Chapter 856 Battle of Promotion

Helios, middle level, blocked by layers of secrets, the narrow camp was burning with flames. The alchemists gathered around the fire with expressionless faces, quietly staring at the dancing light.

In the increasingly dense darkness, this is the only comfort.

The only beacon in countless nightmares.

But in the darkness beyond the firelight, footsteps suddenly sounded, like the cold rain hitting the window on a cold night, so low, crisp, and with an unsettling chill, gradually approaching.

The people in front of the bonfire raised their eyes, their expressions became gloomy, they drew their weapons and pointed at the source of the footsteps.

Then I saw a little light flickering in the darkness.

As we get closer, the outline becomes clearer.

He showed the appearance of the young man, smiled at them, waved, and a wisp of smoke rose from the cigar at the corner of his mouth.

A familiar smell wafted over.

At that moment, there was a faint sound of relief.

Only one man still held the knife.

"Izzy, you're late."

"Ahaha, I'm sorry. I met an old acquaintance on the road, so I stayed and chatted for a few words. I accidentally forgot the time."

Izzy patted his head and looked at their expressions, becoming more and more happy: "Everyone seems to be in good spirits. I'm really pleased!"

His footsteps stopped outside the boundaries of the secret ritual, and he did not get closer to it.

Just smiled and looked at the familiar faces.

The old Egyptian lady Ima, the Russian metal master Valery... and finally, the trembling Rachel!

"Huh?" Izzy asked curiously, "Where is Huai Shi?"

Rachel's expression twisted, and she said coldly: "He is dead!"

"Really? What a pity."

He shrugged regretfully and glanced at Rachel meaningfully, "Then how did you escape?"

"..."

For a moment, Rachel's expression changed, as if she was trying hard to control her anger and resentment. Her lips moved, but she finally withdrew her gaze: "It has nothing to do with you!"

He hid his slightly deformed body behind his robe, avoiding Izzy's scrutinizing gaze.

Izzy looked away and smiled: "So, what's the gain?"

No one responded.

"Returning empty-handed?"

He sighed sympathetically, and then stepped away, happily showing off the queue behind him in the darkness: "But I'm different...I picked up Garlandon!"

Silence fell suddenly.

Everyone looked up in shock.

In the darkness, the leader of those silent alchemists lifted his helmet, revealing his old face.

"The exploration base is ready."

The old man who was as cold as stone said calmly: "Please come with me."

In an instant, everyone's expression suddenly changed.

"Wait... wait a minute..." Rachel couldn't believe it: "Big, big... how could the Grand Master..."

"Probably because you were worried, you followed us from the beginning." Izzy shrugged and smoked: "Oh, to be honest, I was shocked. How about it? Surprise or surprise? ?”

"me……"

Rachel's expression twitched, and it was difficult to express what was in her heart.

——He saw with his own eyes that Garland was beheaded by Publius!

But gradually, the twitching expression quickly became distorted, and the muscles squirmed, as if it had turned into another face.

A cold will settled in his body, causing him to raise his head and smile at his long-lost 'friend'.

But that smile had no warmth.

Such indifference.

Full of mockery.

"Don't you despise those layer cakes the most, Garland?"

A long distance apart, Publius smiled strangely, "Since when did you start studying life science, a trivial skill that can only be used to survive?"

"I am not like you, Publius. We have never been the same."

Garland replied even more coldly, "Besides spirit, blood and bones, how many more parts of yourself can you separate? It will only be in vain and decay."

The cane struck down and collided with the floor, making a sharp sound.

Links from remote locations are cut off.

"No, we are all the same, from the beginning..."

In the last moments, the cold smile on Rachel's face gradually dissipated, and only the last vague whisper came from her spasmed throat: "This is all...a link of fate..."

In the dead silence, he finally lay on the ground, breathing hard.

Already shed tears.

The alchemical matrix that was engraved on the back of the deformed body quietly dissipated, leaving only ugly scars like burns.

"I don't know...I didn't say anything..." he exclaimed in defense: "I am innocent, Grand Master, believe me!"

"I know."

Garland didn't care, "Get up, Rachel, there is still a place for you."

Rachel was stunned for a moment, and then she was ecstatic, with a thankful smile on her face that was full of tears and runny nose, and she nodded vigorously.

"Grandmaster, I need an explanation."

In the silence, Valery said: "What is all this going on?"

“Unexpected,” Garland said, “but my commitment still stands. "

He raised his eyes and stared at the alchemists who had gathered beside the fire as instructed: "It's just that you all need to play a little role."

Along with his words, strands of blood seeped out from the ceiling.

Stretching, spreading, pulling into lines, inextricably linked, turning into rain.

