Nangong Wuyue had left a protective enchantment around the soldiers who had died unexpectedly to ensure that the bodies of these people could safely escape the attack of the beasts in the mountains tonight. The next morning, there would naturally be other soldiers from the royal army coming to find these missing soldiers. She and Hao Ren did not rush to report to the other outposts in the mountains because it was difficult to explain why two foreign mercenaries, who had not applied for a patrol mission and had not registered, would appear in the vicinity of the royal army's defensive position in the middle of the night. Now that the people of Leyton Town were in a state of panic, the royal army and the church army were on edge, it was better to have as little trouble as possible in this regard.
However, not long after she and Hao Ren left, she suddenly felt that the enchantment she had left was touched by some strange energy, and then the environment of the enchantment changed incredibly. She immediately stopped Hao Ren and said, "Go back! Something's wrong! "
Hao Ren did not know what was going on, but he immediately followed Nangong Wuyue and ran back to the place where the dead were. Both of them subconsciously concealed their breath. When they returned to the small clearing, they saw an incredible scene: the bodies of the dead were gradually being swallowed up by the earth!
The solid rock ground seemed to soften into mud as it surged up, silently but quickly sucking the bodies of the soldiers into the ground. The scene was as strange and inexplicable as a living swamp. Many of the bodies of the soldiers had disappeared, leaving only a small amount of blood and a lingering smell of blood. The rest of the bodies were almost completely swallowed up. When Hao Ren and Nangong Wuyue arrived, they only had time to see a few pieces of armor sinking into the "swamp" at an astonishing speed!
"What's going on?!" Hao Ren could not help but exclaim when he saw this strange scene. He was not good at concealing his breath, and now that there were no enemies at the scene, he naturally became more relaxed. However, the moment he exclaimed, the "mud" that was constantly swallowing the bodies suddenly stopped as if it sensed something. Then, it suddenly sped up and suddenly sputtered more than a dozen "mud" towards Hao Ren and Nangong Wuyue.
As soon as the "mud" left the "quagmire" below, it quickly hardened. By the time it flew into the air, it had already turned into sharp stone spikes!
Nangong Wuyue's huge body made it inconvenient for her to dodge, so she could only curl up her tail in preparation to resist. But Hao Ren's many days of practice finally showed results. He reacted quickly and leaped forward, blocking all the stone spikes. The sharp and abnormally sturdy stone spikes emitted an ear-piercing sound as they collided with the shield, shattering into pieces on the ground.
Hao Ren and Nangong Wuyue were momentarily stopped by the sudden turn of events. By the time they realized what was going on, it was already over. All the corpses on the ground had disappeared, leaving behind only a few bloodstains and a few pieces of equipment. The ground that was like a quagmire had also returned to its original state. Hao Ren stepped forward and felt that it was solid rock.
"What happened just now?" Nangong Wuyue wriggled forward in fear. She bent down to touch the stone on the ground and tapped it with the tip of her tail.
The MDT shimmered and floated in front of Hao Ren. "I detected a magic reaction just now, but as soon as we got close, it quickly shifted. Judging from the sensitivity of the shift and the counterattack just now, there should be someone monitoring this place. I just don't know where they are hiding. There's no one within the radar range. "
"Have the corpses been swallowed into the ground?" Hao Ren was thinking about another question. He had just seen the corpses of the soldiers being swallowed up by the ground. The scene reminded him of the suspicious camp at the lakeside outpost. It was the same scene after a fierce battle, the same bloodstains and smell of blood, and there were no corpses either. "Let's dig down and see!"
As he said that, he released an autonomous robot from his Dimensional Pocket. The little monster with tentacles was first surprised by its surroundings, and then it received a command. It formed a ring-shaped drill with its tentacles under its body. The tip of the tentacles burst into bright blue flames, and its whole body spun and dug down rapidly.
The digging point that Hao Ren chose was the place where one of the corpses disappeared. He felt that if the corpses were swallowed by the earth, there would at least be some traces left underneath. However, the autonomous robot drilled down for more than 10 meters and only brought up some ordinary stones and gravel.
