Chapter 150: Demon Hunting (Four chapters in one)
Chapter 150: The Nightmare Rift is like a dark chasm that runs through the sky and the earth, so deep that it is daunting.
There is no source of light here, and the pitch-black darkness shrouds everything, as if even the light has been swallowed up by an invisible force.
The eerie, silent and cold atmosphere slowly lingered in the canyon, making one's hair stand on end.
Only in certain special areas of the Nightmare Rift, where neutral cities are located, can a faint light be seen.
They are like isolated islands in the abyss, flickering in the darkness.
In this bottomless rift valley, a huge steel city floats in the air, moving slowly.
Its surface is inlaid with countless faint blue spots of light, like stars in the night sky, outlining a cold and magnificent outline in the darkness.
This city is not just a complex of buildings, but also a mobile war fortress.
The flickering rune array covered the entire city, making it like a sleeping beast, quietly lurking in the abyss, waiting for the next hunting horn to sound.
This is the Mechanical City! Recently, the Mechanical City has entered a state of martial law.
However, not only the Mechanical City, but all neutral cities in the entire Nightmare Rift are under martial law at this moment.
In other words, the entire Nightmare Rift Valley has joined this expedition war against the civilization of the gods.
However, although they are all on alert, each city faces a different enemy.
The target of the Mechanical City is a world where the native civilization has been completely destroyed by the civilization of the gods and has undergone preliminary transformation.
Therefore, the wizards of the Mechanical City named this place the "Demon Hunting Plan No. 13" world.
The Demon Hunting Plan means the plan to hunt the Goddess of the Demon Net.
The transfer order that Lin En received sent him to this "World No. 13" to serve as a maintenance worker for the alien world purification device.
Speaking of which, this was Lin En's first time participating in an expedition to another world, and it was also his first time participating in a rather large project.
You should know that most of the wizarding world's expeditions to other worlds are usually just small-scale exploration operations led by a Morning Star wizard, with limited scale and relatively small influence.
The expedition to hunt gods launched by the Nightmare Rift is a huge battle of considerable scope!
In the plane landing battle alone, there are more than ten battle fronts unfolding simultaneously, not to mention the confrontations between the top leaders behind the scenes.
The human and material resources involved behind this are of an immeasurable amount.
Even the number of Morning Star wizards participating in this operation alone reached an astonishing scale, far beyond the level of ordinary expeditions to other worlds.
It was both a good thing and a bad thing for Lynn to be assigned to such a huge project.
On the positive side, the standards for this large-scale expedition are extremely high, and all actions have strict planning and execution plans, avoiding some of the low-level mistakes that a single Morning Star wizard might make on an expedition.
Here, Lin En can access the most complete alien exploration system, experience firsthand how each link works, and accumulate valuable experience for possible independent expeditions in the future.
But at the same time, there is also a troublesome side.
This expedition is on a grand scale, and the dangers it faces are far beyond the reach of ordinary small-scale plane wars.
Even the Morning Star wizards had to respond with caution.
As for a first-level wizard like Lin En, no one could predict his chances of survival, but it was certainly much lower than a normal expedition to another world.
Fortunately, Lin En's duties are in the logistics field. He is mainly responsible for the maintenance of purification equipment and does not need to directly participate in front-line combat.
On a battlefield of this scale, even a first-level wizard is at most an officer or even a high-level warrior.
Once on the battlefield, Lin En will be just a number on the military merit report, and the risk factor will increase greatly.
Therefore, as long as you don't go to the battlefield in person, there will be a certain degree of security protection.
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In the Mechanical City, on the sixth floor, there is a huge square.
The metal floor of the square was engraved with intricate magical arrays, with a faint light flowing across it like a running rune stream.
Towering structures stood all around, and on the square, densely packed figures gathered into a huge torrent.
Among the crowd, there were both formal wizards in robes, their auras were as deep as the abyss, and the mental pressure inadvertently revealed in their eyes made the apprentices tremble with fear; there were also many wizard apprentices, who were like leeks, and even if many of them died on the battlefield, they could quickly gather enough apprentices again and send them to the front line;
In addition, there are countless puppets and mechanical creations shuttling back and forth, transporting strategic military supplies and so on.
