Poseidon in Tomorrow's Ark

So now, coupled with what Hellagur said, the doctor suddenly felt a little worried. If Xiyue knew that they used such a crude method to brew her tea, would she be angry?

"Yeah, let's not worry about it for now." The doctor scratched his head, picked up a cup of tea that Amiya had already poured and took a sip. A refreshing and cool feeling spread from his stomach to his whole body.

"Drink first, drink first."

"I've never heard of anyone drinking tea before fighting?" ACE muttered, put his sword on the shelf behind his shield, and stepped back to get a cup of tea.

"Hmm!" As the tea went down his throat, a cool feeling instantly rushed over his body. ACE looked at the tea in surprise. He had no idea when they had such a good thing on Rhodes Island.

"Is it some kind of hallucinogen?" Tianhuo frowned as he looked at the remaining tea in the bowl in his hand. He then took out his mobile phone to open the interface of Rhodes Island's monitoring bracelet and saw that his body temperature had indeed begun to drop to a certain extent.

"Is it true that the body temperature has dropped?"

After thinking about it, Amiya felt that the effect of this tea was hard to explain, so she simply said, "Just think of it as a special medicine."

"Well, these potions can help us fight longer in a hot environment." The doctor looked at the people who had already drunk the tea, "It will be a tough battle next."

"Hiss!!!" Suddenly, a horrible hissing sound came from the depths of the cave. The hissing sound even shook the entire rock wall.

What followed were all kinds of explosions, roars and the sound of rolling rocks that echoed throughout the passage.

"Oh no." Provence held onto the rock wall and gritted his teeth, "It's getting even more violent."

"Hey, don't tell me that thing is our purpose this time." ACE's face suddenly darkened. He looked down at the shield and sword in his hand. "From the sound, it feels like a hard object."

——————Volcano, Deep in the Mine, Lava Chamber——————

In a chamber filled with magma and obsidian, a terrifyingly huge Originium worm, surrounded by a large number of Originium worms, let out a deafening and terrifying roar.

Under its terrifying roar, even the surrounding rock walls shook slightly, and a lot of loose gravel was shaken down.

"It's ridiculously big." ACE hid in the shadows next to the rock, looking at the huge Originium worm in front of him, "It looks like a snail with a volcano on its back."

Tianhuo hid behind ACE holding a staff in his hand: "This is a lava source stone worm that almost caused a volcanic eruption. It dominates the entire volcano! It must be a tough guy that can be seen at a glance!"

"Due to environmental factors, its attack power may be able to melt an entire heavy armored team. We can't deal with that. We just need to beat them back."

"Oh, it's too easy." ACE rolled his eyes. "It sounds easy, but look at its size. I'm afraid we'll have to use siege machinery to deal with this guy."

"Besides, his shell is so hot that it's almost shining. Our weapons must not melt when we chop it down."

"Oh, look at this temperature." Provence showed the handheld thermometer to everyone, pointing to the temperature that had already exceeded the limit. "For an Originium worm, this temperature can indeed be called an active volcano."

"It's a blessing that you managed to escape from it." ACE muttered, and then his shield began to flash a faint fluorescent light, and a light pattern like a tortoise shell gradually emerged on the shield.

In this environment, using Originium skills for a long time is not a good thing, but ACE looked at the big thing in front of him and understood that if he did not use Originium skills, the shield in his hand might not be able to withstand even one attack from the opponent.

"That's right. We don't know whether we were lucky or unlucky, but we were almost hit by the gravel he sprayed out." There was also a sense of relief in Provence's words as he looked at the huge Originium worm that continued to burst out gravel around it even while moving.

"We have to change the route of this Pompeii." Provence looked at Pompeii, "This way we can buy more time for the people of Xiosta to evacuate. If we can drive him back into the depths of the lava, perhaps the volcano will not erupt for a while."

"As long as this can be achieved, the people of Xiosta will be safe, and the mayor there can slowly move the city to another place and rebuild it."

"Drive him into the back passage? Got it, wait." ACE turned his head with some confusion, "Pompeii, is that the code name of the queen?"

"Yeah." Provence nodded. "It comes from the name of another city I know of that was destroyed by a volcano. It's just a code name anyway. We have to distinguish special individuals."

