Demons were indispensable enemies or supporting characters in various fantasy works and video games. When Lin was on Earth, of course, he had dealt with these guys a lot. In video games …
However, in the mysterious land, what kind of attitude should he use to face these creatures from the abyss?
You can't be too cautious!
This kind of experience involved Lin's blood and tears. Looking back, he still remembered the first time he went on an adventure as an apprentice. When he earned the meager reward, the opponent he chose was a novice monster on the streets – goblins. That time, he almost lost his life. The transmigrators didn't know if they should go back to the 18 layers of hell or die in the underworld.
The cunning of the uncivilized races was not at all inferior to their civilized relatives or humans. And goblins were not cases of pretending to be pigs to eat tigers. Even if they were herbivorous' demonic beasts' – they were real beasts that could cast magic, not wild beasts that could only howl – they were still a pain in the ass for a guy who was brainwashed by video games. Not all herbivores were easy to bully.
It was also from that time that Lin Li deeply realized that this was a real world. And he wasn't LV99 with a full set of godly equipment. Slaying demon kings was like a hero chopping vegetables. It was also from that time that Lin didn't dare to be impulsive when he went on an adventure. He was always careful. He would rather choose missions to bully the weak than to kick an iron plate and lose an arm or a leg.
Since goblins were so troublesome, what about demons? The answer to this question was self-evident.
Secondly, this demon was still a reference. At least, it uncovered the mystery of the unknown situation detected in the past few days.
More than a year ago, Lin didn't understand the abnormal fluctuations detected in the forest outside the tower. When he went to the scene to investigate, he didn't find anything suspicious, so he just left it there. Until today, the first time he saw a demon in his life appeared in front of him. Of course, routine testing was necessary. After a vague comparison of the obtained data, Lin got the answer he didn't want to see the most.
What did this mean? According to Lin's judgment, this meant that the appearance of the demon was not natural or coincidental, but a man-made disaster. This was because it happened a long time after the strange phenomenon of the alignment of six stars. On the contrary, countless people of unknown origins began to gather in the village outside the tower.
Moreover, there would be people sneaking around the place every night and only leaving after taking a long detour. Now that he thought about it, perhaps they were carrying out some kind of ritual. No, now that I think about it, the ritual was quite obvious. It was to summon the Abyss.
Since it was an uninvited guest, there was no need to worry. Lin directly pulled creatures with similar characteristics into the blacklist under the surveillance system. The highest level was to kill them on sight. At the same time, he adjusted the observation parameters of Arcane Eye so that it could understand and see the creatures from the Abyss.
The moment the settings were completed, the Arcane Eye took shape at the top of the tower. The big eye made of firelight looked around, and several light spots were marked on the surveillance screen of the nuclear chamber. Following which, the light bullets turned into bunches and shot towards the marked location. After a few breaths, the attack stopped.
He adjusted the image that the Arcane Eye could see and displayed several attack locations. Sure enough, the creatures that died under the attack were all strange creatures with strange forms. What they had in common was their dark red skin that looked like flowing lava, and their corrosive blood.
The pure energy attack of the light bullets seemed to have an additional effect on these Abyss creatures. This was guessed from their glowing wounds that were constantly being corroded and expanded.
However, the same attack had no effect on the place that might be the gap between the Abyss and the Abyss. Lin tried to shoot a few light bullets at the place. Apart from destroying the surrounding trees, the aura of authority from the Abyss did not change at all. On the contrary, the power of the light bullets suddenly weakened after entering the area, as if they were repelled.
He activated Bocamoso's Giant Palm and pulled the demon's corpse back. At the same time, he activated the Arcane Eye and combined it with the 3D imaging technology in the tower to create a new function. It was a kind of augmented reality, reproducing everything in the target location in the core room, making people feel as if they were there in person.
However, the effect did not seem to be very good. It was targeted at the suspected spatial gap. If it was targeted at other places, this augmented reality function could be completely reproduced, including flying insects, wind blowing leaves, and so on. However, the spatial fluctuations of the interference between the two worlds seemed to affect the results of the Arcane Eye's observation. Therefore, the changed scene in the core room had disturbing noises from time to time. It was like an old projector tube TV, with grayish-white lines and noises appearing from time to time.
However, at least it allowed Lin to see some of the situation. After switching several observation modes in succession, he finally saw the magic array set up around him in his Magic Psionic Vision, which was mainly based on authority. The flow of the aura of authority exposed the hidden magic array. It might be able to confuse human vision, but it could not hide the flow of energy.
