by Chen Ran
In Zero's eyes, whether it was the sexy Lamia or the strong scorpion man, they were not even one meter tall. The dwarf-like little fellows were more suited to be slaves. After all, Zero needed workers who specialized in work, not soldiers who fought. Moreover, no matter how brave and fierce the alien soldiers were, they would not be as nimble in commanding as the human soldier.
Different races and different civilizations naturally created many barriers to communication. In a battlefield that was ever-changing, even the most unremarkable form of communication could lead to the defeat of the entire battle.
Zero could already foresee that when the Bidis City was captured, even if the soldiers were not from the battle grounds, they would still be executed. After all, the victors did not wish for their race to have any remaining combat power. However, the sexy Lamia would probably leave some behind to sell to those with a special hobby of collecting items.
As for Zero, as long as he was obedient, he would be able to work as a worker.
As he was walking, he suddenly heard waves of miserable shrieks. From the sound of it, it was the sound of a human. Zero's face changed, but he realized that the order was not from his caravan. He immediately traced the source of the voice, eventually landing on a square building in the distance. The four corners of the building was of the Bidis City, and from the outside, it looked like a cube.
There was a giant rune carved on this side facing zero. At this time, the rune split open from the middle and opened a door. A few snake-women pulled a few human corpses out and threw them towards the ground below the city. However, waves of low exclamations still came from the inside of the building.
"Stop looking." Old Rob walked over to Zero and whispered.
"What's that?" Zero asked.
"It could be a laboratory, or a slaughterhouse. Who knows? I only know that the warriors of the Bidis City go to the wilderness every year to catch some refugees. As for whether they are used for research or as food, I don't know, nor do I want to know. Anyways, as long as they don't have any ideas about our Pavaric, then it's fine. " Old Rob replied.
Ling Wuxie remained silent.
During the turbulent times, humans were no longer the only intelligent life. With the appearance of more and more intelligent species, humans, as the largest intelligent species, it would be strange if a life form like the subterranean race, which had already developed a higher civilization, didn't take humans back for research. All of this was for survival. From a human's perspective, the actions of the Bidis City were undoubtedly evil, but from a foreign race's perspective, this was no different than a human studying them.
In this chaotic age, morality and justice had become very vague. Perhaps in this evolutionary competition, the final victor could cast the crown of justice for himself.
It no longer mattered who was right or wrong. What mattered was who lived to the end.
I want to live on, so I have to win against Bidis City. Moreover, after seeing this strange race, from a human's perspective, it was more necessary to wipe out lifeforms like the subterranean race that already had their own civilization. Only with less life like this would there be more room for human existence.
In the cruel era, the natural selection process took place.
Finally, the caravan stopped at a loading dock. This was one of the few squares on Bidis City. Zero and the others took the goods off, and the short Subterranean Clan carried them into the warehouse. At the entrance of the warehouse, there were a few dwarves taking records, showing that the Subterranean Clan had their own perfect system.
After counting the goods into the warehouse, the Dwarf Supervisor handed the old man a list of similar goods. After Robert the old man signed it, the dwarf uttered a burst of rapid syllables, and finally said a word in human language: "Welcome."
Taking back the list, the Dwarf calls the Lamia who led the caravan here. After issuing a series of strange syllables, the Lamia nods and gives the caravan a signal to follow. Thus, old Rob ordered his men to keep the beasts, and the Subterranean Clan would temporarily take care of them. As for the people from the caravan, they followed the Lamia to the temporary resting area prepared for them by the Bidis City.
It was also an elliptical structure built on the side of a mountain, and it stretched out in the direction where the group had come from. From afar, it looked like a huge rock that could roll down at any time.
After leading everyone to the resting room, the Lamia spoke to the old man in a stiff human voice, "Evening, Well of the Abyss."
It was just two simple words, but old Rob knew what they meant. He bowed to the Lamia, who nodded and walked away. Zero came to the old man and asked, "What did she say?"
"It's nothing, according to the tradition of the past transactions, we will hand the goods over to them. Rest and eat here, and at night they will take us to the well below Bidis City. They will give us a corresponding amount of black gold according to the value of the goods. After we receive the goods, we will rest here for the night and return to the Pavaric tomorrow morning. " Old Rob said softly: "Sir, although I do not know what you are doing in coming to Bidis City with me. However, I have to remind you that it would be best if you stayed in the Rest area they arranged for you at night. These things are not friendly, but they have a request for us, if you leave the Rest area, then the guards who encountered them in other places, might … "
Old Robert looked at the people from the caravan again, and said with a bitter face: "Even if you don't think for yourself, you will still pity us. We still want to return to the Pavaric."
Zero promised, "Don't worry, we won't give you any trouble. Just a moment ago, the Well of the Abyss that the Lamia talked about, was it the Black Gold Mine? "
Old Rob led the caravan into the round stone house and said, "Well of the Abyss is their name. You will know about it once you get there. As the mine is located at the very bottom of Bidis City, and is already deep underground, it would not be excessive to call that place Well of the Abyss. "
"So that's how it is."
