Chapter 290: The Prophet of Light (4/3, 1w1 update!)
As Master Gosai said, the rock shell is about to collapse.
Ian raised his head, and he saw dense cracks spreading on the crystalline rock shell above his head, like tree branches, making an unsettling creaking sound.
However, from behind the collapsed crystalline rock shell, a portion of the steel giant structure was exposed, as well as the fragile rock formations surrounding the giant structure.
——The crystalline rock shell is a structure that is covered by acquired materials... This place is not a completely natural rock formation!
"I see!"
Suddenly, the young man finally figured out what was going on in this rift valley: "The entire rift valley area is a cooling intersection! These dense rivers extending in all directions were all cooling pipes back then!"
From the beginning, Ian felt that the terrain of this place was abnormal, and it did not look like a rift valley formed by acquired erosion.
Theoretically, there should be only one purified viewing channel of the living water river here, which is the channel that everyone in Feiyan Land walked through before, and the others are cooling pipes.
However, it was later artificially widened and a huge insect nest was built.
The part where the insect nest is located was originally supposed to be a small purification device. After purifying a small part of the hot water, it is transmitted out as ornamental running water to surround the entire base, while most of the other hot water will flow along the 'ψ
'-shaped pipes are transferred to the cooling area, which is where the ruins of the ice abyss is, and then transmitted from the pipes of the ruins of the ice abyss to all the energy groups around the base as cooling water, and so on.
But as the ruins system said, part of the power pack has been damaged, causing the cooling water to be contaminated, and is now absorbed by the mother worm as an energy source... The Sequoia Base, which is now empty of people, does not care about this kind of contaminated water. It should be cooled.
Just go cool down, the AI should be able to make this kind of judgment.
But the system had been tampered with by the Great Elder and was still unable to respond to this incident.
The insect nest dismantles the purification device and blocks the giant gate on the bottom floor, and then absorbs the energy and radiation in the cooling water.
The stuck cooling valve at Sequoia Base has a bug. It should be in a special situation of 'neither open nor closed'. It cannot be controlled by the remote control system and can only continue the process manually.
But who can complete the process under the attack of the insect nest? The previous giant golden centipede should be a certain repairer, but it was still parasitized by the brain-eating worm and has been wandering in the ruins for many years. After the insect nest was restored, it became the mother
Insect tools.
The cooling system of the entire ruins was abnormal because of this, just like the original intention of the BUG - just a little bug caused the huge base to be unable to operate. In addition, someone modified it internally, causing the entire system to shut down.
In essence, the Rift Valley is a cooling vent that has not been completely closed. The entire insect nest itself should also be an extremely important 'control device'. It is a biological computer that has continuously 'hacked into the system' over the years, affecting the Sequoia Base.
The judgment of the automatic control system on this place.
At this moment, Ian looked towards the direction where the giant beast was fighting.
The battle between the crystal dragon, the giant eel and the mother worm was earth-shattering. Even if these giant beasts collide with each other here, they can have a certain impact on the geological structure, not to mention that it is an artificially shaped area - both sides of the rift valley are already like dominoes.
The dominoes collapsed one after another, and the rock shell above the head also continued to fall.
The collapse of the rock shell will not cause any damage to the heat dissipation interaction valve and the insect nest, just like throwing a handful of sand will only cover them.
But the problem is that in this case, there is no way to blast the insect nest and let the interaction port continue to operate!
After all, the mother brain-eating worm was reborn decades ago due to various coincidences. This insect nest is not large and can be easily destroyed and covered up.
Ian also understood why the White Mist Bishop would attack all monsters and force them to retreat.
Because what he has to do is to avoid any impact on the bottom layer here, so that the insect nest will not be covered by numerous silt, sand and rocks and be protected.
"I'm going to destroy the insect nest now."
Standing up immediately, Ian knew there was no time to hesitate now. He picked up the explosive bag and carried it on his back, preparing to head to the insect nest immediately.
