Fang Plover suddenly turned around and looked into the hall. People were coming and going in the direction of the hall, most of them were selectors dressed in adventurous attire, wearing long cloaks that covered the armor and magic war equipment underneath. However, Fang Yu was not paying attention to his peers, but just felt a line of sight falling on him.
But his gaze passed through the crowd, and the feeling of gaze suddenly disappeared. Behind him, the little girl who was the receptionist of the Adventurer's Guild was still chattering about introducing the abandoned mining area of Nozpiz and the Adventurer's Guild itself. But Fang Plover, who felt something in his heart, could no longer listen. He turned around and nodded to the other party, then turned and left.
"Weird guy..." The little girl looked at Fang Yu's hurried away figure and muttered something strange.
Walking out of the hall, Luo Hao, Papalar and Luo Yu who were waiting outside came to greet them. "How's it going?" Luo Hao got a little bored waiting, straightened up from the pillar beside the gate, and asked while stretching. Luo Yu also looked in this direction.
Fang Yu frowned and shook his head at the two of them. He winked and signaled them to leave first.
Nozpits is a city that prospered due to mining. It was already quite prosperous a century or two ago, but with the closure of the mining area, the city is now in ruins. Leaving the central area, it was even more deserted and lonely. The streets were deserted and there were almost no pedestrians.
Surrounded by dilapidated buildings, no light can be seen in the dark windows, and the red brick walls are covered with vegetation. Most of those tall buildings were factories closely related to the mining area in the prosperous era, but this morning they were empty and the iron doors were half open and unattended.
The four of them said nothing, and there was only the sound of rustling under their feet. The silent environment made the Papalar people a little creepy. They caught up two steps and asked sharply: "So what is going on? Someone is following you." us?"
Fang Plover then stopped, looked back behind him, waved his hand, and several beams of golden light flew from the clear sky, and flapped their wings and landed gently on his hand. "When did you let him out?" Parker stared at this scene with wide eyes and couldn't help but ask.
"Just when you have nothing to do and can't help but look behind you." Fang Yu replied angrily.
The Papalar people were so thick-skinned that they just took this as a compliment and hummed twice.
Fang Yu had no choice but to reply to Luo Hao: "There are people following us, more than one."
"who is it?"
"There should be three groups of people, but they are all in one group."
"Local guild or?"
"Mostly local guilds."
What was a little strange to Fang Pliong was that he couldn't find the owner of that look from the Adventurer's Guild among these people. That gaze seemed to appear only for a moment, and then disappeared into the crowd, never to be seen again.
It's just that the feeling was too mysterious, and he didn't know how to talk about it with others.
Luo Hao reacted: "I'm afraid these people followed us all the way from the airport. When did they notice us?"
"I'm afraid it's a little earlier than we thought." Fang Plover thought of the attitude of the little girl from the Adventurer's Guild towards him.
The Seven Seas Troupe is no longer an unknown and marginal character that no one pays attention to. I am afraid that it has attracted the attention of interested people since the Seven Seas Traveler entered the port.
Luo Hao asked, "Is the other party related to the person who died in the guild?"
"The Death Advent Guild still has time to take care of us?" The Papalar people sneered at this speculation.
Indeed, the elite group of the Death Advent Guild is still restricted to Ayin Block and is under investigation. As for the Stag Principality, they probably can't spare more manpower to stir up trouble in the empire, and they don't have the guts either.
Fang Plover shook his head: "I asked Alyssa to check it out. There are no serious Chosen forces in Nozpitz."
Luo Hao was a little surprised, "I thought the Chosen One's influence was all-pervasive."
"Indeed, Nozpits is a bit shabby, but the abandoned mining area is a paradise for adventurers," Fang Plover said. "Miss Alisa also thinks that there is no Chosen power here because there is something hidden underground."
"You mean the Imperials?"
Fang Plover nodded.
When he was in the Adventurer's Guild, he heard that someone had arrived first and took the people away before them. He guessed that even if the people behind it were not from the Imperial Workshop, they must have something to do with it.
Although the little girl from the Adventurer's Guild told him that the person who took the craftsman away was the Chosen One, this didn't mean anything. The Chosen Ones could also cooperate with or even be employed by the Aboriginal people. It's like the relationship between the Death Advent Guild and the Hawke family.
Those who were following them now pointed to this point, either explicitly or implicitly. Even if the local selectors were interested in the Seven Seas Brigade, they would not have to contact them in such an unfriendly way. The attitude shown by the other party was more like surveillance.
Who will monitor the Nanami Troupe?
It was obviously their first time coming to Nozzle.
The only conclusion that makes sense is the stakeholders, and the only interest the Seven Seas Brigade has in this abandoned mining area is the tower magic furnace.
"But why do the Imperial people cause such trouble," Luo Hao asked rhetorically, "If they really don't want others to intervene, they just need to seal off this mining area. The Imperial Workshop more or less represents the official position of the Oshu people It’s not like they don’t have this ability.”
"I'm also a little confused," Fang Plover frowned, "Do you know about the earth element?"
"Earth element?"
Luo Hao reacted, "You mean the kind of elemental creatures that live underground?"
