Above the wasteland, yellow sand rolls.

Someone rode a strange-looking polluted creature across the wilderness.

The hooves of the beast rolled up the dust, trampled through a deep pit in the repeated motion, and then re-covered the continuous yellow sand.

It can be seen that the rider's riding skills are quite good, even if the speed is fast, there is not a trace of bumps, and the wind is speeding through this yellow sandy land.

Soon after, a shelter appeared at the end of the sight.

"Drive!" The rider let out a low cry and clenched the reins in his hand, causing the sitting beast to stop abruptly.

A moment later he rolled over and ran wildly, knocking on the door of the vault.

"Open the door, open the door, urgent news! I have something important to pass on to my big brother! ”

Hearing this, several heads poked out of the walls of the vault, as if to observe the person knocking on the door.

After a few moments, the heavy iron door slowly opened.

The riders rushed into the shelter at a rapid pace, ignoring the ragged slaves along the way.

He hurried into the lobby of the Tempering Society, where the eldest brother of the Tempering Society, Yamashita, had already received his information and was waiting for his audience.

Stepping forward quickly, the rider clenched his fist down the mountain: "Big brother." ”

Yamashita looked at him calmly, and the elegant middle-aged man's face never seemed to make people feel extra emotion.

"I remember you weren't in the east before, why did you come back today?" Yamashita asked.

Listening to his question, he was silent for a moment, and then said in a difficult voice: "Yes, I did check the information of the dawn in the east at first. But then I overheard a rumor, and in order to explore it, I put aside my mission over there for the time being. ”

Hearing this, the eyebrows under the mountain were slightly raised.

He knew this rider, he was very capable and loyal, and he was quite a useful pawn, which is why Yamashita sent him to the east to search for information about the dawn.

However, he didn't expect that the person in front of him would give up the task assigned to him by Yamashita because of a rumor.

There is absolutely no way that a person who betrays will turn his course, and there is only one reason.

Because he thinks that the significance of that rumor is far greater than the task given to him by Yamashita!

So after a moment of silence, Yamashita slowly spoke: "What rumors? ”

Listening to the voice of the eldest brother, he first swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then said in a low voice: "Not long ago, there was a person from the shelter who dug a hole and went into it to explore, but the whole army was wiped out and no one survived. ”

"Then the people from the other vaults went over there to search, and instead of finding anything left by the previous group, they found something quite interesting."

"In that hole, they found beautiful crystals. The people who were originally in the Vault, I thought it was a mine, and they were happy to dig here. But soon, the unimaginable befell them. ”

At this point, the rider couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, as if what he said next was beyond the limits of his imagination.

But he kept his voice down and whispered down the hill, "They're melting a little bit in that mine. ”

Melt?

Yamashita was slightly stunned.

He seemed to feel something.

On the other hand, the rider was terrified: "It melted in front of other people, and some people watched their skin fall off little by little, and even the clothes they were carrying were dissolved, and the whole person was like a candle." ”

"And I saw it with my own eyes...... "I saw a man whose skin was like his clothes, little by little!" ”

"So what?" Yamashita asked.

At the same time, he also asked the person next to him to pour him a glass of water to calm his mood.

After drinking the water, the rider's mood seemed to be a little quieter.

He put down the glass and continued to talk about what he had found earlier: "I heard that there is a strange power in that pit, and everyone who enters it will feel that their body is destroyed from within. ”

"That power isn't pollution, it's a more bizarre form of energy that leans towards the physical plane. It leans more towards physical corruption than pure distortion. ”

Speaking of which.

The rider coughed lightly and wiped his mouth with his hand.

Glancing down the hill across from him, he noticed that the hand that the rider used to wipe his mouth appeared to have a little blood on it.

Is it ......?

Yamashita looked him up and down thoughtfully, but in the end he didn't say anything, just silently listened to the rider's follow-up report.

The rider then continued: "Then the people from the shelter banded together to search the hole. And in the end, they found some special traces. ”

"It seems that in this crater, there is some kind of powerful creature, and it is because of the energy from that creature that the skin of the people who entered the vault before has fallen off."

Listening to the rider's words, a trace of surprise seemed to flash on Yamashita's face.

His fingers tapped lightly on the tabletop, as if he was thinking about something.

After a while, he slowly spoke: "I know, you go down and rest first." ”

"You have made a meritorious contribution this time, and I will reward you later."

