Returning from the abyss

Chapter 581 Opening

Dry, windy, bleak land, gloomy sky.

In this deserted wilderness, there is not even a trace of people.The giant tree that has been dead for a long time is being broken off its last branches, and the weathered rocks have turned into jagged and grotesque appearances. One barren hill is connected to another barren hill. Occasionally, a broken stone tablet can be seen, which proves that it was once buried here. who.

... just that, only that.

Lu Ning tugged at the collar uncomfortably.Death is already a common thing for tourists, but this environment is really saturated with death. Although there are indeed some shadowy buildings in more distant places, it is the first time for six people to come here. The first reaction was to stand still and not move.

[The scene has entered, the chaotic scene-the past of the dead country.

Special reminder: In the chaotic scene, there is no technological classification and no force restriction. You must complete the entire scene task (including the main line and the branch line) before you can leave.

This mission:

1-Investigate the ruins (0/3), this task is a team task.

2- Obtain a temporary residence qualification for a camp.

3-Take one of the submarine train, ghost train, and star train to the capital.

4-Visit the Dark Sage and get at least one blessing.

5- (Optional) Enter the inner city of the capital.

6- (Optional) Collect seven royal emblems, this mission is a squad mission.

7- (Optional) Investigate one of the Eternal Corridor, Broken Mirror Ruins, and Deep Palace Prison.

8- (Optional) Bury the king. 】

Lu Ning took a breath of the smoke and dead air, and examined her clothes.

The black fit clothing has a slightly silky texture, and a pair of gloves fit the palm perfectly, with inconspicuous golden patterns embroidered on the edges of the clothes and gloves.The clothes are also close-fitting black trousers, the ankles are tightly wrapped with leggings, and the shoes are made of unknown craftsmanship, light and soft leather shoes, which perfectly isolate the feeling of the ground and at the same time eliminate the sound of footsteps .

She slowly pulled up the sleeves, and saw a black emblem on the inner side of her forearm, a pair of staggered sickles were entwined with thorny vines, and the vines twisted into a skull-like appearance near the wrist.Although there was such a thing, Lu Ning didn't feel any discomfort, instead, some kind of power flowed in her body.

There is no information about the scene.For everything here, everyone is unknown, and the barren content given by the mission can't explain anything. Lu Ning looked at the other people. Everyone has obviously thought about a lot of things, and now they are looking around.

"Other teams should have come to a similar place." Zhu Qinyuan said, "But this is a chaotic scene. I haven't experienced it before. Does anyone of you know something?"

"A place where technology and magic are mixed, chaos and disorder are the essence of this type of scene." Yan Rong said, "There is no sun, moon and stars in the sky, only light that cannot be judged from its origin, the ground is barren, and production has become extremely difficult. Things, monsters will walk the land and attack anyone who lives."

"Is this a chaotic scene?" Yuan Jie asked.

"No, this is just one of them, and it also fits the one in front of us." Yan Rong has already grasped the spear in his hand, "Everyone, I think we need to hold weapons in our hands at all times. In this type of scene, There is no safe place in the world."

Everyone immediately drew their weapons when they heard the words, Zhu Qinyuan was a long sword, Yuan Jie was a double-edged axe, Rang chose a thorny shield and a short sword, Lian Bisheng was a nail head hammer.

"Your tasks should be the same." Jean said in a low voice, "Relics, camps, we may have to search for the key words of the first two tasks. The buildings in the distance should be a good choice."

"Anyway, there is no direction...Let's go?" Lian Bisheng pointed at a shadow like a castle on the hillside in the distance with a mace, "How about just over there?"

Since I don't know anything, I really can only try my luck like this.The six people guarded each other's surroundings, and began to climb over the hillsides one by one at a leisurely pace.The terrain here is uneven. Although it is desolate, you can still see a lot of one-meter-high weeds occasionally. Out of prudence, everyone detoured a little farther.

After walking around like this for more than ten minutes, I still couldn't see any living creatures, but at least I was close to the target.This castle is not as huge as imagined, just like a fortress made of stones in the Middle Ages. The width of the city wall is only about [-] meters, and the height is only a little over two meters. The extent of turning over.

