision I have ever made. It may also be the best decision I have ever made in my life."

Li Yi smiled slightly: "It may be now, but there is still a long way to go, don't jump to conclusions."

As they talked, their speed gradually increased.

At the 682nd meter, we encountered Tan Haoran’s Changrong Mecha.

At this moment, the Changrong mecha was leaning on one side, shaky but still standing.

The Pluto mecha immediately reached out and touched the Changrong mecha: "It seems that you are lucky and it is not overloaded yet."

"Li Yi? Damn, you guys are finally here. I'm just a little bit away from being overloaded. I need to slow down."

"What did you just touch? What left you here?"

"I'm not sure, but suddenly there was a huge force above my head, which sucked me up, and then kept squeezing me."

Li Yi interrupted and asked, "Activating the divine skill has no effect?"

"No, absolutely not. Not to mention starting it, I can't even move it."

Tan Haoran let out a long breath and said slowly, "I thought I was going to be overloaded and out, but suddenly there was a huge shock, and then I was thrown out. It seems that this shock was caused by you?"

Li Yi nodded: "Yes, I suspected that there might be living things in this channel, so I launched a freezing wave with Zhang Xuqiang. I didn't expect that after the freezing wave was launched, it would cause such a huge shock. Now it seems that the living thing may be a whole with this channel."

After finishing his words quickly, Li Yi said to Zhang Xuqiang:

"Zhang Xuqiang, you stay and watch over Tan Haoran. I'll go find Yao Shiwan. If I don't find her after another 500 meters, she's probably overloaded. So, if you don't see me coming back within a minute, you can go back first. Do you understand?"

Zhang Xuqiang said: "I understand."

At this moment, the Pluto Mecha continued to move forward.

After a while.

The Pluto Mecha discovered the Fire Luan Mecha.

Fortunately, Pharmacist Wan is still here.

At this moment, the Pluto mecha touched it with its palm and transmitted the message: "How is it? What's the status?"

"Li Yi?"

"Yeah, you don't recognize my voice?"

"No, it's just that the feeling just now was a bit outrageous, and I'm a little confused now."

Yao Shiwan's voice sounded a little trembling.

"What do you mean by outrageous?"

“It was like seeing a scene from purgatory.”

"Purgatory?"

Li Yi's eyes moved slightly.

In the cockpit, Pharmacist Wan, with sweat dripping from her forehead, took a deep breath and said:

"It's a bit hard to describe. At that moment, I felt like I was seeing a scene from a myth, like I was seeing some super-giant divine mechas from the Vulcan sequence waging a war in purgatory."

"When I say super-giant, I don't mean the height we have now, but something dozens, hundreds, or even more exaggerated in size."

"At that time, the black flames burned everything and engulfed everything. I seemed to feel the same way and was suffering."

"Anyway, I almost forgot I was in virtual reality."

“But fortunately, all of a sudden, all my feelings were shattered, and I found myself here again.”

"It seems that it was your operation that got me out of this predicament."

Li Yi shook his head and said, "To be honest, I didn't expect to be so lucky. Can you walk normally now?"

"Just give me some time."

"OK."

…

A few minutes later.

When the Pluto Mecha and the Fire Luan Mecha appeared simultaneously, everyone on the field breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

"The staff is complete. Although it is a bit troublesome, fortunately it does not waste too much time."

As he spoke, the Pluto mecha raised its head and took a close look at the surrounding scene.

This sight also made my heart move slightly.

This scene should be different from the fifth level. The distance between the dome and the ground is obviously higher, about four hundred meters.

It was different from the giant trees, vines, poisonous ferns, etc. that we had seen in previous times.

This time, the dome was covered with densely packed colorful fungi.

Therefore, if you don't pay attention when you look up, it will seem that the dome is made up of large blocks of bright colors.

But if you look closely, a kind of disgust deep in human genes will quietly rise up.

As for the front, there is a mushroom forest formed by dense and huge mushroom plants.

