Chapter 429 The smell of red mist becomes stronger (5000 words long chapter!)
At this time, Xu Xin's watch vibrated again. It was a call from Li Wenxi.
Although it is not yet dawn, she is already leading a large force to go out for mining.
"How are you doing over there? I read what they said in the Explorers, you have gone down and found some mechanism? Isn't it dangerous?" Li Wenxi was slightly worried.
"Don't worry, it will be safe for everyone to come down and explore together this time." Xu Xin said with a smile.
"Well, then you must be careful."
Xu Xin was looking around and chatting casually with Li Wenxi.
She said that she planned to not only dig iron ore today, but also take people to dig saltpeter mines and black gold mines.
Indeed, saltpeter is now needed to make explosive crossbow bolts and heavy crossbow bolts, and black gold ore is also the raw material for universal alchemy materials. These two ores are also indispensable.
"This is a big burden for you. Why don't you let Aifei and those two little guys help you? I don't know if they can enjoy your 100 times explosion rate bonus." Xu Xin suggested.
"That's right!" Li Wenxi also thought of this, "Well, I'll take them to try mining this time!"
Aifei's mining speed is very fast, but without a high explosive rate, the total output of a mine may be weakened.
However, it doesn't matter. The world is so big, and Li Wenxi can prospect for minerals, and he can make convenient things like portals. The total production volume of a mine does not need to be considered at this stage.
At this stage, priority should still be given to improving mining efficiency.
"Okay, I'm going to leave here too, so you have to be careful."
After hanging up the voice call, Xu Xin had already circled the iron room.
The smooth iron walls and floors do not feel cold to the touch, but instead make people feel a touch of warmth.
That's right, he hadn't noticed it when he touched the ground just now, but now he realized that the walls and floor here were actually a little warm.
Probably, a temperature of around 20 degrees.
The temperature radiated from the iron plates in all directions makes the interior of this iron room warmer.
Compared to the single-digit temperatures outside at this time, the temperature here is actually more suitable.
Moreover, it is worth noting that in this iron room, the gaps between the walls and the iron plates are not perfectly sealed.
Instead, there is a very small gap.
This made Xu Xin slightly wary.
He knew exactly what this gap was used for.
Release the red mist!
That's right, he was originally made embarrassed by the red mist released from this gap and climbed up to escape.
Since this room also has this kind of gap, it means that red mist will also be released here.
Lou Fei'er also said before that there is a faint smell of red mist here.
He couldn't smell it.
"The sixth one has been found!" Lou Fei'er's surprised voice came over.
"Hey!" Coco also let out a somewhat proud cry.
“Well done Coco!”
"嘤嘤嘤!"
Xu Xin walked over.
At this time, Lou Fei'er was standing on a sinking iron square brick. When she saw Xu Xin walking over, she walked out before the brick could sink into place.
Then, she took out a stone from her backpack, placed it on the brick, and nodded with satisfaction: "Done! I put a stone on all the gravity mechanisms."
Xu Xin looked around.
Sure enough, including the square brick he stepped on before, a green-level stone was placed on it.
The green light emitted by these stones showed their positions in front of Xu Xin's eyes.
"Not bad...huh?" Xu Xin said softly.
"What's wrong?" Lou Fei'er asked in surprise when she saw him frowning.
"The positions of these gravity mechanisms seem to... symbolize something." Xu Xin observed and thought.
These six gravity mechanisms seem to form a circle on the six vertices of a hexagon, equidistantly spaced.
Xu Xin walked to the middle of these gravity mechanisms and reached out to touch the floor.
There are no hints.
Perhaps, after triggering the mechanism, something will appear?
"Huh?" Coco ran to him and looked at him with her head tilted, not understanding what he was doing.
Coco didn't find anything.
It seemed like he was overthinking it.
"Let's talk about it when they come down." Xu Xin picked up Coco, stood up, and looked at Lou Feier, "Which thing you said can make you stronger, and where is its specific location?"
