Steel Chang'an

Chapter 33

Li Jing was serious this time, and agreed that 5 minutes would be 5 minutes, and when the time came, he set off immediately.

As a result, when Mu Yun entered the mecha, she was dizzy all over. For a while, her mind was full of the romantic body control movements taught by Li Jing just now, and for a while, she was thinking about the usage of the battle sword in "Knight's Travel Record"...

But I heard Li Jing say: "You don't need to be too nervous. With your talent, you can use 5 minutes to get a general understanding of the usage of Zhan Ge. Although it is impossible to master it completely, it is more than enough to open a way in the sea of ​​thorns. "

"Open the way?" Before Mu Yun came back to his senses, he saw Li Jing operating in Wuming, throwing the heat energy war weapon he had handed over from Jin Ge team Hu San before.Mu Yun instinctively took advantage of the situation, and the battle armor Xifeng held the Zhan Ge in his hand, and danced twice, which happened to be the starting move that he learned in "Knight's Travel Record" just now.

"Not bad! It seems that you are ready!" Li Jing praised, "Let's go!"

The endless sea of ​​thorns is right in front of you.

Under the silvery moonlight, the black thorns began to squirm silently in the night wind as if they were conscious, unfolding their thorny branches, and gradually revealed their ferocious features in the face of the intruders, as if preparing to use blood sacrifices to guard the land. Secrets buried deep underground.

Mu Yun took a deep breath, and got ready to fight, manipulating the armor West Wind to move forward!
After walking a few steps, Mu Yun felt that something was wrong.Turning his head, he saw that Wuming, the battle armor controlled by Li Jing, did not follow at all, but walked leisurely like a walk, separated by a long distance from the battle armor Xifeng.

"What's the situation?" Mu Yun asked.

"You lead the way, I'm the queen." Li Jing's lazy voice came from the battle armor nameless, "Isn't the heat energy war weapon in your hand? Remember to use the wind trace on your feet when you move later."

"Oh..." Mu Yun replied, and after a while she came back to her senses, "You blasted the Jin Ge team before, and you took this heat fighting weapon, just to open the way now?"

"Otherwise?" came Li Jing's listless voice, "This thing looks gorgeous, but it's not easy to use in actual combat. It's good to open the way, so as to save our own weapons from being wasted."

Looking at the endless sea of ​​thorns, Mu Yun thought it made sense, but then suddenly thought: "Then you just taught me the romantic physical skills, and temporarily let me learn how to use Zhange, should I use it?" Wouldn't it be for me to open the way for you with this thermal weapon, so you can sit back and enjoy it?"

"Otherwise?" Li Jing said as a matter of course, "Teaching you, of course, is to let you apply what you have learned. You should use your brains to think about it. The pursuers will arrive at some time. If it weren't for you, you can still send them." Why would I waste my time stopping and teaching you?"

really!I knew it!Mu Yun's heart was shouting: What chivalry and being a teacher are all my imagination!He said so many beautiful words—becoming a real knight and reaching the realm of human-machine integration, which made him stunned for a while, but the ultimate goal was to let him ride the thunder ahead!

Seeing the sea of ​​thorns in front of him, Mu Yun knew that Li Jing could no longer be counted on, and now there was no other way to go if there were pursuers, so he could only shoulder the heavy responsibility to open the way.But just before the battle, he remembered one more thing, "Since I'm the one to open the way, shouldn't it be you who carries the airtight cabin behind me?"

Although the weight of a metal airtight cabin is nothing to a twenty-ton mech, after all, the increased load will have an impact on the operation and rhythm.

"Oh, that, you can continue to carry it on your back, you're welcome, it's also necessary to feel the impact of the load change on the operation and rhythm." Li Jing said generously.

Who is being polite to you!Mu Yun really wanted to shout.But I heard Su Sheng's aggrieved voice from behind, "It turns out that I am a heavy-duty unit in your mind..."

"Otherwise? What else can you be?" Mu Yun and Li Jing answered in unison this time.

Su Sheng closed his mouth aggrievedly.

Mu Yun took a deep breath, and the armor Xifeng raised his sword, pointing to the vast sea of ​​thorns:
"set off!"

There is no way in a sea of ​​thorns.

After entering the Sea of ​​Thorns, Mu Yun opened the holographic map left by Hu San and adjusted to the real scene comparison mode.A distorted red route appeared in the sea of ​​thorns covered by the holographic map. This route was also covered with thorns, but after detection, it was confirmed that there was no quicksand below the road, and the ground could bear the weight of a [-]-ton mecha. .

But to pass this road, we still need to overcome obstacles and open up a real road.

According to the Zhan Ge starting style recorded in "Knight's Travel Record", the battle armor West Wind holds the Zhan Ge horizontally, stepping on the wind trace, with the sharp edge facing outward, and an arc of light cuts down!

