Chapter 410 Stone Statue and Petrification (63k)

Chapter 410 Stone Statues and Petrification (6.3k)

Riwanrin was so frightened that his scalp went numb for a moment.

"It's not a big deal...!"

Ri Wanlin made a nonchalant expression and said stubbornly, refusing to admit defeat.

In fact, her heart skipped a beat and her breathing became very strained.

There were only stone statues around, and there were no enemies such as ugly ghosts, which made Riwan Rin relieved.

But those stone statues are particularly strange. Each stone statue has a face full of despair and fear, as if life is frozen in the last moment of life.

Staying in such a group of stone statues, a sense of eeriness arises spontaneously, which makes people shudder.

Not to mention that it was dark here, and she didn't even know where the way out was. She was trapped in it. If she had come here alone, she might have fainted on the spot.

"Okay, okay, if you think it's no big deal, then it's no big deal."

Roy snorted softly, as if he was too lazy to confront her or refute her words.

"Is there an exit here?"

Riwanrin lay on Roy's body with her arms supported. She tried to move her legs, but found that she was still completely unable to control her waist, as if her lumbar spine had been smashed.

But she couldn't feel the pain. All she could feel from her lower body was a continuous coldness that she couldn't control. She couldn't feel any other abnormalities.

Riwanrin felt very strange. What kind of injury had she suffered to make her feel so weird?

She was not in a good mood.

If he has been unable to act, wouldn't he have to rely on Roy for everything?

Can he escape from here with both of them by himself?

Does this guy have that ability?

Riwanrin raised his upper body and looked around, trying to find a way out of here.

But it was dark here, and there was no light except the light of the flashlight. No light could shine in. There was no way to go. They seemed to have fallen too deep, so deep that Riwanrin felt that he and Roy It's incredible that he's still alive.

"Stop looking for me. I already looked for you when you were unconscious. Just wait for the rescue!"

Roy just lay there, smiling carelessly, with no intention of working hard at all.

He had indeed looked around, and found that there was no way out within at least one kilometer, and he didn't know where it had drifted to.

But since they can come down, it means there must be a way out. He has already released the brass bird familiars. Currently, those familiars are running around deep underground. I believe there should be results soon.

He didn't want to expose his strength in front of Riwanrin, so he just waited. As soon as the familiar found a way, he would guide Riwanrin there.

I heard that Izumo Tenka, the leader of Division 6 of the Magic Defense Team, has the ability to control space and is a famous firefighting captain. As long as he waits a little longer, he should be able to wait until she leads the rescue.

"Click."

Roy's ears suddenly pricked up.

A clear cracking sound suddenly sounded in the darkness, as harsh as thunder in the silent night.

"What sound?"

Ri Wanlin was slightly startled, looked at Roy below him, and asked doubtfully.

"Did you send it out?"

There's no one else here, so it should have been him who sent it, right?

But visibly, Roy slowly shook his head.

Ri Wanlin's expression froze slightly.

She raised her head and looked around carefully.

Are there enemies here?

Did they turn on the flashlight and disturb this enemy?

But she looked around, and there was no living thing except stone statues. Where could that sound come from?

Is it an illusion?

"Click!"

The crisp cracking sound sounded again.

This time the voice was extremely clear, reminding Riwanrin that this was definitely not an illusion.

Riwanlin suddenly saw a shadow not far away flickering, as if something was shaking under the light, and the girl's heart suddenly rose to her throat.

"Roy, I seem to have seen a stone statue move...is it an illusion?"

She forced a smile and stared at the place where the shadow was shaking.

She tried to convince Roy to prove that she was wrong.

Because if her guess is correct, then it's not that there are no enemies here, but - there are countless enemies!

"What a pity. I don't think what you saw was an illusion."

Roy turned his eyes and looked in a different direction from Riwanlin. On that side, under the weak light, there was also a shadow flashing.

There is more than one flashing shadow.

"Click!"

Suddenly, a series of crisp cracking sounds came from the direction Roy was staring at, like the building blocks of a castle being pushed down all of a sudden. In this darkness, Ri Wanlin suffered a cardiopulmonary arrest.

"roar!"

A monster was born not far away.

It destroyed the stone statue and jumped out from the stone statue. It was much taller than a human being, with a white exoskeleton mask on its face that looked like weeping in pain. Its roar caused other stone statues to tremble continuously.

That is an ugly ghost!

It is a very common ugly monster that any magic defense team member can defeat easily.

"Ugly ghost! Why did you jump out of the stone statue?"

Ri Wanlin watched that scene, his whole body was tense, and at the same time, he also had a doubt in his heart that he couldn't let go.

Why did the ugly ghost pop out of the stone statue?

Is it a coincidence?

"Click!"

Suddenly, there was a cracking sound.

