Volume 20, Chapter 88: Finding the Target

"This is a very important thing, related to me. [ ] Quick, help me see what it says? This thing is very important to me."

"Wait a moment." I first connected the spiritual links of the demon pets, and then acted as a body camera and began to observe the words written on the stones.

These words were obviously carved by people later. They were not the regular words that were originally dropped on the stone, but were carved out casually with some kind of sharp tool.

"Does anyone know what text this is?" I asked in my spiritual connection.

"It looks a bit like Greek writing, but it doesn't seem right." Victoria seemed to know something about it.

"Can you translate?"

"Some of them are OK, and some of them don't seem to read very well."

"Don't worry about whether he understands it or not, just tell me what this thing means."

"Okay." Victoria said and used my eyes to read and translate: "This is the carving's autobiography. He said he was a human dragon, and then described his physical characteristics. Ah, wait, look. It’s written above that he seems to be the guy next to him.”

Hearing Victoria's words, I glanced at the monster next to me in confusion, but thinking that there was something wrong with her head, I gave up hope of getting an answer from him.

"Victoria, continue to tell me what's behind."

"Well, okay. Later, it was said that he was attacked by someone, and his soul was covered with a special disintegrating magic circle. He had to concentrate on fighting against the encroachment of this magic circle on his soul, so his intelligence and abilities will gradually decline. If If anyone sees this text, please help her escape the pain of her soul gradually collapsing."

"Soul collapse?" I glanced at the monster next to me again in confusion, then frowned and said in spiritual contact: "Why does this sound like the handwriting of Zeus?"

"It's possible." Victoria said: "Zeus is best at decomposition. His Thunder of Judgment is actually a decomposition thunder, which specializes in decomposing objects and energy. Therefore, many people who are hit by the Thunder of Judgment cannot even reincarnate their souls."

I nodded and said, "What else was written at the end? Did you say how to help him?"

"Let me see. It says that the collapse of the magic circle will eat away at his soul bit by bit, but he is also absorbing energy from the outside world to replenish his soul energy. In this way, this magic circle can only slowly eliminate his self, but cannot completely kill him. Kill him. The way to help him is to first stimulate his ego and let him find his own existence, and then his soul will be completely revived. But at this time, he only regained his previous consciousness and memory, and the magic circle still exists , we still need to find a way to disarm the magic circle. He said that he didn’t know how to destroy the magic circle, but maybe using a weapon that can attack the soul would be helpful, that’s all.”

After listening, I nodded and said, "I have also seen the crack diagram for the collapse magic circle, but I don't know how to crack it. As for the equipment that attacks the soul... the dragon soul suit should be considered as a whole, right?"

"I really can't help it, I'm not professional enough!" Victoria sighed.

Ling said from the side: "Then you wait for me for a while, our task branch is just a little bit closer to completion, and then I will go and have a round with you. I am better at souls."

Because of Ling's suggestion, I explained the text on the stone to the monster next to me. The monster was also very surprised when he heard this, because he didn't remember being attacked at all, and now he suddenly learned that he was a very important person, and he couldn't react for a while.

After telling the monster about this situation, I told him that my helper would not arrive until later, so for the time being, I discussed with him how to find myself, because this is the first step. .

During our discussion, the idiot Prometheus woke up again, and when he was seen by the monster, the monster said hello to him. As a result, the guy got nervous and wanted to run away, and then he was the third one. Fainted for the first time. I looked at poor Prometheus helplessly, and finally I simply went over and stuffed a thick mattress under him. Then I adjusted the angle and placed a piece on the wall in front of him. Thanks to my strange habit of stuffing random things into Fenglong's space, otherwise, no matter how big a normal person's space is, there would never be such a thing as a mattress. Of course, except for some young couples who like "wild battles".

After placing the mattress, I went back to the monster again and started discussing with him how to restore myself. However, after a three-minute discussion, we finally separated helplessly. I reopened the spiritual link, clamped the crystal communicator and started to contact the think tanks in the guild. As for the monster, he hid in the corner and drew circles in depression.

