Chapter 842 Tracking the Ancient God
Hearing Erica's voice, Lin Yi dispersed the group healing technique that was beginning to gather in his hand.
"Let's go." After killing Lin Yi, Erica had a strange bomb shaped like a coconut, with a rough surface and a strange red light faintly visible in the lines.
Erica flicked her wrist and smashed the bomb to the ground.
With a loud "bang", the bomb exploded, and the fiery red flames surged out, as if a fire beast that had been imprisoned for a long time roared to break free from its restraints.
As soon as the flames touched the sticky and disgusting fungal blanket on the infected body, it was like finding an old enemy and spreading wildly.
In the blink of an eye, Lin Yi was engulfed by the sea of fire, and the scorching light dyed everything orange-red.
Strangely, the flames did not cause any damage to the surrounding environment.
Lin Yi stretched his hand above the flame, thinking that he would feel the scorching heat, but he only felt a strange warmth, like the warm sun in spring caressing his skin.
"Mr. Lin, there is not much Phoenix Flame left. Let's retreat first!" Erica's voice was filled with fatigue and anxiety.
Her eyes quickly swept around, looking at the polluted bodies that turned into ashes in the flames, but there was no joy of victory on her face, and her brows were frowned even more tightly.
Each of these bombs made of Phoenix Flame is extremely precious, and one less is one less.
If the situation is not so critical now, even the Phoenix, which symbolizes hope, has fallen, no one would be willing to take out this trump card at the bottom of the box.
"Let's go back first." Under Erica's close escort, Lin Yi returned to the top of the Wall of Living Beings.
On Lin Yi's right hand side, a Red Feather warrior was concentrating on operating a peculiarly shaped spear. The spear was more than one person tall and looked a bit like a clothes drying pole for drying clothes on weekdays.
Every time the trigger was pulled, a dazzling laser would be ejected from the muzzle, like a flash of lightning across the battlefield.
Wherever the laser went, the contaminated bodies along the way were like being pulled by an invisible huge force, and were penetrated one after another, instantly losing their ability to move and turning into pools of pus emitting a foul smell.
On Lin Yi's left hand side, several Sparrow Clan soldiers were on full alert, holding flamethrowers in their hands, with the black muzzles pointed at the bottom of the Wall of Living Beings.
Once a contaminated body tried to climb onto the Wall of Living Beings through the wall, they would immediately recite a eulogy.
The flames ejected from the flamethrower completely devoured the contaminated body and sent them into an endless hell.
As for the contaminated state, it had long been forgotten by everyone.
Now it has come to a critical moment of life and death. Anyone who still has a trace of combat power in the entire territory has been mobilized to the Wall of Living Beings.
Before departure, Kepeljeen came like the god of death in the dark night and turned the territory upside down.
At this critical moment, the guys in the church are like evil wolves in the dark. As long as there is a chance, they can tear through the defense line and turn the entire territory into purgatory in an instant.
Because of this, he would rather kill the wrong person than let him go.
After a cleanup, he killed a full 3% of the living force in the entire territory.
This number sounds scary, but under this high-pressure situation, it is a necessary means to survive.
Perhaps after this crisis is over, those forces whose interests are affected will swarm in like sharks smelling blood and settle accounts with Keppel Jean.
But now, who would like to have a traitor who can stab in the back at any time among their subordinates?
Although everyone was dissatisfied, they could only acquiesce in her approach.
After all, if you want to make trouble for her, you must survive this catastrophe before you are qualified.
"These weapons?"
"Don't look at them, they are all unique." Theresa's voice was a little tired, and she and Keppel Jean appeared in front of Lin Yi together.
The dark circles under Teresa's eyes showed that she had not had a good rest for a long time.
"These weapons were brought by our tribe when we fled, and now we have lost the ability to manufacture them. Not to mention manufacturing, we can't even produce ammunition. These in front of you are all carefully selected by us. When this battle is over, they will basically become a pile of scrap metal."
As the commander of the camp, the head of the scientific research department, and the manager of the logistics department, Teresa has the heaviest burden among the four people.
