Chapter 246: Time Scale (4)
Finally releasing the mental tentacles of 173, who was panting evenly, soon discovered the changes in the surrounding environment.
"Where are we going?"
The human-faced lizard beneath him drove the road faithfully, and the wide soles of his feet seemed to be more suitable for running on dry sand, and although there were inevitably footprints behind him, they were moving much faster than on the wasteland.
"I don't know, the destination of these two human-faced lizards should be just ahead, but it seems to be windy around?"
In 659's perception, the surrounding air suddenly became disordered, and there seemed to be many small suspended particles in it, which were smashing at him with his head and face, but because the periphery of his body was firmly wrapped by Dacai's tail, he didn't feel the touch of small particles hitting his body.
"Like yes, is it sand or pebbles?"
The spiritual power amplified by the human face lizard is like a tentacle that meanders forward, carefully feeling the changes in the surrounding environment.
"It doesn't look like it's neither, it looks like hail?!"
659's thoughts came from the front in time, he had already noticed the changes in his surroundings, and by this time he had clearly "seen" the appearance of the small particles suspended in the air.
The grains are not large, most of them are the size of rice grains, and the whole is translucent.
The difference is that all the hail particles do not fall from the sky to the ground, but are accompanied by the chaotic air, like crazy fireflies, dancing wildly in the air.
"Hail? How is it possible, I remember when the rift first came to this timeline, the temperature of the surrounding environment was quite pleasant, although it was not twenty or thirty degrees, but it was not to suddenly hail......"
173 replied quickly, anyway, at the moment, apart from communicating with 659 with his mind, the only thing he could do was to observe his surroundings.
"And I feel warm now, I don't look like I can hail at all......"
When 173 said this, 659 also reacted immediately.
Indeed, the perceived temperature from the surface of his body was not very hot, but it was definitely a comfortable temperature, and at such a temperature, how could ice crystals condense in the air around him?
Just as 659 was confused, the chaotic air around him seemed to become more and more violent, even blowing up the sand particles on the seabed, forming one miniature tornado after another on the ground.
These mini-hurricanes swept up the sand and turned the calm sand upside down, and it didn't take long for the footprints left by the two human-faced lizards to be easily erased.
"It should be that we broke into the storm, and the temperature is still at a normal level, probably because the body is firmly wrapped in the tail of the human face lizard, plus the heat of the human face lizard itself, so that we are not aware of the surrounding cold."
659 quickly understood the reason and spoke.
"It makes sense, the two of us are wrapped like rice dumplings, and we definitely can't detect the temperature change outside, eh, 659 you say, it's hail outside, how low is the ambient temperature......"
173 sighed, he was now quite grateful to Xiaocai for wrapping it so tightly, if not, he was afraid that he would have to experience speed and passion at the same time, and feel absolute zero again.
"I shouldn't have run below zero, and it may be even lower, if the human-faced lizard lets us go for a while, we have to prepare for it quickly, shrink our bodies as much as possible to prevent the loss of body temperature too quickly."
"Okay, okay, but the human-faced lizard doesn't seem to have any intention of letting go of me right now, and the wind outside is obviously so strong, why do I feel that Xiaocai is moving faster?"
This wasn't an illusion on the part of SCP-173, and despite the storm blowing around, the speed of the two human-faced lizards did indeed increase a notch, and the chaotic air currents around them were like a fish in water for the two heterozytes.
After a period of time in a storm of sand and hail, the surrounding storm finally showed a tendency to decrease.
"There seems to be a building ahead?"
659, who was running in front, was the first to feel the changes ahead, and the dark red moonlight sprinkled from the sky, mottled the scenery ahead.
In the stormy sandy underseabed, a huge semicircular building suddenly appeared.
Judging from the information that spread out from the spiritual tentacles, the huge building in front of the two of them was earthy yellow throughout, and the specific material could not be distinguished, and it was covered with dense small scratches, which seemed to be left by frequent friction with sand grains.
"It looks like the end of the ......"
173, who had been following Dacai, exclaimed, not that he was shocked by the spectacular architecture in front of him, but that there were still human buildings standing here in such a harsh climate.
"Huh? Build a base on a dry seabed? It's getting more and more interesting......"
659 whispered, and his body moved forward with Dacai, quickly approaching the earthy yellow building in front of him.
Correspondingly, a black opening in the center of the semicircular building also slowly cracked, as if it was to welcome the two Elder Beings from afar.
If 173 and 659 were able to hear the outside world at this time, they would have noticed that everything around them was going on silently, and the only sound they could hear was the raging storm around them, and the rustle of hail and sand on the ground.
As 173 had predicted, the two human-faced lizards quickly scurried into the cracks in the building, as if they were returning to their lair.
