Chapter 302: The Heart of the Labyrinth (1/3)
The group of ruins began to function normally.
Ian could sense through the silver chip that the Sequoia Base Master AI, which had been stuck for a long time, was running smoothly.
The previously swallowed, immeasurable seawater is purified into a coolant and then fed around the furnace core that is on the verge of dissolution for rapid cooling.
In my mind, the blood-red warning lantern was finally turning yellow, and although it was still at a dangerous threshold, the temperature data visible to the naked eye was declining, and it was expected to gradually return to normal levels within ten days.
Great storms are a thing of the past.
As long as there is no second Grand Elder or a swarm, the hearth will no longer get out of hand.
"I don't know what will happen to those primordial elves...... I didn't see much danger at the time, and when I think about it, the goblins also have a subspecies of volcanic goblin lava goblin forge goblins, so I don't need to worry too much. β
Ian looked in the direction of the cooling vault, and he could even imagine that it would soon become a huge reservoir filled with boiling hot water as endless heat poured into the once-freezing ice abyss.
The frost elves definitely can't adapt to that kind of environment.
But hot spring goblins, steam goblins can definitely do.
There is no need to worry about the survival of the elves, and they may not die if the world is destroyed, you know, why did the elf exploration team discover the Obera Tinder spacecraft on the moon back then? Isn't that because those goblins don't need the living conditions required by almost all living beings at all, and can freely explore the universe with their own bodies?
After that, the elves even built a huge base on the surface of the moon that served as a major hub for the study of alien spacecraft.
"Wait, then, the moon of view crumbles and turns into a new moon......"
Thinking of this, Ian couldn't help but be slightly stunned, he couldn't help but recall the situation in the previous mural, the moon shattered, and the fragments fell to the Terra Domains.
The largest gathering place for goblins is a city-state located around the Wrathful Sea...... And the name of that city-state ......
It's Falling Star City!
"Do you mean...... Forget it, for the sake of goblin materials in the future, I will definitely go to Falling Star City once. β
Shaking his head and retracting his thoughts, Ian turned his head and looked ahead.
The Aether Crystal Dragon and the White Mist Bishop were walking along the river, towards the end.
This is where the tributaries of the cooling pipes are located, to be precise, the normal interaction pipes when 'emergency cooling' is not required.
Generally speaking, the cooling circuit of the power generation group has its own circulation, and there is no need to replace the internal coolant frequently, but due to the complex situation underground, the overall system will still be slowly replaced to ensure that the coolant inside the power group can maintain the effect at all times.
Only in times of extreme crisis will the entire area become a huge interactive channel, pouring the surging waves from the sea into the interior.
The end of the cooling channel is naturally located around the original ruins of the ice abyss, and the current cooling warehouse.
To be exact, directly above the cooling reservoir β in a huge backup reservoir.
"Here...... Is it more like the center of the labyrinth? β
When everyone arrived here with the Aether Crystal Dragon, Master Gosai couldn't help but be a little surprised, and he looked around at the surrounding bright environment: "In other words, the Great Ruins of the South China Sea, in fact, is only partially labyrinthized, and the core of the labyrinth is here-this crystal dragon's lair!" β
"And this crystallized dragon is the so-called 'Labyrinth Guardian'...... Yes, of course, that makes a lot more sense. β
"it." Andor sighed: "It's so bright! β
Not only them, but even Ian was stunned for a moment.
What appeared before his eyes was an unusually strange area of the underground cavity.
This large underground cavity is not visible at a glance, but it can be seen as an underground lake, and the water is so clear that you can clearly see the angular rocks underneath.
The rocks were in the shape of hexagonal pillars, stacked on top of each other, some flat, some jagged, and the tallest of them formed an island in the center of the lake, the lair of the Aether Crystal Dragon, shaped like a web coral, but made of crystal.
Crystal Coral Island emits a strong fluorescence visible to the naked eye, which is also a type of radiation, but it is not the high-heat radiation of a nuclear furnace, but a psionic radiation similar to the formation of a natural psionic field......
