"A huge transparent object, containing countless needles, the twilight light shattered in it, turning into colorful stars."
——Noble Lord of the Kingdom of Spain, Jose Buendia.
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As a man of science and engineering (in his previous life), Li Jia Shu spent most of his time thinking about problems and life using rational logic.
How to reduce commuting time to a minimum?
How to roast mutton to remove the mutton smell?
When can I buy my favorite graphics card?
And now, I am running and thinking about a very important question.
***, how on earth did those agency guards and black oil ooze monsters 'see' us!
Binxi and Menlavayev also followed closely behind Li Jiasu, panting and running as hard as they could. It was estimated that they could last for another 10 minutes at most.
Slow long-distance running and hard running are two different concepts. Anyone who can run at full strength for 20 minutes is already a fierce person.
Behind the three people, a swarm of machine structures, at least 80 of them, were waving some kind of metal tentacles, and their wheels were rolling in the streets between buildings, chasing Li Jiasu and others.
"This way! Orange traces!" The devil, who still had some energy to spare, used his dark vision to discover the brush marks of orange dye on the wall on one side of the intersection ahead. He shouted to the two people behind him, and then took the lead and rushed into the left side of the fork.
4 roads.
Menlavaev followed closely behind. The strong man Srev flushed and gasped:
"Sir, how about... I... cut off the back... and violently block it?"
Li Jia replied without looking back: "No! Keep running!"
Binxi also followed, and he shouted: "Think of a way! Sir!"
The devil is thinking hard,
Think about which step you made a mistake in before,
Thinking about how the enemy ‘sees’ us,
Think about how the Arcadio trio, who went deep into the ruins dungeon first, avoided the detection of the agency guards and the black oil ooze monster?
Set the time back to about half an hour ago.
After walking forward in the cave tunnel for ten minutes, Li Jia Shu and the others walked out of the mountain wall.
After going down 452 steps along the stone steps, under the green light of glowing moss, the ancient ruins in the dark pit finally brushed off its veil in front of everyone's eyes.
This ruined city hidden deep underground seems to have a radius of 18 kilometers.
The rock layer 'canopy' above the dungeon is covered with unknown underground moss, and the psychedelic green fluorescence covers the entire dungeon, which is in harmony with the rock buildings and metal buildings in it. Any terrestrial creature with a normal mind can see it.
I feel like vomiting.
In the visual distance, about 12 kilometers away, there is a huge building in the shape of a triangular cone, which stands extremely conspicuously in the central area of the ruined city.
That huge cone-shaped building is probably the [Heretic Temple].
Li Jiasu frowned, took out three brass helmets from the dimensional bag, put them on himself, and asked Menlavayev and Binxi to put them on. He also ordered the two of them to extinguish the torches, and then the team cautiously entered the ruins.
Within the city.
At the first fork outside the ruins, Li Jiasu and the others discovered traces of orange dye on the outer wall of a rock building, which were traces of the exploration by Arcadio and the others.
The rock and metal buildings on both sides of the road all have no windows. There are only what appear to be doors on the ground floor and upper floors, and there are no door handles.
Menlavaev tried to push, but the door of the metal building could not be pushed at all. However, with his strength, he could slowly open the door of the rock building.
The devil thought for a few seconds, and finally asked Menlavaev not to open the door.
The goal of my group is very clear, which is to find people and then lead them to retreat.
Try not to do anything stupid like extraneous things or curiosity killed the cat.
Perhaps there are indeed high-value items, clues to the ruins, and other information sources in these buildings, but since according to the diary of the Saracen mercenary, the ruins are full of dangers, then try not to take this risk.
, allowing the building to remain closed.
The three of them walked a hundred meters along the fork in the road, and at a new fork in the road, they looked left and right, but were surprised to find no new orange brush marks.
Li Jiasu then ordered Menlavayev and Binxi to be alert and look out for the wind, while he flapped his wings and took off on the spot, flying to the roof of a nearby building to carefully observe the surrounding situation.
Then I discovered that at a fork in the road about 1 kilometer away, something seemed to be scattered on the ground.
Looking from a distance, it looks like there are some traces of a fight.
After flying back to the ground, Li Jiasu led two teammates in that direction.
Of course, the three of them were as careful as thieves, trying not to make any noise, and sneaked all the way there.
After arriving at the fork in the road, the three of them saw more than a dozen strange-shaped metal parts scattered on the ground, and there was a small pool of blood next to it.
