Chapter 698 – Phantom in the Tomb

Chapter 698 – Phantom in the Tomb
The green flame reflected the entrance of the corridor, and made the dim light in the distance more and more depressing and gloomy, and in that disturbing darkness, the “history incarnation” has been contaminated by some kind of power suddenly stood still, like a stone statue stood in the distance, and did not listen to Duncan’s words.

But this silent and strange confrontation only lasted for a short time – in front of Duncan’s eyes, the “historical incarnation” that had been still for only a few seconds suddenly trembled again, and the next instant, it turned its head violently!
The once five senses had been distorted into a dark hole and vortex, only a tearing laughter covered that disorganized face, it twisted its body at an angle that was impossible for human beings to do, and its limbs turned into tentacles that climbed on the walls and ceiling in the blink of an eye, and along with a sudden, sharp and chaotic hissing sound, this strange and frightening thing did not hesitate to lunge at Duncan’s direction!
Duncan frowned momentarily, and in the next instant, a blazing, ethereal green spirit fire lit up the entire corridor – the flames filling everyone’s vision like layers of barriers as the tainted, horrifying thing hissed, laughed maniacally, burned, and fearlessly raced toward the mausoleum’s exit, passing through a barrier constructed of spirit fire –and even broke through until it was less than four or five meters away from Duncan, before the already-burning wreck finally collapsed convulsively to the ground and came to a complete stop.

After a few more minutes, the flames gradually subsided.

Duncan’s brow furrowed as he cautiously and slowly made his way over to the mass of debris that had been burned almost to ashes, and he saw that only a crumpled, charred mass remained in the ashes – left behind by his conscious control of the flames – and that on this small mass of matter, the features that had once belonged to the Sanguine were gone, but there was still a bizarrely twisted cleft in the air that As if still laughing maniacally a smile covered the charred black mass, overflowing with chilling ecstasy.

After a moment’s hesitation, he picked up what was left of the mass of remains with an odd feeling, and cautiously exited backward down the corridor of Vision 004, back to the main door.

Several people who stayed outside the door immediately leaned over, with a nervous and weird mood to look at Duncan brought out that “charcoal”, Helena frowned tightly looking at the remains of the group of tear marks like a smile, a moment later raised his hand and gently sketched in front of his chest storm goddess seal: “Goddess blessing! …… Frem, that’s the ugliest smile I’ve ever seen.”

“I’m glad to see you can still make jokes under the circumstances,” Banister glanced at Helena and shook his head hoarsely in his voice before returning his attention to the mass of wreckage, “…… It’s the scent of subspace .”

“How can there be subspace power in Vision 004?” Lune’s brows furrowed tightly while looking up at the mausoleum gate next to him, “Although it has always been dangerous, its danger is reflected in the strict code of operation within the mausoleum, as well as that powerful and bizarre tomb keeper …… have never heard of it carrying subspace power ……”

Duncan thought for a moment and opened his mouth to inquire, “What is the structure within the mausoleum like? What kind of existence is that so-called ‘nameless king’?”

Several people on the scene couldn’t help but look at each other in disbelief, and after a moment of awkward silence, it was Vanna who answered the captain’s question from the sidelines, “Other than knowing some of the basic ‘codes of conduct’, no one knows what the inside of the mausoleum really looks like.”

Duncan instantly looked puzzled, “No one knows?”

“When leaving from Vision 004, the ‘Listeners’ forget all memories about the inside of the mausoleum, and only a few pieces of information are brought outside in the form of ‘parchment fragments’. We can only determine that there is a chamber within Vision 004, and that an ancient and mysterious being will be waiting in the chamber for the Listeners to visit,” Vanna explained patiently, “but no one remembers exactly what the chamber looks like, or what the owner of the chamber looks like.”

“Protective oblivion ……,” Duncan repeated the word softly, then suddenly he seemed to sense something and jerked his head up to look inside the mausoleum door.

The sound of heavy, sluggish footsteps appeared abruptly in the corridor, and a tall, shadowy figure stepped into view along with them.

The tomb guardian of Vision 004 appeared!
The “late” Gravekeeper came out so abruptly that even Duncan didn’t see how he appeared – it was as if the tomb itself had suddenly “generated” an entity! This strange tomb guardian walked towards this side with stiff and heavy steps like a corpse, and the chains wrapped around his body made an ear-splitting sound along with his steps.

Helena and the others instantly tensed their nerves, while Vanna subconsciously leaned forward slightly, making a stance of readiness – after the tomb of the Unknown King had already appeared obvious anomalies, this “tomb guardian” that came out of the tomb was obviously no longer safe. Safe.

However, the “Gravekeeper” did not seem to care about these guarded actions, he just walked out slowly as usual, and finally stopped in front of Duncan.

After a moment’s silence, the tall, bandaged guard, who seemed to be between life and death, turned on his side, raised one hand to the tomb, and made a wordless gesture of invitation.

