MTL - High Above-v2 Chapter 806 I... I'm a test subject? ! (7800)

  Chapter 806 I... I am a test subject? ! (7800)

  Close to the fifth energy level, or the incomplete fifth energy level. Ian is not surprised by this. Rather, it would be strange if there is no danger of this level in the super-giant pre-epoch civilization ruins with the echoes of the forerunners and the sons of the true dragon.

You must know that even in the Great Labyrinth of the South China Sea, if the Crystal Dragon and Frost Moth hadn’t died together, there would still be two fourth-level monsters in the area—and as long as the Ether Crystal Dragon grows up, it will soon erupt into its kind. Inherited from the terrifying power of the extraterrestrial behemoth 'Ether Dragon', the fifth energy level is not a problem at all!

   "Ian what did you see?"

  The King of the Mountain and other powerhouses of the fourth energy level will not enter the ruins. They will only stay in the camp at the entrance and exit to monitor the situation and rescue explorers when needed.

  Of course He also knew Ian’s identity as a prophet, so when he saw the young man standing still, he asked why.

   "It's just like what I told you with the eldest prince."

  Ian said bluntly: "There may indeed be a peak of the fourth energy level, or even a powerful dragon blood with the characteristics of the fifth energy level, or even a real dragon."

   "Is that so?" The king of the mountain was not surprised either. The beautiful woman thought for a while, then nodded slowly, "Is he the son of the steel dragon?"

"No." Ian shook his head: "It's strange to say that I didn't sense the breath of the Qigang dragon. Obviously inheriting the power of the Qigang dragon god, I can detect it immediately if I have the book of Yinyao. "

   "Don't worry too much." Anfa comforted: "The internal information blockage of the ruins is very serious, and it's normal if you don't notice it... Once there is something wrong, we will retreat."

   Those who come here to explore, who doesn't know the possible dangers? Ian just pointed out this possibility, but made everyone no longer afraid.

  The team moves on.

   The entrance arranged by Ian is a natural crack located in the southeast of the underground cavity area. Due to the perennial mining, groundwater subsidence, and geological destruction, the rock formations in the wilderness collapsed, coincidentally forming a gap that leads directly to the depths of the earth.

   Canaan Moor’s logistics personnel solidified the gap, forming a road for people to walk on.

   There are not many such cavities in Terra. The violent geological changes caused by the skyfall disaster buried many civilizations of the pre-epoch civilization, but those cities and large research institutes had defensive means. The power of these civilizations opposed the power of heaven and earth, forming one after another' maze'.

   And semi-automatic nano-automatic machines like Morion Steel are now persistently expanding the boundaries of the maze, not to mention some alien species, which naturally build nests in rock formations.

   thump thump thump. Footsteps sounded clearly as everyone descended down the solid corridor. On the cracked corridor formed by the crustal changes, there were rows of cold light lamps, which were all the way to the depths, forming a path of light.

  Following this clear and solid path of light, Ian and the others soon came to the 'edge of the ruins' 1,200 meters underground.

   One thousand two hundred meters. This is where many deep mines are located. The gold miners in those days dug all the way down to the underground cavity where the heterogeneous research institute is located—there is a wonderful amount of oxygen, fresh air, and even plants, light, water, and food. Rich, with fish and fruits and vegetables, it is like a paradise.

The miner who discovered this did not tell others immediately, but concealed the cavity, built a hut there as a resting place, and even planned to take his family there, and lived almost A happy life in seclusion.

  However, it is absolutely impossible to only have fruit trees and fish in that cavity.

   There are also monsters.

   "The air is indeed clean."

  When Ian and his party left the tunnel, the eyes suddenly opened up, and what was displayed in front of everyone was a huge and bright underground world.

There are fluorescent moss and fungi growing on the top of the rock nearly 100 meters high and on the four walls. There is an underground river rushing at the edge of the cavity, and there are also many purple-black underground plants scattered on the ground. Bears black berries, stacked like ears of wheat.

  Ian leaned over and picked a berry and crushed it. The sweet smell like grapes gushed out, but the texture was harder, as crisp as an apple.

