Bulwark of Light

Chapter 494 Orochi
Frost and snow covered the source armor, freezing hard.

And that narrow knife mark was almost hidden in the snow.

Every member of the team fell into silence...

Who made the knife?

The answer is already on the horizon.

"Drip drip!"

Just when everyone was silent, the source quality detector issued a sharp alarm sound!

Yuan Yuan stood up abruptly, looking back at the direction he came from, and the sound of the alarm from the detector sounded from a distance... But what makes one's scalp tingle is that looking back, it is still a "long road" that is intact.

With the naked eye, there is no difference.

But no one dared to take a step back...

[Pupil of the Source] The silver brilliance emanating from it gradually receded, Li Chen looked ugly, and said in a low voice: "I can't sense the source quality in the direction of return, there is a powerful force that cut off the way."

"Is that so..."

Yuan Yuan narrowed his eyes.

He once speculated that Hong Zhong's team must have encountered an incomprehensible "extraordinary phenomenon", which would lead to "annihilation of the entire army".

Looking at it now, the guess is correct!
The "strangeness" encountered by the last team is repeated at this moment!
"Captain...the way back to the voyage is broken!"

An inquiring voice came from the command channel: "Next... what should I do?"

"Forward, of course! We have no choice, do we?"

Yuan Yuan said coldly: "Even if the road is not broken, the main goal of this mission is to confirm the existence of the 'oasis'... If what Hong Zhong said is true, then the oasis is not far ahead. All members , rest in place, ready to go!"

"Roger that!"

Su He, who had been silent all along, was the first to respond at this moment: "Su He, the deputy team, is ready to go!"

"Jiang Yu, stand by at any time!"

A series of responses sounded in the channel.

The second team is in an excellent state of energy and spirit at the moment, with high morale and no signs of fatigue!
Before they set off, they had made sufficient psychological preparations, even if they encountered a "broken road", they would not be afraid... Since Hong Zhong can find the "road home", then they must be able to too!

After witnessing the "strange death" of their comrades in arms...they are eager to know the real truth about that "knife mark"!

And the truth lies not far ahead...

In just a few tens of seconds, the entire team had completed their rest, maintained their formation, and moved on!

Huge flakes of snow flitted across the sky.

The howling wind swelled in the slits of the labyrinth and stone mountains.

Gu Shen turned around.

Before setting off, he looked at the "cut off" return route for the last time, the fire debris floating in the snow wind, sticking between the rocks on the mountain wall... as if he felt a little warmth.

That's a temperature very similar to snow.

But the difference is that the cliffs to which the fire shavings adhered were… more icy than snow.

……

……

The snow is flying, drifting and falling.

The tall man stretched out his palm and brushed the snow off his shoulders.

Inside the Gubao Fortress, a small-scale cemetery was built. Many heroes were buried here. The stone tablets have witnessed the legends of their lives, and the blood that has been spilled... The soil in this cemetery is red. Yes, even if it is covered with frozen snow, it is still scorching hot.

And this moment.

The soil was dug up by several soldiers, and a wooden coffin was being buried in the soil.

The stele on the side is ready.

"Investigation Corps, Second Team, Captain of the Maze Mission Homecoming, Hong Zhong."

Zou Hai silently watched this scene.

It was Master Lin Lin's intention to bury Hong Zhong.

These days, regarding the ownership of the corpse, the second team of the investigative legion has negotiated with Gubao Fortress more than once... But Lord Lin Lin's reply was very simple, he refused to hand over Hong Zhong.

Due to the support of the head of the army, the second team was helpless.

Zhong Yuan, the captain of the second team, was in the field, and was leading the top group of transcendents of the second team to carry out an extremely important mission in the [Old World] on the flank front.

So the operator could only make stern demands and angry protests.

pity.

Kremlin Fortress does not accept this set.

The "soldiers" responsible for burying the corpses all wore extremely complete protective gear made of strong logic materials, armed from head to tail... If this scene was seen by the second team of the investigation legion, they would definitely be very angry.

This is the corpse of a hero... And these guys, it's like burying a corpse with a virus?
The reason for doing this.

It was also the meaning of Lord Lin Lin.

The second departure of the "Maze Mission" has lasted for more than ten days...During these ten days, Master Lin Lin conducted more than one observation and research on Hong Zhong's body, but nothing came of it.

He couldn't find out the reason why the "book of life and death" appeared abnormal.

The weirdest thing in this world is nothing more than this.

The sea, which should have been stormy, was calm.

People with keen intuition can smell the depression before the storm. Zou Hai is such a person, and Lin Lin is even more so.

After returning from "Hong Zhong", Adjutant Zou's heart has always been ominous, until he met Gu Shen, he calmed down a little bit. During these years stationed in Gubao, he encountered many incidents, big and small, his intuition never error.

