Returning from the abyss

"If you leave, where are you going?"

Outside Shuying City, Lu Ning, Ai Siqi, and the Delos brothers had packed their bags and set off on the road again, and the person seeing them off was Shen Du, who had disappeared for several days.

"Let's go to the south. Before winter comes, I can go there and have a look. Anyway, I have already reminded you of the things worth noting. My mission is basically completed this time. Whatever I find more will be mine. Additional discoveries.”

"The south...you should also know that the environment there is not very good." Shen Du said.

"The Devil's Desert, along the Scorching Mountains, is basically a barren land." Lu Ning nodded, "Even the war didn't go there, so I wanted to see what else there was. "

"Then I wish you good luck." Shen Du smiled.

"Elu, don't you have anything to say to me? Where are Turaon and Lyudmila?"

"...I'm sorry, I didn't receive any message like this." Shen Du said, "However, there is always a chance for us to meet again, that's what I think."

"Okay, goodbye." Lu Ning waved her hand and turned to leave.

=

The southwest of mainland Haifa is an area with a very dry climate. There is obviously a huge forest area like the Higurashi Forest in the north, but as soon as you cross the Howling Hills and officially enter the southwest area, you can clearly feel the climate change. Even using magic to condense drinking water is much more difficult than usual.

Drought is almost the norm here. The only large river in this area will enter a dry season in autumn, which will last until the summer of next year. In addition, there are no large freshwater lakes large enough to form settlements. Several large lakes are salt water. From the perspective of modern industry, they are suitable for the extraction of many industrial raw materials, but there is no time to develop this area now.

Lu Ning put away the map in her hand and glanced at Ai Siqi and Delos behind her. Along the way, the two siblings showed good patience and quality, and completed all of Lu Ning's decisions well. Although there were some ideological problems, it was appropriate to arrange them into their own intelligence team.

It's just that we don't want them to have access to the core information, so we still need to think more about it.

"Let's go here today."

The two suns have already set below the horizon, and only the afterglow is still fading in the sky. Lu Ning did not hurry up this time. She was ready to take a closer look at the situation in this desolate land. Although most of the area is on the equator, the temperature difference between day and night in the Devil's Desert is extremely large. The temperature during the day can reach over 40 degrees, while the temperature at night can drop to below zero - this is measured according to the temperature units that tourists are used to. .

"Rest, we will arrive in Devil's Desert tomorrow. Delos, keep vigil."

"no problem."

Delos's advantage is that he doesn't talk much, but this advantage is basically offset by his sister.

"Captain! Is there any danger over there in the Devil's Desert? According to the records, it was a difficult place to survive before the war, but my father has been there..."

Ai Siqi's words are endless, and her energy seems to be endless. But if it is a night vigil where no one talks to her, then it is easy for her to fall asleep on her own, which is completely opposite to Delos. .

But this does not mean that Ai Siqi has a shortcoming. She has always been more active in adventures or exploration tasks, and can complete her work well according to Lu Ning's requirements.

"If there is any problem, wake me up in time."

Lu Ning was relatively confident in her alertness, but in order to prevent enemies like Mocha Mo from dreaming and attacking before, she still had to give her a warning.

Delos nodded, ignored his sister who was still talking, and sat down by the fire. His gaze was cast into the darkness, with his back to the light, which was also his preferred environment.

Ai Siqi went to sleep after a while, and Delos finally felt quiet.

He had felt that his sister was very noisy since he was a child. The relationship between the two was not bad, but in terms of personality, they would be a little dissatisfied with each other as soon as they met. One thought the other was gloomy, and the other thought the other was noisy.

"But we still survived..."

Delos is thankful for this.

He originally thought that this vigil was no different from the previous ones. If any monster dared to approach him, he would just kill it. Anyway, he didn't encounter anything more threatening. But when the time entered late at night, when many people felt sleepy, Delos suddenly heard footsteps.

This place was close to the Devil's Desert, and the ground was mostly gravel or sand. The people who came did not cover up their footsteps. Delos listened carefully and found that they were three people.

He stood up suddenly, pulled out the dagger and held it in his hand, with a guarded look on his face.

There was no light, and the other party did not use lighting equipment. It was hard to say who it was.

Three people walked out from behind a jagged stone.

Delos had not noticed anyone approaching before. The footsteps appeared suddenly. Although the stone was not small, he should be able to see it if someone came from a distance.

Three people appeared out of nowhere?

Then, with the help of the firelight, Delos could clearly see the faces of these three people.

The leader was older, with a slender figure, a short but neatly groomed beard, and a scar across the bridge of his nose. He was wearing a black corset combat uniform and a dark green coat. Wearing a tricorn hat. He carried a huge box on his back that reminded people of a coffin, and the black gloves on both hands had butterfly-shaped patterns.

He was accompanied by two younger people, a man and a woman. They were dressed similarly to the leader, except that they did not wear coats or top hats. The man wore a silver mask that covered the lower half of his face, held a long stick in one hand, and carried a similarly giant cylindrical object on his back. The woman covered half of her face with a scarf, holding a pistol in her left hand, and the weapon behind her back was a white stone tablet.

Although these three people have a sense of unity in terms of clothing style and weapon style, they are also completely different from the various races Delos knows.

"Who are you?" Delos asked in a deep voice.

The leader walked to a place about ten meters away from Delos and stood still. One of his eyes lit up slightly, and then he raised his hand to signal to the two people behind him.

"If you don't speak, don't get close." Delos paid careful attention to the movements of the two younger people.

"You don't recognize us?" the leader of the man said in a stern voice, "When did it become the turn of a civilian to question the funeral?" The funeral?

Delos had never heard of the name.

"On such a dangerous night, you still appear in such a wilderness place. But we need to ask, are you human? Or are you the dead who need to be buried?" The man's expression was cold, "Put down the weapon in your hand and wait for us. Test!"

