Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter 397: Underground

The cannons kept firing hot storm after storm of bullets, occasionally shooting out two micro-missiles and bullets from the arachnid chassis, and even a small ion cannon rose from the hunter's shoulder. Occasionally, an ion beam would explode, creating a violent explosion in the corridor. Hunters could be said to have opened all their fire, pouring all of their strength into the invading aliens without reservation.

Ellen couldn't help but rejoice that he hadn't run into a full-powered mechanical guard in the power room at that time. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been so easy to capture it unscathed. However, with such a powerful mechanical guard, the imperial guard responsible for protecting the Empress was able to fight five against one, but imagine how powerful it was.

The power of a mechanical guard was extraordinary, but there was only one. Even if all the firepower was released, it would not be able to stop so many abnormalities. Edward shouted, "Alan, lend me your fire."

Alan immediately activated his Origin Energy and engraved it on the surface. Qian Jun pointed and spat out a fire dragon at Edward. Edward put his hands together and the air between his palms rotated, forming a whirlwind in an instant. The whirlwind was suppressed by his palms and did not overflow. When Alan's fire dragon arrived, the wind and fire merged, forming a blazing wind. Edward's eyes turned cold as he pushed his palms away.

The unrestrained Brahma Wind continued to grow and eventually enveloped the entire passageway. Wind-assisted fire, Huo Changfeng's might, and the combined power of the two caused the alien larvae to ignite wherever the wind passed, turning them into fireballs in the passageway.

Many of the faceless people who were born from the combination of the Empress and the guards were burned to the point that their shells turned red and cracked. Most of them clasped their hands together and spun around like a disk in the wind, whistling through the hunter's firepower blockade, bouncing into the air to stretch out their hands and feet, and then pouncing towards Allen and the others.

While he was still in mid-air, several interlaced black lines suddenly flashed past, but they were Belmond's chain blades. The chain blade wrapped around a faceless person, and Belmond pulled on both sides, shredding the faceless person into pieces and turning it into a rain of blood.

The other faceless people were bounced away by a streak of sword light. He was in midair, but a thin crack appeared on his waist. The cracks widened in an instant, and in the end, the few faceless people were cut into two. At the end of the sword light was Regis, who was wielding a long sword and chopping iron.

He used the power of wind and lightning to kill most of the alien larvae, as well as the Faceless, who acted as the vanguard. However, under the Hunter's cannon fire, the depths of the corridor were filled with dark shadows. Allen slashed out a flame breath to seal the road and shouted for everyone to retreat. Although Lucy was unwilling to use the communication system to communicate with the earth, she was helpless. If he didn't stop and let the alien attack into the control center, then everything would be over.

Right now, she could only pray that these aliens would not destroy the control center. There was still a chance in the future. Fortunately, the Aliens were not interested in the ice-cold machines. Apart from the hunters who attacked them being torn to pieces by the Aliens that surged up behind them, they did not even look at the control center as they passed by the door and continued to chase after Alan and the others.

The team ran around the base without a hunter as a guide, but Lucy had just memorized the plan of the base, so she didn't have to run around like a headless fly. Lucy pointed the way and the team headed for the weapons warehouse. It was a sealable space. Whether it was to take out weapons to increase firepower or to isolate the pursuit of an alien weapon, it was extremely useful.

However, these special-shaped weapons seemed to have an enormous will controlling their movements, causing them not only to act in unison. He also knew how to split up the troops and intercept them. Gradually, he forced Allen and the others to leave their original route and advance deeper into the base.

They rushed over a corner, and behind them were the Alien pursuers. Not only did the faceless run on the ground, they could even move freely on the walls, just like large, flexible geckos. Allen, who was in charge of the rear, turned around and slashed away with a flame breath, cutting off the two faceless men who were chasing him. However, this was only a few insignificant waves stirred up in the black tide, and the Alien Weapon seemed to be pouring out from its nest. That amount was simply insane.

As the group continued to move forward, many abnormalities suddenly rushed out from the corners of the corridor, instantly forming a pincer attack. "Run forward," cried Lucy. "There's a safe passage ahead!"

Fortunately, they hadn't reached the end of their road yet. Fortunately, Lucy was able to memorize the terrain of the base in a short period of time. Otherwise, their fate could be imagined. Lucy first looked up when she knocked open the door to the safe passage. The stairs leading to the upper base were blocked by falling stones, and only the downward passageway blew with a cold wind.

So they had no choice but to run down the stairs. At this moment, Alan turned around and saw that the Alien Weapon had already arrived at the entrance of the passageway. However, the entrance was like an invisible boundary. Alien weapons didn't dare to cross the lightning bolt, they only stayed and watched. However, the crowd outside the door was filled with faceless figures, but they dismissed Alan's idea of forcefully breaking out of the encirclement.

