Bulwark of Light

Chapter 554 Returner

"Captain, how do we get out?"

A team member spoke in a low voice.

Everyone was silent.

In fact, why don't they know... No matter how powerful the captain is, he is not a god, and there is no way to find the exit so quickly.

The [door] mentioned earlier may just be a guess.

It's just that there doesn't seem to be much time left for them.

On this black snow mountain, more and more snowflakes fell and became denser, losing Gu Shen's "fiery link", their spirits gradually became weak...

"almost."

Zhong Yuan only paused for a second, and his expression didn't change much. From the beginning to the end, there was no depression, regret, loss or other emotions...

The phoenix fire is no longer as blazing as before.

He then narrowed the range of [Huangjie] lighting and controlled the light within a radius of about ten meters, so that the seven team members could stay close together without being scattered by the wind and snow.

"Captain, if we go on like this... will it work?"

Yuan Yuan's expression was a little pale, and he silently transmitted the sound from his heart.

Some words cannot be said in public, and this sentence is like that.

If he opened his mouth, the hearts of the entire team would be shaken.

He is the vice-captain of the second team, and he is also the person who believes in Zhong Yuan the most in the world. Yuan Yuan agrees with the previous "mirror world" guess, but if the team really enters a virtual mirror world, it will continue like this. What's the use?

It's just going in circles.

A waste of energy, a waste of energy... In the end, the Phoenix Fire will definitely be extinguished.

At that time, everyone will usher in the ultimate "darkness".

After hearing the words, the blond man turned his head slightly, and he calmly glanced at his deputy, until now his eyes remained unmoved, and he gave Yuan Yuan a very firm response amidst the faint light whistling by Heixue.

"Believe me."

So the whole team continued to trek forward in such a dull manner.

Black snow filled the air.

In order to save energy and fight against this endless "journey", everyone chooses to hold their breath and concentrate silently...

They trust the captain completely.

Trust the captain to lead everyone out of danger.

It's just that no one understands, what's the use of going on like this?
Not long after.

Zhong Yuan suddenly stopped.

Once again they were back in front of the campfire where this nightmare had begun.

Several team members raised their heads blankly, looked into the distance, and then looked behind them.

"Found the [door]."

After going through a long journey, the flames in the Phoenix Ring have become so weak that it is difficult to protect the light within ten meters...

At this moment, Zhong Yuan's words were like a life-saving straw.

"Where is the [door]?"

Yuan Yuan looked confused. All he saw were countless pieces of flying snow.

"Have you noticed? Everything here is real. With the same synchronous distance, it takes 310 eight steps to walk a complete cycle. It happens every time. This is not something a dream can do."

Zhong Yuan spoke softly.

Yuan Yuan was startled, "You mean... this is another real world."

"Yes. It's just the same as 'reality'. If this is a real world... then it also needs the support of extraordinary source quality to function. No matter how special it is, it must also conform to the iron laws of the real world. "

Zhong Yuan suddenly smiled: "I have been thinking about how we separated from Mr. Gu. At first I thought Mr. Gu had an accident, but now it seems...it seems that we were pulled into the 'mirror' among."

A team member asked in a deep voice, "Captain, did you see anything?"

"Remember how we got in here?"

Several team members looked at each other in blank dismay.

Of course they do!

The reason for entering this ghost place is because they lit a bonfire.

And then... Encounter with Hei Xue!
"I think we violated the 'taboo' on the Black Snow Mountain, so we provoked the arrival of the [door]." Zhong Yuan said calmly: "Perhaps, the taboo is... fire."

"Bright?" Yuan Yuan was surprised.

The next moment he understood what the captain meant.

Zhong Yuan raised his palm, and he waved it lightly. The flame phoenix lingering in the air let out a high-pitched and long moan, dragged its stump, and dissipated into the air where the black snow was flying.

The light that shrouded the heads of everyone in the team was extinguished, and the phoenix feather flame withered amidst the surging black snow.

Followed by.

Zhong Yuan flicked his fingers, stirring up a ray of spirit.

He extinguished the "Huanghuo" in the stone pestle.

The whole world became dark in an instant... Everyone just felt dim because of the protection of the "Phoenix Fire". At this moment, the real eternal night descended, and the next moment, the "black snow" descending from the top of the mountain roared past again.

Black Snow Mountain has been dying all year round.

All day long.

If someone really arranged this "mirror world" and set up a [door], then the best way...is to look for "light", and there will be people if there is light.

Phoenix fire is too bright.

So be directly targeted!

Zhong Yuan stared at the darkness in front of him, and the image of black snow in countless nightmares struck him. He closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, there was only a gleam of bright golden light in his pupils!

