Chapter 416: Crystal Jungle

The 3rd Raven Squad suddenly lost contact with us.

This was completely unexpected, and the last piece of information they left behind indicated that the team had entered the depths of the crypt without any fighting, and that communication between the two sides was abruptly cut off after discovering that "the crypt had suddenly opened up with a large cavity ahead" and was "about to enter a fault zone", the call from the mothership was completely unanswered, and the two regular forces that were approaching the raven team from the other two passages of the crypt lost contact immediately afterward.

This strange situation caused me to immediately notify the troops searching the area of the crypt to suspend their operations and move to a state of high alert to defend against the enemy that could appear at any time, and then I and Asa, Lilina and I took the landing module directly to the vicinity of the target crypt.

After the three squads lost contact one after another, the first to arrive at the scene was the first squad led by Gianna, as many as ten powerful ravens and a hundred archmages from Dalaran and Silvermoon City have made this team more powerful than ever, and they have blocked the entrance and exit of the crypt with a combination of arcane shields and spectral barriers under my orders, but so far, it seems that no enemies have poured out of it.

Now this place we are in is a wilderness full of rubble, which has obviously been entrenched by the Zerg for a long time, although the worm moss on the ground has been burned to ashes by the ravens using the firestorm, but the occasional exposed carbonized Zerg limbs on the desolate Gobi surface around it still make people's stomachs churn, because these Zerg have been dead for a long time, the specific chemicals in their bodies have long been inactive, coupled with their ** tough, It didn't take much effort to burn the charred entrails and flesh one by one, leaving behind a large and rather uncomfortable corpse of bugs.

"What's going on now? Still can't get in touch? ”

I wasn't asking about Gianna, but Raven 001, who was the leader of the team, but was the Honorary Team Leader, and she didn't understand the advanced communication skills of the Shilings.

"Your Majesty," Raven 001 immediately dissipated the intense arcane aura floating on his black trench coat and bowed his head in salute, "We have released several more detectors, and so far we have not come into contact with the 'fault zone' mentioned by Team Three, and the current situation is not abnormal. ”

From the footage transmitted by the probe in real time, I could clearly see what was going on in the crypt.

To be honest, the inside of the crypt doesn't look as disgusting as I thought it would be, and it's even better than the surroundings around us - at least there's no disembowelmented Zerg corpses that pop into your eyes to affect your appetite.

The entrance to the crypt is located under a gentle hillock, with a diameter of about ten meters, which can be easily entered by light individual fighters, the interior of the crypt is mainly composed of a black mixed rock, the strength is very high, there is no possibility of collapse, the first hundred meters inside the terrain is flat, the environment is dry, the footprints of the first team are clearly visible under the detector lens, and further on, the terrain gradually descends, and it is getting steeper and steeper, and the four walls of the crypt gradually expand, forming a flat dome, Based on the information left by Team 1, the agile probe completely simulated the route of the latter's movement before his disappearance, and gradually approached a sudden open area.

"The terrain here is like entering a flattened fuel tank through a slender pipe," Raven 001 described the terrain underground with a very vivid description, "Your Majesty, there is the fault zone ahead." ”

As Raven 001's words fell, the picture in front of us turned a corner, and then it changed drastically.

A vast expanse of crystal jungle

Words are difficult to describe the magnificence of this scene, the light blue magnificent crystal grows from the ground like bamboo shoots, the highest even nearly 100 meters, directly through the grand crypt that can almost be called another world, these crystals are still branching out in the process of growth, from a distance it looks really like a tree, a faint streamer jumps between these crystals, like a dream, the ground under the crystal jungle is no longer the kind of black mixed rock, but a certain gray crystal, The composition of the crypt is divided into two parts here, with a gray black rock formation on one side that is as dark as a dirty slum, and a splendid crystal jungle on the other, which looks like an elven realm - well, in fact, I haven't seen anything like it......

Then, the image in front of us suddenly distorted a few times, and for a moment it turned into a noisy distraction.

Is it some kind of energy present in the Crystal Jungle that causes the regular communication equipment to malfunction?

It is impossible for an ordinary soldier to be equipped with an out-of-specification device like a chrono communication device, and an ordinary communication device, even if it is labeled with a label made by Xiling, should fail when encountering a super energy field.

"Let's go down in person."

I casually turned off the projector, moved my shoulders slightly, and then said decisively, which immediately aroused the joint opposition of Raven 001 and Gianna on the side: "Your Majesty (Lord Divine Envoy), please don't take any risks"

"That's not dangerous, you should have some confidence in the strength of your leader," I said, patting Lilina on the head, "More importantly, I'll have no problem taking this guy with me." ”

"Yes," Lilina immediately had a shy expression on her face that was almost indistinguishable from the fake, "You can use Lilina as much as you want~~Big brother~~~"

"Bang"

I smashed this troublemaker away with a knife.

