Chapter 140 Looking for Someone

Boom... A sudden low-pitched blast sounded instantly in the passage. The sound shook the entire passage, but this was just the beginning. Less than a second later, a second explosion occurred. Not only was the loud noise this time much louder than before, it was also mixed with fire and shock waves. I only saw a sudden flash of fire among the group of skeleton soldiers in front of me, followed by a loud noise and a real earthquake, and then Kristina and I were blown away together.

Half a minute later, in the passage that had returned to calm, a large pile of rubble suddenly shook, and then with a crash, a figure stood up from inside.

"His grandfather actually used a cannon in a place like this. Are those little dwarfs berserkers?"

"Fortunately, I am immune to some physical damage, otherwise I would be in trouble with you." Kristina emerged from the wall without any damage on her body. It seemed as if the attack just now did not affect her.

"Are you okay?" As soon as the two of us came out, we saw Ashford and a few others running over in front of us.

"It's okay, I just got shot."

"You're okay after being shot?" Ashford looked me up and down as if he wanted to find some kind of wound, but of course he was going to be disappointed in the end. Not to mention that the cannon was not aimed at me at all. Even if it hit me directly, it would only lose some blood. It's not like I haven't been hit by a cannon before, and it would just lose some blood, but it wouldn't really kill me.

Alice asked curiously: "You said you were hit by a cannon. Did the other party have a cannon?"

Kristina nodded and said: "My reconnaissance elves saw it. Those guys were just like modern regular troops. The bomb that attacked us before was actually a grenade, but the explosive did not seem to be a chemical explosive. Later, The flames were sprayed out by flamethrowers, and then our president was hit by them with something similar to a rocket launcher, but nothing happened. In the end, the president asked the skeleton soldiers to rush forward, and the other party When I felt like I couldn't stop it, I fired a shot into the middle of the skeleton soldiers, and that was the result."

Ashford thought for a while and said: "Those guys were very good at making all kinds of props in the past. It's not surprising that they have such weapons. But what are we going to do now that we have a mission? Are we going to fail again?" Ashford said depressedly as he looked at the completely blocked passage behind us.

Everyone knows that using explosive weapons in a narrow place will be much more powerful than in an open area. Because this kind of place is closed, the shock wave cannot spread quickly and can only bounce back and forth within a limited space, which will not only cause secondary and tertiary damage. , and more importantly, the shock wave generated by the explosion is prone to resonance due to continuous shock waves, and finally destroys the overall structure of this closed environment. Now the cave obviously cannot withstand this resonance and collapsed directly. Even if we know the way to deal with those NPCs, it will probably take some effort to find them. If I could summon a magic pet, I would just dig through it with a pioneer. But the key is that this ghost place restricts summoning creatures, so the only way we have left is to find another way or dig through it.

In addition, we need a guide to find the way. Unfortunately, our guide lady has not come back yet. As for digging... Judging from the thickness, there is no special machinery. Even if the cave at the back no longer collapses, we don't have to expect it every three to five hours. Dig through. Of course, there is actually a faster way, which is to fry it.

Although we don't have any explosives here, we do have Kristina O. She is known as the No. 1 fort in Europe, so explosions are certainly not a problem, but we are worried that the tunnel will not collapse before it explodes and collapses the passage here as well. That would really be the end of it!

After thinking about it, I still don't know what to do, but just when Ashford was running around anxiously, the undead army behind us suddenly gave way to a way, and then we saw Oresia coming with a group of people.

"What did you do? Are you attacked again?" Although Aurecia did not see the battle, in such a closed place, the explosion sound would definitely spread far and wide. Looking at my embarrassed appearance and the collapsed cave passage behind me, it's not surprising to guess that they are exactly the same.

I didn't answer Oresia's words, but looked at the few players she brought back and asked, "Are these the invited players?"

Oresia nodded and said, "Do they know what's going on?"

As soon as Ashford heard this, he immediately turned to those people and asked excitedly: "Really? Do you know why those little guys suddenly became so violent?"

Oresia said immediately after Ashford finished speaking: "That, they do know, but they said they would have to pay for it. That, I couldn't agree to, so I brought it back and let you talk about it yourself. "

After Oresia finished speaking, one of the female players following her came out. Obviously, even if this person is not the captain, he is still a wise man.

