Chapter 21 Creating Chaos

"What's going on?" The sudden darkness plunged the entire Traveler City into chaos. Although most undersea races have good vision or other sensory abilities, these are abilities that can only be used in the water. Just like the ability of sonar positioning, many marine creatures have it, but inside Traveler City, it is Air environment, sonar cannot be used in such an environment. Let’s talk about the vision problem. Although some underwater races have evolved super visual abilities in response to the darkness on the bottom of the sea, this kind of vision should actually be called low-light vision, not dark vision.

My dark vision allows me to see objects without any restrictions in the absence of any light, but low-light vision still requires light to see things. However, compared to ordinary vision, low-light vision only requires You can see things with very little light, which is quite powerful. However, Traveler City is an underwater city with a closed structure after all. All its internal light comes from artificial light sources. Now all the lighting equipment has suddenly been extinguished. Not to mention that there is not even a trace of light here, even if the light is only slightly darker. Their low-light vision is also unlikely to work. After all, it takes time to adapt to the sudden change from a very bright environment to a dark environment. Even if the pupils are dilated to collect light, it will take time. Besides, it was really dark here in Traveler City. No matter how dilated the pupils were, they couldn't receive any light, so everyone in the city suddenly became blind.

"Soldier." Taking advantage of the darkness. I directly grabbed the guy who was standing at the entrance of the passage and gave a stern order without waiting for the other person to react: "Go down below and see what's going on. Maybe it's the fault of those idiot murlocs in the engine room again." .” After saying that, I didn’t care what the other person’s answer was, and just pushed him down the stairs. In my dark vision, the guy turned into a rolling gourd and rolled down the steps. But he was a warrior after all and had good balance. He quickly stabilized his body and got up again. It's just that he didn't come up after he got up, but continued to run down. Obviously he really planned to see what happened.

After finishing the guard, I grabbed another guy and shouted to him: "Soldier, go report the situation here to your leader and ask him to be on guard to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the chaos."

Although he couldn't see anything due to the black light, the guy from the Sea Beast Tribe saw me and Aina before the light went dark, and generally speaking, anyone who dares to give orders in this tone under such circumstances must be They are all senior personnel, so this guy didn't doubt my identity at all. After hearing the order, he immediately stumbled along the wall and ran to report. But the entrance here has become an unguarded passage.

After making sure that the guards were gone, I took out a small metal product from my body, threw it down the stairs, and then immediately grabbed Aina and left.

The little thing I threw out bounced along the ground all the way down to the corner of the stairs, and then suddenly burst out a large red flame, and then the flame gradually turned white and continued to spray. She flicked, instantly lighting up a large area around her.

As this thing appeared, a large group of members of the fishman resistance organization who had been ambushing them immediately rushed up the stairs. These guys were very fast. As soon as they reached the upper level, they immediately separated and ran towards their intended targets. But at this time, I had already run to a stairwell not far away that led to the upper level.

The structure of Traveler City is like this. The lowest main structural layer is actually divided into two layers. These two layers are mainly urban infrastructure, sports machinery, power systems, and production facilities. Starting from these two layers and going up is an intermediate structural layer. This floor is large in area and not low in height, but it is divided into four floors, all of which are filled with very narrow houses. This level is the main living area for the fish people. It is a place like a slum.

The part I just entered with Grandma is actually above the middle level. This location should be regarded as the upper structure area. The interior is also divided into two layers. However, it is different from the average division method of the middle and lower layers. The heights of the two layers divided into the upper structure area are different. The lower layer is It accounts for more than 80% of the total height. Grandma and I were just on this floor. The main function of this floor is still the living area, but the houses here are very spacious and there are a large number of shops and other living facilities. Those who can live on this level are basically members of the ruling class. Of course there are fishmen here, but they are limited to a small number of fishmen nobles.

