["Huh? I just tried to sprinkle some powder, and it lit up!" Facing everyone's surprised looks, the watchman could only scratch his head and laugh. 】
["What fan?" Gargamel asked hurriedly. 】
["It's the fairy's pollen..." said the watchman. 】
["How could it be? We have tried using fairy dust as fuel a long time ago, but it has never been successful..." Gargamel still maintained a surprised expression, and his eyes shifted from the watchman to the lantern in his hand: " Is this lamp of yours some kind of artifact?"]
["Well, this must be considered an artifact to me. After all, it is the lamp that has accompanied my body from childhood to adulthood, and it has helped me find many treasures before, but in fact this is just a rare item. , It’s still far from a divine weapon.” The watchman laughed. 】
["Only rare level?" Gargamel was in disbelief and even more confused: "The expedition team even found legendary level lamps before, but they didn't work..."]
["I don't know about that... By the way, have you noticed? The light emitted by this lamp is a bit strange. Why does it only illuminate the lower part?"]
[You immediately raised your head after hearing the words, and carefully observed 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, only downwards along the direction of the rope ladder. It illuminated a distance of more than ten meters. 】
[Linglong and Gargamel looked up and observed carefully, and quickly confirmed this pattern, and were equally puzzled. 】
["It's strange. It's obviously a lantern, but it seems to have turned into a flashlight. It can only shine in one direction...and the direction cannot be adjusted?" The watchman was amazed as he fiddled with the pumpkin lantern and turned the lantern upside down in all directions. , but no matter how he adjusted the position of the lantern, the light source always shined in the same direction, like Simon's pointer. 】
When Mu You saw this, his heart moved, and he suddenly remembered what Olmedo had said before.
Goblins cannot enter the dark cave, but the Goblin King still chose to enter here. The reason is that only the goblins of the royal family can sense the location of the root system of the mother tree.
The problem now may not be the jack-o-lantern, but the pollen, because the watchman just sprinkled the lucky dust he brought.
This dust is produced by fairies. According to Tina, fairies should also be royal fairies.
From this point of view, perhaps only the dust of royal fairies can light up here.
Moreover, this light seems to exhibit the property of 'guidance', so could it be that the direction it points is the way to the root of the mother tree?
Thinking of this, Muyou explained his guess to the three people in the game.
[Gargamel suddenly realized after listening to your explanation: "So that's the case, it's very possible, so let's just follow the direction of the light first! Oh, in addition, for some reason, there is no wind element in the dark cave, so flying and slow falling Similar wind magic cannot be used here. Remember to walk along the mountain wall, otherwise it will be bad if you fall."]
[...You continue to set off along the bright guidance, all the way down, and soon reach the end of the rope ladder, and come to a naturally formed cliff platform. At this time, the light that had been pointing downwards suddenly changed direction and pointed towards One side of this narrow passage. 】
[Seeing the change in light, you have further confirmed your previous guesses. 】
["Sure enough, it's pointing the way. Great. Maybe we can really 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 using a pocket watch and a jack-o'-lantern to backtrack to save dust. After all, the fairies don't have much dust anymore.
However, after asking the watchman, I learned that the current dust was not burning, but simply emitting fluorescence in the lamp. It did not produce a lucky effect, but it also greatly extended the glowing time.
Mu You brought over the remaining fairy pollen that the three of them had, and even the unused pollen from Fuya, and gave them to the watchman, and asked him to count the lighting time, and found that the remaining ones could be used for lighting. More than a day and a half!
Since it can be used for so long, Mu You simply doesn't do such complicated operations as backtracking. After all, they are in a hurry now, and what they need more is efficiency. When there is light, they can move much faster.
[You soon reached a hundred meters below the surface. The originally narrow space around you suddenly opened up. Interlaced rocks and strange peaks were hidden in the surrounding darkness. You felt as if you were in an endless mountain range. 】
["How can flowers bloom in such a lightless environment?" The watchman looked in disbelief at a small white flower blooming on the cliff by the roadside. 】
[This flower looks holy and pure, with an indescribable beauty under the fluorescent light. There is an immature fruit on the lower stem and leaf of the flower. The watcher subconsciously wants to reach out and touch it. 】
["Don't touch it!" Gargamel stopped him hastily. 】
["This is a 'reverse flower', an extremely dangerous thing! All living things that directly touch the open reverse flower will fall into an illusion and be unable to extricate themselves. At the same time, all life force will be slowly sucked away by the reverse flower."]
