Chapter 31: The Fox and the Tiger 6200
The edge of the Lookout tribe, in the underground cavern where the exploration team is located.
The caster sat in front of a rudimentary, but still revealing a high-end and advanced atmosphere, staring at the screen in front of him with a serious and serious gaze.
"Penetrate the epidermis of the mother tree of life, and the sap is taken...... The mother tree of life was well developed, and the energy level of sap reserve per unit was 34% higher than the average. β
"Corresponding to the type of Mother Tree of Life provided by the Elves of the Far South, it is determined that the Mother Tree of Life is the most popular 'Type 3 Mother Tree' during the Glorious Era, and it can be basically determined that this elf is indeed a remnant of the Glorious Era."
When he said this, the caster couldn't help but laugh and said, "Good fellow, this mother tree is quite strong, ordinary mother trees need a water-rich environment to grow smoothly, I didn't expect it to grow so big in the saline-alkali land by the sea." β
"Don't say it, let's take a look at the follow-up analysis." The alchemist, who was half elven blood, at least when he was born, urged, "Look at the state of chaos erosion, this is the right thing. β
The mother tree can absorb all the energy within a radius of several kilometers and tens of kilometers, and will accumulate the absorbed impurities in the collective body, and gradually send out in the form of bark, the ancient elves once transplanted the mother tree to the mine, and burned the bark and metal-rich leaves to obtain metal, which is also the reason why the elves who almost never mine can obtain metals and become an iron civilization.
Because of this, if there is chaos pollution in a place, the mother tree will definitely be the first to be eroded.
Everyone in the elite team knows very well that the so-called 'otherworldly disease' is simply another term for chaos erosion, which proves that in addition to the chaotic power contained in the heavenly September, this land should have been polluted, and checking the pollution level of the mother tree is the fastest way to know the degree of pollution of this land.
However, just as the priesthood and the knight were bored watching from the sidelines, and even began to play guessing boxing, suddenly, the caster exclaimed, "Impossible! β
"Chaos Erosion Concentration...... 75%οΌοΌ β
The caster's eyes were wide open, and he was afraid that he would misread even one number, but after looking back and forth several times, he had to admit that the number on it was indeed seventy-five percent, not seven .5 percent, but it was precisely because of this that he became more and more difficult to accept: "This is already the danger threshold...... Thousands, ten thousand times!? β
The chaotic power is difficult to be completely eliminated, even in the current Mycrof Continent and the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrifice Ground, there is still a little chaotic power penetrating into the deepest part of the earth, but that level of chaos can no longer affect the daily life of intelligent life, and if the chaotic power of the Microf world is used as the standard threshold, then the chaotic power in the body of the Mother Tree of Life is 11,000 times normal!
What is this concept? Throw a rat in such an environment, and in a few hours you will see a rat troll coming out of the oven.
"What?!"
Hearing this, not only the alchemist, but even the priests and knights on the side jumped up, and the four of them looked at the screen together, the numbers and terms on it were extremely complicated, but even the knights with the lowest level of education could understand that between the lines, every gap was full of 'danger'!
"Where is this Mother Tree of Life! It's a hotbed of chaos - but why can't we feel any chaos magic? β
The priest directly bent down and grabbed a handful of soil from the ground, he closed his eyes and stared, feeling the various trace amounts of energy contained in the soil, and after half a sound, he frowned: "There is no sign of chaos - this place is cleaner than the Mycrof continent!" β
Everyone used their own methods to test the environment in which they lived, and found that this was indeed the caseβthis other world was as lush as it seemed, and the environment was good and clean, and there was no danger at all except for the heavenly September.
"Could it be...... The chaos in the elf's body has been transmitted to the mother tree? The knight guessed: "After all, with the information obtained by the captain, these elves have different degrees of chaos erosion in their bodies. β
But the alchemist shook his head and explained: "No, this is the only impossibility - not to mention the size of the mother tree, the chaos magic that can make tens of thousands of elves die violently can also infect at most one of its branches, when the mother tree is created, it itself has an extremely strict self-protection system, and will strictly screen the entry and exit of energy, after all, if any elf can infect the mother tree with chaos power, then doesn't it mean that if there is a traitor who desperately instills the poison of chaos, he can easily destroy a large group of elves?" β
This is of course impossible. Therefore, the alchemist frowned, and cautiously deduced: "It is not so much that the elves infect the mother tree in reverse, but I think that on the contrary, it is the elves who connect the spirit through the mother tree, and the chaos is infected by the mother tree...... This necessitates an unusually large source of infection, and that source of infection is not on the surface. β
Speaking of this, the alchemist narrowed his eyes and looked at the ground, and he said softly, "...... That must be underground. β
The other three thought about it for a while, and suddenly understood.
