From the second floor of the Dusk Shelter to the third floor of the Bloody Courtyard, you originally had to pass the Courtyard Stairs located in the center of the shelter.
It is a large central elevator that can carry nearly a thousand people and a large amount of materials up and down at the same time. It is also the only means of transportation through the nearly kilometer-thick shielding layer between the second and third floors. Digging a hole with brute force, even at the third energy level, requires a lot of effort and time in the solidified rock formation that is nearly a kilometer thick.
After all, the first two floors of the Alien Research Institute are essentially civilian facilities, shelters designed to survive the doomsday, while the third floor and below are the real Alien Research Institute.
However, something went wrong with the courtyard staircase after a thousand years... I don't know whether it was a low energy supply or a program error. It now needs to pause for several hours to run once.
Theoretically speaking, the exploration team that reaches the courtyard stairs first can take this opportunity to widen the gap with other exploration teams - a few hours will pass, and half a day will pass. The teams gathered behind may There will also be conflicts and fights, which will waste time.
If we negotiate well, it would be fine if we all go down together... If we still go down one team at a time, then by the time the last team enters the third level, the first one has already been exploring for two or three days.
In short, the team that reaches the courtyard stairs first will undoubtedly have the greatest advantage.
Unless...some team cheats.
"Our Jin Lantern Department has long discovered another way that can reach the third floor directly without waiting."
After the Mountain King's prosthetic body left, Anfa used the dragon soul to communicate with Ian and Xiou one by one - and Ian communicated with the light spirit through eyes and relayed it to Ethan.
People communicated in a concealed way that would not be discovered by communication broadcasts: "Not far away, there is an ordinary-looking building. There is an independent small elevator in the basement on the ground floor, which also goes straight to the bloody courtyard on the third floor. "
"It should be a key facility of the civilization of the previous era. It should not be accessible to ordinary people, but now, it has become a shortcut for us!"
Regarding cheating, Anfa had no uneasiness or guilt at all. Rather, she believed that other exploration teams must have their own cheating methods.
Take the high road? Are you kidding? Who is playing with you within the rules? Our exploration team from a major force wants to play with forces outside the rules! Otherwise, what is the advantage of these big forces?
"Indeed. Without cheating, a team like ours acting alone cannot compare to the empire and the Cangtian Royal Court brigade that have been roughly formed."
Ian quite agrees with this.
At this time, Ian had recovered the source material chip on the central base of Dusk Sanctuary and handed it over to Anfa for safekeeping.
This thing is too sensitive. Even though Ian has confirmed that the dark gold dragon does not have the authority to locate himself through the chip, for the sake of safety, he will never give the other party any chance to touch the silver chip and discover his true identity! As for whether the time of the dusk shelter needs to be adjusted back...
Don’t you think it’s cool to have a shelter that’s always illuminated by the sunset light?
This is Ian's aesthetics. A good ancient ruin must be dilapidated, dimly lit, and almost extinct. Why does it have to be so bright and sunny with four distinct seasons? It must have an atmosphere of decadence and ending. , it seems that everything will fall into the twilight!
Others didn't care much about this, which made Ian couldn't help feeling that they were all young people without their own aesthetics.
Go to the shelter building with the small elevator
On the road, there are also many scattered strange beasts, such as the alien ooze monster composed of venom, radioactive substances and corrosive liquids, the distorted meat ball beast that constantly spits out black smoke, and the mutant snake with a highly poisonous tail blade... These monsters seem to have no dragon blood, but in fact, they are all dragon blood transformations.
The ooze monster uses the vitality of dragon blood to absorb so many poisons and turn them into its own use; the distorted meat ball that spits out black smoke is essentially a failed attempt to simulate the breath organ of a real dragon.
, but even so, the breathing organ alone has a life, just like the aberrant sarcoma came to life.
As for the last big snake...it's a snake, so isn't it a dragon?
These scattered strange beasts do not require Ian's action. Isengard can deal with them all by himself, which can be regarded as training the young master's practical ability.
Not to mention the result - perhaps it was because Ian and Ethan had practiced sword fighting against each other too many times in the imperial capital. The young master who originally knew nothing about this aspect was really good at fighting.
The second-level physical fitness and one-handed swordsmanship eliminated all enemies!
Soon, everyone arrived at the ordinary building Anfa mentioned.
"Anfa..."
After entering the basement of the building, Ian couldn't help but sigh: "This is the experimental product processing channel of the civilization of the previous era - you see, those iron cabinets next to it are used to store internal organs and corpses. The cryogenic freezer is used to store internal organs and corpses. The cryogenic freezer... This place is a corpse processing plant, which is not very auspicious."
"It's like this..." He secretly deducted a few points from the prophet for telling the truth at an inappropriate time, but Anfa remained calm on the surface: "Then let's find another way and go to the courtyard stairs?"
"of course not."