"It tastes good." After confirming that it was not poisonous, Ian chewed it in his mouth, and then couldn't help nodding: "The taste is a bit powdery, which is not very good, but if it is boiled and turned into a pulp, and then paired with other foods, it must be called delicious. "

   No wonder the miners want to settle in this place. As long as they don't have too much desire, this place is really a peaceful place where they don't have to worry about food, clothing and drinking water.

  Here is the 'Edge of the Ruins'. In the depths of the cavity in the distance is the real entrance to the ruins of the Institute of Alien Species. Now this place should be the life-sustaining plants planted by the survivors. Even though it has been wild for more than a thousand years, it still maintains stable genetic traits. .

   "Go ahead."

   Here, Ian and his party began to put on their weapons. Ian put on the air-wrapping armor, and Isengard also put on a dark gray light armor—although it looks light, it is a kind of mithril alloy, which is extremely strong and extremely light.

  Xio and Anfa also put on the scale armor made of their own body scales. Not only are they strong, but they can also change their appearance under their power and exert powerful damage.

In contrast, Ian's air-wrapping armor looks very shabby-even if Ian has used his own technology to transform this sublimated armor, but facing top-level equipment such as Mithril Alloy Armor and Dragon Scale Armor, it is like It's like +10 blue equipment can't fight against +2 dark gold equipment anyway.

"This is not acceptable. I will book a blacksmith for you next time." Isengarde knew that Ian had the blood river weapon, but the equipment on the surface must also be advanced, otherwise there may be accidents and flaw.

   "Anfa and I can provide the materials!" Xiou was also very interested. As for the materials in her mouth... of course they are their scales.

"Thank you for your kindness..." And Ian keenly felt a strange atmosphere of "the otaku being dragged out by his current friends to buy clothes and improve his clothes". He said: "But let's talk about it after we get out... Don't start measuring my height and shoulder width now, I'm still growing, and I'm growing fast!"

   This is just a small episode. With the support of Ian's strength, even ordinary iron armor is comparable to dragon scales, not to mention that the air-wrapping armor is considered the best among blue armors, and it is enough in most cases.

There is a squad of knights following behind everyone, transporting several logistics equipment and supplies prepared in containers for them, including Ian's rechargeable rifle and magnetic storm generator, and they will follow Ian and others all the way to the second floor of the ruins It will not stop until after the 'Advance Camp'.

  Following the road in the underground cavity, the air was unusually fresh. Ian noticed that there was wind here, apparently somewhere there was a passage directly to the outside world, or a giant air purification device.

  In addition, Ian also vaguely saw that inside the many purple sorrel and moss fungi in the cavity, there were many corpses of wild beasts and warcraft... and even human corpses.

  These white bones, it can even be said that the fossils are very old. Most of them have decayed into disrepair, but the parts that survive have some special things in common.

   "It's an aberration."

Isengard also noticed these corpses, and the professional bioalchemist focused his eyes: "Some are bone hyperplasia, some are limb duplication, and some are exoskeletonized skin... This is a very primitive 'biological enhancement', using low-hazard distortion With increased strength, it only takes a few generations of culture to turn these aberrant traits into normal benign traits."

   "These corpses... are ancient."

"This proves that there must be more perfect enemies in the ruins." Anfa said lightly: "The last time I explored, I encountered a giant bone armor spider that was looking for food on the third floor. acid-breathing organs."

  Xiou didn't have any fluctuations in this, and even had a feeling of 'that's it? ’ feeling—and it is true, the distortions in these beasts and humans are really nothing compared to what He has experienced.

   "As expected of the Alien Research Institute."

  Ian sighed with emotion, and then moved on.

   Soon, in the center of the underground cavity, everyone saw what they wanted.

  A building that is buried by rock formations and does not diminish its grandeur.

  In the dim underground space illuminated by the glimmer of fungi, a huge black wall stood quietly.

   Too big.

The huge black wall reaches the dome and leads down to the earth. The rock walls on the left and right sides are also completely blocked by it. The entire underground cavity is just a part of the huge wall that everyone can see, a fragment of the whole... pitch black The huge wall occupies everyone's field of vision, as if it is endless and infinitely tall.