His right hand slid across Yuanjia's waist.

Tear!

Zhong Yuan released the tough hook rope developed by the Beizhou military at his waist. The black rope was as cold as an iron wire. At this moment, it was blowing away in the strong wind and became a real "life-saving straw"!
"Everyone, grab the rope."

Now that the light is out.

If you want to keep the squad together... you need to use the most primitive methods.

Fortunately, those primitive methods are often very useful.

There were waves of grasping force coming from the black rope. The seemingly short blond man burst out with great strength at this moment. He stepped into the snow pit with several strands of strength blown by the heavy snow. , passed along the rope to his waist, but could not shake the footsteps of this "thin" man.

Zhong Yuan dragged his team members and began to climb the snow mountain. After the flames were extinguished...no one knew what was ahead.

No one knows whether the previous deduction is correct.

At this moment, the wind and snow are too heavy, and no one even knows where they are going.

Darkness, endless darkness!

Fear from the unknown, crushed step by step!
The frontmost figure withstood the wind and snow, showing a faint outline in the darkness, and the team members quickly recovered. They grabbed the long rope, gathered their strength, and climbed together.

Of course, Zhong Yuan is not the only one who is calculating this team.

The previous several "circulations", step distance, time, direction... Everyone has silently calculated these data. Not long after, a team member in the black snow exclaimed.

"Successful...we really left that ghost place!"

Darkness flooded the mountaintop.

What everyone can do at this moment is actually just climbing, which is no different from the previous mirror world... It's just that after walking for so long, everyone has never seen the previous "Stone Rock".

"I sensed Mr. Gu's 'blazing link'...is he not far away?!"

Yuan Yuan also spoke in surprise.

The link that has been disconnected for a long time seems to have a tendency to be reconnected again, and there is a vague signal guidance from a very long distance!
He looked up.

If I didn't guess wrong, Gu Shen... is right in front!
Right at the top of the hill!

Several team members couldn't help being surprised, except for one person at this moment.

Walking at the forefront of the team, the blond man who pulled the seven players with a rope had a dignified expression, even more dignified than in the "Mirror World" before...

His mental strength is the sharpest.

So, he sees the most!
"Do not……"

Zhong Yuan said in a low voice, "It's not just Gu Shen."

Yuan Yuan was the first to react: "There is still someone on the top of the mountain...Meng Xiao?!"

His heart skipped a beat.

Along the way, Grand Duke Zhenyue's team followed his group all the time, until he climbed the mountain, he didn't take this matter to heart... because if his group didn't disperse, even if Meng Xiao chased him, he wouldn't have to worry about it. fear!

Do it, just one word!

The captain had long been unhappy with Meng Xiao, and so was he!
"No... that's not right..."

Yuan Yuan suddenly realized what was unreasonable. If the taboo of this Black Snow Mountain is light, then Mr. Gu's "flame" should also provoke the arrival of the [door].

Besides!

How could those guys in Guangming City advance in the dark?
"I know what you want to say."

Zhong Yuan was silent for a second, and said calmly: "This seems very unreasonable...the 'fire' was also used, why were we pulled into the mirror, but they didn't?"

Yuan Yuan nodded seriously.

"There is only one explanation I can think of..." The blond man sighed softly, "Their 'fire' is much more powerful than the Phoenix fire. The darkness wants to swallow the light, but it is also a coward who bullies the weak and fears the hard. To choose someone to attack, Jingmeng should only choose us."

Yuan Yuan was speechless.

It is reasonable to use this answer to explain Zhenyue. After all, Meng Xiao comes from Guangming City. He bears the "blessing of the throne of God" on his body. The power of God is too powerful.

If Meng Xiao desperately used all of them, he might be able to illuminate the entire top of the Black Snow Mountain!
But... Gu Shen on what basis?
Is his "S-level ability" really that powerful?

Why did they get along for so long... Yuan Yuan always felt that Gu Shen's flame was weak?
Well...it must be my own illusion.

Deputy Captain Yuan shook his head helplessly.

A group of people climbed to the top of the mountain just like that... But in the darkness, they saw a stern scene again, and before reaching the top of the mountain, they smelled a bloody smell.

"There was a fight here?"

A team member squatted down and looked at a broken face, feeling inexplicably familiar.

After staring at it for a while.

He recognized the owner of the face...

It's yourself!
The blood on the snow is still warm and has not dried up. This head seems to have been cut off by some extremely sharp iron tool. This scene is really scary.

Anyone who suddenly sees their own head will be shocked.

"team leader!!!"

The team member only felt his scalp tingling and couldn't control his emotions, so he howled in a low voice.

Zhong Yuan has rich experience.

