Lu Ning controlled the power of the jetpack and descended to the bottom of the valley at a constant speed.
"Lian Ren, you have fought against Class B before. How are their abilities? What about the so-called 'phantom layer'?"
"At least the B-level phantom beasts we discovered don't have many special abilities. The strength of these guys is just that, but the problem is that they evolve very quickly in battle. I think the 'phantom layer' is to prevent them from It grew out of being killed before countermeasures evolved.”
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"After all, the first B-level phantom beast we encountered didn't have much phantom layer defense. For example, the energy shield on the spaceship is similar to that."
General-purpose defense lacks countermeasures, but can resist most currently known attacks.
Mo Lianren thought for a while and then said: "So I have a rough idea of what happened to Wen Beiluo's special bullet. He should have found an attack method that is not within the normal response range of the illusion layer. When the illusion beast occurs, Killing them before evolving will certainly work.”
Lu Ning nodded and glanced below.
"I can see the bottom."
The bottom of the rift valley is covered with rugged black rocks. The team members who jumped down before have already carried out a cleanup. There are many corpses of fantasy beasts around. Qiu Shu's drones are sentry in the sky, and a sentry is installed on the ground. gun.
Seeing the two men falling, the two lieutenants Qiu Shu and Bai Hu reported to their captains respectively.
"Captain, the area within fifty meters has been cleaned up, including the underground. No trace of high-level fantasy beasts has been found nearby, only around D level. We have set up a defensive position." Qiu Shu said.
"Leave a signal generator behind and we'll move deeper."
Someone immediately buried the button-shaped object into the rock, and then Lu Ning and Mo Lianren led the regrouped team forward into the depths of the rift valley.
After walking about five hundred meters, the geological scan found a relatively active area. Lu Ning amplified the surrounding ambient sound and could hear a dull sound coming from the ground, as if something was flowing. She looked around and found many huge caves on the mountain not far ahead.
"Qiu Shu, let the drone take a look at the situation outside those caves."
Soon, several drones flew near the cave. Qiu Shu checked the received picture and said: "There are no traces of the activities of the phantom beasts either inside or outside the cave."
"I think Captain DU-003's idea is right. We have to go into the cave." White Fox also said, "The ground conditions are relatively peaceful, including the types and levels of phantom beasts that appear. They are not very high. If the Beast God Valley only has At this level, there is no need for us to detect it. The echo from the underground shows that there is probably a large cavity below, and I think we need to find a way into the underground."
"But there is one more thing to consider. The original detection of Beast God Valley was on the ground and returned without success. We just haven't penetrated deep into the hinterland yet." Longmai said.
Indeed, the entry point chosen by Lu Ning and others was to enter the valley just after climbing up. This area is quite large, and the team's location is still very outside, even where the advance team was surveying. arrive.
"There will definitely be a cave inside. We can go in later." Mo Lianren glanced at Lu Ning, who didn't insist on going in and just shrugged.
After continuing to move forward for a while, the sky suddenly became much darker.
According to the map, this is a place named Longwang Cape, named after a rock that looks like a dragon's head protruding from the cliff above the rift valley. After entering this area, the thickness of the gray cumulus clouds in the sky became much thicker, and the light became dim and unclear. It was difficult to see clearly the situation ten meters away using natural light. Everyone turned on the searchlights, and ten meters away. Several beams of light pass through the dusty air, which is particularly noticeable in dark environments.
But coming here can be considered as officially stepping into the dangerous zone of Beast God Valley.
Lu Ning lowered the light intensity a little and led the way. Everyone walked close to the rock wall, using the black boulders on the ground as a shield. Occasionally, everyone would turn off the lights. In the darkness, there would always be some bodies up to three or four meters high. The giant beasts move around, and the strange thing is that their steps are very light. Only some muscles that emit a dark red light through the outer armor show their presence.
