Inside the pyramid ruins.
The passage is the same as the outside, and the walls are smooth and clean. Unlike the Earth Pyramid, which has various murals and hieroglyphs, it is indeed not as valuable for research as the Earth Pyramid.
Laura led the plague doctor to a hall, and from this moment on, everything was finally no longer "monotonous". There were four super giant load-bearing columns, and there were cuneiform symbols of unknown meaning printed on them.
At the same time, there are many strange and bizarre rock sculptures placed in this hall, which are similar to the stone monuments that caused the Eudora accident.
It was also because of the Eudora accident that Laura used the authority given to her by Sui Bian to apply for the transfer of a company of Dark Angel reserves to protect the archaeologists working here.
"Ah! That's great!" The moment the Plague Doctor saw these rock sculptures, he fell into excitement again. He quickly ran to the nearest snake-shaped sculpture and exclaimed: "These...these are all good materials. ah!"
"Material?" Laura was puzzled.
"That's right, kid." The plague doctor fumbled around in his small bag and took out an old-fashioned magnifying glass. Then while observing the sculptures, he explained: "These things look like stones, but they are... well ...How to describe it...Ah! In fact, they may be living creatures or dead creatures, but what they have in common is that they all come from different dimensions. They are the most filthy and chaotic products, but they are only restrained by some external force. Just activity.
As for the stone that caused a group of children to die, it was precisely because it was far away from the pyramid that it became more active and dragged the children into a different space. "
"Doctor, according to you...this place has the ability to contain alien spaces, right?" Laura asked.
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"You can understand it this way, okay, don't disturb me anymore, hum~hum~oh, so that's it! It needs to be recorded."
The plague doctor waved his hand to Laura and hummed a cheerful ditty. He put the magnifying glass back into his bag and took out a leather notebook and pen, writing something to himself.
Next, the plague doctor either trotted to the end of the hall and poked the toe of a dragon-shaped sculpture with a pen, or ran to the other end and hammered the wall smooth and tidy with his hand.
“…”
Laura looked at the disorganized and even "nonsensical" plague doctor, and always felt that it was not reliable, but when she thought about this eccentric doctor, he developed a "vaccine" that would benefit all mankind and its allies. So I can only wait patiently.
"Winter, winter."
At this moment, Laura heard the sound of magnetic boots coming from behind, turned around, and found Artemis and the Gray Knights who had changed their exclusive power armor and holy shield terminators, slowly leaving the road leading to The passage from the outside world comes to this spacious and open hall.
The Gray Knights are not many in number, with only ten squads and a total of sixty people. However, they are the elite among the elite, and they are by no means comparable to the reserves.
As for their Holy Shield Terminator, the left arm is equipped with a storm-type parallel blaster gun, plasma cannon, and melt cannon. Moreover, some Gray Knights also have "Human Truth" nailed to the shoulder pads.
As for Artemis, who unfolded her helmet and put on her ponytail, her weapons were "only" the thunderbolt and full moon bow attached to her left waist. As for decoration, she also nailed the "Human Truth" spread out flat to her right shoulder armor. Under the power backpack behind him, a white cloak embroidered with gold threads hung.
Coupled with the psychic fluctuations that appear and disappear, Artemis has finally regained the aura that a "goddess" should have.
Seeing the arrival of Artemis and the Gray Knights, all the reservists clenched their right fists and laid them across their chests in salute.
Artemis also nodded in return, walked to Laura's side and said, "How is the situation?"
"It should be going well..." Laura glanced at the plague doctor who was studying a load-bearing column, then looked directly at Artemis and proactively asked: "Sir, is there an emergency that requires you and the Gray Knight? Come and be ready?"
"Not sure." Artemis, whose eyes also fell on the plague doctor, suddenly twitched slightly at the corner of her right eye, and then said in a more serious tone: "But my senses tell me that the doctor's next move may be dangerous. Tell your people to prepare for the worst and to evacuate quickly if necessary.”
"Okay, sir." Laura, who had no reaction to psychic powers, didn't have too many questions and immediately waved her hand: "Everyone should be on alert and be ready to evacuate at any time!"
As soon as the words fell, the archaeologists on site packed up their tools in compliance with the order. If there was a sudden change, they could evacuate immediately and in an orderly manner.
