Chapter 1124
It is precisely because of the existence of the "Dawn" spell system that the defense line in the defensive position of the machine base factory where Hal and his party are located has become much easier.
After covering the position with a high-powered plural "Dawn" spell, as long as the enemy gets close to the position, ordinary second-level shadow creatures will be deprived of at least half of their strength, and even those third-level elite shadow creatures will have some negative impact on their combat power.
It's a pity that even if they have an advantage temporarily, this form will be unfavorable to Hal and the others.
Hal agrees with Lily's suggestion, and then uses the assembled machine base factory to start producing "Dawnbird"-type autonomic mechanical golems that can restrain the current dark labyrinthine environment.
Now it seems that the "Dawning Bird" has indeed achieved the goal that Hal and their original expectations have achieved, and the "Dawn" spell system developed for the labyrinthine environment has indeed worked.
However, it is precisely because of this 'work' that something goes bad.
It's like if you know that the insecticide is useful for insects, and then you use it to spray the hornet's nest - the wasps are indeed harmed, but a new problem arises - the effect of the insecticide does not seem to be ruthless enough, or the whole hornet's nest is not too low for insecticides, and you spray insecticides on the hornet's nest, and you can't kill them all in a short time.
What are the consequences?
Obviously, you're going to have to endure the frenzied revenge of the countless hornets in the hornet's nest that haven't yet died, and the hornets that haven't been sprayed with pesticides.
And Hal is in such a situation right now.
The "Dawning Bird" is indeed able to restrain the 'shadows' in the dark labyrinth to a certain extent, but these small mechanical puppets are obviously far from being able to directly suppress the entire dark labyrinth.
And as Hal began to try to produce more "Dawn Birds" and spread them into the depths of the Dark Labyrinth, this Dark Labyrinth, which was obviously very likely to have a certain degree of self-will, judged the threat on Howl's side, and immediately took corresponding measures as if it were a stress reaction.
This is also the reason why the shadow creatures who came to attack Howl's position, no matter how much the Crystal Guide Golems and the White Spirit Slimes killed, the number of enemies was still increasing.
- The Dark Labyrinth is likely to have taken the initiative to increase the efforts of the shadow creatures soldiers, and is deploying the shadow creatures soldiers in various positions in the entire labyrinth to the positions on Howl's side, wanting to gather the forces of the entire labyrinth to directly crush and destroy the 'threat' that Hal has created against it at the moment!
With such an analysis, it is even more likely that the entire dark labyrinth has an independent will.
The brains reported the results of the analysis to Hal and Lily in real time.
After listening to Zhi's analysis, Hal and Lily glanced at each other.
"How many Dawn Birds are left?" Hal asked Zhi Brain.
"Contact has been lost, and it can be judged as a total loss. Zhi Brain directly gave a rather bad news: "Judging from the existing data, it can be speculated that the Labyrinth Will should be deliberately searching for and killing the "Dawn Bird" that we have dropped. Even the prototype "Black Light Bug" using invisible camouflage technology was quickly cleaned up like the "Dawn Bird". 』
Originally, Hal planned to disperse a large number of "Dawn Birds" to all corners of the maze in order to suppress the dark labyrinth, but obviously this one did not work, and the reaction speed of the Labyrinth's will was too fast, and it did not give Hal a chance to spread the "Dawn Birds" in large numbers.
The so-called "Black Light Bug" is actually a small mechanical puppet insect with high-end stealth technology and a Dawn-type spell system.
Compared to the "Dawning Bird", the "Black Light Bug" has a weaker Dawn spell system, but at this cost, it has been added an additional 'invisible' ability at the same level of manufacturing cost.
And this stealth ability is still close to the "shadow" technology. If you use it in a dark labyrinth, it can be described as a tiger with wings.
The purpose of this "black light bug" is to evade the vigilance of the shadow creatures in the dark labyrinth, and quietly lurk in various areas deep in the labyrinth, replacing the "Dawn Bird" that is attracting firepower to complete the task of dispelling the shadows.
Unfortunately, Hal and the others seem to have lost their level of insight into their own internal situation.
Although, at the beginning, the "Black Light Worm" did rely on the "Shadow Stealth" spell system that was very similar to the surrounding shadow creatures, and successfully infiltrated the deeper part of the dark labyrinth through the army of shadow creatures.