The C-class phantom beast Lava Giant has been recorded in many outposts. It can be said that it is the resident of the Beast God Valley with the most information. They wander in the valley all day long, using broken long strips of rock as weapons. The surface temperature of their skin is between 300 and 500 degrees Celsius. Their strength and speed are higher than that of normal humans. Their weakness is that their perception is not very strong. , only strong stimulation will startle them.
Their "armor" is also a rock-like outer layer that grows out of their bodies. Lu Ning and Mo Lianren agreed not to disturb these giants for the time being. After all, these guys could easily attract a group of them.
Everyone avoided the giant's path and continued walking into the valley. Everyone remained quiet along the way. Only the captain and the deputy team would occasionally whisper about the route and then leave quickly.
【Keep moving】.
Judging from a record found by Mo Lianren, there are surveillance phantom beasts in the valley. If they remain motionless for a long time, they will be noticed by these monitors. Although they don't understand why this strange attribute is present, the team still follows the rules. I followed my previous experience and didn't encounter any problems.
Finally, after the number of lava giants gradually decreased, Lu Ning came to a low-lying valley, and there was a pile of stones that was obviously piled up by humans. She walked over and peeled away the stones, and found a piece of stone buried inside. A mechanical device like a tuning fork.
"That's right. This is one of the paths that the main force of the advance team took."
The advance team organized multiple explorations of the Beast God Valley, and there were many directions. Since there are records at Longwang Cape in front, if we continue to move forward, we will definitely see some traces left by the previous advance team, such as what is commonly known as a "diary" in this army.
Longmai quickly took out a few data cables and transferred the data in the "diary" to his terminal to share with Lu Ning. After quickly completing all this, everyone piled the stones back indiscriminately and quickly evacuated. As for what was inside The information is of course to be listened to while walking.
The first is a slightly younger voice.
[This is Feng Manting. Ordered by superiors, we will not leave time records here. I am a member of the advance team. 】
"It's a heavenly soldier." Mo Lianren whispered.
"Shh...keep listening." Lu Ning slightly enlarged the audio information shared by the team.
[The sixth exploration of Beast God Valley, this time led by me, this should also be the last time. After this mission is over, I will also return to Outpost 1, regardless of the outcome.
A total of nearly 200 people from 13 outposts participated in this operation. They entered the valley in four directions. All actions were the same as before. They were free to retreat if they encountered any dangerous situation. We will investigate the gathering of B-level phantom beasts and the special geological conditions in the Beast God Valley. complete. 】
A period of silence followed, with the occasional growl heard.
The job of the "diary" is to record sounds, but it will not record them all. It will only work when the sound reaches a certain threshold, usually above 20 Hz. Of course, it can be adjusted higher to eliminate noise.
Fast forward a little, and a human voice appeared again.
This time it was a sharp gasp, and the voice was changed to a female voice.
[We encountered a group of phantom beasts! There is a fierce battle ahead! I was ordered to come here to record a message, be careful of red lights and purple plants! The situation is still unclear! But the captain is resisting - Oops, something is coming! 】
The sound of rocks, roars and screams returned to silence only moments later.
"Sacrificed?" Tie Mei's voice was a little heavy, "We didn't see any bodies nearby."
"The volcanoes here are active, and a single eruption may bury the body and make it impossible to find it," Longmai said.
More than ten years are enough to erase any traces of the battle.
Lu Ning continued to search for the subsequent recordings.
[This is Feng Manting. We met the God of the Beast God Valley. 】
The voice that appeared again was much hoarse.
[A-level fantasy beasts exist, and fortunately for them... we were able to retain some personnel. The fantasy stars are under their protection, no, it should be said that this galaxy is under the protection of A-level fantasy beasts. This information needs to be reported, and I also need to tell Mr. Pang Xu. Beyond that, beyond that...can't leave, we can't leave. I don’t know why, but I can’t leave. 】
Later, it turned into Feng Manting's mumbling to himself, as if he was suffering from some kind of hysteria. Lu Ning frowned and asked, "Can any of you hear anything strange in this sentence? I always feel that he encountered something even more shocking."
"Isn't the A-level fantasy beast a big deal?" Spade whispered.
