Chapter 184: Basement (some words after the text~)
Xue Hua looked at the book in front of him, which was as thick as five fingers and about the size of a photo album, with a disgusted look on his face.
No wonder the book cover feels weird to the touch!
Why is it actually human skin?
Or a baby’s scalp?
"Isa, can you analyze the material of this book?"
Xue Hua frowned, but still did not draw the final conclusion. What if this sentence was a bad idea by the author of this book?
Hearing his words, Isa opened a dimensional hole next to him and extended a segmented limb from it.
The limbs lightly touched the cover of the book, oozing out traces of green light.
After a few seconds, Isa came to a conclusion.
"Lord, the material of this book is indeed human biological tissue, including skin (pages and cover), bones (cover frame), blood (ink), and woven blood vessels and meridians (sutures), and, according to
Judging from the structural strength of the biological tissue it uses, it should be that of human larvae..."
"Hold the grass!" Xue Hua really threw the book out this time.
Damn it, is it really made from baby scalp?
How many babies would be killed by such a big book?
Is there any normal person in this Bathory family?
"Master, the springtail has sent back the investigation results. It has not suffered any attacks."
Just as Xue Hua was rubbing his numb scalp and his eyes were twitching, Zagara walked up to him and reported to him the preliminary findings of the castle basement.
"Okay, let's go down and have a look."
"By the way, bring that book!"
Before he walked down the first flight of stairs, he suddenly turned around and said as if he remembered something.
A springtail walked up to the book that had fallen on the ground, picked it up in its mouth and threw it into the hands of a mother bug.
Xue Hua nodded and walked towards the bottom of the deep stairs.
He didn't know why he suddenly thought of bringing this book with him, as if he had a hunch that this human skin book that had been treated with special antiseptic methods should contain something useful.
When Xue Hua went down the spiral staircase of this pure stone structure to the bottom floor, in the king's night vision, a vast and empty huge basement appeared in front of him.
Judging from its structure, it is impossible to tell what the basement is used for. We can only know that there is nothing else in this basement except some giant support columns.
There was neither a mountain of debris nor a cruel prison as imagined. It was just an empty underground dark room.
If it weren't for the grid-like metal plates on the ground, Xue Hua would have thought that this place was just an abandoned and vacated storage room.
"What are these iron plates used for? Drainage ditches?" He frowned and tried to bend down and get closer to see what was under the iron plates through the gaps in the grid. Unfortunately, there was only darkness underneath.
Since the detection shielding system here has not completely failed, the king insect's perspective field of view is limited, so he cannot see what is in these ditches similar to drainage ditches.
"Master, according to the component analysis obtained through the investigation, it can be seen that what flows below is a biological accelerant. Our previous insect swarm troops may have been blocked from retreating by these things."
Isa's voice answered Xue Hua's doubts, but made his eyes narrow.
"Are you saying that these ditch-like things covered with metal covers form a wall of fire?"
"Yes, Lord, judging from the arrangement of these trenches, the walls of this underground building, except for the support columns, are all formed by the flames ejected from these trenches. They do not provide any substantial barrier.
It works, but any units that 'pass through the wall' will be severely burned by high-temperature flames."
"Unless it's not afraid of fire...I understand. Have you found that guy now?"
The guy who leads the swarm.
"For the time being... wait! We found it! There are two cockroaches fighting with him!" Zagara's voice suddenly became high-pitched.
"Hang on! We'll be there soon..."
"Master, the battle is over, the cockroach has finished it."
"What?! Two cockroaches killed it? So quickly?!" Xue Hua asked in disbelief.
I still remember how powerful this guy was when he first discovered the ruins of this castle.
More than a hundred insect swarms and mother insects were killed under its hands without even lasting ten minutes.
And now, Zagara actually told him that this guy was tortured to death by two cockroaches?
"We have to go over and have a look!" Xue Hua shook his head, eager to see what kind of character this anticlimactic guy has.
So, under the protection of Zagara, he quickly arrived at the location where the two cockroaches reported.
Then, he saw the body of a translucent blue humanoid creature lying quietly on the ground in front of two cockroaches.
There were several large holes in its chest that were almost completely eroded by the acid, which should be fatal injuries.
The first time he saw the corpse, Xue Hua noticed this guy's face.
In other words, its face.
It was not a human face at all. Even among demons, one could not find such a twisted face.
There are seven eyes with different shapes, sizes and positions on the face. Some of these eyes are on the forehead, some on the cheeks, and even one on the chin.
None of the eyes were in the right position, and all had no eyelids at the corners.
They just stared blankly at the ceiling of the basement, as if they could not close their eyes.
It looks particularly penetrating.
In addition to the weird eyes, other parts of this face are also weird. For example, the lips are cross-shaped, and there are only two big holes in the position of the two ears.
In short, there is basically nothing human-like about it.
But the body of the corpse is completely human. The limbs are intact, and there are even complete palm prints and fingerprints on both hands. It can be said that except for the blue skin, there is nothing else wrong.
It is also wearing some kind of very ancient aristocratic blouse. This way of dressing is completely different from that of today's aristocrats. It looks very complicated and luxurious at a glance.
However, Xue Hua did not pay too much attention to what it was wearing, but focused on the necklace hanging around its neck.
"What is this?" Xue Hua waved slightly towards the necklace, and a cockroach next to the corpse lowered its body and picked out the necklace with one of its arthropods.
"Can you really take out the holding grass?" Xue Hua suddenly stared at this scene with his mouth open.
Under normal circumstances, things on monsters cannot be taken off, such as the small blade of the Sinking Demon. Even if you grab it, it will be useless. In your hand, it is just a phantom, without any power.
Because these monsters are all projections, and their weapons and equipment are also projections.
Unless you can make them explode the equipment, you won't be able to grab it.
And if something on a monster can be removed.
Then there are only two possibilities to explain this kind of thing.
The first possibility is that you have encountered the true form of the devil, and the things belonging to the true form of the devil can be snatched away.
Of course, you must first have the strength.
And then you have to watch it.
But looking at the cowardly look of the guy lying on the ground, the possibility of the devil's true form has been ruled out.