9. The dead gaze
At the end of the staircase is a man-made metal gate.
This door cuts the road between the stairwell and the basement level.
Ideally, the metal gate would block the air flow inside and outside the door, locking the poisonous gases emitted by the undead creatures in the tunnels of the catacombs.
But now, there are signs of corrosion on this metal gate.
There are a lot of tassel-like corrosion lines in the cracks and hinges of the doors.
A faint yellow-green poison gas was emerging from the damage, flowing up the stairwell aisles.
Sergeant Mars lifted the coal lamp and shone it on the door panel.
A faint but somewhat harsh glow, reflecting off the corroded area.
“... The corrosion is smooth and free of burrs. It should have only appeared in the last ten days. ”
Sergeant Mars had words in his mouth.
He turned his head and looked at the corporal behind him:
"When was the last time this door was serviced?"
The corporal took out a diary and flipped through a few pages to find the exact date:
"Sir, the last overhaul was 21 days ago."
Sergeant Mars nodded thoughtfully:
"Well, that is, just a few days after we finished the overhaul, this door was corroded by the poisonous fog behind the door... It seems that there are a lot of undead in the basement. ”
He pulled out the key to the metal gate, inserted it into the lock hole and unlocked it, then grabbed the doorknob with both hands:
"Guys, get ready, I'm going to open the metal gates... Sin 888, come and help me pull the door open. Remember, you can't back off without my permission after opening the door. No matter what happens, you just have to keep moving forward or stand still. ”
"Yes, sir."
Li Nuo held the doorknob, his heart beating slightly faster.
He had a bad feeling that the scene behind the door might be a little unexpected.
The heavy metal gates were opened by the combined efforts of the soldiers.
Li Nuo was stuffed with a coal lamp in the soldier's hand.
Urged by the soldier's eyes, he stepped into the dark space without light.
As soon as I stepped into the tomb passage on the first basement floor, the light of the coal lamp was further compressed.
Li Nuo fiddled with the paddle to adjust the brightness, and then shook his head helplessly.
This hellish place seems to be rejecting the light.
Even if he turned up the brightness of the coal lamp to the highest level, the light could only hover within a meter of space around him.
Li Nuo could only advance in conditions that were almost dark.
The cold aura in the air became thicker, and the billowing cold air burrowed into the uniform of the criminal soldier, and swam against Li Nuo's skin, causing him to shiver.
It is a cold silence that can penetrate the armor and body and act directly on the mind, as cold as it can rob the living of all hope and vitality.
Li Nuo gritted his teeth and walked forward.
From the moment he stepped through the metal gates, his deconstruction never stopped.
He couldn't see clearly in the dark, and could only rely on the feedback from the system to judge what he was passing by.
[System News: You are about to launch a deconstruction technique on the "ancient floor tiles".] 】
[System News: You are about to launch a deconstruction technique on the "old wall lamp"...]
[System News: You are about to launch a deconstruction technique on the "resuscitated bones".. 】
Wait, resuscitated bones? ... Li Nuo stopped and listened.
A few meters ahead, there was a faint movement.
"Click-click-click." It's like the sound of fingers flicking your ribs.
[System News: You are about to launch a deconstruction spell on "Undead Creatures of Unknown Names"...]
An undead creature has appeared, where is it?
Li Nuo's eyes widened, he held up the coal lamp in his hand, and stretched his arm as straight as he could, so that the light could shine farther away.
it... What is this!
Li Nuo stiffened, his eyes stunned.
I saw a large skeleton shelf, slowly rising from the floor full of bones.
The skeletal shelf is at least four meters high, resembling a towering bone sculpture.
As it stood up, white stone dust slipped off its body, revealing the scarred surface of the bone.
The light of the coal lamp shone on the skull shelf's head, reflecting an incomparably cold light, and Li Nuo shivered involuntarily.
In the skull's skull, a purple light lit up, as if to suggest that the undead creature was waking up from its slumber.
The brightness of the light cluster is much worse than that of the coal lamp, and it seems that it will take some time for the beast to wake up completely.
However, Li Nuo could already feel the other party's gaze.
The massive skeleton was staring at him.
Li Nuo forced himself to calm down.
He looked back in the direction of the door.
Sergeant Mars and the others were looking at the enemy with solemn expressions, and did not give the order for Lenovo to retreat.
One of them saw that Li Nuo was a little cowering, and shouted:
"Stand still and don't move! It was the Great Skull, a low-level necromantic construct. ”
The short-barreled rifles in the soldiers' hands seemed to be aimed at the undead creatures, and as if they were aimed at the backs of the sinners.
Seeing this picture, Li Nuo knew that his most difficult moment had come.
It is the role of the reconnaissance squad to find out the number and composition of the enemy.
To do this, the soldiers must use the biodecoy on the sinner's body to awaken as many undead creatures as possible in the underground layer of the tomb.
This large skeleton, which is more than four meters tall, is only one of the first batch of undead creatures to recover, and it is far from the standard of figuring out the enemy's strength.
It is necessary to wait for more, more undead creatures to respawn before the Soldier can estimate the total number of enemy forces in the basement level.
Only then will the sinners be allowed to retreat.
Rather than pinning your hopes on Sergeant Mars ordering a retreat in advance, it is better to turn the situation around on your own.
After thinking about it quickly, Li Nuo found two solutions.
The first scenario:
Solve the problem of odor emanation of biochemical lures.
As long as the bio-lure doesn't smell, the number of revived undead creatures will continue to decrease, and their chances of survival will increase.
However, this will cause the undead creatures to wake up less than expected, attracting scrutiny from the soldiers. Sergeant Mars may also have a grudge.
The second option:
Find out the weaknesses and attack patterns of undead creatures, and survive the opponent's attack.
Li Nuo thinks this plan is better.
It is more subtle than the first option and does not attract unwanted attention.
With a conclusion in his heart, Li Nuo immediately said silently:
"Unleash deconstruction, deconstruct this undead creature and find out its weaknesses for me!"
[System message: You are about to launch a deconstruction spell on the "Big Skeleton". It is estimated that for every 1 energy point consumed, the completion of deconstruction can be increased by 25%. You currently have 10 energy. Is deconstruction confirmed? 】
Most of the energy that is present is naturally restored over the course of time.
For about half of the inventory, you can get all the information of the Great Skull.
Li Nuo looked at the bright purple light in the eyes of the big skeleton and no longer hesitated.
"Confirm that 4 points of energy are consumed, and the deconstruction is 100% complete!"