Chapter 2631: First Visit to the Stinking Ditch

The sudden change in the atmosphere was clearly caused by the Black Earl and Vai.

However, it was not just the Black Earl and Vai who aggravated the tense atmosphere.

Doakes and Kal-El actually shared the same story. Even if they weren't afraid of the smell, they didn't really want to walk in the sewer.

Who would want to wander in a smelly ditch when they can take the normal route?

What's more, the situation in the stinking ditch is quite unknown. It is full of dark energy absorbed by those witch-eyed ghosts before. This dark energy has nourished countless monsters for thousands of years.

Moreover, the monster ecology in Stinking Water Gou also follows the law of survival of the strong.

Those weak monsters, such as mutated scavenging squirrels, if they want to avoid being exterminated, they can only leave the stinking ditch and run up.

Even if they face the mutated scavenging squirrels easily, that is actually just the result of the illusion. If they confront them head-on, the mountains and seas of mutated scavenging squirrels will definitely cause them a lot of trouble.

The mutated scavenging squirrel was placed in the smelly ditch, but it was a humble monster that was expelled.

In other words, when they go to the stinking ditch, they not only have to overcome the smell problem, but they may also have to face many powerful monsters.

How strong is the monster that has been nourished by the "dark and filthy air" for many years? No one knows.

This is also the reason why Doakes and Kal-El also remained silent.

"Is this road really going straight to the Stinking Ditch?" When the atmosphere became increasingly tense, Doakes took the lead in breaking the silence: "I have been thinking about how a lot of money was spent on the construction of the underground maze in Narok City. Because of this, wouldn’t it be a bit of a luxury to only build a road directly to the smelly ditch at such a high cost?”

Doakes sighed softly: "I always felt that there must be a fork in the road here. I didn't expect that the people who built it were really extravagant."

After Doakes finished speaking, Vai also nodded quickly: "I thought so before, there must be a fork in the road here. In the end, it turned out to be a dead end."

Angel felt the gloomy atmosphere, thought about his words, and then said: "First of all, you have a wrong concept. The concept of labyrinth was given by us latecomers. This was actually an underground waterway. The road to death and the road to life, This is also our one-sided definition of this underground waterway.”

"Furthermore, even if we really regard this place as a maze, it is not a dead end at the moment. The road in the stinking ditch is indeed difficult to walk, but it is still a road. Moreover, we call it stinking ditch now just because there has been no one for ten thousand years. To clean it up; but in the past, there must have been sewage treatment in the stinky ditch. To put it bluntly, it was just an ordinary road. "

"So, think of this as a maze, and there is also a road. It's just that now, thousands of years later, some 'material' has been added to that road."

In fact, they didn't understand what Angel said, but... things were different now.

After a period of silence, the Black Earl who had been silent finally spoke: "Angel is right, that is the road itself. We have already come this far, there is no way we can retreat just because of such a trivial matter."

The Black Earl took a stand, and in the second half of his sentence he also warned Vai not to think about going back.

Angel was a little flattered by the sudden support from the Black Earl. It stands to reason that the Black Earl, as a nose, should dislike smelly ditches the least, but he accepted it before Vai... Is this the pattern of the great wizard?

When Angel was admiring him, the Black Earl added: "Besides, with Angel's purification force field, you don't have to worry about contamination. If you encounter monsters, with the ability of Red Sword Dox, you should be able to clear the way." "

Angel: ...Is the work arranged now? He acts as the purifier, and Doakes acts as the mountain monster.

He used to call him a brat, but now when he asked Doakes to clear the way, he even called him by his name.

This layout is not bad, at least it can bend and stretch.

However, Doakes' expression clearly showed a hint of dissatisfaction with this arrangement.

At this time, the Black Earl said again: "Also, I just used the danger sense a little bit. Ahem, it's not the prophecy. I have released all the reserves of the prophecy before. I just activated the one similar to Doakes." Inspiration, a comprehensive awareness of the danger ahead.”

"The final result is for the better. I think, at least, there won't be too much danger in this smelly ditch."

The Black Earl's words were intended to appease Doakes.

Regardless of whether the appeasement was successful or not, the stone plate containing the Black Earl's nose has been hanging on Angel. During this period, Angel did not feel any energy fluctuations at all.

What danger perception? It would be strange to believe you.

It is definitely a reserve of prophecy. When the Black Earl released the prophecy before, there was no fluctuation. Therefore, the Black Earl said that he had used up the borrowed prophecy spells, which was actually a lie.

No wonder the Black Earl was the first to express his position before. This was not a matter of pattern at all, but a matter of making sure there was no danger. He didn't need to take action and could just stay in the purification force field. Then the situation would be similar to the current situation.

Although Angel guessed what the Black Count was thinking, the Black Count had been staying with him, and he probably knew that Angel would want to find out the whole story. But even so, the Black Earl still spoke. This is a clear knowledge that Angel will definitely not expose him.

This is indeed the case. Angel has no need to expose the Black Earl. The most important thing now is to trick everyone into going into the sewer first.

By the time you actually get into the smelly ditch, it will be too late for you to talk about turning back.

