Chapter 2 Secret Passage

After the watchman was racing wildly on the sea for more than an hour, May suddenly said: "Do you have observation equipment on your ship?"

"Of course, this is a guide ship. "

"Then look for any islands nearby."

"Is this an island?" the captain said to a player at the console: "Start the Sky Eye system and project the image to the full analysis platform."

An octagonal platform suddenly rose in the center of the command room, and then its surface flashed. A small boat appeared in the center of the platform, and two islands were displayed not far away. May's eyes almost popped out of his head. He excitedly rushed to the table and looked left and right. Finally, he couldn't help but ask, "Is this a full analysis image of the nearby area?"

I nodded. "Using the bionic sonar system in the water and optical crystals in the air medium, and then relying on the magic array technology to fuse a new full-analysis projection platform. The maximum radius of action is seven hundred kilometers, and when zoomed in to the maximum, it can detect people floating in the water. However, this thing is still relatively expensive. Currently, only the Watcher class and super battleships are equipped with this system. You just asked us if we have an observation system. Are you trying to find these two islands?"

May nodded. "Our target is here." May pointed to a crescent-shaped island. There is an inner bay surrounded by the crescent, and it seems that we can drive directly into it.

"Is this where you saw White Jade Qilin and the others?"

"right."

"Then you're sure you saw them get in there, of course?"

Wu Yue said: "I know what you mean, don't worry. I have a magic pet. Although it has no fighting ability, he can maintain spiritual contact with me at any time. I am still monitoring the ones you are looking for through him. people."

"What? You can see their condition now?"

"Of course." Wuyue said: "A large part of the reason why I chose the profession of Musketeer is because of this magic pet. It is useless to ordinary people, but to me he is simply the best. I can see it now The white jade unicorn is chasing those strange guys. To be honest, I have never seen such a powerful creature before. It is more than a thousand times more powerful than the **oss I encountered during leveling."

Now that Wuyue could see me, I felt more relieved. He sat back in his seat relaxedly and said, "What boss are you talking about?"

Wu Yue was stunned for a moment, but still said: "The giant stone lin in the stone forest in Sichuan is a level 900 monster. It is very powerful. I was only over level 600 at that time, and I had to be lucky to kill it. But It is simply incomparable to this white jade unicorn, how wonderful it would be to have a demon pet like this!"

"Hahahaha... You are so arrogant if you don't want me to! I only dare to let her be a bodyguard for our guild, but you actually want her to be a magic pet? I admire you!"

"I'm just thinking about it. I know there's no hope for something of this level. Back then, the giant stone unicorn almost killed me when it was only level 900. This white jade unicorn is at least level 1,900. It can't deal with us." It’s probably like pinching an ant.”

"Don't call me White Jade Qilin, White Jade Qilin, her name is Yinxue, she is a very cute lady. In addition, she is not at level 1,900, but at level 15,000."

"What? Level 15,000? "Zero" has such a high level setting?"

"It seems that you rarely have contact with senior personnel." I explained: "Zero has different level settings for different personnel. The highest player level was originally one thousand, but recently the ten thousand level system was opened. In other words, the highest level can be upgraded to level 10,000. However, the method of increasing experience points has not changed, so level 10,000 is only a theoretical level. If you really want to reach level 10,000, you must continue to level up. Ten thousand years of preparation. I estimate that even for someone with top luck and strength like me, reaching level 1,200 or 300 is almost the limit. As for ordinary players, level 1,000 is almost their limit. . However, the above refers only to players, and this rule does not apply to NPCs and monsters."

"So the monsters might be of a higher level, right?"

"The level of monsters is generally higher than that of players, because as the level increases, the combat effectiveness of players increases faster than that of monsters. Under normal circumstances, it will be quite difficult for a level 100 player to deal with a level 100 monster. If If you don't have particularly good luck, you can basically think that you will lose. Therefore, before level 200, everyone chooses to fight low-level monsters."

May nodded: "Everyone is a newcomer. Before I reached level 200, I always found monsters seven or eight levels lower than myself."

"Oh, so you're doing pretty well. Most players choose to fight monsters that are ten levels lower than themselves, and many people even form teams to bully low-level monsters."

"What about you? Are you also choosing a monster that's a few levels below you?"

