Dry, windy, bleak earth, gloomy sky.
There was not even a trace of anyone in this vast wilderness. The giant trees that have been dead for an unknown period of time are being cut off from their last branches. The weathered rocks have turned into rugged and grotesque shapes. One barren hill is connected to another. Occasionally, a broken stone tablet can be seen, which proves that people were buried here. who.
...Just these, only these.
Lu Ning pulled her collar uncomfortably. Death is already a commonplace thing for tourists. However, this environment is really permeated with too much intention of death. Although there are indeed some vague buildings in more distant places, it is the first time the six people have come here. The first reaction was to stand still and not move.
[The scene has entered, a chaotic scene - past events in the dead country.
Special reminder: In the chaotic scene, there is no technological classification and no power restrictions. You must complete the entire scene mission (including the main line and branch lines) before leaving.
This mission:
1-Investigate the ruins (0/3), this task is a team task.
2- Obtain temporary residence in a camp.
3-Take one of the Undersea Train, Nether Train, or Star Train to the Royal Capital.
4-Visit the Dark Sage and obtain at least one blessing.
5-(Optional) Enter the inner city of the royal capital.
6-(Optional) Collect seven royal badges. This task is a squad task.
7-(Optional) Investigate one of the three Eternal Corridors, Broken Mirror Ruins, and Deep Palace Prison.
8- (Optional) Bury the King. 】
Lu Ning took a breath of the air filled with smoke and death, and looked at her clothes.
The black fitted clothes have a slightly silky texture, and a pair of gloves fit perfectly on the palms of the hands. Inconspicuous golden lines are embroidered on the edges of the clothes and gloves. The clothes are black trousers that are also close-fitting, and the ankles are tightly wrapped with leggings. The shoes are made of unknown craftsmanship. The light and soft leather shoes perfectly isolate the feeling of the ground and can also eliminate the sound of footsteps. .
She slowly pulled up her sleeves and saw a black emblem on the inside of her forearm. A pair of staggered scythes were entangled by spiked vines. The vines twisted into a skull-like shape near her wrist. Despite the presence of such a thing, Lu Ning did not feel any discomfort. Instead, some kind of power was flowing through his body.
There is no information about the scene. Everyone is unknown about everything here, and the meager content given in the mission cannot explain anything. Lu Ning looked at the other people. They had obviously thought about a lot of things and were now looking around.
"Other teams should have arrived at a similar place." Zhu Qinyuan said, "But this is a chaotic scene. I have never experienced it before. Do any of you know anything about it?"
"In a place where technology and magic are mixed, chaos and disorder are the essence of this type of scene." Yan Rong said, "There are no sun, moon and stars in the sky, only light whose origin cannot be determined. The ground is barren, making production extremely difficult. Things, monsters will walk the land and attack anyone alive."
"Is this a chaotic scene?" Yuan Jie asked.
"No, this is just one of them, and it is in line with the one before us." Yan Rong has already grasped the spear in his hand, "Everyone, I think we need to hold the weapon in our hands at all times. In this type of scene, There is no safe place in the world.”
After hearing this, everyone immediately drew their weapons. Zhu Qinyuan used a long sword, Yuan Jie used a double-edged axe, Jean chose a thorn shield and a short sword, and Lian Bisheng used a nail head. hammer.
"Everyone's missions should be the same." Jean whispered, "Ruins and campsites. We may have to search carefully for the keywords of the first two missions. Buildings in the distance should be a good choice."
"There's no direction anyway... let's go?" Lian Bisheng pointed at a castle-like shadow on the hillside in the distance with a mace, "How about over there?"
Since I don't know anything, I really can only try my luck like this. The six people watched each other's surroundings and began to climb the hills one by one without speed or slowness. The terrain here is rugged. Although it is desolate, you can occasionally see many one-meter-high weeds. Out of caution, everyone stayed away.
I walked around like this for more than ten minutes and still couldn't see any living creatures, but at least I was close to the goal. This castle is not as huge as imagined. It is just like a fortress made of stones from the medieval era. The width of the city wall is only about a hundred meters and the height is only a little more than two meters. This is something that even Lu Ning can directly use. The extent of turning over.
