Chapter 30 Real Hell

After the queen gained the ability to communicate, she could more easily command the insects to fight. I could even give some vague instructions. In the past, because the intelligence of the little bugs was too low, the mother bug only had the ability to communicate, so it was difficult to form effective command. But now it is different. The mother bug can manage these little bugs on her behalf. I only need to order the general requirements, and the female insect will consider how to implement them in detail.

In order to test the effect, I simply issued a command and asked the bugs to gather all the unknown objects in the fortress in front of me. Don't underestimate this order. If I had given such an order before, the bugs would have brought everything over, because to them anything can be considered an unknown object. Now the effect is obviously much better. In the end, the bugs only brought me three small objects with strange shapes.

I summoned Yeyue, Ling and Xiaochun to come out and handed them three items respectively. "Do you recognize it?"

They took these things and looked at them carefully. The shapes of these three items are exactly the same.

Ling was the first to say: "This thing looks like a key."

Xiaochun also nodded: "But this key head is very unique."

The front end of these things that are suspected to be keys is a two-inch-long cylinder. The cylinder body is divided into many sections like tiger spots, with a metal section and a crystal section, and there is a complex interlocking structure in the center of each section. If it weren't for the handle at the back and it was a little bigger, I might have thought of it as the gear set of a car transmission. The structure is unimaginably complicated.

Yeyue looked at it for a long time before speaking: "This is a key, and it is the key to activate some kind of large magic circle. These crystals have very powerful energy sealed in them, and the crystal parts are all marked with magic for release. If there is corresponding starting energy and these magic brands are connected, the energy structure on the key can be activated. As for the purpose of this rotating head, I don't know."

"It's a combination lock." Xiaochun showed me the thing: "Did you see it? Each section can be rotated separately, which means you can't align the front head with the magic brand, but the rear section can be rotated separately. The complex structure is similar to a car gearbox."

"What is a car gearbox?" Yeyue is not a real creature, and of course she doesn't know what a gearbox is.

I stopped Yeyue's inquiry: "This is hard to explain. Let Xiaochun finish his words first."

Xiaochun immediately continued: "On the surface, the gears of the transmission operate separately. In fact, they are all connected to a main shaft. The car's gearbox is used to control the operation of the gears. If I guessed correctly, this key' After inserting it into the keyhole, you can use a set of spells to fix the corresponding lock sections and only turn the parts that need to be turned. It will be useless even if someone who doesn't know the secret words gets the key."

"Usually complex keys mean more complex doors, and more complex doors mean there is huge wealth behind them." Ling looked at me after finishing speaking: "Is the master interested in looting this treasure house? Another question , where are we? Why do I feel like there is so much evil here?"

Xiaochun immediately shouted: "That's it. My power has been suppressed by more than one-third!"

Ling Yi stretched out her hand, and a ball of green flame immediately burned in her palm. "I feel like this is a good fit for me."

"This is the eighteenth level of hell."

"You mean the deepest place under the underworld in China?" Ling asked.

Xiaochun immediately said: "So, aren't we entering the land of exile? The hell in Europe is connected to this place."

"Master, why did you come here?"

"It's a long story, but it was a mistake. All I want now is to find a way back."

Yeyue turned around and looked at the fortress: "But the bugs ate everything, who should we ask?"

Xiaochun immediately said: "Since there is a fortress, it is impossible not to have a regular city. This eighteenth level of hell should also have a normal city. Let's just go and ask them."

I nodded: "Actually, I know where the exit here is, but I don't know where it is. And unfortunately, an old man is stuck at the entrance. God knows he can't get through."

"Then try it!"

There is no connecting port between the Eighteenth Level of Hell and the outside world. The entrance to the Eighteenth Level of Hell is a passage forcibly opened with magic power. As long as there is enough power, anywhere is an exit. And if there is insufficient strength, there will be no outlet. But it's different now, there's a boss stuck in the exit. The black unicorn broke through the passage. If possible, we might be able to think of a way to get him out. In exchange, he should agree to get us out too.