If Teresa hadn't found a way to transport this batch of black technology from the tribe's warehouse to the Wall of Life, I'm afraid the territory would have fallen before Lin Yi rushed back through the shadow plane.
"I already know what happened in the ruins. What are you going to do this time?" Teresa said as she took out a very small bomb from her pocket and handed it to Erica, signaling her to throw it away, and throw it far away.
Although Erica's IQ is not as good as Teresa's, she is sensible and knows that since Teresa ordered this, she must have her reasons.
After taking the bomb, Erica took a deep breath, tightened her muscles, and then threw it out with force.
With a sharp whistling sound, the bomb was thrown by Erica like a meteor onto a hill nearly two kilometers away.
The moment the bomb fell to the ground, Erica decisively pressed the detonator in her hand.
In an instant, a white ripple spread at a very fast speed and reflected in Lin Yi's eyes.
All the polluted bodies under the entire Wall of Living Beings that were affected by the white ripples instantly collapsed, as if they were crushed by a pair of invisible big hands and turned into small particles.
Wherever the white ripples went, the sound of the disintegration of the polluted bodies was endless. The scene was like a rewind of life. In the blink of an eye, a large area of threats disappeared, leaving only a strange silence.
"Space collapse bomb?" Lin Yi asked subconsciously, but then shook his head.
The effect of this weapon is more like decomposing the target into the most basic particles, rather than simply destroying space.
Teresa raised her hand tiredly and rubbed her temple hard: "To be precise, this is the 'matter deconstructor', one of the last trump cards of our clan. The principle is to use high-frequency energy fields to completely destroy the molecular bonds of matter and return it to its most original state."
Lin Yi noticed that when Teresa spoke, her right hand unconsciously pressed on a metal device at her waist.
The surface of the device was covered with cracks, and faint blue energy was seeping out of the cracks.
"This is the last one." Teresa's voice was a little tired. "Even the top scholars in our tribe have not been able to fully understand the principle of this weapon. Now that it's used up, there will be no more."
"I originally planned to use this as a sample for research, but unfortunately the cracking research is only halfway done. If there is enough time, this weapon will be mass-produced in a while, and then there will be no need to worry about those contaminants!" Teresa bit her lip, her face full of pain.
But she also knew in her heart that she must not let the contaminants continue to attack the Wall of Living Beings.
Once this area fell, even if the weapon was cracked later, it would be completely useless.
As the white ripple spread outward with a devastating force, the densely packed contaminants under the Wall of Living Beings seemed to be manipulated by an invisible big hand, and they collapsed one by one.
In the blink of an eye, the white ripples spread to a range of almost three kilometers. In the covered area, the roars and struggles of the contaminants gradually subsided, leaving only a dead silence.
"The contaminated bodies near the territory should not be able to gather in large numbers in a short period of time. Erica, send out your troops now to kill all the scattered contaminated bodies outside, and don't let any of them go!"
"Okay!" Erica nodded, and quickly gathered a group of elite soldiers to leave the Wall of Life and enter the Black River Forest.
"Jin, according to the intelligence, the church's figures have appeared near the front line again. You are best at finding hidden enemies, so I'll leave it to you." Teresa said, handing Jean a piece of intelligence about the front line.
This intelligence has been carefully compiled, and it records in detail many soldiers and officers with strange behavior.
Although most of the people on the list were recorded for various reasons, Teresa knew that there must be lurking personnel sent by the church among them.
These people are like poisonous snakes hiding in the dark, and they may give the territory a fatal blow at any time.
Although most of them were on this list for various reasons, there must be lurking personnel sent by the church among them.
The church members who are still active in the territory are actually the last group of forces of the Church of the Lord of Pollution.
They are running around the territory, trying to find an opportunity to launch a final counterattack.
"By the way, the church's headquarters is gone." Lin Yi suddenly said.
"Gone?" Hearing Lin Yi's words, Ji En and Teresa looked at Lin Yi at the same time.
You know, in order to solve the cancer of the church, the territory has spent so much manpower and material resources, and has been searching for a long time, but it has always achieved little results.
