Because they didn't know when a bomb would fall from above, everyone hurriedly climbed up the cliff.
They hoped to return to the surface as soon as possible and escape danger.
The cliff after the collapse was rather steep.
However, everyone was eager to survive. No matter how difficult it was, they had to grit their teeth and overcome it. During the climb, the last one wasn't the female soldier, but the genetic soldier with the injured arm. Eric Jr. used a rope to pull him occasionally. Of course, if it wasn't dangerous, he had to do it himself. After climbing through the most dangerous part, Josiah found a seventy-degree cliff, barely enough for everyone to rest. This discovery made the female soldiers who were running out of stamina cheer.
Looking down from the cliff, they found that it was an unknown how deep the canyon was.
Without enough light, they couldn't see the bottom.
Looking up.
There was a line in the sky.
If they looked through binoculars, they would see countless underground creatures fleeing to the surface like a tide.
Beside him, there would occasionally be flying underground creatures flying past him. Lin Dong took a moment to observe these creatures, and discovered that one of them was the Winged Serpent that he had seen before.
These winged serpents didn't fly fast, but they weren't gliding. They were actually flapping their wings.
Their bodies were also much longer than the winged serpent he saw at the base.
There were even a few winged serpents with bright colors.
The winged serpents weren't aggressive towards humans. Their main prey was a type of flying insect that looked like a dragonfly, but was extremely large. The smallest was ten centimeters long, and the largest was half a meter long. Other than the winged serpents, there was also a type of flying lizard that had joined the ranks of flying insects at some point. They were mostly around two meters long and had wide wings. Their two forelimbs were small, and their hind limbs were well-developed. Their long tails were filled with countless spikes. In the sky, the swarm of flying insects was like a dark cloud, flying up from the underground river one by one towards the light in the sky.
Even though the winged serpents and flying lizards were hunting them at the same time, less than one in a million of them were killed.
"Thankfully, these insects don't drink blood. Otherwise, we'd be dead!" When the Gryphon stopped to drink water, it noticed a group of flying insects buzzing through the sky like a dark cloud. It was so frightened that it immediately cried out.
"What are those? Could it be the legendary flying dragon? "Vanessa pointed at the flying lizard and asked Lin Dong.
"I don't know what it is either. It should be a type of lizard." Lin Dong shook his head.
"Do lizards have wings?" The female soldier named Mary was curious.
"It might be a mutation caused by radiation contamination. As for the specifics, I can't come to a conclusion without studying it in detail." Lin Dong waved his hand.
"Wyverns aren't like that!" Fox snorted coldly. Vanessa was very displeased by her confident tone. She immediately retorted, "You've seen a real wyvern before? Don't use movies or literature as an example. Those are all imaginary! In my opinion, the flying lizards here are the real models of flying dragons, and there might be even bigger ones. It's just that we haven't seen them! "
In the distance, there was a group of huge shadows flying.
Unfortunately, it was too far away.
With the poor lighting, no one could clearly see what it was.
This time, Vanessa had more reason. "Look, these are just young wyverns that haven't matured yet. The real mature ones are over there!"
Fox snorted to express her disdain, but she didn't continue arguing with Vanessa. Instead, she chose to ignore her. Lin Dong was meticulous. After seeing Fox's expression, he couldn't help but feel strange. Could this vixen have seen a real wyvern before? There are wyverns in Europe? That's obviously impossible! But why does she have such an expression? Could there be a sealed space like the Dragon's Mouth Mine in Europe?
Lin Dong thought that it was possible.
Perhaps it couldn't be compared to the Dragon Slayer Taoist's Heaven and Earth Formation, but it wasn't strange at all to have something similar.
What made Lin Dong most suspicious was that a thousand years ago, there were already powerhouses in the Darkness Palace who used "blood power". This was definitely not the work of the so-called knights back then. One had to know that Europe was in the Dark Age at that time, and their civilization was similar to that of barbarians. How could they have researched "blood power", something that even modern science couldn't understand? So, Europe should also have sealed spaces like the underground river in the Dragon's Mouth Mine, and there should be more than one! The people over there should have learned some extraordinary methods from there. Organizations like the Darkness Palace and the Plantagenet Empire were also established in this way … The secret sacred item that the leech lady Enoko Kazama mentioned previously should be the item in the sealed space.
