Chapter 272 The outrageous possibility
The button icon glows bright red.
Having experience in operating the light curtain on the round platform of the Creation Altar, believers are no stranger to this kind of thing.
A volunteered believer walked to the front and shouted:
“Praise the God of knowledge!”
Aiming at the button, he closed his eyes and slapped his hand on the light screen of the round platform.
After a few seconds, the cave was still quiet, so quiet that the only sounds that could be heard were the breathing of the believers in the land reclamation team.
The believer who touched the [Pressure Release] button opened his eyes with some uncertainty.
"Why?"
"I...seem to be okay?"
I touched myself twice.
Not losing his mind;
No strange organs or extra limbs sprouted;
There were no cysts, blood clots, or hyperplasia.
"Is this the wrong step? It's not effective?" The believers were a little confused.
But the original red button on the light screen has disappeared, replaced by a long square frame.
【Relieving pressure.】
[Current pressure relief progress: 24%]
Just as he was about to check the surrounding situation, the ears of a ranger professional knowledge-seeking believer suddenly twitched.
He applied the level 1 wilderness magic [Sensitive Hearing] to himself.
The effect of this magic is similar to the shadow magic [Midnight Vision] of the stalkers.
The effect of the ranger's magic is to enhance their hearing, making it easier for them to detect small movements in the distance.
"Something is approaching us!"
"The speed is not too slow!"
Several other rangers in the team reported similar information.
Soon, you will be able to hear that distinct sound without relying on the assistance of divine magic!
The sound came from the depths of the dark cave, and the rumble of the ground was like the stampeding of thousands of troops, reverberating with dull echoes in the cave.
Peter thought of the pressure relief prompt he saw earlier: "Hey...could it be those 69 level 1 monsters, 32 level 2 monsters, and more than 100 level 0 monsters rushing towards us!!!"
Since the number of people allowed to participate in each testing trial in the shallow layer is 30, the number of people in this exploration team is also configured at 30.
This is also currently recognized as the standard equipment among believers seeking knowledge when exploring dark crypts.
Well, of course, there are only 29 people left.
A guy who was directly killed by a level 4 monster in the [Isolation Layer] in order to clear up wasteland and collect intelligence has returned to the Altar of Creation and been resurrected.
With their current combat power, if they cooperate properly, the monsters in "Pressure Release Flow" can be killed.
The premise is that they must occupy suitable terrain and prepare the means to deal with it.
After all, professionals with fragile bodies like mages and priests have to be shut down once they are approached by monsters.
Facing the possible crisis, Pat decisively used his command power.
"Shield-bearers, go and block the entrance of the passage where we come from with three people. The other two shield-bearers stay with the mage and priest, ready to respond!"
"Prepare lighting arrows and greasy spells in advance, don't skimp on casting materials!"
"The priest first puts the blessing of reducing damage on the person who is approaching the enemy!"
Command orders were distributed quickly and orderly.
The believers are getting nervous and preparing to face the enemy.
The ranger who heard the sound first suddenly raised his hand and reminded loudly: "Wait! That's not right!"
"The location has changed!"
"Sounds like they're heading in the other direction!"
The rumbling sound of marching echoed in the cave. Just as the Ranger believers said, the sound coming from the depths of the dark cave changed its direction slightly when it approached the depth range of the [Leakage Layer] where Peter and the others were. The final result was that they did not meet with Pat, but "passed by".
When the sound sounds closest, the two sides may only be separated by the rock wall and soil in the cave.
Listening to the dull sound of treading on the ground getting farther and farther towards the surface, the believers looked at each other.
"Release pressure?"
"No, does this pressure relief mean to lure the monsters in the dark cave to the surface?!"
"We just took the initiative to attract a bunch of low-level monsters into the dark forest?"
…
After wandering around the [Leakage Layer] area, Pett and the others found several similar cave spaces, with circular platforms of similar specifications inside.
When a believer comes close and touches it, a "pressure release" button will also appear on it.
It's just that the number of pressure-relieving monsters reminded in different caves is different.
The most common one found so far is hundreds of level 2 monsters alone, and even more level 1 monsters and level 0 monsters.
There are also those that were found at the beginning, with only about 30 second-level monsters.
But the members of the strategy team could not find any direct passage to the surface.
If they want to return to the surface, they need to return along the original path, first descend to the [Shallow Layer] area, and then return to the surface through the cave passage there.
After returning to the ground, explore the corresponding surface locations above the cave spaces in the leaked layer along the general direction.
The believers soon discovered a surprisingly horrifying pattern.
There are monster lairs of varying sizes in roughly corresponding locations!
And the size of the lair is directly proportional to the number of monsters that release pressure!
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This time.
Not to mention that believers are full of all kinds of ideas.
Nuowen in the Kingdom of God was shocked.
When the believers entered the [Isolation Layer] and saw this name, Novin already had a lot of ideas.
Plus the [Leakage Layer] and things found on the surface.
Noven is now 100% sure: "The Dark Crypt is definitely not something that was formed when the evil god of New Huili came into the world."
"This thing is 10,000% related to the gods of the previous era!"
Even if the information related to the dark crypt was severely damaged by the crazy shouting in the void, Noven had already obtained enough clues by organizing the exploration of believers.
"The monsters born from the evil god's pollution used to be suppressed underground in this forest."
"With the arrival of the new Huili era, the Dark Crypt...well, it has been in disrepair for a long time, and the original suppression measures have failed, which caused the original Dawn Forest to become the Dark Forest?"
Continue to think along this line of thinking.
Noven suddenly thought of a slightly outrageous possibility:
"The gray fog in the Kingdom of God has locked me in this space, making it impossible for me to leave. I can only observe this world from the perspective of a mortal believer and through the channels established by faith."
"There is also gray fog in the dark crypt, and the isolation layer is named like this. It is obviously used to imprison and separate the pollution of monsters and evil gods."
"Is there a possibility?"
"Perhaps what is being suppressed in the deepest part of the dark crypt is not a monster, but the true form of a certain evil god?"
"The original group of legendary pioneer adventurers also mentioned that they seemed to have witnessed the body parts of the evil god in the deepest part of the dark forest."
"Think further."
"Maybe I was suppressed somewhere?"
"Or maybe it's me who is being suppressed in the dark crypt?!"
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Author's note: There should be no plot in this story where the protagonist ends up personally. The kingdom of God should be inseparable until the finale.
(If the outline is changed later, let’s talk about it separately. There is no such plot in the current outline.)
(End of this chapter)