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"I still have 50% left." Another more mature team member tried his best to make his voice sound steady, but his slightly trembling hands betrayed his mood.
"I only have 50% left." The third team member responded, but his eyes were always looking around, his nerves were very tense, as if if he didn't pay attention, he would be swallowed up by this desolate wasteland at any time.
Several other people also reported their remaining spiritual energy one after another.
The young man looked at the state of the crowd, exchanged glances with the other two team members including the captain, and shook his head slightly.
"It seems that the newcomers' psychological quality is still not good enough."
They were clearly just on the road and no battle had broken out, but the psychic energy reserves of the young team members were only half as they had just left the mission point.
The young man sighed. It was not entirely the fault of the newcomers. There were many factors that affected the consumption of psychic energy. In addition to the control over it, there were also complex factors related to the mind. In this dangerous wasteland, traces of the Devourers could be seen from time to time. It was normal for the newcomers to be unable to withstand it.
"No, it's not just their fault." The captain, who had been silent until now, said in a deep voice.
"The black fog is thicker than when we came here."
"Those Devourers may not appear by chance. Something must have happened."
The captain frowned, feeling a very uneasy feeling inside, and began to make quick plans in his mind.
"Based on your psychic energy reserves, we must formulate a reasonable plan as soon as possible." The captain said in a deep voice, trying his best to sound calm.
"The first thing that is certain is that the black fog is indeed getting thicker and there is no sign of stopping. We can't stay here any longer." He looked around, his sight wandering in the turbid black fog, knowing in his heart that if they couldn't reach safety in time, they would face the despair and destruction of the Devourer.
"The black fog is not evenly distributed everywhere like the sea water. It still has weak spots, which can greatly reduce our consumption and even danger, because the weak spots are places that the Devourers will not visit."
The captain is worthy of being the captain. He found a safe plan in just a few words.
"And during this process, even if you encounter a lone Devourer, avoid any fighting with it. You must ensure that your spiritual energy is not consumed by the enemy." The captain continued.
To be honest, if there is only one Devourer, it is not enough to be afraid of in terms of combat power. After all, the Devourers that appear in this area are at most Sequence Six in strength, and most of the pictures are Sequence Seven. But the most tricky point is that once there is any movement, they will gather from all directions like bloodthirsty hounds, and then more and more will gather, and the black fog will become thicker and thicker, forming a vicious cycle.
Until a more terrifying devourer appeared.
So even though this is a safer place and he is also Sequence Six, he doesn't dare to do whatever he wants here.
"Try to maintain efficient use of psionic energy and ensure everyone returns safely."
The captain quickly found the weak point.
"Walk."
The captain said in a serious tone, "Stay alert, follow me closely, and head southeast."
They began to move towards the southeast, not slowing down. After all, although the Devourer was very tricky, if they got close, they would be sensed first by the captain, a Sequence Six warrior.
The rustling of footsteps in the team seemed to be the whisper of this desolate land.
"Hurry up, it's getting darker."
The dark wasteland swallowed up the surrounding light. Only a few faint lights flickered in the mist, reflecting the tense yet determined faces of the team members. The air was filled with a pungent smell of dust, faintly accompanied by the smell of decay, which made people feel suffocated.
The captain's eyes were as sharp as a hawk as he scanned the surroundings.
“Compared to a year ago, it’s completely riddled with holes.”
In the heavy atmosphere, a young team member couldn't help but ask: "Captain, what happened a year ago? I saw that the organization called it the Eternal Night, is that right?"
Some things are taboo information that you can only know after becoming an action personnel. Even if many ordinary people have seen that scene a year ago, they still don’t understand it enough.
The captain frowned slightly but did not avoid it.
That day, the whole world seemed to have fallen into endless darkness. All the light disappeared, along with the sun, moon, and stars in the sky, as if they were taken away by some indescribable force.
At that time, he saw the whole world gradually being swallowed by darkness, the light receded like the tide, and even breathing became heavy.
"That day..." The captain's deep voice echoed in the air, as if awakening memories buried deep in his heart. "The darkness spread for a full 24 hours. The whole world, no, the whole universe seemed to be obscured. Even the stars lost their brilliance. All of us spent a long night in fear until the last moment, when there was the last light."
"And the powerful people and scholars at that time still discovered the secret of Eternal Night through other means."
He raised his head, his eyes penetrating the thick black fog, as if he was going through the endless darkness, looking back at that unforgettable time. The team members couldn't help but hold their breath slightly. The rustling sound around them seemed to become a resonance of uneasiness in their hearts, whispering invisible fear.
"At that time, there were only two huge vortexes of light in the sky."
The captain said calmly: "One black and one white, as if they were confronting each other, they were spinning in the sky, emitting a suffocating attraction, making those top masters feel at a loss."
There were originally many powerful people in their world, and the most powerful ones were Extraordinary Beings, with a strength of Sequence Five.
It is not an indigenous world, but it is not completely ignorant of the outside world.
He paused, a slightly gloomy look in his eyes.
