Chapter 30: The True Hell

After the queen gained communication skills, she could command the insects to fight more easily. I could even issue some vague instructions. In the past, because the insects had too low intelligence and the mother insects had only the ability to transmit, it was difficult to form effective commands. Now it is different. The mother insects can manage these insects on their behalf. As long as I have the general requirements, the mother insects will consider how to implement them in detail.

In order to test the effect, I simply issued an instruction to let the bugs bring all unknown objects in the fortress into me. Don’t underestimate this command. If I had given such a command in the past, the bugs would have brought everything over, because for them anything could be considered an unknown object. Now the effect is much better, and the bugs finally brought me three small things with unique shapes.

I summoned Yeyue, Ling and Xiaochun came out and handed them the three items respectively. "Do you recognize them?"

They took these things and looked at them carefully. The shapes of these three things are exactly the same.

Ling first said: "This thing looks like a key."

Xiaochun also nodded: "But this key head is very distinctive."

The front end of these things that are suspected to be keys is a two-inch-long cylinder. The body of the column is a metal and a crystal are divided into many sections like tiger spots, and each section has a complex chain structure in the center. If there is no rear grip and the size is larger, I will probably regard it as the gear set of the car transmission, which is so complex that it is unimaginable.

Ye Yue looked at it for a long time before speaking: "This is the key, and it is the key to activate a large magic array. These crystals are sealed with very powerful energy, but the crystal parts are all equipped with magic marks for dismantling. If the corresponding activation energy is connected with these magic marks, the energy structure on the key can be activated. As for what the rotatable head is for, I don't know."

"It's a password lock." Xiaochun showed me the thing: "Did you see it? Each section can be rotated separately, which means you can't aim the front head at the magic mark, but the complex structure behind it is similar to a car transmission."

"What is a car transmission?" Ye Yue is not a real creature, of course she doesn't know what a transmission is.

I stopped Yeyue's inquiry: "This is not easy to explain. Please let Xiaochun finish his words first."

Xiao Chun immediately continued: "The gears of the gearbox are operated separately on the surface. In fact, they are all connected to a spindle. The car gear is used to control the gear operation. If I am not mistaken, after inserting the key into the keyhole, you can use a set of spells to fix the corresponding lock joints, and only turn the parts that need to be rotated. It is useless for those who do not know this secret word to get the key."

"Usually a complex key represents a more complex gate, while a more complex gate represents a huge wealth behind it." Ling looked at me after saying that: "Are the master interested in looting this treasure house? Let me ask, where are we? Why do I feel that the evil spirit is very heavy here?"

Xiaochun immediately shouted: "That's it. My power has been suppressed by more than one-third!"

Ling Yi stretched out his hand, and a green flame immediately burned in her palm. "I think this place is very suitable for me."

"This is the eighteen levels of hell."

"You mean the deepest place under the underworld in China?" Ling asked.

Xiaochun immediately said: "So we have entered the exile land? The hell in Europe is connected with this place."

"Master, why did you come here?"

"It's a long story, but it's always a mistake. I just want to find a way to return now."

Ye Yue turned around and looked at the fortress: "But the bugs ate everything, who should we ask?"

Xiaochun immediately said: "Since there is a fortress, it is impossible to have no regular cities. This eighteen-story hell should have normal cities. Let's go and ask them."

I nodded: "Actually, I know where the exit is, but I don't know where it is. Unfortunately, there is a big old man who is stuck at the entrance now. God knows that he can't get past it."

"Then try it!"

The connection between the eighteenth floor hell and the outside world is no connection port. The entrance to the eighteenth floor hell is a passage that is forced to open with magic power. As long as the power is enough, it is an exit anywhere. But now it is different. There is a boss stuck in the exit here. The black kirin breaks the passage. If possible, we may be able to find a way to get him out. As a transaction, he should agree to get us out as well.

I took back all the beetles, and the queen said they were going to evolve. So I asked them to go back and evolve. But when they came out again, it was obviously different from before. The newly born little thing is called ghost bugs, which can still swallow up all kinds of substances in large quantities, and also have extra transformation ability. The current ghost bugs have two basic forms, one of which is diamond form, and the other is ghost form. When they are in diamond form, the defense will become very high, and they are not very useful in magic or physical damage, but if the attack power is high enough, they can still kill them. When they are in ghost form, their bodies will become illusions of nothingness, and they can pass through obstacles such as walls and ignore physical damage. Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages. Although their physical attacks are ineffective in ghost form, they completely lose their magic defense.

I asked the Queen to send all the little bugs out to help me find a new city, and I need to inquire about it. Of course, this time I can't swallow the city black again. It's easy to do things. Although the little bugs have evolved and reduced their size to the size of their palms, their speed has increased significantly. Soon, several ghost bugs reported to discover the target. The Queen's telepathy can remotely control all ghost bugs at any time. A large number of scattered and searched suddenly stopped neatly. They turned their direction at the same time and flew towards our destination.

This new city obviously didn't know our situation. The bugs devoured all the enemies before attacking the fortress. There was no living person to report the news. The city was still calm. I put away my magic pet and the bugs and entered the city by myself.

