Chapter 330: Death Castle (Part 4)

Outside the castle, players closer to the castle noticed something wrong the moment the metal gate suddenly dropped at the main entrance, so they immediately notified the others.

Zhao Yuxin, who was in charge of command, naturally heard the gate drop behind them thanks to the hearing of her Bat Wing Ear, so she immediately arranged for personnel to try and destroy the gate or the bricks.

The players also immediately attempted to destroy it, but whether they slashed with blades or bombarded it with cannons, they could not leave even a single mark on the wall or the metal gate.

Even the players who had been in the front row defending against the Plant Monster attacks retreated a bit, yet they still could not shake the gate or the walls by even a millimeter.

Boom!

Just as everyone was looking distressed, they suddenly heard an explosion from inside.

Some players opened the World Channel, preparing to ask what had happened, but after seeing the latest information, everyone fell silent.

Some who saw the message sent on the World Channel disregarded their own injuries and insisted on going to the front row to defend against the Plant Monster's advance.

At the same time, the sound of the huge explosion reached the ears of the decapitation squad, causing them to stop and look back, only to find nothing.

"The explosion should have come from the direction of the hall," said a Black player in the squad.

The others followed his words, but they could not stop, because there were more players outside the castle waiting for them, waiting for the World Boss to be killed so they could leave this world as soon as possible.

Finally, after walking up who knows how many stairs and encountering who knows how many monsters and traps, they finally saw the first room.

Zhu Zhiquan was the most excited in the decapitation squad, because two minutes ago, he had used up all the Quantum Pulse Machine Gun ammunition he was carrying.

He had originally thought he would have to trade blows with this trash again, and upon seeing a room, he almost rushed out directly.

"Everyone make way, let me detect if there is any danger inside," Ma Linlin squeezed to the front of the squad, then released a Gray Magic Wave toward the room.

Immediately, she frowned and said, "Everyone, do not enter this room; I feel like there is something wrong with it!"

Chen Ligang turned his head and asked, "Then is there a World Boss in this room?"

Ma Linlin shook her head and said, "No World Boss, but I still suggest destroying this room, because there are many monsters inside."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhiquan immediately took out Landmine Pinecones from his Space Necklace, scattered them at the room's entrance, and then waved his hand to signal everyone to move forward.

Although the others felt puzzled by Zhu Zhiquan's act of scattering fruits, they still chose to trust him.

The group walked along the stairs for a long time again; even the two machine gunners had run out of ammunition, yet the group still had not seen the next room.

"Oh~ my God, where is this boss's room! I'm about to be driven crazy by these stairs that have no end!" Bao Erjialuo rubbed his hair and said irritably.

The priest patted the stone wall with his hand, "These walls are actually solid behind here, which means there is no room behind here at all."

"No room? Then we haven't seen the end after walking for so long; I don't know how this castle was built—aren't they afraid the foundation won't hold up?"

"Is there a possibility that we have actually been in a dead loop here?"

"What do you mean?"

"Think about it, how large was the floor area of the hall when we first joined the castle? And how large was the floor area we saw outside the castle?"

"You mean this staircase used some kind of spatial skill?"

"That is one aspect, and another possibility is that we may have fallen into an illusion, causing us to endlessly loop here."

"That would be truly troublesome; if it is an illusion, I don't know what way there is to break it."

"Let me try," Ma Linlin said, beginning to close her eyes and perform magic, her mouth constantly muttering strange incantations. The others also protected her in the center to prevent any monsters from approaching.

Boom! Boom! Boom………

But just at this moment, a violent explosion came from the steps below, startling everyone except Zhu Zhiquan into turning their heads. Although Ma Linlin was also worried about whether there was a problem behind them, she continued chanting the incantation.

"What was that explosion just now?"

"I don't know, it's very likely some powerful monster; everyone had better be careful."

……………

Thus, the squad had some people specifically watch the rear, but until Ma Linlin finished chanting the incantation, the group did not see any danger behind them.

Ma Linlin: "Everyone, I discovered that this staircase is actually formed through Compressed Space, so the distance between each level is quite far."

Chen Ligang: "Then what about those explosions from just now?"

Ma Linlin: "Remember the room we encountered before? The sound came from there."

Once these words were spoken, the others turned to look at Zhu Zhiquan, and Zhu Zhiquan, feeling everyone's gaze, only calmly said two words: "Landmines," and then continued to clear the monsters approaching.

Hearing the word "landmines," everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Ma Linlin also took the opportunity to say, "Comrades, next I suggest we open the important spatial nodes, because I don't know how much longer it will take to walk up on foot."

"That's fine, tell me the spatial node quickly so I can tear this damn staircase down!" Lin Ziyao said, beginning to loosen his muscles.

"Don't be in such a hurry, listen to me finish," Ma Linlin rolled her eyes at him, "We will head straight up, and I will notify you when we reach the next spatial node."

"Good, then just tell us when the time comes," Chen Ligang smashed an approaching monster to death with a hammer, "Let's go, let's go up and see where the nearest spatial node is."

The group pushed forward for another distance, and Ma Linlin had the group stop under a trap; she then fiddled with the trap for a while, and a Space Gate appeared before everyone's eyes.

After opening the Space Gate, Ma Linlin entered its interior first, and the others followed one after another into the gate, heading toward another space.

Zhu Zhiquan and Chen Ligang jumped into the Space Gate together only after everyone else had entered. Seeing that everyone had come in, Ma Linlin immediately cut off the Magic Power supply, and the Space Gate closed instantly, severing the bodies of some monsters.

Just at the moment they closed the Space Gate, a large number of Treant Knights and vines arrived, and seeing their prey escape, all the monsters let out roars before silently retreating.

At this moment, they were in a room full of tree vines; there were many pod-like structures on the vines, and some people shone their flashlights on them, discovering that they could see the situation inside through the pods.

Although everyone could only see a blurry figure through the light of the flashlights, they could still vaguely determine that it was the outline of a fetus inside.

And hanging from the ceiling were the crystal chandeliers they had encountered in the hall, but everyone knew these were not chandeliers at all—they were clearly special monsters!