The age of great voyages

Chapter 181
That is the lightning spire, which can gather the lightning from the sky and the earth into the tower, and release it when needed, the power can be called earth-shattering.

This is a unique building in this world. It is extremely difficult to build. Only some large settlements have enough resources and technology to build it. Fortress-type giant settlements like the City of Flames will build more than a dozen to resist the attack from the depths of the wasteland. monsters, as well as the Familiars of the Outer Gods and Nightmare.

Lin Chen followed Lero and others to the huge canyon, and he could see a chain bridge made of several thick iron cables connecting this side to the other side of the [-]-meter canyon, hundreds of meters away from the city wall of the Flame Fortress.

These iron cables are extremely dark and dull, and each one is extremely thick. The iron cables are connected to form a bridge, and the top is covered with thick wooden boards, which is enough for two armored vehicles to walk side by side.

This is the only way to enter Flame City. Otherwise, you can either fly over or go around from the far side.

There was a small outpost checkpoint at the end of the bridge. Lelo led them here and went forward to negotiate with the outpost defenders. Lin Chen saw them glance at him. One of the one-eyed officers nodded to him, and he responded in kind. After a while, Lello and the officer came over, Lello said:

"I'm sorry, sir. According to regulations, everyone needs to check before entering the Flame Fortress, including us."

Lin Chen raised his eyebrows and said:
"what to check for?"

The one-eyed officer said:

"Don't worry, your Excellency is only testing the pollution value and whether there are infected people lurking, as long as it does not exceed a certain value, it will be fine."

"Come on then!"

This Lin Chen can rest assured that he has just come into this world not long ago, and has not seen the so-called infected person, so he will definitely not have any pollution value, let alone an infected person.

The detection is very simple. Use an instrument to sweep back and forth on his body to detect the so-called pollution degree.

Seeing them simply sweeping back and forth, the instrument kept displaying a green light, Lero and the one-eyed officer were surprised when they saw the result, but without vigilance, he knew he had passed.

Just when the one-eyed officer took out a sign indicating he was approved, there was a sudden scream from the civilians behind, and then everyone retreated like a tide, revealing a civilian lying on the ground, whose body was constantly shaking and swelling. Also lying was the body of a soldier whose head had been severed.

"Kill it!"

The one-eyed officer reacted immediately, pulled out his command knife with a 'choke', pointed at the center of the crowd and shouted:

"Civilians must not run around while gathering, or they will be killed on the spot!"

At this time, the body of the civilian lying on the ground has rapidly swelled to about three meters, looking like a little giant, the outer layer of robe was torn off, revealing sharp bone spurs and a black shell.

"This is the infected person!"

Lin Chen asked in surprise, Lero was not surprised that he didn't know this, Lin Chen showed his identity as a traveler who had just entered this world, it's normal not to know, and explained next to him:

"Your Excellency, this is a type of infected person. Its real name is a deep diver. It can hide deeply in the human body. If you don't look carefully in a small settlement, you may not be able to find it out."

Lin Chen nodded clearly and looked at the many civilians wearing linen who were driven aside. Just now, he felt a strange wave passing by and asked:
"Then what is the source of infection?"

"The source of the infected is to release the power of pollution continuously, polluting and corrupting ordinary people who are weak and unsteady, and transforming them into deformed infected, driving them to destroy human civilization. Many settlements are accidentally infiltrated by the source of infection. , and the whole settlement was destroyed."

Lin Chen: .
He found that this world was really chaotic, steam, orcs, righteous gods, evil gods, outer gods, nightmares, mutations, pollution, and other things he hadn't seen before, tsk tsk tsk, this is simply a pot of mishmash, messing him up I don't even know what to say.

However, the civilization of this world is really tenacious, and it can persist in this situation, and it has not been destroyed, which is also admirable to him.

Lin Chen didn't know what the strange fluctuation he sensed just now was, but it didn't prevent him from reminding them. He tapped the metal shoulder helmet of Lero with his fingers and said in a low voice:
"I just sensed a strange power fluctuation among that group of civilians, but I don't know what it was."

Lero's expression changed immediately, he looked back at Lin Chen and nodded again, and immediately became serious, strode towards the one-eyed officer with a confession and whispered something, the one-eyed officer immediately shouted:

"Everyone is there, retreat to the outpost, and send out warning fireworks to the fortress!"

