Chapter 70: The Silver Empire
The attendant looked at the posture of Neville and the other gladiators, combined with the situation in the previous duel arena, and immediately understood that the Golden Tooth Bailey was probably finished, and he hurriedly replied:
"Believe me, there are no divine sacrifices in the Golden Tooth Bailey's warehouse, that guy is so bad that he didn't intend to keep his promise from the beginning."
Spencer's face showed a look of disappointment when he heard this, although today's series of encounters had made him mentally prepared for nothing, he always held on to the idea of what if.
At this time, the attendant hurriedly spoke:
"There are no divine offerings in the warehouse, but I know there's something like that, and that should help you, but ......"
Seeing that the attendant had sold the guanzi, Spencer hurriedly asked:
"But what?"
At this moment, Neville walked up and punched the attendant directly in the abdomen.
Just as he was about to make a move, the attendant hurriedly begged for mercy:
"Please stop fighting, that thing was put away by the Golden Tooth Bailey alone, and I'll take you to get it."
Seeing this, Neville turned to Spencer and said:
"To deal with this kind of guy who wants to bargain, you should be tough.
Let him take you to get something, if he dares to use his brains again, he will kill him directly, so many of us can turn over the entire warehouse, are we afraid that we won't find it, it's just a little more time. ”
In the face of a gladiator like Neville, the squire was completely honest, he didn't dare to talk any more nonsense, and led Spencer directly into the warehouse, where he found a metal secret door in a corner.
Then, Spencer used formic acid to melt through the metal door and successfully entered the chamber.
This is supposed to be a small vault of the Golden Tooth Bailey, which contains all kinds of precious items, including crystal clear gemstones, various rare metal ingots of extremely high purity, as well as luxurious-looking armor and weapons.
These are all things that can make the ant clan yearn for it, but Spencer just glanced at it, and said to the attendant on the side without hesitation:
"Where's what you're talking about?"
When the attendant heard this, he hurriedly walked to a shelf, took down the wooden box on it, and handed it to him.
"I once heard the Golden Tooth Bailey accidentally mention that the contents of this box are related to the Star God, and I don't know what it is."
Spencer took the wooden box and opened it directly, only to see a golden object shaped like a water droplet, lying inside the box.
The attendant on the side looked at this thing with a puzzled look on his face, and it was obvious that he didn't know it.
Spencer, however, knew something about the golden droplet.
He had seen something similar in the Jaws Clan, some calling it the Dew of the Tree of Life, others accustomed to calling it the Mycorrhizal Crystal.
As the name suggests, it is a substance secreted by mycorrhizae that are found all over the ground.
Mycorrhizal crystals look like water droplets, but they are so hard that giant jaws, formic acid, formic acid, and no known means can hurt it.
It's outrageously hard, and naturally it's impossible to eat.
However, it has a miraculous feature, which is that it can preserve the memory of the earth, through which you can see many images of the past.
I saw that Spencer pressed his hand on the broken jaw and slashed, and the weak side of the arm was suddenly cut open by him, and red blood immediately flowed out.
Then, he dripped the blood onto the mycorrhizal crystal, and grabbed it as soon as the hedron began to glow.
At this moment, a memory of the earth that did not belong to anyone then came to his mind.
As the memories unfolded, Spencer also had a sense of being there.
In a trance, he found himself in the middle of a valley with a large number of fungal roots scattered around the valley.
Unlike the vegetation on the ground, the underground world is still a paradise for fungi, and although the ants feed on fungi, they avoid the mycorrhizae of the underground world.
In the face of ordinary fungi, ant tribes are predators, and in the face of underground mycorrhizae, they become proper food.
If there are things around that can provide nutrients to mycorrhizae, such as tree roots, it is fine, but if there is nothing to eat, mycorrhizae will absorb other organisms as nutrients.
When he saw the mycorrhizal scene all around, Spencer subconsciously wanted to get out of here.
However, he immediately realized that this was not reality, but just a memory of the earth in the mycorrhizal crystal.
And what this memory shows should be the place where the mycorrhizal crystal was born.
Just as Spencer looked around in thought, a shouting interrupted his train of thought.
"Quick, kill the Silver Queen, don't let her escape."
When Spencer heard the reputation, he saw two waves of ants not far away, one of which was dressed in silver armor, which looked both handsome and conspicuous.
However, compared to the image, their situation is very embarrassing.
Under the constant pursuit and slashing of the enemy, their number is gradually decreasing.
By the time they fled to the mycorrhizal valley, there were fewer than a hundred.
Despite this, they still protect the queen from the pursuit of the enemy.
Seeing this scene in front of him, Spencer suddenly remembered that there was once a very famous dynasty of the Ant Clan called the Silver Empire.
At its peak, the number of queens in the Silver Empire once reached triple digits, and it had an extremely vast territory.
However, there is no eternal dynasty in this world, and the mighty Silver-Crowned Empire eventually fell apart.
And the scene in front of him should be the end of the collapse of the Silver Empire, and the hostile forces are killing the remnants of the empire.
