Chapter 326 Familiar Rotten Wooden Door Strange Egg
An icy chill continued to spread from the narrow cave.
If he wanted to enter this cave to explore, he might not be able to explore comfortably with his current equipment.
Just the chill radiating from the cave could make Xu Xin shiver standing at the entrance of the cave. The temperature inside must have been below minus 50 degrees, or even much below zero.
He looked at the time and saw that it had only been more than half an hour since he climbed up. There was still plenty of time before the twelve-hour deadline given to him by the mission.
And he has climbed more than three hundred meters.
It’s not surprising, because this twelve-hour time limit is prepared for ordinary survivors. Today, his arm strength has increased, and his climbing speed is much faster than that of ordinary survivors.
He used plenty of time to stop, rest and explore along the way.
"Click..." There was another subtle sound.
This time, because she was at the entrance of the cave, the sound came from inside the cave again, and Xu Xin heard it clearly.
It sounded a bit like the sound of something cracking.
For example, the sound of rocks cracking or ice breaking.
Xu Xin looked at the corner at the end of the cave and decided to go in and find out.
He did not take out the energy core fragments directly, but walked in slowly.
If there is any danger inside, the light from the energy core fragments will probably disturb it.
In this cold high altitude, he couldn't help but be careless, so he could only walk quietly into the cave by himself.
Step by step, he walked gently to the corner of the cave.
Although they had just separated not long ago, Xu Xin already missed Coco a little.
If it was Coco, he should have been told by now whether there was any danger in the cave.
If there was no danger, this little guy would probably jump off his shoulders and rush in before him.
Of course, Cocoa can't stand such low temperatures at all.
Taking a gentle breath, the icy chill penetrated directly into his heart and lungs.
The surrounding temperature was already below minus 50 degrees, and he could already feel the obvious coldness, which was roughly equivalent to the feeling of going out in short-sleeved clothes in the winter.
However, because his current physique is already unusual, he can still bear this kind of cold as long as it doesn't last too long.
He took out a blue-level iron sword from his backpack. Yes, it was the iron sword used in caves that he had made while exploring the dungeon.
The cave this time was also very narrow. Of course, it was much wider than the maze cave that time. That time I could only pass sideways, but this time I could at least walk normally.
Turning the corner, there is a straight and narrow passage.
This straight and narrow passage, less than one meter wide, is different from the cave outside the corner. The rock wall is relatively neat, a bit like an artificial passage built through it.
There was a thin layer of frost on the stone walls of the passage.
A strange feeling arose in Xu Xin's heart. He always felt that there was something inexplicably familiar here.
"Click..."
The slight sound came from the end of the passage. He quickened his pace and walked forward quickly without making any noise.
Soon, he came to the end of the passage.
"This is...?"
The extremely biting cold could not conceal his surprise at this time.
At the end of the passage, there is a door!
A... rotten wooden door!
The entire door was very rotten and even crooked. The entire facade was very tattered and had some cracks. There was a thin layer of frost on the wooden door.
The door looked as if it would fall down if pushed.
This wooden door looks so familiar!
The material, the degree of decay, and the familiar door handle style...
Isn't this the rotten wooden doors of the rooms in the underground city where he found Changyin's family!
This...why is there such a wooden door here? !
And...
He looked back.
The familiar feeling as he walked through this passage gradually fermented, and memories began to emerge in his mind.
It’s the stone wall of the underground city passage!
The stone wall of this straight passage is made of exactly the same material as the stone wall of the underground city!
However, even the narrowest places in the underground city's passages are much wider than here. Moreover, various decayed wooden doors are on both sides of the passage. The door here is only the one at the end of the passage, so He didn't recognize it immediately.
Dungeon...? In this giant peak, high in the sky, is there an underground city?
"Click..."
Another sound came from behind the almost completely decayed door and from inside the room.
The thing that makes the noise is inside.
So weird!
Xu Xin could feel that because of the low temperature, the air here was very dry, so the air humidity was also very low.
If he takes a deep breath, he will not only shiver with cold, but also feel a little dry.
If this door had been exposed to such a low temperature and dry environment, it would be impossible for such decay to occur!
The wooden doors of the underground city were rotten because the environment was very humid, so humid that water droplets dripped from the rock walls above.
The door here shouldn’t be...
Looking at the frost on the wooden door, it gave him the feeling that... the originally humid and warm environment suddenly became very cold, and then the moisture was frozen directly on the door. It looked like It's like the door is sealed with ice.
...Yes, didn’t this mountain peak appear suddenly?
In one night, it rose from the ground and appeared suddenly.
Wait... rise from the ground?
Xu Xin seemed to understand something.
Could it be that... this is an underground city?
However, because the entire stone pillar peak rises from the ground, so part of this underground city is brought out?
...Yes, that should be the case.
This can also explain why the environment here suddenly changed.
I really didn't expect that he could actually explore the underground city on the snowy peak and at an altitude of more than 300 meters.
After standing motionless for a long time, Xu Xin felt like she was freezing due to the low temperature here.
He buried his head in the snow fox scarf, took a breath, and then reached out and pushed towards the frozen door in front of him.
At this time, the door was completely frozen and could not be easily pushed open.
Helpless, Xu Xin could only increase her efforts.
"Click!" The door was not pushed open, but pushed down.
This kind of rotten wooden door could not withstand the current low temperature and freezing conditions, so he not only pushed the ice away, but also deduced the door's axis, causing the entire door to fall backwards.
"Crack!"
