Chapter Thirty-One The Sly Guy
After leaving the teleportation array, I did not rush to run around, but summoned Bailang to start tracking the smell of the ice fist. The smell of this guy had been recorded by Bailang before, so now he could not escape Bailang's smell tracking at all. Of course, when Bailang was looking for the smell, I was not idle, but trying hard to observe the nearby environment.
The forest where the teleportation array is located feels a bit strange. Although it doesn't look much different from ordinary forests, I always feel that somewhere is different, giving people a very abnormal feeling. The area near the teleportation array is quite wide, but a little farther away is dense forests. Since the nearby trees are extremely tall, the sky cannot be seen at all. When I look up, I can only see a trace of light red light except for the stretched branches.
Wait, light red light?
At that moment, I suddenly thought something was wrong. Regardless of the three guys around me, I jumped onto a big tree next to me, and then took advantage of the force to rise on the branches, then looked for the next place to jump up. After a few repetitions, the branches and leaves on the top of my head became abnormally scattered, and I could already see a part of the sky through the gaps between the branches and leaves above my head. However, what I saw was not blue sky and white clouds, but a large area of dark tones.
I exerted force again under my feet, and the last one rushed. As my body rose, the surrounding tree trunks were already spread out enough, so I spread my wings and flew up. As my body exceeded the height of the treetops, the sky above my head immediately appeared in my vision.
"It's true!" When I saw the situation above my head, I immediately understood what was going on with the abnormal feeling before. Because this is not a forest on the surface, but a forest in the underground world. The sky above our heads is not the sky, but a rolling fire cloud. The fire cloud is not bright and the temperature is not very high, but it can continuously shine and heat, thus replacing the sunlight and becoming the light source of this underground world. However, this thing cannot be compared with the sun after all. Therefore, the light emitted appears a bit dim and redder, rather than the white color of the sun.
After discovering that I was in the underground world, I began to observe the nearby situation with the help of my current height. I found that there were all Sen Li around me who could not see at a glance. I don’t know what happened in Iceland. It seems that there are many underground worlds, and one is larger than the other. According to the scale of the two I see now, it is at least dozens of times larger than the underground world I see in China. However, if you think about the geothermal resources in Iceland, you can understand. It is actually normal for this place to have so many underground worlds. After all, the crust activity here is relatively frequent, and the underground environment is relatively complex.
After seeing the surrounding situation clearly, I had to land on the ground again. After all, there were forests around me, and there was nothing good to see. However, after falling to the ground, I was surprised to find that the ground that was still peaceful just now was now in a tense state.
Bai Lang and the players of the three manager guilds were gathering together back to back to form a defense circle, and in the dense forest around them and on the ground at the edge of the forest were densely packed with monsters.
This is a very fairy-tale monster, because I remember that this kind of creature once appeared in a fairy tale. It seems that their name is the flying monkey. Of course, the creature in front of me should not be the flying monkey in the fairy-tale world. Because this thing does not look like a monkey, it looks like a baboon. However, these guys really have a pair of bat-like wings like a flying monkey, but their wings are very short and don't look like they can fly. However, if these wings are not decorations, even if they cannot fly, it should be no problem to help these guys glide.
Although the creatures in front of me look like baboons, their size is not as small as those of nature. Instead, they look like gorillas after losing weight. It can be seen that they are quite large, especially the number of these things is quite large. Almost all of these things are in the nearby dense forests. You can see countless pairs of red eyes shining with bloodthirsty light in the dense forest at a glance.
"It seems you're in a little trouble."
Hearing my voice, one of the three people immediately looked at me for help and said, "President Zi Ri quickly help, these things seem to be bad!"
"Just a group of low-level monsters, don't worry too much." As I said, I jumped off the branches next to me, then waved forward with one hand, and a circle of invisible breaths quickly spread along the ground. The baboon monsters around me immediately screamed after they came into contact with this breath, and then turned around and ran away as if they saw a natural enemy. In the blink of an eye, there was peace around and no shadow of any monsters could be seen anymore. "Look, what am I talking about. Don't worry about low-level monsters."
