Chapter 304 Entering the Dungeon
Ji Xun had been at the adventurer camp for several days and had already observed several alternate identities.
He followed the team heading into the depths of the Plague Swamp, and easily found a replacement identity and blended into the team.
The large army did not move very fast, and the target was too large, attracting many monsters from the swamp.
There are fights from time to time.
Fortunately, the legion pushed sideways, and there were no obstacles along the way.
“Oh, what’s going on with such a big battle?”
“It is said that a large ancient ruin was discovered deep in the swamp, and many treasures were unearthed.”
"Let me tell you, it's not 'rumored', the pioneer hunter of our group has confirmed that there is the family stronghold of the Bai family, the God-thief of the Talon Dynasty, and it is a very large underground city. I heard that there is nothing in it. If you tear down a door, it will be made of valuable red copper alloy."
"The Bai family of the [God Thief] sequence? Ouch, that was a top noble during the Talon period thousands of years ago. Moreover, the God Thief sequence is a chronological sequence, and it is said that it has the ability to control gods and demons.”
"Hey, if you can get the Bai family's card master inheritance, you will be prosperous."
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The news seemed to have wings, and almost all the adventurers near the Plague Swamp were All attracted.
As we walked along, there were more and more people in the army.
The status of the God-thief Bai family in the Talun Dynasty back then can be considered a "prince" level now.
It’s not just the wealth that rivals the country.
And the Bai family is also the top powerful person who truly has mastered the resources of cutting-edge card masters.
In the team, Ji Xun listened to the news and had a general impression of the dungeon called [DP-955 Research Institute] in his mind.
In the mouths of these southern continent hunters, it is like a treasure house with even the door made of gold.
However, Ji Xun felt very calm as he listened.
In his eyes, the underground city was like a piranha flower exuding an alluring fragrance.
After many deductions, he has completely confirmed that the Bai family has arrived in the swamp.
So these messages must have been spread intentionally.
The purpose is to attract as many people as possible.
There are also experts among these people in the Southern Continent, so they may not have noticed the hidden danger.
But finding the jar is the first priority, and they will never give up.
What’s more, the strength of those guys from the Holy See is not that simple.
When Ji Xun came here, his eyes also saw the huge iron cage covered with black cloth in the team not far away.
There were several mysterious guys in cloaks accompanying them near the iron cage.
Ji Xun also wanted to get in touch with toads before.
But not only those members of the Hydralisk Legion were on guard, but seeing those guys from the Holy See also following the iron cage, he decisively gave up the idea.
Although they were covered with cloaks, Ji Xun could also tell that the status of these guys was much higher than that of the Hydralisk Legion.
Even the seventh-level deputy commander had to salute when he passed by.
The strength is definitely not weak.
“Tsk, tsk, I don’t know if the Bai family can deal with these people”
When Ji Xun saw this, he felt like he was watching the snipe and the clam fight.
At present, it seems that since the Bai family dares to set up this trap, they must be confident.
The people of the Holy Holy See are mysterious and powerful, and the Bai family may not be aware of their existence.
If both sides fight fiercely, one of them will be injured.
This is also what Ji Xun thinks is the best chance to rescue the toad.
The deeper the swamp goes, the more monsters there are. The large army clears obstacles and marches all the way.
After walking for nearly a day, we finally arrived at our destination.
When Ji Xun came with the large army, the swamp ground here had been completely solidified into hard soil, and a densely packed and endless marching tent had been set up.
The flames dispersed the poisonous fog, and the camp was a bustling scene.
Large objects cannot be put into the storage ring. When Ji Xun came, he was watching groups of adventurers transporting metal objects several meters or even ten meters high to the ground.
These metals glowed with a dark red copper color under the firelight, and upon closer inspection, they were engraved with various mysterious incantations.
As previously rumored, this institute is full of red copper alloy.
"Red Copper" is an inert extraordinary metal that can ward off evil spirits and suppress demons. The most important thing is that it can suppress plagues at the level of mysticism.
When Ji Xun saw these metals, he thought again and the toad said there might be a jar inside.
