Chapter 57: The Patio

On a clear afternoon, Lord Patronus, the main headquarters of the Star Initiator Front, was busy reviewing the reports from the various war zones, and when her head was dizzy, a phone call interrupted her thoughts.

Uncle Etsher called? Didn't we just meet this morning, and why are you looking for me?" Yin Yuyao answered the phone with some confusion.

"Good afternoon, Uncle Eichel, is there anything wrong?" she asked, politely.

"Lord Yin, excuse me. That's right, half an hour ago, the waiter of Nightingale Fortress called, saying that Lena ran away from home, and it seems that Lu Xin's kid took it away, I asked Fern, and he said that he shouldn't take care of anything other than high-ranking members, hmph, that old guy, I was sorry that I was talking to him at the meeting, and now he actually has this attitude towards me. I couldn't help it, and then I had to ask some other people from the Star Alliance, but they couldn't tell clearly, and even Director Francis, who was in charge of Lena, said that he didn't know about it, which was a headache, and I just called you to ask, did Lena reveal anything to you?"

Uncle Eschel, you have such a flexible mind, why does your thinking become sluggish when it comes to your daughter? Obviously, this is the people of the Star Imperial Alliance who are shielding each other, Yin Yuyao scolded a few words.

"I'm sorry uncle, Lena didn't tell me about it, I think they should have made it to the next minute, but if I have any news about Lena later, I'll tell you as soon as possible. She replied truthfully.

"Please, Lord Yin. Eichel's tone was calm and tinged with disappointment.

"Uncle Elsel don't worry too much, Lena is already an adult, she will protect herself. Yin Yuyao comforted, then politely said goodbye to the other party and hung up the phone.

Instead of immediately putting away her phone, she clicked on a tracking app on her desktop.

During a previous video chat with Lai, she transmitted a virus that could show the specific location of the target to the other person's phone.

"Lena, they must have gone looking for Li Jinyi, and if they find Li Jinyi, they will be able to know their movements. She muttered.

She looked at the screen and noticed that the red dots that had been flashing on the map were gone.

"He's in the Void Shroud?"

Yin Yuyao looked at the text message below.

"Where was the last signal? Isn't it said that a member of the Star Alliance is missing? She leaned back in her chair, looking slightly worried.

............

In the cave filled with the smell of corruption, Li Jinyi nervously bypassed the large array of withered demon corpses, and followed the large army to a three-way fork.

The three bifurcations vary greatly in size, with the middle opening being the widest, allowing a double-decker bus to pass through unobstructed. The second on the right is about 3 meters in diameter. The one on the left is the smallest, a little lower than the bedroom door at home.

"Looks like we're going to have to be apart for a while. "It's not far from the entrance of the cave, so it shouldn't be too dangerous." ”

"Otherwise, go to 5 in the middle. 3 on the right and 2 on the left. Zhong Ziran suggested, "I and Li Jinyi and I go to the left." ”

Just the two of us, senior sister, I may not be able to protect you, maybe I will have you to protect me when the time comes, Li Jinyi, who was arranged to be clear, secretly complained a few words, and tried to be as calm as possible.

"Do you have any comments?" Aaron said after glancing around the crowd, "That's it, Brian, Herman, Vicky, and Molly walk with me in the middle." Malken, you take Div, Yuta Tsuruta to the right, Ah Zhong and Li, and the left will leave you to please. Ten minutes later, if you don't make it to meet inside, you'll be back here, and I hope there won't be any surprises. ”

"Yes, Captain!" the team members replied in unison, and then entered their holes in groups.

In the narrow cave on the left, Li Jinyi was walking in front of him with Xinyuan Soul Lan in his hand, and Zhong Ziran followed closely behind.

"Senior brother, do you have a girlfriend?" Senior Sister's cold question startled Li Jinyi and staggered a few steps.

"Uh, Senpai is so beautiful, she must have a boyfriend!" he didn't answer directly, but quickly tried to divert the topic away from himself.

"Hmph, I guess you don't, or you wouldn't be staring at your sister's chest all the time, little pervert. Zhong Ziran's chest was caught off guard against Li Jinyi's back, and his mouth came to his ear and whispered.

Li Jinyi's body trembled violently, and he hurriedly walked a few steps, getting rid of the fatal softness.

"Learn, learn, senior sister, what are you talking about, are you hitting, void, void codeword. He was so nervous that he couldn't speak, and his face was red to the base of his ears.

I didn't see him ashamed like this when I touched Erica last time, it may have something to do with the size, Zhong Ziran, it's too big.

"Hehe, look at you like that, you have a colored heart but no color guts. Zhong Ziran sneered, and then asked, "What is the relationship between the girl who made a video call with you in the market that day?"

