Whether or not the stupid human heart trembled because of this is an unsolved mystery, but the moment he saw the Soul Clan base with his own eyes, his heart was full of shock.

Although the steel fortresses of the humans were different from those that the Pavatigars were accustomed to, the difference was only the appearance, and the essence was still similar, so as soon as Shure entered the fortress, he could distinguish the functions of each room. But the Soul Clan's base is different, and many of their buildings are beyond the comprehension of the Pavatigars, so much so that Shure and Moria are completely confused about the purpose of these buildings.

After escaping from the swarm's lair, the two did not return to the fortress, but turned northwest and headed straight for the Soul Clan's base. The purpose of their coming out today was originally to investigate the specific situation of the two detachment points on the spot, and if possible, to be able to confirm with their own eyes that the surrounding environment of the detachment points is the best.

Although the attempt at the old nest of the insect swarm failed, and he failed to get close to the detachment point, after all, the environment has been roughly confirmed, and the result of the confirmation is that there is a heavily guarded place by the insect swarm, and it is almost impossible to infiltrate it quietly, and it is bound to go through a hard battle, therefore, the detachment point of the soul clan base has become the last hope, if there is any problem with the detachment point here, the more than thirty people can only go to fight with the insects head-on. As for the burrowing spider's nest, no kidding, it's the gathering place of the main army of the swarm, and storming there is no different from committing suicide.

Therefore, the two of them ran more than seventy kilometers in two hours, and they didn't even have time to eat lunch, and finally felt that in the afternoon near the Soul Clan base, there was also a fungus blanket, but only a supporter grew inside the base, and the range of the fungus blanket was just enough to cover the base, as for the area around the base, there was open land everywhere, the land was barren and barren, I really don't know why these native creatures fought endlessly in this land that didn't see any value.

Lying on a hill far from the base, looking down at the base of this strange race, although I have seen it in the stereoscopic image before, but it is indirect after all, and when I see it with my own eyes, it feels completely different.

The first is big.

Wei had said that the Soul Clan naturally liked to live in spacious places, and that their weapons of war, or their mechanical bodies, were larger than humans, so Shure was actually mentally prepared for the size of their buildings. But when I saw it with my own eyes, I realized that I was still too naïve, and I didn't know how exaggerated the spaciousness in the eyes of the soul clan was.

Looking at the soul clan base in the stereoscopic image, the side length of the hexagon is only six or seven hundred meters at most, but the field investigation found that the base is at least three times larger than imagined, and the mechanical body remains as a reference, the smallest model, is also twice the height of normal humans, and those long-range shooters with special images are even five or six meters tall, which is not worse than the largest beetle in the swarm.

Of course, only ruins remain in the base, but from the ruins, you can vaguely see the shadow of when it was intact.

Smooth and angular, this is the first impression given by the Soul Clan base, the Soul Clan prefers bright yellow, from the exterior wall to the building, it is built with bright yellow metal, including the wall, all the building surfaces are curved, smooth as a mirror, shining with colorful luster in the starlight.

The second impression is that it defies common sense. The architecture of the Soul Clan seems to be inherently designed to mock architecture, perhaps with their unique technical support, and most of the buildings are more or less contrary to the principles of architecture.

The oval-shaped building stands upright on the surface of the ground, with only one point connected to the ground, and the top of the tall spire is made of crystal, but the crystal always floats on the spire, even if the base is abandoned, as long as the spire is not destroyed, the crystal will not fall. A cone-shaped oversized building, but the cone is inverted, with the tip facing down to form a massive platform, and on the platform is also an elliptical machine that has been broken from it, and the sides of the machine are covered with hatches, as if something can rush out of it at any time.

The huge base is littered with the wreckage of the Soul Clan's mechanical body, most of which were blown into parts in the final explosion, and only a few of the wreckage remain intact, but they have completely lost the ability to remove. The fungus blanket covered the base, surrounded by walls, buildings, and broken mechanical bodies, and the fungus blanket could not grow on the building, but the thick fungus blanket had covered the lower half of all the facilities, as if half of the ruins were buried in the loess, which made people feel particularly embarrassed.

All the surface buildings have been destroyed, the huge production plant has been blown away by the explosion, and most of the buildings like arrow towers sticking out of the ground have broken their waists, and sparse insects crawl around on the mechanical wreckage, drilling in and out of the cavities in the body, and the whole base is lifeless, and has turned into a playground for bugs.

"I can sense that the point of detachment is in that direction. Shuer pointed to a building tens of meters high in the base and said, "It may be in that building, if there is no space in the building suitable for the opening of the detachment point, then it can only be underground." I hope it's underground, maybe we will survive there, and after we bring people over, we won't have to entangle with the bugs too much, even if we are attacked by bugs, as long as we escape underground, the remaining defenses of the base can help us resist for a while, tsk, it would be great if we could really do this. ”

"I don't think it's possible for you to say this. Without the threat of the fungus blanket, the two did not enter the state of invisibility, Moria grinned and scraped the ground with her hooves, and said leisurely, "You think so beautifully, how can there be such a good thing in such a high-risk activity as chasing shadows." ”

"Is this a shadow-chasing?"

