Don't call me evil god

Chapter 272: Outrageous Possibilities

The button icon was glowing bright red.

Having had experience in operating the light curtain on the circular platform in the creation altar, the believers were not unfamiliar with this kind of thing.

A believer who volunteered came to the front and shouted:
"Praise the God of Knowledge!"

He aimed at the button, closed his eyes, and slapped the light curtain of the platform.

After a few seconds, the cave was still quiet, so quiet that the only sound one could hear was the breathing of the followers of the pioneering strategy group.

The believer who touched the [Pressure Release] button opened his eyes a little uncertainly.

"Hey?"

"I...seem to be okay?"

He touched himself twice.

I have not lost my mind;

No strange organs or extra limbs were grown;

There were no cysts, blood clots, hyperplasia or anything like that.

"Is this a wrong step? It's not working?" The believers were a little confused.

But the original red button on the light curtain has disappeared, replaced by a square long frame.

[Pressure is being released.]

[Current pressure relief progress: 24%]

Just as he was about to check the surrounding situation, the ears of a Ranger-class Seeker of Knowledge suddenly moved.

He cast the first-level wilderness magic [Acute Hearing] on himself.

The effect of this spell is similar to the shadow spell [Midnight Vision] of the stealth fighters.

The effect of the ranger's divine spell is to enhance their hearing, allowing them to more easily detect tiny movements in the distance.

"Something is approaching us!"

"The speed is not too slow!"

Several other rangers in the team also reported similar information.

Soon, the obvious sound could be heard without relying on the assistance of divine magic!
The sound came from deep within the dark crypt, the rumbling sound of thousands of troops stomping on the ground like a charge, echoing dully in the cave.

培特想到先前看到的泄压提示：“嘶……该不会是那69只1阶，32只2阶还有100多只零阶魔物正在朝我们冲过来吧！！！”

Since the number of participants allowed for each test in the shallow layer is 30, the number of people in this exploration team is also 30.

This is also the standard configuration currently recognized by believers seeking knowledge when exploring dark dungeons.

Well, of course, now there are only 29 people left.

A guy who was killed by a 4th-level monster in the [Isolation Layer] while exploring new land and gathering intelligence has been resurrected at the Creation Altar.

With their current combat power, if they cooperate properly, the monsters in the "Pressure Relief Flow" can be killed.

The prerequisite is that they must occupy the right terrain and be prepared to deal with it.

After all, professionals like mages and priests, who have fragile bodies, have to retreat once monsters get close to them.

Faced with the impending crisis, Pete decisively exercised his command authority.

"Shieldman, send three of you to block the entrance to the passage we came from. The other two shield warriors stay with the mage and priest and prepare to provide support!"

"Prepare the lighting arrows and Grease spells in advance, don't save on the casting materials!"

"Priest, first cast a blessing of damage reduction on the person who engages the enemy!"

Commands were distributed quickly and in an orderly manner.

The believers were getting nervous and preparing to fight the enemy.

The ranger who heard the voice first suddenly raised his hand and shouted:
"Wait! No!"

"The location has changed!"

"Sounds like they're heading in the other direction!"

The rumbling sound of the march echoed in the cave. Just as the Ranger believers said, the sound coming from the depths of the dark cave changed slightly when it approached the depth range of the [Leakage Layer] where Pete and his group were. The final result was that they did not meet Pete and his group, but "passed by them".

When the sounds sounded closest, the two sides were probably only separated by the rock walls and soil layers of the cave.

Listening to the dull footsteps getting farther and farther away from the ground, the believers looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Pressure relief?"

"No, does this pressure relief mean leading the monsters in the dark dungeons to the surface?!"

"We just actively lured a bunch of low-level monsters into the Dark Forest?"

……

After touring the [Leakage Layer] area, Pete and his team found several similar cave spaces with circular platforms of similar specifications inside.

When believers approach and touch it, a "pressure relief" button will also appear on it.

It’s just that the number of pressure relief monsters that are reminded in different caves is different.

The largest number found so far is that there are hundreds of level 2 monsters alone, and even more level 1 monsters and level 0 monsters.

There are also the ones we found at the beginning, which are only about 30 second-level monsters.

But the members of the strategy team did not find any direct passage to the surface.

To return to the surface, they need to go back along the original route, first descend to the shallow surface area, and then return to the ground through the cave passage over there.

After returning to the ground, explore the corresponding surface locations above the cave spaces in the leakage layer along the general direction.

The believers soon discovered a surprising and terrifying pattern.

In roughly corresponding locations there are monster nests of varying sizes!
Moreover, the size of the nest is directly proportional to the number of monsters that are relieved!

……

at this time.

Not to mention that the believers have all kinds of thoughts in their heads.

All the Novens in the Kingdom of God were shocked.

When the believers entered the [isolation layer] and saw this name, Nowen already had a lot of ideas.

Plus the [Leakage Layer] and what was found on the surface.

Now, Nowen is 100% sure:
"The Dark Crypt is definitely not something that was formed when the New Huili Evil God came to the world."

"This thing is 100 percent related to the gods of the last era!"

Even though the information related to the Dark Crypt was severely destroyed by the crazy cries of the void, Nowen had obtained enough clues by organizing the exploration of believers.

"Monsters born from the evil god's contamination were previously suppressed under this forest."

"With the advent of the New Huili Era, the Dark Crypt... uh, fell into disrepair, and the original suppression measures became ineffective, which led to the original Dawn Forest becoming the Dark Forest?"

Continue thinking along this line of thought.

Nowen suddenly thought of a slightly outrageous possibility:

"The gray fog in the kingdom of God has locked me in this space, preventing me from leaving. I can only observe this world through the perspective of a mortal believer and the channels established by faith."

"There is also gray fog in the dark crypt, and the name of the isolation layer is obviously used to imprison and separate monsters and the pollution of evil gods."

"Is there a possibility?"

"What's suppressed in the deepest part of the dark crypt might not be a monster, but the real body of a certain evil god?"

"That group of legendary pioneer adventurers also mentioned that they seemed to have seen parts of the evil god's body in the deepest part of the dark forest."

"Think further."

"I might also be suppressed somewhere?"

"Or maybe the one suppressed in the dark crypt is actually me?!"

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Author's note: This story will probably not have a plot where the protagonist himself ends up playing a role, and the kingdom of God should be involved before the finale.

(If the outline is changed later, that will be another matter. The current outline does not contain such a plot.)
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