As Søren went deeper and deeper, the underground passage became wider and wider.
Some more complete buildings began to appear around him. At the same time, there were more tunnels dug out by knell beetles. The width of these tunnels was more than five meters, and it seemed that this place had been dug into a huge underground network. At an intersection of the tunnels, there were traces of a battle on the ground, and there were seven or eight dead knell beetles. There was a strange buzzing sound coming from afar. Søren's Divine Perception Network found at least hundreds of beetles' traces.
A large door appeared in front of him. This should be the entrance to the underground ruins.
"It's still well preserved!"
Søren entered the underground ruins. He reached out his hand and touched the runes left on the wall. He murmured, "It seems that the whole place was enchanted with magic. That's why it hasn't been damaged after thousands of years. Even during the Arcane Empire, not every building was enchanted. This should be a more important place, right? "
Rumble!
There was a sound of something collapsing. Søren couldn't help but quicken his pace.
After passing through a narrow tunnel, Søren's vision suddenly widened. He arrived at a very large hall. In front of him were piles of golems that hadn't been activated yet.
At the front were a large number of clay golems. They were badly damaged, and many of them were eaten by insects. Less than one-tenth of them were still intact. However, the golems and iron golems at the back were more complete. It was estimated that more than fifty percent of them were still intact. It was just that he couldn't be sure if the internal parts were damaged or if they could be activated after energy was injected.
"This is?!"
Søren found a faint light of magic in a corner. After touching it and triggering the magic, a magic scroll left behind by the Arcane Empire appeared in front of him.
"Insects! … "
"There are more and more insects … We have to kill the mother insect to get rid of all of this! … "
"The City Hall has agreed to our plan! … Capital … We're going to build a large golem factory … But it needs a lot of energy! … We submitted an application to the Grand Arcanist Council … We asked them to build a large energy supply device for the city! But they refused … "
"There's no other way! Those grand arcanists don't care about us at all! … "
"Now we have to take the risk! … "
…
Part of the magic log was damaged, and Søren managed to decipher it with his divine ability, Language Proficiency. At the same time, he was able to guess what had happened.
Although the Arcane Empire was extremely powerful, it still had many enemies.
Deities were only one of them!
During the time of the Arcane Empire, there was too much magic energy. The huge amount of energy attracted a large number of creatures who had a strong desire for magic energy. Not only did the Magic Sunflower that destroyed the Age of Thorium appear during the time of the Arcane Empire, even some mutated insectoids from other planes were attracted by the huge amount of energy. The large-scale development of the Astral Plane also attracted a lot of dangerous gazes from the depths of the multiverse. Therefore, during the Arcane Empire, large-scale alchemy research and development was carried out. The Mana Engine was also developed based on this point. Without the need for war, there would not be such large-scale research.
"The energy radiation is not low."
Søren closed his eyes and sensed the energy radiation that still existed here after thousands of years. This kind of energy radiation was very harmful to ordinary creatures. It was almost the same as being exposed to more intense nuclear radiation. The radiation here had not been eliminated until now, which meant that there was still a relatively serious source of energy radiation left here. This was also the reason why knell beetles multiplied here on a large scale and turned this place into an insectoid nest.
* Clack! *
There was a noise in front of him.
"Someone's here!?"
Søren suddenly raised his head and rushed over there. There was a smaller room behind the hall in front of him. At this moment, he saw a familiar figure.
Søren was stunned and murmured, "It's her!?"
Die!
The Oriental Dancer who had been in contact with Søren.
At this moment, the Oriental Dancer, who looked quite embarrassed and was still injured, was fiddling with a bunch of complicated mechanical devices that were still intact. When she triggered a button, the entire underground ruins suddenly shook. Then, he saw that the closed Mana Transmission Devices were lit up, and the energy nodes were activated one by one. A huge source of radiation came from the depths of the underground ruins. In an instant, it was connected to the Golem Puppets in front of him through the energy transmission device.
"Energy nodes activated!"
"Transmit energy! … Golem army activated! … Insectoid nest found! … Elimination plan activated! … "
"Infected found! … "
"Zizz! … Eliminate the infected! … "
"Eliminate the invaders! … "
"Zizz! … "
"Radiation source found! … "
"Activate the final defense plan! … Activate the Kill Order! … "
A series of electric sparks appeared.
