It seemed that Hao Ren's activities near the crater had attracted the attention of the native creatures here, or perhaps the crater itself was the settlement of a certain group of creatures. In short, a large number of twisted and weird creatures emerged from all directions and began to approach the crater. Hao Ren heard the movement outside and took a look. He was shocked.
Lily could not help but shiver. "What … What are these?"
"This is the most common thing in Inferno. As I said, this place is full of unreasonable monsters," Vivian said quickly. "No one can even classify them because these things have almost no fixed physiological characteristics. Hessiana, if you don't get in the car, we are leaving! "
Hessiana finally snapped out of her daze. This was the first time she had seen a horde of monsters in the Inferno. Even someone as calm as the Blood Clan matriarch was shocked. At Vivian's reminder, Hessiana immediately grabbed her two followers and jumped into the car. She then slammed the door and said, "Let's go!"
Hao Ren responded by activating the car's levitation function. The rustic, small-displacement North Stars quietly rose into the air. At the same time, the fastest of the twisted monsters had rushed to within a hundred meters of the car. These grotesque, illogical, nightmarish creatures leaped wildly on the ground, letting out a burst of frightening hissing and roaring, desperately trying to catch the flying "invaders". Their ugly faces (some of the monsters did not even have faces) were so close that Lily instinctively moved away from the window. She saw the ugliest creature leaping less than five meters away from her. The creature had several large tumors on its body, and each tumor had a bloody mouth full of sharp teeth. It was more disgusting than any monster she could think of.
"'Infernal creatures are the accumulation of malice, the freaks of flesh and blood that spread and grow in nightmares, the mold that the Creator accidentally discarded after creating this world.' This is what a demon hunter elder who had explored Inferno said. It's quite true." Vivian sat in the passenger seat, looking down at the monsters that were gathering. "Did you know that the Infernal Fleshrippers living in the depths of the hot springs are actually the most beautiful creatures in this world? Because at least they have a fixed shape."
Nangong Wuyue's face turned blue (because she was really blue now). "… I believe you, but don't say it, I'm going to vomit."
Lily gave her a strange look. "What will a slime vomit?"
"Can't extracorporeal water circulation work?" Nangong Wuyue asked.
Hao Ren was relieved to see that the two of them had changed the topic. It seemed that the psychological trauma caused by the Infernal creatures was not that serious.
Although there were many types of Inferno creatures, the strange thing was that none of them could fly. After the Big Dipper flew towards the vertical hole, the Inferno creatures could only roar and vent their anger on the ground. They were obviously afraid of the bottomless hole, and they were even afraid of the dust and airflow that blew out of the hole. Some of the monsters that were running too far ahead noticed that the abyss was just a few meters in front of them. They were terrified and started to retreat. But a few unlucky ones were pushed into the deep hole by their companions. They instantly disappeared into the bottomless darkness. Only a series of shrill howls could be heard, prompting the other monsters to retreat even faster.
Hao Ren and the rest watched the chaotic scene from the safety of the 'flying car' and began to sink steadily.
"That was really exciting," Turcan said, patting his chest. "But I don't want to do it again. It's even scarier than when the demon hunters broke into the sanctuary. At least the demon hunters are not so ugly."
Kassandra nodded in agreement. She then looked around the car with an incredulous expression. "So what I said was true. It's so big in here … I feel like a few more people can come in!"
Hessiana glanced at Hao Ren awkwardly. She had to admit that although she tried to be strong from the beginning, things were still out of her control. Now the initiative was completely in the hands of this' untrustworthy 'man. There was no other reason than … Why did this guy have so many weird things in his collection? If your imagination can't keep up with the speed of him updating his equipment, how are you going to play?
Meanwhile, Hao Ren put the flying car on autopilot. He looked at the darkness outside and fell into deep thought.
Those twisted monsters … those illogical lumps of flesh, those shoddily made physiological structures, those frenzied movements … all these characteristics felt a little familiar to him, but he couldn't remember for a moment.
At this time, he felt a cool touch on his arm. Nangong Wuyue touched him with her water arm. "Mr. Landlord, don't you think those monsters are a bit like the Devilbeasts in the Gnarled Grove? And the flesh beasts that rushed out when the First Born woke up. "
Hao Ren's mind was struck by a sudden clap of thunder. Suddenly, everything became clear: he remembered where he had seen such a creature!
"They are indeed similar to those flesh beasts, at least in terms of illogical limbs," Hao Ren said quickly. But then he was a little confused. "But the monsters here are obviously more bizarre. The Devilbeasts in the Gnarled Grove at least have a uniform appearance, but the ones here don't even have anything in common. I don't even think they are normal creatures. "
Vivian chimed in. "The mutation on this planet is obviously more thorough."
"The Devilbeasts are the Third Born." Hao Ren frowned. He knew that anything from the Plane of Dreams with an ecosystem was mostly related to the First Born, but the last thing he wanted was to have a connection in this way. "They are pure killing creatures created by the First Born from the lifeblood to destroy the ecosystem after its awakening. The appearance of these things means that the ecosystem reshaping process has begun …"
"But we don't see the lifeblood or the remnants of civilization. Only the microbes in the clouds and the monsters on the surface maintain the ecosystem of this world. Obviously, the 'reshaping' of the planet has been completed," the MDT reminded. "According to what we know, the 'Third Born' is a short-lived species and can only be sustained by the lifeblood. After the ecosystem reshaping is completed, the lifeblood will dry up, and the Third Born will die quickly."
Hao Ren looked up. The entrance of the cavern had become a fingernail-sized bright spot, and the monsters above were completely gone. "But those monsters are still alive … Is it because the ecosystem reshaping has not been completed, or the First Born of this planet made a miscalculation during the execution of the plan?"
Hessiana listened to these guys talking in the back seat. She realized that she had basically been in the dark this time, and now she did not even bother to ask. Turcan, who was next to her, was curious. "Mistress, what are they talking about?"
"How should I know?" Hessiana rolled her eyes in a bad mood. "Lady Vivian doesn't even want to talk to me anymore …"
Hao Ren heard Hessiana's complaint in the front seat. He wanted to explain himself, but on second thought, he nudged Vivian's arm and gave her a wink.
Vivian looked a little reluctant, but she still turned around and looked at Hessiana as kindly as possible. "I didn't mean to hide it from you. When the dust settles, we will discuss it and see how much we can tell you. Anyway, don't worry, what I'm doing is not bad. "
Hao Ren sighed softly. He was such a responsible landlord that he had to spend so much effort to mediate between the families of his tenants.
The flying car descended steadily in the deep cave as if there was no end to the tunnel that led to the depths of the underground. There was basically no light here, so Hao Ren turned on the radar system and projected the surrounding scene directly on the windows in the form of a holographic projection to simulate the environment of light. The MDT had been reporting the situation inside the cave. "The walls are smooth, but there are no man-made traces. There is a regular airflow, which is like a breathing updraft and downdraft, switching every three minutes and twenty-six seconds. There is no trace of Baptiste. Some of the probes have found another entrance to Inferno, and they will meet us below. "
Hao Ren nodded and asked casually, "How long until we reach the bottom?"
As soon as his voice trailed off, a faint light suddenly came from below.
"Oh, it seems that we have arrived."
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