I smiled a little. "My situation is a little different from yours, because I had a dragon right after I left the Novice Village, so I always jumped up and defeated monsters. But this is just my personal special situation. What most players call "overleveling and defeating monsters" actually means Multiple people can cooperate to defeat monsters by leapfrogging levels. Instead of going alone to defeat monsters by leapfrogging like me, if you don't have a dragon like me, then beating monsters by leapfrogging alone is almost like 'suicide'."

"you are great."

"This is nothing, just a little good luck and some adaptability. But at least everyone admits that before level 200, it is difficult for players to deal with monsters at the same level as themselves alone. But it will be different after that. As the level increases, , players began to choose monsters that were the same level as themselves, or even a few levels higher, to earn reward experience points for beating monsters beyond the level. And as the level further increases, this gap will become wider and wider. Now, the average player of level 800 It is basically no problem to tie with a monster of level 900. But when the player reaches level 1,000, the monster becomes even worse than the player. Therefore, the highest level of wild monsters is level 1,500. At this point Capped.”

"Then can't you kill all the enemies you encounter now?" May asked in confusion.

I shook my head: "It's not what you think at all. Although monsters only reach level 1,500, do you know what a monster is?"

May shook her head.

I continued: "Monsters actually refer to those combat creatures that are specially used to upgrade players. They are characterized by generally low intelligence and mostly wild creatures. They are just fixed dead creatures in this game, and the game The background structure of the game actually doesn’t matter much. But most players are actually fighting monsters, while those who really understand this game are fighting NPCs like me.”

"NPC? Are you referring to the individuals in the city who are manipulated by the system?"

"Not only in the city. It also includes all organized creatures outside the city, as well as some individual personnel who exist for special tasks and game backgrounds. Their levels start from level 400. What is the upper limit? I don't know, but I know that the NPCs that can fight with us will not exceed level 20,000, because the basic level of the upper gods in "Zero" is 20,000, and those who reach this standard are upper gods. But upper gods do not participate in battles , so the creatures we are likely to fight will not exceed level 20,000. Our country’s Heavenly Court is a typical NPC force. Leader Hong Jun among them is probably a guy close to level 20,000. As for the super men they have Most of the thugs are concentrated between 8,000 and 18,000. I have seen a 10,000-level phoenix before, which is very fierce."

"What level are the four holy beasts?"

"I don't know the exact number, but it's more than 17,000."

"So the three sacred beasts that protect the country are not as powerful as the four sacred beasts?"

"That's not true. I can't tell you the specific reason. You just need to know that none of the three major guardian beasts are perfect. Yinxue is currently the highest level among them. She is now at level 15,000. , we hope to reach the 20,000-level standard in the future.”

Wuyue stuck out her tongue and sighed: "As expected, they are all great people!"

The captain suddenly turned around and said, "We've arrived, where are we going from now on?"

Only then did I notice that the boat had slowed down. At this time we are at the gap of the Crescent Island, and a little further forward is the inner bay. I looked at May and asked: "You are the guide, you have the final say on how to go from here."

Wu Wu said: "The big boat will be useless after that, just put the small boat down."

"Then let's change boats."

May and I came to the stern of the boat, and then summoned Lucky to help put the little dolphin placed at the stern into the water. The size of the small dolphin is about the same size as the electric boat in the park. It's just that it's a bit more slender. After putting down the boat, I took back my luck and jumped on, and May also jumped off. I waved my hand to the captain to drive the ship back to Essinger, so they don’t have to worry about going back.

After the big boat left, I sat in the operating position of the little dolphin. The operation of this small boat is very simple. It controls the direction, floating and diving through something similar to the joystick of a transport aircraft. The propeller is controlled by two foot pedals. The left foot goes backward and the right foot goes forward. The harder you step on it, the faster you run. In addition, there is a main switch on the control panel. The far left is for shutdown, the middle is for low speed mode, and the right is for high speed mode. Such a thing is very easy for people who are accustomed to using modern electrical appliances. Even if you sit on it for the first time, you can operate it easily.

I turned the starter switch to high-speed mode, put a little force on my right foot, and the little dolphin immediately jumped out. Although this little thing is not big in size, its power is not small at all, and its speed is astonishingly fast. May didn't expect this thing to start up so vigorously, and almost flipped over into the back seat.

