The convoy drove west along the established route.
They are the routes specially developed by the Royal City to ensure the logistics supplies of Star City, and they are relatively safe.
The expedition team will first arrive at Star City along this route, and then from Star City to Fanxing Town.
Although materials and personnel are relatively expensive, the expedition team's forty Spirit Horse vehicles can still be called luxurious.
The spirit horse is the only spiritual creature tamed by humans. Not only can it exist in the material world for a long time, it can also enter a deep sleep state and shrink into a small ball that can be carried around.
The only disadvantage is that it is expensive and only consumes psychic crystals.
The elders originally planned to distribute some new mechanical bicycles from the Industrial Machinery Research Institute. Ordinary hearses cannot go out of the city, and hearses that can go out of the city are also very expensive.
But the king gave his property to Rhodes.
It means that Rhodes used his own private property to fight, and the elders have no right to comment.
The spirit horse was very fast, dragging the carriage along the road.
This heaven-shaking pleasure is not something ordinary people can enjoy.
The territory on the west side of the royal city is not large.
After traveling less than two hundred miles, we left the outermost perimeter of the defensive circle and entered the dark world.
Then walk 400 miles westward along the Dead End Mountain Range, and you will reach the City of Stars.
This is an ancient city that contains countless treasures.
According to scholars’ research, it belongs to the Starry Kingdom of the Age of Fire.
This kingdom worships the stars and believes that it can draw power from them. The supreme ruler of the kingdom, the Queen of Stars, possesses the only characteristic that can be passed down through blood-falling stars.
After the destruction of the Star Kingdom about 1,500 years ago, the Queen of Stars fell into darkness, and this soul characteristic never appeared in the world again.
Since entering the Dark Age, humankind has been basically destroyed, and fire has disappeared from the earth, leaving only a faint glow.
This ancient city has been silent in darkness for a long time, and was only briefly controlled by Trorian six hundred years ago.
When the Battle of Falling Star failed, the human race in Trolian turned from prosperity to decline, and they have never set foot here again.
Until today.
Trorian's expeditionary army finally established a firm foothold in the City of Stars, establishing stable connections and supply channels with the kingdom.
However, over a long period of time, countless darkness has settled in this ancient city.
Although the conquering legion has basically occupied the city and ignited the fire of protection, the soldiers are still clearing away the filth and darkness in the depths, and there is no extra strength to establish a defense system with the City of Stars as the core stronghold.
Fanxing Town is an important stronghold in such a system.
It is located 370 miles away from the northwest corner of Star City and is a key node in the expected defense system.
Through it, you can continue to advance in all directions. It is an important stronghold for Trorian's expansion into the dark world and the starting point of a greater blueprint.
It is precisely because of this that conservatives and opponents are so firmly opposed to this operation.
Rhodes' burden is actually much greater than imagined.
Choosing him was beyond everyone’s expectations.
I don’t know how long it took, but the carriage suddenly stopped.
Captain O'Hara came to the carriage and shouted: "Sir Commander, we have arrived at the City of Stars."
Rhodes woke up from his meditation and replied: "Okay, I understand."
Molly opened the carriage door and the two got out of the car together.
They will repair here briefly and meet with Captain Lockhart of the Conquest Legion and Captain Cross of the City Defense Legion to see if they can get some help.
Molly said softly: "If Lord Lockhart can support us with some supplies or lend us some soldiers, the situation may change, but the possibility is not high. The road to Fanxing Town will be difficult."
Suddenly, an idea flashed in Rhode's mind.
At the same time, the oppressive feeling of the void came again, and he immediately used [Awakening].
But the breath of the void has only pushed forward half a step, and the spiritual energy is rapidly evaporating into the void.
Rhodes didn't have time to think about it, he grabbed Molly and pulled her back to the car.
O'Hara was surprised: "Sir Commander?"
Rhodes' answer came from inside the carriage: "Wait for me for 30 seconds."
O'Hara and the surrounding soldiers looked at each other.
30 seconds?
What can you do in 30 seconds?
In the carriage, Rhodes had no time to talk nonsense.
He pointed directly at the map and said: "We are establishing a stronghold here. There is no better location than this."
Molly looked along his fingers, doubts appearing in her eyes for the first time.
"This is a dungeon, a monster lair."
Rhodes ignored her look and said quickly.
"If my plan goes well, it won't anymore. With an underground city as a base, everything will be easy to handle."
