Volume II: Astya Chapter 20, The Outer Laboratory
At about eight o'clock that night, the nineteen adventure team leaders of Shining Star Town gathered again, this time, all the adventurers were never gathered again, the great leader Master Barkin once said, one thing, the less people participate in the decision, the easier it is to pass the decision.
The adventure team that lost its captain has now existed in name only.
There are two adventure team leaders who died in the previous battle, and the two teams left five adventurers, and the other adventure teams that lost their team members, after absorbing these five scattered members, exactly formed nineteen adventure teams.
Wei Fengsheng suggested that nineteen teams enter from the adjacent eastern entrance and advance inward step by step.
According to his idea, the battle line can be stretched out for at least more than fifty miles, and even if there are more monsters in the Arubas laboratory, it will be slightly easier to deal with them if they are evenly divided among everyone.
This method is simple and realistic, but also brutal, involving all the adventure squads and sharing the pressure of the monsters.
"How can you be sure that all the teams will follow expectations?" immediately a female captain asked.
"Captain Xiuzhen, what do you mean?" Wei Fengsheng turned to face her, Wang Xiuzhen was the captain of the Yueji team, and the Yueji team was ranked fifteenth on the list of regular positions, ahead of the Tianzheng team.
"What if...... For example, let's agree to enter at the same time at a certain time, but some people are careful and delay entering ......for a few hours," Captain Wang Xiuzhen frowned slightly, "Didn't the people who entered earlier suffer a lot and take a big risk?"
"Hmm...... Cross team members to supervise?"
"No way!"
"No way!"
"How is that possible!"
Captain Wei Fengsheng's words immediately attracted a large number of opposition.
"You'd better dispel this thought as soon as possible!" said Wu Lian angrily.
I thought that Wei Fengsheng could have any good tactics, but I didn't expect it...... The members of each adventure team, the captain who has been fighting side by side with them for nearly a decade, must be very familiar with the captain.
Personality, character, mastered skills, training level, etc., are the most important things to master when the captain commands the battle.
According to the situation of the magic sword squad, if the stupid big Luo Sheng was transferred to another team, how could she put everyone's life and death in the hands of another knight who had just met him? Moreover, with Luo Sheng's character, who could dispatch him like an arm? When he was in danger, would others risk their lives to save him?
"Yes, yes...... It's me who didn't think it through. Wei Fengsheng was slightly stunned, even if he understood and touched his head, he didn't have a good way.
"That's what I'm suggesting, if you have any good way to say it, let's discuss it together......"
Everyone, look at me, let me look at you, although they are all on the list, but for a while, they can't think of any good way.
"This idea of sharing the damage is very good," Wu Lian saw that everyone was silent, and simply spoke, "I want to ask a question, Captain of the Guard, can you answer me?"
"Excuse me?"
"Can you guarantee that you will follow the clues you have now to find the path to the core area in the lab?"
"I'm afraid not......"
"Then can you guarantee that your team will hold on to it for half a month?"
"This ......" involves the strength of the adventure team, and none of the captains are willing to admit defeat, but thinking about it for many months, only the Shining Star team has managed to kill through the laboratory, Wei Fengsheng said helplessly: "No." ”
"Even if it's as strong as the Shining Star Squad," Wu Lian looked at Zhou Zhengpeng, the captain of the Shining Star Squad, Zhou Zhengpeng smiled at her and nodded, and Wu Lian also nodded, "I don't dare to pat my chest and say that I can hold on to it for half a month, so are we going back to Shining Star Town more times in this process to replenish, repair, and exchange information?"
"We don't even know where the center of this laboratory is, what plans are we talking about!"
"That's right!" With Wulian's head, everyone had an idea, and Captain Zhou Zhengpeng said loudly: "I think we should come back here every once in a while, repair the state, and exchange information." ”
"That's right...... "Xiu Lin, the leader of the Yunxiao team, also said, "All roads may not lead to the core area, we need to find this path and work together to fight into it!"
"Let's do the logistics and improve the map until we find the core area!"
"In this situation, we definitely need the help of the army, if we rush inside and kill it badly and lure the monster to Shining Star Town, ordinary people here will not be able to resist it. ”
"Yes, after that, we can join forces and fight it together!"
......
Do you want to block your own life?
No army commander would be willing to use troops in complex and unfamiliar terrain, and it was completely risking the lives of soldiers, so there were small but elite adventure squads.
The adventure squad consists of only five people, and the objectives are not large, making them suitable for infiltration.