In this huge crowd of people, Lin En stood quietly among the first-level wizards. He was neither low-key nor ostentatious, but very ordinary.
Now he has changed his previous attire. He no longer wears a white wizard robe or a researcher's attire.
At this moment, he followed the local customs and changed into clothes that were more in line with the style of the Mechanical City.
Close to the skin is a set of black slim-fitting underwear that requires no cleaning and has constant temperature regulation. It can effectively isolate the cold or heat of the external environment and ensure that the wizard can maintain the best condition even in extreme environments.
On the outside, it is covered with a gray modular armor - the third-generation modified Gray Eagle armor.
This is not a traditional heavy armor, but a carefully designed agile armor with a modular design that will not affect movement while providing sufficient protection.
Even if the energy of the armor is exhausted, it will not restrict movement like those huge and heavy full-body armors.
The Grey Eagle Armor is made entirely of grey gold and is immune to most attacks from those below the rank of a formal wizard.
The metal material of the Mechanical City is also related to the level of the wizard:
Bronze and Gold Level - corresponding to wizard apprentices, basic defense.
Gray-gold level - corresponds to the first-level wizard, can resist most primary supernatural attacks.
Black Gold Level——corresponding to Level 2 wizard, the strength is one level higher...
Lin En spent 15,000 magic stones to buy this set of armor. Although it is not good at combat, it is extremely good in speed and reconnaissance.
Under Lynn's feet, a pair of boots with faint star patterns quietly wrapped around her feet.
That was the escape tool he bought at a great price - the Starfall Shoes.
This piece of equipment made by the Warhammer Master does not have a powerful attack bonus, but at a critical moment, it can burst out the movement speed of a third-level wizard, which is an extremely practical life-saving method.
In addition, he wore a silver-gray mask on his face, revealing only a pair of calm eyes.
This is not an ordinary concealing item, but a piece of equipment with built-in concealment capabilities, with both passive and active effects:
Passive effect: Hides the face, making the wearer's identity difficult to detect.
Active effect: Can shield one's own aura for one hour.
Lynn's resources are limited, so when choosing equipment, he prefers protection and escape rather than pure offensive items.
As for the means of attack, he planned to rely on his own witchcraft to make up for it.
Lin En slowly activated his mental power to establish a deeper connection with the Grey Eagle Armor on his body, and a pure energy mask slowly closed.
In an instant, an invisible energy wave spread out and the armor's detection system began to work.
Rows of light blue data appeared in his field of vision, like an invisible stream of information spreading out.
"Level 1 wizard, mental strength: 137, physical fitness: 10."
"Level 1 wizard, mental strength: 150, physical strength: 30."
"Level 1 wizard, mental strength: 126, physical strength: 15."
Although the Grey Eagle Armor is not good at frontal combat, its reconnaissance function is a major advantage.
According to the introduction, as long as the target's strength does not exceed that of a level 2 wizard, the Grey Eagle Armor can accurately capture and record its basic information.
This allows Lin En to quickly assess the strength distribution of his companions and make more accurate judgments.
His eyes swept through the crowd, and the wizards' mental strength and physical data came into view one by one.
It is worth mentioning that the war has lasted for more than half a year, and the main force of the Mechanical City has already established a firm foothold in the thirteenth plane world and established a powerful frontier base.
Nowadays, the people in the square are mostly logistical supplies and wizard apprentices who come for fixed hours, and occasionally you can also see some mechanical puppets or sophisticated creations.
Looking back at the early days of the war, when the battle for the Mechanical City had just begun, it was a grand and earth-shaking scene.
A large number of official wizards took command, controlling a huge mechanical fleet and launching an unprecedented offensive against the thirteenth plane.
Each ship is a gigantic steel monster. The huge fleet seems to be rolling in like a steel torrent. That is the true vastness and grandeur, and the powerful pressure that makes people unable to look directly at it.
Now, although there are still a lot of people in the square, they are no longer as overwhelming as they used to be.
Today, there are more wizard apprentices and those magnificent illusions created by mechanical creations.
