Vol 2 Chapter 2406: Strange news

Chapter 2406
As soon as Nice and Kanter stepped into the fourth underground floor, they clearly felt the difference in atmosphere.
The first three floors seemed extremely cold and silent. Although there was no sense of death during the walk, there was also no breath of living people, like walking in a forgotten wasteland. It’s different on the fourth floor. Even if they haven’t seen a person with their own eyes, the brighter lights, the different smells in the air, and the rustling sounds from a distance that they hear from time to time all indicate that there is someone here. , And there are many people.
Under the leadership of Reynolds, they walked forward not long before they saw traces of living people.
At the corner of the long and narrow corridor ahead, a few swaying figures appeared.
Niss squinted his eyes and looked at Kanter: "Should we go directly or covertly?"
Kanter: "Before Angel has found the main control node, it is best to be able to hide. But how do you plan to hide?"
With a wicked smile on Nis' face, he pointed to the silent knight of the bone armor, which was self-evident.
Concealed way? Naturally, it is hidden by physical means. By directly knocking the two in front of you into a stun, you can pass silently.
After reading Nice's method, Kanter only felt a slight twitch in the corner of his eyes. Sure enough, with Nice's behavioral pattern, he would definitely choose this kind of "hardcore" real name and "reckless" hidden name.
Kanter sighed silently, stretched out his fingers, and there was a dark condensed like night at his fingertips.
After a while, the darkness of night covered Kanter and spread at an extremely fast speed, covering Nice, Reynolds, and the huge bone armor knight.
When the darkness covered the crowd, standing under the light, the four of them looked like the silhouettes of human figures with their own black shadow mosaics, which looked more conspicuous than before.
Nice looked at Kanter, trying to convey with his eyes: It's not night now, it's better to be a hit than dark possession.
However, they are all dark at this time, and it is difficult to convey information by looking at them alone.
However, Kanter dared to use this ability, naturally there is his intention, even if Nice does not ask, he will explain: "Don't stand in the middle of the corridor with light on it and walk against the wall."
The light source in the corridor comes from directly above, walking in the middle, they are black mosaics, without any shadow effect.
However, in the eyes of Nice and Reynolds, even if you step aside, it is useless. Because the corridor itself is not spacious, the light source is enough to cover the edge of the corridor.
If you step aside, the light will be darker at best, and they will still be spotted with a few shadows.
While everyone was puzzled, Kanter stepped forward to the position against the wall.
Then, a magical scene appeared. When Kanter walked to the position against the wall, the whole person was integrated into the environment, and no trace was seen again.
"What's going on?" Reynolds asked blankly. He is now the body of the soul, and his eyes naturally have the triple vision of the naked eye, the energy eye and the soul eye, but even so, there is no trace of Kanter.
"A small trick, as long as there is a little shadow, you can magnify the effect of being obscured." Kanter said.
Although the edge of the corridor is also covered by light, because of the angle, there is always an inconspicuous shadow at the bottom of the edge. Usually these shadows do not affect the line of sight, but Kanter's tricks directly borrowed this humble shadow to hide his body.
With Kanter's demonstration, others leaned against the wall.
Nice felt the strange feeling of shadow concealment, with a little surprise in his eyes: "This is the ability of the shadow system?"
Kanter did not answer directly, but said lightly: "This is a gift from the night."
With the cover of shadows, their actions were much simpler. Even if they saw someone in front of them, they didn't hesitate and walked over.
"No. 61 and No. 62." When they came to the corner, the first thing they saw was a few back figures who had just walked away, and two people standing nearby. They were wearing silver-white uniforms with a mechanical touch. The face numbers are 61 and 62.
"The two of them are researchers. I don't know exactly what they are studying. I have no contact with them on weekdays." Reynolds said in the psychic belt.
"Researcher? Listen to what they are talking about." Nis did not rush to leave, anyway, they were covered by shadows, and with their ability to hide the leaking fluctuations.
No. 61 and No. 62 did not stay where they were, but were talking as they walked forward. However, they did not know that in the shadows around them, there were four figures hidden.
