The Witch's Taste

Chapter 398 Doppelgangers and False Gods

After passing through the long glacier fissure, the three of them entered a tunnel.

The tunnel is very wide, with a height of about five or six meters above the head.Chen Ziang used a flashlight to shine upward, and could see that behind the sealed layers of ice, there were countless corpses of giant insects trapped in it, like mantises falling into amber resin.

"I heard that this place was originally an ocean planet." Tsukimiya Suzuna said suddenly, "until the star suddenly decayed and collapsed, causing the surface temperature of the planet to drop sharply, and finally it became a polar planet."

"These bugs are the original inhabitants of the ocean planet." Xia Zili mused, "They worshiped the clones of the gods of the Plague Walkers. Later, due to sudden changes in the climate, these bugs, together with the clones of the gods, were sealed Under the thick ice—but isn’t it a bit strange that the clone of a god would be trapped by climate change?”

"As far as I know." Chen Zi'ang said thoughtfully, "The Kingdom of the Plague Walker is a large, humid, hot, silt swamp that lacks sunlight, so he must not be adaptable to this cold and water-deprived environment."

"In addition, the Plague Walker has countless clones, and each clone can continue to be divided again. Theoretically, if the number of clones is enough, the power will indeed weaken to an extremely exaggerated level."

"So why does he need a lot of clones?" Xia Zili asked curiously.

"It should be to spread the plague." Chen Ziang replied, "Each god has its own unique thinking mode. The Plague Walker is always obsessed with spreading the plague, so having as many clones as possible is extremely beneficial for him to spread the plague."

"The price is that if you share too much, you may be coveted by others." Tsukimiya Suzuna said matter-of-factly, "Let's go and kill that false god... huh?"

The ice beneath everyone's feet suddenly trembled strangely.

It was not an earthquake, but the strong vibration caused by something running in the corridor ahead and stamping violently on the ground.

Xia Zili subconsciously wanted to stop in front of Chen Ziang, but Chen Ziang had already stepped forward and stood in front of the three of them.

No matter what the invading enemy is, I will kill it with the Mandala Sword and collect as much fire as possible!
"It's the Zerg." Suzuna Tsukimiya said suddenly.

In front of the three people, shadows suddenly rose from the ground, like a huge net, instantly covering all the monsters rushing out of the tunnel.

Chen Ziang had already rushed out like the wind, and Xia Zili's [Feng Rang Ritual] also wrapped his whole body, turning it into a thick carapace that was hard enough.

He quickly pressed the ground with one hand. [Execution Crystal Cluster]!
Countless sharp and heavy crystal clusters broke through the ice from the wall next to them, instantly cutting off the path of the pursuers behind them.

Chen Ziang took the opportunity to send out his right hand, and stabbed the Mandala Sword three times in a row like the wind, quickly turning the three Zerg at the front into empty skins that had been sucked out of their existence.

Before there was time to confirm how many points were obtained, the Zerg behind had already launched a violent collision, smashing the crystal clusters blocking the way to pieces.

Summoning the Bloated Touch again to temporarily delay the approach of the Zerg, Chen Ziang quickly shouted:
"Zi Li!"

"Okay!" Xia Zili quickly transformed into a nearly 30-meter-tall flesh and blood giant, charging forward like a bull.

The flesh giant was so powerful that no Zerg could stand in front of her. They were all knocked into the ice walls on both sides, dying.

Chen Ziang followed closely, his mandala sword flying left and right, killing all the Zerg who were temporarily incapacitated.Occasionally, a few fish that slipped through the net tried to fight back, but Suzuna Tsukimiya bound their bodies with long shadow ropes, allowing Chen Ziang to kill them one by one smoothly.

The three of them cooperated tacitly, fought and marched all the way into the depths of the glacier tunnel.

Almost half an hour later, Imperial investigator Shi Qinglian also arrived at the entrance of the tunnel and saw this hell-like picture.

Before entering the tunnel, her inspiration noticed something was wrong and quickly put on the information filtering sunglasses.

These sunglasses can not only filter out harmful optical signals in time to prevent her brain from sanity collapse due to looking directly at the body of a lower race, but they can also store and analyze anything she sees. They are a must-have tactical equipment for imperial investigators every day.

The moment he stepped into the tunnel, Shi Qinglian smelled a foul stench.