Because the monster has lost control of himself and his main soul, his thinking is now in a mess. Discussing problems with him can drive people crazy. Well, our guild's think tank is quite powerful. As soon as I told the situation, they gathered together the researchers in the guild who were studying soul power, and then began to analyze. Moreover, a few minutes before Ling arrived, they also I really thought of a way.

"That's me, as long as I know this guy's name, and then let him shout his name, just shout it a few times, right?" I asked listening to the voice in the communicator.

A great lich who specializes in studying souls said: "This is the fastest way to synchronize souls, and it is simple and easy to use. Given your equipment conditions, this is the simplest."

"Yes, it's really simple, provided you know his name."

"Don't you know his name?"

"If you knew, do you think I would still be distressed?"

"If this is the case, we have other methods, but this process is quite cumbersome and may be time-consuming, so it is best to find out what his name is if possible."

I thought for a moment and said, "Let's do this. You prepare the second plan first. I'll look for the name first. If I can't find it, I'll let you start the second plan."

"Yes, President."

The so-called search for a name is actually just a guess. Since this monster is locked in the passage of this Poseidon Temple mission, it means that he must have some connection with Poseidon. Judging from this situation, it is very likely that Poseidon knows this guy's name. So, my idea is to ask Poseidon later, maybe he will tell me. Of course, we can't hold too much hope for this. After all, if this guy was attacked by Zeus, and if he suddenly appeared outside that day, Zeus would definitely know who was pregnant with him.

After I told the monster about the general situation, Ling just completed the task, and then transferred through the training space and returned directly to me.

As a dark goddess with in-depth research on the soul, Ling's level in the soul is indeed not comparable to that of ordinary people. After briefly looking at the monster's soul, Ling used two small magic arrays to simply suppress the collapse array. Although it could not completely offset its effect, these two small magic arrays could make the balance more powerful. Lean towards the monster. That is

As time goes by, even if you don't care about him, the monster's thinking ability and intelligence will gradually return to the previous normal level. Of course, this will take a long time, so we still have to find a way to completely solve this problem.

After appeasing the monster for a few words, we decided to go on the mission first and find out the name of the monster. Of course, before leaving, I used eternity to cut off all the chains on the monster. Even if I can't leave this room, without the restraints of handcuffs and shackles, I can at least feel lighter. In addition, because the think tanks in our guild said that talking more can help restore self-awareness, I specially left a large communicator for the monster, and then asked the soul experts in the guild to start a video chat with the guy Fox Strawberry Slowly guide his soul to awaken.

That guy from Prometheus is quite good at rushing on time. Just when we were getting ready to leave, he just woke up for the third time, and just like before, the first thing he did when he woke up was to run out, and then Because the position was wrong, of course it hit the wall again. However, this time he did not faint. Instead, he crashed into the soft mattress, was bounced back and fell onto the mattress behind him. Then, before he could react, he leaned against The mattress standing on the wall fell down again, smashing him between the two mattresses. However, although the spring factory pad was quite heavy, it was soft after all and did not knock Prometheus unconscious again.

I took back Ling and the other demon pets and walked to Prometheus to take back the mattress, then I pulled him up with a smile and said, "You are really interesting!"

Prometheus looked at me blankly, not knowing what I meant. Although I noticed his confused look, I had no intention of explaining it. Instead, I directly asked him to follow me and left the room.

Prometheus took one last look at the monster, and then followed me back to the previous waterway. Starting from the previous T-shaped fork, we moved directly to the left. We had already checked the right and confirmed that there were only monster cells.

The length of the road on the left side of the intersection is not very long, but it is a little difficult to move because we are not in a dry underground cave, but in the water. The channel on the left side of this T-shaped intersection seems to be connected to the water outlet, which means that when we walk to the left, we are actually going upstream. If it were a wide river, it wouldn't be too strenuous to go upstream, but the key point is that this is a narrow channel, just like a water pipe. It would be difficult to swim against the current in such an environment. In the first half, we could barely move forward relying on Grandma's guidance. Later, the water speed became faster and faster, and we couldn't paddle forward at all. I had no choice but to take Aina back and then release the protective steel claw.

