Chapter 1620 Shelter
If it weren't for the little goblin leading the way, Hao Ren felt that he would never be able to find the entrance to a deeper level even if he wandered around the crystal pillar layer for a hundred years.
Because this entrance is not physical at all!
Under the guidance of the goblin, the group of people came to the depths of the crystal jungle, where there was a lake that had turned into solidified crystals. Before the power of madness invaded this place, it used to be the most vibrant habitat in the Crystal Jungle. Countless wonderful creatures and active energy gathered here. But now, the lake seems to be frozen. A whole piece of crystal was formed, while in the open space on the shore of the lake, only the remains of creatures that had turned into broken crystal fragments could be seen.
And on the lake that was frozen like a mirror, a beam of light shone from a crystal pillar in the distance, reflected on the lake, and shot toward the sky at an angle.
That is the way to the center of the earth.
"Just walk up this road!" The little goblin gestured on the holographic projection and said with a strong sense of pride on his face. "You have to go up to get to the bottom of the center of the earth - the goblins. Isn’t your creativity particularly powerful?”
Hao Ren and his friends were stunned: This is not a question of creativity at all! Is there such an operation?
Hao Ren didn't know what others thought. Anyway, he immediately thought of the joke about the drunk man climbing up the flashlight beam - but here, driven by the incredible power of the goblins, the joke became a reality.
The road to the center of the earth is really a beam of light, and you can really climb up along the light...
"Are you sure you won't fall if you climb up this thing?" Lily was recommended as the first person to try. She stood where the beam of light reflected on the lake and looked in front of her with suspicion. The beam of light tilted upward and submerged into the dome of the earth's crust. "It always felt like it would be stupid to climb up this thing."
"Do you still worry about this?" Vivian glanced at Lily, "Don't worry and climb up, we will cheer for you below - anyway, with your physical fitness, it won't be a big problem if you fall halfway up. "
"Then you can fly! Why aren't you the first one up there?" Lily put her hands on her hips and glared at Vivian, then flattened her lips and said, "Forget it, I agreed anyway, I'll be the first one up - But you are not allowed to cause trouble, and no one is allowed to block the light!"
In fact, according to the goblin, this beam of light is just a indicator. Even if the light beam is lost, the hidden passage will still not disappear. However, it seems that Lily did not listen carefully when she was explaining the science just now...
With a look of righteousness and nervousness, Lily stepped onto the bright beam of light that shot slanting towards the sky.
Then she stood firmly on the surface of the beam.
"It... actually works!" The nervousness on the husky girl's face turned into excitement and curiosity almost instantly, "And you can't even feel it when tilted like this! This thing is so interesting! Landlady, landlord, let me go up and take a look. It depends on the situation~~”
Just saying these words, the husky girl who was extremely reluctant a second ago ran upwards along the light beam as if she was running free. In the blink of an eye, she was already a few hundred meters away. Hao Ren behind him saw He was so angry that he jumped up and down: "Hey, wait... holy shit, I really deserve to let go..."
The group of people followed the excited husky girl onto the "secret path" to the shelter. After walking up the beam for a while, Hao Ren discovered that this path was indeed as the goblin said, it was free of obstacles. The "Path of Miracles" outside the normal structure of time and space.
Because when he looked down, he could no longer see the jungle at all: although in physical space, everyone had only advanced one thousand meters.
Various bizarre scenes began to appear around the light pillar. Aurora-like and river-like lights and shadows flowed and floated in the void space on both sides. Some of the lights even condensed into images of palaces and buildings, and after a short time Dissipated.
As he continued to move forward, these scenes dissipated one by one. Hao Ren felt that the entire journey actually lasted less than ten minutes, and the things around him had changed from illusory and uncertain light and shadow into common sense real matter: thick rock formations. And huge crystal prisms appeared all around. At first, they were just broken fragments floating in the air, but further forward they became a solid whole: the team was passing through a spherical shell formed of stone and crystal.
"Wow--"
Lily, who was walking at the front of the team, suddenly let out an exaggerated exclamation. Hao Ren hurriedly followed her. He saw that the field of vision in front of him suddenly became brighter.
The road has reached the end, and the team passed through the divine spherical shell covering the outside of the earth's core. Inside the spherical shell is an extremely open space. Since Amantir is a planet created by the goddess of creation, this "earth core" is not as hot and high-pressure as the core of a natural planet. On the contrary, there is a large space and suitable temperature, and in the vast spherical space In the center, there is a "little planet" that even looks a little cute floating quietly.
It was a crystal ball with a diameter of only a few kilometers - it is not appropriate to say a crystal ball, because it was obviously not carefully processed and polished. Rocks and crystals were still mixed together. It was more like stones and crystals inlaid with each other. A rough round ball.
This is the "original crystal" that the goblin calls, a semi-finished product produced by the creation goddess during the process of making resonance crystals (or node crystals).