"It's a pity that I can't catch a few back to study!" Eric Jr. was envious, but both the winged serpents and the flying lizards were very vigilant. They flew in the sky, staying far away from the humans.
"They're very smart!" Big Ivan realized that it wasn't easy to aim at these winged serpents.
"If there's no major danger, I'll report to my superiors and ask the army to protect this place and try to preserve it as it is." Josiah didn't forget to rope in Lin Dong. "Mr Wood, if you want to study it, we'll give you the greatest convenience. At the same time, you'll have the greatest freedom. We'll never interfere with any of your decisions. "
"Let's get out of here first. Our safety isn't really guaranteed yet. With a bomb hanging over our heads, it's too early for us to talk about this." Lin Dong smiled.
"Let's keep going up." Josiah sighed slightly. This was supposed to be the best opportunity, but the bomb crisis had affected his mood.
They climbed for another three hours or so.
The thin line in the sky turned into a huge crack.
After some calculations, the crack on the surface caused by the earthquake was more than ten kilometers long, but no more than two to three kilometers wide. The underground animals were still heading to the surface endlessly. Some even passed Lin Dong and the others, who were resting, and climbed up the cliff. For example, the long-legged spiders they had seen previously climbed up in groups. From time to time, they would discover a few female long-legged spiders that were three to four meters long walking up with small spiders the size of footballs. These female spiders were very fierce. Any living creature they encountered on the way would become their prey. Whether it was their own kind or other creatures, they would all become nutrients for them and food for their young.
If Lin Dong wasn't in the group, secretly driving them away with his aura, they would have crawled over and started a massacre.
However, the super-large spiders that Big Ivan had mentioned were bigger than houses.
They hadn't seen any.
Perhaps they had already fled because they were about to become monsters.
Lin Dong wasn't interested in the long-legged spiders, but he secretly kept a few of the winged serpents and flying lizards. Although the Demon Refining Pagoda wasn't contracted, it still had its function. Lin Dong used his mind to guide it. Taking advantage of the winged serpents and flying lizards turning around the cliff and avoiding everyone's sight, he silently put them in at lightning speed.
"When we get back, I'll take you to another place. I guarantee it'll be more exciting than here. There'll be many more things there!" Fox was afraid that Josiah had successfully won over Lin Dong. Her sapphire-like eyes rolled, and she immediately came up with a good idea. She attached herself to Lin Dong and told him the biggest secret of the Plantagenet Dynasty, "There are real flying dragons there!"
"Huh?" Lin Dong played along with her. "You mean flying dragons?"
"I didn't say anything!" Fox smiled slyly.
"Okay, I'll think about it." Lin Dong expressed that he was already tempted. After hearing this, Fox's big eyes were full of smugness. When she looked at Josiah, who was leading the way, her smugness was even stronger.
If the flying dragons that Fox mentioned really existed, then it was really worth looking forward to.
The underground world in Latin America had a treasure like the Demon Refining Pagoda. What about the sealed space in Europe?
Since there were flying dragons in there, would there also be giant dragons? Moreover, if an old organization like the Plantagenet Dynasty had such a place, how could the Darkness Palace not have one! According to the strength of the Darkness Palace, they might have more than one place! Since there were no powerful people on the blue planet, and he was the only "player" in the whole novice village, how could he not go to those sealed spaces to plunder such a heaven-sent opportunity!?
"There really is one. I'm willing to exchange one gene potion for one." Lin Dong showed his sincerity.
"No, I can't help you with that. Moreover, just the guide fee alone will cost me ten bronze-level gene potions!" Fox made an exorbitant offer.
"You look like a fox, right?" Lin Dong felt that she was almost good enough.
"One potion is fine, but it must be a silver-level gene potion. Inject it into my veins!" Fox was an egoist. She hoped that the gene potions she used were the best. Compared to Ye Qianru and Qianjun, she was definitely the best among all the foreigners. Ye Qianru's battle prowess had already stimulated her nerves, and the leech girl Fuuma Shizuko behind her made her feel even more threatened. With such a good opportunity, of course, she would give it her all.
"Your original gene potion has not been fully integrated …" Lin Dong was speechless. How greedy are you!?