The guardian beast of our guild, Steel Claw, is an amphibious creature, so it is no problem to move in the water. Although it can't match the speed of the mermaid A Di Na, it is perfect in this passage. With its strong limbs and huge claws, coupled with the carapace covering its back, which can be bent at will and used as a spear, the steel claws can climb in the passage almost like a spider climbing a wall. Not swimming. Compared with the swimming method that requires pushing the water flow to produce a reaction, crawling on the wall is obviously more efficient in this fast-flowing channel.

With the efforts of the steel claws, Prometheus and I were finally sent to this end of the channel. This place is a water inlet, and it is relatively narrow. There is a large amount of water flowing into the channel turbulently. Because the water speed is too fast, Therefore, the resistance we endured also increased suddenly. I'm a little bit better, after all, the attributes are there, so it's not too difficult. But Steel Claw and Prometheus couldn't stand it anymore.

If I were alone, it would not be difficult for the steel claw to pass through this narrow pass, but now Prometheus and I are still hanging on the steel claw, which increases the resistance the steel claw endures a lot. Although his strength is very strong, he can't withstand such a huge load. What's worse is that the wall material seems to be unable to withstand such a huge force. Whenever the steel claws touch the wall with their claws or tentacles, they soon fall apart. It will pull out a ravine on the wall and slowly slide backwards. Fortunately, this speed is not too fast, so as long as the steel claw frequently switches the position of the wall, it can barely support itself to move.

After flying for a long time, I finally moved to the water outlet, but when I arrived, I couldn't get through. The water pressure at the water outlet is too high. If we want to pass through, we must withstand the impact of the ultra-high water flow. It is obviously not possible to rely solely on our own strength and steel claws.

After thinking about it for a while, I finally gave up the plan of summoning a large magic pet to help. The place where Zero Bar is fighting is too narrow. Forcibly summoning a large magic pet is likely to burst the passage. If it causes a collapse and blocks the road, it will be terrible. It's troublesome.

"President Ziri, the water pressure here is too high, we can't rush through!" Seeing me standing still near the water outlet for a long time, Prometheus finally couldn't hold on anymore and shouted. My attributes are high enough, so staying a little longer is not a big deal, but Prometheus is only over a thousand levels. It may be considered a master, but it is a bit difficult to resist the impact of this place. . It would be okay if he rushed over in one go. Who in the right mind could withstand being so hung up on?

When I heard Prometheus' urging, I knew I couldn't waste time here, otherwise even if I ignored Prometheus, I wouldn't be able to hold on for long. Although I have good attributes, I am not a robot. I will also get tired! "Just hold on a little longer and I'll figure it out."

After comforting Prometheus first, I immediately began to think of countermeasures. After some thinking, the only reliable method I finally found was a dragon tendon rope.

Judging from the previous situation, we should be in a certain section of an underground river, so there is a high possibility that there are obstacles behind the water outlet. In this way, if I fired the Longjing Station behind the water outlet, I would probably be able to hit something. And as long as the dragon tendon rope can be fixed, it can easily pull me over. The reason why we can't get through here is not because we don't have enough strength, but because we can't find a point of support. It is almost impossible to generate propulsion when swimming in a reverse current, and the wall near the water outlet is not strong enough. Even the claws and tentacles of steel claws cannot be completely fixed, so we must find a stable place opposite the water outlet. Hold up so we can get through.

Just do what comes to mind. Taking into account factors such as the speed of the water flow, the launcher of the Longjinsuo alone can no longer meet my requirements. Even if the launcher that comes with the dragon tendon rope can shoot it to the opposite side of the water outlet, the power of the rope head will be exhausted and it will be unable to embed itself into the rocks or other things that may exist on the opposite side. Therefore, I directly took off the rope head, then took off the arrowhead of the crossbow arrow waiting for the unknown in the Avengers, and installed the rope head of the Dragon Tendon Rope.

