Chapter 115 A first exploration into the underground city
The origin of the underground city is now unknown.
People only know that long before the gods descended into the lower realm, that is, in ancient times a thousand years ago, underground cities already existed on this land.
The underground city at that time was a cave that appeared on the earth, like a huge mouth from the abyss, from which various monsters continued to emerge, causing harm to the world.
In order to deal with the monster disaster emerging from the underground city, people of that era built a huge tower at the entrance of the underground city, which was equivalent to putting a lid on the mouth of the underground city to block the monsters.
The huge tower that existed as a cover was the predecessor of the current Tower of Babel.
The reason why it is said to be its predecessor is because that giant tower has been destroyed many times.
The current Tower of Babel was built thousands of years ago after gods came to earth to help people at that time, and it has not fallen down for thousands of years.
Directly below the Tower of Babel is the entrance to the underground city.
As long as you come to the Central Square, you can immediately see the sacred and majestic white tower towering in the center of the city.
The base of the giant tower is about hundreds of meters wide. On the first floor of the tower, dozens of large arches are built facing all directions. Adventurers coming and going are constantly entering and exiting, making it look very lively.
Jiang Li suppressed his excitement, put on the equipped breastplate and dagger, and walked into the large arch.
This dungeon will become a resource for him to strengthen himself for a long time to come.
As soon as you walked into the Tower of Babel, the first thing you saw was a huge white hall. There was a faint sound of running water from the depths of the hall. Many adventurers walked in with bloodstains all over their bodies, and then walked out refreshed.
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Jiang Li only glanced briefly before walking quickly to the center of the hall.
This is a huge hole with a diameter of more than tens of meters.
The entrances of the holes are distributed vertically, falling vertically to the underground world, like a monster with its mouth wide open, waiting for its prey to jump in without realizing it, and then suffocate it in one bite.
This is the entrance to the dungeon.
Once you go down to the entrance, you will officially enter the realm of the dungeon.
Following the other adventurers, Jiang Li wore a cloak, looked left and right like a country bumpkin, and walked slowly underground along the silver spiral staircase.
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"Guwa!"
As soon as I stepped into the dungeon, before I had time to take in the surrounding environment, a monster rushed up with a strange scream.
It was a monster with a dog's head. Although it walked upright, its skin was a rough gray color like a rock. It was about half a person tall. It had black claws on its ten fingers and its eyes were red. It looked like it had no sense at all. The kobold rushed towards Jiang Li at a very fast speed.
"Tsk!"
The sound of a knife ripping into flesh was heard.
Jiang Li took a step to the side and back, and the kobold accidentally bumped into the dagger in his hand.
The kobold showed a look of horror, but it couldn't restrain its body from rushing out with all its strength. Its head was instantly cut off by the dagger, and black and red blood spattered out.
The monster's body fell into two halves and fell to the ground. The pigment on the body quickly disappeared, and then the albino body collapsed and turned into black smoke and disappeared.
"Click!"
Only a blue-purple crystal the size of a fingernail remained, which fell to the ground from its chest.
"Unlike humans, monsters use as much strength as they need, and their behavior patterns are easier to judge."
Jiang Li picked up the blue-purple crystal, his expression unwavering.
To him, these monsters were like beasts encountered on the roadside, and the beasts waved their claws and claws at him, showing clear murderous intent.
He will still have some strength when dealing with humans, but he will never be soft on monsters that show their claws to him.
"This is the magic stone."
Jiang Li lowered his head and looked at the crystal in his hand.
Magic stones are magic crystals that drive monsters. They are the source of energy for monsters. As long as you defeat the monster, the magic stones will fall from its body. You can exchange them for money by taking them to the guild. This is the main way for most adventurers to make money.
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The magic stone itself seems to contain incredible power, and the guild has mastered the method of using that power to create many devices that use magic stone as energy source, such as magic stone lamps, magic stone stoves, magic stone refrigerators, etc. These are things clearly recorded in the illustrated book. It seems that the guild also wants the adventurers to bring back as many magic stones as possible. There are great benefits in the magic stone trade.
"Go deeper."
Jiang Li recognized the map in his hand and walked towards the next floor.
According to the illustrations, there are only very weak monsters such as kobolds and goblins on the first floor. As long as you muster the courage, even ordinary people can defeat them.
According to the guild's recommendation, Lv.1 solo adventurers can go down to around the 12th floor at most. Even if they are still elites at Lv.1, novice adventurers who have just become adventurers can generally only move on the first five floors. Jiang Li can defeat Level 2 adventurers without any special powers. It wouldn't be a problem to go below the 12th floor. However, Finn warned him not to go to the 13th floor. What he said was definitely not unreasonable... Let's take a step and see.
One step is done.
Jiang Li moved forward quickly in the dungeon.
Following the instructions on the somewhat abstract map, he quickly passed through various straight roads and forks, going back and forth between the light blue caves, and then found the stairs to the next floor and walked in without hesitation.
After a while, he had reached the fifth floor.
"The illustration says that every 5 floors of the dungeon, the difficulty will increase slightly..."
Jiang Li walked down the slope.
What strikes the eye is a narrower corridor than the fourth floor, and a more complex maze terrain. The cave walls have also turned into a more permeable light green, and some moss has grown on the corners. The complexity of the map is obvious to the naked eye.
Visibly twice as strong.
Not only that——
"Hoo——!"
Silently, a lizard about half the height of a man swooped down from the wall. The color that blended into the wall made it look difficult to spot, making it hard to guard against.
"Tsk!"
Jiang Li refused to retreat and instead advanced. He swung the dagger backhand and slashed it along the lizard's open mouth. With a sound of skin and flesh tearing, it cut its body in half.
A slightly larger magic stone fell out, and he picked it up and put it in his pocket.
"Speaking of which, according to the illustrated book, it seems that if you are lucky, not only will the monsters drop magic stones, but there will also be 'dropped props'..."
Magic stone is a must-drop item from monsters.
However, some monsters are different from other individuals of the same species and may have sharper claws. After defeating them, you may get drops such as "sharp claws", which are generally better than the magic stones dropped by the same monster.
More valuable.
But that was when luck was relatively good, and Jiang Li’s luck——
"Well, a rich person like me doesn't need any dropped items at all!"