94. Underground chance encounters
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[Soul Power +0.2.] ใ
[The current soul strength is 420.] ใ
"The strength of the soul is far beyond expectations..."
Li Nuo stood at the foot of the fortress walls, his body hidden in the shadows, and the corpses of several soldiers at his feet.
The deaths of these soldiers were not caused by Li Nuo.
They fought the undead outside the city on the wall, and after being accidentally hit by the enemy, they fell off the wall and fell to their deaths, which became the object of Li Nuo's collection of soul crumbs.
Li Nuo looked up at the city wall, his eyes solemn.
After the Wrathful and the Colossus of Bones, the monks and clerics of the Necronics also appeared.
Leno watched as the crypt spider's web bullets streaked across the sky overhead and landed on the streets of the city, exploding a web of sticky.
He also heard the Crypt Spider casting "Putrid Bug Flies".
The stench of insects and flies and the whistling of flying scraped across the walls, killing the soldiers in an instant.
The crypt spider soon died under cannon fire, and its death did not stop the army of the undead from continuing its attack.
More crypt spiders used spider silk as a traction line and leapt up from outside the walls to engage Imperial soldiers at close range.
The Legion had to invest more "Imperial Fists" to deal with the situation on the wall.
To make matters worse, the Crypt Spider has an accomplice.
Within the Necronomicon Sect, it seems that the battle area is divided according to factions.
The Crypt Spider obeys the orders of the Mother Spider and belongs to the Resentful faction. They appeared in droves on the northern wall of the Legion's fortress, where Leno was at this time.
The Frost Skull Mages are the Foolish faction, mastered by the Frost Bones, who attack from the western part of the Legion's fortress.
To the south of the Legion fortress is the War Spirit.
They have the ability to summon undead classes on the spot, and after a lengthy cast preparation, they can summon Necro Cannons and Imperial Soldiers to confront each other.
War Spirits come from the Necronomicon and Mad Faction.
But if you want to ask who the mastermind of the mad faction is, Li Nuo doesn't know.
Anyway, this kind of undead extraordinary who can fight alone and in groups is far more difficult to deal with than the crypt spider and skeleton mage.
In the eastern part of the Legion Fortress, where the steam train platform and tracks are located, the main force of stitched undead creatures led by undead disembowelers and tomb corpses became the main force.
Leno wandered around there for a moment, collecting all the soul debris he could collect, but he couldn't find the Necromantic Extraordinaire who controlled the Stitching Monster army, and couldn't tell which faction they belonged to.
Anyway, Li Nuo had to carry out his plan to escape from the fortress.
He saw the right moment, and when no one was paying attention to him, he went to the fence and looked outside.
"Hissing" the battle scene outside the city made Li Nuo gasp.
Within the field of vision, in the dark night, everywhere you look, there are all kinds of undead troops, such as skeleton soldiers, large skeletons, walking corpses, and bound spirits.
At the end of the horizon, near the limit of his field of vision, Li Nuo saw the firelight of the army in battle, and also saw the figures of many biochemical giants.
These Imperial troops, who appeared on the edge of the battlefield, were supposed to come to support the Legion fortress. They were stopped by an army of the undead on the way, and instead of being able to rescue the castle in time, they also dragged themselves into the quagmire of chaos.
Glancing at the scene near the city wall again, Li Nuo frowned.
Now climbing over the wall and falling outside the city, you are definitely looking for death.
Even if you have your hole cards in hand, you don't have to worry about the undead attacking you, and you are very likely to be hit by stray bullets flying in the sky.
The soldiers at the head of the wall and inside the wall poured bullets like crazy, directly filling a large area outside the wall with barrage.
Li Nuo didn't have the guts, and he put his life on the line not to be hit by a stray bullet.
He had to go the other way.
"No way, let's carry out my backup plan."
Avoiding the soldiers on the city walls, Li Nuo came from the top of the wall to the ground, weaving through the dark and oppressive streets.
He activated "Track the Living" to avoid the living, and used "Fear Technique" and "Cripple Technique" to dispel the undead, and his steps did not stop, accelerating continuously, and rushing towards the location of the underground boiler room.
The steam boiler needs to be fed with a clean body of water before it can discharge the high-temperature steam from the white brush.
The key lies in the source of the water body.
Steam is a necessity for the Legion Fortress and is the main source of energy for all types of workshops.
Li Nuo had already calculated that in the underground area of the Legion Fortress, there was definitely an underground river with a wide surface and good water quality.
Otherwise, where would there be so many clean bodies of water for the fortress's boiler room to consume in the Junction of Suffering, where birds don't.
