Chapter 486: The surge of spiritual consciousness (please vote for this huge chapter)
After going down another four or five meters, He Ao reached the end of the long ladder.
There is still a flat steel plate under your feet.
This should not have reached the very bottom of the entire machine.
The surrounding fog became thicker, and there was more 'qi' surging in the air.
The mist is still flowing in one direction.
The fog on the upper layer also flows in a certain direction. With his back on the long ladder, He Ao roughly judged that the fog on the two layers flows in the same direction.
These mist containing "gas" seem to be emitted during the "production" process. Since these mist do not leak out of the machine, there is probably a device inside the machine to collect this mist.
And this device will most likely lead to the deepest part of the machine.
He Ao held the dagger and continued to move forward in the direction of the mist flow.
After walking a few steps, he spotted a shadow of Mohu lying on the ground in front of him.
He walked forward and found that it was a 'glass container' that had fallen to the ground.
The container was damaged, and the surrounding pipes connecting the container were missing. There was only a young man with his eyes closed, who looked like he had just fallen asleep, lying in the container.
His chest no longer rises and falls.
He Ao turned on his super memory and glanced around, and saw in this young man a soul that was about to disappear completely.
But this soul did not completely dissipate, but seemed to be fixed on the young man's body by some kind of force.
He Ao frowned slightly, squatted down slightly, and looked at the young man's body.
And at this moment, the young man's closed eyes suddenly opened, and a sharp claw wrapped in an exoskeleton came out from his chest and stabbed at He Ao's throat.
On one side of He Ao's body, the sword light in his hand flashed past, cutting the damaged container and the body of the young man inside into two halves at the same time.
At the same time, he jumped up and somersaulted in a sideways direction, landing not far away.
After being cut off by his sword light, countless tentacles covered with bones appeared behind the young man's body.
These tentacles wrapped around the young man's broken body and held the young man's body up. The open chest opened and closed like a ferocious mouth smiling.
At the same time, these skeletal tentacles extend outward and weave into two bone wings to support the body.
The young man who was originally lying on the ground turned into some kind of twisted monster in an instant.
He Ao stared at the monster, the tip of his dagger pointing to the ground.
The activated consciousness told him that the monster's energy level had reached C level, which far exceeded the standards of the E-level 'machines' upstairs.
The moment the monster revealed its form, He Ao vaguely heard an even more twisted and painful roar.
A conjecture arose in his mind, he turned on his super memory and looked at the monster again.
Look at the thin soul behind the monster.
He suddenly discovered that the souls themselves were extremely slightly different, like dense patches that were stitched together on the monster's body.
The soul of this monster comes from the stitches of countless people.
After the soul of the 'machine' above is exhausted and eliminated, it will not get a peaceful sleep, but will be thrown down and become food to feed the monsters.
…
This monster should be something created by the 'doctor' to protect this machine.
The vortex in He Ao's body gathered in his chest again, and a new consciousness formed in his mind.
This is the second level of divine consciousness.
The concentration of 'qi' in this layer is much higher than that in the previous layer. Such a fast generation speed of spiritual consciousness also allows him to fight some 'rich' battles.
He turned the hilt of the sword lightly, and his body suddenly disappeared.
boom--
With a soft sound in the void, He Ao's dagger collided with the monster's tentacles.
This monster's exoskeleton is very strong, not weaker than Red's.
And the same as Rhett, his spiritual consciousness cannot see the energy gathering point of this monster.
But this monster is obviously not as smart as Rhett.
Twisted madness almost covered the monster's body. Even if he got a little closer, He Ao could feel the madness trying to erode his will.
He Ao quickly made a few fake moves to attract the monster's body, and then used Night Walk to flash to the monster's side, driving a stream of spiritual consciousness into the monster's body.
On the left chest.
Before the monster could react and return, He Ao's sword flashed and pierced the monster's left chest.
The skeletal tentacles that were still waving wildly fell silent for an instant, and then suddenly exploded into countless pieces.
Pieces of hard bones fell like rain beside He Ao.
And in the void, the illusory shadow shattered into countless tiny pieces, and then dispersed little by little.
The painful roar in He Ao's ears also gradually became lighter.
He glanced at the direction where the souls dissipated, then raised his sword and continued to rush in the direction of the mist without looking back.
Within a few seconds, He Ao saw a whirlpool of mist flowing in front of him.
He walked in and took a look, only to see that the metal wall at the end was densely covered with some kind of fine pipes, and the diffuse mist was being absorbed by these fine pipes.
These pipes are at most ten centimeters in diameter and cannot pass through.
The road seems to end here.
But it is impossible that there is no downward channel inside this machine.
Moreover, walking in this direction happens to meet the monster guarding the machine. Generally, this kind of monster is placed next to important passages, so there should be nothing wrong with this direction.
