Chapter 172
"Living in complete ignorance above a portal."
The black-haired boy uttered these words lightly, as if it was just a trivial matter, but Victor felt like his brain was about to explode at that moment, and his mind went blank.
This blankness lasted until Kirill walked right in front of them.
Victor: “…”
He had to stop his chaotic thoughts and check the status of his unreliable teammate first, while also worrying about passing on the order he had just given through the walkie-talkie.
"He must have been too busy these days and didn't get enough rest. He was also shocked by stepping on the enemy's lair, so he went into shock." After a simple assessment, Victor sent Kirill to the resident doctor at the observatory. He came back exhausted, as if he had aged ten years in an instant.
Kirill, the S-class domain hunter, is good at constructing an absolute space that is beneficial to him. At the same time, the buildings marked by him for a long time will be continuously under his surveillance and will become an extension of his body when necessary. In team battles, it is undoubtedly a powerful auxiliary that can create home advantage at any time.
The price, or impact, that such ability brings him is his not-so-good physical and mental state.
The more skilled and accustomed he is to building his own field, the more insecure he feels. Writing suicide notes regularly is actually a way to relieve his stress.
Because there might be future cooperation, Victor told Su Xingyuan about Kirill's problem in advance.
Su Xingyuan was very interested: "It's a typical case of interaction with abilities. But this ability is indeed interesting. You guys should consider it..."
"Don't consider it." Victor shook his head decisively.
"Okay." The black-haired hunter sighed with great regret.
Victor hesitated to speak, and finally swallowed back the words "You really look like a human trafficker."
While the people at the observatory began a nationwide search, Su Xingyuan was not idle either.
The black-haired hunter turned his head and looked at Diana. Those green eyes inexplicably made her feel a barely perceptible chill, but soon, that sense of horror and inhumanity disappeared like the first snow under the sun.
The black-haired hunter's expression remained the same.
...If Diana had been a little more ruthless, she should have been able to observe again at his request and see more of the situation.
She lost her voice, had eye pain, and bled from all her orifices, but she wasn't dead yet, so she could still play a role.
Such a thought only flashed through Su Xingyuan's mind for a moment, like a wisp of elusive smoke or a faint mist, but it made him suddenly alert. This alertness even surpassed the importance he attached to the upcoming duel.
Although Su Xingyuan asked himself that he had no conscience, he was still somewhat friendly towards his own people. Under normal circumstances, he would not have such thoughts unless he was forced into a desperate situation. When he encountered ordinary NPCs in distress while running around the map, he would take advantage of the situation to salvage them.
And this emotion now... is a little more extreme than usual.
Is it the effect of using the scarlet sword before?
Su Xingyuan lowered his eyes and thought, but he could not find the source of the problem for the time being. He was the first one to eliminate the mentality that most people tend to have, which is to become arrogant after gaining power. If he was not actually more rational and sober, and had a clear positioning and understanding of himself, it would have been difficult for him to get to where he is today. Moreover, in reality, the personality accumulated over more than ten years cannot be changed overnight.
This can only be caused by external forces, and the change in mentality is the most silent, but also the most deadly.
This probably won't have any impact on Su Xingyuan personally, but it's hard to say what will happen to this world and the rest of humanity.
The main plot of the game is to save the world, but don't let him turn around and split the world apart while playing.
Su Xingyuan actually already had a vague guess, but now was obviously not the time to explore this. He blinked and looked at the highly perceptive omniscient being who was frightened by him, and gave a gentle, soothing smile.
Diana, who was not comforted at all, said: "..."
What a threatening smile.
"You should lie back in the energy cabin first. Victor said it will help your recovery." Su Xingyuan walked to the observation platform. His memory has always been excellent. He only took a glimpse of Kirill's operations and guessed how to open and close the energy cabin.
Now the other members of the observatory were either recuperating or doing their work. For a moment, only he and Diana were left here.
He was willing to give Country R some time to handle the situation on its own, rather than just plowing every inch of land here. Judging from his previous style of doing things, this was already a step backward; the observatory also wisely gave corresponding trust.
After the black-haired boy finished the operation, he raised his head and looked at Diana: "Rest assured."
Diana herself has no means or abilities to attack, and her physical fitness is no different from that of an average person with better physique. And when she lay in the energy cabin and fell into a short sleep, it was even more difficult for her to notice the danger around her.
