The entire crystal pillar layer erupted with a strong vibration that lasted more than five minutes, and then there were even longer aftershocks and secondary disasters.
The hollow interlayer structure of Amantir was like a natural resonating chamber, and the impact of the collapse of the crystal pillar had produced the most terrifying crustal quake in the history of this planetary resonating chamber. The entire southern hemisphere of the planetary battleship was ringing like a giant bell. Looking from space, one could see that the land of Amantir had suddenly caved in, and then this part of the depression bulged as if it was elastic. This was the result of the spaceship's armor repositioning device failing to withstand the internal tearing. The entire land began to ripple, fold, and twist. Mountains thousands of meters high formed and disappeared in just a few minutes. Water boiled and was thrown into the atmosphere, causing a massive storm that spread across a quarter of the planet. If there was a planetary civilization on this planet, then in just ten minutes, this civilization had regressed back to the Iron Age, or worse.
What happened below the surface was even more terrifying.
Hao Ren's passion for stirring up trouble was unprecedented, but he still had to admit that standing next to a pillar supporting the earth's crust and blowing it down was a thrilling experience that he absolutely did not want to experience a second time. The crystal pillar was cut in half after a series of precisely calculated chain explosions, and then naturally dislocated and collapsed under the heavy pressure of the earth's crust. Countless boulders and crystal fragments the size of hills fell from the sky like a rainstorm, instantly smashing the crystal jungle in the crystal pillar layer into ruins. The ensuing wind and sound waves crushed the ruins into finer powder.
Then he heard a horrible creaking sound coming from the rock dome above, followed by a series of explosions and bright electric arcs that lit up the entire rock dome. It was a sign that the armor repositioning device near the equator had completely melted in the overload.
The energy barrier used to seal the equatorial rift had also failed. Hundreds of millions of tons of magma, earth, and rocks spewed out from the damage and fell toward the center of the planet under the influence of gravity. The entire crystal pillar layer was instantly scorching hot.
Could it be that these little things had not imagined what would happen when the crystal pillar was blown up before they started this mess?
When the shockwave came, Hao Ren and his friends instantly lit up their energy shields. As they knew that blowing up the crystal pillar was an extremely crazy move, they not only put on life-support collars, but also a shield generator and vector attitude stabilizer. These advanced equipment helped them withstand the deadly environment of the underground space and stabilized their bodies in the shockwave. Now it seemed that these preparations were quite effective.
Other than Hao Ren, Vivian was the calmest one. She looked up and stared unblinkingly at the rock dome that was constantly shaking and cracking at the top of the crystal pillar. Finally, she saw a ray of red light coming out of the dome, and the red light carried a terrifying aura of madness.
"The passage is open!" she shouted. "Now, let's go in!"
Hao Ren grabbed the MDT and stuffed it into his pocket. He then activated the propulsion system and rushed straight toward the crack on the dome. At the same time, he turned his head and shouted, "Lily!"
"I've been ready!" The husky maiden yelled as she took out her snacks from her pocket, tore open the packaging, and poured most of the spicy sticks into her mouth. The next second, her eyes glowed with a golden light, and blue veins spread along her arms and neck. "I'll hold it down for two minutes. The task of controlling the flight is up to you, Mr. Landlord!"
Not everyone was born to fly like Vivian. So at this moment, everyone who could not fly was equipped with the propulsion system provided by Hao Ren. But Lily's propulsion system was controlled by Hao Ren because she would have a hard time controlling herself in the near future.
Amid the falling boulders and crystal fragments, Hao Ren's team charged in the direction of the collapse of the dome. The dark red crack on the dome quickly enlarged in front of them. Hao Ren felt unprecedentedly calm at this moment. All the hesitation and nervousness had disappeared. In front of him was only the crack that exuded an ominous aura, like the door of hell. In this state, he even felt the passage of time slowed down, and every particle of dust floating around him became clear.
This illusion only lasted for a few short seconds. The next moment, he had already charged into the crack and passed through a seemingly solid layer of dark red light.