At the time of Spencer's covert analysis, the remnants of the Silver Empire that had been hunted down had already entered the Mycorrhizal Valley, and although every ant clan knew that it was dangerous, they had no way out after being forced into the four corners.
But even so, the enemy still refused to let them go, and in order to prevent the resurgence of the silver crest, they could only feel at ease by seeing the queen die with their own eyes.
Cornered, the remnants of the Silver Crate had no choice but to continue to flee, and eventually retreated into the center of the Mycorrhizal Valley, following the thick mycelium into the deeper mycorrhizal tunnels.
Seeing the tragic situation on the side of the Silver Empire, Spencer couldn't help but feel sympathy.
After all, he had also experienced the gloomy moment of the destruction of his race.
Curious to know the fate of this remnant of the silver force, he did not hesitate to follow into the mycorrhizal tunnel.
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While commanding his guards to protect the Silver Queen from escaping, Zanza fought to the death with the enemy behind him.
At one time, he was only the captain of the Silver Imperial Guard, but in just a few short years after the fall of the empire, his status has risen to the rank of vice-king like a rocket.
However, Zanzawa was not happy at all, there was only one way to quickly rise in status within the Ant Clan, and that was the death of the superior.
He can reach the status of a captain second only to the king and the queen, which shows that the top of the Silver Empire has completely withered.
The whole empire is almost finished, what is the point of this vice-king.
However, although the situation has collapsed to the point of near no return, he still does not want to give up.
"Quick, protect the queen into the mycorrhizal rift."
Under his loud command, the remnants of more than 100 people followed the thick mycorrhizal main stem into a deeper underground tunnel.
Just as he was about to defend himself against the enemy, one of his guards stepped forward.
"Your Royal Highness, the Empire can no longer bear the death of any high-ranking person, please take the Queen and leave here."
After that, for the first time, the usually well-disciplined guards did not ask for his opinion, and rushed directly to the vicinity of the entrance to fight the enemy behind.
Watching this group of former comrades-in-arms fight to the death with several times the enemy without hesitation, Zan Ze felt very uncomfortable.
But he could only grit his teeth and take the queen and the rest of the people, and continue to escape along the mycorrhizal tunnel, towards the deeper underground.
As we continued to go deeper, the voices of the enemies behind them gradually faded away.
However, their doom was not over, and one after another fell without warning, never to get back up.
Zanzawa knew that they were too close to the mycorrhizae, and it was the hyphae that were sucking their life.
However, there was nothing he could do, the surrounding granite formations were as hard as iron, and even he couldn't melt through them with formic acid.
He could only speed up the crowd in the hope that there would be a fork in the road away from the mycorrhizae.
Unfortunately, this was just his extravagant hope, and as time went on, more and more of his companions fell, completely out of breath.
At the same time, the situation of the silver queen was not optimistic, and in order to save the queen's strength, he carried the queen on his back.
Although the road ahead was pitch black and there was almost no end in sight, he kept pushing his body forward.
I don't know how long I walked, but suddenly there was a loud noise in front of the passage, and then a light shone in.
Seeing this, the exhausted Zanzawa couldn't help but be ecstatic in his heart.
"Look, everybody, ahead...... There is light. ”
He excitedly pointed to the front of the road, trying to cheer up his companions, and when he turned around, he found that there was nothing behind him, and there was no one there.
The last hundred or so remnants of the Silver Empire have all died, and now only the Silver Queen and him are still alive.
An indescribable sadness welled up in Zanzawa's heart, and he silently turned his head and continued to walk towards the light source in front of him.
The end of the tunnel is also underground, but it still glows like the sun.
Zanzawa didn't have time to think about it, he saw his surroundings clearly through the light, this was a huge forest of roots.
The number of mycorrhizae here is not less than in the previous valley, but the mycelium here is associated with the roots of the plants, and the mycorrhizae will not eat other organisms if they are provided with nutrients from the roots of the plants.
Seeing this, Zanzawa hurriedly walked out of the tunnel, and he climbed a section of tree roots to make sure that he was away from the mycorrhizae.
didn't have time to experience the mood of escaping, so he hurriedly put the queen off his back.
Although he was saddened by the death of his companion, as long as the queen was still around, their silver clan would not die, and they would eventually make a comeback.
However, when the Silver Queen was put down, she was already angry, and the mycorrhizae had absorbed too much of her vitality.
Looking at the dying queen, Zan Ze was worried, and he said in a trembling voice:
"Your Majesty, look, we have escaped."
When the silver queen heard this, she grabbed Zan Ze's hand and said with a look of relief:
"Zanze, you've done a good job, live well."
With that, the breath on the queen's body disappeared completely, and Zan Ze howled in grief when he saw this.
On the other side, Spencer, who was standing not far away, saw this scene and felt quite uncomfortable.
Just as he was immersed in sadness, he suddenly noticed a huge figure not far away, staring at this side.
There was an indescribable aura on her body, and even the star gods she had seen before couldn't match her chances......