Returning from the abyss

Chapter 541
Lu Ning controlled the power of the jetpack and descended to the bottom of the valley at a constant speed.

"Pity, you have fought against B-levels before, how are their abilities? What about the so-called 'phantom layer'?"

"At least the B-level Eudemons we found don't have many special abilities. The strength of these guys is just that, but the problem is that they evolve very quickly in battle. I think the 'phantom layer' is to prevent them from It grew out of being killed before countermeasure evolution occurred.”

"what?"

"After all, the first B-rank phantom beast we encountered didn't have much phantom layer defense. For example, the energy shield on the spaceship is similar to that."

A general-purpose defense that lacks countermeasures, but can withstand most of the currently known attacks.

Mo Lianren thought for a while and then said: "So I probably want to know what happened to Wen Beiluo's special bullet. He must have found an attack method that is not within the normal response range of the phantom layer. Killing them before evolving, of course works."

Lu Ning nodded and glanced down.

"I can see the bottom of the valley."

The lower part of the rift valley is covered with jagged black rocks. The team members who jumped down before have already carried out a clearing. There are many corpses of phantom beasts around. There are Qiu Shu’s drones standing guard in the sky, and a sentinel is installed on the ground. gun.

Seeing that the two had fallen, the two lieutenants Qiu Shu and Baihu reported to their captain respectively.

"Captain, the surrounding area of ​​50 meters has been cleaned up, including the underground has also been scanned. There are no traces of high-level phantom beasts nearby, only about D-level. We have already set up a defensive position." Qiu Shu said.

"Leave a signal generator behind, and we'll go deep."

Immediately, someone buried the button-shaped thing into the rock, and then, Lu Ning and Mo Lianren led the regrouped team to the depths of the rift valley.

After walking about 500 meters, the geological scan found a relatively active area. Lu Ning amplified the surrounding environmental sound, and could hear a dull sound coming from the ground, as if something was flowing.She looked around and found that there were many huge caves on the mountain not far ahead.

"Qiu Shu, let the drone look at the surroundings of those caves."

Soon, several drones flew near the cave, and Qiu Shu checked the received images, and said, "There is no trace of phantom beast activity outside the cave."

"I think Captain DU-003's thinking is right, we have to go inside the cave." The white fox also said, "The ground conditions are relatively peaceful, including the types and levels of the phantom beasts that appear are not very high. At this level, we don’t need to detect it. And the echoes from the ground show that there may be a large cavity below, I think we need to find a way to enter the ground.”

"But there is one more thing to consider. The initial exploration of the Beast God Valley was unsuccessful on the ground. We just haven't penetrated deep into the hinterland." Longmai said.

Indeed, the entry point chosen by Lu Ning and the others was to enter the valley just after climbing up. arrive.

"There will definitely be caves inside, we can enter later." Mo Lianren glanced at Lu Ning, who didn't insist on going in, but just shrugged.

After continuing for a while, the sky suddenly darkened a lot.

According to the map, this is a place named Longwangjiao, named after a rock that protrudes from the cliff above the rift valley like a dragon's head.After entering this area, the thickness of gray cumulus clouds in the sky became much thicker, and the light became dim. It was already difficult to see the situation ten meters away with natural light capture. Everyone turned on the searchlights, ten meters away Several beams of light pass through the dusty air, especially conspicuous in the dark environment.

But coming here is considered to have officially stepped into the dangerous zone of the Beast God Valley.

Lu Ning lowered the light intensity a little and led the way ahead. Everyone walked close to the rock wall, using the black boulders on the ground as a cover. Occasionally, all the staff would turn off the lights. In the darkness, there would always be some bodies that reached three or four meters high The giant beasts moved, strangely, their steps were very light, and only some muscles that glowed dark red through the outer armor would show their presence.

