Chapter 455: Retreat, Temple (4k)

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The blue flame flickered out at the nozzle of the mechanical puppet, and with a deafening roar, a cone-shaped bullet burst out with a whizz, and immediately disintegrated after being discharged, splitting into multiple irregular pieces of shrapnel to increase its lethality.

A figure flew out, blocking the path of the shotgun, and it turned out to be the hunter who had just lost his hand, and used his body to meet the blooming flower of death.

In this extremely difficult ancient era, almost everything needs to be done by teamwork, and many days of getting along with each other have generated a subtle friendship between everyone, and they have become teammates who can trust each other's backs.

Although he didn't know what would happen if he died in the dream dungeon, whether he would not wake up and still be uncertain about many things, he knew very well that losing a hand of himself would be a burden for the next part of the mission, and he would leave the chance of life to others.

In an instant, the alchemical bullet shattered half of the hunter's body. A yellowish-brown mist instantly spread, it seemed to be some kind of corrosive gas, and it seemed to be the result of the instant vaporization of flesh and bones by the heat.

The smell of blood and the smell of burnt smell mix together and it's disgusting.

"Get down, roll and dodge!" A hunter roared, reminding his companions to dodge the sudden attack. However, the attacks of the alchemy puppets did not stop.

Almost at the same time, the armor plate of another puppet suddenly flipped open, revealing a honeycomb-like metal slot, from which fireflies-like points of light erupted, drawing brilliant arcs in the air, flying out of a distance, and exploding a blinding light curtain in the crowd.

Like the magic mechanics involved in the structure and power of alchemy puppets, alchemy chemistry is also one of the important branches of alchemy, and the dragons who have mastered the mastery of alchemy have naturally developed gunpowder and guns, not limited to the scope of alchemy swords.

The bullets used by these alchemy puppets are the masterpieces of dragon alchemy. Thanks to the use of elemental energy, the dragons have developed rune fire and alchemy charges that are more powerful than any high-energy explosives today.

Although they have been working in the alchemy workshop here for many days, the assembly line work of the people, who has always been responsible for the most inconsequential part, is isolated from most of the processes, but they do not know anything about it, so it is naturally difficult to make adequate precautions.

In fact, dragons actually use gunpowder and firearms, which is something that has not been recorded in all known ancient books, which simply makes people refresh their inherent views on dragons, but if you think about it carefully, it is something that can be developed with their technical level.

It is inconceivable that there is a large-scale heavy industry no less than modern society, but no machine gun and heavy artillery have been invented - but why did the revival dragons of later generations not be equipped with alchemical guns?

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When the first hunter was tragically killed, all the remaining people immediately realized the enemy's firepower superiority and rolled and scattered in all directions, and several others responded with the same explosion. Yin Thunder blocked in front of the firefly barrage, which had the effect of instantaneous air wall defense.

Among the people present, only the master of Bai Dao Shengyi was bold, and with a flicker, he shrank behind the dragon dwarf, skillfully using the opponent's huge and tough body as a shield, first dragging it to the ground, and then pushing and rolling towards the alchemy puppet.

In an instant, he had approached two or three meters away from the enemy, twisted his body suddenly, and skillfully avoided another round of attacks from the puppet, his palm reached out and retracted like a lightning flash, and every shot was extremely accurate, hitting the key point of the alchemy puppet.

"Bang bang bang!" A muffled sound echoed in the night sky, the shells of several machines were convex and cracked, and many running gears and parts were struck together, colliding and deforming each other, and sharp friction and explosions came and went.

With the firelight splashing again and again, all kinds of parts were thrown out by the steam that leaked out, and the alchemy puppet's increasingly broken body finally let out a terrible wail, and it fell to the ground with billowing smoke.

Such an astonishing destructive power is not the skill loading provided by Zhao Qing, but the ancient martial arts from the East, from the "eye-punching" technique handed down by the ancestors of the Bai family thousands of years ago, to the current high-level luck technique.

This class has always been in the East

The magical ancient martial arts that have been passed down are all based on the imitation of "eye-punching", which is obviously inseparable from the king of the earth and the mountain, and the practice is so profound that it is enough to make an ordinary half-breed smash a stone tablet with one punch.

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Although these machines were killed, the noise in this battle was too loud, which caused a chain reaction. In the blink of an eye, the sound of many gears turning and metal grinding was already heard in the distance, and it was a large number of new alchemy golems being activated.

"This alchemy golem is mainly steam-driven, and it takes a while to warm up before it can enter the state." Bai Daosheng frowned, quickly analyzed the enemy situation, looked around at everyone, and said in a deep voice, "We still have time to retreat."