Lin En glanced around and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
He counted the wizards in the square, about one hundred and fifty official wizards, and among them, there were only three second-level wizards.
“Brother Lin, where are you? We are here, just over here in the east area of the square…”
Just when Lin En was bored and waiting for the super-large plane teleportation array under his feet to open.
Suddenly, he received a message from Daven.
Lin En quickly looked towards the east area of the square, his eyes penetrating the crowd, and sure enough, there was a group of figures approaching quickly.
Daven was walking in front, his face full of anxiety and worry.
Following closely behind was Bephny, her little face full of concern, obviously concerned about her owner's safety.
Lin En could have anticipated the arrival of these two people. After all, Martha was also participating in the war, and these two were the only people he was familiar with.
In comparison, others, such as Terra, only expressed their blessings verbally, and their feelings were not deep enough to see him off in person.
However, to his surprise, there was someone behind Daven and Bephny.
The appearance of that person made Lynn stunned for a moment. It turned out to be Lori, the daughter of Wizard Vidal.
Lynn frowned, a trace of doubt rising in his mind.
Since he was recalled, Vidal had never had any contact with him again, and even on that day when he was ordered to leave, Vidal took Lori away.
Lin En never thought that Lori would appear here at this time, looking for him.
However, just as Lin En was lost in thought, the atmosphere in the square suddenly changed.
Under the metal floor, the complicated witchcraft formation began to react violently, and the intricate runes on the ground began to flash violently.
They were like wriggling snakes, breathing out faint tongues, with silvery-white light surging out, as if they were accumulating infinite power.
"Everyone get ready, the transmission is about to begin!"
A deep voice broke the silence of the square and echoed in every corner.
Lynn's heart sank, thinking that Daven, Bephny, and Lori's arrival at a bad time.
At this time, Daven also noticed the change in the situation.
His expression changed slightly, his brows furrowed, he quickly took out a token from his arms, handed it to Lori beside him, and said hurriedly:
"Wizard Loli, please quickly hand this token to Brother Lin En!"
Loli didn't hesitate at all. She nodded slightly, clenched her jade hands, and instantly her body turned into a stream of light, drawing a beautiful trajectory in the crowded square.
Her figure quickly passed through a group of mechanical puppets, and she did not slow down at all even in the most complex environment.
However, this is an important military base, and the use of witchcraft is strictly prohibited. Therefore, as Loli used witchcraft, several shrill alarms sounded in the square.
"Warning! Warning!"
"Ding! Witchcraft fluctuations detected!"
"Ding! Witchcraft fluctuations detected!"
But Lori ignored these warnings. Her eyes were fixed on Lynn as she glanced at one mechanical creation after another.
Amid the astonished gazes of many wizards in the square, she finally managed to throw the token accurately to Lin En before the teleportation array was activated.
"This is the Institute membership token given to you by Lady Chris! Take it, Lin En!"
Her voice rang in Lynn's ears, with a hint of urgency.
When Lin En heard this, his eyes narrowed. The so-called members of the research institute are those who have made outstanding contributions to mechanics.
This kind of person must be given special protection in the Mechanical City.
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Logically, Lin En is not qualified for this status. Not to mention him, even Vidal, a second-level wizard, is not qualified.
Now, the great wizard Chris gave him this thing. It seemed that it was an act of compensation since he could not be saved from going to the front line.
With the membership token, Lin En can make full use of this membership status even on the battlefield.
Swoosh! A green tree root suddenly shot out, quickly rolled up the token, tightly wrapped it in the roots, and brought it back to Lin En's side.
At the same time, behind Loli, the guards composed of mechanical puppets were approaching rapidly.
She did not panic, but quickly looked at Lynn, her lips moving slightly as if she wanted to say something, but it was drowned out by the roar of the crowd and the machines.
From her lip movements, we can roughly tell that she said: "I hope you can come back alive!"
Boom! At this moment, the scene in the square suddenly changed. A fierce flash of light came like a tide, almost instantly covering the entire square.
A silver-white light shield slowly emerged, like a huge bowl covering the entire square, completely enveloping all the wizards and mechanical puppets.
The light shield seemed to be able to swallow everything. It was strong and oppressive, with unspeakable power.
