Chapter 31 The Cunning Guy

After leaving the teleportation array, I didn't run around in a hurry, but summoned Bailang to start tracking Bing Fist's scent. This guy's scent had been recorded by Bailang before, so now he couldn't escape Bailang's scent tracking. Of course, I was not idle when I was looking for smells in Bailang, but I was trying hard to observe the nearby environment.

The forest where the teleportation array is located feels a bit strange. Although it doesn't look much different from an ordinary forest, it always feels different somewhere, giving people a very abnormal feeling. The area near the teleportation array is quite open, but a little further away is a dense forest. The nearby trees are very tall, so they can't see the sky from their roots. When you look up, you can only see traces of reddish light except for the stretched branches.

Wait a minute, reddish light?

At that moment, I suddenly thought something was wrong. Regardless of the three guys around me, I jumped directly onto a big tree next to me, then used the force on the branches to rise up, then looked for the next foothold and continued to jump up. After going back and forth several times, I quickly hit the top of my head. The branches and leaves became unusually scattered, and part of the sky could already be seen through the gaps between the branches and leaves above the head. However, what I saw was not blue sky and white clouds, but a large area of ​​dark things.

I exerted force under my feet again, and made one last fierce leap. As my body rose, the surrounding tree trunks were spread out enough, and I spread my wings and flew up. As my body exceeded the height of the treetops, the sky above my head immediately appeared in my field of vision.

"As expected!" After seeing the situation above his head. I immediately understood what was causing the abnormal feeling before. So the root is not a forest on the surface, but a forest in the underworld. The sky above us is not the sky, but a rolling fire cloud. This fire cloud is not bright and the temperature is not very high, but it can continue to glow and heat, thus replacing sunlight as the light source of this underground world. However, this thing cannot be compared with the sun. Therefore, the light emitted appears a bit dim, and the color is reddish, rather than the white color of sunlight.

After discovering that I was in the underground world, I began to use my current height to observe the surrounding situation, and found that the surroundings were surrounded by forests that could not be seen at a glance. I don’t know what’s going on in Iceland. It seems that there are a lot of underground worlds, and each one is as big as the next one. According to the scale of the two I see now. At least it is dozens of times larger than the underground world seen in China. However, just think about the geothermal resources here in Iceland. It is actually normal for there to be so many underground worlds in this place. After all, the crustal activities here are relatively frequent, and it is understandable that the underground environment is relatively complicated.

After seeing the surrounding situation clearly, I had no choice but to land on the ground again. After all, there was a forest all around and there was really nothing to see. However, after falling to the ground, I was surprised to find that the ground that was peaceful just now was now in a tense state.

Bailang and the three managers' guild players were gathering back to back to form a defensive circle in the dense forest around them. And on the ground at the edge of the dense forest are a large group of densely packed monsters.

This is a kind of monster with a fairy tale color, because I remember that this kind of creature once appeared in a certain fairy tale. It seems like their name is flying monkeys. Of course, the creature in front of me should not be the flying monkey in the fairy tale world. Because this thing doesn't look like a monkey, it looks like a baboon. However, these guys really have a pair of bat-like wings like flying monkeys, but their wings are very short and they don't look like they can fly. However, if these wings are not decorations, even if they cannot fly, it should not be a problem to help these guys glide.

Although these creatures in front of me look like baboons, they are not as small as baboons in nature. Instead, they look like gorillas after losing weight. It can be seen that their size is still quite large, especially because there are so many of these things. The nearby dense forest is almost full of these things. At a glance, you can see countless pairs of red eyes shining with bloodthirsty light in the dense forest.

"Looks like you guys are in a little trouble."

Hearing my voice, one of the three people immediately looked at me and asked for help: "President Ziri, please help me, these things look like they are coming from a bad person!"

"It's just a group of low-level monsters, don't worry too much." I said and jumped down from the branch next to me. Then I waved forward with one hand, and a circle of invisible breath quickly rippled along the ground, and The surrounding baboon monsters screamed immediately after coming into contact with this aura, and then turned around and ran away as if they had seen a natural enemy. Almost in the blink of an eye, the surroundings became peaceful, and no monsters could be seen anymore. 's shadow. "Look, what I said. Low-level monsters, don't worry."