"After I leave, you lock this carriage and don't allow anyone to open it or get close to it, otherwise my plan will fail. Do you understand?"
Molly's expression returned to seriousness and rigidity, and other expressions always disappeared quickly like thin ice on her hot face.
"I know."
"Then, the task of meeting with the legion commander will be left to you. I'm leaving."
Rhode activated the spirit boat, and the white mist like a slurry lake quickly enveloped him.
Since there is no past Fanxing Town, the spirit boat cannot travel through the spirit world, nor can it navigate automatically. It can only fly to the southwest manually.
The [Spirit Boat], which had reached its highest position, was moving extremely fast. The soldiers only saw a white thing flying out of the carriage and disappearing behind the black mist in the blink of an eye.
O'Hara wondered: "What is this?"
Da.
Molly stepped out of the carriage and ordered: "Lock up this carriage and arrange for five soldiers to take turns guarding it. No one is allowed to get close."
O'Hara came back to his senses. Although he felt strange, obeying orders is the bounden duty of a soldier.
"Yes, Deputy Commander."
"Kander, come with me to see the Legion Commander."
"Yes, Deputy Commander."
Molly, who is tall and has a serious face, walks towards the Star City not far away with a strong aura.
Vice-captain Kander followed behind Molly. He was not as tall as Molly, which further highlighted her strength.
In the thick darkness, Rhodes was flying to the southwest at an alarming speed.
The map has been imprinted in his mind, and his super-high spiritual vision prevents him from getting lost.
Rhodes' thinking is very clear now.
Just now, he had set the resurrection point of the Resurrection Stone in the carriage.
Now, he will rush into the monster's lair and commit suicide.
If the inference is correct, his death will trigger some strong effects.
During the last Kuroshio mission, a particularly strong disturbance occurred at the second node.
It was the originally planned effect of this disturbance amplification that led to the overall turn of the Kuroshio and the disaster ended early.
The Royal City Army War Department, the White Tower and many societies are still studying this problem, trying to find the cause of the disturbance so that it can be used again in the future.
They looked through all the reasons from the spirit world to the stars, from monster mutations to chaotic systems, but they couldn't find an explanation that convinced most people.
Only Rhodes knew that the only difference between the second node and the first node was that he died there.
He was not killed by monsters, but was eaten back by the void.
In his impression, when he died, the powerful force did not seem to stop, but became more violent.
From this, Rhodes came up with an inference.
This abnormal death may trigger some kind of strong explosion.
After excessive use of psychic energy at the Demon Dragon, Rhodes had an idea.
The first thing he did when he took office in Fanxing Town was to use a super self-destruction to open up the situation.
But, where should the self-destruction location be?
Rhodes has been thinking about this issue before.
Will it detonate in Fanxing Town? Or detonate in the surrounding area?
Or detonate it in the most dangerous Yin Soen ruins?
It wasn't until they arrived at Star City that Molly's words reminded Rhodes.
In the process of establishing a new human base, the smoothness of the route is the most important.
If they were cut off from the world of fire, wouldn't they just be abandoned children wandering alone in the darkness?
From the map, the underground city lair to the east of Fanxing Town is the biggest obstacle, just cutting off a perfect route.
If this rock can be moved away, then their access to the Royal City and Star City will be greatly shortened. With a little cleaning, it will become much safer.
Moreover, monster nests that are easily disturbed are obviously the most dangerous factors in the expedition and must be eliminated in advance.
If they are lucky, they will also get a perfect dungeon base.
With such a multi-purpose stronghold, it is definitely the right one.
The blood in Rhodes' heart exploded, and he desperately urged the spirit boat to fly towards it.
The spirit boat consumes a lot of spiritual energy, but it is nothing compared to the powerful attraction in the void.
Under the infinite [awakening], even scraps are not counted.
Within a moment, Rhodes had already seen the huge monster lair.
The aura of the abyss is very obvious, black cracks spread in all directions, there is like a huge scar on the ground, and some abyss monsters and strange demons are wandering on the ground.
In the center of the scar, there is a huge circular pit.
Thick black mist gathered into the pit, and even the eyes of the soul could not penetrate it. The endless darkness was like an abyss.
Obviously, that is the legendary abandoned dungeon.
OK!
It’s you!
Rhodes turned around and rushed straight into the giant pit.
Taste the wrath of the void!
——
A depression next to the huge pit.