Therefore, Angel said nothing and just looked at Doakes and Kael quietly.

As for Vai, there is no need to look at it. The Black Earl has expressed his stance, and Vai cannot and does not dare to resist.

Although Doakes didn't want to enter the stinking ditch, he just followed the common saying-whatever comes comes comes.

We have come here, we have come this far, there is no need to go back.

What's more, Doakes is actually not too afraid of dirty smells, but if he can avoid it, he doesn't want to get it.

Doakes: "Indeed, now that we have reached this point, it is unrealistic to look back. Let's go. If we don't leave, I guess the latecomers will soon catch up."

Earl Black: "No need to estimate, they are indeed almost there. They have passed the second narrow passage and are not far from where Zhou is."

After arriving at the narrow passage where the day is, you can cross a smooth road and go directly to the living area where Wu Mugui was.

Black Earl: "By the way, the smell of this group of people is very consistent with the underground labyrinth, and there is even a faint smell of old stinking ditches. They should be a team that often moves in the underground labyrinth, and they are probably very good at it. Solving difficult problems in the underground labyrinth."

The ones chasing after this time were the Gray Merchant and his men, who were indeed good at handling various matters in the underground labyrinth. So, when Doakes learned this, he didn't want to wait even more.

Wumugui may be able to block the opponent for a while, but it probably won't be able to block it for long.

Thinking of this, Doakes took the first step.

Everyone else had no objections. Kael naturally followed the crowd and followed Doakes forward without saying a word.

With Doakes opening the way, everyone speeded up a few minutes. After a few seconds, they arrived at the end of the maze and saw the dark hole connected to the stinking ditch.

They had never seen the stinking ditch so close before, so they always thought that the hole was a sinkhole.

But in fact, although the cave leading to the smelly ditch is dark, it is not as primitive as the subsidence. There is still a very complete staircase built, and the materials used are not ambiguous at all.

From this, we can simply infer that what Angel said before is correct. The smelly ditch back then must have been completely different from what it is now. Maybe there was a living area in the stinking ditch back then.

Because in the purification force field, everyone could not feel the smell of the outside world, so they did not have much fear of the smelly ditch. Doakes still took the initiative to walk at the front and descended the stairs first, followed by the others.

As they continued to go down, the smell around them was obviously getting stronger and stronger, and the filthy dark air was floating in it, with no space for it to flow and avoid. Therefore, even Speed ​​Spirit returned to the mobile fantasy realm at this time.

From Su Ling's return, we can see how bad the situation in the outside world is.

Without the speedy wind sense, it would be difficult to determine the specific situation ahead. Others obviously didn't want to use their mental power to come out of the purification field at this time.

Angel thought for a while and tried to let Ermi spread his shadow and go to the outside world to investigate the situation.

Ermi accepted the order without hesitation, and after the shadow spread out of the illusion, there was no abnormal feedback. Angel was relieved.

It must be said that the Black Earl's previous words made Angel a little wary of Earl's fans. Now that it was confirmed that the minds were still connected and that Angel could observe the outside through Ermi's perspective, Angel felt a lot more relieved.

Spiritual communication is not just a literal meaning, it also means that Earl has no privacy in front of Angel. All emotions and distracting thoughts can be detected by Angel.

Angel could even read the information that Ermi had plundered from other Wumu ghosts before, if he wanted to.

This is absolute control. The power of the twisted seed is also reflected here.

Through telepathic communication, Angel confirmed that El was fine and did not have too many emotions. There is just too much miscellaneous information floating in the shadow, but it won't affect anything for the time being. After leaving, just do a thorough inspection and cleanup.

In the blink of an eye, they walked down the stairs about twenty meters high.

There was still floating dark energy around them, and without the exploration of spiritual tentacles, everyone didn't know where to go at this time.

Fortunately, there are Earl fans.

Through Ermi's perspective, Angel saw the general situation here——

On the whole, the smelly ditch is no different from the maze on the upper level. It still has high walls and cliffs, and there is still a magic energy array. The only difference is that there is a dark and dirty atmosphere here; and the ground is mottled and wet, and occasionally you can see long puddles of dirty water.

Because the place is too humid and contaminated by filthy air, the walls and floors here have some signs of corrosion. Some of the magic energy arrays in the inner shells were even exposed, and some simply failed.

Angel directly simulated the scene he saw through illusion. The illusion solves the problem of everyone's vision, which also prevents them from becoming blind.

"This is roughly the situation. There are currently two paths, front and back. I suggest you continue walking forward. The road behind is more shabby than here, and the damage to the magic energy array is relatively serious. If the prison ladder is really to be built in the smelly water Ditches will also be given the best possible protection..."

After Angel finished speaking, he looked at everyone, wanting to hear their opinions.

"Just go as you say. Anyway, there are only two roads forward and backward. The prison ladder is probably not too far away. If you can't find it in front, it won't be troublesome to come back." Doakes said.

The Black Earl had no objection, so everyone set out on the journey again, with the goal being the road ahead.

