Lord of Eternal Darkness

The front represents the unknown, and the darkness around us is gradually eroding. We can only move backward, but someone has to challenge the unknown.

Human beings’ inherent curiosity ultimately defeats the fear of the unknown.

Li Xiaoming turned on the flashlight and enhanced the lighting area of ​​the entire passage.

Although there is light ahead, the distance always feels very long. This passage gives people a vague feeling, at least more than a thousand meters.

When everyone cautiously took a step forward, suddenly Jin Chengan felt his feet loosen, a clicking sound was heard, and everyone froze.

Li Xiaoming said in surprise: "You shouldn't have stepped into a trap, right?"

Jin Chengan felt helpless and looked at his companions around him with innocent eyes.

"It seems so. It would be a little easier to handle if it wasn't a landmine."

Li Xiaoming covered his forehead, "I told you to watch your feet when you walk. Now it's better."

Chu Moyue squatted down, groped for the stone slabs on the ground, and tapped lightly with her fingertips. Based on the echoing sound, she judged that the basement was completely solid and nothing was hidden.

"It shouldn't be a landmine, but it can't be ruled out that it's some magic spell marks. To be on the safe side, let's retreat first."

As an agile assassin, Chu Moyue's ability to judge danger is better than anyone else, so she can only abide by the opinions she gives. After all, she is a professional.

Jin Chengan was a little panicked, "Hey, just let me go and ignore you?"

Li Xiaoming was 10 meters away from him and shouted loudly: "Don't worry, Jiren has his own destiny. You have to believe in yourself. Even if it is a real landmine, you will definitely be able to withstand it with your physical fitness. It's just a broken leg." , we have the best doctors here, even if you can’t regenerate a broken limb, we can still install an alloy prosthetic limb for you for free.”

"Thank you so much!"

"You're welcome, good brother."

Li Xiaoming smiled and gave him a thumbs up.

Jincheng'an breathed in the fresh air. Although he was quite wild when he was a child, he went to play in the mountains and forests, encountered many attacks from strange beasts, and escaped death several times, but this was the first time he stepped on a landmine.

Cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he quickly put his feet back, and in an instant, a protective barrier was set up all over his body.

Seeing this, Jie Xiaohei waved his left hand, and the raging water rushed out, forming a transparent water wall, isolating the two sides.

Li Xiaoming was a little surprised when he saw this. He actually didn't know his profession. He only knew that he was an extraordinary person. But judging from his ability to easily grasp the water element, he should be a magician or a navigator?

Fortunately, there was no explosion sound.

There was no smoke, no collapse, and no bloody Jinchengan.

Jin Chengan showed his suicidal mentality again and stepped on it a few more times with his feet. Then everyone heard a clicking sound that kept repeating.

"Damn, I'm scared. Is this thing just a decoration? It's broken due to disrepair? There's no danger. Let's keep going."

He said confidently, although everyone's eyes were still full of distrust, and he took two steps back.

"You're not so cowardly, are you? At any rate, you all signed up for the right to participate in the Bronze Ancient Gate. I'm not afraid of this. You..."

Before he finished speaking, both sides of the wall were sunken, with black barrels protruding, and countless fireballs flying, bouncing, and sputtering in the narrow passage.

Jie Xiaohei breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that it was a fire attribute trap.

He shouted to Jin Chengan: "Hey, that guy with hair in his mouth, come quickly."

Jin Chengan felt disrespected by his words, but faced with such a dangerous scene, he decided to spare him first.

So he rolled and crawled, forming a shield in his hand to block many attacks, and finally got into the protected area.

Jie Xiaohei also activated his skills instantly.

"Water spirit protection, triple overlap!"

There seemed to be the sound of waves nearby, and water began to flow out of all the surrounding walls, and gradually gathered to form water balls, blocking all the gun barrels, and forming a protective shield around the four people.

The fireballs fired from some gun barrels that were not completely blocked hit the water shield and dissipated in an instant.

Once the entire space becomes damp and cold, those traps will lose their effectiveness.

Jie Xiaohei gasped and said, "Huh, it's so dangerous."

It seems that he has already overdrawn a lot of Xi Neng just now. If there is another wave of fire bombs, he will definitely not be able to hold on.

Jie Xiaohei touched the fish bone necklace around his neck, "I suddenly regret coming down here with you and messing around. I should spend some money to hire a professional team to handle it."

Li Xiaoming said: "Don't worry, we are a professional team. Although it is temporary, it is very strong. It was just a small accident just now."

Jie Xiaohei cursed angrily: "I believe you are a ghost."

Jin Chengan advised: "Don't take it too seriously. This is normal. There is no danger at all on the adventure, which would be even weirder. Moreover, these small mechanisms look fierce, but in fact they are of little use. The difficulty of proving them will not be too high. Is it possible that we could encounter something worse?"

After hearing the last sentence, the three people fell into silence.

Li Xiaoming discussed with the two men, "Why don't today's expedition end here and let's withdraw first."

"I think there's nothing wrong with it."

"Indeed, the preparations are not sufficient."

Jinchengan was speechless, unable to express his feelings at the moment. "Hey, disaster is blocking the road and get out of the way. With the help of divine power, I will take it down. Don't be afraid and keep going."

Although Li Xiaoming said he wanted to go back, before the mission was completed, he definitely still had to continue exploring, at least to understand about half of it.