["The sucked life force will turn into the fruit of anti-flowering. After absorbing enough life force, it will bear the fruit of anti-flowering. It is said that eating this fruit has the magical effect of rejuvenating people."]
["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 reverse fruit will continue to grow in reverse, and soon It will degenerate back into a baby, then back into a lump of flesh in the placenta, and it will not end until it is completely destroyed into dust. This is the meaning of 'rebirth'."]
["Oh, what a pity..." Linglong looked at the green fruit on the little flower with regret. 】
["What about this? What is this dark mass?" the watchman asked again. 】
[You follow his gaze and see a dark mass growing on top of another rock wall. Even the fluorescent light emitted by the jack-o'-lantern cannot illuminate it. 】
["This is a light-devouring flower. Its characteristic is that it swallows light and forms a dark field around it. Therefore, even in a bright place, you cannot see the true appearance of this flower. If its pollen is used as fuel, it will It will swallow up the surrounding light and turn the originally bright place into darkness."]
["The light-eating flower is the most common creature in the dark cave. When mature, the flower body will explode, spreading pollen into the surrounding space, and continue to grow into more light-eating flowers. The fecundity is quite amazing. Some people have speculated that , there are probably tens of billions of light-eating 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-eating flowers and the pollen fills the environment here." Gargamel explain. 】
"So terrifying? If the flower spreads accidentally, wouldn't it soon engulf the outside world into darkness?" the watchman asked. 】
["Don't worry about this. The Light-Eating Flower will die soon after it leaves the dark cave. It should be said that all the creatures in the dark cave, once taken out of the dark cave, will wither in a short period of time until they turn into The ashes disappear," Gargamel said. 】
Mu You originally saw the strange effects of this plant and wanted to pick some and take them back, but after hearing this, he had no choice but to give up.
The four of them continued on their way and encountered various novel dark plants along the way. Gargamel took the time to explain them one by one.
Many Mu You knew the efficacy of these plants as soon as they heard that they must have medicinal value. However, they were not mentioned at all in Vivian's Encyclopedia of Magic Plants. It can be seen that even she had not seen them, so Mu You could only I sigh with emotion and say that there are many 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 grinned and hissed in one direction. 】
[You look back in the direction of the little spider's bared teeth, but you only see an extreme darkness. 】
["Be careful, it might be the 'Dark Cave Beast'!" Gargamel reminded hurriedly. 】
[As soon as Gargamel finished speaking, you heard a sound breaking through the air. A group of dark creatures came quickly and invaded your light. Even under the light of the pumpkin lantern, it still appeared as It's a blur of darkness, but you can all hear its panting and the fishy smell emanating from its open mouth. 】
[After the dark creature appeared, it rushed towards the nearest watchman. 】
[You released the 'Arc Sword', and the thundering arc sword penetrated through, directly cutting the black shadow into two pieces with a shrill scream. 】
[You killed the 'Dark Cave Beast', your experience value +10...]
[You searched the place where the Dark Cave Beast died and found 'Dark Pollen'*1 and 'Divine Powder'*1. 】
[Dark Pollen: A ball of powder wrapped in pitch black, which will absorb the light in a small area around it, and will quickly turn into ashes after leaving the dark cave. 】
[Divine powder: A ball of powder that contains extremely weak divinity. If you can gather a hundred balls of this powder, you may be able to condense it into a divine crystal. 】
"Huh?" Mu You was startled.
He was not surprised by the dark pollen. This should be the pollen that exploded from the Light-Eating Flower. It was absorbed into the body by the creatures here for a long time and then exploded after death. It was the same as the bitter pollen that could be exploded from killing monsters in the Bitter Forest.
What is surprising is the second trophy, divine powder!
In other words, this space actually contains a certain amount of divinity?
It's a pity that the divinity content here is too low. He has to kill a hundred of these things to get a crystal. He doesn't have that much time.
After a short interlude, the four of them continued on their way. As expected, they were attacked by a cave creature from time to time along the way. This thing was actually very weak, only about level ten, and could be killed instantly by any black magic, that is, relying on the darkness. Only by being able to move freely in the middle does it appear to be a great threat. As long as they have the 'sensor' of the little spider and the means of lighting, this thing is nothing to be afraid of.
"Be careful, there are unfamiliar areas that have not been explored by the exploration team." Gargamel looked at the end of the map in his hand and turned around to remind him. 】
Without the map to guide them, the road turned out to be more difficult, and the group's speed slowed down significantly.
"Um?"
Mu You suddenly frowned, looked at the latest prompts in the game, hurriedly backtracked according to the table, and then reminded several people to stop.