For her safety, there are usually people guarding the observatory, such as Kirill, who has special abilities. Although he is not very offensive, he can control the situation by himself and remain calm when facing danger. This should be the only time she lay in the energy cabin when there was only one outsider in the observatory.
But surprisingly, the black-haired hunter who had just given her a sense of horror now gave her an irreplaceable sense of absolute security. It seemed that as long as he stood there, no enemy would be able to get past his defense line.
She quickly fell into hibernation.
Su Xingyuan also called up the observation records from the observatory and checked them.
In order to avoid missing any details and facilitate subsequent confirmation, the observatory will record the observation results in detailed written materials after each observation. Even though Diana did not conduct many observations, the paper materials formed a thick pile.
With Kirill around, the observatory does not trust electronic storage, and much of the information is kept in paper form.
Starting from the first observation, Su Xingyuan flipped through the pages quickly.
He read very quickly, but when he saw a certain record, he filled in the action of flipping through the pages.
[No. 05-7: Giant Shadow in the Sea]
[At 5:00 p.m. on January 13, several safety officers reported seeing a huge shadow underwater that lasted for eleven seconds. When the giant shadow appeared, the security officer in question lost his ability to move due to excessive fear and did not respond. At 6 pm, the search yielded no results and the case was handed over to the General Administration for handling. Because it was suspected that a special monster was hidden in the seabed, on January 15th, the observatory was finally in charge.
The following is an observation record. The handwriting is a bit sloppy and the language has become casual. Comparing the handwriting with that of the piles of suicide notes, it is easy to guess who wrote this.
[On January 15th, the Omniscient One began observing the giant shadow in the sea. The observation lasted a total of fifteen seconds, the first twelve of which were in total darkness, with our observer appearing to be unusually disoriented. Only the last three seconds were valid images. The instrument projected layers of hard scales, and the entire picture of the giant could not be seen. However, after speculation and calculation, its length was obviously more than 30 meters. The Omniscient then disconnected from the instrument, saying that he was blocked outside by a "wall"]
[Three hours later, the second observation of the giant in the sea began, but the Omniscient One could no longer locate the giant's position - this situation is usually because the observed object has been physically annihilated, or its location is beyond the observer's viewing range. After expanding the search area to the entire R country and even the whole world, we confirmed that this creature no longer exists in our world, at least on the surface of our world.]
[The subsequent three observations did not find any trace of the target. The giant shadow in the sea is temporarily sealed in the archives and no longer under observation.]
Su Xingyuan looked at the record and fell into deep thought.
“A giant creature in the sea”, “over thirty meters long”, “has hard scales on its body”… why does it feel so familiar?
It just so happened that the information also contained a partial photo of the scales, so Su Xingyuan took a photo of the information directly, returned home, called out the Queen of Atlantis, and asked sincerely:
"Does it look familiar?"
The queen who is often confronted by players: "..."
She paused, leaned back slightly, looked over carefully, and then her eyebrows jumped.
It's more than just familiar.
The scene of this huge creature slowly swimming over their city is still vivid in their minds.
so--
"Have you seen... a dragon?" she asked curiously.
Su Xingyuan said calmly: "I haven't seen it yet, but I will probably see it soon."
Queen:"?"
Su Xingyuan had no way to explain it to her. He couldn't just say that it was the player's intuition. Besides, almost the entire world has been plowed by him. The habitat of the Kuli tribe where the dragon passed through and the Atlantis of the mermaids were all abducted by him. Now there are only about three places that are not covered by the observation of the omniscient one.
The Kingdom of God, Hell, and the underground city hidden beneath your feet.
A large underground city like this, with a complete structure and vast area, can basically be classified as a small world that depends on the existence of the big world. It is difficult for an omniscient person to observe it, not to mention that the one below is completely closed.
The reason why Diana was able to observe him fighting in the abyss before was probably because the abyss had actually been separated from the secret realm and was closer to the world where Diana was.
After all, its portal is even located on the edge of Country R.
Having a better understanding of the level and condition of the underground city beneath his feet, Su Xingyuan notified Kirill to come back and take over the shift, left the observatory, and prepared to personally search for the entrance to the closed portal that might appear randomly.
However, before he and An Qian could finish explaining the precautions, Victor's communication arrived first.