This place is actually not much different from the cities on the ground. The difference is that the residents here are ugly, and some human forms are generally high-end goods. The shops in the city sell various items, and ghosts also retain their habits during their lifetime, which will not be forgotten. However, in addition to normal products, there are also various strange items sold here, such as spiritual power.

I have restored my human form, and in order to show my characteristics, I didn't wear a helmet. This is a temporary strategy I came up with. The more advanced the existence here, the closer it is to human, and the more powerful it is, the more beautiful it is. I can let everyone see my human form without a helmet, and my appearance definitely represents a kind of strength. This is hell. A place where the strong prey on the weak, so I can let some guys with bad intentions automatically avoid it. The facts proved that my method was quite effective. The city gate guards collected some strange black objects from every monster entering the city, probably the coins here, and they didn't ask at all when I went over. After entering the city, it was almost the same. All monsters would give way when they saw me. Even the guards patrolling with weapons would immediately stand on the side of the road to give way when they saw my appearance and the flames on their bodies. It was really a snobbish place.

Generally speaking, a tavern is a good place to collect information. There is also such a place here. The sign at the door directly reads the word "Dadi" and fools know it is a tavern. In order to avoid burning the house, I took out the shielding wrist wheel and put it on my wrist, and the flames on my body disappeared immediately. Not everyone in this city is surrounded by flames. According to my analysis, it is a symbol of strength. Different colors and sizes represent different levels of power, and most people here have flames as short as sweat hairs and cannot be seen without attention. In addition, if people without fire at all are still in human form, it will be even more scary, which means that you can restrain your strength. The two herder-level women who were gnawed by the insects and the unlucky harvester later can all withdraw the flames at any time. They will not release the flames without fighting.

Although I have covered the flames, my appearance can still be used to scare people. The ugly ones are more popular. The more beautiful you are, the more likely you are to scare people. It is not because the monsters here regard ugly as beauty, but because being too beautiful is like a very dangerous. Being able to grow like me is like a human-shaped nuclear bomb. As soon as I entered the tavern, the originally bustling tavern all became quiet in an instant. Hundreds of pairs of eyes stared at me without blinking.

After a long time, a monster with a height of hippos ran over, first bowed ninety degrees, and then said, "Is there anything wrong with this lord?"

"Sir? I'm not a big man."

The hippo immediately laughed. "Don't joke, sir, with your handsome appearance, you may be a master at the level of the Reaper, and you are also the best among the Reapers. I wonder which region you are?"

"Reaper? I seem to have reached this level and surpassed a lot, but I am not a lord. I am new. I have just entered these eighteen levels of hell through the passage."

A chill sounded around. The hippo also looked at me again in surprise. "Are you a person who just entered the forgotten world? It's so unbelievable. It's really rare for you to be so powerful as soon as you come in. But then again, did you just eat someone?"

My eyes suddenly turned cold. He immediately took a few steps back and explained quickly. "Don't get me wrong, I'm not accusing you of killing people. Since you entered here, it means that you did something huge and bad on it like us. Ordinary sinners don't have to go down to the 18th floor. You just came in and didn't know a lot of things. We only respect the strong. Everyone is a spirit body. Kill others and eat him and he can accumulate strength, including the lord. If anyone dares to challenge the lord and kill the lord, he is the new lord, and no one will pursue it."

I just wanted to hide the news, but now it seems that it is completely unnecessary. Killing is like a medal here. It is not only different from hidden, but also can be taken out to show off. It is indeed brutal and thorough. However, my eyes immediately glanced at the other people coldly, and the hippo immediately stopped me and said, "Sir, don't be impulsive. Although killing can make yourself powerful, please don't be too crazy. It is useless for your masters to absorb us. Besides, is the world with only one person too lonely?"

Even if the barbaric is barbaric, these vicious criminals are not stupid. If the evil sinners in the eighteen levels of hell are killed by each other, then in the end, only one member will commit suicide lonely, so they retain a large population besides retaining the characteristics of barbarism, and even the city is formed.

After hearing his words, I immediately looked at a table next to me and walked over. All four monsters sitting on the table immediately stood up and stepped aside. I walked over and sat on the table and glanced at the entire store. "I have some questions now, and I believe you can bring me the answer."

When the monsters around him heard this, they immediately lit their heads like chickens eating rice.

"Very good. The first thing I need to know now is what the currency is here?"

"That's these." The boss quickly took out four coins and placed them on the table. The four coins were divided into four colors: black, blue, red and purple. The hippo boss said: "These are coins, black is black, and purple is purple. The black denomination is the smallest, and it increases in order according to the order I put it. The carry is one hundred carrys. There is also a white white coin that is the largest denomination. I don't have it here."

"One hundred numbers are carried, that means that a white coin is equal to one hundred million black coins, right?"

"right."

I took a red coin and touched it: "What material is made of this thing?"

"strength."

"strength?"