And the condition of the castle doesn't look very good. The walls are covered with black stains that seem to be left after something decayed. The cracks between the stones in many places are very obvious, and some of them can already be seen through. scene.

"I'll turn over and take a look." Yan Rong thought for a while and said.

"Me too." Yuan Jie immediately raised his hand, "I don't know if this place is a relic or not."

The two looked at each other, rushed to the wall at the same time, stepped on the wall lightly, turned over and landed behind the wall, and scanned the surrounding situation with their weapons horizontally.

"Hmm... a pile of weeds, but it's very quiet." Yan Rong said inside, "Everyone, come in too."

Of course, there was no problem for the four of them to cross the wall with their hands. After Lu Ning landed, he was immediately covered by weeds. The courtyard behind the wall was already in a state of overgrown, and of course, they were all dead.

"Go around, let's look at the doors and windows." Zhu Qinyuan quickly moved close to the main body of the inner building, came to a square window made of stone, looked inside, and then shook his head.

Still empty, just an empty hallway.The corridor is very narrow, and the only special thing is that it looks a little damp, as if the humidity in the castle is slightly heavier.Lu Ning and the others also searched for some windows and looked at them. They were similar, but Yan Rong saw a kitchen, but it was obviously not used for a long time. Moss had already grown on the fireplace, which was because of the humidity. It is a living plant.

"The door is here."

Jean found a door, or at least there should have been a door, and now there was only a square opening.This door leads to a small hall, where there is a stone table and a few stones. Most of the traces have long been decayed, but from the overall layout, it seems to be a place to rest and chat, similar to some women drinking tea and chatting here in the afternoon. Doors connect to the yard for easy going out.

"Everything is rotten, so how can you search for things?" Yuan Jie searched for a long time and found nothing useful, feeling a little depressed, "Go on and don't know what you will encounter."

"Miss Yan Rong seems to have some understanding of chaotic scenes. I wonder if it can be predicted?" Jean asked.

"No, because the biggest feature of the chaotic scene is that it is unpredictable. It may be a living person, it may be a dead person, it may be a monster, or it may be some killing machine, ancient golem, shadow monster... It may be everything. .”

"Tsk." Zhu Qinyuan smacked his lips, "This kind of scene is really tricky."

"Let's go inside and have a look."

The area of ​​the castle itself is not too large, and the disadvantage of the stone building itself will occupy the internal space. However, if you find the stairs to go up, you can find that the builder has expanded the activity space as much as possible under the limited conditions.There is a large room in the center of the second floor, a huge stone throne, and small stone chairs lined up on both sides.On top of that, there's a black mass huddled together on that throne.

"At least it doesn't look like a rock." Yuan Jie said, "Let's approach it carefully?"

"It's best like this. I have a long weapon, so I'll test it out." Yan Rong lowered his body and slowly approached with his gun in hand, while the rest surrounded him in a semicircle in all directions.

After finally approaching the throne, Yan Rong slightly touched the black object with the tip of his gun. At that moment, an extremely ear-piercing scream resounded throughout the room, and the black sphere bounced up. Mi, a monster covered in messy black feathers and most of its skin in a dissolved state, it used two hands with only three claws to go straight to Yan Rong!

This sudden change was instantly intercepted by a shot. Yan Rong pierced the monster's abdomen with one blow, pulled an arc in mid-air and threw it hard behind him, making a loud cracking sound.The monster's body exploded on the spot, and the scattered flesh and blood quickly turned black, dried up, and slowly disappeared.

"It's really not human." Yan Rong sighed, "My strength seems to have increased, and I didn't use so much strength just now."

"But that monster doesn't look very strong." Zhu Qinyuan frowned, digging his ears, the scream of the monster just now was really harsh.

"Indeed, maybe we..."

"Is it foggy?" Lu Ning suddenly interrupted Yan Rong.

"It seems to be." Lian Bisheng went to the window and looked outside, "I can't see clearly in the corridor. Could it be that the humidity here is too heavy?"

"Anyway, it shouldn't be a good phenomenon. In the chaotic scene, climate change is often the cause of some special situations, everyone get closer." Yan Rong flicked his spear, and everyone surrounded him.