The various magic arrays and runes were not only set up on the ground, but also the surrounding trees and stones had corresponding magic patterns that worked together to form a whole. The source of the energy was a few objects that were buried in the ground. Judging from the shape of the magic aura emitted, it should be a polished magic stone.
He could not see where the spatial gap was. The aura of authority from the abyss seemed to appear out of thin air, and its density was constantly increasing. If one were to judge by the densest point or the location where the speed of increase was obviously higher than other locations, then this space could be said to be filled with spatial gaps. To explain it visually, it was like cracking an eggshell. The shape of the egg was still intact, but it was full of cracks.
Other than that, he observed a weak source of the abyss' aura buried deep underground. After filtering a few waves of physical objects, he saw an object that looked like the outline of an arm underground. It did not look like an ordinary human arm, with four distinct fingers that were sharp like claws and withered like wood.
Was this the thing that opened the spatial gap in the abyss? Or was it just a bait to attract the attention of the other world? Restoring it to its original visual appearance, Lin tried to observe it from various angles.
While he was thinking, three women, two young and one adult, walked in together. They were all amazed by the scene in the core room. Although a few tables and chairs, as well as the silver mirror-like energy pool in the middle, were still floating in the air, and the large and small water mirror screens were still there, the surroundings had become like a forest.
The color, the luster, and the way the branches and leaves swayed in the wind, everything was so real. This made the two girls want to reach out and touch it out of curiosity, only to realize that it was just an illusion. An illusion without smell and sound.
Fen asked directly, "How did you make this place look like the outside?"
"A way to use three-dimensional imaging. Using the Arcane Eye to observe the outside world and copy it. "
"Oh, I see. Then where is this? "
"It should be where the demon appeared. From my observations, this place is filled with the aura of authority similar to that demon's. It is also the place where people would sneak around in the middle of the night. "
"Oh, it's the prototype of the Abyss Gate. It's just that you're so lazy that you don't even want to go out and take a look. If you keep designing such convenient things, you'll get lazier and lazier. "
The advancement of technology was to make humans useless …! No, it was to let humans enjoy life better. You're a Lich from a thousand years ago, you won't understand this. But judging from his tone, something was wrong. Lin asked, "You know that place?"
"I know. The obvious stench of the Abyss came from there, it's not like my nose is broken. "
"Why didn't you say you knew?" Lin raised his voice a little hysterically. But the former Demon King said indifferently, "After all, it was already there before I was resurrected. I thought you already knew, but you didn't do anything, so you probably didn't care too much. And it's not a big deal, it's just opening a Gate of the Abyss or something. If it really opened, I could go over and get some local specialties back, it's much more convenient than opening a Gate of the Abyss myself. "
How should he put it, the height was different, so the things he saw were also different. Lin held his head powerlessly and said, "I didn't even know it was a Gate of the Abyss before."
"Oh, I see."
Sister, can you stop it, I'm very hurt.
But when he thought of the other party's past identity and his profound knowledge of magic, Lin rekindled his hope and hurriedly asked, "Then do you know the solution? The way to close that Hell's Gate so that it can never open again. "
"It's already too late. The Gate of the Abyss has developed to this extent, it's only a matter of time before it opens completely. It's impossible to close it again at this stage. "
The answer made Lin collapse back into his chair powerlessly. Instead, the two young apprentices also noticed the seriousness of the situation. Kaya just frowned, but Hallumi asked worriedly, "Why can't it be closed? That Gate of the Abyss. "
"Well, let me give you an analogy. It's like a siege in war. If the gate and walls are intact, the attacking side has to pay a price several times the casualties of the defending side to be able to break into the city. At this point in time, the defending side has the advantage. "
As he explained, Fen walked to the real scene at the center of the Gate of the Abyss. His fingers drew in the air, leaving traces of magic energy. It was the Blank Slate Technique that Lin invented. And the traces he drew were the magic array to summon the Abyss. It was exactly the same as the flow of energy that Lin had observed when he activated his Magic Psionic Vision, which was the magic array that was actually set up at this place.
Fen said, "If the gate has already opened a gap, the defense is no longer complete. The defending side has to pay ten times, or even a hundred times the price to be able to defeat the enemy. Because under normal circumstances, it's time to prepare for a city battle, and the city gate can only be abandoned. As for why it is like this, let me put it this way. When you see a small crack in the heavy city gate, you will try your best to close it. But why wouldn't the people on the other side try their best to open the gate? "
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