"Damn, why are the things in your guild so powerful?"

"Hey, high horsepower means we have strong technical strength! By the way. Where are you talking about? Point it to me."

"Just drive over there first. You'll see it when you get there."

I pressed the pedal as hard as I could, and the little dolphin immediately accelerated and rushed out. Although compared to the Watcher, the little dolphin can only be regarded as a turtle. But the boat is small, and there are reference objects nearby for comparison, so it feels like it is faster than on the Watcher. In less than five minutes, we almost reached the deepest part of Moon Bay. Now I know where to go without May’s command. There is a gentle beach at the tip of Crescent Island, but in the middle there is a vertical cliff, and there is a cave entrance on the cliff. At a glance, you can tell that this is the passage that can be used by boats as mentioned in May. .

"Why did you come here in the first place?" I asked, looking at the dark cave entrance.

May smiled bitterly. "You'd better not ask. It's a very embarrassing thing anyway."

Since May said it was an embarrassing thing, I didn't feel comfortable asking anymore, so I just raised my eyes and looked at the entrance of the cave. The top of the cave entrance is fifteen meters high from the back of the water, and the width on both sides is almost thirty meters, which is enough for the watcher to enter. However, since Wuyue said that he would use a boat, the cave is likely to become narrower and narrower. Otherwise, he wouldn't have to prepare the boat.

After entering the cave entrance, the light was blocked, and the cave became obviously dark and felt very cold. After we entered the cave for a certain distance, Wuyue saw that I was still driving in without any reaction and finally couldn't help but ask, "Why don't you use the fluorescent stone I asked you to buy?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know you couldn't see!" I have night vision myself, so I never remember that others can't see in the dark. As I said this, I took out May's space equipment from Fenglong Space. Although this thing is a space equipment, it is not too small. May usually has no choice but to carry it everywhere. But now that I'm here, I'm naturally more comfortable with empty hands.

I took out a fluorescent stone from this small box, and the light green light immediately illuminated the cave. However, with this color, the already scary cave was immediately illuminated. The ground is even scarier. The stalactites hanging down from the ceiling of the cave each look like evil giant beasts, as if they will pounce down at any time.

I handed the fluorescent stone to May, and then turned the main switch on the ship to low speed mode. It's no different here than outside. It's easy to hit the wall if you go too fast. In low speed mode, as long as you don't step on the tray to the bottom. The speed will be very slow, but once the pedal is pressed to the bottom, the little dolphin will immediately enter the fastest speed. This setting is used to deal with unexpected situations. If danger is suddenly discovered in low-speed mode, just press the pedal to the bottom to accelerate away instantly.

We drove forward slowly at a speed similar to a normal trot. At the same time, I kept observing my surroundings carefully. Suddenly, I raised my hand and moved my fingers, and a crossbow arrow inserted into an object similar to a rock on the top of the cave. Wu Yue was about to ask me why I was shooting arrows randomly, but suddenly I was shaken by the "stone" I shot. Then he fell from the roof of the cave and fell into the water with a bang.

"The grouper monitor lizard is a hugely venomous species. It likes wet, cold caves. If I don't shoot it down, it will wrap its long tongue around our necks as soon as we pass by. Let's hang it up." I explained to May.

"Your eyes are really sharp."

I pointed to the red crystal-like object on my forehead. "It wasn't me who saw the ground, it was her."

"it?"

"This is my symbiote. Her name is Queen, but she is actually a parasite."

"It's convenient for you. You can have one more person to help you monitor the surrounding environment."

"Not one more, but two more. I also have a spiritual pet. The phantom came out to say hello." The phantom suddenly appeared from above my head, then waved to May, and then returned to my head. within the body. I continued: "The Queen is basically not responsible for monitoring the surrounding environment. Her main task is to command the little bugs to help me fight and collect intelligence. Phantom is my defense manager."

"It's really convenient to summon more creatures. I heard that guy Wuwei (the real name of Son of the Night) say that your summoned creatures seem to be in the tens of thousands?"

"If you count all the little bugs individually, it is indeed over ten thousand, and it is over one million. However, generally those who are more powerful and can calculate it individually only have about ten thousand."

"That's a lot." Wuyue suddenly shouted: "Be careful."

