Bulwark of Light

2022-08-30

A blazing fire spreads everywhere.

Dissolves into hundreds of strands of fire.

Li Chen stared blankly at this scene…

My [Original Eye] is an ability that requires constant “rotation” to maintain a wide 360-degree field of vision. This is already an extremely powerful spiritual ability.

The scope of Gu Shen’s investigation is wider than his own.

Hundreds of faintly burning flames floated and swept away, surrounding the crowd.

Everyone felt a faint warmth.

“Is this the ‘S-Rank’ of Eastern Continent?”

Mo Hongyi narrowed his eyes, muttered: “This kid won’t be the kind of high spirit strength. A pervert with a high level of strength, right?”

“It’s very possible, maybe stronger.”

Zhu Xiao said softly: “In Eastern Continent, there is a young evildoer. , the name is ‘White Sleeve’, Brother Gu is now as famous as him, S-Rank is a character who can fight across borders, and cannot be judged by common sense.”

“In the third rank, spirit strength Stability is a big level higher than one’s own strength… that’s too afraid right?”

Mo Hongyi said in disbelief: “According to the current public information, the entire investigation of Legion can be done. There should be only one person in this step…”

Hearing this, Zhu Xiao laughed: “For us, it is a moat, and for this kind of evildoer, although this step is difficult, But there is still a chance to break through. I think… Brother Gu’s spirit strength may not necessarily be weaker than the ‘little monster’ in the first team.”

“That’s because you didn’t play against that little monster… “

Mo Hongyi murmured in a low voice and said, “That guy is a real pervert!”

He looked at the flames fluttering to the end of the snow wind in the distance, and his eyesight was unable to catch it. The flames scattered by Gu Shen are gone. These flames contain extremely subtle spirits, and they are purely nets used to find the way.

Even if Mo Hongyi is not a spiritual transcender, he can still feel these spilled spirit strengths, which is not very powerful.

He scratched his head and said in a voice only he could hear.

“Gu Shen … can really compare the spirit strength with that little monster?”

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The outbound task is really boring.

Even if there is a public channel, you can chat…the time on the road can still make people feel bored.

Man is not a machine, always on the road, will definitely feel tired.

Mental as well as physical.

After nearly ten days of trekking, the atmosphere of the entire team became a little gloomy. Fortunately, there were no “accidents” along the way, and the entire group successfully reached the destination of the mission.

The broken Snow Mountain known as the “labyrinth”.

From afar.

Falling snow came from the distant entrance of the canyon.

It was as if Heavenly God had cut an axe, cutting the Snow Mountain in half, revealing only a dark and deep narrow entrance.

At this moment, it is Li Chen who is in charge of detecting the fluctuation of the source material at the forward position.

[The Eye of the Source] is whirling—

“Everything is normal.”

Li Chen’s voice sounded in the command channel.

The expressions of the others in the team became obviously excited. When they stepped out of the fortress mission, the moment they stepped out of the giant wall, it meant that they might encounter danger at any time… Being able to safely reach the “labyrinth”, this This mission is half done!

Gu Shen looked at the canyon with everyone’s eyes.

He narrowed his eyes.

Although the “spiritual induction” mission along the way is a three-person rotation, in fact, he has never let go of his vigilance… The fire debris scattered by the blazing fire has no induction mission in himself. At that time, he was quietly suspended in the cold wind of the [Old World] and followed himself.

An extra layer of protection, extra peace of mind.

While looking at the magnificent Snow Mountain called “The Labyrinth”.

In Gu Shen’s heart, a strange feeling suddenly surged… He could feel it, and the fiery jumped violently.

In this labyrinth, is there something that can be linked with blazing fire?

Or, an object related to that wisp of “Pluto’s Qi” in his blazing fire?

Because of this induction, it is too weak.

Gu Shen didn’t have time to feel it carefully, and after a moment, it was disappeared, and it never came up again.

Looking back at the labyrinth, I just thought it was a silent dead thing.

The original throbbing or the induction seems to be just an illusion…

At this moment, Yuan Yuan’s voice sounded.

“Wait a minute…”

He stretched out a hand, signaling the rear of the team to slow down and stop in place.

Gu Shen looked at Captain.

This is the only “fourth rank transcender” in the team. Did he sense something strange?

“Su He, did the ‘source sensor’ react differently?”

Yuan Yuan talked to Vice Captain in the command channel.

“Everything is normal.”

Hong Zhong’s team was wiped out in the labyrinth mission to investigate Legion’s original plan, their mission was to detect the feasibility of the 38th route Sex… In theory, you won’t get out of the labyrinth, let alone see the so-called “oasis”.

So, before you travel, when making plans.

