Chapter 469: Exploring the Cave

"good.

In the Awakening School, Wang Tao saw that there were no missing students and nodded with satisfaction.

Let’s not talk about strength and potential, but at least he still has the courage and brains.

"Principal Wang, when should we set off?"

A bald, fat middle-aged man stood next to Wang Tao and asked with a bow.

His name is Pan Jian, and he is the teaching director of Awakening School. He is responsible for the daily affairs of the school. He was specially selected by Wang Tao. Because his job before the end of the world was similar to this, and now he has level three strength, which is suitable for this position. After Gu Yun stopped taking care of school affairs, he was basically doing all the chores.

As for some other positions, Wang Tao has no suitable candidates for the time being, and will ask Gu Yuntu to recommend a few when he comes back.

Pan Jian was very grateful to Wang Tao. After all, everyone knew that the Awakening School should be the focus of the base's subsequent development. Whether he was a student in the school or worked in the school, his future was definitely not small. He has determined that he has no awakening potential, and his combat power is not strong at the third level. If he hadn't been transferred here by Wang Tao, he might have been able to stop here in this life...

However, Pan Jian was also a little afraid of Wang Tao, mainly because he had not had much contact with Wang Tao before. Now standing next to Wang Tao, he found that Wang Tao was taller when he was sitting than when he was standing. Coupled with his burly body... this feeling of oppression was too great. Stronger, even if Wang Tao doesn't exude any aura of an awakened person, people still feel instinctively afraid.

"Let's go now."

Wang Tao stood up. His burly figure made Pan Jian scared and at the same time made him feel safe.

I heard that the principal's fighting ability is very strong, I should be able to see it this time... Pan Jian thought silently in his heart.

"okay!"

The students and teachers were already ready. After receiving the order, they immediately gathered in the square inside the school and then went out in an orderly manner.

They all wore thick cotton clothes, wrapping their bodies tightly. Compared with whether it would affect their combat effectiveness, keeping out the cold was more important. These students are not the main force in exploring the caves. At present, they are still mainly focused on running in and training.

There were many tracked armored personnel carriers parked outside the school, and this time it was the Sixth Army Corps that was responsible for transporting them.

Cheng Yiyi is waiting for Wang Tao outside.

When they met again, Cheng Yiyi was obviously shocked by Wang Tao's figure.

"You are too big!"

Cheng Yiyi is over 1.7 meters tall, which is not short for a woman, but standing in front of Wang Tao, she looks petite and delicate. Wang Tao is now almost the same size as her in power armor.

Although Cheng Yiyi is very beautiful, she doesn't care about this. She just likes the look of muscles all over her body, which makes her feel safe. Unfortunately, due to physical limitations, it was impossible for her to become as good as Wang Tao. Instead, the more she practiced, the slimmer she became...

"Haha." Wang Tao shrugged, and then said, "You can take my car."

Cheng Yiyi has already been to the cave, and Wang Tao needs a guide.

"good!"

After Cheng Yiyi got on the bus, the motorcade, led by Wang Tao, rumbled towards the city gate.

In the car, Cheng Yiyi gave Wang Tao a brief introduction to the situation in the cave. To put it simply, they have not encountered any major dangers so far, and the exploration of the cave is proceeding slowly but steadily.

The reason for the slow exploration is naturally because the visibility is too low. It was originally dark down there, and coupled with the attacks of some highly concealed mutant plants, their speed naturally slowed down a lot.

As for what good things are in the cracks, what has been discovered so far include plant fruits, rare metals, crystal nuclei, etc.

Wang Tao's eyes lit up when he heard about the plant fruits.

If it can be called a good thing, it is definitely not an ordinary fruit, maybe it is a fruit with its own name like snake fruit. If that was the case, then he would have to explore this cave.

After the convoy left the base, they walked for another three hours before seeing the cracks.

"Is that the crypt..."

None of the students had seen the cave before, and they all felt a little frightened when they saw an abyss-like crack appearing on the endless snow.

Do you really want to go down?

Can I still come back alive...

This crack is the one closest to the base. The six legions have established a temporary base on the edge, with many soldiers stationed there.

After seeing the Sixth Army's convoy, they made a little confirmation and then let it go.