However, the Labyrinth Will quickly sensed the existence of the "Black Light Worms", and as a result, a group of high-level elite-level shadow creatures followed the guidance of the Labyrinth Will and directly pulled out those "Black Light Bugs" and cleaned them all out.
Originally, Hal pinned his hopes on the "Black Light Worms", and even after they lurked out, he did not rush to let them act, but wanted to wait until there were enough "Black Light Worms" to occupy all areas of the maze before starting to unify their efforts, striving to be able to directly complete the maze in one blow and directly at once.
It's a pity that the idea is okay, but the reality is very skinny.
There is a huge problem that caused the "Black Light Bug" project to be directly aborted, that is, the shadow area in the depths of the dark labyrinth is no longer simply just a visual masking effect of ordinary shadow coverage, but presents a stronger intelligence masking mechanism for intruders.
It's like playing a strategy game where all the unexplored areas are shrouded in an otherworldly fog of war.
The "Black Light Worm" itself is equipped with a level 0 intelligent brain, even if it uses the power of data, it can't explore the clear shape in those shadows in the depths of the labyrinth, and it can't move forward easily and smoothly, so it can only move forward randomly and recklessly like a headless fly. If you're lucky, you'll be able to run a long distance, but if you're unlucky, you'll just run into one of the shadow creatures.
In the past, scanning and probing, which had the power of invincible data, seemed to be not very useful in mazes. The other party has an invisible force field of intelligence interference and masking, which not only exists in the inner depths of the labyrinth wall, but also in the labyrinth passage, but the shielding effect on intelligence information is not as high as that in the wall, but it will still have an adverse impact on the data power of the brains.
At the very least, the power of the data that was fueled by the ability of the lowest level 0 intelligence brain would be greatly disturbed and suppressed by this labyrinth environment, and it would be difficult to exert much effect.
Although it is possible to call on a more advanced brain to perform the task, this is not realistic, because the brain that can be used in the Fantasy Realm at present, especially the high-level brain brain, is already in a situation of insufficient manpower.
It's impossible to determine how big the Dark Labyrinth will be, but it's probably not that small. To rely on the scanning and detection of the brain to complete the survey of the entire labyrinth, and to complete this task under the condition that the maze can change its structure randomly, the number of people required is really not a small number.
Therefore, in order to ensure that the territory of the Dream Realm outside the mausoleum is not lost, Hal does not want to transfer too many high-level intelligence brains in, which is one consideration.
On the other hand, he and the brains also believe that since the power of data has been disturbed here, does it mean that when the brains use the power of data to scan and detect, the will of the maze can also detect some clues accordingly?
Thinking of the situation of the "Dawn Bird" and the "Black Light Bug" sent out one after another, the brains think that this possibility is very high.
So......
"Stop, it seems that the Dawn plan is not desirable now. Hal directly proposed.
"Agreed. Lily nodded succinctly in agreement.
"It's just that I'm afraid there's a small problem, even if we stop implementing the 'Dawn' plan now, since the Dark Labyrinth is likely to have an autonomous will, it can judge the threat and take the initiative to eliminate it, so ...... It is now clear that we have been identified as a major threat that needs to be eliminated as a priority. Hal glanced at the shadow legions around him who were attacking one after another, his eyes solemn.
"Even if we choose a truce now, will this labyrinth really 'shake hands and make peace' with us?"
"I'm afraid not. Lian directly put forward the idea, "After all, even if there is no such thing as the 'Dawn' project, since the Dark Labyrinth is a level trial to guard the mausoleum, it should be hostile to the intruder, and we have been hostile to it from the beginning, so there is no possibility that we can sit down with each other and have a good peace...... What do you think, Miss?'
In the last sentence, Lian is asking Lily what she thinks.