He Ao turned on his super memory and searched around the pipe. Then he found a round door on the ground next to the pipe that was almost integrated with the ground.
There are almost no gaps in this door, and through the fog, it is almost impossible to see any difference from the ground.
If it weren't for He Ao's super memory, he would have almost ignored this place.
He put his hand on the door.
There is no handle on this door, nor is there any keyhole or anything like that.
He Ao mobilized his spiritual consciousness and failed to enter the door.
The surrounding fog became violent again.
Soon, feedback from the inner structure of the door came from his spiritual consciousness.
In the middle of this floor, there is a layer of hard alloy of at least five centimeters. It looks like the material is the same as He Ao's dagger, or even better than He Ao's dagger. In other words, He Ao only uses daggers.
It's almost impossible to break through this floor.
The interior of this circular door is almost entirely made of this alloy, and five solid alloy lock cylinders are firmly inserted into the floor.
…
There is only one way to open this door, which is to break the alloy surface of the door from six directions at the same time, insert six different switches inside the door, and then forcefully lift the door.
This is not a 'keyhole' designed for humans, this is a keyhole specially made for monsters that can extend their exoskeleton claws.
But this is hard to come by.
He directly covered the dagger with his consciousness and cut the lock tongue along the gap between the door and the floor.
Then he took out his bayonet, covered it with his consciousness, pierced the side of the door, and opened the door with force.
If it were before, he would never be so extravagant.
But when he just pried open the door, another spiritual consciousness was generated in his mind.
Ho pulled out the bayonet stuck in the door.
The heavy round door made a clanking sound when it hit the ground. In the hazy light inside the machine, the shadow of the door was connected with that of He Ao.
He Ao looked down.
A circular doorway appeared in his field of vision.
There is no long ladder under this doorway, but a thicker and chaotic mist.
And just as He Ao was looking at the doorway, six huge claws quietly peeled away the clouds and appeared behind him.
These sharp claws didn't make a single sound and quietly approached He Ao's back.
Then they stabbed forward violently, stabbing at He Ao's arms, legs, neck and back of the heart.
But just when these sharp claws were about to touch He Ao, they suddenly fell into the air and hit the steel wall behind the doorway.
"shadow?"
A silver-haired man wearing white gloves walked out of the mist.
He glanced at the shadow of the circular door, mobilized his tentacles and strangled the shadow in an instant.
Holding the dagger, He Ao emerged from the night walk.
He waved his dagger and struck a sharp claw, then fell into the doorway.
"Cunning guy."
The silver-haired man also jumped down the doorway.
The surging mist was quickly cut open, and after a few seconds of descent, He Ao finally landed on the ground.
His legs hit the steel ground with a loud rumbling sound, and then he quickly squatted down and rolled forward to relieve the force.
He straightened up and looked ahead.
Unlike the upper two floors, which are full of fog, the fog on this layer is only above two meters.
At locations below two meters, the concentration of fog is much lower.
There is a faint sound of a fan reverberating in my ears. There should be some kind of absorbing device that is constantly absorbing the mist.
The temperature on this layer is lower than above and outside, and He Ao estimates that it is close to zero.
The surrounding area is densely covered with pipes about half a meter in diameter, with fine water droplets condensing on the pipes.
There is less fog, but the content of 'qi' in the air is more intense.
In the blink of an eye, most of the vortex of Qi in He Ao's body had condensed.
The pipes all appear to extend in the same direction.
He Ao glanced behind him.
There was no sound from behind him, but he had no doubt that the monster just now had followed him in.
As he turned his head, two sharp claws fell from the sky.
The silver-haired man appeared behind He Ao.
…
His other four claws penetrated deep into the mist and seemed to be fixed to the ceiling, allowing his body to hang in mid-air.
He Ao, who was looking back, suddenly felt a chill on his back. He turned around suddenly and swung his sword to block the attack of two sharp claws.
His body was knocked back by the sharp claws and merged into the shadow of the pipe.
"Walking at night takes a huge toll on a nightwalker's body."
The silver-haired man smiled and fell from the sky. Six sharp claws inserted into the ground through the gaps in the pipes supported his body, allowing him to float like a spider.
"Little mouse, how long can you hide in the shadows?"
He seems to be very patient and wants to play a cat and mouse game with Ho Ao.
He Ao in the shadow stared at the silver-haired man.
The opponent is stronger than Red and understands the talent sequence of Nightcrawler better.
After the enhanced potion area and the battle just now, his body was indeed somewhat unable to support himself.
He knew very well that this person was not a 'doctor', and a more difficult battle was yet to come.
After thinking for a moment, He Ao continued to move forward along the shadow of the pipe.
Soon, he reached the end of the pipe.
