"Huh? The Mermaid Kingdom? "
Irin casually opened the [Reputation] panel and took a look.
It was originally done casually.
But this look made Irin dumbfounded.
In the [Reputation] panel, there was no change in the reputation value of the other forces.
There was only one more item.
[Mermaid Kingdom Reputation] Respect (1212000)
What was this feeling of walking in a cave and a melon falling from the sky?
Irin was very sure that when he had nothing to do in the Great Engineer Tower the last time he looked at the [Great Engineering Institute] reputation, there was no additional item.
This inexplicable addition of an NPC force that he had never met before was one thing, but it also strangely rose to "Respect" in an instant?
Did he accidentally burn incense to the ancestral graves of the Mermaid Kingdom?
Or was it that a certain monster on the roadside just happened to be the lifelong enemy of the Mermaid Kingdom, and after he killed it, this NPC force sensed it in the dark?
This didn't make sense.
"Wait."
Irin looked at it, and his frowning eyebrows suddenly relaxed, and then he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"The Mermaid Kingdom? Don't tell me that my surviving teammates are in this country, grinding for fame with the title of 'Hero's Companion'. As they grind, part of the credit will be given to me, right? If they knew about this, they would definitely be in a foul mood right now. "
They really couldn't die.
In the darkness, Irin was relieved.
It was impossible for his reputation value to be brushed up to "Respect" for no reason.
The only possibility was that someone else had brushed it up, and then some of the benefits fell on his head.
It was like the statue of "The Hero and the Dog" in the moonlight jungle.
It was also like the prophecy of "The Hero and his dog are about to destroy this country" in the Twin Lions Kingdom.
It was as if the whole world was inseparable from the legend of "The Hero and the Dog."
Irin still hadn't figured out why he was the hero and the dog was the dog, but others were the "Hero's Companions."
If this was an adventure, Irin believed that there would be an answer at the end of the adventure.
When the adventure in this world came to an end, what Irin witnessed with his own eyes was not only the end of this game world, but also his lost memories and the answers to all his questions.
"As for now …"
Irin held two daggers.
Behind him, there were countless corpses of Crystal Swallowing Bugs.
The Crystal Devouring Bug had a special "summoning partner" mechanism, similar to the mechanism of the [Tauren Family] in the Endless Swamp.
Under this special mechanism, under normal circumstances, if one wanted to clear this leveling area, they had to assemble a team with a reasonable combination of professions and focus fire on the Crystal Devouring Bug in a short period of time. They could not give the Crystal Devouring Bug any chance to gather its companions.
Once the "Crystal Swallowing Bug B" was summoned, the following little friends BCDEFG would be endless and difficult to deal with.
In the normal game mode, the turn-based system limited Irin's abilities.
Irin's current point allocation was all in the direction of combos. Under the turn-based system, Irin could only use one skill per round. This was unreasonable and unscientific.
Just like what Ah Deng said, one had to believe in science.
For Irin at this moment, cheating … no, researching the game's loopholes reasonably was the most scientific science.
Therefore, after careful consideration, Irin could only temporarily separate from Wang Tiandi and go on the road to kill the boss alone.
…
In the darkness, the surrounding stone walls of the mine emitted a hazy gray light.
Irin was not so miserable that he could not see his own fingers in the dark environment.
"It seems that the deeper I go, the denser the Crystal Devouring Bugs are."
Irin used another combo to kill a Crystal Devouring Bug that was turned into experience points before it could react. He bent down to pick up the loot.
It was a crystal piece covered with viscous acid.
[Crystal Fragment in Digestion].
It was a material type item.
As for the use of this material, Irin did not know.
In the mine, there were many forks in the road, winding endlessly to the depths.
Other than encountering groups of Crystal Devouring Bugs, Irin did not encounter any other "boss-like" existences.
There was not even a "big Crystal Devouring Bug".
Ordinary Crystal Devouring Bugs could no longer pose any threat to Irin.