He guessed the function of these red coppers.
Just like Mithril seals "Scarlet Corruption"; such a large-scale effort means that most of the time this research institute was actually used to deal with the alien god called "The Source of Disease".
Ji Xunke fully understands the severity of the pollution from the outer gods. The people in the Eastern Continent cannot bear it, and he doesn’t know if the people in the Southern Continent can withstand it.
And it’s been thousands of years, and I don’t know what’s going on inside.
But seeing as these adventurers can dismantle things in the laboratory, it shouldn’t be a big problem.
The largest tent in the camp is the temporary office of the Adventurer's Guild.
The place is already full of people.
New ruins always require a lot of manpower to open up wasteland.
The various recruitment information is dazzling.
New information is updated on the notice board every moment.
“The Iron Boots Mercenary Group is recruiting: Explore area B22, come to the healing profession, the group will start in ten minutes!”
"B-level bounty: C11 area exploration, we need an expert who knows how to unlock and decrypt! Someone who knows the ancient Caesar code!"
"Bear Group Recruitment: In the deep underground area, a large number of healing card masters are recruited"
“Purchase a group of war slaves at a high price. If there are any transfers, please contact the Bald Eagle Group.”
“Red Dragon Kingdom S Bounty: Individual adventurers who obtain major discoveries with title and territory bounties and Team"
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As soon as the large army arrived, the adventurers swarmed into the entrances to the dungeon.
Ji Xun did not act in a hurry.
The Viper Mercenary Group he was hanging out with was the official mercenary of the Hydralisk Legion, and he had to act with the large army.
He is also sure that the toad will definitely create opportunities, and it won't take long before the main force of the Hydralisk Legion will go down.
Ji Xun is in the camp, helping to set up the tent.
At the same time, he also controlled the shadow to inquire about the news.
The conversations in the hunters’ mouths, the recruitment information on the bulletin board, and the ancient relics excavated
These bits and pieces of information are like broken pieces of porcelain. When you put them together When you get up, you may be able to get a complete piece of porcelain.
Ji Xun's brain was running rapidly, and he was piecing together the situation in the research institute below bit by bit.
The underground city is very large, and at least seven or eight areas have been discovered so far.
There are a large number of monsters piled up, with varying degrees of danger and difficulty.
Most of the wounded who were sent out had ulcerated skin, and their faces turned black and green, obviously due to poisoning and plague contamination;
There are also new monsters, rot monsters, poisonous gas, and bites. Soul Wolf Spider, Disease Zombie.
This is a mutant monster that has not been previously reported, and even people in the Southern Continent have never seen it.
The monsters currently found in the research institute are not too strong, the strongest are only level six.
But they are numerous and highly toxic, making them very difficult to deal with.
Ji Xun didn’t dare to be careless.
Since the Bai family thinks this place can bury these people from the Southern Continent.
For him, the fourth level, is also a fatal threat.
All the clues you write down now may be your life-saving straw later.
Ji Xun felt that he would be more confident if he inquired more about the news before proceeding.
But the "teammates" around me couldn't hold it any longer.
A large number of ancient relics were unearthed, making everyone jealous.
The ruins are not in another dimension. If you go there too late, they will be gone.
"When do you think we have to wait? Look, the guys from the Snow Eagle Regiment who came with us have only been down for half an hour, right? They have already brought out so many things."
"Yeah. If we really wait any longer, I'm afraid I won't even be able to eat hot shit."
"Look! The chains those guys brought out are actually pure [Mithril]? I My dear, how much did you get for selling this big iron chain?”
“Hey, those iron lumps are the legendary mechanical equipment? Oops, this kind of ‘forbidden object’ can only be thrown into the furnace.”
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Ji Xun joined in the complaints of his teammates while observing the other side of the iron cage calmly.
Those guys from the Holy See got into the tent and didn't show up again.
It seems that he plans to wait for these hunters to explore.
Think about it, taking risks has always been done by people at the bottom.
Ji Xun was also curious about what Aragorn had to do to get those guys to leave.