Red rain.

In an instant, the entire world was covered.

Priestess Ima's eyes moved slightly, and she looked up in disbelief.

Countless slender streaks of blood gathered and overlapped, turning into a red curtain at their feet. From it, countless majestic phantoms emerged, fleeting, turning into countless mirages.

A terrifying loud noise suddenly erupted.

The seeping blood finally broke through his guard, burst into a roar, and turned into a sea of ​​red.

In an instant, they were swallowed up in it.

The entire Helios was shaking violently.

The propagation of the light signal was so slow. Five seconds later, through the observation of the current Harley telescope, the terrifying situation of the ferocious chariot hovering over the Eye of Jupiter was glimpsed.

The sea of ​​blood formed by the sons of Leviathan is rising, spurting out from every crack, spreading, permeating, rapidly shrinking and then spreading.

A hard and huge crystal cluster was formed, moving rapidly, with countless sharp corners unfolding like petals, colliding, closing, reversing, and expanding their size in an extremely unnatural way.

A faint glow overflows from it, reflecting countless unfamiliar mountain scenery and waterscapes.

They gathered together, like lotus flowers, taking root on Helios' body. Immediately afterwards, countless water colors appeared out of thin air. Among the ocean-like blue, there were edges and corners of coral and huge fish shadows.

That is the element of destruction that has long since died, the remains of the old Gaia that represents the past history.

——Forbidden Mystery·Seed of Gaia!

In this way, it was forcibly inserted into Helios' system.

At this moment, the attack from Garland began!

There was a loud roar, and countless dust fell from the ceiling.

The skeleton on the third wheel was startled, and he subconsciously pulled out the buzzing and vibrating stick and waved it around randomly.

It almost hit Huai Shi.

"Pay attention, can't you change it to something else?" Huai Shi's eyes twitched, and he snatched the thing away with his hands, then rummaged through the skeleton's collection for a long time, found a pan and stuffed it into his hand.

"Brother, use this. This is a blunt weapon, very powerful!"

"Yeah?"

The skeleton scratched his head in confusion, then pinned the pan to his ribs, leaving Huai Shi speechless for a while.

They have been advancing in the gloomy bottom of Helios for who knows how long.

Under the command of Tong Ji.

"Ahead...a detour ahead..." the skeleton suddenly reminded.

In its eye hole, Yu Wan's tail twitched nervously, and then quickly raised half of its tail and pointed in another direction.

But there is only one way forward, and there is no other place to choose from.

Huai Shi hesitated and scratched his head.

Decided to trust Fishball’s judgment.

Logically speaking, the mice used in this kind of experiment should not be able to adapt to the external environment at all. I don't know how the skeleton was raised, but it was actually alive and kicking, and it was frighteningly sensitive to abnormal conditions.

Just what Huai Shi saw along the way helped them avoid countless dangers.

Sometimes they are patrolling nativity spirits, sometimes they are monsters that escape from the workshop after losing control, and sometimes... they are simply other alchemists who have completely solidified into aberrations.

Sometimes Huaishi can't see anything at all.

Only the belated premonition of death constantly reminded him not to make the wrong choice.

Thanks to its radar, the group of them walked around Helios for such a long time in such a large tricycle without triggering a fight.

Although the detour takes at least seven or eight times, safety comes first!

"I haven't seen anything after walking for so long." Huai Shi scratched his head: "Tongji, are you reliable in giving directions? I feel more and more panicked..."

What I saw along the way was as miserable as an abandoned building.

I don't know how many years it has not been maintained.

Even the lights on the wall are still in the gas era...

"It's right in front, not far."

Tong Ji withdrew her gaze and said calmly: "Even if there are changes later, the basic skeleton and internal structure of Helios cannot be changed. Unless it wants to fall apart, the formation layer, outflow layer, creation layer and activity layer It must maintain balance. In order to maintain balance, the replaced abandoned furnace core structure can only sink and be thrown into the debris pile.”

Huai Shi suddenly realized: "Does that mean we have to use the discarded furnace core to restart the engine?"

"How is it possible?" Tong Ji was amused, "If it were me, before I want to cause trouble, I would destroy all the spare things first, and take the vital points into my own hands. Publius has hatched such a plan It’s impossible that I haven’t thought of this for so many years.”

"Isn't that just a garbage dump?" Huai Shi asked, "Why are we picking up garbage?"

"Silly boy."

Tong Ji became helpless and spoke earnestly: "How about you use your illegal organization operation skills? Think about it, the garbage is useless, but the trash can itself! Even if the furnace core and the like are definitely scrapped, there is no way to fix the interface It’s ruined…”

Just like the blood vessels of the human body.

