dark moon

Chapter 244 Point Two

Whether stupid humans trembled in their hearts because of this is an unsolved mystery, but it was true that the moment they saw the Soul Clan base with their own eyes, their hearts were filled with shock.

Although the human steel fortress is different from those that the Parvatiga people are used to, the difference is only in appearance, and they are still similar in essence. Therefore, Shuur can distinguish the functions of those rooms as soon as he enters the fortress.But the soul clan's base is different. Many of their buildings are beyond the understanding of the Parvatiga people, so that Shuer and Moria can't figure out the purpose of these buildings at all.

After escaping the swarm's lair, the two did not return to the fortress, but turned northwest and headed straight for the Soul Clan's base.The purpose of their coming out today was to inspect the specific conditions of the two escape points on the spot. If possible, it would be best to confirm with their own eyes the surrounding environment of the escape points.

Although the attempt at the insect swarm's lair failed and failed to get close to the escape point, the environment has been roughly confirmed. The result of the confirmation is that the place is heavily guarded by the insect swarm. It is almost impossible to infiltrate quietly. It is inevitable. It's going to be a hard battle, so the escape point of the Soul Clan base has become the last hope. If there is any problem with the escape point here, then more than 30 people will have to fight head-on with the bugs.As for the burrowing spider's lair?Don't be kidding, that's where the main army of the swarm gathers. Attacking there is no different from committing suicide.

Therefore, the two ran more than 70 kilometers in two hours, without even having time for lunch. Finally, in the afternoon, they felt near the Soul Clan base. There was also a carpet of bacteria here, but only one supporter grew inside the base. The area of ​​​​the blanket can just cover the base. As for the area around the base, there is open land everywhere. The land is barren and barren. I really don't know why these native creatures are fighting to the death on this land that has no value.

Lying on a hill far away from the base, looking down at the base of this strange race, although I had seen it in a three-dimensional image before, it was indirect after all. When I saw it with my own eyes, the feeling was completely different.

The first is big.

Wei said that the soul tribe likes to live in spacious places by nature, and their war weapons or their mechanical bodies are larger than humans. Therefore, Shuer is actually mentally prepared for the size of their buildings.But when I saw it with my own eyes, I realized that I was still too naive, and I didn't even know how exaggerated the spaciousness in the eyes of the soul clan was.

Looking at the Soul Clan base in the three-dimensional image, the side length of the hexagon is only 700 meters at most. However, on-site inspection found that the base was at least three times larger than imagined, and the remains of the mechanical body used as a reference, the smallest model , the height is also twice that of normal humans. Those long-range shooters with special appearances are even five or six meters tall, which is no worse than the largest beetle in the insect swarm.

Of course, there are only ruins left of the base, but among the ruins, you can vaguely see the shadow of when it was intact.

Smooth and without edges, this is the first impression given by the Soul Clan's base. The Soul Clan prefers bright yellow. From the exterior walls to the buildings, they are all made of bright yellow metal. Including the walls, all building surfaces are curved. Shape-shaped, smooth as a mirror, shining with colorful luster under the starlight.

The second impression is that it goes against common sense.The soul clan's buildings seem to be born to mock architecture. Perhaps due to their unique technical support, most of the buildings more or less violate the principles of architecture.

The ellipse-shaped building stands vertically on the ground, with only one point connected to the ground. The top of the tall spire is made of crystal, but the crystal is always floating on the spire. Even if the base has been abandoned, as long as the spire is not destroyed, the crystal will remain. Will not fall.A very large building in the shape of a cone, but the cone shape is inverted, with the tip pointing downwards to form a giant platform. There is also an oval-shaped machine that was broken off from the platform. The sides of the machine are covered with hatches, and there seems to be some kind of load. You can break out of it at any time.

The huge base is littered with the remains of the soul clan's mechanical bodies. Most of them were blown into parts in the final explosion. Only a few of the remains are still intact, but they have completely lost the ability to move again.Creeps cover the base, and walls, buildings, and broken machinery are surrounded by creeps. Creeps cannot grow on buildings, but the thick creeps have covered the lower half of all facilities, as if half of them are covered with germs. The ruins buried in the loess make people feel particularly sad.

All surface buildings have been destroyed. More than half of the huge production factory was blown away by the explosion. Most of the arrow tower-like buildings protruding from the ground were broken at the waist. Sparse insects crawled around on the mechanical remains. , drilling in and out of the cavity within the body, the entire base was lifeless and had been turned into a playground for bugs.

"I can feel that the escape point is in that direction." Shuer pointed at a building tens of meters high in the base and said, "It may be in that building. If there is no suitable escape point in the building, space, then it can only be underground. I hope it is underground. Maybe we can survive there. After we bring people here, we don’t have to tangle too much with the bugs. Even if we are attacked by bugs, we only need to escape in Underground, the remaining defense facilities of the base can also help us withstand it for a while, tsk tsk, it would be great if this could really happen."

"I think it's impossible for you to say this." Without the threat of the carpet, the two of them did not enter the invisible state. Moria smiled and paved the ground with her hooves, and said leisurely, "What do you think? It’s so beautiful. How can a high-risk activity like shadow chasing be such a good thing?”