This wait lasted several hours.
Instead of fewer people, there were more and more people in the camp.
It must be said that there is strength in numbers.
The strength of these card masters in the southern continent is not weak. Tens of thousands of people poured into the dungeon and quickly figured out a large area of the dungeon.
Suddenly, an opportunity came.
An adventurous group found a mysterious door leading deep underground.
After finding a lockpicking expert to open it, everyone found that it was the passage to the core area of the institute.
The adventurers quickly found the second floor of the institute.
Although there were huge casualties on the second floor of the research institute, there were also shocking discoveries.
It is said that some well-preserved laboratories and a large number of precious ancient relics were discovered.
However, as the exploration deepens, the death rate becomes more and more outrageous. According to the hunters, the second level of the dungeon is not only full of deadly toxins, but also seems to contain some terrifying monsters.
Low-level card masters suffered heavy casualties, and even high-level card masters had a very high casualty rate.
Except for a few elite groups who are still cautiously continuing to explore, others dare not enter the second floor at all.
The progress of exploration suddenly slowed down.
According to this situation, it may not be possible to fully explore it in ten days and a half.
It was also under this situation, and I don't know what Toad said to the people of the Hydralisk Legion. Herman, the commander of the Hydralisk Legion, suddenly ordered the main army to leave, and also brought the big iron cage with him.
Jixun's Viper mercenary group became the vanguard and wanted to explore the second underground floor first.
Now the "teammates" were wailing again.
I wanted to go before, but now I don’t dare.
The mortality rate is there, no one wants to die.
But the official mercenary group is paid, and it's not up to them.
The noble legions set out, and other hunters and mercenaries also poured into the ground.
After the official group takes care of those troublesome monsters, it is also a time for individual people to make a fortune.
Just like sharks eat big fish, shrimps can also have a full meal by picking their teeth.
The large army went all the way down.
The area of this research institute is very large, just like a huge underground city.
After entering the main body from the passage, each area is a "silo".
A cylindrical space like a bucket, with layers of densely organized rooms.
It looks like many people once lived in this institute.
The walls are made of heavy concrete and steel, and there are rusty pipes everywhere overhead.
Even though the steel structure has been corroded by thousands of years of poisonous gas corrosion, the main body of the institute is still intact.
The first floor has been plundered by adventurers, like locusts passing through, all valuable things have been demolished.
Nothing worth noting.
The teammates are still complaining, Ji Xun has written down all the passages he has seen, and is analyzing in his mind how to plan the retreat route in case something goes wrong.
The lift is corroded and you can only take the stairs all the way.
Ji Xun and his party walked down for almost three hundred meters before arriving at the huge mechanical iron door leading to the second floor.
On the wall next to the door, the spray paint of [DP-955 Research Institute] is still visible.
There are magic lights hanging on the walls along the way, so the visibility is not bad.
But as soon as I got off, a pungent smell like ammonia rushed up instantly, making people dizzy.
These guys in the Southern Continent don’t have gas masks. They only have simple gas bags made of gauze and herbs. The filtering effect is not very satisfactory.
Fortunately, the official legion equipment is not bad, and wind filter cards are used to open the way, which is much better.
"Cheer up, everyone, and be careful! If you feel poisoned, pour the antidote yourself."
"One group should pay attention to the water under their feet, the second group should look at the ceiling, and the third group should be the vanguard."
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Not long after entering the second floor, they came to a huge space.
The concrete walls here are visibly stronger, and there are rows of prison-like cabins around them.
Ji Xun looked at the cabins around him, feeling inexplicably familiar.
The architectural design styles of an era are similar.
The "407 Abnormal Biology Research Institute" he traveled to is also an underground research institute.
It’s almost the same design style as before.
"Were these cabins that used to hold experimental organisms?"
Ji Xun took another look and already had a guess.
Although the doors of most of the cabins have been corroded, it can still be seen that these are not rooms for people to live in.
Not just the room, he also saw some seriously decayed research instruments.
Metal instruments will corrode, but many of those glassware have been preserved intact.