"Just ordinary friends. Li Jinyi replied with a slightly fluttering look.

"Ah, junior brother, do you really have the potential to become a scumbag, she is angry like that for you and me shopping, and you still tell me that you are an ordinary friend?" Zhong Ziran said step by step.

Li Jinyi smirked and thought in his mind how to answer the question, however, after only a little thought, a bigger question came to his mind.

Didn't Senior Sister go to issue an invoice before? How did she know what Yin Yuyao told me?!

Just as he was about to open his mouth to inquire about this, suddenly, the entire cavern shook violently for two seconds.

Li Jinyi immediately guarded his surroundings vigilantly, and then, a low humming sound came from the depths of the cave.

"What's the sound?" Zhong Ziran held the staff, a little scared.

"Could it be the captain, they've encountered some kind of giant creature? Li Jinyi said, and ran towards the depths of the cave.

"Wait for me, how can you bear to leave your senior sister here alone. Zhong Ziran shouted as he looked at the distant back.

"Senior sister, hurry up, don't lose it. Li Jinyi did not stop, and disappeared into the dark shadows in the blink of an eye.

Zhong Ziran stomped his feet and sighed softly.

Li Jinyi ran ahead, thinking about the source of the tremors and loud noises and the possible consequences.

If there really is a giant beast alive, and this giant beast is still a Void General, then there should only be two situations for the last team to enter here.

The first is that they are temporarily trapped during the battle due to the collapse of the cave caused by the behemoth. The second is that they have already encountered the beast and then unfortunately lost and annihilated.

But if that giant beast is not a Void General, there is no need to fight the leaders of the previous team, maybe they have entered a deeper cave, but their life and death are uncertain.

Regardless, the squad members are about to face a formidable enemy, one that even the fifth squad has not been able to defeat.

Li Jinyi ran for about 3 minutes, during which Zhong Ziran chased after him.

Finally, a glowing hole appeared in front of him, and the light seemed to resemble the natural light shrouded in the outer void light curtain.

Isn't this a pure underground cavern, but a connection to the outside world? With this question in mind, he walked to the edge of the cave.

Sure enough, a magnificent patio appeared in front of him, about two hundred meters in diameter and about five or six hundred meters deep. This kind of terrain will appear in this place, and it must be caused by Void erosion.

At this moment, the two of them were located in a gap in the upper part of the patio wall, from which they could see the sky under a dark curtain of light.

Not far away, at the other two rifts in the cave wall, the other team members who arrived first were waving at the two and motioning for them to look down.

Looking down according to the instructions, at the bottom of the patio, Wei Ran stood a giant statue of the black rock of the void more than 100 meters high, when the colossus walked, the rock legs like skyscrapers had to be lifted for a long time before they were put down, and every time they landed, the entire patio and the entire cave would tremble.

It seems that the previous shock and loud noise also originated from it, which made Li Jinyi feel a little more relaxed.

The Colossus is not a creature, but a Void Tech creation, and it cannot be used as a Void Leader to connect to the Void Engine, so either they, or the last team that came here, can bypass it and fight it.

The Void Black Rock Colossus only exists as a guard, and there should be other cave entrances at the bottom of the patio, and now what we have to think about is how to enter those deeper caves without being discovered by the Colossus, Li Jinyi thought to himself.

"What should I do? Float down quietly with the slow fall technique?" Zhong Ziran also saw that this place could not be attacked, but could only be smuggled.

Li Jinyi shook his head, pointed to the cave wall in the distance and said, "If you look carefully at those dim red magic patterns on the cave wall, it is likely to be the forbidden demon enchantment, and there is a high probability that you will fall to death if you use the slow fall technique, so we'd better climb down." ”

He pointed to the rocks protruding from the cave wall not far below the soles of his feet and said, "You see, there are traces of friction in the places where you can step on them, indicating that the upper team also climbed down to the bottom of the cave." ”

"Oh, it seems yes, but don't we have a glider? why don't we use it?" Zhong Ziran wondered.

"According to the book, anything that is too fast can be easily detected by the Void Black Rock Colossus, so it's best not to use it unless it's already been discovered. Lai explained.

He then made a half-sign language gesture to Aaron and Malken, and they quickly understood.

"Wow, I can't see you're careful. However, this hole is so deep, I'm a girl, I'm afraid I won't be able to persevere. Zhong Ziran said and winked at Li Jinyi, as if he was hinting at something.

"Uh...... If Senior Sister doesn't dislike it, I can carry you down. As soon as Li Jinyi said this, he regretted it, and the two behemoths slammed directly into his back, and under the squeeze of their bodies, his entire back was almost intimately fitted.

Zhong Ziran on his back still clasped his neck with both hands, as if he was afraid that he would not stick tightly enough.