When you are weak, you will fight, and when you are strong, you will retreat.
Unless there is a clear operational goal, it is purely an ideal to let the army explore the way.
"Okay, so be it. Wu Lian interrupted everyone's discussion, stood up and said: "We will take a three-day cycle, every three days, all the teams must return here, be careful, set a fifty-mile journey first, once you reach it, return immediately, don't fall in love!"
"Fifty miles, isn't it a little less?" asked Captain Zhou Zhengpeng, but he led the team to kill a pair in it, knowing that the cave in there was winding, fifty miles, and it might not have reached the range of encountering monsters.
"Captain Zhou, don't judge everyone by your level. Wu Lian smiled, "We're in this group now." ”
"Uh...... No problem!"
"If everyone is okay, Captain Zhou will tell you about the strength of the monster and what things need to be paid attention to. Wu Lian sat down and motioned to Zhou Zhengpeng.
"Okay......" Zhou Zhengpeng pouted, except for the magic sword team that was short of personnel, the other teams had all gone in, and told it to everyone?
"After entering, the first thing you will encounter will definitely be zombies, the zombies here have top combat power, balanced attack and defense, very afraid of fire attribute attacks, as long as there is a magician, even if it is not a fire magician, it is easy to solve it with fire spells, if there is no magician in the team, use blunt weapons to attack, you can quickly break their bones and destroy them!"
"If you go deeper, you will encounter a carrion, the strength of this monster is similar to that of a zombie, the defense will be slightly stronger, the body surface is ghost green, poisonous, but the toxicity is not great, take me as an example, that is, after poisoning, with the flesh and body, you can also suppress the toxin for about half an hour, and then take some detoxification water or force out the toxin by yourself. ”
"Occasionally, I will encounter ghouls, this kind of demon object is a little weird, like no skin, muscles are exposed, this kind of monster will not appear alone, it generally leads zombies and carrion corpses to appear together, the strength exceeds the senior combat power, and the body fluids are highly toxic, even if I am hit, if there is no detoxification within half an hour, there is no need to detoxify again...... You must be careful, don't get contaminated, if there are missionary wizards in the team, it's fine, if not, you can only wait for death......" Zhou Zhengpeng fixed his eyes on Wu Lian, "Most of the people who died were poisoned. ”
Wu Lian listened carefully, "Then this ghoul is equivalent to the leader of the team?"
"It's not ruled out, it's just a miscellaneous soldier ...... sneaking out of the core area."
"That's ...... Be careful, there's no team of missionary wizards, run away when you see a ghoul!"
Everyone was speechless for a while, we already knew, okay!
"Okay, let's go back and prepare, tomorrow will be the first day, the fourth day, we'll see you again!"
Logistics, for the magic sword team, actually does not exist.
They hadn't joined the battle at all before, and the consumption was only daily consumption.
Early the next morning, the Demon Sword Team set off and headed for the western mountains of the Meteor Mountains.
The western mountains are inaccessible and extremely desolate, and the Demon Sword people head towards the pre-assigned entrance.
This cave entrance is hidden in a narrow mountain stream, and there are too many wild grasses growing outside, and there are many scattered gravel at the entrance of the cave, which looks like a wild beast's dwelling.
The entrance is less than two meters high and only two people wide. Weeds and gravel block it, and if you don't pay attention, you really can't see that there is a cave here.
"Even if this cave is the entrance to the laboratory, it is definitely not the main entrance, how did you choose this place......" Miao Xiaodao carefully inspected the gravel floor to see if he could find footprints, but unfortunately, the gravel was scattered and the grass was messy, unlike living creatures that often passed here.
"Randomly selected Bei ......" Wu Lian followed, "Hurry up, explore, explore, if it's a dead end, it's better to change the entrance early." ”
"Then hurry inside!" Luo Sheng took the lead, used the tip of his spear to pluck away the yellow grass hanging from the top of the cave, and walked in, Ling Ling and Wu Lian glanced at each other at the end of the line, and walked in with Miao Xiaodao and Ye Ya.
"It's so dry here, won't those zombies and rotting corpses die?" While releasing the raptor, Luo Sheng turned his head to Miao Xiaodao beside him and asked.
After entering, the cave passage is slightly larger than the cave entrance, and the cave wall goes straight up and down, and it looks like it is artificially excavated the day after tomorrow.
