While Lu Ping'an was still killing people up there, this underground palace was also operating on a daily basis.
The arrival of a strong man is not enough to change the entire environment. Even if a rule-level "typhoon" passes by, the world will continue to develop as it should.
".Is it the rampage period again?"
"There is some commotion in the Gray Ax tribe, please pay attention."
After a chance encounter, explorers exchange information.
In a sense, all humans and adventurers here are invaders, and the native residents here have never been friendly.
"Unrest period? So soon?"
The residents here are divided into two categories, one is the intelligent monsters, and the other is the ordinary monsters that have just been born. There is no cooperative relationship between the two.
On the contrary, the ones who hunt down ordinary monsters the most are actually those intelligent monsters.
The reason is actually quite simple. The living space here is limited. If everyone is a hungry beast, the competition for survival resources will also lead to civil war.
It is precisely for this reason that there is a concept of the so-called "turmoil period". At a certain time, these "shepherds" need to take the initiative to consume these herds.
"This time, is the Gray Ax tribe causing trouble? Are there no other tribes involved?"
"At least you haven't seen those well-known powerful units that want to notify you of evasion?"
"certainly."
The background of the conversation was hundreds of beasts sprinting forward.
Among them are common local species such as stone lizards, stone giants, and stone lions, but the most dangerous ones are the intelligent species wearing armor.
During the turbulent period, there is often a tide of beasts led by intelligent monsters. Those monsters that exceed the limits of the local environment, driven by their intelligent kin, begin to purposefully attack everything in the underground palace.
Sometimes, they even attack well-guarded breaches. Sometimes, the tide of beasts is also a cover for the real military actions of intelligent monsters.
Such turbulent periods are actually quite frequent. The Stone Ax tribe's activity area is on the upper floor. In the past, after causing a period of chaos on the eighth to tenth floor underground, it fell into calm.
But this time, it seems a little different
"There seems to be a commotion deep underground. Do you need to notify the outside?"
"Let me inform you, I feel like something is wrong."
Every crack is a small world in which a dynamic balance is often maintained. However, this balance is not eternal. An accidental factor can often break this fragile balance.
".A quasi-regular creature appeared in the Gray Ax tribe."
This situation was the most troublesome. When the news of the birth of a quasi-king spread, the entire underground palace fell into chaos.
But often the warning message always comes too late
".Damn it, why did you encounter so many monsters?"
On the twenty-first floor, a group of adventurers were in crisis.
Compared with other colleagues, their strength is not strong. Most of the team are level 2 professionals. But the number of more than 20 people is the key to them getting to this point.
But generally speaking, for a team of this size, don't even think about making money. It's pretty good if the income distribution just reaches break-even.
They are obviously not normal adventurers.
"Why did they find us students?"
"Maybe we were slow to react. When we saw those teams retreating before, we should have followed them."
"They told us to retreat before, but Captain Yan said there were too many of us."
These are some junior and senior students and recruits. Although there are many top students in science and technology, politics and law, they lack the ability to stand alone in most adventure groups.
"Since students can't find reliable teammates, let's form a student team."
"We are training our experience anyway. It will be safer if there are more people."
"As long as we don't lose money, just find more people."
This kind of thinking circuit is simple and practical, but it lacks the guidance of experienced people, and it is natural for it to fall off the chain at critical moments.
The overly bloated team was slow to come and go, and the newcomers also selected Yan Xingchen, a rookie captain with zero experience, based on the captain selection criteria of "the strongest leader".
The veteran team that noticed something was wrong, and some adventurers who were not related to you but were kind enough to remind you when passing by, how could they continue to take care of you when they saw that you were not moving.
Accidentally, this group of student soldiers, whose strength was low and relied on numbers, fell into trouble.
The rampaging beasts put them in a difficult situation with low strength and lack of actual combat experience. What was even more deadly was actually the assassins in the shadows.
"Hunting?"
"trap?"
"Cunning humans."
The intelligent monsters in the shadows were still hesitating whether the obviously lacking sense of propriety in front of them was a bait.
These intelligent groups are often young but have extremely rich practical experience.
In addition, the presence of more than 20 people here is really scary. For a while, they are just observing, but as time goes by, when they are sure that they are indeed a group of lost furry children in front of them, the hunting will begin.
If there is a veteran in the student group, he will issue an order at this time, even if he leaves behind some loot and companions, he must try his best to leave the city that is too deep.
The strength of the intelligent monsters and the new monsters were not at the same level. Finally, after another student soldier was injured and fell down, the herd of beasts in the shadows couldn't stand it any longer.
"Go to hell, humans!"
As soon as the roaring stone giant appeared, it caused an earthquake in the entire area.
Like human professionals, intelligent monsters who enjoy "divine grace" not only have their own powerful physical templates, but also have acquired combat systems.
This is the territory of a powerful quasi-god monster. The "Eternal Lord" is the pan-faith target here, and the stone giant Shikai, who uses divine power to sharpen his body, is far stronger than his kind.
The underground palace was shaking crazily, maybe not on a large scale, but it was enough to make these newcomers fall off their feet.
Looking at these rookies, "Shi Kai" showed a humane smile.
It seems that this is not a trap, just some newly born cubs.
"Kill them."
At this time, the person who issued the attack order was the petrified lizard "Shilong Qi" hanging on the rock wall and staring at it.
Compared with the ordinary basilisk, it was a complete monster, three times the size, and with its one-eye with red light, it could completely intimidate the student soldiers just by appearing.
Judging from the knife mark on the other eye and the piercing hatred he looked at his prey, he probably had a deeper relationship with humans.
Driven by the "shepherd", the herd became more active, and finally, the hunters in the shadows decided to eat this batch of prey.
".Fresh flesh and blood."
"The chief's reward!"
"And the mother body, the expensive mother body, dedicated to the chief."
The ones who muttered were some short cavemen. Although they also possessed a certain amount of intelligence, they were definitely not the ones with whom they could communicate.
Taking advantage of the advantages of their own tribe and the privileges given by God, the shepherds drove their cattle and sheep, preparing to surround and kill the flesh, blood and tributes that were delivered to their doorsteps.
".Run, run as much as you can!"
Finally, Captain Yan, who took the lead, issued the most correct order ever.
But at this time, a huge wolf beast had blocked the door to the upper level.
It looks at the students with eyes full of greed and desire. For them, this kind of prey is rare and precious.
Captain Yan's decision this time was not wrong, but this untimely shout also directly caused the team's morale to collapse.
When everyone tried to save their lives and escape, the original formation was naturally gone. Some people were already waiting for death in hysterical despair.
Just as the siege was about to be completed, a voice suddenly sounded.
".Passing by, don't block the road."
A tall silver figure stepped onto the twenty-first floor at this moment.
As soon as he set foot on the ground, there was a shock. That huge armor was definitely not fake.
But the two heads he held in his hands were still dripping with blood.
"Stone Dragon Nine! Stone Dragon Eleven!" The howling intelligent lizard called out their names.
(End of chapter)
