Chapter 1179: The Altar at the Bottom of the Lake
After the discovery of a new mutant beast in the forest chaos - the mutant beast transports amethyst stones, there is finally news from the headquarters.
There was no indication for more than ten hours because the communication base station was destroyed, and the battle at sea is still ongoing, and the mutant eagle continues to entangle the warship.
Regarding the current choice of the 78th Regiment, the headquarters hopes that they can hold on in the chaotic moment, that is, to create an opportunity for the 18th Regiment to break through.
However, at this time, the 78th Regiment had already approached in the direction of the 18th Regiment, Lin Chao, Ma Chaoyue, and Nail were tracking the mutant shrimp in three directions, and Shuanghua could not reveal the specific location of the regiment, after all, this was a secret operation, which was related to the lives of a thousand people, so it could only be said approximately.
The mutant shrimp carried the amethyst into a deserted city, which only four months ago was a thriving place with a population of more than 100,000 people, and the original name had been abandoned, and in this place of the coalition forces it was called Plains 46 City.
Lin Chao could see clearly from the air, a lake about five hundred meters long was dug out of the 46 city, and the mutant shrimp sank into the lake with amethyst stone, and then never came out.
The phenomenon seen by Ma Chaoyue and Nail is much the same, there are no other mutant beasts in the city, and it is as quiet as a ghost town.
"Do you want to surround the mutant shrimp and blow them up?"
Ma Chaoyue's proposal was unreliable, and even the nail couldn't help but say: "This is the territory of mutant beasts, it's not good to make such a big fuss." ”
"Go back and prepare. ”
Without waiting for them to discuss it again, Lin Chao forcibly stopped.
His arrangement was to divide the personnel into two departments and lurk in the direction of 46 City, not to fight against the mutant **, but to beware of other mutant beasts.
In the quiet city of No. 46, the water of the lake is constantly fluctuating, and Lin Chao and the others have been guarding the side for five or six hours, and they have not seen a single mutant shrimp surface on the lake.
Frost Hua also came to see it, but didn't wait for any movement.
It was pitch dark, there were only scattered stars in the sky, and everyone was waiting.
Ma Chaoyue came to Lin Chao's side and said, "The mutant shrimp hasn't come out for so long, it must be doing something big in the lake, how about making a big move." ”
Lin said, "Wait a little longer. ”
There must be a vast space under the lake, just like once he followed a few bones to discover an underground city, if it was just such a big lake in front of him, it couldn't fit so many mutant shrimp.
Ma Chaoyue has too little battlefield experience, and what she has always wanted to do is to have a good fight with the mutant beasts, but as a result, she fought with a group of mutant crocodiles for a short time, so that her full strength was useless.
"There's movement. ”
Lin Chao heard the sound of water and motioned for her to return to her position.
Whoa...... The lake kept churning, and one by one the fiery red mutant shrimp crawled out, waving their pincers and heading east, which was the direction of the sea.
Everyone held their breath, and in the face of the mutant shrimp that had never appeared, most people still agreed with Lin Chao's words to try to have as little contact as possible.
All of them were mutant shrimp, and there were no other mutant beasts, so they swaggered out of City 46.
When the lake was completely calm, Ma Chaoyue could be regarded as understanding Lin Chao's thoughts, that is, to strike backward or pick up leaks.
Shuanghua was originally behind, but when he heard that the mutant shrimp left, he came up and said, "Since the mutant shrimp is gone, the amethyst must still be in the lake, send a few people into the water to take a look?"
Lin Lan said: "Don't worry, spread the people apart first, pay attention to every direction, and the rest of the people dig holes." ”
The 78th Regiment immediately went into action, more than 200 people dug ditches and large pits from the east and west, and the lake water immediately leaked out, and the water level slowly dropped.
The sky was getting cooler, and the lake had reached nearly two meters, revealing gray rock layers all around.
"Is it all rocks down there?"
Gu Siyu was curious.
From previous experience, it seems that high-grade amethyst will generate amethyst veins when placed in rocks, and mutant crocodiles and mutant turtles have transported amethyst.
Lin Lan looked at the rocks that were cut and smooth, and felt that it was not, this lake was specially built by mutant beasts, and there was probably another mystery below.
The lake was gone at a distance of three meters, and there was a barrier of yellow light underneath that blocked their vision and perception.
"What is this?"
Everyone has questions.
So far, there has been no mutant beast to create a yellow barrier, and it can hold back nearly 100,000 cubic meters of lake water.
Shuanghua said: "It is impossible for the mutant shrimp to be blocked by the barrier, which means that they have a way to enter, could it be that the mutant beast can enter directly." ”
Ma Chaoyue said excitedly: "Try it and you'll know." ”
After catching a few mutant crocodiles on the way, she immediately called someone to bring them up and put one down in full view of everyone.