Ian looked around with interest and said firmly: "According to my experience, if the third floor is really a research area, then the failed test product processing room must not be far from the research institute - that is our core goal! "
After speaking, Ian took the initiative to walk into the small elevator - a dragon's blood test was also required here. After all, the failed test product would definitely require dragon's blood, as well as relevant team leaders, so he passed easily.
Xenogeneic Research Institute, third floor. 【Blood Courtyard】
The blood-colored courtyard sounds like a courtyard filled with blood. It seems to have a sense of poignancy and horror, just like the garden made of blood and human bones in the Demon King's castle, with an incredible and curious beauty.
But in fact, the reason why it is so named is very simple.
"Aren't these all red warning lights?" Ian complained as soon as he left the elevator and came to the street on the third floor: "The first floor is sunny, the second floor is dusk, and the third floor is bloody - I originally thought How amazing is it that I didn’t expect it to be a simple red alert?”
As Ian said, the reason why the third-level bloody courtyard is all red is because there are still
Error warnings are continuously being reported, and an extremely inferior warning sound that has changed in pitch can be vaguely heard in the distance... And the reason why it is a courtyard is because there are many research institutes on this floor, each of which has its own experimental open space research institute. The buildings are dotted all over the place, and they look like courtyards at intervals.
"Communication is cut off." "Contact is cut off!" Unlike Ian, who only cares about the third-level painting style, Isengard and Xio immediately discovered the really important change - neither of them could contact Gosel. Neither the master nor the eldest prince Carlos could contact his mother.
"Yes. Starting from the third level of the Bloody Courtyard, communication with the outside world is basically impossible."
Anfa nodded slightly. She raised her finger and pointed at the rock top supported by the iron mesh dome above her head: "Between the second layer and the third layer, there is a shielding layer nearly one thousand meters thick. This was originally supposed to be The natural barriers set up by civilizations in the previous era to prevent out-of-control experimental subjects from easily reaching the outside world also happened to cope with the psychic radiation of the disaster."
"Because of this, there are many chips in the Bloody Courtyard that contain research data on civilizations from previous eras... The chips on the first two floors have been washed away by powerful spiritual energy and can no longer be used, while the chips on the third floor But there are many storage devices containing precious information!"
There is no doubt that this is the real purpose of the major forces in gathering dragon blood to send people to the third level! The technological reserves of pre-era civilizations are key to influencing a country's national strength and allowing one's own sublime to be greatly strengthened. This level of research institutes and harvests must not be given up!
"Only the most basic links are left to make sure that the equipment on us is still there and not broken."
Anfa checked the broadcast camera on his body and found that there was nothing he could do.
After Fa passed on any information, he looked at Ian with a smile: "Now you can use your full strength."
"Hopefully." Ian smacked his lips instead, not looking forward to it: "If I really use my full strength...it's hard to say whether it's a good thing or a bad thing."
Hearing these words, Xiou was still a little confused. Anfa and Yisen couldn't help laughing after being stunned for a while: "Your bragging method... is really refreshing and refined! Also, an enemy who can make you try your best to attack will let you We encountered it, but it’s really a bit dangerous.”
It was more than a little dangerous... In fact, when everyone descended to the third floor, in Ian's vision, everyone's color turned bright red.
Of course, this was not stained by warning lights, but a real bloody disaster.
One by one, under my protection, there will be bloody disasters. The danger of the Xenogeneic Research Institute is truly worthy of its name.
Thinking of this, Ian also had a deeper understanding of Prince Carlos' deception... Yes, prophets are not omnipotent and omniscient. As long as they go to a dangerous enough place, every step they take is a prophetic sign to themselves. If you can deceive someone, this is definitely not a problem that ordinary prophets can solve.
Although His Highness Carlos didn’t say a few words,
It wasn't the truth of the test, but now it seemed like it was a genuine good intention, reminding myself of the difficulty of the young prophet.
Shaking his head slightly, Ian took out the mithril transmitter from his arms.
"Wait a minute, Ian, are you really going to send it?" Anfa, who was identifying the road and preparing to take everyone to the place where she discovered the source chip in the past, noticed the young man's movements. She couldn't help but look stunned, and then hurriedly raised her hand. He waved in front of Ian's eyes and said, "You don't really plan to follow Uncle Yafoda's wishes to activate communications, do you? Do you really want to cooperate with him?"
"how?"
Lifting his gaze from the transmitter, Ian raised his brows: "Do you hate your uncle so much? Jin Deng and the Yinmen family have been allies for many years, and they should have nothing to hide from each other."
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"The Ginmon family is trustworthy, but not Yafoda."
Anfa said seriously, her expression serious: "My uncle is heartless and untrustworthy, as long as you
Without signing a contract with him, he can deceive you without any guilt... And listen to you, Ian, you didn't sign a contract with my uncle, right? In this case, your transaction actually doesn’t count at all! "
"Listen to me, Ian. My uncle is really crazy. He may have been crazy decades ago... I even know that he was the one who leaked the information about my trip to Nanling, which led to the pursuit of the Candle Bearer!"