Hearing this, a smile also appeared on the rider's pale face.

He quickly retired, leaving him alone in the lobby at the bottom of the mountain, his face contemplative.

"Pits, special energy, peeling skin, paleness, coughing up blood......"

Yamashita muttered to himself, "Why do I always feel that this situation is a bit similar to taboo pollution?" ”

It's not the contamination of forbidden knowledge or taboos, it's more like the energy leaking from some great being that causes the people next to it to be affected.

It was purely a guess, and Yamashita himself wasn't sure, but he just had a hunch.

This premonition came from his past experience of meeting the Lord of Truth and going to hell himself.

After seeing a great being, he already has a deep understanding of this life form, so it is normal to suspect that this is a great being at first.

"But having said that, there's no way to be completely sure, maybe it's a very special kind of taboo, or forbidden knowledge."

Thinking of this, Yamashita stood up.

He certainly knew he wouldn't know the answer to that question.

However, he knew how to find out the "secret".

Walking through the corridor, the mountain did not pay attention to the slaves next to him, but walked steadily to a small cabin.

He pushed open the door, first looked at the ancient mirror on the shelf with vigilant eyes, and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that there was nothing abnormal.

Then he performed the ritual he had used earlier and slowly began to chant it in front of the mirror.

A hoarse voice flowed from his throat, like an expanding shadow, swallowing up the outer sunlight little by little.

And a moment later, there was a terrifying scene burning in front of the mountain.

As Senran's bones slowly moved before his eyes, he realized that he had reached that place again.

That terrible hell!

Behind him, the annoying voice sounded again: "Why did you find it again this time?" ”

Hearing this, Yamashita turned his head to look back.

Behind him, the pale-faced Xu Xiangyang looked at him with a smile.

Yamashita hated this smile because he knew that the man in front of him was very dangerous.

It was a man from a thousand years ago who was associated with the Holy Son Zenya. Or it can be said that it is precisely because of Xu Xiangyang that it led to the birth of Zenya.

This mystery, which can span thousands of years, and the strange power that crosses the two worlds, make Yamashita jealous.

But he knew that if he wanted to get an answer, he had to ask Xu Xiangyang.

So he was silent for a moment, but then slowly spoke: "There is a strange thing on the east side of our shelter, do you know why? ”

Then, little by little, he told Xu Xiangyang everything that the rider said, without hiding anything.

And after Xu Xiangyang heard these words, the smile on his original face gradually faded.

He said lightly: "You guessed right, it is indeed a great being. ”

Really.

Yamashita nodded.

And Xu Xiangyang suddenly laughed after seeing his performance: "Do you want to get a way to deal with the great existence from me?" ”

"That's right, after all, you plan to deceive the Lord of Truth, and the Lord of Truth is a great being, but you're not sure if your method will succeed, so you definitely want to find someone to try in advance."

Regarding Xu Xiangyang's speculation, Yamashita was noncommittal.

Just like the guy in front of him said, he really wanted to find a great being to try if the "Old Six Method" he had obtained could succeed.

Since he intends to deceive the Lord of Truth, then of course he must be prepared in advance. If you rashly face a great being without experimenting with anything, wouldn't that be asking for your own death?

And in the hole to the east, the guy who seems to be a great existence is very suitable.

Judging from the rider's previous visit, the guy in the pit doesn't seem to be active, otherwise he should have killed all those who entered the pit instead of just melting their clothes and flesh.

So Yamashita only needs to prepare in advance, and maybe he can try to test his newfound technique in front of that great being.

And Xu Xiangyang is undoubtedly one of the important sources of information for him.

Being able to live for a thousand years means that he knows a lot of secret things.

As for the speculation under the mountain, Xu Xiangyang only nodded calmly: "I do know how to get close to that great existence, and I also know who he is." ”

"But ......"

Xu Xiangyang's words changed: "Why should I tell you? ”

"What interest do you have in telling you this secret? You know, you haven't left me any valuable Sequence 2 information until now, and our previous contract hasn't been completed. ”

Hearing this, Yamashita looked at Xu Xiangyang calmly.

"I've brought you news this time that will definitely be of interest to you." He said.

"It's about the beginning of the catastrophe, when humanity laid the foundation for the transcendent sequence."

Hear this.

Xu Xiangyang's eyes changed slightly.

(End of chapter)