A shallow small pool appeared in his field of vision. The pool was not big, only about four or five square meters, but the pool was filled with "qi" that was almost so rich that it condensed into substance.
The exits of pipes are piled up next to the pool, and the pale white liquid flows along these pipes, and the water channels on the edge of the pool flow into the pool drop by drop.
This is all the 'qi' condensed and collected by this machine.
This rich and surging power made the consciousness in He Ao's mind tremble.
Above the pool, there is a huge machine vaguely suspended in the mist, with dim lights flickering in it.
This seems to be a high-energy battery used to cool the condensation in the bottom layer.
To access the battery, you must go through the pool in front of you and the edge of the pool.
At this moment, there was a violent sound behind him, and the silver-haired man seemed to sense something and walked quickly towards the direction of the pool.
He Ao glanced at his feet. The shadow of the pipe extended here and stopped. The pool in front was illuminated by even light, without any shadow.
He looked around and found the lights next to the pool. There were many of them and they were not close together. He could not quickly destroy some of the lights to create shadows.
At this moment, a sharp claw quickly passed over his head. The silver-haired man fixed his six sharp claws on the ceiling. His whole body was suspended above the pool by the sharp claws, and he glanced around, "Little mouse, what do you want?"
How long can you hide for?"
His position was very good, just under the huge energy battery, and did not leave any shadow on the pool.
He Ao stared at the silver-haired man in the air. Now there was another obstacle between him and the energy battery.
He has been exposed now, and as time goes by, he may attract more enemies.
He Ao thought for a moment and jumped directly into the pool.
…
As he expected, the pool was not deep, just barely up to his ankles. It would be more appropriate to call it a shallow beach, as 'qi' is not that easy to create.
But this also exposed his figure.
"caught you."
Two huge claws struck from the sky.
He Ao raised his head and glanced at the triggering man, instantly causing his consciousness to converge on his legs.
Suddenly, the originally quiet pool exploded.
The surging energy rushed in all directions crazily, and water droplets splashed out.
This caused the man's sight to be obscured for a moment. He quickly retracted his sharp claws to protect himself, but it was too late at this moment. The silver sword light split the white water droplets and hit him directly in the face.
Looking at He Ao's movements, the silver-haired man showed a sneer on his lips.
The fine black exoskeleton covered his cheeks in the blink of an eye.
The silver dagger hit the black exoskeleton and cut open his head.
"The sword is very sharp," the chopped head showed a smile, "but I am immortal, little mouse."
At the same time, two sharp claws clawed at He Ao's back. He Ao dodged one sharp claw, but was scratched by another sharp claw on his back, scraping out a bloodstain deep enough to show the bone.
Bright red blood drops fell into the pure white pool below.
At this moment, the silver-haired man felt a pain in his chest. He lowered his head, which was gradually healing, and saw He Ao stabbing the bayonet into the center of his chest, holding the handle of the knife, and hanging in the air.
"I told you that I am immortal, little mouse."
The silver-haired man raised the corners of his mouth, looking at He Ao with an idiot's eyes, and his two sharp claws wrapped around He Ao again.
He used his own body as bait to kill He Ao completely this time.
While doing this, he felt a warm breath flowing into his body along the dagger inserted into his body.
"This is······"
He looked surprised.
The sharp claws flying in the air sped up.
"I don't know if you've heard of it,"
He Ao raised the dagger in his hand, and a sharp claw penetrated the left shoulder of his left hand holding the handle. Blood flowed down his white coat, but he did not move at all. The silver dagger was covered with a hazy light, "
The story of the mouse that killed the cat?”
The sharp dagger pierced the silver-haired man's abdomen, and the whole world stopped for an instant.
Another sharp claw that was about to crush He Ao's neck stopped only one centimeter away from He Ao's skin.
The huge body lost its support and fell from the sky with He Ao, falling into the pool below.
The silver-haired man's head, which had not fully recovered, still had the last expression of surprise, "Are you... a warrior?"
His life eventually faded away.
The white blood, together with the bright red that overflowed from He Ao's body, sank into the rippling pool.
He Ao wanted to push this guy's body away from him, but he felt a little weak. Although the battle just now was short, the coming and going of Chaoyi and the burden brought by the night walk took away a lot of energy from him.
He needed a short break to regain some strength.
This silver-haired man is much stronger than Rhett, and he has more knowledge than Rhett.
…
If the other party hadn't been careless and didn't know that he had spiritual consciousness, and if his current spiritual consciousness could be used a little more, he wouldn't have been able to win so easily even if he had to trade injuries for his life.
He was lying in the pool, with the water covering part of his face.
His wound was still gurgling with blood, dyeing the white pool bright red.
And at this moment, he felt something rushing into his body along his wound.
That is 'qi', a steady stream of 'qi'.
