Chapter 2 Under the Volcano
Although the place we met before was near the volcano, it was actually quite far away from the volcano. As we approached, the temperature in the nearby area was getting higher and higher, and a large number of surface lava flows began to appear on the ground nearby. These orange-red lava flows flowed like small rivers along the slope of the ground toward the low-lying area at the foot of the mountain. When the lava flows upstream, there are lava waterfalls that are gradually thickening and enlarged. Except for a few small areas on the top of the entire mountain, you can see black rocks exposed, and the rest are all covered by lava waterfalls.
Wiki pointed to the exposed rocks on the mountain and said to me: "As long as you get there, you can see the entrance to the tunnel."
"I must be able to get over my tricks, but are you okay?" I looked at Wiki and asked.
Although this place is still a distance from the top of the mountain, the surrounding temperature has exceeded 60 degrees. If a normal person does not wear any protection, such places can no longer stay. In the game, the players' resistance can resist some high temperatures, and the players' equipment will not have any fire resistance attributes. Therefore, players are much better at resistant to high temperatures than in reality, but this ability is limited. At least for most players, magma is still something that cannot be touched. If it gets touched, it will be a large burn. Not to mention it if it falls in, even if it is pulled out immediately. Even if the lava area is large enough, or if it is closed, ordinary players will start to lose blood as soon as they enter this place, and the closer they are to the lava, the faster the blood is.
The area we are in is open and there is not much lava, but even so, the people around us have already had obvious overheating reactions. The people in the team all looked abnormally red and were breathing very quickly, and everyone was covered with a layer of shiny sweat beads on their heads.
"How did you get close to that last time?" Looking at the appearance of these seven people, I doubted how they had passed by before. Perhaps knowing what I was doubting, Wiki directly took out a red pill as big as a sugar ball in front of the lollipop and handed it to me. I took one and looked in front of me curiously, and then turned to look at Wiki with his eyes to ask him what it was.
Wiki responded very well: "This is flame sugar."
"Flame sugar? Is there any such candy?"
Wiki nodded and said, "This is a candy made by a very special player here. Just eat one can have the corresponding effect. This one in my hand is specially designed to resist fire. As long as you keep the candy in your mouth, you can have a certain amount of fire resistance before it completely melts. We relied on this thing to pass through the lava tunnel last time. However, this thing is quite expensive, and each of us only has six. Considering that we may still use it when we come back, we must leave three for preparation, so we can only eat three on the way."
"Is it because the three pieces are not enough to pass the entire tunnel?"
Wiki admitted: "In fact, three are just enough, but the passage has changed a little after we passed last time, and it may take some trouble to pass through now. Therefore, we have to leave some extra time to deal with emergencies, so we endured that we haven't eaten until now, and planned to use it when we can't eat it anymore."
"Is there really such candy?" I was curious when I heard that there were candy with attributes. After thinking about it, it would not take long, so I simply said to Wiki: "Add to discuss something with you."
"What?"
"Let's go back and wait for us to come back from there, can you take me to meet the player who makes attribute candy?"
When Wiki heard my words, he immediately said, "We planned to level up in the past. If we could really arrive safely, we wouldn't come back within a month. As for the dessert master you mentioned, I don't think we need to lead the way, right? Just go to Reykjavik to find someone to ask about the magic dessert master, and the other party will definitely know."
"Is it so famous?"
"Can you not be famous for the candy that can be used as a medicine? Although it is expensive, its attributes are better than those in pharmacies. And the most important thing is that this candy has a long time-consuming and is much more useful than the kind of medicine that only cares for a short time. Of course, the taste is indeed good and it is true."
I thought about it and snapped my fingers and summoned Xiaofeng out, and then said, "Make another deal with you. Anyway, everyone will consume three flame candies along the way. And my magic pet can add fire protection to you, so that your candies will be saved. As long as each of you gives me two, I will ask her to help you with protection, so that each of you can save one more when you come back, okay?"
