my practice game

Chapter 441 The Strange Core Area

'All members of the direct squad immediately gather at the north gate. '

Lin Ze suddenly felt the nameplate in his pocket shake, and when he picked it up, he saw this message.

He pondered for a moment before he remembered that today is the 31st day of entering the assessment dungeon, which happens to be the once-a-month core area exploration day.

"I didn't expect 30 days to pass like this." Lin Ze shook his head with emotion.

For the past 30 days, he has been earning meritorious promotion sequences, but unfortunately he has only been promoted to sequence 4 deputy team assistant. This kind of promotion speed is like a rocket for the natives of the instance, but as far as he is As far as I am concerned, it is still not enough.

After all, the most critical existence of the customs clearance assessment dungeon, the disaster beast, let alone contacted it so far, has never even seen it.

Fortunately, today I can finally see it with my own eyes.

Putting away the nameplate, Lin Ze resolutely left the room and rushed towards the north gate.

After he was promoted to assistant team assistant, his clothes had been changed into a high-sequence exclusive high-level uniform. The guardians he met along the way stopped, greeted him respectfully, and voted for this new star who has recently become famous throughout the White Palace. Curious glances.

Because he was in a hurry, Lin Ze couldn't respond one by one, so he just nodded slightly, and in the end he simply accelerated his speed and rushed forward like lightning. Can't see who it is.

In less than 2 minutes, Lin Ze passed through the north gate.

As always, Luo was already waiting outside the north gate, with his back turned to him, quietly looking at the black and white satellite city in the distance.

Lin Ze looked around and found that there was no one present except himself and Luo, and he was still the second to arrive.

"team leader."

Luo turned around, nodded and said calmly, "You're here."

Lin Ze shrugged and asked, "Are we going to carry out the core area exploration mission today?"

"That's right." Luo nodded lightly, "Go to Satellite City No. [-]."

After a pause, she added, "This is the first time you have entered the core area, remember not to be surprised when you see anything inside, and at the same time, you must not be separated from your companions by more than [-] meters."

Lin Ze frowned, and was about to ask why they couldn't be separated by more than [-] meters, but he heard the sound of piercing through the air one after another behind him. Looking back, Yao Guang and others had already arrived, and they swept in front of him in an instant.

"Lin Ze took the lead again, so forget about the captain, why are you the second to arrive every time, obviously I left immediately when I was notified." Some team members saw Lin Ze and scratched their heads immediately.

Yao Guang laughed and said, "That's because Lin Ze is stronger than you."

Many team members smiled knowingly upon hearing this.

In the past month, Lin Ze's strength has won their recognition and respect. Although he is still the deputy team assistant, everyone has faintly regarded him as the second person below the captain.

"Everyone is here, let's go." Luo interrupted everyone's chatter and laughter, "Destination No. [-] Satellite City."

Everyone immediately looked serious, nodded their heads in agreement, and hurried towards the No. [-] satellite city after Luo.

During this period of time, Lin Ze often followed the team directly under him to the No. [-] Satellite City to perform tasks. He was already familiar with the road here. After arriving at the destination, he consciously came to the front of the team, slightly behind Luo Luo.

It wasn't until Luo Shi unleashed the giant long sword barrier, escorted the team through the outer ring area, and when they reached the inner ring, he rushed out of the barrier and went straight to kill the high-level dark descendants who were blocking the way.

About 10 minutes later, everyone was standing in front of the junction, and the core area was more than ten meters away in front of them. The darkness was so deep and deep that it seemed to swallow up all the surrounding light.

"Be prepared and remember not to fall behind."

Luo glanced over everyone, paused for a moment focusing on Lin Ze, and ordered in a solemn tone.

After saying that, he was the first to step towards the darkness, and his petite figure disappeared into the darkness in the blink of an eye.

And the rest followed suit.

The moment he crossed the junction, Lin Ze felt his eyes go dark, as if he had passed through a layer of foam, and when he came back to his senses, he found that he was already in a strange space.

What you can see is boundless darkness, without any light, as if the whole world is swallowed by darkness.

However, what surprised Lin Ze was that he could clearly see the figures of everyone in the team even though there was no light at all. This contradictory visual experience made him feel awkward.

"It's very strange."