"Otherwise?" Moriath scoffed, "Of course, the so-called shadow chasing is actually actively chasing the projection world, and it doesn't have to be for the purpose of treasure hunting. So, the eight of us are here to chase the shadows. ”

"Well, I'm actually curious about Shadow Chasers, and I'd like to try to join the ranks of Shadow Chasers. But let's talk about this kind of thing after we go back, and now solve the problem in front of us, if you can't go back alive, it's useless to say anything. ”

"You're already a shadow chaser, of course, the premise is like you said, you have to go back alive first. Let's talk about the next shadow chase when we get back, Captain, hehe. Moria patted Shul on the shoulder, "Give the order, let's go in now?"

"Otherwise, are you going to hold a departure ceremony first?" Shul tore open a scroll, and the fluctuations of magic enveloped the two of them, and in the blink of an eye, the two had disappeared into thin air, and there was no longer a single figure on the hill.

"It was determined, at least in line of sight, that there was no empty jellyfish. Moria's unique voice came from outside the walls of the base, "But if there are other beings in the base that can see through the invisible, I can't help it, who knows how many things like that big bug there are." ”

"Whether you have it or not, be ready to fight at any time, and we will definitely find out. Shuer climbed over the gap in the outer wall and finally entered the interior of the Soul Clan's base, "Once discovered, immediately break through and evacuate, I don't plan to turn reconnaissance into a defensive battle, and it is also an isolated defensive battle." ”

"Eh, that's a very ominous thing you said. "Moria passed by a destroyed 'arrow tower' and patted it with her hand, not the coldness of the metal as she imagined, but a little warm touch.

"It's not a bad habit to prepare for the worst, at least not to be caught off guard by the unexpected. Shuer dragged the overly curious Lin Jing away from the building, "Watch your step. ”

"Well, I know, those little holes can't be stepped on, there are bugs hidden in them. Moria had also seen the scene of the insect swarm burrowing into the ground, and deliberately avoided the small hole left after burrowing into the ground, "Such a big bug actually left such a small hole when it got in." ”

"It's a fungus blanket instead of a field, and they can still swim under it. "After passing through a relatively intact building, by the way, I looked inside, and it did feel very similar to Pavatiga's magic puppet production factory, but the scale was much larger, and those equipment, forget it, something that I couldn't understand at all, it was better not to delve into it.

"Shure, have you noticed that the most numerous buildings here are the special 'arrow towers'. "Bypass the obstacles, and plan to go straight to the goal, but the buildings in the base are very distinctive, and I can see a target from a distance, but when I want to walk over, I find that the path will be blocked by various other buildings, and I have to zigzag and detour.

It is clear that this is a base layout designed specifically for war, which maximizes the possibility of the destruction of important targets. The buildings that block the most are those 'arrow towers' with circular chassis, which seem to be usually shrunk into the chassis to facilitate normal passage, and once they enter the combat state, they will stretch out to block the passage.

"Well, it's kind of like Pavatiga's Crystal Cannon, probably a defensive weapon of the Soul Clan, like the automatic guns in our fortress. Passing a 'turret' that only stretched out halfway and stopped, Shul looked into the short 'barrel', "The caliber is much smaller than the crystal cannon, I don't know how powerful it is." ”

"The number will not be very large, after all, there can be so many quantities, and the energy consumption should not be high. Moria kicked the same building a few times, "This one wasn't destroyed, but halfway through it it was like it was frozen, and it was out of energy?"

"Probably. Shul stopped abruptly and looked back for a moment, "I have found a characteristic, all of their buildings are built around that kind of crystal tower. ”

"Hey, that's really the case, could it be that the crystal tower is their energy supply facility?" Moriah walked around the dysfunctional turret and looked behind her, "Sure enough, the crystal tower of this turret was destroyed, and that's why it got stuck." ”

"I'm afraid only the soul clan itself knows. Whether Moria could see it or not, Shul shrugged noncommittally and quickened his pace.

The two of them never stopped talking along the way, of course, it was not that they were uncomfortable without speaking, but when they were not connected hand in hand, they could only rely on their voices to judge each other's positions, although they could also be judged by the sound of footsteps, but in order to avoid being disturbed by the activities of the insects, it was safest and safest to distinguish by the sound of speech, after all, Militi was sure that the insects here do not have a hearing system, and they can't speak.

"Wait. Moria suddenly grabbed Shul and stared cautiously at the tall building in the distance, "That's our goal, I think there are a lot of bugs in it, it can't be a meeting." ”

Indeed, Shuer also noticed that although Xiu'er did not react to his perceived hostility because the insects did not find the two, the faint breath of life from the building still showed that it was not as calm as he imagined.

"Why don't we wait for them to disperse before we go in?" Saying that he knew it was nonsense, Shuer was just about to figure out what to do, when several insects suddenly appeared in the open door of the building.