One of the players sighed: "To them, it's a low-level monster, but to us, it may not be!"

"Haha, don't worry, let's go find that damn Bing Fist first. We spent a lot of effort to get this guy." I said, turning my eyes to Bai Lang next to me and asked, "Find that guy's scent. Yet?"

Bailang nodded directly and started to lead the way, and I immediately followed. In order to prevent the other party from moving again, we moved very fast, almost running at full speed. We just slowed down a little to take care of the three oil bottles behind us, but the speed of ice fist should not be as fast as ours, so This speed is enough.

After chasing forward for almost several kilometers from here, a small raised mound suddenly appeared in front of him, but after going around behind the mound, Bailang actually followed the scent and drilled into a hole in the mound. Although this hole didn't look like it was for human use, since Bailang had gotten in, I had no choice but to follow suit. Fortunately, although this hole is a little small, it is not really narrow, so as long as the cat bends down, it can barely move upright without having to crawl along the ground with all four limbs.

After entering the cave through the entrance, I felt that the light inside instantly became very dim. Fortunately, neither Bailang nor I wanted light, but to prevent the three people behind us from seeing the road, I asked Xiaochun to add a mobile lighting technique to us, and it was also long-lasting.

All the way forward along the passage, after going deep into the ground for three hundred meters, the passage suddenly began to narrow. Before, I could run forward with my waist down, but now I really had to crawl on the ground. but. This embarrassing situation did not last long. After less than five meters, the passage widened again, and it was even wider than the previous section. With my height, I could even walk in it by just lowering my head slightly. If you pay attention to avoid the protruding rocks above your head, you won't hit anything even if you don't lower your head.

The slightly wider passage here only advanced less than ten meters before changing again, but this time the passage turned into a huge vertical shaft. Our location is not at the top of the vertical shaft. Rather, it's near the top. There is a section further up the vertical shaft, but not much. And it's not connected all the way to the ground. Otherwise, you should be able to see the sky of the underground world, which is the cloud of fire. However, even if we are not at the top of the vertical shaft, the drop from below is still too large to estimate, because we cannot even see how deep it is.

"Damn, how are we going to go down so deep?" There was a small piece of rock protruding from the opening of this vertical shaft, so we were able to crawl out of the narrow passage. One of the players from the managers' guild looked down and couldn't help complaining.

"It may not be that we have to go all the way." I pointed directly at the opposite side and said, "Maybe that is our goal."

It's opposite to where we are, that is, on the other side of the vertical shaft. There is also a small opening. The opening was so narrow that at most one person could barely pass through. And the opening was vertical, looking like more of a crack than a passage. So it's easy to ignore it. However, my vision was not affected by this distance, so I immediately discovered the existence of the crack.

I looked at the crack on the opposite side and then at the bottom of the cave below. I thought about it and said to the three people around me: "Although I don't have the power to drive you away, you have also seen that the nearby terrain has begun to get worse and worse. It’s complicated. It’s too difficult for players like you to move in a place like this. Although I can take you there, I don’t think I need combat assistance, so there seems to be no point in taking you there.”

As soon as I said this, one of the people over there immediately interrupted me and said: "There is no need to explain anything to us. We just want to come and have a look. Since the terrain does not allow it now, we can just go by ourselves, without taking into account our ." Because they know the strength of me and the Frost Rose Alliance, the three people here are now extremely easy to talk to. They will do whatever I say and will not contradict me at all.

Since they understood the truth so well, I stopped explaining to them and flew directly towards the opposite hole. As for Bailang, he was even better and ran directly along the wall. As a secret tunnel guard, Bailang is best at moving in complex environments. One of the necessary skills is surface walking, which means that regardless of the direction, as long as there is a surface, Bailang can run on it, even if it is The same goes for hanging upside down from the ceiling.

After arriving at the opposite cave entrance, I first let Bailang smell the smell inside. It turned out that this was not the route Bing Fist took, so we started running down. As the height dropped, we found that the surrounding temperature seemed to be gradually decreasing. Rising, this means that we are getting closer and closer to the depths of the earth's crust. Because the deep parts of the earth's crust are close to the mantle, and the entire mantle is made of molten rock, the closer we are to the mantle, the higher the temperature.