Anyway, now that Bishop White Mist and Crystal Dragon are entangled with the mother worm, the situation is considered safe.
"good."
And Isengard did not hesitate. He gave Ian another bottle of his own blood. Although his face was pale, his expression was firm: "Be careful and safe, we will use artillery to support you here..."
"Remember to drink the potion." Master Gosei was still debugging the alchemy module of the artillery. At this critical moment, he didn't waste any time: "I just thought of it. When using those explosives, you can use your 'that' heritage to make them."
A cone-shaped structure concentrates the destructive power of explosives, making it more permeable!"
That inheritance was naturally the Sand Armor Apprentice, so Master Gosei naturally didn't tell him Ian's identity. That was not a good thing, and would actually harm the other party.
"Yeah." Ian nodded seriously. Of course he knew how the structure of the armor-piercing projectile had the ability to use shaped explosives.
He took a step forward, jumped down towards the bottom of the rift valley, activated his fairy wings, and headed towards the insect nest like lightning.
But this action was also discovered by Patrick.
"You are actually here!"
Upon realizing his target, the blond nobleman was stunned for a moment, but was followed by ecstasy - he thought that his mission would definitely fail, but he never thought that Ian and others were actually here.
He turned his head and noticed Master Isengard and Gosei on the other side. The man's eyes were complicated, but he had already made up his mind.
Patrick naturally wanted to come and stop the actions of Ian and others... No matter what the other party wanted to do, he would stop them.
Even if you definitely can't survive, you must at least die together.
However, just when Patrick was about to attack Ian and others, Bishop Baiwu always stood in front of him, and after Ian saw the actions of the blond noble, he accelerated and ran.
Even Master Gosei and Isengard began to take out various alchemical potions and began to increase the buff status in front of him.
"Don't stop me, old man!"
Being blocked by Bishop Baiwu one after another, Patrick roared angrily, but he was extremely excited and showed fighting skills that he had never shown before.
In other words, he learned from the skills displayed by his friend, Viscount Grant, in order to stop him.
brush!
Electricity flashed all over his body, and he charged in mid-air. The mithril rapier in his hand thundered towards Bishop Baiwu, forcing the old man to get out of the way - but this Bishop Huaiguang was extremely skilled in combat, and he was very brave.
, while dodging sideways, he still stretched out his hand and pressed it on Patrick's side waist.
In the next moment, the majestic life essence will form an explosion and repel Patrick. Although this will not hurt the opponent protected by the Anhuazi strain, it will be enough to give Ian a chance to continue his actions.
But what no one expected was that Bishop Baiwu's powerful palm strike actually penetrated the black flesh and blood cloak directly.
--It's empty inside.
It was only then that the old man showed a slightly shocked expression. When he took a closer look, he realized that Patrick was moving so fast just now that he even formed a phantom and flew towards the other side.
What he hit was indeed the Ether Armed Anhuazi Strain, but it was only the Ether Arm. The 'wearer' in it had detached from the side and was speeding towards Ian.
It's like a worm that sheds its shell.
Wow!
The dark brilliance that lost its wearer and entered the corrosive form wrapped around Bishop Baiwu's right arm and penetrated it. Although before it was ready to invade the flesh and blood, the old man quickly isolated it from his body with his own source of essence.
But he was indeed entangled.
Even because of the compatibility issue, this etheric arm sub-strain seems to be a little more difficult to deal with than when Patrick was wearing it.
——There is nothing you can do to help? You are so decisive.
Bishop Baiwu did not expect that someone would give up the etheric weapons, but he did not know that the Anhua sub-strain could not pose a threat to Ian and Isengard, so he spoke highly of Patrick's decisiveness: "In this case, there is nothing we can do.
Already."
"Embrace the Light of Light - Apply to use psychic powers - [Psychic Power] and [Psychic Communication]."