"Understood." Herag, who was following behind the others, nodded, the long sword in his hand already flickering slightly, "Be careful to protect your weapon. If your weapon is damaged when facing this guy, it will be a disaster."

"Don't worry, we've already made preparations." ACE nodded, "Anyway, we just need to change this guy's route. It should be okay to piss him off."

"I feel like he's quite angry right now." Tianhuo muttered, and the tip of the staff in his hand flashed with a faint light, ready to attack at any time.

"Rather than being angry, it's more like being afraid." Amiya clenched her fists. In her perception, the Originium worm exuded the smell of fear all the time.

Amiya stepped back slightly and leaned against the doctor: "Doctor, do you think it could be?"

"I guess so." The doctor nodded, then leaned next to Amiya and said in Amiya's ear, "The Originium worm has no intelligence, but it also knows fear. Xiyue scared it, but now Xiyue will not continue to scare it.

"After this Pompeii sensed that the terrifying existence had left, it instinctively wanted to eliminate all possible dangers around it."

"It's a display of fear, just like other animals that face a predator that's much stronger than themselves will inflate their bodies to make themselves look bigger and more dangerous."

"But won't this make things even more difficult?" Amiya looked at the doctor with some concern. It was already extremely difficult for them to deal with this horrible monster.

But now, it has become even more violent. Out of instinct, it wants to eliminate all dangers around it. Once they attack, the Pompeii will undoubtedly regard them as new threats and try its best to eliminate them.

"It's a bad thing, but not necessarily all of it." The doctor thought for a moment, "If we can make Pompeii feel pain and threat, it might escape deeper into the lair it is more familiar with."

“As long as we can do that, we’ll be successful.”

Chapter 146: The Burning Battlefield

"..." ACE and Hellagur looked back at the same time. Although the doctor's voice was very low, it was not difficult for them to hear it.

However, the two of them had a tacit understanding and did not ask any questions. Since the doctor did not want to tell everyone, there was no need to confirm this matter with the doctor.

And they were not stupid either. Neither ACE nor Herag had ever heard of the magical tea.

Just drinking a sip of the tea can allow them to maintain a comfortable body temperature in this lava environment. In other words, it can keep their body temperature relatively comfortable under any extreme conditions. This is not just a strategic material.

In other words, theoretically speaking, such a thing could not exist on the land of Terra, but ACE and Hellagur happened to know a little about the other people walking on this land.

So Hellagur and ACE were tactful enough not to ask about the origin of the tea or the Xiyue mentioned by the doctor.

As for Provence and Skyfire, although they didn't know some secret things, they also knew what to ask and what not to ask sometimes, so they didn't ask about the origin of tea before.

ACE coughed lightly, drawing everyone's attention: "Since we don't know how long the effect of the tea will last, I think we should act quickly now."

Then, ACE glanced at the doctor behind him from the corner of his eye: "Doctor, do you have any plans?"

"Originally there was one." The doctor's expression was somewhat helpless. Although he had imagined it before, he did not expect that this little guy would be so big.

"The only plan now is to target all his weaknesses, make him suffer the most pain, and force him to flee. According to the instinct of living things, if he feels threatened, or even if the threat cannot be resolved, she may retreat to her more familiar nest."

"That means it's deep in the mine. That makes sense." Provence nodded. "Give the order, Doctor."

"Yeah." I nodded, and the expression in my eyes suddenly turned cold. "Skyfire, Amiya stays here to provide fire suppression for Provence, ACE, and General Hellagur."

"Amiya, you are responsible for weakening the big snail. Oh no, Pompeii's armor. There are a lot of Originium bugs around the Skyfire. Your Originium skill has a wide range of attack capabilities. I'll trouble you to clean up the miscellaneous soldiers."

"I understand, Doctor." Amiya nodded, the spells in her hand ready to be cast at any time.

"Clear the miscellaneous soldiers? Okay, I got it." Tianhuo nodded, then looked at the other three, "Don't worry, I will try my best not to let any Originium bugs disturb your battle."

Seeing that Tianhuo and Amiya understood their responsibilities, I turned to look at the other three people: "ACE General Hellagur, Miss Provence may have to trouble you two for the close combat mission."