  The huge wall is not pure black, but has fine lattice patterns on its surface, shimmering like water.

Even if Ian does not use the silver chip, he is keenly aware that this is an extremely powerful anti-radiation material and inscription structure. This should be the outermost protective wall of the Alien Research Institute, so that it can survive the disaster after the sky falls. Structures that survived the psionic shock.

  Ian stretched out his hand to touch, and carved the structure with his own soul, while Anfa searched left and right, and found the entrance: "Here, Ian."

  The entrance is a huge damaged depression, which is obviously the result of a meteorite impact. A gray-black iron core meteorite is inlaid on the surface of the black wall, making it concave, with cracks leading to the interior.

Although it is said to be a crack, it is actually 30 meters high and more than five meters wide, which is close to a gate for humans, and the location where the meteorite is inlaid is located in an area of ​​70 meters high. There is also a huge crack there, but it is very small. Difficult to pass

   This meteorite is also very unusual. It is in the shape of a flying shuttle, and there are strong source quality fluctuations inside, which makes faint blue lines flash on the gray-black shell from time to time.

  —It's a fragment of the Gazing Moon!

   This is a disaster from the sky, the fragments of the Prospecting Moon fell to Terra, and the cracks were smashed on the surface of the Pre-Era Civilization Research Institute!

Ian's pupils condensed slightly, the disaster thousands of years ago hit a gap in the most elite research institute of mankind, and after thousands of years, the holder of the chip left by the former owner of the research institute returned to this place, and will be controlled by this A rift enters it.

  Fate, or a miracle? It is always difficult for ordinary people to distinguish between the two, and sublimated people can't figure it out either.

  Ian also really wants to take this lunar meteorite away for research. After all, it is a fragment of the Moon of Gazing, that is, the fragments of stars that have been in contact with the real power of the skyfall spacecraft and destroyed the power of the skyfall spacecraft...It is definitely of great research value.

   But this is not the time.

   "This protective layer is actually more than ten meters thick?!"

  After entering from the damaged corner of the Alien Species Research Institute, Xiou couldn't help feeling that even the high walls of the imperial capital might not be so thick. It is a hollow biomass structure inside.

"The basic communication has been interrupted." Isengard also keenly sensed that since entering the black wall, the communication to the outside world has basically disappeared completely, and there is no electromagnetic wave signal or even psionic energy that can easily pass through it and survive the skyfall. high wall of disaster.

   After all, this is a wall used to block cosmic rays and psionic energy.

   But this does not prevent the Terrans from exploring—after entering through the gap, the first thing everyone sees is not the scene inside the Institute of Alien Species, but a seven-meter-high communication base station, a small communication tower. Arcs flashed across the tower.

   "This is a communication base station built by the advance team, which can maintain communication between the first and second floors."

While logging into the communication equipment of everyone in the team at the base station, Anfa explained: "In this way, the strong outside the fourth energy level can roughly grasp the situation in the ruins, and even the third level can detect important explorers. If there is an accident, they will immediately rescue them."

   “It’s different to have professional assistance.”

Ian was a little emotional. It was not that simple when he and Isengard explored the South China Sea Labyrinth. There was neither an advance team nor a support staff. Everything was troublesome. If he hadn’t brought medicine with him, I’m afraid he wouldn’t have done it in the end. Have the strength to defeat the Hive Mastermind.

   But now? What he has behind him is the resources calculated according to the container... This is the exploration operation relying on the big forces behind it.

Passing through the crack, behind the black wall is a vast and bright river plain. On the steel dome, rows of sun lamps are shining, providing sufficient light and nutrients for the plants inside, and the artificial river provides all plants with essential Coupled with the already fairly warm temperature at a depth of more than 1,000 meters underground, this is just the most suitable temperate plain area for human beings to live in.

  Here is the first floor of the Alien Research Institute [Water Accumulation Plain].

