What appeared in Su Ran's sight were undead spirits appearing from all over the alley.
Different from the undead army seen in the Sky City before, the undead in the Shadow Corridor look more like the wanderers in this area.
Or……
More like a group of abandoned, homeless wretches.
As for who their original owner was...
This is a problem.
"Stop moving forward."
"Keep the team in formation."
"Let's clear out the undead souls in this neighborhood first."
Yang Peilin calmly issued the order.
Fortunately, the fighting power of these wandering undead is not very high. Some of them don't even have a handy sword. Instead, they just drag a half-rotten body and attack with the last remaining instinct.
[Experience value +0.2]
[Experience value +0.2]
…
Judging from the values popped up by the system, it is enough to know how worthless these wandering little undead are.
But even so, Su Ran's enthusiasm for killing monsters was still at its climax.
Because as he continued to kill, Eleno was continuously absorbing dark spiritual energy from all around.
"At this level of progress..."
"If we can complete the development of the Shadow Corridor, maybe we can collect all of Eleno's dark attribute spiritual crystals..."
"In this way, we can at least unlock the form of the Xuanjian..."
Su Ran thought.
The work of clearing the undead from the first block is progressing very smoothly.
But when the finishing work is coming to an end.
A melodious bell sound suddenly came from a certain direction.
when--
Ethereal and melodious.
Su Ran looked around.
I saw it in a very far away place.
A tall bell tower was looming under the dim moonlight in the clouds and mist.
When the sound came, the undead seemed to have heard some call, and immediately gave up their intention to continue to entangle with the team, and retreated at high speed in the direction of the bell.
It was as if I had been summoned from somewhere.
"What's going on?" Su Ran was a little confused.
"Twilight Knell."
Li Luo on the side said,
"In order to control and control the undead, the Church of Thorns invented and created this method of controlling them through the sound of bells."
"Almost all shadow corridors will have one or two twilight clock towers to control the actions of the undead."
"Oh..." Su Ran suddenly realized, and immediately smiled helplessly, "I have nothing. As a captain, I am really ashamed."
"This is normal. Many people don't know it." Li Luo said with a smile, "After all, I heard it from my father."
"He is a very powerful pioneer, right?" Su Ran said casually.
"Yes." Li Luo nodded, "The pioneering team he led is one of the few teams that has actually been to the Dark City."
"What about him now?"
"He hasn't been back for a long time." Li Luo smiled helplessly, "Since I can remember, he has almost always been on missions."
"Speaking of this, I can understand your mood very well." Su Ran said sadly, "My father is almost the same person."
"Actually, we are not the same." Li Luo chuckled, "Your father is very good, but my father, although he is an excellent pioneer, is neither a good father nor a good husband."
Su Ran was speechless for a moment.
A trace of regret and sadness flashed in Li Luo's eyes, which made him a little overwhelmed.
However, these expressions were fleeting and fleeting.
She quickly returned to her original appearance, with her iconic smile and dimples appearing on her face again.
The topic was quickly moved to another place.
Although Su Ran felt that she and Li Luo seemed to get along very well, and they had a lot of contacts and interactions before college.
But even now, he still feels that there is still a faint sense of strangeness between him and Li Luo.
It's as if this girl has an aloof temperament that makes it difficult for people to truly become familiar and good friends with her.
But Su Ran didn't feel surprised at all.
After all, that's the truth.
The relationship between people depends on fate.
Some people hit it off immediately upon meeting them, and some people remain strangers throughout their lives.
The clearing work in the first block was quickly completed.
Everyone took a short rest in place.
In reality, Kyoto time is only less than eight o'clock in the morning, but in the Shadow Gallery, it feels like late night or early morning.
"Actually, I'm very envious of you." While chatting, Li Luo talked about other topics, "You have a very good sister."
Su Ran was immediately amused and laughed:
"Hahaha, there's really nothing to envy. Really good sisters are from other people's families, or from novels and anime!"
"Sunai's words..."
Su Ran suddenly lowered her voice and whispered into Li Luo's ear,
"Don't tell me, sister..."
"My elder sister is so fierce that others think she is a cold and iceberg beauty, but this is just an illusion..."
"In my opinion, she is just a tomboy~"
"Pfft." Li Luo couldn't help but laugh.
"Really, why are you lying to me?"
Su Ran shrugged and couldn't help but talk more.
"But to be honest, it feels good to have an older sister and a younger sister. Although sometimes I feel very angry and annoyed, but..."
"Sometimes I feel that it's actually quite nice to have my family with me..."
"For example, my parents rarely come back."
"Almost all the food that I can think of in my mind is made by my sister."
Su Ran murmured,
"Sometimes I also think that if I didn't have my sister, my life might be a mess...and I also hate the feeling of having no hope, you know?"
