Chapter 45: Wind Cave

The guild that led us was also a pure female guild, just like the Sakura Club, Women's League and Goddess League. Feminist ideas are quite popular these days, so many such pure female guilds. The other party's guild name is Saint Club. It is said that it seems that it was influenced by Joan of Arc, so it was named this name. Their president's name is Joan of Arc, and it is said that this is her real name outside the game.

It is much more convenient to have locals leading the way than to find it yourself. You can reach the nearest city without any obstacles and then teleport to Paris. Paris outside the game is a world-famous metropolis, and Paris in the game is not inferior to Paris in reality at all. Except for the cities in our guilds that are generally exaggerated, this Paris is one of the only magnificent cities.

Paris is said to be magnificent because it is big enough, and the other is because the buildings in it are relatively beautiful. However, Paris is also a relatively special city because it has no walls at all. Paris is an unguarded city with no walls outside and no defense facilities inside. The entire city is completely a commercial distribution center, and there is no fortification style like most cities in the game.

We learned from Joan of Arc that although Paris was originally a system city, it was actually occupied by players a long time ago, so the player guild has always been running this city. The guild that occupied this city is relatively powerful, so they said that no one dared to attack their city in France, so Paris does not need a wall at all. Since this guild likes to make money, it later simply positioned the development direction of the city as a commercial city, and could get promotion points from the system reward. After the city was upgraded to a commercial city, the system tax rate would be reduced, and the surrounding NPCs would spontaneously build roads, so the development of this city was much faster than that of ordinary cities.

After Joan of Arc took us to Paris, he did not leave immediately. She arranged for her subordinates to disband and took us to find the Arc de Triomphe in person. To be honest, I didn't feel at all when I saw this famous historical building. I would definitely be very excited if I saw it two years ago. I felt that this thing was majestic, but now I don't feel at all. Aisinger is a standard European-style complex, and one is bigger than the other. Compared with them, the Arc de Triomphe is like a tree in the forest and cannot arouse our interest at all. However, although the Arc de Triomphe did not make us feel anything, the Palace of Triomphe definitely made us stupid.

"Is this the entrance?" I asked Joan of Arc when I pointed to the thing that looked like an elevator.

Joan of Arc nodded with certainty: "You can do it, then shake the handle inside and send yourself to the underground palace below. But you'd better pay attention, it's better to be more windy underneath. Be careful when going out."

"It's strong wind? Where can I get the wind under the ground?"

"I don't know this, anyway, the wind in the underground palace is so strong that you can't imagine."

"Is it so exaggerated?" Ying asked in disbelief: "Can it be even bigger than the typhoon on the sea?"

Joan of Arc replied solemnly: "The wind at the entrance is not very strong. But the more you go, the stronger it will be. If you can't fix yourself..."

"Ah...!" As Joan of Arc was speaking, he saw a person suddenly flying out of the big hole in the square in front of the Arc de Triomphe. The person flew directly to the sky and did not start to fall until we could barely see it.

Joan of Arc pointed at that person. "If you can't fix yourself, you will be like this."

Hongyue asked, "That cave is not the one from the underground palace, right? Why can't we go down there?"

"Come here." Joan of Arc brought us to the vicinity of the big hole. At first we came from the other side of the square. The Arc de Triomphe was in the center of the square, and the other side we came was in the opposite direction to the hole. Now, when we walked over, we found that something was wrong. We could already hear the whistle of the high-speed airflow of the plane engine at a few dozen meters away. In the big hole in front, it seemed that a large amount of airflow was spraying outward at high speed. It was obvious that all kinds of gadgets flew out from time to time. It was certain that the airflow speed at the entrance of the hole was very amazing, otherwise the unlucky guy would not have flew there just now.

