In the outer area of the underground base, after the blazing sun of the two ravens went out, the profile lights in the passage were dimmed, making it difficult for people to adapt for a while.

Several hellhounds exuded a dangerous aura and quickly approached in the direction of Zhao Qing and the others, their golden eyes lit up, and when they shook their bodies, their scales made a tooth-aching scratching sound, and the heavy smell of blood came to the world.

Around the dragon-blooded dogs, there were twice as many ravens as they were attacking, some riding on the dog's back and pecking at its neck, some with their wings fluttering backwards, constantly pulling the dog's tail, it didn't seem to hurt, only harassed.

After all, the space in the passage is too narrow for birds to accelerate, and the power of pecking and claws is limited, even though these ravens are 70 centimeters long and have a wingspan of 1.3 meters, which is equivalent to a medium-sized bird of prey, they are now just a strengthened version of the big rooster, unable to play to the advantages of air combat.

On the side of the dogs, several ravens made barking sounds, as if cursing and fearing each other, causing the Cerberus to roar back and pounce on the crows of their kind, without fear of accidental injury.

"This fierce dog has been dropped on the battlefield in Afghanistan and is an extremely lethal weapon against non-armored units." Not optimistic about the battle situation of the crows, Chen Zheng subconsciously took two steps back and made a fighting posture: "Their scales can prevent small-caliber bullets, and their recovery ability is even more ......."

Then, together with Chu Zihang, both of them couldn't help but be surprised, only to see a few ravens carrying a toolbox from behind, quickly opening it, and then, the pliers, wrenches, screwdrivers, electric drills, etc., inside became their weapons.

The scene of the fight suddenly became intense, and some ravens began to release speech spirits, mainly low-level speech spirits such as Yin Thunder, Ghost Sheng, and Yin Flow, heading towards the weak points such as the eyes and anus of the Cerberus, and the sound was amazing.

A raven deftly plunged a crochet needle under the Cerberus's scales, then quickly bolted the nylon thread to a nearby steel pipe, tying a dead knot and restricting the other's movements.

The other raven grabbed the scales on the dog's back without fear, held the electric drill in its beak, and aimed it at its spine to the maximum, and black blood splashed out under the cutting of the electric drill.

However, Cerberus is not defenseless. Although they are indexterous and unable to reach ravens that always hold on to their dogs' backs, they possess great resistance and a berserk nature.

Their tails have evolved to resemble manticores, with bone spurs at the ends that are highly venomous, and once rolled up and stabbed continuously, they are incredibly powerful. Among them, the four-eyed Cerberus leader, the tail has more attributes of flexible and retractable.

In the fight, the Cerberus showed an amazing ability to endure pain, and even if half of their muscles were bitten off, they would continue to fight for their lives without fear.

This brutal nature becomes even more frantic under the stimulation of bloodshed, and they leap with all their might, even jumping up to four or five meters high, and their attack range is extremely wide. Even ravens with superb flying skills run the risk of being caught and torn apart.

For a moment, the crow feathers flew wildly, and the entire battlefield seemed to be swept by a black storm.

"Let our companions go!" A raven with blood-stained scales in its mouth shouted in Zhao Qing's direction, "Work together to deal with these dogs!" There is a big crisis here that cannot be solved by a few people......" The voice was full of determination and determination.

"What crisis?" Observing the fighting skills of the crows, Zhao Qing let go of the restraints on the previous three crows and asked with interest, "Do you want to negotiate with me?" ”

"It's not a negotiation, it's an invitation and an exhortation." A new raven arrived, surrounded by a ring of red flames, and looked majestic, but its voice was not recognizable because most of its speech had been learned from several of the same breeders.

It was followed by two ravens clutching kerosene drums, and flew up to pour the oil on the Cerberus, which was then set on fire by the falling crows, and soon turned the enemies into flaming torches, rolling on the ground and burning black.

