Chapter 52: Planting Pods
The closer they got to the exit, the more careful they became, and Auston didn't want to be surrounded by countless monsters as soon as he rushed out.
Fortunately, nothing new has arisen in this last stretch of the road, except for the increasingly dense green liquid that is highly corrosive, but none of this is a problem.
Near the exit, I found that the last section of the road was a very steep slope, just now the line of sight was limited by the angle, the faint light looked small, in fact, it was indeed a huge hole that was blocked, there was no fork in the entire passage, it was obvious that the giant worm that had been hit hard just now went out from here.
"We've walked all the way, basically down, this should be deep underground, almost a thousand meters, right?" Lockrael said.
Not only is there light passing through the entrance of the cave, but the wind is also very strong, which indicates that the front must be directly connected to the ground, and it is not a closed cave.
Being able to reach the ground should have been an exciting thing, but Auston had a bad feeling in his heart, he was familiar with every inch of Hanina's land, but he couldn't remember where there was a large rift valley that was a thousand meters deep.
"Be careful." Auston confessed, and walked cautiously towards the entrance of the cave.
Before leaving the hole, the eyes suddenly opened up, although it was dark night, but the light in front of them was very sufficient, Auston and Lockriel stayed in the dark underground for a long time, and suddenly encountered a strong light, and their eyes were a little uncomfortable.
Lockriel was about to move forward, but was pulled back by Auston.
"Don't move! Look at ...... under your feet."
Lockrael looked down when he heard this, only to see that the land outside the cave entrance was full of that kind of magma landform, and when he looked up, he couldn't see the end at a glance! This place looks like an erupting crater!
However, the crater is naturally the top of a mountain, and it is a thousand meters deep underground, so it is better to call it a crater than underground magma.
Auston cautiously approached the entrance of the cave, the ground around it was somehow extremely soft, not much stronger than the bearing capacity of the swamp, and the air was full of sulfur mixed with the smell of burning, which was extremely unpleasant.
The surrounding light is extremely abnormal, the dazzling white light is definitely not the light of nature, Auston looked towards the sky, sure enough, the light source came from the sky, but the light was too dazzling, Auston couldn't look directly at all, barely looked for a long time and couldn't see what was hidden behind the light.
The two of them looked around and found that they were now at the very bottom of a valley, surrounded by cliffs that went straight up and down, and the normal crustal fault landform could be seen at a higher level, and the further down they went, the more humid and hot it became. And it's full of hot lava underneath, and it's a dilemma.
"Is there such a sinister place on your Hanina?" Lockere asked.
"No, how could the Empire allow such a landscape to exist......" Alston pointed to the strong light source above and continued, "See that, the whole sky is covered by that thing, it's like a pot lid, this place must have been made out of it." ”
A chill broke out in Lockry's heart, how long had it been since GY started attacking? Five hours? Seven hours? Can you open a deep pit with a diameter of more than ten kilometers?
"My communicator still hasn't responded, I can't receive anything, what about yours? Can you reach your subordinates? Auston asked.
Lockell closed his eyes and tried it, shaking his head, "No, this place is weird, and my spiritual power can't even reach a hundred meters." ”
Auston was not annoyed when he heard this, he had expected it. Thinking of those highly corrosive acids, perhaps this pit was dissolved raw.
He looked around, trying to find the whereabouts of the giant worm, there was only one way, could it be that it jumped directly into the magma and was melted?
It didn't matter, Auston was surprised to find that the entrance of the cave he was in had just been at the level of the magma outside, but now it was one meter higher than the magma outside!
The ground is sinking!
Auston thought about it for a moment, and a cold sweat broke out all over his body!
This place is not a natural cave that Hanina originally existed, but a deep pit made by a man-made person...... And the pit was still sinking, reminiscent of what GY had done so far, destroying the ground, digging holes with that giant insect monster, and the sight in front of him......
"We can't afford to linger, they want to get close to the center of the earth!"
Auston's words are amazing!
Sure enough, everything related to GY can't be thought of in common sense.
"What do you want to do? What can you and I do in this situation? Lockriel asked.
Auston looked into the distance, but the underground cavern was too big for him to find anything.
"Think about what they've shown so far, how much of that kind do you think would take to make a place like this?"
