"Now that we're almost here, let's go in and eliminate the corpses on the surface first, and then search for the source of this polluting power."
Qingxinyan quickly issued a mission to everyone present through the Bounty Center. The reward, in addition to Silver Whirl Coin, might also include Divine Power Crystal, provided that the source of the pollution power is successfully resolved; otherwise, the Divine Power Crystal reward would be a pie in the sky.
Of course, even without Divine Power Crystal, the reward of Silver Whirl Coin is still pretty good.
People on the star ring began to enter the Corpse Star, Qingxinyan sent the distribution of corpses within the Corpse Star to everyone.
There are now two V-level corpses on the map. Su Xi is in charge of one, Qingxinyan is in charge of the other. If they can't handle it, they should run away and work together with the other person to take care of the other one.
Enter the Corpse Star.
The Level IV Sen Star Person silently followed behind Su Xi.
Su Xi noticed her too, and after landing on the ground, Su Xi turned to look at her.
"Alif, is there something you need from me?"
Faced with Su Xi's question, Alif hesitated for a moment and said, "No... I'm just used to staying by the side of my people. If Your Highness doesn't like me following you, I can leave..."
"... Then you can come along."
"Careful!"
Before Su Xi could react, Alif suddenly raised her staff, and several vines burst forth from the ground.
Pfft pfft—.
The corpses that had been lying in the mud pretending to be dead were lifted up by these vines.
"Hiss ha ha—"
The corpses screamed and howled, baring their teeth and claws.
As Alif swung her staff, the vines contracted, tearing all the corpses apart.
Su Xi was a little surprised.
This guy's reaction was unusually sharp. Su Xi only noticed when the corpses broke through the ground, but Alif noticed them before they even broke through the ground.
Previously, the Silver Vortex Center had ordered everyone here to evacuate. Without the attraction of any living beings, the corpses lay on the ground, some even buried in the soil.
It's normal that Su Xi didn't notice it at first.
Alif waved her staff, and the emanating Creation Energy caused a chain reaction in the surrounding land, with more and more corpses digging through the soil and standing up.
The corpse, devoid of facial features and consisting only of a mouth, stared fiercely at the two of them.
Su Xi opened her Portable Space and let the rose dolls out.
These level II corpses can be killed with a single skill from the Rozen Maiden.
It's a pity Lei Fa is still asleep, otherwise it would be great if she could summon a thundercloud and automatically fight monsters.
Under the magic of the Rozen Maiden, the two fought their way forward until they encountered a level IV corpse.
The level IV corpse remained motionless, its form fading as it stood still, seemingly waiting for something.
"This is an illusion..."
Alif said.
"A phantom image?"
"Strange phantoms that appear after the death of some powerful beings. Sometimes they demonstrate their moves, sometimes they murmur, and sometimes they point in a certain direction," Alif explained when she saw Su Xi's confusion.
"Oh, you mean he won't attack us?"
"Probably."
"System notification: You have triggered the quest [The Corpse's Hint]."
"Mission instructions: This corpse left you a clue before it died. Please follow the clues left by the corpse."
"Mission Reward: Unknown".
Can this trigger a quest?
"Alif, do you see if there are any clues on this corpse?"
Su Xi couldn't discern any hint from the standing corpse, so she asked Alif.
Alif circled the corpse twice but found nothing.
We didn't find anything, but the system can't just issue tasks for no reason.
Su Xi tried attacking the corpse, Magic Star Bullet exploded on the corpse without any effect.
Damn, if I can't find the hint, am I just wasting a lot of time here?
Su Xi was speechless.
Since the system mission didn't specify the reward, it's better to kill her and let Qiqi transform into her to absorb divine power.
It took Su Xi quite a while to kill the corpse and switch to Qiqi's avatar.
Immediately, a murmuring sound was heard coming from the corpse.
"East... to the east... east... there's a laboratory..."
So you have to turn into a zombie to hear the prompt.
She was heading east; she was destined to go east because there was a Class V corpse on the eastern continent.
Could this be the same laboratory that turned all living things on Earth into corpses?
Will there be Divine Power Crystal inside?
After absorbing the divine power from the corpse, Qiqi immediately headed east.
Soon, Qiqi arrived at the eastern coast.
At that moment, Qiqi heard a murmur again, "North... north... there's an underground passage..."
"Head north..."
Following the murmured instructions, Qiqi and Alif walked north for half an hour.
The murmurs kept prompting her to move forward, and she eventually came to an empty space with nothing in it.
There may have been buildings here before, but they disappeared after the outbreak of the dead.
After digging for a while, they unearthed an iron gate.
"Alif, Crimson, Mercury Lamp, you wait outside, I'll go in and take a look."
Qiqi gave an order to the Rozen Maiden and the Sen Star Person, then swung her sword and cleaved open the iron gate.
A downward staircase appeared inside.
Now that she had found the place, Su Xi canceled her avatar form, since Qiqi's attack methods were insufficient.
[The Holy Tree protects you!]
A mysterious aura appeared on Su Xi, granting her a temporary resurrection.
Sensing this aura, Alif's pupils dilated, and then tears streamed down her face like pearls falling from a broken string.
"The scent of the Mother Tree..."
"After a thousand years, I have finally felt the presence of the Mother Tree again..."
"No... the Mother Tree's aura doesn't seem this youthful..."
Alif carefully savored the aura left behind when Su Xi activated [Holy Tree Protection], and quickly realized that although this aura was very similar to the Mother Tree, it was much younger than the Mother Tree.
Alif was a little confused. Had the Mother Tree been reborn somewhere else?
However, Alif's doubts were destined to remain unanswered for the time being, Su Xi had already gone underground.
"An enemy has invaded! An enemy has invaded!"
The sound echoed through the dark passage.
Su Xi's eyes lit up as a light source appeared in the passage, illuminating the surrounding space.
Then countless firearms emerged from the wall and were aimed at Su Xi.
[Magic Shield]!
Su Xi instantly erected a shield.
Bang bang bang—
A barrage of firepower shot towards Su Xi, only to be blocked by the blue shield.
Rosevine Whip!
The dark thorns swept along the wall, destroying all the weapons.
At the bottom of the passage, countless robots were pointing their weapons at Su Xi.
[Extreme Ice Feast]!
A massive ice-blue Magic Circle covered the entire passage and its interior. In an instant, ice spikes erupted, destroying all the equipment in the space, and the passage's light source went out again.
The power supply was probably destroyed by itself.
Su Xi quickly walked to the bottom of the passage, where there was actually an elevator...
To go deeper, you can only take the elevator. However, the elevator is so slow that even if there are other people inside, they can be teleported away in that time.
Sure enough, when they reached the bottom, the entire research base was deserted. There were no aliens left, the data had been burned, and only some charred machines remained.
Of course, that's not all. At the very bottom of the laboratory, there's a strange device in operation, and in front of this device is a creature with a body covered in mottled black light, which makes people feel very uncomfortable.