Chapter 658 Hot Feet

As they approached the lava canyon, the hunters gradually became wary.

Volcanic areas always give people the impression of extremely harsh environments, whether it is the old volcanoes of the Old Continent, the Latio volcano, or the lava caves of the Western Continent.

In fact, that's true, but a harsh environment doesn't mean it's desolate.

Not to mention insects, lizards and other small reptiles.

Large herbivores that can withstand high temperatures, such as Draposaurus and Crustacea; small monsters such as giant wasps, red velociraptors, lava beasts, and even a variety of large monsters can all be seen.

But now, we haven't really entered the most extreme environment of the lava canyon, but in the nearby area, there are no signs of any life activity.

The entire area seemed to have turned into a dead zone.

Gordon made a gesture, and the team consisting of two people, one cat and one dog stopped. They found a cave with a wide view, temporarily hid and rested.

While eating and drinking cold drinks, Gordon asked his companions, "Have you found the corpse of any creature?"

"No meow."

"No." Hayata looked around, "It shouldn't be so quiet here."

"Actually, to some extent this is a good thing."

Gordon swallowed the food in his mouth and bared his teeth, "If you see corpses everywhere, that would be the most dangerous situation."

Pig Chop's ears twitched, "Does it mean there is an apex predator here who is extremely territorial and aggressive? Meow?"

"It may be more dangerous than that." Hayata was silent for two seconds and continued: "Apex predators generally do not take the initiative to attack small creatures.

If the extinction of biological groups in the entire area really occurs, the greater possibility is that there is some kind of terrible monster that spreads poison or spreads disease. "

"Well, if you encounter that situation, you can only retreat immediately." Gordon nodded in agreement.

After draining the cold drink and throwing the glass potion bottle into the lava flow aside, he continued: "Now it seems that the greater possibility is that there is some kind of ancient dragon or similar powerful creature entrenched in the depths of the canyon and scared away. of other creatures.

Pork chop, strong wind, do you feel some intimidating momentum, breath, etc.? "

"Wow."

"No, meow. If I found anything, I would have reported it already, meow."

"Weird thing."

Gordon muttered and stood up, "You've almost rested. Let's continue exploring inside the canyon. Again, be careful under your feet and in the magma lake. These two places are the most convenient for large monsters to hide."

The group of hunters who entered the canyon through the mountain pass and continued their reconnaissance became more cautious.

The so-called lava canyon is actually more like a basin, surrounded by volcanic mountains, forming a relatively closed environment.

Because the terrain is low and the earth's crust is relatively thin, a large number of lava flows gather here, forming lava lakes one after another. Even in the middle of the night, the hot golden-red light is still dazzling.

The heat wave is steaming, and the pungent sulfur-smelling air penetrates along the mouths and noses of the hunters. Even if they drink cold drinks to relieve the heat, their trachea and lungs will still feel burning pain.

The effect of cold drinks has also been weakened a lot, and hunters have to take cold drinks more frequently to ensure that the body temperature is maintained within a relatively safe range.

"There are a lot of things wrong. When I came here a few years ago, although it was hot, it was not to this extent. It felt like the magma had been activated."

"This may explain why all the nearby creatures have fled, meow?" Zhupa carefully stroked his beard that was about to be curled, "Even the volcanic creatures will be heated to death, meow!"

"It's possible."

Gordon checked the amount of cold drinks in his luggage. "We can only move in the canyon for half a day at most, and then we have to leave. Otherwise, there will be no supply of cold drinks. It is too easy to suffer from heatstroke and shock in the volcanic zone."

Looking at the uncrossable lava river in front of him, Hayata looked worried, "Then we can only selectively scout a few one or two locations. There are too many areas where the lava flows, and we can't cross it. It would be a waste to go around. time."

Gordon thought for a while and looked at Pig Chop, "Pig Chop, do you still remember the lava lake near the ruins when Ancil and we came to dig for stone protection?"

"I have an impression, Meow. That lava lake feels so big, Meow, I can't even see Meow!"

"Yes, I'm going to go over there and have a look first."

"Is there anything special about the lava lake you mentioned?" Hayata asked.

“It’s not that special, but in my impression, there should be no magma area larger than that lava lake in the lava canyon.

If the activation of magma is really related to that unknown monster, it should be close to high temperatures. Considering the scary size of that guy, a large-scale lava lake should be the most comfortable habitat.

After all, except for crustaceans, there should be no monsters that would like to move around in a cramped environment. "

"It makes sense, meow, come down and lead the way, meow!" Pig Chop jumped on Liefeng's back, tugging on Liefeng's ears, and the latter took a step forward and ran out.

In such a high temperature environment, the two of them were the most uncomfortable. The hair all over their bodies was full of burnt and curled marks. They probably had to shave their heads after returning from this trip.

With a clear target, the forward efficiency is naturally much higher than the previous drag-net reconnaissance.

Tens of minutes later, Gordon and his party arrived not far from the huge lava lake.

Because they suspected that there were some terrifying creatures living in the lava lake, they did not dare to approach the lake directly. Instead, they temporarily hid among the ruins of scattered ruins nearby.

The magma in the lava lake is dazzlingly bright gold. Under the amazing heat radiation, the rocky ground by the lake is stained with a layer of dark red, showing that it is about to melt.

Pork Chop and Liefeng kept jumping. The temperature of the ground here is no longer a level that can be endured by "enduring it for a while". Even if they are wearing the weeping dragon leather foot covers sewn by Hayata, it is still useless.

The same is true for Hayata. The fire resistance of the black dragon armor is quite average, or even very poor. The high temperature that is enough to burn people quickly penetrates the shin armor and burns her feet.

She can only tiptoe as much as possible to reduce the contact with the ground, and take recovery medicine to hold on.

The only exception is Gordon.

[He Yao]'s fire resistance is even lower than that of the black dragon armor. He was quickly burned, but this also stimulated [He Yao]'s dragon energy activity.

The red light appeared between the gaps in the armor, and the dragon energy filled the armor, making this set of armor "alive".

The high temperature of the environment was completely isolated. In sharp contrast, Gordon even felt a little cool.

"The temperature radiated by this lava lake is too high. You can't stand it. Retreat to a place where you won't be burned at least." Gordon lowered his voice and said to his companions.

"What about you?" Hayata asked.

"The dragon energy activity of [He Yao] has been triggered. I can withstand the temperature here." Gordon drank another bottle of cold drink and put on his helmet again.

"Don't worry, I won't mess around. One circle, search around this lava lake. Whether I find it or not, I will retreat."

Hayata hesitated for two seconds.

Gordon was right. If this goes on, the feet of the three of them will really be burned. Helplessly, they can only nod and retreat with pork chops and fierce wind.

"We will not retreat out of sight. If there is danger, we will rush here as soon as possible. Senior Gordon, be careful."

Ps.

The ambient temperature in the game has nothing to do with the resistance of equipment attributes. "Heat resistance" and "fire resistance" are two different things. I want to emphasize this here.

High fire resistance can alleviate burns in volcanic areas, which is a secondary setting and should be reasonable from a realistic perspective.