Byron's Blade

The tunnel is still deep and long, but after crossing the mouth of the waterfall and deep pool, the environment of the next section of the tunnel is much drier than before.After breaking away from the underground water, Mu Li and the others felt how grand and expansive the inner space of the tunnel really is.A person standing in the tunnel is less than one-fifth of the height of the tunnel. Eight people spread their arms side by side to barely touch the walls on both sides.

In Mu Li's memory, there are many news reports before the Battle of Destruction.Among them, there is no shortage of reports on the issue.Because of policy issues, it has always seemed mysterious.There are a few precious photos and several documentaries that captured the conditions inside the tunnel at that time. Mu Li felt that the tunnel regulation at that time did not reach the current scale, at most it was about the size of the subway tunnels in those abandoned cities.But now she found that the tunnel seemed to be widened and expanded. Looking closely at the wall, the surface was not smooth and regular, but uneven, and it was by no means artificial.Mu Li guessed that the original foundation of the artificial tunnel should have been excavated and enlarged by some kind of large-scale underground creature to reach the current scale.

And the large collider pipeline that should have existed inside the tunnel has disappeared so far, and it is unknown where it disappeared.

Mu Li and the others walked along the tunnel with the central troops. Mo Kexin couldn't hold on at this moment, and he almost lost consciousness due to the fever.Among the five of them, Mu Li and Lin Zhao, who were the only ones with more physical strength, took turns to carry her on their backs. They felt her short breathing on their backs. Everyone was very anxious. Mo Kexin really needed to rest in a warm and comfortable environment. , and the consequences of going on like this are unimaginable.

Lan Ni is responsible for supporting Mu Xin to move forward. Mu Xin has returned to calm now. Although she is blind in both eyes, her other senses are still sharp.She has gradually adapted to use hearing, touch and smell to judge the way of the surrounding environment.Sometimes your eyes can deceive you, you can see more clearly when you close them.Now Mu Xin seems to understand the connotation of this sentence.

Lani is supporting her, leading the way, and at the same time reminding her of the situation under her feet, leading her around obstacles.It seemed normal, but there was nothing else in the communication between the two.But in fact, along the way, Lan Ni tried to communicate quietly by writing in Mu Xin's palm. She did it very secretly, at least the soldiers around her didn't notice it.

But Lanny has been wary of one person, and that is Latia who is walking in front of her.This woman has the ability to read the thoughts in other people's brains. If she finds out that she is discussing escape strategies with Mu Xin, she might tell the truth.Thinking of this, Lan Ni's eyes flickered coldly. This woman is really untrustworthy, and there is no psychological burden at all for her temporary defection. Most likely, she also contributed to the Zeus' raid on the camp that night.At the Capitol in Budapest, I should have shot and killed her, but now I am a guest of Andres, what a shame!

In addition, she was still worried about one thing. If the Generalissimo Rudolph in front of her was reincarnated from the soul, would he have the ability to read the thoughts of others like Latia?If so, it would be too bad, maybe what she thinks now has been found out long ago, the other party just doesn't bother to expose her, so naturally they won't give her any chance.

Lan Ni thinks this is very possible, because Latia has not used her soul-mind communication ability to talk to Mu Li or herself.She spent more than five minutes trying to call Latia's name in her heart, or question her, or provoke her, or beg her, but she didn't respond.Lan Ni thought it was because she couldn't communicate with her thoughts, and when she was about to set off at the entrance of the tunnel, she quietly asked Mu Li to call Latia, but Latia still didn't respond.In this way, there are only two situations: one is that Latia doesn't want to pay attention to them, and the other is that Latia can't pay attention to them.According to Lan Ni's understanding of Latia's character these days, it may not be the former, and the latter is more likely than the former.

Lanny felt that there was something tricky about it.

After walking for a while, the soldiers exploring the road ahead suddenly sounded an alarm. On the road surface of the tunnel in the distance, a pool of objects of unknown shape appeared, which looked like soft piles stomping on the ground.When the searchlight came on, it turned out that it was the sky camouflage combat uniform of the 180th Airborne Division.Helmets, tops and pants, boots, and guns are arranged on the ground in a strange arrangement, as if to put these things in the shape of a person.

"What's going on? Who left the combat uniform and weapons here, and still put them in this way." A lieutenant-level soldier who followed Marshal Rudolf asked.

"No, it's not placed here, it's just worn on the body." Generalissimo Rudolph said slowly with a stern expression.

Hearing his cold words, the soldier couldn't help shivering subconsciously.

The Generalissimo took out the pistol/gun from the holster at his waist, stepped forward in person, and opened the collar of the "human-shaped object" with the tip of the gun. Everyone saw a layer of sallow and wrinkled skin.The soldiers beside them felt their scalps explode instantly, and their hairs stood on end.As if that wasn't enough, the Generalissimo hooked the skin with the tip of a gun, and directly turned the lying "human-shaped object" inside out.

An incomparably horrifying face, no, it should be said that it was a human face displayed in front of everyone.The helmet couldn't be worn on such a soft "head". It landed on the ground with a "clang", and the jet-black hair was exposed.

An officer asked with a pale face:

"Why... adult skin? Where did the bones and flesh go?"

The Generalissimo let go of the human skin, stood up with a stern face, handed the gun in his hand to the officer beside him, and said three simple words:

"Wipe clean."

The officer was holding the gun, looking at the oily shine on the tip of the gun, he felt his stomach churn, and really wanted to throw the gun away.

"Martial law in all directions! Especially the top of the head, pay attention to me! Look at the partners around you, don't blink." The generalissimo roared, and everyone obeyed immediately.And the Grand Marshal himself has picked up the intercom microphone and started calling the vanguard ahead:

"Mike, this is the Central Army, please call back."

