At this moment, in the dim cave.
The Grand Elder was using a waterskin to pour some water onto his eyes, then he shook his head, signaling that this couldn’t be done.
Qing Chen knew that the Grand Elder was using gestures to tell them what the rules were.
You must know, within the Forbidden Zone, you cannot discuss the rules. The basis for judgment is systematic language.
There was once someone in the Forbidden Zone who used drawings to tell their companions the rules and was not punished, but someone who tried to write down the rules on paper would be judged as triggering the rules.
Even incorrect guesses are not allowed. Once the rules determine that you are guessing the rules, the entire Forbidden Zone will immediately turn against you.
This is also one of the reasons why Qing Chen learned to draw. Before, he was drawing on the ground, vaguely conveying the rules to Zard, Dayu, and Chen Jiazhang, relying entirely on everyone’s mutual understanding.
At one point, Qing Chen was thinking about something. Would this systematic language judgment, to be more specific, mean that rules cannot be discussed in Chinese?
Taking the old fellows in Forbidden Zone 002 as an example, the consciousness of Metahumans after death may not be reincarnation or dissipation. It is very likely that they are imprisoned in this Forbidden Zone in some form, becoming the masters here.
Metahumans merged with the will of the world during their lifetime, and after death, due to different degrees of fusion, their consciousness is still retained by the will of the world, becoming a feudal lord.The consciousness of some Forbidden Zone masters is vague. They uphold principles and restrict everyone who enters there according to their preferences, such as 008.
The consciousness of some Forbidden Zone masters is clear. They retain their previous thinking and can think like normal people, and even have immunity, such as 002.
The old fellows can selectively exempt Knight.
Forbidden Zone 001 seems to be the same. The reason why Ren Xiaosu, Qing Zhen, and other living people can freely set the rules there is because the Metahumans that formed Forbidden Zone 001 were originally subordinates of these two people.
So, if the Forbidden Zone is managed by the will of those Metahumans, then, can rules be discussed in English, Japanese, or German in the Forbidden Zone?
Anyway, the consciousness in this Forbidden Zone wouldn’t understand.
Now, Qing Chen not only wants to exploit the bug in the Forbidden Artifact, he even wants to exploit the bug in the Forbidden Zone.
If the timing wasn’t inappropriate, he might stand directly at the edge of Forbidden Zone 008 and speak the rules in English to see if he would be attacked by the Forbidden Zone.
Qing Chen thought it was feasible.
At this time, he already knew the rule the Grand Elder wanted to convey: you cannot cry.
Even if you are beaten to tears, or if your eyes are stung by sunlight and tears fall, it is not allowed.
When rescuing the refugees before, quite a few refugees secretly cried, resulting in triggering the rules, and they couldn’t be saved.
However, Zard excitedly said beside him, “Could it be that you can’t wash your face?”
Qing Chen’s expression changed, and the Grand Elder’s expression also changed.
Qing Chen never expected that Zard would actually say it out loud.
No good!
The next second, Qing Chen heard the sound of a venomous snake hissing. A venomous snake suddenly lunged at Zard from the dim corner and bit his neck.
Immediately afterward, Zard nonchalantly pulled off the venomous snake, broke off its two fangs, and continued to guess, “Could it be that you can’t use eye drops?”
Qing Chen saw the little snake at Zard’s feet, aggrieved, no longer attacking Zard, but fleeing in disgrace.
On the other hand, this psychopath was fine. The two holes bitten by the venomous snake on his neck quickly healed.
Qing Chen and the Grand Elder were both shocked. Zard was completely fine!
Wait.
Although the Forbidden Zone was hostile to Zard, allowing venomous snakes and insects to bite him, this guy is covered in sand. Not to mention physical attack immunity, his body doesn’t even have blood vessels. What’s the use of biting him?
Unless you burn him with fire, Zard is an immortal being. The attack methods in the Forbidden Zone are mainly physical, unless there are magical creatures like the Vermillion Bird!
But Forbidden Zones with such creatures are few and far between!
In other words, Zard can run rampant in the Forbidden Zone?
