Final Volume, Chapter 49
"Oh my God, the scenery here is good!" Chen Fan said in a tone that he didn't care about himself as he stood on the top of the castle and looked down at the strange man busy under the castle tower.
There is no decoration on the roof of the castle, just a square of thirty square meters, covered with a Greek roof, in the middle of the plane, there is a square opening of more than ten square meters, from here it looks like an abyss, and I don't know where the "bottom" is.
If the bottom of this cave is the ground, then depending on the height of the castle, it can be estimated that the depth of this cave is more than 20 meters, even if you know the specific depth of this cave, but seeing such a dark cave will make people shudder.
On one side of the square opening, there is a stone staircase that stretches down, and the two sides of the staircase are covered with moss, which looks very old, although I have not seen the entrance to the Yellow Spring, but it should be like this.
"Chen Fan, don't get carried away, if you fall, I will ignore you. Lin Luoran said coldly.
"If I fall, I know you're going to save me. Chen Fan said as he bared his teeth as he came to the edge of the cave.
"The devil took the time to save you from this burden. Lin Luoran said unreasonably: "Okay, let's go down quickly and end the matter as soon as possible." ”
Lin Luoran said and walked down the stairs, Rose also nodded, and followed Lin Luoran down the stairs.
"You wait for me!" Seeing the two of them walking down the stairs, Chen Fan immediately followed.
The "......" alarm bell kept ringing all over Xingyao City, and the bell was very crisp and loud, obviously the bell that produced this bell was specially built, and in this era, there are not many people who can build this kind of bell, so this bell may be considered a rare treasure.
But. No matter how beautiful the bell sounds, the people of the Mira clan will not have the grace to appreciate the music, because in their minds, the ringing of this rare bell does not mean festivity, but another expression of "enemy attack".
As the bell rang, the beacon fires on the city walls were lit one after another. There are a total of eight beacon towers on the semicircular city wall, one in each of the eight directions, and the combination of the eight beacon towers is lit to indicate different meanings, which is usually used for military communication, the general Mila people do not know the specific meaning, this is also a kind of military aircraft, even so, there is a beacon combination that each tribesman must know, that is, eight beacon towers are lit at the same time. And this combination is the meaning of the attack of the great enemy.
When they first heard the alarm bell, the people who had just woken up from their dreams were also a little confused, and they couldn't react to what was going on for a while, but when they saw the raging flames burning from the beacons around, they immediately realized the arrival of the crisis, although they didn't know what the crisis specifically meant, but according to their usual habits, they encountered this situation. Taking refuge in Gangyang Tower is the only option.
Regardless of three-seven-twenty-one. The old people, women and children of Xingyao City on the twin floors of Tianxing and Haoyue all walked towards Gangyang Tower, and under the command of the army, although everyone rushed to flee for their lives, they seemed to be very orderly, which showed that they had gone through a series of exercises.
However, even after a drill. If there is really danger, I believe that it will not be able to achieve such an orderly effect as it is now, although everyone is indeed a little uneasy in their hearts, but because everyone can't see the enemy. So this uneasiness did not make the people lose their rationality.
From this point of view, Zhao Ling has indeed contributed a lot to bringing intelligence in advance, not to mention that the army can prepare in advance, and it has also avoided the tragic situation of people stepping on people in refuge, which has indeed contributed a lot.
As for the soldiers, they had already put on their equipment and weapons, and walked up to the northern wall, and rows of bows and arrows had long been pointed at the still-silent, pitch-black forest in front of them, ready to take the blood of monsters to feed the steel arrows.
The moon is dark and the wind is high, and one or two thunders are heard from time to time, and it may rain soon, and the current wind and thunder are the forerunners before the storm, even if it is still unknown whether this storm will come, but the depression in my heart still lingers.
Except for the rustling of leaves in the dark jungle, there was silence all around, as if it was a normal night, so quiet that people didn't feel a hint of danger.
Rod, Good, Rag and Zhao Ling stood on the city wall of the north gate, nervously looking at this disturbing tranquility, all four of them held weapons in their hands, although it was not the first time to fight monsters, but in the face of the Warcraft army composed of many kinds of monsters, the mood couldn't help but be nervous.