However, this is more than just a single means of protection.
What followed was a series of brighter flashes of light, rising from every corner of the square and forming thick shields.
These lights intertwined with each other, forming an interlocking defense system, powerful and complex, like invisible chains that firmly sealed off this space.
"Get ready! Transmission is about to start!"
This command sounded again, causing Lynn's heart to skip a beat.
This is not a simple space teleportation within the wizarding world, but a complex technique involving plane travel.
According to the information he had learned, this teleportation array could not directly reach the expedition world, and they would need to make several transfers.
Because that expedition world is too far away from the wizarding world.
The next moment, dazzling rays of light burst out from the metal floor of the square.
Each beam of light drew countless flickering tracks in the air, enveloping the wizards who were about to go on the expedition.
Their figures quickly disappeared in the light of the square and completely disappeared in this huge and complex spatial structure.
Lynn's vision gradually blurred, and his consciousness became hazy in the strong light.
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Unfortunately, even though Lin En had made sufficient preparations, the powerful and terrifying force of the cross-border teleportation array was still almost unbearable for him.
His defense methods such as Vitality Echo, Void and Tranquility, and Grey Eagle Armor were activated at the same time, desperately trying to maintain the faint clarity in his mind.
Even so, the pressure from the teleportation array still tore him to the point where he almost lost consciousness.
That feeling was as if one was trapped in a deep dream, with blurred consciousness, unable to extricate oneself, yet extremely painful.
There were constant stabbing pains in my head, and my body seemed to be weighed down by so much pressure that I could hardly breathe.
Even with powerful mental strength and multiple protections, Lin En still felt the tremendous pressure, as if he was swallowed up in endless darkness and void, unable to break free.
Time became blurred in this oppressive feeling, and Lynn had no idea how much time had passed.
Finally, he barely recovered from that extremely uncomfortable state, his internal organs churning and a strong feeling of nausea surged up.
He almost vomited, wanting to release the uncomfortable feeling in his body.
However, he finally resisted the urge, even though the nausea still lingered in his chest, making it almost unbearable.
The surrounding scenery had not changed at all, there was only cold emptiness and empty darkness.
But Lynn noticed that compared to himself, other people around him were not so lucky.
The wizard apprentices in the logistics troop had all fainted long ago. It seemed as if all the strength had been drained from their bodies. They fell quietly to the ground without any reaction.
Among those official wizards, only three second-level wizards and about twenty powerful first-level wizards remained awake.
There was a hint of confusion and surprise in their eyes, as if they had not expected that this seemingly inconspicuous new wizard could actually stay awake in such a powerful cross-border teleportation array.
In contrast, the performances of other first-level wizards were even more tragic. Some of them lay on the ground, trembling all over, with tense muscles and pale faces.
Some of them turned blue in the face and were staggering, as if they had lost all their strength and were in a state of loss.
At this moment, the teleportation array under his feet flashed dazzling light again, and the sense of oppression in the air became stronger and stronger.
Lin En couldn't help but lower his head and look around, but all he saw was pure darkness. No matter how hard he looked, he couldn't see anything.
He could sense that he was still in a transit station for cross-border transmission, but he had no idea where he was.
He had thought that perhaps he could take this opportunity to get a glimpse of the world outside the wizarding world.
Or sense the energy fluctuations of another world, but now it seems that this hope is slim.
This teleportation seemed to be just a long and lonely journey, through endless darkness, towards an unknown place.
Lynn let out a long breath, exhausted but still awake.
He could only wait quietly, waiting for the energy of the teleportation array to accumulate again, waiting for the next stage to begin.
"I don't know how many more transfers I will have to make..."
Lin En muttered to himself, with a hint of helplessness in his tone, and stared fixedly at the teleportation array under his feet, which was once again accumulating bright rays of light.
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Demon Hunting World No. 13.
On the vast plain, there were originally blue sky and white clouds intertwined, and tender green grass fields rolled up and down, a scene full of vitality.
However, at this moment, this land has become a battlefield. In the originally peaceful and harmonious world, violent energy fluctuations are raging and surging. The confrontation between wizards and believers in gods causes the entire space to tremble.
