Act Eighty-Six: Black Mud
"That's the People of Chaos. ”
The representative of the strange-looking man led Rosen and the others to the center of the city, where what should have been the city square was now a huge hollow, and in the hollow, there seemed to be some kind of black mud stirring, overflowing the entire void.
"This aura of chaos is indeed strong, but it seems to be too exaggerated to say that it is a people of chaos. ”
Lawson had fought with the projections of several Chaos People, and the mud in front of him was not even comparable to the weakest projection among them, not so much because it was a Chaos People, but because of the fear of the people here, it became a Chaos People.
"This monster is very strong, we have organized more than ten bronze ranks to try to exterminate it before, but in the end, I was the only one who survived. ”
The man said with a pained expression, and then, as if remembering something, spoke.
"I am Sauron, the leader here. ”
"Are you all human?"
Irandall couldn't help but ask in such a rude way.
"Of course, we are the descendants of explorers, and after entering the sixth layer for various reasons, we were afraid of the rising load, so we stayed here, and as for this appearance, it was all due to the radiation of the people of Chaos. ”
"Radiation?"
Rosen was a little curious, because from his perception, although the black mud had a considerable concentration of chaotic power to disperse, but the chaotic power eroded the human body in most cases is extremely destructive, and will turn humans into indescribable monsters.
"That's right, when we first came here, we were all normal adventurers, but over time, such hairs and crystals will gradually grow on our bodies, although it does not affect life. ”
Sauron said, holding the little girl behind him, it looked like it was his daughter.
"By the way, in this case, someone has entered the seventh layer in the past, does anyone know the situation at that time?"
Fina said, remembering that her father had gone into the deepest part of the Endless Abyss, and although it was more than ten years ago, it seemed that the people here should have known the situation at that time.
"The seventh layer, no, no, no, although the radiation of this Chaos People will cause us to produce such mutations, it will also prolong our lifespan, don't look at me like this, I have been living here for two hundred years, and in the past two hundred years, no one has ever entered the seventh layer of the Endless Abyss. ”
Sauron said firmly.
Two hundred years.
Fina gasped.
She thought for a moment and spoke again.
"So in the records here, when was the last time someone entered the seventh layer of the Endless Abyss or came back from the seventh layer?"
Sauron heard Fina's question and thought for a moment before he spoke slowly.
"Come with me. ”
The three of them followed Sauron out of the middle of the city, to a higher position.
They found that the buildings were noticeably more lively, with greenery crawling all over the roofs, and even odd-looking livestock planting fields and raising livestock, which were supposed to be living in the area.
Sauron led them to a tower that overlooked most of the city, and Elandall glanced at the rippling black mud in the distance, and turned his gaze back to the tower.
This is supposed to be their archive.
The walls were littered with tall bookshelves filled with scrolls and books of various shapes, which at first glance knew were the product of years of history, and Sauron searched for it before pulling a scroll from one of the shelves and slowly pulling it open.
"This is a historical document from five hundred years ago, the most recent Chaos Calamity to the present, that is, the historical record of someone entering and exiting the seventh layer of the Endless Abyss. ”
Sauron said, handing the scroll to Fina.
"It's ......"
And Fina, through the words above, clearly saw the account of that incident.
Most of the ink was devoted to the calamity caused by the black mud, and not much was left for the person who came up from the seventh layer of the Endless Abyss, but even so, Fina could clearly see the description of that person.
A young man with a baby who has died.
There is no doubt that this is Fina's father, Glynn Noelle.
"Five hundred years ago...... Didn't you expect that at the bottom of the Endless Abyss, the flow rate of time had already reached such a gap?"
Edall felt a little embarrassed, counting, Fina's birth was more than ten years ago, and in this sixth layer of the endless abyss, five hundred years have passed.
Perhaps this explains why Sauron said that when they were exposed to radiation, their lifespans would also increase, but it was not really an extension, but a change in their time flow during this strange flow of time.
Sauron and the others, because they were born here from the beginning, have no comparison with the flow of time, and in their opinion, the history of hundreds of years ago is too old to detect the difference.
"Does the Chaos Plague mentioned above refer to the disaster caused by that mass of black mud?"
Rosen looked at the somewhat awkward lingua franca text on it.
Judging from this record, as long as there are creatures in and out of the seventh layer, then the black mud will definitely erupt, and the dirty black mud will corrode the creatures, but it will not cause any damage to the building, and at the same time, a large number of black monsters will emerge from the black mud, those monsters are very powerful, and the bronze level can only deal with two or three at the same time, so, not to mention the people in the village, the residents here are forbidden for all outsiders to pass through the seventh layer of the endless abyss.
Surprisingly, these inhabitants may have been affected by radiation, and their strength has grown rapidly, although at most they are only bronze level, but it is enough to deal with most of the outsiders, and those who try to force their way through and enter the endless abyss will be besieged by all the inhabitants and hanged under the tower.
The inhabitants' counterattack came to an end after a heavy blow many years ago, and no one was willing to raise the banner of resistance.
In fact, that mass of black mud was not usually dangerous, as long as a sufficient number of people, about five lives, could be sacrificed to it every year, so they would not wreak havoc, so they had been pleasing that mass of black mud in this way for many years.
Rosen didn't say anything else, but patted Randall and Fina lightly.
He didn't expect that in the deepest part of the Endless Abyss, the place closest to the bottom of the Abyss, people's will to explore the unknown was the weakest, and it would even be wiped out.
Compared to Isaac's beings who give everything to explore the abyss, the people here are truly ironic.