The Tatis Empire doesn't have the strength to build a water conservancy project for itself to send water from the east to the west.
Based on various judgments, Li Nuo regarded the underground river below the fortress as his backup escape route.
Of course, considering that the undead poison fog came from underground, the underground river, which was used as a clean water source by the fortress, should be in a polluted state by now.
Li Nuo doesn't care about this.
All he knew was that if he followed the inlet pipe of the steam boiler room, he would be able to find the underground river he had imagined.
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The Legion Fortress is three meters underground.
An underground river of clear water, flowing from south to north, left a meandering figure beneath the fort.
The dark green pollutants in the river water are so striking that they are as striking as the bruises on the knees of a pure bride.
The dark green pollutants that stain the river water are spewed out of round holes in the riverbed.
Although the pollutants were quickly diluted away by the flowing water, the dark green color of the filth still raised concerns about the river's future.
"Click, click..."
The sound of brisk footsteps came from far and near, passing by the round hole in the bottom of the river that spewed pollutants.
Li Nuo glanced at the greenery in the river, and sighed silently in his heart, "It's shameful to pollute the environment."
He calmed down, swept away distracting thoughts, and walked as lightly as he could, along the underground river from south to north.
He was now in the underground space to the south of the Legion fortress, with a vast steam boiler room above his head.
From here, you will pass through the steam train station, the main road of the fortress, the area below the armor workshop, and finally the area directly below the Legion Castle.
That's right, the area directly below the Legion Castle.
It was underneath the crumbling and dangerous building that could collapse at any moment.
Li Nuo's biggest worry now is that he has fallen into blood mold - as soon as he came to the bottom of the castle, he encountered the castle collapse, the foundation collapsed, and then he was crushed into the ground by tons of boulders...
Obviously, he is not alone in this concern.
After walking for nearly 10 minutes, he stopped near the castle.
A group of humans unexpectedly appeared near the underground river, and stood in the way of Li Nuo's path.
"Hurry, hurry, move quickly. Quickly remove all these ancient artifacts, and leave none of them behind. We must take everything we can with us before the castle collapses! โ
The familiar caustic female voice came from the front, and from a distance of thirty or forty meters, it drifted into Li Nuo's ears.
When Li Nuo heard this voice, his eyebrows were raised, his feet twisted, and he hid behind the rocks next to him.
He shielded himself with the rocks in front of him, and used "tracking the living" to see through the scene not far away.
There were about thirty MI2 soldiers, all heavily armoured, wearing gusset armour, sound-muffled short-barreled rifles and gas-filtering respirators.
Most of them are in motion.
They were running out of the hole in the wall and stepping into another hole.
Li Nuo took a closer look.
MI2 soldiers came running up from deeper underground.
The hole they entered was supposed to have been dug up, and there was fresh soil and gravel near the hole, connected to an underground passage to the northwest.
The soldiers seemed to be urgently moving the ancient artifacts buried in the ground to the underground passages.
As for the person who stood still and gave orders loudly, it was none other than MI2 virgin investigator Kaisha.
But how did she end up here?
At this time, shouldn't she be holding back the undead army in the city?
Listen to Kai'Sa's words, they are carrying ancient relics...
Could it be that MI2 is on some secret mission here?
Li Nuo muttered in his heart, not daring to act rashly.
The other party has more than 30 guns in hand, and the female investigator Kaisha herself has the rank of sergeant, and can transform into the "Fist of the Empire" with a potion.
Li Nuo doesn't have the capital to go head-to-head with the other party and others, so it's better to be careful.
He listened attentively.
Downstream of the river, north of Kaisha's position, there was a dense and messy sound of footsteps.
The voice evoked memories of Li Nuo.
In his mind, he was chased by a skeleton dog.
As expected, a large group of skeleton dogs ran along the river, heading straight for Kaisha and the others, who were carrying ancient artifacts.
Kai'Sa spotted the Skeleton Dog for the first time.
She pulled out the gun behind her backhand and used the lead-filled "burning stick" as a hammer.
The soldiers who were carrying the ancient relics were just about to put down what they were holding and draw their guns to meet the enemy, but Kai'Sa interrupted the movements in their hands in an unquestionable tone.
"You keep moving the antiquities! Did you hear that? Put your gun away and keep moving! โ
Kai'Sa raised her hand and nodded to the two men, and ordered:
"You, and you, you two have transformed into Imperial Ranger Giants, stop all these undead for me, and don't let them interfere with our work! Hurry up! Don't grind! โ
The skeletal canines are close at hand, and they are about to engage MI2 personnel.