The flames burrowed into the shattered scales of the Cerberus, scorching their muscles and viscera so that they could not be extinguished, and billowing smoke rose from them, faintly visible of the dark golden bones within.

The spirit of the word is scorching, the lower level of the blazing spirit of the word, which can attach a layer of hundreds of degrees of flame around the body, which is used to attack the enemy in close combat, but it cannot be thrown from a distance, and the power is far less than the raging blazing and Jun flame, but the degree of mastery is much higher, and there are few accidental injuries.

After a few more moments, the flaming ravens stopped releasing the scorching bloom and landed on the head of the dead Cerberus leader, and the other ravens landed on the corpses of other dogs, their golden pupils flickering alternately, as if a group of wizards in jet-black robes were performing some mysterious ritual.

According to Chen Zheng, there is already a class division in the crow flock, and most of the people who awaken the spirit of speech are the nobles, and the more powerful spirit of this kind of spirit is estimated to be the level of the so-called patriarch.

Seeing the three ravens that had been released, Elder Zhuohua kindly patted their heads with their beaks, and then said to Zhao Qing: "The coal mine outside has been set on fire. It won't be long before we will be burned to death by the boundless fire, and we must work together to find a way out. ”

Coal mine on fire? Zhao Qing's mind moved slightly, and he deduced the current location according to the previous route, and soon realized one thing: this underground secret base should be located just below a small coal mine in the suburbs.

Obviously, at the top of the experimental site, a coal seam with reserves of at least one million tons, like a natural umbrella, provides excellent cover for the laboratory, which can not only facilitate the initial construction, but also use the mine as a channel to the outside world, and use coal to provide electricity.

However, at this moment, this coal seam has become the biggest threat to the laboratory, and once it burns, it will block the escape of the insiders - and the foreign enemy who invaded at the same time as the Wind King is probably the murderer of this matter.

"Don't think about the passage you walked back to."

The Raven Elder added, "We found out the self-destruct mechanism of the underground base, there are two coal belts extending from the main seam and all the way above the channel, and when they are ignited, it won't take long to destroy everything around them. ”

"Then run back before they burn!" Chen Zheng's face broke out in a cold sweat: "It should be in time, right?" What is the speed at which the flame travels? I'm an economics student, so I don't understand these ......."

"It's hard to say, under natural circumstances, the main thing to look at is the content and distribution of oxidants in the formation...... Zhao Qing floated lightly, and the whole person was attached to the wall at the top, feeling the temperature of the outside world:

"It stands to reason that underground coal mines can't be set on fire all at once, and ideally it would take years to spread, but with the addition of igniters and the use of alchemy, that's a different story—TNT burns at speeds of more than 6,000 meters per second, and that's just a matter of moments."

"In other words, we are most likely already surrounded by a sea of fire, but the heat has not yet been transferred." She turned to look at Chen Zheng: "The last barrier of the base is this coal seam ignition self-destruction setting?" ”

"No......" Chen Zheng hurriedly shook his head and said: "I have only heard of the exit to the mine on the other side, there is a 'Vulcan Net', a special alchemy tool developed for Newton in the past, but the effect is unknown, and I don't know that there are other measures to destroy the entire base." ”

"Take me to the other side!" In the face of such an astonishing crisis, Zhao Qing did not show any urgency, floated to the side of the raven elder, and touched the bird's head: "I don't know what your 'king' has thought of?" ”

……

Moments later, at the other end of the underground base, there was a brightly lit hall, and the surrounding sirens were blaring.

A golden-eyed raven with a particularly shiny throat and a large body size was looking at the instrument in front of him worriedly, flipping through the relevant instructions with the tips of his claws, and occasionally turning his head to talk to several elders in crow language and human language.

And around it, many boilers and pipes were steaming hot, and thousands of ravens of all sizes were parked above various cabinets, tables and chairs, lamps, and meters, communicating with each other in a low voice, looking black and noisy.

