In fact, there were two ways to travel from Jinhuang City to Withered Leaf City. The first way was to take route number six, which was more familiar to the public. Although there were many wild Elves living in the forest, there was also a road built by the Alliance to maintain the daily security of the area.
Some of the buses between Withered Leaf City and Jinhuang City took this route, which was faster and safer.
The other way was a more natural road, or a cave.
Between Withered Leaf City and Jinhuang City, there were a large number of gophers and three-gophers.
These two elves were gentle by nature and liked to be close to humans. They often went back and forth in various kinds of soil, digging up various trace elements buried deep in the soil to the upper layer of the soil so that animals and plants could grow better.
Therefore, the gophers and three-gophers were also called the elves of the mountain by many trainers. They were very popular among trainers.
Even some elven hunters and trainers in the dark world would not take the initiative to harm the gophers and three-gophers.
After all, angering the gophers and three-gophers could cause landslides or even directly change the landscape.
It was these cute gophers and three-gophers that dug a tunnel between Withered Leaf City and Jinhuang City that was connected to each other.
In the beginning, not many people dared to take this tunnel.
However, there would always be someone who took the risk. After the first person passed through the tunnel from Jinhuang City to Withered Leaf City, many people gradually took this tunnel.
Gradually, people called this tunnel the Gophers' Cave as a way to thank the gophers for their help, which made it more convenient to travel between the two places.
There was a main tunnel in the Gophers' Cave and many branches, which were all dug by the gophers. Except for them, no one knew how many caves there were in the entire underground.
As the Gophers' Cave was gradually accepted by everyone, the Alliance also sent people to build many pillars in the tunnel in order to stabilize the cave. At the entrance of the cave on both sides, a house was also built, which could be regarded as the entrance to the tunnel. The words "Gophers' Cave" were also officially written on the official map.
However, people's desire to explore was infinite. At first, some people were not satisfied with the main tunnel of the Gophers' Cave and explored the various branches.
All kinds of diggers appeared. Some people were able to return safely in just one day after entering the branches without encountering any mission dangers.
On the other hand, some people would fall into all kinds of complicated tunnels and gradually get lost. Moreover, they would encounter many wild Elves, some of which were even aggressive.
The most pitiful person was lost in a branch of the gopher cave for two whole months. All the food on him was used up, and he even encountered some elves that attacked him. During that time, he could only survive by eating some soft soil.
He truly experienced the days of eating dirt.
It was said that when they came out of the branch, they were all skin and bones, and the elves were all in a state of malnutrition.
After this incident, the Alliance began to call for trainers to not rashly attempt to enter the unknown tunnel. Only then did the endless stream of explorers gradually stop.
Of course, there were still some people who didn't believe in heresy and continued their suicidal behavior. For these people, the Alliance held the attitude that they should take care of them if they could and leave them be if they couldn't. After all, they couldn't restrict a person's freedom of life, could they?
Aoki planned to walk around the gopher cave. If there was a suitable opportunity, he would also try to explore the unexplored branches. After all, he was different from others. He had the Dazed Beast's teleportation ability, so he could still return safely.
After letting the Dazed Beast set a superpower coordinate at the entrance of the gopher cave, Aoki brought the Dazed Beast into the underground cave.
There was a row of old light bulbs that emitted yellow light hanging above the cave. Stepping on the soft soil was slightly more comfortable than stepping on the road.
There was a relatively common phenomenon in the gopher cave. No trainers had to worry about losing things because as soon as an item fell to the ground, a gopher or three gopher would pick it up and bring it to the owner.
Of course, it wasn't just the dropped items. If some trash was casually thrown on the ground, the gopher would also pester it until the person who threw the trash picked it up. Only then would the gopher let the person go.
After many attempts, the gophers persevered, and the trainers stopped throwing rubbish in the cave. This allowed the gophers' cave to be maintained in a very clean and tidy state.
In the gopher cave, they would occasionally meet some trainers. Some of them were carrying large backpacks with hoes, shovels, and other tools. These people were the explorers who were preparing to explore the unknown tunnels. They wore a beret with an electric light on their head, which could illuminate the surroundings in the dark tunnel.
Most of the gopher cave was filled with gopher and three gopher, but it didn't mean that there weren't any other elves. Aoki could occasionally see a few supersonic bats and a few small Lada. However, these elves didn't take the initiative to attack. They often flashed past in a hurry.
Aoki led the Dazed Beast into the depths of the gopher cave through the main tunnel of the gopher cave.
In the beginning, there were relatively few branches next to the tunnel, but as they continued to go deeper, the number of branch tunnels began to increase. Some of them were also installed with street lights. There was also a sign at the entrance, which stated the specific situation and purpose of the branch tunnel.
For example, some of the branch tunnels were used as small trading markets. They were gathered by trainers on their own and slowly formed.
Although it wasn't comparable to the black market where all kinds of materials and items were sold, most of them were free trainers who sold some precious materials or used items that they encountered during their daily travels. It was like a large market. Sometimes, it was possible to buy some good things.
The underground market in the gopher cave was also somewhat famous among the trainers between Jinhuang City and Withered Leaf City. Many sellers were worried about the environment in the black market and would rather choose to take a few more steps to sell their things here.
Of course, unlike the black market, the things sold here were legal and formal. There were no peddlers or sellers of elves.
It was like a flea market on the surface.
There were also some smaller branch tunnels that were directly occupied by people and turned into underground homes.
Although directly occupying a public place and treating it as one's own personal property wasn't popular, it wasn't too much of a problem.
After all, people who couldn't even live on the surface and could only live underground presumably didn't have good conditions. Regarding these people, everyone turned a blind eye and acquiesced.
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Chapter 3: Offering! All kinds of begging!
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