Although the door has rotted away, it was solidly frozen. When it fell to the ground, it made a sound of ice hitting the ground. It was not broken at all and was still intact.
Xu Xin also looked into the room.
The room is not big, basically the same size as those in the dungeon. After all, this is a room in a dungeon.
"This is..." With eyes wide open, he immediately stepped on the door that was pushed to the ground and stepped into the room.
In the middle of the room, there is a strange-looking device.
The lower part of the device is made of iron and is already stained with red rust, while the upper part is made of glass. The overall shape is square. At first glance, you might think it is a strange fish tank.
However, under the rapid change in temperature, the entire device seemed to be frozen, and the glass was covered with frost and cracks. It was like a piece of tempered glass that had been broken, full of cracks, but still stuck together, completely invisible. something inside.
Xu Xin could hear rustling sounds coming from inside, and... weak breathing?
Um? !
Is there anything alive in here? !
The whole device is not big, it is about the size of a fish tank, and the things inside should not be more than the size of a kitten, right?
"Click..." There was another sound from inside.
This time, the sound was very clear, and he heard it especially clearly.
He finally knew what the sound was!
This is the sound of eggshells breaking!
Inside, there is a little thing that is hatching!
"This..." Xu Xin was shocked.
In such a cold temperature, what kind of creature can't hatch?
That must be no ordinary creature!
Xu Xin stopped thinking about it and found a position far away from the sound on the broken glass box. He poked a hole with his sword, then reached out and grabbed the glass and pulled the entire glass back. Come down!
"Wow!"
The glass shards shattered all over the floor, and the things hidden inside also appeared in front of his eyes.
Sure enough, it was an egg!
An egg bigger than an ostrich egg!
A white egg that is already full of cracks!
This egg is too big. At least on modern earth, such a big egg will not appear.
Xu Xin's first reaction was dinosaur eggs, but he immediately rejected it. This world is basically the same as the species on earth, and there should be no species that have been extinct for tens of millions of years.
However, Xu Xin couldn't help but wonder, what kind of egg is this?
It should be...the egg of a giant beast, right?
Almost, if the giant crocodile at the bottom of the creek could lay eggs, it might be bigger than this.
He looked around the room, which contained nothing but this strange device.
Is this room just a place for incubating it?
The movement in the egg became smaller and smaller, and the sound of breathing became weaker and weaker.
No, the temperature is too low and the creatures in this egg will die!
Xu Xin was about to take out the energy core from his backpack when he suddenly stopped.
The creature inside this egg couldn't be a blood-striped creature, right?
If it is a blood-striped creature, then if he takes out the energy core, he will kill it, right?
However, according to his previous judgment, it can be seen from the concubine and the two little guys that the blood pattern mutation is probably a non-genetic mutation, an acquired mutation, and a mutation that can be gradually upgraded. It should not be passed on to future generations.
Therefore, it is very unlikely that the little guy in this egg is a blood-striped mutant creature.
With this in mind, Xu Xin took out the energy core fragment.
In an instant, the surroundings were illuminated by bright and soft white light, and the temperature soared rapidly. Within ten seconds, it rose from sixty to seventy degrees below zero to about twenty degrees above zero.
"Huh..." Xu Xin breathed a long sigh of relief, feeling comfortable!
So comfortable!
The little creature in the egg in front of me is also very comfortable.
There was no more rustling movement in the egg, but the breathing had recovered and stabilized.
Xu Xin felt the comfortable temperature and was thinking at the same time.
How did this egg survive until he came over, and why did it suddenly crack?
He thought about taking out the energy core fragments from the small pit below.
Xu Xin has already tested the impact range of this energy core fragment. The temperature within a radius of fifty meters can be maintained at about 20 degrees, and everything within a radius of a hundred meters will be affected.
And this cave was only five or six meters away from the cave where he was squatting and resting just now, so it was naturally affected.
The originally frozen egg began to move after feeling the changes in the surrounding temperature, which attracted Xu Xin over.
That's right.
The little creature in the egg was breathing steadily but no longer moving. It must have exhausted all its strength and fell into a deep sleep.
The creature in the egg...
Either a reptile or something with wings.
If it were a giant beast with wings...
Gotta take it away!
But, how to take it away?
His backpack can't carry living things, so it can't be carried away, right?
Can a bracelet be used?
Xu Xin tried to touch this strange egg with her bracelet.
The cracked egg immediately entered the bracelet.
Sure enough it can!
The description of the bracelet states that it can accommodate mutant creatures, but it does not say that it can only accommodate blood-striped mutant creatures.
This strange egg is larger than an ostrich egg. It is probably the egg of a giant beast. It has the blood of a giant beast. It is also a mutated creature, so it can also be stored in it.
In this way, very miraculously, Xu Xin got a strange egg that was supposed to be hatched in the underground city on the way to climb the giant mountain.
After putting the egg in, Xu Xin felt the warm temperature for a few seconds, then put away the energy core fragments and returned the same way.
Soon, Xu Xin walked to the entrance of the cave.
The temperature at the entrance of the cave remained above minus fifty degrees, allowing his body temperature to return to normal again.
It's really cold inside the cave.
Just keep going.
Just when he grabbed the rock wall at the entrance of the cave, felt the coldness of the rock in his hands, and was about to continue climbing, suddenly, there was a sound of breaking wind behind him, and a sense of crisis suddenly rose in his heart!
There is danger behind you!
Without thinking, he jumped directly into the cave.
"Zika!" The sound of something scratching across the rock and scratching it into pieces.
What's attacking him? ! (End of chapter)