By the time Persephone gathered her belongings and led a dozen men north again, Oberenne had just broken through the last of the Hobiru defenses and burst into the heart of the forest. {)

Faced with the Hobiru tribe, whose elite warriors were swept away, the expected easy battle did not appear. Young and old, the Hobiru took advantage of the terrain and attacked Oberen's troops day and night. They are fearless to death, but cunning enough to blend in with the forest environment before they can be spotted at a considerable distance. And the closer you get to the center of the forest, the more intense the xenomorph radiation in the forest becomes, which is a considerable obstacle to the perception of the people. Even the sixth-order sentient scepters in the team who specialize in reconnaissance cannot detect a range of more than 100 meters, and this distance is constantly shrinking.

Soon, another weapon of the Hobiru appeared, and that was self-detonation. The young Hobiru people will swallow the energy crystals embedded in the weapon, and then sneak near Oberen's team, rush to the team at full speed, and then the entire body will turn into a bomb, exploding, and the energy index of the explosion in an instant will exceed the power of ordinary heavy artillery dozens of times! A single self-detonation attack can completely collapse the protective shield of the sorcerer-like in the team, and even Oberen, who has multiple power-enhancing equipment, can only support three to four self-detonation shocks in a row. But it was impossible for his shield alone to protect the entire squad, and it would take time to replenish energy. For the average magician, this time is a day, and Oberen's needs at least six hours.

The advent of the Hobiru people has subverted many of humanity's common sense about living things, as have their children and the elderly. Young Hobiru people have little defense and little strength, but they are very good at hiding and are much faster than even adults!

The old men of Hobiru have lost their strength and speed, but have developed abilities similar to those of a spell-like domain, allowing them to manipulate energy crystals, burying them in tree trunks or under glitter mushrooms, which will be detonated from a distance when Oberen's team passes by. The older the Hobiru, the farther away the detonation will be.

The explosion power of these energy crystals is only slightly smaller than that of the Hobiru child who used it as a flesh bomb.

Upon entering the heart of the forest, Oberen realized that he and his team had been completely isolated. In this eerie forest, almost every qiē has the potential to become their enemy. After a series of attacks, he decisively let go of the restriction and killed anyone who dared to approach the group, young and old. Later, any movable object that approaches the team will be instantly torn apart by the energy storm!

It took them nearly a week to travel less than five kilometers, a journey that cost 12 killed and six seriously wounded. In the heart of the forest, there is little difference between serious injuries and battle deaths. In line with the principle of protecting researchers first, there are still 6 of the 7 researchers left in the team, and the only unlucky guy is because of the sudden flood of sympathy, he wants to put a child who has been beaten into a sieve better, and then he is hugged by this child who has not yet lost his breath and exploded into minced meat together!

The team's material reserves are close to depletion, and there are still some energy reserves, and ammunition weapons have been completely turned into scrap metal because they have run out of bullets. There is still a lot of water and nutrients, which is good news, but the anti-radiation drugs have been used up. The back-to-back battles wore everyone out, and so did Oberen. But no matter how hard the battle was, he always had a faint smile on his face and a clear light in his gray-green eyes. He looked more pure and clear, not at all like the leader of one of the three giants.

There are no rookies in this team, and those who can survive until now are the elite of the old birds. Even without any occult abilities, they are quite sensitive to their instincts for danger. These murderous old birds can feel that Oberen, who is like a big boy, has suddenly changed since he received that strange piece of information. On the surface, he smiled more and more innocently, not much different from when he first took over the Sea Emperor Trident, but in fact, standing by Oberen's side, the old birds often felt a pinprick chill hit their bodies.

They knew very well that this was not the cold energy released by Oberen, but an instinct for extreme danger!

It was only at this time that the most unruly fellow in the ranks quietly put away his contempt and conscientiously obeyed every order of Oberen.

Oberen's order is actually only one, forward, and smash a qiē obstacle! Until you get to the middle of the forest, under an ancient tree that is so tall that you can't see the canopy of it!

Under the command of this big boy with a sunny face and a smile, this team of serious old birds and cold-blooded scientific researchers burst out with amazing combat effectiveness, turning the old people and children of Hobiru into charcoal, gray, and blurred flesh and blood.

No matter how many lives fell in front of him, no matter whether it was an enemy or his own team members who died, Oberen's smile never changed. Around him, flames, ice crystals, and lightning staggered, and countless spells of the same kind shot out from between the intertwined and flying fingers, knocking out the Hobiru one by one.

Every spell is deadly, and just right! Most of the time, after being hit by Oberen's ice arrows, fire, or thunderballs, the Hobiru people do not die on the spot, but the old birds and researchers who are already familiar with the body structure and vital organs of the Hobiru people know very well that these Hobiru people will not survive, and as for when they will die, it depends on their vitality and the type of spell they are in.

Whenever Oberion uses a fire, the flames made of spell-like energy will fall on the heads of the Hobirus, and the hot reddish and yellowish flames are not at all extinguishable by ordinary means, they don't burn for long, usually no more than ten seconds. But this was enough time to inflict irreparable damage on the fire-fearing Hobirus, but they would not die for a while. As a result, the fire is often followed by a terrible cry that lasts for several minutes, and then gradually fades away as the body is exhausted.

With a little more force, these extremely weak Hobiru people can be burned to death. But Oberen just didn't want to add this force, and he didn't want to waste a drop of energy.

The people who were able to join this team and survive until now, any one of them is covered with blood, even those scientific researchers, there are not a few humanoids who have been dissected. But when they asked themselves, except for a few murderers, there was really no one who could do something like Oberen.