"Hello, my name is Anatis. I know exactly what you are wondering, because we also had to do a mission before and needed the help of those cavemen. As a result, not only did we not get help after we went there, we were also attacked. We It took me two days and three failed attempts to figure out why this happened. Considering that we paid such a high price, if you want to share information, it shouldn't be too much to pay a reasonable fee. Bar?"

I was about to ask the price when Ashford nodded eagerly and said, "It's not too much. We can pay you. How much do you want? Just tell me."

Now that Ashford has said this, I don’t have any choice but to wait and see what the other party’s answer is. Fortunately, it seems that the other party really only wants to receive reasonable compensation and does not intend to make money. "In terms of price, we don't want to ask for anything more. Do you think this is okay? Pay us five hundred crystal coins at a time, and then if you want to continue the mission, you can take us with you and cooperate with us to solve this problem. Is this feasible? "

Although five hundred crystal coins is not a small amount, it is not a problem for Ashford and I. After all, Jing is a national-level guild, so this little money is really nothing. As for cooperation, this is not a problem at all. We should be happy to have cooperation from people like them who know the situation. Of course, the premise is that the other party does not intend to deliberately cause trouble with us with the intention of cooperation. Of course, I think this is unlikely, because after all, Ashford and the Iron Crusaders are the overlord guild in Germany. If joining conflicts with their mission, it's fine, but you take the initiative to infiltrate them. Spooning the team and then causing trouble will make it easier to create enemies. If it was just a mission confrontation, everyone would just have a fight this time, but it would hurt feelings if they sneaked into the team and caused trouble. This kind of thing usually turns into a mortal enemy. Therefore, ordinary players will not consider this kind of drama of breaking into the enemy's interior. Playing games is not reality after all, and no one wants to go too far.

After hearing this, Ashford accepted the other party's proposal as a matter of course. After signing the system guarantee agreement, we officially became temporary partners. The other party first briefly introduced the members, and then began to explain the details of the matter to us.

According to Anatis, those little dwarfs are the cavemen. They were recently attacked by a group of foreign players. These players not only attack and kill their clan members everywhere, but also destroy their food production areas and mines. Looking at this situation, it is no longer just a question of killing a few cave clan members, but a matter of completely destroying this race. means to destroy.

This behavior only aroused the cave dwellers' vigilance at first, but then a group of cave dwellers pretended to help the cave dwellers fight against the foreign invaders who attacked them, but in the end, after gaining the cave dwellers' trust, they The sudden betrayal not only destroyed the cave's base camp, but also killed nearly a third of the cave's old, weak, women, and children. This behavior caused the cave dwellers to become extremely wary of foreign non-native creatures. At the same time, they were forced to move to a new place that no one could find. And within a few days, this technical race that was good at handicrafts Suddenly they went from a race of techno-nerds who like to make trinkets and gadgets to a complete arms syndicate.

It can be said that these caves were entered only because of Yaoxing's innocence, so they never thought about using technology to make weapons. However, because they like to invent as much as the goblins, they have very rich technological reserves. Once such a race decides to transform and develop arms, it is basically a matter of course, so they can transform from a group of cute dwarfs into future warriors in just three or four days.

I figured out the reason for the NPC mutation, but I still haven't found a solution.

These little guys have now completely lost confidence in outsiders. In their eyes, we outsiders are enemies and will not have any contact with you at all. There is no way to negotiate at all. Moreover, a more troublesome problem now is that we don't even know where they live. The original residences of those caves have been destroyed, and now they have moved to a place they have never entered before, and that place is said to be in the deepest part of the cave complex.

This underground cave group actually includes many partitions inside. For example, the place we are in now is usually a place similar to a transition area, which is a relatively safe environment. Before entering the cave, we lived in such an environment. However, now all the cave entrances have been moved to the deepest part of the cave, which is basically the monster area, and the monster levels are higher as you go down.

"Damn it, doesn't this mean your mission has turned into a challenge mission?" Kristina looked at Ashford and the others and asked.

Before Ashford could react to Kristina's question, Son of the Night poured cold water on him again. "Kristina, you are wrong. Just because we worked so hard to break through and find the cave does not mean that the mission is completed. Even if we really find it, it is just an opportunity. Whether the mission can start is still open to question. !”

