[The recommendation is over, and the next step is the rhythm of the fruit run.] I am very grateful for the support of several big monthly passes, such as "Mouse Crawling", "Just for Reading", "Akita in My Heart", "Sand in the Heart of a Woman", and other friends who have subscribed to support me. Xiao Chen's heartfelt thanks, with your support, I have the motivation to continue to move forward. Volume 5 has reached the middle and late stages, and Zero will usher in another important turning point in his life at the end of this volume. The beginning of the sixth volume will usher in the era of war, the war in the Middle-earth continent, and what will happen to the protagonists who are about to set sail to explore other continents?

The long figure that made Zero care about came and went like flying between the smooth mirror-like mountain walls, and the movement was as easy and fast as walking on flat ground. In the new era of rapid change, the structure of the human body is far from perfect compared to many alien lifeforms, and is even far behind. Except for those who have high-level abilities who can make up for the lack of body structure through their own liliang, the middle and low-level and most ordinary people have to admit that the bodies of some alien creatures are far more advantageous than human beings.

Just like the insect that crawls rapidly on the vertical mountain wall now, a mountain that humans cannot cross like a heavenly sky, there is no difference in peace to it. Nearly three meters long, the insect has an unusually graceful, streamlined body encased in a crystal-thin, light carapace. The surface of the carapace flows with a faint silver light, and the sky radiates clouds with a faint dark red skylight, but when the light is cast on the shell of the insect, the silver light of the carapace flows like water, and the part of the carapace that is projected by the light becomes transparent, allowing the insect to become one with the current environment.

This is an alternative kind of stealth, which can play a very good role in stealth.

The bug looked a bit like a praying mantis, with three pairs of arthropods protruding from under its abdomen, and the back two pairs were long and powerful, and the arthropods were covered with stiff hairs. These steel-spine-like bristles allow bugs to cling well to objects when they come into contact with them, even on vertically smooth mountain walls. The front pair of arthropods are shaped like moon sickles, with a dark golden metallic luster flowing from time to time, like exquisite weapons in the hands of a master.

The worm's head had two long tentacles, each with eight compound eyes, evenly spaced on both sides of the head. It has a long, narrow mouth with a large, sharp hook protruding on each side. When the insect inadvertently opens its mouthpiece, it can grow to the point where it is covered with strange cone-like teeth.

If Zero was here, he would definitely be very surprised, because this worm that was like a mutant creature had a faint breath of life equivalent to a ninth-order ability!

The strange insect quickly climbed to one of the top of Mount Tulash, and it stood up like a human, and then its head cracked a thin slit in it. Something unbelievable happened, the bug's head cracked open like a mask, and then shrank to the left and right, revealing a cavity with viscous liquid flowing inside. But soon, something gradually appeared in the cavity, and when the insect turned to face the sky light that was shining on its head, it was a middle-aged human man's face that appeared in the cavity of the head.

This human face is shaped like a male human face, with deep facial features. The eyes on the face are closed, but the eyebrows and eyes form an arrogant temperament, coupled with the mustache that seems to have been carefully groomed, if you skim the insect body. This face alone is only reminiscent of some aristocratic male among humans.

When the human face appeared, its mouth opened, and the strange insect emitted a sound wave of a certain frequency from its mouth. The sound wave quickly spread, and the insect stood there, an eerie silence on the hill, until it was shattered by the sound of flapping wings.

On the other side of San'in, a dark cloud suddenly rose. The dark cloud is made up of hundreds of flying insects in a dense patch. These insects are huge, each measuring about five meters long, and when they spread their wings, they are about seven or eight meters wide. The flying insect resembles a one-horned fairy with a stout horn on its head. Their carapace is dark red, and there is no dark red flame flowing on it, making the shell look more like a heavy armor.

As they descend towards the top of the mountain, they have arthropods spread out on each side of their abdomen. Like the streamlined insect on the mountain, these flying insects also have three pairs of arthropods, but their arthropods are thicker. The arthropods are also covered with a thick red carapace, almost like a worm covered in a full-body carapace.

A pair of arthropods in front of the insect have chelices shaped like giant pincers at the ends. The giant claws are covered with hard thorns, and the inside of the claws is covered with a row of short, sharp serrations, and it is not difficult to imagine that if it is caught by the giant claws of flying insects, the prey will inevitably tear the serrations on the inside of the giant claws to pieces.