As time slowly passed, the territory not only failed to effectively strike the church, but under the pervasive corruption of the church, more and more people chose to secretly surrender to the church under the temptation or coercion of interests.
The last time Lin Yi followed Teresa to deal with the nobles in the territory, it was just a process in this long confrontation.
After that, Ji En joined forces with the Phoenix Temple and finally cleared a large number of noble forces that colluded with the church.
If it weren't for the fact that killing all these guys would seriously affect the defense line of the Wall of Living Beings, with Jin's temperament, he would probably choose to throw all these people into the prison without hesitation.
"Yes, they were directly destroyed by the power of the ancient god." Lin Yi looked calm, as if he was telling a trivial matter. In a few words, he simply told the earth-shaking things that happened in the ruins.
Teresa and Jin listened, and the shock on their faces seemed to be frozen for a long time.
Although the two had been vaccinated by Lin Yi before, they knew that the power of the ancient god was beyond imagination.
But when they learned that the ancient god only came once and easily wiped out the territory's long-term worries, their hearts were like overturned seasoning bottles, with all kinds of tastes intertwined, so complicated that it was hard to describe.
"Ancient God..." Teresa opened her lips slightly, her voice was as low as a whisper, for fear that these two words would lead to some indescribable horror.
Jin's eyes were full of joy, as if the evil that had been accumulated in her heart for a long time had finally been released.
"Those damn guys finally got their comeuppance. But..." She suddenly changed the subject, her expression instantly became stern, "Now the remnants of the church are still wandering around the territory like ghosts, we must not let them have another chance to cause trouble."
She reached out and picked up the intelligence, her eyes like two sharp blades, quickly sweeping across the paper, her mind already quickly calculating how to catch those guys lurking in the dark like rats.
"I will deploy it now, and we must clean up these church remnants." Ji En turned around and strode away.
Since the church's headquarters no longer exists, it is meaningless to keep these hidden lines. Ji En is ready to completely close the net this time, uproot the church's power from the territory, and make it impossible for them to make a comeback.
Teresa rubbed her brows and said in a deep voice: "Although the ancient god destroyed the church, its threat is far more terrible than the church. We must find a countermeasure as soon as possible."
She paused, as if thinking about how to word it, and then continued: "Mr. Lin, you have had direct contact with the ancient god in the ruins. Can you describe the ancient god's ability in detail? This is crucial for us to formulate a response strategy."
"Sorry, I'm not pouring cold water on you. In your current situation, you can't even get close to the ancient god. Even Erica will be instantly eroded as long as she gets close to the ancient god within a certain range. Let me solve this matter." Lin Yi's words are not nonsense. To fight the ancient god, an admission ticket is essential.
Either you have the ability of a sword master who is immune to mental attacks, or you have the ability of a sword master who is immune to energy. Otherwise, it is simply a pipe dream for ordinary people to get close to the ancient god.
Although Erica is a master of close combat, to be fair, her development direction is completely unrelated to the needs of dealing with the ancient god, and she has no ability to restrain the ancient god. This is the key reason why Lin Yi is unwilling to let several people get involved in this matter.
After hearing this, Teresa pursed her lips subconsciously.
It was not easy for the culprit, the ancient god, to show up. Even if she could not escape death, Teresa would bite off two pieces of meat from the ancient god and would never be willing to die in such a cowardly way.
"By the way, I came back this time to ask you if there is any way to track down the ancient god. After being sealed, that guy didn't want to fight me head-on. He forced me back and ran away." After hearing Lin Yi's words, Teresa closed her eyes and began to recall whether the black technology inherited in her mind could help Lin Yi, but unfortunately, most of these black technologies only have a name.
Even if some of them know the name and function, the materials are as scarce as water drops in the desert, and the design drawings are like ethereal phantoms. There is no way to find them, so naturally they can't be made.
The whereabouts of the ancient god are uncertain, and it is extremely difficult to find it again and resolve the threat.