"Let's go straight down. It's warmer down there than above, and there's no snow down there. If you're up there, if you're unlucky, you might encounter a snowstorm, which would be very uncomfortable."

Cheng Yiyi explained.

"good."

The location where this temporary base was built was obviously carefully selected. It is not steep to enter the crack from here. In addition, they have built some dirt roads, so the car can be driven down directly.

Rumble——

The convoy slowly entered the crack. The further down it went, the thicker the black mist became, like a giant mouth of the abyss swallowing up the convoy.

In the Jingneng car, Ding Yuqin and the others were a little nervous. After all, it was dark outside and they couldn't see anything. There were only some weak street lights guiding the direction.

Wang Tao looked at Jiang Shixue, with a faint red glow in her pupils.

"I can see it, but I can't see clearly from a distance..."

Jiang Shixue explained to Wang Tao in a low voice.

Not only is there no light in the environment inside, but the black fog blocks the view. Even if Jiang Shixue had night vision, she could only see what was nearby. When she looked into the distance, it was like she was separated by layers of black gauze, unable to see clearly.

If Wang Tao had not awakened for the third time, he would probably be similar to Jiang Shixue, but now that he has obtained the Heart of Darkness... it is no longer a question of whether he can see or not, but he can not only see through the black fog around him, but he also finds that he can control the black fog!

Is this the ability to control darkness?

Wang Tao closed his eyes and silently felt the dark environment he was in. Then, with a thought, he saw the black fog immediately spread out to the surroundings, as if an invisible big hand was fiddling in the air.

"Huh?"

Jiang Shixue suddenly exclaimed, because she found that her vision could suddenly see far away. Those "black veils" seemed to be retreating far away!

Others could not feel the black fog, but they could suddenly find that the street lights on the road, which looked like fireflies, were getting brighter and brighter, and soon the road was illuminated as bright as day.

"I can see the road!"

"So this is what the crack looks like, it seems to be all stones..."

The students looked out the window curiously, not knowing what was going on.

"What's going on!"

"Stop!"

But Cheng Yiyi was startled and immediately stopped the vehicle with the intercom.

Although the vision was suddenly widened countless times, there must be something wrong when things are abnormal. They had never encountered such a situation before. Could there be any changes in this cave?

"Don't worry, keep going."

Wang Tao said to her.

"...You did it?"

Cheng Yiyi was shocked.

"It's just a little trick."

Wang Tao shook his head.

In his opinion, this is indeed a little trick, because these black mists are floating. Although he has removed the black mist now, it shouldn't take long for the black mist to float again...

"..."

Cheng Yiyi opened her mouth, she immediately asked the team to move forward, and then looked at Wang Tao.

"How did you...do it?"

Wang Tao did not hide it, and simply explained:

"These black mists are dark, if there are dark awakeners, they should be able to control these black mists."

"Dark awakeners..."

Cheng Yiyi was shocked again, not shocked that dark awakeners could control black mist, but shocked that Wang Tao was actually a dark awakener. Wang Tao doesn't seem to be a dark awakener? Did he awaken again?

Although puzzled, Cheng Yiyi didn't ask much. She knew the priorities, so she immediately told others about the dark awakeners through the radio.

The radio in the black fog could not be transmitted outside the black fog, but it could be transmitted to each other within the black fog. Although the distance was greatly reduced, they also built a base under the crack. Cheng Yiyi sent the message to this base.

However, because Wang Tao had removed the nearby black fog, she saw the base under the crack not long after she sent the message.

The base under the crack is much larger than the outside. It provides supplies and many heavy weapons such as tanks, artillery, and armored vehicles. These heavy weapons are for defense. After all, the visibility here is too low, and taking the initiative to attack may hit teammates.

"Principal Wang!"

Before Wang Tao got out of the car, several leaders here came over. They already knew that the visibility around was related to the Spark Society, but they didn't know it was Wang Tao. Cheng Yiyi did not tell anyone that Wang Tao was a dark awakener. Maybe this was Wang Tao's trump card. Wang Tao thought he would definitely say it, so she didn't need to say anything.

"Hello everyone! We meet again, Commander Shang."