The mutant crocodile ran back and forth on the barrier, but didn't open the entrance, as Frostbloom had said.
"It's not because of the mutant beast, the mutant shrimp has other ways to put amethyst...... Yes, it's amethyst. ”
Ma Chaoyue said and opened his mind, "Whoever has an amethyst stone, take it out and try it." ”
Lin Lan took a basin-sized amethyst stone and stood on the barrier, slowly approaching the amethyst stone to the barrier, and in an instant, a suction force appeared, and his person disappeared in place.
Ma Chaoyue said: "Look, it really works, whoever borrows an amethyst stone and I'll go down and take a look." ”
Gu Siyu dissuaded: "It's better to wait for the senior brother to come back." ”
The nail echoed: "No one has an amethyst as big as Mr. Lin, I don't know if the amethyst is one person or ...... at a time."
Speaking of this, he thought of hundreds of mutant shrimp entering the lake, and said, "It should be that the more amethyst stones, the more people can bring in." ”
......
Lin Chao was pulled into the barrier by a suction force, and before he could stand firm, his spiritual power immediately dispersed.
In front of me is indeed an open underground space, like a palace, with thick stone pillars 50 meters high, and the ground is flat rock, with a radius of more than hundreds of thousands of square meters.
Lin Chao didn't know which direction to go for a while, but he sensed a large number of amethyst stones, so he went there.
The underground space was quiet, and the air was dry, and he felt that the yellow barrier was very powerful, and he didn't know how the mutant beast was created.
In front of him, there was a yellow barrier about dozens of meters long, and Lin Chao concocted it as he could, approaching with an amethyst stone, but was blocked by a thrust.
He squeezed it hard, and the amethyst in his hand was sucked away by the barrier, and he was pushed away.
"Hey, it's funny to take my things and drive me away. ”
Lin Chao took out a larger amethyst stone again, but the barrier also wanted to suck the amethyst stone and push him away, but this time Lin Chao did not let the amethyst stone be sucked away.
"Why don't you want me as long as Amethyst?"
Lin Ran had already sensed that there were a large number of amethyst stones behind this barrier, as long as he could let him pass.
"Isn't it possible that the mutant shrimp can't go over, so they can only put that hundred-meter-long amethyst stone in it, so who is sorting it out inside?"
The pillars in the underground space are beautifully shaped, and the floor is neat, so it is clear that it was not built haphazardly.
Lin Ran tried to break the barrier directly, but the barrier was not simply hard, but soft and tough, and a punch on it would cause the barrier to fluctuate, scattering the attack power like water.
"Is it because there are too few amethysts?"
Lin Lan took out a ten-meter-long amethyst stone, but the barrier still wouldn't let him pass.
He simply took out a small hill made of amethyst from the small universe, and the same feeling appeared, after he and the amethyst were sucked into the second barrier.
"Huh, what's this for?"
Behind the barrier is an incredible scene, in front of which is a huge pit with a radius of thousands of square meters, in the pit there are amethyst stone pillars, and each amethyst stone pillar is more than 100 meters long, and none of the amethyst stone pillars exceed the range of the pit, which shows how deep it is.
The amethyst stone pillar was more beautiful than the shape of the amethyst stone that Lin Lan saw the mutant shrimp transporting, and it was obviously trimmed.
Looking at the top, there are all kinds of mutant beasts and the sun, moon and stars, mountains, rivers and seas carved out.
Lin Chao jumped onto the amethyst pillar and descended down.
There is a circular pedestal at the bottom of the pit, and the amethyst stone pillar stands on the pedestal, which is very firm.
"Is it some kind of ritual to bury a pit here instead of using amethyst to open a mine?"
Lin Lan felt that the scene in front of him was similar to the primitive altar, as long as the barrier above was removed so that the amethyst pillar pointed to the sky, it would be more like.
"Maybe the mutant beasts found another way to use amethyst, make amethyst into a pillar shape, and then make them play more in some form. ”
He searched everywhere but couldn't find a clue, looked at the huge pit with eight amethyst pillars and decided not to think about these problems, and concentrated on finding the best amethyst stone.
There was no superlative in the eight amethyst stone pillars, Lin shook his head, and was a little unwilling to take them all away like this.
He went to the bottom of the pit again and observed the position of the amethyst pillars, and found that they were arranged in a zigzag shape, but the top point was missing, but there was no spare pedestal there.
Lin Chao looked carefully, and there was the outline of the pedestal on the ground, which showed that the mutant beast was planning to recreate one and put it there.
"What will happen if I build a pedestal here, is there still a pillar of amethyst missing?"
It was easy for Lin Chao to build a stone pedestal, so he immediately found a stone to make an identical pedestal, and when he put it down, he looked at it again, and it was indeed a complete zigzag.