When he sensed that there was excess breath, he released the domain to control the surrounding disturbances... All the voices of this team member were intercepted in the domain.

Yuan Yuan frowned: "What's wrong? I was so scared!"

The team member's voice was hoarse: "It's a corpse..."

Yuan Yuan said, "There are corpses here."

in the dark.

Zhong Yuan spoke for the team member who was still in shock, and he said calmly, "It's our corpse."

"...?!"

Because the light source was extinguished, everyone could hardly see the scene on the top of the snow-capped mountain.

It stands to reason that when the light source is turned off, normal people can quickly adapt to the darkness... But this Black Snow Mountain is different. There is constant heavy snow, heavy fog, and strong winds. Under the interference of these visions, people feel, as if It's because ink is constantly drifting from out of sight.

He smelled blood early on.

Finding these dead bodies is nothing.

"What's the situation?" Another team member exclaimed tremblingly: "My head was chopped off?!"

He couldn't help touching his neck.

Just walked out of the "mirror dream", although under the leadership of Zhong Yuan, they successfully cracked the nightmare, but the few people still left psychological shadows, they suddenly had an illusion that they were still in the mirror world .

Seeing this broken corpse, it seems that this is the true deity.

"Don't worry, you're doing fine."

Zhong Yuan said quietly, "Do you still remember what I said at the beginning?"

"The real person has entered the mirror...the dummy has come to reality." Yuan Yuan murmured, "This is our 'replica body'...the fake us made by this Black Snow Mountain."

After saying this sentence, everyone felt a chill down their spines.

unimaginable.

If these "replicas" walk out of the snow mountain... what will happen?
"They were killed by Gu Shen." Zhong Yuan looked around and said, "The strength of these clones...doesn't seem to be that strong, otherwise he wouldn't have fought so easily."

The reason for saying this.

It's because...he also saw his own corpse.

On the snowy ground, a blond body with "thousands of knives pierced through its heart" lay on its back, exuding the charred smell of being severely burned.

Zhong Yuan stared at it for a moment, and roughly simulated the scene of the replica fighting against Gu Shen in his mind.

"My 'Huanghuo' has been duplicated, but the ability is not..."

The last self should be pierced by Gu Shen's mental power to control the iron front to penetrate the body, and finally ignite.

this is a good news.

If Heixueshan could unscrupulously copy the power of the "transcendent", then Gu Shen alone would not be able to deal with it.

It's just... the scales in this world are fair.

Even a god would not be able to create such a "strange place".

"A total of eight..."

Yuan Yuan said in a low voice: "The quantity is no problem, just right!"

Gu Shen... What a powerful fighting force!
When examining the corpses, he took a closer look. The extraordinary aura contained in these dead replicas was not that weak!

One against eight, including copies of himself and the captain!

"No, it's nine..."

Zhong Yuan slowly came to the corner of a broken boulder on the top of the mountain. It was pitch black... Different from the pitch black that comes with Heixue Mountain, this is the "gloom" after being completely burned.

It was as if a strong holy light had burned here.

"This is the breath of Guangming City?"

"Yes." Zhong Yuan reasoned calmly, "Gu Shen's battle... the clones he faced were not just us. The corpse that existed here was the ninth clone, himself. In the end, these clones were taken by him. Kill them all. Then the second battle broke out soon, and I guess the team led by Zhenyue caught up."

In the darkness, the remaining aura of Guangming City is indeed conspicuous.

The black snow flakes fell on the top of the mountain one after another. At this moment, there was a faint beam of light, still shrouded in the sky, reflecting the black snow in that area, which was brighter than other places.

"These guys finally made a move."

The most ominous thought in Yuan Yuan's mind really happened.

"Gu Shen escaped." Zhong Yuan squinted his eyes, and said softly: "Zhenyue's men went after him, but he stayed here alone...He deliberately destroyed Gu Shen's body? Why?"

This destroyed corpse was burned once by the divine light of Guangming City.

The information of this trace is more important than all other places combined!
Since the last contact, Zhong Yuan has suspected that there is a strange sealed item that can peek into the fate of others on the body of Zhenyue Dagong Meng Xiao... Was the destruction of Gu Shen's body this time related to that sealed item?

Compared to Meng Xiao's secret.

In fact, what Zhong Yuan is more curious about is Gu Shen's secret... This young man whose strength seems to be only on the seventh floor, is actually far stronger than he imagined. The return of the maze mission is enough to prove this point.

It's just that he really didn't expect that after Gu Shen got rid of these duplicates, he could still break free from Meng Xiao's grasp!

However, it is also reasonable.

After all, this is a person sent by the queen...

Not long after, Zhong Yuan's thoughts were interrupted by a voice.