The mist quickly became visible to the naked eye. Different from the usual white mist, there seemed to be some colored halos in this mist, but it was very faint and could only be discerned through careful observation.But the light inside the fortress was dim, and nothing could be seen at all.

Just when the fog was so thick that it could only be seen for two or three meters, Lu Ning suddenly heard a rustling sound.

"Guys, are you—"

"Lu Ning, don't make a sound!"

The fog was surging, and a hair-raising coldness came through the fog.Lu Ning immediately swung his knife to meet him, but the one next to him was even faster, and he had already raised a shield with one hand to block Lu Ning. The sound of metal clashing made Jean's body tremble suddenly.

"A lot of strength..."

He said something with a slight smile, but the dagger in his hand stabbed out without hesitation, and the attacking thing flew away.

It was a dagger linked by chains.

At the same time, small shadows began to appear around them. They came out from behind the stone chairs. Some of them were holding weapons such as short knives and daggers, and some were simply opening their claws. There were at least twenty of them in number. indivual.Lu Ning's mind tightened, she didn't expect to experience a battle when she first came to this scene?
"The strong enemy is in the direction of the door, throwing chain weapons to attack." Jean said unhurriedly, "I can deal with throwing weapons, but I can't judge the close time of the opponent. Everyone, please pay attention to helping hands."

"Then let's kill these little monsters first." Zhu Qinyuan held the Taidao horizontally, "They are not that strong, but I don't know if they have any ability to infect, so don't get hurt."

"Okay!" Yuan Jie clenched the handle of the ax tightly, "I'll trouble you to block the front!"

At the same time as the little monsters rushed over, the six of them separated to meet the enemy.Lu Ning held a monster's dagger with a short knife. Its strength was not too great, and it was not much different from her own, but its skills were extremely rough, and it just relied on fierceness to attack blindly.After three cuts, Lu Ning understood the attack of this little monster, cut off its head with one blow, and then intercepted the next one.At the same time, other people dealt with monsters very quickly. Yuan Jieli slashed wildly with an axe, and those monsters couldn't get in at all; Zhu Qinyuan was extremely fast, and the blade quickly passed the monster's neck like lightning. In a short while, six or seven of them had been chopped off at the head and abdomen, and Lian Bisheng, the only one standing behind, also smashed the heads of the two little monsters that jumped up one by one.

Rang and Yan Rong went straight to the door.

The fierce metal collision sound reflected that the door was in a stalemate. After Lu Ning killed two more little monsters, he suddenly felt something was wrong. How many of these not-so-strong monsters died?She has already chopped off seven of them, and the others will only kill them faster. There should be only a little over 20 little monsters in the house before, and they should have disappeared long ago.

"It's still coming!" Yuan Jie shouted loudly, "Where did they come from? I've cut off fifteen of them! Why are there still?"

"Hmm...Damn." There was another smashing sound from Lian Bisheng's side, "I've killed several of them too, I can guarantee that these little monsters are still coming out continuously."

"Come from outside?" Zhu Qinyuan asked.

"This room is in the middle, not connected to the outside, and the small window can't squeeze any monsters in. Maybe it's from the door..."

Lian Bisheng's words were interrupted by Yan Rong: "There is only one door here! No monsters appear here!"

"That can only be this fog." Lu Ning said loudly, "These monsters come from the fog, and they don't leave any corpses when they die."

"Let's kill first." Yuan Jie felt helpless, "If that's the case, we must either find a way to escape now, or wait until the fog dissipates."

"The guy at the door... is a bit tricky!"

It was still Yan Rong's voice, Lu Ning frowned, if Yan Rong said it was difficult, then the guy blocking the door is indeed not weak.

Fortunately, the scene hadn't reached the point of seeing the first kill. After Lu Ning killed more than a dozen little monsters, the field of vision finally gradually became clear. At least half of the room could be seen clearly.

The speed at which monsters appear has also slowed down. They will still rush out from behind the fog and stone chairs to try to attack, but they are always counter-killed because of their loud noises.The guy blocking the door also gradually revealed his appearance.

(End of this chapter)