Søren didn't even have time to stop her. He saw a series of electric sparks burst out of the mechanical devices near her, and then there was a red alarm light. The energy transmission devices around her exploded directly because they were too old. The mechanical sound from one of the devices finally turned into a series of harsh alarms.
"Damn it!"
"Has the Battle of the Golems started?"
Søren found that he seemed to be a step late. Although these Golem Puppets had not left the underground ruins for the time being, with the emergence of light, all the Golem Puppets in the hall that were relatively intact moved.
"Eliminate the invaders! … "
"Eliminate the infected! … "
"Eliminate the mutant Insectoids! … "
"Eliminate all enemies! … "
Rumble.
The stone wall at the back of the hall suddenly began to cave in. Then, in the deep darkness, dense lights appeared. Søren's current location was just one of the places where the Golem Puppets were stored. There were many Golem Halls inside the underground ruins. The Arcane Empire was very dependent on the Golem Puppets. Even the guards inside the floating city were Arcane Puppets. The Golem Puppets replaced most of the labor force. In the most glorious period of the Arcane Empire, even most families had relatively cheap clay Golems.
"Eliminate the invaders!"
A Golem that was clearly broken suddenly rushed over. Its arm was completely damaged, but the energy core inside was still running. At this moment, there was a dangerous red light in its eyes, and it directly punched toward Søren. There was a problem with the operation program here. Søren was not sure whether there was a Thaling responsible for operation inside this large Golem Factory. If there was no Thaling responsible for maintenance, then the order after activation could not be changed at all.
"This! … "
"How could this be! … "
The Oriental Dancer's face was also full of horror at this moment. She had never thought that such a thing would happen after activating the Golem Puppets.
As a special profession in the Eastern Kingdom, the professional characteristics of the Oriental Dancer were a bit like that of a Bard. It was a special advanced profession that could be used for both close combat and spellcasting. Most of them had a trace of Warlock's blood and were also proficient in a certain amount of alchemy. This was because many Oriental Dancers had mastered a unique puppet technique, which was another way to make Golem Puppets. Relying on her half-understood ability, although she successfully activated the Golem Puppets here, it seemed that she did not let them execute the correct command when activating them. It was estimated that entering the correct command might not be useful. This ruin had been buried for too long.
"Kacha!"
Søren frowned and dodged the attack of the Golem. Then he punched the Golem in the chest. The powerful force shattered its energy core, and the Golem in front of him completely collapsed in an instant.
A row of data appeared in front of him:
"Killed the Golem."
"Extracting soul energy!! You've gained 2100 Slaughter EXP! … "
In just a short while, the entire hall was in chaos. Passages were opened all around, and then all kinds of Golem Puppets came out from various storage halls.
Clay Golem, Golem, Iron Golem, Flesh Golem, Diamond Golem …
In the deepest part of the hall, Søren even felt a trace of Draconic Aura. This was an ancient Golem device. The manufacturing process was similar to the Flesh Golem. Its name was Dragon Skeleton Golem. It was a puppet life made from the bones of an adult dragon. Apart from that, the figures of some Arcane Guardians also appeared in the surroundings. They were the more difficult Arcane Golems to challenge.
"Let's go!"
Søren's figure suddenly appeared beside the Oriental Dancer. He grabbed her and rushed to the side passage.
The other party was obviously stiff when Søren appeared. When she heard a slightly familiar voice, she relaxed a little. At this time, hundreds of Golem Puppets had been activated behind them. According to the instructions set when they were made, most of the Golems began to enter the passage dug by the Knell Beetles.
"Destroy the Zerg!"
"Found the Zerg nest!! Attack!! Clear!! … "
"Found the source of radiation!"
"Found the Zerg nest!! Destroy the Zerg queen!! … "
Sizzle.
The buzzing of the Knell Beetles sounded. Some places in the underground ruins had seriously collapsed. In the Zerg passage, the Golem Puppets had been fighting with them. These dangerous Zerg were still not weak against a large number of Golems, but when the Diamond Golems in the rear began to join the battle, the situation gradually changed.
Søren did not know how many Golem Puppets had been activated.
According to such a large Golem factory, the configuration of the Golem army during the Arcane Empire, and the prevalence of Golem Puppets during the Arcane Empire, there were at least two or three thousand Golem Puppets that could be active at present.
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