The inside of the cave was pitch black.
In the deepest part of the cave, where the fire crystals were dug out, about ten people were waving their weapons, trying to pry the fire crystals out of the ground.
When the incident happened, the Fox and Shen chiefs were in a hurry to escape. They did not have time to take the fire crystals with them. The basket of fire crystals beside them was kicked over. The fire crystals scattered on the ground, frozen by the frost from the pit.
There were indeed some who left with the Fox tribe's chief, but there were also some who did not manage to escape. They missed the best chance to escape and stayed in the cave. Some of them felt that staying in the cave was the safest, so they did not follow their chief out of the cave.
Now, the leader was not here, and the people in the cave were either dead or injured. No one cared about them. According to the people who ran out and came back, there was a huge ferocious beast outside. They could not fight it, so they could only come back and hide.
Some people knew about the fire crystals so they came here, trying to pry the fire crystals out of the ground. The fire crystals were very attractive to totemic warriors.
Four people were digging, one person holding a torch. Not far away, there were about twenty people guarding, preventing others from coming over to take the crystals. Fortunately, the people who escaped into the cave did not rush all the way to the innermost part of the cave. They were worried that the innermost part of the cave was not safe because there was a lot of frost and people who had frozen to death. If it was safe, the two chiefs would not have run out.
Beside the fire crystal pit, the person holding the torch felt cold even though he was close to the fire source.
The ground around him was covered in white frost. They didn't see what happened here with their own eyes, but they could guess from what they saw.
"Hurry up!" The guard not far away urged them. They felt that the surroundings were too cold. It would be great if they could use the fire crystals.
"It's just a fire crystal. Why are we taking so long?" Someone muttered.
"Easy for you to say. Do you know how hard the ice is?!" The swordsmen were panting. They didn't understand why the closer they got to the hole, the harder the ice became. Moreover, the ice here was different from the ice outside. It was too hard. Even though half of the fire crystals were already exposed, it was still difficult to pry them out. The bronze weapons in their hands were not very good. They could only be considered ordinary. They were the kind that the merchants in An City sold in large batches. It was even more difficult to use them.
As the swords and sabers slashed down, ice shards splashed onto their faces, necks, and mouths.
A warrior shrunk his neck and shook his body. He stuck out his tongue and licked the ice chips that had splashed onto his mouth.
"Salty," the man said.
"Nonsense, of course the water in the salt cave is salty."
"Hiss, so cold!"
Suddenly hearing the noise, a warrior who was guarding not far away asked in a trembling voice, "What happened outside the cave?"
The restlessness of the crowd in the cave made them very uneasy.
He could vaguely hear someone shouting, "It's outside, it's outside!"
"That giant beast has come in?!" The people guarding there panicked.
"No, it can't come in. It definitely can't come in." It wasn't clear whether he was comforting himself or convincing others.
"But the people in front …"
Before he finished speaking, they heard a roar.
At this moment, the people in the upper level of the salt cave seemed to have encountered a strong wind with frost. It blew so hard that they stopped breathing and couldn't open their eyes. It was as if they were in a snowstorm outside the cave.
In the lower level of the salt cave, a warrior raised his hand to block the wind. The wind here was not as strong as above. After all, there were many people in the upper level of the cave. They blocked most of the strong wind.
"Hey, the people in front, what happened?!" A warrior shouted against the wind.
No one responded.
Ka ka ka — —
They seemed to have heard such a sound in their ears.
Beside the fire crystal pit, the people who were holding weapons to pry out the fire crystals also stopped. The torches beside them had been extinguished by the wind just now.
The heat source disappeared, and the cold was bone-chilling.
The warrior who held the extinguished torch quickly hid in a sunken place behind the pit based on his memory. He took out the prepared tools to ignite the fire with his back to the wind. He skillfully identified the gelatinous substance smeared on the end of the ignition stick. Then he took out a flint and rubbed it.
Whoosh — —
The flame ignited on the ignition stick. The fire was not hot enough. He wanted to ignite the torch. The wind became weaker. He should be able to ignite the torch.
However, before he could ignite the torch, the fire on the ignition stick went out instantly.
"Damn it!"
After cursing, the warrior felt the temperature around him getting lower and lower. He breathed in the air that almost froze his lungs. He whispered to the warriors who were digging for the fire crystals a few steps away, "Do any of you have any fire sticks? I've used up the last one. "
No one responded.
There was dead silence around.
The warrior wanted to say something, but he found that his consciousness seemed to have begun to leave this body. He could no longer feel the cold around him. He only felt that his body was heavy and stiff. He could not move until he completely lost consciousness.