I took back all the beetles and the Queen said they were going to evolve. So I let them go back and evolve. But when they came out again, they were obviously different from before. The name of the newly born little thing is the ghost bug. It can still swallow a large amount of various substances, and it also has the ability to transform. The current ghost bug has two basic forms, one of which is the diamond form. The other is the ghost form. When they are in diamond form, their defense power becomes very high, and neither magic nor physical damage is of much use, but if their attack power is high enough, they can still be killed. When they are in ghost form, their bodies will turn into illusions of nothingness, and they can pass through obstacles such as walls and ignore physical damage. Of course, there are pros and cons. In ghost form, although their physical attacks are ineffective, they completely lose their magic defense.

I asked the queen to send all the bugs out to help me find a new city. I needed to find out things. Of course, we can’t engulf the city in darkness this time. Things are easier to do when there are more people. Although the size of the little bugs has shrunk to the size of a palm after evolution, their speed has been greatly increased. After a while, several ghost bugs reported that they had found the target. The Queen's telepathy can control all ghost bugs at any time. A large number of scattered bugs suddenly stopped neatly. They turned around at the same time and flew towards our destination.

This new city obviously didn't know about our situation. The bugs devoured all the enemies before attacking the fortress. There was no one alive to report the news. The city remains calm. I put away my familiars and bugs and entered the city alone.

In fact, there is not much difference between this place and the city on the ground. The difference is that the residents here are all very ugly, and those in human form are generally high-end goods. The shops in the city sell various items, and the ghosts also maintain their habits in life, which will not be forgotten. However, in addition to normal goods, there are also various strange items sold here, such as spiritual power.

I have restored my human form, and in order to show my characteristics, I did not wear a helmet. This is a temporary plan I came up with. The more advanced beings here are closer to humans, and the more powerful they are, the more beautiful they are. I can let everyone see my human form without a helmet, and my appearance definitely represents a strength. This is hell. A place where the weak and the strong prey on each other. In this way, I can make some guys with evil intentions automatically avoid it. It turns out that my method is quite effective. The city gate guards collected some strange black objects from every monster that entered the city, probably the coins here, but they didn't even ask when I passed by. It's the same after entering the city. All the monsters will take the initiative to give way when they see me. Even the guards patrolling with weapons will immediately stand on the side of the road and give way when they see my face and the flames on my body. It's really a snobbish place.

Generally speaking, taverns are a good place to gather information. It just so happens that there is such a place here. The sign at the door has a big word for "wine" written on it. Even a fool would know it's a tavern. In order to avoid burning down the house, I took out the shielding wrist wheel and put it on my wrist again, and the flames on my body disappeared immediately. Not everyone in this city is covered in flames. According to my analysis, it is a symbol of strength. Different colors and sizes represent different levels of power, and most people here have flames as short as hair, which can't be seen without paying attention. In addition, if a person without flames is still in human form. That would be even more scary, and it shows that you have been able to restrain your power. The two herder-level women who were eaten by the bugs and the unlucky reaper later could release the flames at any time. Without fighting, they would not release the flames at all.

Although the flames have been covered up, my appearance can still be used to scare people. Ugly people are more common here. The more beautiful you are, the easier it is to scare people. Not because the monsters here regard ugliness as beautiful, but because being too beautiful is very dangerous. Being able to grow like me is equivalent to a humanoid nuclear bomb here. As soon as I entered the tavern, the originally bustling tavern suddenly became quiet. Hundreds of pairs of eyes stared at me without blinking.

After a long time, a monster with a length like a hippopotamus ran over. First he bowed at 90 degrees, and then said, "What can I do for you, sir?"

"My lord? I'm not an adult."

The hippopotamus immediately laughed. "Don't be ridiculous, sir. With your handsome appearance, I'm afraid you are a reaper-level master, and you are also the best among the reapers. I wonder which region you are the lord of?"

