Chapter five hundred and fiftieth dragon and pit
To be honest, Amber is not unfamiliar with the adventurer's adventure process - although she is not an adventurer herself, the adventurers she has worked together are almost enough to defeat a viscount leader - in her concept, she encounters exploration targets such as magic forests, ancient caves, and secret underground palaces. The most normal process usually starts with organizing teams, preparing supplies, collecting intelligence, and then entering the target area carefully, investigating along the way, drawing maps, eliminating agencies, and fighting monsters... Basically, nine out of the ten adventurers will do this, and the remaining one is basically dead halfway...
However, now, Gao Wen has proved with facts that most of the above processes can basically be concentrated in half the ammunition base...
The deafening artillery fire broke the barbaric order of the Black Forest for thousands of years - the fire of civilization, which was more barbaric than the barbaric, directly burned out all the vegetation on the border of the forest, and all the dangerous monsters in the range were destroyed. Poisonous plants, cunning monsters, greedy carnivores and treacherous spirit eaters... They were all sublimated with art and sublimated cleanly.
Safe, efficient, clean, and without hidden dangers. There are no traps in the flat-blown secret realm, and there are no monsters in the burnt black forest.
Gao Wen stood on the high ground in front of the cave in the Shadow Experimental Field, looking at the avenue that was flattened by artillery fire with satisfaction - of course, this avenue full of bullet craters is not that "flat", but it is much easier to walk around than the Black Forest. Beside him, there was amber with a stunned expression with a look of "You are teasing me".
"I actually did this..." Miss Half-Elf felt like she had seen a brand new world again, "Aren't you afraid of attracting monsters in the Black Forest..."
"Monster? It should have been killed," Gao Wen said indifferently, "I am not blindly commanding - no one knows the situation of the demon tide polluted area better than me. This is a polluted area. The main harm is these mutated plants and poisonous water sources, as well as some weak monsters that are not as good as climates. The truly powerful demon tide creatures will not gather in this area. The thin chaotic magic energy here cannot support them to act for a long time."
As Gao Wen said, he also gave the order after thinking about it. He chose to open the artillery fire after confirming the appropriate environment. In this dangerous black forest, laying the four seas is basically the most suitable way to open the artillery.
A team of elite steel rangers was quickly organized, and under the leadership of Saldrin, the team set out with Gao Wen and Amber.
Although Gao Wen's "firepower reconnaissance" always makes people feel something wrong, Amber must admit that the black forest that had been plowed by artillery fire seemed much safer. She saw countless fragmented plant remains scattered between gravel and bomb craters, those dangerous poisons that could kill people at any time not long ago, and some of the fearsome monster remains mixed between the wreckage of the plants. The twisted and mutated flesh and blood were rolling smoke and dust, and some of the wreckage was even slightly wriggling - but now they could never jump up and attack themselves.
Solderin had a short bow in his hand, leading the team forward while alerting the surroundings: Although the artillery fire flattened a large area, most of the nearby monsters should also be sucked by the power of the magic cannon and did not dare to get close to it for the time being, but many monsters under the influence of the demon tide could not be judged by reason. Maybe there would be mutant monsters who were not afraid of death to rush out from the distant dense forest - there were many pioneers who died in such a raid.
Gao Wen had confidence in handing over the alert to Saldrin and the Iron Rangers, and most of his own energy was placed on the satellite view in his mind.
The impact crater is already very close.
The "safety passage" bombed by artillery fire reached the end, and there was an interlaced ancient trees and shrubs in front of it. The team had now entered the interior of the Black Forest, which was the edge of the area covered by artillery fire. The artificial thunder fire stopped here, and the sight was almost everywhere with towering trees and tall bushes growing wildly. This was not because the range of the "Justice" magic cannon was insufficient, but that Gao Wen deliberately allowed the artillery of the Byron Knights to control the range of the fire bombing. He was worried that a round of shells would blow up something crucial clue.
But it doesn't matter, it's almost at the edge of the impact crater.
Gao Wen raised his head and looked at the depths of the dark jungle. At this moment, the sky light had gradually dimmed. The already unbright sunlight passed through the thin magical mist and passed through the layers of tree crown branches and leaves. When it was sprinkled, only a hazy and dark light was left. However, with the visual blessing of the extraordinary, he could still see the situation in the distance clearly.
"It's in that direction," he pulled out the Trailblazer's sword and said to Saldrin beside him, "keep on."
Saldrin nodded, raised his hand and ordered the Rangers soldiers beside him: "Continue to move forward--turn on the eyepieces and stay alert!"
This high-level ranger had already seen that his old friend was probably looking for something. His firm attitude and unhesitant tone were not as simple as "sensing an abnormal magic fluctuation". Instead, he determined what was ahead to react. However, the tacit understanding seven hundred years ago made him not ask too much, but executed Gao Wen's orders as soon as possible.
The Iron Rangers soldiers activated their tactical eyepieces one by one. The outer soldiers supported the shields, while the inner soldiers opened the security of the magic terminal to be ready to deal with the hidden threats in the jungle at any time. At the front of the team, deep in the jungle where the shadows of trees spread across the trees, Amber's figure continued to disappear and shift in the air.