[Entrance found]
[It shouldn't last long, hurry up——]
Before Victor finished typing, he suddenly felt a shadow covering him. Before this, he had no premonition that anyone was approaching. This sudden sense of horror that went straight to the top of his head almost made his body attack subconsciously.
He swung his fist, but only hit the air. The black-haired hunter tilted his head slightly and dodged his fist easily. He didn't even look at him, but first quickly scanned the surrounding environment.
There was no expression on that face, which could even be called beautiful, and it seemed a little cold, like the operation of a machine program.
The twisting and overlapping of space, time and magic were as tiny as the fluttering of a butterfly's wings, but were locked upon by the black-haired hunter in an instant, and his emerald eyes fell on an extremely ordinary place with incredible precision in an instant.
"Thank you." Before Victor could even react, the black-haired hunter turned his head and thanked him politely.
Victor: “Wait—”
Victor: “…”
Victor took a deep breath and raised his hands to cover his eyes.
Even if you are a warrior who likes to go straight in, you still have to explore the way before entering the portal, especially a closed portal where you have no idea what the situation is. Who knows what you will encounter the moment you enter? Is it really okay for a squishy assassin to just rush in without teammates or support? !
He had heard before that Su Xingyuan was good at entering and exiting the portal alone, but he was still shocked when he saw it with his own eyes this time.
For a moment, he hesitated whether to go in and help Su Xingyuan. He was afraid that if he failed to help and ended up holding Su Xingyuan back, he would never forgive himself.
"I advise you not to go in." A familiar voice came from behind. Kirill came to his side, patted his shoulder, and said calmly: "That An Qian has no intention of following in, why are you in such a hurry?"
Victor looked up and saw a young man with short flaxen hair who had squatted on the rooftop nearby without him noticing anything.
Victor had a toothache.
...One or two of them, they are all monsters.
"Go back to the observatory. After all, you are the main person in charge." Kirill yawned, then took two steps forward and stood still. Invisible magical fluctuations overflowed from his body, spreading silently in a ring shape around and burying every inch of land.
"An Qian and I are here to seal off the area... If something happened, he's probably dead. Help me find the suicide note. I want the latest version with today's date. Thank you."
Victor: “…”
After today he will have ptsd on all phrases containing the word thank you.
But he was also very clear that with two hunters, An Qian and Kirill, guarding here, even if other hunters with bad intentions came in groups, they probably wouldn't be able to do anything to them. If there were more people guarding, it would simply be an overflow of resources.
And if there is someone who can kill these two here and there, the others can just write their suicide notes and wait for death. Maybe there is not even time to write a suicide note.
From this perspective, Kirill was indeed very prescient.
The deployment on the ground was proceeding in an orderly manner, and Su Xingyuan had already arrived at the lower level of the ground.
There was no common door-opening kill after entering a dungeon, nor any vast and grand scenes. Su Xingyuan landed on the ground easily and could feel the texture of stone bricks under his feet. It was pitch black all around, and there was no other sound except the faint breathing of an unfortunate guy.
Of course, the gap in this portal was noticed by Victor because someone fell into it, so Su Xingyuan was not surprised that there were other people here. After confirming that it was Green Name, he did not take any action. Instead, through the breathing sound and the extremely tiny reply, he vaguely judged that there were obstacles all around him, probably forming a square room.
Is it an underground city in the form of a crypt? After all, other types of dungeons probably wouldn't be so square.
Unexpectedly among the regular dungeon types, it is even so regular that it is somewhat familiar.
The only unusual thing was the lack of light, because most underground palaces would be equipped with torches for lighting. This unusualness brought a vague and subtle feeling that made him feel even more familiar than the usual one.
Su Xingyuan: “…”
He suddenly paused, then slowly took out a torch from his backpack.
The fire appeared, instantly illuminating everything around. This was indeed a 4x4 sized room, made of very rustic material, and there were even traces of torches on the walls.
Yes, traces.
There were obvious traces of someone forcibly scraping the torch off. Anyone who saw it would secretly curse that the person who did such a thing was so cruel that he almost took away all the floor tiles in the room. The person in the corner looked up carefully, but felt that the missing trace was inexplicably consistent with the torch in the black-haired hunter's hand.
Black-haired hunter: “…”
Black-haired hunter: "I called the police."
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