Chapter 3446 Disappeared Again
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The time span and geographical span of the two passages are too large to be the same passage. Of course, they must correspond to the same Underdark.
If Uta's theory is correct, perhaps the Underdark passage from the Drow War more than a thousand years ago will be reborn, and unlike the one in the Dragon Spine Mountains a few years ago, it is on the border of Cormanthor.
If the Underdark passage from more than a thousand years ago is reborn nearby, it must be the core area of Cormanthor!
Thinking of this, Shado thought that after the war, he might remind Cormanthor to check the ruins of the Underdark passage that was destroyed that year to avoid further trouble.
Then, he continued to ask Wuta:
"As you said, can we assume that the influence of the Underdark is actually spreading? After countless years, will there be countless Underdark channels on the ground? Or will the Underdark's unique radiation also appear on the surface?"
"I dare not assert this. Whether the Underdark radiation is continuing to spread to the surface requires a long period of observation and recording to draw conclusions. As of now, I have not seen such a trend."
After Wuta said this, Xia Duo was temporarily relieved. If the influence of the Underdark is really spreading, as long as the change time is long enough, the surface creatures will always be able to find a new way out.
After all, isn't life best at finding a way out!
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Under Wuta's guidance, Xia Duo went deeper and deeper underground. The underground rift that was previously disguised by the Illuminati had disappeared, but the influence of the Underdark it represented had not been cut off.
In the special vision provided by Uta, it still looks like a line, extending from the top to the endless bottom, and now he and Uta are tracking this line.
If you enter from the previous rift, you must use the teleportation spell to reach the corresponding Underdark, but if you keep tracking like this, without going through the rift, you can directly reach the Underdark in the continuous underground space, or directly reach the underground passage of the Underdark.
"Uta, how far is it below?"
Even though he has "seen" the line of action representing the influence of the Underdark through the special perspective shared by Uta, this line goes far beyond the individual perception limit of Shado, and it seems that there is no end at all.
In this regard, Uta explained: "It's almost there, there should be a real passage below, or if you keep going down, you will always encounter the Underdark, but it is not certain whether it is the one where the Illuminati is located."
The underground of the Elan region, in terms of the horizontal range only, is the same as the surface, and no matter how large it is, it cannot reach Elan itself, but in the vertical direction, there may be multiple different levels.
That is to say, there may be a smaller dark area at every certain depth. If you find a random position and drill a hole straight down, you may encounter many dark areas that are either independent or connected.
Of course, it is also possible that you will not encounter any of them. This vertical hole perfectly avoids every dark area.
Now, Xia Duo wants to find the space where the Illuminati is located. He can check each space one by one and eliminate the options that are not the Illuminati one by one. The remaining one is where the Illuminati is.
But now, since the clue has been found, and it is the only clue that the Illuminati has disguised so far, there is no need to be so troublesome next time. Just follow the clue and track it.
Xia Duo obviously understands this, but he has been facing the pressure of the Illuminati for a long time. It is inevitable that he is a little anxious and uneasy.
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Soon, about 5 new miles vertically downward from the underground crack disguised by the Illuminati (the actual trajectory is far more than 5 new miles), Xia Duo finally found underground radiation that is more intense and wild than any suspected dark area channel he has seen before.
"Please, Lord Uta, do a simple check of the passage first!"
"Well, my real body is already checking it."
Uta is still invisible at this moment, but his control over the underground earth and stone field has also moved to the vicinity of the Underdark passage as his real body moves.
In this case, his inspection will be more secretive than Shado's, and of course it may be more effective.
After a while, Uta gave the inspection results in the command network through Tarafu: "The enemy is too arrogant. There is no disguise or trap in the passage. Next, Master Shado will go through the passage to enter the Underdark, or will he escape underground like we did just now?"
"Same as before!"
Shado made a decision immediately. Going through the Underdark passage is undoubtedly more convenient and faster, but it may also trigger the warning magic of the Illuminati. Uta's inspection is more at the level of earth elements. If it does not involve earth elements, Uta may not be able to discover the magic of the Illuminati.
So he simply didn't take the passage. After all, the Underdark was just an underground space. As long as he could move through the soil and rocks, it didn't matter where he entered. Taking the passage would limit his access to the Underdark space.
Next, although Xia Duo didn't enter the Underdark through the passage, he also moved forward according to the direction indicated by the passage. This passage was not straight up and down, but complicated, and it might even go in the opposite direction.
But outside the passage, with the help of Uta's special vision, Xia Duo could easily find the general direction indicated by the passage. He didn't need to make many turns like he did in the passage, and could go straight to the destination.
Soon he came to a position far below the crack that had deviated from the initial clue in the vertical direction, almost to the border of Elan near Sruwende.
"Master Xia Duo, there are no traps or surveillance from here." Uta pointed out a direction to Xia Duo.
Xia Duo replied: "Yes. I am also preparing to enter from there! Wait a moment, I will do some disguise!"
Of course, he couldn't just go in directly like this. Even if there were no traps and surveillance inside, it would be good to be cautious. Apart from anything else, the change of the magic network environment would affect the spells of the caster, which would be as obvious to those who were interested as fireworks at night.
Of course, Xia Duo couldn't make such a low-level mistake. After all, he was not a novice. After making a good disguise, he moved towards the predetermined position.
Then he squeezed out from an unknown wall in the dark area. Just now, he had only checked outside and found nothing unusual, but now that he was in the dark area, he immediately found something unusual.
This abnormality could even be seen directly with the naked eye, that is, a ray of light came out of the corner passage not far ahead!
Xia Duo hurriedly walked towards the corner, and in an instant, it was suddenly clear. In front of him, it was visible to the naked eye that there was a huge spherical space. The ground was slightly flat, but there were countless spikes hanging from the top.
Of course, those were not spikes, but stalagmites and wrinkles squeezed out one by one. There should have been some on the ground originally, but they might have been considered to have been cleared.