As it turned out, it was, and in the silver chip, Ian was sure that the crystalline island that illuminated the entire amber was the crystalline vein of the natural element formed by the condensation of the ultra-high concentration of psionic energy fields.
"The underground cavity where the entire redwood base is located is supposed to be the site of a prehistoric volcano, a huge underground wonder left behind by the lava reservoir after the lava retreats into the mantle - and this underground lake is one of them, and these hexagonal columns are supposed to be coral rocks formed by the cooling of volcanic lava."
With a determination in his heart, Ian noticed that on the basalt shore at the edge of the underground lake, there were many huge demonic beast bones, which should be the remains of the Aether Crystal Dragon's collection and eating.
And right there, there was a huge crocodile dragon corpse...... None other than the carcasses of the Great Shaman of Sequoia and the Crocodile of the Moor!
It seems that sharks and giant eels also followed the river to the lake, and then followed the channel to the river of parasites...... No wonder it is parasitized.
Giant eels and sharks are probably attacked by parasitic beasts that came here to steal eggs, and they were parasitic brain eaters!
And this lake extends in all directions, and there must be one that leads to the ruins of the ice abyss.
No wonder it's the center of the labyrinth.
Thinking of this, Ian turned his head and looked in the direction of the Aether Crystal Dragon.
This giant beast, which had previously shone brightly, was now dim, only a little core in the center of the heart was still releasing pale light, and the dense crystal pupils on the skull were mostly closed.
It glanced at Ian.
"It's dying."
A white figure landed next to the shark, and the White Mist Bishop looked at the crystal coral rock island in the center of the lake, and said calmly, "Because it helped me when I fought the mother worm, I will not fight it until it takes the initiative to attack me." β
"Remember to respect life, Mr. Guide." He prompted Ian.
"Yes, Bishop White Mist."
Ian nodded slightly, he signaled to Esengard and Master Gosai not to worry, and then patted the shark's head under him, took the dragon egg, and flew towards the aether crystal dragon.
The weary and dying Aether Crystal Dragon watched as Ian landed softly in front of it, then returned three dragon eggs about the size of a watermelon, wrapped in hive flesh, and the beast let out a scream that sounded like some kind of crystal iron tremor.
The giant beast got up, stuck out its tongue, and took the tiny eggs into its mouth, then nodded slightly to Ian and groaned softly.
Ian nodded in return, then turned back and motioned for the sharks to come ashore.
"The dragon egg has been polluted by the essentia of the hive, and it has encountered a follow-up battle, I am afraid it will be difficult to hatch, and the crystal dragon wants to use its last strength to warm up."
On the way to the shore, Ian sighed with some emotion: "I hope it can succeed, after all, as a labyrinth xenomorph, its descendants will definitely inherit some of its evolutionary signs." β
"Still, it would be interesting if it ended up being a swarm crystalline dragon."
Of course, there could be no such thing as a swarm crystalline dragon...... No, if the will of the hive really raises dragon eggs by hand, then maybe it can really raise a swarm crystallized dragon?
And Isengard looked at Ian, who was lost in thought, with stunned eyes, and he muttered in a low voice, "It's just a shark, why can even the dragon understand what the dragon says?" β
"Is psionic energy so powerful?"
Ian also heard the whisper, but didn't careβof course he didn't understand, but he wasn't stupid, and if he didn't understand, he guessed.
He can clearly see the other party's mood fluctuations through the foresight and the silver chip, so that with the other party's actions and the tone of some voices, he can probably know what the other party means.
Now, all the dangerous monsters and enemies in the South Sea Ruins have been eliminated, and even the soldiers of the Flying Flame Lands have almost all been wiped out by the previous restart of the cooling pipes - there may be some survivors, but then Ian has time to destroy them.
If you can catch the 'living mouth' of the Spiritual Machine, it will be worth twice as much.
Thinking of this, Ian turned his head to look at the other Orthodox member of his ranks.
He looked at Bishop White Mist.
He looked at this old man who looked peaceful and quiet, even if his goal, the Brain Eater Mother Worm and the will of the insect swarm were destroyed, and there was no trace of 'happy', 'exciting' or 'gratifying' feelings.