Although it was a semi-finished product, it obviously had a huge effect. Hao Ren saw countless faintly flickering patterns on the surface of the small planet. They were runes and magic circles all over the entire sphere. These were left by the goddess herself. The facilities below are in operation, and they project large tracts of geometric figures that are constantly moving, combining, and deforming automatically around the mini planet. It is dazzling at first glance, but it seems to contain the ultimate laws and secrets.
"Those symbols..." Little Elizabeth's eyes gradually became interested in research, "Could it be the knowledge of God..."
"It's Xiaoxiaole." The little goblin in the holographic projection replied angrily.
Hao Ren & Elizabeth: "...Huh?"
"It's Xiaoxiaole," the little goblin said matter-of-factly, "The Goddess of Creation was bored when she was building the planet, so when she was carving the earth's core magic circle, she added Xiaoxiaole in the magic array - you guys want to play Is that so? It’s so fun! Are the fairies usually idle..."
"No, that's enough." Hao Ren covered his forehead with one hand and stopped the little goblin from continuing. "Let's stop talking here. If we talk any more, it will have a devastating blow to the team's morale."
Little goblin: "?"
"Anyway, let's go down first." Vivian's lips twitched, but she managed to control her expression. "I see many small spots of light gathering over there. Are those compatriots who are here to greet you?"
"Ah, it's goblins, it's goblins!" As expected, the little goblin immediately shouted happily, shouting and urging the data terminal to fly over quickly, "Fly, fly, I want other goblins to see Look at my new mount~~"
"You are the mount, and your whole family is the mount!" The data terminal suddenly became furious, "This machine is high-tech, do you understand high-tech?"
As he spoke, everyone had already flown to the surface of the mini planet, and even at such a close distance, Hao Ren could clearly see that the "earth" under his feet showed a large arc, and there were crystals inlaid there. On the surface of the rune's "earth core", a large group of goblins have gathered together.
"A foreigner! A foreigner!"
"The goblins have brought back a group of outsiders! The goblins are feeling very nervous!"
"These people are the energy reactions detected before?"
"The goblins sent back news that they are not bad people..."
"Did something happen on the surface? Many runes have been heating up since just now..."
"These outsiders look so strange. The one over there looks several meters long."
Hao Ren even felt a sense of intimacy from the chirping: It was indeed a familiar atmosphere... He was painted in this style when he was with the goblin.
Vivian looked around at the large number of little ones gathered around, then gently touched Hao Ren's arm: "Sure enough, all fairies have that characteristic."
She was referring to the bunch of black and red hair on the heads of the goblins: all the goblins gathered here have exactly the same dull hair, and that seems to be the only characteristic left by the power of the Lord of Madness on these wonderful creatures. .
At this time, the surrounding goblins also noticed the state of their companions who appeared above the data terminal in the form of holographic projection. They immediately gathered around him curiously and began to ask why the other party looked like this.
"The goblin is temporarily living in this iron lump!" The little goblin (for the convenience of distinction, Hao Ren decided to call her the No. 1 goblin for the time being) proudly hugged her chest, "These people are here to deal with those monsters, and they also We plan to blow up this corrupted planetary battleship, but before blowing it up, we need to pick up all the goblins - the way to pick them up is to let the goblins stay in this iron lump temporarily!"
The data terminal sighed deeply: "This is the worst time this machine has ever been hacked."
"Are they reliable?" "Is there a big space inside the iron knot? Can all the goblins really be crammed in?" "What's it like to live in it?" "Do you want to have a game? Happy?" "What is the world like on the surface now?"
Little Goblin No. 1 patiently answered the questions raised by his compatriots one by one. It seems that the goblins who can be selected as scouts to perform tasks on the surface are indeed different from ordinary goblins. Although they don’t look very smart, they have more abilities than ordinary goblins. The goblin is much more patient and observant, and can actually explain his experiences in the upper area clearly and clearly.
But just before she was about to happily play a game of Match Game, Hao Ren couldn't help but said: "We have limited time, so let's discuss how to solve this mission first."
The goblins immediately shouted: "Oh, by the way, you are going to get the Amantil Crystal, right?" "The Amantil Crystal is connected to the Nightmare Lair!" "I have already told them this." So if you want to get the Amantir Crystal, you must first get rid of the big monster in the nightmare lair!" "Otherwise you will be discovered in an instant, and then be overwhelmed by the monsters pouring out of the ground!"
"I want to know what suggestions you have." Hao Ren looked at the goblins gathered at his feet without much hope, looking up at him curiously with their big eyes open. "We have learned from your Our companions learned the general information about the Nightmare Lair, that there are many monsters inside, and that a particularly powerful guy is dreaming in it. We want to know if there is any way to take away the Amantir Crystal without disturbing these monsters. Of?"
"Not alarmed? That's probably not possible," a goblin who looked a little more steady (really a little steady) came out, "The Amantil crystal has become the energy source of the nightmare lair, and there are many deeper ones. Connection, it’s impossible to take it away quietly.”
"You seem to know a lot about this matter?" Hao Ren glanced at the little one in surprise, "Are you..."
"This is an expert among fairies!" a little one shouted, jumping up and down, "She knows the most! Especially about the Amantil crystal and the control center, there is nothing she doesn't know!"