"ACE, do your job well, General Hellagur. I believe that it is easy for you to judge how to insert the battle record at the right time, right?"

"Don't worry." ACE patted his chest lightly with the hand holding the sword, "Before I fall, I will ensure everyone's safety."

"Yes." Herag nodded, and gently pushed the scabbard with his hand. A cold light appeared from the scabbard. "I will give that guy a painful enough blow as much as possible."

"Then it's Miss Provence." The doctor looked at Provence, "I'm sorry, because of that guy's body temperature, neither ACE nor General Hellagur are suitable for long-term contact with him."

"Only your heavy crossbow is the most suitable weapon. ACE and Herag will create gaps for you. The key to cooking this time depends on you. You must succeed."

"Leave it to me." Provence nodded, knowing that under the current circumstances, only his heavy crossbow was the most suitable weapon to bring pain to the opponent.

Whether it is the sword in ACE's hand or the long knife in Hellagur's hand, after being in contact with Pompeii for a long time, they would probably backfire or even melt directly.

Even with the protection of Originium skills, it is still the same. Compared with the original memory, it is still necessary to obey the basic laws. This extreme high temperature is such an unreasonable restraint for metal weapons.

Once the weapon breaks, or even the shield in ACE's hand is broken, then this will not be a bargaining chip for cooperation to show off one's skills, but a team-annihilation operation.

Therefore, ACE and Hellagur were only there to help him attract attention. The focus of this battle was only on her and Amiya, who were in their hands.

After seeing that everyone understood their responsibilities, the doctor nodded and said, "Put on your headsets. I will try my best to provide you with information and movements of one person. The fate of all Xiosta citizens is in your hands."

"Understood!" x5

"action!"

As the doctor finished speaking, the spells that had been ready in the hands of Tianhuo and Amiya instantly broke away from their staffs and rushed straight towards the primitive insects below.

The Skyfire spell splashed in all directions the moment it hit the enemy, blasting away the Originium worms gathered below, while Amiya's spell directly hit Pompeii's head that was sticking out of the huge rock shell.

At this time, ACE and Hellagur rushed out of the passage and slid down the rock wall. ACE kept hitting the shield with the hilt of the sword, making a loud noise and attracting the attention of the Originium worms.

Provence slid down the rock wall only after ACE and Hellagur attracted a large number of Originium Worms. She did not even clean up the few Originium Worms that had not yet been attracted away by ACE and Hellagur. She had to make sure that all her arrows hit the two Pompeii.

Pompetz, feeling the pain, became even more violent, constantly spewing out large amounts of flaming gravel from his mouth towards ACE, who made the sound.

"Fuck!" ACE looked at the flaming gravel that almost covered his eyes, and quickly flashed in front of Hellagur, raised his shield, and a semicircular light shield like a tortoise shell spread out in all directions along the shield.

Boom—boom—boom.

The rubble wrapped in flames kept hitting the light with extremely terrifying force, but ACE's face did not look good. He thought this guy would be outrageous, but he did not expect him to be so outrageous.

Judging from the feel of the shield, each shot of rubble from this thing is no less powerful than a heavy mortar shell. The good thing is that under the previous wave of barrage, even the Originium Worms following them were also smashed to pieces by Pompeii.

Although this is indeed a good thing, as it means Tianhuo will have his hands free to help them attack, but is every attack from this guy like this?

It would be fine if ACE was holding his original shield, but Beagle's standard shield couldn't withstand any damage.

God knows how many times this guy can spit out that kind of dense barrage of bullets. Even if the storage capacity is not much, this place can be said to be full of ammunition.

ACE and Hellagur looked at each other and nodded, they couldn't keep getting beaten like this.

The tortoise shells surrounding them retracted onto the shield, forming a light shield in front. The azure blue light lingering on it was extremely bright.

"Ha!!!" ACE rushed forward with his shield raised, trying to block the flying debris. The dark spells and fireballs flew from above and hit Pompeii's head.

"Hiss!!!" Pompey raised his head and looked at the direction where the attack came from, but he was not sure whether this guy had eyes on his head.

A large amount of rubble was ejected from behind him, but the amount was much less than before, and due to the parabola, only a part of it hit the passage.

Skyfire and Amiya had already pulled the Doctor inside, avoiding the flying debris.

