A continuous wilderness, stretching endlessly under the blue sky, without rolling hills and highlands, is like a calm sea. The sun casts a blazing gaze on the earth, and those who bathe in the sunshine feel warm all over. Yes, as early spring approaches, the outside world still seems a little lifeless, but everything in the secluded world is full of vitality.
Because the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is exceptionally abundant, the plants living in the secluded environment grow faster, and naturally become a hotbed of various natural materials and treasures. Those who accidentally picked up a glowing weed on the roadside turned out to be precious. This is also where the legend of the incomparable medicinal materials comes from.
Heavenly materials and earthly treasures are indispensable raw materials for refining various elixirs, and taking elixirs can allow mortals to become monks, greatly increase the speed of cultivation, and increase the probability of monks breaking through the realm. In fact, this is the continuous exploration action The fundamental reason for the development is that as long as the royal family masters the only way to obtain heavenly materials and earthly treasures, it is almost equivalent to mastering the promotion paths of all monks. Most monks have to choose to be loyal to the imperial court even for their own realm.
The journey through the safety zone was very smooth, with almost no obstacles encountered along the way. In order to ensure the long-term stability of the border, the Dalin Dynasty formulated a series of effective measures after the founding of the country. The safety zone was one of them. Through the border army's control The continuous exploration of Netherland has demarcated relatively safe areas one after another. This not only provides sufficient buffer zones for various guards to facilitate monitoring and early warning of special situations, but also expands the Dalin Dynasty's influence in disguise. land.
After leaving the safe zone, we entered the real secluded realm. Commander Shen Du ordered the entire team to shrink their formation, making the originally loose team become more compact, and the overall speed slowed down to ensure that the convoys carrying supplies followed. Yes, this exploration operation will open up a new route, but there is no fortress like Jingling City for supplies, so the importance of the baggage convoy is self-evident.
At the junction of the safe zone and the dangerous zone, Yan Zheng saw some strangely shaped pillars, but those pillars were obviously not naturally formed, but some man-made creations. Those pillars were very thick, about as thick as two people could hug each other. There are golden lines etched on them, and the lines are like the blood vessels of the human body, with something vaguely flowing through them. He can't tell what's going on, but Yan Zheng always feels that those pillars are alive. He asked the corps leader during the last exploration operation, but he couldn't. The corporal commander didn't know what these pillars were used for. The only thing he was sure of was that these pillars had existed a long time ago. Now that he saw these pillars again, Yan Zheng felt indescribably weird.
At this moment, somewhere in the Netherland, three experienced Netherworld hunters are working hard to dig the shallow pit in front of them. This is a cave they discovered during their last exploration. There are many natural and earthly things growing outside this cave. Treasure, obviously the spiritual energy is much richer than the surroundings. Due to the insufficient preparation at that time, the three of them did not try to enter at that time. They just covered the entrance of the cave with floating soil outside and made a simple mark. Looking forward to coming again next time.
The royal family has a near-monopoly on the ways to obtain heavenly materials and earthly treasures, and strictly controls the circulation of heavenly materials and earthly treasures. However, those limited heavenly materials and earthly treasures alone are simply not enough to satisfy the desire of countless people to seek immortality and immortality, so the Netherland Hunters The occupations came into being. They are usually held by people who live on the border and are familiar with the Netherland. What they do is similar to the tasks performed by the border troops, but they are purely to exchange the treasures of heaven, materials and earth in the Netherland for benefits. , while the frontier army concealed the fact of obtaining natural materials and treasures with superficial exploration operations.
The three of them live a job with their heads in their belts. After all, everyone knows the dangers of the Netherworld, but there must be brave men under heavy rewards. In order to live a better life, there are always people willing to risk their lives. Of course, the large amount of money exchanged for the treasures of heaven and earth will not make them stop there. Instead, they will become even more obsessed with getting rich in this way. After all, this method is just like a lottery. As long as they pick up a precious enough fairy grass , the money sold was enough for a person to have enough food and clothing for the rest of his life, so the three of them almost couldn't wait to return to the cave after squandering all the money they had collected from collecting fairy grass last time.
In less than half an hour, the three hunters dug up the floating soil above the cave, and a dark cave entrance appeared in front of them. Different from the fishy smell when most cave entrances were opened, this cave actually emitted a smell after opening. There is a refreshing fragrance, and it is obvious that there must be some kind of heavenly and earthly treasure deep in the cave. This also doubles the confidence of the three people to enter the cave. If they really get some rare treasures, they will not have to come to this ghost place again in the next few years. place.
