Chapter 732: What is the purpose of the underground palace? (Please vote for the big chapter)
"What's wrong?"
Feiya, who was walking in front, turned around and looked at He Ao who stopped.
“This place used to seem very lively,”
He Ao withdrew his gaze from the sign on the ground that read [······Research Institute Commercial Consumption Area], raised his head, and looked at the open ‘shops’ around him.
Most of these shops originally seemed to have glass doors, but now the glass that forms the main body of the door has been shattered, leaving only some faded frames, telling stories of years ago.
In addition to broken glass doors, some shops are also sealed by thick rolling shutter doors. These rolling shutter doors are in better condition than glass doors, but there are also big holes everywhere, and thick rust is piled on the seams.
A faint light shines above the street, illuminating the dark depths of the shop.
Then He Ao turned around and looked in the direction they came from.
There are small doors hidden there. They have gone in to explore. Behind the small doors are narrow rooms. Most of these rooms are occupied by twisted monsters, but they can vaguely see that they have been inhabited by humans.
'The place.
There are single beds and bunk beds inside, and it looks like some kind of 'dormitory'.
"This should be a place similar to a business district,"
Carlin, who was leading the way, stepped over a vine spread on the ground that slowly undulated and shrank like breathing, and glanced at the empty shops around him.
"Some of the shops are like restaurants, some are like bars, but what we know the most about is the supermarket nearby. There are some items left over from who knows how many years ago, although most of them are broken.
However, there are still a small number of compressed foods and some products made of special materials that can still be used,"
As he said that, he turned back and glanced at the vines on the ground, "By the way, don't step on this vine. This vine is everywhere in this 'underground palace' and is very cruel, but as long as you don't touch it,
It won't attack you."
"good."
Feiya nodded lightly and raised her legs to cross the vines. She lowered her head and glanced at the vines on the ground. She saw that the vines were extending from inside a certain shop and could not find the root system. She asked curiously, "Where did these vines come from?"
Where did it come from?"
"have no idea,"
Karin shook his head, "Anyway, the first floor is everywhere, and there are also many on the second floor. However, in such a place with dense vines, there are very few powerful monsters. It is considered a relatively safe place. As long as you stick to the vines that you should not touch."
Just follow the rules."
When Carlin said this last sentence, his voice was obviously lower.
Living in this dangerous area, a lot of "rules and information" are obtained in exchange for life.
"OK."
Feiya nodded slightly and carefully looked at the shops along the street.
In the deep darkness behind those doors, it seems that there are pairs of eyes watching the "passers-by" on the street.
Carlin and a few survivors armed with Gauss rifles led the two of them through the commercial streets and turned through alleys.
The journey was calm and we did not encounter any dangerous monsters.
"This 'commercial district' is so big."
Phila looked around the street.
Now they seemed to have entered a dining area, filled with restaurants and shops with tables and stools everywhere.
He Ao's eyes also scanned the surrounding shops.
These stores do not have names specifically marked in five languages. Almost all store signs use the characters of the first area. However, there are also some store signs with some characters from other areas, but most of the annotations are basically the same.
It is the text of the other three districts that He Ao has not understood.
There is only one shop with the text in the second area, and it is a 'fried onion flower' shop.
Most of the signboards of these shops are very ornately decorated, and some of the neon beads that have fallen off and decayed can be seen. These decorations are also similar to the decorations in the dungeon world.
Suddenly, He Ao seemed to be able to see the glory and brilliance of this street in its heyday.
The colorful lights in fantasy are superimposed on the dilapidated loneliness of reality, accompanied by the lonely footsteps of everyone, like a silent bell of mourning.
"We have previously estimated that this commercial area will be at least several thousand square meters,"
Carlin, who was walking in front, turned around and continued what Fiya had just said. Then he turned back and glanced ahead, "But we should be almost finished walking now. After passing the intersection in front, let's go through a short corridor.
You can see the elevator.”
"Um."
Feiya nodded to express her acceptance.
At the same time, she glanced at the surrounding shops, leaned towards He Ao, and asked in a low voice, "Did you find anything?"
"This was originally supposed to be a living area."
He Ao withdrew his gaze and said calmly.
"Living area?" Feiya was confused for a moment. She glanced around, "Do you mean this 'business area'?"
"No," He Ao shook his head, "It's this level."