With an order, the soldiers at the outpost immediately retreated, even ignoring the deformed infected person. Lero also said to Lin Chen:
"Please come with me, Your Excellency."

Seeing the soldiers quickly retreating to the high wall of the post, rows of weapons were moved and pointed outside, the civilians who were being inspected seemed to realize something, and they all let out horrified shouts. Many people separated from the people around them and raised their heads. Kamima pulled down to reveal himself and shouted:

"I'm not infected, and I'm not mutated."

Many people followed suit by pulling down the sackcloth to prove their innocence, but there were also many who did not take off the sackcloth and stood silently in place without moving. Seeing this, those who pulled off the sackcloth were terrified and ran down the wall of the post.

The one-eyed officer slammed the saber in his hand on a gong hanging by the wall and made a loud noise, shouting:

"Don't climb the wall, step aside, otherwise you'll be killed on the spot!"

But at this time, those civilians who stood still and did not make a sound or move had begun to show symptoms of distortion, trembling all over, and their bodies under the sackcloth began to distort, swell and deform, which frightened these civilians who were not infected with the mutation. On these, one after another rushed to the bottom of the sentry wall and climbed up, and some were a little smarter and leaned to the sides to hide behind the sentry post.

Regarding these, the one-eyed officer did not ignore them, and dispatched a small number of sergeants to watch over them, lest there be infected people pretending to be civilians and fleeing to the rear to attack.

This kind of thing is not impossible. Although the infected people have no intelligence like wild animals, the source of infection that directs them is intelligent, otherwise they would not mix with the fleeing crowd and try to sneak into the city of flames, many settlements with insufficient equipment They are all destroyed by internal breaches in this way.

The infected are much stronger than the mutated monsters we encountered before. Their body size is several times larger, and their combat power has also increased a lot. Looking at the number of mutating infected, this outpost will probably be difficult to stop.

The one-eyed officer seemed to be aware of this, and he cupped his hands to Lin Chen and said:
"Also ask your Excellency to help resist these infected people."

"I will help you block the source of infection."

Lin Chen also didn't want the Flame City to be destroyed. He still had three months to live. It was definitely better to stay in the city than to stay in the wild.

With his assurance, the one-eyed officer felt much more at ease. It happened that the infected had completed their deformation and transformed into monsters with a height of three meters, upper body muscles twisted like meat balls, covered with spikes, and large mouths filled with sharp teeth. The turbid liquid rushed towards the city wall.

"Shooters ready!"

The one-eyed officer raised his sword, and a large number of soldiers with steam guns on the sentry tower opened a mechanism, and white steam began to emit from the steam tank behind them.

"put!"

"bang bang bang"

A series of loud noises, metal bullets sprayed out from the muzzle of the gun, accurately shot the infected person, and shot directly into the twisted muscles, a large piece of flesh and blood exploded, and pus sprayed all over the ground.

And on the sentry wall, a row of white steam rushed up to Lao Gao, and a series of air pressure sounds came out neatly.

This steam gun is really powerful, stronger than ordinary modern rifles, only inferior to sniper rifles, but the rate of fire is a bit slower, and it takes about 15 seconds to fire a shot. After a wave is finished, immediately retreat and wait for the next wave The steam pressure rose, and another row of shooters immediately stepped forward to take aim, and another row of bullets was fired.

It's just that this gun is powerful, but the infected person's vitality is too strong. One shot will knock off a piece of flesh and blood as big as a palm, which would kill an ordinary person instantly. But for them, it only takes a light shot and squirms with the flesh. It quickly grew again and quickly approached the sentinel wall.

At this time, other defensive weapons on the sentry wall began to play a role. There was a tall sentry tower behind the sentry wall, on which were placed two bronze steam crossbows. As a column of white steam rushed up, there was a muffled sound, and a A giant crossbow as thick as a baby's arm was shot out, directly piercing through an infected person and nailing it to the ground. The terrifying kinetic energy directly tore it to pieces, and the remaining flesh and blood did not need to wriggle to heal, but this kind of damage was too great, exceeding its Life cap.

This kind of bronze steam crossbow is very powerful. According to Lin Chen's visual inspection, it may be difficult for ordinary second-tier powerhouses to block it, but the shooting frequency is too low, and it takes more than half a minute to shoot one shot. It is quite effective against the leader, and against miscellaneous soldiers Pure waste.

