Chapter Eighty-Four: Domains
Located above the second building of the Beishan Academy of Sciences between the second and third rings of Beishan City, colorful light suddenly burst out. The light converged into a straight line, piercing the sky, and then encountering thick clouds at great heights, rendering the clouds into a large area. It was as if a huge, colorful umbrella was propped up in the sky. The whole city, which was lifeless due to power rationing, seemed to come to life again at this moment.
Pei Yuanxiu and the two mobile teams he led clearly realized when they saw this ray of light that the real enchantment generator had activated. And at this time, they were still three blocks away from the Academy of Sciences.
Later, I saw the desolate spirit "Dragon King" who appeared in the sky and was attracted by this light.
At first, it looked like an equally colorful glow. Oval-shaped, like a child using a giant prism to reflect the sunlight on the canopy. Soon it grew larger, turning into an eye that was colorful in the night. This is not a metaphor, but its true form.
It looks like the Milky Way from a popular science book overall, but with a little more color. But in the middle is not a black hole, but a fiery red eye with thin black lines in the pupil. As it spun and rapidly approached Kitayama City, a large cloud gathered around it, which made it look like it had an extra comet-like tail.
Those "spiral arms", which seemed to be its tentacles, changed direction when they were far away, stretching out towards the north mountain. If it really had the will, it would be eager to grab all that energy and suck it all into its body right now.
No one likes to be spied on maliciously, let alone by such a giant eye. Those who were on the street saw the dragon king's true face for the first time, and after a moment of stupefaction, they began to scream and run away. The air raid sirens sounded in the city, but the barrier had not yet been opened. It is not fully charged, and it would take up to twenty minutes to half an hour to prepare for it to turn it on at such a time.
A dozen streamers appeared in the sky again, and the monks were trying to stop it once again. But those streamers were small and dim compared to the brilliance of the dragon king himself, and the mere sight of them made people despair.
In fact, even Pei Yuanxiu didn't expect much from them - those monks had their own thoughts. They're going to take to the air, they're going to intercept – that's what it's about. But whether you want to do your best or even fight for your life depends on your choice.
Almost all of us will choose the attitude of "I have done my part, and the rest is up to the destiny of heaven".
Because some of them don't really mind the calamity that befalls them—so the leader of Kitayama can't escape the blame. Others didn't mind, but they wanted to see Peberu's decision come to an end. If there are still one or two people who are truly for the public and the people, they must also realize that the strength of a few people cannot help such a second-level desolate soul. They had to wait for reinforcements from elsewhere.
Instead, I heard a roar again—it was the fighter formation of the Beishan City Defense System. However, these advanced weapons can only linger on the periphery and cannot play a substantial role. Past experience has taught everyone that if you can't ban the source of spiritual power at the core of the desolate soul and completely destroy or seriously injure it in an instant, then the dense fire attack will not only not damage it, but will send energy to it.
Pei Yuanxiu retracted his gaze and shouted: "Comrades, the enemy is in the Beishan Academy of Sciences." There's nothing we can do about the Heavenly Desolate Soul, but we can destroy the enchantment generator that attracts it. Now we're facing a war, not -"
Before he could speak, he suddenly saw the dragon king high in the sky, sticking out an extremely long tentacle. It should still be more than a dozen kilometers away from the outermost part of Beishan City, but it only took a few seconds for that tentacle to break through the air. The roar in the sky was continuous, and the glass of the buildings on the street rattled. The colorful tentacles that seemed to be formed by the convergence of light burst out in large areas of white mist, and were illuminated by colorful millimeters, which looked like a miracle.
But this fantastical and magnificent sight meant death and destruction—the tentacles met a monk who had time to dodge, and the man exploded into a white light in the air. The white light is absorbed by the tentacle and becomes a part of it.
After two breaths, the tentacles took directly from the pillar of light emitted from the second building of the Beishan Academy of Sciences......
Buzz bang!
It's a sound similar to a metal moan. The moment the tentacle merged with the pillar of light, the light turned into substance—a very thin and extremely long wire that stretched from the horizon!
But it just looks like a wire. The diameter of that thing is several meters, and the length must have reached tens of thousands of meters. At the junction between the sky and the body of the desolate spirit, it was still in the form of colorful light, but in the Beishan City, it had turned into a bright color of metal—it reflected the light in the sky, like a spear inserted into the heart of the city!