The caps of various strange shapes, and the gills that become more and more uncomfortable the more you look at them...

Also, floating in the air, countless tiny microorganisms form a colorful biological community visible to the naked eye.

The scene here is obviously different from that in level 5.

In other words, they entered the fourth level under normal circumstances through another channel?

Thinking of this, Li Yi called ai Xiaochi and said, "Ai Xiaochi, we are at the fourth level, right?"

"Yes, you have just entered the official scene of the fourth level, and the magma area you were in before is the hidden map connecting the fourth and fifth levels."

Li Yi continued to ask:

"This time we entered the fourth level without reporting the intelligence value. Could this also be the scene where the advance team entered? That's why there is no reward for this intelligence?"

"Yes."

"What's strange is that we entered the magma area before and received a reward for intelligence. But at that time, the advance team had already re-pushed the fourth level on their own. In other words, the passage we just entered has a fork? One side is the entrance discovered by the advance team, and the other side is the entrance discovered by us?"

Ai Xiaochi replied: "Yes, your inference is correct, but as for where your fork in the road is, due to the three-class competitive exploration restrictions set by your instructor, I am sorry that I cannot answer."

Li Yi nodded and said, "That's enough. These are enough."

After listening to the conversation, everyone also found it strange.

I didn't expect that the extremely dark passage actually had a fork.

Cai Xiaodong asked: "Li Yi, did you see the fork in the road through frequency oscillation before?"

Li Yi nodded and said, "No, I just relied on the frequency oscillation to determine its general direction and nodes, but I didn't find any other specific forks at the time. The reason why I inferred that there was a fork was based on the facts that happened before, excluding all impossible options."

As he spoke, Li Yi frowned and pondered, "But the problem is, if there really is a fork in the road, it proves that my frequency oscillation detection just now was deviated. But we ran all the way here, and the two round trips were no different from what I had judged before."

"yes!"

Cai Xiaodong also entered Li Yi's train of thought and asked in confusion: "What is the source of the contradiction?"

Tan Haoran said, "Is the place that sucked me in the fork in the road? It's just that the place is too hidden and you didn't find it by chance?"

Li Yi shook his head and said, "No, I think your so-called being sucked in and squeezed is probably some kind of illusion, an illusion so powerful that it can even fool the information collection system of the divine mecha, or your information processing ability cannot keep up with the changes in information, resulting in a lot of misjudgments."

Pharmacist Wan agreed:

"Yes, what I saw was indeed an illusion. I didn't actually move that far. I just leaned against the corner in the darkness where no information could be transmitted. That's why you ignored it."

Tan Haoran complained: "But that squeezing feeling is so real, I can't imagine it's an illusion."

Cai Xiaodong laughed and said, "Silly, this is actually the same as virtual reality, right? It's like a virtual reality within a virtual reality."

"Okay, I can barely accept this statement."

As he spoke, Li Yi had already sorted out his thoughts and said:

"I think I know why I didn't find the fork."

"Why?"

Everyone asked curiously.

Li Yi did not answer, but controlled the Pluto mecha to the side of the passage and started knocking and hammering.

Everyone watched Li Yi operate patiently.

After a while, Li Yi said:

"Sure enough, the fork was not found, but it disappeared. About 300 meters past here, there is a layer of soil that is not very dense."

"Its approximate diameter is about 40 to 50 meters, which should be enough for the advance team to pass through."

Yao Shiwan's mind moved, and she said, "So, after the advance team passed by, the fork in the road automatically disappeared? Or, was it destroyed?"

"That's about it."

Li Yi nodded and said, "But I can't tell whether it disappeared automatically or was destroyed."

Yao Shiwan said, "But if it is a case of automatic disappearance, doesn't it mean that the ruins still have a high level of control over this place? They can even block the retreat route?"

Zhang Xuqiang asked, "Is there a possibility that the annihilation of the advance team was actually caused by the resistance mechanism inside the ruins, which accelerated the process of their annihilation?"

"Otherwise, with their strength configuration, at the very least, that mid-level mecha master should have a chance to escape, right?"