Yuan Yuan believes that Hong Zhong suffered from the “distortion” of a black hole, and that black hole is likely to be hidden in the labyrinth.

Maximum possible.

It was the “black hole” that cut off Hong Zhong’s team’s retreat, causing the Captain to order to move forward, fight to the death, and then see the oasis… It’s just this assumption, but there is an inexplicable place.

That is…how did Hong Zhong come back?

“Li Chen, from this moment on, you need to keep the [Original Eye] running at all times.”

Yuan Yuan looked at the youngster beside him.

Li Chen looked solemn and nodded, opened his silver eyes, and began to patrol all directions.

“Gu Shen…”

Yuan Yuan’s voice did not fall.

Gu Shen lifts two fingers slightly.

In this brief moment, the small fire debris hidden in the wind and snow in the distance all lit up, like a resurgence of ashes.

The sensors responsible for detecting the extraordinary source quality, as well as the two reliable spiritual transcenders in the team, ensured the safety of the next “maze mission” to open up wasteland.

The whole team, little by little, entered the long tunnel at the mouth of the gorge.

“The formation of the team has been changed – the formation of No. 3!”

The team of the 12th team slowly changed into a one-line shape.

The entrance to Snow Mountain Canyon looks narrow from a distance. In fact, its “slenderness” is contrasted with the two thick rocks. After entering the “labyrinth”, darkness is shrouded. The entrance is big enough for a team of twelve to pass shoulder-to-shoulder…but that’s the deception of perspective that terrifying.

“Captain, I sensed a very strong source quality.”

Li Chen looked solemn.

“At the entrance of the labyrinth, there is a black hole, and you must maintain the formation. Only the center line can pass here… Where the darkness is shrouded, there is an unsolvable phenomenon of ‘collapse of order’. Once the boundary is crossed , it is very likely that the ground will be swallowed with no bones left.”

Yuan Yuan warned in a low voice.

As for the exact information about the “labyrinth”, Legion and Kubao Fortress have been jointly exploring for nearly ten years, and they have concluded many rules. The current entrance position is a “rule point”.

All looked serious, following Captain cautiously.

Gu Shen’s expression remained unchanged.

The “flaming fire” he released outside sent back a specific sense…

He raised his head and looked above the entrance to the canyon of Snow Mountain.

Just where Gu Shen’s eyes fell, in the endless darkness, there is a huge black hole hidden. This route is not as difficult as the Legion intelligence investigation, as long as the “black hole” can be captured. Source mass profile.

Besides the midline, there are still other areas to walk.

It’s just…

Gu Shen didn’t say anything, he quietly followed the team and walked in third place.

The fiery flames slowly drifted in the air, and the orderly collapse phenomenon of the [Old World] was completely different from those disasters and wonders in Wuzhou… The huge black hole on the mountain rock has grown for many years and is deeply rooted.

Even the blazing fire of “always gluttonous” has no appetite for it.

Gu Shen can sense Blazing Fire’s repulsion to these Elemental Elements… I think it is his own Blazing Fire, and compares the “Ancient Elemental Essence” in this area with the Elemental Essence in the Five Continents Realm .

The source quality here is too bad.

Indeed, in an environment like the [Old World], these black holes can grow wildly and savagely, connecting all the broken rules one after another. In order to nibble off some leftovers, to really touch the “core”, simply wishful thinking.

Unfortunately.

【Old World】is really a barren wasteland.

Even if you can devour the “source quality” yourself, you will not be able to get any benefits from such soil.

The route after entering the Snow Mountain canyon is not complicated, it is a straight line.

Not long after, the darkness dissipated, and the “black hole” that was hidden somewhere was gradually left behind by everyone. Gu Shen looked back with a complicated expression and looked at the super-large black hole for the last time.

“Brother Gu, do you feel heart palpitations?” Li Chen noticed this scene and asked with a smile.

Gu Shen laughed: “Well…it was the first time I saw such a scene.”

He didn’t dare to say it, and when he looked back at it, he secretly felt regret and pity.

It’s really a pity… If the disorderly order that wraps around that black hole is broken and no longer exists, then your “blazing fire” will definitely be able to feast on it!

“The ‘black hole’ in this labyrinth is indeed a ‘big guy’.”

Yuan Yuan spoke, both of his hands pressing the two knives, already done Ready to enter the battle-ready state at any time, at this moment, a shallow Blade Qi was wrapped around him, and he said softly: “I have followed Captain Zhongyuan on hundreds of missions, large and small disasters, black spots, black holes, and I have seen the world… no Several missions, comparable to this maze, have so many ‘regular points’, regardless of the number, almost all of these ‘regular points’ have been rated as ‘severely dangerous’.”

