1026. Death Dungeon (Part 1)
There are a total of 8 protoss warriors who followed Zelakas along the way, led by the temple guardian Talim. They are also wearing golden armor, and they are also inlaid with some Kyber crystals to strengthen themselves. of psychic energy.
According to Zelakas, Kyber Crystal can indeed replace the Kaidarin Crystal in the "StarCraft" world to a certain extent. Although the two have some differences, they both have a strong affinity for psychic energy/the Force. exist.
It is precisely because of this that the protoss is quite receptive to this world.
Due to problems with technology and production capacity, the armors worn by these protoss warriors are naturally far less majestic than those seen in the game by Darth Malthael, but even so, the cost of such a set of armor is painful. .
Each protoss warrior has different habits of using psychic energy. The number and position of the Kyber crystals embedded in their armor are also different, generally ranging from 4 to 8. In addition, they are installed on the wrist armor for use. To activate the kyber crystals of the lightsaber, such a protoss warrior wears almost 10 of them!
Not to mention other things, this one alone costs almost as much as 10 lightsabers. It simply doesn't take money seriously.
If the Fourth Civilization hadn't occupied the planet Christofsis and had a sufficient supply of various crystals, Darth Malthael would really not be able to support this small group of protoss.
However, seeing these protoss warriors walking directly into an environment full of black dust without affecting their actions at all, Darth Malthael still felt that it was worth it.
He was very convinced that such a protoss warrior could easily tear the Inchori into pieces. The title of the most powerful warrior in the galaxy had already been quietly displaced from the moment he awakened the protoss.
The main continent of Taris planet is a restricted area for life. On this supercontinent, which is equivalent to the area of two Eurasian continents, life has long ceased to exist.
Even though Darth Malthael had seen the tragic scenes of many cities being destroyed and life lost on the spaceship, he could still feel a deeper level of fear when he set foot here on the ground.
There were many charred corpses around. Darth Malthael kicked one of them and found that the corpse was very hard. It should have become like this after thousands of years of being killed by orbital bombardment by an unknown weapon.
The withered corpse still maintained the painful posture before death, with its empty eye sockets and mouth wide open, as if roaring loudly.
The closer you get to the entrance of the mine, the more corpses there are, and many other corpses begin to appear in it...
monster!
A humanoid monster with only three toes on its hands and feet, but it is thick, sharp, and very deadly. The mouth is large, full of fangs, and has a double-layered one-eye in the middle of the face.
There is no doubt that these people were fighting these monsters in their lifetime, judging from the half-melted weapons and armored vehicles around them.
And these monsters came out of the mines!
"Rakghoulplague [Note 1]." Zelakas squatted down and took a brief look at the corpse of one of the monsters. He completely ignored the possible infection and stretched out his fingers to touch the corpse. He took a little black dust and rubbed it carefully on his fingertips for a while. "It has lost its activity and is not dangerous."
"The danger lies underground." Darth Malthael said calmly.
"Lark Ghoul, this is what is mentioned repeatedly in the records of the Jedi Covenant...that is, the undead army created by Moore's amulet." Zelakas said, "Yes, the so-called undead army. The summoner is actually the spreader of the virus."
"The 'only' in your mouth means the death of tens of billions of people on several planets." Lucien Del Rey's voice suddenly came out.
It seemed that he was still paying attention to the outside world and was not sleeping as usual.
"This is a virus that is highly contagious, but completely powerless against psychic energy and the Force. It can indeed be described as 'just'." Zelakas said with the pride of the Protoss.
Then, Talim, the temple guardian, walked at the front and went directly underground.
Inside the mine, there were charred corpses everywhere, and it was pitch black everywhere. It was absolutely impossible to expect that there would be any energy here.
The protoss warriors turned on the switches on their wrists one after another, and lightsabers shot out from their wrist armors. The light emitted brought some soft light to the surroundings.
However, the light of the lightsaber cannot shine too far. It is not a concentrated light after all, but they are not ordinary people. They can see everything around them with a little light.
The corpses kept spreading on the ground toward the depths of the mine. They walked along for who knows how long. The mine was complicated and collapsed in many places, like a maze.
But Zelakas seemed to know the route and kept moving forward firmly in one direction.
Darth Malthael had roughly understood what he wanted to do, so he followed these protoss warriors forward.
Zelakas still explained to him: "The Jedi Covenant has been tracking the whereabouts of Moore's amulet. Lucian Dre sent Celeste Morn to find it on the planet Taris. And the most important basis is, There was a massive outbreak of the Rak Ghoul virus here."
Darth Malthael nodded slightly.
"The planet Talis has a huge underground city. I don't want to know the history of this planet, but this huge underground city should have been built by the residents to avoid war. The Rak Ghoul virus came from the underground city. The infection began." Zelakas said, "Because the dungeon is relatively closed, it quickly fell completely in the face of the highly contagious Rak Ghoul virus."
Darth Malthael nodded and said, "At least for a long process of decades to hundreds of years, the planet Taris continued to fight against the Rak ghouls rushing out of the underground city, until the planet was destroyed by the war. . With the end of the old Sith War, this destroyed planet was almost forgotten until the Mandalorian War broke out 4,000 years ago. According to records, at least 1 million Mandalorian Crusaders rashly entered the planet Taris. Later, he was overwhelmed by an endless swarm of Rak Ghouls.”
A faint golden light began to flash in his eyes, "And, they are still there!"
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[Note 1]: I think the translation of Rakhoul virus is more accurate than the original 'Rakhoul virus', because ghoul means ghoul, which is a compound self-created word that is very common in English games. , which can accurately express the characteristics of this virus.
[Easter Egg Chapter Attached Picture 1: Lark Ghoul. 】
"Brother Shen!"
"Um!"
When Shen Changqing walks on the road, whenever he encounters familiar people, he will say hello or nod to each other.
But no matter who it is.
There was no unnecessary expression on everyone's face, as if they were indifferent to everything.
To this.
Shen Changqing has become accustomed to it.
Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, an organization that maintains the stability of the Qin Dynasty. Its main responsibility is to kill monsters and monsters. Of course, there are also some other side jobs.
It can be said.
Everyone in the Demon Suppression Division has a lot of blood on their hands.
When a person is used to seeing life and death, he will become indifferent to many things.
When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but he got used to it over time.
The Demon-Suppressing Division is huge.
Those who can stay in the Demon Suppressing Division are all powerful masters, or those who have the potential to become masters.
Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.
Among them, the Demon Suppressor Division is divided into two professions, one is the Guardian Envoy and the other is the Demon Slayer.
Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Department starts from the lowest level as a demon slayer.
Then he will be promoted step by step, and he is expected to eventually become a guardian envoy.
Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level among the demon slayers.
Possessing the memory of a previous life.
He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.
It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of a loft.
Unlike other places in the Demon Suppressing Division that were full of chills, the attic here seemed to stand out from the crowd, showing a different kind of tranquility in the bloody Demon Suppressing Division.
At this time, the attic door was open, and occasionally people came in and out.
Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment before stepping in.
Enter the attic.
The environment changes in vain.
The fragrance of ink mixed with the faint smell of blood hit his face, making him frown instinctively, but then relaxed it quickly.
There is almost no way to cleanse away the smell of blood on everyone in the Demon-Suppressing Division.
