Abyss Express

Foreword:

[bomb destroys everything, not selective attack]

[—Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev]

[Part① Artificial Sun]

The Pavlov substation was getting closer.

Thousands of meters away, on the towering rocky bedrock of the tundra, there are several huge windmills over a hundred meters slowly turning.

It was built in a Jedi, and the further direction is a cliff with a vertical depth of hundreds of meters.

Looking down from the cliff, you can see layers of strange rock platforms, which are insurmountable natural dangers for conventional vehicles.

The stone ballast road repaired here is the last stop of mankind.

To this day, there are still people staying here, providing power to the RSH outpost and observing the abnormal Reiatsu from the Niflheim Mist Country.

Jiang Xueming's team arrived here smoothly, parked the vehicle next to the dormitory building in the substation's living area, and saw this group of uninvited guests in heavy armor knocking on the door of the duty room.

Xue Ming kept asking questions along the way, and was very interested in the organization [Stairway to Heaven].

Hear from two VIPs, with additions from Jason Meghan.

This organization should be the followers of [Salary King]. They are not from the Crazy Butterfly Sect. They sneer at the brand of Vita, but they respect what the Salary King has done.

The way Ao Run Mingde bestows the essence to the passengers is to send the panacea to cure diseases and pains.

Those who preside over the ceremony can become kings.

Xue Ming didn't quite understand it at first, he couldn't figure it out—this [Salary King], with his virtue and ability, can be compared with the King Hunter, King Craftsman and King Tan.

The first three represent the armed security, scientific research industry, and road transportation of the Abyss Railway.

What can [Salary King] represent? Is it worth people to follow them? adore them? become them?

It was only later that the two VIPs clarified the term clearly.

It turns out that the salary king wants to become the sun, and it is true [to become the sun]—it is not a metaphor or an artistic rhetoric.

But from the physical level, it becomes firewood, burns up, releases energy, and becomes the sun.

Teacher A Ling talked to Jiang Xueming several times, and severely acted as a reply reader.

Xue Ming didn't understand in a daze——

——He really didn't expect that the underground sun he saw at the twilight pass when he drove to Fangfeng Village for the first time was a [Salary King].

That's not some natural phenomenon or ball lightning.

It is a person, a soul.

It was a Homo sapiens who had captured many essences and possessed undead runes, then used a powerful spirit body and a simple nuclear restraint device to turn into a human-shaped fireball and shine in all directions.

The sun can kill most viruses and fungi in nature.

The energy released by the sun can make the dead earth rich.

Solar energy allowed Homo sapiens to grow healthier and have stronger bones.

The sun never asks, the sun only gives.

Salary King, a new branch of the Crazy Butterfly Sacred Church, is like a deviant rock musician, pointing the middle finger at other members of the Sacred Church and swearing swear words.

When these powerful individuals with soul power chose this only way, they had already thought about how to plunder the essence, how to ignite themselves, how to dispel the Vita brand of the underground world, how to become a living sun that illuminates everything, and finally enter the world. The kingdom of heaven has changed from ordinary undead to gods and spirits in shrines and temples.

Therefore, their followers are also called [Stairway to Heaven].

As long as an artificial sun is successfully launched into space—

——The firewood who have helped the king of salary will also achieve the Tao alone, and the chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven.

These firewood are ready at any time, ready to become a solid platform for the ladder of the kingdom of heaven, and offer fresh essence, even human flesh, to the king of salary—as long as these powerful individuals have a blood-granting body and the desire for [meatism] With the ability to eat people, the firewood will not hesitate to collect essence for the leader.

Nietzsche once said - [He who fights monsters, be careful not to become a monster himself]

The Salary King is a group of unscrupulous people. They first fought against the Crazy Butterfly, and wanted to take a shortcut, so they used the blood power of the Crazy Butterfly and the Mountain Giant to become the fanatical seeds of the Salary King Sect.

They have long been turned into monsters, specifically, they should be a bunch of flesh and blood aggregates. For example, the earth dragon Anna obtained spiritual wisdom by devouring the spiritual essence of Homo sapiens, which is the same as the physique of the disaster beast [what to eat to replenish what].

They are not a certain person, but they are repeatedly selected, devour each other, and finally become a very complex mixture.

A salary king may have the memories of hundreds of people and the social experience of hundreds of people. The more complicated the recipe, the more complicated the quality.

Before the burning started, they would search for excellent elements in various cities of the railway system, look for powerful individuals, and use various means to kill these individuals, and finally swallowed them in their stomachs to prepare for the ignition ceremony.

These monsters never feel like they're committing murder—

——As long as the artificial sun can be created, this is a matter of blessings for future generations.

Even if it can only burn for hundreds of years, or decades, or even a few years. This fiery red sun will make a thriving human city-state appear in the dead underground cavity.

