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Today.

Xu Jiu is undoubtedly a professional peculiar area explorer. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is experienced and knowledgeable.

Neither the seabed city in the depths of the deep sea nor the activated earth in the world of awakening have made him feel such weird.

Across the barrier of different light, everyone appeared on a wide road paved with black-gray stone bricks.

Although Zheng Yi has already learned about the urban ruins in the Crown-level Special Zone, Xu Jiu's attention is still inevitably attracted by the urban ruins when he actually sees it.

This is a gloomy but delicate city.

I don't know if it was a coincidence or some other reason, it was also raining in the Crown-level Special Zone.

A rain curtain from the dim sky enveloped this black-gray city.

Yes.

Whether it is a street or most of the buildings in the eye, the construction materials used in them all present a peculiar dark gray.

The texture does not look like ordinary stone, but with some agate properties.

It is said that this architectural tone matches the current weather, coupled with the deserted streets and quiet houses, it will only make people feel depressed.

However, the appearance of these buildings without exception is very delicate, the embedded doors, the facades of the houses decorated with patterns, the obvious carved terraces and the bay windows inlaid with crystals, without exception It shows a refined and elegant architectural style.

This is like a tomb built into a palace, giving people a very contradictory feeling...

Zheng Yizhen standing at the forefront Shizheng looked around and suddenly jumped up and landed on the house on the side of the street. Xu Jiu signaled that the others were at the High Level of the street, and he followed.

Get rid of the occlusion of street buildings, a city with an extremely large area is displayed in front of the two of them.

Zheng Yi looked everywhere, obviously looking for a target, while Xu Jiu was more observing the layout of the city’s ruins.

Look along the wide straight street, looking through the laneway, over the bulbous dome, and the spire. It is worth noting that there are many squares in this city.

Even at a constant distance, Xu Jiu still noticed all kinds of strange statues standing in the square. They may be the gods enshrined in the city, but the appearance looks inhuman and the color is not The unexpected black and gray...

His eyes turned to the edge of the urban ruins.

To the west of the city is a port, which is one of the destinations of this trip. The expedition team must take the ships that will dock at that port before they can go to the sealed area.

Yes, there are ships in the port in this peculiar area, but there are no ships docking at the moment, and according to Zheng Yi, you must get it first if you want to board the ship. "Ferry ticket" only available in the remains of the city!

This statement may sound a little unimaginable.

Who is at the helm of the ship in the port?

Where did the boat tickets in the remains of the city come from?

When Zheng Yi mentioned this to Xu Jiu for the first time, the latter's face was full of surprise, "Really, I don't believe it".

However, Xu Jiu has experienced the adventures of Yuanhai and Lingxue world. Anything peculiar in the special zone, especially the crown special zone, is normal. Xu Jiu can only convince himself for the time being. Believe in Zheng Yi's plan.

Farther away from the port, which is the lower reaches of the river, stands a desolate gray mountain range, which gives people an unclear feeling.

"I found it, the temple in the south-east direction is there!"

Zheng Yi raised his finger to the target location, and Xu Jiu's gaze shifted.

At the center of the entire city ruins, there is a magnificent temple located in the center of a huge circular square.

At a glance, Xu Jiu knew that this building is definitely the core of the entire city’s remains. The giant Divine Idol standing on the square confirms this.

Not only that, Xu Jiu quickly noticed that the streets of the entire city radiated everywhere around this square.

"Ferry ticket, in this temple?"

To roughly determine the location, Xu Jiu couldn't help asking.

"The ferry ticket I mentioned is actually a kind of voucher. When we were exploring, we discovered that a giant three-masted sailboat appeared every three hours in the port, and those invisible Passengers often board the ship with a'ferry ticket', which is a badge with a special imprint."

It has been more than a month since the last exploration, plus a long coma, Zheng Yi is in Explaining to Xu Jiu is also trying to distinguish the most reasonable route to the temple.

Returning to the street, Zheng Yi, who had a rough route in his heart, began to organize the team.