After the two hybrids entered the building, the walls on both sides of the crack began to close rapidly, and the delicate construction made the whole process without a sound, and the smooth feeling made people wonder if the earthy yellow building had any life, and the rapidly closing crack in front of them was only a wound that was about to heal.
There was no light in the building, and there was some kind of strange force field, and as soon as 659 entered the building, it was obvious that his previous invincible spiritual tentacles had been greatly hindered, as if he was locked in a boxy transparent box, except for a small part of the space, all that was left was nothingness.
Even the mental communication with 173, which had been in steady contact, was forcibly interrupted, which made 659 feel a little nervous.
Although 659 comes from an alternate timeline and is a Elder of the Realm, as a human, 659 is unaware of his dependence on the senses.
Although the human-faced lizard had restrained 659's body and sealed all his senses with a bowl-shaped mouth on its tail, the good thing was that Dacai was able to increase his mental power, allowing him to gain the ability to perceive the outside world in another sense.
There was no complete loss of perception of the outside world, which allowed 659 to stay on the back of the human-faced lizard.
But now even the mental tentacles that touch the outside world are cut off by an unknown force field, which makes 659 feel so dependent on his senses for the first time.
It's like a person who is still alive, but is firmly sealed in an iron coffin and sinks into the dark deep sea.
No matter how the person in the coffin scratches and shouts, the outside world will not notice a little.
"It's really uncomfortable......
Adjusting his breathing, 659 quickly relieved from the tension, since Hu Teng was also waiting for the others
Having saved themselves and 173, at least that means they are not hostile to the Elder, and the current isolation may only be for safety reasons, and it should not be long before it returns to normal.
Unable to perceive the outside world, 659 simply counted his breaths, and when he counted to the one hundred and twentieth breath, the giant tail that was tightly bound around his body suddenly showed signs of loosening.
The dark field of vision was illuminated by a white light, probably because the light came too suddenly, which made 659 feel dizzy, and subconsciously closed his eyes and turned his head, trying to avoid the dazzling light.
All the senses returned, and the restraints on his body had completely disappeared at some point, and after a short period of adaptation, a slightly neutral female voice came into 659's ears.
"It's the Elder......"
When 659 heard this, he immediately raised his eyes.
In front of me was a woman in armor, the yellow and black armor covered the woman's chest and lower abdomen, and her right arm was covered with a layer of broken arm guards, which looked like there were various bone fragments spliced and stitched together from a distance, which looked quite strange.
As for the rest of the position, it was completely naked, with a pair of slender and powerful thighs standing straight on the ground, making 659 stunned for two seconds.
While 659 looked at each other, the woman also looked 659 up and down, and her apricot eyes were full of puzzlement.
Before the woman could ask, a scream drew the attention of the two away from each other.
"Hmm! Is there anyone? I can't stand it anymore! It's so dark here......"
Although he hadn't looked back yet, 659 had vaguely guessed who had made the scream.
Moving his gaze back, less than five steps behind 659, there was another human-faced lizard lying on his stomach, which was Xiao Cai, who had been following him all along.
At this time, Xiaocai has long since faded the protective color on her body and returned to her original colorful appearance, but the giant tail wrapped around 173 has not been loosened, and it still maintains the state of wrapping zongzi.
Next to Xiaocai stood a man with a ponytail, and from the perspective of 659, this man was very thin, with a short piece of stubble on his jaw with obvious lines.
You don't need to look at this man's face to know that this is a real handsome guy, and he is also an uncle-type ponytail handsome guy.
"Shui Han, there is no need to test, the bearded people they sent back should not make mistakes."
The woman in armor stepped forward and said as she spoke.
"Let's check it out, it's better to be safer."
A hoarse voice came from the man's mouth, like a tape with multiple damages, which made people unconsciously want to relax and listen.
When the man said this, 659 noticed that the man's palm was pressed against the head of the human-faced lizard, and his five fingers were lightly clasped, as if he was checking something.
The woman seemed to be familiar with the temper of the ponytail man, and after hearing the other party's emphasis, she didn't continue to insist.
The atmosphere fell silent for a while, and the woman didn't seem to have any intention of asking 659 immediately, but stood side by side with it, quietly looking at the man and the human-faced lizard in the distance.
"Is there anyone? Are you there, 659 big guy? Help me! ”
During the man's examination, 173's wails erupted from the tail of the human-faced lizard, and although it was cut off by the bowl-shaped mouth at the end of the tail, it was still loud in the silent hall.
"This variant of mine is too unsettled......"
Finally, the inspection that embarrassed 659 was finally coming to an end, and as the ponytail man withdrew his palm, the human-faced lizard Xiaocai also let go of her tightly wrapped tail......