"Oh! It's a virtual idol!" Meteor immediately thought of the man in the leather case when he heard Mr. Aling's talk about the salary king: "Black and red are also red! Everyone came out to be an idol, isn't the ladder to heaven just a fan? "

Just as Jason took off his helmet, he was about to take a sip of engine antifreeze and warm his body with the ninety-six-degree water of life. Hearing the words of the meteor urn, he spewed out the wine, and everything turned into ice flowers.

Su Ling scratched her head: "It seems to be so."

Xia Xia scratched her head: "Indeed! Ah Ling! It's not just virtual idols, those hysterical artists who want to be on the big screen and big movie stage in their lives, don't they all do this? It's just that they don't kill or eat As a person, just focus on making money, regardless of whether the money comes from doing it cleanly, after becoming famous, you will do charity, become a charity ambassador, become an artificial sun, and you will be worshiped by people."

Xiaoqi helped the teacher scratch his head: "It makes sense."

Xueming was silent at the side——

——He is a rigorous and curious engineering student.

He has been obsessed with various mechanical structures and chemical products since he came out of the battery factory.

For a creature like King Xin, he was full of awe in his heart, and he was also thinking about what kind of magical soul power and what kind of powerful spirit body could transform the human body into nuclear fusion raw materials, and use the electromagnetic restraint of the spirit body to control it. The nuclear reaction rate can achieve the miracle of creating an artificial sun.

all in all--

——The founder of this sect is so mad that he might be able to pierce the moon while standing on the surface.

But this behavior of getting on the bus first and then paying the fare is really evil.

Leaving aside the good life brought by the time when the sun was burning, the way to collect the essence before that was to hunt the strong, whether it was spiritually strong or physically strong, whether it was humans or beasts, These things have to be sent to the belly of the crown prince. Let them eat and sleep well, just to fly to the sky one day to benefit all things.

Xue Ming also understood a little bit, why the group of people on the Stairway to Heaven were so worried about Undead Rune.

The physique of the [Desperado] is very miraculous, even if it is crushed and turned into powder scum, it can be restored to its original state, including brain structure and cortical memory.

Although I don't know whether the strong magnetic and electric fields of nuclear energy will change the synapses of these monsters, and whether the memory of the cerebral cortex will be lost in the nuclear reaction, but one thing is certain, the undead rune can at least burn the primeval essence of the king of salary. Afterwards, there is the possibility of reusing the waste.

For a freak like Mary Stuart, even if there is only one arm left, as long as she is connected to someone, she will be reborn in another way.

The firewood of [Stairway to Heaven] is always preparing to become the next crown prince.

It's just that this process is very cruel, like a bomb that can explode at the touch of a button.

The bomb doesn't pick a target, it destroys everything.

[Part② Giant]

At this moment, there are still 16 people on duty at the Pavlov substation.

Thirteen of them were outsiders, engineers in the station system. They greeted Jason and explained the current spiritual disaster index at the beach where RSH was located, and then continued to work at their respective posts.

The other three were natives of the RSH, kids from the beachhead outpost.

Most of them are fifteen or sixteen-year-old young people with disabilities and deformities. They send supplies from the substation to RSH, mostly canned food, and return to Hongxing Mountain every day.

Listening to the children's descriptions, it is completely different from the outpost that Xue Ming imagined——

——Red Star Mountain is not a mountain, but a village.

It covers an area of ​​more than 20 kilometers on the beach, which is much larger than an ordinary military base, but its population is very small. Currently, only about 50 people still live here.

After Jason communicated with the three children in Russian, he talked to Diamond.

"You stay here, the place we go is dangerous."

Diamond didn't understand: "Then why did you bring me here? I thought I could finally take an adventure with you! Brother Jason!"

Jason patted Diamond on the shoulder: "It's for the people in the Red Nails Hotel - they know that you ran out and came back safe and sound, and they will respect you and dare not bully you anymore."

Diamond reluctantly said: "I can't be a fake! Jason! The workers will know that I am a paper tiger as soon as they do it. If it is really like what you said, I should go to RSH with you. Real gold can only be made out of fire." ! I'm going to be the real thing."

Jason wanted to say something more.

Xue Ming threw the whole set of heavy armor to Diamond, and was about to go to the elevator on the cliff.

"Take him with you. He knows how to make holes. I need help to deal with steel. He has heard what we said before. He knows the difficulties and obstacles of this trip, and he is not afraid of death."

In the end Jason had to give up, no longer coy.

People got into the big iron cage of the Pavlov substation, but Xue Ming and A Ling didn't get into the elevator.

One of them stood by the aerial cables of the lift to observe, and the other squatted on the base of the motor winch.

Xueming said, "Katyusha, you stay here."

Ah Ling threw two large iron boxes into the elevator.

"Xia Xia, catch it!"

The little waiter ran out of the elevator carrying a sniper rifle and secondary weapons.

Seeing Xia Xia catch her iron box luggage again, unlike Meteor's effortless appearance, she didn't even take a step back.

Xiao Qi didn't understand the meaning of the two commanders, but at this moment, Xue Ming and A Ling should think of one place.

Xueming told people.