"Mr. Gu is in danger..."

Yuan Yuan became nervous, grasped the saber at his waist, gritted his teeth and said, "Captain, let's go after him immediately, we should be able to catch up."

Zhong Yuan stood on the top of the snow mountain.

He looked down the mountain calmly, but he didn't even issue an order to go down the mountain. Instead, he shook his head and said, "Don't chase, hurry up and prepare to return."

Yuan Yuan and everyone: "???"

No one expected that the captain would make such a choice!

"Return!? This order... are you serious?!"

Yuan Yuan's eyes widened. This was the first time he confronted the captain, "Are you worried that we won't be able to catch up? We have all been linked with Gu Shen's spirit before, and we can sense the direction of 'blazing fire' in our hearts... …Not so long ago, we were extremely close. Even if we are pulled away again at this moment, and we chase after it, it will not be long!"

The rest of the team members, although they didn't speak like Yuan Yuan did, they also held their sabers.

It can be seen that they are ready to fight.

Along the way, Mr. Gu didn't say much, but after entering the dangerous place, the blazing fire he gave them saved a lot of physical strength and gave them a lot of spiritual help... They all remember this kindness. bottom of my heart!
The most important thing is that the iron law of the Beizhou mission is to strictly prohibit colleagues from killing each other!

The shards of light on the top of the Black Snow Mountain, as well as the remaining traces of the battle, are enough to prove that Meng Xiao attacked Gu Shen... They hate such a vicious person who secretly attacked his comrades the most!
Facing Yuan Yuan's question, Zhong Yuan just answered calmly.

"In absolute darkness, can you see the way down the mountain?"

"Can you confirm that [door] will only appear once?"

"The most important thing is...even if we catch up, do you think the strength of our team can save Gu Shen?"

Yuan Yuan was stunned.

He didn't think about these issues, not because he was reckless, but because the situation was urgent and he didn't have time to think about it.

In the case of absolute darkness, if there is still a "link", then the matter of finding people will be much easier... But now that the distance has been opened again, the entire team needs to be pulled by the captain to move forward. Finding Mr. Gu among them, it really feels like "finding a needle in a haystack".

As for the [door]... Yuan Yuan recalled the scene when it was triggered earlier.

Hei Xue came rushing in, obviously Gu Shen also violated the taboo!
But [the door] only took them away, although they don't know why, but if they were swept away by the [door] again, it would be really bad, the spirit and physical strength of the whole team had already begun to weaken.

In such an environment, if there really was an encounter with Grand Duke Zhenyue, even if the captain still maintained his peak posture and was able to resist the powerful blessing of the God of Light, his team members would probably be crushed by Meng Xiao's team. Be a drag on the captain.

"I understand your idea."

Zhong Yuan said in a low voice: "Gu Shen is being hunted down by Zhenyue at this moment, and the situation is critical. If we don't save him, we will have a conscience... But think about it carefully, isn't the battle that just broke out on the top of the mountain not dangerous? The clones that came out of the nine mirror dreams."

Judging from the traces of the battle.

Everything happens quickly and ends quickly.

Less than 10 minutes.

These duplicates were dealt with by Gu Shen!

"You should have sensed the blazing link just now... This guy's aura is extremely stable, and he didn't even suffer any injuries when he dealt with these replicas." Zhong Yuan said lightly: "His strength is far stronger than you imagined, Instead of worrying about him, worry about yourself."

"If everyone's physical strength and spirit are at the peak, I have already ordered the charge at this moment, but now you will only become a burden in the battle."

What Zhong Yuan said did not show mercy to his team members.

But it was like a basin of cold water, splashing Yuan Yuan soberly.

"Captain...you are right."

Yuan Yuan said in a hoarse voice: "But Mr. Gu saved our lives outside the Great Wall... I really can't leave here and just sit back and watch."

Zhong Yuan frowned: "Sit and watch, who told you that we are leaving here, are you just sitting and watching?"

Yuan Yuan was stunned for a moment.

"The iron law of Beizhou, the task of going out of the fortress, the comrades entrust their lives to each other, and you must not stab in the back." Zhong Yuan's voice was colder than the flying black snow at the moment: "Meng Xiao, the Grand Duke of Zhenyue, disobeying the iron law is not a crime." Excuse me...we will return to the station and inform all our comrades of this news, so that we can kill this beast together. If you and I fall on this snow mountain, how can we bring back this news?"

"But at that time... Mr. Gu had already..."

Yuan Yuan's anxious voice was interrupted by Zhong Yuan waving his hand.

He said meaningfully: "You should know...Gu Shen is a 'privileged person' invited by Her Majesty the Empress to participate in the mission here."

(End of this chapter)