The condition of the castle doesn't look good either. The walls are covered with black stains that look like something left by decay. The cracks between the stones in many places are very obvious, and some of them can even be seen through. scene.
"I'll turn over and take a look." Yan Rong thought for a while and said.
"Me too." Yuan Jie immediately raised his hand, "I don't know if this place is a relic."
The two looked at each other and rushed towards the wall at the same time. They stepped lightly on the wall, turned over and landed behind the wall. They each glanced at the surrounding situation with their weapons horizontally.
"Well...a pile of weeds, but it's very quiet." Yan Rong said inside, "Everyone, please come in."
Of course, there was no problem for the four people to cross the wall. Lu Ning's vision was immediately blocked by weeds after landing. The yard behind the wall was already overgrown, and of course, it was all dead.
"Go around, let's look at the doors, windows and the like." Zhu Qinyuan quickly moved close to the main body of the interior building and came to a square window made of stone. He looked inside and then shook his head.
Still no one there, just an empty corridor. The corridor is very narrow, and the only special thing is that it seems a bit damp, as if the humidity in the castle is slightly heavier. Lu Ning and others also looked at some windows respectively, and the results were similar. Yan Rong saw a kitchen, but it had obviously not been used for a long time. Moss had already grown on the fireplace. It was because of the moisture that the moss seemed to be there. It is considered a living plant.
"The door is here."
Jean found a doorway, at least there should have been a door, but now there was only a square opening. This door leads to a small hall, which contains a stone table and a few stones. Most of the traces have long since decayed, but from the overall layout, it seems to be a place for rest and chat, similar to where some women drink tea and chat in the afternoon. There is a The door connects to the yard for easy access.
"How can we search for anything when everything is rotten?" Yuan Jie searched for a long time and found nothing useful, feeling a little frustrated. "If you keep walking inside, you don't know what you will encounter."
"Miss Yan Rong seems to have some understanding of chaotic scenes. I wonder if she can predict it?" Rang asked.
"No, because the biggest feature of a chaotic scene is that it is unpredictable. It may be a living person, it may be a dead person, it may be a monster, it may also be some killing machine left behind, an ancient golem, a shadow monster... it may be everything. .”
"Tsk." Zhu Qinyuan smacked his lips, "This kind of scene is really tricky."
"Let's go inside and take a look."
The castle itself is not too large, and the disadvantages of the stone building itself will occupy the internal space. However, if you find the stairs and go up, you can find that the builders tried their best to expand the activity space under the limited conditions. There is a large room in the center of the second floor, with a huge stone throne and small stone chairs lined up on both sides. Most importantly, there was a huddled black mass on that throne.
"At least that thing doesn't look like a rock." Yuan Jie said, "Should we approach it carefully?"
"It's best this way. I have a long weapon, so I'll test it." Yan Rong raised his gun and lowered his body and slowly approached, while the others formed a semicircle and surrounded him in all directions.
After finally approaching the throne, Yan Rong slightly touched the black thing with the tip of his spear. At that moment, an extremely harsh scream resounded throughout the room, and the black sphere bounced up. It was a man less than a month tall. Mi, a monster covered with messy black feathers and with most of its skin in a state of melting, pounced straight at Yan Rong with two hands with only three claw tips!
This sudden change was instantly intercepted by a shot. Yan Rong pierced the monster's abdomen with one blow, pulled an arc in mid-air and slammed it behind him, making a loud cracking sound. The monster's body exploded on the spot, and the scattered flesh and blood quickly turned black, dried up, and slowly disappeared.
"It's really not a human being." Yan Rong sighed, "My strength seems to have increased. I didn't use that much strength just now."
"But that monster doesn't look very strong." Zhu Qinyuan frowned and dug his ears. The monster's scream just now was a bit harsh.
"Indeed, maybe we..."
"Is it foggy?" Lu Ning suddenly interrupted Yan Rong.
"It seems so." Lian Bisheng leaned towards the window and looked outside. "It's a bit hard to see clearly in the corridor. Is it possible that the humidity here is too heavy?"
"It shouldn't be a good phenomenon anyway. Climate change in chaotic scenes is often the cause of certain special situations. Everyone, come closer." Yan Rong swung his spear and everyone gathered around.
