To get from the second-floor ‘Twilight Shelter’ to the third-floor ‘Blood 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. If you want to get close to
Digging a hole with brute force, even at the third energy level, would take 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, a shelter designed to survive the doomsday, while the third floor and below are the real ‘Xenogene Research Institute’.
However, something went wrong with the courtyard staircase after a thousand years... I don’t know whether it was due to 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 advantage of this opportunity to widen the gap with other exploration teams - a few hours of going back and forth, and half a day will pass, and the teams gathered behind may still be able to get there.
There will be conflicts and fights, which will waste time.
If we negotiate well and everyone goes down together, it will be fine... If we still go down one team at a time, then by the time the last team enters the third floor, the first one has already explored for two or three days.
In short, the team that reaches the courtyard stairs first will undoubtedly have the greatest advantage.
unless……
There is a team cheating.
"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 - and Ian relayed it to Yisen through the "Light Spirit Communication" in his eyes, and the four of them used concealment to avoid being discovered by the communication relay.
Method exchange: "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 right path? Are you kidding? Who is playing with you within the rules? The exploration team of our big forces 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 really 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 dark night!
Others didn't care much about this, which made Ian couldn't help feeling that they were all young people without their own aesthetics.
On the way to the shelter building with the small elevator, there were also many scattered strange beasts, such as the alien ooze monster composed of venom, radioactive substances and corrosive liquids, the distorted flesh ball beast that constantly spit out black smoke, and the tail beast.
There are mutated snakes with extremely poisonous blades... These monsters seem to have no dragon blood, but in fact, they are all transformed with dragon blood.
The ooze monster relies on 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, it makes
This breath organ came to life alone, 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 because Ian and Ethan practiced sword fighting against each other too many times in the Imperial Capital, the young master who originally knew nothing about this aspect was actually very effective in combat, and he actually relied only on the second level.
With his physical fitness and swordsmanship, he defeated all the 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, the iron cabinets next to it are low-temperature freezers used to store internal organs and corpses... This place is a corpse processing facility.
The factory is not very auspicious."
"It's like this..." He secretly deducted some points for the prophet who told 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 need dragon's blood, as well as relevant team leaders, so it was passed easily.
Xenogeneic Research Institute, third floor.
【Blood Courtyard】
The bloody 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. It has 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?”
As soon as he left the elevator and came to the street on the third floor, Ian complained: "The first floor is sunny, the second floor is dusk, and the third floor is bloody - I thought it was amazing, but I didn't expect it to be a simple red alert."
ah?"
As Ian said, the reason why the third-level blood-red courtyard is all red is because this place is still continuously reporting false alarms, and the extremely poor-quality warning sound that has changed its tone can be vaguely heard in the distance... and the reason why it is a courtyard
, because there are so many research institutes on this floor, and research institutes with their own experimental space are dotted around, just like courtyards.
"Communication is lost." "Contact is lost!"
Unlike Ian, who only cares about the third-level painting style, Isengard and Xiou immediately discovered the really important change - one of them could not contact Master Gosei and the eldest prince Carlos, and the other could not contact themselves.
Mother is here.
"Hmm. 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 sky-falling disaster."
"Because of this, there are many 'chips' in the Bloody Courtyard that contain research data on pre-era civilizations... The chips on the first two floors have been washed away by powerful psychic energy and can no longer be used, and 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 to summon dragon blood and send people to the third level! The technical reserves of the civilization of the previous era are one of the keys that can affect a country's national power and greatly strengthen one's own sublime.
Things, research institutes and gains of this level 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 indeed no way to transmit any information. He smiled and looked at Ian: "Now you can use your full strength."
"I hope so." 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 but laugh after being stunned for a while: "Your bragging method... is really refreshing and refined! Also, the enemy who can make you try your best to attack lets you
We encountered it, but it was really a bit dangerous."
It was more than a little dangerous... In fact, when everyone descended to the third floor, in Ian's field of vision, everyone's color turned bright red.
Of course this is not colored by warning lights, but a real bloody disaster.
——Under my protection, there will be disasters of blood and light. The danger of the Alien Research Institute is truly worthy of its name.
Thinking of this, Ian also had a deeper understanding of the 'deception' of Prince Carlos... Yes, the prophet is not omnipotent and omniscient. As long as he goes to a dangerous enough place, every step he takes is a prophetic sign to himself.
If you can deceive someone, this is definitely not a problem that ordinary prophets can solve.
Although there were few words in His Highness Carlos's mouth that were not probing truths, it now seemed that he had really good intentions, reminding himself of the difficulty of this young prophet.
Shaking his head slightly, Ian took out the mithril transmitter from his arms.
"Wait, Ian, do you really want to post it?"
Anfa, who was identifying the road and preparing to take everyone to the place where she discovered the source material chip in the past, noticed the young man's movements. She couldn't help but look stunned, then hurriedly raised her hand and waved it in front of Ian's eyes and said: "You don't really intend to follow the path."
Are you trying to stimulate communication with Uncle Japhetah's wishes? Do you really want to cooperate with him?"
"how?"
Lifting his gaze from the transmitter, Ian raised his eyebrows: "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."
"The Yinmen family is trustworthy, but Yafoda is not."
Anfa said seriously, with a serious look on her face: "My uncle is heartless and untrustworthy. As long as you don't sign a contract with him, he can deceive you without any guilt... And listen to what you said, Ian, you didn't tell me
Uncle, will you sign a contract? In this case, your transaction will not count at all!"
"Listen to me, Ian, my uncle is really crazy. He may have been crazy decades ago... I even know that it was him 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 also the head of the Yinmen family now.
The head of the family, so what if he is really doing it secretly? Others have no room to resist!
"You made a mistake, 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."
"Wha...what?"
At this moment, Anfa looked confused.
She could somewhat understand why talking to a prophet would cause people to have a high 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 a person who has no destiny.
A guy who can see through everything about himself for no apparent reason, not to mention he's also a Riddler.
"Your uncle's real purpose is actually very simple."
Ian looked around at the other three people present and 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 people, 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 was 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 energy 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 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 top throne for enough time, hasn't it?"
Anfa was silent. But silence was also an answer, which made the young man's expression even more cheerful: "So, I understand very well what Speaker Yafoda is going to do. The only question is how much does he know about this ruins... He's definitely more than 'explored' this level."
"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. Yapheta has obviously been to the third floor, so he gave Ian this special communication device. In fact, according to official records, Yapheta has never been here at all. ——This proves that he has his own channel and can come deep into the Xenogeneic Research Institute.
And the existence that can make a peak of the fourth energy level frequently come to the depths of a ruin that is completely cut off from the outside world, prepare something seriously, 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 uncle's target?! 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 act so decisively with his companions by his side.
At this moment, an invisible signal bursts out, and even the peak of the fourth energy level may not be able to detect it. Only Japhetah, 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 ended his fugue state, and then smiled and said to his friends: "What else have you discovered? If not, we will 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... that the entire bloody courtyard seems to be covered by a wonderful 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 level is probably as dangerous as the empire's western border of Avak Territory back then - or even more dangerous!"
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