In the Grand Canyon on the other side of the planet, the eighteen Marines still turned on the searchlights on their chests. One after another, the eighteen pairs of metal armor boots stepped on the gravel, making bursts of rustling sounds. The voice is marching toward the ground in a suppressed and silent manner in this crack that seems to never end.
No one knows how deep underground they have gone, because except for the energy and transmission machinery of their armored power combat suits that can still work normally, other equipment has long been inoperable.
While taking the lead and walking at the front, Captain 031 looked at a non-metallic mechanical watch in his mask that was specially issued for this mission.
From the time above, he could tell that they had been walking in this winding and downward narrow passage for more than two hours now. Although it was a bit beyond the planned time, he still took the lead. Marching.
From 031's point of view, their final destination should not be far away now?
Because it is deep into the earth's crust, the temperature here is much hotter than the maximum temperature of more than 40 degrees Celsius on the surface of the planet!
Captain 031, who was leading the team, just took a look at the thermometer embedded on the outside of the guard armor. Here, the temperature has reached almost 70 degrees Celsius?
He simply couldn't imagine: If there were really bugs down there, wouldn't they be afraid of being cooked if they stayed in such a high temperature environment for a long time?
This universe is really wonderful...
How could they evolve such terrifying bugs that are not afraid of strong acid and can survive in such a high temperature environment? It's possible that those bugs might not be cooked if thrown into boiling water at a temperature of 100 degrees Celsius, right?
Anyway, Captain 031 was thinking as he walked, if it were a human being, there would definitely be no way to survive in such a harsh high temperature environment without protection!
"Attention, everyone! If you see a situation ahead, move gently!"
Suddenly, Captain 031, who was walking at the front, suddenly stood still.
After he suddenly raised a fist and whispered to the Marines behind him, asking them to convey it to everyone behind him, he nervously grasped the electromagnetic rifle in his hand. After gently opening the safety and loading the ammunition, he turned off the searchlight in front of his chest and walked forward slowly, one step at a time.
In fact, all of them had already seen it without the captain reminding them.
Not far below this cracked path, about fifty meters away, there was a large gap in this narrow passage that could accommodate several Marines standing side by side. Outside, there seemed to be a faint There is a red light coming from over there. It looks like the red light naturally emitted by the planet's magma?
"Quick! Be gentle and watch your steps!"
031 continued to lead the way, giving careful instructions.
Finally, at a distance of just fifty meters, even if they moved carefully and slowly, it only took less than a minute for them to reach the gap.
"..."
"Oh, God……"
"Damn UPL..."
This is a huge underground cave...
The first few Marines to come out of the gap, including Captain 031 who took the lead, had just taken two steps out of the gap when they were immediately frightened by the sight in front of them.
They could never imagine that there would be such a huge internal cave in the crust of this planet, and that there would be such a huge insect nest in the cave?
Captain 031, who was in the lead, looked around and saw only a dark insect nest at the end of his sight. There were even more in the dark places that his sight couldn't reach?
"..."
He felt that this huge underground cave was at least several times the size of the island where their ground base was located?
Under the red dim light of a dark red lava river flowing out from nowhere, he could clearly see: On the floor of the huge cave below, and even on the edge of the cliff gap where they were standing, They are all covered with a thick layer of reddish-purple strange substance.
They seem to be special substances condensed by some fungi? Or is it some kind of active substance that allows flesh and blood to cohere and reproduce?
Then, on top of these strange, tentatively active bacteria carpets, there are countless flesh-and-blood buildings of varying heights, either green or red, large or small.
Their size is as big as their human command center or barracks, and each of them seems to be alive, constantly moving? On their huge bodies, there are many huge jointed limbs with ferocious fangs? Or maybe it's a tentacle?
Then, in the gaps between these carpets and huge flesh-and-blood buildings or flesh-and-blood creatures, countless bugs of all sizes were busy going back and forth.
Among them, there are the four-legged puppy bugs that attacked the base before, and there are also the snake-shaped bugs that can shoot bone spurs. Of course, there are also those huge mammoth-type monsters!
