The Devil's Den was a very vivid name. Just from the two words, you could hear the wind blowing and the howling of ghosts and wolves. The natives of this world had such a direct impression of the disasters brought about by the power of the abyss. The cages they built to seal this power also reflected this.
It was a giant cave that went deep underground. The entrance to the cave was in a small basin only a few kilometers away from the Dark Moon Palace. We stood in front of the teleportation tower at the edge of the basin and looked down at the dark valley. I saw a crack that was about a kilometer long on the ground at the center of the basin. The crack was out of place with the surrounding geology. It was obvious that it wasn't formed naturally. The edges of the crack were uneven, and a large number of sharp stalagmites pierced the sky from the inside of the crack like ferocious fangs. I felt that the Devil's Den was like a ferocious beast that chose its prey. It was sealed underground, and only its bloody fangs protruded from the surface, waiting to devour the reckless intruders. In the depths of the valley, dark clouds kept rolling. It was a dust fog that had been slightly polluted.
"It's just a sample of the abyss, and yet it was sealed in such a grand manner. How impressive."
This was the objective evaluation of Icetis, an experienced psychic, abyss expert, and Protoss archaeologist, when she saw the entrance to the Devil's Den.
We knew that the Dark Moon was shrouded in a layer of thick fog that never dissipated. However, around this small basin, the thick fog was blocked out. As a result, the air around the Devil's Den became the freshest place on this planet. Not to mention the dust fog, I even faintly felt that the wind that blew into the basin was being filtered. The Blood Princess confirmed my guess. "To prevent the pollution from spreading, we used a barrier to isolate the Devil's Den from the surroundings. The thick fog above the planet is used to circulate and purify the aura of the demons, but we can't let it come into direct contact with the pollution in the Devil's Den … This is a very complicated planet purification mechanism. It took almost twenty years to build."
"If there was no Abyss, all of you would have developed to an extremely high level," I speculated based on the experience I had accumulated over the years. "All of you are quite talented, and you even have a set of space teleportation equipment left behind by the previous civilization. What a pity."
"Who knows, fortune and misfortune go hand in hand." Icetis shook her head. "If there was no abyss, they might have died in a civil war. The Dark Moon War at least kept them in peace for more than two thousand years. I have seen many civilizations with great potential, but in the end, they died of internal strife. There were many 'genius civilizations' that starved to death while guarding their resource-depleted home planet. There are many variables in this aspect, and it is hard to explain. "
The group came to the entrance of the rift at the bottom of the basin. I found that there was a man-made boulder road that extended from the open land outside into the rift. Although the road was old and the boulder slabs laid on the ground were cracked in many places, its scale was still amazing: each boulder was the size of a half of a basketball court. This road was obviously the road that the elite soldiers of the Dark Moon, known as the "Familiar Corps", took at the beginning of the Dark Moon War.
Bryndis looked around and suddenly pointed to a place not far away, "Oh, I picked up that rash dragon girl over there. Speaking of which, if I had known that the artifact was in this canyon, I would have gone in to look for it. Sigh, I didn't feel any reaction from the artifact at all. "
The blood princess led everyone into the rift while introducing the historic boulder ramp, "When the demonic den was first built, there was this road, but at that time, it was not as large as it is now. It was just a small path for some craftsmen to enter and exit. At that time, the main force of building the demonic den was the dragons. The dragons could fly, so they didn't need this ramp. But later there was an accident, and the main force of building the demonic den became the other races, so this road was widened into a main road. After that, it also became the way for the Dark Moon Army to enter and exit. Every time the Dark Moon War began, we would send elite soldiers down to open the seal, and then guide the undead demonic beasts and evil souls to the surface. The entire basin is actually a teleportation circle. When all the teleportation towers around the basin are activated at the same time, it can continuously teleport the monsters that ran out from the demonic den to the Gemini teleportation station. Then, the teleportation station will banish those monsters to the surface, and finally, the coalition army led by Edsawin will kill them. "
"How can you guarantee that those abyssal monsters won't take the opportunity to rush out of the basin?" Icetis asked curiously, "You have to know that no matter who it is, being suppressed and sealed for two thousand years won't be in a good mood, not to mention that it's a group of crazy monsters."
The Blood Princess replied indifferently, "Piling with human lives."
"There's another problem." I looked at the blood princess' side profile, "To you, the abyss is an abstract thing that can't be touched or fixed. You can only seal it or transfer it when it is attached to a clear host. This kind of host is the monster in the demonic den, but the monsters sealed in the demonic den won't always be the ones from two thousand years ago, right? I know that the abyss needs to constantly jump to a new host because they will always completely destroy the old host. Where do these hosts come from? "
The abyss is difficult to control, which is the easiest problem to encounter when dealing with it. To destroy an abstract object, the best way is to make it tangible. The Empire has all kinds of technology to change dimensions, and there are also special baits for the abyss known as bait. When we don't want to use these things, we can even use a large amount of psionic energy to directly neutralize the gate of the abyss. However, the Dark Moon citizens on Reedmunn definitely don't have such advanced technology, so they can only infect the most easily infected creatures in the abyss. Then, by eliminating those monsters, they can temporarily weaken the abyss. These infected creatures need a stable source. I am very curious about where these 'hosts' come from.