"But in fact, the one who escaped was one of the players who was ranked lower."

Everyone felt a chill in their hearts.

Because it's not impossible.

As soon as they entered the virtual ruins to explore, the ruins presented a completely different appearance from the ruins they had known in the past.

For example, when the control authority is partially captured by the Yao Chi ship, it can actually obtain their virtual data in turn and strengthen the behavior patterns of each guard mecha.

Tan Haoran said solemnly:

"It seems that this is indeed possible. Even the data of the advance team was recorded along the way, and their behavior and attack habits were figured out, and then they took action in the fifth level."

Everyone's mood became increasingly heavy.

Zheng Xueyuan couldn't help but ask, "Aren't we constantly feeding the ruins with data now? Once we really get in, we can capture them all in one fell swoop?"

Li Yi laughed and said:

"Combining the current evidence and situation, I think the annihilation of the advance team was just an accident caused by multiple factors."

"What Zhang Xuqiang said makes sense. We should be cautious, but we should not be timid and afraid to expose our skills and tactics in the ruins."

"After all, if it was going to be exposed, it would have been exposed long ago. There's no point in worrying about it now."

As he spoke, Li Yi walked forward.

"Let's go. I have a rough idea of ​​where the upgrade pool is."

Everyone's eyes lit up, and their gloomy mood faded.

Yes, with Li Yi around, I feel very safe.

…

The mechas followed the Pluto mecha and ran all the way at a very fast speed.

"Li Yi, how did you find the upgrade pool? We didn't make any big turns along the way, and we were moving so fast. Could it be that the advance team left traces here? Only the third level didn't leave any traces?"

Cai Xiaodong said quickly.

Li Yi shook his head and said, "No, there is no trace either."

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

Cai Xiaodong asked again: "Did Zuo Ying smell something and tell Li Yi?"

Zuo Ying said: "There are no large wild animals or residual smells of giant creatures here. It is very clean."

"Damn, how did you find out, Li Yi?" Cai Xiaodong scratched his head.

Others also had their own curiosities.

Li Yi smiled and said:

"It's very simple. There are no traces of the advance team, but there are traces left by the giant creatures that passed by. Based on these traces, we can infer the movement trajectory of the advance team. These are more obvious than the previous levels."

Cai Xiaodong was stunned: "Where did that giant creature go?"

Zuo Ying asked: "Brother Yi, did the advance team concentrate on pushing here and destroy the guarding mechas or giant creatures here?"

Cai Xiaodong said, "That's not right. If the passages that the advance team had attacked were cleared of all the guarding mechas, then why are those people still stuck in the first and second levels?"

Li Yi smiled and said:

"Cai Xiaodong, this is your misconception. There are many guard mechas in the first and second levels, so after the advance team opens the passage, the guard mechas will still be replenished."

"As for the second level's giant dog-like creature getting stuck in the densely populated area, that only happened between the end of our second and third explorations of the ruins. Before that, the others had not yet broken through the six-mech siege of the second level."

"So, the canine creature was still in egg form at that time, remember?"

Cai Xiaodong's mind suddenly lit up, and he suddenly realized:

"Yes, that's it!"

"So when we entered the second level for the second time and saw the towering tree collapse and break, was that actually because the advance team got stuck at the fourth level and had to go back the same way, resulting in changes?"

"Because the clues we provided at the time were from the non-dense area of ​​the second level, the hatching point of the elephant-headed creature, so if the advance team returns along the same route, it is possible that it will trigger the hatching of the dog-like creature?"

"Then, they fought a fierce battle with the canine creatures in the densely populated area, destroying many towering trees? So, at that time, the mechanization of the canine creatures was only a small part of it, and it was not until the stimulation of Zhou Huize's team that the mechanization was completely successful?"

Li Yi smiled and said:

"According to the chronological order and logic, it should be correct."

Cai Xiaodong asked quickly: "Then why didn't the advance team kill the dog-like creatures?"

