The success rate of finding a sorcerer bent on escaping in such a vast purgatory is very small, and even with Vivien's proud bat army and Hao Ren's advanced probes, it may be difficult to achieve the goal, so they immediately began to discuss the next search plan after releasing the overwhelming "sentinels".Lily still remembered Baptiste's purpose for coming to Purgatory in the first place: "He's going to the second layer of Purgatory, right?"
Where exactly is this second layer?
”Hao Ren looked up into the distance after hearing Lily's words, no matter which direction he looked over, all he could see was a desolate and rotten land, and this space seemed to have no signs of "layering" at all.Originally, when he heard that there was a second level of Purgatory, he thought it was a structure like a tower, but now it seems that he really thought too much about it at the time."
Underground," Vivien lightly tapped the ground with her toes, "there is another layer more than a dozen kilometers deep under our feet, and the space there is very vast, almost another world. ”Lily raised her forehead, and opened her mouth for a long time before she said, "Why is it a hole in the ground again?"
Why do we have to drill into the ground every three or five times?
”Heathera immediately looked at Hao Ren suspiciously: "What do you mean by always drilling into the ground?"
What do you usually do with Mistress Vivien?
”"Don't worry, I'm not going to sell her to Shanxi to dig coal," Hao Ren waved his hand casually, "And let alone the coal boss, even the Saudi crown prince may not be able to bear her halo of a loser."
Anyway, the second floor of Purgatory is a cave?
”"No," Vivien shook her head, and then a somewhat troubled look appeared on her face, as if she felt that her vocabulary was limited and it was difficult to explain this land to everyone, and it was definitely not something as simple as a 'cave'.However, there is no one who has actually been to the depths of purgatory, and the claims about the second floor of purgatory were basically detected by the exploration team at that time through magic induction, and I don't know what the specific situation is. ”"That Baptiste probably knows, otherwise he wouldn't have been so obsessed with the second floor of Purgatory," Nangong May said as she let out a snoring sound of water, "Do you know where the entrance to the second floor of Purgatory is?"
”"I'm asking the bats to split up and look for it, and it's said that the entrance to the second floor of Purgatory is some very large cavern with a crater-like structure around it, which should be very eye-catching.It would be nice to be able to catch Baptiste at the same time as you find these entrances. ”At this time, Nangong Sanba was looking around vigilantly, and after looking around, he couldn't help but ask, "Isn't there supposed to be a lot of monsters in this place?"
The rumored realm where the demons are dancing wildly, how can there not even be a ghost shadow here?
”"Isn't it good not to meet monsters?"
The corners of Vivian's mouth curled slightly, "There are indeed many monsters in Purgatory, but they are not everywhere, and occasionally we do encounter such a relatively 'quiet' place, and the location we chose this time should be considered very lucky."
Let's hope Baptiste is just as lucky, and that guy doesn't die before we catch him. ”As she spoke, she looked at Hao Ren again: "Can you make the probe scan a little wider?"
It's a rare trip to Purgatory, and I want to get to know this place well.I've been curious about this place since I used to, but unfortunately I didn't have the conditions at that time, so I didn't study it properly. ”Hao Ren snorted and began to give more instructions to the scattered search probes through the data terminal.After learning about the characteristics of the entrance to the second level of Purgatory, he set a new goal for the probes: to continue searching for Baptiste's trails, but also to find large cavities and craters on the surface.Now the search range of the probe is rapidly expanding, and the holographic map displayed on the data terminal is constantly extended, outlining more and more landforms.These probes and Vivian's swarm of bats have chosen different search directions to be as efficient as possible.At the same time, he ordered some probes to fly upwards - he wanted to see from up high how far the world really was.The data terminal floats in the middle of the crowd, projecting a series of holograms, centered on a probe that probes the outer layers of the atmosphere.On the screen, you can see that the probe has entered the thick and dense clouds in the sky, and the huge dirty clouds like lead blocks are continuously pressed, and in the clouds you can also see continuous small-scale electrical discharges, which are not ordinary lightning in nature, but seem to be a chemical reaction, which oscillates and transmits at a very fast speed on the surface and inside of the "cloud", turning the entire cloud into a strange luminous luminous body, and has a similar resonance with the surrounding clouds.The image came from the image of walking inside a large, cloud-like monster, whose entrails and flesh were glimmering.Hao Ren deliberately slowed down the probe in order to observe the state of the clouds in the process, which may reveal the ecological mysteries of purgatory.The others were also attracted by these magical images and gathered together, and Lily leaned her neck to look at the large glowing clouds, revealing a thoughtful look: "Could it be that the whole of Purgatory is illuminated by these lights?"