Lin Ran made a one-meter-high amethyst pillar and put it in the pedestal, no matter how you look at it, it is not coordinated, and the others are more than 100 meters high, this one-meter high.
Suddenly, the light flickered, and the zigzag point, which was the small amethyst stone he put on, bloomed with purple light, reaching a hundred meters high.
Lin Ran quickly took out the camera to shoot, and the camera lens shattered with a click.
"It seems that there is no way to record the process. ”
He stepped aside and watched intently, in fact, purple light rushed down from the other eight amethyst pillars, constantly brushing on the small amethyst stone, not the small amethyst stone shining straight into the sky.
The little amethyst stone that had been washed by the light must be changing, Lin Chao thought to himself.
A few minutes later, when everything calmed down, Lin Chao looked again and found that the small amethyst was only one-tenth the size of before, and there were many purple fragments around it.
"The best, this is the best amethyst. Those shards were high-grade amethyst that had fallen off its body. ”
In the eyes of the outside world, the high-grade amethyst that was worth a lot of money was no longer important at this time, and Lin Chao's eyes were on the top-grade amethyst, and he carefully held it in his hand and let out a knowing smile.
"It turns out that the best amethyst stone can be created through this formation or sacrifice, and the mutant beast is fighting this idea. ”
He cleaned up his surroundings and began to think about what to do.
Destroying the altar, taking as many amethyst pillars as you can, and then reporting everything to the headquarters to get a reward is a safe way to go.
However, if the best amethyst stone can help the mutant break through to the third level, then the altar in front of him is very important.
"Can you make an altar?"
Lin Chao thought, the difficulty is very great, and now that he doesn't have time to test enough, he can't judge whether the terrain, materials, water and soil, or the yellow barrier are all key factors in the successful manufacture of the best amethyst.
After thinking about it for a while, Lin Chao felt that nothing had changed, and even the pedestal he had created was included in the small universe, making the scene as if he had never been here.
After exiting the yellow barrier, everyone looked at him, and they didn't need to ask Lin Chao to know what they wanted to know.
Looking at the large pit dug in the east-west direction and the still strange yellow barrier in the lake, Lin Chao asked them to carry the lake water again.
"There was a lot of amethyst down there, but there was still a barrier, and the amethyst was sucked away and I was pushed out. ”
Lin Lan said briefly to several regiment commanders.
He can't say that he also entered the second barrier, this matter will not be a secret in the future, and the headquarters will definitely be able to study how to break through the second barrier, that is, to use enough amethyst.
If he said he could enter now, it would reveal that he had space on his body that could hold a large amount of amethyst.
Although a fifth-level mutant can open up storage space in his body, it can only store gadgets such as mobile phones, packages, and weapons, unlike his small universe, which already has 100,000 cubic meters.
Shuanghua's eyes lit up and asked, "More than the piece of mutant shrimp you saw?"
Lin Lan said: "That's right, it is indeed a secret place where the mutant beast stores the amethyst stone, but unfortunately I can't see through the mystery of the yellow barrier, it is not like the technology of the mutant beast, it is too transcendent." ”
However, the others didn't care about the yellow barrier, and they all thought about the big pile of amethyst.
Amethyst is currently a hard currency, harder than oil coins, and even the coalition forces have begun to study the use of amethyst as a raw material to mint currency in circulation.
Ma Chaoyue said: "Piles of amethyst stones are right in front of me, and I feel that my hands are so itchy. ”
The others laughed, but there was no way, the yellow barrier was too weird, only those with enough amethyst could be sucked in, and there was a second one inside.
Shuanghua asked Lin Chao, "What is the scene inside?"
Lin Lan took out his mobile phone, and before leaving, he took a lot of photos back and forth, and used the camera to shoot his own research, and the mobile phone took it to explain.
Everyone else gathered around, looking at the empty hole inside, with complicated expressions.
Nail said: "Such a large space, with a lake on it, just supported by a barrier, is really a magical power." Mr. Lin was really wise, and he judged that the mutant shrimp would not carry the amethyst stone to City 46 for no reason. ”
Shuanghua was already in contact with the headquarters, Gu Siyu was very dissatisfied with her behavior, Lin Chao didn't say anything, she began to say to the outside world, for fear that the people of the 78th regiment would hide the amethyst stone privately, no wonder the atmosphere in the group was much worse, especially compared with the previous Ban Yuhuan.
And Lin Chao doesn't care, now there are millions of mutant beasts outside, they are alone, and it is not so easy for others to think about it.
He thought of the 18th regiment that needed to be rescued, and it was possible that he had also found the same kind of altar.
No matter what, he must make good use of the altar in City 46 and make enough top-grade amethyst stones.
With this superb gem in his hand, he decided to try it on Diana first to see if it could help her break through to the third level.