After I was ready, I let the steel claws use the tentacles to help me fix my body. Then I raised my hand and pointed at the launch port and moved my fingers. With a swish, the crossbow arrows shot out of the Avenger came with dragon tendons and a circle of bubbles. Jumped

The crossbow arrow passed through the water barrier very lightly. Within a second, I felt the arrow hit something. It seemed that my judgment was accurate. There was indeed something like a rock behind the exit of Yinshui. Now it seems that the rope head must have been embedded in the rock formation, because it was not washed back by the current. So, what I have to do now is to pull it to confirm whether the rocks on the opposite side can support me in crossing Yinshuikou.

So far, everything was going smoothly, but just when I pulled twice to confirm whether it was really firmly fixed, a huge pulling force came from the dragon tendon rope, which directly pulled my whole body from the steel. He was dragged away by his claws. You know, this is not on the ground, but in the water. How much force does it take to drag a big man like me forward against the current?

The steel claws were wrapping their tentacles around my body to help me stabilize my body, but unexpectedly I suddenly flew forward. Steel Claw felt that I was in danger of slipping out, and immediately increased the strength of its tentacles. What shocked him was that the pulling force actually pulled him out, so that the other tentacles and claws of Steel Claw were stunned. Bring down a large piece of rock from the channel wall. As for Prometheus, who was entangled by steel claws and two tentacles, he screamed and flew out towards the exit of Yinshui with us.

Because our starting speed was too fast, I had no time to react and crossed the Yinshui outlet. Following the steel claw, I ran into the Yinshui outlet that he could never pass. As a result, because (the dog) was too powerful, I was stunned. A large piece of the rock at the entrance to Yinshui collapsed, forcing him to get through. After that, although Prometheus was hit several times by the broken rocks, there was no big problem and he passed through without any danger.

As soon as we left Chuyinshuikou, the pressure around us immediately became much smaller.

Obviously, the water speed on this side of Chuyinshuikou is not as fast as that on the other side. This means that the waterway on this side of Chuyinshuikou should be much wider than the one we came here, because the waterways together are not as fast as the ones on the other side. In this case, the water flow rate in different sections should be exactly the same, and the water flow rate should be equal to the product of the water flow rate and the cross-sectional area of ​​the channel. That is to say, when the water channel becomes wider, the water flow rate will decrease. On the contrary, if the flow rate decreases, it must mean that the channel has become wider. However, the water area we are currently in seems to have not only become wider, because the water flow is very gentle. If we were not dragged along by something unknown, the water flow here would probably be almost stationary. . This place is obviously not as simple as a simple underground river, this is basically an underground reservoir.

After briefly checking the surrounding situation, my first reaction was to look at the front end of the dragon tendon rope, because I wanted to confirm what I had just hit. It was obvious that what I had hit was not a rock, because there was no way a rock could have dragged us upstream. Besides, the situation here fully proves that there are no rocks for me to shoot at, so I probably hit some aquatic creature. I guess this guy may have just happened to be passing by the mouth of Chuyinshui at that time. Unexpectedly, some good people suddenly came to disaster and were hit by my dragon tendon rope. In pain, of course the guy immediately turned away from the dangerous mouth of the cave. As a result, he pulled us all down.

Even though that was my guess, I was still shocked when I saw the thing pulling us. Is this fucking earth creature? The thing in front of me looks a bit like it. I have no idea what this thing looks like. Its head looks like a manta ray, and is even scarier than a manta ray. The huge eyes and fangs sticking out of its lips indicate that this thing is definitely not a vegetarian. In addition, there is a long body that looks like an earthworm attached to the back of its head, but the surface of this body is uneven. It feels like a rock, and because its skin is gray-white, it really looks like a stone. Of course, in addition to the body, this guy also has legs, but not just one or two, but hundreds of them, and not only under his belly, but even on his back are covered with these things that don’t know whether they are tentacles or legs. It looks like three centipedes stuck back to back. It felt like my legs were everywhere all over my body. Finally, there is a large pincer on the back of this guy. This plier is very big, and its surface is as gray as the skin. But looking at the size and shape, you can tell that the bite force of this thing should be very high.

The dragon sinew rope I shot just now hit this guy's abdomen, and it seemed that the entire arrow penetrated its body. I highly doubt that the rope head is embedded in this guy's bones, otherwise it would be impossible to drag us out of the water outlet without even being able to loosen it.

