The Infinite Dragon God Cannot Find Silence

Hughie shook her head at this.

"The process used... is too complicated... and too inefficient... Developing a conversion function is feasible... but after evaluation... it is determined that this energy does not exceed the functionality of the spirits by much... so... there is no need for it..."

"is that so……"

Rick sighed.

The idea of ​​instant success is truly just wishful thinking...

Having adjusted his mindset, Rick looked at the information below the pillar.

'Void Zero Protection? Theoretical Verification Test Furnace'.

Apart from the names, everything else is a code, even the developers' names.

Rick felt a chill run down his spine.

What kind of weapon is this? Why must it be made to such an extent?

Rick let out a deep breath and shook his head.

This is not something he should care about.

It's pointless to care. Even if they did create some forbidden weapon that destroyed the world, humanity would have no chance to fight back and would only have to accept their fate.

It would be better to leave this place of trouble as soon as possible.

The profound knowledge that may exist in the lower levels is actually useless to humankind, while the fragments and incomplete pages in the upper levels are already a considerable gain.

Just then, Rick felt his arm being suddenly grabbed by a pair of soft but incredibly strong hands.

The next instant, the world spun around.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch... Hugh, what are you doing...!"

Rick suddenly froze halfway through his question.

He and Hugh had appeared in a corner of the space, surrounded by a mysterious light curtain.

The space inside and outside the light curtain seemed to be isolated... This was just Rick's intuition; in reality, he could still hear the faint sound of wind coming from outside and could clearly see the images outside.

No, that's not right. It should be said that both the sound and the images are far too clear.

"Spatial isolation... then use elves to monitor the outside..."

At this moment, Hughie spoke softly to explain.

Rick understood instantly.

Everything he sees and hears now, except for Shubi, is probably an image transmitted by 'surveillance' rather than directly transmitted to his senses.

Rick wanted to ask Hugh why she suddenly did this, but his question was answered in the next second.

The sound of incredibly loud footsteps echoed through the silent space.

Along with that came a rather cheerful, and frankly, rather clear and melodious, humming sound.

At this moment, under Shubi's spontaneous control, the images outside the basement replaced the original scene.

Rick narrowed his eyes.

The girl appearing in the video is no less beautiful than Shubi, who is standing beside her.

Black hair and black robes, an eerie smile, and most strikingly, a pair of silver pupils.

Instinctively, Rick dared not look closely at those eyes.

"Shubi...who is the other person?"

Rick suppressed his racing heartbeat and forced himself to calm down before asking.

But surprisingly, even Shubi couldn't give a precise answer.

"...Perception...not human...not beastman...not forest elf...not machine armored...not winged...there are no cases of fantasy or dragon spirits appearing in a 'humanoid' form..."

The more Rick listened, the deeper the shadow fell in his heart.

"Are they really not going to discover us?"

Finally, he couldn't help but ask.

Hughie neither affirmed nor denied it.

"Surveillance spirits... fill the entire space... in addition... Shubi arranged for 'stand-ins' with more obvious spirit reactions... if discovered... there is a chance to escape..."

"I see……"

Rick understood what Hugh meant.

They... or rather, only Rick, left too many obvious traces when they entered; the fact that 'someone had just entered this space' could not be hidden from the higher races.

If the other party wants to find her, no matter how hard Hughie tries to hide, she will probably find it difficult to stay hidden.

So she arranged for a double to replace the first one they were discovered.

Once the other side is misled, they will have the opportunity to retreat immediately.

"Rick...I'm sorry..."

"Ugh?"

Hughie's sudden apology surprised the boy.

Rick said... "Don't use the spirits..."

But the girl's next words left Rick both amused and exasperated.

Indeed, if the spirits were used indiscriminately, there was a possibility of being discovered, which was why he issued such a ban to the girl... But in the situation just now, not using them might have led to their discovery.

He could only gently pat Huggies' head.

"No, I'm very grateful to Huggies. It's all thanks to Huggies's quick thinking and resourcefulness."

Otherwise, they would probably be in grave danger, right?

"Next... escaping... spatial teleportation... will also require the use of spirits..."

Rick nodded.

"Then I'll leave it to Shubi... Let's focus on moving westward."

"A settlement... in the south?"

Hughie tilted her head, while Rick gave a wry smile.

"That's why we can't run south."

"Shubi... I understand."

After listening to Rick's words, Hughie nodded as if she understood but not quite.

At this moment, the black-haired girl had already entered the basement.

As if mocking their nervousness, the girl didn't even bother to carefully observe her surroundings for any signs of human presence. She simply glanced around casually before fixing her gaze on the purple light source in the very center.

Then, she walked over with light steps.

Chapter 279 The Angel Who Stumbled In

"What does that guy want to do?"

Rick squinted at the image in front of him.

...To be honest, no matter what the other party wanted to do, he had absolutely no interest in getting involved, but now it seemed he had no choice.

Then we can only take advantage of this time to gather intelligence.

The girl in black robes moved quickly and soon reached the purple light source.

The blinding light seemed to have no effect on the girl; she simply examined the energy sphere with great interest.

"Oh, I didn't expect it to go this far—'Spirit Destruction Technique'? That's really interesting. The guy who designed this thing is a genius. Hmm, but if this gets out, the Forest Elves will have a rather troublesome enemy, won't they?"

The spell that Shubi found incomprehensible seemed to be instantly deciphered by the girl, who praised it with great emotion.

Although Rick always had the feeling that she was actually a little indifferent.

"In any case, it is one of the principles of this world—the blessing of the Forest God Kenus, so it can be considered a pretty good gain."

As she said this, the girl stretched out her arm toward the purple light source.

“Rick────”

At that moment, the boy's sleeve was grabbed by the girl beside him.

"What's wrong, Shubi?"

"Analysis of the opponent's form of existence... complete..."

"Oh?"

Rick's eyes lit up, but then he tensed up again.

"Can you tell me their race?"

However, Hughie shook her head at Rick's question.

"...Race unknown...pure energy aggregate..."

"energy……?"

Hughie nodded.

"Energy...analysis results...are 96% similar to the 'new energy' discovered 19,782 years ago...that is, the purple energy body before us..."

"Hehe...it seems we've discovered a tremendous secret..."

Rick broke out in a cold sweat.

In fact, when Shubi deduced that the other party's identity had almost ruled out all the superior races, he already had a very bad feeling.

"Shubi, if it's a head-on fight..."

"The outcome... is difficult to predict... The probability of it being destroyed is estimated to be over 9%."

Rick's last hope was dashed once again.