Chapter 337 'Doctor, don't be like this! Doctor!' and 'Hades'
Inside the pyramid ruins.
The passage is the same as the outside, and the walls are smooth and clean. Unlike the Earth Pyramid, which has various murals and hieroglyphs, it is indeed not as valuable for research as the Earth Pyramid.
Laura led the plague doctor to a hall, and from this moment on, everything was finally no longer "monotonous". There were four super giant load-bearing columns with cuneiform symbols of unknown meaning printed on them.
At the same time, there are many strange rock sculptures placed in this hall, which are similar to the stone monuments that caused the Eudora accident.
It was also because of the Eudora accident that Laura used the authority given to her by Sui Bian to apply for the transfer of a company of Dark Angel reserves to protect the archaeologists working here.
"Ah! That's great!" The moment the Plague Doctor saw these rock sculptures, he fell into excitement again and quickly ran to the nearest snake sculpture and exclaimed: "These...these are all good materials!
"
"Material?" Laura was puzzled.
"That's right, kid." The plague doctor fumbled around in his small bag and took out an old-fashioned magnifying glass. Then while observing the sculpture, he explained: "These things look like stones, but they are...um...what should I do?"
How to describe it...Ah! In fact, they may be living creatures or dead creatures, but the common point is that they all come from different dimensions, and are the most filthy and chaotic products, but their activity has been suppressed by some external force.
As for the stone (stele) that caused a group of children to die, it was precisely because it was far away from the pyramid that the activity intensified and dragged the group of children into a different space."
"Doctor, according to you...this place has the ability to contain alien spaces, right?" Laura asked.
"You can understand it this way, okay, don't disturb me anymore, hum~hum~oh, so that's it! It needs to be recorded."
The plague doctor waved his hand to Laura and hummed a cheerful ditty. He put the magnifying glass back into his bag and took out a leather notebook and pen, writing something to himself.
Next, the plague doctor either trotted to the end of the hall and poked the toe of a dragon-shaped sculpture with a pen, or ran to the other end and hammered the smooth and tidy wall with his hand.
“…”
Laura looked at the disorganized and even "nonsensical" plague doctor, and always felt that it was unreliable. However, when she thought about this eccentric doctor, he developed a "vaccine" that would benefit all mankind and its allies.
So I can only wait patiently.
"Boom, boom."
At this moment, Laura heard the sound of magnetic boots coming from behind. She turned around and found Artemis and the Gray Knights who had replaced their exclusive power armor and holy shield terminators, slowly leaving the road leading to
The passage from the outside world leads to this spacious and open hall.
The Gray Knights are not many in number, with only ten squads and a total of sixty people. However, they are the elite among the elite, and they are by no means comparable to the reserves.
As for their Holy Shield Terminator, the left arm is equipped with a storm-type parallel bolter, plasma cannon, and melt cannon. Moreover, some Gray Knights also have "Human Truth" nailed to the shoulder pads.
As for Artemis, who unfolded her helmet and put on her ponytail, her weapons were "only" the thunderbolt and full moon bow attached to her left waist. As for decoration, she also nailed the "Human Truth" spread out flat to her right shoulder armor.
Under the power backpack behind him, a white cloak embroidered with gold threads hung.
Coupled with the psychic fluctuations that appear and disappear, Artemis has finally regained the aura that a "goddess" should have.
Seeing the arrival of Artemis and the Gray Knights, all the reservists clenched their right fists in front of their chests and saluted.
Artemis also nodded in return, walked to Laura's side and said, "How is the situation?"
"It should be going well..." Laura glanced at the plague doctor who was studying a load-bearing column, then looked directly at Artemis and proactively asked: "Sir, is there some emergency that requires you and the Gray Knight?
Come and be ready?"
"Not sure." Artemis, whose eyes also fell on the plague doctor, suddenly twitched slightly at the corner of her right eye, and then said in a more serious tone: "But my sense tells me that the doctor's next move may be dangerous.
Tell your people to prepare for the worst and to evacuate quickly if necessary."
"Okay, sir." Laura, who had no reaction to psychic powers, didn't have too many questions and immediately waved her hand: "Everyone should be vigilant and be prepared to evacuate at any time!"