On the other hand, the plague doctor was too lazy to pay attention to the words of caution, or in other words, he didn't hear them at all when he was in working mode. He only studied a few noteworthy symbols on the load-bearing pillars, and then he seemed to have understood them and said to himself:
"Only fresh... blood can open the way to Hades? Oh? Hades? It's interesting, let's give it a try."
As the plague doctor spoke, he took out a scalpel from his small bag, scratched his right index finger without hesitation, and then flicked the dark red blood onto the symbol that Laura's team had been unable to decipher for a long time. .
But there was no response.
"Was it a mistake? Or do you need more?"
The plague doctor was stunned for a moment, but then he quickly waved his hand towards the symbol, causing more blood to splash on the symbol, but...
Still no response.
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"You want more?! Isn't this enough?!" The plague doctor was a little angry and immediately wanted to use his scalpel to give his wrist a hard blow.
"Doctor! Don't get excited, doctor!"
Upon seeing this, the soldiers responsible for ensuring the safety of the plague doctor quickly stepped forward to stop the plague doctor from continuing to harm him.
However, when the soldiers tried to stop the Plague Doctor from harming himself, those symbols actually absorbed all of the Plague Doctor's blood and released scarlet light.
"Doctor! Look, it's working!" a soldier reminded.
"Oh?" After hearing this, the plague doctor stopped self-mutilation, then glanced around the remaining load-bearing pillars, and reacted instantly: "That's it! Children, let me go, I know how to open the door to Hades. Got it!"
Artemis, who had been watching not far away, saw the plague doctor pouring blood on the remaining three load-bearing columns one after another. The uneasiness in her heart began to become more and more intense, so she immediately said in a deep voice: "Director Crawford, I'm calling you. People get out of here quickly.”
"yes."
After receiving the instruction, Laura immediately arranged for the archaeological team to leave the hall, while Artemis waved her left hand from left to right, signaling the Gray Knights to immediately surround the load-bearing column.
A company of Dark Angel reservists, under Mother's deliberate orders, actively cooperated with the Gray Knights to stand on the outermost perimeter and aim their guns at the center of the load-bearing pillar.
At this time, the plague doctor, who was "surrounded" by a group of soldiers, had already completed a series of operations. When he freed up his free time and energy and discovered the people waiting for him, he couldn't help but use his magnetic voice and wave his hands. Dingdao:
"Don't be nervous, kids. Don't worry. According to my observation, there won't be any danger..."
"Doctor, be careful!!"
Before the plague doctor could finish the word "danger", the soldiers beside him hurriedly picked him up and tried to escape in the direction of Artemis.
It turns out that when the Plague Doctor was confident and thought that it would be okay to open the way to Hades, the four giant load-bearing pillars had already completely absorbed the Plague Doctor's blood, and then released scarlet light one by one.
Immediately afterwards, between the four load-bearing pillars, that is, in the center of the hall, a bloody vortex, or scarlet channel, with a diameter of six meters wide quickly emerged.
Subsequently, countless suckers of different thicknesses were spread all over the place that made people suffer from trypophobia, and the same bloody and sticky tentacles emerged from the vortex and rushed towards the nearest plague doctors and soldiers.
This is why the soldiers hurriedly fled with the plague doctor.
"Oh... God, I seem to have miscalculated this time." The plague doctor was held on the shoulders by soldiers wearing power armor. Seeing that the tentacles getting closer and closer to them were a little too "arrogant", he hit the soldiers on the shoulders. A, said unhappily: "Child! Put me down, I want to teach them a lesson!"
However, before the Plague Doctor could break free from the restraints, a green light flashed past them, accompanied by the sound of "Stop~------!", burning all the tentacles. , and then shot into the vortex.
"boom……!"
"Roar……!"
Then, there were faint explosions and painful screams coming from the direction of the vortex, which meant that the green light had been severely damaged, and it had even killed the source of the tentacles.
Looking along the afterimage of the green light, I saw that Artemis had just completed the action of setting up a bow and shooting arrows. In her left hand, she still held the full moon bow that continued to emit a dull green light.
"Roar!!"
However, as soon as she finished dealing with a "tentacle monster", countless more demonic creatures, either beasts or humanoids with blood-red skin, came out of the whirlpool howling.