As he spoke, Zero also entered the stone house. The stone house was several hundred square meters, and it was quite spacious. Even though there were dozens of people, the caravan was not narrow. The stone house was dozens of meters high, and the roof was studded with glowing mica. The scattered mica crystals emitted a soft light, causing the roof to look like a sea of stars. The light of the Cloud Mother shone down, causing the stone house to be brightly lit up.
Without any additional illumination, it was very clear. What was rare was that the glow of the mica wasn't too strong. Even if she slept under it, it wouldn't be too eye-catching. The stone house was already covered with soft animal fur. It seemed that the Subterranean Clan was rather considerate of the people of the Pavaric, at least so that the people of the caravan wouldn't sleep on the cold stone floor. Looking at the surroundings of the stone house, there were some simple drawings.
On the wall facing the door, there was a painting of a tall throne. On the throne, there was a creature that looked exactly like the statue in the middle of the city. And below the throne, there were many eggs. Elliptical eggs filled the other walls, and from the height of the proportion between the shell and the creature on the throne, these strange eggs were also several meters high, if the painting was done in a one-to-one ratio.
It was obvious that the being on the throne, which was the statue in the middle of the city, was some kind of idol that the subterranean race worshipped. Was it their king, or was it an imaginary deity?
"Naga." Staring at the mural, the old Rob spoke up.
"What?"
"I am saying that the being on the throne is called Naga, and is the king of the spirit in the Bidis City." Old Rob said, "Bidis City does not have a king, they only have a role like a priest. After having dealt with them for so many years, I know some of them. It was as if to these monsters, they believed that they had come from the abyss and Naga was the king of the abyss. They were all born from N
aga's eggs, and were his sons. But as far as I know, their descendants are hatched entirely from their own eggs. What a strange bunch of monsters. "
Zero also felt it was inconceivable that such a higher life would adopt such a low-leveled form of reproduction. He had originally thought that looking at the subterranean race's humanoid form, these lifeforms would adopt the same method of birth as humans.
At this time, Subterranean Clan's short and low voice came from outside the room. He saw a dwarf instructing two scorpion man s to bring over a stone pot. The stone pot was filled with the green liquid. scorpion man placed the stone pot at the entrance and before he could go near, he smelt a sour smell.
The old man's face turned extremely ugly as he muttered, "He's back again. Every time he comes, he uses this kind of thing to entertain us." How many times have I told them that we don't eat this kind of thing?
Although he said this, the old man still walked over to negotiate with the dwarf. Zero took some time to take a look at the pot of liquid. From time to time, the corpses of some fat bugs would appear on the green stuff. Although Zero had also eaten bugs before, it was also out of helplessness. However, in the Bidis City, this kind of food was not only the food of the Subterranean Clan, but also the delicacy to entertain guests with.
Unfortunately, not only were their values different, even their definitions of delicacies were vastly different.
It wasn't easy for Subterranean Clan to carry away the big pot filled with the terrifying liquid. Old Luo Bo walked back and said, "Take out the rations you brought with you and let me eat my fill. Otherwise, you won't have the strength to carry the black gold for me later."
As he said that, the old man took out some dried meat and wine from his backpack and said to Zero, "Sir, you should come over and have some too."
After witnessing the terrifying pot of liquid, the food in the old man's hands could already be considered delicious. Zero did not stand on ceremony and just sat in a corner with the old man, eating and chatting. While the caravan was resting and eating, a small commotion occurred at the entrance of the tree hole where Su Ming and co. came in from.
The tremors came from the left side of the tunnel, where rings of earthen yellow light continuously appeared on the steel-hard wall. The walls of the mountain were affected by the light, and the hard stones became soft and hard. They then turned into sand and finally flowed to the ground. As a result, a round hole appeared between the mountain walls. The hole was dark, and a moment later, two human figures came out from it. It was Alice and Jin.
After they landed on the ground, Alice flicked away the sand on his body and said, "I can't see that you still have the potential to be a pangolin."
"Cut the crap. If it wasn't for me, don't even think of sneaking in like this." As Jin said that, he controlled the power of Su Earth element and filled the hole that the two of them had just made.
As a result, when the two of them left, not a single grain of sand could be found on the ground. The mountain wall returned to its original appearance, but Bidis City sneaked into two outsiders.
Chapter 394 - Uninvited Guests (I)
Another damned delivery.
At the same location, Zero was a little disappointed to see the strong scorpion man moving the barrels of oil from somewhere within the Bidis City to the small plaza in front of the warehouse. The oil will remain in the warehouse until tomorrow, when the caravan can take it away. Su Yun originally thought that she would be able to see the Well of the Abyss, but now, it seems that he had been delusional.
But this was also normal, the Well of the Abyss must be a secret location to the Bidis City, how could they allow outsiders to casually tour around?
After the old man had finished signing and collecting, he seemed to have seen someone. However, he was bowing towards the south, one hand on his chest. Zero followed his line of sight and landed on a strange life form.
It also had the characteristics of a female, but this Subterranean Clan appeared to be more slender than the Lamia. Its upper body was not completely exposed to the eyes of other creatures. Although it didn't wear anything similar, a layer of brown armor covered its alluring body. The carapace seems to be born, so when it spreads to the lower body, it naturally transforms into the limbs of some insect.
