Hearing Hao Ren's mutterings, Nangong Wuyue, who was healing Rollie's bruise, was taken aback. "Other than us? In this godforsaken place ruled by monsters? "
"The brain monster tried to sound an alarm, but a sudden force blocked it." Hao Ren nodded. "Our senses may be faulty, but the MDT's sensors and memory are never wrong. It can confirm that the force that appeared was different from the aura of the festered monster."
"Wait a minute, quiet —" Nangong Sanba suddenly raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet and began to pay attention to their surroundings. "I feel it again … the same feeling I had when we first entered this place … There's something around us!"
This time, the strange feeling was so obvious that even Rollie quickly noticed it. The cat girl was on all fours on the ground, her back arched high, and her tail was standing up like a stick. All the fur on it was standing on end. "Meowwwww —"
They had just dealt with a brain monster and escaped from the danger of being exposed, and now they were being spied on. Everyone's nerves were stretched to the extreme, but Vivian quickly calmed down. She summoned a Lightning Orb and said in a low voice, "Come out, I've already sensed you. If you continue to be more or less ambiguous, we can only remain hostile to you."
After Vivian's voice trailed off, there was still silence in the tunnel. But just when Lily lost her patience and was about to speak, a small flash of lightning suddenly appeared in the air near them.
The small flash of lightning was blue-white, but there was a hint of black-red in it. After it appeared, it quickly bounced twice in the air and then condensed into a small human figure.
It was a sprite in a blue skirt with big eyes.
Hao Ren was speechless.
The sprite was speechless.
"It's … it's a sprite!" The first to break the silence was Lily. The husky maiden jumped up and pointed at the shimmering little thing in the air. "Why is there a sprite here? Where did it come from? "
The little sprite immediately bared her fangs and claws. "This is Amantir! The sprites live in Amantir! Of course there are sprites in Amantir! "
The sprites of Amantir?! They still existed, and survived to this day?!
Hao Ren was instantly shocked, and a series of conjectures popped up in his mind. At the same time, he saw some of the details of the sprite in front of him: it looked no different from the sprites in Naqdal or the Heart, except for one thing.
The sprite had a strand of hair that looked like an ahoge on its head. The ahoge had a very eye-catching black and red luster, which reminded people of the land that had been eroded by the festered monsters.
If Hao Ren guessed correctly, this black-red hair was evidence of the direct erosion of the power of the Mad Lord. In other words, the sprite was actually corrupted?
But when he looked at the little thing, who was staring at Lily with her arms akimbo in the air, looking indignant but afraid to fight, Hao Ren suddenly felt that if the festered minions really had these sprites, the average level of the festered army would be dragged down.
"Okay, okay, both of you calm down." Vivian also noticed the black-red hair on the sprite's head, but she did not show too much surprise. Instead, she stood between the little thing and Lily. "Sprite … right? You are the surviving Amantir sprite? Did you help us just now? "
"What else can I be if not a sprite?" The little thing shouted arrogantly. "You are so stupid. How dare you run around here with just a few of you? If I didn't help you, you would have been surrounded by so many monsters! Hurry up and thank the sprite! "
"You were the one who helped us just now?" Hao Ren was surprised. Even the vigilance he felt when he looked at the black-red hair on the little thing's head weakened. "So, you are fighting against the festered army?"
"Of course, sprites fight those monsters!" The little thing said with her arms akimbo in the air. The hair on her head stood up as if stimulated. "And if it wasn't for the sprite, you would have been discovered by now!"
Hao Ren and Vivian looked at each other, and the latter then looked at the little thing. "How many sprites like you are there? Are there any surviving sprite habitats in Amantir? "
The little sprite thought for a moment. "Sprites have many companions, habitats … Wait a minute, why are sprites telling strangers this? You haven't told me where you are from! What if you are the bad guys? "
Hao Ren had come into contact with these little things more than once. He had a good idea of their average intelligence and way of thinking. He said casually, "Can the bad guys fight those monsters to the death? Obviously, we're the good guys since we're here to cause trouble."
Sure enough, the little thing immediately nodded. "Oh, you are right. Those who fight those monsters must be the good guys …"
"You said that there are many sprites here?" Vivian asked. "How did you survive?"
"Then tell me who you are first." The little one was unexpectedly stubborn, and her memory seemed to be better than other sprites. She had not forgotten the previous topic. "Why did you suddenly appear here? The sprites don't remember that there is a race like you around."