“ …Severe danger?”

Gu Shen frowned.

“‘Black spots’ and ‘black holes’ also have levels, like the one at the entrance just now, with more than one layer of law on the surface, ordinary [Apostles] can’t purify it, it’s a ‘severe danger level’ ‘.” Yuan Yuan calmly said: “It’s like the rating of extraordinary abilities, the rating of this kind of black hole is probably equivalent to ‘A-Rank’, even if Lord A’er arrives here with a token, he can only choose to avoid it. Respect its rules.”

“Is it equivalent to A-Rank…”

Gu Shen muttered in his heart.

It’s no wonder that his “blazing fire” is not interested in it at the moment.

It’s the reason the risk factor is too high —

I don’t want to eat it, and I can’t eat it.

“By the way, ‘Phiyue City Fortress’ is equivalent to the collapse point of ‘S-Rank’.” Yuan Yuan said meaningfully: “Sir Empress chooses to let it grow, which is not really wise. If you immediately choose to ‘eliminate’, Piyue City will not be what it is today.”

Gu Shen fell silent for a while.

He knows what the Moon City is like now…

It was a fortress that was once solid!

It is now a ghost town!

Everyone was evacuated, and General [Rusty Bone] led the Legion, who was responsible for guarding the fortress to fight against accidents that might occur at any time in the disaster.

“But…we all believe in Sir Empress’s decision!”

Yuan Yuan laughed, saying: “All the people of Beizhou are waiting for your teacher, for this land Bringing back good news. Hope we can find clues about Mister Shu this time!”

Gu Shen slowly nodded.

After the team left the entrance of the canyon, they changed their formation again, still the familiar No. 7 formation.

The darkness fades away.

In its place…a dazzling snowstorm, large swaths of white snow flying between the dry mountains and cliffs, the entire world was separated from the darkness and immersed in a morbid fiery.

Original Armor’s mask adjusted its brightness to cope with this dazzling spectacle.

A broken boulder cut off the straight line of the canyon. After Snow Mountain was cracked, four entrances in different directions suddenly burst out… And the horror is that Gu Shen is in these four At the entrance, four different “black holes” were sensed.

In this brief moment, he finally understood why the mission was named “The Labyrinth”.

From this moment, it is equivalent to doing multiple-choice questions.

Next will be one fork after another. It’s hard to imagine what choices were made by the first batch of transcenders who arrived in the labyrinth…and what kind of beliefs they trudged forward.

Just looking at the fork in the road in front of you makes people feel a burst of despair.

“The next route will be very complicated.”

Yuan Yuan said softly: “Investigating Legion has carried out hundreds of missions to get out of the fortress…only to conclude such a'” Route’.”

He took a deep breath.

This section is the most difficult road… The number of “black holes” that follow will increase greatly, and the laws that have been summarized may also change. Everyone is holding their breath and moving forward cautiously.

The ten-day trek out of the fortress, the “nervousness” I experienced is not worth mentioning compared to this moment…

It’s no wonder that the public chat channel is so lively when you just leave the giant wall.

The previous trek was just a “warm up”!

Now is the time to face life and death!

One wrong step can bring huge trouble to the whole team.

Gu Shen’s spirit has never been so concentrated. He can’t control much “fiery fire”, but now there are 30% of the fire debris, dissipated in the wind… This is terrifying thing.

These flames were engulfed by the “black hole” at some point.

Along the way, Gu Shen saw many strange and bizarre “regular points”, some of which, even when investigating Legion, didn’t touch the clear pattern, but just concluded a vague “Away from” range.

It’s just… Your own “flaming fire” is different.

Although these flames have disappeared, I can vaguely perceive the general pattern of those black holes.

Gu Shen just followed the team forward, groping silently.

This section of the road is really long.

Yuan Yuan took the two teams and made choices at fork after another, continuing the route ahead of Maze 38…

A few hours later.

Everyone’s speed slowed down.

Gu Shen noted.

Li Chen’s complexion, while tense, was already a little pale.

The high-intensity operation of [Original Eye] is a heavy load on spirit strength… He began to quickly consume nutrients and mental supplements, and the rest of the team was not in much better condition. .

The transcenders of Beizhou are indeed very physically fit. These people are born in a freezing environment. They are sturdy in their folk customs and brave in battle. They are only in the “spiritual” cultivation. rough.

There is no such great Breathing Technique in Beizhou as “Breath of Spring”.

These elite warriors, even Li Chen, an excellent spiritual genius who ranks top in the Legion survey, are a little bit worse on the cultivation of Breathing Technique.

Compared to Eastern Continent, these people have stronger combat ability, but Spiritual Cultivation skills are much weaker.