Just when Pompey's attention was distracted by Amiya and Skyfire, ACE and Hellagur had already rushed to Pompey's feet.

He pulled out his sword with a sudden force. The golden light was completely attached to the snow-white blade. The sharp blade successfully cut open Pompeii's still soft head.

What followed was some boiling steam that spurted out from the cut wound. Heragg hurriedly dodged, but the speed and coverage of the steam were ultimately faster than his reaction. The boiling steam touched Heragg's arm, which he had not yet fully retracted.

Feeling the burning heat on his arm, Herag frowned and casually shook off the liquid that made a sizzling sound on the knife: "Be careful, tea can keep us at a comfortable body temperature, but it doesn't mean we are not afraid of fire."

"I understand." ACE gritted his teeth. This was going to be even more difficult to deal with. This guy was indeed a moving volcano. If he was slightly exposed to the hot steam, the boiling body fluids would splash out directly.

This was a difficult situation for the two of them. To hurt this guy, they had to get close with the weapons in their hands, but the steam was no joke, not to mention that its body fluids were scalding hot.

Fighting this guy is not only a waste of weapons but also a waste of life. He is just a meat shield that reflects damage. He is very tanky and his hits hurt people.

ACE's perspective shifted backwards, looking at Provence who had hidden behind the rock with only a little bit of his tail showing. It seemed that he could only rely on Provence to cause more serious damage to the opponent.

ACE stood in front of Herag: "Hit his shell, so Provence can shoot better."

"Understood." Herag nodded, slightly moved his painful arm, then dodged out from behind ACE and pounced on Pompeii's back.

The blade flashed with golden light and swung down, cutting off the rock shell behind Pompeii that was like a miniature volcano. Hot steam gushed out at the same time, but Hellagur, who was well prepared, dodged the steam at a sprinting speed.

"Hey, don't forget me!" Just as Pompey turned his heavy body around, ACE rushed forward, the sword in his hand covered with tortoise shell-like patterns, and he violently cut Pompeii's body open.

As for the scorching steam, the patterns covering ACE's body blocked it out.

"After all, it's just a bug with a single-threaded brain!" ACE smiled as he looked at Pompeii who was in pain and trying to turn around.

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"Calm down..." Provence took a deep breath while hiding behind a rock. He aimed his heavy crossbow at Pompeii in front of him at all times.

Just when Hellagur had the upper hand again and Pompey turned around to reveal the large piece of flesh that had been folded open by the two men, Provence decisively pulled the trigger.

Lu Jianhua opened the fragile air and entered Pompeii's body at a perfect angle.

"Hiss!!!!" The pain at this moment was not like the spell attacks from Amiya or Tianhuo, or the intermittent slashes from Hellagur and ACE.

The crossbow arrow was completely embedded in Pompeii's body. It was heated red by Pompeii's body, but as Pompeii moved, the crossbow arrow continued to destroy Pompeii's flesh and blood. The long-term pain made Pompeii even more violent.

"Hiss!!!" Pompeii spewed out countless red rocks from the holes in the rock shell behind him.

"How much obsidian did this guy eat?!" ACE tried his best to hold up the light shield to protect him and Hellagur who had just slid in.

"It's starting to retreat." Herag looked at Pompeii, who was spraying rocks and gradually retreating. "The crossbow arrow that Provence just shot made him feel threatened."

"Yes." ACE nodded. "To it, we are dangerous. It feels pain. Never mind. No matter what the reason, the people of Xiosta have gained some safety for a while."

After confirming that the people next to them had completely disappeared, they went deeper into the mine with ACE and Herag, and pulled Provence back to the mine they had exited.

"Well, I'll get a new set of weapons from Beagle later." ACE looked at the sword that was only half broken in his hand and the shield that had dents all over the surface and even some signs of melting in some places.

Herag was also gently wiping his weapon on the side, and he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the blade was still sharp.

Tianhuo looked at her skirt with some heartache. They had dodged in time, but Tianhuo's skirt was still damaged by the flying debris.

"Really? I didn't expect it would be so hard to kill a bug! Now my skirt is ruined..."

"After all, it leads an entire tribe." Provence sat aside, "But if someone hadn't destroyed their living environment first, maybe..."