When they heard that there was fire protection, they agreed without thinking. After all, the price of buying only six candies at a time must be quite exaggerated, otherwise they would not only buy this little, so it would be a profit to be able to give birth to one. Therefore, these people agreed to my opinion without hesitation. Of course, there are two benefits to trading with me. That is safety and comfort.
Because they were worried that flame sugar would not be enough, they didn't dare to eat it until now, but the temperature around them was actually quite hot. It was not yet at the point where they could cause their health to drop. However, it was like not blowing air conditioners in summer would not necessarily kill people, but everyone still likes air conditioners. No one is willing to endure high temperature roasting here for no reason, so it is obviously more cost-effective to get fire resistance early. As for safety issues, it is naturally because we have to resist fire protection time longer than medicines. After all, my magic pet can replenish them at any time on the way, so the time limit does not exist. In this way, even if it is delayed due to something halfway, there is no need to worry about being roasted to death beyond the time limit of the candy.
After Wiki and the others agreed to my request, each of them immediately gave me two candies, while Xiaofeng immediately added a fire resistance barrier to all of them. He felt a sense of coolness all over his body, just like running from the road under the scorching sun in the summer to the store with air-conditioned on the side of the road. He felt a sense of comfort from his bones.
When Wiki and the others felt the cool pleasure, I threw a candy into my mouth. The very expensive flame sugar for them may not be very expensive for me, so I threw one into my mouth without any savings.
Although I don’t care about this little money, I’m not rushing to eat this flame sugar to get cravings. Although I’m quite interested in food, I’m not so greedy. The reason I’m rushing to try is mainly because I want to know the specific effect of this thing, and taste is second. As a brand new category of professions, if this profession that can make attribute candy can become the power of our guild, I believe it will have a great significance to our guild. Of course, the premise is that this thing is really effective.
The first thing that comes out of candy when you enter your mouth is not the attribute, but the taste. A sweet watermelon smell suddenly spreads in your mouth. The cool and comfortable feeling is really intoxicating. In fact, the effect of my taste like this is far less comfortable than that of ordinary players. It is mainly because my fire resistance is too scary. Even if I stand in such a place full of magma, I don’t feel any heat at all. Because I am not hot, eating this candy that looks like iced watermelon is not so exaggerated. If it is an ordinary player, it is so uncomfortable that he is roasted by high temperatures. At this time, he suddenly eats this kind of candy, and the surrounding temperature drops to normal temperatures instantly. At the same time, the cold and sweet feeling of iced watermelon in his mouth spreads. The huge contrast stimulation can definitely capture a large group of taste animals.
I have to say that just this taste, this thing is already a pretty good food. As for the attributes... I just felt that taste. The attributes have already taken effect, but because my fire resistance is too high, I can't feel that property change at all. I can only see from the number changes in the attribute list that this thing has indeed increased my fire resistance.
"How is it? It tastes good, right?" Wiki asked when he saw me eating a candy.
I nodded and said, "It's really good. It seems that it's very necessary to meet this great dessert master. But before that, let's get things done here first."
"Oh, of course. Then let's go up the mountain first."
Like most mountains, the volcano is flat at the bottom and the steeper the top. At first we were walking up the mountain, but later we almost used rock climbing with hands and feet. Fortunately, the walls of this volcano are not very flat and there are many protrusions on it, so it is not as exaggerated as the cliffs climbed by those rock climbers seen on TV. The rock walls in this place look like a bunch of messy steps piled up together. Although the steps are steep and there is no pattern in the mess, it is always possible to hold people. As long as you pay a little attention, it will not be a big problem.
In fact, if it weren't for the existence of the latter ones, I could have flew up by myself. After all, I'm not afraid of magma, so even if it's sprayed, it's okay. However, the protective barrier on their bodies could only be isolated from the high temperature. If it's directly touched by lava, it would still be injured. So for their safety, we can only climb up on foot.
