Chapter 550: Gate of the Abyss
"Toxic gas and acid mist are floating above the accumulated water in the basement. It can be seen that someone...more likely a demon, released the 'stinking cloud technique' and 'acid mist technique' here not long ago." Gao Fei looked at the entrance of the basement and said thoughtfully: "We have to overcome the influence of poisonous gas and acid mist before we go down to investigate."
"The 'acid-resistant barrier' that Brother Tao gave us before is still in effect, which can offset some of the damage caused by the acid mist. The more difficult problem at present is how to prevent poison." Qi Tian said.
"Wouldn't it be possible to avoid inhaling poisonous gas if you put on a breathing mask?" Gu Siyi said.
"It's not that simple." Gao Fei shook his head gently, "Did you notice that the accumulated water in the basement is filthy and smelly, and the surface is green, which is a sign that toxins are dissolved in the water."
"Even if we can avoid directly inhaling poisonous gas, after entering the basement with deep water, the skin will inevitably come into contact with toxins, and I'm afraid we will still be poisoned."
"My 'secondary recovery technique' can detoxify, but there is no way to prevent toxins from invading." Huang Hansheng sighed.
"That's the problem. We have many means of detoxification, but we don't even have a means of preventing poisoning." Jiang Feng was also worried.
Wang Daqing opened the star disk, looked at the current reserve of experience points, and his frown relaxed.
"I'll solve this problem!"
Under the expectant gaze of his companions, he spent 11,000 experience points to upgrade the paladin to level 8, and got the opportunity to comprehend a 2-ring divine spell.
Wang Daqing chose "Protection from Toxins" without hesitation.
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Protection from Toxins: Lasts for 1 hour/level; removes a toxin from the recipient; during the duration of the spell, the recipient is immune to the toxin.
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After upgrading, Wang Daqing walked to the door of the flooded basement, reached out to touch the poisonous fog in the air, first infected himself with the toxin, and resisted the nausea and vomiting, and shot a "Protection from Toxins", and the discomfort caused by the poisoning disappeared immediately.
Having personally verified that this trick is effective, Wang Daqing was relieved.
Next, he blessed all his teammates with "Protection from Toxins" one by one, and added a "Buoyancy Blessing" by the way.
After taking precautions, everyone waded through the water to the basement door, then stopped and looked at each other.
Only Ma Yun went straight in, and after taking two steps, he realized that his teammates had not caught up with him. He turned back and asked in confusion: "Why don't you leave?"
"Xiao Yun, look up."
Gu Siyi smiled bitterly and pointed to the top of his head.
Ma Yun looked up and found that there was the ceiling above his head.
"We are not as short as you. When we walk into a basement with too much water, we either bend our waists or cancel the 'buoyancy blessing' and swim in the water."
Ma Tao said angrily.
Ma Yun touched his head. He was obviously taking advantage of the height, but he couldn't be happy.
Gao Fei suddenly had an idea and asked Ma Yun: "Richest man, have you learned the 'shrinking technique'?"
"Yes, Brother Fei, do you want me to help you become smaller?"
"Not only me, but everyone else also needs to use the 'shrinking technique' so that they can move normally in the basement."
"Good idea!"
Ma Yun returned to his teammates and gave everyone a 2-ring "shrinking technique".
Wang Daqing, the tallest member of the team, was only 95 cm tall after shrinking his body size by one level, like a child.
Little Ma put his hands on his hips and looked down at the group of dwarfs around him, feeling quite outstanding.
"Little guys! Line up and follow your sister!"
Before Ma Yun could feel proud for a while, Jiang Feng pulled her back.
"Don't be stupid, stay behind!"
After using the "shrinking technique", Jiang Feng's agility attribute increased by 2 points. Although he was shorter, his comprehensive defense level was higher, so he took the lead in exploring the way.
Gao Fei followed closely behind his girlfriend, using the "Daylight Barrier" emanating from her body to observe the situation in the basement.
The spacious underground hall has an indoor area of no less than 1,000 square meters.
The billiard table that was originally neatly placed in the hall, as well as the long chairs against the wall, all floated on the water, looking very messy.
Gao Fei's sight passed over the floating obstacles on the water and looked at the corner of the hall, the area with the highest concentration of chaotic magic.
A large pile of black clay was piled up to form an altar, with the base located at the bottom of the water and the top protruding from the water surface, forming a circular platform.
In addition to the stinking silt, the materials for building the altar also included tables, chairs, rackets, mops, brooms and other sundries collected on the spot, which looked very simple.
Gao Fei's sight moved upwards.
When his eyes touched the part of the altar that was exposed above the water, his heart trembled!
The upper part of the altar was surprisingly made up of more than a dozen corpses, and the blood flowing from the dead dyed the clay used as an adhesive scarlet.
Most of these bodies, which were slightly swollen from being soaked for too long, were wearing orange life jackets lined with police uniforms or fire uniforms. They were clearly firefighters who came to rescue refugees, but unfortunately fell into a trap and died at the hands of the devil.
Even the bodies of these victims were desecrated by the devil and used as sacrifices to perform some kind of evil ritual.
The circular groove on the top of the altar was filled with sticky mud and was bubbling.
Two of the bubbles were particularly large, and Gao Fei looked more and more familiar.
Suddenly he remembered that he had seen similar bubbles in the cumulonimbus clouds when he was escorting a transport helicopter the night before.
These bubbles are actually three-dimensional projections of plane pipe bursts.
Whenever the bubble bursts, substances from other worlds will flow in through the plane barrier.
For example, floods and flying sharks from the water elemental world.
From all indications, the plane of communication of this altar built in the basement is obviously not the water elemental world, but more likely the devil's lair - the bottomless abyss!
If this altar is allowed to operate, new demons will be teleported here soon.
A severe crisis is facing the young special police.
Gao Fei pulled out his pistol without thinking, aimed at the bulging bubbles on the altar, and pressed the trigger with his finger, but he was a little hesitant.
Will this shot, breaking the bubble, backfire and release the demon in advance?
At this moment, the mud pond on the altar suddenly boiled.
A large pile of sticky clay surged up from the mud pond, rising higher and higher, forming a five-foot-high mud column.
As everyone watched in surprise.
The surface of the mud column swelled and shrank from time to time, and finally formed into a charming female body.
This clay witch was black and slick, with a curvy figure and a pretty face, but her barren bald head and the stench of mud ruined her image.
The clay witch slowly opened her eyes, her pupils emitting an evil scarlet glow, and her black and plump lips curled up into a malicious smile.
