In the world of martial arts, one works tirelessly to attain enlightenment.

Chapter 145, Verification, Creepy

Outside the wormhole's range.

Everyone heard Li Fuyao's voice twice. The latter's expression changed drastically, and he used his spiritual energy to conjure a shushing symbol in the air.

Immediately afterwards, an identical logo appeared next to the logo.

Everyone looked at Li Fuyao, who shook her head vigorously and covered her mouth tightly with one hand.

At this moment, one of the people in Li Fuyao's group suddenly became dazed, and a gray aura appeared between his brows.

He responded to the sound.

"Yes, Captain."

Li Fuyao's expression changed drastically, and she immediately retreated away from the person who had responded.

Lin Ran's expression was solemn as she retreated along with the others.

The person who responded looked towards an empty space with a puzzled expression.

"Captain, what are you saying? Why can't I hear you?"

"Captain? Can you hear me...?"

Then, thick black fog rose from above his head, twisting and writhing in the dim yellow tomb, as if it were something growing out of his head!

At the same time, a blurry black shadow was crawling on his back, frantically tearing and devouring flesh, but he was completely unaware and moved closer to the empty space.

With each step taken, a large amount of flesh and blood is consumed.

In less than ten steps, a person was reduced to bones!

However, his voice still echoed in the empty space.

"Captain, what are you saying? Why can't I hear you?"

"Captain? Can you hear me...?"

Lin Ran's gaze shifted, and he activated the Truth Eye Technique at full power, infusing it with the four spiritual energies of earth, fire, wind, and water, before he could discern some clues.

Li Fuyao's team member was pierced through the body and soul by an unknown bloodline, and at this moment his soul was being drained and he was on the verge of death.

He seemed to catch Lin Ran's gaze and forced himself to mouth something.

"Run!"

Lin Ran remained silent, while the man's voice continued to echo.

He didn't leave immediately because he wasn't sure whether the words of the soul he was speaking came from himself or from an unknown entity.

Li Fuyao covered her mouth tightly to keep herself from making a sound, her eyes filled with deep sorrow.

Lin Ran pondered for a moment, her eyes flickering slightly.

Eye Technique: Space!

Snapped!

The team members turned into skeletons, and many blood lines appeared out of thin air around them. Then, marks resembling shattered glass appeared, and some of the blood lines broke off, but a large number of blood lines still remained.

These blood lines were visible to everyone, and a chilling feeling arose in everyone's heart.

Lin Ran suddenly raised his hand and threw a punch towards the direction of the human settlement.

The four colors of spiritual energy intertwined and merged together, turning into a lifeless gray, which then transformed into a fist more than ten meters in size, and imprinted with two words.

Keep up!

Without hesitation, all members of the first squad followed.

Li Fuyao hesitated for a moment, then waved to the rest of the group to follow.

The bloodline in the air sensed the group's actions and immediately tried to twist and chase after them, but was once again blocked by the shattered space.

Lin Ran took a deep breath, her gaze becoming calm.

Four Pillars of Destiny - Earth - Luck.

Four Pillars of Destiny - Fire - Miracle.

He activated his dual-colored spiritual energy, unleashed the full power of his Truth Eye Technique, and locked onto a line of blood for analysis.

After the bloodline was stopped by the shattered space, it seemed to have lost its target, circling back and forth in the air, ignoring Lin Ran below and letting the other party analyze it frantically.

Fifteen minutes later.

After analyzing a line of blood, a thought popped into Lin Ran's mind.

Then, a tattered gray loudspeaker appeared out of thin air in front of me.

Lin Ran grabbed the trumpet, maintained his dual-colored spiritual energy, and his figure flashed away into the distance, leaving behind a gradually disappearing afterimage.

The blood trails continued to swirl in the air, and as the afterimage dissipated, more blood trails spread out, revealing the faces of the dead team members.

The face floated with doubt, its eyes vacant, occasionally passing through Lin Ran's afterimage, yet its source remained elusive.

"Captain, what are you saying? Why can't I hear you?"

"Captain? Can you hear me...?"

……

A few minutes later.

Lin Ran caught up with the main group, his eyes flashing with the dual light of fire and earth, which infused the almost dissipated fist imprint with power, and then he continued on his way.

There was no communication between anyone, and the team channel was completely silent.

Gradually, a towering castle appeared on the horizon, its walls on both sides forming a continuous line, the gray-white walls exuding a somber air, stretching to the horizon.

Lin Ran slowed down and used her mental energy to cover everyone. She found nothing unusual, but she did not believe that they were out of danger.

Even from a great distance, you can see the castle with its gates wide open.

A central passage leads directly into the castle, flanked by numerous advanced technological weapons, which sit quietly on either side.

However, none of the soldiers who were supposed to be guarding the technological weapons were to be seen.

The sky above the tomb was a dim yellow, seemingly the surface of some kind of dim yellow lake, rather than a real sky.

Four colors of light flowed in Lin Ran's eyes, and she could see the interior of the castle through the city gate.

As far as the eye could see, there was nothing, no life at all!

According to the alliance's regulations and the military's arrangements, this situation is absolutely impossible!

Lin Ran finally stopped and raised her hand to signal everyone to stop.

Everyone remained silent; no one asked or responded, and the team's public chat channel remained silent as well.

Lin Ran picked up a stone and drew on the ground, leaving several special symbols.

Seeing this, Li Fuyao picked up another stone and drew a symbol on it.

The difficult exchange ended.

Lin Ran took a deep breath, faced the crowd, and made several pre-arranged gestures.

The first is forward, the second is backward.

However... the first time, four people moved forward, five people moved backward, and the others stayed put.

The second time, three people were on the left, three people on the right, and the rest looked up.

The process has ended.

Lin Ran remained silent and motionless for three minutes.

The expressions on everyone's faces changed visibly, realizing that what each person saw was not entirely the same!

Lin Ran pondered for a moment, then suddenly raised his right hand, and a golden light emanated from his palm, clearly revealing the projection of a portal.

He controlled his qi and blood to cover everyone and conducted the test again.

This time the result was good; no one made any mistakes.

Then, Jian Linglong transformed into a flying sword, emanating a rich crimson sword intent. Madness and killing intent covered an area of ​​a hundred meters in radius. This belonged to the realm of will, not spiritual energy.

The test results did not show a second error.

"That's fine."

Lin Ran opened her mouth and said,

There was no response from the crowd; the area enveloped by the golden and crimson light was devoid of any other echoes.

"Verification continues."

Next, Lin Ran verified the result with her voice, and everyone responded with gestures. This time, there were no mistakes.

Lin Ran stopped talking and gave her seat to Li Fuyao.

Li Fuyao kept it short:

"The mission went wrong. All the soldiers who were supposed to be guarding the base were not there. I think it's because the broken rules distorted our perception, rather than because something had actually happened to the base."

"The mission went wrong. All the soldiers who were supposed to be guarding the base were not there. I think it's because the broken rules distorted our perception, rather than because something had actually happened to the base."

The echo appeared a second time...

(End of this chapter)