No. 62: "Although No. 47 says that everything is under control, it is absolutely impossible for it to come to the fourth floor, but I always feel frustrated."
No. 61: "Don’t worry, the fourth floor has activated all power eyes, it can’t enter. It doesn’t matter if you actually enter. Unlike the previous three floors, the fourth floor console has been fully mastered. It dares to come. Even if it can't be killed in a short time, it can still be trapped. Use the magic array to slowly grind it. When the high sequence comes back, it will be easy..."
While they were talking, they turned their heads and walked into a room.
Nice and the others did not follow. It was not that they did not want to, but the magic pattern in this room was shining with obvious light. No. 61 and No. 62 may have permission to enter directly, but once they step in, they may be caught The magic pattern was discovered.
Nis looked at the gleam of magic patterns in the room and sighed softly: "Fourth floor, it may not be as relaxed as the previous ones."
After a pause, Nice looked at Reynolds: "Do you know what these magic patterns are?"
Reynolds was also looking at the activated magic lines at this time. After a while, he said: "This is the phenomenon that the magic circle is fully activated. The last time this happened, I remember when a fighter defected. When the magic circle is activated, if there is no relevant authority, there is almost nowhere to escape."
Nis frowned: "In other words, as long as the magic pattern is activated, can't you enter?"
Reynolds: "You must have permission to enter, otherwise you will be locked by the magic array."
The magic array is recognized by energy, so as long as there is energy in the body, it will be locked for the first time, and even true wizards will not escape. Unless it is a person who has mastered some special laws, or a space wizard who is proficient in magic patterns, it is possible to enter the activated area silently in the gap between magic patterns.
But there are fewer space wizards, and fewer masters of magic lines. What's more, the magic power formation here was arranged by magicians in the source world. To find the flaws in this magic power formation, the strength of the magic lines must be at least as strong as the ones who arranged it. The Southern Territory is a weak place with magicians, basically impossible Find similar people.
Nice: "Do you have permission?"
Reynolds shook his head: "This kind of emergency authority is temporarily distributed, I don't have it."
As soon as he finished speaking, Reynolds felt a bit of warfare floating around Nice. He could probably guess what Nice was thinking, so he added: "The authority cannot be seized, even if you grab and control a person with authority. , It’s also difficult for us to use. Because the authority is engraved on the soul mark."
"Moreover, the emergency authority is one per person."
In other words, even if you control a person with authority and go to the magic circle, he can only use it alone. It is not possible to use Reynolds alone with the authority to enter the showroom like before. .
After Reynolds had finished speaking, Nice was in a bad mood immediately.
According to the current situation, is it not possible to enter most of the rooms? What about the showroom, his exhibits are gone?
More importantly, the information he wanted could not be placed in the corridor, it must be in a certain room.
Cannot enter the room, and the information is gone.
"Then what should I do now?"
Kanter: "If you don't want to force it, the only way is to wait for the results on Angel's side."
Nice thought for a while, now it seems there is only one way. He originally wanted Toby to call Angel and talk to him about the situation here, but in the end, it's fine. Angel is definitely studying the magic pattern to find the master node. Every interruption may cause his thoughts to change. Stop, wait until he finishes studying.
In the next time, everyone wandered carefully on the fourth floor while determining the area where the magic pattern was activated.
In the process, they also encountered many researchers wearing silver uniforms. They all had one characteristic. They were very serious and hurried, as if there was danger behind them, and if they walked slowly, they would be swallowed by darkness.
This cautiousness to the point of stress also made Nice interested in what happened on the fourth floor.
"I heard the conversation between No.61 and No.62 before, it seems that some creatures broke into the laboratory?" Nice: "I feel that this may be the reason why there is no one on the first three floors."
"Will it be some kind of monster?"
During the discussion between No. 61 and No. 62, the name of the intruder was not mentioned, only "it" was used instead. The interpretation of "it" is generally regarded as non-human beings in the mainland lingua franca. However, sometimes "it" can also be used to refer to human beings. For example, extreme anthropologists will call other humans "it", which is contemptuous. For example, among Karabits There are a lot of people who look down upon known people, even after the "Human Revision Law" has been recognized for many years, they will use "it" to refer to human beings.
