After Vincent and the others got rid of the dizziness caused by the teleportation jump, Wu Ming and his party headed deep underground along the winding corridor.
The corridor itself is extremely cramped and narrow. A normal-sized person would have to lower his head and move forward carefully to ensure that his head does not hit the uneven rock wall above his head. Even the widest section of the entire corridor is only wide enough. The two of them were walking side by side. There was some moss emitting cold light growing on the rock wall, providing a weak and dim light source for the entire passage.
Just being in such an environment will naturally give people a huge psychological pressure, making people feel as if the surrounding rock walls are squeezing towards them bit by bit at an unknown speed. The illusion...
Of course, except for Elizabeth, this silly girl who followed closely behind the leader Siegfried, had been nibbling here and there along the way. She had to take a few bites of everything she saw to taste it. Now she was holding a ball in her hand. Glowing moss balls were nibbled on with relish.
Although this passage is tight and narrow, the road under your feet is extremely flat as if it has been repaired and transformed to a certain extent. Not only is there no unevenness on the ground from beginning to end, Wu Ming even provides nighttime navigation through the auxiliary device. From the visual effect, you can see the neatly laid stone bricks under the feet and the stone steps built on the winding downward section - this does not look like a naturally formed corridor.
"This road feels like it goes all the way to the underground..." Morrie, who felt as if he had been walking in the passage for a long time, finally couldn't help but break the dead silence: "You can still see the moss when there is enough light. There are many steps and stone bricks...Is this passage really formed naturally?"
"It's just a product of a certain degree of processing on the originally naturally formed fissure channel..." Harland, who was at the end of the team, casually answered Mori's question, "We discovered this place before the Wishing Network was established. At that time, some modifications were made to this passage for the convenience of passage, but after the wishing network was officially established, because it can be transmitted directly with the help of wishing methods, no one gradually used this passage..."
This giant pioneer has regained control of his body during the previous repair treatment. He is now carefully bending down and moving forward in an almost crawling posture - this is because his size is relatively small compared to the narrow corridor. It was really a bit big, and this was the only way to ensure that he could pass through the corridor smoothly. But with this method, not long after he had just finished explaining the origin of this passage, everyone heard another muffled sound, and then Harlan De's loud scolding voice echoed in the corridor, "Oh damn it! My head is banging on the stone again. How on earth did I agree with them to make the passage so narrow in the first place!"
Vincent, who was walking in front of the giant man, also knew about the existence of this passage for the first time. He couldn't help but feel a little emotional: "In the past, I always teleported directly to the underground fortress... I never knew there was such a secret underground. The passage can lead there..."
Before Vincent could finish his words, the giant man covered his forehead and interrupted his sigh: "No... this passage will not lead to the underground fortress."
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"This passage leads to a deeper area underground..." Harland looked at Vincent, who turned his head in confusion, and stretched out his finger to point at the uneven rock wall at the top of the tunnel, "And as the final line of defense, The underground fortress should be a little higher up."
As a member of the Pioneer Council, although Harland is not directly responsible for the establishment and subsequent management of the Wishing Network, he still knows some common sense knowledge in the Council - such as the specific location of the underground fortress, and this Where will the corridor eventually lead...
A trace of surprise flashed in Vincent's eyes, and he soon understood what the other party meant by the deep area - the material carrier of the wishing network in the real world.
Everything returned to calm. After the group of people descended this corridor for a long time, when light gradually came from the front of the narrow corridor, Siegfried, who was walking at the front, suddenly stopped.
"If we don't go far ahead, it should be the end..." Siegfried frowned uncomfortably, and the disgusting breath coming from the front finally rose to an unbearable peak: "I can feel the disgusting breath. There was a steady stream of noise coming from the front..."
Elizabeth, who followed closely behind, gnawed on the moss ball in her hand and glanced at the light source at the end of the passage. Then she scratched her head in confusion: "But I still think the fragrance coming from the front is... It feels quite delicious.”
"Anyway, everyone, please be prepared..." Wu Ming waved his hand slightly. The tool man, Vincent and Harland walking behind the team also became alert, but each of them had handcuffs on their hands. With a restrainer and unable to use the wishing network, the only way they could prepare for battle was to take out their anti-disaster weapons, open the purification barrier and prepare for hand-to-hand combat.
Seeing that everyone was already in place, Wu Ming made a gesture to Qi Gefei.
"Brother Fei... sneak in."