"President Ziri, what is that thing in front of you?" Because the environment became much more stable after passing through the water outlet, Prometheus finally crawled back to me using both hands and feet.

"No fighting, but I don't want to be dragged away by this thing." I said and suddenly injected magic into the dragon tendon rope, and the tracking rope head immediately closed up, and at the same time, the rope changed from traction mode to cutting mode. , and instantly opened a hole in the monster's belly and slipped out.

The wound on its stomach suddenly enlarged, causing the monster to let out a scream and then speed up and swim forward. Although the water here is as bright as the previous channel for some reason, the monster gradually loses sight of the monster as it gets farther away.

After getting rid of the monster, we gradually stopped due to the resistance of the water. After retracting the steel claws, Prometheus and I were suspended in the water, but for a moment we didn't know where we were going. The purpose of our coming here was to do the Poseidon Temple mission, but the water in front of us was obviously a bit too big, so we didn't even know how to start the search. What’s worse is that we can’t even find the great master now. We are now in the center of the deep water. There is no edge visible in any direction, up, down, left, or right. What we see is just a large area of ​​fluorescent underground water. Although the water is very clear, we can see a long distance away, but without any reference object. It's no use even looking down, because there's water everywhere in the front, back, left, and right, so there's no basis for judgment.

"Damn it, why are you trapped in a place like this!" Prometheus couldn't help complaining.

"It's not sleepy, it's just lost. We just lost our direction, not restricted. Besides, this is only temporary." I said and summoned Aina again. Of course, in this underwater world, you still have to rely on mermaids to lead the way. Vision and hearing on the ground are of little use in the water, because underwater can only be used for short-distance judgment and are basically useless when exploring paths. The truly suitable navigation methods for underwater environments should be sonar, electric field induction and geomagnetic induction. These three methods all have ultra-wide detection capabilities and are relatively less affected by water bodies. "Ana, use sonar to confirm the area here first."

After getting my instructions, Auntina put her hands on her mouth and made a loudspeaker gesture, but we didn't hear anything.

, but just as A Dianna finished shouting, she suddenly screamed: "Quick move!"

Both Aina and I reacted very quickly. I grabbed Prometheus' hand, while Aina quickly grabbed me and dragged me in the other direction. Sure enough, less than three seconds later, a blurry black shadow suddenly appeared in the water in front. Then the black shadow quickly grew larger and became clearer at lightning speed. Almost in the blink of an eye, the thing rushed over. We then brushed against the soles of Prometheus and passed by. Even though the thing was fast, I could see it for what it was. It was clearly the creature that we didn't know whether to call a bug or a fish that gave us a hitchhike just now.

Apparently, this thing holds a grudge. After rushing over, the guy swam until he was almost invisible, then turned around and rushed back.

"Holy shit, you're not done yet?" I picked up the Prometheus that was dragging behind me and threw it to Ariana. Then I opened my wings, took out eternity, and rushed towards the strange fish. .

Prometheus asked Auntina worriedly after being dragged away by Auntina. "Aren't you going to help? Will President Ziri have any problems alone?"

"What do you think?"

Prometheus was stunned for a moment after hearing Aina's words, and then he thought of the projection monster I killed before. He immediately reacted to this contact. The monsters in the water look quite big and ferocious in appearance, but level is the last word. Even if this guy has a combat power bonus in the water, it's impossible for him to surpass monsters of three to five thousand levels, right? So this thing in front of me is nothing at all.

The truth is just as Prometheus thought. The moment I collided with the monster, I cut off a row of the monster's front teeth with a sword, and then I got into the monster's belly as if it was swallowed, but the next second the monster The transformation suddenly stopped, and then suddenly broke into tens of thousands of pieces of minced meat mixed with a large amount of blood and scattered.

"Fortunately, the armor is water-resistant. This thing is really disgusting in the stomach." Just after the monster was cut into a bunch of pieces, Prometheus saw me flying towards them with a skeleton frame in my hand. come over. Yes, it is indeed flying. Because I have wings on my back, I can move easily in the water. Of course, it cannot be used if the water flow rate is too fast. After all, wings are not special propellers in water, and they will break if the resistance is too great!