Looking down from the edge of the cliff of the gap, in addition to the insects they had seen, there were countless insect eggs piled up next to the carpets or meat mountain-shaped buildings.
From time to time, one or two small, four-legged bugs emerge from the eggs, and then quickly acquire powerful mobility...
Even, 031 they saw countless flying dragon bugs, or those lying on their backs, a different kind of bug that they couldn't name and had never seen before. The other party didn't seem to be very attractive just from the ferocious appearance. Easy to bully?
Moreover, the most terrifying thing is: just as far as they can see, the approximate number of those bugs seems to be tens of thousands? And what about those in the distance that are not seen due to dim light?
031 felt that he didn't dare to think about it anymore. This must be the nest of insects, right?
Or is this just one of their nests?
It is very possible that these bugs are just like ants on the earth, with one group after another?
Anyway, Captain 031 wouldn’t believe that there is only one nest for their bugs on this planet?
"Keep quiet! Everyone, slowly retreat into the gap!"
After taking a deep breath, 031 quickly spoke softly.
Then, while waving his hand backward, he led the team members back into the gap.
"Captain, what should we do?"
Fortunately, they retreated in time and didn't seem to disturb the insect swarms?
After everyone retreated into the gap and made sure that there was no movement from the insect swarm outside, the Marines looked at each other with lingering fear, and then all looked at their captain No. 031.
"032, take off the things on your back, be careful and be gentle."
After nodding towards the team members, 031 exhaled and said to the taciturn team member No. 032 next to him, who had been carrying a huge square backpack from beginning to end.
Then, 032 glanced at the captain, said nothing, and just walked over without saying a word.
When he turned around and squatted down gently so that the captain could assist him in unhooking the heavy thing like a large cabinet from the buckle on the back of his armored power combat suit, the two of them joined forces and removed it. Gently lift it to the side of the gap.
"What's this……"
Seeing the strange behavior of the captain and 032, the others were a little confused.
They had already seen this thing on 032's back when they set off from the base.
However, when they were on the transport spacecraft, no matter how they asked, this 032 was like wood and said nothing.
And when they asked the captain, the captain shook his head and said nothing. To be honest, the rest of them had long been very curious about this thing!
Before that, when they were still bragging on the armored transport spacecraft, they had made many guesses and bets, thinking that the thing 032 was carrying was either some important combat supplies, such as ammunition or food. ; Or, is it some kind of latest anti-interference expensive detection instrument?
And now, it's finally time to reveal the mystery.
When they came up curiously and watched Captain 031 and 032 put in a lot of effort before gently opening the large square mechanical password cover, they clearly saw what was inside the cover. and the sign, everyone took a breath of air and took several steps back...
"ah……"
One of the Marines screamed, but fortunately, he suppressed his voice in time.
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"Hey! Galen, do we still need to continue fighting?"
In the game platform of the Hope, the two elite marine teams of Galen and Darius, a total of twenty marines, were resurrected again at the stone bridge outside Stratholme City. .
So far, in just one hour, they have opened up this special map created by little Annie to practice their cold weapon combat skills: Stratholme copy, and a total of thirty-two groups have been killed. Got it!
These Marines, who only knew how to chop randomly at the beginning, have now learned to divide work and responsibilities, support each other, and form formations to fight the enemy!
Therefore, after the tenth difficult group elimination, they successfully eliminated the speed-type elite monster entrenched outside the Stratholme City Gate. It was the elite food monster that had eaten them eleven times. Ghoul!
Of course, this is still in the simplest mode...
Then, after they eliminated the elite ghoul at the city gate, they began to advance steadily. Relying on the ability to reset the map through infinite resurrection, they have successfully encountered the first Stratholme so far. The real BOSS in the city!
Then, without any surprise, the twenty of them were blocked by the other party and could no longer explore deeply into the city...
It would be fine if it was just that they couldn't advance even an inch, but the BOSS, that monster who was also a giant ghoul and was called Timmy by the mages of the cursed sect, actually ate two of their two marines. As many as twelve times!