"The temperature of the surrounding walls is getting higher and higher!" Bailang woke me up while running down the wall. Because I was gliding to the bottom of the cave with my wings, I didn't touch the cave wall like Bailang, so I didn't feel the changes in temperature as clearly as Bailang.

After hearing Bai Lang's words, I immediately flapped my wings several times to stop the falling process, and then reached out close to the wall to test the temperature. The temperature was very high, indicating that there was probably lava behind the wall.

"No, we must have missed something." Feeling the temperature of the wall, I knew I must have run too far. The temperature of the wall around this vertical well has exceeded the upper limit of the average player's endurance. I have played with Ice Fist before, and I know the properties of the magic lollipop. I also read his properties carefully. His fire resistance will never reach this level and he will be steamed. So there was no way he could get down to the bottom of the passage from here. The only explanation, then, is that he entered another passage somewhere above. From this point of view, the crack-like passage we discovered before is not the only passage here.

Now that we know that we have missed the passage entrance, we can only search a little bit further up from here. Although the diameter of this vertical well is not very large, we must ensure that no gap is missed. Bailang and I obviously cannot do it alone, so I directly summoned a large number of ghost beetles to attach themselves to the cave wall and form dozens of dense circles. Then these ghost bugs started moving up with us. Because there are so many ghost bugs, they are almost right next to each other, so as long as there is a passage opening on the wall of the well, they will not miss it.

Although my method ensures that the channel mouth will not be missed, the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, it is not fast enough. The ghost beetle is not a speed creature, so its crawling speed will naturally not be too fast. So it takes quite a while to thoroughly search the entire shaft wall. Moreover, I may be unlucky today. We actually found all the way from the bottom to the entrance we came down from before and didn't find any other passages. but. Although we have been searching for the passage entrance from below, we have not found other passages, but the passage where the ice fist left was finally discovered by us.

"Damn it, I'm actually in a place like this!"

The final passage was discovered by the ghost beetles, but when I learned the location of the passage, I was really depressed, because the passage was actually right above our heads.

I noticed before that the entrance we entered into this vertical shaft was not at the top of the vertical shaft, but just near the top. The vertical shaft is at least ten meters high from where we entered. However, relative to the total length of the vertical well. This section of more than ten meters is really negligible. However, the escape passage for that damn Ice Fist happened to be within a dozen meters. And its entrance is actually six meters directly above the entrance where we entered the vertical shaft.

You can imagine if you were a police officer. You are chasing a fugitive in a hotel, and you force him into a room. You rush in and find no one. What will you think of in the next moment? Normal people will think of the balcony, and then run to the balcony to look down to see if the other party has jumped or something. However, few people will think of the other party climbing up the balcony. This is a misunderstanding. Although it is not difficult, it is When it comes to actually using it, there are still a lot of people who can’t think of it.

We had made this mistake before. As soon as we came out, we thought the other party had jumped down, without even noticing that there was a hole above our heads. If I hadn't brought the ghost beetle on a pull-type search this time, I wouldn't have been able to find the hole above my head. After all, the location of this cave entrance is really disgusting. The entrance is small and a bit indented, and there are several protruding rocks below blocking the view. It is really difficult to find this kind of place.

It will be easier once you find the entrance to the passage. Just let Bailang take the lead, retract the ghost beetle, and then follow Bailang into the channel and move forward.

The entrance to this passage is very narrow, but after entering, there is a corner less than three meters away. After turning this corner, the passage immediately begins to become wider and higher. After climbing less than two meters, you can stand up and walk forward. , you can stand up completely after walking forward for another five or six meters, and after advancing for ten meters, the passage is almost the same as a normal corridor, and you can completely run forward.