"President Ziri, why did you come back with a skeleton?" Prometheus was also confused when he saw me coming back with a skeleton.

Before I could answer, I saw the skeleton suddenly raised his hand and waved at him a few times, and then the guy's mouth moved up and down a few more times, but I only heard a crunching sound of bones, and no other sound was made. come out.

Prometheus was stunned, so I translated for the skeleton: "He is saying hello to you."

"ah?"

"He is the one in distress here. I just used the Undead Call to wake him up, so he can be our guide. However, his soul flame is very weak and he cannot make a sound underwater. He can only speak with his soul. .You don’t have the Soul Whisper skill, so you can’t hear it.”

"Oh, that's it." Prometheus nodded and asked, "President Ziri, do you often lead the way to the undead like this?"

I smiled and replied: "So Soul Whisper and Awakening of the Undead are the most practical undead skills."

"Well, may I ask, are you from the undead system?"

"No, but I am of the dark system. Is it not too much to master a few necromancy spells at the same time?"

When Prometheus nodded, I had already begun to communicate with the skeleton. This guy is actually not an ordinary skeleton. After all, he has been dead for many years. He has been in the belly of the strange fish for so long and has not been digested. Is this something that an ordinary skeleton can do? Think about it, even this super common animal can easily digest animal bones. This kind of monster is much more powerful than a dog, right? If there was a skeleton in its belly in less than two days, it would probably be nothing but a pile of white ash. How could I use the Undead Summon to summon it?

In fact, this little skeleton was originally a member of the Seafoot, but he was not from the mermaid clan, but from the piranha clan. Thinking about it this way, it's lucky that he has turned into a skeleton, otherwise he would probably scare many people to death. Mermaids are indeed very beautiful, but this piranha tribe, I can probably guess what these guys looked like in life. Ghosts are probably worried because of their virtue.

Let's get back to the subject. It's said that this little skeleton is actually a patrolman here. There was originally a piranha sea tribe in this water area, but one day an earthquake caused a collapse. However, this collapse did not block the river, but instead connected to another area of ​​water. The monster I just killed was The creatures in that water. In addition, besides the monster I just killed, there are a lot of various monsters in that water area.

It is said that the piranha sea legs themselves are marine creatures, but the creatures there are even marine creatures like them that I have never seen. As I said before, these things are simply alien creatures, one after another in an abstract shape, It is estimated that even Picasso would feel ashamed when he saw their designer.

The monsters in that cave began to run around after the waterway was connected, and those things were very cruel. Basically, I never saw any gentle ones, they were all murderous perverted monsters. . Because these things were scurrying around, the Piranha Seafoot was forced to move from this area of ​​water to a nearby direct current branch, and made a gate with rocks to isolate the area outside their residential area. However, although the living area can be separated, the piranhas also need to eat, so they still have to come out from time to time to hunt. This little skeleton that was swallowed by the monster was the deputy leader of the hunting team before, and he was also very powerful. Unfortunately, in order to buy time for the hunting team to evacuate, he was surrounded by monsters and died of exhaustion.

After listening to the little skeleton’s narration, I asked again: “When were you eaten?”

The little skeleton said: "I don't know, but it must have been a long time because of this." He said and picked up a key from his neck. The key was hung around his neck on a metal chain. Although the muscle tissue and clothes on his body had been decomposed by the monster's digestive juices, the bunch of keys was completely intact. The surface actually shone with silver, and it looked like it had been treated with mirror coating.

"Does this thing have a timing function?" I asked as I looked at the key in surprise.

The little skeleton took the key directly and handed it to me: "This key has magic energy on it to stabilize its own state. This energy will not be lost due to external forces, but will only gradually decrease over time. According to the current energy level To judge, it must have been hundreds of years since I was eaten."

I nodded and asked again: "So do you know there are still people in your tribe?"

The little skull nodded: "At least Mo Mo should still be there a few months ago."

"How are you sure?"