Chapter 1008 Entering alone
The cave deep underground was illuminated by the unknown luminous substance in the acid spring.
The surroundings were so quiet that it was disturbing. The hunters maintained a vigilant formation and continued to move forward.
Wearing hard boots inlaid with metal, walking on this rocky ground without vegetation and soil, there will always be some movement no matter how careful you are.
In the quiet environment, the sound of footsteps that were not too obvious echoed repeatedly in the narrow and complex terrain, becoming harsh.
These movements stimulated some small creatures lurking in the shadows.
"Fluttering."
A large group of black shadows, not much bigger than a palm, rushed out from the rock crevices where they were hiding. They flapped their wings and flew over the heads of the hunters.
The hunters subconsciously put their hands on the handles of their weapons, but they were just a group of harmless bats.
After the bats flew over, Gordon smiled and said: "It seems that this is not completely a restricted area for life."
"We rarely get so close to the core area."
Ajian's eyes followed the group of bats flying far away, "I really want to catch two and study them to see what they are like. Adapted to the acid fog environment here."
Before he finished speaking, Gale reacted again.
“Woof?”
It raised its ears and looked at the entrance of a narrow passage, as if it had caught some movement.
The hunters clenched their weapons again and stared at the hole cautiously.
Soon after, a mushroom pig ran out of it. After noticing the presence of the hunters, it paused slightly and then walked around the group of people who were stunned. hunter of the land.
I walked to a stalactite not far away that was covered with unknown mushrooms, lowered my head and started chewing.
“吭哧吭哧.”
The sound of the fungus pig chewing mushrooms is a bit harsh.
"Is this place really unfit for survival?" Hayata couldn't help but ask.
No matter which way you look at it, bacterial pigs should not be regarded as particularly adaptable creatures.
Even Ajian was stunned, "Isn't it? Aren't the habitats of fungus pigs in the New World in ancient tree forests and large ant mound wastelands?
Coral platforms on the continent have never been discovered. The distribution of infected pigs, how did this guy come to this place?"
"Maybe it's through the earth's veins?" Gordon said half-jokingly.
Unexpectedly, Ajian really thought about this possibility, "Ley veins? It's really possible. The fungus pigs from the southern part of the continent strayed into complex underground caves and came all the way to the Miasma Valley. It's not impossible in theory."
“Are you serious?”
"It's more reliable than using those four short hooves to climb over the Grand Canyon."
"Same."
Besides, Gale stared at the healthy-looking bacterial pig. After a while, he suddenly said: "Let's try it and we'll pay attention."
As she spoke, she took off the filter mask, held her breath, and carefully inhaled a little air through her nose. After a while, she inhaled more.
Then she put on the respirator again. After feeling it for a while, she said, "There is a pungent sour smell, but there is no obvious discomfort after inhaling it. It doesn't seem to be as scary as you said. ?
Of course, it may be that I inhaled less. ”< br>
Ajian took off his mask with some disbelief, tried it himself, and then shouted as if he had discovered a new world: "The concentration of the acid mist has really become lower! It is lower than the previous time. A lot!”
He excitedly took out his notebook and recorded this discovery.
It seems that the scholars at the research base have another research topic.
“So, can we take off our masks and move?” Anhir asked.
"It's better not to use it." Ajian said while recording: "Inhaling too much of those acidic substances will definitely cause damage to the respiratory tract."
As he said that, he took it off again The mask sniffed and said to himself, "So what is the reason for the weakening of acidic substances? Seasonal cycles? Terrain changes?"
He took out a finger-thick glass test tube from his bag and ran to We started taking samples at the nearby waterhole.
After watching the scholar struggle like this for a while, Gordon coughed lightly and asked, "Should we move on?"
"Oh, yes, sorry." Jian said awkwardly. Picking up the notebook and sampling tools, "It's not far ahead, we're almost there."
The group continued to move forward. Thanks to the basic lighting provided by the glowing acid spring water, the road in the underground cave was not clear. It's not difficult to walk, but you have to be careful to avoid those beautiful lifeless pools.
Especially after Hayata broke off a piece of mushroom from the roadside and threw it into the pond. With a burst of white smoke, the mushroom floating on the water disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Hunters have become more cautious in their route choices.
Just like this, after walking several kilometers deeper into the cave, another huge skull appeared in front of the hunter.
Judging from the shape of the skull, it is the same as the skull on the top of the bone mound, and both belong to that kind of ancient creature called the Snake King.
Although this skull is slightly smaller than that of the bone mound in terms of volume, this corpse is more complete.
In addition to the skull itself, the vertebrae and ribs connected to it are also clearly visible. These bones are integrated with the earth, forming a deep cave with no bottom.
It seems to lead directly to the depths of hell.
I don't know when, the miasma spread in the air again. Different from the dark yellow at the bottom of the valley, the miasma here showed an unknown bluish-white color.
The source of the miasma is the cave passage composed of ancient corpses.
At this time, the insect guide cage on Gordon's waist suddenly reacted, and some guide insects spread out from it, flying leisurely towards the entrance of the cave.
"It seems that our previous guess was correct." Gordon said with a smile.
Ajian adjusted the filter mask, "We can only stop here. Through this cave, we can enter the deepest core area of the Miasma Valley.
The filtering mask cannot filter the miasma in the core area. Further forward, only you holding the protective stone can go. "
"Gordon." Hayata opened her mouth hesitantly.
Of course Gordon knew what she wanted to say, and waved his hand, "Don't worry, I won't mess around. Once in danger, I will evacuate immediately. ”
Ahead is a forbidden area that is inaccessible to humans, perhaps, or the lair of an ancient dragon.
Are you afraid? Maybe, but it is more of excitement, making the limbs tremble slightly. Excited.
Isn't this kind of expectation for the unknown the purpose of coming to the New World?
Anhil threw a pocket watch to Gordon, "You have an hour to explore and investigate. If you don't come out after an hour, we will forcefully break in."
Gordon heard this. He spread his hands helplessly, "You don't have the shield to ignore the miasma environment."
"Then you should come out early." Hayata stared at him and said.
Gordon grinned with toothache. Now he really couldn't stay in there any longer.
"Then we'll stay here and wait." Gale smiled as he unloaded the two ammunition boxes from Gale and started to open them.
It is full of diffusion bombs, armor-piercing grenades and shotguns.
The two shooters began to hang up their ammunition chains. The posture did not look like they were about to break off the rear, but rather like they wanted Gordon to use them as bait to attract something and then kill it on the spot.
"Take it easy." Gordon laughed dryly.
Then he put on the special protective stone and strode towards the deep bone cave.
"I will be back within an hour."
Under the gaze of his companions, he passed through the increasingly dense miasma and disappeared into the darkness.
Ps. Let me mention here, "Miasma Resistance" and "Adaptation to Miasma Environment" are two skills in the game. The former is for miasma attacks, and the latter is for environmental miasma.
The protective stone in the plot has these two skills at the same time. Otherwise, if it only has environmental resistance, the grade of this protective stone is a bit low.
(Actually, I was confused in the early stage of the book. Well, I didn’t notice these two skills before in the game. I thought someone with a miasma resistance of 3 would be immune to emmm) (End of this chapter)