"I used to be the auxiliary goblin in the control center. I was responsible for monitoring the status of the Amantil crystal and inputting data into the central computer." The little goblin who looked a little steady puffed out his chest and said softly, "My crystal is still in use today." Still in the control center, and not destroyed by those monsters - because my crystal is directly connected to the Amanti crystal, those monsters dare not attack casually. Through resonance, I can feel the nightmare lair and Amanti The connection between the Er crystals is very tight, and the birth of every monster in the lair is related to the Amantil crystal. Although I don't know why the holy objects left by the goddess become the 'material' for those monsters to make companions, but in the nightmare lair There is no doubt that something is drawing energy from the Amentir crystal."
Hearing these words, Hao Ren and Vivian looked at each other, while Yzaks next to him touched his chin thoughtfully: "It seems that things still have to end up in that nightmare lair... We can't help but go there. ”
Vivian frowned and shook her head: "But the information is too little. We lack understanding of the number and strength of the monsters in the nightmare lair. It would be unwise to rush into that place without information."
Hao Ren also nodded: "If there is another Rock Marton there, the situation will be very difficult."
Rock Marton can be said to be the most difficult enemy that Hao Ren's team has ever fought against. Although in the end the monster was completely destroyed by Hao Ren's series of arrangements, and the final duel even achieved an instant kill record, but that was It was achieved with the joint efforts of more than a dozen prosecutors and the conditions of the world's home court. At that time, it was Hao Ren's home court and Rock Marton was under siege. However, the situation here was exactly the opposite: this was the lair of crazy power.
If they were not careful, it would be Hao Ren and his friends who would be surrounded and beaten.
"There is no need to worry about enemies with the strength of Rock Marton appearing here, because the combat effectiveness of a Rock Marton is completely comparable to that of a planetary battleship without doomsday weapons. If the corrupted monsters really had such a trump card, they would have been there long ago. It was taken out to fight the Guardian Legion head-on." The data terminal shook its body after a brief analysis. "That monster is still staying in the nightmare lair and taking charge of the violent troops, which just illustrates its limitations. That is, its ability is limited to producing soldiers—the frontal combat capability should not be too strong."
Nangong Sanbayi spread his hands: "No matter how strong you are, you are not a weakling. Summoning Liu is the most disgusting thing."
"Are you going to look for that big monster in the nightmare lair?" At this time, a very cheerful voice suddenly sounded from the little goblin, "I think... if you are really more powerful than the guardian giant, then maybe it is It can be done.”
Hao Ren looked at this new little guy with a little surprise: "Huh? What do you know?"
"I am responsible for monitoring and researching the nightmare lair!" the little goblin said, crackling like popping beans. "Although we cannot directly see the big monster in the nightmare lair, we can still sense some of its activities. In order to continue to To create new soldiers, the monster must always be in a dream state, and there are no guards in a large area around it. We guess that is because the guards in the awake state will affect the effect of nightmares, so the body of the big monster in the real world is It's easily destroyed - as long as you can get around it."
Vivian frowned: "Won't it wake up?"
"Yes, but as long as it does not directly stimulate the Amantir crystal, the big monster will wake up very slowly! In order to ensure the efficiency of creating monsters, the dreamer sank very, very deeply in the dream. It has no influence on the outside world. The main perception is transmitted through the Amantil Crystal and the temple network above - in other words, the monster has no defense at all against attacks from underground."
A little goblin nearby yelled: "Because Salaman's Guardian Army has not hit the mainland of Amantir for so many years!" "So those monsters never thought that they would be attacked in their lair!" "They never thought they would be attacked in their lair!" I don’t think there’s anything to be wary of underground in Amantir…”
"How much time do we have?" Nangong Sanba asked at the side.
"It took about thirty minutes from the time the Nightmare Nest sensed the attack. We calculated it - but the goblins didn't have the ability to launch an attack, so we just calculated it..."
Hao Ren touched his chin: "If that monster really doesn't have the ability to fight back in the real world, and we have half an hour to act, then the feasibility is very high, but we must be able to break through the nightmare nest in a short time. The barrier must be reached directly in front of the dream monster, otherwise half an hour may not be enough for us to break through the defense outside."
At this time, a timid voice suddenly sounded from among the goblins: "If...if this is the problem, there should be a solution."
Hao Ren lowered his head following the sound, trying to find the little one talking among the group of goblins, and then a short goblin with short hair came into his sight.
"I...I used to be responsible for monitoring the crystal pillar layer and monitoring the crustal stabilizer," the little goblin said a little nervously, "I...I have been monitoring the area near the nightmare lair since I hid here. Geological and spatial changes, I found that the Nightmare Nest has been solidified in the earth's crust, and it and a large area around it are supported by... three crystal pillars. The geological structure of that part is very complicated due to the large equatorial rift. Vulnerable, if..."
Hao Ren felt so blessed at this moment that he directly accepted the little guy's stammering words: "If we blow up those crystal pillars..."