One of the players sighed: "To you is a low-level monster, but not to us!"
"Haha, don't worry, let's go find that damn Ice Fist first. We have put a lot of effort into this guy." As I said, I turned my gaze to Bai Lang next to me and asked, "Have you found the smell of that guy?"
Bai Lang nodded directly and started leading the way, and I immediately followed. Because we wanted to prevent the other party from moving again, we moved very fast, almost running at full speed, just to take care of the three oil bottles behind us, but the speed of the ice fist should not be faster than that of us, so this speed is enough.
After chasing from here for about a few thousand meters, a small raised mound suddenly appeared in front of him. However, after walking around the back of the mound, Bailang actually tracked the smell and drilled into a hole in the mound. Although this hole doesn't look like it's for people to use, since Bailang has already drilled in, I had to drill it. Fortunately, although this hole is a little smaller, it is not really narrow, so as long as you waist, you can barely move forward upright, and you don't need to use your limbs to crawl along the ground.
After drilling into the hole from the hole, I felt that the light inside became very dim in an instant. Fortunately, Bai Lang and I didn’t want light, but in order to prevent the three people from seeing the road, I asked Xiaochun to add a mobile lighting technique to us, and it was a long-term effect.
Follow the passage and after reaching the ground for 300 meters deep, the passage suddenly began to narrow. I could have been running forward with my waist, but now I really have to climb on the ground. However, this embarrassment did not last long. The passage became wider again after just moving forward less than five meters, and it was wider than the previous section. At my height, I could even walk in it with just a little lowered. If I pay attention to avoiding the protruding rocks above my head, I would not touch anything even if I didn't bow my head.
The slightly wider channel here changed again after only less than ten meters, but this time the channel became a huge vertical well. Our location was not at the top of the vertical well, but near the top. There was still a piece of vertical well upwards, but not many. It was not connected to the ground. Otherwise, you should be able to see the sky of the underground world, that is, the cloud of fire. However, even if we were not at the top of the vertical well, the drop below was still large and incalculable, because we could not even see how deep it was.
"Damn, how do we go down so deep?" Because there was another small piece of rock protruding out of the opening of the vertical well, we were able to climb out of the narrow passage. One of the players of the Manager Guild took a look and couldn't help complaining.
"It may not be necessary to go to the end." I pointed directly at the opposite side and said, "Maybe that is our goal."
Just opposite our location, that is, on the wall of the hole on the other side of the vertical well, there is also a small opening. The opening is very narrow, which can barely pass by one person at most. Moreover, the opening is vertical, and it looks like there are more cracks than passages. So it is easy to be ignored. However, my vision will not be affected by this distance, so I directly discovered the existence of the crack.
After looking at the crack opposite, and then looking at the bottom of the hole below, I thought about it and said to the three people around me: "Although I don't have the right to drive you away, you have also seen that the nearby terrain is becoming more and more complicated. It is too difficult for players like you to act in such places. Although I can take you there, I don't think I need combat assistance, so it seems meaningless to take you there."
As soon as I said this, one of the people on the other side immediately interrupted me and said, "You don't need to explain anything to us. We just want to come and have a look. Since the terrain does not allow it now, you can just go by yourself and don't care about ours." Because I know the strength of my Frost Rose Alliance and I, the three people here are extremely easy to talk to. They are whatever I say, and they don't even compete with me.
Since they understood the truth so well, I stopped explaining to them and flew towards the opposite hole. As for Bai Lang, he was even more awesome and ran directly along the wall. As for the guard of the secret passage, Bai Lang was best at moving in complex environments. One of the essential skills is to walk on the surface, that is, no matter what the direction is, as long as another surface, Bai Lang can run on it, even if it is hung upside down on the ceiling.
After reaching the hole opposite, I let Bailang sniff the smell inside. As a result, it turned out that this was not the route that Ice Fist took. So we started running down. As the height dropped, we found that the surrounding temperature seemed to be gradually rising, which means that we were getting closer and closer to the depth of the earth's crust. Because the part of the deep crust is close to the mantle, and the entire mantle is made of lava, the higher the temperature is.