Irin's current level was there. As long as he did not enter battle mode, with a set of combos, no matter how many Crystal Devouring Bugs there were, they could only be regarded as the weakest of the weakest. Irin was even so ridiculous that while yawning, he completed a skillful combo as if it was his own arm. Eight moves evolved into one move. It was so natural that the Crystal Devouring Bugs could not help but exclaim.
However, Irin's current level had formed a level suppression on the Crystal Devouring Bugs. The experience points obtained from killing the Crystal Devouring Bugs were greatly reduced. In the end, Irin was too lazy to make a move. He just went around to save crystal energy potions.
Although most of the potions in Irin's bag were borrowed and did not cost any money. But these were the fruits of labor, weren't they? It also made Irin spend a lot of effort. If he could save, he would save. It was shameful to waste.
The depths of the cave were like a maze.
The deeper he went, the more complicated the path was. It was impossible to find the end.
"If this goes on, it will be a little troublesome."
Irin went around another small monster.
In the darkness, the effect of the "Pursuing Shadow" skill was displayed to the extreme. In addition, Irin was good at stealth. In this environment, it was like returning to his own home. There was no pressure at all when he went around.
In the air, there was a strange smell. It was like there was a faint smell of feces. It came from the cracks of the stone. The deeper he went, the more obvious this smell was. Originally, this smell should be very difficult to detect. However, in the impenetrable cave, the faint smell of feces gradually fermented and filled every fork in the mine.
Irin suddenly regretted it.
It seemed too early to leave Wang Tiandi behind.
Wang Tiandi's dog nose was extremely sensitive to smells. He should be able to detect something strange.
However, Yi Lin had second thoughts. If he didn't abandon Wang Tiandi and head into the depths alone, Wang Tiandi's two green dog eyes would be like fireflies in the dark. It was so eye-catching that it would be impossible for the demonic creatures to not discover them.
"Eh? What are these little bugs doing? "
Irin wandered aimlessly in the maze-like fork in the road. Unintentionally, Irin discovered that the movements of these Crystal Devouring Bugs seemed to follow a certain pattern.
After noticing the strange movements of the Crystal Devouring Bugs, Irin stopped and leaned against the stone wall gently. He held his breath. His body seemed to be completely integrated into the darkness of the stone wall.
"Ka Ka Ka —"
"Chirp Chirp Chirp Chirp —"
In the depths of the mine, the density of Crystal Devouring Bugs was beyond imagination. For example, if Irin used the "turn-based battle" to rush out now, the halo would fall. It was estimated that a casual cover could trap nearly ten Crystal Devouring Bugs.
Although in the turn-based battle, Irin was still in a one-on-one situation. However, the deeper he went, the more it became Irin fighting a "group of Crystal Devouring Bugs" instead of "one Crystal Devouring Bug". It could be seen how terrifying the density of the monsters was.
The normal deduction method, coupled with the deceptive mechanism of the Crystal Devouring Bugs, could not be deduced to this position.
No wonder the crisis of the abandoned crystal mine would give the five great engineers in the Great Engineer Tower such a headache. They had to wait for the "players" to solve it.
It was reasonable, reasonable, and in line with the rules of the game.
Previously, Irin was only focused on killing monsters and almost did not pay attention to the movements of the Crystal Devouring Bugs. However, when Irin was too lazy to kill monsters and began to observe the pattern of the Crystal Devouring Bugs' movements, these Crystal Devouring Bugs, which were gradually increasing in number and gathered into small groups, began to reveal many strange clues.
A few tentacles protruded from the heads of the round Crystal Devouring Bugs. A few Crystal Devouring Bugs, whose gender could not be distinguished, used their tentacles to tease, tease, and play with each other. It was unknown whether they were mating or communicating. In short, they were having a lot of fun.
Irin calmed down and continued to observe.
A few minutes later.
After the communication, the Crystal Devouring Bugs began to move.