"Even if I live in confusion, I don't know who I can rely on or who I can live for..."
"It's like Crayon Shin-chan lost Xiaobai, Nobita lost Doraemon..."
"Life is suddenly incomplete..."
Listening to Su Ran's casual thoughts, Li Luo just chuckled and said nothing.
"What about you?" Su Ran stretched and said casually, "Are you an only child?"
Li Luo shook his head, and after pondering for a while, he added: "I also have a sister."
"Oh?" Su Ran frowned, "I guess... she's probably gentler than Sunai, right?"
"That's right." Li Luo smiled, "But she is much more dangerous than Sunai."
"Eh?"
Su Ran was startled, not quite understanding the meaning of Li Luo's words.
At this time, Yang Peilin's order came from the front.
Li Luo did not continue the topic, but stood up and followed the team: "Let's go, it's time to go to the next block."
"The guys we have to deal with on the next block...maybe not that simple."
Su Ran nodded.
He saw the moon in the sky gradually disappearing into the clouds.
…
soon.
Everyone came to the next block.
A crossroads that should have been very busy.
Overhead bridges crisscrossed each other, forming a large network of reinforced concrete.
"The layout of the Shadow Corridor is mostly based on certain parts of some cities in reality."
"For example, my father once told me that he once saw the Big Ben in London and the Eiffel Tower in Paris appearing at the same time in a shadow gallery."
"It's very unscientific, but it just happened."
"This is the charm of artificial spiritual realm, it is like creating a new world."
"I have to say that on this point, the Church of Thorns has done a perfect job."
Li Luo said.
"Um……"
Su Ran looked up at the rusty and old handrails of the overpass.
Just as the team was preparing to cross the intersection under the overpass.
when--
The familiar melodious bell rang again.
next moment.
The screams of countless dead souls came from the top of the bridge!
Although the team is already in a state of preparation.
But no one thought that these undead spirits were actually lurking on the overpass.
And there are many and many!
As if they were afraid that they would not fall to their death, they rushed to the edge of the viaduct crazily, jumped high from the railings, fell straight down, and rushed towards everyone.
Although many undead souls were smashed into pulp the moment they landed, they could not be restrained from being too large in number to be feared at all.
They stepped on the corpses of their companions and rushed towards the group of guys who had intruded into their territory.
Within a moment, the screams of the undead and the sound of swords clashing were heard under the overpass!
When the battle first started, the sword cultivators were able to cope with it.
But as the undead continued to fall and piled up in large areas at the intersection, the situation seemed to gradually become more complicated...
"Why are there so many..." Sheppard's face turned pale, "Oh my God, there are so many people to kill..."
"My Kamaita Sword Formation can no longer control so many people..." Liu Yue was also in a hurry.
After all, due to their lack of experience, the Stars suddenly became the most chaotic team.
Even Yang Peilin seemed to be surprised by the situation in front of him.
There were so many undead souls that they were densely packed like a wave.
This unexpected situation was not planned at all!
…
At this moment, some emergencies also occurred far away in the central control room.
"There are fluctuations in spiritual power, there are fluctuations in spiritual power..."
"The stability of the spiritual realm is declining, the stability of the spiritual realm..."
A red buzzer alarm suddenly sounded, spreading throughout the entire hall, and everyone's spirits became tense at the same moment.
"How is this going?"
"There is a problem with the intelligence!"
Long Mo said seriously,
"According to common sense, large gatherings of undead rarely occur in the Shadow Corridor, let alone the current situation!"
"And the Shadow Mysterious Corridor Spiritual Realm is very stable, and there will never be such a big fluctuation in spiritual power!"
"What accident happened?"
Lu Wenqiu walked to the terminal and checked, "That shouldn't be the case. There is no error in the traveling route, and the real-time data along the way has always been normal."
"There is no other way." Long Mo immediately put on his headphones, "Athena, immediately notify the team to make a dimensional jump and return to the entrance of the spiritual realm without delay!"
"receive."
Athena's voice quickly disappeared into the void.
The next moment, another dimension was crossed, ringing in Yang Peilin's headphones.
But in fact, even if Athena did not send this message, he would most likely take emergency measures such as dimensional jump.
After all, the current situation is far beyond the controllable range. If we don't make an emergency jump, something will probably happen.
But just when he was about to give the order.
The originally calm and floating curve on the spiritual power indicator in front of me suddenly started to fluctuate like crazy!
This means that the spiritual power fluctuations in the spiritual realm are increasing dramatically!
And the amplitude of the swing is not generally large.
The entire spiritual realm is already in a shaky state!
this means.
If the dimensional jump continues, unpredictable unexpected situations may occur.