Yao Guang walked to Lin Ze and said in a concentrated voice, "The light reflection here is very special. Within a hundred meters, except for the dark environment, we can clearly see ourselves and any attacks we make, but Once the distance is more than [-] meters, you can't see anything."

"So remember to follow the captain closely. Only the captain has the method to enter and exit the core area. Once you are too far away from the captain and you can't find it, you will be trapped here forever!"

Lin Ze nodded, secretly amazed in his heart, he didn't expect that the core area was so special.

Only then did he realize why Luo Hui told him not to be separated from his companion by more than [-] meters. Once this distance was exceeded, his companion would be lost, and in this environment where he couldn't even distinguish up, down, left, and right, and all he could see was darkness. , It is almost impossible to find your companion again.

"Let's go."

Luo's calm voice came from the front, strangely carrying a sense of peace of mind, everyone in the team quickly calmed down, and walked forward behind Luo.

Lin Ze looked around, pondered for a moment, and asked Yaoguang in a low voice: "What are we going to do next?"

"Looking for the beast."

Lin Ze was taken aback for a moment, but immediately came to his senses.

Dare to feel the disaster beast beyond a hundred meters and can't see it.

Isn't the so-called search similar to luck, can you really find the disaster beast by this method?
As if aware of Lin Ze's thoughts, Yao Guang explained softly: "The core area is the territory of the disaster beast, and all outsiders who enter here will move closer to its position without knowing it. It is a special rule here. .”

Lin Ze was stunned.

Yao Guang continued: "The Calamity Beast usually wakes up every other month, and our task is to go deep into the core area, find the Calamity Beast and fight with it, let it vent its excess energy, otherwise this guy will die." I can’t help but run out of the core area and return to the inner and outer rings to stir up wind and rain, and maybe a large number of dark descendants will gather to attack the White Palace.”

"Has something like this happened before?" Lin Ze asked.

"More than once." Yao Guang shook his head, "It was only later that we gradually figured out the rules."

Lin Ze nodded solemnly. This simple sentence contained the blood and lives of many guardians.

At this time, his expression changed suddenly, and he looked up as if feeling something, and saw a blue-gray arm in the darkness about a hundred meters ahead at some point.

The arm is about three meters long, including the palm and a part of the elbow. The skin is rough and dry, and it is abnormally fat, giving people a fat feeling.

In front of the team, Luo paused slightly, raised his hand and made a gesture to signal everyone to get ready for battle, and then walked forward cautiously again.

Lin Ze and the others also stepped lightly and approached the arm cautiously.

As the distance gets closer, there seems to be an invisible paintbrush drawing in the darkness, gradually revealing the part behind the arm, first the arm, the shoulder, then the feet, the torso, and finally the other arm and the head. out.

After a while, a huge monster with a head and limbs growing on a huge potato, which was 20 meters high, was round and gray all over, jumped into everyone's eyes.

Lin Ze stared intently at the monster in front of him, and couldn't help but stagnate slightly.

The appearance of this meatball monster looked funny, but he didn't feel that way in his heart at all. When his eyes fell on the opponent, he felt a primitive ferocity and cruelty rushing towards his face, and a chill shot up his back in an instant. It almost made him unable to hold back and directly transformed into a Rising Sun Flame Dragon.

Fortunately, Lin Ze was not a rookie who had just experienced the battle, so he immediately suppressed the throbbing in his heart, took a deep breath, and quickly regained his composure.

Several nearby team members have been paying attention to his performance, and they can't help but secretly marvel at the situation.

Yao Guang patted Lin Ze on the shoulder, lowered his voice and exclaimed: "Your heart and perseverance are really amazing. When I saw the Calamity Beast for the first time, I was so frightened that I attacked it with all my strength. If the captain didn't kill me Stop it, I'm afraid I will go straight to kill the disaster beast."

When the rest of the team members heard this, lingering fear flashed across their faces. Obviously, they had the same experience.

Lin Ze glanced at Luo when he heard the words, just happened to see her facing him, and took back Wei Wei's steps, and immediately understood in his heart.

After a pause, he couldn't help asking again: "In this case, why didn't you tell me in advance?"

"It's useless to talk about this kind of thing in advance. You can only understand it if you experience it yourself. Besides, only by doing this can you test your character to the greatest extent so that you can decide how to arrange your position in the next battle." Yao Guang Spread your hands together.