In fact, their nervousness is not unreasonable, you know, the people of the Mira clan will target the weaknesses of that kind of monster before fighting any kind of monster, and make a battle plan, so as long as you act according to this plan when fighting, you can get twice the result with half the effort.
However, now facing the Warcraft army composed of many kinds of monsters, the previous strategy of formulating a combat plan for the species has not worked, that is to say, in the face of this first battle, the three leaders of the Mira clan also seem to be inexperienced, so they also keep thinking about how to fight the best in their hearts, but they have never been able to get a satisfactory answer, at the same time, they are also a little worried about whether the Warcraft army really exists? Could this just be Zhao Ling's illusion? Of course, this didn't mean that Zhao Ling had any mental illness or delusion, they were just worried that this army of Warcraft was actually just an illusion created by the enemy to coax Lin Luoran and them.
As for Zhao Ling's heart, the more uneasy she became, of course, what she was worried about was not whether the Warcraft army was real, because this was what he saw with his own eyes, so there was no doubt about this, but what she was really worried about was that there were two aspects, the first was whether this Starlight City could withstand the offensive of the Warcraft army, after all, that army was really huge, and it was a bit tight to rely on the strength of more than 2,000 people alone.
The second is Chen Fan's three-person rescue team, of course, with Lin Luoran in charge, it stands to reason that if there is no accident, the three of them will definitely be able to successfully complete the task of saving people, and what Zhao Ling is really worried about is not whether they can complete the task of saving people, but whether they can defeat the conspirators who started the war before the Warcraft army comes here, after all, this is the best way to rescue Xingyao City.
Zhao Ling shook her head. Putting the idea of worrying about Lin Luoran and them behind, because she felt that it was useless to think so much about them, because this was not the point, the most important thing now was to think about what if the Warcraft Legion really came. What to do. Everyone was silent, and the atmosphere of the audience seemed to be dead and silent, surrounded by the "rustle" sound of the wind blowing the leaves, and the muffled thunder in the sky.
This silence remained for about an hour and a half.
There was no change in the surroundings except that the wind seemed more bitter and the frequency of the thunder seemed more dense, except for the occasional sight of some rats and other small animals walking downstream of the city, there was no living thing to see.
And the hearts of the people began to relax.
"Are they really coming?" asked Rhodes at last, unable to hold back. Because from beginning to end, he didn't believe Zhao Ling's words, after all, it was like a lion eating grass, who would believe it?
"I don't know. Rod also began to be a little dazed, and he also began to wonder if what Zhao Ling said was true.
"They're coming!" Zhao Ling said: "This is what the four of us have seen with our own eyes, and we can't be wrong, according to the direction they are traveling, this is it." ”
"But why haven't they arrived for so long?" said Goode, "Are you sure it's really not your vision?"
"Absolutely not!" Zhao Ling said resolutely: "This is what the four of us saw with our own eyes. If it's my delusion, then why can Sister Lin Luoran and the big pervert also see it?"
"But ......" was when Goode wanted to say something. The sound of shattering glass came from the void to everyone's ears.
Chen Fan, Lin Luoran, and Rose walked down the ancient stone staircase, which was built around the wall, and there were some orbs of light embedded in the wall for illumination, but if these orbs were used to illuminate the castle where the people lived. That makes sense.
However, this is where monsters live, and if you see that the weirdos patrolling at night outside the city don't light torches, you can know that these monsters should have night vision and don't need any lighting props at all. Wouldn't these orbs of light be superfluous? They're just here for decoration, and if that's the case, it's a strange hobby for the owner of such a castle.
Although I don't know why, but according to common sense, monsters like dark environments, so they live in caves, but the owner of this castle actually added "lights" to the dark environment to illuminate this original darkness, as if he didn't like spicy food, and insisted on adding hot sauce to his meal, this habit is not to be described except by weirdness, I believe there is no adjective.