And this time, he extremely supported the Brigadier General's decision!

Bury "Hong Zhong".

No more corpse research, and completely cut off the idea of ​​investigating the second team of the Legion.

Wait until the latest maze mission, there is an echo... and then decide whether to restart the research based on the clues brought back.

"My lord adjutant...something happened!"

Not far away, a sentry ran over with a nervous expression.

Zou Hai frowned.

Something happened?

"On the book of life and death... the members of the labyrinth mission lost their telepathy again!"

This news made Zou Hai's heart skip a beat.

He hurried to the combat command post. The command room was full of anxiety at the moment. Lord Lin Lin stood in the center. On the other side, the silver-haired waist-length Ajar's face was as cold as ice.

The apostle's expression was very ugly, and his beautiful eyes were fixed on the big screen.

The data transmitted by the "book of life and death" was projected on the screen, and the files of the twelve extraordinary people all showed "death in battle"... the word death in battle does not necessarily mean physical death in the true sense.

But... the lingering aura on the book of life and death dissipated, which meant that they had at least fallen into the situation of "spiritual death"!

"Once again...appeared..."

Ajar's voice was a little hoarse.

This was the case with the last maze mission.

Nobody knows.

What happened to the team outside the fortress?
Her eyes didn't move in the slightest, but it's a pity that the information in the "Book of Life and Death" didn't fluctuate, it was very stable...it didn't look like there would be a miracle.

"It's good news."

Lin Lin said calmly: "This phenomenon means that Gu Shen has arrived at the same position as the last exploration team."

He was the calmest man in the war room.

none of them.

"I don't think the abnormality in the book of life and death has any reference value. Since Hong Zhong can return, there must be a way to 'return'." Lin Lin said slowly: "This maze mission is to find out the real reason that caused the abnormality. The reason... I want to take care of them, they have touched the truth at this moment. As the fortress stronghold within the giant wall, we can't give any help at this moment, the only thing we can do is to pray for their safe return."

This sentence was said very calmly.

Lin Lin mobilized authority and erased all the "death" files...

At this moment, such negative information will only lower the morale of the combat command team.

Lin Lin's voice was very steady, and he directly rejected the authority of the "Book of Life and Death", but after careful calculation... After the two teams left the fortress, the time points when the "Book of Life and Death was abnormal" were indeed similar.

This is not nonsense.

Maybe... there is really some kind of special pattern that caused such an abnormality?
"In contrast, there is one more important thing that requires us to be prepared..."

The message on the screen changed again.

Dozens of hundreds of shots are projected at the same time...

"Two hours ago, the 'Sky Eye' of the Umbrella Defense Line sensed a strong 'wind pressure'." Lin Lin said softly, "The wind pressure came from the north."

This statement came out.

Zou Hai's expression suddenly became serious.

Having been stationed in Gubao Fortress for so many years, he knows the true meaning of the word "wind pressure" too well!
Beizhou's "Eye of the Sky" is extremely difficult to deploy. Beyond the huge wall is a world where order has collapsed, and the umbrella defense line as a buffer zone is the last zone that can link to the "spiritual network"... similar to the tentacles of the human world.

Even if these tentacles are very short.

But... yes, it's better than nothing!

After deploying the "Eye of the Sky", the Umbrella's line of defense has been able to feel the early warning before encountering the impact of the source quality tide... The impact of those source quality tides will trigger many anomalies in advance.

Earthquakes, wind pressure, high tides...etc.

And this time.

The wind direction map sent back by the Umbrella Defense Line has several terrifying vortices...

"The preliminary scale of the wind pressure is A-level, and the Umbrella Defense Line will face the most violent impact in 20 years... [Deep Sea] estimates that after the source energy of the Umbrella Defense Line is exhausted, it will be able to Intercepting 95% of the source quality tide, the remaining 5% of the power will seep into the defense line and hit the giant wall. If we don't respond, then this 5% of the power is likely to break through the giant wall."

Lin Lin turned his head slowly, looked at everyone in the combat command room, and said word by word: "Everyone, Gubao... the wind is about to blow."

……

……

Howling wind!

The blizzard is fading!

The cold and broken world, which has become the reflection of the old world, was left behind. A team of 12 people stood at the exit of the Snow Mountain Canyon... No one could have imagined that the final route of Maze 38 would be so easy to explore .

Just count 10 minutes.

The vision in front of him suddenly opened up.

Floating clouds floated high in the sky, and large swathes of light were cast on the ground, on the body...

A warm.

The distance is the "Dreamland" that all travelers dream of.

The end of the journey.

oasis.

Yuan Yuan lost his mind for a while.He felt the blood in his body boiling and surging, and a strong "sense of belonging" surged in his heart. It turned out that everything Hong Zhong said on the hospital bed was true... The oasis is outside the maze, and the oasis is right in front of him. !

