The Third Raven Team suddenly lost contact with us.
This was completely beyond everyone's expectations. The last message they left showed that the team had entered the depths of the cave without any fighting along the way. After discovering that "the cave suddenly opened up, there was a large hole in front of it."
"After "about to enter a fault zone", the communication between the two sides was suddenly interrupted. There was no response to the call from the mothership, and the two regular ships approaching the raven team from the other two passages in the crypt.
The troops also lost contact immediately.
This strange situation made me immediately notify the troops searching near the cave to suspend their operations and enter a high alert state to resist enemies that may appear at any time. Then Qianqian, Lilina, I, and I boarded the landing
The cabin arrived directly near the target crypt.
After the three teams lost contact one after another, the first team to arrive on the scene was the first team led by Jaina. There were as many as ten powerful ravens and a hundred great magisters from Dalaran and Silvermoon City.
This team has unprecedented strength. Under my order, they have blocked the entrance and exit of the crypt with arcane shields and psionic energy barriers. However, it seems that no enemies have emerged from there.
The place we are now in is a wilderness covered with gravel. It has obviously been occupied by the Zerg for a long time. Although the insect moss on the ground has been burned to ashes by the Raven using the fire storm, the surrounding desolate Gobi surface occasionally reveals
The carbonized Zerg limbs still make people's stomachs churn. Since these Zerg have been dead for a long time, the specific chemical substances in their bodies have long lost their activity. Coupled with the strength of their bodies, the raven has no
Spending too much energy to burn off these blackened internal organs and bones and flesh one by one, the result is that a large area of quite uncomfortable insect carcasses is left here.
"What's the situation now? Are you still unable to contact me?"
What I am asking is not Jaina, but Raven 001, who is responsible for assisting Jaina. Although the former is the leader of this team, she is almost the same as the honorary leader. She does not understand the advanced communication technology of the Xiling people.
"Your Majesty," upon seeing our arrival, Raven 001 immediately dissipated the strong arcane halo floating on the black trench coat, lowered his head and saluted, "We have released several more detectors, and so far none of the third team's detectors have been contacted.
The current situation of the 'fault zone' mentioned is not abnormal."
From the images sent back by the detector in real time, I can clearly see the scene in the cave.
To be honest, the inside of the crypt does not look as disgusting as I imagined, and it is even much better than the environment around us - at least there are no disemboweled Zerg corpses that suddenly come into view to affect your appetite.
The entrance to the cave is located under a gentle hill, with a diameter of about ten meters, which can easily allow light individual fighters to enter. The interior of the cave is mainly composed of a black mixed rock, which is very strong and has no collapse.
Perhaps, the first hundred meters or so inside was flat and dry, and the footprints of the first team were clearly visible under the detector lens. Further forward, the terrain gradually went downwards and became steeper, and the four walls of the cave gradually became steeper.
It expanded to form a flat dome. Based on the information left by the first team, the agile detector completely simulated the latter's route of action before it disappeared, and gradually approached a suddenly open area.
"The terrain here is like entering a flattened fuel tank through a slender pipe," Raven 001 used a very vivid description to describe the underground terrain, "Your Majesty, there is the fault zone ahead.
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As Raven 001's words fell, the picture in front of us turned a corner, and then underwent earth-shaking changes.
A large crystal jungle!
Words cannot describe the magnificence of this scene. The magnificent light blue crystals grow out of the ground like bamboo shoots, reaching a height of nearly a hundred meters, directly running through this huge cave that can almost be called another world. These crystals
As it grows, it continues to branch out. From a distance, it actually looks like a tree. A faint stream of light jumps and swims between these crystals, like a dream. The ground under the crystal jungle is no longer that black.
It is a mixed rock, but a kind of gray crystal. The composition of the cave forms two completely different parts here. On one side is the gray black rock formation, as dim as a dirty slum, and on the other side is the brilliant
The magnificent crystal jungle looks like the Elf Secret Realm - well, in fact, I have never seen anything like the Elf Secret Realm...
Then, the picture in front of us suddenly distorted several times and turned into noisy interference patterns in an instant.
Is it some kind of energy present in the Crystal Jungle that causes conventional communications equipment to malfunction?
It is impossible for ordinary soldiers to be equipped with such painful off-standard equipment as a hyperspace communication device, and an ordinary communication device - even if it has a label made by Xiling, it should fail when encountering a super energy field.
Failure.
"We'll go down in person."
I turned off the projector casually, moved my shoulders slightly and said decisively, which immediately aroused the joint opposition of Raven 001 and Jaina on the side: "Your Majesty (Master God Envoy), please don't take risks!"
"There is no danger in that. You should have some confidence in the strength of your leader," I said, patting Lilina on the head. "More importantly, I will have no problem taking this guy with me."
"Yes," Lilina immediately had a shy expression on her face that was almost hard to distinguish between true and false, "You can use Lilina to your heart's content~~Big brother~~~"
"Bang!"
I knocked this troublemaker away with just one blow of my knife.