"Hmm... I feel like it should be underground... Yeah! It's underground." Lou Fei'er nodded firmly.
Underground?
"Perhaps this mechanism is to open a passage into the underground?" Lou Feier guessed.
"Well, it's very possible." Xu Xin nodded.
At this time, a faint sound came from the passage, which was caught by his hearing amplification.
"They are coming down." Xu Xin came to the entrance and waited.
"Huh? How did you know? Did you hear it?" Lou Fei'er also walked over and looked up, but couldn't see anything.
The two waited for another three or four minutes.
"Here they come, they're coming down!" Lou Fei'er kept staring at the passage and finally saw the figure.
Soon, the first person approached.
"Stay away!"
It was Wen Guixin's voice.
The two took two steps to one side, and Wen Guixin immediately jumped down from above and landed lightly.
Compared with Zeng Tao's "bang" style of hitting the ground, Wen Guixin, who also has high combat power, is much lighter.
"Why are the others so far away from you?" Xu Xin was a little confused.
His ears could roughly capture the position of the person behind him, but he was too far away from Wen Guixin.
"Ah... um..." Wen Guixin said with some embarrassment, "My toxin can be spread along the stairs. Wang Lei was accidentally infected just now. I gave him the antidote and came down alone first. , let them wait for a while before leaving.”
"...Awesome." The corners of Xu Xin's mouth twitched.
It can actually spread through the stairs!
Fortunately, it won't spread through the ground, otherwise it wouldn't be possible to stand close to her.
"You are so capable"
"By the way, what kind of place is this place? There is such a long iron passage, and it is very torturous and made into a ladder that can only be climbed..."
Wen Guixin complained a little and looked up into the passage.
Although the people behind are far away, it only takes two or three minutes.
Soon, everyone else jumped out of the passage and stepped on the floor of the iron room.
As soon as a few people came down, they began to look around.
Xu Xin took them to try out the gravity mechanisms.
They were amazed by the mechanical and technological sense of the gravity mechanism.
"Huh?" Coco suddenly made a confused cry, looked up, turned her little head, and looked around.
"Is this space really just a completely enclosed iron room?" Zhao Xiaochuan looked around, "Is the entire room made of iron? Even this mechanism is made of iron. Is this really iron? It looks like iron, but it doesn’t feel like a simple metal. Is it some kind of alloy?”
He reached out and touched the metallic wall.
"It's very possible." Xu Xin nodded, "The passage above should be made of iron. After all, it is covered with rust. But this room..."
Xu Xin looked around.
This room is surrounded by smooth metal walls from top to bottom, left and right, without any trace of rust.
The material of this room is obviously different from the above.
It should not be iron at all, but an alloy, or a new metal.
"Is there anything surprising now?" Wang Lei stood at the bottom of the passage and pointed to the passage above his head. "Such a long passage is all made of iron. How much iron will be consumed? The following one Isn’t it normal for the room to be made of metal too? Damn it!”
"嘤嘤嘤!" Coco also noticed something unusual and screamed. One paw pushed Xu Xin's face and the other pointed diagonally upward, "嘤嘤嘤嘤!"
Wang Lei and Coco's screams startled everyone else, and they looked up where they pointed.
Then everyone's pupils shrank!
They saw that the exit of the passage above was slowly closing without their knowledge!
An iron plate moves horizontally from the side, like a sliding door being closed!
Already half closed!
Xu Xin's pupils shrank.
The closing was silent, not even a friction sound, and his hearing amplification actually didn't hear it at all!
"Don't let it close!"
"Stop it!"
Several people rushed over immediately.
Wang Lei, who was just below the passage, immediately came to his senses. Without saying a word, he grabbed the ladder and tried to climb up, trying to use his super strength to prevent the iron door from closing.
But it was not successful.
Because, the moment he climbed up the ladder, the iron door seemed to sense something. The originally slow closing movement suddenly accelerated!
"Bang!"