Lily didn't think much about this, she shook her head directly, frowned and said, "I can feel the malice coming from 'it' everywhere. ”
"Since Lily Luka has said so, it's almost certain that the 'Labyrinth Will' is really targeting us. Hal exhaled softly, "It's just that it's not a good thing for us to fight it." Although it should be okay to use the slimes' "dimensional stomachs" to mobilize sufficient supplies and troops from the outside world to counterattack and suppress the enemies in the labyrinth, and forcibly withstand the pressure brought by the enemy, this method is the most undesirable. ”
"Yes, until we find the traces of Florence and the others, this machine does not recommend that we have too many conflicts with the will of the labyrinth. No. 81 also calmly analyzed:
"If we continue to fight, the will of the labyrinth will devote more and more attention to our side, and in turn, it will relax the pressure on the other intruders in the labyrinth. The more we fight with the will of the labyrinth, the more the third party will benefit. 』
It is equivalent to saying that if Hal and their side continue to forcibly fight against the will of the labyrinth, they will be helping Florence and them to reduce the pressure in disguise.
This is obviously not a situation that Hal and others would like to see.
"So, how do you get the labyrinth's will to give up its hostility against us—no, it can't really give up, at most it's going to 'relax', but that's fine—how do you do that?"
Hal touched his chin and muttered.
"If it really has its own will, it will not let the "threat" go unchecked. Lily shook her head.
"Yes. Hal agreed, and then frowned as well: "Tsk...... Got a bit of a dilemma?"
"So, how about a different way of thinking?"
At this time, Jiang Yan suddenly opened his mouth and inserted himself into the topic of several people, and gave a hint to everyone with a smile.
"Huh?" Hal was stunned for a moment, and looked at Jiang Yan with a puzzled gaze, but saw that he smiled and did not speak, and did not mean to continue speaking.
Obviously, Jiang Yan's reminder this time is over.
Since this was the case, Hal naturally stopped exploring it with interest, and instead began to think along the lines of thought pointed out by Jiang Yan.
'Think differently......
"Since it is unlikely that the will of the labyrinth will relax its hostility towards us, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to change its attitude, then we ......" Hal muttered for a while, and suddenly patted his head: "Yes, then there is no need to start from the side of the will of the labyrinth, we can choose to change ourselves, directly avoid the battle, and hide ourselves! Let the will of the maze find no one even if it wants to trouble us!"
Lily's eyes lit up, and after Hal said this, she was not stupid, and she thought of the idea directly.
"Exactly, how?" she asked, though, to confirm Howl's thoughts.
Syllable!
The corners of Hal's mouth twitched, and he raised his hand and snapped his fingers.
"I remember, aren't the slimes of the White Spirit Clan on our side extremely good at mimicry camouflage? Devouring a shadow creature in the labyrinth and using it as a template for mimicry should be perfectly fine, right......?
"Yes. ”
After listening to Howl's thoughts, Lily nodded in agreement, as it was similar to what she had in mind.
As a result, Hal began to directly recycle the mechanical base factory in the position, and restored it to a mechanical engineering module and put it in his storage space.
With the sound of clattering deformation, the steel building, which was three or four meters high and occupied a circle of more than ten meters, quickly disappeared from the labyrinth.
With the help of Hal, he successively recovered the "Dawn Bird" and the Crystal Guide Golem that could still be used, and then summoned a White Spirit Slime, and then walked directly into the door formed by the slime's open mouth with Lily one after another, and burrowed into its body.
After there were no traces left by the members of the Dream Realm other than the slimes of the White Spirit Clan, the twelve slimes of the White Spirit Clan changed their forms together, and after directly devouring a shadow creature bred in the maze, they directly switched to the form of a 'shadow slime'.
Then they all turned into shadows, and disappeared directly into the siege circle of shadow creatures.
The shadow creatures were stunned for a moment, and then immediately activated the innate ability of "Shadow Stealth" and scattered to hunt down the twelve 'shadow slimes'.
Originally, the shadow creatures bred by the labyrinth itself have their own unique aura and power fluctuations, which can be used for 'friendly identification' between the shadow creatures in the maze. Even if the intruders from the outside world have shadow abilities, it is not so easy to disguise them.
But alas, this time they ran into a White Spirit slime that could perfectly mimic change.
Therefore, it didn't take long, maybe half a minute later, and the chasing force of the shadow creatures was suddenly blinded.
Because they chased and chased, they couldn't tell the difference between the enemy and the friendly army, especially when the other party could split the clones at will on the way to escape, and then deliberately mixed these clones into the group of shadow creatures in the labyrinth and entangled with each other for a while, and after they were separated and merged for a while, they really couldn't tell the difference between friend and foe anymore.