The sky went up. Joan of Arc pointed to the entrance of the cave and explained: "This place is connected to the passage. It can be said that it is the main outlet of the passage, but you have also seen that it is impossible to enter the airflow intensity. The conveying ladder over there is a equipment that was completed when the system city exists. It can be used to go down into the passage smoothly. The position of the conveying ladder is not the passage, it is a small room dug out on the side of the passage, and going out is the passage, but you don't have to worry too much. There are fixtures made by players in the passage, and with these things, everyone gradually goes deeper into the depth of the passage."

"There are so many people hiking in such a dangerous place?" Jin Qin asked.

Joan of Arc smiled and said, "The reason is very simple. The combat power of the monsters in the passage is the same from the beginning to the end, but the deeper the monster's experience value, the higher the experience value. Can you imagine that monsters with an experience value equal to level 800 are only equivalent to the combat power of a level 400 monster? It can be said that the depth of the passage is the prime location of level grading, and the deeper the better. At the same time, there will be a treasure at every distance between the passage, and this is also the treasure at the deeper the better. The highest record at present is that the owners of this city's guild got the ground. After they went down from this artificial transport ladder, they advanced a little more than five kilometers, and they got a knight spear. The attributes are so good that they are close to the artifact."

Hongyue nodded: "It's easy to understand if you say this. Can you die for money?"

"I..." I was about to speak and suddenly a small space teleportation area appeared in front of me. After a blue light flashed, a scroll fell into my hand.

"New Mission Scroll?" Hongyue asked in surprise.

"It seems to be." I opened the reel and looked at it. "Okay, this is the last reel."

"What is it said?"

"Our desire is at the end of the passage, and we can get what we need by reaching the room at the end of the passage."

"You are going to the end of the passage?" Joan of Arc also heard my words, and she looked at me in surprise and asked.

"Yes! What's wrong?" I looked at Joan of Arc.

"Can you bring me with you?" Joan of Arc's voice was obviously excited. Seeing that we didn't answer immediately, she immediately added: "I won't snatch things with you, just take me there. When you leave, I will stay there to level up. When you are on the ground, I will definitely not snatch treasures and monsters with you. And I can also explain some things you don't understand here."

"That's not what we mean." I explained: "Our goal is just the final item. It's natural that it's okay to bring you with you. But we don't know if we can reach the goal. If we can't get there halfway, don't blame us."

“How big is this space?”

"I haven't calculated it. The specific capacity will vary according to the strength of the phoenix dragon, but at least it should have the size of a standard container. Mine is just the queen. Her specialized space is about the same size as a medium-sized dock."

"So amazing." Joan of Arc reached out to touch my phoenix dragon. But my phoenix dragon disappeared in a flash.

"Sorry, the little guy is more afraid of having sex."

"I'm so envious. Such a cute and powerful little guy." Joan of Arc was just two eyes.

"We've finished explaining. What's your pot for?"

"This is not the blame, it's a backpack," explained Joan of Arc. "You don't care if you have this rare guardian beast, but most players still have to carry items on their own. This Triumph Palace is a leveling treasure land, but it's very difficult to get in, so everyone wants to go in and try not to come out. It's best to practice for a while. To level up for a long time, you have to bring enough medicines and various tools, and the things that explode during leveling take up space, and all these things must be carried on your body. If you go outside, there's nothing. But the wind below is even stronger than a typhoon. If you carry a big bag, you can't stand it at all. So our guild invented this backpack. First of all, it's streamlined. Although it looks like a turtle shell, it has little wind resistance and will not attract wind on your back. Another thing is that this thing is made of pressurized iron, which is very heavy. It can press us on the ground to avoid being blown away."

"It makes sense to hear what you said, but you should also find someone to design the appearance slightly! How does this look like a turtle shell?"

"No matter whether it looks good or not, it's easy to use." Joan of Arc was very pragmatic.

I smiled and asked, "Do we want us to help you with the pretense first? You can carry such a thing and it's not considered a burden to us if we have the space for phoenix dragons."

"I'd better carry it myself, otherwise it would be easy to blow away if it wasn't enough. You haven't gone down. I really don't understand how terrible that kind of wind is."