In fact, as long as you are not afraid of high temperatures, the top of the crater is not as dangerous as you imagined. When you are at the foot of the mountain, you should not only pay attention to the lava flow on the ground, but also pay attention to the lava balls falling from the sky from time to time. These lava balls are small lava balls peeled from the main jet from the crater. Although they are small balls, they are relatively to the main lava column. In fact, these lava balls are larger than one meter in diameter, and small ones are as big as basketballs. They will be cooled by air in the air, and then form a hard rock crust. As the inertia is exhausted, these lava balls that condense the rock crust will fall from a high altitude. When they hit the ground, they will instantly shatter like eggs falling from the building. Then the magma that has not yet cooled inside will splash in all directions, just like bombs.
Because of these falling lava bombs, our journey at the foot of the mountain was actually not safe at all. If it weren't for the magic missiles that aimed at us in the air in advance, someone would probably have been hit by the way up the mountain. However, when we reached the top of the mountain, this problem would be gone. Because the height of the lava ejection is quite exaggerated, the lava cluster that flew out would not be too close to the jet port after landing. So the closer it gets, the less you will be hit by the lava bomb. You just need to be careful of the high temperature emitted from the lava column.
In reality, you will never have the chance to stand next to the crater that is erupting and experience the power of a volcano eruption with your own hands. In the game, as long as the attributes are high enough, this is not a problem. Although I often encountered volcanoes or lava crypts in the past, to be honest, this is the first time I have seen a volcano that is erupting.
I didn't think anything was there before. As we approached the crater, the terrifying power of heaven and earth became more and more terrifying. At this time, I stood at the crater, and the feeling of the sky collapse and the earth was broken, even I could not control my heartbeat. Less than five meters ahead of me was the rising lava column. The super high pressure made the lava shoot directly into the sky like a water column fired by a high-pressure water cannon. Of course, the high-pressure water cannon could not have a caliber of 38 meters, but this crater is so big.
Because the lava is very fast, it looks like a high-speed train is speeding past you from the front of you. The difference is that the lava column is moving from bottom to top, and it is bright orange-red and has a deafening roar. No, this can no longer be simply called a roar. Because the ground and my body internal organs are trembling together by this terrifying shock, the vibration amplitude on the ground is at least magnitude 13 or above, and it is impossible to shake so much on a trampoline.
At this time, Wiki and I could no longer talk to each other. The sound was too loud, and even if we were pressed against each other's ears, we could not hear it. In fact, in order to protect our ears, they plugged their ears with special protection plugs at the mountainside according to Wiki's orders. I closed the helmet of the Dragon Soul suit and opened the sound barrier. Although my helmet is not a dedicated sound wave, I have to say that the Dragon Soul suit is too advanced, so even if it is not a dedicated one, it is many times better than those ear plugs. After activating the sound wave shield, my ears finally cleared. Although I could still hear a loud rumbling sound, at least it would not make my ears hurt.
Because we cannot communicate with sound, we are now expressing our meaning with gestures. When it really doesn't work, I will use Phantom to help everyone connect to the spiritual network. However, this is more troublesome, and because the fire element in the crater is too active, the use of spiritual magic has been greatly affected. Not only does the magic consumption rise sharply, the communication quality is not as good as the walkie-talkie, and the noise is so loud.
"Is that?" After standing at the crater and feeling the power of the volcanic eruption, I held Wiki's hand and pulled him up, and at the same time connected his spirit through the phantom to communicate.
After hearing my words, Wiki looked in the direction of my fingers, then nodded and said, "It's there."
In fact, the location I meant is not far from us, at most seven or eight meters away in a straight line. However, we cannot pass through the magma and can only go around the edge. Moving in such a place is not a simple matter. On our left is the crater. Although the erupted lava is more than five meters away from the outer wall of the crater, it is not a vacuum area between the lava and the mountain wall, but is filled with high-speed erupting airflow. Although I have not tested the speed of the airflow, I have no doubt that if I jump in, I will be blown away immediately, because I accidentally kicked a stone in, and then the stone went into the sky like a shell. On our right is outside the mountain. Although there is no high-speed airflow, it is not very safe. After all, it is quite steep. If you accidentally fall down, even if you don't die, you will definitely burn it in the lava.