Li Yi said: "Most likely they are afraid of destroying more towering trees and awakening some dormant giant creatures."

Cai Xiaodong nodded slightly: "That makes sense. After all, the dog-like creature is agile and can hide in a densely populated area. It can use the towering tree as a shield."

Tan Haoran listened to the conversation between the two and immediately sighed, "It's quite interesting. After Cai Xiaodong drank the kidney medicine, his brain seemed to work much better. He can even keep up with Li Yi's thinking."

Although he had his own judgment of the situation, it was vague and not intuitive and specific enough.

Therefore, after listening to the conversation between the two, I realized that I had missed a lot of details.

Sun Duxiu was also somewhat suspicious:

"Indeed, Cai Xiaodong's brain seems to be working much faster today than usual. Could it be that the kidney-strengthening and body-building medicine has such a miraculous effect? ​​Next time, I will definitely get a bottle of the complete version."

Cai Xiaodong snorted, "Bullshit! It's obvious that I devoted myself to learning from Li Yi and trying to figure out his way of thinking, and it finally paid off! Although I'm still not as good as Li Yi, I'm more than enough compared to you Muggles!"

As he spoke, the Pluto mecha suddenly stopped.

"arrive."

All the mechas stopped immediately and lined up on one side.

In front of us is a huge triangular white altar.

There are tens of thousands of steps sloping down from a height of hundreds of meters. The platform at the top is dozens of meters wide and has all kinds of scribbled runes on it.

On the left and right sides of the platform, there are countless black, eerie, simple circular patterns.

From the overall shape, it is very similar to the ancient human altar.

"Why does this thing seem to be out of place with the style of the ruins?"

After looking at it for a while, Zheng Xueyuan spoke.

Tan Haoran said: "It's okay, it feels like ancient technology to me, sometimes retro, sometimes trendy."

Li Yi said:

"Zheng Xueyuan is right. This triangular altar should be left behind by the Gourd Civilization after it transformed the original building here."

"The evidence is the runes. Although they are sloppy, they are almost identical in style to the ones we saw in the lab before. The height of each step of the stairs is also roughly consistent with our height of around two meters."

Everyone immediately began to observe the runes carefully.

"Indeed, it looks like the runes of the Calabash Civilization, but the ones here should be from the early stage of the civilization, while the words in the laboratory are from the late stage."

Pharmacist Wan observed carefully and was the first to agree with Li Yi's judgment.

Next is Cai Xiaodong, who also said: "Moreover, the runes at two locations on the altar also have two variants, one may be earlier, or one is more formal and the other is more casual."

Zheng Xueyuan asked: "Is it possible that one is for facing ghosts and gods, and the other is for facing humans?"

Tan Haoran said: "That makes sense. It is indeed possible. After all, one is early and the other is late."

Everyone also looked at Zheng Xueyuan with admiration.

From this point of view alone, it can be seen that Zheng Xueyuan has learned history quite well.

The development of civilization, most of the paths, are unlikely to escape from the early worship of ghosts and gods, and the later creation of gods through technology.

"Zheng Xueyuan, Zuo Ying, your divine mechas happen to be the smallest. Go up to the altar and take a look. Is there a C-level upgrade pool there?"

"clear."

…

After a while, they successfully found the upgrade pool and the entrance to the fifth level that the advance team had opened here before.

If it is genuine, the C-level upgrade pool can upgrade E-level to D-level, and D-level to C-level.

There is basically no breakage rate.

Several people speculated that it was probably the gourd man who was doing the maintenance and properly preserved the main functions of the C-level upgrade pool.

After checking, it was discovered that there was enough space inside to upgrade at least forty or fifty divine mechas.

Tan Haoran said happily:

"Okay, now we have found the path to the upgrade pool, and it's safe!"

Although since the advance team has already discovered the specific route, there is no intelligence fee this time.

But just knowing the exact location and exploring the route from the lava pool to this place is enough to make a profit.

Li Yi nodded slightly:

"Now, let's go down from the upgrade pool and directly enter the fifth level."

