Chapter 21: The Battlefield

Darkness, emptiness, dead silence, this is the truest feeling of everyone now.

The space outside the observation room is so large that the lights can't even reach the border, it should be a large hall.

The hall was plunged into deep darkness, and only the cold fluorescence of the crystal lamp hit the faces of the shadow chasers, making everyone's faces pale and looking extremely strange.

Click, click, footsteps echoed through the empty space, gloomy and monotonous, like the whispers of ghosts in the dead of night.

The noise, the occasional kick to the ground, the sudden sound, is as abrupt as thunder on a rainy night.

"No, and we're not reading bedtime horror stories. ”

Although I really want to ask what kind of hatred is there that makes others read horror stories before going to bed, everyone still completely agrees with Shuer's judgment that it is not good.

It's not because they're afraid, but if the shadowchasers are scared by this level of darkness, then it's better to just hide home and cover the quilt and shiver, so as not to be embarrassed.

The key to this failure is that the darkness seriously affects everyone's control of the environment.

Unlike ordinary adventures, which mostly have a clear goal, Shadow Chase has no clear purpose, and the only goal is to find something new and strange to bring back to their own world.

This dictates that in the process of chasing images, it is necessary to carefully observe the environment and look for special objects, so it is necessary to have a good line of sight. It is true that an experienced shadow chaser can find an exit by feeling the dark, but such a shadow chasing is meaningless.

Mia...... Never mind. "I want the elf mage to illuminate with a sticky ball of light, but think about it, even if it is a gold-level mage, the magic power is not infinite, not to mention that the elemental mage is a famous mage, so let's keep her magic power for use in a serious place."

"Miridy...... Uh, forget it. "The necromancer's ghost light technique is also an option, the problem is, thinking about the black air in the room, and a few green ghost fires floating around everyone, it is not artificially stressful.

"Alas. Shul sighed deeply and said abruptly, "Miriday, Mia, change the high-power lamp." ”

"Poof, hahahaha. The shadowchasers, who had been holding back from the beginning, finally burst out laughing.

It's not funny at all.

For the high-power crystal energy lamp, the spars that need to be filled have changed from fifty terrs to three hundred, and the price has soared from five small silver coins to eight large silver coins, and two lamps are sixteen, which is a difference of fifteen and a half times. At the end of the movie, these expenses are deducted from the total income, and are divided equally among the seven people, and each person has to bear more than two large silver coins.

Think of the impoverished church behind her, think of the Dark Moon Communion that can only be disguised as wine with red algae water, and why not buy Lisa a hair ornament with all this money, and get back a sweet smile, speaking of which, her smile is so cute......

So, it's not funny at all, really.

"Boom. ”

A huge fist of light fell from the sky and smashed heavily on the ground, the universal divine fist of divine art, the power is not very good, but it is definitely full of momentum.

"Turn on the lights for me, you bastards. "The so-called annoyance and anger, probably that's it.

So, two high-power crystal energy lamps dispelled the darkness, and the light finally came.

This is indeed a hall, with an area of at least 3,000 square meters, and it is no wonder that there is an echo when it is spoken. However, the hall was not empty at all, and there were many things piled up in the room.

It was a sack filled with sand.

A large number of sandbags were laid into half-man-high bunkers, which faced the entrance, crisscrossing each other, leaving only a labyrinth of paths. Behind each row of bunkers, there is also a box for firearms, and the weapons in the box are well maintained, and you can smell the smell of oil.

All the bunkers looked intact and neatly stacked as if they had never been used, but upon closer inspection, some of the sandbags had signs of damage that had only been carefully repaired and put back into use.

"It's not very pleasant. The corners of Xiu'er's mouth twitched, "The battlefield actually started here." ”

Indeed, only the word battlefield can describe everything in the hall.

A group of frogmen hid behind the bunker and shot wildly at the entrance, while a large group of black shadows of unknown shape were swarming out of the entrance, fearless to the bullets and attacking the bunker position.

What the hell is it? What is it attacking, what is it defending?

Standing in the bunker position, looking at the metal door covered with bullet marks on the back, everyone only felt the coolness in their hearts getting heavier and heavier, and even those deliberate jokes could not be dispelled.

"Whatever it was, the frogs still won. Taking a deep breath, Shul slowed down his speech and brought with him the power to calm people's hearts, "Although there were losses, we won in the end. ”

Indeed, the frogs won.

On the sandbag in front of Shuer, there were still blue-purple blood stains. The blood stains on the metal floor have been washed away, but the blood that has seeped into the sandbags has remained forever, witnessing the battle.