The sprites living in Amantir could not possibly know the changes in the outside world, and it was pointless to mention the droid army and observers. So, Hao Ren brought up Salaman. "We are allies recruited by the commander of the guardian army, Salaman, to infiltrate this planet for a mission."
"Salaman?! That big guy? "The little sprite exclaimed." He is still alive? Is he still guarding the Heart? "
"You think the Heart has fallen?" Hao Ren was stunned for a moment. He then turned on the comm device, confirmed that the encrypted link was still safe, and activated the communication with Salaman. "If you don't believe me, you can talk to Salaman directly."
The little sprite immediately looked nervously at the comm device that Hao Ren took out. The image that appeared on the device was extremely blurry, and the voice was distorted and intermittent. In order to maintain stealth in Amantir, the base of the fallen occupied by the festered, all communication lines had been highly encrypted and degraded. Coupled with the ubiquitous chaotic interference of Amantir, it was not easy to ensure that the connection was established, and naturally, the quality of communication could not be improved.
But from the blurry image, Salaman's bushy face could still be clearly seen. The voice of the old giant was delayed for two seconds. "Observer, Lord of the Throne, is the mission successful? Why did you suddenly send a message? "
According to the previously discussed security rules, both sides should try to minimize contact after the start of the mission to reduce the risk of being discovered by the festered. Sending a message must only be done under special circumstances, so Salaman asked.
"Salaman? Big, big guy! " The little sprite could not help but exclaim when she saw the figure of the Guardian Legion Commander on the comm device. "You are still alive! It is really you! "
"This is …" The Giant Legion Commander apparently did not expect to see such a tiny thing on the comm screen. He was stunned. "This is a sprite?! Where are you? Why are there sprites?! "
"We are now in the underground facility of the Grand Temple of the control center, close to where the Amantir crystal is stored," Hao Ren briefly explained his current situation. "Then this little guy appeared, and she said that there are more sprites here."
"The sprites of Amantir survived …" The voice of the Giant Legion Commander sounded quite incredible. "Unbelievable … How did you survive? And it seems that you are not corrupted by the power of the Mad Lord? Didn't those freaks attack the crystal array in the fortress? "
"We escaped in advance," the little sprite said, somersaulting in the air. "Those monsters used the crystal as an energy source and dug it out. Many sprites did not have time to escape, but the rest of the sprites discovered the danger in advance, cut off their connection with the crystal, and then moved to a deeper place. When the goddess built these planets, she used the primordial crystal as the core. Although the crystal is rough and has no energy, it is enough for the sprites to live in! "
Salaman listened in amazement. "Is there such a thing? You all hid in the core? Didn't those freaks come after you? "
"No, because the sprites are super weak. They thought that the sprites had all died when the crystal was dismantled!" The little one said proudly (but what she said was really nothing to be proud of). "Occasionally, sprites would come out, but it seemed that those monsters did not care …"
Hao Ren looked a little speechless at the little one, who did not know if she could figure out the situation. Then he found an excuse to bring the MDT aside and whispered to Salaman, "Did you notice the ahoge on her head?"
"Ahoge?"
"… It's the curled hair. The sprite actually has traces of being infected by the power of the Mad Lord, but … "
"It looks like she is mentally normal, and she is standing on the opposite side of the minions of the Mad Lord," Salaman finished what Hao Ren did not finish. "You just said that the sprite helped you."
Hao Ren frowned. "Can this happen? Infected by the power of the Mad Lord, but not affected at all, and just dyed her hair? "
"It has never happened before, but anything is possible in the sprites," Salaman said faintly. "When Mother created this race, she designed a lot of … 'characteristics' that we can't understand. I believe many of these characteristics are specially prepared to fight against the Mad Lord. After all, after the Creation's Engine is started, it can completely eliminate the corruption of the Mad Lord in the universe, but before the engine is started, Mother must first ensure that the Weaves of Destiny can survive safely. The sprites are the computing units of the Weaves of Destiny, and they must naturally have the ability to maintain themselves and survive for a long time under the corruption of the Mad Lord. "
Hearing Salaman's speculation, Hao Ren nodded slightly and then said, "Now we have to modify the plan. There are a large number of surviving sprites in Amantir, and I am afraid we have to add one more task."
"… Are you going to 'take' the entire core away?" Salaman looked at Hao Ren in amazement. "You know, those surviving sprites are stored in the core of Amantir!"
"It doesn't have to be that way." Hao Ren thought for a moment. "I have to talk to the sprite first. There should be a way."
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