"Okay." I looked at Jin Coin and Hong Yue and said, "Do you two change the equipment first?"

"What are you doing?" the two asked together.

"Joan of Arc repeatedly emphasized that the wind is very strong. Although I don't believe in how destructive the airflow can be, you two shouldn't want to learn from Mary and Monroe to play with the hem of the skirt when you wear a skirt?"

Hongyue's face turned red to her neck, and the gold coins were not reacting. However, both of them quickly took out their order suits and put them outside the original equipment. In the game "Zero", you can wear double-layer equipment. In some games, players can use two-handed weapons with the other hand and cannot use weapons, but they can all be used here, but this is not a bug. If you wear two-layer equipment, even if you have three-layer equipment, you can only add the innermost layer in terms of attributes. The outside not only does not count defense, attributes, but also takes up additional loads. Whoever is happy to have a few layers of system in the head, is happy to have several layers of system. The same is true for weapons, double

Wear weapons and attack power is calculated as expected. Even if you hold three weapons in one hand, you don’t care about you. Anyway, if you take a weapon that is more than the weight, you will become super slow in your movements. The targets that can be cut are probably things that cannot move or creatures like turtles and snails. Hongyue and others can cover a layer of order armor on the outside and can press the skirt inside, and the weight of the order suit just presses them down, so that it will not be bad if it really blows away in a while. Eagle and I are wearing heavy armor, which should be enough. The two things on the real red arm weigh ten tons together. If she could still fly, we would have been blown away long ago.

After we were ready, we all got into one of the elevators. There were many such things under the Arc de Triomphe. Each one had the size of a small minibus. The inside of the transportation elevator was similar to the elevator, except that there was a shaking handle on the wall. You had to shake it yourself to lower it. When there was no one in the elevator, you could use the shaking handle on the ground or the passage below to raise or lower the elevator, but the premise was that there must be no one in the elevator, otherwise the elevator would only operate according to the control of the personnel in the elevator.

There were only two men here, I and Ying. We were supposed to be showing off, but Zhenhong was next to us, so we had to retreat to the second line. The heavier turntable was swung by Zhenhong like a gyroscope, and the transport ladder fell down like a free fall. We didn't know how deep it was, but there was a dial in the transport ladder showing whether it was almost the end. When Zhenhong watched the thing enter the last point, he stopped touching the wheel, but the thing still sent us under inertia.

After coming out of the transport ladder, it is not a passage but a small room as big as a transportation ladder. There is a gate on the ground wall opposite the room that can slide left and right, and a rotor on the side wall can be used to control the opening of this gate. Joan of Arc told us that this is an air lock, and there is not a passage behind the door but an isolation room. We must pass it and then close this door and open another door before we can officially enter the channel. The two air locks are set to prevent the ground wind from pouring into the transport ladder shaft in the passage, otherwise the transport ladder will definitely be knocked out of the ladder like a shell with the airflow intensity.

After shaking the airlock, we found that the gate was as thick as one meter and was all metal. After entering the next room, there was a shaking handle on the other side, and we used it to close the airlock again. In order to prevent anyone from being irresponsible, the airlock was designed so that it would not be opened if it was not closed tightly, so everyone had to do it step by step.

After closing this air lock, we are about to open the air lock opposite. After this air lock, it will be the real underground passage. Joan of Arc told us to open the team channel first, and after going out, it is inaudible to speak directly, and we must use team communication. Although the private chat, team chat and guild communication systems have been weakened now, communication can still be done within a range of 100 meters.

After confirming that everyone had opened it, Joan of Arc took out a bunch of things and said, "Come on. I have prepared the tools for you, everyone should take them."

"What are these?" I asked as I looked at the messy stuff.

"This is a safety facility." Joan of Arc said: "I'll demonstrate to you." First she took out something like a leather belt, but this thing is very wide, not as narrow as an ordinary belt, and it is almost half a foot wide, surrounding the entire abdomen. "Come on, put it on."