But if you think about it the other way around, if the lighting is necessary here, and the owner of the castle can't see anything without light, then the owner of this castle is not a monster, but a human? Then the question arises, if the owner of the castle is really a human, then who is he? What is his purpose? Why is he able to manipulate so many monsters? Why is he able to manipulate so many monsters to attack Starlight City?
I don't know, after all, the three of them are not gods, how can they know everything in such detail, now they are just guessing, but these conjectures are not completely useless, at least they can distract themselves and make themselves less nervous.
The three of them moved very slowly, because this was the enemy's lair after all, whether the other party knew that they had entered the castle or not, the big explosion just now would definitely attract the attention of the enemy, and since they knew that there were intruders, if they were creatures of normal intelligence, they would definitely be more defensive.
But the strangest thing is that after walking for about half an hour, there was not a single monster in the castle, it stands to reason that even if the city is negligent, there should be guards, if a normal monarch knows that there are intruders in the castle, there will be a large group of guards to protect it, which seems reasonable, but why can't even a monster be touched here? Could it be that the owner of the castle has strong self-confidence and can block any intruder? If so, what means does he use?
If you think about it like this, you will naturally think that this castle is full of traps, and there are no guards here, just because you don't want the guards to touch the traps by mistake. Therefore, Lin Luoran proposed not to walk so fast, and not to touch the surrounding walls.
"Lin Luoran, how deep is this place?" Chen Fan leaned against the fence and looked down.
"How do I know. ”
Chen Fan said: "But we have been gone for a long time. Why hasn't it been to the end?"
"Brother Chen Fan, we actually didn't go far. Rose accosted: "Because we walked too slowly, I felt that we had walked for a long time." ”
Chen Fan sighed and said, "Then let's not go to dawn before we can get below?"
Lin Luoran said impatiently: "If you want to be killed by the organ, you'd better go faster." ”
Lin Luoran led the way in front, although it was something he said to Chen Fan. However, his eyes did not catch up with Chen Fan, but paid careful attention to the road conditions.
"But walking so slowly, can we ...... before the Warcraft army reaches Starlight City?"
Chen Fan stopped halfway through his words, because Rose was next to him, and Chen Fan, who knew that this matter was like a thorn in the thorn for Rose, actually said such a worrying thing, and immediately felt a little embarrassed in his heart.
"I don't know what happened to Star City. Rose muttered to herself quietly.
"No, don't worry. Chen Fan immediately remedied: "Rhodes, they are all very powerful, they will definitely not be defeated so easily." ”
Rose smiled slightly, but did not answer, although she also knew that Rod and Goode were indeed not weak, and she also believed that Zhao Ling could bring the news back smoothly. But I don't know why, I always feel uncomfortable, as if something terrible is about to happen.
Chen Fan didn't know what to say now, although he knew that Rose's smile was forceful, and he also knew that the people of the Mira clan were under unprecedented threat, but he didn't seem to be able to do anything, and Chen Fan, who could only spend time on this kind of stone steps, suddenly felt a sense of helplessness welling up in his heart.
Lin Luoran looked at Chen Fan's face out of the corner of his eye. According to Chen Fan's character, he can probably also think of what Chen Fan is thinking in his heart. So he said: "If you feel that you are incompetent, you have to keep making yourself stronger, and turning these regrets into actions can make you feel at ease, what's the use of you being annoyed in this kind of place?" Although Lin Luoran said coldly, such words should be regarded as comfort.
Chen Fan nodded and said, "I'm sorry, Lin Luoran." I know. ”
"Hmph! It's best to know. Lin Luoran said coldly, and continued to lead the way in front, I really don't know if the road led by Lin Luoran is very safe, or if this place has no mechanism at all, the three of them walked silently for more than an hour. But nothing happened.
At this time, Chen Fan saw that the hole at the top of the pyramid had shrunk to a point, which proved that he had come to a deep position.
I don't know if it's an illusion, but looking down here, there seems to be a trace of green light in the bottomless darkness.
Seeing this, Chen Fan immediately pointed to the bottom of the castle and said, "Lin Luoran, Rose, look, what is that?"