Qing Chen worked hard to find bugs, but an A-Class Earth Element Awakened One is a bug in itself in the Forbidden Zone.
He suddenly had a bold idea.
The Grand Elder was also shocked. He vaguely felt that a Knight paired with this kind of bug that could run rampant in the Forbidden Zone would cause a big problem!
Zard was still excitedly saying, “Could it be that you can’t cry?”
Whoosh, a large group of bats flew over in the cave and bit Zard, but their teeth were broken, and Zard was completely fine.
The Grand Elder neither nodded nor shook his head.
Zard could say the rules, but he couldn’t respond!
The serious Forbidden Zone rules were turned into a game of charades by Zard.
And he was having a blast.
The Grand Elder could only remain silent and gesture the next rule.
He pulled out a hair and stuffed it into his nostril, half in the nostril and half outside.
Qing Chen also knew this rule: the nose hair cannot exceed the nostril.
But he heard Zard excitedly guess, “Can’t you play dumb?!”
Grand Elder: “???”
He felt that he had never had so many frustrating things in his life as these past two days.
Qing Chen said, “Forget it, I have a new plan. Let me first familiarize myself with the routes, and then I can cause trouble for the Chen Family Army.”
When the Grand Elder introduced the complete rules of the markings, he actually kept a secret.
They had the Forbidden Artifact ACE106, the cleaner’s wall brush.
As long as this thing is wet, it can wipe off any graffiti on the wall, even those carved into the wall.
Therefore, the Grand Elder only needs to wait until the battle is over, use the wall brush to wipe off the old markings on the wall, and then replace them with new markings, and Qing Chen will never find the safe house again.
He was secretly delighted: After changing the markings, I’ll only make it so you can’t find the safe house, but I can leave you a way to live. This is Fire Pit’s greatest kindness to the Knight Order.
Want to covet the divine beef and herbs in our safe house? No way!
Who would have thought that the markings carved into the stone walls could also be wiped off?
Unexpected, right?!
The Grand Elder was happily thinking in his heart, but his face remained serious.
In the dim cave, Qing Chen stood at the entrance, quietly listening to the footsteps outside: “One hundred people, it’s a bit too few, and I heard them say that a unit has begun to cross Forbidden Zone 008, preparing to build an advance base in the southwest. If they still can’t find us, they will give up the search.”
This cave entrance was very hidden. The Fire Pit people even specifically transplanted grass over the entrance. From the outside, it looked seamless.
Qing Chen didn’t even need to open the entrance. He could judge how many people there were just by listening to the sounds.
Qin Yiyi smiled and exclaimed, “Amazing.”
The Grand Elder muttered softly, “What’s so amazing, I can also tell how many people there are, I could do it twenty years ago!”
Qing Chen didn’t pay attention to him, but silently observed for a moment, then immediately turned around: “Let’s go to entrance number seven. There are more Chen Family Army there. Let’s take them down first.”
The Grand Elder complained, “Are you crazy? What are everyone’s physical conditions like? In this situation, you still want to attack where there are more people?”
Qin Yiyi worried, “Your current physical condition can’t support a battle. Why don’t you rest, and I and the Grand Elder will fight them.”
The Grand Elder sighed, “I must have owed the Knights several billion in my last life to make me bear this burden in this life!”
Qing Chen smiled and said, “No need, we have Zard.”
As he spoke, he turned around and skillfully ran towards entrance number seven. The Grand Elder lay on Qin Yiyi’s back, feeling completely defeated.
Every time he came in, he still had to carefully observe and record the markings.
But this Qing Chen didn’t even look at those markings.
The Grand Elder was very certain that Qing Chen didn’t look at the markings!
He was exasperated: “Wait, why don’t you look at the markings? You’re going the wrong way.”
“Don’t worry, it’s all in my head,” Qing Chen said.
“But you’re going the wrong way, this isn’t the way to entrance number seven,” the Grand Elder shouted.
“It’s okay, this path is closer, the path you marked before was a bit far,” Qing Chen replied.
Grand Elder: “???”
He was completely at a loss. This kid just walked through the main passage once, and he memorized the entire layout of the cave passages, and he didn’t even need to look at the markings!
