The reason for the sudden change in the atmosphere is obvious without explaining it. It is obviously the reason of the Black Earl and Vai.
However, it was not just the Black Earl and Vai who aggravated the tense atmosphere.
Doakes and Kael actually share the same problem. Even if they are not afraid of the smell, they don't really want to walk in the smelly ditch.
Who would want to swim in a smelly ditch when they can take the normal route?
What's more, the situation in the stinking ditch is quite unknown. It is full of dark energy absorbed by those witch-eyed ghosts before. This dark energy has nourished countless monsters for thousands of years.
Moreover, the ecology of monsters in Stinking ditch also follows the law of survival of the strong.
Those weak monsters, such as mutated scavenging squirrels, if they want to avoid being exterminated, they have no choice but to leave the smelly ditch and run up.
Even if they face mutated scavenging squirrels with ease, that is actually just the result of the illusion. If they confront them head-on, the mountains and seas of mutated scavenging squirrels will definitely cause them a lot of trouble.
The mutated scavenging squirrel was placed in the smelly ditch, but it was a humble monster that was expelled.
In other words, when they go to the stinking ditch, they not only have to overcome the odor problem, but they may also have to face many powerful monsters.
How strong is the monster that has been nourished by the "dark and filthy air" for many years? No one knows how strong it is.
This is also the reason why Doakes and Kal-El also remained silent.
"Is this road really going straight to the Stinking Ditch?" When the atmosphere became increasingly tense, Doakes took the lead in breaking the silence: "I have been thinking about how a lot of money was spent when Naraku City started construction of the underground maze.
Because of this, wouldn’t it be a bit extravagant to only build a road directly to the stinking ditch at such a high cost?”
Doakes sighed softly: "I always thought that there must be a fork in the road here. I didn't expect that the people who built it were really extravagant."
After Doakes finished speaking, Vai also nodded quickly: "I thought so before, there must be a fork in the road here. In the end, it turned out to be a dead end."
Angel felt the gloomy atmosphere, thought about the wording, and then said: "First of all, you have a wrong concept. The concept of labyrinth was given by us latecomers. This place was actually an underground waterway. A dead end and a way to survive.
This is also our one-sided definition of this underground waterway.”
"Furthermore, even if we really regard this place as a maze, it is not a dead end right now. The road in the stinking ditch is indeed difficult to walk, but it is still a road. Moreover, we call it stinking ditch now just because there has been no one for ten thousand years.
Go clean it; but in the past, there must have been sewage treatment in the stinky ditch. To put it bluntly, it was just an ordinary road back then."
"So, treat this place as a maze, and there is a road there. It's just that now, thousands of years later, some 'material' has been added to that road."
In fact, they didn't understand the truths Angel said, but... things are different now.
After a period of silence, the Black Earl who had been silent finally spoke: "Angel is right, that is the road itself. We have already come this far, there is no way we can retreat just because of such a trivial matter."
The Black Earl took a stand, and in the second half of his sentence he also warned Vai not to think about going back.
Angel was a little flattered by the sudden support from the Black Earl. Logically speaking, the Black Earl, as a nose, should dislike smelly ditches the least, but he accepted it before Vai... This is the great wizard
pattern?
When Angel was admiring him, the Black Earl added: "Besides, with Angel's purification force field, you don't have to worry about contamination. If you encounter monsters, with the ability of Red Sword Dox, you should be able to clear the way."
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Angel: ...So the work is arranged? He will be the purifier, and Doakes will be the mountain monster.
He used to call him a brat, but now when he asked Doakes to clear the way, he even called him by his name.
This layout is not bad, at least it can bend and stretch.
However, Doakes' expression clearly showed a hint of dissatisfaction with this arrangement.
At this time, the Black Earl said again: "Also, I just used danger perception a little bit. Ahem, it's not prophecy. I have released all the reserves of prophecy before. I just activated something like Doakes."
Inspiration, a comprehensive perception of the danger ahead."
"The final result is for the better. I think at least this smelly ditch won't be too dangerous."
The Black Earl's words were intended to appease Doakes.
Regardless of whether the appeasement was successful or not, the slate holding the Black Earl's nose has been hanging on Angel's body. During this period, Angel did not feel any energy fluctuations at all.
What kind of danger perception? It would be weird to believe you.
It is definitely a reserve of prophecy. When the Black Earl released the prophecy before, there was no fluctuation. Therefore, when the Black Earl said that he had used up the borrowed prophecy, it was actually a lie.
