The words of the Lord of the Mountains finally answered many of Hao Ren's questions.
Why did the world of Collow only have five floating continents and a few smaller floating islands that did not even add up to a continent in the real world? Even if those continents were pieced together, it would not be enough to form a complete planet!
Why was Collow, a creation under the supervision of the goddess of creation, so there were no temples and relics of the goddess with divine significance, but only replicas built by mortals? Just like the Cassouin Grand Temple and many temples in the Sanctum, although they looked like the goddess of creation's style, they were clearly the creations of mortals!
Why were the historical records of the various secular countries in Collow so messy, and all of them were separated from the time node of 10,000 years ago? Even if Lockmarton's legacy was interrupted, the division was too abrupt and "neat," as if the world had changed, and all the civilized countries had been overturned!
The fact was, Collow had experienced an earth-shattering rebirth. In the destruction of Lockmarton, the Tyrant of Chaos, this small world with a diameter of two light years had been divided in time and space. The ancient prison wardens used the power of the "God's Engine" to push the original Collow to the side of the nightmare, becoming an old world forgotten by everyone. The so-called real world was actually just a replica used to control the prison system and accommodate survivors! In the new world, the kingdom of mortals circulated, because the relics of the gods were all in the old world to suppress the eternal nightmare …
Under the lead of the Lord of the Mountains, they trekked on the barren plain, heading toward a stronghold that was said to be important. The probes that Hao Ren released had begun to send back the first batch of information. From the images from afar, Hao Ren could see the appearance of this "old world" more clearly. To avoid alerting Lockmarton in advance, all the probes avoided places with obvious intelligent activities or powerful energy signatures. But even so, the data they sent back was precious.
Due to the collapse of the virtual space, the "real Collow" had been compressed to a radius of only two astronomical units and stabilized at this scale. Aside from the continents floating in the void, it had no sun, moon, or stars. All light and energy came from the turbulent primordial storms in space. Some physical continents floated in the void, roughly corresponding to the real Collow, and many phantom-like things moved between the floating continents, passing through each other but not affecting each other.
In the vast, cloud-shrouded place, the probes found countless fragmented ruins, including floating steel castles, magic towers, ancient facilities that looked like factories and warehouses, and even space-based fortresses with giant cannons and rails. But these magnificent things had now lost their function, leaving only fragments floating in the sky above the old world. Between them, black flesh filled with the power of Chaos and blindly growing tentacles floated, twisted, and wriggled aimlessly, disgusting and malicious.
The images sent back by the probes were nauseating and frightening. It seemed that the ancient Warden Corps was once very powerful. The goddess of creation had once set up unimaginably heavy firepower and even space firepower on the planet, but Lockmarton was still nibbling away at these defenses bit by bit, and even dragged the entire space into the virtual realm. How strong was its resistance?
Could conventional firepower and soldiers defeat it?
"What are we going to do next?" While Hao Ren was deep in thought, Lily was already jumping up and down. She was an impatient person, and the place made her glow all over, which made the husky maiden even more annoyed. "Big guy, big guy! Where is Lockmarton? Let's finish the fight and go home! "
In fact, it was not just Lily who was glowing. Aside from Noobie, everyone else in Hao Ren's team was glowing. Everyone's glow basically reflected the amount of treasures they had eaten. Lily's extraordinary appetite and habit of stealing food led her to the top of the glow ranking, while Y 'zaks was second. The old demon was shrouded in holy light, and he felt that he was not quite right, as if he had just put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha.
Geddon did not stop when he heard Lily's words. He raised his hand and pointed into the distance. "It's not wise to face Lockmarton recklessly. We need to understand the situation here first. We had been asleep for far too long, so we weren't sure how bad the situation in the Realm of Reflections had become. However, before the situation completely went out of control, Loken had left behind a large number of monitoring points and backup databases. These things were still running automatically even after the Wardens were corrupted. Since they weren't living creatures, they probably hadn't been completely corrupted by Lockmarton. I'm taking you to the nearest monitoring point. If it's still in operation, we'll be able to grasp the current location of Lockmarton's main body, as well as the distribution and strength of his minions in the entire Nightmare World. Challenging the Nightmare Tyrant is a difficult task. Without this information, we'll only be lost like blind ants in this fragmented world and gradually be devoured by the nightmares.
Hao Ren nodded. It was just as he expected. While the wardens were under the influence of corruption, they were not completely unprepared. Even for today's counterattack, they had plans and arrangements in place. This kind of cooperation was more reassuring. A teammate who could understand the situation and control the situation was much better than a group of hot-blooded boorish men.