Moreover, he can also replan the route!
This is…
The Grand Elder is starting to get a little scared. What if Qing Chen destroys all the markings in this cave?
Then only Knights can enter here!
Qin Yiyi innocently asked curiously, “Grand Elder, can you do this too?”
The Grand Elder’s face instantly flushed red: “I can too!”
Regardless of whether he can or not, he can’t lose face to Qing Chen!
Everyone arrived at entrance number seven. This was a cave on a mountainside, hidden by dense vines, and outside the cave was a cliff about nine meters high.
To enter the cave from the outside, you have to pull the vines and climb up this nine-meter height.
The Grand Elder wondered, “This entrance is not easy to enter and exit. If you go out to kill them, you’ll have to struggle to enter the cave when you come back.”
“No need to look for them, let them come to us,” Qing Chen used a Marionette to cut a small opening in his palm and squeezed a drop of blood onto the vines outside the cave: “It’s easy to kill them in this Knight safe house. However, the biggest threat to us now is not people, but dogs.”
The Grand Elder listened attentively, but his face immediately changed: “How did this become a Knight safe house?”
More Chen Family Army were setting off, their target being Forbidden Zone 008.
In the dense forest of the Forbidden Zone, the Chen Family troops spread out like locusts, conducting a carpet search. The mechanical dogs lowered their heads in the bushes, sniffing, trying to find the traces of Qing Chen and others.
They had all smelled blood in the battlefield and used their modified body organs to clearly remember the characteristics of those smells.
Once the smell appeared within a five-kilometer radius, they would be able to discover it.
Just then, a mechanical dog suddenly raised its head, and the chip in its brain quickly processed the air’s odor molecules.
Then, it barked twice and immediately ran towards entrance number seven.
The Chen Family soldiers’ eyes lit up, and they shouted on the communication channel: “Target found, repeat, mechanical dog has found the target!”
The First Field Battalion was the first to arrive at entrance number seven. Initially, they didn’t discover the cave hidden behind the vines. As dozens of mechanical dogs barked their heads off, someone vaguely noticed a cave behind the vines.
“Scout platoon, send a combat squad to check it out!” The battalion commander commanded, feeling a little excited. He had finally found the other party’s traces, and this alone was worth a second-class merit.
As he spoke, a platoon of scouts used the vines as ropes and decisively climbed to the entrance. He quietly shone a strong flashlight inside, but found that the cave was deep and there was nothing inside.
“No abnormalities at the entrance, no target found, but this is a complex cave system. Mechanical dogs must be used to lead the way,” the scout said: “Request to send mechanical dogs up to search the cave and scan the terrain.”
Chen Family’s new mechanical dogs can not only track but also rely on their powerful mobility to scan all the terrain they have seen into their cranial chips and upload them to the Airship’s processor to create a Holographic Sand Table.
This ability is perfect for complex terrain. Once the mechanical dogs scan the cave, the Chen Family will have the complete map of the cave.
Chen Family soldiers set up transmission equipment at the entrance and hoisted dozens of mechanical dogs into the cave, a total of more than seventy!
The field battalion commander commanded outside: “Start scanning the cave. They are in this cave, they can’t hide for too long.”
However, after he gave the order, no one replied.
The battalion commander looked at the entrance in astonishment, what’s going on?!
He heard someone shouting from inside the cave: “Battalion commander, someone just flashed past, all the mechanical dogs are lying on the ground, and my button-type communication device is damaged!”
The battalion commander was astonished, an electromagnetic pulse!
The other party actually calculated that he would dispatch mechanical dogs to scan the map, and then took the opportunity to gather all the dogs together and destroy them in one go!
In the wild, mechanical dogs are much more useful than soldiers for tracking objects. Losing more than seventy mechanical dogs at once would make them blind in the Forbidden Zone!
As he was thinking, the superior regiment commander conveyed the order: “Don’t rashly enter the cave. They certainly won’t dare to come out either. Boss ordered, directly fill the entrance with foam, completely blocking it, your unit guards this exit, and other units go directly to the southwest snow mountain.”