"Reaper? I seem to have indeed reached this level, and have surpassed it a lot, but I am not a lord. I am new here. I just entered these eighteen levels of hell through the passage."

There was a gasping sound all around. The hippo immediately looked at me again in surprise. "Are you the one who just entered the Forgotten World? It's unbelievable. It's really rare for someone to be so powerful as soon as you enter. But then again, did you just eat someone?"

My eyes suddenly turned cold. He immediately stepped back in fright and quickly explained. "Don't get me wrong, I'm not accusing you of murder. Since you entered here, it means that you did some terrible bad things up there like us. Ordinary sinners don't need to go down to the eighteenth floor. You just You don’t know a lot of things when you come in. We only respect the strong here. Everyone is a spirit, and you can accumulate strength by killing others and eating them, including the lord. If anyone dares to challenge the lord and kill the lord, he It’s the new lord, no one will pursue it.”

Just now I wanted to hide the news, but now it seems completely unnecessary. Killing people is like a medal here. Not only is it not hidden, but it can also be shown off. It is really brutal and thorough. But my eyes immediately glanced at the others coldly, and the hippopotamus immediately stopped me and said: "Sir, please don't be impulsive. Although killing people and absorbing power can make you stronger, please don't be too crazy. At your level It’s useless for experts to absorb us. Besides, isn’t a world with only one person too lonely?”

Barbarism is barbarism, these heinous criminals are not stupid. If all the evil ghosts and sinners in the eighteenth level of hell kill each other. In the end, only one member was left who had to commit suicide in loneliness, so in addition to retaining their barbaric characteristics, they also retained a large population, and even built cities.

After hearing what he said, I immediately looked at a table next to me and walked over. All four monsters sitting at that table immediately stood up and stepped aside. I swaggered over, sat down on the table, and scanned the entire store. "I have some questions now, and I believe you can bring me the answers."

When the surrounding monsters heard this, they immediately nodded their heads like chickens eating rice.

"Good. The first thing I need to know now is what is the currency here?"

"Here are these." The boss quickly took out four coins and placed them on the table. The four coins are divided into four colors: black, blue, red and purple. The hippo boss said: "These are the coins. The black ones are black coins, and the purple ones are purple coins. The black ones have the smallest denominations, and they increase in order according to the order I put. The carry method is one hundred. There is also a white one. The 'colored' white coins have the largest denomination. I don't have them here."

"One hundred coins in one round, that means one white coin is equal to 100 million black coins, right?"

"right."

I took a red coin and touched it: "What material is this thing made of?"

"strength."

"strength?"

"Condensed with magic power, eating these coins is the same as eating someone else to absorb the other person's power. With the coining spell, everyone can condense coins by themselves, but they will permanently lose the power equal to this part of the coin. Of course, you can also eat coins to increase your power."

This world respects strength, and using strength to make coins is indeed in line with the environment here.

"Very good. Next question. Do you know Black Kirin?"

"Black Kirin?" The hippo boss shook his head: "What kind of thing is he? You know that our ethnic group here is very 'chaotic', and our appearance will change because of our strength. Look at me. Shit, I used to But handsome guy! What kind of character is the Black Kirin you are talking about? For example, his specialties and mistakes he has made, which may affect his appearance here. "

"You don't know who Black Qilin is?" The boss's answer was very unexpected. Black Qilin is the guardian of the underworld and the warden of the eighteenth level of hell. Some people actually don't recognize him. I turned to the other monsters: "What about you?"

The monsters around him shook their heads. Surprisingly, no one knows about Black Qilin.

"Okay, let me think about it." I thought for a moment and asked again: "Black Qilin is a name in the world. Maybe he has other names here. Do you know what Qilin is?" I saw people around me. I nodded before continuing: "Black unicorn is black unicorn, a very rare type. Usually unicorns don't have black color."

The boss bravely said: "Sir, let me interrupt. Qilin seems to be a mythical beast, right? Are you looking for Qilin here? Isn't it a bit...?"