["Wait!" You suddenly shouted, trying to prevent a few people from stepping into danger, but it was still a step too late. 】
[The thick oily substance suddenly poured down from above, and the mountain wall covered with mucus suddenly became extremely smooth. 】
[Your feet slipped violently, unable to control your body balance at all, and you all fell towards the abyss. 】
[Fortunately, you foresaw the danger in advance and grabbed a vine on the edge of the cliff in time, thus stopping the falling trend. 】
[You throw out the telescopic chain claw, accurately grab the watchman closest to you, and bring the fallen watchman back. 】
[On the other side, the Gluttonous Demon Spider also reacted quickly. As it fell, it spit out a spider web to wrap around a spiked rock, and at the same time threw out another spider web, wrapping Linglong below. 】
[But due to excessive obesity, the Gluttonous Demon Spider tried its best to suck the milk, but could not pull Linglong back, and its whole body was red from holding it in. 】
[The little phoenix flew out from the watchman and flew below Linglong. It carried her from below and flapped its wings desperately. With the combined efforts of the two pets, Linglong was finally brought back to the top of the cliff. 】
["Two little cuties, thanks to you, were saved!" Linglong hugged the two pets and kissed and sucked them. 】
["By the way...where's Gargamel?" the watchman asked. 】
[The air suddenly became quiet for a second, and Linglong said awkwardly: "It seems that it fell in front of me with an 'ah' sound..."]
["Can resurrection be possible here?"]
["I don't know...but this place is a bit like a different space. Even if I can be resurrected, I'm afraid I can only die here repeatedly..." Linglong guessed. 】
"What a tragedy. If Gargamel dies, wouldn't history be changed?" the watcher said in a broken voice. 】
["Be careful, someone is coming!" You suddenly reminded. 】
[The two of them immediately shut up and held their breath. Sure enough, they heard a rustling sound approaching you quickly from somewhere below. 】
[The three of you are in a hurry to prepare for the attack. 】
[A few seconds later, a black shadow emerged from below and was exposed to the light. 】
[You look down and see a fair-skinned young man appearing on the edge of the cliff below. The young man’s hands and feet are covered with a layer of pitch-black biological fur. He is climbing steadily on the smooth cliff with one arm without any traces. The trend of falling, while the other hand holds Gargamel who has just fallen. 】
["Huh? No. 2!" The watchman saw the person clearly and suddenly shouted in surprise. 】
[In the arms of the herb gatherer, Gargamel, whose eyes were tightly closed and huddled in fear, dared to open his eyes only after hearing your voices. Seeing the young man's face so close, and then looking at his own situation, a blush appeared on his face. 】
"It is indeed you." The herb gatherer said expressionlessly, then he used his arms and jumped up from the cliff, easily jumped back to the top of the cliff, and put down the girl in his arms. 】
["No. 2, you came just in time! By the way, why are you here? What is this tied to your hand? It's a dark mass, and by the way, why didn't you slide down just now..." Update The man smiled and jumped up to the herb collector, holding his hand and asking questions, as if he had suddenly found a long-lost brother. 】
[The herb collector said nothing and silently withdrew his hand. 】
["Great, now the Mu family army has gathered again!" Linglong clapped her hands and smiled. 】
[The herb collector frowned and turned his head, looked at Linglong, and asked doubtfully: "Who are you?"]
["I'm Linglong, you bastard!" Linglong broke the defense on the spot. 】
["What happened?" The herb collector looked at you and asked. 】
["Anyway, let's synchronize the memory first." You said. 】
Next, Muyou controlled the character and the herb gatherer to synchronize their memories, and suddenly another unfamiliar scene flooded into his mind.
After Mu You digested it for a while, he finally realized that after leaving two days ago, the herb collector quickly found a mysterious underground cave that was sealed in another location. Out of curiosity, he got in and took a look. It turned out that it was actually connected to another exit of the dark cave.
In other words, the herb collector had actually been groping in the dark cave for two days.
Fortunately, the herb collector grew up in the Misty Mountains and went to the mountains to collect herbs all the year round. The skill of rock climbing has become the natural instinct of the herb collector. Instead, he used his special skills here and lived like a fish in water. In just two years, Tianjie has adapted to life in the dark cave.
As for the things on his hands and feet, they are a creature called 'Dark Cave Climber'. This is also a pattern discovered by the herb collectors in the past two days. As long as this creature is caught and tied to his hands and feet, it can Let him be like a gecko, walking on flat ground on the cliffs here. Even the slimy area in front of him will not hinder his movement at all.
(End of chapter)
