Chapter 58: The Puppet Show
What is the relationship between this place and the outside world? Any creature that enters here will probably have such a question at some point.
Doors connect different spaces, and two spaces connected by doors are likely to be separated not only by distance, but also by attributes and time. Just as dreams and reality are connected, the realm of life and death is only separated by a gate guarded by the ancient god Enseledas.
Behind the door is not only another time and space, but also heavy, turbid, dark, viscous, and terrible secrets that have been precipitated for thousands of years, and these secrets that are not known to living beings are like the eternal night of the Lightless Age, hidden in the infinite chaos, full of murderous intentions.
Reincarnation connects these portals to secrets on an infinite ring, like an unpredictable fate, but in the palm of an ancient creature that has existed since the beginning of the Genesis Dynasty.
The elements make all possible. Only a very small number of living beings know that in addition to being used as an attack, defense, and a series of elemental reactions, the elements are more advanced in other aspects, and most of these creatures have become those obscure and beautiful poems in mythological stories, or no one cares about them, buried in the mud of the endless river of time.
Yuna has mastered the mysteries of the elements, and in fact many pilgrims with golden blood in their bodies have truly understood the horror of the elements. The elements have been the most fascinating existence since ancient times, and all living beings have worked hard to cultivate all day long, and finally took one or two, but they don't want to be like an invisible organ that grows on their body for the golden family, accompanied by their golden light like a noble life.
Hua Tuo is not a true golden clan, but he knows how to create a formation through the elements. It was taught to him by a smoker, Hua Tuo didn't know that the smoker was a golden clan, but he knew that his smoker leader was hiding many secrets, and he didn't dare to touch or even get close, just like the hottest sun, anything that came close to it would come to naught.
Hua Tuo was satisfied with the light given to him by Yuna, and regarded Yuna's mission as a mission, a belief in life, and a noble heavenly opportunity that could not be delayed. Therefore, he was not afraid, and was ready to die heroically, determined to break his bones.
The far east of the Blood Nest, the dilapidated canyon, and the cold breath of the forest, just like all the withered yellow plants that grow here, show a grand scene of depression.
In the middle of the canyon is a quiet, dark green lake that emits a pungent stench, bubbles constantly emerging from beneath the viscous liquid, transporting the smell of decay into the cold, thick, turbid atmosphere. The original appearance of the lake was obscured by various floating objects of different shapes on the surface of the lake, and countless shocking slender roundworms swam densely on the rotting floating objects, under the huge shadow, like the ghosts of the abyss moving in the dark night.
In the darkness, several elemental fireballs for illumination were extinguished with a few high-pitched screams.
The elite troops of the insects led by Hua Tuo were damaged in the process of continuous advancement, paving a bloody and sacred road with blood and life.
The light of the elements is like fireworks that suddenly bloom in the night, illuminating the moment of life withering, and the bloody picture.
Fear tore at the worm-men's numb nerves, their wheezing and screaming and roaring monsters, like the evil music of death, and in the flickering picture of each element, the hideous monster took away the young and vivid, but full of despair and fear.
What exactly are these monsters?
They are young, but that doesn't mean they're inexperienced recruits, on the contrary, they've been trained from a strict to brutal level since they were young, and they've survived to the present day to survive a hundred battles.
They've fought on the front lines and lizardmen with modern elemental weapons, flying through a hail of bullets, lasers, scorching light, and terrifying explosions.
They infiltrate dangerous places, in shady alleys, in the quiet streets of the wee hours of the morning, or in secret bases full of eyeliner and protections, and fight human alchemists for hundreds of rounds.
They are also in the ruins, the mysterious continent, the hinterland of the unknown valley, the jungle, and the behemoth beasts, terrifying monsters.
They never flinched, and as an incomparably sharp sword, they never forged ahead.
They are all elites selected by Yuna from among the Zerg elites, forming a team of 1,000 people that is known as the strongest in the history of the Zermen.
They will all be regarded as unsurpassed glory as part of the team, and they will be the invincible vanguard of the Zerg on the way to victory. They were tasked with going to the Blood Lair, and that was all they knew, and as a soldier, they only needed to carry out the orders of their superiors and become a ruthless sword. They just have to remember that everything is for justice, for their race to continue, they carry the future of their race, and they are great warriors.
However, today, he encountered an unprecedented crisis, a terrifying, hideous monster with overwhelming power.
Together, they barely resisted the monster's attack. The deeper you go, the number and strength of the monsters increase significantly. And how many terrifying monsters are waiting for them in the endless darkness? They have long been unable to move an inch.
- There is only a dead end in sight, and it may be too late to retreat now.
For the first time in their lives, they had the idea of withdrawing and timid.
- Impossible, this is an impossible task.
As far as the fireball was illuminated by the dim light, the corpses of monsters and insects were strewn everywhere, and the stumps and severed remains of flesh and blood were everywhere.
The woman's face was haggard and clearly afraid, her eyes trembling and her whole body trembling. She was startled, her left hand protected the fetus in her womb, and her right hand suddenly pointed to the dark depths, and screamed loudly: "Over there, over there, hurry up, stop it!" ”
"Protect me." Frightened and domineering, she gave the order, grabbed the arm of one of the regimental members who was guarding her, and threw herself out.
The member of the regiment was in a trance, he had survived until now, and he was already exhausted. Before he could react, the whole person had already been thrown into the air.
The woman is also an insect person, she has just completed breaking the cocoon, and her own strength is no worse than that of the members present. When she saw that the captain-level members who were stronger than her were also buried in the blood of monsters, she suddenly realized that this was hell, and they knew that they still had to go there.