Fang Plover nodded, "Under what circumstances do you think earth elemental creatures would move to the shallow layers of the earth's surface?"
"Elemental creatures are creatures that are close to elemental power and generally will not leave areas where elements are active." Luo Yu thought for a moment and replied, "Unless the environment where they originally lived has undergone a huge change, they will be forced to Leave the underground and come to the shallow surface. However, elemental creatures that have lost their habitat will generally become violent and aggressive."
"That's right," Fang Plover glanced at the latter appreciatively, "This is consistent with what I heard."
"Wait a minute," Luo Hao had a bad premonition, "Don't tell me, there are still a large number of invading earth elements under the abandoned mining area, right?"
"almost."
"What does almost mean?"
"It almost means that although it's not in the middle, it's not far away," Fang Plover replied. "The people from the Royal Geological Society of the Empire discovered that the groundwater under the mining area was depleted, causing the mine tunnel to subside. During the joint repair process with the Craftsmen Association, the results were as follows A large amount of earth elements came up from below, causing the mining area to be paralyzed to this day."
Luo Hao hesitated: "Do you think...?"
"On the surface, it looks like a series of accidents," Fang said. He already felt that he had vaguely grasped something, "But in fact it is not that simple. If there was an aquifer underneath the mining area, how could the earth element live in that place? The place where the earth element lives is rich in elemental power and the geological structure It is stable and there will be no such thing as mine tunnel subsidence unless..."
"Unless someone is digging under there," Luo Hao's eyes lit up, "these people destroyed the earth element layer, which naturally caused the mine tunnel to sink, and the earth element that lost its home also violently swept through the entire upper level of the mining area. So the Imperial people What are you doing? There are no valuable mineral deposits under the earth elemental layer."
Fang Plover shook his head slightly.
If possible, he would like to find out what the Imperial people are doing. The Oshurs found a tower-type magic furnace from the abandoned mining area of Nozpitz. They originally thought it was just a coincidence, but now it seems that the amount of the other party's underground projects is much larger than imagined?
Could it be that just to find out the origin of the magic furnace, the entire Nozpitz underground mine was turned upside down, but there was no need to go deep into the elemental layer.
"What should we do?" Luo Hao asked, "It seems that the situation below the mining area is somewhat beyond our expectations."
If it was something else, maybe they would have walked away.
But Fang Yu told them the meaning of the magic furnace.
They had all seen the star device in the sunken ship, but the research results were still far from being useful to the Seven Seas Brigade. But the Type Zero magic furnace can immediately improve the utilization efficiency of the magic furnace for everyone in the Seven Seas Brigade.
The Type Zero Magic Furnace is the only design that can completely match the Type Zero Crystal. If you don't know that its blueprints still exist, Fang Yu can only spend some time on his own to complete it bit by bit. But the original design is likely to be underground in the abandoned mining area of Nozpits. It is difficult for them to just walk away without an in-depth investigation.
Fang Plover cast his gaze behind him.
There were a few sneaky figures in the alley, but those people obviously hadn't noticed that they had been exposed.
"Anyway, shake off the tail first."
This was a good suggestion, and neither Luo Hao nor Luo Yu objected, but it was the Papalar people who were actually responsible for the actual operation. The self-proclaimed King of Nightingales is not good at other things, but his ability to confuse people is second to none.
There were clockwork goblins in the sky watching, and it was difficult for the other three groups to take advantage of their human strength. After walking a few times through the twists and turns of the alley, they completely lost sight of those who were following them. The group of four then turned back to the airport to meet the others.
In the past, most of the adventures of the Seven Seas Troupe were impromptu, or they happened to travel somewhere, and it was often impossible to make preparations.
But now that we know that we have to go deep into the underground of the abandoned mining area, there are countless violent earth elements below, so of course everyone must discuss it in advance. Be prepared, divide your troops into several groups, and go to inquire about the underground situation in the mining area, and most importantly - whether there is a dead zone below.
However, most of the information sent back is pretty good. Although there are many weird things underground in this mining area, it seems that the Empire did not seal off the mining area. Many recruits from the Adventurer's Guild completed missions and went deep into the mining area to perform clearing and rescue missions, and brought back many useful items. information.
Even map information such as which areas have a large number of earth elements and which areas are more aggressive are also publicly sold. Miss Nightingale and Miss Ship Officer, who were in charge of intelligence collection, didn't save any money either, so Lin Lin bought a lot of them.
From the intelligence point of view, there should be no dead zone underground in the mining area. According to the news sent back from the Resurrection Temple, there has been no missing information registered in the mining area in the past six months or so. The Chosen One's greatest fear is often not death, but disappearance.
Death is just the loss of starlight, and disappearance may mean that there is an unknown dead zone in the underground area.
But even after collecting all kinds of information, they still found a local guide from the local adventurers guild. The guide did not take them deep into the mine, but found another road for them leading to the abandoned mining area.
The guide was actually a 'Grey Dagger' man.
The 'Grey Dagger' is a nicer name. In fact, it is a branch of the local Brotherhood of Thieves in Nozpits. Before the Big Cat and Miss Attila left, they were very good at dealing with these characters in the gray field. . Now, this task falls on Miss Nightingale.