"Mr. Linlin, I may have a way." Just after Teresa looked bitter, Daphne, who had been silent beside her, suddenly spoke up as if she had mustered up the courage.
"Daphne? Could it be that Master Phoenix left you something?" Hearing Daphne's words, Teresa was stunned at first, and then immediately asked, without doubting that Daphne was lying.
Although Daphne usually looks innocent, she never jokes about such critical issues concerning life and death, or she would not be qualified to be the bishop of the Phoenix Temple.
"I don't know either. Since the death of Master Phoenix some time ago, I have vaguely felt that a mark has emerged in my mind. Moreover, this mark is not staying honestly, but has been moving constantly, as if it has life, until it stopped just now."
"Originally, I thought that it was the death of Master Phoenix that caused my perception to be problematic, but after listening to what Master Lin said just now, I suddenly thought that it might be the residual power of Master Phoenix in the mark that attracted me, so I can feel the existence of this mark."
Hearing this, Lin Yi's eyes lit up, and he reached out and took out an A4 paper from his personal space and handed it to Daphne.
"Draw the mark you feel first."
Daphne nodded, reached out to take the paper, and then began to write and draw with great concentration.
Two minutes later, Daphne handed the finished paper back to Lin Yi.
Lin Yi took a look. Although Daphne's painting skills really need to be improved, the lines are crooked and the proportions are not very coordinated, but fortunately he can still barely recognize that the mark she drew is the mark left by the phoenix on the chest of the ancient god.
"It seems that I came to the right place this time."
Lin Yi cast his eyes on Daphne again, thinking quickly in his mind what method to use to take Daphne away from this territory.
According to Daphne, the ancient god is now entrenched in the northernmost part of the entire continent.
It used to be the territory of the Chiming tribe, but after the power of the ancient god came, it also became the first place to be invaded.
But it is not so easy to go from here to there. The reason why Lin Yi came back so quickly is because he took the risk to go to the shadow plane.
If it was just Lin Yi, he would still be sure to get away, but now he has to take Daphne, an inexperienced "burden", with him. Lin Yi is really unsure.
"Mr. Lin, are you worried about how to get there? Don't worry, leave it to me." Teresa saw the problem in Lin Yi's heart, smiled and motioned for the two to follow her.
The three of them left the Wall of Life together, and Lin Yi realized that almost everyone in the territory had gathered at the back.
Those powerless civilians were all engaged in logistics work.
Even young children were doing things within their capabilities under the careful command of adults.
In the current severe situation of life and death, there is no time to take care of the so-called human rights. Only by mobilizing every available manpower can we have a chance of survival in this catastrophic crisis.
Teresa brought Lin Yi and Daphne to a corner of the territory, where there was an old building entangled by vines. From the outside, it looked very dilapidated.
The three of them came to the building, Teresa took a deep breath, calmed down her slightly nervous mood, and then reached out and pressed a hidden button on the door.
A special password device popped out of thin air and appeared in front of Teresa.
This device requires accurate input of a 30-digit password within just one minute. Once the input is wrong, even if it is just one wrong, it will not only lock immediately, but also trigger the defense device in the room.
On weekdays, Teresa rarely sets foot here unless it is necessary.
Teresa's forehead was slightly sweaty, her fingers jumped quickly on the password device, and her eyes were full of concentration.
With only five seconds left in the countdown, Teresa finally completed the password input.
With a crisp "beep", the screen of the password device lit up with a green light representing success.
"Huh..." Teresa breathed a sigh of relief, and her tense nerves finally relaxed a little. She turned to Lin Yi and Daphne and said, "Okay, let's go in."
The three walked into the house and saw that the room was filled with all kinds of strange devices.
These devices were all made by Teresa's tribe. Although the Honghu tribe knew the production method, they had only a vague understanding of their uses.
In order to prevent them from being used by people with bad intentions, they were all temporarily put here.
"What we need is underground." Teresa said, taking out an object similar to a night pearl, and the soft light instantly illuminated the dim room.
When they came to the basement, a small spaceship with a very high-tech feel suddenly appeared in front of Lin Yi. (End of this chapter)