Hao Ren had not seen this monster in the Plane of Dreams for a long time. The last time he saw it was when he was solving the siren problem in Nasaton. At that time, a brain monster occupied the city of the deep sea and exchanged minds with the Queen of the Sirens. Hao Ren and his team spent a lot of effort to capture the monster, but in the end, the monster escaped the strict surveillance of the Petrachelys by uploading its consciousness, which made Hao Ren regret for a long time.
After that, he had not seen this terrible creature that mutated from the brain of the guardian giants. Whether it was on the deserted planets in the Plane of Dreams or in the vast space, these monsters seemed to have disappeared into thin air.
He did not expect to see them again, or one of them, on the planet of Amantir, which was ruled by the minions of the Mad Lord.
The Shadow Canopy that Vivian had set up in advance was a wise move. Under the cover of the powerful magic, the brain monster in the room did not notice the strange atmosphere above. It just crawled on the round metal pedestal like a mollusk, connecting its tentacles (which were actually nerve cords) to the holes around the pedestal. It issued commands to various equipment in the room while making a vague, squirming, muddle-like murmur.
If they did not know the origin of these monsters in advance, no one would have associated this horrible mass of meat with the guardian giants.
"It didn't notice us." Nangong Sanba took a look and quickly retreated. "The sound this thing makes is disgusting. Don't tell me this is a new popular song in the festered army."
"The brain monster is one of the highly intelligent creatures of the Mad Lord." Vivian frowned. "Is the commander behind those monsters these brain monsters?"
"You mean this planet is actually the lair of the brain monster?" Lily blinked. "Not necessarily. We have only seen one. Maybe there is such a brain monster among the festered monsters here."
"No, it shouldn't be the only one." Hao Ren noticed the details in the room and retorted, "Did you notice the equipment? There was also the pedestal — the equipment had biochemical interfaces that could be directly connected to the brain monster's nerve cords, and other than those interfaces, there were no other control panels. This meant that these equipment were specially prepared for the brain monster, and there were no other controllers. If the brain monster is just an inconspicuous individual in the corrupted legion, there should be no need to prepare such a large number of special equipment for it, and it can't be used by others. "
"We can't rule out the possibility that those things down there are the brain monster's' exclusive equipment '," Nangong Wuyue whispered. "What if it's the leader here?"
Hao Ren thought about it and had to admit that it was possible. "That's hard to say … Let's see if we can find more brain monsters."
Lily bared her teeth at the floor. "What about the one below? Should we kill it? "
Hao Ren thought carefully for a moment and shook his head. "Don't complicate the issue. Don't forget the brain monster's various special abilities in the spiritual realm. It may be able to directly warn the outside world through thought waves. If we don't kill it immediately, we'll be in big trouble. This thing can't be captured or interrogated, so there's no value in killing it."
The others also agreed with this view, so Lily could only give a disappointed "oh" and obediently followed behind Hao Ren as they continued to move deeper into the underground facility.
Thirty minutes later, they successfully passed through the outer area of the Grand Temple and officially entered the underground area of the temple area.
At this point, they had entered the vicinity of the control center, but the entire control center of the planetary fortress was a rather large facility. It included a tower-like temple on the ground and an underground structure that could be called an underground city. The underground part of the fortress was even larger than the aboveground part. Back in Naqdal, Hao Ren and his team had a sprite to lead the way. They could go straight to the engine room through the upper and lower passages, which was naturally convenient and fast. But here, they had to follow the intricate pipeline system of the underground facility, which greatly reduced their speed.
"Salaman has sent news that the sporadic exchange of fire in space has ended. Now the guardian legion and the drone army have retreated to predetermined positions, facing the Amantir defense circle," Hao Ren said in a low voice. "In the next few days, some of the Amantir defenders will retreat into the planet's atmosphere, and the defense outside will be strengthened. We have to be extra careful."
Nangong Sanba looked at the dimly lit passage in front of him. The monotonous and oppressive environment here was very uncomfortable and had greatly worn out everyone's patience. Even he was a little impatient. "Where are we now?"
The MDT projected a holographic map, which showed the route provided by Salaman. In the center of the map was a light blue beam representing the crystal of Amantir, and they were now above the light blue beam, surrounded by intricate obstacles. "The straight-line distance to the crystal of Amantir is two kilometers. But considering the endless pipes and corridors, the real distance we have to go is more than ten times this distance."
Of course, they could not sneak into the tunnel in a straight line. In fact, the route that Hao Ren and his team took almost a half-circle around the entire underground area. They entered from the south of the Grand Temple and then followed a roughly downward spiral arc. There was even a part of the route in the middle that was close to the equatorial rift before they finally entered the engine room from the northern entrance of the temple. This route was theoretically the safest.
Nangong Sanba sighed. "Sigh … we have to keep going."
After following the route for a while, Lily stopped, a little puzzled. "Do you feel that it's a little hot here?"