"At that moment, everything changed. The sun stopped rising, the surrounding starry sky disappeared, and the deep space outside the originally empty world was filled with terrifying turbulence."
"The entire world has encountered an unprecedented crisis. A large number of strange phenomena have distorted and appeared in the turbulence. Although they only appear for a moment and then disappear into the distance like a meteor with the turbulence, I'm sure everyone has experienced the feeling of having their soul torn apart."
"Then, beneath the turbulence, there was black fog, which gave birth to the Devourer, and you all know about it."
The young members of the team looked at each other in bewilderment. Although they had experienced the Eternal Night, they only knew the details of it now.
The atmosphere was somewhat silent. After all, over the past year, this black fog and the devourers that emerged with it had destroyed the entire world into its current wasteland.
And the most important point is that they were originally connected to other worlds, but now... they looked up and saw that the deep space behind the black fog was full of turbulence.
It's as if they are isolated here.
But it is not without solution. At least at present, there has been considerable progress.
However, because of the black fog, if we don’t make an effort to open an escape route to the outside world as soon as possible, everyone in this world will eventually face destruction.
This is also the reason why they came here, to use the precision instruments here to collect turbulence data.
at this time.
A low roar could be heard faintly from a very far distance, as if some unknown creature was stirring in the darkness.
"Don't panic, don't worry."
"But the sound can be transmitted." According to common sense, if the sound can be transmitted, it means the distance is very close.
"That's the sound from the core area of the black fog. It's very far away from here, in the ocean next to another continent." The young man next to him said in a deep voice.
As soon as these words came out, the team members were trembling.
The sound can still be transmitted over such a long distance. What kind of horrible monster is making the sound? Can they really defeat such a horrible monster?
Looking at the changes in their expressions, which revealed a feeling of fear and uneasiness, the young man shook his head.
"Concentrate on the present moment, don't think about the past."
The team members came back to their senses slightly at his voice.
At this moment.
There was still an uneasy atmosphere in the black fog, and they quickened their pace in this desolate land.
"Stay alert and keep moving forward." The captain's voice rang out and the team moved forward.
As the team moved forward, the dark, thick fog rolled around them, as if whispering something, and Uncle Gua blew gusts of cold wind.
And just then.
The captain suddenly stopped, his expression suddenly became serious, and his brows furrowed, as if he realized something was wrong.
Then he raised his hand without saying a word.
The young man noticed it immediately and hurriedly shouted to the team in a low voice: "Everyone stay alert and stay where you are."
The captain had a serious expression on his face at the moment. He took a deep breath and his psychic power allowed his five senses to span thousands of miles. Although blocked by the black fog, he could not actually reach such a far distance, but the thick smell of blood wafted from the depths of the ruins, so pungent that it made people's hearts tighten.
"There's a situation ahead. Don't move. I'll go take a look first." The captain warned in a low voice with a serious tone. He instantly turned into a shadow and disappeared on the spot.
The team members also looked in the direction of the captain's figure. In the distance was a ruined city, which had now completely turned into urban ruins. It looked particularly creepy in the dark shadows. The edges of the city were full of traces of tears, as if a fierce battle had taken place there.
The ground was covered with a layer of strange black liquid, which was the trace left by the Devourer.
An ominous premonition arose in everyone's heart.
At this moment, the captain's anxiety was growing.
The black fog here was more than 10 times thicker than other places. He stepped into the edge of the city, trying to find more clues in this huge ruin.
And the next moment the captain's body trembled slightly.
Because in the outer ruins, you can only see sloppy skyscrapers, but when you walk inside, the interior of the huge city has turned into a huge deep pit.
Looking deeper into the pit, the captain was shocked to find that the pit was filled with densely packed corpses of Devourers, with broken limbs and heads, none of them spared. There was even blood still seeping out and seeping into the ground. The bloody smell was coming from these corpses, and it was so strong that it was sickening.
"How could this be?" the captain muttered to himself, incredulous.
This place has completely turned into a huge corpse pit.
He looked around, observing the situation of these Devourers, trying to find the answer.
He knelt down slowly and carefully observed the surrounding environment. He found a large number of deep claw marks that deeply scratched the ground. Those were the marks left by the Devourer's claws. It seemed that a brutal battle had just taken place here.
Which powerful one is it?
There was also fresh blood.
"We can't keep watching here," the captain hesitated. This city was not as simple as they imagined, and the people in the wasteland were not as united as they imagined. He must not let these new team members get involved in deadly danger.
Just as he turned around and was about to leave and reunite with his teammates.
A low roar seemed to be coming from the black fog in the distance, accompanied by an indescribable aura of horror!
The captain's heart suddenly tightened and he turned his head.
A strange black fog surged in from afar like a tide. It was so thick that he had never heard of it before!
And the roars inside are even more dense!
The captain's face changed drastically, and he growled, "Run!"
Rumble!
Without the captain's reminder, everyone had already noticed the movement behind them. They all looked shocked and frightened, and headed straight towards the city.
"Run!"
"how so!"
The captain looked at this scene with a serious expression.
As he said before, in the black fog, never fight the Devourer, because it will attract more and more terrifying things again and again!