Gao Wen looked at Amber, who was in front of the team with a little amused and crying. This half-elf would complain about Lian Tian no matter what the situation was, but as long as she got into work, she had never delayed her work. Sometimes he didn't know whether this elf's shame was really or pretended to be passive and slacking off in daily life.
No wonder someone in the Government Affairs Department commented that Cecil had two things that were the most unpredictable. One was the dark circles of the butler, and the other was Amber's slacking off attitude. The director of the Military Intelligence Bureau was the only person in the territory who said he was going to skip work all day, but finally counted the number of days and months of attendance - put aside his style of conduct, he was like a model worker.
But no matter whether Amber was sucking fish or not, one thing Gao Wen can be sure of: this seemingly careless elf shame is actually quite reliable.
Just as Gao Wen was thinking about these thoughts, Amber's figure suddenly emerged from the air beside him.
The half-elves obviously discovered something amazing. She stared at her eyes and said in a surprised tone: "Old Zongzi!! There is such a big pit in front of her!!"
"Is that? Then it seems we're right," Gao Wen raised his eyebrows, then waved his hand, "All staff, speed up!"
Amber was stunned for a moment and quickly followed Gao Wen's footsteps: "Hey? Did you know it a long time ago? Why aren't you surprised?"
Gao Wen ignored Amber's Bibi directly. He strides over the uneven potholes and annoying vines in the dense forest. The sword of the Blazer rose with scorching magic flames. All the shrubs and rocks blocking the front turned into ashes in an instant. The team's speed of progress suddenly accelerated. As he advanced, Saldrin noticed the changes in the surrounding environment-
A large number of bushes fell neatly backwards, and the fragile trunks were broken by some invisible force at the waist. Even the tall giant wood showed a crooked and tilted posture—
He is no stranger to this phenomenon.
This is caused by a powerful shock wave.
Gao Wen stopped: "We're here."
Saldrin looked at the scene in front of him in a daze, and the elite Ranger soldiers also exclaimed in a low voice in an instant.
A huge impact crater with a size that can be filled into most of the block. Around the impact crater, countless giant petroleum turned into dust, the earth cracked inch by inch, and towering trees were broken in half. Inside the impact crater, semi-melted rocks and sintered soil fused into a black slab state, showing the once purgatory temperature here.
"The Spirit of the Forest..." Saldrin exclaimed, "Is this...has it been bombarded by the Annihilation Burger?"
"The Annihilation Treasure will not form such a neat and single impact crater," Gao Wen shook his head. He raised his head and looked at the increasingly dim sky. "Something fell from above."
"What? Meteorite?" Saldrin was stunned for a moment, then looked at the bottom of the pit, "Maybe there will be a star core..."
The amber next to him suddenly jumped over: "Star core? Can you exchange it for half a castle with a size of a palm?!"
Gao Wen pressed Amber's head back: "If you have a star core, you have to hand it over to the Principality. Why are you excited?"
Then he ignored the amber that started to make loud noises and walked into the impact crater.
Saldrin and the Iron Rangers Fighters followed closely.
Gao Wen glanced at the big pit and whispered to himself: "No debris, no wreckage..."
All that can be found in the impact crater is the black substance formed after the rocks and soil melts. Apart from this, no attention-catching wreckage or fragments are seen, and the mysterious alien object (if it exists), left nowhere.
Could it be that the giant dragon was taken away? The dragon was so cleanly collected?
Gao Wen felt a deep doubt in his heart, because he watched the dragon landing in the impact crater with his own eyes. The other party stayed for a short time. Even if he took away something, he should have only taken away the largest and easiest part to collect. How could there be no fragments left?
Could it be that there are no foreign objects at all. This is just an energy explosion, so there are no fragments? Or... the foreign objects were not broken after experiencing such a terrible impact and explosion, but were taken away by the dragon intact?
Gao Wen made all kinds of speculations in his mind, and continued to scan the nearby area with satellite perspective, hoping to find clues left by the dragon. Solderin led the soldiers to search everywhere at the bottom of the pit. Soon, an iron ranger soldier exclaimed: "Sir! Look at this!"
Saldrin quickly came to the warrior, and he saw at a glance what made the other party exclaim:
On the black slab ground that still emits a little heat at the bottom of the pit, several huge claw prints were distributed slightly in a mess.
These claw marks obviously have no intention of hiding themselves at all. Each of them is close to the size of a human torso and is deeply sunk more than ten centimeters on the ground. Just from these claw marks, it is not difficult for Saldrin to judge how terrible a giant had stayed here for a short time.
The Ranger soldier who first discovered the claw prints muttered to himself: "What is this left behind..."
"It's a dragon," Gao Wen came to Saldrin and the soldiers at some point. "I've seen dragons, and only those big guys can leave such big claw marks."
Saldrin stared at Gao Wen with wide eyes: "Are you sure?"
Of course Gao Wen can be sure, after all, he saw it with his own eyes, but he cannot speak too much here: "Eighty sure. Don't think that the dragon clan is a fantasy. They do exist. The old Cecil was burned by dragon flames at the beginning, and it is still a scorched earth filled with dragon magic."
"Did even the dragon appear..." Saldrin murmured to himself, "This place... is really worthy of being the boundary of civilization."
Chapter completed!