Chapter 140 The Ring on the Sacrifice Table
After blocking the mine, Xu Xin no longer dared to stay on the edge of the hills. He immediately turned over and mounted the Silver King, commanding it to rush into the resource area surrounded by hills, and began to search for blue-level treasures as quickly as possible. resources.
It's basically the same as the resource area over at the tree house.
There are not many trees or shrubs that can bear fruit here. The blue-level resources are only a few poplar trees and a rosewood tree. However, he also found blue-level herbs, which are of no use to him and can be used to make blue-level pills for Qi Xuefei.
In terms of food, there was only an ordinary green-level apricot tree and a small patch of green-level mushrooms. Adhering to the principle of not wasting, Xu Xin collected these and put them into his backpack.
After exploring the entire resource area, Xu Xin rode the Silver King to the beast statue altar.
Last time, the Silver King was very scared of this altar, and even trembled when he stepped into it. But this time, it no longer felt scared at all, and easily stepped into the Beast Altar.
Perhaps it's because after it became a mutated beast, it was no longer one of the altar sacrifices.
"Click."
The moment Silver King stepped into the altar, the strange sound sounded from below the altar again, and then Mimi also stepped into the altar, but did not cause any noise.
Xu Xin had expected it in advance, but was not frightened. He looked at the four stone pillars at the four corners of the altar.
"Is this really the case?" He thought thoughtfully.
Two of the original four stone pillars had been solved by Xu Xin through sacrifices. They should have been empty, but now, new statues have appeared on the stone pillars.
In the place of the original rabbit statue was a rat statue.
Compared to its body, which is smaller than other statues, its front teeth are very scary, like two sharp guillotines, as if it can cut off the heads of other creatures with one bite.
In place of the wild cat statue is a fox statue.
The statue is about the size of a wild cat, but the proportions of its tail are exaggerated. The fluffy tail is raised high, even twice as long as the body, and much larger than the entire body. However, Xu Xin couldn't tell at a glance what powerful abilities this tail had.
The wild boar statue and the wild wolf statue have not changed, and even the progress of the blood-red patterns on them has not changed.
When I left last time, the pattern on the stone pillar of the wild boar statue had basically spread to the statue, and now the progress of the pattern is still stuck at that position. It seems that as long as four or five more tusks are sacrificed, the intermediate mutated wild boar with terrifying tusks in the statue should be summoned.
But unfortunately, all the beasts in the jungle have disappeared now. If you want to offer sacrifices to the altar, you can only wait until the beasts return.
Xu Xin suddenly thought of something.
After the floor of this altar was scratched by the rabbit ears of the blood-striped rabbit last time, the two scratches were quickly repaired, allowing the ground to recover automatically. It was very similar to the situation in the salt mine just now!
...Gan, isn’t this altar a living thing?
The thought that he might now be standing on top of a big guy gave him a chill.
No, no, no, probably not.
Every time you step on this altar, there will be a "click" sound under the floor of the altar. This sound is obviously like some kind of mechanical mechanism, not like the sound made by a living creature.
I just don’t know what kind of mechanism he triggers every time he steps on this altar.
"Hey!" Coco had been looking around on Xu Xin's shoulder. Suddenly he saw something and screamed. His little paw pointed at the altar table in the center of the altar, signaling to Xu Xin that there was something there.
Xu Xin looked over there, and sure enough, there was a very small object on the sacrificial table.
"That's..."
Riding the Silver King, Xu Xin saw clearly the small objects placed on the sacrificial table, and her expression immediately changed.
"...Why is this thing here?!"
Xu Xin looked at the ring on the altar table with a surprised expression.
He was very familiar with this ring, after all, he had worn it for some time.
Isn't this the ring he gave the long seal to? That ring made by Changyin himself and given to Xuelan!
Why is this ring here?
The Changyin family...have been here?
Xu Xin looked at the ring. The original ring was a blue-level material and would emit blue light. However, the ring on the altar table turned into an ordinary ring. Under Xu Xin's identification ability, the ring emitted white light.
Has the blue level ring become white level?
Xu Xin picked up the ring from the sacrificial table.
[Damaged mutated beast ring (white): A ring that once had great abilities was completely damaged after being sacrificed and turned into a very ordinary ring. 】
This ring was consecrated to the altar.
Changyin said that the ring contains materials from high-level mutated beasts. Perhaps it is because of this that it can be sacrificed to the altar.
But why did the Changyin family come here to offer sacrifices?
Could it be...
Xu Xin suddenly realized what would happen here after offering sacrifices to the sacrificial table.
Isn't it just to turn the beast stone statue into a real beast?
Could it be that the Changyin family wanted to transform back into humans by offering sacrifices here?
Very likely, very likely.
They said that going to the surface to do a big thing was what the mysterious voice had promised. He also said that he would give him an unexpected surprise when they meet next time.
Moreover, Xue Lan couldn't wait to leave, even too anxious to go sit in his little tree house.
Now it seems that they just want to come to this altar quickly, offer sacrifices to the altar, and then transform back into humans.
This is probably the promise that the mysterious voice gave them, promising that after they return to the ground, they can turn them back into humans again.
But...did they succeed?
Xu Xin looked around the altar and found that except for the ring, there was nothing related to Changyin Xuelan's family.