He continued under Fiya's slightly confused gaze, "We walked along the road, including the 'settlement' where Carlin and the others were staying, and most of what we saw were empty 'rooms'.
"There are some daily furniture and beds in these rooms. They are obviously residential properties, such as standardized dormitories, dense dormitory areas and dense commercial areas. What did you think of?"
"Divided living areas on the university campus, or planned living areas in large factories?"
Feiya thought about it and replied. At this time, she somewhat understood what the 'living area' He Ao just said meant.
"What do these two have in common?"
He Ao asked casually.
"They are all closed special facilities that bring together a large population."
Feiya thought about her words for a moment, then she raised her head and looked at He Ao's profile, "You mean, the 'underground palace' is actually a dense, large-scale underground facility that employs or brings together a large number of people? And the underground palace's
The first floor is the 'living area' of this facility? So what is this facility for?"
"Keep going down, and maybe we'll find out."
He Ao replied slowly.
"careful!"
At the same time, a loud shout suddenly came from the survivors leading the way.
"Pig! It's a pig!"
Karin at the front shouted, "Go back and find cover! Don't get hit by it, be careful of its spikes, it can shoot out!"
At the front of the crowd, a black pig that was more than one meter tall and three meters long, with dense spikes on its back, appeared in everyone's sight.
As soon as it appeared, it rushed towards the crowd with some earth-shattering momentum.
At the same time, the spikes on its body began to tremble violently.
Carlin raised the Gauss rifle in his hand and fired a shot at the pig-shaped monster.
Along with the roaring gunshot, the bullet pierced the dark skin, but it did not affect the monster's ability to move.
It still maintained a very high speed and rushed towards everyone.
A huge spike shot out from the back, flew past Karin, and instantly penetrated the wall of a nearby shop, leaving a large hole and a roar.
"Watch out for its spikes!"
Karin yelled and turned around to alert Heao and Feiya who were standing behind.
At this moment, a white light flew across his field of vision.
boom--
With a loud noise, the spurred pig that was charging toward them seemed to be pierced by a huge force, flying backwards in the direction of the attack, and was nailed to the blood-stained wall of the nearby shop by a white bone sword.
The huge pig's mouth opened wide, and its blood-red eyes widened, as if it didn't understand what had just happened.
Its body twitched a few times, and finally stopped completely, and blood flowed down the bright red wall.
Karin stopped, his expression stiffened at the moment of panic, and he stared at everything in shock.
He felt like his brain was shut down.
It wasn't until He Ao came over from behind, accompanied by the soft footsteps, that he came back to his senses a little.
He Ao walked up to the corpse of the thorny pig monster, reached out and pulled out the bone sword. With the blood splashing, the huge thorny pig corpse fell to the ground, making a roaring sound.
He turned around and found that the survivors around him had stopped and looked at him blankly.
"This pig is actually not very strong, it is just rough-skinned and thick-flesh, and it has evolved some special abilities,"
He Ao glanced at the corpse behind him and said casually.
In the eyes of the divine consciousness, this pig does not possess extraordinary strength. It is more like some kind of mutated monster with rough skin and thick flesh. Its actual combat effectiveness is less than C level.
"It dominates the business district neighborhood."
Carlin slowly recovered from the shock. Although the strength of this pig was far inferior to the 'goat demon' that was killed by He Ao before, watching He Ao take action on the spot was different from watching He Ao kill the sheep through the screen.
Just like the thunder in the movie and the real thunder coming around us.
He knew that He Ao was powerful before, but he didn't have a deep concept. Now, this concept has been deeply engraved in his heart along with the sword light.
"It doesn't come here often?"
Hearing this, He Ao frowned slightly and asked.
Carlin and others are very familiar with walking this route. It is unlikely that they would often wander around in an area where dangerous objects are active. What's more, during the process of walking along, they obviously detoured to avoid certain areas.
Traveled many times.
"Yes,"
Carlin also scratched his head in confusion, "The area where the porcupine usually moves is on the other side of the business district. We are already close to the edge of the business district, and it will almost never come here."
"Those 'goat demons' never ran towards your settlement before?"
He Ao suddenly turned around and asked.
"Um,"
Karin nodded, "Before today, the place where our settlement is was very safe. There were almost no monsters coming, not even vines."
