Hao Ren knew that no matter what Lily did, she would always be unexpected. It was pointless to use common sense and habit to predict her behavior. When you thought she was a werewolf, she would bark. When you thought she was brave, she would be a coward. When you thought she was stupid, she would recite poetry. When you thought she was artistic, she would be blind.
But to be honest, Lily was not as surprising as the MDT. After all, the MDT had even died in the virtual Zorm.
Hao Ren patted Lily's head and took the lead. As he walked, he reminded the people behind him, "Be careful to avoid the source of magma and rock steam. The sun has just passed, and there should still be a lot of heat under the ground. It's no different from falling into a steelmaking furnace if you let that thing spew out."
He was mainly reminding Lily and Vivian. As for Y 'zaks and Y' zaks … they were creatures that could bathe in magma.
Vivian looked at the golden light at the end of the horizon and patted her cheek. "I don't like the sun … especially on this planet."
"Battie, you're definitely an unprecedented vampire!" "Normal vampires would be half-dead if they were exposed to the sun. But you are standing here and falling into the sun with the planet. You can brag about it for a year when you get back." Vivian, Lily hopped around Vivian and said, "A normal vampire would be half-dead after being exposed to the sun.
Vivian had no energy to argue with Lily. She waved her hand weakly and said, "I just want to get back before the sun rises the next day."
Hao Ren took out the backup data device. The palm-sized, tablet-like, silver-white crystal board had a holographic image of a large area with the Petrachelys as the center. It was a temporary navigation map drawn by the Petrachelys' radar. The content of the video was disturbing: the radar showed that the ground under their feet was not solid at all. It was a layer of light rock with a high melting point that looked like scum, only a few meters thick. Below it was a semi-molten crust, and a dozen rivers of lava flowed under their feet. This structure was unstable. It relied on a fragile balance to maintain the status quo, but it was experiencing large and small collapses and eruptions at any time.
"The breach is just ahead." Hao Ren pointed to a black 'hill' hundreds of meters ahead. "The radar shows that there's a well-shaped hole below. It's probably not a natural product to be able to maintain stability under such circumstances."
"The ground is soft," Lily said, wagging her tail to maintain balance. "I think there should be a magma lake below …"
Following the guidance of the navigation map, the small expedition team carefully moved forward in this dead scorched land. The scenery around them was like hell, or even more terrible and harsh. After the sun had faded, the back of the planet was not completely dark because the crust had not completely cooled yet was covered with dark red glowing cracks. Along with these rivers of magma flowing on the dark cracked land, new cracks were constantly breaking out on the ground. The turbulent rock steam was like a spectacular and abrupt fountain erupting from those cracks. Some of the steam columns could even shoot up to a height of tens of kilometers.
These huge and always sudden steam columns made the usually clumsy Lily cautious. She followed closely beside Hao Ren and grabbed his clothes to show her loyalty. "Mr. Landlord, I will protect you!"
If she did not tuck her tail between her legs when she said this, Hao Ren might really believe it.
"Pay attention to the sudden cracks on the ground," Y 'zaks said in a rough voice. "I'll walk in front."
Although the planet that was falling into the sun was a bit worse than the average demonic realm, as a higher demon, Y 'zaks still had a bit more resistance than others here. He strode past Hao Ren and went to the front of the team. Y 'lisabet immediately jumped up and followed her father. The father and daughter discussed as they walked. "Dad, do you think the Red Mountain in our hometown is like this?" "Not really, it's much cooler over there …"
At this time, Y 'lisabet just trotted a few steps forward, and the ground under her feet suddenly bulged abnormally. Hao Ren saw the situation and quickly warned, "Be careful!"
But he was still a step too late. The bulging ground suddenly exploded, and a powerful stream of rock steam gushed out from the underground air cavity, instantly forming a huge air pillar that shot straight into the sky. The little girl, Y'lisabet, disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Lily could not help but exclaim and looked up at the sky, but she could not see anything in the dark night sky. She was a little nervous. "Will something bad happen?"
"It's okay, at most a scare." Y 'zaks was calmer than the others. He looked for the direction where his daughter flew out and laughed. "Although the child's physique is weaker than ordinary demons, she is not afraid of this heat … Oh, seems to be falling."
Before his voice trailed off, everyone saw a tiny figure appearing in the air. Y'lisabet was struggling in the air as she shouted into the communicator, "Catch! Catch! "
Everyone quickly stood in a circle and opened their hands, and then the little girl fell out of the circle.
"Hiss …" Y 'lisabet rubbed her butt and got up from the ground. "What's with the look in your eyes …"
Hao Ren looked at the little demon in surprise. "You can't fly? All high-ranking demons can fly, right? "
"I'm not an adult yet, and my wings haven't grown out yet." Y 'lisabet covered her butt and hopped back. "I just saw the entrance in the sky! It's behind that hill over there! "
With the help of the navigation map and Y 'lisabet, they found the suspicious crack.
It was a well-shaped, almost circular hole, and below it was a shaft that was almost vertical to the ground. Around the circular hole, there was a neatly arranged structure that looked like a crater. Judging from the remaining protrusions on the structure, there must have been something else here before.
It could have been a device used to block the entrance, such as a door, but it must have been destroyed a long time ago.
"It's been burned beyond recognition, but there's no doubt that it's man-made." Vivian looked down the shaft. "We can vaguely see the ground, and it looks like it hasn't melted yet. Do you want to go down? "
"There's no other choice." Hao Ren gritted his teeth. "My shield is the strongest. I'll go down first. Listen to my signal."
Vivian pulled Hao Ren aside and conjured a small bat. "It might be dangerous. Let's use my little bat to scout … Ugh."
The little bat shriveled up before it could take off. In the blink of an eye, it had almost dried up. Vivian had no choice but to keep it away.
"I didn't prepare a life-support collar for it." Hao Ren smiled and threw a probe with a camera into the shaft. After confirming that it was ground, he jumped down.
Below the shaft was solid ground. Although it was scorching hot, it showed no signs of softening. Hao Ren hit the ground with a thud. When he got up, he looked around and found that he was at a place that looked like a subway intersection.
There were three wide, dark tunnels that intersected here, and no one knew where they led.
He turned on the communicator. "It's safe down there. The structure looks like an underground bunker. We should have found a shelter."
The rest of them quickly gathered in the underground tunnel. Lily looked at the dark corridor in front of her in amazement. "… This place hasn't melted yet?"
"It's not a natural product. Look at the walls. The person who made them must have a high level of material science." Hao Ren pointed at the walls of the tunnel. Although the walls were completely black, and many parts were distorted, it was still possible to see that they were made of a precise and strong synthetic material. "But they won't last long. The planet is disintegrating, and it's reaching its critical point. We better hurry."
Vivian frowned as she looked at the fork in the road. "Three roads. Should we split up?"
"It's best not to split up. There might be new forks in the road ahead. It's useless to split up." Hao Ren shook his head. "The radar shows that there's a bigger hole deep underground. It should be the main location of the shelter. As long as these forks are not blocked, we should be able to go deeper. Let's follow the navigation."
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