When these strange insects descended to the ground, they only folded their wings. Their wings are wide and long, and their surfaces are naturally patterned like flames. When the insects also stand upright, their wings hang down to the ground like a cloak depicting flames, making them even more powerful.

Among the hundreds of these giant insects, one of them took a step forward. The giant insect raised its right claw and waved it in mid-air, and after making a gesture as if in salute, it said to the silver monster in their characteristic language, "Honorable Lord Midra, Osme is leading the Guards 'Hellfire' to salute you. We've been waiting for a long time. ”

This silvery monster with a human face is Midra, the king of the insect kingdom of Kazelas. And these giant flying insects like unicorns are Midra's personal guards, each giant insect has the same liliang as the sixth order of humans, and the captain of the personal guard, that is, the insect named Osim who reported to Midra, has the strength of the seventh order.

It can be said that these hundred flying insects are comparable to the Liliang of a small army, and their ability to fly is a headache for any opponent. Obviously, in the new era of lack of air supremacy, any creature that can fly in the sky at will can feel tricky.

Midra, the silver monster, nodded with its anthropomorphic face very humanly and said, "Very good Osm, you have rushed from the border of our Cazeras in just three days, half a day faster than I expected, and you deserve to be the most elite unit of my Cazeras." ”

"Thank you, sir. Then tell us where our enemies are, and we will use the fire of hell to burn everything that is hostile to your lords!" said the giant worm Osmu, with an impassioned voice.

"No hurry, my dear Captain Osm. Don't forget that our allies are still waiting in the stronghold, so pick nine more members of the team and go to the stronghold with me. Others, on the other hand, are on standby, and you will surprise our allies and enemies alike when the need arises. Midra laughed, its voice sharp and treacherous.

At that moment, Osm, the captain of the guard, selected nine exceptionally strong flying insects from the team. Then it fell to the ground, spread its wings and flapped lightly, and said, "Mistress Midra, please come up." ”

Naturally, Midra was not polite, and it jumped onto Osmu's back, and the four pairs of arthrops under it were firmly clasped to the gaps in the carapace of the large flying insect, thus fixing itself. Osim's wings flapped wildly, fanning out a red cloud, and it seemed that his whole body emitted bright red flames. In a red shadow, the insects carried Midra high into the air, and the selected guards also rose into the air, and followed Osim towards the Storm Fortress in the distance.

As for the other flying insects, they also soared into the air, but they did the opposite of Midra. Shaped like red clouds, they swept across the night sky and then descended vertically, disappearing into the shadow of Mount Tulash. After they left, the mountain returned to its tranquility, as if the insects had never visited.

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Another day passed, and in the evening, the sky seemed to be set ablaze. As far as the eye can see, there are endless fire clouds spread out for thousands of miles.

It is very rare that at this moment of sunset in the West Mountain, the wind and snow gradually stopped, which greatly increased the speed of the team's progress. After passing over a rock of ice that hung nearly in the void, Zero finally saw the outline of the Storm Keep. Perched high on the top of Mount Tulash, this majestic structure resembles a giant beast guarding the main road to the Emerald Field.

Just one silhouette left a deep impression on Zero. The straight lines and sharp edges and corners form a momentum like a mountain rushing far away. Storm Fortress occupies almost every corner that can be passed, and if you want to make your way to the Emerald Field. One is to get the approval of the Green Capital, and the other is to fly over the fortress. Zuihou one, then only wanted to attack this behemoth.

However, it will not be easy to pass from a high altitude or attack a fortress, the former has ground-to-air weapons such as wind-operated cannons waiting for you, and the latter, I am afraid that it will have to pay a considerable price.

It has to be said that it is very strategic for Midori to build the Storm Fortress here. Unfortunately, the military structure was occupied by Icewing Marrog before it could be completed. Now only the crumbling walls and towering forts have become witnesses of time, and the whole fortress exudes a smell of helplessness and gloom like a depressed man.