Wang Tao got off the car and greeted everyone with a smile.

The person in charge of guarding this underground base today is Shang Heng, deputy commander of the Fourth Army. Cheng Yiyi said that they took turns on duty.

This underground base also uses a lot of high-power lighting equipment. When there is black fog, these lighting equipment can only illuminate a few meters away, so a high-power street lamp is installed every few meters. But now, it is a little unreal here. It is the first time for them to see the surrounding rock cliffs so directly, and they are not used to it...

"If we can get rid of all the black fog in here, then we can explore at will!"

Shang Heng looked at Wang Tao and asked tentatively.

"Impossible, unless there are many dark awakeners..."

Wang Tao shook his head and said that the black fog was only temporarily gone.

"It's temporary..."

Everyone was a little disappointed after hearing it.

However, Wang Tao continued:

"But some of our students may have the potential to awaken the dark system. If there is a chance to awaken, I will lend it to you."

Among the two hundred students brought by Wang Tao, two have hidden dark attributes. If there is a chance to awaken later, Wang Tao plans to let them awaken first. After all, in this environment, vision is very important.

"Ah? Thank you so much!"

Shang Heng was suddenly happy.

He had seen Wang Tao's erudition. Wang Tao said that there might be a dark awakener, and the probability was estimated to be quite high.

"It's not even a stroke yet. Let's talk about it when other dark awakeners appear."

Wang Tao shook his head and said again.

"Which places have not been explored? Let's go directly."

Shang Heng immediately took out a map.

It's called a map, but it actually just drew the location of a base and drew some arrows around the base.

"These arrows indicate that someone has gone there, and there is no one in other places. You can choose any place you want. But you may also run into our people in other places. When the time comes, you must confirm their identities in advance. With such low visibility... Don't fight your own people."

"Okay!"

After Wang Tao took the map, he looked at Cheng Yiyi again.

"In addition to exploring the cave, our six legions have another important task - drawing a real cave map. Our previous task has not been completed, so we can't go with you this time. We are going in this direction, you..."

Cheng Yiyi wanted to ask Wang Tao if there was any problem, after all, there were more than 200 students with him. But thinking of Wang Tao's ability, and thinking that there were many awakened teachers following Wang Tao, she felt that even if they were carrying a burden, Wang Tao and his team should have no problem. Not to mention that these students were carefully selected, and they were not considered burdens.

"Well, let's go here."

Wang Tao picked one at random and asked the students to get off the car directly.

"Fuck! What is this!"

But when they saw a black giant snake coming down from one of the trucks, the students were shocked.

Shang Heng and his men also became nervous instantly.

"Don't worry, this is my little pet, and also the 'school beast' of our school..."

Wang Tao waved his hand, and Xiao Hei immediately crawled in front of Wang Tao.

Xiao Hei was like a fish in water in this dark environment, and it would be a waste to stay at home, so Wang Tao brought it here.

"School beast..."

Both Shang Heng's soldiers and students were confused.

Wang Tao didn't explain much to them, and waved his hand directly, and Xiao Hei immediately ran to the front and disappeared in the darkness in the distance.

"Follow!"

"Yes!"

...

It doesn't take much to fiddle with the black fog, and Wang Tao pushed the black fog away along the way. However, the further in, the thicker the black fog became and the faster it floated. Wang Tao pushed it away with his front foot, and then came back with his back foot.

Wang Tao's attempt to create a passage without black fog was obviously not possible. But it was not a big problem, anyway, they could see the situation around them.

At this time, Xiao Hei sent a message to Wang Tao, saying that three mutant plants were found ahead.

"Finally encountered it!"

Wang Tao asked everyone to be alert. He quickly came to Xiao Hei and saw three huge black plants similar to Venus flytraps in front of him. They were quietly attached to the stone wall and motionless.

[HP: 200000/200000]

[Mana: 200000/200000]

[Level: Fourth-level Lord]

[Awakening: Paralysis Trap]

"They are all fourth-level lords, they are lucky..."

Wang Tao wanted to give the opportunity to Ding Yuqin and others, but he thought that he had to test his strength... so his eyes glowed red.

Zi——

Two high-temperature rays instantly pierced through the three giant Venus flytraps.

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