"Have you given up opening the warehouse?" Someone sighed: "The key that I finally got in my hand, I didn't take something, and I ran away in embarrassment?"

"We don't know how many machines will be transformed into alchemy puppets on the way to the warehouse, and the risk is too great."

Another hunter reminded, "The situation is urgent, and the most important thing now is to protect yourself and cover up this matter as much as possible, lest the dragons become suspicious of the 'hominid' colony."

"So what should I do? Disguised as a disappearance?" Just as everyone was clearing the traces of the battle and discussing the plan, Bai Daosheng had already acted quickly.

He took out a tough rope and quickly tied the remains of several alchemy golems to the unconscious dragon gnomes, and then pulled the rope hard, dragging it towards the route he had come, and motioned for the others to quickly follow him and evacuate the scene as soon as possible.

Everyone followed Bai Daosheng's steps trustingly, and quickly passed through the zigzag and complicated passage, and came to the side of the giant smelting blast furnace they had ever seen, where there was a wide opening, as if it was a huge black hole, devouring everything.

Bai Daosheng did not hesitate at all, he commanded everyone to throw the remains of the alchemy puppets and dragon gnomes into the furnace one by one.

With a "clang" sound, the furnace mouth is automatically closed. Immediately afterward, some shimmering lines began to appear on the surface of the side of the blast furnace, which were the runes on the furnace, and they lit up one by one, and finally converged into a dazzling beam of light that shot straight into the depths of the furnace.

Since some people in the team had just started to learn a "temperature measurement technique" created by Zhao Qing at random, everyone knew very well that the maximum temperature of this smelting furnace exceeded 3,000 degrees, and the bones of ordinary dragons could not leave the slightest trace.

Bai Daosheng waited silently until the last glimmer of fire also disappeared into the depths of the hearth.

After all this was done, he did not stop for a moment, but quickly pried open the manhole cover on the edge of the furnace, jumped into it without hesitation, and disappeared into the darkness. Others followed suit, jumping into the wells one by one and diving into the sewer system that extended in all directions.

Due to the close proximity to the smelting blast furnace and various gas pipes and cooling pipes, the temperature of the sewers here is quite high, and the air is hot and humid, and the air is filled with an indescribable fishy smell.

But everyone didn't care about this anymore, and only knew that this was the safest hiding place at the moment. They made their way along the dark, damp passages, carefully avoiding possible traps and enemies.

Those violent noises not long ago naturally attracted not only a group of low-IQ alchemy puppets, but also the dragon patrol troops in the outer city area, which is a truly irresistible existence, and the equipment of a small and medium-sized warehouse in the industrial area alone is not enough to fight.

"Boss, when did you find out that this sewer leads out of the city?" After walking a distance of several hundred meters, a hunter finally breathed a sigh of relief, and asked as he walked, "With this secret passage, we may have a chance to open the warehouse again......

"When did I say that this is a walk out of town?" Bai Daosheng replied coldly, "If there is no accident, this should be the road to the inner city."

"The road in the inner city?" The crowd was puzzled, "Could it be that the inner city is safer than the outer city, and there are few dragons to search it?" But when we get there, we can't move normally, I'm afraid we won't have anything to eat, and we won't be able to stay in the sewers for long."

Dragons have an outrageous digestive capacity, they don't need to excrete anything when they eat, and the sewer area is dirty and smelly, but there are no nutrients at all.

"Some of you have doubted the 'Dream

Is the copy authentic?" Bai Daosheng changed the subject: "Now I am basically certain that this statement is true, we are indeed moving in dreams and other things, and there is a high probability that we will not actually die."

"The proof is that I saw with my own eyes that after Zhang Shengping was hit by a shotgun, his shattered body suddenly disappeared, and when I subsequently cast the 'Great Soul Searcher', I didn't feel any residual spiritual thoughts at all, as if the traces of his existence had been completely erased."

"It can't be something that can be done in the real world." He further analyzed: "The only explanation is that Xiao Zhang is not dead at all, but just woke up from a dream, and he is just a projection under a higher dimension."

"I see!" Everyone was unaware of the confusion in their hearts, and listened to Bai Daosheng continue: "Therefore, since the 'Dream Realm Copy' is true, we naturally don't have to care too much about the death here, but we should focus on our own training and growth, as well as carrying out the so-called mission."

"In the event that the current plan has gone unexpectedly and you have to retreat and flee, instead of trying to survive outside the city, you can dive directly into the deeper inner city core to explore more of the information you need to make every death as valuable as possible."

"Of course, many of our companions are still in the field camp, and when exploring, we should also take care to eliminate the troubles, and not completely cut off their way into the city. Since it is a group task, it must not be left without regard to the collective performance."

