"Go on." After confirming the current situation, Julian, the leader of the team, said.
So Qi Ji continued to control the three starlight rings to send the group further diving.
After passing the circle of peeling marks that surrounded the cave wall, everyone entered an area that had never been explored before. Even Hill, who had fallen into the abyss himself, had no idea what it was like.
The "first layer" of the abyss is a straight cylindrical "shaft" with uniform thickness, while the "second layer" below is likely to be drum-shaped in structure: bulging in the middle and slightly constricted at both ends.
However, since they have not yet descended to the bottom of the "second layer", they cannot be sure that this space will converge below a certain depth. The above is just a guess.
As the depth of the crowd continued to decrease, they could clearly feel that the inner diameter of the space was getting larger and larger, from three or four hundred meters, which was only slightly thicker than the "first layer", to gradually expanding to a size beyond the range of night vision.
Even though the starlight from the three halos was strong and dazzling, and even though all three of them had activated their night vision abilities, when they looked around, they could still only see a void of pure black.
"Sir 105, can you move to the side? We want to survey the edge of this space."
Julian looked around for a while but failed to gain any meaningful information, so he made a suggestion to Qi Ji.
"of course."
Qi Ji stopped descending and instead controlled the halo to move horizontally. The four of them slowly floated towards the inner wall of this suspected drum-shaped space.
About five minutes later, everyone saw a bumpy black rock wall with a slope of less than 90 degrees suddenly appear at the edge of the starlight.
Otilia waved her sleeves towards the rock wall, and several glowing spheres flew out from the cuffs of her gray robe, quickly spreading in the air. The strong light they emitted illuminated the areas that the halo starlight could not reach.
In an instant, the stone wall with a radius of hundreds of meters appeared before everyone.
"……hiss."
Hill took a closer look and couldn't help but gasp.
I saw that the rock wall was completely different from the inner wall of the "first layer". Although it was also an uneven black curved stone wall, it was not as relatively smooth and flat as the "first layer".
Instead, it is covered with depressions and holes of varying sizes, and inside there are more complex and in-depth structures, winding and rugged, just like fermented cheese covered with holes and hollows.
The halo carrying the four people moved steadily but quite quickly. The strong light swept across the tattered rock wall, revealing the boundaries of this vast, mysterious and unknown space inch by inch before everyone's eyes.
"Those monsters... have they always lived in here?"
Hill saw that almost every inch of the cave wall was covered with such winding and deep holes and acupuncture points, and they were of different sizes. Some were so small that even the head could not fit in, while others were more than ten meters long, like the residence of a giant.
Looking at the scenes before her, she couldn't help but imagine that before the bottom of the "first layer" collapsed, those strange and bizarre monsters lived in such strange and complex acupuncture points.
She even had a picture like this in her mind: those faceless flying demons, with their sharp inward-curved claws embedded in the stone wall of the cave, motionless for decades, like upside-down pupae...
For some reason, this scene made her shudder.
The four of them descended steadily in a spiral trajectory along the cave wall, trying to obtain information from every inch of space here, which also took them a lot of time.
After such meticulous exploration, everyone basically confirmed one fact: the "second level" is where those alien species, monsters, and the group of evil spirits are located.
But now this place is completely empty, and no living creature has been seen until now. They should have all entered the "first level" during the previous riot, and were wiped out by the mushroom cloud explosion released by Qi Ji when they tried to climb to the ground.
There was just one thing that puzzled the three residents of the Last Kingdom: how could those alien monsters and the evil spirits live in the same space? !
The evil spirits do not distinguish whether the opponent is an alien monster or a human. As long as it is an ordinary creature that has not been infected by the "Rust Plague", they will kill it without hesitation.
If you stay with such a pure killing machine for a long time, you will either be slaughtered completely or slaughter the other party completely. In any case, only one side can survive.
There is absolutely no possibility of coexistence. There are only irreconcilable contradictions between "ordinary creatures" and "filthy ghosts", just like acid and alkali, positive numbers and negative numbers, they will kill each other when they meet.
The people of Saint Hydra have abandoned the city above for at least fifty years. Living in peace with so many evil spirits for fifty years... This is impossible!
Chapter 470 Blow him up!