The moment they passed through the light, everyone could clearly feel the changes in their surroundings. The inside and outside of the light seemed to be two interconnected yet distinct spaces. Even though they could not pinpoint the difference between the two spaces, the feeling of 'stepping through the door' was unmistakable.
They had entered the inner part of the Lair of Nightmares, a place where illusion and reality overlapped, and time and space were all messed up.
"Awooo — Woof!!"
A loud howl broke everyone's trance after passing through space. The moment Lily passed through the crack, she removed the restriction on her own power. With a strong wind pressure and intimidating aura, the five-meter-tall husky strode out from the cloud of dust, and as she appeared, powerful white light began to leak out of her mouth.
The husky looked around casually, and then opened her mouth wide in a certain direction. "Roar!!!"
Accompanied by a strange buzzing sound, the air was shaken layer by layer, and a thick white light cannon illuminated the entire space, shooting towards the black shadow in the distance.
This was the first step that they had discussed earlier. Before entering, Lily had charged up enough energy, and the moment she entered, she would instantly transform and blast a Doggoblast at the place with the strongest energy reaction. As the most powerful attack in Hao Ren's team, Doggoblast would be the opening song of this attack.
And with the strong light from the white cannon, the dark and oppressive space was completely lit up, and Hao Ren quickly saw the scene in the Lair of Nightmares clearly.
He did not vomit, but he almost did.
In that brief glimpse, he saw that the so-called Lair of Nightmares was not a fortress wrapped in rock and metal like he had imagined, but more like … a wriggling organ.
Flesh and blood filled his vision, and the inner walls of the space were a layer of living tissue. Countless thick, vein-like things grew under the wriggling skin, and what looked like nerve lines and muscle bundles were exposed, intertwining into a large web on the dome of the cavern. Behind the web, there were still remnants of mechanical structures. That was the base of the control center, and a part of it had been consumed by the Lair of Nightmares.
This scene was like being in the stomach of a giant beast.
But it was not just these tissues. Amidst the disgusting flesh and blood, Hao Ren saw traces of other substances. Thick stone pillars, metal beams, and crystal clusters grew randomly in the vast space, and they had been corrupted by the power of the Mad Lord into weird shapes, but one could still tell that they were part of Amantir's underground facility.
Hao Ren also saw the target of the operation.
Lily's senses were accurate. She fired a beam of light straight at the center of the Lair of Nightmares. There was a gigantic round platform there, and the space above the platform appeared to be distorted. Layers of translucent barriers made it look like there was a layer of water there, and behind the layers of barriers was a huge brain tissue hanging in the air. Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
It was as big as a house!
The huge brain was hanging upside down tens of meters above the platform, and it was expanding and contracting rhythmically, and a large number of nerve lines and blood vessels extended from it like a pipe all the way to the dome of the Lair of Nightmares. Looking at the direction where the nerves and blood vessels disappeared, the first thing that came to Hao Ren's mind was Amantir's crystal.
Just as the sprites had said, the monsters in the Lair of Nightmares were connected to Amantir's crystal, and it was a direct connection through the nerve lines. If he had really led the team to touch the crystal …
That would have been the end of it!
Lily's Doggoblast had destroyed a large number of pillars and crystals along the way, but just as expected, this ambush could not solve the biggest problem in the Lair of Nightmares once and for all. The hanging brain tissue had hundreds of layers of energy shields around it, and the powerful divine light cannon only managed to pierce through a few layers before it turned into pure energy and dissipated into the air.
And the brain tissue behind the shields shuddered violently. It had started to sense danger in its sleep.
"Blargh …" Nangong Wuyue was shocked by the nauseating scene in the Lair of Nightmares, and she immediately cast a mist barrier, using the soothing and purifying effect of the water element to forcefully dispel the mental impact of the environment. "What the hell is this place!"
"Amantir is turning into a living creature, and the Lair of Nightmares is this creature's brain!" The MDT screamed. "We need to destroy that thing immediately!"
"I know that even without you telling me!" Hao Ren had already pulled out his rifle, and rushed forward with a sickly look on his face. "Everyone, follow me!"
Nangong Sanba roared as well. "Open fire! Clean this place before we puke! "
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