This makes many of them feel that in addition to practicing their melee skills, they came to this map to deliver food to the undead in the city, right?
Twenty fresh, sweet, and warm human beings?
Although so far, they have learned a lot of opportunistic things and developed many ways to target the undead or use the strange energy in weapons.
For example: use the flames in the city to burn the undead, and use those strange water bottles around the stone or wooden houses to smash the undead? Or, against the supernatural spells released by those strange monsters, use the energy of your own sword or ax to counteract the damage, and then hack the opponent to death?
"Then let's fight again? But this time, instead of taking the right side after entering the city, let's try the left side instead?"
After thinking about it, Galen felt that they should try again, since there was still a little time before the meal was over.
If people entering the city go to the right, they have tried it many times before!
At the street corner more than a hundred meters away on the right, there was that terrifying ghoul named Timmy blocking the way. Galen was even a little afraid of it!
For now, they can't defeat each other for the time being, so why don't they stop sending food?
And if they don't want to refresh this dungeon and reset the small area at the city gate that they finally got through, then they can only walk to the street to the left of the city gate and try it.
"Left? Left, left! Everyone, copy these guys, let's move!"
After seeming to think that Galen's idea was good, Darius waved his hand and asked Zhi Nao Dawn to re-equip all of them with armored power combat suits. He took the lead in carrying his battle ax and headed towards the city gate. Go.
"Brothers, follow us. Let's go to the left after entering the city this time and fight one last time! As long as we kill a BOSS at random, we'll quit and go eat!"
In fact, Darius had already noticed it just now.
Not far to the left of the city gate, he had seen it from a distance: In a dead end, except for a few skeletons and ghouls and a small number of cursed sect apprentices, there seemed to be only a small, ordinary man standing there. A human-sized mini-boss?
Then, if they clear out the zombie skeletons and ordinary ghouls on the road first, it shouldn't be too difficult to deal with the lone BOSS on the opposite side, right?
Anyway, they have lowered the difficulty of this dungeon now. All monsters will only move within a certain range. It will no longer be like at the beginning of the real difficulty, where you will be blocked by a group of monsters just after entering the city gate. Beaten up!
Soon, the twenty male and female Marines were each holding their own Demacia swords that glowed with golden light, or Noxian battle axes that were filled with red angry energy, and they were full of fighting spirit. Entering through the Stratholme City Gate that they had opened, they gave up the difficult direction on the right and walked to the street on the left.
"Quick, quick, quick! Let's all stand shoulder to shoulder. First, lure those little monsters out and kill them one by one!"
People were forced out. After being eaten more than thirty times, Galen and his group also learned a lot of good ways to open up dungeons!
Just like now, when they pull monsters, when they encounter one that feels powerful, they all come forward obscenely, pull them out one by one, and then twenty people surround them and hack them to death!
But when they encounter those little skeletons or slow-moving zombies who are weaker than them, they will rush forward and slash into pieces randomly.
"Darius! Pay attention, there is a patrol of elite ghouls coming over your side, but be sure not to attract them!"
"..."
Finally, after they cleared away the little monsters on the road little by little, they finally reached their goal this time!
In the dead end of this street, in front of a strange human being wearing pale cloth armor with pale skin, hair and eyes of the same color?
"Galen, what do you think of this guy's strength?"
Outside the starting distance of this BOSS, Darius asked Galen a little uncertainly.
"I think he should be easy to deal with!"
Galen looked at the strange man standing in front of a skull gate for a while, then nodded.
"Look, he doesn't have those sharp teeth and claws, nor does he have the thick armor like those patrolling elite death knights. He looks like an ordinary person? Except for holding a wooden club in his hand, at most, Just like those cursed cultists before, use a little bit of superpower, right?"
Looking left and right, up and down, Galen finally came to the conclusion: The humanoid monster with pale cloth robes and skin color in front of him should be easier to deal with?
First of all, he is not as tall as the Marines like himself! Based on their experience of killing more than 30 marines, in this Stratholme copy, the bigger the body and the more ferocious the appearance, the more powerful it is? !