The rhizomes of the mother tree are vast and spread very deeply. Just a mother tree can stabilize the water and soil within a radius of several kilometers, and its rhizomes can be directly inserted into the groundwater and mineral veins thousands of meters deep in the ground, and even directly absorb the magic of lava to grow, this is the Heavenly Source Divine Tree, the substitute created by the Father of God Nature for his own people, and is one of the most powerful transcendent plants in the world.
Since the source of infection of this extraordinary plant is not on the surface, there must be a source of infection that comes into contact with the rhizome of the mother tree and gradually erodes it!
"Is it a Chaos Monster, or is it the corpse of the Evil God Clan...... the priest clenched the crystal ball in his hand, and could see that there was a silver-gray holy light flickering in the crystal ball, and he had already begun to feel a little unable to resist the desire to purify: "This is the legacy of the Glorious Era, it must be the last battle of the last era, the corpses of those Chaos Monsters!" β
The other three, including the caster, nodded slightly, obviously agreeing with this guess, after all, this guess was reasonable.
Only the knight muttered: "But it's also strange, after death, it can still erode the chaotic power of the mother tree, how big should the corpse of this chaos monster be, a mountain must be more than one, is it difficult to ......"
No one cared about him this time.
Because Priest's footsteps have appeared in the entrance and exit of the cave.
"Captain!"
Everyone got up and turned their heads in unison, looking at the entrance of the cave, the alchemist wanted to go out to greet him, but suddenly stopped: "Wait, this voice ......"
How can there be a second person's footsteps?
Soon, as the footsteps approached, the figures of Priest and Sur appeared in front of the eyes of the four of them, and they came to the cave.
And Priest didn't wait for his team members to tease, 'Why did you bring an outsider back, I'm afraid it won't be an outsider in the future' or something like that, he looked serious and lowered his voice and said, "Ready, let's go right away and go to the Akra Crux." β
ββ¦β¦ Why so suddenly? β
The spellcaster was about to report the Chaos Erosion he had just obtained to Priest at this time, but he suddenly didn't expect his captain to be so resolute: "And ......" He turned his head and looked behind Priest with some hesitation, and at this time he was curiously looking around Sur.
"She? Wizard. The mountain road is complicated, we act at night and leave early, and we need a local to lead the way. β
Priest knew the doubts of his teammates, but at this time, he didn't know why his mind was clear and his inspiration was jumping, and it was difficult for him to explain the series of methods that he had just suddenly thought of, but Priest's pupils shrank when he received the caster's chaos report or: "75%?" So serious? But it also means that I am right, we have to get out of here as soon as possible and go to the Accra Junction. β
"Wait, Captain, you must have your reasons for doing this, but why don't we wait and let these elves send their history over?"
Although the priest didn't know why his captain was in such a hurry, he had already packed his luggage and began to prepare to put on the magic armor that had been recharged with great difficulty in the past few days, and it was obvious that he couldn't bear it anymore and didn't want to stay in this small cave anymore.
"Their historical records are a pile of waste paper, what is there to collect the history of this group of tribes who had no desire to progress for a thousand or two thousand years or even a few years ago - and according to my observations, it is almost time for this group of elves to sacrifice and eliminate the chaos erosion in the clan, and the chaos concentration in the mother tree you said proves my judgment."
At this point, Priest spoke to Sur, and then he himself began to put on his own set of magical armor, and the young warrior's voice became dull after putting on the helmet: "Moreover, I have thought of a good way to evade the Accra Junction authority judgment - we may be able to get the database of this ancient ruin directly, why care about a group of elves!" β
"Okay, you're the captain anyway."
At this point, the others shrugged their shoulders indifferently, anyway, they didn't have any urgent tasks to complete now, since Priest swore that he had a way to cross the authority, then believe him, the relationship between their five-person team was needless to say.
So soon, after a few minutes, the five people who had sorted out all the equipment and materials were wearing magical armor and walked out of the tunnel in turn, and Suer, who was sitting on the shoulder of the Priest's armor, exclaimed in a low voice, and said happily in a deliberately low voice: "Oops, it's a little cool to sit upβbut this feeling is unexpectedly not bad!" β
"It's not bad now, it's going to be fast, don't be too upside." Priest chuckled, and then, turning to his teammates, he whispered, "Let's go!" β
In the next moment, five pitch-black shadows could be seen, and they disappeared into the deep darkness of the woods.
"Chief, let them go?"