The second chapter will be updated around 8 o'clock.
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"Perhaps those acupuncture points lead to some unique internal space. The areas where the evil spirits and monsters are located are very different during this period of time, so they are basically at peace."
Hill pointed to the complex structure on the cave wall that looked like veins and blood vessels, and expressed his guess:
"The question is what the monsters have been eating for so long... The environment here doesn't seem to be suitable for ordinary creatures to survive. It's really strange. Could it be that they don't need to eat like the evil spirits?
"Or is there something deep in the acupuncture points that can produce food?"
No one could answer her question. After all, there were only four of them, and it was too unrealistic to explore the densely packed acupuncture points one by one. Now they could only roughly sweep the area and wait for the main force to arrive before exploring it in detail.
So this issue had to be put on hold for the time being.
As the altitude gradually decreased, Qi Ji found that the time spent on each circle began to shorten.
This means that their initial guess about the structure of this space was basically correct: it is a drum shape with small ends and a fat middle.
The inner diameter of the "second layer" is generally much larger than that of the "first layer". The thickest part has a diameter of more than two kilometers, and the thinnest ends are four to five hundred meters.
But the length was much shorter. After the group had descended for several thousand meters, they saw the bottom gradually appearing below.
"Ah, it's exactly the same as the original bottom of the 'first floor'!"
The moment he saw the bottom floor, Hill's eyes lit up.
The four of them hovered about ten meters above the "ground" - this was a suggestion from the great elder Julian, who believed that it was not advisable to touch the ground rashly before figuring out the conditions on the ground.
Qi Ji mobilized his strength, causing the brightness of the halo to increase significantly. In an instant, the surrounding curved cave walls were completely illuminated by the strong light.
“There are similar characters here.”
Otilia looked around casually, and soon noticed something. She raised her hand and pointed to a certain place on the cave wall, and asked Qi Ji:
"Your Excellency, please translate for us."
There was a large number of symbols carved on the stone wall she was pointing to, which were also characters engraved in the common language of mankind.
Qi Ji glanced at it lightly and said:
"Second floor."
Hearing this answer, the three did not show much surprise. It was obvious that they had already anticipated such a situation.
"So, beneath this 'ground'... is there a deeper space? For example, a 'third layer'?"
Julian narrowed his deep eye sockets slightly and looked solemnly at the strange sandy and gravel land under his feet.
At this time, Qi Ji, who had been very quiet along the way, spoke:
"According to the experience of the previous level, the structure that separates the two different spaces is a ten-meter-thick layer of earth and rock... If you are willing to take a more radical approach, you might try to use violent bombardment on the ground below to see if you can break through it."
The three of them were slightly stunned and looked at her in surprise. Otilia thought for a few seconds and said:
"Sir 105, if it's just ordinary earth and rock ten meters thick, the two of us can indeed break through it together, but won't that disturb...something that may exist in the next layer?"
Hill agreed and quickly responded:
"Yes, yes, Master 105, you see there are so many monsters and evil spirits on the 'Second Floor'. If it weren't for you... and the 'True Creator' who came to our rescue in time, we would have almost died.
"If there are more terrifying things down here...if we blast open the partition, they will all rush up at once, and we're afraid..."
Julian obviously agreed with Hill's concerns and nodded slightly.
Seeing that the three were about to reach an agreement, Qi Ji felt that if he let them think about it, they would most likely retreat.
How could this be possible?! Even if she was alone, it wouldn't stop her from continuing to explore, but being alone would be so boring!
When it comes to entering a dungeon, it’s definitely better to have some fun.
At least, watching a play is much more fun than performing on stage!
And there is no need to worry about accidents. If there is any big problem, she will help to cover it.
So, while the three of them had not yet made up their minds to return to the capital, she took a few steps forward, approached them and said in an inciting manner:
“When I entered your world, I passed through a huge blood-red ball of light.
"That blood-colored ball of light contains a mysterious supreme power that can reconcile all kinds of contradictions and conflicts in the space it is in, allowing many things that cannot coexist or exist for a long time under normal circumstances to continue to exist stably."
What she described was the power of "The First Authority: Ordinary World".
This is the most secretive of the several powers she currently holds, with the meanings of "nature", "harmony" and "balance".