That is the passage hidden in every inch of Helios' entity, the hidden branch of the matrix closest to the engine.

"Then how did you know?" Huai Shi keenly noticed something was wrong.

In the silence, Tong Ji looked increasingly innocent.

His eyes looked into the distance.

A whistle was blown.

Huai Shi was about to ask, but she saw something unusual in the corner of her eyes and slowly turned around.

Outside the narrow window beside me.

In Tong Ji's whistle, a silvery white color is slowly rising...

Through the narrow window, one could glimpse the majestic outline gradually emerging outside Helios.

That's an empty...moon? !

At this moment, a waning moon is hanging high in the space beyond Helios, shining above the Eye of Jupiter!

Is just whistling that powerful?

When Huai Shi looked back at Tong Ji blankly, she heard her helpless sigh.

"That has nothing to do with me...that's Publius!"

At this moment, with the emergence of the bright moon, the flames of the Sun Chariot suddenly rose.

When the empty 'moon' appears next to the chariot representing the sun, this incredible sun and moon form a huge secret that can change the world!

As the light of the sun and the moon blend with each other, endless great power bursts out from it.

Garland's Seed of Gaia was used in reverse.

It follows the miracles inherited from the oldest geocentric theory. It runs brilliantly on Helios and turns into the eternal forging fire.

Appalling huge fluctuations emerged from Huai Shi's head.

Separated by countless layers of thick walls and cabins, with Helios as the battlefield, the two great masters who stood at the top of the entire territory began to fight.

The disasters and wonders of the abyss are constantly changing from within.

With just a slight aftermath, the heat they degenerated into burned the entire chariot's outer shell red.

Everything is gradually being put into the furnace.

extraction!

On the small three-wheel, some inferior border relics actually cracked and cracked, and the source matter in them escaped silently. They were quickly pulled by invisible forces and flew towards the vortex.

Even the silent Da Siming started to stir, sending bursts of burning phantom heat towards Huaishi.

If you don't hurry up, I'm afraid I will be treated as scraps and burned to ashes!

Huai Shi didn't hesitate anymore, swung the water of hatred and switched to blood saw mode, following the guidance of the fish ball's tail, she cut through the thick wall.

After the collapsed iron wall, the air that had been silent for countless years surged and was filled with a stale atmosphere.

Ashes flew.

A deeper darkness lay before them.

"Where to go next?" Huai Shi poked his head at the entrance of the cave, looking at the intricate route inside.

"I don't know about that."

Tong Ji flapped her wings helplessly: "It's already very difficult to calculate the approximate position based on the trend of the outer structure. It's too difficult to figure out more details..."

She paused and looked at Huai Shi's side: "But aren't there 'locals' who are more familiar with the situation here?"

Huai Shi followed her line of sight and looked at the skeleton with the same stupid look on its face. Finally, she saw the trembling... little white mouse in its eye holes?

On Huaishi's shoulder, the phantom of the crow flashed away.

"Please show me the way, okay?" She smiled and said softly, "I'm in a hurry."

The tone is very gentle.

The little white mouse squeaked and huddled up in the skull's eye hole, as if it wanted to pretend to be dead, but its skull was only so big that it couldn't be hidden at all.

Soon, he gave up the struggle.

It crawled out tremblingly, raised its tail, and pointed in a direction to the right inside.

Then, he looked back timidly, feeling extremely uneasy.

As if afraid that Huaishi would eat it.

Tong Ji was helpless and shook her head slightly: "Do you need me to explain to you the difference between 'leading the way' and 'guiding the way'?"

"Ugh!!!"

The little white mouse screamed in fear again, and crawled on all fours in the tunnel. It reached a fork in the tunnel at a very fast speed, and swung its tail towards them anxiously.

I just want to find a flagpole and hang my skin on it.

Afraid of not being attentive enough.

Sir, this way!

"That's right!"

Tong Ji nodded happily, then looked back and urged in a brisk tone: "What are you doing standing around, let's go!"

No, this mouse is so psychic!

Even Tong Ji can see it...

Huai Shi didn't bother to ask any more questions, checked the equipment on her body, helped the skeleton hide the tricycle, and then walked in.

At the very end, the puppy of friendship lingers long before the breach.

He lowered his head and smelled the air around him.

He looked into the distance with great confusion, as if he smelled something, but couldn't smell it carefully.

But soon, under Huaishi's call, it turned around and walked into the darkness.

A long time, a long time.

In the silence, the light in the entire corridor dimmed again.

An invisible shadow comes quietly.

As if chasing something, a line of pale footprints formed by ashes disappeared into it.

Only faint laughter echoed in the air.