Chapter 496
【"Ah? I just tried to sprinkle some powder on it, and it lit up!" Facing everyone's surprised eyes, the watchman could only scratch his head and laugh dryly. 】
【"What powder?" Gargamel asked hurriedly. 】
【"It's the pollen of the goblin..." said the watchman. 】
【"Why? We've tried to use goblin dust as fuel, but it's never been successful..." Gargamel still maintained a surprised expression, and his eyes shifted from the watchman to the lantern in his hand: "You Is this lamp some sort of artifact?"]
【"Well, it must be considered a divine tool for me. After all, it is a lamp that has accompanied my body since I was a child, and it has helped me find many treasures before, but in fact it is just a rare item. , it’s still far from a divine weapon.” The watchman laughed. 】
【"Only the rare level?" Gargamel was incredulous, and even more at a loss: "The expedition team even found legendary-level lamps before, but it didn't work..."]
【"I don't know about this... By the way, have you noticed? The light from this lamp is a bit strange, why only the bottom is illuminated?"]
[You raised your head immediately when you heard the words, and took a closer look at the lantern, and found that just as the watchman said, the fluorescence in the lantern only illuminated a range of less than one meter in other directions around it, except in the direction of the rope ladder downwards. It showed a distance of more than ten meters. 】
【Linglong and Gargamel looked up and observed carefully, and quickly confirmed this pattern, and they were equally puzzled. 】
【"Strange, it's obviously a lantern, but why it seems to be a flashlight, it can only illuminate one direction...and the direction can't be adjusted?" But no matter how he adjusts the position of the lantern, the light source always shines in the same direction, like Simon's pointer. 】
When Mu You saw this, his heart moved, and he suddenly remembered what Olmedo said before.
Goblins cannot enter the dark cave, but the Goblin King resolutely chose to enter here because only the goblins of the royal family can perceive the location of the roots of the mother tree.
The problem at the moment is probably not the jack-o-lantern, but the pollen, because what the watchman sprinkled just now was the lucky dust he brought.
This dust is dust produced by fairies. According to Tina, fairies should also be royal fairies.
From this point of view, perhaps only the dust of royal goblins can light up here.
And this light seems to show the characteristics of 'guiding', so could it be that the direction it guides is the way to the root of the mother tree?
Thinking of this, Muyou explained his guess to the three in the game.
【After listening to Ni's explanation, Gargamel suddenly realized: "It turns out that this is the case, it is very possible, then let's go in the direction of the light first! Oh, and for some reason, there is no wind element in the dark cave, so flying and falling slowly. Wind-like magic cannot be used here, remember to walk along the mountain wall, it will be bad if you fall.”]
[...You continue to set off following the guidance of the light, all the way down, and soon reach the end of the rope ladder, and come to a naturally formed cliff platform. one side of a narrow passage. 】
【Those of you who saw the light change confirmed your previous guess even more. 】
【"Sure enough, he is showing the way. That's great. Maybe we can find the root of the mother tree this time!" Gargamel said excitedly. 】
After confirming that pollen can really guide the way, Mu You originally thought about whether to use a pocket watch and jack-o-lantern to backtrack to save dust. After all, the dust of fairies is running out.
But after asking the watchman, I learned that the current dust is not burning, but simply emitting fluorescence in the lamp, which will not produce a lucky effect, but it also greatly prolongs the luminous time.
Mu You took the remaining fairy pollen from the three of them, and even the unused pollen from Fuya's side, and handed them over to the watchman. He asked him to count the lighting time, and found that all that was left could be used for lighting. More than a day and a half!
Since it can be used for such a long time, Mu You simply doesn't want to do such a complicated operation of backtracking. After all, they are in a hurry now, and what they need more is efficiency. When there is light, they can act much faster.
【You soon reached 100 meters below the surface, and the narrow space around you suddenly opened up. The staggered rocks and strange peaks were hidden in the surrounding darkness, and you felt as if you were in a boundless mountain. 】
【"How can flowers bloom in such a dull environment?" The watchman looked at a small white flower blooming on the roadside cliff in disbelief. 】
【This flower looks holy and pure, and it has an indescribable beauty under the fluorescent light. There is an immature fruit on the stem and leaf below the flower, and the beater subconsciously wants to reach out and touch it. 】
【"Don't touch it!" Gargamel hurriedly stopped. 】
【"This is an anti-life flower, an extremely dangerous thing! All life forms that directly touch the open anti-life flower will fall into illusions and cannot extricate themselves, and at the same time, all vitality will be slowly sucked away by the anti-life flower."】
【"The life force that is sucked away will turn into a fruit that turns into an anti-flowering fruit. After absorbing enough vitality, it will produce an anti-flowering fruit. It is said that eating this fruit has the magical effect of rejuvenating one's youth."]