In this way, you can compile a general information in your mind, and then fool other people into coming in, pretending that it is a treasure map that has been found. There are many precious and magical things in it, and you can sell it for a big price, and you can also explore it. Finding the truth will kill three birds with one stone.

Next, during the long tunnel exploration, they encountered poisonous insect traps, rolling stone traps, ground thorn traps, and the worst thing was the plant tentacle trap.

The three grown men were in a state of confusion, but Mo Yue was neatly dressed and still so calm and elegant. She was like a piece of light goose feather, passing all the traps. Danger was always one step behind her.

In this long and cold tunnel, the deeper you go, the more fear creeps up your spine.

In the nook and cranny of the wall, sporadic and gruesome skeletons were scattered.

On each skeleton, there are traces of gnawing by some kind of animal.

"Was it bitten by a mouse?" Jie Xiaohei asked in a low voice.

Li Xiaoming squatted down, looked at the bite marks on the bones, and shook his head.

"Fortunately, it's not a rat. Sadly, this is a creature that is more ferocious than a rat. All the bones have crushing scars. This animal has an amazing bite force and can easily chew up the bones." ,and……"

He couldn't help but stop when he said this, stared at the bones, touched his chin, thought for a long time, and murmured something in his mouth as if he was counting something.

"Speak quickly, I'm listening to the boss." Jin Chengan asked hurriedly.

Chu Moyue glanced at him and said coldly: "Don't disturb A Ming, let him think slowly."

After five minutes.

Li Xiaoming exhaled a breath and said with relief: "I'm afraid these are not pure human beings. Although the skeleton and size are more human-like, according to my visual inspection, they are only 1.4 meters tall at most."

According to this era, the average height is nearly 1.8 meters, which is obviously lower than this standard.

Jinchengan looked at the bones on the ground, "Oh, it could be a malnourished slave or something. Isn't this too subjective an inference?"

Li Xiaoming shook his head and said, "No, look at these bones. There are obvious signs of bending. Look at these skulls, which are tapered, and the middle incisors are long. If the bones are not missing, there are 210 bones in total, 4 more than the average person." ~6 pieces, indicating that there should be a coccyx, and judging from the bone quality, it is at least 1.5 times harder than human bones."

Then he took out two white gloves from his pocket, put them on, raised two bones and struck them hard.

The two grown men felt uncomfortable in their hearts. No matter what, these were the remains of the deceased, so they hurriedly turned away. Chu Moyue was used to it.

Jin Chengan was still unconvinced, "Damn it, there are no doctors or scientists in our team. Without their authoritative judgment, I still can't fully believe what you say."

Li Xiao understood him and said, "Then you should find a job as a gravedigger, let them recruit a soul, and then tell you the answer directly."

Jin Chengan nodded, "That makes sense. I should bring one with me next time I come."

Li Xiaoming raised his fingers and lowered them slowly. He didn't want to argue too much with this idiot.

He threw the bone to the ground again and picked up a tuft of black hair from the side.

"Fur cortex is the main component of hair. Generally, it can be retained for fifty years. Cystine is not easily degraded, and even in such a dark and dry place, it may be retained for hundreds of years. Different types of hair will also It has an impact.”

Chu Moyue responded: "I see. What do you mean, are these human beings possibly genetic sequencers? Based on the thick hair on the ground and the different shapes of bones, we can deduce it. The range of races has narrowed again. Who are the genetically sequenced people with hair?”

Li Xiaoming nodded and said: "Yes, you can't tell from the teeth. Generally, gene sequencers combine animal and human genes, so they don't have separate eating habits. They are almost all omnivorous, and those with hair are also There are so many that it’s hard to deduce the species.”

Jie Xiaohei said: "Wait a minute, isn't the Gene Sequencer a creation of the God of Life, Wa Na? According to the legend, the second batch of sons of evil fate were eventually abandoned by the gods because of their barbarism, cruelty, and stupidity. In the Great Flood, After the destruction of the world, the third batch of humans was created and the Era of Ashes was created.”

Li Xiaoming laughed and said: "Haha, you still came from the Innocence City. The powerful technology there has not changed your mind. Is it possible that you haven't come into contact with the genetic creation project? Tsk tsk."

He said with some embarrassment: "I was just a playboy over there. I didn't care about anything all day long. I only wanted to eat, drink and have fun. If I hadn't encountered some situations recently... these would have been told to me by the storyteller."

Jincheng An proudly said: "Idiot, you look uneducated at first glance. People with genetic sequences have been eating irradiated food for a long time, which has changed the genetic structure of the body over time. Of course, some people have been directly exposed to nuclear radiation and have evolved their bodies. There are also Some are cursed, which is probably the power of the gods.”

Li Xiaoming smiled bitterly and said: "What you said before is quite satisfactory. What you added at the end is simply superfluous. In my opinion, both of you have about the same IQ."

Jinchengan asked with some doubts: "Ah, isn't it right? Isn't this what the emperor said when he issued the decree that human beings have the same origin?"

Li Xiaoming chuckled and did not explain.

The origin of the gene sequencers does not matter. What is important is that in the current environment, at least the tragic situation of the previous gene sequencers being killed indiscriminately will not happen again. People who have barely survived should not think too much. , because nothing can be changed.