In the forest not far away, the deer-crowned elf stared at this scene, and beside him, two whole groups of elven archers were ready to attack, and one of the leading archers asked in a low voice.
"It's okay to go...... Elves who can't fit into us, and humans who don't want to fit in, may be the same kind of people. β
The deercrown elf lowered his head, looked at the trace of the otherworldly disease on his arm, and laughed indifferently: "Suer can't share the otherworldly disease with us, and he can't transfer the otherworldly disease to mine...... Because of this, if she dies outside, she will not infect her companions...... Let her go, she's alone, so she's free. β
"We're going to start planning for the sacrificial ritual - the change in the Holy Mountain a few days ago may be just to remind us of that."
And at this time, in the woods.
"On the left, go around that gorge, then turn the mountain road on the right, and we'll go through the trail, a little faster...... Oops, you're so fast, much faster than me! β
Priest ran at the front, and on his shoulder, Thor grabbed his helmet with one hand and cheerfully pointed the way: "Over there, on the other side is a gathering place for a group of demon bears, although you are not afraid, but it is a waste of time." β
If it weren't for the lack of flying cars, the speed would definitely be faster. Priest couldn't help but think of their specially modified flying car, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
Now, after knowing the true face of the Accra Hub, it is easy to guess the reason why the flying car fell back in the first place - there is no doubt that the top of an important facility like the space-time hub is a no-fly zone, and they flew over it with a big grin, and it was lucky that they were not burned to ashes by a dead light, but they were just drained of energy and fell back, which was really lucky.
So this time, they honestly walked over to the ground, and Priest also planned to try to see if the method he thought of was useful.
"I hope what the teacher says is true...... But don't just say it! β
He thought silently in his heart.
Along the way, the five members of the elite team were speechless, and could only hear the sound of Sur pointing the way, and with various mountain trails approaching, everyone soon came to the foot of the former sacrificial holy mountain, which is now the location of the Akra Far.
If the once sacrificial sacred mountain is a real mountain, then the space-time hub with the crust of the rock peeled away is a huge structure comparable to the mountain.
The latter is more shocking than the former.
Even from a distance, you can clearly see the full picture of the Accra Space-Time Hub, which is a rounded, silver-colored metal building dominated by three inverted U-shaped vaults, it is about two meters high, and a large number of structures are buried under the rocks, and the whole building stands in the middle of the mountains, like a titan god supporting the sky.
A gentle silver energy curtain enveloped it, and a holy aura could be clearly felt coming from within.
"It's huge."
Priest sighed.
Bigger than the royal court of the Star Shepherd.
Bigger than a real mountain.
But even such a huge building, a building made entirely of Mithril alloy, existed in more than one in the past era, and even many, all over the heavens and all worlds.
The power of glorious civilization is shocking and impressive.
However, when Priest and others came over today, they did not look up to the great deeds of the ancients, and felt that the things in front of them were huge.
Soon, with the powerful mobility of the magic energy armor, everyone came to the foot of the mountain again, in front of a layer of translucent, almost invisible energy ripples.
"That's pretty much it."
Priest stopped, he lowered Sur from his shoulder, then approached this layer of ripples, and whispered: "This was the thing last time, after scanning us, it threw us directly to tens of thousands of meters away - it was not clear at that time, but now it seems that it should be some kind of energy position." β
"As long as you enter this range, you will have to be scanned by the Accra Junction, and we can't enter it at all with gold-level clearance."
On the side, the caster took off his helmet and shook his hair, staring at the ripples, and said, "Captain, I don't believe you when you say you have a way to hide from the Accra Junction...... But now, it's time to tell us about your plans, right? β
Hearing this, the other three members of the team also turned their heads in unison and looked at Priest with a curious expression.
At the beginning, the five of them had personally experienced the power of the invisible ripples, and according to the estimation of the priesthood, this may be some kind of holy light, or even a high-end use of the power of order, a great spell used to detect the concentration of chaos and individual strength, if there is no extreme will-level power, there is no way to resist.
And if there is a force of extreme will, why resist? The Hub will naturally let him in.
On the side, who couldn't understand what the group of people were saying, Sur also coaxed: "Yes, tell us!" β
"It's actually quite simple, but we didn't think of it...... Knight, repair the pillar of light is with you, take it out and give it to me! β
"Huh? Oh!!!! β
The intelligence of the five members of the elite squad is not low, even the knights who are often ridiculed, the actual assessment level is one hundred and fifty points, and the average score of the exam paper is more than one hundred and forty, and most of the things they can't think of are just misunderstandings, resulting in inability to think of them.