"Normally, unicorns should not come here, but black unicorns are alien and a very rare species. They were once sent here to manage this eighteenth level of hell. Strictly speaking, he should be the notifier here."

"Are you talking about the master?" The boss said in a panic: "Am I right?"

"Master? What does he look like? Describe him to me?"

The boss shook his head: "I'm sorry, we only know that the master's power here is superior to all existences. Even if all the reapers here unite, they can't resist the master's move. He rules one-third of the world. He is our co-leader. As for his appearance, we have never seen him. No one except the reaper is qualified to see the master."

"You said one-third? Isn't this area entirely managed by Black Qilin? He should be the strongest here?"

"No, no, no. I think you may have confused this place with the human world on the ground not long after you came in. These eighteen levels of hell are not on the same level as the human world. The area here is much larger than the human world. The human world The great gods from various regions have their territories here. The area we are in now is what the world calls the eighteenth level of hell. It is the area where the gods in Asia exile prisoners. There are other places on this land. Two forces, one comes from the Arabian region of the human world, and their god of death, Anubis, lives here. The other force is European, and like the Asian gods, they exile prisoners and the most terrifying creatures here."

"I understand. In other words, this world is controlled by three forces, right?"

"right."

"When I was in the human world, I heard that people who are difficult to deal with are sent to the eighteenth level of hell. Normally, the existences here are extremely powerful. But I am very curious. I just killed a harvester The hunter and the two herders, it feels like they are all weak. You can't even compare to them, and you are even more weak. Why is this? Aren't you all the strong ones who were exiled here? Why? Are you so vulnerable? Before I came here, I always thought that even a small soldier here could compare with an ancient giant beast!"

An embarrassed expression appeared on the hippo's face. "Actually, you don't understand. This eighteen levels of hell are used to exile us people, which means that the whole world is a prison. If this place is beautiful, the gods will naturally not throw us here." So this became a penal colony, mainly because it was a dying world."

"Decline?"

"If a world is declining, then the energy in this world will be on a downward trend. We are indeed very powerful when we get here, but our energy here will gradually be sucked out of the body and we will become weaker and weaker."

"How could this be? According to you, wouldn't this world soon cease to exist?"

"The world is not a living thing, and its demise is much slower than ours. Although it is a world that has entered a period of exhaustion, it is still far away for us. The only thing we hate is energy decay. However, we have thought of some emergency measures, among which The most useful one is the energy shielding method. These flames on our bodies are actually not useless. They are insulating the disappearance of energy. As long as the flames are burning, energy will not gradually be lost. But there is one thing we cannot stop, and that is Consumption in movement. Moving, talking, using magic, doing anything in this world all consumes your own energy, and if it is used up, it can only be replenished by robbing other people's energy. In other words, the flames are only reduced. The rate of energy consumption and the total energy in this world are still declining."

"Then aren't you going to be finished sooner or later?"

"That's not the case. After all, new individuals are being put in at any time. These individuals must carry energy. Whether they are alive or eaten by others, they always add value to the total energy of the world, and everyone Living here requires the consumption of coins, and condensing coins consumes energy. This is energy compensation. We rely on these newly invested members to ensure the consumption value, so we can barely maintain a balance."

"Very good. I have a general understanding. So will this master and Anubis consume energy?"

"They don't expend energy."

"Why?"

"Because they have bodies."

"Aren't you also entities?" I rubbed the boss's belly.

"It's different. We are just condensed low-level entities, but they are high-level entities. Although we can have physical bodies, all our functions are very 'chaotic'. Without energy to support our bodies, they will collapse, but a body like the master's Even if the body dies, it will not dissipate."

"Then how can I meet your master?"

"We don't know this. Maybe you should ask Lord Reaper."

"Okay, tell me how to meet the Reaper."

"There is the tallest building in the center of the city. That is the residence of the Lord. You can go there to find him."