The fog quickly became visible to the naked eye. Different from the white fog that we usually come into contact with, this fog seemed to have some colored halo, but it was very light and could only be distinguished by careful observation. The light inside the fortress was originally dim, so nothing could be seen at all.
Just when the fog was so thick that the visible range was only two to three meters, Lu Ning suddenly heard a rustling sound.
"Everyone, are you-"
"Lu Ning, don't make a sound!"
The fog was surging, and a chill that made one's hair stand on end came through the fog. Lu Ning immediately swung his sword to meet him, but the man next to him was faster. He had already raised a shield with one hand and stopped in front of Lu Ning. There was a sound of metal colliding, and Jean's body suddenly shook.
"The strength is not small..."
He said with a slight smile, but the dagger in his hand thrust out without hesitation, knocking away the attacking object.
It was a dagger connected by a chain.
At the same time, short shadows began to appear around them. They came out from behind the stone chairs. Some held weapons such as daggers and daggers in their hands, and some simply opened their claws. There were at least twenty in number. indivual. Lu Ning's mind was tense. She didn't expect that she would experience a battle just after arriving in this scene?
"The strong enemy is in the direction of the door, throwing chain weapons to attack." Jean said slowly, "I can handle throwing weapons, but I can't judge the opponent's close time. Everyone, please pay attention to the help."
"Then let's kill all these little monsters first." Zhu Qinyuan held up the sword, "They are not that strong, but I don't know if they have any infection or other abilities. Don't get hurt."
"Okay!" Yuan Jie tightened his grip on the handle of the axe, "I'm sorry to have you stop me in front of me!"
As the little monsters rushed over, the six of them separated to engage the enemy. Lu Ning used a short knife to hold a monster's dagger. Its strength was not very strong, not much different from his own, but its skills were extremely rough. It just attacked with ferocity. After just three cuts, Lu Ning understood the little monster's attack, cut off its head with one cut, and then intercepted the next one. At the same time, the others dealt with the monsters very quickly. Yuan Jieli used his ultimate move Shen to slash wildly with his axe, but the monsters could not get in at all. Zhu Qinyuan was extremely fast, and the blade passed through the monster's neck as quickly as lightning. Six or seven of them had been chopped into pieces in a matter of seconds, including the head and abdomen. Lian Bi Sheng, the only one standing behind, also smashed the heads of the two little monsters that jumped up one by one.
Rang and Yan Rong went straight to the door.
The fierce metal collision reflected the stalemate at the door. After killing two more little monsters, Lu Ning suddenly felt something was wrong. How many of these monsters that were not too strong were dead? She has already killed seven of them herself, and the others will only kill faster. There should only be a little over twenty little monsters in the house before, and they should be gone long ago.
"They're still coming!" Yuan Jie shouted loudly, "Where did they come from? I've already chopped down fifteen of them! Why are there still more?"
"Well... hell." There was another smashing sound from Lian Bi Sheng's side. "I have killed several of them. I can guarantee that these little monsters are still coming out one after another."
"Is it from outside?" Zhu Qinyuan asked.
"This room is in the center and is not connected to the outside. No monsters can squeeze in through that small window. Maybe it's from the door..."
Lian Bisheng's words were interrupted by Yan Rong: "There is only one door here! There are no monsters here!"
"It can only be this fog." Lu Ning said loudly, "These monsters come from the fog, and they don't leave any bodies behind when they die."
"Kill first." Yuan Jie felt helpless, "If that's the case, we can either find a way to escape now, or wait until the fog dissipates."
"This guy at the door...is a bit tricky!"
It was Yan Rong's voice again. Lu Ning frowned. If Yan Rong said it was difficult, then the guy blocking the door was indeed not weak.
Fortunately, the scene didn't reach the point of direct killing. After Lu Ning killed a dozen more little monsters, his vision finally became clearer. At least half of the room could be seen clearly.
The appearance of monsters has also slowed down. They will still suddenly rush out from behind the fog and stone chairs and try to attack, but they are always killed because of their loud noises. The guy blocking the door gradually revealed his appearance.