Oberen's heart was calm and amazed, surprised that he could be so relaxed and calm to do something that was completely unimaginable in the past. Every life is no different from stone and rotten wood in his eyes, and the feeling of killing a Hobiru is not even as good as killing a small animal. He still vividly remembered that when he first became a superior soldier of the Dark Dragoon, when he first did a patrol mission, killing a complete humanoid living corpse with his own hands would make him feel entangled in his heart for a long, long time.

Originally, Oberen's desire was not to pursue the art of the old era, but to completely remove the radiation clouds from the sky, so that the sunlight could return to the desolate earth. It is not only tragedy that is art, but also a world full of sunshine. Now, however, he knows that the sunshine only exists on his own face, and no longer stays in his heart.

Looking at the towering ancient tree not far away, you can clearly feel the rich breath of life from the trunk of the tree that is nearly 100 meters thick, which makes every cell of Oberen jump for it. He had an intuition that every secret of the Hobiru people could be found from this ancient tree. The blue-skinned Hobiru people are actually a very wonderful creature, despite their very primitive technology and society, but this is a creature with more intelligence and perfect genes than humans. The genes of any species with a long history will not be perfect, because in the long course of evolution, organisms will change with the change of environment, but the obsolete genes will not all disappear, but will remain in the form of various fragments. In early genomics, these fragments were called genotoxins because their presence was at the root of many congenital diseases. However, in the new era of opening abilities, with the rapid development of genetic technology, people have gradually discovered that there are many secrets contained in genetic toxins, and there may even be fragments of Holy Order abilities hidden among them!

All in all, the more trivial and toxins there are in nature, the older the species is, and it has undergone many processes. And the Hobiru people are so genetically clean, there can only be one explanation, that is, their history is very short, so short that it is impossible to arise and evolve naturally.

The Hobiru people are an artificially created intelligent race!

Once the secret of the Hobiru people is discovered, it will inevitably make a big leap forward in biotechnology and even related technology! The Arthur family will also be strong, and as the head of the family, Oberen will also be strong. The path he has taken has always been a powerful path that makes full use of his family's resources, and the speed of his ability enhancement will definitely far exceed that of an individual who relies on a single person.

Oberen was actually extremely tired, relying on stimulants to support the energy needs of various spells. But his fighting spirit was always cold, shattering the Hobiru people who appeared in front of him one by one like an automaton. He was not afraid of blood, nor did he care about killing, and no matter how many Hobiru people cursed him in the most vicious language before they died, Oberen did not take it to heart. Killing a Hobiru is no different than breaking a rock.

In his eyes, there was only the towering ancient tree. Oberen knew that by walking under that tree, the powerful path he had been pursuing would be half realized. So, he won't let anyone stand in his way!

Oberen needs to become stronger himself, and he needs to develop his talent bit by bit, because in addition to Sue, he now has a new and more important goal in his heart, Mishoji!

Oberen's hands glowed with ice crystals, and he grabbed the face of a little girl from Hobiru, and the extreme low temperature instantly turned her head into ice cubes! Then Oberyen passed her, walking as easily as if he were walking in his own yard. The little girl shook and tried to reach out to touch the ice on her head, but her hand was only halfway raised, and she fell to the ground and never moved again.

Bypassing the little girl, Oberen was left with only one last Hobiru, an old Hobiru, whose skin was wrinkled like dry bark, and who was much older than all the Hobirus Oberen had ever seen.

The old man stood under the old tree. From this distance, the trunks of ancient trees are suffocatingly thick, and sometimes, massive, which in itself poses an unbearable pressure.

There are many holes in the body of the ancient tree, and looking at the smooth outer edge, it is clear that the Hobiru people often entered and exited it. Behind the old man, there is also a deep tree hole nearly ten meters high, which seems to be the gate for the Hobiru people to enter and exit the ancient tree.

The old man paused heavily with the branch in his hand, and a thunderous voice immediately sounded in Oberen's consciousness: "Intruder! Your hands are stained with the blood of our people, will that make you happy?! ”

Oberen smiled, his smile was still full of sunshine, and his mind turned into a bundle of sharp needles, stabbing fiercely at the old man's consciousness, and then following it to pass the message to the old man Hobiru on the other side: "You are in my way. ”

The old man's face changed suddenly, and the corners of his eyes cracked, leaving two thin lines of blood. Oberen's mental strength was not at the same level as him at all, and the counterattack just now had seriously injured him.

However, the old man still stopped in front of the tree hole, glared angrily at Oberen, and had no intention of giving way at all: "We only have warriors who have died in battle, and there are no cowards who have escaped!" ”

"Ignorance! Courage doesn't solve a qiē. Oberen popped out an ice arrow and stabbed it squarely into the old man's chest, where the heart of the Hobiru man was. He stepped over the old man's corpse and into the hollow of the old tree, and the whole procession followed him.

Inside the tree hole, there is an incomparably high and wide hall, under the dome nearly 100 meters high, a team of less than 30 people is not much different from a group of ants. The hall of trees was not dim, and the entire hall was illuminated by clouds of blue light floating in the air.

All the people in the team, including Oberen, held their breath after seeing the environment of the Tree Hall, and for a moment they couldn't even find the right words to describe their mood at the moment.

"What a miracle!" The head of research finally let out a sigh of emotion.

All agreed from the bottom of their hearts.

Oberen tilted his head and looked around the hall full of mysteries, and a trace of excitement welled up in his cold heart. In a voice that no one could hear, he said softly, "Mei, wait for me, I will definitely personally deliver Mishosi's heart to you!" ”