"Next, there will most likely be a tough battle. Everyone, try to delay the time as much as possible so that I can maximize the effectiveness of the Zanpakuken, collect evidence, and get the divine weapon that is on the bounty!"

"clear!"

…

Eight mechas entered one after another.

The space at the entrance is not large and can only accommodate one mecha.

Therefore, according to the old rules, Li Yi and Yao Shiwan led the way, Sun Duxiu brought up the rear, and the rest followed in the middle.

All the way down to the halfway point.

"Pharmacist Wan, the aura is a little strange. According to the direction Zheng Xueyuan pointed out before, the wreckage is most likely down here. When falling, remember to pay more attention to the surrounding environment to avoid being destroyed instantly."

"That's for granted."

There was light ahead, and then suddenly the sky became clear. The two mechas quickly landed on the ground and immediately leaned against each other.

The two looked up and saw dense poisonous ferns climbing all over the dome. It was indeed the fifth level!

Pharmacist Wan said solemnly, "It seems to be more dense than last time. Is it because there are more of them here, or has it multiplied?"

Li Yi said: "It may be more serious, it's due to both reasons. Everyone, the slime creatures have discovered us, hurry down and fight!"

…

Boom! Boom! Boom! Amidst the loud noises, four giant slime creatures over a hundred meters in size attacked from closer.

The poisonous ferns on the dome fell down one after another.

Obviously, this passage is closer to the slime creatures and easier to be discovered! Li Yi did not hesitate and immediately controlled the Pluto mecha to directly blast upwards with a shock wave! Boom!!! The dark blue freezing wave shot straight out, sweeping across one piece of poisonous fern after another.

With a crackling sound, after a while, all the poisonous ferns were frozen on the dome and no longer fell.

At the same time, the rest of the mechas slid out from the entrance of the passage one after another, ready for battle.

"As usual, let me take the biggest one, and for the others, you guys intercept them in the same formation as before!"

"This time, everyone must persist twice as long as last time!"

"clear!"

Clang!!! The Pluto mecha grasped the Zanpakutō sword inserted behind its back with its back hand, and the spine snapped open with a clang, and its angular fingers clenched the hilt.

Draw your sword!

All the divine mechas and other body shells have many corresponding grooves for adding divine weapons and divine equipment.

The guard of the Zanpakuken is very small, so putting it in the spinal groove will not interfere with the normal activities of the Pluto Mecha at all.

At this moment, the Zanpakuto sword was swung casually, and its huge sharp edge cut through the air, producing a huge sonic boom.

"Yes, in good condition."

The Pluto mecha accelerated in a Tiger Strike Flow and then began to charge.

Inside the cockpit, an explosive skill was activated.

Then, the four-fold air step! The largest slime creature that was ejected from the head saw something was wrong and opened its mouth to spray poison all over the sky, covering a wide area.

At this moment, Zhang Xuqiang in the back shot out a spiral ice wheel freezing wave directly, and arrived first, freezing the venom in front of the Pluto mecha into black frost.

Then, the Pluto mecha made one last leap, with the force of surging acceleration, and slashed down in the air! In an instant, the slime creature was chopped from top to bottom, and its translucent body, like a huge saliva, was directly cut into two pieces!

Obviously, the size of the Pluto mecha is far smaller than that of the slime creature, but this cut was clean and neat, as easy and effortless as chopping melons and vegetables.

Hula la la! A huge amount of liquid instantly poured down and fell towards the Pluto mecha.

Li Yi saw that there was something wrong with the liquids and retreated immediately.

Immediately, the liquid condensed again and rose from the ground like a tsunami wave, piling up layer by layer and almost wrapping up the Pluto mecha.

"As expected, we must find the divine core inside it and cut it off with a sword to prevent the slime creatures from reuniting again and again."

"Or, keep cutting it off to consume its divinity."

Li Yi's face darkened slightly. Although he had anticipated this and there were no surprises, he still felt a little pressure.

(End of this chapter)