Instantly, two concentric circles of light, one blue and one gold, lit up in his eyes.
The blue light flashed, and Patrick's figure froze visibly to the naked eye, and invisible thoughts bound his body.
At the same time, a faint old man's voice came from Ian's heart: [Ian, I am Bai Wu, the bishop of Huaiguang Church in Harrison Port. I know that there are things here that will lead to the erosion of the situation in Nanling in the future, and even
It is the 'source of disaster' that has caused a huge crisis to the entire world, so it has been looking for a way to enter the ruins.】
[After on-site investigation, I have determined that the huge nest in front of you and me is the 'source of disasters in heaven and earth' in the church prophecies. I sense that you also want to destroy it, but I must remind you that the real
The source of the disaster is not the nest itself, but a will in this nest.]
Because it is an exchange of consciousness, everything is just a moment.
——The prophetic book mentioned by Bishop Baiwu? The church indeed has prophetic psychics.
Ian sensed that someone was having a psychic conversation with him. He was no stranger to this feeling. He had had one with Wiggs back then, so he immediately replied: "Isn't the will the mother of insects?"
"What's more, if it is really such a terrible source of disasters in the world, why not send more priests to destroy it?"
[No, the Insect Mother is just a tool of that will, a derivative of its malice. Although I don’t know the reason, the message I received told me so. 】
And Bishop Baiwu calmly replied: [That will must be destroyed to completely destroy the insect nest. Otherwise, its echo will linger in the control system of the ruins, and it will take a long time to dissipate. This ancient ruins will
This cycle of creating natural disasters will continue.]
[However, if we do not eliminate even the insect nests and mother insects, a terrible disaster will befall the continent of Terra, which will be a disaster for all living beings... Of course, it may not be so terrifying. The prediction is for
There are two possibilities, one is harmless, and the other is enough to destroy the world, but we don’t know the reason. This is rare, and we have never encountered this situation before.]
[As for why more priests are not sent, the answer is actually very simple.]
[Because this world is full of all kinds of causes of destruction, this place is not the most important place. Apostles with light are scattered all over this land, walking and staying, all with their own missions. 】
[The only thing that is certain is that our current power is enough to stop all this, as long as we handle it properly. 】
Bishop Baiwu's voice was filled with clear denial and unexpected confidence - this inexplicable confidence that Ian was very familiar with.
That's obvious, stemming from the prophet's confidence.
No need to guess, it was the spiritual prophecy inheritor in Huaiguang Church who predicted the disaster in Nanling and told Bishop Baiwu that everyone today can prevent future disasters.
As for the reason why the other party cannot predict, it may be because Ian is also a prophet and is involved in this matter... Prophets and prophets cannot predict each other. Even if they can, there will be many vague elements, which makes
The prophet cannot see the future through his own ability.
Moreover, this prophecy of the Huaiguang Church is different from Ian's precognitive vision. It can actually directly reveal the source of the disaster and the level of power required to solve it, but other than that, there is no extra information.
Every prophet has different prediction methods and tendencies. Huaiguang's side is obviously the one with only results and no process. Presumably those who have awakened this kind of prediction ability simply want to know what the world will encounter in the future.
What kind of disasters, and end these disasters as soon as possible.
Therefore, Bishop Baiwu can only use his own methods to collect clues and go inside the ruins to investigate in order to know the reason.
The old man's words also made Ian think deeply: "The mother worm is just a tool of that will? Let me think about it, the brain-eating worm was originally a brain-possessed slug... brain-possessed..."
"Could it be that?!"
Ian was horrified. He looked towards the insect nest, his eyes blank: "The will of the great elder is still alive?"
"No, it's impossible...his soul has died!"
"But what if it's an echo...a creature with an echo of the Great Elder's memory!"
At this moment, the precognitive vision swept across the entire nest.
Ian indeed saw the breath of life.
A dark blue mist is quietly located in the center of the lair!