The wizard army of the Mechanical City and the believers of the Goddess of the Magic Net met here! The air was filled with sacred pressure, as if the whole world was protecting the people of the gods.
The sky, which originally belonged to nature, was now filled with the power of gods. Invisible chains of order were hidden in the void, subtly suppressing the power of the wizards.
Fighting in such an environment, wizards would undoubtedly be greatly suppressed by nature. Even high-level wizards would find it difficult to exert their full strength.
But the wizards had already anticipated this and they were prepared for it!
As the sounds of breaking through the air pierced the sky, one after another cylinders sparkling with crystal light fell like meteors and accurately penetrated into the plain!
Boom! The earth trembled, and terrible ripples of waves swept across the entire battlefield in an instant.
Those cylinders suddenly exploded, turning into dazzling energy lights that washed over the entire world!
The strong radiance was like a storm sweeping across the world, sweeping across the plains and reshaping the rules of space! The essence of wizard civilization was finally revealed at this moment!
The world that was originally transformed by the civilization of the gods was completely reshaped at this moment.
The world that was previously filled with divine aura has now become chaotic and unbiased, no longer helping the believers of gods, nor suppressing the power of wizards.
This has finally become a fair battlefield!
"Otherworld Purification Stone...!"
The faces of the mages of the Gods Civilization changed slightly. They were wearing blue and white robes with star marks sewn on their chests, symbolizing the order of the magic network.
Especially the magician standing in the front, with a stern expression and a hint of disdain in his deep eyes, he snorted and said:
"The wizards' tricks... Even if they deprive us of the protection of heaven and earth, do they think they can defeat us?"
Boom! At the moment when the Purification Stone of the Other World exploded, a deafening roar suddenly came from the horizon! Like a torrent of steel, hundreds of thousands of figures swept in from afar, like an overwhelming tide, rushing towards the believers of the gods!
Most of them are mechanical puppets, and behind them are countless wizard apprentices who control them.
Even a large number of ants can shake an elephant, and even steel can annihilate a god! "The great mother of all laws!"
At this moment, the powerful magician in the lead slowly raised his hands, his eyes were cold, and he chanted an ancient prayer.
"Wherever your eyes touch, that is where the magic net covers!"
As the prayers echoed in the void, the entire world suddenly trembled, and one after another, network structures invisible to the naked eye slowly emerged, like an invisible sacred sky curtain, quietly covering the entire battlefield.
Although these network structures are difficult for wizards to detect, they are so clear and real in the eyes of the magicians of the gods' civilization.
They radiate a divine light.
That is the will of the goddess of the magic net, the manifestation of the power of the gods, and the extension of the sacred law! At this moment, feeling the existence of the magic net, the leading magician suddenly said: "Eight-ring spell, dark star!"
As his words fell, the magic web between heaven and earth began to surge, with a faint fluctuation of divine power flowing.
The magician seemed to have infinite energy concentrated in his hands.
One after another, brilliant magic runes appeared in the air, gradually gathered together, and finally condensed into a huge dark star.
Boom! Along with the roar, the dark star took shape instantly, emitting a strong dark aura.
The range created by this spell is huge, almost covering the entire battlefield.
The core area of the Dark Star is shrouded in thick darkness, emitting destructive gravity and magical dark energy, devouring all living things and objects.
This area is filled with a dark atmosphere, like an abyss.
Anyone who tries to enter will fall into unspeakable fear and oppression.
Whether it is magical creatures or mechanical puppets, even the vision of wizards will be severely restricted.
It was impossible to see through the darkness, and the sound was completely blocked, as if everything around was cut off.
Any spells that rely on verbal components cannot be cast within this area.
What’s more terrifying is that the dark corrosive force in this area is extremely terrifying.
Every second, the dark forces will erode the creatures that enter, gradually consuming their vitality until they can no longer bear it and eventually disintegrate into ashes.
The dissociated creatures and everything they carry will turn into gray smoke, which in turn strengthens the dark forces in the area.
This deep dark area is like the gaping mouth of a giant beast, swallowing everything, waiting for the mechanical torrent and the wizards who are about to enter! (End of this chapter)
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