Fortunately, I have the Dragon String. Wiki and they also know that it is best to bring a rope to climb a mountain, but what rope do you think can be used at a high temperature of nearly a thousand degrees? Before, they all rely on fire resistance to candy to last the high temperature, but the rope cannot eat candy, so they simply don't bring it when they know it's useless. But there is no problem when I come. The Dragon String is my equipment, and it is not afraid of fire, at least the temperature of the lava will not affect it. With the Dragon String, I can string everyone into a string, so that even if one or two people make mistakes, others can hold them.
After carefully moving to the hole I saw before, I had to connect to Wiki again. "How did you go down there?"
The edge of the crater we are standing at is more than three meters away from the hole below. This height is not a big problem even in reality. But the problem is that the hole is inside the crater. Although it is still three or four meters away from the erupted lava, what should we do about the airflow around us? We will never fall down when we jump in, but will be blown into the sky immediately.
Although Wiki's answer surprised me, I have to say that their solution is the most reliable solution under their conditions.
The method of entry by Wiki and others is to wait. According to them, the activity of this volcano is very regular, erupting once every four days, and the eruption time is accurate to an hour, with no more than one hour. Each eruption lasts about three hours and thirty-seven minutes, and the error is no more than ten minutes. Because the eruption time is very accurate, the eruption time can be calculated manually. Whenever the eruption ends, the last trace of lava is shot into the sky, and the crater will end the eruption within five seconds. At this time, all the airflow and lava will disappear, and the lava shot from the sky will fall down after about seventeen seconds, with about twelve seconds in between, and the reaction speed of ordinary people is about one second, so there will be about ten seconds to jump off the height of three meters and then drill into the cave. Usually this series of actions can be completed in just five to six seconds, so time is not a problem at all, as long as you don't make mistakes. It is still a safer way to enter.
"How long will it take for this eruption?" I asked after hearing the solution.
Wiki looked at the time and said, "About forty minutes to fifty minutes."
After thinking about it, I still felt that it was a waste of time to wait here, so with my snap of my fingers, Everrit appeared directly beside me. I notified Wiki and they should not resist, and then I let Everrit turn into armor and attach to Wiki, and then rely on Everrit's limbs that turned into a mace and crawled into the cave along the rock wall like a gecko.
In contrast, Everett can adjust itself. Therefore, the streamlined shell is conducive to reducing wind resistance. At the same time, the limbs with barbs he transformed can be inserted into the rocks, and with the help of his powerful force to fight the upward force of the airflow, so that he can forcefully drill into the cave in the erupted high-pressure steam. Of course, the premise of all this is that Everett is not afraid of high temperatures. After all, the erupted high-speed airflow is all water vapor from lava. The temperature of that thing can definitely steam people instantly, except Everett.
There are really few people who can withstand this temperature. Of course, the dragon and the phoenix are definitely not afraid of this high temperature. For Lucky and Plague, this temperature is just a sauna. However, considering their size, I gave up the idea of letting Lucky and helping. With Lucky volume, if he forced himself into the jet area, even if he is very powerful and can catch the rock, with such a large lift, he will probably eventually break the rock he caught and take it to the sky. In comparison, IFRite is much more reliable.
After Wiki was sent into the passage, Everett automatically disintegrated and climbed out again, and then took people down one by one. As for me, I didn't have to worry about it. I covered my fingers and toes to form a grab hook. Then I used my wings to form a fairing behind my back to reduce wind resistance. Relying on my high kang, I climbed in directly.
Although it was quite troublesome to make it over and over again. However, the speed was not slow. It took him more than two minutes to come in. After everyone entered the cave, they took the lead and walked down. I was walking behind Wiki. This would not affect his leadership, and he could also exchange positions with him as soon as possible when he encountered danger.
There is a magic barrier at the entrance of this cave, which means that the passage is not formed naturally, at least it has been processed by man. The downward passage after entering the entrance also has obvious artificial traces, because the descending spiral ladder is too regular, and there is a reinforced magic array on the wall of the cave, which seems to be accumulating the surrounding fire elements as power, and in turn strengthening the hardness of the wall to prevent the cave from being destroyed by volcanic lava.
