Chapter Eighty-Three: The Bottomless Abyss
Spencer's angry departure made Neville a little aggrieved, and although he admitted that he had selfish intentions, he essentially wanted to come in handy and be able to fight side by side with the other side.
"Hey, that's not what I meant."
The sudden conflict made him depressed, and what made him even more headache was that the experiment did not proceed.
Without Spencer's assistance, he couldn't mobilize the star power in the mycorrhizal crystal.
And he didn't make a mistake when he asked himself, and he didn't want to bow to the other party.
"Damn, what's next?"
Feeling irritable, he threw the mycorrhizal crystal in his hand, and the solid crystal smashed against the wall and flew around the laboratory like a pinball, and finally slid off the ground in front of him.
Looking at the reflection on the mycorrhizal crystal, an idea could not be suppressed in his mind, and he had an idea.
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It was the next day, and Spencer was in the lab early that morning.
After a whole night of reflection, he felt that yesterday's words were a little too heavy.
Neville was not a selfish man, and he would also fight for the survival of his comrades in the dueling ring, which Spencer witnessed firsthand.
"Protecting the ants and fighting for mortals is just an oath I have made, and I should not have imposed these on Neville's body.
Having been raised in the dueling arena since he was a child, he hadn't spent a day in the clan, and it was normal for him not to understand what I was doing. ”
Thinking of this, Spencer pushed open the door to the laboratory.
However, when he opened the door, he found that the other party was not here.
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It's true that Neville isn't in the lab, he's not even in the ant nest.
At this time, he was alone in the dangerous mycorrhizal forest.
He entered this place with a simple purpose, which was to find a target that would help him in his experiments.
A lot of time and effort was put into this experiment, and he didn't want to just give up halfway.
And Spencer was the key to the whole experiment, and without him it would not have been possible to continue.
In the face of such resistance, he thought of another way out.
It's about finding a bigger goal for the experiment, to break the deadlock.
The mycorrhizal crystal inspired him, and he thought of the pitch-black hole he had seen in his memories of the earth.
That's right, the target he was looking for was the Tomb King.
In Neville's opinion, the Tomb King is the most likely person to help him break the bottleneck of the experiment, after all, it is not the star god Yinjun or him who discovers the special functions of the mycorrhizal crystal, nor is he a mortal, but the mysterious existence called the Tomb King.
Between the time of the earth's memory, the other party must know more than this, maybe the unsolvable problem for him may not be a problem at all in the other party's opinion.
"As long as I can find the Tomb King and find his help, I won't have to trouble Spencer in the future, so that he can fight with peace of mind, and I can concentrate on experiments, which is good for both sides."
With this in mind, Neville quickly returned to the place where the mycorrhizal crystals were last harvested.
Normally, the memory of the earth within the mycorrhizal crystal is the recorded local environment.
Even if the underground environment changes greatly due to the passage of time, the general range can still be locked, which is not the same as the unsuccessful search for the ancestor of life in the first place.
He also didn't believe that the Tomb King could be as powerful as the Creator and that he could hide the cave completely.
However, even so, Neville searched for half a month, and just when the seeds and dry food on his body were about to run out, he finally found the strange hole in the ground.
When he came to the entrance of the cave, he peeked into the hole.
The inside of the cave is pitch black, nothing can be seen, and neither the sound nor the stones will be swallowed up by the darkness in the cave the moment they enter the cave.
Neville was still fearless in the memory of the earth, and at this time standing next to the entrance of the cave, a chill was already running on his back.
However, in order for the experiment to continue, he gritted his teeth and jumped in.
Just like what he saw in the memory of the earth, the inside of the cave was boundless darkness, and Neville only felt that he was falling downward, but he didn't know when he would touch the bottom.
In the darkness, he could vaguely feel that something like a beast was watching in the shadows.
The black smoke wafting through the pitch black environment also seemed to be alive, constantly burrowing into the cracks of his armor, as if trying to take his body for himself.
All kinds of strange signs made Neville dare not drag it any longer, and he shouted directly:
"Tomb King, where are you, I have no ill intentions, I just came to talk to you about cooperation."
As soon as these words came out, a strange laughter suddenly came from the darkness.
"Truly, a little ant, what qualifications do you have to talk about cooperation with the Tomb King.
Obediently rot in the black mist and become the cornerstone of the six reincarnations. ”
"Haha......"
Neville forced himself to compose, and he ignored the malicious laughter in the darkness, and continued to say loudly:
"Tomb King, I have the unfortunate news to tell you, the Silver Monarch has fallen.