Gu Shen looked at the far side of Feixue, and said softly in the command channel: “You can try to move 20 meters to the right, if you guess correctly, the power of this regular point… Continue to oppress the transcender spirit continuously, after shifting to the right, the situation will get better.”

The team members who are struggling forward, hearing this are all startled.

This section of the road was very difficult for them, and they felt more and more tense as they walked.

And Gu Shen is indeed the only one who can be considered “easy”.

“Right.”

Yuan Yuan tried it himself, and then immediately gave the order.

All teams, maintain formation and adjust positions quickly.

“Phew…”

Next moment, there was a soothing sound of exhalation in the team’s public channel…

Sure enough, after the adjustment, every Personal mental stress is greatly reduced!

If this news reaches the investigation Legion, I am afraid that most people will snort disdainfully… They will not believe that a stubborn donkey like Yuan Yuan will believe the rules and suggestions put forward by an Eastern Continent youngster.

In other words, they are even more reluctant to believe that there is such a miraculous spiritual transcender that can break the law of “terrifying black holes” in a short period of time.

“The next intersection is to turn left, right? You can change the formation to No. 4… and then all move forward against the left end of the wall.” Gu Shen looked at Yuan Yuan, “Of course, this It’s just my suggestion.”

Yuan Yuan narrowed his eyes.

He didn’t ask how Gu Shen gave this advice… but after the entire team turned left at the fork, as Captain, he personally came to the location designated by Gu Shen to experience it.

Sure enough!

That invisible oppression is greatly reduced!

“The formation changes, the formation of No. 4!” Yuan Yuan gave the order decisively.

Next, Gu Shen relied on his own induction to give advice again… The consumption of the entire team was greatly reduced, and everyone felt incredible.

After that, Gu Shen’s “suggestion” was turned into an order by Yuan Yuan without a word.

No one thought this maze mission would be so efficient!

Soon.

The “record point” of the last mission is reached.

Because of the “suggestions” given by Gu Shen, the mental state of the entire team has been kept quite good.

“Thanks…”

Li Chen can’t remember, this is the first time he has said these two words.

This guy is an amazing person.

The trek along the way.

Unconsciously…everyone’s “view” of Gu Shen changed.

Perhaps it was because in many long dark nights, those firefly-like flames illuminated the darkness, giving this expedition team a little light of its own to look for.

Gu Shen was just laughed and didn’t say anything.

The huge black hole behind him, the mental oppression brought by him, has disappeared.

Clearly, the team has come to a fairly safe position.

He narrowed his eyes: “The front…is the elite team led by Hong Zhong, has it reached the end?”

The wind and snow became less intense.

Yuan Yuan’s toes touched something, he frowned and exerted his strength lightly, a body buried in heavy snow exposed the snow.

“Corpse?”

With the snow on the surface of the corpse, Yuan Yuan swung the knife away… The entire team fell into silence.

These people watched the corpse silently.

“Old Yao…”

Yuan Yuan put away his saber and squatted down, his eyes were a little wet.

He took a deep breath and stared at the dry cheeks of his former comrade-in-arms. The owner of this corpse was one of the veterans investigating Legion’s second team.

The entire team of explorers was filled with icy sadness.

One of the goals of the labyrinth mission is to find the remains of former comrades.

Soon.

The snow has been removed all around.

“Fortunately”, there were five corpses in total… none of them diminished.

These are all teammates of the Hongzhong elite team!

These corpses are placed together. If the mission goes well, the team of explorers will return to the fortress with the corpses of these comrades in the presence of abundant energy and fuel.

“Not quite right…”

Gu Shen looked at these freshly unearthed “corpses” and fell into thought.

“Their origin armor doesn’t seem to be damaged… This shows that they didn’t experience battles before, but they didn’t fight, why did they die here?”

This As soon as the words came out, the transcenders in the team began to examine the corpse again.

“No…Old Yao’s source armor has scars.”

Yuan Yuan, who was crouching in front of the corpse, his eyes lit up, he said in surprise, “It’s a knife wound… Also, Old Yao’s backup energy was taken away?”

Gu Shen came to Old Yao’s body.

He looked at the corpse… The location of the stab wound was not on the chest, but on the back. He stabbed cleanly, penetrated the back, and stabbed out of the chest. Because of the sharpness of the knife, Only a small crack remains!

Under the frost, this crack was squeezed and closed, and it was difficult to detect it if it was not carefully inspected.

Li Chen’s voice trembled a little: “Who… made the knife?”

This is a very cruel question.

But… also a very real question.

The team members who were immersed in grief stared at the knife mark and fell into a dead silence one by one.

Only Gu Shen answered Li Chen’s question.

He spoke softly and asked back, “Who left here alive?”

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