But if the reality is now, if someone pierces this layer of window paper, then everyone will understand it in an instant.
"Awesome, Captain!"
The knight handed the prototype of the restored pillar of light, a silver metal cylinder, to Priest, and said with sincere emotion: "You are worthy of being the disciple of that adultβno, it is precisely because you are a disciple of that adult that you want to get it!" β
The clergy and spellcasters on the side also nodded: "Indeed...... After determining that this thing could not connect to the world of Mycrof, we ignored it, and we didn't expect it to be of such use. β
"Captain, awesome!"
And Priest didn't care about the sycophants of his teammates, he just took the repair pillar with a serious expression, and then read the eulogy to activate it.
Then, he whispered: "Don't be in a hurry to pat yourself on the back nowβit's not sure if it can be done yet, and it's not too late to cheer when you succeed." β
Having said that, in reality, Priest was ninety percent sure of his own operation.
The essence of the Repair Pillar of Light is actually a mass of steel that Joshua split out of that automatically runs, that is, the Repair Pillar of Light is, in a way, a small incarnation of the legendary powerhouse Count Radcliffe.
Last time in World One, Joshua relied on this group of incarnations, so he was able to cross the realm and block the black fog that was going to kill the elite team...... Maybe many people think of it as a prop similar to summoning beacons, and feel that there is no way to connect to the world of Microf, and repairing the light pillar is useless except for repairing, but Priest is different.
He knew that he had repaired the essence of the pillar of light, and he had also thought of ways to use this essence to accomplish his goals.
That's 'borrowing power'.
Soon, three minutes passed immediately, and Suer poked at the ever-growing and expanding pillar of repair light, and at the same time sighed with words such as 'It's so soft' and 'It's so elastic'. The elite team watched as the pillar of repair light gradually turned into a cylinder more than three meters high and two meters in diameter.
"It's almost time."
After making sure that the repair light pillar was fully unfolded and turned into a cultivation pool that seemed to be a pillar of light, but was actually a condensed mass of steel power, Priest denied himself from the magic armor, and then stepped into it.
He felt that his body was wrapped in a warm force, like half of the deep sea, and the invisible force quickly repaired the dark wounds inside his body.
It's so comfortable, it's like soaking in a hot spring...... No, it's a hundred times more comfortable than soaking in a hot spring.
Priest couldn't help but sigh a little, this feeling of repairing injuries in the body is more comfortable than any entertainment I don't know how many times, this kind of perfection and improvement from the essence of life, I am afraid that the pleasure of taking magic potions is greater, if it is not for his strong will, I am afraid that he may be obsessed with the pleasure of repair.
With this in mind, he took control of his body, causing the pillar of repair light to move forward in accordance with his movements.
Rumble!
A heavy sound rang out, crushing even a portion of the rock beneath the repair pillar of light.
But Priest was like this, covered with a pillar of repair light, slowly, step by step, approaching the layer of invisible ripples in the Akrava hub.
Both Sur and the members of the elite squad held their breath and watched this scene.
Priest was the first member to try, and they didn't stop it, not because they were afraid of death. Originally, the Accra Junction would not have killed people, at most it would have thrown people tens of thousands of meters away, which was not a big deal.
The most important reason why everyone tacitly allowed Priest, who was the captain, to try first was because he was a student of Earl Radcliffe, and he was more adapted to the action under the thick force of steel than the others.
If it weren't for the elite team, but ordinary people approaching the repair light pillar, let alone feeling comfortable, the moment they entered the repair light pillar, they would be directly unconscious due to the extremely terrifying coercion, and then complete all kinds of repairs in the coma, naturally it would be impossible to act with the repair light pillar...... Even the other members of the elite team, who often met with the adult, were not sure that they would be able to move normally in the repair pillar of light.
But in any case, Priest succeeded.
He was about to come into contact with the ripples of the Accra Hub.
The silver pillar of light touched the invisible energy flow.
Suddenly, the invisible voice of the heart resounded in everyone's hearts.
"The target has been detected as an 'unconventional superlife incarnation'...... The main body of energy is the 'Power of Steel', which is judged to be the separate incarnation of the 'Earth Goddess', 'Mountain Titan', and 'Mountain God', and is judged to be the 'Power of Steel' specialization. β
"Determine that the target is not a chaotic existence, eliminate the 'hostile sign' and add the 'welcome sign'. Grant the 'Sixth Mandate of Heaven Clearance', suspend the investigation process, and start the 'Welcome Procedure'. β
"Welcome, esteemed legend, welcome to the Accra Temporal Portal, please proceed to the VIP entrance, the automated service program is ready."