"The temperature of the surrounding walls is getting higher and higher!" Bai Lang reminded me while running down the wall. Because I glided to the bottom of the hole by relying on the role of my wings, it is not like Bai Lang that will touch the hole wall, so my sense of temperature changes is not as clear as Bai Lang.
When I heard Bai Lang's words, I immediately flapped my wings a few times to block the falling process, then approached the wall and reached out to try the temperature. The temperature was very high, which means that the wall was probably full of lava.
"No, we must have missed something." Feeling the temperature of this wall, I knew that I must have run over. The temperature of the wall around this vertical well has exceeded the upper limit of ordinary players. I had fought with Ice Fist before, and in order to understand the properties of the Magic Lollipop, I had read his attributes carefully. His fire resistance will definitely be steamed if it cannot reach this position. So it is impossible for him to go down from here to the bottom of the channel. So, the only explanation is that he entered another channel somewhere above. In this way, the crack-like channel we found before was not the only channel here.
Since we knew that we had missed the passage, we could only search a little bit from here. Although the diameter of this vertical well is not very large, we must ensure that no gap is missed. Bai Lang and I obviously can't do it alone, so I directly summoned a large number of ghost beetles attached to the cave wall and lined up in dozens of dense circles. Then these ghost insects began to move upwards with us. Because there are too many ghost insects, they will almost be next to each other, so as long as there is a passage port on the well wall, they will definitely not miss it.
Although my method ensures that the passage entrance will not be missed, the disadvantage is that it is not fast enough. The ghost beetle is not a speed creature, and naturally it will not crawl too fast. So it takes a lot of time to search the entire well wall thoroughly. Moreover, I may be in a bad luck today. I found the entrance we had come down from the bottom and didn't find any other passages. However, although we didn't find any other passages after retrieving the passage entrance from below, the passage where Ice Fist left was finally discovered by us.
"Damn it, it's actually in such a place!"
The final passageway entrance was discovered by the ghost beetles, but when I learned the location of the passageway entrance, I was so depressed because the passageway entrance was actually above our heads.
I noticed before that the entrance we entered this vertical well was not at the top of the vertical well, but was just close to the top. The vertical well was at least ten meters high up at the position we entered. However, relative to the total length of the vertical well, this ten meters is really negligible. However, the passage where the damn ice fist escaped was within the range of more than ten meters. And its entrance was actually six meters above the entrance where we entered the vertical well.
You can imagine that if you were a policeman chasing a fugitive in a hotel, and the other party was forced into a room by you, and you rushed in and didn't find anyone, then what would you think of next moment? Normal people would think of the balcony, and then run to the balcony and look down to see if the other party jumped down. However, few people would think of the other party climbing up the balcony. This is a misunderstanding of thinking. Although it is not difficult, many people still cannot imagine it when they are used.
We made this mistake before. As soon as we came out, we thought the other party was jumping down, and we didn't notice that there was a hole on the top of our head. If I hadn't been searching the ghost beetle in a net style this time, it would have been impossible to find the hole on the top of our head. After all, the location of the hole was really disgusting. The entrance was originally small and a little inwardly. In addition, there were several protruding rocks below to block the view, so this kind of place was indeed difficult to find.
It will be easier to find the entrance of the passage. Let Bai Lang take the lead, retract the ghost beetle, and then follow Bai Lang into the passage and move forward.
The entrance to this passage is very narrow, but after entering it, it is a turn less than three meters away. After turning this bend, the passage will immediately start to widen and increase. After climbing less than two meters, you can stand up and walk forward with your waist. Then walk forward five or six meters and you can stand up completely. After continuing to move forward ten meters, the passage is almost the same as the corridor in the ordinary corridor, and you can run forward.