Lockrael thought for a moment and set her sights on the lava... But her eyes weren't focused on the magma surface, she wanted to see through it......
"Do you think...... There's something down here! ”
Obviously, if that acid is like a giant drill bit, then there must be a machine to support it! The planet Hanina is not small, with a diameter of 30,000 kilometers, and with the corrosive strength of that acid, it is impossible to fill this pit with a depth of 1,000 meters if you want to dissolve through the planet.
But now, the ground is still slowly and continuously declining!
This means that there must be something down there that is constantly making that acid!
"But...... This is magma that can melt even stones, what can be hidden underneath? Lockriel still couldn't believe it, and hesitated.
"You're making the mistake of empiricism again, nothing is common sense about GY-related things." Alston sneered, "I'm going to go to the center and have a look, maybe I'll find something." ”
"No! It's too dangerous! You said you would never let yourself die here! Lockriel said loudly and grabbed Auston's arm, she knew Auston too well, if he did find something, he would definitely take action, but it was too dangerous to fight in such an environment.
Auston smiled: "Don't worry, I said that I would return Hanina to Vina completely, and I would never simply die." ”
"Really?"
Alston nodded, and Lockrell let go of his grip on him.
"I don't have much energy in my power armor, and I may not fly more than a kilometer before I plunge headlong into the magma......," Auston shook his shoulders and laughed.
Loclair snorted and said angrily, "You said that you would never let me fly with you again, which will damage the face of your Hanina god of war." ”
"It's a time and a moment, and it won't be seen this time." Seeing that Lockriel was unmoved, Auston gritted his teeth, folded his hands and whispered, "Please, please." ”
Lockriel snorted and laughed, it wasn't easy to make Auston soft once.
In the empty underground space, above the endless hot lava, a holy figure with wings and an angelic body flew slowly, everything seemed to be very beautiful, except that the angel was not holding a sacred scepter, nor a sword or shield engraved with holy emblems, but dragging the shoulders of a sturdy man......
"Can you catch it somewhere else...... I felt like a rabbit caught by an eagle......"
"Another one? Then I'm holding your waist? Or grab your feet? ”
Auston made up these two images in his head, the former was inevitably about to pout his ass, and the latter was even more unbearable, looking like a dead corpse.
"Forget it... So be it..."
Oriha's flight speed is very fast, even if she brings a person, Lockriel doesn't find it difficult, in fact, she still enjoys her current state...
"Slow down, there's something ahead!" Auston suddenly whispered.
Lockriel snorted, and the feathers, which had been surrounded by cyan airflow, suddenly became transparent, and Auston's figure began to blur.
A rough estimate of the distance, almost to the middle of the pit, all the way was very calm, Auston had been worried about the giant worm did not appear, until at this moment something else appeared in the silent underground.
"What's that......" Lockrell asked quietly.
What is in front of me is very ...... Discord, dozens of huge tentacles twisted together, and there were countless sucker-like mouthparts on each tentacle, slowly wriggling, like an upgraded version of the giant worm just now.
The thing was obviously fleshy too, but it seemed completely unaffected by lava, and the red-hot lava seemed to it to be like bathwater.
"Whatever it is, this cave must have been created by it, and destroying it will definitely interrupt the current situation." Auston whispered.
"But this thing is so big, and we don't have a heavy weapon in our hands, I'm afraid there is no way to deal effective damage to it."
"Try it first!"
Lockell is helpless, this man is a man of action, always thinking about countermeasures in action.
At this moment, the communicator on Auston's body suddenly had a signal access! The communicator, which has not moved since it went down to the passage, is actually ringing at this moment!
"Hello? Feed! Can you hear me..."
The voice...... It's Iru!
"General? Can you hear me? I'm a little windy here......" accompanied by Iru's signature voice that was always devoid of tension, and the sound of the wind whistling.
"I guess you should have seen that, right? That thing can't be touched, listen to my advice, I'll be over you in no time! ”
Auston was shocked, he actually knew where he was? Although there were a bunch of questions to ask him, this was not the time.
"Did you say the tentacle aggregate? What's that, exactly? Why can't you touch it? ”
"Hahaha, General, your description is really apt, but that thing is not a tentacle monster, it is a GY seed pod! If you attack it, half the planet will be blown up! ”