A large group of infected people rushed to the wall of the sentry post, which was only five meters away, and began to slap the wall with their big claws frantically. At first, Lin Chen wondered that they were using this method to attack the city. In the next second, he felt a wave sweeping across the wall. , these infected people immediately rushed to the gate of the outpost, and beat the gate one after another, some jumped up along the city wall, and were quickly beaten down by the soldiers guarding above.

Lin Chen didn't even look in front of the gate, his eyes were fixed on one of a group of civilians who seemed to be sprawled on the ground in fright, the corner of his mouth curled up, and a delicate longbow appeared in his hand, and a black iron armor piercer appeared in his right hand. The arrow appeared in his hand, rested on the bow, and slowly pulled away.

This longbow is one of the collections of the previous world. It was presented by the emperor of the human dynasty at that time. It is said that it is one of the three famous bows in the previous world since ancient times. It is called Chasing the Moon.

Lin Chen had tried it before, and it was indeed a good bow. It was probably a war bow in ancient times when the human world was not downgraded. The material was very high-end, and even with his strength, he felt that the bowstring had enough elasticity.

Pulling the bow to the full moon, he aimed at the target he had set and released his fingers. In an instant, a faint light flashed away. The next second, there was a loud boom in the distance, and the sky was full of rubble mixed with a terrifying shock wave. There was an explosion from inside. There was an angry roar, and a strange power came with the roar. He saw that the faces of the defenders on the sentry wall all turned pale.

"Source of infection!"

Lero's tone was a little terrified, and also a little scared. Lin Chen squinted and watched the gravel and dust fall, revealing a large pit with a diameter of more than ten meters. Under the three-meter-deep pit stood a man who was only two meters high and covered in scales. A humanoid monster, a faint aura of fear spread from his feet.

This humanoid monster is not as ugly as an infected person at all. It is obviously a monster, but it reveals a trace of dignity and elegance from head to toe. It looks like a nobleman. smile:
"Human descendants!"

And Lin Chen was also surprised. On the source of infection, he sensed the same aura of the descendant, but it was not the same as himself, but another aura of the Tower of Eternity.

With the increase in the number of visits and the increase in strength, the understanding of the Tower of Eternity and the Void gradually increased, and the content previously known at school was basically unnecessary.

The information he knew before only knew that there was only the Tower of Eternity for humans in the void, but with the growth of his strength, especially the increase in information obtained after joining the Hunyuan Qizong, he knew that there was not only one Tower of Eternity in the Void, but also Other alien Aion.

I used to think that with the end of the era, all the immortals and demons disappeared, but now I know that they have not completely disappeared.

It's like reading a book. When you go to university, you will be surprised to find that the knowledge you learned in elementary school or junior high school will be completely overturned in university, and some of the previous theories are wrong after university.

But the truth is that these false theories can be applied in real life.

Different levels of knowledge lead to different understandings of the world. Some theories are correct for ordinary people, but for those elites who are at the upper level of humankind in terms of knowledge, it is a different set of knowledge theories. The two do not conflict. Because the levels are different.

To put it bluntly, Einstein and ordinary people are both human beings, but their realms are completely different.

Well, it's going too far, let's just say that now, after Lin Chen found out that the so-called source of infection on the opposite side was a foreign race from another Tower of Eternity, he was not very surprised, but rather curious.

This was also the first time he had seen the legendary descendant of a foreign race. If possible, he would really like to communicate with him.

However, the reality does not allow it, because after seeing the descendant of an unknown race, Lin Chen rarely received a mission from the Tower of Eternity to kill a descendant of a different race, and reward each one with [-] eternal points.

Of course he doesn't pay attention to one hundred eternal points, but from this we can see the attitude of the Tower of Eternity towards aliens, that is, to kill at sight.
Well, Aion Tower probably wouldn't pay attention to such a trivial matter. He was afraid that the other party would strike back with a knife.

He can receive this kind of task, and the other side is probably the same. They are naturally hostile, which can be seen from the way the infection source looked at him as if he saw a pile of walking points.

Lin Chen turned his neck and made a series of bone crunching sounds. A sneer appeared on his face. He put away his bow, turned over his hand and a delicate sword appeared in his palm. He gently pulled it and a cold sword flower appeared on the tip of the sword.

(End of this chapter)