Because I wasted too much time in the vertical shaft before, I didn't dare to waste time here. I rode directly on Bailang and let him run at full speed. If the passage wasn't high enough, I would have even planned to run away on Yeying. Although Bailang can also carry me on his back, he is not a mount-type magic pet after all. Carrying a person on his back will definitely slow down the speed, and it is indeed not very comfortable to ride on Bailang. When carnivores run, their spines constantly stretch, bend, and go back and forth. Therefore, riding on their backs is basically like playing a buffalo riding contest. Without certain skills, you can't even sit still. Of course, even if you can't fall off, you can't even sit still. It's still uncomfortable after a long time, after all, it's much bumpier than any wheeled vehicle.

"Can you feel the distance between each other?" I asked after riding on Bailang's back for a while.

Bailang replied: "No, the air here is not circulating, and the speed of the smell dissipation is unstable, so the distance cannot be determined, but we can be sure that we are gradually approaching the target, because the smell is getting stronger and stronger."

"That's good."

Bailang ran with all his strength for almost half an hour. When he suddenly took a step forward, we flew out of the passage in an instant, and the surrounding area suddenly became an open space. It was obvious that we had entered another underground space. I quickly took back Bailang, spread my wings and glided to the ground, and then summoned Bailang again to look for the scent. Bai Lang just sniffed it briefly and found the direction and started running wildly. I also summoned Ye Ying and rode up quickly.

This new crypt was dark, without any source of light. Naturally there are no plants. The hard ground is entirely composed of solidified magma, with many pores on the surface. There are no obstacles around except some stalagmites and the like. This kind of space is just right for us to explode at full speed. If Bailang hadn't needed to track the scent, I would have even planned to use the flying bird to catch up directly.

Although he couldn't use flying birds, Bailang was not slow without the burden. He ran at full speed and quickly reached the other side of the underground space. There was a passage on the cave wall here. Although it was more than three meters above the ground, neither Yeying nor Bailang cared about this height. He jumped up in one step. Then keep running. This passage is as bare as the outside, and wide enough, so there is no need to worry about obstacles. When I saw this situation, I simply stopped Bailang, and then pinched Yeying's belly to urge him to explode with all his strength. Ye Ying reached extreme speed in an instant, blowing through the passage like a gust of wind.

Although we were delayed a lot of time in the vertical shaft before, our speed was still much faster than Ice Fist, so. After we spent ten minutes running through this passage, we immediately found our target.

The end of this passage is still an underground space. But unlike the previous dark space, there is also a light source on the top of the cave here. It's just that the color is not red, but a slightly yellowish white light. It feels quite close to sunlight, but the brightness is not too high. However, although there is light in this area, there is no water, and the temperature is much higher than the previous areas. It is estimated that the ambient temperature has reached more than 40 degrees. In reality, this temperature is enough to kill people.

With such high temperatures and no water, plants naturally cannot grow, but this environment is a good thing for me. Since there were no plants blocking my view, as soon as I entered this underground space, I immediately saw the target several kilometers away. The other party had already arrived on the opposite side of this space, and was almost able to enter a passage ahead. He wasn't walking very fast at this time. He was probably either saving energy or so we wouldn't catch up.

Before, I couldn't see the target's speed and couldn't explode. Now that I can directly see the target, why should I be afraid of him? But I didn't rush to catch up. Instead, I flew down to find a large rock protruding from the ground and hid it.

My goal is to find the magic pastry chef, not to hunt down Bing Fist. This Bing Fist is just a stupid kid with bad luck. It makes no sense to kill him or not. What I want is the magical pastry chef he is hiding, not someone else, so instead of chasing after him, I might as well follow him and let him bring me to the magic pastry chef himself. It can be seen from the previous journey that the magic pastry chef is hidden very well. If I catch him, he will definitely not cooperate. It will probably be more difficult to find him by myself, but this is the easiest way.

With my strength, it is too easy to track a player of Ice Fist's level, and it seems that guy has no counter-reconnaissance experience, he is just an ordinary person.