Moments before nightfall, the procession finally reached the steel gates of the fortress. It is a 100-meter-high steel gate, and the 50-centimeter-thick alloy steel plate makes it impregnable. I don't know how the 100-ton chunk was transported up the mountain, but now the gate that can only be opened by hydraulic machinery is ajar.

The wind blew from the inside of the fortress with a low roar like a beast. Inside the door was a dark shijie, however there was no smell of dampness or mold. In fact, in this cold weather, the whole fortress was extremely dry.

Several pillars of light pierced the darkness inside the door, a tactical searchlight from the hands of a few people. The beams of light from the searchlight are concentrated and scattered, so the distance of the light is long, allowing Zero to see that inside the door is a deep tunnel that leads to the interior of the fortress. The tunnel is about 100 meters long and is cut off by a partition wall. Lighting had been installed on both sides of the tunnel, but now the equipment was nothing but wreckage, making Shijie in the tunnel like a tomb, quiet enough to hear his own heartbeat echoing.

The procession rushed in, and after passing through the tunnel, there was an exit on each side of the partition wall. After choosing a random exit, push open the malfunctioning automatic door, and a maze of complex side passages appear at the front of the team. Ademili tells Zero that this is the fortress's traffic trench, which extends in all directions. It can quickly lead to the turrets above the fortress, shooting fortresses and other places. And in case the enemy attacks the fortress, it can also play a role in delaying.

Ademili seems to have been to the Storm Fortress many times, and she is familiar with navigating the labyrinth of the complicated side passages that make Zero's first-time strangers dizzy. During this period, the team passed through ammunition warehouses, temporary rest rooms, concealment departments and other facilities. There is also a half-built power station, of course, there is no equipment in it, only the various electrified pipe positions set aside for the equipment and the cables that have not yet been put into use.

When Ademili led the team out of the labyrinth, a training ground nearly a kilometer long and wide appeared in front of everyone. There is no doubt that anything that reaches a certain order of magnitude in size or volume, even if it is empty, will exert invisible pressure on people. This is the case with the training ground in front of you, not to mention that there is a gap in the middle of the square that is hundreds of meters long and wide, and under the gap is an abyss that cannot be peeped into.

That was the exit of the ice wings in and out of the lair, and it was not difficult to guess Marrog's size from the width of the exit, and the result was naturally a breath of air. Of course, no Abyssal Beast is known for its petite size. These intelligent beings tend to be huge, and the larger they are, the more bioenergetic they can have.

For Abyssal Beasts, Liliang is completely proportional to its size. Although the physique of hundreds of meters long and wide is enough to be described as huge, as far as the few people who have seen Anji Gulit, Marrog's size is just moderate. This gave Zero a signal that the ice wing was still young.

Being young means impulsive, and at the same time reaching the peak of both combat experience and bio-energy levels. Although such an abyssal beast is tricky, it does not mean that it cannot be dealt with. It's just that impulsiveness can sometimes mean recklessness, so Marrog can also be more dangerous than a cunning guy who has been alive for quite some time.

In short, it's not necessary not to provoke Ice Wing. This is the conclusion that Zero's brain center has come to after gathering all the information.

In the sky above the training ground is the fortress sky that has been capped at the end of the year. Under the dark red sky light of the radiation clouds, it can be seen that the fortress at that time has already built the structure of the sky dome, and the steel bars covered with thick ice paint the arc shape of the sky dome, but unfortunately they cannot complete their mission, and can only hang alone in the air above to be in the company of the cold wind.

Obviously, this is not the right place for the team to rest. So Ademili and the others walked around the square, and finally rested in an abandoned military house. The barracks were almost completed, with five floors and 10 rooms on each floor, making a total of 50 rooms for the rest of the troops. There are as many as ten such barracks, they are neatly planned, but there are still six barracks that have only been built in time to build the foundation, and now there is only a frame.

After arranging for the servants to stand guard around the barracks, the others chose their own rooms to rest. Zero and Leah naturally lived in the same room, and the two chose a room facing the training ground as a rest, the room was without any equipment, and the walls were in vain. However, the two of them didn't mind, and spread the bear skin on the ground to make it a soft bed.

It's just that Zero hasn't fallen asleep yet, and he stands in front of the unobstructed window, facing the deep darkness outside.

It was as if it was possible to just stand like that until the end of time.