"I see,"
He Ao looked back at the spurred pig on the ground and asked in a low voice, "Can your machine transform the meat from this pig?"
"it should be OK,"
Karin glanced at the pig and said, "This kind of powerful monster has a relatively mild 'toxicity' on its outer skin and can be transformed."
This pig is so big that even the outer layer of meat can be cut off by hundreds of kilograms.
Then He Ao looked up at the dark intersection with no light ahead, and continued to ask, "Is the elevator behind that corridor?"
"Just go to the end."
Karin followed He Ao's gaze and nodded.
"If we get to the second floor, how do we take the stairs to the third floor?"
Heao asked.
"After exiting the corridor door or the elevator door, turn right. There is a small corridor. Go straight, and after passing a half-open gate, you will see the stairs leading to the third floor."
Carlin replied thoughtfully.
"Thanks a lot,"
He Ao spoke slowly and glanced at the carcass of the spurred pig on the ground. "This meat should be enough for you to eat for a while. Let's part here. We can walk the rest of the way by ourselves."
Kalin opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but He Ao interrupted him and continued, "Some kind of 'change' is happening in the 'underground palace'. Those survivors need you more than me. When we go back, we will take care of you."
Good gate, wait quietly, don't open it if anything happens, if I find a way back, I will come back to you."
Finally, Carlin nodded lightly, "Okay, the second and third floors are very dangerous. Please pay attention to safety when you go down."
"We will, and you should also pay attention to safety when you go back."
He Ao also nodded slightly.
At this time, Feiya also came over and stood beside He Ao.
The two groups of people parted ways.
Heao and Feiya walked towards the deep corridor together, while Carlin and others stayed to cut the flesh of the spurred pig.
"Sometimes, I wonder if you are even human."
Feiya walked beside He Ao, and with the sound of high heels clicking on the ground, she sighed softly.
"How to say?"
He Ao glanced at her with some doubts.
"When you just took action, I could hardly catch your movements. Everyone is also C-level. Isn't this gap a bit too far?"
Feiya sighed slightly.
A layman watches the excitement, an expert watches the door.
Carlin and others only thought that He Ao was really awesome. They did not go too far in their extraordinary knowledge, so they only stayed in surprise and emotion.
And Feiya has gone very far on the extraordinary road. She can almost be regarded as one of the groups of people who have traveled the furthest on the extraordinary road in the main world.
Because of this, she was able to realize He Ao's true power.
The simple action of drawing a sword and throwing it just now seemed to contain the truth of the world. Everything went as it should, without making anyone feel any suddenness. Just like the moon sets, the sun rises, the stars change, everything seems to be natural.
matter.
The more she can understand this kind of power, the more she can realize how far the gap is between her C-level and He Ao's C-level.
"I am indeed only a little stronger than an ordinary C-level. These things are not difficult."
Ho shrugged.
"There is a universe in your little bit, right?"
Feiya narrowed her eyes slightly.
At this time, she saw He Ao turn around and glance behind him at the survivors standing in the dim light, peeling off their flesh quickly.
"What's wrong?"
Feiya asked in a low voice.
"They are very lucky."
Looking at those figures, He Ao sighed softly.
If the 'remnants' who initially stayed in the settlement left the settlement for no reason of their own, then what were the reasons that ultimately led to their 'disappearance' or even 'death'?
If the final cause of the 'remnants' leaving the settlement was some external factor, then why did this external factor not take effect on these survivors?
Although the 'gate' of the settlement is very strong, it cannot withstand the continuous impact of a powerful C-level monster like the Goat Demon. Then why has no powerful monster appeared in the settlement in a long year?
Outside the gate?
Is the first floor of the underground palace really the safest floor?
If you can survive in any settlement you find, why are almost none of the extraordinary beings who were brought into the underground palace by the ruins passage able to survive?
He Ao withdrew his gaze, turned around and walked deeper into the corridor.
He still had many questions in his mind, but for now, staying in the settlement was the best choice for these survivors.
The "external factors" that led to the disappearance of the "remnants" of the original settlement did not enter the settlement to kill.
And he had a vague feeling that the dangerous factors that were originally entrenched on the first level may no longer be on the first level.
Feiya, who was standing behind, glanced at He Ao's back gradually disappearing into the darkness, and quickly followed him.