Not only did she feel it, but Hao Ren had also noticed it: the surrounding temperature seemed to have risen.
"We are at the edge of the great rift." Hao Ren glanced at the route map. There was a striking red crack on the route map, which had 'cut' almost a third of the originally complete underground facility. "The heat from the great rift must have come in."
Hao Ren's speculation was soon proven right.
After a while, the restless heat in the surrounding air had become a distinct heat wave, and there were obvious traces of repair on the pipes along the way. In some parts that were not marked on the route map, there were even unexpected forks and gates: these were the result of reconstruction.
Apparently, after the equatorial region of Amantir was torn apart, the festered guards of this planet had completely repaired and rebuilt this area. After arriving here, the route map provided by Salaman was no longer usable.
"The underground facility is obviously not completely closed, otherwise the heat wave would not have come in." Y 'zaks sniffled, a look of disgust on his face. "The air quality is far worse than the air quality in my hometown. The smell of sulfur is not pure at all."
Hao Ren gave him a contemptuous look. "Don't talk about the air quality. The air quality in your hometown is so bad that an ordinary person would have at least three lung cancers."
As they spoke, they had just arrived at a fork. This fork was not marked on the route map at all, and it was all up to their own judgment to move forward. Lily wagged her tail in the air and looked in the direction where the fluff on the tip of her tail was fluttering. "The air is blowing from that direction. Should we go and have a look?"
The husky maiden was pointing at the general direction of the original route, so Hao Ren nodded in agreement.
Following the direction of the hot air, they found themselves gradually out of the ventilation duct system.
The road ahead was getting wider, and there were several abandoned gates. The lighting system on both sides was also turned off. All signs indicated that this was an ancient passage that was once in use but was now abandoned.
Hao Ren's vision widened.
"This place …" Nangong Wuyue crossed her arms, the tip of her tail poking the ground anxiously. "I feel like I am evaporating!"
After coming out from the last gate, the open space outside was directly connected to the equatorial rift!
A blinding red light filled their vision. After their eyes adapted to the light, the scenery outside gradually became clear. Hao Ren found that the gate was connected to a wide metal platform, which was built directly on the fractured rock stratum. Below the platform, the red light was constantly surging, which was the hot magma rolling under the unimaginable power of Chaos. On both sides of the platform, exposed mechanical structures, pipes, platforms, beams, and gates were everywhere on the red-hot rock wall. These facilities almost extended along the cliff into the magma below!
"Take cover!" Nangong Sanba suddenly whispered, and almost at the same time, Vivian's Shadow Canopy once again shrouded everyone.
Under the protection of the Shadow Canopy, everyone hid in a depression on the edge of the platform, and a group of hideous, twisted flesh monsters flew over the platform in the next second.
The flesh monsters did not seem to be a specialized patrol team, but soldiers that had just been 'created' from the rift. They roared in chaos as they flew into the sky, completely unaware that a few small intruders were hiding under their noses.
Hao Ren looked into the distance. In the vast rift, more monsters were being created from the surging magma. Although it was not as overwhelming as the previous battle, it was still a frightening phenomenon.
Lily could not help but stick her tongue out. "That can't be … Don't tell me they 'created' the soldiers directly from the magma?"
Vivian waved her hand, and a little bat flew out from the shadows and turned into a bloody mist as it returned to her body. She shook her head. "No … the monsters did not come out from the magma. I used the little bat to investigate, and there's something like a 'summoning field' below …"
Hao Ren frowned. "Summoning field?"
Vivian did not explain, but drew a few runes on the ground, and the scene that the little bat saw appeared above the runes. Although it was not as clear as the holographic projection, it was still distinguishable.
Everyone saw that at the bottom of the rift, near the source of the magma, countless large black platforms were neatly distributed along the cliff. The black platforms were painted with dark red stripes, and the chaos of the patterns made Hao Ren feel dizzy. Every once in a while, the patterns on the black platforms would light up, and then a mutant monster would slowly form in the air and fly into the sky …
"… Motherf * cker …" Seeing this, Hao Ren could not help but swear. "Is there any justice in this world?"
Lily glanced at him. "The guy who made 80 billion drones in four years has the cheek to say that there is no justice in this world?"
Hao Ren was speechless.
"This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is what's next." Vivian interrupted the conversation between Hao Ren and Lily, indicating that there was more to the video. "Look, these platforms are actually connected …"
Sure enough, as Little Bat zoomed in, they saw that the black platforms were not isolated from each other. Each platform had a black, pipe-like object, and the pipe-like objects all converged at the center of the magma river at the bottom of the rift valley. There was a huge black metal tower there, and on the surface of the metal tower were several protruding hemispherical structures, and on each hemispherical structure was a monster.
Those were brain monsters, more brain monsters.
Amantir was indeed the nest of brain monsters!
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