If there was light, one would find that the warrior was covered with a layer of frost from his face to his feet.
A few steps away, the people who were digging for the fire crystals were still holding their weapons. They stood there stiffly, without any breath or breath. There were more than 20 guards not far away, but there was no heartbeat.
The cracking sounds around continued. The frost covered the entire upper and lower levels of the salt cave. All life stopped.
On the other side, in Yanjiao's salt cave.
The three chiefs were expressionless. They did not know what expression to show.
They had heard the sound just now. They could feel the murderous intent in it. Strangely, the murderous intent was not very strong.
It was a gut feeling.
"Maybe it doesn't care about us at all. It just wants to take revenge on the people who disturbed it?" Shao Xuan tried to sound positive. Although he wanted to comfort them, he was not spouting nonsense.
Just like when he got lost in the king stoneworm's cave, the stones around him were changing. He was not too far away from the king stoneworm. He did not believe that the king stoneworm did not sense his presence. It was just ignoring it. It was like how people would ignore an ant when walking on the road.
"Or maybe it's in a good mood today. That's why the murderous intent is not strong?" Zheng Luo probed. Shao Xuan had said that the king beast was in a good mood.
"No matter what, just don't provoke it." Although the king beast's temper was worse than the king stoneworm's, it was still better than the fearsome beasts in the forest. Ignoring it was fine. It was a good thing for them.
Suddenly, there was a tremor. Then another, and another … But each time, it was getting further and further away.
Shao Xuan hurried to the entrance of the cave. He did not stay for long. The gap in the cave was once again covered by snow.
Pushing the snow aside, Shao Xuan looked outside.
He saw a snake-like figure in the snow. It moved and crawled on the ground, then jumped up again.
It was really … lively.
When the sound was far away and could no longer be heard, everyone in the cave let out a long sigh of relief.
"Did it leave?" Zheng Luo asked.
"It should have left for now. I don't know when it will come back. After all, this is its nest, "Shao Xuan said." I'll go take a look. "
"I'll go too." Zheng Luo turned to Duo Kang. "Keep an eye on the people in the cave. Don't let them run out."
Seeing Zheng Luo and Shao Xuan leave, the other two chiefs decided to go take a look too. They wanted to know what was going on outside. Now that the king beast was gone, they had to take this chance. This was a rare opportunity. If they could make it back alive, they might be able to record this experience on a scroll so that the future generations of the tribe would know that there was such a magical place where a king beast lived. They had been mining salt in this magical place for hundreds of years.
At the same time, they could confirm if they could leave this place.
Listening carefully, Shao Xuan pushed the boulder aside and hurried out. When the other three chiefs came out, he pushed the boulder back into the cave.
It was still windy outside. Snow filled the air. It was much colder than inside the cave.
The strange rock field had been flattened and covered in a thick layer of snow.
"Let's go check out the Fox cave," Zheng Luo suggested.
"Mm."
The four of them carefully walked in that direction, following the tracks left behind by the giant beast until they reached the Fox tribe's salt cave.
Wherever the beast had crawled, there was a layer of hard frost. They felt a chill from the soles of their feet. When they saw the state of the Fox cave, they felt a little cold was nothing. At least it was better than these unlucky bastards.
The entrance to the Fox cave was covered in a thick layer of ice. The frost had shrunk the entrance to the cave. There was now a layer of ice almost a meter high at the entrance.
They jumped on it and walked into the cave.
Zheng Luo held the glowing crystal and had a clear view of the cave.
Near the entrance of the cave, there were people frozen under the layer of ice. They should have been trampled here when they were escaping.
As they walked further in, they saw some broken pieces.
Yes, broken pieces.
The frozen people cracked one by one.
A chill ran up their spines, the hairs on the back of their necks stood on end. Even the hearts of the three leaders trembled violently.
Shao Xuan lifted his foot and continued walking. There were a few people blocking the path, all of them standing. Their bodies were intact, but they were all frozen and covered in a layer of white.
Passing through the gaps, the four of them arrived at the lower level of the cave.
They thought the lower level would be better but it was not.
Although there were no other signs of life here, they could not help but feel fear when they saw it for themselves. They were covered in a layer of white frost. They could vaguely make out their expressions and guess what they wanted to do before they were frozen.
"Fire crystals?" As they got closer, Zheng Luo sensed the presence of fire crystals.
As soon as they heard the words "fire crystals," the other two leaders immediately cast aside the fear they felt just now.
Seeing the frozen fire crystals on the ground, the three chiefs became enthusiastic.
The king beast was not here, there were no other living people in the cave and there were fire crystals on the ground. What should they do?
Dig!
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