Gulp!
Gulp!
The weakened insectoid opened its mouth wide, not caring about its broken jaw as it swallowed the black goo in big gulps.
The weakness of its body could not stop the rank 3 polluted beast from absorbing the black goo.
Soon, the rank 2 insectoid was sucked dry, lying on the ground weakly.
The originally weak Class 3 Insectoid gradually became plump. Although a Class 2 Polluted Beast could not fully restore it, it was able to restore some vitality from its state of imminent death. It was barely able to stand up on its own.
Qi Yuan frowned slightly. Although the polluted beast's body recovered a bit and the black goo was replenished, its energy level had not recovered. At this moment, it did not look like a weak rank 3 at all, but more like a weak rank 1 polluted beast.
Its aura was even weaker than the rank 2 polluted beast lying on the ground.
In order to confirm his guess, Qi Yuan took out the Insect Beast Detector and observed it. The rank 3 polluted beast, which should have been a red dot, had turned into a green dot.
It had degenerated from rank 3 to rank 1!
This strange ruin did not just eat the black goo in their bodies, but also their most basic energy level!
"Go in one more," Qi Yuan said in a deep voice.
The Blazing Angel understood and controlled a polluted beast to step into the ruin, then quickly left. It stayed in the ruin for less than two seconds.
Although the polluting beast was fast, it had lost a lot of weight in less than two seconds.
There were no obvious changes when it stepped in, all the changes were concentrated in the second when it retreated.
Qi Yuan fell into deep thought.
Although this ruin would eat people, there would be a short delay in its "eating" process. It would not directly suck the intruder dry. If it just went in, the weakening would be silent, and the "eaten" target would not even feel the changes in their body.
But once it decided to leave, it would trigger the rapid devouring mechanism, and the weakening speed would increase rapidly. It could suck a rank 3 polluted beast dry in just a few seconds.
His body had already gone further and further on the path of non-human. Could this ruin absorb his flesh and blood?
Thoughts flashed through his mind. Qi Yuan did not dare to risk his life until the very last moment.
There were still plenty of polluted beasts nearby that could be consumed. After trying a few more times, he would be able to find a way to deal with it.
A polluted beast with a long tail stood at the edge of the ruins and extended its tail into the ruins.
Its slender tail swayed gently in the ruins.
Qi Yuan's eyes flashed. Tail was clearly within the range of the ruins, but the expected weakening did not appear.
The space above the ruins would not trigger the weakening effect. Only stepping on the ground of the ruins would trigger the weakening effect?
The corrupted beast stopped swinging its tail and placed it directly on the ground of the ruins.
Just as Qi Yuan had expected, the moment its tail touched the ground, its weakened state came as expected.
Its slender tail shriveled at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The corrupted beast shook its tail and quickly pulled it out. Only then did its shriveled tail slowly recover.
As expected, the ground was the key to the weakness!
With a thought from Qi Yuan, a huge Polluting Beast walked into the ruins. Another smaller Polluting Beast leaped lightly and stood on the head of this Polluting Beast.
Soon, the two polluted beasts became weak at the same time!
They did not necessarily need to touch the ground directly. The weakening effect could be transmitted through physical contact!
Qi Yuan picked up a stone and gently threw it into the ruins.
The fist-sized stone rolled and lay quietly in the middle of the ruins.
After realizing that the stone did not change, Qi Yuan threw in another stone the size of a millstone. A small and skinny polluted beast leaped and stood on top of the stone.
The scrawny polluter became weak again.
Qi Yuan shook his head. Weakening could not only take effect through physical contact, but also through contact with non-living things.
After his trick failed, Qi Yuan was not discouraged because the powerful computing power of the data center had finally found a way to break through the ruins.
Although the corrupted beasts standing on the rocks were also in a weakened state, the data from the data center showed that compared to the insectoid beasts standing directly in the ruins, the weakening speed of the corrupted beasts standing on the rocks was obviously slower. The data center showed that the corrupted beasts were slower by about 10.5%.
Although non-living things could not completely isolate the weakening effect, they could slow down the weakening speed.
A millstone-sized stone could slow down the weakening speed by 10.5%. What about more stones?
Could the weakening effect be stacked?
If it could, then I could bury this ruin alive!
The remaining polluted beasts quickly moved. Soon, a stone platform nearly one meter high was built at the edge of the ruins.
One of the polluted beasts tried to stand on the stone platform. Its pitch-black eyes stared blankly into the depths of the ruins.
Qi Yuan used Area Detection and stared at the polluted beast on the stone platform.
The weakening effect came as expected. However, as expected, the weakening speed was even slower. Compared to standing directly on the ruins, the weakening speed was reduced by more than 90%.
