Chapter 1479 The Place of Death

Contrary to Hao Ren's expectation, the entrance to Hades was not only located in the suburbs not far outside the city of Rome, but it was not even hidden or disguised in any way - it was simply an upright landmark, openly displayed to everyone. In front of a person, even the farmers living nearby know its existence. However, ordinary people know that it is a terrifying entrance, but they do not know that it leads to the kingdom of the dead in myths and legends.

It is a cave in the suburbs, and there are countless horrific legends related to it.

If the herdsmen's livestock is lost nearby, they will immediately and fearfully sacrifice another livestock at the entrance of the cave, because they firmly believe that the lost livestock has disturbed the gods. If such compensation is not made, then the livestock will turn into a rotten monster. They would enter the village at night and spread the plague to every household; some farmers claimed that they saw the dead walking out of the caves more than once. The dead were wearing various clothes, and their bodies were sore and swollen, as if they had been soaked in the river. It lasted for three days and three nights, and these dead people would disappear as soon as they came into contact with the sun; some night travelers saw with their own eyes the smoke spewing out of the cave, and the sound of wailing could be heard all night long, every moonless night. , the wailing sound will be even more terrifying...

Hao Ren and his party didn't need to ask around at all, nor did Hasselblad search through their memories. They just asked a few passers-by and found this cave that the locals were afraid to avoid. It is located on the sheltered side of a hill. It is wide and high enough to accommodate three or five strong men walking in at the same time. There is no grass growing on the land in a large area outside the entrance of the cave. Even a nearby river has an unpleasant fishy smell. The inside of the cave entrance was pitch black and no one could see any fingers.

The shadow power that is almost visible to the naked eye surges in the cave.

"This thing is actually displayed so openly..." Hao Ren looked at the cave in front of him and marveled. Even if you only look at this thing with your eyes, you can see that it has supernatural power, which is different from the meticulously disguised supernatural things in the past. The field is completely different from the painting style. "Why do you need your demon hunters to investigate this... You can tell that something is wrong here just by looking at it, right?"

Facing Hao Ren's exclamation, Hasselblad just said lightly: "So this is the difference between the mythical era and the subsequent eras."

"Back then, these things were indeed openly displayed outside," Hesiana also said. "There are traces of supernatural powers everywhere in the hills, in the wilderness, and even in human settlements. The alien 'gods' have no trace of them at all. They have considered the issue of hiding their whereabouts, they can do whatever they want, open a space rift next to the human city, no one dares to raise objections, and no one can threaten their rule over the human world. Just like the cave in front of you, what is it essentially? It is essentially just the sewage pipes and connecting beams of an out-of-control laboratory. Would you disguise these things because you are worried about affecting the life of a nest of ants? "

Hao Ren was speechless and could only smack his lips in the end.

"The destruction of Olympus is a landmark event. The Sumerian God War before this was delayed for too long, and the Egyptian God War was not completed in one go. Only Olympus was under the continuous onslaught of the demon hunters. Completely destroyed, under our deliberate publicity, this war shocked the whole world, so the first year of AD is also regarded as the dividing line when the mythical age officially enters the twilight period - of course, this is what we demon hunters say, but Many heterogeneous ethnic groups also calculate this way," Hasu said in a calm tone, "You are now standing on this dividing line. Before this, all the 'gods' were high and proud. After this, all the gods are waiting for you. Divine Twilight.”

Hesiana glanced at Hasselblad, then turned and walked towards the cave: "Okay, okay, stop bragging, it's not the glorious days."

Hasselblad: "..."

The power of shadows was entrenched in the passage, which caused the light to attenuate extremely seriously. Even just ten meters away from the entrance of the cave, it was already dark to the point where it was almost impossible to see. Hasselblad frowned after seeing this situation: "Haha The consequences of Dis's death have begun to show. The control system of Hades is gradually shutting down. The polluting energy in Hades has lost its filtering and has become at least twice as rich as before."

Although he knew that this was just a "false time and space" created by Vivian, Hao Ren couldn't help but worry for the ancients: "Then wouldn't the leaked energy cause big trouble?"

"Something did go wrong in history, but not here," Hasselblad nodded. "At another entrance to Hades, a town was polluted, and almost no one survived. If it hadn't been for the big explosion in Olympus afterwards, As a result, Hades is annihilated by the turbulent flow of time and space, and the incident may be a hundred times more serious."

Lily sneered, quite disdainfully: "Mortals suffer when gods fight. The Age of Mythology is really not a fun thing."