Five occultists were arranged in the middle of the team. Zheng Yi and Zong Ze opened the way in front. Albert and Madeleine each brought an apostle from Hidden Turtle Peak to guard both sides. , Xu Jiu is at the end and is responsible for the safety of the rear.

Along the right side of the street, the team was very quiet, only the collision of weapons and clothes was mixed with the sound of rain on the long street.

Although Zheng Yi said that during the first half of the operation, that is, there are not too many dangerous creatures in the city ruins, as long as you pay attention, there will be no big problems, but because of the spread of evil energy, who There is no guarantee that this situation has been changed.

Xu Jiu, who walked at the end, kept his eyes on the building next to him. He remembered that Zheng Yi said that there were still a large number of invisible "people" living in the city ruins, so he was unique from entering the crown. After the district, they began to consciously search for traces of their existence.

However, until now, he has not seen any artifacts or traces of biological activity floating in midair.

Be aware that it’s raining now. If there are invisible creatures on the street, the rain will be blocked, but the reality is that except for the expedition team, the rest of the street is just empty. .

The interior of the buildings is not much different. Because of the dim light, Xu Jiu can hardly see the interior of the buildings. He can only barely judge that the interiors of these buildings are just empty and gloomy.

The team turned the first corner under the leadership of Zheng Yi without any accident.

There is no monster, no natural phenomenon, and there is no imaginary evil energy erosion. Some are just continuous ringing in the ears, and the fine sound of rain colliding with the street and buildings.

This ruin seems to have entered a strange state of stillness, but Xu Jiu always feels that there is something else hidden in this silence.

Like the calm before the rainstorm...

Every time he walks a distance, Zheng Yi will jump on the roof to determine his current position.

Fortunately, because the sealed wonder has been loaded into a space wonder in advance, the team's speed is not too slow.

Half an hour later, the dome of the temple in the center of the square gradually appeared in front of everyone.

Zheng Yi is still at the forefront of the team. The quietness of the road did not make him feel at ease, and even his heart became more and more unreliable.

As a person who came here for the second time, he knew exactly what existed in the ruins of this city. Now they or "them" suddenly disappeared thoroughly. Is it really a good thing?

It’s just that I’m here now. It’s impossible to look back. Zheng Yi has to turn around again and tell the players behind him not to relax his vigilance. He wants to see Xu Jiu’s state, but he finds that he is walking at the end. He was holding a thermos with a small mouth in his hand.

With the presence of a gas mask, the rain cannot get close to him.

After realizing that he had been found, Xu Jiu did not hide it, shrugged, and put the thermos containing the Invader Grade alienated beast broth back into the backpack. He just closed the zipper of the backpack and swept his eyes unconsciously. Crossing the street, suddenly frowned.

"Stop!"

With a loud shout to stop the team, Xu Jiu slammed forward two steps, looked towards Madeleine on the left and said,

"Lean to the right, pay attention to your feet...No, raise your feet and get rid of the rain!"

For Xu Jiu's sudden reminder, Madeleine didn't hesitate when she was surprised. , She raised her leg and started to shake her foot, and when she started to move, she immediately found that the simply thrown off the sides of the boots was not rain, but a sticky black jelly!

When other people saw this scene, they began to look at the street, and immediately some people discovered the weirdness of the rain under their feet.

"My legs!"

An occultist carried his trouser legs and exclaimed. Xu Jiu turned his head and looked over, only to see that the ankles of his legs were already covered by black lines. occupy.

Be aware that the street itself is paved with black-gray bricks, which makes it difficult to notice when the transparent rainwater flows in it, even if it becomes black.

"Stay in place and don't move."

Xu Jiu raised his foot and stomped fiercely, the deep azure airflow centered on him, spreading towards all directions, and it was lifted in the blink of an eye A wave of black sticky jelly converged and pushed them away, and then shouted,

"Now, hurry up and deal with the injury!"

There is Xu Jiu In the Safety Sector marked out, the other occultists immediately began to check all the ankles, and finally discovered that three people had been unconsciously invaded by these black colloids.