“Crack, crack————！！”

Then, as if resonating, countless cracking sounds rang out in the underground river. For a moment, it seemed as if countless skeletons were running, and the sound was endless, which made Ri Wanlin terrified.

The stone statues in front of him cracked uncontrollably, as if their skin was peeled off.

“Could it be——”

Ri Wanlin felt his vocal cords trembling.

Roy quietly grasped the rune knife placed aside, his expression calm, as if he had expected this scene.

As if responding to Ri Wanlin’s fear, the stone statues in front of the two of them shattered one by one, the skin detached, and one ugly ghost jumped out from inside.

Roars rang out one after another, echoing throughout the underground space.

“Roar!”

An ugly ghost nearby pounced on the two without hesitation.

With a flash of the knife, the ugly ghost was immediately split in half.

Roy held the knife, stood up from the door, and stepped into the river. The underground river was not deep, only sinking to his calves, and would not affect his movements.

Ri Wanlin was held in his arms, she hugged Roy with both arms, and her right arm instantly turned into a machine gun, shooting wildly in the direction behind Roy without hesitation.

Fire flashed, and ugly ghosts fell one after another.

The ugly ghosts here are not difficult to kill!

Ri Wanlin soon understood.

The ugly ghosts here are the same as normal ugly ghosts, not as difficult to kill as the ugly ghosts in the misty mountains.

This is a primitive ugly ghost!

But before Ri Wanlin was happy, the ugly ghosts behind him rushed forward one by one, fearless of death, as if they would not stop until they were torn to pieces.

The number was simply incalculable.

It was as if the stone statues of ugly ghosts in the entire underground river were activated. In that case, there might be hundreds or thousands of ugly ghosts here!

Roy held Ri Wanlin in one hand and held the knife in the other, and cut the ugly ghost in half with an indifferent expression.

His movements were smooth and effortless, just like cutting melons and vegetables.

"How are you? Can you hold on?"

Ri Wanlin looked around Roy nervously and asked loudly in his ear.

"If you are worried about me, you might as well turn down the sound of the machine gun, it's so noisy!"

Roy rushed forward while cutting the ugly ghosts attacking from both sides.

"Don't be so stubborn!"

"Do you want to hear who you are talking to?"

"Of course it's you! You are a man, and I am the deputy leader of Group 7. I will take responsibility to protect you and send you out safely!"

"You really value girls over boys!"

Roy was too lazy to say more to her and accelerated the speed of cutting the ugly ghosts.

But the ugly ghosts around seemed endless. After killing one, another appeared. There was no end in sight. All that could be seen was the vast sea of ​​ugly ghosts surging like a tide, almost suffocating people.

The sound of machine guns in his ears did not decrease, nor did it stop once.

Ri Wanlin's breathing became visibly rapid, and he gasped in his ears.

"Are you still... huh, can you hold on?"

"Why don't you ask yourself?"

"Sorry, I can't hold on any longer..."

Ri Wanlin smiled bitterly. The price of using the peach ability was not special energy such as magic power and curse power, but pure physical strength.

She had fought in the misty mountains, and her physical strength was already consumed greatly. Sleeping did not replenish much physical strength, but even weakened it. At this moment, she used her ability so continuously, and her physical strength was draining from her body at a very fast speed.

"Men really can't do it. You can't take both of us out..."

Roy rolled his eyes while killing the ugly ghosts like chopping melons and vegetables.

What time is it, and he still favors girls over boys?

"So, put me down. You should be able to hold on if you are alone."

Himanlin's voice sounded in his ears.

"I'm almost dying. I can't protect your back. Once I run out of energy, I will become a burden to you. You should be able to break out of the siege if you are alone..."

Himanlin listened to the breathing sound coming from his ears. It was still steady, just like the breathing when walking normally, as if the constant battle with the ugly ghosts could not consume any of his energy at all.

It would be great if he was a woman. He would be very strong after eating the peach, and it would be easy for him to become the team leader.

"So that's what you think, you think you'll be a burden to me?"

Roy heard this and looked at the girl next to him in surprise. Her hair was flying in front of his eyes, and sweat was dripping from her forehead. She looked like she was at the end of her strength.

"Is it not possible?"

Ri Wanlin asked stubbornly.

She was a very strong person, especially she didn't like to admit defeat. When she encountered difficulties, she would find ways to break through them.

But in the current situation, even she didn't know how to break through.

She could only use stubbornness to cover up her last stubbornness.

"Hahaha, how can it not be possible? This is great, I like to hear you say this!"

Roy laughed out loud when he heard this, and the laughter spread far away and echoed for a long time underground.

"Hold tight!"

"Since you said that, how can I not take you out safely!"

Roy suddenly changed direction, kicked his feet, and shot out like an arrow from a bow. The knife flashed continuously, smashing the ugly ghosts blocking the road one by one, leaving behind broken limbs and fragments along the way like a gust of wind.