  Based on his experience in the Great Labyrinth of the South China Sea, Ian determined that this is the outer breeding area created by the pre-epoch civilization, which is used as a buffer and also provides food and resources during the end of time. There are many harmless farmed animals in the plain, not much different from the common pigs and cattle in Terra outside, but they don't have much power.

  If there is a wild difference between wild boars and domestic pigs in the outside world, there is also a huge gap between Terra domestic pigs and pre-epoch domestic pigs. These pre-epoch domesticated animals are very docile and almost non-aggressive.

   "Hey, what kind of fish is this?"

  Xio was very interested in all of this, and she also deliberately went to see the specific meat quality of these farmed animals wandering on the grassland. After confirming that it was quite ordinary, she shook her head in disappointment and returned.

However, on the way back, she found a rather strange creature in the small river beside it—it was a stuffed fish covered with steel wool, which looked like a fish swimming in the water from a distance. The fluffy fur ball looked quite cute, so the dragon girl picked it up curiously.

   "Ian Ian! What kind of creature is this? Why does it have hair all over its body, but not much flesh and blood?"

  Although Xiou might regard Ian as an answering machine, Ian doesn't mind using his own knowledge to identify this strange creature: "Let me see..."

  Ian took the stuffed fish from Xiou. He stared at it for a long time without using his spiritual power or the silver chip. Then he suddenly laughed: "Interesting. The pre-epoch civilization is so interesting."

   "What?" Now not only Xiou's eyes widened, but Isengard and Anfa also leaned over and asked curiously: "Does Ian know what this fish is?"

Speaking of this, Anfa squeezed his chin with his hand, and said with emotion: "Scholars on my side spent several weeks and couldn't find the origin of this creature, and they couldn't figure out how the civilization of the previous era designed it. Yi Can you see it at a glance?"

"certainly."

   Saying so, Ian grabbed the stuffed fish and pressed it towards his boots: "Because this is the fish that a certain biological hairbrush from the pre-epoch civilization turned into wild!"

Click, click, the bristles of the stuffed fish are just right, and they contain a certain amount of water. They are just right for brushing shoes, and they can be cleaned easily. After brushing the shoes, Ian was dumbfounded by his companions. Throwing the stuffed fish into the river aside with his eyes: "It is a man-made biological tool that has become a real life after a long time... This feeling, although you may feel insulted."

   Turning his head, Ian looked at Xiou and Anfa, and he said sincerely: "But, don't you think this is very similar to a real dragon?"

   "Hmm... Indeed."

Anfa fell into deep thought, while Xiou pondered for a while, and said in frustration: "I can't refute it... My mother often said that his generation of true dragons is a complete life... Yes, true dragons are plainly speaking, and they are also from ancient times. The tool of the creator gradually became a real life... I was even born by my mother!"

   "Remember to say mother." Ian reminded: "The king of the mountain can see it."

   "Ah, this..." Xiou was dumbfounded, she quickly apologized, and then pretended to be a lady.

  Isengard: "Haha, fortunately my mother didn't come to see it."

  Ian sneered: "Don't be ridiculous, Mrs. Ellen is probably watching the broadcast in the imperial capital now."

   After playing around, Ian and the others moved on.

  The little fish just now can be regarded as a reminder to everyone that the ruins they are going to explore are the largest and most comprehensive "alien laboratory" in all of Terra... How many mutant and deformed monsters will exist here today, thousands of years later? This is really unimaginable.

After a period of time, you can see a lot of scattered village ruins. These village ruins can be seen to contain residential areas and storage areas. The people in the village have not given up on scientific research, and are also inheriting it... In the center of several villages, there is even a rather solid compound made of the same material as the black wall... There are words written in the common language on it.

  【Shelter School】

  “…Even in the apocalypse, the shelter still attaches great importance to education and wants to pass on knowledge and hope.”

   Watching this scene, Ian's expression became serious. The people around him, whether it was Isengard or Anfaxio, had noticed this.

They saw, in their eyes, the young man who had always had a mentality of 'nothing' and 'I'm not stronger than me' had a rare emotion called respect and awe towards the ruins in front of him...but this emotion Soon it disappeared in a flash and was taken into my heart.