These wounds allowed the energy that originally took some effort to absorb to enter his body without any hindrance.
He reacted quickly and began to mobilize these qi.
The cyclones between his eyebrows and under his navel quickly grew in size, and then collided together to form a new consciousness.
The first way, the second way, the third way...
Under this powerful absorption speed, the entire pool began to gradually form a huge vortex with He Ao as the center.
The new consciousness was condensed almost without any pause.
The last time He Ao absorbed energy so efficiently was when he was initiated by the system.
He felt that his current state was like the protagonist in a fairy tale who had an adventure.
Although most of this 'adventure' is part of his plan.
He also didn't know how much of the harvest from this 'adventure' would be left after facing the final enemy.
Soon, the movement in the entire pool gradually stopped, leaving only some white liquid rippling below the pool.
These are used to dissolve 'qi', the diluted liquid of the Fountain of Youth.
He Ao pushed away the corpse pressing on his body and stood up with his hands on the bottom of the pool.
He quickly counted the 'harvest' this time, thirty-nine spiritual consciousnesses, plus his original two more, for a total of forty-one spiritual consciousnesses.
He now feels that his head is being squeezed by a powerful force every moment, as if it is about to burst through his head. These consciousnesses are about to reach the limit that he can bear.
He stood up straight with difficulty, and thanks to the diluting liquid from the Fountain of Youth, his wound barely stopped bleeding and closed the wound after the 'qi' was absorbed.
"Here, an outsider breaks in. Go over and help the supervisor."
At this moment, shouts came from the distance, as if other researchers were coming down from the open doorway.
He Ao glanced at the high-energy battery above his head, jumped up, grabbed the bottom of the battery, and climbed up.
He used a dagger to cut open the iron sheet wrapping the battery, peeled off the battery insulation layer, and saw the battery model number inside.
Invis Space Systems' X-37 high-energy battery pack.
He glanced at the wires fixed around the battery, then cut open the electromagnetic skin, took out a few wires, and twisted them together.
Every product of Yinweisi Space Systems Company has precise positioning.
The positioning of the x-37 high-energy battery pack is ultra-high purity energy per unit volume and high cost performance.
What is sacrificed is safety and it is easy to explode.
However, as long as it is stored in the prescribed environment, it is theoretically difficult to explode.
Unless someone pulls out the key lines and connects them together to form a short circuit.
…
He Ao cut open the skin of the battery on the other side, pulled out a few wires again, and twisted them together.
Then he took out a cigarette from his coat, held it in his mouth, pulled out a thin wire and briefly touched another thin wire.
With a flash of flying sparks, the smoke leaning against the wire started to burn.
He Ao took a puff until the flame spread all over the end of the cigarette.
He blew out the smoke and waited for a while. After making sure that the cigarette would burn on its own, he pulled the two pieces of wire he had just pulled out together and arranged them in the order of wire, smoke, and wire.
Then he glanced at the cigarette that continued to burn, jumped off the battery, and walked towards the entrance just now.
"It's this guy! He has blood on him!"
A researcher saw He Ao walking towards him and shouted loudly.
In an instant, countless sharp claws flew up from the sky,
"Come together and kill him!"
The silver sword light flashed past, cutting the charging 'monster' into two pieces.
He Ao did not use any night walking skills, revealed his figure, faced the siege of the researchers who had turned into monsters, and quickly walked out at a normal speed.
Each twisted monster turned into fragments under his sword, and their number became more and more like overwhelming locusts.
He Ao's sword light passed by one after another,
He jumped back to the second floor, then walked up the long ladder to the top floor and jumped out of the machine.
His path was littered with broken limbs.
The white blood spread into a wet carpet under his feet, covering up the mottled rusty steel floor.
He Ao walked to the back of the machine, took out a cigarette, put it in his mouth, and jumped down.
A monster covered in bones and wearing a lab coat rushed over.
"Borrow a fire."
He Ao dodged his attack, reached out and took out an electronic cigarette lighter from his body, and lit the cigarette in his mouth.
"Thanks."
Then he put the cigarette lighter back into the monster's pocket.
The silver sword light flashed past and cut the monster in half.
At this moment, the cigarette placed on the high-energy battery in the machine finally burned out and was separated by the cigarette, and the two unsupported wires touched together.
boom--
A sudden explosion exploded behind He Ao, and countless monsters still standing next to the machine and preparing to rush towards He Ao were smashed into pieces by the flying steel.
A falling body covered in white blood hit the closed elevator door.
He Ao's footsteps stopped beside it.
He reached out and pressed the elevator's up button.
With a crisp sound, the elevator slowly opened.
He Ao walked into the elevator, turned around, and briefly activated super memory.
In his field of vision, incomplete souls were slowly dissipating.
The painful roar in his ears finally fell into silence.