There are also a few ravens, draped in special lanyards, with rope buckles tied to some weapons with danger signs, pocket sniper rifles, individual missiles, very miniature aerial bombs, the model is quite special, at first glance for their specially developed version, constantly patrolling the air.

Suddenly, the Raven King seemed to hear a distant call, threw down the patriarch beside him, flapped his wings and flew up, and walked around the two walks to a makeshift infirmary separated by a curtain.

There were many wounded ravens tending to them, a few ravens who had lost their strength and comatose after their victory, some caregivers who were fed water and bandaged their wounds, and several mutilated human corpses that had died, sprinkled with black feathers.

Looking at the scene of the ravens taking care of their companions, Zhao Qing thought thoughtfully, and at the same time, he sensed the scene in the central hall from afar, and had a deeper understanding of this crow society.

Thousands of dragon-blooded ravens, of which five or six hundred have awakened the spirit of speech, the number is quite a lot, but this kind of combat power, although it is not bad, but in fact, it is not very high-end.

Theoretically, the evolved raven has about five times the physical fitness of ordinary crows, which is comparable to the strongest individual in the golden eagle, but due to the defective claw power caused by the thin legs, it can basically only attack with the beak, which is much less lethal.

Birds of prey like the golden eagle goshawk hunt mainly rely on the power of their claws, rather than pecking, first dive and accelerate, and then rely on hundreds of pounds of claw power to grasp the target's skull, that is, a headshot, as for pecking, it is only used to further kill seriously injured prey.

In contrast, their beaks can be said to have no advantage over ravens, and eagles of the same size may even be killed if they get into close combat with crows.

Therefore, in general, if the dragon's blood raven attacks like a bird of prey, at best it can hit targets such as leopards, ordinary people, and large dogs, and its frontal combat effectiveness is far from being able to compete with the level of the D-level and above hybrids, that is, the level of the school engineering department of the Kassel Academy.

However, as intelligent creatures, the Dragon's Blood Raven can obviously use high-altitude bombs to attack, throwing stones to kill targets easily, and with the support of weapons provided by humans, it is not as simple as throwing stones, but also throwing bombs.

Judging from the equipment of several patrol guard crows, the Chen family has developed a series of pocket weapons specifically for the crow flock, and assembled the raven into the appearance of a miniature fighter, and it is estimated that there has been training such as target shooting.

In addition, the Flame of Words can be used as a hot bait, the Speech Snake that acts as a radar and electronic jammer, and the Shadow for stealth, etc., fighting in groups can almost be said to be invincible.

Not long ago, the crows were still quite powerless against Cerberus, but when they found out their arsenal and used the military technique of "dividing and attacking and encircling and annihilating", the Cerberus comparable to A-level Deadpool was hunted one after another, and it was no longer a threat.

Thinking like this in his heart, Zhao Qing turned his head to look at the slowly approaching crow king, that is, the leader of the crow flock who had awakened the spirit of the heavenly performance, and heard the other party sigh with emotion: "We are birds living underground, but we have never seen the real sky. ”

"Thinking of heaven and earth, lonely and weeping!" It didn't light up its golden pupils, and its dark purple eyes stared at Zhao Qing in front of him, and said such a seemingly ordinary, but actually profound words: "What is the outside world like? ”

"By the way, the lab staff gave me the name 'Kronos', you can call me that." The Raven King whispered, "In the coming period, I hope we can become friends who trust each other." ”

……

At the same time, the old man who had just infiltrated the underground base had already come out of the hole in the coal mine and returned to the surface, holding a communicator in his hand, tuning the frequency, and answering a call from afar.

On the other end of the phone, a middle-aged man's voice was full of magnetism: "You don't have to stay outside to observe the target's situation, she shouldn't have any problem dealing with a disaster of this level, and she won't be in much trouble." The earth fire will not be extinguished, but it will not trap a character of this level. ”

"You don't have to interfere in the follow-up."