We took one of them as she looked. This thing was really hard, and it seemed to be heavy. After putting it on, we found that there was a strong cable as thick as a thumb on both sides of the waist. There was also a hook with a convenient lock on the head of the rope. In addition to this thing, there was an iron ring on the front and back of the belt, which seemed to be hanging, and there were also a bunch of other tools in front of the belt.

After the eagle finished wearing it, he said, "I don't feel like a knight now."

"Haha, it's almost done." Hongyue said with a smile: "These things are too heavy, right?"

Joan of Arc explained: "Don't worry, these things are useful. First of all, this belt is used to fix our body. This is very important, otherwise it will be very dangerous in the wind. The two hooks on both sides of the belt are hooks. After you go out, you will find that there are many steel columns inserted on the ground in the passage, and these steel columns have iron rings. When you move, follow the steel columns. Use the two hooks on the left and right to hook the ground rings on the columns alternately, so that if you are blown up, at least one hook can hold you. In addition, there is a ring in front and behind your belt, which is used to string ropes."

Joan of Arc said and took out a rope. "We will use this rope to string us together later. If someone flies up, others can pull him back. Come on, let's string the rope first. This rope is very long. It's enough for you to move back and forth when you fight monsters, but be careful not to let the monster cut the rope off."

"Okay, I know." I nodded and took out two ice axes from my belt. "What is this ice axes for?"

"That's the ice axe. There are only steel pillars in the front 4,800 meters that have been explored in the passage, and you have to climb it yourself when you reach the back. This thing can facilitate your body to be fixed."

"I can't use this." As I said, I heard a squeak, and the blades and various rivets on both sides of my hands bounced out. "My armor comes with a full set of equipment, and I don't need anything."

“Be prepared for any trouble.”

"Oh well!"

Joan of Arc saw that he had almost prepared and asked us to stand by the wall where we came in, and then opened the passage so that we could feel the airflow before walking out, so as not to be taken away suddenly by the wind.

With Joan of Arc, a familiar guide, we were much safer. Everyone obediently stood by the wall. Joan of Arc walked to the air lock. There was a semicircular steel ring there. After Joan of Arc fixed herself in the steel ring, he asked us to hold the fixed handle on the wall next to us again. Then she pushed a handle hard up.

As soon as the handle was pushed up, a harsh metal friction sound was heard, and the air lock in front opened at a very fast speed. The air in the room seemed to be pumped out suddenly, and we all felt our bodies swaying, but it was not very powerful. The terrifying airflow outside the door was as physical as it was. We could see the terrifying airflow outside flying through the door with all kinds of things. When the rapid airflow passed through the door, part of it poured in and made a huge roar like a train passing by.

Joan of Arc said in the team channel: "The airlock is started using wind power. It only takes one minute after it is turned on, and then it will be automatically closed. Come out quickly. Put down your helmet mask, otherwise the airflow outside will pull out all your hair." As Joan of Arc said that, she also put down her own mask. Her profession is Paladin, and the helmet is also standard.

"OK."

Joan of Arc came down from the steel ring and carefully guided us in front. Outside this room, there was a row of steel brackets inserted on the ground, which should be what Joan of Arc said to fix the body. Joan of Arc turned around and said to us: "Hold these handrails and hang the hooks on your body."

I followed Joan of Arc, and as soon as I walked out of the room, I felt a feeling of about to fly. I was sure that as long as I spread my wings now, I could fly without slapping me. The strong wind was so terrifying that even the immortal flame on my body was blown completely backwards.

The steel columns inserted on the ground are connected to the horizontal steel columns, which feels a bit like single bars. After we hang the hook sleeves up, we can walk forward. When we reach a vertical steel column, we must manually take the hook down and hang it on the next section of steel bars. With such a thing, even if we are blown away, we will only be stuck in the nearest fixed pile position and will not be completely blown away. It is such a smart design.
Chapter completed!