Following the spiral stairs, we went down at least a few kilometers underground, and then the passage changed from a vertical state to a transverse passage. However, the transverse passage here is obviously natural, because it is simply a lava tube, and there are obvious traces of lava condensation on the ground and the surrounding walls. In addition, we have also found many volcanic stones in the passage. This kind of volcanic stone has a similar structure to cat's eye, but it is not a thing, it is neither expensive nor useful. Except for the smooth surface, it is somewhat translucent and beautiful, and there is basically nothing special.
"Is this the tunnel that runs through the seabed?" I asked after we all entered the horizontal passage. There was no roar here. Although there was a considerable lava river flowing in the middle of the passage, we were in the upper half of the passage, and there was a protruding platform along the wall, like a spiral ladder. Although it was relatively narrow, it was fine to walk normally. The temperature was still very high, and it was basically safe.
After I asked, Wiki pointed in a direction and said, "You can reach the bottom of the sea by walking in that direction. I don't know where the other reverse direction leads. We are about ten kilometers from here and there is a safe area, except for the high temperature. The part in the problem is in the front places, and you will naturally understand when you arrive."
"That means we can run forward more than ten kilometers with confidence and boldness now, right?"
Wiki nodded and said, "Yes, but we'd better get faster, otherwise it'll take a lot of time on the road."
"Don't worry about this. Since there is no danger, the speed is sure to be guaranteed. But is this passage always so wide?" My idea was to summon lucky to take us directly from the lava river. Anyway, the dragon can take a bath in the lava, so letting them go down the magma is the same as when we enter the hot pool of the bathhouse, without any threat. Moreover, because the direction we are going is exactly the direction of the lava flow, if we swim through the lava, it is equivalent to going down the flow, and the speed is definitely much faster than walking. Of course, the speed is the fastest summoning birds, but unfortunately the birds are not resistant to heat, and there are too many people.
When I heard my question, Wiki shook his head and said, "No, the thinnest part of our passage will gradually become wider in the front, and in the end it will become three or four times the size of this place."
"As long as it doesn't become narrow, it's enough." After I said that, I turned around and jumped out without moving. Maybe it was too long since I took a shower. Lucky seemed very excited. He rushed out of the void and smashed into the lava with a loud bang. I was so scared that I quickly supported the protective cover to block the splashing lava. Although I was not afraid of lava, the people behind me were more delicate, and I didn't want such meaningless accidental injuries.
Lucky, who had been drilled into the lava, turned over and soaked his whole body in the lava for a while, then lifted his head and said, "It's still better to smell this sulfur, and it feels like home."
"If my family smells like this, I would rather move." I said, "Okay, you're almost done with washing. Come and help us send us a piece. Don't roll around anymore."
"I understand, I'm here."
Lucky finally floated up obediently, then spread his wings and placed the edge on the rock platform where we stood. We slid directly along his wings to his back, and then Lucky retracted his wings and began to swim forward.
Although I often ride Lucky around, this is the first time Wiki and the others ride a dragon, and they are obviously overly excited, especially the youngest three in the team, who can't sit still. They run to the side of the lucky tail and observe Lucky's swinging big tail, and then run to his neck and try to climb onto Lucky's head. Unfortunately, Lucky just threw his neck and almost fell into the magma.
Seeing those three guys so excited, I had to persuade him: "Don't climb up his head. The Dragon Clan is very proud. Even if you take people to fly, they will grab them with their claws. Few people are put on their backs. Today, it was because of the special situation that you were asked to come up. The pride of the Dragon Clan on your head, and no one else can touch me except me."
The three guys there finally became quiet when they heard me say this. During the trip, I started asking about the situation in Duludu City. Wiki also said everything. Just when I felt that I had already learned about it, Lucky suddenly told us that the flow rate of the lava was accelerating, and Wiki immediately told me that we were approaching the problem area.
Follow Wiki's advice, I put away my luck and started walking ashore again. After a while, I arrived at the so-called problem area. When that area entered my sight, I was shocked by the scene in front of me. I have to say that I didn't expect this to happen before. No wonder Wiki didn't talk about what was going on here before. It turned out that he couldn't find words to describe the scene in front of me.
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