”"That's right, we can't see sunlight on the surface, and the thickness of the clouds will completely block the sun's light - so it's the light from these clouds themselves that illuminates the world," Hao Ren nodded slightly, "And this is a space debris, and it's hard to say if there are stars out there." ”May asked curiously, "Where does the electricity in the clouds come from?"
”Hao Ren poked the data terminal, and the latter said lazily: "Don't poke, it's been analyzed, it's a microorganism." ”Hao Ren was a little surprised: "Microorganisms?
”"Strange ecosystem," the data terminal said, opening a set of small images next to it, which showed a simulation of the planet Purgatory: because there was no real scan of the entire planet, the details were basically guessed, but it looked quite like that, part of the planet simulation map was dissected, showing a cross-sectional map of the upper atmosphere all the way to the surface, "thick clouds covered the entire planet, and there was no gap at all, like a quilt."
These clouds are filled with at least 100 species of microorganisms that feed on organic dust that drifts up from the lower atmosphere, and glow on their own.In fact, this can no longer be said to be a 'cloud', but a huge, living pan-biological organization.Although the microorganisms appear to be independent single-celled individuals, due to the peculiar structure of the clouds, the local tendency to think of them as a loose special multicellular organism: the void is vast, the world is multiplied, and this biological form also exists. ”Except for the Hethiana trio, who had a look of obedience, everyone else was dumbfounded, and Lily couldn't help but look up at the boundless thick clouds in the sky: "It's like the entire planet is wrapped in a super huge soft creature?"
”Hao Ren couldn't help but glance at Nangong May when he heard Lily's words, and the latter immediately shook his body and made a gurgling sound: "What are you doing with me?"
I'm a soft-body, but I'm not a bio......
No, I'm a creature but I'm not a soft-body ......
No, I'm a soft-skinned creature now, but I'm not that big, am I?
”Hao Ren grabbed his hair: "When I talk about soft creatures, I can't help but think about slimes, so you can't study your talent points properly when you go back, and change to the ultimate form other than slimes?"
”May hugged her arms: "Yes, isn't it Pipi Shrimp?"
It's three meters long!
”Hao Ren: "......"
In any case, Lily's description is indeed very accurate, the entire Infernal Planet is indeed wrapped in a giant organism, and the entire cloud covering the planet is a spherical creature, which provides light and heat to the world, but Hao Ren is more concerned about another thing than this incredible phenomenon: "What's outside the clouds?"
”The data terminal sped up the speed of the probe out of the atmosphere, and the cloud on the screen flashed and flew by, and soon the probe reached the end of the cloud, and everyone saw it pass through an extremely smooth, curtain-like milky white plane, and then rush into the infinite darkness.The probe slows down and photographs its surroundings, only to see the infinite white planes stretching out in its shot, smooth and continuous.If he hadn't known in advance that this was a cloud, I'm afraid Hao Ren would have mistaken it for a snowfield.Lily couldn't help but be a little stunned: "......
It's beautiful!
”Vivien squinted at her, "You want to put something around your neck and go up and run two laps, right?"
”Lily didn't think much of it: "yes, yes!
”Obviously, this is a triumph of the power of the ancestors.The probe turned the lens to shoot the direction he came, and saw an obvious leak on the smooth white "curtain", a large amount of mist and white tissue like fibers gushing out of it silently, but in a few seconds, this leak was blocked."
Incredible......
It's really a behavior that only exists in biological organizations," Hao Ren was dumbfounded, "How could it evolve like this?"
”"In order to keep the planetary material from leaking," the terminal replied hummingly, "the probe just penetrated a very tough colloidal tissue, which I am afraid was slowly condensed by the microorganisms in the clouds over thousands of years.The outermost layer of the entire planet is such a pure white world, and if you walk on top of the atmosphere, it should feel like walking on a marshmallow. ”May sighed: "I didn't expect this hellish place to be so beautiful from space." ”(To be continued.) )