C-level Eudemons lava giant, this has been recorded in many outposts, and can be said to be the resident of the Beast God Valley with the most information.They wander in the valley all day long, using broken long strips of rock as weapons, the surface temperature of their skin is between [-] and [-] degrees Celsius, their strength and speed are above normal humans, and their weakness is that their perception ability is not very strong , only strong stimuli will startle them.

Their "armor" is also a rock-like outer layer that grows out of the body.Lu Ning and Mo Lianren agreed not to disturb these giants for the time being, after all, these guys could easily attract a group by beating one.

Everyone avoided the giant's route and continued to walk into the valley. Everyone kept quiet along the way. Only the captain and the deputy team would occasionally talk in a low voice about the route, and then quickly left.

【Keep moving】.

Judging from a record found by Mo Lianren, there are surveillance-type phantom beasts in the valley, and those surveillance beasts will be noticed by these surveillance beasts if they remain still for a long time-although they don’t understand why it is such a strange attribute, the team still follows the According to the previous experience, I have not encountered any problems.

Finally, after the number of lava giants gradually decreased, Lu Ning came to a low-lying valley, and there was a pile of stones that were obviously piled up by humans. A tuning fork-like mechanical device.

"It's not wrong, this is one of the roads that the main force of the advance team took."

The advance team has organized multiple explorations of the Beast God Valley, and there are many directions. Since the Longwangjiao in front has been recorded, if you continue to move forward, you will definitely see some traces left by the previous advance team, such as the thing commonly known as the "diary" in this army.

Longmai quickly took out a few data cables from the side, and transferred the data in the "diary" to his own terminal to share with Lu Ning. The information is of course listening while walking.

The first is a slightly younger voice.

[This is Feng Manting, the superior ordered that we will not leave time records here, I am a member of the advance team. 】

"Heavenly Soldiers." Mo Lianren said in a low voice.

"Shh...keep listening." Lu Ning slightly amplified the audio information shared by the team.

[The sixth exploration of Beast God Valley, this time I will lead the team, this should also be the last time.After this mission is over, I will also return to Outpost 1, regardless of the outcome.

A total of 200 outposts and nearly [-] people participated in this operation. They entered the valley in four directions. All actions were the same as before, and they were free to retreat in case of any dangerous situation.We will investigate the clusters of B-level phantom beasts and the special geological conditions in the Beast God Valley.complete. 】

A silence ensued, with occasional growling heard.

The job of the "diary" is to record sounds, but not all of them will be recorded. It will only work when the sound reaches a certain threshold, usually above [-] Hz. Of course, it can be adjusted higher to eliminate noise.

Fast forward a little, and a human voice appeared again.

This time it was a violent gasp, and the voice was replaced by a female voice.

[We have encountered a group of Eudemons!There is a fierce battle ahead!I was ordered to come here to record a message, be careful of red lights and purple plants!The situation is unclear at the moment!But the captain is resisting - oops, something's coming! 】

The sound of rocks, roars and screams, was only moments later before silence returned.

"Sacrificed?" Tie Mei's voice was a little heavy, "We didn't see any corpses nearby."

"The volcano is active here, one eruption may bury the body, and it cannot be found." Longmai said.

More than ten years is enough to erase any traces of battle.

Lu Ning continued to search for the following recordings.

[This is Feng Manting.We met the gods of the Beast God Valley. 】

The voice that appeared again was much hoarse.

[A-level Eudemons do exist, and fortunately they are... We were able to retain some personnel.Phantom stars are under their protection, no, it should be said that this galaxy is under the protection of A-level phantom beasts.This information needs to be reported, and I also need to tell Mr. Pang Xu.Other than that, other than that... can't leave, we can't leave.Don't know why, but can't leave. 】

What followed turned into Feng Manting's muttering to himself, as if he had some kind of hysteria.Lu Ning frowned, and asked, "Can any of you hear what's strange in this passage? I always feel that he has encountered something more astonishing."

"A-level Eudemons is not a big deal?" Spades whispered.

"We knew that there might be A-level phantom beasts here, and they probably came here with this psychological expectation. It's no big deal." Baihu said lightly.

