dark moon

Chapter 23 Energy Supply Center
"There is no need to be too nervous. The danger is not as high as you think." Shuer signaled the team to maintain a dense formation and continue the previous exploration, searching every shadow around them as carefully as possible, "Don't forget, this is not Parvatija, this is an alien projection, and it is a low-energy projection world."

"Indeed, that thing just now was very fast, even faster than many of Parvadiga's gold-level monsters. It has exceeded the limitations of creatures in the low-energy world. However, their attack capabilities are much faster than those of Parvadiga's monsters. That’s not even close.”

"Boss, it's not that simple. I saw that that move just now was very powerful." The halfling has returned to the team. Shuuer doesn't dare to let him continue wandering around outside. Who knows if those weird things are capable of being discovered? As for the thief in the shadow, if anything goes wrong, it will be a meaningless sacrifice.

"Yes, speed brings power. That blow was really heavy, well... so heavy that it could even break through our skin's defenses."

For this world, even most bullets cannot break through the skin defense of those combat professionals in Parvatiga, and only claws can be effective, which is already considered a high praise.

"However, it's just scratching the skin. It can't even damage the muscles, let alone the fighting spirit defense of you physics-based warriors. That is to say, we casters have no fighting spirit to protect the body, and the mental shield is opened The speed will always be a little slower than yours, so it will be a little troublesome. But...stop, Mia, test another energy pipe."

"Bang", the lower edge of the dwarf's square shield landed heavily on the hard glass ground. Even if it was a stone slab, it might be cracked. Unexpectedly, the glass was unscathed.

Of course, this is not important. What is important is that the section of the road after the attack made everyone feel more tired than the previous half-day combined.

In the dark environment, the shadow of unknown monsters may jump out at any time, and there are more and more gravels, scrap metal, and debris on the ground. Everyone must stay focused. Even if they are distracted for only one second, it may bring helplessness to the team. Recovered losses.

Everyone is a veteran, and they know each other well, and they all understand in their hearts that although Shuer makes it easy, the reality is far from that simple.If the enemy is really as weak as Shuuer described, then Shuuer doesn't need to say these nonsense at all, and everything can be business as usual. It is precisely because he has a sense of crisis that he will continue to use words to ease the tension of the team, so that the Shadow Chaser can They are in the best position to respond to possible attacks.

"The energy pipeline turns here, and you sensed it earlier than I did." Mia pressed her palms on the glass floor. Under the transparent glass, there were many metal pipelines crisscrossing.After all, the backup energy supply only provides some equipment that is usually kept in a standby state, and the energy flow is very weak. Even a magic expert like Mia can't sense through the air easily, and must concentrate on it.

"Does this still require perception?" Shuer sighed and pointed to a large hard glass cabinet on the roadside. The metal equipment inside was vaguely visible in the dim light. "Don't you think its buzzing is annoying?"

It is indeed annoying, especially for shadow chasers with fully opened perception. This weak buzz sounds extremely clear.

"I understand." After sensing on the glass cabinet for a while, the elf mage nodded thoughtfully, "This is the branch point. The main pipeline transports energy to this device, which distributes it to different lines and transports it to the city. Everywhere. This is troublesome. Who knows how many of these things there are in the city? What if it is not the energy supply equipment that is out of service, but which one..."

"No, backup energy should also be distributed and transported by them. If they break down, the backup energy will also fail."

"You would store gold coins in a temple? Anyway, I wouldn't."

"I will, because I don't have any at all. It's all in Lisa's hands." Shuer curled his lips, "It turns out that unless our guess is wrong and the main and auxiliary power supply lines are two lines, the frogman does use the same system. The equipment, well, is at least put together.”

"Maybe. On the right side, the straight line distance is about 700 meters. That should be the last main pipeline."

"It's very close. Stay focused for a while. Don't have any accidents in the last few steps. Find the location of the energy supply equipment, and then you can relax for a while." The Dark Moon Scripture hanging on Shuer's waist suddenly floated to him. In front of him, he tapped his fingers on his chest, and a dim transparent light shield expanded outward with him as the center, quickly covering everyone.

"In the name of the moon, God loves the world." With a sacred look on his face, and ending with his fingers drawing a complete circle on his chest, Shuer recited a sacred prayer.

"Eh? What is this?" Moria poked the light shield with her finger, and it felt like a layer of viscous liquid had been penetrated.

"Dark Moon's Embrace is just a little trick." Shuer shrugged nonchalantly and released his magic, which made him feel a little more relaxed. "Mia led the way, and Moback was covering closely. The others stayed alert to follow up. Mirity and I'm in the center of the team. Meridi, please look at me, Mia, I'll leave the rest to you."

"Huh?" Several people looked at him subconsciously. The center of the team was the safest position, and Xiure rarely occupied it.However, looking at the outer light curtain, no one said much.