The stairwell that Ariana and I are entering now is the passage leading to the upper level area. The height of the upper level is relatively low. Its interior is mainly composed of various weapons areas, control rooms, as well as mermaids and other rulers here. The race's office is equivalent to the command center.

Although the floor we just entered is also a residential area for senior personnel, it is only a residential area after all, so the guards are not very strict, but the layer above is different. We had just climbed halfway when we heard footsteps above, and then saw several mermaids holding lighting equipment running down from above, followed by a large group of sea beast warriors.

The other party naturally discovered us after approaching us. Although the passage stairs between different levels in this city are incredibly wide, they are not so wide that two people can pass by without noticing each other. However, while I was still thinking about whether I should find a way to hide them or deal with these people, the other party ran down and shouted to us: "Are you here to inform us about the energy line failure? Yes. If so, there’s no need to go up there, there’s also something wrong with the line above.”

I understood immediately as soon as I heard this, and then I immediately pretended to be anxious and shook my head: "No, that's not a malfunction, it was deliberately sabotaged by the murloc peons. They were rioting, and I was the one who went up to report it. "

"What?" The other party was shocked when he suddenly heard such news. Then he immediately said: "You go and report the situation first, don't delay." After that, he shouted to the people he brought: "Quick, quick, come down with me, and if you encounter a fish-man, pretend first. Anyone who dares to resist will be shot. "

"Yes." The sea beast warrior behind agreed and started running down. Then the whole team ran past us, but we were left alone.

A Dianna covered her mouth and snickered when she saw those idiots passing by like this. Then he started running up after me.

The team of people we just saw in the middle of the stairs were obviously not guards. They were probably a team that went to investigate the situation after discovering something was wrong. And when we reached the top of the stairs, we immediately met the guard here.

There are more than a dozen people guarding the passage, less than half of them are sea beasts, and the rest are mermaids. Because the large army had just come down, we must have been in contact with the large army based on time, so the guards above had no reaction when they saw us. They just casually asked us what was going on down below.

Look, there are only a dozen people here, and there are only four hand-shaped magic lamps. The light source is very poor. I immediately pretended to run towards them and shouted: "Hurry... the fishmen below... the fishmen are rioting!"

"What?" The guard here was obviously shocked by the news. Although the murlocs' combat effectiveness and technical strength are the worst among the races in Traveler City, they can't stand up to the large number of people. More than 70% of the entire population of Traveler City are fishmen. With such a large proportion, even if half of the people riot, they will still have an absolute numerical advantage. Even the above races like mermaids and sea beasts consider themselves very powerful, but they also understand that if half of the opponent's people dare to stand up and fight, even if they can suppress it, their own side will definitely suffer heavy casualties afterwards. What's more important is that the fishmen are the labor force in Traveler City. If they suffer too many casualties, the impact on these upper-class races will be huge. It's like although some powerful so-called big shots look down on workers, if one day workers across the country suddenly die and die, do you think those people can remain indifferent? Without low-level workers, big shots like them would have to become low-level workers. After all, no matter how powerful and rich you are, you still have to eat. All the farmers are dead. If you don’t want to starve to death, you have to farm your own land. The truth is very simple.

It is precisely because the mermaids and other ruling races know that the murlocs are both an object of oppression and a kind of wealth to them, that is why they are so afraid of the murloc uprising, because no matter whether the uprising succeeds in the end, they will inevitably suffer losses. Who would want such an absolute disadvantage to happen?

Just when those guys were surprised by my news, I had already walked the last few steps to them. Then, just when they gathered around and wanted to know some specifics, I suddenly moved.

Chacha, a cross of white light flashed, and the crowd surrounding them suddenly froze, and then they all fell to the ground with a crash without warning, and even the corpses were divided into several pieces and scattered on the ground.

I retracted Eternity lightly, and then jumped over while carefully avoiding the blood on the ground. A Di Na had already gone around to the opposite side before I took action, and this time she jumped unexpectedly.