The iron door suddenly closed with a loud bang.
The only entrance for people to enter and exit this iron room and underground space was completely closed.
On the ceiling, the original passage exit has completely disappeared, and the ceiling has become very smooth.
If there wasn't a ladder left in the room, everyone present might not be able to find the exact location of the exit of this passage.
"This..."
"Hey..." Coco lay on Xu Xin's shoulder, her little head leaning towards Xu Xin's face, a little scared.
Both Wang Lei, who had just grabbed the ladder and had not had time to climb up, or the five people behind him, were silent at this time.
The eyes of several people were filled with solemn colors.
They were actually locked in this closed room!
Lou Fei'er subconsciously walked to Xu Xin's side and observed her surroundings with some vigilance.
"...It seems that we can only continue to explore." Xu Xin said with a heavy tone.
This room actually blocked their escape route and prevented them from going up.
Is it because the number of survivors detected in the room is enough to activate the mechanism?
The danger level of such several organs buried deep underground is definitely very high.
However, they were originally here to solve the problem of the formation.
Moreover, Area 188 should be relatively safe before this cold winter ends.
Therefore, even if a few of them disappear for a while, it won't be a big problem.
By the way, can the current watches still be...
He was about to lift his watch to check, but Ji Chaoyang had already put down his watch and shook his head at him: "The watch's communication has been interrupted. We can no longer contact the outside world."
"No way...!" Zhao Xiaochuan clicked the watch a few times and screamed, "I feel so uncomfortable. I feel like the watch can't be used. It's like losing a mobile phone in modern society. I feel uncomfortable all over!"
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"Forget it." Wang Lei flicked his watch twice, "Not many people in this world have watches, so they can live well."
"I could have endured the darkness, if I had never seen the light." Zhao Xiaochuan flicked his watch with a look of sorrow and anger, and then his eyes lit up, "Oh? Although we can't contact the outside world, we can contact each other! Is this a local area network? ?”
A few people tried it, and it was indeed the case.
That's not bad.
Wen Guixin checked her watch twice and put it down nonchalantly, "Just solve it as soon as possible. Let's go trigger the mechanism."
The few people present are all strong men in District 188. They have been on the world rankings and have experienced many desperate situations, so they don't have much fear or fear about the current situation.
Although Zhao Xiaochuan screamed, he just felt uncomfortable that his watch could not be used.
Ji Chaoyang was looking at the surrounding agencies at this time, frowning slightly.
"Let's make up for the increase in body first, and then trigger the mechanism." Xu Xin said.
Now they have no choice but to trigger the mechanism first.
He still has a random increase that he has not chosen, but after triggering the mechanism, he can choose according to the situation.
Everyone made up for the situation.
"Then let's go directly..."
"Wait a minute."
Lou Fei'er suddenly interrupted Wen Guixin's words, her expression was a little strange: "Why do I feel that the smell of red mist around me is getting stronger?"
The smell of red mist is getting stronger?
Several people sniffed the smell in the air carefully.
"No?" Zhao Xiaochuan said with some confusion, "I don't smell anything?"
"Girl Fei'er has a mutated constitution, so she is definitely more sensitive to the smell of red mist than us." Wang Lei did not ask what the smell was, scratched his head and said, "But, what does this mean?"
When Xu Xin and Ji Chaoyang heard Lou Fei'er say this, they rushed to the wall of the room and looked at the gap between the wall and the floor.
I saw that the gap that was originally just a slight gap was now a finger wide!
There was a faint red color around the gap, and at the same time, they could already smell a faint fragrance!
Yes, this is the scent of Red Mist when it is very light.
"Ugh!" Coco yelled and covered her little nose.
"Not good!" Both of them were shocked.
Xu Xin immediately turned around and said: "Quick, go trigger the mechanism!"
Ji Chaoyang immediately ran towards the farthest mechanism and said at the same time: "The red mist is about to start to be released. Activate the mechanism quickly, otherwise the whole room will be filled with red mist!"