One of the Crystal Devouring Bugs suddenly drilled into the stone wall and moved quickly in the hard soil. On the stone wall, as the Crystal Devouring Bugs moved in the soil, the surface of the stone wall was cracked. It seemed that the inside was pushed open.
Soon, the Crystal Devouring Bugs that were raging in the stone wall drilled out of the surface of the stone wall again. They opened their mouths and bit the ground. Between their sharp teeth, a slightly shiny crystal was spat out on the ground, mixed with sticky secretions.
Irin quietly approached.
"Crystal fragments? So this is the way the Crystal Devouring Bugs collect crystals? Heh, after all, this used to be a crystal mine. It is not surprising that they can dig out crystal fragments from the soil. But after eating it, they spit it out again. What is it doing? Is it stuffed? "
Irin, who was hiding in the darkness, slowly typed a question mark.
However, he did not beat the grass and startled the bugs. After drinking a bottle of crystal energy to replenish his crystal energy value, he continued to hide in the dark.
After the first Crystal Devouring Bug that drilled into the soil spat out crystal fragments mixed with saliva, its tentacles trembled quickly, as if it was expressing something. The rest of the Crystal Devouring Bugs looked at each other. There were several other Crystal Devouring Bugs that followed the path of the first Crystal Devouring Bug and quickly drilled into the soil.
In the original place, there was only one Crystal Devouring Bug left.
The lone Crystal Devouring Bug, without any hesitation, rolled its long tongue on the ground and quickly swallowed the disgusting crystal fragments into its stomach.
This scene was somewhat like the scene of an anteater swallowing ants on TV.
When Irin was wondering what these Crystal Devouring Bugs were doing.
The stone wall trembled.
The Crystal Devouring Bugs that entered the stone wall drilled out of the stone wall one after another and spat on the ground respectively. After leaving pieces of crystal fragments on the ground, they drilled back into the stone wall again. This process was repeated over and over again.
Gradually.
The Crystal Devouring Bug that initially stayed in the tunnel of the cave and swallowed the crystal fragments spat out by other Crystal Devouring Bugs became rounder and rounder.
Until it burped contentedly.
"Full, full?"
The Crystal Devouring Bug that was full, without any hesitation, turned around and left the place, moving into the depths of the cave.
Perhaps because it was too full, the Crystal Devouring Bug's movement speed was much slower than the other Crystal Devouring Bugs. After Irin paid attention, it was not difficult to distinguish.
Irin turned into a shadow and followed closely behind the Crystal Devouring Bug that was full.
After eating, the Crystal Devouring Bug's round buttocks twisted and turned in a snake-like manner, which was slightly sexy.
In the process of tracking, Irin found that in the mine, the dense Crystal Devouring Bugs were divided into numerous teams with clear division of labor, repeating the whole process that Irin had just witnessed.
In the process of moving forward, more and more "full Crystal Devouring Bugs", with their bellies as if they had been pregnant for ten months, moved in a certain direction with difficulty and determination.
One, two, three, four … As Irin went deeper, the Crystal Devouring Bugs in front of Irin, first gathered into a small team, then gathered into a large team … Unknowingly, the full Crystal Devouring Bugs formed a flowing bug river in front of Irin.
Countless wriggling Crystal Devouring Bugs meandered in the narrow cave. If this scene was seen by someone who had eaten too much, they would probably be so disgusted that they would even vomit out last night's meal.
"The first Crystal Devouring Bug is positioned in the stone wall. After the positioning is successful, the other Crystal Devouring Bugs collect the crystal fragments in the stone wall, spit them out, and finally let one Crystal Devouring Bug swallow it and … transport it away?"
"I never thought that I could actually see such an orderly assembly line collection operation among the monsters in the game."
In the shadow, Irin couldn't help but laugh, "So these 'full Crystal Devouring Bugs' are responsible for collecting the 'crystal' and transporting it to a certain place?"
Bingo.
It seemed that …
Found it.
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