No matter how much you plan to cooperate with Him, it will disappear with His death, so why not consider me. ”
At this moment, the strange laughter around them completely disappeared, and an old voice rang out from the depths of endless darkness.
"Welcome to the bottomless abyss, where it has been a long time since such life has been ushered in.
I'm glad you brought me news of Gin-kun's death, and it looks like I've had to change collaborators.
However, you are just an ordinary ant tribe, so what capital do you have to cooperate with me.
There are many star gods in this world, it doesn't matter if Yinjun is dead, I can look for other star gods, there is no need to choose you at all. ”
The Tomb King's voice was old and cold, and the black mist around his words began to churn violently, as if it was about to engulf Neville.
However, at this moment, Neville was extraordinarily calm, and he continued without humility or arrogance:
"I'm sorry, Tomb King, I'm afraid you won't be able to wait for the Star God Collaborator any longer."
Neville then recounted Spencer's expulsion of the Star God.
At first, the Tomb King did not believe Neville's words, and in his opinion it was impossible for a mortal to confront the gods.
However, when he learned that the Creator had bestowed the other party with an eternal hallows and remembered the piper who had ruined his good deeds with the flute of life, he began to believe it a little.
On the other side, Neville felt the black fog around him quiet down, and he knew that the other party's attitude was changing, so he continued to increase:
"Tomb King, what exactly do you want, we can talk.
I didn't talk about it, how do you know that what Yinjun can do, I can't do. ”
When the Tomb King heard this, he said in a deep voice:
"I want the twin stars in the sky to fall, can you do it?"
"Twin Star Gods?
Is there such a star god in the sky, I have never heard of it. ”
Neville was a little confused, Rao had recently made up some common information about the Star God, but he still didn't know which one the Tomb King was referring to.
"They are the first star gods in the world, and they formed earlier than the Silver Monarch, but they never came to the ant clan."
Hearing this, Neville understood the reason why the Tomb King insisted on cooperating with the Star God.
In the face of a star god who never comes, let alone him, even Spencer, who can kill gods, has no choice.
"Oops, isn't there any possibility of cooperation at all, I won't die here like this."
The Tomb King's words were like throwing a big stone into Neville's heart, and he couldn't help but worry about his life and death.
However, at this time, the Tomb King changed his words and said with a smile:
"Hehe, I know that most of the twin star gods are unknown to the ant clan, and I don't like to be strong.
This matter will be put on hold for the time being, and I will find a way to get rid of them myself in the future. ”
"Ant Clan friend, don't you want to cooperate with me, you might as well tell me what you need me to help you with."
Seeing that the Tomb King suddenly relented, Neville hurriedly explained his experimental problem.
"Oh, it turns out that you wanted to use mycorrhizal crystals as a medium to give mortals the ability to use star power, but you didn't expect to get stuck in the imitation weapon step, right?
Well, no problem, I can help you with the above problems, it is not a difficult task for me. ”
Hearing the other party's full of promises, Neville's heart was excited, and he seemed to see the dawn of the success of the experiment.
"However, cooperation is a two-way street, and while I help you, I also have places to rely on you."
Hearing the words of the Tomb King, Neville hurriedly agreed:
"Of course I understand the principle of win-win cooperation, but my strength is limited, and I can't do things like killing the star gods in the sky."
"Haha, I said I don't like the difficulty of strongmen the most, don't worry, I won't embarrass you with things you can't do at all.
What I want you to do for me is very simple, you must have seen the entrance to the bottomless abyss, I need you to help me dig the hole in the bottomless abyss and connect it to the huge underground nest of the ant people.
Well, this matter is very simple, in terms of the digging ability of the ant clan, it is not difficult at all. ”
The Tomb King is right, what the ant clan is best at is digging nests, no matter how complex the ant nest can be built, the work of connecting tunnels is really a piece of cake.
However, at this time, Neville couldn't help but hesitate.
He's not stupid, he can see the weirdness of this bottomless abyss clearly, and it's not a good thing to connect this thing to an ant's nest.
The Tomb King seemed to see through Neville's thoughts, and he said with a smile:
"My ant tribe friend, there is no such thing as a free lunch, and if you want me to help you gain strength, you have to pay a price that satisfies me.
And my request is so simple, you just need to use the huge underground fortifications of the ant clan to help me expand the abyss a little.
To tell you the truth, the bottom of the bottomless abyss is very small, and I feel very uncomfortable here, just trying to stretch my hands and feet.
This doesn't pose any threat to your ant tribe, and it doesn't even matter if you're not at ease, you can use an empty nest. ”