There are green water jars filled with various biological limb samples.
A huge heart, embryos of unknown creatures, weird brains, tentacles, eyeballs.
I don’t know how they were preserved. After thousands of years, many samples are still not degraded.
When Ji Xun saw this, he seemed to have seen Master Merlin's laboratory, and thought to himself: "What a pity. If these instruments were good, Master Merlin would probably be too excited to sleep."
It would be better if there are any research materials or something.
After all, the technological level of the Tarun Dynasty was much higher than it is now.
“Washing~”
“Washing~”
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This layer has serious water seepage.
Ji Xun followed the Viper Group, carefully dripping water up to their thighs, and explored along the way.
From time to time, a body can be seen floating on the water.
Ji Xun looked at the shriveled corpses and frowned: "Drained of blood?"
He thought of something and immediately became careful and carefully observed the water. And everywhere in my body.
However, the exploration went more smoothly than expected.
I don't know if the dragon power released by the seventh-level strong men behind them suppressed the monsters here. They encountered almost no trouble along the way, except for a few unlucky ones who were knocked down by the poisonous gas.
None of the monsters that caused huge casualties before were encountered.
This is one of the benefits of the Dragonborn.
The dragon's bloodline naturally possesses a pressure that is superior to other lower creatures. Most monsters sense it and will avoid it wisely.
Everyone also thought it was because of Long Wei.
No monsters were encountered, and I gradually felt relieved.
However, what they didn't know was that deep inside the research institute, a group of people from the Bai family were whispering.
"Master, the people have almost come in, we can start."
"Hey, those seventh-level people in the southern continent have actually come in, this saves us trouble. "
"The monsters on the second level cannot be dealt with by low-level card masters. It is normal for them to get down to level seven. If they can really help us deal with those monsters, maybe we can still get them. Those valuable research materials in the institute.”
"Yes. After all, we are studying outer gods, and the value of those data is not comparable to that of relics."
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There are no monsters to hinder, and adventurers have also poured in in large numbers. The second floor of the institute.
Everyone was excitedly digging around.
Ji Xun became more and more cautious.
He knew that the Bai family must have arranged something in the dark.
Once we take action, it may be a matter of life and death.
After entering at the seventh level, the difficulty of exploration suddenly decreased a lot.
Especially "Black Widow" Heather, the leader of the Poisonous Vine Mercenary Group.
The seventh-level voodoo master used a few spell cards to transform into a "humanoid defogger" and absorbed the diffuse poisonous gas into his body in the blink of an eye.
The air around him became clear instantly.
In this way, the exploration progress is also accelerated.
Ji Xun and his group of vipers were the vanguard, and soon they arrived at the core area on the second floor.
Looking carefully, in addition to the decaying room, there is actually a room with a closed iron door.
Just by looking at the structure and material of the door, you can tell that the room in front of you is special.
"Captain, come quickly, there is a well-preserved room here!"
"The room has a password, call the locksmith expert!"
"Hahaha, look at this layout, this It must be the most important rooms in the institute, and there must be good things.”
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The teammates are very excited.
After all, if they really found something, they would be the first to succeed.
Ji Xun also observed the layout. This room might really be the key to the "central control room" on the second floor.
This major discovery also made the main force of the Hydralisk regiment come closer.
Probably thinking that the jar might be inside, even the regiment commander Herman came to check it out personally.
However, suddenly, Ji Xun discovered a familiar anomaly.
He looked down and saw that an inconspicuous leech had stuck to his leg for some time.
“It is indeed this thing.”
Ji Xun quietly used a scalpel to cut off the insect.
At the same time, I am alert.
I have encountered this once before. This unknown leech can bite the skin and suck blood without anyone noticing.
He knew trouble was coming.
I can’t even detect it with such a strong sense, let alone others.
He estimated that it would be difficult for ordinary sixth-level card masters to detect this leech.
In other words, many people who entered the second floor may have been bitten by this bug.
Thinking of this, Ji Xun has quietly distanced himself and slowly approached the iron cage.
(End of this chapter)