"clear."
Siegfried carried the black iron sword behind her back, stood there, took a deep breath, and then stepped down hard. The huge strange force directly trampled the stone tiles under her feet into fine pieces, and the entire corridor was covered with dust. This sudden huge force shook violently. As the force was transmitted and extended, large spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the surrounding ground and rock walls, and she also turned into a black shadow under the reaction force, directly Relying on her ridiculously strong physical fitness and the mask she just bought, she smashed all the rock walls blocking the road, carrying the violent wind and gravel and dust kicked up by the chaotic airflow, with lightning speed. Rush out of the corridor first!
There was flying sand and rocks in the corridor for a while.
She sneaked in.
Immediately afterwards, the dragon girl's roar filled with hatred and anger came from the end of the corridor, as well as the blazing dragon's breath fire, indicating the success of this infiltration.
"You bastard! It's you!!! Die!"
The moss ball in her hand was blown away by the storm that rose from the ground. Elizabeth let out a scream, and after taking a mouthful of sand, she followed suit without being outdone, shouting, "Hey! Brother Fei, please don't eat it!" "Weird words like this rushed out of the corridor.
"Everyone, follow us!" Wu Ming waved and pulled Mori up, then unfolded his shield and rushed over!
The whole corridor was because Fei Ge had knocked his way through a wider one before. Wu Ming and Elizabeth rushed out of the corridor without any effort and came to the cave hall at the end.
This is a hall that was artificially transformed from a natural cave. Whether it is a flat tile floor or a rock wall that was deliberately developed and flattened, there are traces of artificial repair and transformation everywhere. The cave itself is very large. , but there are exhaust devices, machines and pipes scattered everywhere, and the thick roots and vines that grow wildly everywhere make the entire cave a bit crowded.
And in this cave hall, which has obvious traces of artificial repairs, stands a... a... strange creature that I don't know whether it should be said to be a person with plant characteristics or a plant with human characteristics...
The appearance of that strange creature looks like a 'tree' with all the branches and branches cut off, leaving only the trunk part. The trunk is made up of plant roots that are as thick as an adult's arms and are twisted together. A giant tree trunk is formed by twisting and twisting together. Vines, thorns and branches of unknown plants are mixed in and grow out of the gaps between these roots. They are swaying and beating on the ground as if they are alive. Every time they hit the stone tiles, the ground is shaken. Ripples with green light would appear, as if being slapped on the water, and then dark green moss would emerge from the stone tile floor at a speed visible to the naked eye, and continue to extend and cover the cave hall, and then the moss would After decomposing the stone brick floor and turning it into soil, unnamed bright flowers and green lawns will quickly grow...
The thick roots all over the cave hall and the plants growing wildly on the rock walls 'grew' from that strange creature.
And the top of this 'tree' is not a crown in the conventional sense.
It's one-third of the people.
A short-haired girl with a petite body (compared to the overly swollen and huge tree body), she is now sweating profusely, frowning and closing her eyes, focusing on the war inside her body, but obviously this is not the case for her. How optimistic - her body below the chest and abdomen has turned into slowly squirming plant roots, and the process of becoming a plant is gradually moving towards the top of her shoulders.
"Mother of Disaster!"
"The Mother Tree of Life?!"
When Vincent and Wu Ming saw the thing in the center of the hall at the same time, they exclaimed in unison.
The former is surprised at how the Disaster Mother Body was made like this - a discerning person would know at a glance that something is wrong with the current situation of the Disaster Mother Body, and it is probably in some kind of trouble.
And the latter...
Wu Ming really didn't expect that the Tree of Life would be involved in this world, let alone that this thing would be released again!
At the same time, he also understood why Brother Fei felt the disgusting smell - in another world, this thing had a blood feud with her. Even if the revenge was finally avenged, the hurdle in his heart would not be so easy. of.
Just like now, just seeing these plant roots that had brought her countless nightmares, Siegfried almost fell into an uncontrollable state, and opened her mouth to spit out another long-refined dragon roar!
A blazing white plasma beam erupted from the dragon girl's mouth, and the countless vines, roots, flowers, and fertile soil in front of her were burned by the high-temperature plasma beam. Then she suddenly turned her head and wiped out the spewing plasma. The light beam was used as a giant lightsaber, sweeping across it horizontally, leaving a crooked melting mark on the rock wall, and then cut off the plant standing in the cave hall!