"Before we were watched in the car, Teacher A Ling and Teacher Xia Xia said that it was the sentinel of [Stairway to Heaven]. They have sniper rifles. I don't know how far their snipers can hit and how accurate they are."

Su Ling took off the heavy chain armor gloves and revealed the gleaming pyroxene.

"According to my observations, judging by the speed of this big elevator, it takes at least one and a half minutes to reach the next bedrock platform, and then transfer to another elevator, the three of us will not go up, and a signal light is here Be a living target."

Xue Ming: "Humanoid units are always more attractive than elevator steel cables. These hounds hiding in the dark may be difficult to deal with."

"I understand!" The little waiter immediately raised his gun and stood by, "If they dare to attack us, I can fight back immediately! In such a quiet and vast place, even if there is no gunfire, I can tell where the bullet came from. Where did I come from! I am a good dog beater! It doesn't matter if it is white or black! I can kill it!"

Jason thumbs up in the elevator.

Meteor still wanted to rush out, but just shouted: "I'm coming too! I'm coming too! I'm good at eating bullets!"

He was immediately pulled back by 3301.

Teacher Sansan covered her face, not knowing what to say.

Why are employers so excited when they talk about "eat bullets very well"? It's the same as Crazy Thursday's Eating Service!

Xiaoqi looked at Xueming worriedly, but didn't say much.

The elevator went to the endless cold abyss, and there was only the hum of the motor's gear noose snapping.

Xueming and Katyusha squatted down together, silently counting the time and waiting.

Wait for the winch to stop, and wait for the partners to arrive at the station safely.

Everything went as usual, no accidents happened.

Xueming asked: "Katyusha, did you see anything?"

Katyusha: "No, there is no reflection on the mirror. Maybe the enemy's mirror is painted. My phantom sniper rifle mirror has this kind of matting paint, which will affect the light transmittance of the sniper mirror—but it can hide the mirror. reflected light."

Xueming asked: "Where is Teacher Aling?"

Su Ling: "I don't feel any abnormal spiritual pressure, maybe he has already left and gave up following."

After all, Su Ling pulled Xue Ming and Katyusha into the team.

There are only three of them in Phoenix's team list.

Xue Ming: "Is there no one else in the team? Is it beyond the range of Soul Power?"

"That's right, my soul power can only extend out about 120 meters at most." Su Ling pulled the handle of the elevator: "Beyond this range, you will run out of my service area."

Wait until the elevator returns to Pavlov's cliff platform again.

Xue Ming felt like he was locked in a big iron cage——

——Its iron grid is full of traces of acid rain and rust. If you look outside, you can see some fireflies tens of kilometers away. That is the light of the RSH outpost, which is human activity.

The small air conditioner built into the heavy armor has already begun to overload as an air purifier. You can hear the sound of mechanical failure rustling from the fan motor and the filter screen. Chunks of sludge.

With a bang—

- The elevator starts to run.

The movement of the iron chain was like a roller coaster climbing uphill, slowly sending Xue Ming to a deeper place.

The light sources of weather observation balloons can be seen in mid-air, illuminating part of the beachhead and sea.

The pitch-black sea water splashed on the mire, carrying hot blue-black steam, like hell.

The orange and red balloon lights shone on the wriggling mud, turning into millions of strange shapes with a greasy luster.

Farther away, several mountains on the sea can be seen——

——No, no, that's not a mountain!

Xue Ming's pupils shrank slightly.

He took out the binoculars from his backpack and wanted to see the "giant island" in the mudflat offshore——

——That is a giant, after standing up, a giant with a height of more than 300 meters.

They stood frozen in the dark ocean, and they could see the dense fog emanating from the brains of these giants. The positions of the original facial features had been devoured by Mrs. Bai beyond recognition, revealing part of the petrified brains.

The disappearing bridge of the nose, the sunken position of the face, there is a dark rune rune, its darkness is deeper than the fog or the natural environment, as if it can absorb all light sources, it is particularly conspicuous.

Its shape should be [Hagalaz]

Represents ice, delay, limitation, natural disintegration.

Calculated according to the true proportions, the undead rune in the giant's skull is at least as tall as a six-story building.

Even though the distance was so far, Jiang Xueming could still feel a terrifying spiritual pressure rushing towards his face.

It is still alive, and its physical body is constantly collapsing and reorganizing. The sound of heavy objects falling to the ground in the ocean can be heard. In the steaming water mist, it seems that there are huge crazy butterflies falling from the giant's body, and they are again captured by these powerful and tyrannical creatures. The ultra-ancient creature was sucked back into the body and turned into the essence of recasting the flesh.

In the fountain square of Nine Realms Station, the giant bronze statue that built the station for BOSS is kneeling.

Even if they knelt down, on the top floor of the Council of Five Kings, in the lounge of the VIP special tea room fortress, looking out of the window, they were kept flush with the skulls of these bronze sculptures.

At this moment, they stood up——

——This kind of creature can feel the slow loss of sanity just by standing up and asking Homo sapiens to look directly at them.