As he nodded, he could not help but recall the scenes he saw in Benedict III's mental illusion.
Barren wilderness, monsters fighting in the wilderness, Lockmarton's shadow sweeping across the sky, and the mirrored tower in the background. The scene that appeared in the illusion seemed to be somewhere in this plain. When he first arrived on the surface, he could vaguely hear the sounds of battle. But where was the battlefield?
Hao Ren looked into the distance, but he did not see any smoke.
Vivian came to his side and asked curiously, "What are you looking for?"
"Did you hear the screams when you came out of the cave?" Hao Ren tilted his head slightly and asked softly.
Vivian frowned. "Screams? I think I vaguely heard something … "
Before Vivian's voice trailed off, Lily scurried over. "I heard it, I heard it! But you guys didn't react, I thought I heard it wrong … "
Hao Ren and Vivian looked at each other, thinking that dog ears were indeed sharp.
At that moment, the Lord of the Mountains' rumbling voice interrupted Hao Ren and the others' conversation. The Rock Giant pointed happily at a silver-gray obelisk not far away. "Ah, the monitoring point! It's still there! "
The monitoring point was a small metal tower that was two to three meters tall. It looked like a city monument that was engraved with faint runes. When they got closer, they realized that it was not placed directly on the ground. Instead, it floated about a meter above the ground. Below it was a concave square platform. Between the platform and the metal tower, countless lines flew back and forth, as if they were exchanging data.
This metal tower was a tall building that normal people would have to look up to, but to a giant like the Lord of the Mountains, it was just a small piece of equipment that he had to bend over to operate. Geddon knelt down in front of the monitoring point and placed his hand on the surface of the silver alloy to read the data inside. Hao Ren took the opportunity to ask, "The Forgotten Abyss … I mean, in this' old world ', are there any surviving resistance forces? For example, the automated army that you left behind. "
"Surviving resistance forces?" Geddon was stunned and slowly shook his head. "Probably not."
"Probably?"
"We were completely controlled by Lockmarton's power three hundred years ago, but in fact, a thousand years ago, the wardens had almost completely lost their ability to monitor the Forgotten Abyss." Geddon's tone was low, and it was clear that he was not talking about anything pleasant. "In other words, for a whole ten centuries, this prison has been unsupervised. No one knows what happened here, and we don't know how long the automated defense system that we left behind lasted, or under what circumstances it was completely destroyed … So far, I'm as clueless as you are, but at least there are monitoring points left. I should be able to figure out the situation soon."
Another warden sighed. "We have failed our mission."
Hao Ren was speechless, and only communicated with the MDT through the mental link about the various reports from the frontline probes. Lil Pea quietly hugged his arm and curled up in his embrace, which was rare for her.
At that moment, the obelisk in Geddon's hand suddenly emitted a bright light, and a blurry image was projected on it. A fully-armored soldier appeared in the projection, and in the background was a chaotic battlefield. A broken voice came from the image, "… Seventeenth record … Lost … Our plan to recapture our base has failed … Unable to contact the Warden's Army … We are … in the Scorched Plains, we will defend until … Bzzt bzzt …"
The messy image ended there, and Geddon looked at the unexpected message in shock. He muttered to himself, "It's a mortal soldier …"
Hao Ren immediately asked loudly, "When was that recorded?"
"Seven centuries ago," Geddon said slowly. "It was the last communication received by the monitoring point."
"This army is most likely finished," Vivian said with a sigh. "But why is there an army made up of mortals here?"
"They are the 'Heroic Souls' that we mentioned before," Geddon explained. "They are the most outstanding and most resolute mortal souls. They believe in our mother, and after their deaths, they willingly joined the Warden's army. They resurrected in this nightmarish world, and fought an eternal war against Lockmarton's minions. They are the reinforcements of the Warden's Army, but not the main force. "
Lily said straightforwardly, "They have lasted longer than you, the main force."
Geddon lowered his head speechlessly. After a while, he said, "That's right, it's just like you said."
At that moment, Hao Ren recalled the sounds of battle that he had heard not long ago. He had heard it, Vivian had heard it, and Lily had heard it without a doubt. It was definitely not an auditory hallucination!
In a trance, he seemed to hear the faint sounds again. He raised his head slightly, and his pupils shrank.
On the desolate horizon, a dark shadow had appeared out of nowhere!
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