When the two heard Chen Fan's call, they looked down in unison, only to see that green light in the center of the castle, maybe because it was too dark, or because it was too far away, it was impossible to see what was in that place, but after speculation from the location, it was possible that it was the bottom of the castle.
"It looks like we're not far from the finish line. The corners of Lin Luoran's mouth curled slightly: "That little bit of green light may be the bottom of the castle." ”
"Then how far are we, and how long do we have to go?" Chen Fan asked.
"I think we have an hour to go. ”
"An hour!" Chen Fan exclaimed, "Do you still have to walk for so long?" Lin Luoran, why don't you just fly down directly with our Rose from here." ”
Lin Luoran replied without thinking: "Of course not, first, I don't know what's at the bottom, if you rush down from here, it may be dangerous." Actually, doing so will only consume my strength, and in order to save, we should use it better. ”
Chen Fan was speechless, so he had to follow Lin Luoran and continue to walk.
Chen Fan, Lin Luoran and Rose continued to walk cautiously towards the ground, except for the green light becoming bigger and bigger, the surrounding scenery hardly changed much, the light ball on the wall still seemed weak, the moss on the stone steps did not decrease due to the increase in depth, the wall was still so old, even so, I don't know why, I always felt a kind of depression in my heart, seeing the darkness around me, it would make people have an illusion, as if something was looking at them somewhere, or some ghost would suddenly come out and pay for their lives in a second, although they didn't do anything wrong, but this uneasiness in my heart is still like an invisible black fog, thick overhead. It can't be eliminated for a long time, maybe this is the horror that the darkness brings to mankind.
After another hour of travel, they finally walked down the last step to the deepest part of the cave, and the three of them were dumbfounded at the sight in front of them. The whole body became very numb as if it were electrocuted.
The words "what is this" immediately came to mind.
I saw that the area here is very large, at least the size of four or five regular football fields, the ground here is full of green light, but there is no real light source in sight, these strange green lights seem to emerge from the mud underneath, and from the entrance, the whole area is like a forest, full of thick dwarf trees, each about two meters high tree trunks if you want to fence it. At least six or seven adults had to be found to hold hands, although forests were commonplace for adventurers like Lin Luoran, this kind of forest growing in caves that did not see the light of day had never been seen.
Not only that, but the green light that came out of the ground and the dwarf forest in these holes were only a small part of the magic, and the real horror was that the trunk of each dwarf tree here had been dug out of four holes of the same size, and the holes were facing in four directions, and a glass-covered thing was embedded in front of the tree hole. It looks like a giant sac, and it's even more terrifying. It was in the glass sacs that each contained a strange creature, but they looked like unformed fetuses, their bodies, faces, and limbs were all connected together, not separated, and their skin and scales were not present. All you can see is uneven rotten meat.
The glass sac was filled with a green transparent liquid composed of unknown ingredients, and monsters floated in those liquids, their eyes closed peacefully, as if they did not feel unable to breathe because they were in the water, nor did they wake up because of the arrival of Chen Fan and the others.
See the view. None of the three of them knew what to say, and they didn't know how to feel in their hearts.
Are you scared? Shocked? Unbelievable? If you describe this place to other people in words, no one will believe it.
No, even as witnesses, it was difficult for them to convince themselves of such a scene.
There is a forest growing in the dark castle, and the trunks of the dwarf trees of the forest have been dug out of four hollows, and the hollows are covered with glass, which is filled with a green liquid, and in the liquid floats an unformed monster.
Who would believe that such a view exists in this world?
"What the hell is these...... What?" Chen Fan looked at everything in front of him, and a question finally rushed out of his throat, and at the same time broke the silence of the three of them.
Hearing Chen Fan's question, Lin Luoran adjusted his mood a little and replied: "I have been to many places and seen a lot of strange things, but it seems that I have never seen anything like this once. ”
"......" Chen Fan was silent, he had already given up asking boring questions of "what is this place" or "who made these outs", because he believed that no one in the three of them would know the answers to these questions.
There was a half-silence again.