That's no different from suicide.

This chase caused everyone to pant heavily. Fortunately, the Alien Weapon did not catch up, giving them time to rest. The team was resting in the passageway, and Alan secretly sneaked up to take a look. The Alien Weapon did not leave, so he had no choice but to return.

"It's like we're going to hell." Alan said.

He had said it casually, but Lucy nodded and said, "I'm afraid so."

"Could it be …"

He and the girl blurted out at the same time, "Your Majesty!"

Alan smiled bitterly. "I'm afraid that's true. Not only is the Empress not dead, she's quite active now."

Everyone else was confused, and only Edward could understand what they meant. The youth closed his eyes and said, "You should have noticed earlier that the Alien Weapons acted in unison. It was like an army. Since there was an army, there was a commander. What could be more suitable for this role than the Empress? Furthermore, during the chase just now, the Alien Weapons had at least three or five chances to intercept us."

"But they didn't make a move. They just drove us here."

"In the end, they stay on top of it and still come down. Why? I'm afraid it's already the Queen's territory, isn't it?"

Hearing this, everyone's hearts sank. Lucy frowned and said, "Why did the Queen force us over? If it was just to kill us, it could have ordered the Alien Weapons to attack."

"I'm afraid you can only ask that big reptile this question." '"Let's go. Since the Empress wants to see us, why don't we just kill her?" Said Alan.

"I didn't plan to do anything." Edward shook his head.

Ellen made a "please" gesture: "Then what can you do to leave from above?"

Edward opened his eyes and said indifferently, "If those adventurers were here, I might have a way. But now, I can only accompany you for a while."

"Sometimes, it's not impossible to break the situation with strength. I don't know if our strength is enough …"

"Even if it's not enough, you have to fight it out once. Unless you want to die here." Alan patted Edward on the shoulder and walked forward with his knife.

Everyone looked at each other. Naturally, no one intended to stay behind, so they followed behind Alan and left. The lower stairs of the passageway had already broken halfway through. Below was a slope made of rubble. Alan waved Qianjun and wrapped his heavy saber around the flames to act as a torch. Down below, the flames were filled with undulating clay bags. Mud, stone, metal, and parts were piled together to form a rugged ground. josei

Alan jumped down first, followed by the others. They descended from the slope until they finally reached the ground. In front of them was an empty, serene, and profound pitch-black space. If it wasn't for the fact that one could see piles of low slopes made of messy stones under the light of the fire, one would have almost suspected that they had arrived in an empty space.

He didn't know how big this underground space was, and Alan didn't know where to go for a moment. At this moment, the sound of rocks rolling suddenly resounded in the darkness. Then, at the edge of the fire, two figures flashed from behind a low slope. Allen and the others thought that they had bumped into the Faceless again, but a familiar voice came from the other side, "Is that Sir Allen?"

"Mr. Garner?"

A moment later, Garner walked over with Red Leaf. The two of them were in a very sorry state, especially Red Leaf. Her aura was weak and her face was like golden paper. He seemed to be relying solely on his will, but his body was about to collapse.

"Why are you here?" Garner asked.

Alan said helplessly, "We were chased down. It's hard to say."

When Garner heard this, he described the appearance of the Faceless and the other Aliens. Ellen nodded and Garner smiled bitterly, "It seems like our encounters are much the same."

Only then did Alan realize that Garner was left with only two people. He frowned and said, "Your companion …"

"They've already been eaten." Garner said hatefully.

Judging from Garner's description just now, not only did they bump into the Faceless, they also encountered the Guards. From the looks of it, their luck was indeed not good. Garner sighed. "We thought we were safe when we left the hall. We were just looking for another way to escape when we met those monsters who were like women. I could only flee with Red Leaf and ran here."

"Mr. Allen, I wonder if you have a feeling. Those monsters don't seem to intend to kill us, they just force us here."

Alan nodded. He didn't want to hide anything from him until now. "We suspect that the Empress told them to do so," he said.

"Empress?"

"That's the source of the bloodline of these monsters, their creator. I thought that monster was still sleeping, but judging from the current signs, the Empress should have awakened."

Garner said in a deep voice, "You all knew from the beginning what was going to happen here?"

"I only know more than you. The rest were discovered after entering this place." Alan shook his head and said, "You should have accepted my suggestion."

"Unfortunately, even if I want to go back on my word now, there's nothing I can do." Garner smiled bitterly and said, "Who exactly are you? Why do you know about this ruin?"

"About this, now …"

At this moment, a few muffled roars suddenly sounded from the darkness. Then, the ground trembled slightly and something approached in their direction!