After arriving at the entrance of the passage over there, Bing Fist finally remembered and looked back. After confirming that he didn't see any pursuers, he got into the passage in front of him. I stretched out my hand immediately after he entered the passage, and the dart appeared in my palm, and then shot out directly, chasing after the guy in the blink of an eye. At the speed of the dart, it is absolutely impossible for that guy to run away. After all, the dart moves at the speed of light. No matter how fast it is, can it go faster than the speed of light? It is no exaggeration to say that the dart moves faster than the teleportation array. After all, it takes time to activate the teleportation array, and the dart moves at the speed of light. It can circle the earth several times in one second. Even if you start from the earth, Teleporting to the opposite side of the earth is only half a circle around the earth, and the entire transmission process may take more than ten seconds. In this time, the dart has already traveled back and forth dozens of times. Of course, in fact, darts can't do that kind of thing. It's not that his speed is fake, but that it's a matter of endurance and vision. Although Dart can move at the speed of light, his endurance value is slightly higher than that of ordinary creatures, so his endurance will bottom out after running for up to seven or eight hundred kilometers at a time, so even if he has that speed, he cannot maintain this speed all the time. Another problem is light. Because the dart moves at the speed of light, the light cannot reach his eyes during the movement. This means that as soon as the dart starts running, he will not be able to see anything, so he usually confirms the next one within a short distance. Target point, then run directly to it, then stop to confirm the next position before running, so there will be gaps one by one in the middle, so in fact the average speed of the dart cannot really reach the speed of light. Of course, even if the average speed does not reach the speed of light, it is not something that ordinary people can escape. After all, people can really move at the speed of light.

I felt more relaxed after releasing the darts, and followed him leisurely on Yeying. As long as we didn't get thrown too far away, we didn't have to chase hard at all.

After following him like this for more than two hours, Bing Fist passed through a series of complex terrains. To be honest, I almost collapsed. I never thought he would hide the magic pastry chef so deeply. I guess they must have had other ways to trade magic desserts before, instead of Bing Fist going there to pick them up in person, otherwise the time would really be wrong. It would take at least half a day to walk this way at Bingquan's speed, and we didn't know how far ahead we were. If he had to run here in person every time to pick up the magic desserts made by the magic pastry chef and then go back, then he wouldn't have to do anything every day and just run on both sides. However, in fact, there is a lot of time for ice boxing, so it is impossible for him to waste too much time on this road. Then, the only reasonable explanation is that the magic dessert was not picked up by Bing Fist, but through another transportation channel. It's just that this time Bing Fist went to find the magic dessert chef in person, so it took so long.

Two hours and ten minutes later, Bing Fist finally passed through a passage and entered a place that he didn't know whether to call an underground passage or an underground space. This place looks like an enlarged mountain tunnel. If it is filled with water, it will definitely be wide enough for an aircraft carrier battle group to maintain a battle formation and drive through it. However, although it is so wide, this passage is even longer, extending to the point where I can't even see my head. And this is not because the passage is curved and blocked by obstacles, but because the passage is really too long. , the front is beyond my visual distance. You must know that I have a star pupil to help me, and my vision is better than a telescope. I can't even see my head, which shows how long this space is.

After Bing Fist entered this passage, he obviously slowed down and looked very careful. It was obvious that there was something dangerous here, otherwise he would not be so cautious. But I have no time to care about his performance now, because I suddenly thought of something.

"Emenis, use illusion to create a virtual map of the route we have taken before and show it to me." Following my command, a three-dimensional map immediately appeared in front of me. I looked at the map and frowned and thought for a while, then immediately said: "Shrink the route map and cover it with the Nordic map."

"Master, I don't have a complete map, and the middle part..."

"Only show the parts you know, especially the map around the entrance to Iceland and the coordinates of the area we just passed through."

"OK."

The map changed again, and soon a incomplete road map and a three-dimensional map of the surrounding area appeared in front of me. At this time, I was so shocked that I didn't know what to say. "Damn it, no wonder I couldn't find the location of the magic pastry chef before! This Bing Fist... I really underestimated him before!" Looking at the map in front of me, although it is incomplete, from the marked azimuth coordinates and the surrounding coordinates It can be seen from the map stitching results that the long passage space we see now is probably a cross-sea tunnel. One end of it is connected to the underground world in Iceland, and the other end points directly to the European continent. But currently I'm not sure where the exit is yet. In other words, the magic pastry chef we are looking for is actually not in Iceland at all. (To be continued)rq