I saw a gap in the bush of thorns in front of me, with broken branches scattered on the ground, but more thorns stretched out with black thorny branches, tightly entangled Zhan Ge, and took advantage of the trend to attack Xifeng's body. Spread and grow!
Sure enough, as Li Jing said before, this patch of thorns is polluted by the biological crystal liquid in the groundwater. Rather than saying that they are plants, it is better to say that they are alienated mechanical creatures. Once attacked, they will automatically fight back!

Mu Yun hurriedly shook the Zhan Ge, and hurried back, but felt the pulling force of the black thorns was extremely strong. If Mu Yun hadn't used the blowing snow taught by Li Jing before to relieve the force, he almost let go of the Zhan Ge and was pulled away by them up.

"Don't cut hard, when are you going to cut like this?" Li Jing's battle armor Wuming stood quite far away, completely unaffected by the black thorn attack, and he was able to give Mu Yun an idea in his spare time, "Use heat energy to Output, this thing is not heat-resistant!"

Mu Yun secretly cried out ashamed.Just now he was busy recalling the moves he had learned before, the Zhan Ge he slashed had no moves, but he forgot to use the performance of the thermal Zhan Ge.Mu Yun quickly connected the Zhan Ge to the mecha's weapon system, adjusted the output power to [-]%, and re-attacked!
Still an arc flash!But this time the Zhan Ge's sharp edge shone with a golden light.

The Zhan Ge of thermal energy swayed a shining arc with the scorching high temperature. The small thorns that were a little closer had been evaporated and withered by the high temperature before they touched the Ge. The high-frequency electromagnetic particles attached to it instantly cut and tear.The battle armor Xifeng twisted his waist and swung his sword, forcibly cutting a gap in the impenetrable thorn bushes that could allow a twenty-ton mecha to pass through!
"Let's go!" Mu Yun roared quite mightily, with Heng Ge in front of him, manipulating the armor Xifeng to trot through the thorn bushes, Li Jing's armor Wuming still followed leisurely behind, He was still rambling on, "What's the hurry, look at the growth rate of the thorns, and you'll know that there's no need to hurry..."

What?Mu Yun turned around, only to see that behind the two zero-type mechas, the road he had just cut with the thermal energy weapon was disappearing at a speed visible to the naked eye!

The fast-growing black thorns once again filled the gap that Mu Yun made just now, but the time for it to completely close was just after the armor Wuming passed through.Almost at the next second that the Armor Wuming walked by, the tiny thorns drilled out of the sand and spread upwards, like black waves licking the War Armor Wuming's heels, but they still couldn't catch up with the War Armor Wuming's seemingly lazy footsteps.

This guy Li Jing... even mastered the rhythm of being lazy so well!Mu Yun sighed involuntarily in his heart.At the same time, he also understood why the safe route marked on the sea of ​​thorns map does not exist in reality, because no matter how the knights passing through the sea of ​​thorns cut down the thorns, they will grow again, just like black The waves generally gather behind the advancing knights.

The Sea of ​​Thorns is a veritable sea of ​​darkness.

At this moment, they had gone deep into the Sea of ​​Thorns, as if they were trapped in a dark ocean, surrounded by black thorns in all directions.Mu Yun stared at the red line on the holographic map, and kept waving the sword in his hand. He didn't dare to relax in the slightest. Soon, he felt muscle soreness, and the tiredness from not sleeping all night also surged up.

Even though this piece of thorns is just a mutated plant that was polluted by the biological crystal liquid, it cannot be regarded as a real mechanical creature.They just rely on instinct to devour the living creatures that enter this sea of ​​thorns, without the command of the central brain, so their attacks have no moves at all.

However, the scary thing about them is that their number is endless, and they can regenerate immediately after being cut down. If you don’t concentrate enough, you may be entangled by them, and then quickly engulfed by the densely growing branches and vines, eventually becoming a sea of ​​thorns. A mummy specimen of .

However, Mu Yun didn't see any mummified corpses along the way, but only happened to see a shriveled human hand exposed from the severed thorns, which was shocking enough.Fortunately, inside the mecha, there is no smell of charcoal roasting, otherwise Mu Yun is afraid that she will spit it out in the mecha.

Mu Yun also gradually understood in the process of moving forward, why Li Jing only gave him 5 minutes to learn the usage of war in "Knight's Travel Record", because there is really no need to learn more.He only needs to master a few basic fighting moves, coupled with the use of Feng Zong, it is more than enough to deal with these thorns.And these moves are not used to increase Mu Yun's opening speed, but to allow Mu Yun to use the most relaxed posture to cut through spines and save energy.