It's a corrosive smell.

The filter device installed in the nasopharynx worked quickly and quickly fed back the sampling conclusion:

Zerg.

The Zerg race in the galaxy has various branch races according to the gods they worship.Among them, the Zerg who worship the Plague Walker are called "Sharps". They have bodies that appear to be festering but extremely strong. Their blood will quickly evaporate after being separated from the body, turning into some kind of corrosive gas. The suspended droplets inside Contains a large number of spore viruses.

Shi Qinglian remained calm, opened the medicine box he carried with him, picked out more than a dozen medicines and swallowed them, then looked around cautiously.

A large number of Zerg corpses were piled up in the corridor ahead, and dark green blood was everywhere, like paint splashed wantonly on the canvas.

All the corpses were left with only an empty skin, as if the flesh and blood had been eaten away by some unknown force.

Shi Qinglian took out the astrolabe and made a simple divination.

It is not a physical devouring, but an information disintegration.To put it simply, the existence of these Zerg races was forcibly erased by some force.The skins and shells lying on the ground now are just the remains of their bodies.

Such a strange scene made her feel uneasy.Shi Qinglian has seen a lot of the mysterious power that can kill lower-level races, but she has never encountered the method that can "erase" lower-level races - even the relevant records recorded in the library of the Ministry of Rites, Confidentiality is also so high that it is unclear.

Entering the thought palace in his mind again, Shi Qinglian began to try to analyze the current situation.

There was a fight here not long ago.

The two sides fighting should be Chen Ziang and these Zerg.What was obvious at the scene was that the two sides did not communicate much and started fighting as soon as they met.

In other words, these Zerg are already aware of the existence of humans, so they specially come out to attack them... No, it is not an attack, but an interception.

If it was an attack, they should adopt ambushes and sneak attacks instead of rushing out openly like this - this was more likely to be out of the strategic intention of dragging them in place as much as possible.

A possible scenario is that He Yuanling is carrying out some conspiracy in the deepest part of the glacier, and does not want Chen Ziang and others to get close, so it controls these Zerg to stop them.

After sorting out his thoughts, Shi Qinglian chose to move on without hesitation.

Although if she slowed down, there was a high probability that she could "sit back and watch the fight", but as an imperial investigator, she could not bet her fate on "what her opponent might do."

Chen Ziang and others and He Yuanling are hostile to each other. It would be best if both sides lose in a fight. What if any one of them is defeated quickly and fails to stop the other side's conspiracy?

I must put myself in a position to intervene in the situation at any time as soon as possible!

Deeper in the dark and cold tunnel, Chen Ziang killed the last Zerg and threw the blood on the sword to the ground.

The heavy pain and emptiness were eroding his soul.But he pretended to be nonchalant so that Suzuna and Zili wouldn't notice anything strange about him. "There is a little mouse following us." Suzuna Tsukimiya suddenly said.

"Human?" Chen Zi'ang asked in confirmation, "Or a foreign race?"

"Human." Tsukimiya Suzuna said calmly, "It seems to be an investigator from the empire."

"Don't worry about it." Chen Zi'ang shook his head and said, "Continue to go deeper, I feel it's not far away."

The three of them continued to move forward, but the tunnel ahead was already flooded by sea water.

The previous Zerg races seemed to have emerged from under the sea.

If it were Chen Ziang in the past, he might still hesitate for a while whether to enter the deep sea environment.

However, now he is already considered a big boss in dealing with mysterious changes. What kind of situation has he not dealt with before?The mere deep sea environment is not worth mentioning at all.

Putting on the leather armor of [Feng Rang Ceremony], the three people quickly fell into the sea and began to swim deeper.

The bottom layer of the glacier is not connected to the rock formation, but is separated by a large amount of connected sea water. To be precise, it "floats" on the sea water.

There were countless Sharp Zerg swimming around in the depths. Some of the Zerg had already noticed the three uninvited guests, but they did not rush to attack them. They just kept vibrating the multi-layered carapace on their bodies and emitted warning chirping sound waves along the sea water. The flow spread in all directions.

Chen Ziang's inspiration has already noticed that there is a huge insect beast rooted in the deep seabed guarded by these insects.

The opponent had legs as huge as a tall building, and his lower body was buried in the frozen seabed, making it impossible to move at all.

