Hollow Knight: Hallownest

It was still the original group of people heading to the Deep Nest, but there was a short figure in front of the group of insects.

In view of the special circumstances this time, the White Lady also asked Lu Ruien to participate in the operation as the commander-in-chief. After all, the God of Light is different from those creatures affected by the void. If they are not careful, the whole team is likely to be trapped.

On the way to the resting place, no one spoke a word, and the atmosphere was so quiet that it was almost depressing.

Almost everyone here had been affected by the radiation. Leaving aside the Knights, those connected to Quirrel and the Bumblebee bloodline were all sacrificed, and Lurien almost guarded in the void forever. As for Ida, who was the least affected, he had also seen the tragic situation of being infected by the plague.

"Come to think of it, I haven't seen what the God of Light looks like yet. Have you seen it?"

Ida was a person who could not stand silence. After a long silence, he finally spoke, breaking the depressing atmosphere.

Quirrel and Bumblebee shook their heads. The latter lowered his head and murmured, "I only heard that it was one of the oldest gods that existed in the land under our feet. If we really want to trace it back, I don't know how many years it would take."

"I heard that there are several ancient beast carcasses in Hallownest, all left over from the ancient wars. Even that kind of battle could not harm the gods at all..."

Quirrel recalled the information he had read in the archives and helped Bumblebee to supplement it.

"Ancient beast? ...Will it be more powerful than that one?"

Ida's words were unclear, and Quirrel and Bumblebee didn't know what he meant, but Zemor, who was in front, understood what he meant.

Delia beside her glanced back and said calmly: "It's completely on the same level."

She had heard Zemor talk about Dageno before, and seeing that Zemor was interested, she also came to her senses.

They had actually seen the Radiance himself, and had also seen him take action. It seemed that his attack was arbitrary, but the scale was overwhelming. In the blink of an eye, their mortal bodies would be reduced to ashes.

Although she had only heard of Dageno's power, she did not associate him with the Radiance, but was more reminded of the giant beast under the abyss.

Compared to that sun-like existence, they are too small.

Ida frowned, racking his brains but unable to imagine how powerful Radiance was. The most desperate opponent he had encountered so far was only at the level of Geno.

He couldn't even imagine how Dageno was not on the same level as the God of Light.

"We're here, be alert."

Lu Ruien's steps suddenly stopped, and a low roar sounded in the ears of the insects.

The three little ones looked up and found that the Blue Lake was not far behind them. The dream bells swinging in the distance made crisp sounds, as if they had noticed their arrival.

Quiet, very quiet.

When Lu Ruien's words were carried to the surface of the Blue Lake by the breeze and turned into a fold on it, the insects could only hear the symphony of dream bells and ripples on the lake. The sound made the insects feel relaxed and happy, and they wished they could close their eyes and blend into it.

But it was precisely this atmosphere that made them feel comfortable that inadvertently added a different kind of weirdness, like the calm before the storm, which made their heartbeats faster and stronger, gradually covering up the sound of the wind in their ears.

"Stay where you are and wait for my instructions."

The situation was unknown, and Lu Ruien did not dare to let them enter blindly, so he walked to the entrance of the moth tribe alone, carefully looking at every place where there might be abnormalities. After a while, he waved to the insects who were waiting anxiously behind him.

When they entered the moth tribe's territory, Lu Ruien took out a white branch with special patterns from his arms. It looked similar to the one in Drya's hand, but it had an extra vitality.

He slowly squatted down, dug a small hole in the center of the land, and planted the branches.

With each breath, the branches appeared like new buds, growing, stretching, and spreading at a very fast speed visibly to the naked eye, until they turned into a large tree with dense branches. What surprised them even more was that the extended branches seemed to be guided by something and all pointed in a certain direction.

"This is the tree that the queen gave us to explore the aura of dreams. By following its guidance, we will be able to get closer to our goal."

Lu Ruien looked in that direction and saw the Soul Swamp.

"But this tree can only indicate the general direction, so I hope everyone will not take it lightly. If you find any traces, report them immediately. Don't go alone!"

"understand!"

At the command, the insects immediately scattered throughout the swamp, exploring every place that might hide secrets.

There aren't many things here. Almost all of them are tombstones. There is no place to hide. After walking around the first and second floors, the insects didn't find any suspicious traces. After a round, they didn't gain anything.

"Or we..."

Ida was having a headache finding it, and since no one else had a clue, he made the motion of digging the ground with a shovel, obviously wanting to be a gravedigger.

Lu Ruien thought for a moment and shook his head: "Let's look for it again to see if there is anything missing."

He really couldn't bear to disturb the bugs that had already left. They were also members of Hallownest, but if there was really no other way...

"Ok?"

Just as Lu Ruien ordered another patrol, Qui Ruo, who had walked to the end of the pool, discovered something unusual.

Previously, they were all paying attention to the cemetery, but no one noticed the abnormality in the water flow. He had some eyesight due to his travels.

"Everyone! There's a discovery!"

He shouted loudly, followed a stream of water from the waterfall under the rushing stream upstream, and finally found an unusual place.

Upon hearing this, Lu Ruien and the other insects immediately rushed to Quirrell's side, and followed the direction he pointed, their eyes all lit up.

"Good job! As usual, just wait a moment."

He led the way and once again broke into the water curtain. It was not until more than ten breaths later that a muffled shout was heard from behind the waterfall.

"Are these... Moth Clan statues?"

Ida stood in front of the statue that was several times taller than himself and spoke in surprise.

"If there is nothing missing, this must be the final destination that the tree is pointing to, but..."

Lu Ruien circled the statue several times but couldn't find any clues. The other insects followed suit and explored it, but also found nothing.

"Maybe it's not here at all?" Ida asked doubtfully.

"But these statues are hidden so mysteriously that it is really hard to explain."

Qui Ruo stroked the rough shell, a cold light flashed in his eyes: "Could it be hidden in the statue?"

All the insects were stunned, and even Lu Ruien fell silent.

This place is extremely strange at the moment, and what Quiro said makes a lot of sense. Compared to a few statues, the clues about the God of Light are obviously more important.

So he turned his gaze to the statue and said in a deep voice: "All soldiers, listen to my order. Withdraw more than ten steps away from the statue. I will destroy the statue."

Seeing this, Delia and her group nodded and retreated to the entrance of the Water Curtain Cave.

Seeing that Lu Ruien's hand was raised and about to fall, the statue in front of him suddenly lit up with a dazzling light, and a sudden change occurred!

An extremely angry voice broke into their minds from the statue -

"How dare you?!"