Phoenix is the capital and largest city of Arizona, United States. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Phoenix is known as Hoozdo in the Navajo language, which means hot place; It is located on both sides of the perennially dry Salt River.

The 2010 U.S. Census showed 1,445,632 people in the city. Phoenix has the 10th largest city area in the nation and the 6th largest in the country.

Zheng Hao looked down from the air, and the nearly dry salt river crossed the city of Phoenix from east to west, a desert area that did not change the surrounding landscape although the precipitation increased after the change.

If the precipitation is low, there will be less vegetation containing the energy of the blood moon, and it will not be able to reproduce large plant-eating alienated animals, and the total number of alienated organisms will be relatively scarce.

Phoenix is surrounded by mountains, and local survivors have built fortifications in the passes to defend against alien creatures.

Because of its geographical advantages, Phoenix has three military bases. Outside the city, the Salte River valley serves as an irrigated agricultural area and is rich in cotton, vegetables, oranges, olives, grapes, etc.

Therefore, Phoenix City has gathered the surrounding population after the mutation, and the number of survivors in the urban area is still more than before, nearly two million.

"Miss Kelly, Mr. Zheng, here's the thing, the city is overpopulated, everyone needs to eat, and we can't afford to lose the Salte Valley outside the city."

Phoenix's current military governor, Robert Brown. Brigadier General Sander, who also spoke Chinese, spread his hands and continued to the two: "During this time, all the workers who went to work in the agricultural areas will be missing, and we have searched all around, and there is no clue at all. ”

"The people of the church didn't find out either?" Zheng Hao looked at the white-robed pastor next to him.

There are no enhancers in the United States, except for the alienated, the holy warriors and priests of the church are the highest combat power.

Local Church Pastor Phoebe. Richie listened to Kelly's translation and replied, "The church has also organized squads of paladins and priests to search the Salte Valley, but they have never returned. ”

Brigadier General Robert rubbed his chin and continued, "If the situation doesn't improve, we can only divert the survivors of Phoenix City, and many people will die in the desert." ”

"Kelly, you go back with Pastor Phoebe first, wait for news from Bishop Ronald, and I'll go to the valley to see how things are going."

Zheng Hao heard that the Salte Valley was so dangerous that there was no place to return, so of course he refused to let Kelly take the risk together.

"Nope! I can't let you go on an adventure alone. Kelly shook her head and tugged at Zheng Hao's sleeve, her eyes full of worry.

"It's okay, I'm not an ordinary person."

Zheng Hao persuaded him for a long time before Kelly followed Pastor Phoebe to church, and he took Xiaolu and flew directly to the Salte Valley.

"Miss Kelly, let's go, Mr. Zheng will return safely."

Pastor Phoebe saw that Kelly had been looking in the direction that Zheng Hao had left, and he stepped forward and said.

Each of the arches, arches, and domed pillars is beautifully embossed and is a masterpiece of Byzantine art and Baroque, and the church of Beverly Hills is as rich and elegant as it stands.

Wisps of sunlight were wanton in the window lattice, and the colorful stained windows were dazzling, and Bishop Ronald subconsciously squinted his eyes and opened the room at the end of the corridor.

The furnishings of the room are simple, with oak tables, chairs, and crosses.

Bishop Ronald closed the door and sat down in his chair, placing his hands on the crystal ball in the center of the table.

His eyes were slightly closed, and he silently recited the mysterious incantation in his mouth, and there was a white mist churning in the transparent crystal ball, and a few lines of font appeared.

"The target is heading to Phoenix, the ascetics in the diocese have been assembled, please instruct."

After the font disappeared, after a few minutes, there was another handwriting, and there were only three words, Grand Canyon.

Located in the southeast of Phoenix, the Salte Valley is an indigenous Indian, with trout in the river and fertile land along the river, which is the grain producing land of Phoenix.

Tanks, armored vehicles, and concrete fortresses were scattered along the banks of the valley and at the entrance, but the surroundings were quiet, and there was no sign of life except for the sound of the wind.

"It's weird."

Zheng Hao stood on the concrete road, looking at the rows of lush crops, feeling strange.

The agricultural machinery and vehicles here are intact, there is no trace of the battle, but the workers and several groups of searchers have disappeared without a trace.

Not only that, there are no insects around, and it is completely a forbidden area for life.

"It's cold here, Midori doesn't like it! Dislike! ”

Firebird Little Green moved his two big thick legs, walking back and forth behind Zheng Hao, and his mouth was still chattering.

"It's cold?"

Zheng Hao immediately reacted, he was not flesh and blood, and he didn't pay attention to the small changes in temperature.

Because it is located in a desert area, the temperature difference between day and night in Phoenix is very large, and it will be close to 30 degrees at noon, and it will drop to more than 10 degrees at night.

But in any case, it won't feel very cold, even if Midori is a firebird.

Zheng Hao stood in the shade and felt it carefully, there was indeed a cool feeling in the air, as if someone was blowing on the back of his neck.

"Six wings, scan the surrounding consciousness energy fluctuations." Zheng Hao awakened the six wings in the sea of consciousness and ordered.