"When you condense it with magic, eating this money is the same as eating someone else's power absorbed by the other party. With the coin spell, everyone can condense coins by themselves, but they will permanently lose the equal power of this part of the coins. Of course, you can also increase your power by eating coins."

This world is respected by strength, and using power to create coins is indeed in line with the environment here.

"Very good. The following question. Do you know the Black Kirin?"

"Black Qilin?" The boss of the hippo shook his head: "What kind of thing is he? You know that the ethnic group here is very messy, and our appearance will change due to strength. Look at me. Shit, I was a handsome guy in the past! What kind of person do you mean by the Black Qilin? For example, his specialties and mistakes he made may affect his appearance here."

"Don't you know who the Black Kirin is?" The boss's answer was very unexpected. The Black Kirin is the guardian of the underworld, the warden of the eighteenth level of hell, and someone didn't know him. I turned to other monsters: "Where are you?"

The monsters around him kept shaking their heads. None of them knew about the Black Kirin.

"Okay, let me think about it." I thought for a moment and asked again: "The black qilin is the name of the human world. Maybe he has other names here. Do you know what the qilin is?" Seeing that I nodded around me, I continued: "The black qilin is a black qilin, a very rare type. Usually the qilin is not black."

The boss plucked up his courage and said, "Sir, let me get in the mouth. The Qilin seems to be a divine beast, right? Are you looking for Qilin here? Isn't it a bit...?"

"Under normal circumstances, the Kirin should not come here, but the Black Kirin is an alien and a very rare species. It was once sent here to manage the 18th level of hell. Strictly speaking, it should be the informer here."

"Are you talking about the master?" The boss said in a panic: "Am I guessed it right?"

"Master? What does he look like? Describe to me?"

The boss shook his head: "Sorry, we only know that the power of the master is above all existence here. Even if all the reapers here unite, they cannot resist the master's move. He ruled one-third of the world and was our co-leader. As for his appearance, we have never seen it. No one except the reapers is qualified to meet the master."

"You said one-third? Isn't this area all managed by Black Kirin? He should be the strongest here?"

"No, no, no. I think you have just come in and you may have confused this place with the earth on the ground. These eighteen levels of hell and the earth on earth are not on the same level. Our area here is much larger than that on the earth. The great gods in all areas of the earth have territories here. The area we are in is the eighteen levels of hell called the earth, which is the area where the gods and immortals in Asia exiled prisoners. There are two forces in other places on this land, one from the Arab region of the earth, where their gods of death live. The other force is from Europe, and they exiled prisoners and the most terrifying creatures here, just like the gods in Asia."

"I understand. In other words, this world is controlled by three forces, right?"

"right."

"When I was in the world, I heard that some people who were difficult to deal with were sent to the 18th level of hell. It is said that the existences here are extremely powerful. But I was very curious. I just killed a harvester and two herders, and they felt that they were all weak. You can't even compare to them, and they are even weaker. Why is this happening? Are you all strong people exiled here? Why is it so vulnerable? Before I came, I always thought that your place was an ancient giant beast that even soldiers could compare to!"

An awkward expression appeared on the hippo's face. "In fact, you don't understand. This eighteen-level hell is used to exile us, which means that the whole world is a prison. If this place is beautiful, the gods will naturally not throw us here. The main reason why this place becomes an exile is that it is a declining world."

"Decline?"

"If a world is declining, the energy in this world will be on a downward trend. We are indeed very powerful when we arrive here, but our energy will gradually be sucked out of the body and become weaker and weaker."

"How come this happens? According to your statement, won't the world no longer exist soon?"

"The world is not a living creature, it is much slower than ours. Although it is entering the exhaustion period, it is also a long-lasting thing for us. The only thing we hate is energy decay. However, we have already thought of some emergency methods, one of which is the energy shielding method. The flames on us are actually not useless. They are isolating the disappearance of energy. As long as the flames are burning, they will not gradually lose energy. But there is one thing we cannot do, that is, consumption in motion. Moving, speaking, using magic, and doing anything is consuming one's own energy, and after all, they can only be replenished by snatching others' energy. In other words, the flames only reduce the energy consumption speed, and the total energy in this world is still decreasing."

"Then are you going to be finished sooner or later?"

"That's not. After all, new individuals are being sent in at any time. These individuals must carry energy. Whether they are alive or eaten by others, they always add value to the total energy of the world. Everyone needs to consume coins when they live here, and condensing coins is to consume energy. This is energy compensation. We rely on these newly invested members to ensure the consumption value, so we can barely maintain balance."

"Very good. I have a general understanding. So will this master and that Anubis consume energy?"

“They don’t consume energy.”

"Why?"

"Because they have physical bodies."

"Aren't you all entities?" I was so tall that my boss's belly was overwhelmed.

"It's different. We are just low-level entities condensed, but they are high-level entities. Although we can have physical bodies, all kinds of functions are very chaotic. Without energy to support our bodies, our bodies will collapse, but even if the body dies, they will not dissipate."

"Then how can I meet your master?"

"We don't know about this, maybe you should ask Lord Reaper."

"Okay, tell me how to meet the Reaper."
Chapter completed!