As the Aragami approached, the wind grew stronger. The metal tentacle hummed incessantly in the gale, like the cry of a desolate spirit. It was also at this moment that Pei Yuanxiu and the mobile team fighters behind him found that the range of two blocks in front of them suddenly became quiet.
At this time, the North Mountain was enveloped by the sound of the wind and the humming of metal. But just after Pei Yuanxiu and the soldiers took a dozen steps forward, the voice in their ears suddenly disappeared. It's as if you've crossed an invisible wall, and on one side of the wall is the real North Mountain, and this side has become an anechoic chamber.
He immediately stopped, gave the order, and withdrew.
No desolate spirit as powerful as a dragon king has ever descended on the city—not even a tentacle. And the nature and supernatural powers of each desolate soul are also different, and they can't judge what is happening in front of them with common sense.
After taking a dozen steps back, a loud and reassuring noise resounded in my ears. A member of the mobile team tried to scan the equipment on the body, and found that the second building of the Beishan Academy of Sciences, centered on the metal tentacle that pierced Beishan City from a high altitude, within a range of 0.6 kilometers outward, was the weird and chilling silent zone.
I tried to switch devices to explore the spiritual power enrichment in this area, and found that there was hardly any spiritual power left in it, as if it had been drained in an instant. But in the vicinity of Building 2, the distribution of spiritual power formed a sharp and frightening peak...... There was no doubt that it was this tentacle of the Desolate Soul that was frantically pumping power.
Pei Yuanxiu knew why the Dragon King wanted to probe such a tentacle first.
The Enchantment Generator connects to the city's power supply system, as well as to a portion of Kitayama Enchantment's charging system. In normal times, the Beishan Barrier has an independent energy supply system, but these days, in order to recharge energy as soon as possible and improve the efficiency of energy utilization, this system is connected to the city's civil and industrial power grids.
Now, this tentacle of the desolate soul is draining the energy of the North Mountain Enchantment, and it ...... It's to delay the opening of the barrier, and even to simply plan to make it impossible to activate it, and to stop it again!
Pei Yuanxiu took a deep breath and realized that the situation had deviated from what he expected.
It is only known that the Araganda is the ancestral soul that has fused with the remnants of the human mind, and that it is only a few lower animal instincts that no one would have thought that they could have this level of intelligence, if this time it is not a coincidence.
This means that the North Mountain Barrier may not be able to be opened, and the Dragon King may indeed have completely descended on the city.
He knew that some people, including his father, didn't care much about the arrival of the Dragon King. They all want to use this disaster to make a fuss and achieve some of their own goals. But he also knew that the "coming" that those people acquiesced to meant that the dragon king appeared in the sky above Beishan City, and that the thunder and storm that it brought could destroy some places and cause some damage, so that the people of Beishan had enough fear and anger fermented from those fears.
Then open the North Mountain Barrier to keep the Dragon King out in a thrilling way, or cut off part of it. Destroy the part that remains within the barrier, so that the damage it causes is barely bearable.
No one really wants to destroy the city completely - they still have industries and resources in the city. There are also connections and political capital brought by the city. Once Kitayama is gone, everyone becomes a loser.
However, the current situation seems to be very unpleasant. In other words, it's possible that they're going to play big.
Apparently he wasn't the only one who realized this. Xue Songcheng, the captain of the First Mobile Team, has cooperated with Pei Yuanxiu many times and has some friendships. He also frowned: "Director Pei, I don't think the situation is good. The Dragon King doesn't want us to open an enchantment—what now?"
"There's only one way. Rush in and tackle them. Pei Yuanxiu thought for a moment, "We won't be the only ones who have discovered the anomalies here. Command must have realized the gravity of the matter by now. I think the heavenly predecessors will do everything they can to stop the dragon king from coming, and then the earthly things will have to be done by us. ”
He looked up at the terrifying red eye in the sky and the glow around it: "If the speed of the Dragon King's body remains the same, it will probably take an hour to reach Beishan." Brothers, the time has come to serve the country with all your loyalty. ”
Those who can come here with him are those who have some friendship with him and are not afraid of causing trouble. This kind of person is usually a nasty prick, but at this time he shows courage and courage. They all laughed: "Director Pei, don't say such things, the brothers don't plan to be so loyal." We've got to get the people in the Facilitation Association to be loyal. ”
Pei Yuanxiu also smiled: "It's me who lost his words." Okay, come with me!"