Everyone in the team was immersed in the joy of "seeing the oasis" and showed silly smiles.

There is only one person with a different expression.

Gu Shen frowned, he squatted down... staring at the thick layer of snow under his feet, in the silvery white snow, there were some broken and scattered sawdust, Hong Zhong also brought back a piece of sawdust from the maze mission .

Gu Shen stretched out two fingers and picked up a piece of sawdust.

This time.

He felt the familiar mental fluctuations...

This is the teacher's [Holy Wood] breath.

It's just that the spiritual fluctuations contained in this sawdust are already very weak, and it still carries the artistic conception of death and death.

Gu Shen stood at the exit of the Snow Mountain Canyon in some confusion.

Here is the end of the maze.

The vast expanse of green in the distance, and the blue sky, are as beautiful as a picture... It's just that the more beautiful something is, the more dangerous it is.

Gu Shen thinks that oasis is too beautiful.

It was as beautiful as a dream.

Maybe...it was really just a dream.

"Wait a minute..."

He stretched out a hand and held down Li Chen who was about to move forward.

"Everyone, don't rush forward!"

This voice used the "spiritual power" remaining in the fire debris... The fire debris in all directions, surrounding everyone, had shrunk into a circle with a radius of tens of meters at this moment, and the flames trembled.

This voice, after the trembling of the fire debris, rolled away!

The next moment... Li Chen turned his head back, but his expression was filled with anger while being bewildered.

"Brother Gu, didn't you see... this is an oasis!"

Li Chen spoke coldly.

He slapped Gu Shen's palm off and walked forward.

Gu Shen squinted his eyes, looking at the silver pupil on the top of Li Chen's head that kept spinning but stopped emitting light.

I don't know when, [The pupil of the source] has stopped working...

Perhaps... the exit of the snow mountain where I am now is already a dream.

The whole team is "slowly" moving forward, the only one who is a little strange is the captain Yuan Yuan, the expression of this fourth-order transcendent is different from other team members, usually joy, usually pain, as if he is struggling.

Gu Shen took a deep breath.

He stretched out two fingers again, ready to fight against the "golden hoop", releasing more blazing fire to wake up the people in the dream.

The moment his fingertips touched the blazing fire.

"boom!"

A familiar wave surged in my heart!

Gu Shen's pupils contracted.

That wave... I felt it once before entering the canyon!
Something has induced and resonated with "Blazing Fire" or "Pluto Spirit"!

This time.

The familiar fluctuations reappeared, followed by the sound of the collapsed rocks behind him, a huge shadow, shrouded in the high sky, and the sound of gold and iron clattering like chains colliding, densely resounded.

Everyone "subconsciously" raised their heads.

What a lost person shrouded in a dream sees is a burning sun amidst the gloom.

There was a faint smile on their faces.

And what Gu Shen saw...

It is a coiled body with a huge snake head tens of meters long. The so-called "sun" is a pair of golden and fiery snake eyes opened by the giant snake!
"Hiss..."

Mountain rocks are snake scales.

The way home is the body of a snake.

In the archives of the investigation legion for so many years, it has never been mentioned that there are such terrifying "extraordinary creatures" living outside the huge wall... This snake body that cannot be seen in its entirety may be hundreds of meters away. long.

Humans cannot survive in the [Old World].

But this snake... can.

This is probably the major news that shocked the entire Beizhou, and the most frightening thing is that in the vast [Old World], an extraordinary creature appeared. Does it mean... the second one?

Or, countless?

It's ironic.

At the end of the maze, there is no hope at all... but a dream leading to a dead end.

This path of hope to the land of dreams in the oasis is actually a path to death in the embrace of this giant snake.

The big snake entrenched high, gathered its body.

Gu Shen suddenly took out the ghost veil and put it on. The moment he put on the "ghost veil", his spiritual power began to suddenly condense and increase!

Ghost veil effect!

This sealed item began to erode Gu Shen's spiritual world.

It's just that at this moment, the ghost veil directly encounters the Dou Zhan Jin Huan.

As for the blazing fire in Gu Shen's spiritual sea, he sensed the provocation of the "low-level sealed item" and actively aroused the intention of suppressing it... After the two collided, a ray of blazing fire was released smoothly.

Gu Shen's eyebrows lit up with a blazing fire!

He growled under his breath.

"wake up!!!"

This spiritual thunderous sound resounded in the hearts of every extraordinary person in the explorer team!

Like a sledgehammer!
Smash this dream hard!

The first one to wake up was Yuan Yuan. The team leader was already struggling. With Gu Shen's blazing voice, he broke free from this dream. It took him two seconds to see the incomparably shocking scene. ...

Yuan Yuan's roar resounded in the snow wind!