Lin Ze frowned, listening to Yao Guang, it seems that he will encounter a similar situation in the battle with the Calamity Beast?
However, there was no time for detailed inquiries at this time. As the direct team approached within 30 meters, the hill-like meat ball monster seemed to have finally sensed their arrival and turned around slowly.

The eyes and nose of this calamity beast are almost invisible due to the fat. Only a large mouth full of fangs is particularly eye-catching, which occupies almost one-third of the size of the face.

His eyes fell on the people in the team directly under him. The Calamity Beast paused for a moment, then opened its mouth wide open, let out a deafening roar, moved its body with difficulty, and with rumbling heavy steps, rushed towards them like a chariot charging come.

"Get ready to fight, pay attention to the distance between each other!"

Luo's steady and powerful calm voice came from next to his ears. Lin Ze looked up and saw a huge translucent long sword condensed four or five meters above the girl's head at some point, and waved forward with her palm. , the giant sword roared out, and the harsh sound of piercing the air tore through the surrounding silence, and stabbed at the disaster beast along with the air waves.

From the bloated size and sluggish movements of the Calamity Beast, it can be seen that its agility is extremely low, and it can't dodge Cailuo's attack at all.

In fact, the Calamity Beast had no intention of dodging, and charged forward directly against the giant sword, allowing the giant sword to hit its chest like a cannonball, exploding countless gray flesh and blood, splashing blood.

In an instant, there was a huge gap in its chest that was bloody and bloody.

Then the blood at the wound stopped flowing out in the next second, and the blue-gray flesh wriggled violently, proliferating and expanding rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. In just a few seconds, the wound on the Calamity Beast's chest was healed and restored to its original state.

Lin Ze couldn't help taking a breath, this recovery ability is too abnormal.

Yao Guang and the others had gotten used to it, and launched an attack without changing their faces.

All of a sudden, colorful lights lit up in the dark space, and countless energy attacks overwhelmingly attacked the Calamity Beast, almost drowning it.

Since it wasn't a life-and-death battle, Lin Ze didn't intend to use the Rising Sun Flame Dragon, so he only condensed the red lotus armor and the golden blade, and rushed forward.

The blazing blade condensed from the fire of the red lotus slashed on the calamity beast's little foot, leaving only an inch-deep scorched black wound. The blood inside was evaporated instantly, but within a few seconds, there was new blood Gushing out, the scorched waste flesh was squeezed out of the wound and fell off the ground, while the new flesh quickly filled the wound, and the injury on the little foot healed in an instant.

This scene made Lin Ze secretly amazed.

On the other side, other people are also facing the same situation. No matter how serious the injury is to the Calamity Beast, it will heal in a blink of an eye.

It meant that Luo's injury still had some effect. The wound she caused was deeper and heavier, and the recovery was naturally slower.

It is precisely because of this that the Calamity Beast hates Luo especially among the crowd, leaving the others to ignore her and only chasing her to attack.

It's a pity that the Calamity Beast moved too slowly, unable to catch up with Luo's actions at all, and could only roar in vain.

On the other hand, everyone was helpless with the Calamity Beast.

More than ten minutes later, seeing that several members of the team were showing signs of fatigue, Luo Bing said in a calm voice, "Okay, that's it, we're going to retreat."

Everyone responded with a bang, and retreated one after another, no longer entangled with the disaster beast.

Seeing the enemy's retreat, the Calamity Beast relentlessly chased it up, but because it was not as fast as the people in the immediate team, it was quickly thrown away by a hundred meters. The huge figure was quickly swallowed by the darkness, and even the roar disappeared instantly.

Immediately after running for a certain distance, everyone stopped and turned their attention to Luo.

Luo stood there motionless, as if he was concentrating on feeling something.

After a while, her body suddenly trembled slightly, and there was a hint of surprise in her usually calm voice.

"The exit cannot be opened!"

Yao Guang and the others couldn't help being taken aback when they heard the words, and when they came back to their senses, they all showed confusion and panic.

"Why can't it be opened?"

"What happened?"

"Captain, try again!"

It was the first time they had encountered such a thing as being unable to open the exit, so they would inevitably panic.

At this time, Lin Ze suddenly changed his expression and turned his head to look behind him.

In the darkness a hundred meters away, a blue-gray arm reappeared.

(End of this chapter)