【"So good?" Linglong was pleasantly surprised. 】
【"It just sounds beautiful." Gargamel shook his head solemnly: "This kind of flower is also called the cursed flower, because the process of rejuvenation cannot be stopped. People who eat the anti-life fruit will continue to grow backward, and soon It will degenerate back into a baby, and then degenerate back into a lump of meat in the placenta, until it is completely annihilated into dust, and it will not end, this is the meaning of 'rebirth'."]
【"Oh, what a pity..." Linglong looked regretfully at the green fruit growing on the little flower. 】
【"What about this? What is this black mass?" the watchman asked again. 】
【You follow his gaze, and you see a group of dark things growing on another rock wall, which cannot be illuminated even by the fluorescent light from the jack-o-lantern. 】
【"This is a light-devouring flower. Its characteristic is that it can swallow light and form a dark field around it, so even in a bright place, you can't see the true face of this flower at all. If its pollen is used as fuel, it will also be burned. It will devour the surrounding light, turning the originally bright place into darkness.”]
【"The light-eating flower is the most common creature in the dark cave. When it matures, the flower body will burst open, spread the pollen into the surrounding space, and continue to grow into more light-eating flowers. The fecundity is quite amazing. Some people have speculated , There are likely to be tens of billions of Light-devouring flowers growing in the dark cave, so many people suspect that the reason why the dark cave is so dark is because there are too many light-devouring flowers and the environment is filled with pollen." Gargamel explain. 】
【"So scary? Then if this flower is accidentally spread, wouldn't it soon swallow the outside world into darkness?" the watchman asked. 】
["Don't worry about this. After the Light-devouring Flower leaves the dark cave, it will die soon. It should be said that once all the creatures in the dark cave are taken out of the dark cave, they will wither in a short time until they turn into The ashes are gone," Gargamel said. 】
Mu You saw the strange effect of this plant, and wanted to pick some back, but he had no choice but to give up after hearing this.
The next four people continued on their way, and encountered various novel dark plants along the road, and Gargamel took time to explain them one by one.
The efficacy of these plants, many Mu You knew that they must have medicinal value as soon as they heard them, but they were not mentioned at all in Vivienne's Encyclopedia of Potion Plants. It can be seen that even she has never seen them, so Mu You can only I sigh with emotion that there are no wonders in the world.
Of course, in addition to various dark plants, there are also many moving creatures in the dark cave.
【"Hiss!" On the way, the little spider on Linglong's shoulder suddenly bared its teeth and hissed in one direction. 】
【You look back at the direction where the little spider bared its teeth, but you only see a piece of extreme darkness. 】
【"Be careful, it might be the 'Dark Cave Beast'!" Gargamel hurriedly reminded. 】
[As soon as Gargamel finished speaking, you heard a sound of piercing through the air, and a group of dark creatures quickly attacked and invaded your light. Even under the illumination of the jack-o-lantern, it still appeared as a A vague darkness, but you can hear its panting and the stench of its gaping beak. 】
【You released the 'Electric Arc Sword', the thundering arc sword pierced through, and with a shrill scream, directly cut the black shadow into two pieces. 】
【You killed the 'Dark Cave Beast', experience value +10...】
【You searched the place where the dark cave beast died, and found 'dark pollen'*1, 'divine powder'*1. 】
【Dark Pollen: A group of powder wrapped in pitch black will absorb the light of the surrounding small space, and will soon be turned into ashes after leaving the dark cave. 】
【Divinity powder: A group of powder that contains extremely weak divinity. If you can get together a hundred such powders, you may be able to condense into a divinity crystal. 】
"Huh?" Mu You was taken aback.
He was not surprised by the dark pollen. This should be the pollen from the explosion of the Light-devouring flower. It was absorbed into the body by the creatures here for a long time, and it will burst out after death. It is the same principle that killing monsters in the bitter forest can burst out bitter pollen.
Surprisingly, the second kind of loot is the Divinity Powder!
In other words, there is a certain divinity in this space?
It's a pity that the divinity content here is too low. He has to kill a hundred of this thing to get a crystal, and he doesn't have that much time.
After a small episode, the four of them continued on their way. Sure enough, they were attacked by a dark cave creature from time to time along the road. This thing is actually very weak, only about tenth level, and any black magic can instantly kill it, that is, relying on darkness It is only the automatic freedom in the middle that is very threatening. Given that they have the 'sensor' of the little spider, plus lighting means, this thing is not scary at all.
【"Be careful, there are no unfamiliar areas that the exploration team has not explored." Gargamel looked at the map in his hand that had come to an end, and turned his head to remind. 】
Without the guidance of the map, the road was indeed more difficult to walk, and the speed of several people slowed down significantly.