"Monsters breaking into the laboratory? It should be impossible. Generally speaking, it is very difficult for humans to break into the laboratory." Reynolds said. The reason why he was able to sneak into the laboratory with Nausica was because he was right. This is too much understanding, and even the mechanism of duty is well understood, only this can sneak in silently.
Without the leadership of internal personnel, let alone making wind and rain in the laboratory, it would be impossible to enter the laboratory gate.
Because...no permission.
Nice thought for a while, and thought it made sense, just like this time, if there was no Angel, they would definitely be stuck at the door.
A monster, even if it has a high IQ, does it still understand the application of magic lines?
"Could it be that the monsters kept in the laboratory rioted?" Niss: "Didn't you say that there are some monsters in the laboratory? Last time you and Nausicaa were chased by the monsters and forced to flee. Ascension to heaven?"
Nis hesitated for a moment, and said: "This kind of thing may exist, but even if there is a riot, no one can deal with the monsters kept in the laboratory. What's more, if we dare to keep the monsters in captivity, we must control them. s method."
"That's what it says, but how should this record be understood?" A medical record appeared in Nice's hand, which was recorded on the 23rd.
Nice turned to the record the day before yesterday. It clearly records that the 23rd was attacked by a monster and eventually had to take the initiative to enter the cold liquid to repair it.
Although what this monster is, there is no clear record on the 23rd, and it is impossible to determine whether it is a captive monster, but it can be known that some monsters must have changed.
At the time, Nice didn't care too much about it, but now it seems that this record indicates the source.
Combining the rhetoric of No. 61 and No. 62, it is very likely that everyone is shrinking on the fourth floor because they are invaded by monsters.
Reynolds was also a little dumb in the face of this medical record.
"Perhaps the combatants left, which made it impossible to suppress certain monsters?" Reynolds guessed to himself, but he didn't believe it very much.
It is true that researchers are proficient in research, but it is impossible to say that they have no combat effectiveness. Because wizards are basically all-round development, but some people are better at fighting, and some are better at research.
Because many things cannot be explained, and there is no point in discussing it further, Nice thought for a while and said: "First continue to explore the news, and then stop by to find the way to the fifth floor."
The fourth floor has shrunk so many people, and they can't even take care of the consumption, and the magic array is fully activated. It is basically difficult to get anything on the fourth floor. But the fifth floor is different. According to Reynolds, the fifth floor is reserved for the first three sequences. Even if there is a monster attack inside the laboratory, they will at most escape to the fourth floor. The fifth floor should not dare to trespass. of.
Reynolds nodded, he knew a lot about the fifth floor, and his goal was also on the fifth floor.
It's just that Reynolds was a little worried. On the way to the fifth floor, he had to pass through many halls, such as the experimental center. Will the magic circles in these places also be activated?
With a nervous mood, Reynolds walked in the shadows...
...
On the first floor of the base laboratory, footsteps sounded in the empty corridor.
Because of the narrow space, the sound of footsteps echoed with a long and repeated inspiration.
"I always feel that every step of yours can make my heart throb and seep." Dan Grosse shivered.
Angel glanced at Dan Grosse: "Do you have a heart? Also, you used the wrong word. You shouldn't say oozing people, but... oozing fire."
"..."
Angel has left a layer of sub-control nodes at this time, and he can basically be sure that the main control node is on this layer. However, he still needs to determine where it is.
He can directly calculate by the sub-control nodes of the second and third layers, but this is a bit slow, so he is going to visit the first floor, through the magic pattern distribution here, combined with the sub-control nodes of the second and third layers, and finally go Lock the position of the master node.
This is the time he now wanders in the corridor.
After walking around for about ten minutes, Angel's eyes suddenly stopped at a corner.
Abnormal energy fluctuations appeared there... and, not from the energy of the magic energy array.
(End of this chapter)