Angel has been updating the external situation all the way, which has gradually deepened everyone's understanding of the stinking ditch. Anything, as long as it breaks through the barrier set by the "unknown", no matter how difficult it is, can give everyone a bottom line in their hearts.

"Apart from the filthy air, this place is actually similar to the top. Maybe, in a hundred or a thousand years, it will become like this... more ruined." Dox sighed and looked around: "Come to think of it, I really didn't see any traces of monsters."

Before, Dox thought that the Black Earl said that there was not much danger here, which was a comfort. But now it seems that the Black Earl is really right.

Angel knew that the Black Earl got the answer through prophecy, but the Black Earl only gave the answer, but did not say why the answer was like this.

Angel privately asked the Black Earl, and the Black Earl's answer was vague and sounded almost like a charlatan.

But after getting along with the white bear for a long time, he was too familiar with this kind of "secret language".

To put it bluntly, the Black Earl himself didn't know why the answer was like this. But as long as he talked a few nonsense words and used fate as a shield, his pretense immediately came up.

Although the Black Earl did not give any constructive opinions, Angel himself thought about several possibilities.

After all, this place is not far from the Suspended Prison Ladder. Could it be that the builders had already considered that the filthy air would affect the Suspended Prison Ladder, so they made protection in advance?

Or, this is actually the territory of a certain big monster, and other monsters dare not invade?

Of these two possibilities, Angel is more inclined to the first one. Because there really is a big monster, how did the wood spirit escape from the outside to the Suspended Prison Ladder?

Generally speaking, the speed of the newly born wood spirit is only a little faster than that of the stone spirit. Even the wood spirit can escape into the Suspended Prison Ladder, which means that the danger here is indeed not great.

After walking forward for about 300 meters, the road began to become wider, and the surrounding black air became more and more dense.

Because, as the road opened up, the "stinky ditch" finally appeared.

The literal stinky ditch.

That is, the sewage pipe of Naraku City in the past.

Angel didn't let Ermi explore what was in the long ditch, mainly because the sticky liquid inside was black, and the stench seemed to be smelled just by looking at the color.

After all, Ermi was hiding in Angel's shadow. Even if he couldn't smell it, an Ermi who had been in the muddy ditch would still make Angel feel uncomfortable.

Although the real stinking ditch appeared and the corrosion signs on the wall became more and more serious, there were still no monsters around.

When everyone was cautious and confused, there was a slight light in front of them.

When they approached the location of the light, they found that the light came from a fork in the road.

Yes, a fork in the road.

The first fork in the road after they entered the stinking ditch appeared.

However, looking at the shining fork in the road, everyone felt creepy and had no intention of turning.

Because that fork in the road was not on the road, but on the wall.

It was very similar to the small hole in the wall before, or in other words, except for the light here, everything else was exactly the same.

If the Black Earl had not left a mark next to the small hole, they might have always thought that the dog hole was a road to an unknown place. Who would have thought that this hole on the wall could actually close by itself, and when it sensed a living person, it would open up again.

Although they didn't know whether this hole was the same as the previous one, they didn't want to go that way.

What's more, the light was too much like bait.

It seemed to be actively inviting people to pass.

Others came here and saw the dark area, and might be attracted by the light, but with the help of Ermi and Angel, their vision was not impaired. Naturally, they didn't want to rush into a narrow road that might be extremely risky.

They ignored the path and walked quickly.

It wasn't until they turned a corner in front and couldn't see the light that Dox said, "Lord Black Earl, did you leave an olfactory positioning point near that hole? Is it closed now?"

The Black Earl didn't say a word.

Angel sighed: "You can actually leave a wizard's eye there to observe. You didn't leave one, do you think Lord Black Earl will leave one?"

Dox: "..." It seems to be true.

Angel: "But it's also very simple for you to know whether the hole is closed."

Angel said while showing a light screen in front of everyone.

There was originally a light spot at the edge of the light screen. But slowly, the light spot gradually went out.

"I quietly placed a pure mechanical creation without any fluctuations - the puppet eye at a distance from the light spot."

"Through the puppet eye, you can see that the light spot has gone out, which means... it is closed."

The other party used the light in the dark to attract their attention, but Angel can also use the same method to judge whether it is closed.

Now that the answer has been revealed, everyone is more terrified about the fork in the road.

Although it is not known whether the dog hole is a mechanism or something else, there is no doubt that if they choose the bright road, they will inevitably pay a painful price.

"Could this hole be the same hole as before?" Kael asked after swallowing his saliva.

After a long silence, the Black Earl replied, "I don't know. The previous hole has been closed, so it's impossible to determine. But I feel that it shouldn't be."

"But don't worry too much about this hole. No matter if it's alive or dead, as long as you don't go in, there will be no trouble."

Kael's face was still worried: "That's what I said, but if the dog hole is enlarged several times and stands on the ground, it will be similar to a normal-sized fork in the road, then it will be difficult to judge."

Kael's worry is not unreasonable.

If this situation really happens, it will be really difficult to prevent.

The people who originally thought they had avoided a disaster were once again shrouded in a faint shadow in their hearts.