Because I had been wasting too much time in the vertical well before, I didn't dare to waste time here. I rode directly on Bai Lang and let him run at full speed. If the passage wasn't high enough, I even planned to ride Ye Ying. Although Bai Lang could carry me, he was not a mount-like magic pet after all, and his personal speed on his back would definitely drop, and Bai Lang's body was not very comfortable to ride. When the predators ran, the spine would continue to stretch and bend back and forth, so riding on their backs was basically the same as playing a bison competition. Without certain skills, you can't even sit at all. Of course, even if you can't fall down, it would be very uncomfortable to ride for a long time. After all, this is much more bumpy than any wheeled vehicle.
"Can you feel the distance between the other party?" I asked after riding on Bailang's back for a while.
Bai Lang replied: "No, the air here is not circulating, and the odor dissipates unstable speed, so we cannot determine the distance, but we are sure that we are gradually approaching the target because the odor is getting stronger and stronger."
"That's good."
Bai Lang ran with all his might for almost half an hour. When he suddenly took a step forward, we instantly flew out of the passage, and the surroundings suddenly became open space. Obviously we entered another underground space. I quickly retracted Bai Lang, spread my wings and glided to the ground, and then summoned Bai Lang again to find the smell. Bai Lang just smelled it and found the direction and started running wildly. I also summoned Ye Ying and rode up quickly.
The new crypt is dark, without any light source. Naturally, there are no plants. The hard ground is completely composed of solidified magma, with many pores on the surface. There are no obstacles around it except for some stalagmites and other things. This space is just right for our full burst speed. If it weren't for the white waves to track the smell, I would even plan to use the bird to catch up directly.
Although you can't use birds, Bailang is not slow to lose his burden. When he ran at full speed, he quickly reached the other side of the underground space. There was a passageway above the cave wall. Although it was more than three meters above the ground, Ye Ying and Bai Lang would not care about this height. They rushed up in one step and then continued to run wildly. The passage was as bare as outside, and wide enough to not worry about obstacles. When I saw this environment, I simply pulled Bailang away, and then squeezed Ye Ying's belly to urge him to explode with all his strength. Ye Ying instantly rushed to the extreme speed, and it blew over the passage like a gust of wind.
Although we had been delaying a lot of time in the vertical well before, our speed was still much faster than Ice Fist, so when we finished running this passage in ten minutes, we immediately discovered the target.
At the end of this passage is still an underground space. But unlike the dark space before, there is also a light source on the top of the cave. However, the color is not red, but a slightly yellow white light. It feels quite close to sunlight, but the brightness is not too high. However, although there is light in this area, there is no water, and the temperature is much higher than the previous areas. It is estimated that the ambient temperature has reached more than 40 degrees. If this temperature is in reality, it will be very hot enough.
With such high temperatures and no water, plants naturally cannot grow, but such an environment is good for me. Because there are no plants blocking my view, as soon as I entered this underground space, I saw a target a few kilometers away. The other party had reached the opposite position of this space and was almost able to enter a passage ahead. At this time, he was not walking fast, probably either saving his energy or thinking that we would not catch up.
I couldn't see the target speed before and couldn't burst out. Now I can see the target directly, so why am I afraid of him? But I didn't rush to catch up, but flew down and found a large rock protruding from the ground to hide it.
My purpose is to find the magic dessert master, not to chase Ice Fist. This Ice Fist is just a lucky crazy child, and it is meaningless to kill him or not. What I want is the magic dessert master he hid, not himself, so instead of chasing him, it is better to follow him and let him take me to the magic dessert master by himself. From the previous journey, it can be seen that the magic dessert master is hidden very hidden. If I catch him, he will definitely not cooperate. It will probably be more difficult to find it yourself, and it is still the most convenient way.
With my strength, it is too simple to track players of the level of Ice Fist. And it seems that the kid has no experience in counter-reconnaissance, just an ordinary person.