It's a pity that this heat-powered sword... Mu Yun sighed.This thermal weapon is considered high-end among the weapons of the [-]-ton mecha, but now it is used by him as a tool for chopping firewood. It is really a waste...

"Your usage is really a waste!" Li Jing's lazy voice came from behind. Mu Yun didn't expect Li Jing to have the same idea as her own, but she heard Li Jing say in the next sentence, "The rhythm of the output Can there be a little change, is it necessary for each strike to be [-]%? If you cut down like this, before you get out of the sea of ​​thorns, the energy of the weapon system will be exhausted!"

Mu Yun hurriedly checked the energy notification of the weapon system in the mecha, and it was indeed lower than 50.00%, so she couldn't help screaming "Oops."He is used to driving [-]-ton special mechas, and the energy estimation of the weapon system is still at that time, but he forgot that the armor Xifeng he is driving now is just the oldest zero-type mecha. The [-]% power output is not a big deal for a forty-ton special mecha, but it is quite a burden for a zero-type mecha. Every output can make the energy bar visible to the naked eye. Visible speed drop.

"I said, you don't really think that now is the time for you to chop firewood?" Li Jing sighed, "There is still half of the journey left to get out of this sea of ​​thorns, cheer me up, don't be lazy !"

Who is being lazy?The lazy one is obviously you!Mu Yun rolled his eyes, but he had to admit that what Li Jing said made sense. For the next half of the journey, if the output was as unrestrained as before, I'm afraid that when the energy of the weapon system is exhausted, it will only end up being caught by this piece of land. The fate of the sea of ​​thorns being swallowed alive...

etc!Mu Yun suddenly came back to his senses: "My weapon system has run out of energy, isn't there still you?"

"Are you kidding me? I need to take action in such a small situation?" Li Jing said disdainfully, "If I need to save even a sea of ​​thorns, I think you might as well hand over the heat energy battle to me, and go back as soon as possible Bar!"

Hand over the heat energy battle to Li Jing, and go out by yourself?Isn't that courting death?Mu Yun didn't dare to hand over the Heat Energy Zhan Ge.

"I don't want to trouble you..." Mu Yun gritted her teeth and made up her mind that no matter how hard it was, it would be safer to hold this heat-powered weapon in her hands.

In the second half of the journey, Mu Yun began to pay attention to the coordination between the output power of the heat energy battle weapon and the moves, and tried to suppress the output power at about 60.00%, and used the changes in moves to make up for the lack of lethality.

So tired... This was Mu Yun's first feeling.

The battle armor Xifeng I drove before was a 100-ton special mecha. Its core power system was powered by blood crystal energy blocks, and its output power was comparable to that of a [-]-ton mecha powered by white crystal energy blocks. Naturally, there is a difference between cloud and mud.After all, the energy provided by [-] yuan white crystal energy blocks is not as good as a blood crystal energy block.Therefore, he has never felt that energy is such a precious thing like at this moment.

In addition, his previous battles were all one-on-one knight duels. During the duel, who would deliberately suppress the output power below 60.00%?In a duel, what everyone pursues is to maximize the output power. After all, it is very common for one move to decide the winner.Moreover, the time for a duel will never be so long, and there will be no worries about running out of energy at all, so he has never trained himself to control the output.

Only at this time did Mu Yun realize that he had really underestimated the meaning of the word "knight".There is still a big difference between a duel on the duel field and a real battle...

"Boy, you're a fast learner!" Li Jing's voice came from behind.Ever since Mu Yun used moves to match the output, Li Jing seemed to be refreshed, "It seems that you are indeed a bit talented. You don't need to be reminded by the teacher, you know how to use the changes in moves to make up for the lack of output. It is not in vain to give advice to the teacher You old man. It's just—

"The move is coming soon.

"slow.

"Watch your feet move.

"Rhythm, where is the rhythm? Don't be like a wooden man, can you move more variedly?

"The output power is still too high.

"No, this is too low, it takes two strokes to solve it, waste, waste.

"This time the move is slow again, can you do it?"

……

You can do it, you should go!Mu Yun's heart was broken. He was already tense enough, but being pointed at by Li Jing behind him made him even more flustered.To be honest, Mu Yun really wanted to turn off the communication in the mech, so as not to listen to what Li Jing was saying, but he couldn't spare it now...

Then, the only way to make Li Jing shut up is to make him have nothing to say!

The red safety route displayed on the holographic map overlaid above the Sea of ​​Thorns is only a quarter of the way left.The remaining energy displayed by the armor Xifeng's weapon system is only a quarter.Mu Yun calculated in his heart that with his output rhythm just now, this little energy is enough to get out of the sea of ​​thorns!