No wonder the Black Earl was the first to express his position before. This was not a matter of structure at all, but a matter of making sure there was no danger. He didn't need to take action and could just stay in the purification force field. Then the situation would be similar to the current situation.
Although Angel guessed what the Black Count was thinking, the Black Count had been staying with him, and he probably knew that Angel would want to find out the whole story. But even so, the Black Count still spoke. This was a clear understanding that Angre would
Geer will definitely not expose him.
This is indeed the case. Angel has no need to expose the Black Earl. The most important thing now is to trick everyone into going into the sewer first.
By the time you actually get into the smelly ditch, it will be too late for you to talk about turning back.
Therefore, Angel said nothing and just looked at Doakes and Kael quietly.
As for Vai, there is no need to look at it. The Black Earl has expressed his stance, and Vai cannot and does not dare to resist.
Although Doakes didn't really want to enter the stinking ditch, he just followed the common saying - come what you come.
We've come here, we've come this far, there's no need to go back.
What's more, Doakes isn't actually too afraid of dirty smells, he just doesn't want to get them if he can avoid them.
Doakes: "Indeed, now that we've reached this point, it's unrealistic to look back. Let's go. If we don't leave, I guess the latecomers will soon catch up."
Earl Black: "No need to estimate, they are indeed almost there. They have passed the second narrow passage and are not far from where Zhou is."
After arriving at the narrow passage where the day is, you can cross a smooth road and go directly to the living area where the Wumugui was.
Black Earl: "By the way, the smell of this group of people is very consistent with the underground labyrinth, and there is even a faint smell of old stinking ditches. They should be a team that often moves in the underground labyrinth, and they are probably very good at it.
Solve the difficult problems of the underground labyrinth."
The ones chasing after this time were the Gray Merchant and his men. They were indeed good at handling various matters in the underground labyrinth. So when Doakes learned this, he didn't want to wait any more.
Wumugui may be able to block the opponent for a while, but it probably won't be able to block it for long.
Thinking of this, Doakes took the first step forward.
Everyone else had no objections. Kael naturally followed the crowd and followed Doakes forward without saying a word.
With Doakes opening the way, everyone speeded up a few minutes more. A few seconds later, they arrived at the end of the maze and saw the dark hole connected to the stinking ditch.
They had never seen the stinky ditch so close before, so they always thought that the hole was a subsidence.
But in fact, although the cave leading to the smelly ditch is dark, it is not as primitive as the sinkhole. There is still a very complete staircase built, and the materials used are not ambiguous at all.
From this we can simply infer that what Angel said before is correct. The stinky ditch back then must have been completely different from what it is now. Maybe there was a living area in the stinky ditch back then.
Because in the purification force field, everyone could not feel the smell of the outside world, so they did not have much fear of the smelly ditch. Doakes still took the initiative to walk at the front and went down the stairs first, followed by the others.
Later.
As they continued to go down, the smell around them was obviously getting stronger and stronger, and the filthy dark air was floating in it, with no space for it to flow and avoid. Therefore, even Su Ling returned to the mobile fantasy realm at this time.
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From Su Ling's return, we can see how bad the situation in the outside world is.
Without the speedy wind sense, it would be difficult to determine the specific situation ahead. And others obviously did not want to use their mental power to penetrate the purification force field at this time.
Angel thought for a while and tried to let Ermi spread his shadow and go to the outside world to investigate the situation.
Ermi accepted the order without hesitation, and after the shadow spread out of the illusion, there was no abnormal feedback. Angel was relieved.
It has to be said that the Black Earl's previous words made Angel a little wary of Ermi. Now that it is confirmed that the mind is still connected and he can observe the outside through Ermi's perspective, Angel is relieved.
few.
Spiritual communication is not just a literal meaning, it also means that Earl has no privacy in front of Angel. All emotions and all distracting thoughts can be detected by Angel.
Even the information that Ermi had plundered from other Wumu ghosts before could be read by Angel if he wanted to.
This is absolute control. The power of the twisted seed is also reflected in this.
Through telepathic communication, Angel confirmed that Ermi was fine and did not have too many emotions. There was just too much miscellaneous information floating in the shadow, but it would not affect anything for the time being. After leaving, he would do a thorough inspection and cleanup.
That’s it.
In the blink of an eye, they walked down the stairs about twenty meters high.
There was still floating dark energy all around, and without the exploration of spiritual tentacles, everyone didn't know where to go at this time.
Fortunately, there are still Earl fans.
To be continued...