After reaching the entrance of the passage, Bingquan finally remembered and looked back. After confirming that he had not seen any pursuers, he got into the passage in front of him. I immediately stretched out his hand after entering the passage. The dart appeared in my palm and shot out directly. In the blink of an eye, it was absolutely impossible for the guy to run. After all, the dart moved at the speed of light. Can he be faster than the speed of light? It is no exaggeration to say that the dart's movement speed is actually faster than the teleportation array. After all, the teleportation array is activated. The movement speed of the dart is the speed of light, which can circle the earth several times in one second. Even if you teleport from the earth to the opposite side of the earth, it is only equivalent to going around the earth half a circle. The entire teleportation process may take more than ten seconds. With this time, the dart has been running back and forth dozens of times. Of course, in fact, the dart cannot do that kind of thing.
It's not that his speed is fake, but that it's a problem of endurance and sight. Although the dart can move at the speed of light, its endurance value is slightly higher than that of ordinary creatures, so at most it will reach the bottom after running seven or eight hundred kilometers at a time. So even with that speed, he can't maintain this speed all the time. Another problem is light. Because darts move at the speed of light, the light cannot reach his eyes during the movement. That is to say, as soon as the darts run, they will not be able to see anything. Therefore, he usually confirms the next target point in a short distance, then runs directly, and then stops to confirm the next position and runs again. In this way, there will be intervals in the middle, so in fact, the average speed of the darts cannot really reach the speed of light. Of course, even if the average speed does not reach the speed of light, it is not something that ordinary people can do. After all, they can really move at the speed of light.
I was even more leisurely when I let the darts go out and followed them on Yeying in a stroll. As long as we ensured that we would not be thrown too far, we would not have to chase them hard at all.
After following me for more than two hours, Ice Fist passed through a series of complex terrain. To be honest, even I was almost broken down after all. I didn't expect that he would hide the magic dessert so deeply. I guess they must have had other ways to trade magic desserts before, instead of being taken by Ice Fist personally, otherwise this time would not match the number. It took at least half a day to walk along the way, and I don't know how far it was before. If he had to come over to get magic desserts made by Magic Dessert every time and then go back, he would run on both sides without doing anything every day. However, in fact, Ice Fist has a lot of time, so he could not have been delayed too much time on this road. Then, the only reasonable explanation is that magic desserts were not obtained by Ice Fist, but also another transportation channel. It was just that Ice Fist personally went to find the magic desserts, so it took so long.
Two hours and ten minutes later, Ice Fist finally entered a place where I didn't know whether it should be called an underground passage or an underground space. This place looks like an enlarged mountain tunnel. If it is filled with water, the width will be enough for an aircraft carrier battle group to keep the battle formation running. However, although it is so wide, the passage is longer, and the front extends to a position where my sight cannot be seen. Moreover, this is not because the passage is bent and blocked by obstacles, but because the passage is really too long and the front is already beyond my visual distance. You must know that I have star pupil assistance, and my vision is better than a telescope, so I can't even see the head, which shows how long this space is.
After Ice Fist entered this passage, it obviously slowed down and seemed very careful. It was obvious that there was something dangerous here, otherwise he would not have been so cautious. But I didn't have time to care about his performance now, because I suddenly thought of something.
"Ammenis, use illusions to virtually show me the road map we had walked before." With my order, a three-dimensional map immediately appeared in front of me. I looked at the map and frowned and thought for a while and immediately said: "Shrink the road map and cover the Nordic map."
"Master, I don't have a complete map, and the middle part..."
"Only show the parts you know, especially the map near the entrance to this side of Iceland and the coordinates of the area we just passed by."
"OK."
The map changed again, and soon a broken road map and a three-dimensional map of the surrounding areas appeared in front of me. At this time, I was so shocked that I didn't know what to say. "Damn it, no wonder I couldn't find the location of the magic dessert master before! This Ice Fist... I really underestimated him before!" Looking at the map in front of me, although it was incomplete, it can be seen from the splicing results of the marked coordinates and the surrounding coordinate map that the long passage space we are seeing now is probably a cross-sea tunnel. One end of it connects the underground world on Iceland, and the other end directly points to the European continent, but it is not sure where the exit there is. In other words, the magic dessert master we are looking for is actually not in Iceland at all.
Chapter completed!