But I'm right.,With Lilina by her side.,The so-called dangerous gods.,That's all floating clouds - as the chief priestess of the goddess of life created and given authority by the ruling god of the universe himself,This pseudo-Lori has the most rebellious aura skill in the world:Friendly targets within her line of sight will get the effect of life gaze.,Not only does the vitality and recovery ability increase several times.,And more importantly,It's a chance to resurrect every fifteen minutes., While I don't think there could be anything on an inconspicuous pimple star that could kill all the Emperor-level Hilin Apostles, Lilina's ability has undoubtedly dispelled Raven 001's doubts.

After ordering the first Raven Squad to stand by in place, Asaa and Lilina and I, escorted by Vega the Scorpion, entered the deep and dim crypt together.

"It's really a wise choice to bring Vega here."

Not long after leaving, Qianqian sighed happily.

I nodded along with it, and instructed Sister Scorpion, "Vega, turn up the brightness." ”

The latter's muffled voice followed suit: "Sir, if you increase the output power, you will reach the attack limit."

"Oh......" I nodded, and continued walking after Vega in the form of a searchlight.

How did you think Shallow came up with the idea of asking Vega to turn on the carapace on her tail as a searchlight? Is this brain really developed according to human specifications?

But I have to admit that the photon cannon on Vega's tail doesn't work well as a searchlight......

"There is a faint breath of life coming from the front," Lilina had a solemn expression on her face, and the tip of her small nose fluttered slightly, as if she could really ask what the smell of life was from the air, "Well, cumin-flavored ......"

Me: "......"

This crypt is indeed quite deep, and the ground is full of gravel and large pits, and it is quite unpleasant to walk with a foot deep and a shallow foot, and at first shallow is still like a child jumping infinitely for a big adventure game, but it didn't take long for it to fall into a state of boredom, it seems that even a wild slime that came out to block the way did not make her interested in it, and Lilina occupied the only stable place for the reason that she was a goddess who was not good at walking and was a child who needed to be cared for: Vega's back, At this time, the old god was sitting on the ground on the back of Sister Scorpion, and that position should have been mine...... Forget it, don't see it like a child.

It was almost half an hour before we made our way through this rather difficult tunnel to the Crystal Jungle area.

"Wow" shallow entered a state of excitement as I expected, and rushed into the crystal jungle with his hands dancing, and began to pull out the crystal from the ground like a turnip, and the crystal that looked extremely hard made a creaking sound after the strength of the arm that was as strong as a big wood after being strengthened, "Ah Jun, Ah Jun, you said that this thing can be made into diamonds?" ”

I'm glad Bubble didn't come along, or the little guy would have dug up the whole pimple star.

Instead of paying attention to the shallowness that had fallen into a state of rampage, I began to feel the flow of energy around me.

Just as we had guessed at the beginning, there was some very disturbing energy field in this jungle, and our communication with the outside world had been cut off.

This energy field is not powerful, and it is not even harmful, and it is no wonder that Shallow will not be able to raise a little caution at all, but it can effectively block any conventional means of communication, under the perception of my spiritual power, the entire crystal jungle is filled with such an energy field, the latter vibrates regularly, and forms a secret synchronization with the surrounding crystal clusters, as if these crystals are resonating, gradually, I understand a little bit the principle of these energy resonance blocking communication.

I don't know if these crystals are magical substances made by the Protos, but if so, then these mysterious Protoss are really worth studying.

"Gianna, can you hear me?"

"The Divine Envoy is so good, you suddenly lost contact with ...... just now"

"Calm down, we're fine right now," I breathed a sigh of relief, "the crystal jungle here creates a subtle energy resonance, a self-contained resonance chamber that makes it impossible for regular communication signals to be transmitted, but it doesn't work for my special abilities, you don't have to worry." ”

After a brief explanation, I called out to Shallow, who was busy reversing the crystal-forming process, and Lilina, who was riding around Vega's back, and headed out into the crystal jungle.

There is not only one entrance here, there are also two passages side by side on the direction we entered, which should be the way for the other two missing squads to enter, as a special melee unit, Vega is quite good at tracking such "hunting" skills, under her investigation, we can easily find the traces left by the missing squad before, quite neat, and there are no traces of battle, which indicates that they are collectively marching towards the depths of the jungle under the orderly command, but where are those soldiers now?

With this question in mind, we went all the way in, and the size of this crystal area was truly staggering, and its interior was no longer just a "jungle", but walls and passages formed by crystal clear crystals began to appear, making the terrain deeper more and more complex.

"The life reaction in front of me has become stronger"

Lilina stopped us suddenly, then frowned tightly.

"It smells bad...... It's the Zerg ......"

Does the so-called breath of life really have a taste?

I couldn't help but wonder as Lilina jumped off Vega and propped up a pale green energy shield by her side, while Vega drew her twin knives, and the photon cannon on her tail switched to close-range impact mode.