After a sound of "rustle", Mike's reply sounded:

"Pioneer Mike received it, Marshal please tell me."

"Look at the tail of your team. Is there a shortage of people?" The Generalissimo said in a deep voice. Hearing Mike's tone, he hadn't noticed the danger yet, and his face was a little ugly.

There was another rustling sound over there, and Mike responded: "Yes."

The tunnel fell into silence. While waiting for a reply, everyone's spirits were tense. They didn't know what monster that killed people was hidden in the dark. It turned people into human skin so cruelly, and the soldiers held guns. The hand looks stable, but in fact, it is very disturbed in the heart.

With Mo Kexin on his back, Mu Li stood behind Mu Xin and Lan Ni, and Lin Zhao stood beside her.The position of the five people was right behind Generalissimo Rudolph, Latia and the others, so they could see them clearly.Mu Li lowered his eyes, thought for a moment, and then turned his gaze to Lan Ni in front of him.Lan Ni may have sensed her gaze, she turned her head sideways, her lips twitched quickly, then turned her head away again without looking back.The shape of her lips was clearly captured by Mu Liju's eyes, and he quickly read what she said, confirming his guess.

I don't know how long it took, "beep", the intercom rang, and Rudolph connected immediately, and then heard Mike's slightly heavy and fearful voice:

"Marshal...we are missing five people."

"Stay where you are, let everyone surround the city in a circular formation, and wait for us to come and meet up." Rudolph immediately gave an order.

"Yes!"

After the call ended, Grand Marshal Rudolph immediately ordered:

"March quickly!"

After saying that, he immediately strode forward with his legs wide open, and the soldiers followed quickly, and the sound of chaotic footsteps began to resound in the tunnel.The light and shadow fluttered up and down in front of his eyes, Mu Li carried Mo Kexin on his back, and trotted behind Mu Xin and Lan Ni.Mu Xin couldn't run fast, and Lan Ni kept turning her arm in front of her, showing a little difficulty.

"Xiao Zhao, go carry the leader on your back." Mu Li said immediately.

"En!" Lin Zhao responded briefly, and immediately ran to the front, directly carrying Mu Xin on his back, so that Lan Ni only had to run aside.

The Generalissimo in front said something on the walkie-talkie while running, and after a short while, Mu Li vaguely heard the sound of footsteps coming from behind, presumably it must have informed the large troops behind to follow along.

After running for a few minutes, they encountered the remaining four corpses, all of which looked like human skin.Suddenly, one after another screams were heard not too far ahead, followed by dense gunshots, which echoed and turned back in the tunnel, making it even more deafening.

Hearing the sound, the Generalissimo quickened his pace, and his trot turned into a quick run.At the bend of the tunnel ahead, a strange blue fluorescent light flashed suddenly, like a ghostly will-o'-the-wisp, illuminating the thick darkness in the tunnel.The will-o'-the-wisp seems to be floating in the air, looking for support like floating.Then when it found a support and attached to it, at that moment, an unprecedented blazing fire erupted. The gloomy blue fire had the ambition to devour everything, and a good person was instantly turned into a handful of ashes.

The screams came from the people who were burnt to death.And the flames spewing out from the muzzle of the gun are trying to knock down these blue deadly ghosts.After being attacked, these blue will-o'-the-wisps floated more actively, their speed increased rapidly, and their aggressiveness became stronger. In the blink of an eye, two more soldiers were hit by the will-o'-the-wisps and burned into a miserable ball of flames.

Mike was yelling, "Back! Back! Back! Go!"

After roaring, he fired a few shots into the will-o'-the-wisps in the air, and by the way, reached out to grab a prisoner beside him, and flung it out forcefully.He threw it out and ran away by himself.The soldiers immediately followed suit and kicked the captives out one after another as a shield.

A familiar scream sounded, and Mu Li and the others who were rushing over immediately recognized that it was He Yingning's voice.Immediately, Qiu Zheng's roar resounded throughout the cave, even suppressing the gunshots.

"I killed you!"

Before the incident, Qiu Zheng was standing beside Zooey, Zooey was carrying Alita on her back, Qiu Zheng was holding He Yingning, and Robin was behind.After the incident, He Yingning was the first to be thrown out, and then Qiu Zheng got kicked heavily in the back and fell out afterward.Zoe and Robin, who were carrying Alita on their backs, were not spared, and fell out one after another.

Because it was too close to those blue will-o'-the-wisps, Qiu Zheng's first reaction was not to run, but to rush forward to protect He Yingning.At that moment, she had no time to think about anything else, and just followed her body's subconscious reaction.

She closed her eyes tightly, thinking that her soul would return to the west in the next moment.Unexpectedly, after waiting for a long time, nothing happened.She bravely looked up and found that the blue ghosts had disappeared. Turning around to look at the tunnel ahead, she found that the blue ghosts were chasing the soldiers who had abandoned them.

Although she didn't know why, she breathed a sigh of relief. Before she could stand up, she heard the sound of chaotic footsteps, and the Grand Marshal arrived with people.

Mu Li asked with concern:

"It's okay!"

"It's okay." Qiu Zheng shook his head, helped He Yingning stand up, and then went to see the other three people. Seeing that no one was injured, his heart sank in suspense.

"What the hell?" someone asked.

"It's ghosts, those idiots!" The generalissimo was furious, and continued to lead the team forward quickly, regardless of other things.

Lan Ni suddenly laughed, she shot when she met a ghost, she really wanted to die, don't you know that this kind of creature likes flammable things the most?The gunpowder smell from the group of soldiers after shooting was simply the best target for ghosts.It's no wonder that the Generalissimo was so angry that he blew his beard and stared. The team led by Major Mike was so stupid.