"The bodies and the wounded were taken away, uh, transferred, the blood was cleaned, the battlefield was carefully cleaned, the defenses were carefully repaired, and it was clear that victory belonged to the defending side. Shur patted the sandbag, squinted his eyes and whispered, "The question is, why did they take away the corpses of the enemy?"

"Otherwise, do you want to stay here and make a plague?" Miridy patted the pendant on her chest, but it wasn't just the pendant that fluctuated, "Give me a few corpses, and I can make twenty plagues." ”

"Thanks for the reminder, don't give. Shure rolled his eyes, not bothering to pay attention to the guy who didn't forget to seduce him at all times, "Macageren, check the hall, and then go and look at the exit of the hall, Saph, you follow." ”

"Mobuck, Mia. ”

"Understood. ”

One is an expert in mineralogy, the other is an expert in magic, and the two of them examine the collection, which is enough to uncover most of the strange objects with hidden value.

"What the hell, how can it be this kind of door again. A few minutes later, the remaining three of the guards heard the wails of the halflings, and it seemed that the claim that there was no door to block Macageren in front of the specially constructed machinery was not true.

"Whew, trouble. Shul sighed.

It's really troublesome.

Of course, there are other ways to open even this kind of door, but it will take a lot of effort, and if all the doors are constructed this way, the shadowchasers will have to waste a lot of time opening the door, and the progress of exploration will be much slower than expected. Usually it's fine, but now this form ...... Shul couldn't help but look back at the way he looked.

"Mia, come back first. Shul raised his voice.

"I haven't found anything special yet. Carrying a large gun with a large barrel made up of a large number of thin tubes, the elven mage hurried back, "What's wrong?"

"You have more experience than I do, and you have more experience chasing shadows than I do. Shuer did not shy away from saying the other party's strengths at all, "What is your opinion on this situation?" ”

"Open the door...... This should be a question of energy supply. Mia groaned and said, "No facility can move on its own for no reason, if you want it to run, you need to have an energy supply, whether it is magic energy, crystal energy, or the energy of other worlds, there must always be one." ”

"In this case, it's obvious that all the equipment has lost its energy supply, so the doors won't open and the lights won't come on. You don't think these frogs are living in the dark in the ruins, they must have lighting, but they don't have the energy right now. ”

"That is to say......"

"That's right, as long as the energy supply is restored, it will be possible to restart the lighting facilities, and you won't have to worry about the hedron to continue to consume. ”

"Ahem, that's not what I mean. Shul coughed dryly, "I mean to restore the energy supply, will the door be opened?"

"I can only say that there is a possibility. "Mia is still very strict," I can't promise. ”

"That's not right. Shul asked suspiciously, "The two flamethrowers are automatically triggered, and the metal plates that have been withdrawn from the ceiling, how can they move on their own without an energy supply?"

"Two functional systems. "An ordinary system, an emergency energy supply system that only supplies the most critical facilities." ”

"Well, I see, it seems that the air quality here is also maintained by this backup system. ”

Mia shrugged casually and returned to her treasure hunt without saying a word, but looking at the obviously foul weapon she was carrying, she always felt that she was not looking for treasure, but looking for a powerful weapon, is this a common problem of elemental mages?

In that case, the goal has changed slightly. Shul stopped Macageren, who was still trying, and Mobuck and Mia, who were busy, "Suspend the collection of items now, prioritize the search for energy supply equipment, and then search for treasure after the energy supply is restored." ”

"Mia, can you follow the energy channel and find the direction of the energy supply equipment?"

"Of course when you have energy. Mia shook her head and said, "The problem is that there is no energy supply now, and the energy channel is no different from a piece of scrap metal." ”

"Isn't there a backup system?" Shure asked rhetorically.

"Are you sure the two systems are together?"

"Not sure, but it's worth a try, it's safer than stumbling around in a ruin this big. ”

"That's right. Mia choked, and finally nodded, then I'll give it a try.

"Boss, are you thinking too far?" the halfling finally couldn't help but speak, "This door can't be opened, and we can't go anywhere." ”

"Have you forgotten who you are?" Shuer squinted at him for a long time, and said angrily, "We're not those frog people, we're combat professionals, it's just a thick metal door, trouble is indeed troublesome, but can it really stop us?"

"Saph, open the door. ”

"Yes. ”

Behind Macajelen, the energy of the fighting spirit skyrocketed, and the light of the fighting energy flashed on the two-handed giant sword, tearing through the air and slashing through the metal door.