Secondly, he doesn’t seem to have any reliable weapons? Even his wooden club couldn't break the armor-powered combat uniforms worn by people like himself, right?
So, since there is not much time now, and they are about to quit the game and go to eat, then, first pick this soft-looking persimmon to squeeze out the anger?
"That's not a wooden mallet! It seems to be called a staff?"
Darius immediately corrected Galen's wrong statement. The apprentices of the Cursed Sect they met before, those freaks also liked to use a wooden mallet, but it was not as big as the one in front of them.
"But you are right, this guy does seem to be easy to bully!"
After correcting the other party's wrong statement, Darius also nodded.
The more he looked at it, the more he felt that the guy in front of him was easy to bully! The other party, at best, is just like those cursed cultists, they just cast some weird supernatural spells, right?
Then, taking advantage of the gap between the opponent's attacks, other people who were not attacked by the opponent's supernatural spells rushed forward to chop him?
Look at the opponent's body. It must not be harder to cut than those ghouls, right? As long as someone rushes forward and chops him, he will be dead!
"Okay! This time, I will take the lead in the charge! Everyone, pay attention, I am getting ready to attack monsters!"
Since Darius also feels that the guy in front of him is easy to bully, then he is right!
Galen decided to fuck him!
So, he began to greet the other team members. After a while, he first poured the power of Demacia's justice into his body to improve his resistance to those strange and strange magic spells, and then took the lead to rush forward. Once the opponent attacks first If you do it yourself, others can take the opportunity to go up and chop down the opponent!
"Go forward! Get ready. Once the opponent starts to attack me, you will charge directly!"
After saying that, Galen held up the sword that emitted golden light. After letting the light energy on the sword cover most of his body, he took the lead and took a few steps forward, reaching within the reaction distance of the opponent.
"Oh? Look, what did I find? There is a group of strange guys who came to Stratholme and the world where we died? Haha... It's really interesting!"
Wearing pale cloth armor and without any blood on his body, the strange man caught Galen and Darius by surprise.
After they entered the reaction range of the other party, the other party did not attack directly, but spoke first and said the lines? This is really a bit rare!
"Ouch, my mother! Look, brothers, this guy can actually talk?!"
Out of curiosity, Darius took two steps forward carelessly.
"Hey! Who are you? You don't look like a good guy to me. You must be with those undead, right? Tell me quickly, or I will go over with an ax and chop you alive!"
Darius asked arrogantly while raising the huge battle ax in his hand that glowed with red anger.
You know, they have been fighting for so long, and this is the first time they have encountered a monster that can only be so tall and can actively talk. The opponents they encountered before, except for those cursed cultists who can only shout to fight and kill, , only the kind of monster that would beat them to death and tear open their armor to eat their flesh?
"Okay, Darius! It's just a game character set by Little Annie, and it's just an NPC given a certain degree of intelligence by the Dawn of Intelligence. Don't be nagging him, just hack it to death, and then Everyone, hurry up and go out for dinner!"
Galen, who didn't want to waste any more time, grabbed Darius and walked forward with his big sword in hand.
"Hehehe... A bunch of rude idiots, feel the cold terror of Malchi..."
The necromancer who called himself Maleki didn't seem to care about the enemy's offense.
In his opinion, the twenty weirdos in front of him were just a group of apprentices wearing strange armors and holding relatively sophisticated magic weapons.
This is definitely true. In Malki's view, these people are a group of apprentices of paladins and warriors!
Their level is just that of apprentice, it cannot be any higher!
And who is Tamalchi?
He, Malki, was one of the first mages to join the Cult of the Damned!
Specializing in ice spells, he has also studied a lot of necromancy magic. He has shown extraordinary talent in dealing with the coldness of the tomb. Within the sect, his talent and qualifications can be said to be top-notch. Those exist!
His never-ending thirst for power drove him to zealously hone his ability to control dark magic and ice energy, always preparing for the day when he would transform into an eternal lich.
The title of Pale Malechi is not given for nothing!
As long as he continues to study ice spells and the undead system in depth, I believe that before long, he will be able to transform into an official lich and gain eternal life, right?