As soon as the words fell, the archaeologists at the scene carefully packed up their tools in compliance with the order. If there was a sudden change, they could evacuate immediately and in an orderly manner.
On the other hand, the plague doctor didn't bother to pay attention to the words of caution, or in other words, he didn't hear it at all when he was in working mode. He only studied a few noteworthy symbols on the load-bearing pillars, and then he seemed to have understood them and said to himself:
"Only fresh... blood can open the way to Hades? Oh? Hades? It's interesting, let's give it a try."
As the plague doctor spoke, he took out a scalpel from his small bag, scratched his right index finger without hesitation, and then flicked the dark red blood onto the symbol that Laura's team had been unable to decipher for a long time.
.
But there was no response.
"Was it wrong? Or does it need more?"
The plague doctor was stunned for a moment, but then he quickly shook his hand towards the symbol, causing more blood to splash on the symbol, but...
Still no response.
"You want more?! Isn't this enough?!" The plague doctor was a little angry and immediately wanted to use his scalpel to give his wrist a hard blow.
"Doctor! Don't get excited, doctor!"
Seeing this, the soldiers who were responsible for ensuring the doctor's safety quickly stepped forward to stop him to prevent the doctor from further harming him.
However, when the soldiers tried to stop the Plague Doctor from harming himself, those symbols actually absorbed all of the Plague Doctor's blood and released a scarlet light.
"Doctor! Look, it's working!" a soldier reminded.
"Oh?" Hearing this, the plague doctor stopped self-mutilation, then glanced around the remaining load-bearing pillars, and reacted instantly: "That's it! Children, let me go, I know how to open the door to Hades.
Got it!"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! And Artemis, who had been watching not far away, saw the plague doctor pouring blood on the remaining three load-bearing columns in sequence, and she began to feel uneasy.
The situation became more and more intense, so he immediately said in a deep voice: "Director Crawford, tell your people to evacuate this place quickly."
"yes."
After receiving the instruction, Laura immediately arranged for the archaeological team to leave the hall, while Artemis waved her left hand from left to right, signaling the Gray Knights to immediately surround the load-bearing column.
A company of Dark Angel reservists, without any deliberate orders, took the initiative to cooperate with the Gray Knights and stood on the outermost perimeter, aiming their guns at the center of the load-bearing column.
At this time, the plague doctor, who was "surrounded" by a group of soldiers, had already completed a series of operations. When he freed up his free time and energy and discovered the people waiting for him, he couldn't help but use his magnetic voice and wave his hands to calm down.
road:
"Don't be nervous, kids. Don't worry. According to my observation, there won't be any danger..."
"Doctor, be careful!!"
Before the plague doctor could finish the word "danger", the soldiers beside him hurriedly picked him up and tried to escape in the direction of Artemis.
It turns out that when the Plague Doctor was confident that it would be okay to open the way to Hades, the four giant load-bearing pillars had already completely absorbed the Plague Doctor's blood, and then released scarlet light one by one.
Immediately afterwards, between the four load-bearing pillars, that is, in the center of the hall, a bloody vortex, or scarlet channel, with a diameter of six meters wide quickly emerged.
Then, countless suckers of different thicknesses were spread all over, which would make people suffer from trypophobia. The same bloody, sticky tentacles emerged from the vortex and rushed towards the nearest plague doctors and soldiers.
This is why the soldiers hurriedly fled with the plague doctor.
"Oh... God, I seem to have miscalculated this time." The plague doctor was held on the shoulders by soldiers wearing power armor. Seeing that the tentacles getting closer and closer to them were a little too "arrogant", he hit the soldiers on the shoulders.
A, said unhappily: "Child! Put me down, I want to teach them a lesson!"
However, before the Plague Doctor could break free from the restraints, a green light flashed past them, accompanied by the sound of "咻~------!", burning all the tentacles.
, and then shot into the vortex.
"boom……!"
"Roar……!"
Then, a faint explosion and painful roar came from the direction of the vortex, indicating that the green light had been severely damaged, and had even killed the source of the tentacles.
Looking along the afterimage of the green light, I saw that Artemis had just completed the action of setting up a bow and shooting arrows. In her left hand, she still held the full moon bow that continued to emit a faint green light.
"Roar!!"
However, as soon as she finished dealing with one "tentacle monster", countless more demonic creatures, either beasts or humanoids, with blood-red skin, came out of the whirlpool howling.