Little gimmick?
A small-scale defensive effect second only to absolute defense, a top-level divine spell that requires the cooperation of three high-level priests to maintain normally. Any external attack can be absorbed by the releaser's mental power. Although the absorption penalty is doubled, unless The penetration of the attack is so strong that it reaches the critical point. Otherwise, as long as the releaser's mental power is not exhausted, the people within the range will be nearly invincible.

Such magic is said to be a little trick. If the Dark Moon Goddess heard about it, she would probably immediately impose sanctions.

Of course, no one really believes that this is a little trick. If Xiure, who is used to being distracted and multi-purpose, can ask others to pay attention, one can imagine the difficulty of divine magic.But... putting all the pressure on yourself again?Or does he have any deeper concerns?
No one can answer this question, but the shadow chasers all know that the only way to share the pressure for him is to find the target as quickly and safely as possible.

"That black pipe is the energy pipe, Macajron, you can see it clearly." Mia took a deep breath. For a moment, the cold and distant elf mage who seemed to be indifferent to everything disappeared, replaced by a calm and calm one. , a leader who can control the overall situation.

"Ah? Yes, you can see it clearly." The halfling was stunned, unable to hide the surprise on his face, and nodded quickly, "The four black ones, you mean the second one from the right?"

"Yes, if I am too busy for a moment, you will lead the team."

"Understood." "Mobak, guard my right side, Moria, leave the rear left to you, other things remain unchanged, let's go now."

"Understood." Lin Jing said slowly, "I haven't seen you in this state for two years, Mountain Elf, I really miss you."

"Now is not the time for chatting, come with me."

Mia moves quickly, at least for a mage.Different from Xiu Er's habit of leading the team, after giving all the instructions at once, she completely gave up guarding and commanding the team and focused on exploring the path.

On the left, at 70 meters, there is an energy branch. The target possibility is extremely low, so ignore it.

120 meters ahead, energy fluctuations occurred. Was some emergency equipment on this line triggered?Keep it in mind, ignore it now.

27 meters to the front left, an underground pipeline breaks, non-energy pipeline, jump over.

The energy stability of the main pipeline fluctuated again, and another device was triggered?Or are the production facilities themselves unstable?

The energy pipeline on the right, right, and right is expanding, so it must be in that direction.

"Wait a minute, mountain elf, that's the wall over there." Moria promptly reminded her.

"Oh, a detour." Mia just raised her head and glanced at the road, then lowered her head again and changed the direction.

The closer Mia is to the target she is looking for, the faster her speed becomes. Each branch of energy merges into the main pipe, which means the stronger the energy output from the main pipe, and the easier it is to sense it.In the end, it was no longer even necessary to sense energy changes to determine the location of the target, because even if the light was dim, everyone could see that there was an abnormal building just to the left of the team.

It is not accurate to say that it is a building, because it is just a metal fence and a giant metal door more than ten meters wide. The fence and door are embedded in the mountain wall. Entering is equivalent to walking into the mountain.This is also one of the few places in the city where hard glass is not used to separate the city from the mountain.

"It seems that you guessed it right again." She looked back at Xiure. Although she knew that he couldn't hear her now, Mia still sighed and pointed to the building in front of her. "The target has been reached."

"Is this the target?" The dwarf was right next to Mia, and the thunderous voice made her frown, "Are we going in?"

"Otherwise, why are you here? You haven't seen a metal door before, so you come to take a look?" Mia's cold gaze made the dwarf shrink his neck. At this moment, he recalled the horror of magic.

"Macajron, go check the door, Saff, get the lancet back from Shuer. Forget it, you won't need it now. Come to me and alert me immediately if you hear any sound."

"Well..." Although the shy swordsman was very reluctant, he still lowered his head and followed Mia's arrangement.

"Moria, be on alert within the shield range, pay attention..."

"Ha, this is a normal door." Before Mia could finish speaking, Macajron shouted, "It's easy to open."

"As expected. Mo Buck, protect him. Nothing happens before he opens the door. You can't let him die even if you risk your life." Mia's order sounded completely emotionless, "Others shrink their formation. , be prepared to withstand an attack and be prepared to counterattack.”

"It's open, it's open." As the halflings cheered, the metal door was slowly opened to the outside. As soon as the door was opened a crack, the dwarf let out a low growl and stepped into the door, blocking everyone else.

"Creak, creak", the metal rubbed against each other, and the crack in the door opened wider and wider, and then several groups of will-o'-the-wisps flew in, lining up in two rows on the left and right.

"Follow up." Stepping inside the building, Mia looked around. It was neat and clean, and the mess outside was like a different world.

"Okay, security here shouldn't be a problem. Exhibitionist, wake up Shuer."

"This should be the energy supply center of the entire city. We finally found it."

"￥@￥%#@%@#￥", the sudden words suddenly sounded from different angles, making everyone tremble.

(End of this chapter)