"Is this considered Chasing Shadow?"

"What else?" Moria sneered, "Of course it is. The so-called shadow chasing is actually actively chasing the projected world, and it does not necessarily have to be for the purpose of treasure hunting. So, the eight of us are here to chase the shadow."

"Okay, actually I am very curious about chasing shadows, and I also want to try to join the ranks of shadow chasers. But we should wait until we go back to talk about this kind of thing. Now let's solve the immediate problem first. If you can't go back alive, what should you say? It's all in vain."

"You are already a shadow chaser. Of course, the premise is just like you said, you must go back alive first. After we go back, let's discuss the goals of the next shadow chaser, captain, hehe." Moria Patting Xiure on the shoulder, "Give me the order, let's go in now?" "Otherwise, do you still plan to hold a marching ceremony first?" Xiul tore open a scroll, and the fluctuation of magic enveloped the two of them. In the blink of an eye, , the two of them disappeared out of thin air, and no one could be seen on the hill again.

"I'm sure, at least there are no empty jellyfish within sight." Moria's unique voice came from outside the wall of the base, "But if there are other beings in the base who can see through invisibility, I can't help it. Who knows? There are a few more things like that big bug.”

"Whether there is or not, be ready to fight at any time. Just assume that we will definitely find out." Xiuer climbed over the gap in the outer wall and finally entered the soul tribe's base. "Once discovered, break out and evacuate immediately. I don't intend to put the reconnaissance It turned into a defensive war, and it was an isolated defensive war.”

"Eh? What you said is very ominous." Moria passed by a destroyed 'Arrow Tower' and patted it. It was not as cold as expected, but had a warm touch. .

"It's not a bad habit to be prepared for the worst in everything, at least you won't be caught off guard in the face of emergencies." Xiuer pulled the overly curious Lin Jing away from the building, "Watch your steps. .”

"Well, I know, you can't step on those small holes, there are bugs hidden in them." Moria also saw the scene of the bugs burrowing into the ground with her own eyes, and deliberately avoided the small holes left behind after burrowing into the ground. "It's so big The insects got in and only left such a small hole."

"This is a carpet, not the ground. They can still swim under the carpet." Passing by a relatively complete building, I took a look and found that the inside felt very much like Parvatiga's magic puppet production factory. , but the scale is much larger, and those devices, forget it, it’s better not to delve into things that you can’t understand at all.

"Sure, have you noticed that the most numerous buildings here are the special 'Arrow Towers'." Bypassing the obstacles, he planned to go straight to the target. However, the buildings in the base were distributed in a very distinctive way. From a distance, it was obvious that When you reach a target, you find that when you want to walk there, you will find that the path will be blocked by various other buildings, and you must go around in twists and turns.

Obviously, this is a base layout specially designed for war, which delays the possibility of destroying important targets to the greatest extent.The buildings that block the most roads are the 'arrow towers' with circular chassis. It seems that they usually shrink in the chassis to facilitate normal passage. Once they enter combat mode, they will stretch out to block the passage.

"Well, it's a bit like Parvatiga's crystal energy cannon. It's probably the soul clan's defensive weapon, like the automatic firearms in our fortress." After passing an 'arrow tower' that only extended halfway and then stopped, Shuer He looked into the short 'barrel' and said, "The caliber is much smaller than the crystal energy cannon. I don't know how powerful it is."

"It looks like the number won't be very large. After all, there are so many, so the energy consumption shouldn't be high." Moria kicked the same building a few times, "This one wasn't destroyed, but it seemed to be frozen when it was halfway up. It’s the same, has it lost its energy supply?”

"Probably." Shuer suddenly stopped and looked back for a while, "I discovered a feature. All their buildings are built around that kind of crystal tower."

"Eh, is that true? Is the crystal tower their energy supply facility?" Moria walked around the disabled fort and looked behind, "Sure enough, the crystal tower of this fort was destroyed, and that's how it got stuck. Yes."

"I'm afraid only the Soul Clan himself knows this." Regardless of whether Moria could see it or not, Xiuer shrugged noncommittally and quickened his pace.

The two of them didn't stop talking all the way. Of course, it wasn't that they felt uncomfortable without talking, but when they were not holding hands, they could only rely on their voices to judge each other's position. Although they could also judge each other's position through footsteps, for the sake of To avoid being disturbed by the activities of bugs, it is most reliable and safe to use the sound of voices to identify them. After all, Militty has confirmed that the bugs here do not have an auditory system, and they cannot speak.

"Wait a minute." Moria suddenly grabbed Xiul and stared at the tall building in the distance cautiously. "That must be our target. I think there are a lot of bugs inside. It's not a meeting."

Indeed, Shuer also noticed that although the bug did not notice the two of them, so Shuer did not react in sensing hostility, the faint breath of life in the building still showed that it was not as peaceful as imagined.

"Why don't we wait until they finish the meeting before going in?" He said the suggestion that he knew was nonsense. Just when Shuer was about to think about what to do, several bugs suddenly appeared in the open door of the building.

(End of this chapter)