The two soldiers who received the order to transform put the ancient artifact in their hands on the ground, took out a metal syringe and stabbed it into the neck, and transformed into a swift ranger giant in a roar.
The two of them took a few steps forward, swept the arc sword in their hands, swept the skeleton dog in front of them into the water, and then raised their arms, and shot a bullet in the palm of their hands with a "bang", detonating the volley and pounced on their enemies.
The battle on the scene was about to break out, and more and more skeleton dogs ran over from the north of the underground river, filling the gap in the front line and fighting with the ranger giants.
Although the Ranger Giant is athletic, it is a biochemical giant whose size is far beyond ordinary people, and he cannot guarantee that he will stop every small skeleton dog.
There are always a dozen skeleton dogs, capable of penetrating the Ranger giant's defenses, drilling through the crotches of the opposing two, and attacking MI2 soldiers carrying supplies.
Kai'Sa was stingy with her transformation opportunities and didn't attack with the extraordinary stance of "Fist of the Empire".
She swept the skull away with the butt of her gun and kicked the other skull away.
Seeing that the number of enemies was accumulating, she hurriedly shouted to the soldiers who were buried in carrying the relics on the side:
"Stop! Stop it all! Everyone builds a fire network on the spot and kills these skeleton dogs! Hurry up! Also, you guys, hurry up and get someone in the underground passage to come and help! โ
Leno hid behind the rocks, frowning at Kaisha's performance.
Lacking on-the-spot command experience and trusting his own judgment too much, Li Nuo was very skeptical that the other party had received formal military education.
If the fire network had been built and support had been called in earlier, the situation on the scene would not have been so bad.
Just when Li Nuo shook his head and secretly complained about Kaisha's command ability, a more tricky situation appeared.
As the saying goes, where there are skeleton dogs, there must be skeleton soldiers, and where there are skeleton soldiers, there must be large skeletons that command skeleton soldiers.
Just as MI2 soldiers barely stopped the skeleton dogs with firepower, a group of metal skeletons covered in metallic luster walked towards the fire net, with a firm step, not afraid of silenced bullets.
Behind this group of metal skeletons, the figure of a large skeleton appeared, and it was the kind of large skeleton with metal coating, not an ordinary large skeleton that shook off a cloud of bone powder with every step.
Kaisha's face suddenly changed drastically, and her voice became sharp and piercing, like a screaming crow:
"Damn! How could the undead of the brutal faction appear here! I'm most annoyed by these undead who have metal coating on their bodies! Get in the car and get the bee jelly bomb! Just go! โฆ Why hasn't our support come yet! Where is Cavado?! โ
"Kaisha, watch your words."
A deep male voice sounded, although the tone was not as sharp as Kaisha's, and the voice was not loud, but it suddenly suppressed the frenzied Kaisha.
"Kaisha, didn't you just let that Sinner 888 slip away from his men? Look at your current state, how can you still look like a senior MI2 investigator. I hope you don't get so impatient and calm down as soon as possible. โ
The man who spoke stepped out of the hole in the underground passage, followed by soldiers carrying light machine guns and bomb launchers.
Kai'Sa was reprimanded by her own commander, her chest agitated violently, her hands clenched the rifle in her hands, her face was red for a while, white for a while, both ashamed and angry.
"Sorry, sir, I lost my temper."
Kai'Sa shuddered for a moment, and finally lowered her head under the oppressive gaze of the other party, and tried to justify:
"Sir, the poisonous fog of the undead fills the castle. Murfia and Gretel were all fighting outside the castle, and Sinner 888 was probably poisoned in his cell. I just want to hurry up and get Sin Soldier 888 in my hands, that's why I'm so anxious. โ
The second lieutenant of MI2, known as Cรกvado, gave orders to his subordinates with a few gestures, and then looked at Kai'Sa and said in a deep voice:
"I know you're tempted to pry all the confessions out of Sin 888's mouth that are not good for Murphy. You two sisters think it's this virtue, it's obviously a family, but no one lets anyone. โ
Kaisha's tone was quite full, and she muttered viciously:
"I'm not part of the family with that who learns necromantic runes... She defiled her blood, and I would love to hang her on the gallows. โ
Li Nuo was a little dumbfounded when he heard this.
Do Kai'Sa and Murfia look alike?
Not like it.
Since they don't look like this, why would Cavado say that they are a family. Is it adoption, or is it a reorganized family after remarriage?
No, no. Kai'Sa mentions the word "bloodline", which indicates that she is related to Murfia. But why don't they look alike?
Li Nuo was stunned.
(End of chapter)