Binxi hurriedly stepped forward to inspect the pool of blood, lay on the ground and carefully observed the surrounding area, and then told his teammates:
1. Fortunately among the misfortunes, the amount of bleeding of the injured person was not very large, and the bleeding should have been stopped by bandaging in time.
2. Based on the shallow footprints with blood stains, he found the direction in which Arcadio and the three were heading.
So, after Li Jiasu picked up all the metal parts scattered on the ground and stuffed them into the dimensional bag, the three of them followed the direction of the footprints identified by Binxi and continued deep into the ruins along a certain fork in the road.
five minutes later.
When Li Jiasu approached a rock wall and wanted to identify whether there were orange brush marks on the wall...
Well, to describe it in a relatively concise and concise way, it is:
First attack order - Binxi 18 -> Li Jiasu 12 -> Black Oil Ooze Monster 10 (sneak attack) -> Menlavayev 7
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The black oil ooze monster hiding in the darkness around the corner tried to sneak up on Li Jiasu.
d201=13, Li Jiasu ac14 (agility adjustment value 2, natural defense bonus 4, caught off guard).
*The devil smelled the pungent and strange smell, and was startled by a fishy wind rushing toward him. He immediately rolled on the ground to avoid the enemy's attack.
Binxi was the first to react. He immediately raised his hand, pressed the trigger, and shot the crossbow arrow at the black oil ooze monster.
d203=18, black oil ooze monster ac12 (agility adjustment value -1, natural defense bonus 3).
*The metal arrow sank into the body of the ooze monster, but it seemed to have no effect on it.
The devil frowned and immediately retreated, keeping a distance of 25 feet from the ooze monster.
The black oil ooze monster squirmed its shapeless body and quickly 'crawled' towards Menlavaev.
Menlavaev stepped forward 5 feet, pulled out the big hammer from his waist, and hit the ooze monster hard with both hands.
d204=21.
*The big hammer hit the ooze monster's body, causing its body to dent. When the metal hammer head hit hard, it also knocked a small piece of black ooze on the target's body away with a 'Bang!' sound.
Spread out.
Binxi quickly strung his crossbow and cocked the arrow. Just as he was about to shoot the black oil ooze monster, he heard Li Jiasu stop him.
"It's useless! Menlavayev, move back quickly!" the devil shouted, delaying his action.
The black oil ooze tried to pounce on Menlavaev beside it.
Well, the ooze monster fell down and failed to hit its target.
Menlavaev immediately retreated, keeping a distance of 30 feet from the ooze.
Li Jiasu stepped forward five feet and took a deep breath.
Then, from his mouth, a large ball of red flames violently spurted out!
The black oil ooze's reflex check is DC16, d20-1=7 (Dexterity modifier -1).
*The ooze monster was caught off guard and was hit from the front by the flames spouted by Li Jiasu.
*It burned violently! Flames and black smoke billowed, and the black oil ooze monster struggled crazily in place.
*About 12 seconds later, it was burned without a trace, leaving only a black cinder-like residue on the ground.
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Li Jiasu held his breath, stepped forward to pick up the small ball of burning residue, and inspected it for a few seconds. It felt like something like tar residue.
After casually throwing the tar residue into the dimensional bag, Li Jiasu turned to look at Menlavayev and asked, "Didn't I burn you just now?"
"Sir, it's not burning."
"Well, please clean the hammer and remove the black residue stuck to it."
"Understood, sir." Menlavayev immediately took out a piece of cotton and linen cloth from his pocket, wiped his big hammer clean, and then handed the cloth with black mucus to Li Jiasu, who also threw the cloth into the
Inside the dimensional bag.
Binxi stepped forward at this time and said with lingering fear: "It was really dangerous just now, sir. I have only heard some adventurers from the French and Portuguese Kingdom mention that there will be some ooze monsters in some dangerous swamp areas.
An amorphous monster with a shapeless body. I really didn’t expect that I encountered one underground today. It’s the first time for me.”
"Well, we..." Li Jiasu nodded, and just as he was about to say something, the devil's ears were keen to hear it. From far to near, there seemed to be some strange noises, approaching the three of them.
He turned his head in astonishment and looked intently with eyes with dark vision.
Far away on a road at the fork, five or six hundred meters away,
A dozen agency guards were waving some kind of metal tentacles, and their wheels were rolling toward the three of them.