In this regard, Hasselblad could only smile helplessly. His position was too embarrassing in front of this topic.

The deep and long cave seemed to have no end. After going several hundred meters deep, it began to slope downward. Its length almost made Hao Ren think that he was going to go all the way into the heart of the earth. But this feeling was just an illusion and he kept moving forward. After walking some distance, he noticed that the surrounding environment began to change.

The air became cold. It was not the damp and cold natural environment in the cave, but a cold feeling that would make people feel chilled from the heart. It came from all directions. The moss on the rock wall gradually thinned and disappeared, and the soil under the feet became colder. It also turned into cold, slippery gravel. The gravel seemed to be soaked in blood and venom, and bursts of unpleasant fishy smell penetrated everyone's nostrils.

"Ugh..." Lily almost cried, "Why does my nose have to be so sharp..."

Hao Ren took out the life-sustaining collars from his portable space, one for each person, including little Hesiana: "Put them on, the concentration of toxins and negative energy around you has reached a harmful level. Wearing this can save your own energy." .”

In fact, as early as ten meters into the cave entrance, the surrounding toxins and negative energy were already strong enough to be fatal. However, that kind of lethality was only for ordinary people. Hao Ren and his party could ignore it due to their strong physique. However, The situation gets worse as we go forward. As Hasselblad said, Hades itself is a dangerous space filled with harmful substances due to failed experiments. Now Hades, the only administrator here, is also dead. I really don’t know if this place is still alive. No matter how bad it continues to get, in order to save everyone's magic power and physical strength, it would be good to use equipment to resist it.

After taking the collar, little Hesiana played with it curiously. Finally, with the help of the big sister, she figured out how to use it. It can be seen that the little girl is quite satisfied with this magical device - even though she is a "vampire" , and will not like the environment of Hades.

Suddenly, the road in front of me suddenly became clear.

When the cave came to the end, an extremely vast space appeared in front of Hao Ren. He saw the dark, dry and cracked earth extending infinitely under his feet. There were poisonous rivers and hot lava flowing on the earth. Flames and steam were constantly spurting out from the cracks in the earth. When it came out, every spurt seemed to be accompanied by the pitiful wails of countless dead souls. The sky was covered with a layer of chaotic material as deep as rock. It was unclear whether it was clouds or really a layer of rock top. I could only see something like Something dark red like lava was flowing on the dome, as if it would pour down at any time, which was daunting.

There was a crack in the sky, which spanned the entire dome. An unsettling red light shone in the crack. Through the red light, Hao Ren vaguely saw that there seemed to be another world on the opposite side - it was being devoured by the flames of war. , scenes of grand explosions and giant collapses were staged one after another.

That may be Olympus in the midst of the war. The last attack by the demon hunter destroyed the spatial structure of Hades. It seems that a crack in the horizon was created, allowing the scene of Olympus to be projected into this space. .

Of course, such a vast place cannot be underground in the city of Rome. There is only one explanation for such a scene: everyone has unknowingly crossed the boundaries of time and space through the cave and entered the alien space created by the "gods" of Olympus. .

"What is that?" Lily looked up and observed this dark and terrifying place curiously, and suddenly found many floating, translucent things between the sky and the earth. Those things were like mist, hovering hundreds of meters above the ground. , sometimes gathering and sometimes dispersing, with no fixed shape, but some concerning shadows constantly emerge in the "mist".

Hao Ren also noticed those things. He looked carefully and suddenly saw several faces full of pain on one of the fogs, as well as various strange death scenes emerging.

"What the hell?!"

"This is Hades," Hassu said lightly, "There must be some 'dressing' that matches the reputation. Those are the souls of the humans who lived under the rule of Hades after their death. The twelve main gods of Olympus are like the gods of Hades. He rules the human world like a cake and formulates rules for human beings from birth to death according to his own preferences. According to Hades's rules, all humans who die in his territory cannot be freed at will unless they pay enough before their death. They offer gifts to Hades or have relatives present gifts to Hades on their behalf after death. Otherwise, the lonely ghosts must serve him in the form of souls in Hades. The way of service is to serve as fuel to drive the three soul furnaces at the core of Tartarus. ——Now that Hades is dead, the soul furnace has lost control, and these souls that have been used as fuel but have not been burned out have been released."

Looking at those souls floating in the sky, unable to escape forever, Hao Ren's face still darkened, even though he knew that these were just phantoms of history.

Hesiana sighed leisurely: "The age of myth..."