"Ahh
Hearing Rose's cry, Chen Fan immediately looked at Rose behind him, only to see Rose squatting on the ground, covering her head with her hands, grasping her head with her fingers, her eyes closed, her eyebrows locked, and her expression was very painful.
Seeing that Rose, who was originally fine, suddenly became like this, Chen Fan couldn't help but be scared, and hurriedly asked, "Rose, what's wrong with you?"
"Rose, is there something wrong with you?" Lin Luoran couldn't help but worry when she saw Rose's strange look.
"Here...... Here ......" Rose said in a panic, "this is ......"
"What is this?" Chen Fan asked worriedly.
"Rose, do you know something?" asked Lin Luoran.
"I know. Rose tried her best to suppress the fear in her heart, looked up at the faces of Chen Fan and Lin Luoran, and said, "This is the place where humans have turned into monsters. ”
"What?!"
"You say, here is ......"
“...... Where humans become monsters?"
Chen Fan and Lin Luoran couldn't help but look around at the glass sac with surprised eyes, maybe even they didn't know why they did this, they might feel incredible, they might feel extremely curious, they might feel extremely hateful, but no matter what the reason was, it was certain that this kind of scenery could not be erased from their heads.
"That's right, this is the Dragonman Synthesis Room that I'm so proud of. ”
Suddenly, a voice as sharp as a baby boy pierced the silence around them, like a sharp knife, cutting the eardrums of the three of them.
Chen Fan and Lin Luoran looked around, but they didn't see half a figure, they didn't know where this voice came from, and they didn't know who this voice came from, they only knew now.
Enemies, just around the corner!
Lin Luoran immediately pulled out the fire sword, stretched out the fire wings, and paid attention to the movements around him.
Chen Fan also pulled out the nameless gift given to him by Zhao Ling, and shouted: "Bastard, you get out of here!"
"Are you so anxious?"
It was really just an instant, there was no warning at all before the incident, and the "person" in front of him was not hiding in the shadows, nor was he just secretly following Chen Fan and them, he (she?) was standing in the dense forest, about fifty meters away from the three of them.
It's not that it's too dark so they didn't see it, it's not that Chen Fan didn't notice it, things are not so simple, and a moment ago, there was indeed no one. But just after the blink of an eye "instant", a "person" appeared there.
"Should I be happy or excited that you guys are here?" The "person" tilted his head at Chen Fan and the others, but this action didn't seem appropriate at all compared to his appearance.
Chen Fan didn't respond to that nonsense question, the blood in his whole body was already concentrated on the hands holding the sword, and the pain like a rope tightly tied to his wrist made Chen Fan have an intuition.
This guy is very difficult to deal with!
The sound of shattering the sky reached everyone's ears, and all the soldiers on the walls of Xingyao City were stunned for a moment, and everyone looked around without knowing where the sound came from.
"What happened?"
"What was that sound just now?"
The soldiers all had a wistful fear of the sound that was out of harmony with the quiet night, but the soldier's fear at hearing the ordinary sound of glass shattering did not indicate how timid the Mira were.
Yes, the sound of glass shattering can be heard a lot in daily life, and it's not a big deal, but if this commonplace sound comes out at a tense moment, I'm sure anyone will feel scared, just like if you are exploring a haunted house and suddenly hear this sound, you will also feel creepy.
"Everyone, look there!" Just when everyone was still at a loss, Zhao Ling's voice came into everyone's ears, as if they had received an order, and all the soldiers looked in the direction that Zhao Ling's finger pointed.
"That's ...... What?"
By the light of the fire, you can see that about 100 meters in front of the city wall, there seems to be a crack more than ten meters long in the air, everyone is amazed by this strange phenomenon, everyone sees this scene, the first thing they think of is is that there is a huge glass in front of it? But this conjecture was quickly overturned, because it is simply impossible, so why does this situation occur? What does this phenomenon mean? What does it mean? What will happen in the next second?
Due to the accumulation of mysteries, confusion and fear spread in the hearts of soldiers like a plague.
The cracks in the air of "Gra" increased again, and the irregular straight line stretched outward from the center of the city gate. (To be continued......)