After taking out the guards, we went straight forward along the passage, and then encountered a T-shaped intersection. Because the top floor is only the command and military area, the floor height is not high and the passages are not too wide. After we walked over here, we saw a door in the area on the left suddenly opened, and then a mermaid in armor walked out of it. When the other party saw us, they directly asked: "What are your positions and why are you here?"

Hearing his words, I didn't answer at all. Instead, I threw a flying knife at him. To my surprise, the other party raised his head and dodged. However, after he straightened up, I was already in front of him, with my left hand. He put his shoulder on his shoulder and used his strength to pull his body up. At the same time, he popped out the blade claw of his right hand and aimed it at his stomach, piercing him directly.

After opening three holes in this guy's stomach, his body immediately softened. I pushed forward slightly, and the guy immediately fell backwards. However, the moment he fell, I suddenly heard a strange breathing sound on the left side, and turned my head, which startled me. The door to our left, where the guy came out just now, is still open, which means that the two of us are actually standing at the door and having a life-or-death struggle, but the problem is that the door is not empty. Instead, it was a huge space like a large auditorium, and it was filled with people, all of them looking at us stupidly.

At that moment, even I was a little shocked, because I actually killed one of their companions in front of thousands of people. This business is a bit too flamboyant. But what surprised me even more was that so many people gathered here. Unexpectedly, no sound or energy fluctuation came out, and the last sound I heard was when someone walked out of the room and made a sound of inhaling. At that moment I thought of the reason. This auditorium-like room is probably a place similar to a conference room. There must be a magic circle inside to prevent detection, so the sound and energy breath inside could not be transmitted at all, so that I didn't even notice that there were so many people standing next to me.

Although I was negligent, the other party was also shocked by the sudden change, so both of us were stunned for a moment. Then, we reacted almost at the same time, but the performance of both parties was much different.

The people in the room suddenly fell into a collective rage. Then he jumped up and swarmed toward the door. The guy standing at the door who was about to go out suddenly became ferocious and touched the sword hanging on his waist. However, I was better than him. Much faster. Just when he reached out to touch the sword, I suddenly raised my leg and kicked him back into the room. Then I pulled two large liquefied magic crystal steam bombs from the wind dragon space, unscrewed the safety, and threw them in. Then he turned around and ran away.

I ran less than ten meters when I heard a bang behind me, followed by a large amount of flames spurting out from the door. Fortunately, the direction of the door and the corridor were inconsistent. The power of the airflow and flames that rushed out dropped a lot after they turned, otherwise I would probably suffer even myself.

"Master, someone is coming up here!" I had just escaped the explosion, and suddenly Aina's voice came from the front. She had been standing at the T-junction just now without coming over. Now she was shouting like this, which made it clear that someone was coming up from below. If my guess is correct, these people are probably the same group of soldiers we saw before.

At this time, I was not interested in fighting with those people, so I threw a liquefied magic crystal steam bomb at A Di Na. "Throw it down."

A Di Na also reacted quickly. After catching the liquefied magic crystal steam bomb, she twisted the safety and pulled off the detonation lock and threw it into the stairwell. Then she started running back. Within two seconds, there was another bang outside. , the flames rushed up along with a heat wave.

By the time Grandina got up again, I had already run over, picked her up and started running forward. We have already been to one side of the T-shaped fork and dropped bombs. The other side is the direction we came up from. There is only one direction left. Following the passage here, I saw two warriors from the Sea Beast Tribe running over before I had gone far. When the other party saw us, he asked directly: "What happened?"

When faced with this question, I pretended to be hurt and pointed to the direction we came from, and then pretended to cough. The other party was obviously anxious and rushed over without waiting for our answer. However, just as they were passing by When we were around, Grandma and I took action together and took out these two silly guys one by one.