But what I said is right, with Lilina by my side, the so-called dangerous gods are just clouds - as the chief priestess of the goddess of life who was personally created and given authority by the ruling god of the universe, this pseudo-loli has the most rebellious character in the world.
Tian’s halo skill: Friendly targets within her line of sight will gain the effect of life gaze. Not only will their vitality and recovery ability increase several times, but more importantly, they will get a chance to be resurrected every fifteen minutes. Although I don’t
He thought that there might be something on an inconspicuous Pimple Star that could kill all the emperor-level Xiling apostles, but Lilina's ability has undoubtedly dispelled Raven 001's doubts.
After ordering the First Raven Team to stay on standby, Qianqian and I, together with Lilina, entered the deep and dark cave together under the personal escort of Scorpion Vega.
"Bringing Vega here is indeed a very wise choice."
Not long after leaving, Qian Qian sighed happily.
I nodded along and told Sister Scorpion: "Weijia, turn up the brightness."
The latter's depressed voice followed closely: "Sir, if you increase the output power any further, you will reach the attack limit!"
"Oh..." I nodded and continued walking behind Vega who turned into a searchlight.
How do you think Qianqian came up with the idea to let Weijia open the carapace on her tail and use it as a searchlight? Is this girl's mind really developed according to human specifications?
But I have to admit, the photon cannon on Vega's tail works really well as a searchlight...
"There is a faint breath of life coming from the front," Lilina had a solemn expression on her face, and the tip of her small nose twitched slightly, as if she could really ask what the smell of life was from the air, "Well, it smells like cumin.
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I:"……"
This crypt is indeed quite deep, and the ground is full of gravel and large pits. It is quite uncomfortable to walk one foot deep and one foot shallow. At the beginning, Qian Qian was as energetic as a child jumping around to play a big adventure game.
But it didn't take long for her to fall into a state of boredom. It seemed that even the wild slime that came out to block the road did not dampen her interest. Lilina made people roll their eyes because she was a priestess who was not good at walking and she was still a child who needed care.
The reason occupied the only stable place: Weijia's back. At this time, the old god was sitting on the ground on Sister Xiezi's back. The position should have been mine...forget it, I am not as familiar as a child.
After nearly half an hour, we passed through this rather difficult tunnel and arrived at the Crystal Jungle area.
"Wow!!" As I expected, Qianqian entered a state of excitement and danced into the crystal jungle, and began to pull out crystals from the ground like radishes. The crystals looked extremely hard.
Qian Qian made a creaking sound under the torment of her strengthened arm, which was comparable to a strong wooden arm, "Arjun Arjun! Do you think this thing can be made into diamonds?"
I'm lucky that Little Bubble didn't follow, otherwise the little guy would have dug up the entire Pimple Star.
I ignored Qian Qian, who was already in a state of rage, and began to feel the energy flow around me.
Just as we suspected at the beginning, there is some very disturbing energy field in this jungle, and our communication with the outside has been cut off.
This energy field is not powerful, and it is not even harmful. No wonder Qianqianhui Mili cannot be wary at all, but it can effectively block any conventional means of communication. Under my mental perception, the entire crystal jungle
There is such an energy field everywhere. The latter oscillates regularly and forms a secret synchronization with the surrounding crystal clusters. It is as if these crystals are resonating. Gradually, I understand a little bit about how these energy resonances block communication.
principle.
I don’t know if these crystals are magical substances made by the Protoss. If this is the case, then these mysterious Protoss are really worthy of our careful study.
"Gianna, can you hear me?"
"Master God Envoy! Great, you suddenly lost contact just now..."
"Calm down, we are in a good situation now," I breathed a sigh of relief. "The crystal jungle here has produced a clever energy resonance. This self-contained resonance makes it impossible for conventional communication signals to be transmitted, but it is special to me.
The ability doesn’t work, so you don’t have to worry.”
After a brief explanation, I called Qianqian, who was busy reciting the formation process of these crystals, and Lilina, who was riding on Vega's back, and headed into the depths of the crystal jungle.
There is not only one entrance here, but there are two passages side by side in the direction we came in. That should be the way the other two missing teams came in. As a special melee unit, Vega is quite good at "hunting" skills such as tracking.
, under her investigation, we easily found the traces left by the previously missing team. They were quite neat and there were no traces of battle. This showed that they collectively marched into the depths of the jungle under orderly command. However,
Where have all those soldiers gone now?
With such questions, we went all the way deeper. The area of this crystal area is really amazing, and its interior is no longer just a "jungle". Walls and passages formed by crystal clear crystals began to appear, making its depths
The terrain is becoming increasingly complex.
"The reaction of the life in front has become stronger!"
Lilina suddenly stopped us and frowned tightly.
"It smells really bad...it's the Zerg..."
Does the so-called breath of life really have a smell?
I couldn't help but wonder, but Lilina had already jumped off Vega and supported a light green energy shield beside her. Vega drew out her double swords and switched the photon cannon on her tail to close impact mode.
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As we moved forward, the low friction sounds and the meaningless roars of insects gradually came into the air. Without Lilina's guidance, we could quickly find the location of the enemy.