Lou Fei'er immediately took action.
"Ah? What do you mean?" The other people were a little slow because they didn't know what Xu Xin and the others were talking about.
However, they saw the nervous expressions of Xu Xin and Ji Chaoyang, and they immediately took action and ran towards the agency!
Xu Xin had already stepped on the mechanism at this time.
But what shocked him was that this time the agency...
There was no response!
There was no "click" sound and no sinking.
Not moving at all!
What's going on?
Remembered the wrong location?
No, this is it!
"Why can't the mechanism be triggered?"
"Yes, I am here too!"
Some confused voices came from the people behind him.
"Bah..." A slight sound of deflation came from Xu Xin's ears.
This made his heart tighten.
"Hey!!" Coco suddenly screamed, pointing to the gap in the corner of the wall, pushing Xu Xin's face with her little paws.
He immediately looked towards the gap between the wall and the floor.
There, no red mist has been released yet.
But the voice he heard just now was absolutely true!
"The smell of the red mist is getting stronger!" Lou Feier said at this time, "I can already feel that my strength is increasing!"
"What on earth is going on? Is it the red mist that can make mutated creatures stronger in previous activities?" Wen Guixin said in surprise, "Are we... being shut down and let off steam?"
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Damn it, what should I do?
Ji Chaoyang also frowned.
Although I don’t know what harm this red mist will do to the survivors, but...
The smell alone could probably make someone faint!
"呲——"
At this time, a thick red mist suddenly sprayed out from the surrounding gaps into the room!
The surrounding smell quickly changed from a light fragrance to a strong fragrance, and then to a stinky smell!
The expressions of several people changed. They covered their mouths and were about to retching.
It smells so bad!
Xu Xin glanced at Lou Fei'er.
Although she was nervous at this time, her face was slightly excited.
Because of his request, Lou Fei'er's time to enter Hongwu's room was limited to less than half an hour every day, fearing that she would have mental problems. After all, Hongwu was not a good thing.
But because of this, she couldn't enjoy herself every time.
So when she learned that she could smoke red mist here, her body even had some symptoms of addiction.
Xu Xin looked at her and his eyes lit up slightly.
That’s right!
Lou Feier is not afraid of the red mist!
"Come here! I've thought of a way!" Xu Xin said immediately.
He took off the bracelet on his hand and handed it to Lou Fei'er, who ran over immediately after hearing his words.
"Huh? Ah...!" Lou Fei'er opened her eyes and immediately understood what Xu Xin meant and took the bracelet.
"Ask Lou Fei'er to put us into the bracelets. As long as she's outside, let her release us when everything is fine!" Xu Xin immediately explained to other people around her.
"Won't you lose your mind in the red mist?" Ji Chaoyang asked Lou Fei'er.
Lou Fei'er immediately shook her head: "No, don't worry. Even when my mental power was very low before, I never lost my mind. I could just see some hallucination-like things."
At this time, the surrounding red mist was about to fill in and surround them!
"Well... let us go in first. We can't be surrounded by this red mist. If we are surrounded by red mist, we won't mutate!" Wen Guixin covered her mouth and nose and said quickly.
Xu Xin nodded to Lou Fei'er, who immediately took the bracelet and touched Wen Guixin with it.
Wen Guixin immediately agreed and entered the bracelet.
Fortunately, I didn’t get infected through the bracelet.
So, she took in all the others.
"Contact with your watch." Before being taken in, Xu Xin pointed to her watch and disappeared into the room.
The moment he disappeared, the red mist completely invaded the entire room.
Lou Feier was also completely buried in the thick red mist.
She took a deep breath, a relieved expression appeared on her face, her narrowed eyes bloomed red, and two blood lines also climbed up her cheeks.
"Huh... the concentration of this red mist is just like this. It's not as good as the one inside the cabin."
She murmured to herself, then took another deep breath and smiled with satisfaction. (End of chapter)