The three hunters entered the cave one after another. The first thing they saw was a relatively wide platform, and further down was a cliff. It seemed that if they wanted to go deeper, the three of them would have to use ropes to descend. The hunter took out the ground nails in his backpack, smashed the ground nails into the ground with a hammer, and then wrapped the rope around the ground nails. After making sure it was strong, a hunter wrapped the rope around himself and tied a tight knot. Then he volunteered to take the lead in going to the ground. Marching below, the other two followed closely behind. The abrupt rocks did not cause much hindrance to them, but only slowed down their descent to the lower platform.
After successfully reaching the lower platform, the three Netherland hunters lit the torches, took out the weapons at their waists, and moved deeper. The further forward, the stronger the refreshing fragrance became, tempting the three to continue. Speeding up the pace, the three of them have entered similar caves before. Compared with the surface world where monsters are often encountered, the underground world is much less dangerous, and the probability of obtaining heavenly materials and earthly treasures is also greater.
The three of them walked through a tunnel and arrived at a relatively wide cave hall. This cave hall had obviously existed for a long time. The stalactites on the roof of the cave almost hung to the ground. In front of the cave hall were five different tunnels. A hunter held a torch and walked in Each tunnel entrance was tested. The flame on the torch at one tunnel entrance swayed, indicating that there was air flow in this tunnel and that there was no dangerous gas in it.
The few people did not hesitate and continued to move forward along this tunnel. The journey was smooth. They felt that they had descended a long distance. The increasingly rich aroma constantly reminded them that they were getting closer and closer to the lowest level of the cave. They were getting closer, but as the three of them went deeper, the leading Netherland Hunter gradually felt something was wrong. The originally downward-sloping tunnel was becoming vertical. They could still walk at first, but then they had to bend down and walk slowly. Now they can only lie on the ground and slowly crawl downwards with the help of hand picks. If they continue like this, they will slip off the smooth rock wall. However, just when they are about to feel desperate, light shines at the end of the tunnel. , the sound of wind kept coming from the front, it should be that we were almost at the end of the tunnel.
There was a burst of ecstasy in the hearts of the three of them, and they sped up their movements a bit, crawling down on their hands and feet. However, when the leader of the ghost hunter left the tunnel and saw the scene below, he almost screamed. There was no hidden treasure at the end of the tunnel. The cave-heaven paradise filled with treasures of heaven and earth is instead an extremely huge hole!
In this huge hollow, there are countless fragrant birds with yellow beaks and white wings. They are sleeping. The sound of the wind coming from the tunnel just now is their neat breathing, and the one that lured the three people here is The refreshing aroma is actually the piles of excrement from the scented birds at the bottom of the cave!
The other two people also caught a glimpse of this horrifying scene and were speechless for a moment. The fragrance bird is a kind of monster that is not very common in the secluded world. After all, most of their habitats are in underground caves. Among them, there is a slender tongue like a straw, and they are used to living in groups. They are relatively weak monsters. Only a few fragrant birds will fly to the ground to look for food when they are hungry, so even the three more experienced ones Hunters also know very little about them, otherwise they would never stray into such a deep cave.
A single fragrant bird poses no threat, and ordinary people with weapons are capable of dealing with it. However, there are too many fragrant birds gathering in this cave, and these three hunters are absolutely unable to deal with them with their abilities.
The leading Netherworld hunter quickly signaled the other two to go back, and the two hunters also quickly climbed up with pickaxes. However, one of them could not forget the horrific scene just now. He was frightened and his movements were slightly panicked. He held the pickaxe in his hand. He didn't nail it into the rock wall. When he missed it, he fell down. Fortunately, the hunter below caught him and prevented him from falling. However, the pickaxe he was holding just now was already sleeping below. The birds fell.
The clear sound of the pickaxe hitting the stone echoed throughout the cave. All the fragrant birds were awakened by the sound. They were said to be birds, but they had no feathers all over their bodies because they had lived in caves for a long time, and there were bat-like membranes between their open wings. , they puffed up their white wing membranes and swarmed up towards the tunnel. The three ghostland hunters were instantly swallowed by the birds. Countless slender tongues like straws pierced their bodies, turning them into three mummies in an instant. Flocks of birds pass through tunnels, burst out of caves, and fly straight to the surface.
The large army that was repairing not far away happened to become their target. The sudden appearance of a large number of prey made the fragrant birds chirp happily, calling all the same kind to start hunting.
Yan Zheng, who was drinking water, heard an unusual sound, which seemed like a large number of bats flapping their wings. What followed was an aroma that was too strong to make people feel uncomfortable. Yan Zheng raised his head and looked into the distance. A large black shadow appeared in the darkening sky. He immediately stood up from the ground, pulled out the three-foot-long knife from behind, and warned the entire team.
"The monster is coming!"