Having said that, Bai Daosheng himself is actually quite suspicious of the "Dream Copy", far from believing that he will not really die as he claims, but has made this series of inferences logically.

As far as he knew, in a typical psychic spirit "Dream Tapir", if someone believes that he died in a nightmare created by the Dream Tapir, then his consciousness will really die, and he will gradually cool down into a cold corpse in this life.

For this reason, it may be difficult for Bai Daosheng to convince himself to believe it completely, and he is worried in his heart, but for many teammates, he still tries his best to guide them without fear of death, so as to counter the effect of such spiritual words and avoid bad results.

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"Nearly twenty days have passed, and only one has died, and the quality of this group of hunters is not bad."

At the same time, Zhao Qing was also thinking secretly outside, and asked Zhang Shengping, who was about to wake up, to return to the Fantasy Square in front first, planning to gather four or five people.

In her opinion, even if everyone dies in one round, it is only 14 wisps of golden qi, and it can roughly complete the exploration task within a hundred rounds, which is considered an acceptable level.

At such a price, it is undoubtedly very worthwhile to find out the relationship between the dragons in the area at that time, the architectural details of the dragon city, and the scientific and technological creations of many dragon civilizations.

At present, it seems that the steampunk industry developed on the basis of alchemy branches such as magic machinery, alchemy biology, and alchemy chemistry is generally the technical level of the dragon civilization at that time, including high-end technologies such as alchemy puppets and mantle drilling.

The reason why there has been no electrification and informatization, it seems to be a lot worse than modern human society, is mainly because the turbulence of elements can easily interfere with these technological products and destroy them, and they feel that there is no future in this direction, so they voluntarily choose to give up and specialize in alchemy and steam industry.

In particular, the alchemy puppet seems to be quite popular, and I don't know what its upper limit is, whether it can be used to create top-level strategic weapons - just a group of machines that use guns and alchemy bullets, then they are not qualified to participate in high-end battles, and they are insignificant in terms of force.

As for his own half-breed hunters, fighting a few miscellaneous soldiers, and the situation that the performance is not very good, Zhao Qing said that there is not much of a problem, there is still a broad space for development, and the lack of equipment is made up, as well as targeted training, and the combat power can be greatly improved.

In her opinion, the words and spirits of many half-breeds are actually very fierce, but the development utilization rate is too low, such as the dustless land and the Jun Yan, the defense of the former is almost no less than the body protection qi wall of the sweeping monk, and the power of the latter is comparable to Bi Xuan's Burning Sun Dafa.

But the hybrids themselves that hold them are mostly not able to survive in actual combat

Even a congenital good hand will be suppressed in many ways, which is the reason for the single spirit and too many shortcomings, if it can be made up for by practicing martial arts and improving its degree of control, it will be very different.

Further, by fusing the dragon's blood with the true qi and cultivating together, purifying, and advancing, this is a fairly rapid path of cultivation growth, and the ability of this "special physique" can be fully developed.

"Failing to detect the threat of the alchemy puppets outside the house leads to a lack of success, which is a bit unlucky, but it is a hurdle that must be passed from the perspective of motivating these people to grow."

Zhao Qing was thoughtful in his heart, but he didn't know if he could gain anything new by forcibly breaking into the deeper areas of the city? Or is it directly discovered by the patrol team and implicated by other hunters?

Speaking of which, the performance of these hunters also has a lot beyond her expectations, among which there are people who have specially observed and recorded a large amount of data on prehistoric creatures such as mammoths and woolly rhinos, and are ready to write a few papers for publication after returning, wanting to change from hunters to professors in a certain college.

Looking at the problem from the perspective of the outside world, it has been confirmed that this dream copy is the location of Dogran Island more than 10,000 years ago, perhaps, you can also dig at the bottom of the North Sea to see if there are any relics of the dragon clan?

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In the dream dungeon, half an hour had passed in the blink of an eye, and everyone was circling around the sewers, and finally stopped in front of a huge deep pool, realizing that this place seemed to be the hub of the sewer system, so they found an upward pipe and began to climb upward.

Climbing to the end of the pipe, Bai Daosheng clinged to the manhole cover, listened to the surrounding movement for a while, and then quietly lifted the cover through a gap, looked outside, and glanced around, trying to figure out where he was.

Suddenly, his gaze sank as he fixed on the incomparably ornate furnishings outside, and found that looking to the center from a huge bronze pillar that covered most of the manhole cover, the place was covered with exquisite statues and murals, as if it were the interior of a magnificent and solemn temple.

And in the very center of the entire temple, a huge statue of the World Tree with a height of more than 30 meters, is undoubtedly the most eye-catching existence here.

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