"Um?"
Mu You frowned suddenly, looked at the latest reminder in the game, hurriedly went back according to the table, and then reminded several people to stop.
【"Wait!" You yelled suddenly, trying to prevent a few people from stepping into danger, but it was still a step too late. 】
【The viscous oily substance suddenly poured down from above, and the mountain wall covered by the mucus suddenly became extremely smooth. 】
【Your feet slipped violently, completely unable to control your body balance, and you all fell into the abyss. 】
【Fortunately, you predicted the danger in advance and grabbed a vine on the edge of the cliff in time to stop the downward trend. 】
【You threw out the retractable chain claws, accurately grabbed the watchman closest to you, and brought the fallen watchman back. 】
【On the other side, the gluttonous demon spider also reacted quickly. When it fell, it spit out a spider web to wrap around a spiked rock, and at the same time threw out another spider web to wrap around Linglong below. 】
【But because of being overweight, the Gluttonous Demon Spider struggled to pull Linglong back with all her strength, and her body turned red from holding back. 】
【The little phoenix flew out of the watchman and flew to the bottom of Linglong, carrying her from below and flapping her wings desperately. With the joint efforts of the two pets, she finally brought Linglong back to the top of the cliff. 】
【"Two little cuties, thanks to you, they were saved!" Linglong hugged the two pets and kissed and sucked them. 】
【"By the way... Where is Gargamel?" the watchman asked. 】
【The air was suddenly quiet for a second, Linglong said in embarrassment: "It seems that it fell in front of me with an 'ah' sound..."】
【"Can it be revived here?"】
【"I don't know...but this is a bit like a different space. Even if I can be resurrected, I'm afraid I can only die here again and again..." Linglong guessed. 】
【"Tragedy, if Gargamel dies, wouldn't history be changed?" The watchman said in a broken voice. 】
【"Be careful, someone is coming!" You suddenly reminded. 】
【The two shut up immediately, held their breaths and concentrated, and sure enough, they heard a rustling sound approaching you quickly somewhere below. 】
【The three of you are all in a hurry, ready to attack. 】
【A few seconds later, a black shadow emerged from below and was exposed to the light. 】
[Looking down, the one who appeared on the edge of the cliff below was a white and clean boy. The boy's hands and feet were covered with a layer of dark biological fur, and he climbed steadily on the smooth cliff with one arm, without any trace The trend of falling, the other hand is holding Gargamel who has just fallen. 】
【"Huh? Number two!" The watchman saw the person coming, and suddenly cried out in surprise. 】
【Gargamel, who was in the arms of the herbal picker with his eyes closed tightly, shrank into a ball in fright, only dared to open his eyes when he heard your voices. Seeing the face of the young man who was close at hand, and then looking at his own situation, a layer of blush appeared on his face. 】
【"Sure enough, it's you." The herb picker said blankly, and then he used his arms to jump up from the cliff, and easily jumped back to the top of the cliff, putting down the girl in his arms. 】
【"Number two, you came in time! By the way, why are you here? What is this thing you tied on your hand? It's a black ball, by the way, why didn't you slide down just now..." The watchman Smiling and jumping in front of the herbal picker, he held his hand and asked non-stop, as if he had suddenly found his long-lost brother. 】
【The herb picker silently withdrew his hand. 】
【"Great, now the Mu family army is assembled again!" Linglong clapped her hands and laughed. 】
【The herbal picker frowned and turned his head, looked at Linglong, and asked in doubt, "Who are you?"】
【"My old lady Linglong, bastard!" Linglong broke the defense on the spot. 】
【"What happened?" The herb collector looked at you and asked. 】
【"In short, let's synchronize the memory first." You said. 】
Next, Mu You manipulated the character and the herb picker to synchronize their memories, and suddenly another strange picture flooded into his mind.
After digesting for a while, Mu You finally realized that the herbal picker had found a mysterious underground cave that was sealed in another location soon after he left two days ago. Out of curiosity, he went in and took a look. It turned out that it was actually connected to another exit of the dark cave.
That is to say, the herb collector has actually been groping in the dark cave for two days.
Fortunately, the herb picker grew up in the Misty Mountains and went up the mountain to collect herbs all the year round. The skill of rock climbing has become a physical instinct of the herb picker. Instead, he gave full play to his specialties here and lived like a fish in water. Tian Bian has adapted to life in the dark cave.
As for the thing on his hands and feet, it is a creature called 'Dark Cave Climber'. Let him walk like a gecko on the cliffs here, even in the slimy area in front of him, there will be no hindrance to his actions.
(end of this chapter)