"Next, your mission is to travel to Ben R to see an old friend of you and mine, Dr. Herzog. I heard that the source heavy industry he was building was about to be completed, and he had to bury some means in advance to play a role in monitoring. ”

"One more thing: when it was established in Black Swan Harbor, someone traded him for a high-level bronze mask related to the 'Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse', presumably he also brought it with him later, when the time comes, you'd better go and see what level the Doctor's use of masks is."

"When are you leaving?"

"Now."

……

After communicating with the Raven King named "Kronos" for a while, Zhao Qing couldn't help but sigh that Tianyan was indeed an extremely amazing intelligence amplification speech, and the knowledge mastered by a teenage crow on the other side was probably no less than that of some humans who had obtained a doctorate.

With the director of the base killed by the invaders and the rest slaughtered by the Cerberus, it managed to lure most of the dragon-blooded dogs to the disinfection room in a short period of time, closed and exterminated, and reorganized the order of the crow flock, quickly taking control of most of the base area.

The barrier separating the inside and outside has now been breached by using its arsenal to break through four of the layers, leaving only a "Vulcan Net" named after the god of craftsmanship in Roman mythology, and the ignited coal seam flames outside.

After encouraging and comforting the wounded ravens in the infirmary for a while, Kronos led Zhao Qing to the alchemy collection of the base, which stored many rare alchemy props, a large number of books, copies of ancient books, etc., as well as paper case files about experiments.

Although it looked a little messy, as if it had been plundered by intruders, and there were ravens with fire extinguishers on the side extinguishing small pieces of flames, Zhao Qing still noticed that there were many mummies of animals such as cats and dogs in the room, and some masks of various materials hung on the walls.

The carcasses of these critters were wrapped in white linen and lay quietly in delicate glass cases, through which they could clearly see the strange spell prints on their bodies.

Although they have been baptized by countless years, their forms are still vivid, as if they will wake up from their slumber at any moment. In the faint light, the mummies' eyes seemed to shimmer with a deep light, which made people shudder.

The masks on the walls, several of which were encased in living spirits, whispered and emitted eerie laughter, and their lips kept opening and closing, as if singing an ode to an ancient priest.

Zhao Qing secretly thought in his heart, this is studying the form of the ancient dragon subspecies? Odin's Shroud? The secret of the mask?

Speaking of which, "Kronos" is the father of Zeus, and his English pronunciation is actually the same as "crow", corresponding to the patron saint in alchemy, and it is also a raven, and the person who named it is quite interesting.

"The main engine room of the base has been completely destroyed, and only the secondary engine room here can be used." The Raven King said: "The burning situation outside can be monitored in real time by calling a detector here. ”

With that, it quickly opened a surveillance screen at the computer in the corner of the storage room, and patted and pecked, showing the monstrous sea of fire in the depths of the mine.

Thousands of fires erupted from the coal seam to the bottom of the shaft, like a flower made of flames, its color constantly changing, from dark red to golden yellow to blinding white, like a fire dragon rising from hell, powerful enough to swallow everything.

The roar of the flames was deafening, intertwined with the continuous sound of gas explosions. The steel pipes, iron bars, and other objects in the field of vision turned red and softened one after another, first shaking violently like elongated gluten, and then exceeding the limit of bearing, and were completely destroyed.

At the same time, Zhao Qing also suddenly sensed that there was a hidden humanoid creature on the ceiling above his head, and his body trembled as the monitoring on the projection screen played.

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Added to 5k

Dizziness lately, slightly Carvin, and more later

The crow is so cute, addicted to the crow video, and the next update (magpies are also crows)

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Regarding the Bronze Mask, see Dragon 3 Serialized Edition:

"Dr. Herzog, he escaped from the explosion that tore through the snowfield. Although I distinctly remember that I once broke his heart with a gun, shortly after I arrived in Japan, a group of Russians set foot in Tokyo, led by a man in a bronze mask. ”

(End of chapter)