He thought about the transformation of the beast statue into a beast.
Blood-red patterns spread all over the body. Then, the statue cracked, and the red light bloomed. Finally, the statue shattered, and an intermediate-level mutated blood-striped beast appeared from the broken stone statue, as if it had shed a layer of stone. Quality leather.
If this is also the process of Changyin's family becoming human...
Xu Xin took a deep breath.
The first step in transforming a statue into a living thing is to spread blood-red patterns all over the statue.
If this is the case, they may have become mutated humans. Just like the first survivors in the dungeon who grew blood-striped fur all over their bodies, they became mutated monsters.
Of course, this is just Xu Xin's guess, but this guess is not impossible, or even very likely.
"Is this really going to happen..." Xu Xin is now very worried about the Changyin family, with whom he is a close friend of life and death. He helped them get to the ground. Similarly, without the help of this family, he might not be able to return to the ground.
He really didn't want anything to happen to the Changyin family. They not only had the ability to make contracts that he didn't have, but they were also partners he recognized in his heart.
While he was worried, he thought of what the servant girl had said to Xuelan.
"Madam, there is no need to worry about that matter. There is no point in going now. We can wait until dark before setting off."
These words were what she said when she persuaded Xue Lan to sit in Xu Xin's tree house.
It's useless if you go there during the day, it's only useful at night.
... Could it be that there is a difference between the altar at night and the altar during the day?
Thinking about it carefully, he had never seen the altar at night. It was only in the evening at the latest, and there was still sunset on the horizon. It was still some time before dark. He didn't want to be outside after dark, so he hurried back to the tree house.
"...Come and take a look tonight." Xu Xin planned to come here tonight fully armed and have a look.
If the Changyin family is really in any trouble, he can do his part.
Xu Xin checked the altar knife in the altar again, and unexpectedly discovered that the altar knife was no longer in the altar. The small stone drawer was empty at this time.
"...were taken away by Changyin and the others?" Xu Xin murmured to himself, "Are they still operating in this resource area?"
Last time Xu Xin took the altar knife back to the tree house, which led to the appearance of the blood-striped troll. Since nothing is happening around now, does that mean that the person holding the altar knife is nearby and has not gone far?
But Xu Xin had just explored almost all the places around him and found nothing else moving.
There are no red dots displayed on the map. Of course, the Changyin family, like Coco and the giant crocodile, did not display targets on the map. He had confirmed this after coming out of the dungeon.
No, there is one more place that has not been checked.
The lake in this resource area, the bottom of the lake.
"Let's go, Silver King, Mimi, let's go to the lake and have a look." Xu Xin turned on the wolf, and Silver King immediately started running away.
When we came to the lake, the situation of the lake was completely different from the last time Xu Xin came.
Last time, there were many wild animals drinking water by the lake. There were also some red dots in the shallow water of the lake, which were crocodiles. At this time, both the lakeside and the lake were very calm, and there were no red dots on the map.
Xu Xin could faintly see a few fish swimming in the lake. They should be the only fish left in the lake.
Xu Xin touched Coco's little head lying on the back of Silver King's neck and said: "You guys wait on the shore, I'll go down and take a look."
"Ouch!" "Ouch!"
He is currently wearing a purple-level anaconda armor suit, which allows him to move freely underwater. Although he has not yet consumed the blue-level swim bladder he just obtained that can enhance his ability to withstand water pressure, a short dive will not be a big problem.
He doesn't plan to eat blue-level resources right here. His dining table, stove and grill can maximize the effect of resources. It would be too wasteful to eat them here.
The lake here shouldn't be that deep, right? Let's go down and take a look first.
Xu Xin did not eat any water plants, took a deep breath and jumped into the water.
When he opened his eyes in the water, he had a clear view of the lake.
It is a very ordinary lake. The depth gradually increases from the edge of the lake to the center of the lake. It is only about six or seven meters deep at the center of the lake. Compared with the lake next to the tree house, this place is much more normal.
He wandered underwater and found that there were no resources in the lake.
Um?
Before swimming to the center of the lake, Xu Xin found several series of footprints on the mud at the bottom of the lake.
The footprints of three adults and one child. The footprints were very heavy and sank directly into the soil.
These are the footprints of the Changyin family!
They walked underwater!
Xu Xin quickly went upstream, ate the water plants, dived again, and swam in the direction of the footprints.
The footprints were not pointing straight in one direction, but were turning around at the bottom of the lake, as if they were looking for something.
Finally, the footprints of several people stopped near the center of the lake.
In front of the footprints, there is a deep hole the size of a well. Looking inside, it is pitch black and you can't see the bottom at all.
Come again?
Did they jump?
...Is this back underground again? ! Thanks to [Crazy Man Qi] for the 5,000 starting coin reward, [Xu Xian who was passing by making soy sauce] for the 500 starting coin reward, and [Blackcat_] for the 300 starting coin reward! Thanks to all three for their support! Thank you!
Friends, something suddenly happened today. Let me think about it and save it. I will update it tomorrow! In fact, you can do it at night, but forget it. I will save more manuscripts after I go back today, otherwise there will be some minor problems if I post them directly after I finish writing. A minor situation happened last time (-ω-`)
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