"I think you should be able to specially create a brand new gene potion that can enhance my old genes at least silver-level and above!" In order to tempt Lin Dong, Fox added another bargaining chip. "I can bring you in secretly. I can't do anything to the flying dragon because it can fly, which is far beyond my ability. However, if you can kill one, I can send it back to your research base for free. Of course, if you can send one to me, I can guarantee that I won't do any tricks in the process! "
"You're so smart. No wonder you're called Fox!" Lin Dong laughed.
"Thank you for your compliment!" Fox was thick-skinned and didn't take it seriously at all.
"Miss Fox, it's useless to say this now. We haven't even seen the flying dragon yet!" Lin Dong reminded her not to be happy too early.
"After you see the flying dragon, you can inject the silver-level gene potion into my veins. Dear Mr. Wood, I'm not only confident in you, but I'm also very confident in myself." Fox smiled enchantingly and blinked her big eyes, giving Lin Dong an electric look that exceeded 100,000 volts.
"Quite beautiful." Lin Dong looked at her face and sighed. "It's just too dark!"
"Ah …" Fox heard this and suddenly remembered that her face was covered in mud, like a dirty cat. She immediately let out a cry of embarrassment.
They returned to the ground.
The sun was already high in the sky.
Because of more than ten hours of continuous climbing, everyone was exhausted.
They had already finished drinking water, and there was no food. Due to physical exhaustion, the soldiers abandoned their guns in the valley. Even someone as strong as Josiah also threw away his spear, leaving only a pistol for self-defense. In fact, other than Lin Dong who had the physical strength to carry a backpack, the others had already thrown their backpacks and everything else that was not worth carrying into the abyss. Souvenirs? Specimens? Were these things more important than their lives?
On the ground, countless underground creatures spread out in all directions, including the Greater Rats and Long-legged Spiders. None of them had the slightest interest in humans like Lin Dong.
All the creatures fled in a hurry, afraid that they would be too slow and continue to be trapped in the dark underground.
Some creatures, such as some small insects, were not used to the surface world.
After coming out.
They died from exposure to the sun.
The ground was densely packed with their corpses.
"This seems to be Brother Mo Qian's territory, right? At least it's Brother Mo Qian in the rift valley! " Fox was pleasantly surprised to find that in the distance, there was a half-collapsed fence. It was obviously the border between America and Mexico. She found that most of the rift valley was in Brother Mo Qian's territory, and America only occupied less than one-fifth of it. Only a small part of the canyon was outside Brother Mo Qian's territory. When she thought about it, it was not surprising that they had crossed the border after traveling such a long distance underground.
"In that case, Mr. Josiah and Eric Jr., thank you for your hospitality. We had a great trip. If there's a chance, let's come here again. But now, we have to go. Compared to the terrifying underground world, I still prefer the sunny surface world!" Big Ivan pretended to be a polite gentleman and made a fake diplomatic order.
"Cut the crap. We're not in America's territory now. We're free to go wherever we want!" Griffon did not think that Josiah could make them stay.
Although they had the advantage in numbers, Phillip and Fox were not to be trifled with.
The most important thing was …
They still had the invincible Heavenly God on their side!
Josiah's expression was very ugly. He never thought that the situation where they could definitely make Mr. Wood stay would turn into Brother Mo Qian's territory the moment they returned to the surface!
If he could use force to conquer them, he would not mind using force.
But it was obviously not possible now.
On their side, the four genetic soldiers were less than half of their combat power. Besides Big Ivan, the other side had Griffon, Fox, and Phillip, who were all super strong. Three against two, he and Eric Jr. had the overall advantage. If they fought, Mr. Wood would definitely take the opportunity to leave. Even if they could take down Griffon and the rest, what use would it be? And the female soldiers, who had been saved by Mr. Wood several times, might turn impulsively and help him escape. Especially Vanessa, who was the most likely to fall into the enemy's hands!
"Let's send a signal and wait for the helicopter. If it's our helicopter that arrives, we'll invite everyone to our base as guests. If it's Brother Mo Qian's helicopter, we'll send everyone off with the deepest brotherhood!" Josiah decided to take a gamble.
America's actions are the fastest. Once we send a signal, the helicopter will arrive in less than half an hour.
Brother Mo Qian, do they have that kind of speed?
With the help of the helicopter, they might be able to make Mr. Wood stay …
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