"Investigate the Legion! All members, let's fight!!"

The second one to wake up was not Li Chen, the spiritual supernatural being, but Su He, the vice-captain!
This man's spiritual cultivation is quite solid, he is considered the most tenacious person in the second team... Before the captain's roar sounded, he woke up with the blazing siren.

Vice-captain Su He's first reaction after waking up was not to retreat, but to move forward.

He directly rushed towards the "giant monster" high above.

This taciturn man moved extremely fiercely. He kicked off the ground and stepped on the "flowing" cliff—it was a flying snake scale. After a few seconds, he jumped high!

He threw a punch!
This is the full punch of the third-tier top powerhouse!
"boom!!!"

The sonic boom exploded.

High above the sky, Orochi's pupils were indifferent.

The lips are slightly raised, as if smiling.

It didn't even dodge, it just calmly and indifferently looked down at the tiny ants who provoked it. This fist wrapped around the embryo of the domain that Su He had cultivated, and exploded in the air with a violent roar!
Snow splashes!

Su He landed and looked up at the big snake. His indifferent pupils covered by the wind and snow pierced through the thick mist, blooming with a soul-piercing dark golden light. This punch did not leave the slightest wound on it.

It's just... the purpose has been accomplished.

This punch was originally a punch with a lot of thunder and little rain.

Do not seek to injure the enemy.

Just hope that the commotion is big enough.

The whole team, awakened by Gu Shen's blazing fire and the violent external noise, woke up one after another.

"Fight!"

"Fight!!"

The sound of drawing the sword sounded immediately, without any communication, this absolutely elite soldier of the investigation legion completed the formation adjustment within three seconds after waking up... The [Pupil of Source] above Li Chen's head started to rotate again, and the team A shared spiritual link was established among the 12 people, and everyone's mental state became stable under the coordination of [Source Pupils]!

Jiang Yu stretched out his hands, and the broken snow on the ground rolled up one after another, turning into a blurred rain curtain.

B-level ability [Rain Marsh], the embryonic embryo of the field is activated!

There was an ear-piercing sound of "friction" on the ground, [Yumuma] tried to pull the big snake's body into the ground, but the scales seemed to have their own strong domain protection power, directly shattering the domain!
[Rain Marsh], invalid!

In the team at the end of the snowy mountain canyon, several dazzling rays of light bloomed, and the various abilities of the third-level transcendent were fully displayed at this moment... Under the link amplification effect of [Source of Pupils], these could have been able to The powerful attack that shattered a small hill hit the snake scales, at most it only produced a dazzling fire.

The only person who caused the most damage was Captain Yuan Yuan.

He drew out his two knives and danced wildly on the big snake like a cheetah. The knives and knives were fierce, like a river pouring down, slashing on the scales of the snake, not only bursting out blazing fire, but also leaving faint white marks ...Yuan Yuan was more ferocious than Su He, he slashed from the tail of the snake all by himself, directly to the head of the snake, while the big snake maintained its usual "indifference".

Finally, Yuan Yuan jumped up high and inserted the long knife into the snake's pupils!

There was a crisp sound of "珰".

All abilities and domains were all removed.

And Yuan Yuan's saber cut was also bounced away——

A golden glow burst out from the big snake's pupils, like the brilliance piercing the sky, it shot through him directly.

Above the flowing clouds in the sky, a pool of bright and hot blood exploded.

Hot blood rained down.

Hanging above the raised faces of everyone.

Li Chen looked pale. He stared blankly at this scene, feeling that his soul had been hit hard... Captain Yuan Yuan's "corpse" exploded under the gaze of the fiery pupils in the air, and shattered into thousands of pieces. glow.

And his [Pupil of the Source] trembled violently uncontrollably.

It's not because of the emergency link of 12 people, overloaded operation.

It's because he saw something he shouldn't see...

The silver pupils looked directly at the huge snake spirit, and felt the unparalleled oppression on the spiritual level.

Li Chen's eyes were slowly bleeding.

He raised his head and looked up, trying to remember the last scene before the captain's "death" in his mind, but the final vision turned gray...Grey in the true sense.

He was deprived of sight.

The link of [Pupil of the Source] was also disconnected at this moment.

The communication channel had already been shattered in the dream, but without the spiritual link of [Pupil of the Source], it would not have any impact on this team... because everyone fell into a shocking silence.

The big snake did nothing.

Just quietly waiting and welcoming their attack with a haughty attitude, shattered all the attacking desires of the elite team of the Second Investigation Corps.

To fight against such a monster... what kind of strength do you have?
The full attack of the fourth-order extraordinary can only barely leave scars!

If you want to kill it, you probably need title-level strength, right?
Do not……

No one has ever seen such a "monster".

Can the top title among human superhumans really kill him?

(End of this chapter)