The body of the "Ancient Moon" located in the hollow inside the Mountains of End is composed of the divinity of this authority.
It is precisely because of His existence that the "vertical shaft" dug by someone unknown has been able to exist in the End Mountains for decades in a way that violates the laws of geological structure and mechanics.
If the "ancient moon" disappeared, the shaft would collapse instantly.
"Oh?"
The three people's interest was successfully aroused, and they all cast curious glances at her.
Qi Ji smiled complacently and said in a mysterious tone:
"Weren't you wondering just now why the filthy ghosts could live in peace with the alien monsters, and why those alien monsters could survive for decades in an environment with almost no food?
"Moreover, the structure of this 'abyss' is also very unreasonable.
“Not only is there no supporting structure inside, but the shape is also almost irregular, unable to disperse the internal stress. Under normal circumstances, it would definitely collapse, or it could not be excavated at all.
"I think it is very likely that the power of the blood-colored ball of light is at work. It is because of its existence that the various contradictions and conflicts in this huge space can be strangely reconciled, achieving a subtle and incredible balance."
"So, what you mean is... the ball of light that you passed through when you entered the outside world also exists in the outside world, in this abyss?"
Otilia's blue eyes flashed with realization, and her cold and indifferent face showed a hint of excitement. Her voice seemed to tremble, and it was obvious that she realized something:
“When Julian led Team 3 on their first expedition, they were attacked by monsters and evil spirits because the power of the light ball was unstable.
"So that's why the 'balance' between the first and second floors collapsed, and the ghosts and monsters that were originally living in peace with each other started to riot according to their instincts? The 'partition' at the bottom of the first floor also collapsed in this 'collapse'."
Qi Ji discovered that although this white-haired lady was not necessarily very smart, she knew a lot of things, so she could always make judgments that were closer to the truth when facing problems.
I don’t know where she learned all this weird knowledge. Logically speaking, given the situation in the Last Kingdom...she shouldn’t know these.
"Yes, that's exactly what I meant."
Qi Ji praised, and then dropped the real bombshell:
“The power of the blood-colored light ball is fluctuating unstably. Logically, the first area to be affected should be the area farthest from its main body, because that is where its power is the weakest.
"Now, since the situation on the first and second floors is clear at a glance, it can be said that earth-shaking changes have taken place, but the third floor under our feet has not changed significantly, which means..."
She deliberately dragged out the last word and did not finish her words, looking meaningfully at the three people who were eagerly waiting in front of her.
"The blood-red ball of light that connects the two worlds is located somewhere in the space below us."
Julian closed his eyes and let out a long breath. His cold and gloomy face revealed an excitement that he could not suppress:
“It’s waiting for us to discover.”
In a sense, Qi Ji is quite good at playing with people's emotions. With just a few words, he hit the soft spot that several citizens of the Last Kingdom most desired and did not want to avoid: exit!
Symbolizes the exit of salvation!
As long as it is thrown out, even the smallest and most far-fetched possibility, they will pursue it recklessly, regardless of life or death.
"...I know a man who catches moths and keeps them under glass. Then, on nights like this one, he releases them one by one to die in candlelight..."
Looking at the three people whose expressions were becoming increasingly fanatical, these words inexplicably flashed through Qi Ji's mind.
She feels like she is that person now.
However, the slight feeling of guilt only lingered in her heart for a moment before being swept away by her flexible moral bottom line.
So there is no doubt that under Qi Ji's dirty and despicable incitement, the kindness and enthusiasm in their hearts were exploited. After all, they could not resist the temptation to get rid of the curse and leave this land, and resolutely made a decision -
fry!
Blow him up!
Don't waste even a second!
Even if there are mountains of swords, seas of fire, or the netherworld of hell, we must fight our way out!
Chapter 471 Multiplier
I was busy killing giant water ants just now, so I was delayed for some time.
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"Then we must act now, without delay."
Although there was no obvious change in his expression, a rare hint of color appeared on Julian's pale face, showing how excited the leader was at the moment.
Ottilia, who had always remained as calm as ice, could no longer sit still. Her blue eyes sparkled with brilliance, and her body was filled with vigorous spiritual fluctuations, and she looked eager to try.