It is obvious that these demons are a bit "young", no, it should be said that they do not have any "common sense" and do not know the identity of the giant they are about to face, so they are aggressive and fearless.
Just listen;
"Blast these ugly guys to pieces!" Artemis's voice was loud.
"Yes!", "Die, you bastard!!" Metallic responses and war cries.
"嘡嘡嘡!!!" and the soothing, steady Bakuya fire.
"Puff! Puff!" Synchronized with the sound of gunfire, the body exploded and shattered.
"Howl?? Howl...!" There were also demons howling from confusion to fear.
Here they come.
They're gone.
No matter how arrogantly the demons rushed out of the whirlpool, they ran back in embarrassment, not daring to take another half step out of their realm of chaos.
"Ceasefire, alert, reload."
After confirming that the demon did not dare to run out in a short time, Artemis gave another brief order. Then she put away the full moon bow, walked slowly to the plague doctor and asked: "Doctor, can you explain to us, what exactly is this?"
What's going on?"
"Don't be anxious." The Plague Doctor, who was put back to the ground by the soldiers, straightened his clothes, then turned to look at the scarlet whirlpool, and explained to Artemis and everyone present:
"According to my understanding, the race that built this ruins was to commemorate a great god who once assisted this race in resisting the plague. Unfortunately, this god was still unable to escape the pursuit of the evil god and was eventually imprisoned in Hades.
deep."
"That's it." Laura, who stayed here with the armed personnel of the Archeology Department, nodded in agreement.
Their archaeological team had been deciphering for a long time, but could not decipher the intention expressed by those symbols, but they also guessed that this pyramid ruins should be to commemorate a certain "great man".
"Hades?" Artemis frowned. She always felt that there was a very familiar spiritual energy fluctuation at the other end of the scarlet vortex. She immediately opened the communication and contacted the bridge of the Full Moon: "Report the situation here.
To the chairman."
Then she looked to the left and ordered: "Ran Min, Sigis, Chloe, Senkai, Hoyd, the five of you will lead a team and follow me deep into this so-called Hades."
Then he looked to the right: "Li Mu, you guys are stationed here as a backup to guard against the miscreants who may escape."
"Yes, ma'am." All the Gray Knights obeyed the order.
"Hey, kid, wait a minute." The plague doctor put on his small bag and quickly followed Artemis who was about to step through the whirlpool, and said, "I and you may be able to find excellent experimental materials.
Haha, okay, time waits for no one, let’s go!”
Without waiting for Artemis to reply, the plague doctor once again hummed a tune and passed through the whirlpool first. It seemed that he regarded the action of going deep into "Hades" as an outing and was not afraid at all.
"Doctor? Alas! Doctor..."
"Forget it, let's go too."
The soldiers responsible for protecting the plague doctor were not in a good mood and had no choice but to follow their eccentric boss.
However, Artemis raised her right hand to stop the group of soldiers and said, "You stay here. Hades may be a chaotic realm in a different space. With your body, even if you have a vaccine, you cannot resist."
"This..." The leading lieutenant hesitated slightly, but then he thought about it. With Artemis and the Gray Knights here, there should be no threat to the plague doctor's life, so he responded: "Yes, sir."
"Um."
Artemis also responded lightly, leading half of the Gray Knights through the scarlet vortex and disappearing from the sight of Laura, the soldiers and everyone.
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The other side of the vortex.
"Hoo~!" The strong wind was raging.
"Woo...wu..." There were wailing sounds all around.
I saw that this side is extremely spacious, as vast as the desert on the surface of Sokoyang, but the sky is burning with fire, and even the air is constantly distorting, combined with the flames and crying sounds, impacting people's hearts all the time...
But Artemis and the others are not ordinary people, and these whispers and corruption are completely ineffective. Moreover, the "Human Truth" that they regard as "accessories" emits bursts of golden light after entering this space, helping to isolate the whispers and corruption.
In the distance, there are demonic creatures that dare not approach or are fleeing. At the end of everyone's sight, there is an "inverted" pyramid with three sides and a very large scale.
"Ah~ it's the pyramid again. Do the so-called gods love such buildings? Are they not tired of aesthetics?" The plague doctor couldn't help but complain.