The weakening effect could be stacked!
Qi Yuan's eyes narrowed.
Since he had found a way to break it, it would be easy.
"Blazing Angel, fill it up!"
Blazing Angel: (O _ o)??
The dozens of polluted beasts all moved. In order to speed up the burying process, Blazing Angel even went to the wilderness and dragged a few insectoids that could control soil to become the main force of the excavation.
Although the area of the ruins wasn't small, there were dozens of polluting beasts buried in it. Furthermore, there were a few insect beasts that were constantly using their ability to control soil to assist them. In less than an hour, a path that was more than one meter wide and two meters tall, leading from Qi Yuan's feet all the way to the checkpoint was erected in the ruins.
Looking at the road paved with mud and stone, Qi Yuan pondered for a moment and said:
"Let a few insectoids go up and walk back."
Blazing Angel nodded. Three insectoids lined up and walked up.
The insectoids stepped on the newly paved road and slowly walked towards the checkpoint, leaving footprints of varying depths. After about five minutes, the three insectoids returned safely along the original path.
After carefully checking the condition of the three insectoids, Qi Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Compared to when they set off, these three insectoids were a little weaker. However, the degree of weakness was very limited. They stayed in the ruins for about five minutes and only weakened by 10%.
Compared to the polluted beasts that were weakened to the point of turning into ashes, the degree of weakness of these three insectoids was almost negligible.
"After completing this checkpoint, it's time to go to Red Copper Valley to take a look!"
Qi Yuan took a deep breath and called Blazing Angel over. He had her sit on his shoulder and directly stepped on the newly paved road!
The checkpoint was right in front of the road. With his rank 2 Steel Speed running at full speed, a round trip would not take more than half a minute!
Qi Yuan looked at the faintly glowing light in front of him. His body shook and left a deep footprint on the ground. His whole body was like an arrow that left the bow, quickly shooting towards the checkpoint light.
Releasing his speed and running at full speed, Qi Yuan moved as if he was flying. At the same time, he used his Area Detection to monitor the surrounding movements. If there were any abnormal movements, Qi Yuan would not hesitate to throw the Blazing Angel out.
As a powerful rank 4 lifeform, from the moment she put on that strange Lolita dress, she could already roll up her sleeves and fight with the enemy!
Under Area Detection, the surroundings were still calm and there were no abnormalities. However, as he continued to go deeper into the ruins, Qi Yuan felt as if a shadow had been cast over his heart.
Something's wrong!
Qi Yuan was shocked!
Although he had not awakened the Mysterious Domain's Danger Perception, as a rank 2 ability user, he had an instinctive sense of danger approaching. The shadow that shrouded his heart was a sign of danger approaching!
He had already arrived at the center of the ruins and the checkpoint was right in front of him. Even if there was really danger, he could not return now.
While thinking, Qi Yuan finally arrived in front of the checkpoint.
His right hand swept past the checkpoint beam and the fourth talent point was collected. At the same time, Qi Yuan quickly went back the way he came without looking back.
The moment he turned around, Qi Yuan felt that the shadow that shrouded his heart had become even thicker. It was as if there was a mysterious force that was blinding his senses. If he had not been prepared, he would not have even noticed any abnormalities.
Where did this accident happen?
Qi Yuan vaguely felt that he had forgotten something important, but he could not remember it at the moment.
No!
I have a rank 2 data center. My memory is stronger than a supercomputer. This kind of near amnesia should not have happened to me!
I must have been affected by something, causing me to forget something very important!
Damn it!
What did I forget!
Qi Yuan roared in his heart.
At this moment, Blazing Angel's aggrieved voice sounded.
"There's less good food again!"
There's less good food …..
Blazing Angel's words were like a morning bell, instantly waking Qi Yuan up. He finally knew what he had forgotten!
He had forgotten to check his body's condition!
He had forgotten that this ruin could "eat people"!
While this ruin was secretly absorbing the energy in my body, it was also blinding my sense of danger!
Through inner vision, Qi Yuan could clearly see that almost half of the Asterite energy in his energy heart had disappeared, and his body was rapidly becoming thinner.
The most dangerous thing was that the speed at which he was weakening was much faster than the three Insectoids from before!
If not for Blazing Angel's reminder, he might have been like those corrupted beasts that were eaten, not noticing the changes in his body until he was completely sucked dry.
At this moment, Qi Yuan discovered through his [Area Detection] that the newly paved road under his feet had quietly changed its appearance. It had changed from its original dark color to the greyish-white of the ruins.
The power of the ruins was eroding the road under his feet, so the speed at which he was weakening was increasing!
The black road quickly turned into a greyish-white city wall. While Qi Yuan was running, the corrosion of the ruins on the road was also increasing.