After the passage turns a corner, there is a long passage ahead, but there are many branch roads on the right side of the passage. When I came to meet the resistance organization, I hoped to get some information from them, but after asking, I found out that they couldn't get into the superstructure, so they didn't know as much about the situation here as I did. Without a map and route information, we had to find our own way. Unfortunately, our luck probably ran out, and the first fork we chose turned into a place similar to a military garrison. A large group of soldiers rushed out immediately. Although I fired another liquefied magic crystal steam bomb, the opponent was quite tough. Even though many people were killed, the rest still rushed out.

We came up not to fight these guys, but to find the command center, so when I saw this situation, I decisively took out three liquefied magic crystal steam bombs and threw them out, then turned around and ran away. With a loud bang, the passage ahead was completely destroyed. Even if the pursuers behind were not dead, they would not be able to get through for the time being. However, the road in front of us did not seem to be easy to walk, because we had already seen a large group of sea beast warriors coming from behind. The passage ahead turned out.

"Damn, why are there so many?"

"This is a military zone. It's normal for there to be a lot of people, Master."

"But will you place the army's garrison next to the battleship command room?"

"But this isn't a battleship either!"

A Di Na's words suddenly made me think about something. That's where we seem to be going in the wrong direction.

We don’t know where the command center of Traveler City is, because only the rulers can come in, and the rulers are all vested interests, and it is impossible for them to join the resistance organization. Therefore, although the resistance organization has cooperated with us, it cannot access the map above. Since we didn’t have a map, we just kept going in the direction we wanted. Although Traveler City is very big. But it can move, and it's a mechanical system in the water. So of course I regarded it as a ship, or a battleship. According to the design concept of a battleship, the command room is not at the bow but in the middle of the ship. We have seen the appearance of Traveler City outside Traveler City before. There is nothing protruding on the top like a bridge, so if the command room is in the central position, then it cannot intuitively see the route forward. So I have always assumed that the command center is in the direction of the bow of Traveler City. For this reason, Grandma and I have been moving towards the bow of the ship since we got up. As a result, more and more troops were encountered, which was obviously abnormal.

Now I finally understand that there is something wrong with my thinking. Traveler City cannot simply be regarded as a battleship. Although it also has the ability to move and is indeed an underwater machine, the biggest difference between it and large ships is its speed.

Traveler City is a city after all, and its moving speed is only equivalent to the speed of a normal person jogging. Moreover, its steering angle is very large, and there is almost no concept of flexible maneuvering. Because its speed is so slow, it does not need a vehicle located at the bow of the ship that can observe nearby environmental conditions at any time and adjust its own movement posture. The command room, for it. Even if the command room is fully enclosed, as long as there are observers in the observation room around the ship's hull and the information they see is reported back through any method, it is enough to support Traveler City's navigation attitude judgment.

For this reason, Traveler Chenggen does not need to design the command room near the bow of the ship. On the contrary, if the need for observation is eliminated, it is actually safer to bury important facilities such as the command room in the core position. After all, it is placed at the bow of the ship. This means that there is no way to protect it with more things, and if it is placed in the center of the hull, there is not so much to worry about.

Based on this idea, I now finally understand where I went wrong.

"It seems we need to try in a different direction."

"Then let's go back to the stairs we came up from, right?"

"Before we do that we'd better grab a tongue and ask about the situation."

In view of the huge difference in force between us, the task of catching tongues is not complicated. It was very simple for me to capture two mermaid captives. After a brief interrogation, I got the answers I needed.

As expected, Traveler City has placed the command room inside, and the location is quite speechless. After working on it for a long time, this command room is actually not in the control area and military area at the top, but on top of the high-end residential area on the lower floor.

The entire command center is located within the residential area in terms of location, but it is not on the ground, but is suspended from the ceiling of the high-end residential area, and its entrance is also in the center of the military area.

According to the prisoners' instructions, we quickly obtained the route map, and then started to move along the route. There were indeed many people blocking us along the way, but because the murloc riot below finally turned from a small scale into a collective riot, so the above The mermaids and other leader races also became busy. As a result, a large number of personnel from the upper-level military zone were sent down to suppress the riots, while the number of guards above was reduced.