Dozens of shadows are carefully huddled under a boulder, an invisible barrier blocking their breath.
They are just the shadow army raised by Justice Amorri, who do some shady things for him.
At this moment, they have prepared the fire pot and are waiting for the expedition team to arrive near Fanxing Town to detonate the monster nest and let them be swallowed by the strange monster.
Suddenly, someone said: "What is that?"
Everyone looked up, but the white shadow flashed past and crashed into the huge pit.
"Are you dazzled?"
"I really saw it."
"Pay attention to me, it's very dangerous here."
"But I really saw it."
"Are you done yet..."
"Shut up!"
The captain suddenly spoke. He closed his eyes and was silent for a while, then said: "No, there was news from Star City's internal intelligence that they did not see the boy, and some people in the expedition team said that someone saw a white light flying away.
”
Everyone cheered up.
"Captain, are you saying that the boy flew into the pit alone?"
"What does he want to do?"
The captain said in a deep voice: "I don't know, but it's definitely not a good thing."
"What should we do?"
"Start the plan immediately and detonate the nest directly. No matter what the kid wants to do, he will be swallowed by the abyss. As long as he dies, this expedition will be 90% failed!"
"Yes! That's right!"
"Your wisdom is so profound!"
"With you here, we will succeed!"
"As long as this mission is successful, we can go back and enjoy ourselves!"
Amidst the praise, everyone prepared hundreds of fire pots and threw them into the huge pit.
——
This is an unprecedented huge pit.
Its radius is about two thousand steps. Countless strange demons and abyss monsters are densely packed on the walls. Black goo is everywhere. The corrosive smell of the abyss rushes straight to the nose. The entire pit is like hell.
.
But Rhodes still found traces of man-made objects in this horrific scene.
There are square carvings and ladder-like structures everywhere on the walls of the giant pit.
They are neat and orderly, like rows of rooms and stairs.
Is this giant pit itself an underground city?
This thought passed through Rhodes' mind in an instant, and the void had seized him. No matter how many times he used [Awakening], the void would never take a step back.
The terrifying aura was approaching him, and the infinite amount of spiritual energy he owed formed an extremely huge hole, firmly sucking him in, and the spiritual energy generated by each [awakening] disappeared instantly.
The backlash of the void is about to break out!
Rhodes was very anxious.
He found that this dungeon was much deeper than imagined, with countless strange demons entrenched in it, and it would be impossible to clean them all in one outbreak.
How can we gather monsters together?
Rhodes' spiritual energy can no longer be used, the spirit boat has disappeared, and he is now falling freely.
Some strange demons noticed him and were flying towards him.
But this amount is far from enough.
Rhodes desperately tried to attract attention, but without psychic powers, he couldn't make much noise.
Oops, I didn’t just blow up half of it, right?
By then, won’t it be even more troublesome if there are strange monsters crawling all over the ground?
Suddenly, a huge strange demon flew close to him, and hundreds of thin black threads flew out from its back and stabbed at him.
At the same time, the furious void also rushed towards us.
We can only hope that the void’s backlash is powerful enough.
Rhodes thought to himself, just when he was about to close his eyes and wait for death, something exploded above his head.
The strong firelight instantly illuminated the entire pit, and the raging flames blew open like an inflated balloon, and the smell of rotting matter scattered everywhere.
The huge noise immediately alerted all the monsters in the pit.
Darkness poured out from the sky and the ground. The entire huge pit seemed to be filled with water, and black things surged out.
Rhodes was overjoyed and used [Awaken] like crazy, just hoping to extend it by half a second.
The black tide submerged him in the blink of an eye, the strange demon's spikes pierced his body, and severe pain spread from his nerves.
But Rhodes already smiled.
His goal was achieved.
Whoever it is, thank you.
Boom!
Rhodes was torn apart by strange demons, but something even more terrifying emerged from the origin of his death.
Except for a worthless body, the red-eyed void got nothing from Rhodes. It crazily devoured the monsters around it to make up for its unparalleled huge hole.
All monsters were grabbed by invisible hands, and all spiritual substances were sucked into the invisible twisted space. The overwhelming blackness could not make up for its powerful suction.
The gravity of the void even spread to the ground, grabbing the shadow crowd who were about to use the blinking spell to escape.
"What's going on..."
Before they finished speaking, their bodies and souls had been swallowed by the void, leaving only clothes and sundries on the floor.