After a moment, the electronic voice of the Hexap machine sounded: "There are signs of shadow energy activity, and the scanning range needs to be expanded." ”

"Shadow energy? What is this? ”

Zheng Hao was a little stunned, it could still be haunted in broad daylight.

According to the requirements of the six wings, Zheng Hao flew suspended over the Salte River Valley, and soon came to the bank of the Salte River.

Affected by the energy of the blood moon, the aquatic plants along the river are very lush, growing several meters above the surface of the river, and it looks like a winding jungle belt from a distance.

"The shadow energy value is elevated, and there are shadow creatures in the river." Six Wings reminded.

"Shadow creatures? What is the difference between an alien creature? ”

"Shadow creatures have no entity, they don't have perfect souls, and their consciousness energy value is lower than that of the lowest-level alienated creatures, so they generally have no hunting value."

Six Wings paused and continued, "Only if there are enough shadow creatures to merge into a negative consciousness energy body, will there be absorption value. ”

"After talking for a long time, isn't it just that there are ghosts in the river, my brother grew up listening to ghost stories, and he has never seen a ghost."

With a pop, Zheng Hao plunged headlong into the river, he had the skill to restrain the shadow creatures, and he didn't care at all.

Xiao Lu, who was following Zheng Hao, circled around the river twice, and flew away far away, it didn't like water, and it didn't like the river with a cold breath.

The channel of the Salte River valley does not look wide, but it is very deep, and Zheng Hao follows the instructions of the six wings to sneak at the bottom of the river full of slender aquatic plants.

The river was dark and cold, and there was no alienated aquatic creatures, Zheng Hao found a deep cave in the deepest part of the river.

Phoenix's Salte Valley was a canyon a few years ago, but the Salte River was diverted and flowed through it, giving it the name Salte Valley.

There was no light in the cave at all, and Zheng Hao's eyes emitted yellow and white brilliance, illuminating the cave walls.

It looks like a natural cave, but there are traces of artificial excavation, and Zheng Hao saw pictographic drawings on the rock wall, which seemed to be a long time ago.

After walking a zigzag distance of more than 100 meters, the cave suddenly opened up, and Zheng Hao entered a huge cave similar to a hall.

"Sure enough, here, what kind of being can have such abilities?"

In front of Zheng Hao, there was a group of people in black press, including soldiers in desert camouflage and agricultural workers in overalls.

At the outskirts of the crowd were several men in steel armor and white robes, who were supposed to be the Paladins and Battle Priests of the Church of Phoenix.

The group had their eyes closed, their faces distorted, and they seemed to have experienced great pain in their lives, and they were all on their knees.

"The shadow energy value has increased, reaching the absorption standard, please absorb it immediately from the host."

The voice of the six wings seemed to fluctuate slightly, and it urged Zheng Hao, "Right ahead, a negative consciousness energy body has been generated. ”

"It's true that the emperor is not in a hurry, the eunuch is in a hurry, do you want to force my brother to eat ghosts?"

Zheng Hao's face was depressed, he planned to bypass the corpse group and see what the so-called shadow creatures were.

Zheng Hao had just taken a few steps, and the corpse, which was still motionless, jumped up from the ground as if a spring had been pressed underneath, and pounced on him.

"Damn! Go away! You dead heads. ”

Zheng Hao didn't want to be in close contact with a group of corpses, so he came out with five tentacles to block the dead corpses.

Five dark gold tentacles waved, separating the group of corpses from Zheng Hao, but the corpses were huddled together, blocking Zheng Hao's advance.

Zheng Hao was furious, and directly cast an extreme cold, freezing the corpse together with the river water in the cave.

Click...

Zheng Hao opened a passage in the ice, passed through the corpses, and reached the depths of the cave.

Behind the corpses was a pile of broken bones, glowing with green fluorescence.

A white mist suddenly surged around Zheng Hao's body, and the cold and refreshing pleasure slid through his heart, which was completely different from the warm feeling he had obtained from killing life.

'Soul Absorption', currently absorbs the consciousness energy that is dispersed within 20 meters of the host's body, and the current maximum absorption value is 25% of the dispersed energy value, and Hamba Metal is capable.

The blue sky was white and white clouds drifted, and the eagle with outstretched wings swept through the turquoise wilderness, startling a herd of bison to run wild.

The prairie shook up, revealing a meandering river like a glowing silver necklace.

In the distance, mist-shrouded mountains loomed, white clouds fluttered among the mountains, and riders with black feathers on their heads rushed down the slopes to chase the herds.

The scene changes, the grasslands disappear, the rivers dry up, and the white men wiping their arquebuses sit by the campfire.

They laughed loudly, and next to them hung several bloody scalps on wooden shelves, black crowns of feathers burning in the fire.

"So it is so, the ancestors have done their sins, and the descendants have to pay for them."

Soul absorption is a passive skill, and Zheng Hao's consciousness energy within 20 meters will be absorbed by him, so he is the nemesis of all shadow creatures and negative consciousness energy bodies.

What Zheng Hao saw in the process of absorption was the consciousness of the owner of the bones, who were the original owners of the American continent, Indians.