As we went, the muffled grinding sounds and meaningless roars of bugs could be heard in the air, and we could quickly find the enemy without Lilina's guidance.

Eventually, with the squeak of swollen gums filling our ears, we approached an invisible crystal wall from behind a series of evenly spaced holes.

This is supposed to be the end of the Crystal Jungle, and I'm already a little dazzled by the vast crystal crypt.

We leaned cautiously and peeked into the hole.

"Damn, are all those bugs concentrated here?"

I immediately whispered, I had long thought that even if the queen worm on the planet died, before the entire planet was burned to ashes, there would be no way there would be only so many of those zergs left, it turned out ...... Are they all hiding underground?

How many? All I can say is that they are boundless, truly boundless, and I have no doubt that they are even tens of millions, as for hundreds of millions...... Well, that's.

Boundless swarms filled our view, dark purple carapaces and tentacles intertwined, disgusting as a wriggling viscous swamp, a large number of stinging snakes, jumping worms, lurkers, wyverns, and other oddly shaped insects that were completely different from the game seemed to be gathered together in a haphazard manner, the faint grinding sound caused by their slight movement mixed together, and the amplification of the crystal cavern sounded deafening.

"I kind of hate the atmosphere of this planet......"

I plucked my ears and was distraught by the noise of the bugs.

Vega immediately nodded to me with a serious expression: "Yes, sir, we will burn the atmosphere of this planet after the operation is over."

This time, even Lilina was shocked.

"They seem to be besieging something."

Vega didn't realize anything unusual about what she said, but continued to observe the situation inside the cave, and the faint glow in her eyes indicated that Sister Scorpion's radar was fully open, and soon, she found what she was looking for.

"Report to the Chief that there is a strange high-energy structure in the center of the swarm, and a signal of a contact beacon has been detected that our allies are fighting fiercely there"

"Prepare for a battle and storm in," I immediately whispered, and then a warm sense of security suddenly emanated from me.

Lilina's hair had turned a luminous emerald green in an instant, and this petite girl who was always mischievous brought me an inexplicable sense of holiness at this moment, and she slowly floated into the air, surging life energy began to stir in every inch of space around us.

"The chief goddess officer of the goddess of life is not that simple," Lilina said lightly, and then decisively drilled behind my back, "Boss, you have to protect the delicate Lilina for a while~~~"

Before I could give this girl her usual triple-speed hand knife, Vega had suddenly jumped through the crystal hole, the photon cannon on her tail had already begun to charge before she jumped out of the hole, and when she hit the ground, the crimson light had already accumulated to its apex, and then exploded.

The thick crimson beam of light suddenly illuminated the somewhat gloomy underground realm, and the insect swarms along the way were painted with a large area of blood by this intense light, accompanied by the deafening roar of the insect swarm that erupted in an instant, the strong photon torrent had swept away a terrifying scar several meters wide and hundreds of kilometers long between the insect tides, and in the sound of the rapid charging of the twin blades, Vega raised his upper body high, and instantly turned into a phantom in the battle cry of "Long live the Empire", rushing towards the direction of the beacon that was surrounded by the insect swarm.

I pulled Lilina and followed shallowly.

Tens of millions of insect swarms besiege a fart building, can participate in the battle of nature less than a dime, most of the already highly excited insects can only watch the play remotely in the back, their nerves have long been burning, now our appearance has obviously let it find a vent point, although under the sudden attack of Vega, there have been nearly 10,000 Zerg turned into ashes, but in the next second, the channel that has just been opened is refilled by them, and then, the overwhelming insect swarm launched a brave attack on a group of "weak humans" who took the initiative to jump out.

Qianqian used the unprecedentedly powerful spiritual power to levitate in the air, and in the process of moving forward quickly, these "weak" insects launched a crushing without technical content, she didn't even bother to use any moves, all the Zerg who dared to approach the range of three hundred meters around us turned into neatly cut pieces of meat or rotten and scorched flesh and blood in mid-air, and the shallow who had entered a brutal state tore the torrent of time around him without mercy, even the Zerg who could not theoretically die due to aging could not resist this disorderly time shock, Their ** were simultaneously crammed into hundreds of timelines that could span thousands of years, and then turned into an overwhelming rain of blood before they knew it.

No matter how many times I've seen it, the shallow battle scene...... It's disgusting......

The dense crackling sound and the muffled sound of large pieces of flesh falling on the ground formed the only symphony around us, and all the pounced zerg turned into lifeless rotten flesh and pus in mid-air, even a guy like Lilina, who claimed to be not afraid of heaven and earth, couldn't help but retch when she witnessed the ferocious scene of the shallow battle, so I had to pick up the pale little girl, follow Vega's footsteps, and quickly leave the bloody rain caused by the shallow behind.

(Don't cool down the ticket, I want to stay on the classification list for a few more days...... ）