Faced with this sudden situation, Zheng Yi immediately decided to stop moving forward and deal with the problems on his feet first. time comes will inevitably become a burden.

"Sorry, I don't feel anything at all, these...there are evil energy reactions, they are weird!"

The occultist who first discovered the ankle problem He simply sat on the ground, and after observing the condition of his legs with his glasses, his face suddenly paled a bit.

The evil energy has penetrated into the flesh and is destroying the body!

The body has been invaded by weird creatures without noticing it. If Xu Jiu hadn't discovered it quickly, the consequences would be disastrous.

"Is there a way to get rid of it?"

Zheng Yi glanced at the squirming black lines on his ankles and solemnly asked.

"It should be possible, Chief Xu cut off the follow-up energy supply, and there is still a chance to redeem it."

The occultist who can be sent to participate in this operation is obviously also the Secret Society. The well-know figure inside, after simply inspecting the injured person's condition, immediately began to use his own ability to chant the obscure incantion in a low voice, and pulled out a short blade from his waist, wiped it with his fingers, and the blade glowed with green fluorescence.

"Did you encounter this weirdness the last time you came here?"

Xu Jiu approached Zheng Yi and asked while looking around.

"No, at that time, apart from the invisible residents in the city ruins, there were also some ordinary alienated beasts... It should be the influence of evil energy. The question is whether these black liquids are Where did it come from? It’s not that I didn’t pay attention to the surrounding rain, it’s obviously normal."

Zheng Yi, who was walking in front of the road, was not distracted from beginning to end, including rain. Inside, it stands to reason that if it is mixed with evil energy, he should be immediately aware of it.

"Rain water is normal. The weird way is to use its fluidity to spread these liquids. The source is definitely not in the sky, but somewhere around. Prepare for it. I will catch it, otherwise It’s very troublesome."

If the weirdness of this top secret is not solved, Xu Jiu will have to keep the gas shield, which is obviously unrealistic.

Crouching down, Xu Jiu looked at the black gel around his eyes that was still impacting the gas mask, and touched the street with his fingers.

Suddenly, the dim-blue flames spread wildly along the gap, igniting the weird surroundings over the gas shield, and suddenly skyrocketed, first evaporating the surrounding rainwater, leaving only those originally hidden in the water Black colloid.

Because the weirdness is not so easy to be burned to death, the flames burned backwards in a way that followed the vines. With no difficulty, I found the source of these black colloids, just ten meters away on the street. Between the crevices!

Under the control of Xu Jiu, the flame split into dozens of lines of fire, piercing through the thick masonry, plunged into the ground, swayed for a while, and then suddenly pulled out, but there was still a ball underneath. There are still most of the amorphous colloids lurking underground.

Under the burning of the flame, it constantly twisted its body, trying to get back to the ground, but it was a pity that the dim-blue flame storm rose first and burned it completely.

To deal with this kind of weirdness, even without the help of circular bead, Xu Jiu can still crush them with no difficulty!

Just looking at the flame storm that is gradually dissipating ahead, Xu Jiu has no relaxed expression on his face.

Because he wanted to kill this weird in one fell swoop, the other areas of the street where the exploratory team is located, whether it is between the bricks on the street or the gaps between the door beams of the buildings on both sides, are actually The same black colloid began to gush out.

Xu Jiu killed just one of them!

In just ten seconds before and after, these black colloids gathered together to form a humanoid body without limbs. The figure nearly five meters tall intercepted the center of the street in front of the expedition.

"Oops, our actions alarmed them..."

Before he finished speaking, Zheng Yi saw a large number of cracks suddenly appear in the space in front of him.

Correspondingly, the newly formed weird head suddenly burst into a large number of fragments as if it was hit by a sledgehammer, and splashed all over the street, along with the houses on both sides of the street. They were all "painted" for free.

"We don’t have time to waste here, no matter what this thing is, if you dare to block the way, then you have to die!"

Xu Jiu withdraws his hand. For these weird things, he even There is no idea to take a second look.