"you……?!"

Riwanrin was about to squeeze his body and continue to shoot, but suddenly he found that the ugly ghost behind him was quickly thrown away, lagging behind the two of them by a large margin, and there was no need to ensure the safety behind him.

Roy's breakthrough speed while killing and running among the ugly ghosts was far faster than the running speed of the ugly ghosts!

He is actually so strong?

How could he be so strong?

"Don't talk, you'll bite your tongue!"

"Well... I've already bitten..."

"Are you stupid!"

Roy killed randomly among the ugly ghosts and quickly broke through the encirclement.

The ceiling here is very high, and if you touch it easily, you may be buried alive here. The ugly ghosts seem to be aware of this, and have no intention of merging into a huge individual.

Under the pursuit of the ugly ghost behind him, Roy suddenly ran into a two-meter-high underground cave next to him and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

When the ugly ghosts saw that their prey had disappeared, they stopped chasing and scattered, wandering aimlessly.

In the cave.

Roy held Riwanrin in his arms and listened for a while. When he heard the roars of the ugly ghosts gradually disappearing, he looked very happy.

"Fortunately, good luck!"

He looked as if he was scared for the rest of his life.

Ri Wanlin was still immersed in the desperate escape just now, and for a moment he even forgot his words.

She thought she was dead.

She could only be buried in the hands of monsters, or even be torn into pieces and eaten by monsters, leaving her body intact, but she never expected that she could escape alive from being surrounded by ugly ghosts.

She lowered her eyes slightly and looked at Roy's back, with a faint ripple in her heart.

"...What happened to your clothes?"

"Um?"

Roy turned his head inexplicably and looked at Riwanrin's fair and tender face that was resting on his shoulder.

"The clothes on your back have become long strips."

"Well... why do you think I was underneath you when you woke up?"

"?"

"I was used as a cushion for you to wear it down all the way."

"!"

Ri Wanlin was shocked when she heard this. She quickly reached out her hand and touched Roy's back.

"So how are you? Are you injured?"

She touched Roy's back, but it was smooth and tender.

The skin looks good.

There was no sign of injury at all, no scars at all.

"I'm strong."

Roy explained vaguely, not wanting to say more.

His body is harder than steel, and the stones that slide down along the way can't even scratch his skin.

"……Thanks."

Ri Wanlin was silent for a while, his face turned slightly red, and he thanked Roy.

"There are so many ways for you to say thank you to me."

Roy chuckled, hugging Riwanrin and holding a flashlight in one hand.

"There are no roads to the left or right anyway, so why not explore this cave?"

As he spoke, he took Riwanrin and walked deeper into the cave.

The cave sloped upward, like a hillside. Many places were very steep, but Roy climbed over them effortlessly.

Ri Wanlin didn't speak, just hugged Roy's neck silently, and the swaying ripples in his heart silently expanded.

in the dark.

"How about we change positions? It shouldn't be convenient for you to hold me like this, so you can carry me on your back."

Riwanrin felt that this position was not easy for Roy and wanted to adjust it, but for some reason, the uncontrollable feeling in his legs still did not dissipate, and he still felt nothing but coldness.

"Don't move, just stay like this!"

Roy's tone was inexplicably stern.

"If you don't move, don't move. What's wrong with it..."

Riwanrin pouted, but still hugged Roy's neck like a koala.

At this time, he was obedient and didn't say a word.

As I walked, there was suddenly a faint light coming from ahead.

"Oh! It seems we are really lucky!"

Roy showed an energetic smile and quickened his steps.

Riwanrin was pleasantly surprised.

Can they go out?

I didn’t expect that a random cave could lead directly to the surface?

Ahead, a brass bird flapped its wings lightly and flew over, but it didn't make the slightest sound of airflow.

Roy took it and put it into the imaginary pocket. The whole process was silent, and Riwanlin didn't even notice anything unusual.

Roy took Riwanrin to the end of the cave. Ten meters above his head, there was a circular cave entrance. There was some light coming from there, white light, not light.

He subtly discovered that this height seemed to be exactly the height that the ugly ghosts could not jump up to.

Roy hugged Riwanrin and jumped straight into the hole with a slight jump.

"Aren't your physical abilities a bit outrageous?"

Riwanrin came with a hint of speechless complaints.

"Didn't I tell you? I'm a sports student."

Roy chuckled and walked forward along the entrance of the cave. The entrance was very short, only about ten meters. After a while, he reached the end.

This is a large underground space.

Huge transparent test tubes are scattered everywhere. Each of those test tubes is enough to accommodate a monster more than two meters tall. Some test tubes are still intact, while others seem to have been violently broken. There are a lot of sticky green substances next to them. The solution, like a green swamp, was disgusting.

A rough count shows that there are at least more than a hundred huge test tubes here.