- Is their mission to die?
- What's in your stomach?
Since breaking out of the cocoon, in just a few hours, she has changed from a slim girl to a pregnant woman in labor. She was uneasy, even frightened, feeling like a pawn at the mercy of an unstoppable pawn.
As long as she can live, she doesn't care if she is a pawn or a tool.
The member of the regiment was thrown into the darkness and disappeared from view, his screams of pain abruptly stopped.
Everyone's eyes were attracted, and they all went towards the screaming voice, and they were ready to fight, not daring to be sloppy in the slightest.
Qing Wei said loudly and angrily: "Stinky girl, there is more than enough success and more failure, I shouldn't have saved you just now, let you die in the mouth of the monster, be bitten and gnawed into white bones." ”
"Help me? Hahahaha......" The woman laughed like crazy, fearless, and pointed at Qing Wei and said contemptuously: "If I didn't have the king, which of you would fight to save me." I'm dead, and you want to go back alive? ”
Qing Wei was furious, seeing the woman's unscrupulous behavior all the way to survive, she hated her to the core, and several brothers who were born and died died because of the woman's stage fright and mistakes.
In the face of life and death, who is more noble than whom? Even if you are pregnant with the so-called king, so what, after death you are just a corpse.
Qing Wei wanted to say that, and wanted to dismantle the hateful woman in front of her on the spot.
Clearly, now is not a good time to get angry. In the moment of distraction, their backs were exposed to darkness, the monster waited for the opportunity to move, and with a brief exclamation, another fresh life became a bloody corpse, like a banana that had been picked open and cut in half from the head to the waist, and the frightened face fell in a pool of blood, unable to look away, and there were slight movements at the corners of the mouth, as if it was not completely dead, trying to leave a last word at the end of life.
"Amin! Ah......" Someone called out the name of the deceased, roared, roared, and swooped down on the monster like crazy.
"Be careful!" Qing Wei sensed something and issued a warning. But his comrades had gone mad, his actions had been dominated by hatred and anger, and he could no longer hear anything.
In the darkness, countless bloody tentacles burst out like lightning from different corners, stabbing countless bloody holes in the body of the person who had lost his mind and rushed out of the group, and he raised the knife in his hand, still walking forward, towards the corpse named Amin.
One step, two steps, blood continued to flow out of his devastated body, drenching him into blood red and hideous. He took the third step with difficulty, and when he lifted the fourth, he finally collapsed, but he kept staring at the corpse of his companion not far away, leaving behind bloody tears.
Witnessing everything, they were heartbroken, enraged by hatred that almost pulled them into a bottomless abyss.
Qing Wei looked at the three more people who died in an instant, and held back his anger, he stared at the woman murderously, and said coldly: "If you want to live, it's better to stand there and not move, if you are saying a word, cut off your tongue, and when you touch my person, you will cut off your hand, and there are many parts of the body besides the stomach Even if you lose it, you will not die, such as ears, eyes, and nose." ”
The woman gritted her teeth, and her arrogance suddenly subsided. He knew that Qing Wei was not joking.
In the depths of darkness, countless monsters are ready to move.
Hua Tuo walked up to Yihe and said to him, "It's here, this is the deepest we can reach." ”
Hua Tuo and Yihe stared at each other in the darkness.
Qing Wei walked up behind them and asked, "Are we going to give up?" ”
Qing Wei couldn't accept it, and the many people died trying to go to the deepest part of the darkness. Now even if there is a dead end in front of him, he is unwilling to retreat.
Yihe didn't speak, unless he felt the need to speak.
Hua Tuo took a deep breath and puffed up his breath and said: "It's not to give up, on the contrary, we have to move on, I need a little time, set up a teleportation array, I need your protection, so now you can use your power to your heart's content, even if you lose yourself, go crazy, and become a walking corpse, we are already surrounded and have no way to retreat, only desperate." ”
Yihe didn't speak, but he knew Hua Tuo's mind and the means he used to achieve his goal.
Hua Tuo needs such a desperate situation.
Only countless sacrifices can inspire their anger and hatred, and these emotions are the fuel they need to inspire nightmares. At the same time, in the situation that the army can be retired and there is no way out, everyone will give it a go without scruples.
Rather than die, it is better to indulge in extreme power and surging desires before dying.
"It's about to begin, the prelude to a new era." After Hua Tuo finished speaking, he used the nail of his index finger to cut the artery in his wrist, and immediately blood gushed out, falling to the ground continuously, and flowing according to Hua Tuo's thoughts, drawing an ancient and mysterious elemental formation.
And those soldiers who received the mission were like unsheathed blades, and finally had no restraints.
Without hesitation, they walked towards the darkness, their eyes swallowed by the bastards, and their bodies exuding a cool, terrifying aura.
Hua Tuo raised his head slightly, the elemental array he wanted to draw could not be completed by his own blood.
His eyes emitted a faint golden glow, and he was engrossed in urging his thoughts, and at the same time, all the dead insects, the blood in their bodies flowed into countless slender red threads towards the array under Hua Tuo's feet, and from time to time emitted a faint dim light.
It turned out that their mission was really to send them to death, and from the moment they were born, they had been chosen to become part of the ancient elemental array.
The woman who was pregnant with Rokko was unable to collapse to the ground at the sight of a terrifying scene. She felt the king of her stomach respond at this moment. She was in terrible pain, moaning in pain, gasping violently, and finally couldn't help but scream sharply.
The darkness is illuminated by the light of the elements, and the figures of monsters and bugs weave through it, staging a wonderful battle like a puppet being drawn.