Chapter 1008 Entering Alone
The caves deep underground are illuminated by unknown luminous substances in the acid springs.
The surroundings were unnervingly quiet, and the hunters maintained a vigilant formation and continued to move forward.
Wearing hard boots inlaid with metal, walking on this rocky ground without vegetation and soil, there will always be some movement no matter how careful you are.
In a quiet environment, the sound of footsteps that were not too obvious echoed repeatedly in the narrow and complex terrain, becoming harsh.
These movements stimulated some small creatures lurking in the shadows.
“Pulling Ling Leng.”
A large group of black shadows, not much bigger than a palm, rushed out from the rock crevices where they were hiding. They flapped their wings and flew over the heads of the hunters.
Hunters subconsciously put their hands on the handles of their weapons, but this was just a group of harmless bats.
After the bats flew over, Gordon smiled and said: "It seems that this is not a completely restricted area for life."
“It’s rare that we get so close to the core.”
Jian's eyes followed the group of bats as they flew far away. "I really want to catch two of them and study them to see how they adapt to the acid mist environment here."
Before he finished speaking, Liefeng reacted again.
“Woof?”
It raised its ears and looked at the entrance of a narrow passage, as if it had caught some movement.
Hunters clenched their weapons again and stared at the hole cautiously.
Not long after, a mushroom pig ran out of it. After noticing the presence of the hunters, it paused slightly and then walked around the group of hunters who were stunned.
I walked to a stalactite not far away that was covered with unknown mushrooms, lowered my head and started chewing.
“吭哧吭哧.”
The sound of the fungus pig munching on mushrooms is a bit harsh.
“Is this place really not suitable for living?” Hayata couldn’t help but ask.
No matter how you look at it, the bacterial pig should not be regarded as a particularly adaptable creature.
Even Ajian was stunned, "No? Aren't the habitats of the fungus pigs in the New World in ancient tree forests and large ant mound wastelands?"
The distribution of fungal pigs has never been found on the Coral Platform. How did this guy end up in such a place? ! "
"Maybe it's through the ley lines?" Gordon said half-jokingly.
Unexpectedly, Ajian really thought about this possibility, "Ley veins? It's really possible. The fungus pigs from the southern part of the continent strayed into complex underground caves and came all the way to the Miasma Valley. It's not impossible in theory."
“Are you serious?”
“It’s better than climbing over the Grand Canyon with those four short hooves.”
"Too."
Besides, Gale stared at the healthy-looking pig for a while, and suddenly said: "Let's give it a try, and we'll pay attention."
As she spoke, she took off the filter mask, held her breath, and carefully inhaled a little air through her nose. After a while, she inhaled more.
Then she put on the respirator mask again. After feeling it for a while, she said, "It's true that there is a pungent sour smell, but there is no obvious discomfort after inhaling it. It seems not as scary as you said?"
Of course, it may be that I inhaled less. "
Jian took off his mask with some disbelief and tried it himself. Then he shouted as if he had discovered a new world: "The concentration of the acid mist has really become lower! It is much lower than the previous time!"
He excitedly took out his notebook and recorded this discovery.
It seems that the scholars at the research base have another research topic.
“So, can we take off our masks and act?” Anhir asked.
As he spoke, he took off his mask again, sniffed, and said to himself, "So what is the reason for the weakening of acidity? Seasonal cycles? Terrain changes?"
He took out a finger-thick glass test tube from his bag and ran to a nearby waterhole to start taking samples. After watching the scholar struggle for a while, Gordon coughed lightly and asked, "Should we move on?"
“Oh, yes, sorry.” Ajian put away his notebook and sampling tools awkwardly, “It’s not that far ahead, we’re almost there.”
The group of people continued to move forward. Thanks to the basic illumination provided by the glowing acidic spring water, the path in the underground cave was not difficult, but they had to be careful to avoid those beautiful lifeless pools.
Especially after Hayata broke off a piece of mushroom from the roadside and threw it into the pond. With a burst of white smoke, the mushroom floating on the water disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Hunters have become more cautious in their route selection.
Just like that, after walking several kilometers deeper into the cave, another huge skull appeared in front of the hunter.
Judging from the shape of the skull, it is the same as the skull on the top of the bone mound, and they both belong to that kind of ancient creature called Ophiosaurus.
Although this skull is slightly smaller than that of the bone mound in terms of volume, the completeness of this corpse is higher.
In addition to the skull itself, the vertebrae and ribs connected behind it are also clearly visible. These bones are integrated with the earth, forming a deep cave with no bottom.
It seems like it can lead directly to the depths of hell.
I don’t know when, the miasma spread in the air again. Different from the dark yellow at the bottom of the valley, the miasma here showed an unknown bluish-white color.
The source of the miasma is the cave passage composed of ancient corpses.
At this time, the insect guide cage on Gordon's waist suddenly reacted, and some guide insects came out from it, flying leisurely towards the entrance of the cave.
“It seems that our previous guess was correct.” Gordon said with a smile.
Ajian adjusted the filter mask, "We can only stop here. Through this cave, we can enter the deepest core area of the Miasma Valley.
The filtering mask cannot filter the miasma in the core area, and only you holding the protective stone can go further forward. "
“Gordon.” Hayata opened his mouth hesitantly.
Of course Gordon knew what she wanted to say, and waved his hand, "Don't worry, I won't mess around. Once I encounter danger, I will evacuate as soon as possible."
Ahead is a forbidden area that is inaccessible to humans. Perhaps it is the lair of an ancient dragon.
Are you scared? Maybe, but it's more of an excitement, an excitement that makes all the limbs tremble slightly.
This kind of expectation for the unknown, isn’t it the purpose of coming to the New World?
Anhil threw a pocket watch to Gordon, "You have one hour to explore and investigate. If you don't come out after one hour, we will forcefully break in."
Hearing this, Gordon spread his hands helplessly, "You don't have a protective stone that ignores the miasmatic environment."
“Then you should come out early.” Hayata stared at him and said.
Gordon grinned because of toothache. Now he really couldn't stay in there any longer.
“Then we’ll stay here and wait.” Gale smiled and unloaded the two ammunition boxes from Gale and started to open them.
It is full of spread bombs, armor-piercing grenades and shotguns.
The two shooters began to hang up their ammunition chains. The posture was not as if they were about to break off the rear, but as if they were letting Gordon be used as bait to attract something and then kill it on the spot.
“You guys take it easy.” Gordon laughed dryly.
Then he put on the special protective stone and strode towards the deep bone cave.
“I’ll be back within an hour.”
Under the gaze of his companions, he passed through the increasingly thick miasma and disappeared into the darkness.
Ps. Let me mention here, "Miasma Resistance" and "Adaptation to Miasma Environment" are two skills in the game. The former is for miasma attacks, and the latter is for environmental miasma.
And the protective stone in the plot has both of these two skills. Otherwise, with only one environmental resistance, the grade of this protective stone is a bit low.
(Actually, I got confused in the early stages of reading the book. I didn’t notice that they were two skills in the game before. I thought that if I had a Miasma Resistance of 3, I would be immune to them. emmm)
(End of this chapter)