"Gone?" Hao Ren was surprised. "Could it have been absorbed by Dragonspine Ridge?"
The word 'absorbed' was just a random thought, but it reminded Nangong Wuyue, who was next to him. The siren maiden immediately held her breath and stuck her body to the ground to sense carefully. Hao Ren was a little curious when he saw her like this. "What are you looking for?"
"Water. The water I left behind, and the water in the bodies of the soldiers." Nangong Wuyue frowned as she searched carefully. "I will remember the water that I have come into contact with for a short period of time. No matter where it goes, I can feel it, even if it turns into steam, or if it's really absorbed by the mountain … I can feel that the water is moving deep underground. It's moving very fast."
Hao Ren immediately stopped talking and let Nangong Wuyue slowly sense. Nangong Wuyue had already fully activated her talent. Her consciousness was rapidly extending along the ubiquitous water in the atmosphere and soil. The shape of Dragonspine Ridge was slowly outlined in her mind. Using the different concentrations of water as lines and colours, she painted a 3D image that was vaguely similar to the real world, but with many differences. In this image, Dragonspine Ridge was a dry, unpleasant greyish-white, and the lower they went, the more it was so. Only a few underground rivers flowing in the mountain culverts showed a bright blue color. Among these strange colors, a glimmering color was moving quickly under the ground — and it was about to leave her sensing range.
Nangong Wuyue immediately raised her body and subconsciously made a hissing sound. She quickly waved her long tail and chased in a certain direction. "Over there! Quick! "
Hao Ren did not have the time to ask about the situation and quickly followed.
They quickly ran down the mountain path, and soon left the normal road and entered a primitive mountainous area that ordinary people would not be able to set foot on. Jagged rocks, high slopes, and steep roads, it was almost impossible to stand. Nangong Wuyue was following the shortest route in her sensing range. Naturally, she did not have the time to choose a path while chasing. But the road conditions were not a problem for the two: Hao Ren jumped between the rocks with light steps, it felt no different from walking on flat ground. Nangong Wuyue was even more relaxed. She raised her upper body and a part of her snake body high up, and slid her tail quickly on the rugged mountain and even on the rock walls. She was so steady that it was like she was equipped with 17 or 18 gyroscopes...
Under such circumstances, Hao Ren still had the time to joke. "You're pretty steady."
Nangong Wuyue smiled slightly. "You can go online and search for 'the most stable mountain parkour video in history'. I uploaded it. My record is holding the DV and running down the mountain from the top of Mount Hua. I didn't turn on the anti-shake function the whole time, and there were only two blurry frames — the state of video recording, those who play with equipment will never understand. "
Hao Ren was dumbfounded. "What's the point of this?"
Nangong Wuyue continued to show off her anti-shake function technique with a proud look on her face. "I'm posting it on the internet to get clicks!"
Hao Ren felt that the daily life of these unusual creatures was too f * cking rich. How bored must they be to come up with such an idea?
Just like that, they found that they had unknowingly reached a place in the deep mountains that no one had ever set foot on before. Both sides of the mountain were surrounded by rocks, and the road meandered downwards. There seemed to be a deep valley in front of them, and if seen from afar, it must have been covered by layers of rocks.
Nangong Wuyue sensed that the water vapor in the depths of the ground was no longer moving quickly, but slowly drifting towards the valley. At the same time, it spread out and gradually floated up, as if it had reached its destination and was undergoing some kind of strange transformation.
"It's right in front." Nangong Wuyue lowered her voice and body. "Be careful, I smell a strange smell, and it's very uncomfortable. The water elements here are restless, as if they're being forced to undergo some kind of transformation."
While Nangong Wuyue and Hao Ren finally found some clues, Vivian and Lily had also returned to the lakeside outpost, and entered the tunnel that they had discovered earlier.
They were moving in the opposite direction from the previous time, and the tunnel stretched out before their eyes.
All the way down.
(Speaking of which, I just found out that giving coins doesn't count as a subscription …)
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