Mu Yun continued to focus on the operation, and he no longer regarded Li Jing's nagging on the communication channel as interference, but followed Li Jing's instructions to make up for it after a mistake...

I don't know how long it took, but when Mu Yun came back to his senses, the communication channel was already silent.Under the silent night sky, there were only the sound of his own heavy breathing, and the howling of heat energy, accompanied by the hoarse roar of the thorns being torn apart.If you listen carefully, you can hear Su Sheng's faint snoring.

And in front of the battle armor Xifeng, there finally appeared a blank land without thorns growing.

Arrived!

Mu Yun's spirit suddenly lifted.The route marked in red on the holographic map has come to an end, replaced by a large white circle, which just covers this blank land where no thorns grow.

The entrance to the dead castle is here.

"Here it is."

Mu Yun turned her head, and saw Li Jing manipulating the battle armor Wuming came up, standing shoulder to shoulder with him, looking at the open space ahead, and said with emotion: "This journey is really not easy."

It's not easy for me, right?Mu Yun complained in his heart.

There was a rustling sound from the metal back cabin, as if someone stretched himself after waking up, and then heard Su Sheng's voice saying: "Hey, these thorns seem to be very afraid of this open space, so they didn't follow. .”

After being told by Su Sheng, Mu Yun noticed that this blank land surrounded by black thorns seemed to be a forbidden area for the thorns.Although the thorns cut down by Mu Yun are rapidly regrowing, the thorny branches that protrude only dare to grow close to the edge of the blank space, as if there is something scary dormant under the white sand.

"It's quicksand." Li Jing said, "There should be a dark river under this piece of sand."

Only the existence of underground rivers can saturate the loose sand in this area, and the sand will roll over to form quicksand.

Li Jing narrowed his eyes, "This underground underground river should have a lot of water, and the flow speed is extremely fast, causing this piece of quicksand to move at a high speed all the time, so even thorns cannot grow here. It seems that the entrance to the dead castle is Here it is."

"Then how do we go down?" Mu Yun asked.The route on the holographic map ends here, and there is no specific way to enter the dead castle.

"Go over." Li Jing said.Seeing that Mu Yun was still puzzled, Li Jing gestured to the thermal weapon in Xifeng's hand, "Throw that thing over there and have a look."

Overcoming all obstacles along the way, relying on this thermal weapon, Li Jing threw it away as soon as he said so, Mu Yun was really reluctant, but Li Jing said again: "Don't be reluctant, this thing lasts for several hours. The high-temperature output has never stopped, no matter how high-temperature-resistant materials are, they should almost be broken after such usage.”

Mu Yun shook his Zhan Ge, and sure enough, the golden light shining on the blade was already very weak.It was only then that Mu Yun realized that several hours had passed since entering this sea of ​​thorns.Li Jing just stood by and watched, letting himself fight alone until now.

Unknowingly, a ray of dawn appeared in the distant sky, shining on the blank ground in the middle of the Sea of ​​Thorns.

Mu Yun took a deep breath, let the battle armor Xifeng put on a stance, and used the "Blowing Snow" move that Li Jing taught before, and threw the Zhan Ge in his hand far away.

I saw that the Zhan Ge that accompanied Mu Yun all the way landed on the center of the empty space without prejudice, and then, it seemed that an invisible giant hand grabbed the Zhan Ge and dragged it into the sand.This rather heavy Zhan Ge sank into the ground without a sound like this, and disappeared from Mu Yun's sight.

"You saw it." Battle Armor Wuming turned his head and shrugged his shoulders at Mu Yun, "As long as we walk over, the quicksand will pull us underground, and then follow the flow of the underground river to enter the castle of death gone."

"Boss, what if we didn't enter the dark river, but got stuck in the quicksand?" Su Sheng asked a question that Mu Yun also wanted to know the answer to.

"Well, probably we can only wait for death slowly." Warframe Wuming shrugged again, "However, I reckon that the person who can make this map is still sure about the way to enter the castle of death. Anyway, there is no other way to go now, just try!"

As Li Jing said, he was already manipulating the battle armor Wuming to stride forward.Mu Yun also hurriedly followed, but he heard Li Jing still ordering in the communication channel: "Check whether the oxygen is turned on, I don't know how long it will take to enter the underground river after sinking, if the oxygen is not enough, then it will be a dead end .”

Dare to feel that you are not sure at all!Mu Yun regretted that she followed Li Jing into the quicksand without any hesitation. If she was really trapped and died here, wouldn't all the hard work ahead be in vain?

In such a flash, the quicksand had grabbed the armor Xifeng's feet and dragged it into the ground.

Immediately afterwards, a blank space appeared on the monitor of the battle armor Xifeng, which was endless gravel.

Outside the mecha, quicksand swallowed everything.

(End of this chapter)