   "Go ahead."

  Ian withdrew his gaze, and he said calmly, looking at the 'advance base' that was already faintly visible in the distance.

  The first two floors of the Alien Research Institute have been explored by the advance team, and all valuable things have been recovered. Today's forward base is not only a large base station for maintaining communication signals, but also an entrance to the second floor. The flat metal plate here builds a pedestal square on which many alchemical equipment operates.

  Many staff members are busy, and there are many screens in the open-air workbench, which are showing scenes from various places in the ruins.

   "Ah, Miss Anfa...Are you going to the second floor? We will open the door right away."

  When the person in charge of the camp saw Anfa, he immediately put down his work and came to see him. Facing the future successor of the Jin Deng family, Anfa of Dragon Blood, how could he not respect and fear? In particular, she has a group of well-known powerful friends around her, which makes him even more respectful.

   "No need to be polite."

  Anfa raised her hand, and she signaled the supervisor to report: "We are the seventh batch to enter, and it is already very late... The first few batches of exploration teams should have set off from other forward bases. Can you know what progress they are in now?"

   "Yes, miss, I will answer your questions right away." The supervisor immediately turned around and shouted: "Call out the progress of other exploration teams!"

   Immediately, Ian and the others saw that the screen view on the open-air workbench began to change, and it became the first-person view live broadcast of the six exploration teams in front.

  The live broadcast camera is also on Anfa. It can be regarded as the restriction that all fourth-level powerhouses jointly observe the safety of everyone, and in a sense monitor each other to avoid any key things being hidden and taken away by one party.

"Yeah." Ian observed carefully. The exploration team before them had already gone to the second floor that had not been completely cleaned up. There were still some strange objects and monsters hidden in the second floor. The battle in the courtyard.

   Among them, the fastest is not the son of Prince Carlos, the eldest grandson of the emperor, Aina Setar... but the team of the Royal Court of Heaven.

   "It's actually him who is the fastest."

Anfa also saw the scene on the screen. The Khan's young son, Garshmore, was running in the depths of the second floor. In the narrow passage, the werewolf boy was constantly fighting with the beasts and insects that sprang out of those rooms and lairs. , and many traps, which he ran over with brute force one by one.

  The power of the white wolf cub is extremely strong. The pure shock wave and strong wind are like invisible big hands, pulling out all the monsters lurking in the dark, like digging out the meat paste in a jar with a spoon. And he will also burst into power, crush those weak and useless monsters with the wind, stun those rare and rare monsters with strange distortions, throw them in place, and let his teammates and follow-up logistics personnel recover those strange beasts.

  He can split into twelve wind hands in an instant, and besides strength, his skills are also at the peak.

  He enjoys this kind of fighting and killing very much. For him, exploring dangerous ruins is as easy as playing games.

   "It's very strong..." The elf girl frowned slightly, which also made Ian raise his eyebrows: "Is there a contradiction?"

"No. Well, but it's okay." At first he denied it, but later admitted that Anfa hesitated, but in the end he told the truth: "I have been rivals with Ge Lan from the National Domain Department since I was a child... and she found The ally above is His Royal Highness Gaar."

Holding her hands in front of her chest, the elf girl was a little wary: "It's okay for Galan to talk, he knows the basics...but this Gaar is very strong. He is just playing, and he didn't use all his strength. If he encounters him in the depths of the ruins, Galan will fight with him." Together, it is enough to bring us trouble."

   "Well...it's really strong." Ian also looked at the screen for a while. This is also the only one among the first six exploration teams who shows his strength unscrupulously and is not afraid of other people's observation. competitor analysis. Even Ian has prepared a charging rifle and a magnetic storm generator to deal with enemies who do not need to use real power.

  The intelligence war has already begun in the camp!

Even Ian has to admit that Garr, who is the same age as him, has reached the second level of strength, and his real combat power may have reached the peak. The inheritance of the fifth level and the top level makes him possess far more than ordinary The combat power of the second level, if Ian, who only used one bloodline true form before the creation of the Pioneer of Steel inheritance, might be inseparable from his battle.