The battalion commander understood. The Demi-God wanted to trap Qing Chen and the others inside and take down Fire Pit first!
“Received,” the battalion commander shouted: “Engineer platoon, bring me the tools to seal the entrance!”
Meanwhile, Qing Chen brought Zard to the edge of the cliff in the cave: “Ready?”
Zard nodded: “Ready.”
“Let’s start.”
Then Zard started shouting at the edge of the cliff: “The rules of Forbidden Zone 008 are that you can’t cry, body fat cannot exceed 30%, you can’t walk with your feet in a “cross-legged” manner, and you can’t play dumb…”
As Zard’s voice spread, it echoed continuously in the abyss.
From the abyss below, there was suddenly a dense rustling sound, as if tens of thousands of insect legs were crawling on the cliff walls, along with the sound of their shells rubbing against each other.
These insects, who would absolutely not leave the abyss under normal circumstances, were actually pulled out by Zard under the compulsion of the rules!
Qing Chen looked at Zard, but found that his legs were trembling. He was surprised: “You’re scared? You actually have things you’re afraid of?”
Zard stammered: “There are too many…”
Qing Chen couldn’t help but laugh. You actually have things you’re afraid of!
“Run!” Qing Chen turned and ran towards entrance number seven. Zard followed closely behind, and behind them were countless insects, like a black tide, burying all the entrances behind them.
Those black insects were extremely strange. The shells on their backs actually had human faces, as if the souls of the people who died in those Forbidden Zones were imprisoned on the backs of these insects.
The two ran quickly. Zard shouted the rules as he ran, afraid yet playful, afraid of the number of insects, yet afraid that the insects wouldn’t follow.
He muttered: “You can’t crawl on all fours, you can’t… what was it again? Steamed lamb, steamed bear paw, steamed deer tail, roasted duck, roasted young chicken, roasted goose, braised salted duck, soy sauce chicken cured meat, pine flower belly…”
Outside the cave, the field battalion was transporting tools and chemical materials to seal the cave.
But just as two soldiers climbed back to the entrance, they saw someone roaring and rushing out: “Get out of the way!”
With a loud bang, three people crashed together. The Chen Family soldiers outside only saw the soldiers who had just entered the cave flying out like they had been hit by a train!
The battalion commander looked closely, the person who hit them was the target they were pursuing, how come they ran out on their own?
“Open fire, kill him!”
But as soon as he finished speaking, countless black human-faced insects poured out of the cave.
The battalion commander’s scalp tingled. What the hell is this?!
They were chasing after Zard, ignoring everyone else.
However, after Zard landed, he used his arms to cover his head and then circled around. After all the human-faced insects crawled out of the cave, he turned a corner and climbed back into the cave!
The tide-like human-faced insects followed him, wanting to rush back.
As a result, after Zard went in, he immediately controlled the mountain to become sandy and firmly blocked the cave!
Battalion Commander: “?”
Brother, what are you doing? You brought so many insects out, aren’t you responsible for taking them back?
Outside the cave, there were only human-faced insects and the field battalion.
The human-faced insects gathered at the entrance, desperately trying to get inside, but the sand wall built by the A-Class Earth Element Awakener was not something they could penetrate.
Gradually, the human-faced insects stopped trying to penetrate.
They slowly turned around and chirped towards the Chen Family field battalion not far away.
Now the human-faced insects are very angry.
They ran so far, they didn’t catch the people, and now they’ve lost their home!
Humans are so evil!
In an instant, these numerous black human-faced insects rushed towards the field battalion. The battalion commander roared on the communication channel: “Support, request support, my unit is under attack by unknown insect creatures!”
Inside the cave, Fire Pit’s Grand Elder stared blankly at Qing Chen: “You really figured out this Forbidden Zone…”
Qing Chen suddenly said, “I saw human-faced insects in the documents. They were once creatures used by the Fire Seed Company to guard their research bases and had special genes written into them. So the abyss below is a secret base of the Fire Seed Company?!”
The Fire Seed Company was the predecessor of the Ember Military Academy and the Forbidden Artifact Tribunal.
Qing Chen became interested.