Through his [Area Detection], Qi Yuan even discovered that the road under his feet was completely paved with mud and stone. There were even rusty steel bars that were rapidly extending inside.
The loss of energy in his body was increasing, and even his flesh and blood had a strange feeling of evaporating into thin air.
In front of the mysterious power of the ruins, the Rank 1 Energy Control could only resist slightly, and it was completely unable to stop the loss of energy.
With a thought, Qi Yuan quickly fused a Rank 2 Talent Point with the Asterite energy and entered the Talent Tree, directly lighting up the Rank 2 Energy Control.
Compared to the Rank 1 Energy Control, the Rank 2 Energy Control was obviously much more powerful. Although it was still weaker than the weakening effect of the ruins, the speed of energy loss had obviously slowed down.
Just as he was about to leave the ruins, Qi Yuan felt an invisible force that seemed to be extending its tentacles to the Talent Tree in his body.
It's fine if it wants to steal energy from my body, but it wants to steal from the Talent Tree?
After realizing the intentions of the ruins, Qi Yuan sneered and let go of the resistance of the Energy Control without hesitation, allowing the invisible force to snatch food from the Talent Tree.
The invisible force finally came into contact with the Talent Tree, and the unmoving Talent Tree once again displayed its unshakable strength. Before the invading force could do anything, the Talent Tree had already devoured most of its energy.
Kacha!
Kacha!
The ruins, which were originally as calm as water, instantly began to crack. Some of the broken walls even collapsed with a loud rumble.
After being bitten by the Talent Tree, the invisible force of the ruins let out a mournful cry as if it had met its natural predator. It then quickly cut off its tail to survive, cutting off the connection with Qi Yuan's energy and hurriedly left the Talent Tree.
At this moment, Qi Yuan finally jumped down from the completely gray road and left the strange ruins.
Looking at the gray road that had completely merged with the ruins, Qi Yuan's eyes were filled with lingering fear.
He had almost died!
Through the Area Detection, Qi Yuan saw his sunken cheeks and eye sockets. His originally fitting clothes had also become empty, and even the energy in his Energy Heart was only left with half.
If not for the fact that he had recklessly provoked the Talent Tree in the end, he might not have been able to escape alive.
Even the Blazing Angel sitting on his shoulder had clearly become weaker. Although it was not as obvious as his, some of her energy had also been stolen by the ruins.
Even a Rank 4 Energy Body could not resist the power of the ruins!
That was close!
Qi Yuan spat out a mouthful of turbid air.
The weakness and hunger that came from every cell in his body began to remind Qi Yuan that his body was not in a good state and that it was time to eat.
There was still half of the energy in his Energy Heart, but the liquid metal in his body had already been used up. Even if the Rank 2 [Steel Regeneration] could recover his body's weakness, at this moment, it was difficult to cook without rice.
Where could he find metal to make up for the emptiness in his body?
Although there were metal deposits in the wastelands, it wasn't an easy task to find and mine them.
Just as Qi Yuan was about to return to the Iron Chariots, the corner of his eyes suddenly swept past the rusty steel in the ruins.
Qi Yuan's eyes lit up. Wasn't that a ready-made metal?
Although the metal was right in front of him, after the experience of almost being sucked dry, Qi Yuan did not dare to rashly have any ideas about the ruins.
Qi Yuan tried to press his right hand on the ruins. The expected weakness did not appear, and the ruins seemed to have lost its weakening power.
Did it really lose its weakening power, or was it frightened by the Talent Tree?
Qi Yuan pondered for a moment and withdrew his right hand from the ruins.
From the unconcealable cracks in the ruins, it could be seen that the ruins had suffered a great loss in the confrontation with the Talent Tree. However, he did not know if it had been completely destroyed.
In order to confirm his guess, Qi Yuan had the Blazing Angel control a Corrupted Beast to step into the ruins.
The moment the Corrupted Beast stepped into the ruins, its huge body became thinner at a speed visible to the naked eye. The speed was even faster than before. In less than ten seconds, a Rank 2 Corrupted Beast was completely sucked dry, turning into a pile of dust.
Therefore, the strange power in the ruins did not disappear, but it was afraid of the Talent Tree in his body!
Qi Yuan's eyes flashed. He did not expect that this strange and dangerous ruin would have its own consciousness, and it was a coward that bullied the weak and feared the strong!
Since you're scared, I'll take a mile after taking an inch!
Qi Yuan reached out with his right hand and grabbed a rusty steel rod that protruded from the ruins.
The huge ruins suddenly trembled, as if an earthquake had occurred.
It's afraid!
Qi Yuan grinned.
[Steel Regeneration] activated!
Spit out everything you ate from me!