Chapter 1003 This Damn Miasma Valley

Ajian looked listless.

Since he had cooperated before and was familiar with the hunters, the job of guide for this trip to Miasma Valley naturally fell on him.

Although he has been there countless times, it is no problem to say that he is one of the most familiar with the Miasma Valley in the research base.

But as expected, I still don’t like that place.

"Haha." Ajian sighed.

But fortunately, he still remembered his responsibilities. As he hurried on, he weakly introduced: "Overall, the structure of the Valley of Miasma is like a bowl, deep in the middle and shallow around it.

Therefore, the easiest way to enter the Miasma Valley is to go to the relatively middle area of ​​the Coral Platform, find a crack that leads directly to the bottom of the valley, and then descend via a rope.

What we are going to now is such a rappelling point.

Well, there are actually other ways to get down, but they are more physically demanding, after all, we are so weak."

The hunters twitched their lips. They were almost used to this guy's languid character.

There are a lot of wind-drifting dragons on the Coral Platform. It is very dangerous to travel by pterosaurs. Walking is almost the only option.

Under Ajian's guidance, the hunter and his party spent several days arriving at a cliff in the central area of ​​the Lu Coral Platform.

"This is our most commonly used entrance and exit." Ajian removed a large bundle of strong and heavy ropes from his body and got busy.

Gordon saw him coming to a wooden runner installed on the edge of the cliff, and asked with some surprise: "There is actually such a lifting device?"

Ajian said while fixing the rope on the wheel: "Originally, there was no such thing. At that time, only younger scholars like us had the means to go down to the Valley of Miasma.

It's easy to slide down, but it's hard for grandparents who are hundreds of years old to climb up several hundred meters along the rope. "

"Too."

“With this wheel, at least it’s a lot easier to come up. People are hung on the rope like salted fish, and then two people are arranged to rock it up, huh.

I heard from the team leader that she also planned to install an automatic lifting device driven by a windmill. Unfortunately, there is currently a shortage of manpower and materials, and there are no craftsmen who can make such a thing, so she can only put it on hold for the time being.

Maybe there will be a chance in the future. "

Anhil, who knew some mechanical knowledge, looked at the rough hand-cranked wheel on the edge of the cliff and said nothing.

The lifting device mentioned by the leader of the third group is not complicated.

Compared with the waterwheel and cable car that has just started construction in Xingchen stronghold, it can only be regarded as a simple small project. As long as Xingchen sends a team of craftsmen, it can be manufactured in a few days.

Unfortunately, the existence of the Grand Canyon cuts off this possibility, leaving scholars to rely on themselves.

"I have a question, meow!" Seeing that everyone was quickly preparing for the rappel, Xianglan quickly raised her paw and asked, "We are all going down, who will pull us up next, meow?"

"Good question." Gordon smiled and said: "Guess the game, the loser climbs up the rope with his bare hands, and then pulls the others up."

"Meow?!"

Anhil looked at the length of the rope they brought and said, "This should be a double-length rope. You can lift people up by pulling on the other end of the rope."

"That's right." Ajian said it was indeed the case.

"But why not install another pair of runner below? This can make a simple cable car." Anhil asked with some confusion.

Ajian shrugged, "In a miasmatic environment, the wooden runner will quickly decompose and become brittle, and it will not last more than two months.

The same goes for the rope. You can't hang it here all the time, otherwise it will break down quickly.

It would be great if there was a steel cable, which would not be afraid of the miasma decomposing, but it is a pity that we cannot make it. "

"That's it." Anxier sighed softly.

The special natural environment, the lack of industrial system, and the isolation of logistics are all problems that the scholars of the third phase of the mission must face.

Even if it is just a small matter of going up and down the Miasma Valley, there are still many troubles.

After installing the rope, everyone began to wear goggles and filter masks.

"Although I have said it many times in the past few days, I still want to emphasize it again. In the Valley of Miasma, you can only take off your mask and goggles when you are sure that there is no miasma around you, otherwise the consequences will be serious.

From now on, the entire exploration operation must not exceed three days, otherwise even if your bodies can bear it, this rope cannot bear it.

It will be corroded by the miasma, and we will have to climb up with bare hands. "

"If something unexpected happens and we are unable to return to this rappel point, is there any other way to safely leave the Miasma Valley?" Gordon asked in a loud voice through his mask.

"Yes, the principle of survival is to go to the edge area."

Ajian nodded and said, "I just said that the Miasma Valley is bowl-shaped. It is easier to climb up from the edge of the Miasma Valley, and the concentration of miasma in the edge area is not high, so it is relatively safe."

"besides."

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After confirming a few more details with each other, everyone took a deep breath of the moist and fresh air of the mainland coral platform, and then started rappelling.

The rappelling itself is not dangerous, it actually tests your courage and experience.

The hunters naturally had both of these, and they reached the bottom of the valley without any danger.

Gale was an exception. The toothhound, which was fully armed and carried a large amount of ammunition and supplies, could not slide down on a rope as thick as a thumb.

Fortunately, the huge pillar-like coral reefs were not difficult for the climbing hounds. They ran down the cliffs faster than rappelling.

"Ah, this place is really unpleasant." After releasing the rope and jumping to the ground, Gale waved his palms, trying to drive away the dark yellow and thick miasma around him.

"Yeah."

Ansel, who came down one step earlier and was on guard with a crossbow, rarely agreed with Gale's words.

Compared with the colorful and vibrant coral plateau, the miasma valley with a vertical distance of only a few hundred meters is simply another extreme.

Dark, depressing, dangerous, and the air is filled with the frowning stench of the valley.

There is no green in sight, and there are rotting corpses and skeletons all around. Fat multi-legged insects twist and crawl around the skeletons and the feet of hunters.

One even tried to crawl into Gordon's boots, but was stomped into a dirty green thick pulp by him.

Ansir's face twisted for a moment when he noticed this scene, and he almost couldn't help firing a cannon at his feet.

"Swish!"

A thick white mist suddenly spurted out from the cracks in the ground not far from them. The hunters initially thought it was water vapor or something from the underground hot spring.

But when they saw a spider that happened to pass by was shrouded in the mist, struggling, curling up in the mist, and finally turned into a black and broken charcoal.

The hunters realized that it was not something as harmless as "water vapor".

It was a high concentration of sulfuric acid mist.

"Damn it, this place is hell meow?" Xianglan complained.

Hayata flicked its ears, but rarely scolded it for swearing.

Because she herself almost swore.

If you ask them before coming here, what environment they hate the most.

Some people will say desert, some will say volcano, and some will say swamp.

But if you ask this question again now, I'm afraid the answer will be unprecedentedly unified.

——It's this damn Miasma Valley!

Ps. Although the design is wonderful, Miasma Valley is definitely the map I least want to go to in all the previous works--