An underground world more than 20,000 meters away from the surface
For ordinary people, this place is hell. If there are no protective measures, they will die if they cannot last even 30 seconds.
The rising heat rages endlessly, making this place feel like a dry pot that has been steamed by fire for several hours. The smoke is very light, and the distortion of the air is visible to the naked eye.
If you leave the protection of the Water Guard, you will become a burnt roasted chicken within 3 minutes. This knowledge makes Neo, who has always been bold, can't help but be frightened. What makes him even more depressed is that this place cannot be like a jungle.
Species are diverse and can be seen everywhere. It is barren, barren, dangerous, and monotonous. The basalt rocks are like melting butter in the steaming heat; while the ashes are flying like snow and not falling like dust in the breeze; and there is a lot to see.
It looks like extremely viscous lava, and there are red cracks of different brightness under the charred shell, like wounds with oozing blood. Occasionally, bubbles will pop open the shell, and a bright red light will appear, just like fresh meat with the skin peeled off.
, shocking
Seen from a high place, the bottom of this chasm is just a thin line that can barely accommodate even an earthworm. But in fact, what Neo has seen so far is that the narrowest place is more than 300 meters wide, a wide lava river.
It flows slowly, both sides are covered with rugged and hot rocks, and smoke billows from between the rocks. It is very pure death gas. Even he will die immediately after hearing it, and there is no reason to be spared.
Neo trudged between the rocks, one foot deep and one foot shallow. The water guard couldn't hold on for too long in such a place. The time was limited. Whether he could succeed or not, whether he could achieve the expected goal depended on his performance.
Kara la...
Waves of harsh sounds roared in Neo's ears. This was the sound made by the flowing lava river. It sounded like the sound of melting glaciers in spring, the howling of hot wind, the whirring sound of the earth's air, and even
The lava chimneys emit whining sounds of varying thicknesses, similar to horns and whistles, which sound very lively.
Oh, yes, there is also the rumble of the earth shaking and the sound of rocks falling. The crustal movement here is much more violent than on the surface, especially in certain areas. Walking there feels like walking on a pontoon, shaking.
It's wandering around, and occasionally rocks will fall down from high places. Those who long for the luck of being hit on the head by a meteorite can try here, and they will definitely get what they want. Even if they are not hit by large pieces, they can be as big as pigeon eggs.
Not inferior to the power of ordinary arrows, what is even more terrifying are those that smash into the lava river. Magma as hot as molten iron splashes in all directions, drawing a trajectory in the air. Not only are there sparks, but there are also virtual fires. If you do not consider its lethality,
It looks so beautiful
Desolate, still desolate. Neo ran for more than 2 kilometers and only picked up a few scattered pieces of low-quality fire crystals. This made him very discouraged. You know, the fire crystals of this quality he picked up were not found on the surface of the earth.
Just look for a market, you can buy 1 silver coin for 1 yuan, and you take a huge risk to come here to hunt for treasures, but this is what you get, it’s really too bad.
As the terrain changes, Neo's expectations are getting lower and lower. A winding and deep tunnel appears at the end of the line of sight. Due to the sealing effect, the temperature there is much higher than that of an open terrain like a graben. In this regard, just look at the lava flowing in it.
You can experience the degree of bright red and the speed of flow.
"It seems that exploration can only end here." Neo felt a little regretful. At that time, he went down to the bottom of the graben and chose left or right. He chose left in order to correspond to the way to the right when he descended from the stone corridor to the graben.
, according to his estimation, even if you can't go back to the corridor directly from here, the distance will not be much different. After all, no matter how difficult the road below is, it will be much easier than being a monkey on the cliff.
Just as he was about to leave, he heard the clanking sound of metal clashing from the direction of the tunnel. Neo suspected that he had misheard. After a while, a similar sound came into his ears again. This time he heard clearly that it was indeed not lava.
The sound of the river flowing is the sound of gold and iron clashing
Neo thought about it for a moment, and finally decided to check out the situation. I don't know what year and month I will go to this deep underground next time. What if there is an opportunity?
Neo stepped forward lightly, and soon discovered that the fight was not in a tunnel, but in a cave opened sideways on the cliff. This cave was less than 20 meters away from where he was standing just now.
It was blocked by the rock wall, so I didn't see it. In fact, the entrance to the cave is quite large, with a width of 3 and a height of 5, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. It is an irregular inverted triangle entrance.
Both sides of the battle are unusual alien races, fire dwarves and boiling water elements. Judging from the situation, it should be an encounter, because both sides are carrying luggage, and both have bulging bags. They fight to the death and refuse to take off their bags.
I know what good treasures they are packed with
The boiling water elemental wielding an eye-catching crystal sword happened to be facing the entrance of the cave. When he saw Neo, he was overjoyed and shouted for help in Aquatic: "Water Blesser, help me!"
Water protectors literally mean beings protected by the power of water. In fact, they are intelligent creatures that are relatively close to the water tribe. Fire dwarves are a subspecies of the fire system. They mainly live in the fire elemental plane. Under normal circumstances, they only collect gems.
Only then will they visit other planes. Similarly, gems are often the reason why they take the initiative to stir up trouble.