Roy walked over and looked around for a while.

"What did you see?"

Riwanrin struggled on Roy, and she wanted to change the angle of holding him. From this angle, she could only see what was behind Roy, but not what was in front of Roy.

"Don't move, I'll hold you and watch."

Roy patted Riwanrin's back gently, motioning her not to move, and then turned around to let her see enough.

"...Container! Is someone doing experiments here?"

Ri Wanlin's expression suddenly became serious.

This huge underground space is clearly a huge laboratory!

There are only the Demon Defense Team and the Ugly Ghosts, and recently there have been the addition of the Humanoid Ugly Ghosts and the Eight Thunder Gods.

The Demon Defense Team shouldn't build a laboratory in a place like this. So, are the ones who built the laboratory here a humanoid ugly ghost or the Eight Thunder Gods?

"Don't you think the size and number of these containers are quite consistent?"

Roy narrowed his eyes slightly and reminded Ri Wanlin with a cold expression.

"What does it match?"

Riwanlin was a little confused and asked.

"What else could it be?"

Roy looked at her speechlessly.

"Of course they're those ugly ghosts on Lost Things Mountain. There's obviously something wrong with them!"

Ri Wanlin suddenly realized.

There are definitely more than a hundred ugly ghosts on the Lost Things Mountain! There are more ugly ghosts than ever before.

The number of containers in this laboratory is also more than one hundred.

What's more important is that this laboratory is probably located underground in the Fantastic Mountains!

"Is there someone here to transform an ugly ghost?"

Ri Wanlin understood and couldn't stop shuddering all over his body.

Is there anyone transforming ugly ghosts here?

This is simply a fantasy!

Modu has been around for decades, but no other kind of ugly ghost has appeared, and why did it appear today?

There are also the recent ugly ghosts in human form and the Eight Thunder Gods. What happened to this Modu?

"I'm afraid this place has been abandoned. Let's leave first, tell Jingxiang about this, and let the Magic Defense Team headquarters make a decision."

Roy picked up Riwanrin and turned around, looking for a while in the laboratory.

The familiar bird has already walked around here a few times. There is not a single person in this laboratory. It is probably abandoned not long ago, and the owner of this laboratory has only been away for a few days.

Connected to this laboratory, the hole leading to the underground river is probably the purchase channel for experimental materials. As long as you enter there, you can enter the underground river, where there are countless ugly ghosts to catch.

The owner of the laboratory probably didn't expect that this laboratory would be exposed so quickly. It wouldn't have happened in the first place, but no one thought that those transformed ugly ghosts would merge into a giant ugly ghost, and punch Riwanringan into the underground river, stunned. It was Roy who found this place.

Roy still had no idea who the owner of this laboratory was.

But there are very few forces in the first place, either the Demon Defense Team, Wakura Aoyu and other original humans, and the Eight Thunder Gods who have just awakened.

Among the Demon Defense Team, it's hard to say which combat unit it is, but the subordinate organization Yin Yang Liao is shrouded in suspicion. It's not impossible to open a facility for studying ugly ghosts in such a place.

Those original humans like Kura Aoyu, Aoyu herself should not do such a thing, that is not her style, but no one knows how many original humans are transformed into Aoyu, are there any among them? If radicals want to study the ugly ghosts' revenge against the Demon Defense Team, it's hard to say.

As for the Eight Thunder Gods, their existence is a complete mystery. No matter what they do, it is not surprising. Maybe there is some self-proclaimed god of research among them?

But we’ll talk about that later, it’s important to get out of here first.

The owner of this laboratory probably doesn't know how to teleport, so he prepared a door at the end. The magic bird has already explored it in advance, and it leads all the way to the surface. There is no danger.

"It's about time you carried me on your back, right?"

Riwanrin struggled against Roy again, holding her like this made her feel very uncomfortable.

The clothes on her body were already soaked. The weather has been hot recently, so she wore very thin clothes. Roy opened his chest again, and their chests were pressed against each other. As Roy moved around, they felt strange sensations. Come on, make her blush.

Suddenly, her eyes fell on a mirror hanging on the wall of the laboratory.

Looking through the mirror, she suddenly noticed something was wrong.

The upper body reflected in Roy's arms was definitely her own.

But the lower body is——

turned into stone.

Up to the waist, everything below was completely petrified. Not only the body, but also the clothes were the same.

After Riwanrin discovered this scene, the petrification suddenly spread several inches upward, from the waist to the abdomen, and was still spreading to the upper chest!

"Don't look!"

At this time, Roy's sharp shout suddenly came to his ears.

When Ri Wanlin came to her senses, she followed Roy's warning and quickly looked away, her face as pale as paper.

There was no feeling in her abdomen.

I just feel so cold, so cold...

Fear came like a tide, almost drowning Ri Wanlin.