Obviously, these demons are a bit "young", no, it should be said that they don't have any "common sense", and they don't know the identity of the giant they are about to face, so they are aggressive and fearless.
Just listen;
"Blast these ugly guys to pieces!" Artemis's voice was loud.
"Yes!", "Die, you bastard!!" Metallic responses and war cries.
"Dang Tang Tang!!!" and the soothing, calming burst of fire.
"Puff! Puff!" Synchronized with the sound of gunfire, the body exploded and shattered.
"Howl?? Howl...!" There were also demons howling from confusion to fear.
They are coming.
They're gone.
No matter how arrogantly the demons emerged from the vortex, they ran back in embarrassment, not daring to take another step out of their realm of chaos.
"Ceasefire, alert, reload."
After confirming that the demon did not dare to run out in a short time, Artemis gave another brief order. Then she put away the full moon bow, walked slowly to the plague doctor and asked: "Doctor, can you explain to us, what exactly is this?" What's going on?"
"Don't be anxious." The Plague Doctor, who was put back to the ground by the soldiers, straightened his clothes, then turned to look at the scarlet vortex, and explained to Artemis and everyone present:
"According to my understanding, the race that built this ruins was to commemorate a great god who once assisted this race in resisting the plague. Unfortunately, this god was still unable to escape the pursuit of the evil god and was eventually imprisoned in Hades. deep."
"That's it." Laura, who stayed here with the armed personnel of the Archeology Department, nodded in agreement.
Their archaeological team had been deciphering it for a long time, but could not decipher the intention of those symbols, but they also guessed that this pyramid ruins should be to commemorate a certain "great man".
"Hades?" Artemis frowned. She always felt that there was a very familiar spiritual energy fluctuation at the other end of the scarlet vortex. She immediately opened the communication and contacted the bridge of the Full Moon: "Inform the situation here. To the chairman."
Then she looked to the left and ordered: "Ran Min, Xijis, Kelo Yin, Senkai, Huo Yinde, the five of you will lead a team and follow me deep into this so-called Hades."
Then he looked to the right: "Li Mu, you guys are stationed here as a backup to guard against the miscreants who may escape."
"Yes, ma'am." All the Gray Knights obeyed the order.
"Hey, kid, wait a minute." The Plague Doctor put on his small bag and quickly followed Artemis who was about to step through the vortex, and said, "I and you may be able to find excellent experimental materials. Haha, okay, time waits for no one, let’s go!”
Without waiting for Artemis to reply, the plague doctor once again hummed a little tune and took the lead through the vortex. It seemed that he regarded the action of going deep into "Hades" as an outing and was not afraid at all.
"Doctor? Alas! Doctor..."
"Forget it, let's go too."
The soldiers responsible for protecting the plague doctor were not in a good mood and had no choice but to follow their weird boss.
However, Artemis raised her right hand to stop the group of soldiers and said, "You stay here. Hades may be a chaotic realm in a different space. With your body, you can't resist even if you have a vaccine."
"This..." The leading lieutenant hesitated slightly, but then he thought about it. With Artemis and the Gray Knights here, there should be no threat to the plague doctor's life, so he responded and said, "Yes, sir."
"Um."
Artemis also responded lightly, leading half of the Gray Knights through the scarlet vortex and disappearing from the sight of Laura, the soldiers, and everyone else.
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The other side of the vortex.
"Hoo~!" The strong wind raged.
"Woo...wu..." There were wailing sounds all around.
I saw that this side was extremely spacious, as vast as the desert on the surface of Sokoyang, but the sky was burning with fire, and even the air was constantly distorting. Together with the flames and cries, it impacted people's hearts all the time...
But Artemis and the others are not ordinary people, and these whispers and corruption are completely ineffective. Moreover, the "Human Truth" that they regard as "accessories" emits bursts of golden light after entering this space, helping to isolate the whispers and corruption.
In the distance, there are demonic creatures that dare not approach or are fleeing. At the end of everyone's sight, there is an "inverted" pyramid with three sides and a very large scale.
"Ah~ it's the pyramid again. Do the so-called gods love such buildings? Are they not tired of aesthetics?" The plague doctor couldn't help but complain.
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