However, the three fire dwarves in front of me are obviously different from the description in the book. Not only do they have blazing flames burning on their bodies, but they also have thick and sharp thorns, such as on their arms, elbows, shoulders, and ears. These thorns or
In rows, or independently, they exude a crystal-like luster, have clear edges and corners, and look hard and sharp. Together with a pair of fangs, these fire dwarves look much more ferocious.
In addition to the thorns on their bodies, these three fire dwarves also have orange-gold light runes that flicker on and off, which is very eye-catching. Moreover, their bodies have sharp edges and corners. Coupled with the color of their skin, at first glance, they look like burning bronze structures.
Dress up
"Break his water shell and turn him into coke!" A fire dwarf shouted. He used the Fire Tribe language. It sounded like the sound of a fire burning and exploding. Neo couldn't understand it.
But at least he could understand what it meant when the fire dwarf rushed towards him brandishing a gorgeous burning war hammer.
Neo did not hesitate and directly accepted the challenge. He charged directly at the fire dwarf and slashed with his sword. The momentum was equally powerful. However, this was just a cover. Seeing that the fire dwarf's war hammer was about to collide with the green steel sword, Neo's left hand
Suddenly, an ice arrow was shot out. The ice arrow suffered great losses in this terrain, its power was reduced by 30%, and its range was reduced by 50 meters. However, the distance between the shots was less than 2 meters, and the power was still impressive.
Unless the saving throw is passed (resistance is higher than damage, perfect defense), the cold can cause double damage to the fire dwarf. This fire dwarf is about level 4 in strength, and his strength is quite strong, but now he is not fighting for strength! Water vapor!
Steaming, the fire dwarf's chest was covered with frost, and cracks of varying depths opened on it.
"Ah! You are cheating!"
The fire dwarf howled miserably, and he even knew that the water vapor was blocking his sight in Common Language. Even Neo walked around behind him without realizing it. Neo reached out and grabbed the fire dwarf's head, enduring the high temperature.
The scorching fire activated the 'Life Intake'
"Idiot! Do you think this is blacksmithing?"
When the other two fire dwarves saw this situation, they dropped the boiling water element and came to rescue their companions. As a result, the boiling water element took the opportunity to entangle one of them, and the other was blocked by Neo with his sword with one hand. In just ten seconds, his life
The ingestion turned the fire dwarf into flying ash and sparks. The backpack and the shiny brass skirt burned by the high temperature fell heavily to the ground.
"Ah, bah!" The fire dwarf fighting Neo breathed out fire. Even though he was protected by the water guard, Neo could still feel the temperature of the water rising rapidly, and his green steel sword was in such a short period of time.
, it’s equivalent to being tempered again, the red color is a little soft, and it’s hot to hold.
"Bang!" Neo moved his knee sideways, hitting the fire dwarf's waist and ribs. The fire dwarf staggered a few steps, coughing and inhaling wildly. Neo chased after him, easily shaking the fire dwarf.
Warhammer, and then taking advantage of the wide open door, he leaned forward and grabbed the fire dwarf's face.
The fire dwarf's beard and hair were filled with burning flames. In just a moment, Neo's fingers were blistered and burnt to black. However, the 'life intake' had been successfully reactivated, and the fire dwarf immediately lost consciousness, leaving only
Yeah, it's only a matter of time before it turns into ashes
Bang! The remaining fire dwarf actually threw away his weapon, knelt on the ground, and loudly begged for mercy in common language, which shocked the boiling water element and Neo. Is this still a brave, upright, tenacious and tenacious dwarf clan?
In any case, the battle ended with Neo's cold and terrifying killing method. The boiling water element thanked him profusely, saying that all objects including the begging fire dwarf were Neo's trophies, and he was still willing to
Give half of your harvest to thank Neo for saving his life.
Neo said that it would be more serious to find a place that is not too bad first, and we can talk about the rest slowly.
This cave has the typical characteristics of the Underdark. It extends in all directions, like a maze. Under the guidance of the boiling water element, Neo finally chose a shaft passage to settle down.
The heat kept pouring in from one side, and then roared upwards. This shaft passage made Neo feel like he was entering a chimney, but in comparison, it was already a rare cool place for miles around.
At this depth, trying to find that pleasant cave is like looking for a needle in a straw.
Neo breathed a sigh of relief, and Water Guard also breathed a sigh of relief, and began to slowly adjust his condition. Neo specially used water condensation snails to replenish energy, and Water Guard's luster became obviously icy blue.
After listening to the introduction of the Boiling Water Element, Neo knew that the Boiling Water Element lived in Boiling Water Street a few kilometers away from here. It was a hot spring river. The water source of the hot spring river was not very abundant, and the temperature had been dropping over the years.
However, the population is increasing. In order to solve the problem of survival, the boiling water elements living in it set up an exploration team, mainly to find water, and secondly to search for fire (fire crystal stone) in the magma river. For many years, this magma river has been
The boiling water elementals use it as their back garden because they rarely see strange creatures in this area.
Now Neo understood why there were not as many fire crystals on the banks of such a magma river as there were in the temporary lava rivers formed by volcanic eruptions. It turned out that the boiling water elements had picked them up and used them as firewood.