At this moment, Anfa revealed this confidential information. It was precisely because the communication on the third floor was completely cut off that she had the courage to guess... After all, this uncle Yafoda is the dean of the Grand Council, and he is now the leader of the Yinmen family. The head of the family, so what if it was really him who was doing the trick in secret? Others have no room to resist!
"You are mistaken, Anfa."
In this regard, Ian just smiled softly and said: "I knew Japhetah's purpose from the beginning - my only idea was actually to know how he achieved his purpose. So I don't mind helping him.
he. "
"Wha...what?" At this moment, Anfa looked confused. She could somewhat understand why talking to a prophet would cause people to strain their blood pressure... Because the prophets in this world can see so many things, and no one knows how far they can go - no one likes an undestined person. A guy who can see through everything about himself for no reason, not to mention he's the Riddler.
"Your uncle's real purpose is actually very simple."
Ian looked around at the other three people present, and he said calmly: "All he wants is to go on a 'hunt."
"Anfa, when Canaan Moore was at its peak, there were only three fifth-level ones, right?"
"Yes." Anfa nodded slightly. The elf girl pondered for a while before finally understanding: "When Canaan Moore was at its peak, there were only two blood of the top...and the third one was actually an accident. He
He is the successor of other true forms, and that true form was advanced to the fifth level only after he completed it... Wait, is this the hunting you are talking about? !
"
"Yes, the fifth level. The blood of the top. This is not the same thing."
Ian murmured to himself for a while, then raised his head and explained to everyone: "Obviously, the National Territory Department has already chosen its successor, and the fifth level of the Aoba Department is still young - these two The big clan has occupied the blood of the throne for enough time, hasn’t it?”
Anfa was silent. But silence is also an answer, making the young man's expression even more cheerful: "So, I understand very well what Speaker Yapheta is going to do. The only question is, how much does he know about this ruins... He is definitely more than just 'I have explored this level before."
"I even guessed..." Ian said softly: "He is related to the 'Lord of the Labyrinth!"
There is no need to use your brain to speculate on these. Yafoda has obviously been to the third floor, so he gave Ian this special communication device, but in fact
According to official records, Yafoda has never been here at all - this proves that he has his own channels to get to the depths of the Alien Research Institute.
And the existence that can make a fourth-level peak person frequently come to the depths of a ruin that is completely cut off from outside communications, seriously prepare something, and even cooperate with the master of the labyrinth... His goal is obviously not other third-level people. Four energy levels.
"National Territory Department..."
Anfa whispered to himself at this moment: "It must be the ancestor from the National Territory Department... Is he the target of my uncle?! But this is too crazy. How on earth can he do it?!"
"Who knows. I don't quite understand the internal struggles of your elves."
Ian was noncommittal. He had finished thinking at this moment. After checking the communicator, he pressed the start button to launch - which even caused the blood-red heads on everyone's bodies to recede a lot.
It was precisely because he saw this future that Ian dared to do this when his companions were all around him.
Act decisively.
At this moment, an invisible signal bursts out. Even the peak of the fourth energy level may not be able to detect it. Only Yafoda, who is prepared early in the morning and waits for the signal to be sent, can understand it immediately.
"Hmm...Is it Ian and Anfa? This speed is too fast!"
The speaker who was confronting other fourth-level people turned his head and said thoughtfully: "It seems that his strength is really not simple. Even with the help of Anfa, he can reach the third level at this time, which is enough to prove that. Their strength!"
"However, it is still early. He is too fast, which may cause hidden dangers. There are several other signals, and we still need to wait for the opportunity to activate them one after another..."
Thinking of this, the head of the Yinmen family smiled and continued to confront other strong men.
the third floor. "Okay, the mission is over."
Taking the mithril transmitter back into his arms, Ian concluded
After ending his fugue state, he smiled and said to his friends: "What else have you discovered? If not, we'll set off!"
Originally, Ian never thought that everyone would have any additional information, but Xio's confused voice sounded at this time.
"There's something not right about this place, Ian." Looking around, the red-haired Dragon Goddess felt a little chilly. She frowned and looked around a little awkwardly: "Have you ever felt...the entire bloody courtyard seems to be occupied? Covered by a strange phenomenon?"
"Oh?" Ian paused, and he immediately sensed the phenomenon of the entire bloody courtyard seriously.
Then, the young man looked solemnly and said, "Yes, Xio is right. There is indeed something weird in this place! The virtual realm is actually shaking, and there is even a tendency to form a subspace maze, overlapping with the real world!"
"Everyone, be careful... the entire third floor may be as dangerous as the empire's western border in Avak Territory.
To the same extent - or even more so! "