"Captain, can you allow me to say something?" Yang Hao suddenly said.

Ever since killing the man who came back from the prisoner, Yang Hao has become much more reticent, and she no longer often satirizes others in a strange manner. Lu Ning has also been staring at his situation. Now that she is willing to speak, she let him talk about it. .

"I have studied the situation of many phantom beasts, and their characteristics can be called 'selective illusion' and 'ideology retention', and this Feng Manting's situation is likely to be affected by the opposite effect."

"The opposite effect?"

"I haven't seen A-level phantom beasts, but I have already understood some of the evolutionary characteristics of low-risk phantom beasts. They will resist things that are particularly harmful to them. If it is some kind of fatal danger, if they survive Afterwards, the traits will still be retained, and continue to affect the surrounding populations. I think this is the reason why the phantom beasts you found around have similar characteristics."

"It's not difficult to understand, but what does it mean in reverse?" Lu Ning asked, "Can they add their own characteristics to others?"

"No...Captain, resistance to this kind of thing, one is defensive type, most of the organs you recovered are like this, camouflage, evasion, and carapace are similar. The other offensive type is specialized To deal with those harmful substances and eliminate them directly, Feng Manting will probably encounter the latter."

"You mean he has any harmful substances on him?" Mo Lian asked.

Yang Hao laughed: "On him? No, it's in his brain. The A-level Eudemons thought that some things he knew would be harmful to the entire Eudemons group, so they wiped out that part. His speech also It can be shown, as if I have suffered some kind of antagonism, and I can’t say what I want to say.”

"Hey, we don't want this to happen." Spades hurriedly said, "They must have gone to a very deep place to encounter A-level creatures, but since this can be said, it means that A-level creatures themselves are not a secret, Isn’t that the more you know, the faster you die?”

"White fox, what is the conclusion of the biological evolution model?" Mo Lianren asked.

"According to the strength of the phantom beasts, A-level creatures must not exceed the fourth-level energy in terms of phantom stars, and it is difficult to reproduce. But B-level phantom beasts are not out of the ordinary, and it is difficult for us to judge the B-level here after that Will the creatures continue to increase."

"Captain, that A-level creature saved Feng Manting's life, probably because he wanted him to pass on a message. But doesn't this message sound familiar?" Long Mai said.

Feng Manting kept repeating "can't leave" at the end, just like Tianmuyi's message, hoping that everything would be buried.And the more this happened, the more like a mystery what happened in the first place.It's easy to think that this is something that will cause a lot of trouble if you know it, but how can you make others believe you when you don't know anything?
At this moment, another voice came from the recording that was constantly moving forward, calm and a bit Confucian.

[It looks like this is the diary device. Hello everyone who heard the recording, I am Pang Xu. 】

Everyone was refreshed, the highest leader of scholars in the advance team, and the figure who gathered all kinds of mysteries finally revealed his voice.

[Those who are willing to come here must have great curiosity about the Beast God Valley, or they have seen relevant information from the materials left by various outposts and plan to find out.Previously, I had already entered the deep area, and had a conversation with the A-level "Phantom Core" here, and the two sides also reached some agreement, I am sorry that I cannot tell you here.

I am here to give you two choices, remember, after choosing, there is no way out.

First, turn back immediately. I can't predict what the future alliance will be like, but you can always find a way to convince them that the entire fleet will stay away from the phantom star and never return. All the information here is regarded as a phantom. Let it Forever dusty.

Second, keep moving forward, you will encounter B-level Eudemons "Gatekeeper" and "Door Opener" in the core area of ​​Beast God Valley. If you win, you can know some truths.But at the same time, we and the "Phantom Core" will regard it as a declaration of war, and we will become inevitable enemies.

This is not a decision that can be made on behalf of others. Everyone present, please use your own thinking and choose the path that best suits your thinking. 】

The voice ends.

(End of this chapter)