Delos had realized that he had encountered some strange situations, but it was naturally impossible to put down the weapon just like that. He thought about it and threw the dagger in his hand. When the man's attention was distracted by the dagger for a moment, a green ring of fire ignited from beneath his feet.

"Sister! Captain! There's a situation!" Delos reached out and grabbed a handful from the green flames in front of him, and the expression of the man opposite him suddenly became more serious: "The breath of the dead! Prepare to be buried!"

The two sides started almost at the same time. Delos shot out the flames, while the young woman behind the opponent raised her gun and fired, while the man crossed the stick to block Delos's flames. Before Delos could even react, the leading man had already disappeared. He heard a gust of wind, tightened his neck, and was pulled out of the ring of fire by his collar.

boom!

The huge coffin hit the ground, shaking for a while, and the green flames were instantly suppressed and disappeared. The man reached into his coat, pulled out a folding knife from his clothes, and continued to slash at Delos with a lightning-like sweep.

"Stand."

The light of the incantation turned into a palm and paused on the ground. It collided violently with the folding knife. Lu Ning threw Delos to Ai Siqi behind him and shook off the blade with a release force.

"Hello, I hope I can explain..."

"Dead man, we will not be deceived by you." The man swung his folding knife, and the coffin at hand suddenly opened. More than a dozen sharp blades protruded from the coffin and strangled Lu Ning from all directions. Lu Ning flicked her fingers and the barrier unfolded, but she caught a glimpse of the butterfly on the man's gloves emitting a halo.

"cut."

Eighteen spears were generated around Lu Ning, and then as expected, all those barriers were chopped into pieces by the blades, and even several spears were broken.

Lu Ning smelled a "smell". To be precise, it was not smelled by smell, but more like touch, and it was a spiritual touch.

"No wonder I didn't notice it."

The man swung the folding knife and slashed again. Lu Ning dodged and said coldly: "Ai Siqi! Delos! Attack with all your strength! This is the enemy!"

=

"problem occurs!"

An urgent report came from Chen Geng's communications department.

A research team led by Pan Jin was attacked, and this information was immediately sent to Helenzo and others. As the veteran of the research institute, Pan Jin's status is quite high. Jun Ying immediately began to ask about the situation. In theory, all the research done by Pan Jin should be conducted in the safe zone.

"It's a safe zone. The Floating City excavation project is coming to an end. Mr. Pan went to a church that was previously confirmed to be safe. We sent a team of twenty people to assist. They are all soldiers with formal training!"

"I don't want to hear these reasons, tell me the process of the matter." Jun Ying said sharply.

"The individual soldier recorder has recorded the image. We have not yet been able to explain the scene at that time. It has been sent back..."

Junying directly switched to the image frequency band.

The dangers of the floating city have been checked, and even many investigations have been carried out. The place Pan Jin went to is a certain safe zone, and even so, the guards there also sent a team of fully armed soldiers to protect them. It's really not their responsibility.

In the recorded video, Pan Jin was leading a team to make rubbings of the murals in the church, and the others were also measuring traces of magic power, which were all normal detection tasks.

"What research work is Pan Jin doing recently?" Helenzo asked.

"The reopening of the Kingdom of God's gate." Jun Ying replied, "Mr. Pan is comparing the remnants of the Kingdom of God's portals that once existed in various churches. In the past, opening the portal required divine power as support, but now that the portal has been destroyed, Pan I'm working on alternatives."

At this time, several more people suddenly appeared in the image.

The few people present had good eyesight, so they could naturally see how unexpected the appearance of these people was. After they appeared, the soldiers reacted quickly and immediately raised their guns and shouted at each other. But after hearing the soldier's words, the other party's expression suddenly changed, and they all raised their hands...

"Magic wand?" Jun Ying muttered in a low voice.

In the magic system of this civilization, there is no slender wand held in one hand, but these people clearly use this kind of wand.

The soldiers were obviously aware of the threat, but they were a little slower because they saw humans attacking. Who knew that the other party would immediately start killing after hearing a word? Red tracers spurted out from the tip of the opponent's wand, even scattering like fireworks. Neither the soldiers nor the researchers' armors played their intended role. Everyone, including Pan Jin, was instantly knocked out. There were several penetrations, some of which were directly fatal. The soldiers who were not killed for a while fired back, but both bullets and energy beams were deflected by the special invisible force field, and these people were quickly killed by the opponent.

Finally, a man walked up to the dead soldier, reached out and picked up the recorder worn by the soldier. After looking at it carefully for a while, a red light flashed and the video was interrupted.

"Who are those people!"

Minister of Magic Dumo stood up. Since he can sit in this position, his knowledge of magic is naturally extraordinary. At this moment, seeing the unheard of magic used by these people, he even felt a little embarrassed.

"Send this letter to all cities, villages, fortresses and settlements under the jurisdiction of Chen Geng. If you see any strangers in human form or sudden appearance, do not try to talk to them, do not take out weapons, avoid communicating with them, and try to stay away. . Wait for follow-up instructions. If the other party approaches, try to evacuate immediately." Jun Ying connected to another communication channel and said.

Helenzo frowned slightly: "Jun Ying, have you already determined the origins of these people?"

"They have never appeared in His Majesty's eyes." Jun Ying said, "Otherwise Your Majesty will definitely give a warning."

Helenzo nodded slightly.

At this time, two more communications were connected, one from the Hermit Valley and the other from Ling Ri. Two allies who have a good relationship may have encountered a similar situation at this moment.

"Your Majesty, please make an announcement." Jun Ying sighed and said, "The content is that the doomsday that has been warned many times has now begun to emerge. The tentative name is..."Glory Silhouette"."