   But now...Ian has updated two major versions.

   "Let's go, go to the second floor."

   Smiling slightly, Ian didn't watch Gar's battle much. He turned his head and walked towards the entrance to the second floor: "They have all started to take action to obtain information about the ruins, and we can't be too far behind."

   The entrance to the second floor of the ruins is an 'elevator' located in the accumulated water plain. This elevator is similar to the maglev elevator in World Tree Capital, but it lost its power.

   The power of the ruins is still there, but many devices have lost power supply, so the staff of Canaan Moore built a real elevator here.

   However, even though the suspended elevator has lost power, the identification system is still in operation.

   "Start here."

Anfa said, she was already standing on a counter, she was familiar with the way, and she pressed her hand on the translucent crystal screen: "We are about to start testing for 'dragon blood' or some kind of 'authority'... According to the first The adventurers who discovered here once said that they obtained the 'identity cards' that allowed access to the passage from a corpse of a pre-epoch civilization... These identity cards can freely enter and exit the first and second floors, but the third floor cannot be entered. That requires a higher level of 'researcher authority'. The logistics personnel rely on these identity cards to enter and exit the ruins and build camps."

"However, relying on dragon blood, even if we don't have an identity card, we can still go in and out of the third floor or even deeper... This is why Canaan Moore must call all Terra who have dragon blood, or elites related to dragons, to explore this The reason for the labyrinth."

   "Huh." Hearing this, Ian couldn't help being a little curious: "That Gaar from before...does he also have dragon blood?"

"Of course." The elf girl shrugged and said, "His strong muscles and bones are the masterpiece of dragon blood...Although it is only an acquired transformation, for us sublimators, what is the difference between acquired transformation and innate nature? "

  The green light is on above the crystal, the channel is opened, and Anfa has passed the test of identity authority.

"indeed."

  Nodding slightly, Ian looked at the counter. At this moment, he already understood in his heart that compared with his own dragon blood, the silver chip is the biggest 'authority' to enter and exit this relic.

  The director of the Institute of Alien Species "Forerunner"... His authority is the highest will here!

   It’s just, is it really necessary to use the silver chip to pass through this first layer of passage now?

  Ian looked at Isengard beside him. The blond boy's body was full of blue light, without any black or red...and if he used a silver chip... instead, red lightning appeared immediately!

   It seems that the first layer does not need to use silver chips. Thinking of this, the Prophet made a decision. After Anfa, he came to the counter second and pressed his hand on the crystal.

   Then, Ian froze in place.

  Because, a familiar message was directly transmitted to his thinking along the special port of the silver chip.

  【Detect identity...not registered】

  【Dragon blood detected...concentration 31%, purity 98%】

  【Marked as an advanced intelligent experiment body】

  【Give advanced access authority】

   "So... so it is!"

   Except for Ian, no one could sense the message, so it came from the silver chip, which made the white-haired boy startled, and then suddenly realized.

  He finally figured out why the Xenomorph Research Institute blocked everyone's permissions and only allowed dragon blood to enter!

  He finally figured out why the Institute of Alien Species required dragon blood, strength, specific age, and potential from entrants!

  He also finally figured out why many mazes on the Terra continent may have specially limited 'access authority' for many bloodlines!

because…

   This requirement is for the authority of the experimental product!

   Here's today's update! Let me recommend my friend's new book "A Fairyland in My Eyes"

   In this era, all worlds collapsed, everything was turned into ashes, and the world became immortal.

   In this world, some people have hidden lions in their eyes, and fish and dragons rise up, wanting to go retrograde and become immortals in the troubled times.

   Some people hide all living beings in their eyes, transforming themselves into holy immortals and Buddhas, reflecting the heavens.

   And Wang Jiuyi woke up dazedly from a strange wasteland. He opened his eyes, and a vast fairyland opened silently in his eyes.

   "Since all living beings are busy becoming immortals, why not enter my immortal domain and prove my immortal way!"

   (After thinking about it, just use the introduction, I can't figure out what to recommend)

  

  

  (end of this chapter)