Right in front of the insect beast's head, there is a figure suspended in the sea water.Although there was no way to see the other person's appearance clearly, Chen Ziang's intuition told him that it was He Yuanling.This mysterious scholar is relying on some unknown means to forcibly draw power from the trapped clones of the Plague Walker, and then greedily uses it for his own use.

wrong……

Through the power bonus of [Profane Knowledge], Chen Ziang quickly saw through the superficial disguise of things.

It seems that He Yuanling found the trapped god's clone through clues from the stone doll, and attempted to become a god by absorbing its power.

In fact, it was the clone of the Plague Walker, stealing, infecting, and assimilating He Yuanling's body and spirit through this secret method.

He wants to transfer himself into He Yuanling's body, and then use this human to escape from the North River Star Region!
"What's wrong?" Tsukimiya Suzuna noticed something different in his expression and asked.

Chen Ziang thought about it.

If He Yuanling is killed here, there is no doubt that it will ruin the plan of the Plague Walker, and it is likely to attract the attention of this god.

But if you don't kill him, wouldn't you just sit back and watch this god's clone escape from trouble?

The other party once disturbed the two star regions of Aegelaos and Garcia. Now if it regains its vitality within the empire's territory, it may not have much consideration for humans.Not to mention that to retrieve Xia Qingyu's soul fragments, the profits from this "deal" must also be collected.

kill!

"Do it!" Chen Ziang gave the order, and the three of them immediately ignored the intimidation of countless Sharp Zerg tribes ahead and rushed toward the Heyuan Ridge in the depths.

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Imperial investigator Shi Qinglian felt extremely frightened the more he walked along this tunnel.

The number of Sharp Zerg that He Yuanling could influence had far exceeded her original expectations.

Generally speaking, it is impossible for one human being to dominate so many lower-level races.The difference in life levels destined the lower races to not obey the commands of humans.

There are two possibilities for this phenomenon: one is a witch associated with a god, just like Nishikawa Mie commanded the ghouls... Of course, He Yuanling cannot be a witch;

The other is that he has stolen a lot of authority from the gods, so that he can use the power of the gods to command lower races.

By now, Shi Qinglian has understood that the situation has deteriorated to such an extent that it is no longer possible for him to turn the tide alone.For a pseudo-god like this that is about to become a complete form, what should be dealt with is not the Imperial investigators, but a full Imperial destruction fleet.

If nothing else, if a dozen more Sharp Zerg come, her life will be decided here.

But Shi Qinglian was fearless.First of all, she has passed the information back to the empire, and secondly, for the investigator profession, finding out the truth of mysterious events and then dying sensibly is a very honorable and decent ending.

If she retreated the same way she came and spent the rest of her life regretting "what is the truth of the matter?", that would be something she couldn't bear.

Shi Qinglian continued to go deeper.The darkness ahead became thicker and thicker. The flashlight could only illuminate a very short distance, and the surroundings were so quiet that it was as if you could hear your own heartbeat.

The air seemed to be getting colder and colder, and every breath she took could form an obvious white mist, which quickly dissipated.

If he died here, his body should be well preserved if not discovered by the Zerg, right?

She used random thoughts to calm down the tension in her heart, and suddenly the ice beneath her feet began to tremble violently - so violently that she almost fell to the ground immediately.

Shi Qinglian immediately supported the ground, grabbed the flashlight that was about to be released, and then rushed forward while crawling on the ground.

If the passage collapsed due to an earthquake and she was buried alive, this would be a tragic death.

Even if she dies, she hopes to die after seeing the truth clearly!

The tunnel ahead went all the way down and was finally completely submerged by sea water.Shi Qinglian took out his mouthpiece from his backpack. This kind of polymer sieve can filter out enough oxygen from the water by biting it in his mouth.

But there is no way to overcome low temperatures.She quickly took off her thick coat, which would be extremely heavy once it absorbs water, and then jumped into the cold sea water without hesitation.

Shi Qinglian swam all the way down, his muscles all over his body trembling and moaning in the bone-eroding coldness.

There was actually an ocean under the iceberg. She was amazed by this magnificent natural wonder, but what shocked her even more was the countless insect corpses floating around, as well as the furious howling giant insect beasts on the deep seabed.

The howl was filled with rage, violence, and darkness, and was loud enough to send an Imperial investigator into a coma.

(End of this chapter)