Finally, when our ears were filled with those gum-swelling creaking sounds, we approached a crystal wall with no edges visible. The sounds of the insect swarms came from a series of uniform sounds on this wall.
Coming from behind the round hole.
This should be the end of the Crystal Jungle. I am already a little dazzled by this vast and endless crystal crypt.
We approached it carefully, and then peered into the cave entrance.
"Damn, are all those bugs concentrated here?"
I immediately screamed in a low voice. I had long felt that even if the insect queen on the planet died, there would not be only a few of the insect races left before the entire planet was burned to ashes. It turned out... that they were all hiding underground?
How many are there? I can only say that they are boundless, truly boundless. Even if they are said to be tens of millions, I have no doubt. As for hundreds of millions...well, that is too much.
Boundless swarms of insects filled our sights. The deep purple carapace and tentacles were intertwined together, as disgusting as a squirming slimy swamp. There were a large number of hydralisks, springtails, lurkers, flying dragons and other strange shapes in the game.
Completely different bugs seemed to be gathered together in a chaotic manner, and the faint friction sounds caused by their slight movements were mixed together, and coupled with the amplification effect of the crystal cave, it sounded deafening.
"I kind of hate the atmosphere of this planet..."
I picked my ears and was distracted by the noise of the insects.
Vega immediately nodded and saluted me with a serious expression: "Yes, sir! We will burn the planet's atmosphere dry after the operation is over!"
Even Lilina expressed horror this time.
"They seem to be laying siege to something."
Weijia did not realize that there was anything unusual about what she said, but continued to observe the situation inside the cave. The faint halo of light flashing in her eyes indicated that Sister Scorpion's radar was fully activated. Soon, she found the place she wanted to find.
Looking for something.
"Report sir! There is a strange high-energy building in the center of the insect swarm, and the signal of the contact beacon has been detected! Our friendly forces are fighting fiercely there!"
"Get ready to fight! Attack in force!" I immediately ordered in a low voice, and then, a warm sense of security suddenly radiated from my side.
Lilina's hair turned into a light-like emerald green in an instant. This petite girl who was always making trouble gave me an inexplicable sense of holiness at this moment. She slowly floated into the air, surging with life.
Energy begins to surge in every inch of space around us.
"The Chief Priestess of the Goddess of Life is not that simple," Lilina said calmly, and then decisively got behind me, "Boss, please protect the delicate Lilina for a while~~~"
Before I had time to give this girl a three-speed hand knife as usual, Vega had suddenly jumped in from the crystal hole. The photon cannon on her tail had started to charge when she just jumped out. When she landed on the ground,
The crimson light had already accumulated to its peak, and then exploded.
The thick crimson beam suddenly illuminated the somewhat gloomy underground world. The insect swarms along the way were painted with large swaths of blood by the intense light. Along with the deafening roar that the insect swarm erupted in an instant, a strong
The torrent of photons has swept away a terrifying scar several meters wide and hundreds of kilometers long in the insect tide. Amidst the sizzling sound of the double swords being rapidly charged, Vega raised his upper body high and shouted "Long Live the Empire"
In the battle cry, it instantly transformed into a phantom, rushing towards the beacon that was surrounded by a swarm of insects.
I pulled Lilina along, followed by Qianqian.
A swarm of tens of millions of bugs besieged a building that was not that big. Naturally, the number of people who could participate in the battle was only a drop in the bucket. Most of the bugs that were already highly excited could only watch the show from behind eagerly. Their nerves had already been burned. Now our appearance has obviously made the situation worse.
It found a point of venting. Although nearly ten thousand Zerg had been reduced to flying ashes under Vega's sudden attack, the next second, the newly opened passage was refilled with them, and then, the overwhelming swarm of Zerg rushed towards it.
A group of "weak humans" jumped out and launched a brave attack.
Qianqian used her unprecedentedly powerful mental power to float in the air, and launched an unskilled crushing of these "weak" bugs while moving forward at high speed. She didn't even bother to use any moves, and everyone who dared to get close to us was surrounded by three
The Zerg within a hundred meters range turned into neatly cut pieces of meat or rotten and scorched flesh and blood residue in mid-air. Qian Qian, who had entered a brutal state, tore at the surrounding time flow without mercy, even if it was theoretically unable to die due to aging.
The dead Zerg could not resist this chaotic time oscillation. Their bodies were simultaneously stuffed into hundreds of thousands of timelines that could span thousands of years, and then they turned into an overwhelming mass without even realizing it.
rain of blood.
No matter how many times I've seen it, the scene of Qian Qian's fight... is really disgusting...
The dense crackling sounds and the muffled "puff" sound caused by large pieces of flesh falling to the ground formed the only symphony around us. All the attacking Zerg turned into lifeless carrion and pus in mid-air.
Even someone like Lilina, who claims to be fearless, couldn't help but retched after witnessing the brutal scene of Qian Qian's battle. I had no choice but to pick up the pale little girl and follow Vega's footsteps.
, quickly leaving the bloody storm caused by Qian Qian behind.