Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Lost City of the Sand Sea
What is the most mysterious thing in the desert?
It's a mirage.
The miracles of the legend are hidden in this fantasy that is like a dream.
The purpose of Su Ling's trip is to get in touch with the truth behind it through the illusory scene.
In the sea of sand, a line of footprints appeared on the sand dunes.
The scorching air currents burned the soles of the pedestrians' feet like fire.
Su Ling unscrewed the cap of the bottle and poured two sips, and the feeling of dry and burning in his throat was a little better.
Turning his head to look around, all he saw was gravel, but Asha was nowhere to be seen.
Not even footprints remained.
But he was so sure she was all around him.
"Asha has the ability to mimic and hide aura, I think you've seen it, she's a natural hunter, and that's the god of speed and hunting."
Menes' voice came from his head, and at the same time, the token held in Su Ling's palm began to heat up.
This token can not only open the door to miracles, but also act as a liaison, considering the long history of the miracle civilization, Su Ling is likely to encounter some undecipherable things in it, and Menes's explanation is indispensable.
"It's really amazing, then again, are you okay over there, Your Majesty?"
Su Ling said that she was a little worried about Menes's current situation, after all, she was lost after Asha left.
"Thankfully, they didn't guess I would dare to do this," Meneston paused, "but you have to be careful, there is a ghost on my side who has leaked the news, and the old men of Assasin must have sent someone to intercept you." ”
"What else can do it to the two of us?" Su Ling shrugged, "Ten butchers aren't enough to see." ”
What he said was not bragging, this kind of perverted ability is theoretically incomprehensible, unless the opponent's defense is high and it can't be penetrated at all.
With Asha here, there is basically no need to fear anyone, and of course, the ability to mass destruction like Julius must be respected.
As he spoke, the token in his hand trembled violently, and then the yellow runes engraved on it emitted a bright light, and then the token came out of his hand and flew into the sky, pointing somewhere.
"Sand Seal senses the miracle!" Menes was pleasantly surprised, "Hurry up over there, once it's past noon, you'll have to wait for tomorrow!" And the location of the entrance to the miracle will also change, and it will be difficult to find it anymore! ”
Su Ling hurriedly took out his binoculars and looked in the direction the token was pointing.
In the center of the barren desert, there is a grand and majestic city!
The city is thriving, with high buildings and busy traffic, and is located in an oasis with water and grass, and herds of cattle and sheep.
But up close, it is blurry, as if a layer of fog enveloped the city.
"That's Zeta in the age of God...... So prosperous, I will make the empire rise again! ”
Menes commanded him: "Now, my warriors, challenge the realm of the gods as mortals!" Bring me back the glory of the gods! You will also be crowned king! ”
Su Ling had to admit that her ability to stir people's hearts was really powerful, and he was a little fluctuating when he said it.
But the appearance of this city is too abrupt, according to the survey, this place should belong to the absolute no-man's land, to say that there is no grass and birds do not, it is a lift.
If nothing else, it is 100% a mirage, but the problem is again, the mirage also needs light and shadow refraction to form, if the city does not exist, then it cannot refract its illusion at all, that is, the city should exist somewhere in the desert, and it is refracted by the light to form a mirage.
But how can the kingdom of God from 10,000 years ago still exist? If that's the case, there should be a lot of unlucky people who have strayed into it.
"Only those who possess divinity are allowed to enter," Menes explained, "and many people have seen apparitions of this city over the years, but none of them are qualified for pilgrimage, and you are not like Asha, you all have the breath of God in you." ”
Su Ling put his mind at ease, although it was a little unscientific, but it didn't matter if it was weird and unscientific, he himself was very unscientific.
Hold the token tightly and prepare to move forward, the visual distance is about a dozen kilometers, for them, it is not too far, it can be reached in a short time.
But at this time, he suddenly heard the wind.
The sound of the wind was very violent, like a prelude to a sandstorm.
However, Su Ling was sure that it was not a sandstorm.
Because he also heard the sound of propellers and missiles firing.
The threat of death soared, and he quickly turned his head, only to see the light of fire falling from the sky, which almost covered the sky, and overturned towards him, like a god sending divine punishment on a throne on high, throwing brimstone and fire into the city, and in an instant tens of thousands of people were reduced to pillars of salt.
Missile swarm fire covers the strike!
Asha on the side screamed in horror: "Meow! ”
The voice of this leopard girl, who was similar to an orc, was like a cat's wail when she was afraid, which really surprised Su Ling.
"The hive rocket has covered the target's area," the pilot answered the radio, "BOSS, he's finished." ”
"Don't let up, don't forget that those are two monsters, fire all the missiles, and then use machine guns to sweep a three-kilometer radius." A serious order came over the radio.
"Yes, boss." The driver shrugged his shoulders, hung up the communication, and muttered two sentences in his mouth, "The flesh is mortal, there is no long-distance means of anti-air, it can only be a target, what is there to be afraid of?" ”
Having said that, he still gave Su Ling and the two full respect: "This is Zulu 1, the whole team is ready, and the firepower is covered!" ”
"Roger!"
All the pilots pressed the missile launch button at the same time, and dense firelight covered the sky, like countless stars opening their eyes.
The missiles that dragged the flaming light fell like a sword of Damocles hanging overhead, and the earth was scorched everywhere they went.
The Honeycomb Missile, which played an indelible role in the "scorched earth strategy" of the World War, was able to effectively achieve carpet annihilation with a split-warhead wherever the Allies went.
This is like a barrage of heavenly punishment, representing the crystallization of human science and technology, and it also condenses countless sins, which is enough to bombard God from heaven!
If it weren't for the suddenness of the strange outburst and the fact that weapons of mass destruction could not be used in the city, the human side could have been easily crushed in positional warfare.
The deadly barrage covered almost every inch of land, and within a radius of 10,000 meters was the strike range.
The over-the-horizon strikes and wide-range lethality of modern warfare have been vividly and vividly demonstrated in this targeted operation.
In the face of unknown weirdness, these explosions and shockwaves may not pose any threat to them, but for humans, it is completely an inevitable death.
After these days of observation, they determined that Su Ling was not good at defense, and the means of combat were mostly processual, and there were no long-range means of air, and over-the-horizon fire coverage was fatal for this kind of psyker.
At present, in the S-class hunter data released by the Holy City, the effective killing range of melee type psionics is generally about three thousand meters, and the maximum distance is five thousand meters, while the straight-line distance between their fighters and Su Ling is nearly eight thousand meters, which is an unattainable distance.
In fact, Su Ling was indeed helpless with these fighters.
In terms of dealing with weirdness, maybe these fighters are useless, but against humans, it is really a terrifying Grim Reaper squad, this is the real butcher.
The speed of the missile had accelerated to a terrifying Mach 2, and when he sensed the threat, there was only a distance of less than a thousand meters left, and at this time, even if Su Ling used his strength, it was impossible to run out of the strike range of 10,000 meters in just one second.
This round of firepower is covered, and even the iron man has to be melted into molten iron.
Looking at the missile that dragged the firelight, Su Ling turned his head to Asha who was struggling beside him and said, "Use your ability, run!" I'm here to stop these things! ”