"It's so luxurious that it makes people sigh!" Neo organized his thoughts. Now that he has met the boiling water element, the original intention of going down to this chasm should be appropriately upgraded. Apart from anything else, this fire element monument should be promising.
ignite
"What about you? Why did you come here?" Neo asked the fire dwarf.
"We are a gem collection team. We came from the Fire River Tunnel. Deep in the Fire River Tunnel, there is a tributary of extremely hot lava that leads directly to the Fire Elemental Plane, which allows low-level Fire Tribes to pass through." The Fire Dwarf seemed very cooperative and directly
He even told me where he came from.
Neo's face turned cold, "Your lies are not clever at all. What kind of tunnel can allow the three of you to have such a rich harvest?" Neo said and pointed to the three large bags, which he had just inspected.
However, they are all raw gemstones. If they were all fire crystals, it would be easier to understand. However, raw gemstones are by no means the stones on the street. In terms of the size of a large backpack, it would be too exaggerated.
The fire dwarf still insisted that he was not lying. These raw ores were indeed picked up by the three of them along the river. The river was long enough, more than ten kilometers, and they could dive into the bottom of the lava river, so they could have such a rich harvest.
Neo has consciously cultivated his ability to observe people's emotions for many years. He decided that the fire dwarf was lying, especially with his fluent answers, he had obviously prepared an excuse.
"Since you don't want to tell the truth..." One of Neo's hands turned white with frost. The ice spirit hated the fire so much that it wanted to take away all the warmth in the world. At this moment, the little piggy was very happy to help Neo and punish the fire.
dwarf
Although the fire dwarf's eyes showed panic, he still refused to admit it. As a result, he was tortured to death by Neo. Finally, after half an hour, he couldn't bear it and confessed.
The fire dwarves come from the Cinder Tribe, a small tribe that was conquered and enslaved by a Felfire Warlock who seized the opportunity after a great battle with their old enemies, the efreets.
This evil fire warlock has some tricks up his sleeve, and is always ready to return to the world of the main material plane. After preparing for a period of growth, the evil fire warlock finally succeeded in moving the entire Burning Ash tribe to this world, and began to expand his sphere of influence in an orderly manner.
The 'Bait Plan' is one of the evil fire warlock's many murderous and extortion plans. Whether it is the fire dwarf or the raw gemstones, they can all be tracked. They can even use the eyes and ears of the surgeon to see and listen. Fire Dwarf Wiz
Not daring to betray, relying on the bait plan, the evil fire warlock has taken over several forces in this area.
When the boiling water element heard this, he was naturally very sad, especially when he heard that the evil fire warlock was also an orc. It was generally difficult for orcs to be employed as spellcasters. Even if they had a powerful special bloodline, they could only add half of the spells in addition to their unique talents.
And once an orc becomes a spellcaster, it's often like a smart person suddenly appearing after a close relative gets married. Not to mention compared to ordinary orcs, even compared to the most intelligent race, wood elves, they are not even a bit stronger.
Let’s not talk about the distance, just talk about the present. Being able to seize the opportunity to surrender a tribe of fire dwarves and make the stubborn fire dwarves willing to accept death is a talent. Look at the transformation of this fire dwarf. Think about changing a tribe from
Bringing the fire elemental plane back to the world of the main material plane, and then thinking about occupying such a huge territory in no time, it is not easy to pick up these piles, piece by piece, such an enemy, although they have not officially engaged in battle
, the pressure is already coming. Not to mention the boiling water element, even Neo has a big head. Guys who are not lacking in this kind of strategy and ability, and are insidious enough, are often the most troublesome. Moreover, this evil fire warlock
He's obviously the kind of guy who beats a snake but suffers its consequences instead. If he can't do anything about it, he can retreat to the fire elemental plane. Who has the guts to pursue him?
"Bang!" Neo suddenly made a move, pinched the fire dwarf's head, and quickly turned it into ashes. "The evil fire warlock can transform the fire dwarf to such an extent, I'm worried that he can use his eyes and ears.
"
Neo's ruthlessness made the boiling water element feel a little chilled, but he had to admit that Neo was indeed thoughtful.
Neo touched his chin, thought for a while, and said: "In this way, I will help you match up with a powerful water element elder. The tunnels in the Underdark area extend in all directions. There may be a way to connect the water channels with Boiling Water Street where you live. I think no matter what
Whether it is to solve the immediate troubles or for the long-term stability of Feishui Street, it is a good choice. Of course, the exclusive quiet life may be gone forever. You can contact the person in charge of Feishui Street for help.
I'll wait here until the decision is made, remember to be quick, I can't stay too long in this environment."
The Boiling Water Elemental thanked him profusely, and then hurried back to Boiling Water Street. Neo checked the items on the spot. He was unable to take away the three large bags of bloody ore. He decided to leave this benefit to the dark minions who were hunting him.
, as for whether they are lucky enough to enjoy it, it depends on the abilities of the minions of darkness.
A few pieces of high-quality fire crystals are naturally urgently needed by Neo, but these alone are not enough for the monument of water and earth to reach the third level.