"It may have become a dry corpse...... Miao Xiaodao released the knife, touched the dust pile on the wall and corner of the cave, the dust was sticking to the palm of his hand, and he ran out of his palm with a slight pinch, "...... do it like this" is a little abnormal, the western mountains of the Meteor Mountains, but on the narrow peninsula that winds into the sea, it is close to the ocean, and there is grass growing outside the cave.
But it's so dry, as if something has absorbed all the moisture here.
"It's useless to think too much, let's go!" Lingling walked and kicked the dust pile, and the dust immediately flew everywhere, and when it fell, it was immediately attracted by the moist raptor and landed on the scale armor of the raptor.
"Silly big man, put the Raptors away first. Wu Lian wanted to release the little girl, but he didn't expect the cave to be so dry, so he reminded Luo Sheng loudly, Luo Sheng heard this, looked at the raptor at his feet, and took him back into the pet bag.
"Min Zhen explores the way, the knife responds, go!" Wu Lian waved his hand, Luo Sheng and Miao Xiaodao held the shield, and walked towards the cave one after the other, above his head, Min Zhen flew out at great speed, and the knife also jumped into the air and disappeared in the dim light.
Wu Lian waved his hand to Luo Sheng, and a soft light immediately lit up at the front of the shield, illuminating the way in front of the team.
After walking a few steps, Ye Ya reported that Min Zhen had encountered the first intersection, and there were three holes, so please indicate which one to take.
"Hmm......" Pondering slightly, Wu Lian said, "This is not even the periphery of the laboratory, Min Zhen and Dao Dao each take a road, take the place that is not marked on the map, and return after five miles, Xiao Dao, you cooperate with Ye Zi to mark the map." ”
Miao Xiaodao nodded and gave an order to Daodao.
Soon, everyone came to the intersection, the three roads, all seemed to spread for a long time, Min Zhen and Dao Dao had returned here, they explored five miles at great speed, and each of them encountered more than three forks, and the roads that could be selected at the forks ranged from two to four.
"It's a bit difficult now......" Ulian couldn't help frowning, it was the first time she had entered the Arubas Laboratory, and she didn't expect it to be so complicated, "I can only follow the path that has been marked first." ”
"We can get out of those passages as much as we can, just in case," said Lingling, "and it's not easy to get lost when you run." ”
"Well, too. Wu Lian thought slightly, "In this way, we are not in a hurry to move forward, anyway, there are three days, fifty miles is nothing to us, we will start from every fork in the road, and figure out the periphery." ”
"Sister Lian, can you say it's simpler?" Luo Sheng touched his head, indicating that he was confused.
"Fool, you take this road, pick one of the forks in the road, come back here when you come to the forks, and follow the road on the left to find us. Uren gave him clear instructions.
"Am I alone?"
"Otherwise?" Wu Lian shrugged and looked at the map in Ye Ya's hand, "There are no monsters on the periphery, according to Daodao, less than two miles is the first fork, and then to a fork, maybe less than five miles in total." ”
"Otherwise, I'll join you, and I'll protect everyone!"
"No need, there is no danger for the time being......" Wu Lian didn't seem to see Luo Sheng's embarrassment, and shook his hand to supplement the lighting technique on his shield, "Go quickly, the lighting technique will work for about an hour, let's go this way!"
"Hey!" Luo Sheng shouted as he watched the team disappear around the corner of the cave wall.
"Luo Qi, don't waste time!" came the ghostly voice.
"Count you ruthless!" Luo Sheng said fiercely, and couldn't help but bring the shield close to his body and head towards the dark hole.
"These guys, you know I'm afraid of the dark!" Luo Sheng quickened his pace, trotting along the cave, and with a characteristic rough voice, he remembered to drive away the darkness that was constantly compressing the range of the illumination.
"I'm dignified and upright, and I'm not afraid of ghosts at all!"
"I'm tall and handsome, and I can't stop loving me!"
......
"Ye Fa, what are you laughing at?" Ling Ling couldn't help but ask when he heard Ye Ya snort.
"Ah, it's nothing......" Ye Ya smiled, lest she continue to ask.
"What's the matter, the stupid big guy found out that Min Zhen?" Wu Lian couldn't help but say.
"How is that possible!" Miao Xiaodao turned his head, "According to his character, he wouldn't think of being followed." ”
"Yes. Wu Lian smiled, Luo Sheng really broke her heart, in order to alleviate, or even eliminate his fear of ghosts, several people had to make this decision, "Then speed up, you must find a few places in this periphery, Daodao, hard work!"
"It's good to eat enough, preferably a high-grade magic stone. Miao Xiaodao said helplessly, "It's the knife that made me say that he is a foodie......