So, when he saw that the twenty young men opposite him, some holding swords or some holding axes, dared to challenge him, Maleki smiled disdainfully and lifted him up. The staff in hand.
"He's going to cast a spell! Everyone, charge! Hack him to death!"
As soon as he saw the monster in front of him raised the big wooden club in his hand, and after the blue-white light flashed on the head of the staff, Galen quickly shouted, and at the same time activated the power of Demacia's justice with all his strength, covering it. in front of his body.
According to his previous plan, he would first charge first, withstand the opponent's attack, attract firepower to his team members, and try to kill the opponent with swords in the shortest possible time!
"Ice Tomb..."
In an instant, after the blue-white light flashed, a terrifying cold current swept over. In an instant, they were planning to rush up in a swarm, relying on the strength of their numbers to chop the enemy into pieces of flesh. Twenty marines were all frozen in large blocks of ice exuding icy energy.
"Hehehe..."
Looking at his recent masterpiece, the twenty lumps of ice, and the frozen and stunned faces of the weirdos frozen in the Frozen Tomb, Maleki nodded with satisfaction.
Then, he stretched out his staff again.
Ice arrow!
Blue ice arrow spells began to shoot out from the top of his staff.
He just so unhurriedly smashed these weirdos who dared to challenge him, together with their strange armors, into pieces of frozen fragments with ice arrows...
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"..."
Soon, the twenty marines, Galen and Darius, were resurrected again in front of the Stratholme Bridge at the beginning of the map.
They just looked at each other, and no one spoke again.
"Galen..."
After a while, when Darius was about to say something, he was immediately interrupted by Galen raising his hand.
"Okay, let's not talk about it for now... Now, log off! Let's eat! Wait until the evening, and let's continue!"
Galen, who had a dark face, clicked the holographic button to exit the game without even thinking, and disappeared in front of everyone.
"Uh...that's what I wanted to say just now!"
Shrugging his shoulders, Darius also waved to the others after seeing that Galen had already exited first.
"Okay! Everyone, please leave and go eat!"
After saying that, he also had a dark face and reluctantly clicked the button to exit the game.
Damn you!
Finally, after sitting up from the simulation cabin, Darius suddenly felt that this game map was actually not fun at all!
Originally, they thought they would finally meet someone who looked easy to bully, but what happened?
They have a total of twenty of the most elite Marines...
He didn't even have a chance to resist, and the other party was instantly frozen into twenty large lumps of ice?
Then, they were beaten into piles of frozen pieces one after another like beans?
That guy is definitely much more difficult to deal with than the ghoul BOSS named Timmy!
At least Darius felt that the attack method of the ghoul was still within the range that they and others could understand. And the guy named Malechi just now had such a powerful power? Or can it be said to be a freezing spell?
Is this crappy game still allowed to be played?
Is it still so difficult to do it on the easiest difficulty? A group of people have been struggling for so long, and they are still wandering around the city gate area of Stratholme?
"Let's go, captain! Let's go eat!"
After passing Darius's simulation cabin, one of the team members said hello to Darius, who was sitting on the simulation cabin and sulking.
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"Huh? Stratholme on easy difficulty... completion rate... 0.01%?!"
When the Marines exited the game, little Annie, who had already eaten and returned to her private room in the barracks, opened her permissions panel out of boredom and looked up the information on the map she had created.
Then, she saw the degree of completion that surprised her.
Are they all so stupid?
I adjusted it to the lowest difficulty, but I only completed 0.01%? Thanks to them, you actually had the nerve to talk about going to the planet Azeroth to grab territory and settle there?
"Huh? You died so many times? Are you so perseverant?"
After thinking about it, little Annie quickly added a hidden setting to the Stratholme copy on real difficulty: Once the opponent clears Stratholme on real difficulty, the big demon, Archimonde, will Will appear and appear outside the city!
hey-hey! In this case, if you give them another hundred years, they probably won’t be able to clear Stratholme on real difficulty, right?
That’s right, that’s what you should do!