It had the abdomen of a spider, with three pairs of legs that supported its body. This caused the creature in front of him to be like a spider and a woman, with a sort of strange beauty to it.
Beside the beautiful spider, there were five female scorpion man s. These ten subterranean race Warriors were different from the Ordinary Soldier as all of them had strange tattoos on their bodies, but no one knew what they meant.
When the old man bowed, the beautiful spider also nodded towards him. When it looked at Zero, its eyes became sharp with a hint of reproach. He immediately lowered his head as he recalled their strange feelings of joy and evil. At this time, the old man Luo walked over and muttered, "I never thought that the Chief Sacrificer would come. It's really weird. His appearance hasn't changed at all in the past twenty years."
Zero turned and walked with him. "Is that their leader?" he asked in a low voice.
"You could say that." Old Robert scratched his head and replied, "These monsters worship the abyss. They believe that their King Naga would fall asleep in the abyss and one day, wake up and lead them back to the abyss. Every spring, they held a sacrifice. That thing that looks like a woman and looks like a spider is their Chief Sacrificer. It is the Chief Sacrificer that hosts the entire Bidis City and is regarded as Naga's representative on the ground by these monsters. "
By this point, Zero already had a general idea of the unique form of this underground race. From the weapons and city buildings, they have advanced technology and craftsmanship. However, their culture remained at the stage of feudal worship of the gods. From a human point of view, this is a very contradictory phenomenon. The cause of this abnormal civilization may be related to the environment in which they live.
Even Zero did not know that while he was observing Subterranean Clan, that Chief Sacrificer was also observing them.
In the eyes of this beautiful spider, it didn't matter if it was Zero, old Rob, or the other members of the caravan. They presented a spectrum of colors in the eyes of this strange being, and when these spectra overlapped each other, they created a stereoscopic image. Observing these images, Chief Sacrificer spoke out in their own language: "How is the preparation of the Abyss Rites?"
A sturdy scorpion man warrior standing to the right of the beauty spider said with his head lowered and his arms wrapped around his chest, "Respected Sacrificial length, my King Naga's gene complement has already reached 94%. If nothing unexpected happens, it will reach 100% very soon. "
"Very good, I must thank these humans." The corner of Chief Sacrificer's mouth revealed a cold and sinister smile, "This occupies the life of the land, and the gene fragments in his body are so diverse and complicated. Otherwise, even if I received my mother's enlightenment, I wouldn't be able to complete my Wang Naga's genes. As long as my king wakes, it will be when the Abyss King descends to earth. At that time, the humans of the Pavaric will be our first good meal after our king wakes. "
"Greedy creatures like these who peep at our blood should have long since disappeared from the earth!" After saying that, the Chief Sacrificer turned around and left under the protection of his clan members.
It was late at night.
In the caravan's resting area, Zero opened his eyes. He sat up, his movements soft and silent. Everyone had already fallen asleep, even the two subterranean race warriors who were standing guard outside were napping against the wall. Yoru came to Su Ling's side. She had already taken off the hat cape s on her body and put on a black leather armour on her body that was covered in bandages.
The leather armour was sleek, and had no seams at all when worn on Yoru's body, making it look like she was on the second layer of skin. This was the new stealth type battle arm
or developed by the Asgard. The thickness of the armor was less than 1cm, and the weight was so light that it could be ignored. And the surface has a micro-arc design, allowing the wearer to move with minimal wind resistance. However, this set of leather armor called "Latent Shadow", was different from Nocturnal's full coverage design. It only focused on protecting important parts such as the chest, arms and knees, and other joints.
This was the Battle Armor that Zero had specially bought for Yoru before they set out. Although Latent Shadow's defense was insufficient, it was extremely suitable for an assassin type like Yoru. Compared to the leather armour that Yoru had handmade before, Shadow was much better in every aspect. When she had gotten the set of Battle Armor, although Yoru did not express anything, it was not hard to tell from the sparkle in her eyes that the girl really liked this present.
At this moment, Yoru, who was wearing her Latent Shadow, had tied up her long hair tightly, in order to prevent unnecessary interference. Two blacked-out composite daggers were placed on the outside of a pair of thighs to facilitate the extraction of enemies at any time. Other than that, Yoru did not have any other equipment.
To the Night Emissary, her body was a deadly weapon.
He took off the clothes on his body to reveal Nocturnal's tactical suit and took out a portable apparatus from the bag that held the rations. From the portable apparatus, Zero took out a watch for Yoru to wear. This unremarkable watch, however, concealed pocket-sized tools such as laser scanning, which could be used by the user for terrain scanning. Su Yun also took out one and put it on. These two watches had already been modulated, the built-in scanning system was connected to the terminal in Pavaric. When the scan was complete, Biansi and the others would be able to get a detailed three-dimensional map of the Bidis City.
"Listen, we're not here to fight, so try to avoid unnecessary conflict." Zero said simply and used his finger to point, "We will split into two directions, you go up and I will go down, meet up in the middle. "Do you know how to use the scanner?"