I urgently asked for directions. The little dolphin suddenly dodged to the side, and a stalactite fell into the water next to us. If it hadn't been hit in time, it would have knocked us into the water. I turned around and raised my hand to shoot an arrow, and another monitor lizard fell into the water. "There are so many poisonous monitor lizards in this damn place."

"It will be fine in a while. The cave entrance is relatively high, and there is an underground river in front. These things don't seem to dare to go into the water."

"You're right. Although these guys like being wet, they can't swim. If they fall into the water, they will definitely die."

Wuyue nodded, then pointed to a stalactite in front of her that stuck out of the water and said, "Pay attention to the spot that was touched."

"I know." I adjusted my direction slightly and went around easily. The water surface in front is not as open as the entrance to the cave. The water surface is obviously narrower, and from time to time there are stalactites sticking out of the water standing on the water. I have to turn left and right to avoid these stalactites. Shi, luckily it's easier to dodge if you're not fast.

After driving for a while, the width of the water surface has changed to less than four meters, and the moon on the top of the cave is getting lower and lower, and finally it has become almost within reach. Wuyue looked at the front with some worry and said, "I may not be able to get through this!"

"It doesn't matter. Even though this ship is small, it is well-equipped." I pressed a button, and the edge of the ship suddenly lit up, and then a light blue light curtain suddenly appeared, covering the entire upper part of the ship. stand up. This is actually the kind of waterproof door used by the sea tribe, but it was transformed into a diving cover by people in our guild.

Wuyue reached out to 'touch', but his hand passed through the light curtain. He immediately looked at me in surprise. I explained with a smile: "This thing is waterproof, but it does not affect the passage of other substances. It is better than a glass cover." It’s convenient. And if there are enemies, just adjust the output frequency to turn it into a full defense barrier that nothing can pass through.”

"I admire you! There are so many good things in your guild!"

"It's a joke." I smiled and pushed the joystick forward, and the little dolphin immediately began to sink first, and soon got under the water. "Hey, this way you don't have to worry about the situation on the roof of the cave. Okay, put away your fluorescent stone, too. Your thing can't illuminate very far underwater." As I said that, I turned on another switch, and all around the ship A circle of blue light suddenly lit up. The light shone far away before gradually dimming. The penetrating power in the water was very good. Without waiting for May to ask, I explained to him: "This is also a technology of the sea tribe. It is specially used for underwater lighting. It can illuminate much further than your kind."

Wuyue smiled and said: "But the scenery illuminated by this light is as scary as the fluorescent stone."

The cave wall illuminated by blue light is indeed scary, but it is the only light under the water that can easily reach a distance, so there is nothing we can do.

After continuing for a while, the passage obviously began to narrow again, and the entire top of the cave was submerged in the water. But one thing that has always puzzled me is that there don't seem to be any fish here. Normally there should be a lot of fish around this island, but I didn't see any of them after being in the cave for so long. After thinking about it, I opened the Fenglong space and summoned A Di Na.

"Ana, help me see if there is a big hole or something in front of us."

Aina nodded and stood up. The energy shield on top of her head was only waterproof, not anything else. A Di Na easily put her head into the water, and after a while she sat down again. "I used sonar to detect it. The passage ahead is narrower than here, and it's winding. The sonar can't transmit it very far. Do you want me to go to the front and have a look?"

"You sit here for now and we'll talk later."

Wuyue said: "Why are you so nervous? My demon pet followed those people and passed here and didn't find any danger!"

I didn't look at May, but nervously controlled the boat and said, "Yinxue is tens of thousands of times more powerful than the giant dragon. Even when the giant dragon flies through the forest, it can scare the animals inside and flee. Do you think that if a being like Yinxue passes here, what other creatures would dare to stay here? Of course it is okay for your magic pet to follow the guardian beast, but they have already passed. We are the only ones here, and those things dare not touch Yinxue. Snow doesn’t mean they dare not touch us.”

Grandma suddenly patted both of our shoulders and pointed behind us. "I think Master, your conclusion has been confirmed, so it's better to run quickly now."

May and I looked back together, and were frightened at the same time. I hurriedly sat back and pushed the pedal to the bottom. It was better to hit the wall than to be overtaken by something behind me.