Duncan raised an eyebrow, “Let me in?”

The tomb guard nodded slowly.

Lune immediately whispered a warning, “Watch out, this is not right.”

Duncan ignored it and simply gazed calmly into the mausoleum guard’s cloudy eyes that were exposed to the bandages for a few seconds before suddenly saying, “What if I decline the invitation?”

The tomb guard fell silent, and just when everyone thought that this special entity “created” by Vision 004 wouldn’t answer at all, he actually opened his mouth, and a low voice came from under the bandage: “Then when are you free?”

Duncan: “……”

As he just stared, the mausoleum guard spoke once more, “He doesn’t have much time.”

“Him? Not much time?” Duncan froze at his words, and the expression on his face immediately changed a bit, “You mean the owner of the mausoleum? What do you mean time is running out?”

The mausoleum guard didn’t answer this time, he just remained standing silently in front of Duncan, saying nothing and as if he had said everything.

“…… Well,” Duncan nodded abruptly after two minutes of serious contemplation, “I’ll go meet ‘im then. ”

As soon as his words fell, Helena on the side immediately spoke, “Are you sure? The situation inside Vision 004 right now ……”

“Subspace isn’t considered contaminated for me,” Duncan however shook his head, clearly having made up his mind, “I heard the ‘bells and whistles’, so it seems like this one’s for me- -Intuition tells me not to turn down this ‘invitation’.” “Intuition ……” Helena was stunned, then seemed to realize something, immediately withdrawing the dissuasion she had already prepared and taking a slight half-step backward, “Okay, I understand.”

The mausoleum guards, on the other hand, slowly turned their heads, and their gazes fell on Helena and Lune and the others.

“Keep your distance and don’t cross the facility gates again,” he snapped, “The C-32-E7 protocol tree has been destabilized.”

Helena and the others froze when they heard it, while Loon spoke subconsciously, “…… What protocol tree?”

The mausoleum guard, however, did not have any intention of answering, but only sidestepped to the side, giving way to the entrance of the tomb passage, and made an inviting gesture to Duncan.

Duncan looked at the guard with a deep gaze, stepped forward, and slightly turned back before entering the tomb passage, gently nodding to Vanna who stood in the same place showing uneasiness, “Wait at ease, I will be back soon.”

As the words fell, he had already walked into the deep and long, as if there was no end to the dimly lit tomb passage.

The heavy mausoleum door closed with a loud bang, isolating all sights from outside, isolating all sounds outside of Vision 004 – the not-so-bright lights burned quietly on the walls on both sides of the tomb passage, and a strange dead silence enveloped them from all sides.

Duncan heard only the heavy footsteps of the mausoleum guards beside his ears, as well as the piercing sound of those chains as they rubbed against each other.

But as he walked, he suddenly noticed that the footsteps behind him had changed, and the sound of those chains rubbing against each other had disappeared.

He turned back with some curiosity – dismay surfaced on his face.

A tall, reticent, dark-haired man with a slightly dark complexion, clad in white robes, was walking through the tomb passage.

Frozen for a moment, Duncan suddenly reacted, “…… This is what you originally looked like!?”

The tall man with a slightly dark complexion turned his eyes, he had strange pale golden orbs, something in the depths of those eyes seemed to suddenly contract and adjust and focus on Duncan before he nodded softly, “Yes.”

Duncan frowned, but just as he was about to ask something more, he caught a sudden glimpse of something out of the corner of his eye, interrupting his thoughts –

At some point in the depths of the tunnel, a structure that looked like an intersection had appeared, and that intersection floated illusorily, like a scene of phantoms, and in front of that illusory intersection, a group of hazy figures, also clad in white robes, had suddenly emerged, and were striding into the distance.

They passed through the illusory intersection, passed through the deep and long tunnel, and disappeared into the solid and thick walls on the other side.

Duncan watched the scene with amazement and curiosity, and couldn’t help but ask, “What was that?”

“With the Tree of Agreement out of balance, the folding and misalignment of the time stream is reeling back to its source – a scene from long ago, when they set out.”

Duncan’s mind reeled, “They? Who were they?”

The mausoleum guard, who had reverted to his “human” form, was silent for a few seconds, and replied in a low voice, “…… The Doomsday Observers, the Ultima Survey Team.”

Duncan stopped abruptly.

His eyes widened slightly, as if he had instantly associated something with it, and a tumult of startling thoughts tumbled through his mind as he inhaled softly and looked up at the long tunnel ahead of him, and it was then that another hazy phantom floated into his trance-like vision –

Another figure dressed in white robes walked over.

It was a young man with short black hair, his head held high, his gaze was calm but firm, he walked through the long corridor with a big stride, and in the moment when he brushed his shoulders, I don t know if it was an illusion …… Duncan felt that this figure seemed to turn his eyeballs slightly in the direction of where he was.

And after that, they passed by mistake.

(End of chapter)