"Every once in a while, we have to throw some wild beasts into the demonic den as sacrifices to turn them into hosts," the blood princess sighed. "If there aren't enough wild beasts, then we throw in the death row prisoners. If there aren't enough death row prisoners, Edwinsa will also secretly send the death row prisoners from the surface world over … That is why the Church of the Goddess specially wrote a detail like 'the original sinners turned into the warriors of the Holy Alliance Army using black magic' in the history book. They even specially described the Blood Tribe and Night Elf among the Dark Moon citizens as humans and elves who were transformed in ancient times. This is to explain why there are monsters that look like dwarves and humans among the Dark Moon Demons."
"If there aren't enough death row prisoners," Icetis suddenly glanced at the blood princess, "what else will you throw in?"
"Don't worry, we have never thrown in innocent people. If we did, we would really become demons," the blood princess shrugged. "When the demonic den is saturated with hosts, regardless of whether the Holy Alliance Army is prepared or not, the Dark Moon War will begin. Otherwise, the power of the demons will contaminate the planet."
"Mm, not a bad decision," Icetis nodded. She had been maintaining her divine form since the beginning, using the holy light around her to shield everyone from the environment of the abyss in the rift valley. Now that we had walked down the slope for quite a distance, the darkness around us grew thicker. However, this darkness was obviously not a natural phenomenon. The opening of the rift valley was just a few dozen meters above us. The light from the sky wasn't too far away from us, but it seemed as though the light couldn't reach here. The rift valley was as dark as night.
Only the holy light around Icetis illuminated the path ahead. Oh, the most useful one was Alaya, which was like a searchlight.
The angel sister skillfully focused the light around her in one direction. Her entire being looked like a searchlight. Icetis looked at Alaya adjusting the light and couldn't help but roll her eyes at me, "What exactly did you train her on?"
"She knows how to create a flash effect," I confessed honestly, "But it's useless here."
"The surroundings are getting darker." Lin Xue shaded her eyes with her hand and looked around. Apart from the place where the holy light could produce absolute light, there was only endless darkness in the distance. "The various optical effects in the air seem to be disrupted. There is no diffuse light or refraction. The places where the holy light doesn't shine directly are as black as ink."
"The situation is always getting worse. Now, the power of the demons is already able to seep out of the seal and affect the normal natural phenomenon." The blood princess smiled bitterly, "When the demonic den was first built, the path outside the seal wasn't like this. Even the day before the opening, there were still troops stationed here. But now, the slope outside the seal seems to be tainted as though it is inside the demonic den. Even if nothing happened to Brother Caveman, the sixth war would be out of control. "
Icetis frowned and suddenly snapped her fingers, "Let there be light."
The surrounding darkness was instantly swept away, and the normal path and jagged cliffs appeared before us once again.
Icetis revealed a satisfied smile, "Oh, it seems that the rules here are still normal. If you don't even listen to God's orders, the pollution would be more serious."
The slope was so long that it seemed to have no end. Our speed was extremely fast, so we quickly passed through the range of the rift and walked into a deep tunnel that continuously curved downwards. After walking for a long time, Visca measured the distance to the surface and realized that the closest surface was several kilometers away. It was hard to imagine that the seal was in such a terrible state. The power of the abyss was seeping out from the demonic den deep underground and had seeped so far.
Because it was built by a dragon, the tunnel was abnormally wide. Every now and then, we could see huge glowing runes embedded in the ground or walls. These runes were different from the local runes that we had seen before. Blockhead said that they were written in the dragon language and carved on the rocks with the blood of a dragon. Ever since the dragon race had completely declined and Sonya was the only dragon left in the world, these runes could no longer be repaired. They could only slowly dim over the millennia. Now, almost half of the runes had actually lost their effects. This was also one of the reasons why the power of the abyss could seep out from the seal.
"Currently, the so-called dragon race in the world are inferior dragons created using secret techniques of demonic beasts. They look like dragons, but in reality, they don't even have the ability to think. Of course, they don't have the bloodline of a dragon. Sonya used her spiritual power to control a group of beasts that looked similar to her race to live in seclusion in the Dragon Mountain Range, maintaining the image of the dragon race." The Blood Princess sighed, "I heard from Edwinsa that Sonya has been living a decadent life for the past few hundred years. Recently, she even ran off to become a mercenary, a laborer, a bodyguard, and even helped people look after children to earn some rations … She has completely given up on the dragon mountain, as though she is trying to forget that she was once a dragon."
"Actually, the four of us aren't doing too well," Blockhead added in a muffled voice.
At this moment, I tried to think that it was a little rude for the expressionless dragon sister to wear a plaster to take care of children.