"If the information given by the two prisoners is correct, the end of the corridor in front should be the command center, right?" A Dianna asked.

I nodded and said: "No matter what happens, there are so many important departments around this place, so I won't be too bad. Once I get in, don't be busy killing people. Please keep those high-ranking personnel captives. We also hope that they can help control them." Where is Traveler City?"

Grandma nodded to express her understanding, and I started to move on.

After turning the corner of the corridor, a relatively wider corridor immediately appeared in front of him. At the end of this corridor was a closed door, and eight guards stood at the door. The eight guarding races are divided into four types, two by two. Of course, there are mermaids and sea beasts. These two races seem to be the main fighting races here. In addition, there are two races among the guards that have not been seen before. One of them is much taller than humans, at least two meters tall, with a long face and very big eyes, just like a fly, occupying more than two-thirds of the face, and the skin of these guys It's blue, and it has only four fingers instead of none.

In addition to this blue-skinned giant, there is also a race on the scene that looks the same as humans, but has a turtle shell on its body. I remember that there is a turtle tribe among the underwater races, so these two are probably from this race.

Unlike the guards we encountered before, the eight guys on the opposite side were obviously equipped with long-range firepower. As soon as we emerged, we saw several blue dots flying over. I was so frightened that I quickly shrank back. Then I heard a rapid and aggressive sound. When I turned around, I found that there were holes in the wall at the corner of the corridor. There is a row of at least a dozen blue crystal rods. These crystals are as slender as chopsticks, with a dull blue color. The length cannot be seen because some parts are inserted into the wall, but the outer part is about seven or eight inches long, and the part inside the wall is probably one or two inches long. Inch, calculated this way, this thing is almost a foot long.

"Is this a crossbow arrow?" A Di Na asked me while looking at the things stuck on the wall.

I nodded, then stretched out my hand and flicked one of them. Unexpectedly, the thing broke into pieces when I touched it, and then a ball of fire burst out, instantly blowing Aina and I away. I didn't expect that the opponent's weapon would actually explode. Fortunately, my defense was high enough, so these few things couldn't do anything to me, otherwise I would really be capsized in the ditch.

Bringing Aina with him was just a disguise before, but now that it was the final moment to break into the battle, there was no need to pretend anymore. I directly asked Emmenis to cancel my disguise illusion, and at the same time, I recycled Ayana and replaced Jingjing and Victoria.

After standing at the corner of the passage again, I started to count down to three, two, and one with my hand gestures. When I reached one, Jingjing immediately stepped out with her shield in hand. Since the eight guys opposite are responsible for guarding such an important place as the command center, they are all experts. Just as Jingjing stepped out, a row of crystal arrows flew over from the opposite side. Unlike the previous one that hit the wall and was nailed in, this time the crystal arrow hit Jingjing's shield and exploded immediately. But Jingjing's specialty is defense. Even if the explosion occurred on the surface of the shield, it did not cause any harm to her except for the shock wave. It had no other effect other than making her body sway a little.

After Jingjing blocked a round of attacks, Victoria and I immediately ducked behind Jingjing, and then began to slowly move forward with Jingjing. When the guards on the other side saw that we were actually resisting the attack, they immediately launched a more intensive attack. However, there was Jingjing's shield blocking the front. This was a straight passage and lacked a shooting angle, so they The attack does nothing but damage our ears with explosive sound.

Since it is a long-range weapon, it must consume something. After attacking continuously for more than ten seconds, the opponent actually paused, indicating that it was out of ammunition. We cooperated very well here. As soon as the attack from the opposite side stopped, Jingjing immediately squatted down and tilted the shield to clear the upper half of the passage. Then Victoria and I straightened up our bodies almost at the same time, picked up our respective crossbows and started to fight back. (To be continued)rq