They stepped into the silent zone created by the Dragon King's tentacles for the second time. After walking dozens of steps, I realized that it was not only spiritual power that was sucked away here, but also water.
Water exists in various forms.
The air became extremely dry, and every gasp made the nasal passages burn with pain. Plants as far as the eye could see were shriveled. When passing by a laurel tree on the side of the road, Pei Yuanxiu tried to touch it with his hand - the big tree, which was barely maintaining its form, collapsed in an instant, turned into dust and fell to the ground.
The mobile team members looked at each other, and everyone had a look of horror on their faces.
It should have caused this result at the moment when the energy of the tentacle and the generator fused - the combination of technology and cultivation technology, and the artificially created energy has all kinds of strange and even strange properties. Until now, technicians have only been able to select a few of these features through countless tests, and have not been able to figure out how many changes will occur.
If they had gone a little faster just now...... Entered here before the tentacles fused with energy, and are probably all dried corpses by now.
And the reason why this area is so quiet has something to do with it. The vicinity of the Beishan Academy of Sciences is mostly the office of enterprises and institutions, and there are not many people in these days. Even if a small number of people are left behind...... Now all that's left is the shriveled skin.
Pei Yuanxiu let out a sigh of relief, feeling that his steps were a little heavy. In fact, this feeling comes from the moment you enter this silent zone - you can hear the footsteps of the people around you at the same time, and you can almost hear your own blood. At the same time, my body felt heavier and heavier, and my heart beat faster. These are the experiences of ordinary people when they are physically weak or tired, but for a fifth-level monk like Pei Yuanxiu, it is very uncommon.
At first he attributed it to being too nervous. But after seeing the osmanthus tree crumble into dust, he was a little more careful. So I tried to consciously run a small Zhou Tian's aura in my body.
I found that the spiritual power was dissipating outside.
Cultivators do have a situation where their spiritual power is dispersed—when they go mad and die.
Almost at the same time, Xue Song, the captain of the first mobile team, said: "Director Pei, there is a problem on our side. ”
The mobile team members who came with him were dressed in special operations suits for the monks—the same soldiers who were preparing to take Pei Boru's life in the second building of the Beishan Academy of Sciences.
However, Asia's special operations equipment is more sophisticated than America's, and it uses more cultivation techniques. The special operations equipment of the Americans resembles a mechanical exoskeleton. When a soldier puts on that kind of equipment, people can tell that "people are wearing equipment".
Asia's special warfare equipment is actually more akin to "combat armor". It's not that people are wearing gear, it's more like people sitting inside it. With a clear height of approximately 2.3 meters, it is made of a strong, light metal that has been hardened by magic. Contrary to the American equipment, the main power source is spiritual power, and electricity only plays a supporting role.
The person was tightly encased, revealing only a face behind a mask. The whole looks like a stout steel giant without a neck. The Americans did not like this design, believing that it was a last resort for the Asian government to take up a lot of space and install redundant equipment to maintain the normal operation of this equipment in the case of backward scientific and technological level, and that "the so-called violent aesthetics are essentially due to backward technology" and are not suitable for complex combat environments.
The current situation seems to be misunderstood.
After walking about 60 steps, the members of the two mobile teams noticed that the power system of the combat uniform was abnormal, and the biocontrol assistance system also began to malfunction. Twenty steps later, six men lay down in their combat uniforms.
Although it is made of "solid and light" metal, the total weight of such a metal lump is still as high as 0.4 tons. Without the power system, people below level 5 would not be able to walk on their own. Even if he is a fifth level like Pei Yuanxiu, he can't wear it to fight.
The cause of the malfunction was quickly identified - the spiritual power was dispersed.
This silent zone had previously absorbed all the water, and was still absorbing spiritual power. For a cultivator like Pei Yuanxiu, the spiritual power in the human body is constantly running, and even if it is dispersed, the loss is not serious. But the spiritual power on the combat uniform is considered a "dead thing" in a sense, and the rate of loss is extremely fast.
These two mobile squads, in this environment, can be regarded as scrapped.