At this moment, the deep tunnel finally came to an end, and a flat black stone wall appeared in front of us.
"This is the main door?" Icetis looked at the gigantic stone wall in front of her. On the surface of the wall, there was a door that was over a hundred meters tall carved with rough strokes. However, this door was only carved on the stone wall. Yes, the door that sealed the entrance was actually a relief sculpture!
"Normal spaces can't seal the demons, so we used the secret techniques of the dragon race and some ancient techniques of the first civilization to create a special space. This space is attached to a real object, which is the stone wall in front of us." The Blood Princess felt around the carved door, then pressed down a few small protruding stones in order. "If the seal is opened or a sacrifice is sent over, the relief sculpture here will turn into a real door … But before that, I will first take out the Divine Equipment for you. That's what we agreed on."
A faint sound that sounded like an electric current or the buzzing of the air echoed from the dark stone wall, as though some kind of device was charging. I saw the deep indentations gradually brightening. They were originally engravings, but as the light continued to shine, the portrait of the door actually started to materialize. However, before the door completely materialized, a circular halo appeared on the stone wall. It was embedded between the two doors, looking like a gigantic keyhole. The speed at which the halo materialized was faster than the door. In a few seconds, it turned from an image to a real hole. However, the surface of the hole was covered with a layer of pale yellow barrier, as though it was still in a sealed state.
"Brother Caveman, the key." The Blood Princess turned and extended her hand to Blockhead. Before Sonya left, she had passed the key that she had brought from Edwinsa to Blockhead. That key was the key to pulling the Divine Equipment out from a special space.
Blockhead searched his body, then used two of his fingers to pinch a small object and passed it to the Blood Princess. I curiously moved closer to take a look. It turned out to be a small triangular crystal plate. There seemed to be a glowing rune sealed within the crystal plate.
"Embed the key on the barrier, and the item will appear in the container." The Blood Princess placed the small crystal plate on the surface of the pale yellow seal. The two instantly fused together and disappeared. Then, a ball shrouded in pale golden light floated out of the hole. "This is the Divine Equipment that you are looking for, right? What is it used for? "
We had spent a lot of effort to find this item. We immediately surrounded it to see what the Divine Equipment looked like. However, how should I put it … The design of this item made us feel a little regretful.
It was a round ball with a diameter of slightly more than a meter. It was made out of pale golden metal. A layer of dim light floated on the surface of the ball. I could faintly feel a holy aura emanating from the light. I took a closer look and realized that the ball wasn't smooth. There were many dark colored symbols and protruding carvings that were only a few millimeters tall on its surface. There were also some straight lines that extended all over the surface of the ball.
Other than that, there was nothing else. I couldn't see the instructions, nor could I see any obvious controls. When I pressed my hand on the surface, there was no other reaction other than a warm and comforting feeling. Shallow Shallow suddenly took out an air hammer after studying it for a long time. However, I pushed her back before she could use it. This is a historical relic of the Protoss, what if …
Halfway through my thought, I saw Icetis swing her brick bible at the huge golden ball with all her might …
"Bang!" The deafening sound was heart-wrenching. I stared at Icetis in bewilderment. She whistled at me as she waved the brick with an iron chain and the bible in her hand. "I just wanted to confirm if the outer shell of this item is made out of stargold. This item has been corrupted by the Abyss for too long. Its divinity is weak and its material has changed. No wonder I couldn't sense its divinity when it was isolated by an alternate dimension. I didn't expect this item to be so weak … Even a black hole vision could hide it. Fortunately, it's not broken. "
I said, "… Even if it's not broken, you would have broken it!"
"Don't worry, don't worry. The Divine Equipment is very sturdy. It's not any worse than the ten-thousand-year prison equipment you guys made." Icetis waved her hand casually. Then, she rubbed her chin as she studied the huge golden ball. "But then again … Is this the Divine Equipment that we are looking for? Why can't I tell what it's used for? Is this a memory? How do you pronounce it … "
Everyone, who was originally in high spirits, instantly quieted down.
I stared at Icetis in bewilderment. "Sister … You must be joking, right?"
Icetis lifted her chin. Her action meant, "When have I, the great Master Bing, ever joked?"
I broke out in cold sweat. "Aren't you an expert in Protoss? Now that you have found the Divine Equipment, you say you don't know how to use it? "
"If I gave you a wooden ox, would you know how to use it? If I gave you a wooden stick, would you know how to start a fire? Do you know how to maintain a fire starter? " Icetis spread her hands. "I followed you here to help sense the reaction of the Divine Equipment and verify its authenticity. As for how to use it …"
As she said that, she patted the light golden ball that was lying quietly on the ground. "You can study it slowly after you bring it back. This item has a long history. The technology in the God Realm has changed countless times. To read information from this item is definitely more difficult than Shallow Shallow's dad analyzing how many times King You went to the toilet in a day from a piece of tile."
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