Fortunately, she is also a Nightingale herself, and can be regarded as one of the 'own' members of the Brotherhood of Thieves.
The 'Grey Dagger' told them that there was more than one entrance to the abandoned mining area. Many organizations and local forces had their own methods of entering the mining area. The one he told them was only one that was often used by some smugglers.
Nozpits is close to the border area of the empire. With this intricate mining area, smuggling activities have never stopped, and the 'Grey Dagger' itself is one of the best. As for taking adventurers into the mining area, that's just to make some extra money.
"Do all adventurers enter the mining area this way?"
Luo Wei asked.
The stolen mine tunnel was narrow and low, and the man with Gray Dagger walked in front holding an oil lamp. At intervals, you could see that it was reinforced with wooden stakes, and the lights swayed and extended forward in the endless darkness.
After hearing her question, the person from Gray Dagger looked back at the others and replied, "Of course not. If you take the mission from the Adventurer's Guild through formal channels, you just need to enter the mining area normally. But don't you Likewise, if you want to go deep into the mining area to make a fortune, of course you cannot go through formal channels—"
"Why?"
"Because those places are guarded by the Imperial Army, and you don't have the rules of the Adventurer's Guild. They won't let you go deep."
"What about you? Have you ever gone deep into the mining area?"
"We?" The man with the gray dagger shook his head, "We usually don't go deep. We have our own way, so there is no need to take risks down there. I will have to leave after I send you to the mining area."
Luo Wei nodded curiously.
Fang Yu looked at her and saw that not only Senior Luo Wei, but also Xiaoyao and Shui Wuming were also in the team, as well as Liuliyue hanging far behind. The delegation originally said they would give all the contestants a week's leave, so Shui Wuming took Luo Wei to join their team.
The Elite craftsman lady said she had nowhere else to go——
But Fang Yu could roughly see that the other party was sent by Virus. He didn't know what kind of medicine the iceberg goddess took wrongly, so she seemed to be sure that she could extract a layer of wool from the Seven Seas Brigade.
Never give up.
As for Luo Wei, it was naturally Ms. Ming who sent her here. The purpose is to monitor him and prevent him from forgetting the training time again - these are Ms. Ming's original words.
Fortunately, Senior Sister Luo Wei is friendly and never seems aggressive in the team. As the main craftsman of the God Killer, she rarely has such opportunities to venture outside, so she seems a bit novel about everything - especially in this cave. Falling like a mouse.
As for Xiaoyao, it was purely a matter of personal interest. He was a restless master. Hearing that Fang Pliong and his party were going to Nozpits, he volunteered to join the team. Only Liu Liyue's joining was an accident. After the game, he was theoretically supposed to return with the Kaolin-Ithurian delegation, but he didn't expect that something like Ayin Block happened in the middle.
As a result, the Continental League was delayed for more than a month, causing him to be stranded in Xinta'an, with nowhere to go, so he had to act together with the people of the Seven Seas Brigade.
Fortunately, he and Fang Plover are old partners, and most people in the Seven Seas Brigade also know this guy.
However, this guy is still as unsociable as ever. He hangs far away by himself, looking carefree and carefree, without worrying about any dangers lurking in the darkness.
The Gray Dagger man quickly led them to their destination and jumped out of the pit in front. Outside the tunnel is a wider cave. It doesn't look like a mine tunnel, but more like a naturally formed cave group.
The people from Gray Dagger didn't seem to want to go any further. They hung their lanterns on a stalactite and introduced the place to them. The cave here is connected to the mining area, and is roughly located to the west of the mining area. A collapse accident occurred in this area in the early years, causing the cave area to become independent.
Later, the people of Gray Dagger opened this place for smuggling purposes, but the specific route was only in the hands of the Brotherhood. He gave the map to Fang Plover and others, telling them where there might be danger and where Do not step on the loose rock formations.
Fang Plover wrote them down one by one.
There are two places on the map where you can find stalled elevators. The Brotherhood has repaired one of them. From there, you can go to the deeper mining area, which is also their destination.
After explaining this, Gray Dagger's people didn't stay much. He wished them good luck, collected the balance, and returned the same way. However, the other party was still conscientious and actually left the lantern to them. Although everyone in Fang Piao carried luminous crystals, Liu Liyue behind them didn't mind at all. She took off the lantern from the stalactite and carried it Holding a lantern, he walked ahead.
"This guy..." Luo Hao couldn't stand this careless guy anymore and was about to say something. But Fang Yu hurriedly pulled this guy back. Are you kidding me? He only wants to trouble little Princess Liuli if he can't get enough of him.
"what?"
"It's nothing. Don't mess with him if you have nothing to do."
"he is great?"
Fang Plover nodded. He had a very powerful mouth.
What's more, Liu Liyue wasn't really reckless. Fang Pultru had already noticed that the other party had released a bunch of clockwork fairies when he was in the corridor. As for how he noticed it, Fang Pulou himself had also released a batch of clockwork fairies. Wandering ahead.
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