"We had known that there might be A-level phantom beasts here. I'm afraid they had the same psychological expectation when they came here. This is not a big deal." Bai Hu said lightly.
"Captain, can you allow me to say something?" Yang Hao suddenly spoke.
Ever since she killed the prisoner who came back, Yang Hao has become much more taciturn and no longer often sarcastically satirizes others. Lu Ning has also been keeping an eye on his situation. Now that she is willing to speak, she lets him talk. .
"I have studied the situation of many phantom beasts. Their characteristics can be called 'selective transformation' and 'ideological retention'. However, Feng Manting's situation is likely to have the opposite effect."
"The opposite effect?"
"I have never seen an A-level fantasy beast, but I feel that I have some understanding of the evolutionary characteristics of low-risk fantasy beasts. They will resist things that are particularly harmful to them. If this is some kind of fatal danger, they will survive by chance. The traits will still be retained and continue to affect the surrounding populations. I think this is why the phantom beasts you found around you before all have similar characteristics."
"This is not difficult to understand, but what does the reverse mean?" Lu Ning asked, "Can they also add their own characteristics to others?"
"No... Captain, to resist this kind of thing, one type is defensive. Most of the organs you recovered are like this. The camouflage, avoidance, and carapace are all similar. The other type of offensive type is specialized To counteract those harmful substances and eliminate them directly, what Feng Manting will encounter will probably be the latter."
"You mean there are any harmful substances on his body?" Mo Lianren asked.
Yang Hao laughed: "On him? No, it was in his mind. The A-level phantom beast thought that some of the things he knew were harmful to the entire phantom beast group, so he destroyed that part. His speech also It can show, as if suffering from some kind of antagonism, what you want to say cannot be said."
"Hey, we don't want it to be like this." Spade said hurriedly, "They must have gone very deep to encounter the A-level creatures, but since this can be said, it means that the A-level creatures themselves are not a secret. Doesn’t this mean that the more you know, the faster you will die?”
"White Fox, what is the conclusion of the biological evolution model?" Mo Lianren asked.
"Based on the strength of the phantom beasts, A-level creatures definitely do not exceed level 4 energy in terms of phantom stars, and it is difficult to reproduce. But B-level phantom beasts are not out of the ordinary, and it is difficult for us to judge the B-level creatures here after that. Will living things continue to increase?”
"Captain, that A-level creature saved Feng Manting's life probably because he wanted him to deliver a message. But doesn't this message feel familiar?" Longmai said.
Feng Manting kept repeating "can't leave" in the end, just like Tianmuyi's message, hoping that everything would be buried. And the more this happens, the more what happened in the first place looks like a mystery. It is easy to think that this is something that will cause a lot of trouble if you know it, but how can you make others believe you when you don't know anything?
At this moment, another voice came from the recording that was constantly moving forward. It was calm and a little Confucian.
[It looks like this is a diary device. Hello everyone who heard the recording, I am Pang Xu. 】
Everyone was refreshed. The top leader of the advance team and a figure who gathered all kinds of mysteries finally revealed his voice.
[Those who are willing to come here must be very curious about the Beast God Valley, or they have seen relevant information from the materials left at various outposts and intend to find out. Previously, I had entered the deep zone and had a conversation with the A-level "phantom core" here. The two parties also reached some consensus. I'm sorry that I can't tell you here.
I give you two choices here. Remember, after you choose, there is no way back.
First, turn back immediately. I can’t predict what the alliance will be like in the future, but you can always find a way to convince them. The entire fleet will stay away from the Phantom Star and never come back. All the information here is regarded as a phantom, let it Forever covered in dust.
Second, continue to move forward. You will encounter the B-level phantom beasts "Gatekeeper" and "Opener" in the core area of Beast God Valley. If you win, you can know some truth. But at the same time, both us and the "Phantom Core" will regard this as a declaration of war, and we will become inevitable enemies.
This is not a decision that can be made on behalf of others. Everyone here, please use your own thinking and choose the path that best suits your ideas. 】
The voice ends.