"Hey, I haven't been on a mission for so long, and my family is going to be eaten up by these grandparents!" Wu Lian couldn't help but think about his family, "These people have also reached a critical period, we have to work harder to prepare enough energy for their evolution!"
"What else do you want, except for a staff and a little tattered in my gold coin bag, it is full of wind and fire stones," Ye Ya shook the gold coin bag on his waist, "I said so much earlier, enough for Min Zhen to eat, but I didn't expect that in just ten days, I ate more than half of it...... I'm sorry, Miss, I didn't blame you......" After speaking, he grimaced at everyone and shook his head with a chuckle.
"It's good to go out on a mission...... "Wu Lian said with a smile, "The more advanced the monsters, the more beneficial the magic stones produced are for them, this time the task is over, I will take the next task immediately, don't worry, I won't let everyone go hungry!" After saying this, he turned his mouth to Lingling, and the mouth shape was clear: all for the old lady to work!
But she forgot that the little girl and her were in the same mind, and the pet bag immediately fluttered......
The team continued to move in the cave, and on the map in Ye Ya's hand, there were more and more lines, spreading to both sides like a spider's web along the previous path.
"It's almost time today, inform the stupid big man, the knife, go back. "Wu Lian estimated the time, the team has been in the cave for almost eight or nine hours, and the sky should be full of stars outside, since you have come to the meteor hill, if you don't go to see the meteor at night, wouldn't it be in vain.
After the group gathered, they walked out of the cave, and soon they were out of the laboratory.
Outside, night had just fallen, not far from the entrance of the cave, a leeward place was found, Ye Ya and Wu Lian made a fire to cook, Miao Xiaodao and Lingling went to the surroundings to guard, and Luo Sheng was on the side to help and chat with Ye Ya.
By the time everyone had served their meals, stars began to appear in the sky.
"Look! Look there! Meteor!" Luo Sheng pointed with his hand, but he didn't expect to be too excited, a chopstick flew out, and landed in the mouth of the raptor in front of him, how could the little chopsticks be able to beat the mouth of the raptor's teeth, the raptor didn't even feel it, and the bamboo chopsticks were closed to the magic stone fragments, and they went down to the dragon's belly together.
"Ah, fierce, return my chopsticks!" Luo Sheng took a chopstick and opened the raptor's mouth, where was there still a trace of chopsticks.
"Hahaha!" everyone laughed.
After the meal, Ye Ya found a place as usual, laid out a soft blanket, and prepared to start meditating.
"Yezi, let's go?" Wu Lian came behind Ye Ya.
Ye Ya turned around, in the quiet barren stream, only insects chirped softly, and although Wu Lian's voice was small, he could hear it clearly, "It's time for me to meditate." ”
"If you don't meditate for a day, it won't be good!" said Ulian, with a hint of anger in her tone.
"Well, that's good, let's take a walk. Ye Ya folded the soft blanket in half and covered Min Zhen, "Let's go." ”
The two climbed the hill and paced along the ridge.
"Captain, what's the matter?"
"Can't I look for you if it's okay?" Ulian turned around.
"Yes, why not!"
"I'm concerned about you!" Ulian turned around and walked forward, "According to what you said, the time of the Witch's House is so different from the world of our world, how many years have you spent in it?"
"Probably a few years......"
"Don't lie to me, the first time, you went in for about twelve hours, but you said that you had been in it for a year and a half, and according to this algorithm, you went in for nearly six months this time...... As the captain, I have to take care of your mental health......"
Wu Lian's memory is too good, this was all ten years ago, I still remember it.
"If that counts...... Isn't that ......?"
"I have to call you grandpa?" Wu Lian jumped and turned around, Ye Ya thought about how to answer, not noticing that she had stopped, and knocked her down at once.
Although he is a magician, his skills are not as good as that of a warrior, but he still has basic agility, Ye Ya subconsciously reached out and hugged Wu Lian back, stood up, and smoothly stroked the long hair on her cheeks behind her ears.
"It can't be counted like this, life in the witch's family is very simple, even if you live for a thousand years...... Life is the same, nothing has changed, there are so many magic elves, and the vitality will basically not pass, and there is no outside, these messy things...... You know, right? So it doesn't make sense to count how much time I've spent in it, and besides, there's nothing wrong with me......"
Wu Lian walked forward briskly with joy, her face was scarlet, this was the first time she had been hugged by a man.
Wu Lian, whose heart was beating faster, where could he still hear Ye Ya's explanation.