The shocked Ashford was like an eggplant beaten by frost, completely wilted. Seeing him like this, I could only comfort him: "Don't worry. As long as I'm here, monsters won't be a problem. As long as you can see those little dwarfs, there is still hope."

"But they won't talk to us, how can we convince them?" Tank asked.

I was a little hesitant when asked this question. After thinking about it for a while, I suddenly realized something. "Anatis. You said that the cavemen were attacked and killed many old, weak, women and children, and then they began to show hostility to outsiders?"

Anatis didn't know why I asked this, but he nodded and said, "Yes, that's what I said."

"So, do you know what it means to attack them?"

"You want to capture them and send them back to those cavemen to dispose of them to relieve the cavemen's wariness against us?" Everyone is not stupid, I put forward an idea and of course other people will be able to get the result.

Ashford frowned and said: "The other party's death shouldn't leave any clues, right?"

"No, the other party left a lot of clues." Anatis said: "They didn't hide anything when they did this, so you can find out with a little investigation. We found out about this before because we found out that they attacked the cave first. Only then did I know that the cave was on guard against outsiders because of this incident.”

"Do you know the identity and current location of the attacker?"

Anatis said: "I only know that those who attacked the cave before and those who pretended to help later were actually members of the same guild. The name of this guild is Devil's Camp, and the entire guild only has about fifty members in total, and They are basically all active in this area, but we don’t know where they are now.”

After listening to what Anatis said, I turned to look at Oresia. Sure enough, Oresia immediately nodded and said: "Although I don't know where they are now, these guys are very famous in this area. I can ask a familiar person and I should be able to find him easily."

"Then it's up to you."

Anatis followed: "In that case, you go and capture the guy from the devil's camp. My fighting ability is not as good as yours, so I won't be able to help you much. It's better for us to find the activity pattern and past of the guy in the cave." passage, so that when you come back, you can directly find the cave and negotiate this matter."

We all think Anatis' proposal is quite good. After all, their strength can be seen at a glance. Although they are fully equipped, they are just ordinary players, and their combat effectiveness should only be considered normal. Letting them fight with others may result in a thousand injuries to the enemy and eight hundred losses to themselves, but we need to capture those enemies and hand them over to the cavemen for disposal, which means they need to be captured alive. This level of difficulty is a bit high, so they can’t help us, so we have to do it ourselves.

After reaching an agreement with Anatis, we did not stay here anymore, but left with Oresia. After investigating the intelligence, we are going to capture him. Due to the timeliness of the information, it is obviously not appropriate to wait here for Oresia to find out the other party's whereabouts and then come back to inform us in the past, so we can only follow up and investigate together. However, although we can follow up, my large group of undead really cannot be taken away.

In the brief battle with Cavemen just now and the team of players they dealt with before, the undead army had already suffered a lot of losses, but most of those who died were skeleton soldiers, and the real high-level undead had almost no losses. It's just that there are more than two thousand undead around us now, and this number is still too scary. This means that I did not deliberately conserve my strength. Otherwise, if I directly let the high-level undead go up to fight, and then pay attention to the command, and wait for the enemies to die before turning them into undead, then my undead army might not only not shrink now, but also become undead. More and more will be added. The army of the undead is called premature disaster, because they will attack more and more, so they are very difficult to deal with.

We are looking for it, and we will only capture it. High-end force is the unit we need, and low-level skeleton soldiers are useless at all. Besides, it is indeed difficult to move with so many undead. After thinking about it for a while, I decided to leave all these undead here. He said hello to Anatis, and then temporarily handed over the command of these undead to Anatis. In addition to skeleton soldiers, there were also a large number of undead knights and zombies. Of course, the best thing is that I kept the ghost dragon and a huge skeletal beast of unknown origin. The shock of these two things made Anatis stunned for a long time after hearing the news. After all, before this, let alone command, they would run away when they saw her. For them, these things were too powerful. That ghost dragon alone could kill their entire team a dozen times.

Although I left a lot of undead creatures behind, I didn't leave any of them alone. It's useless to carry low-level undead. The ghost dragon and the giant bone beast are too big to carry. The passages here are some big and some small. The giant beast and the ghost dragon can only move forward in the wide main passage. They can't enter some small branch roads at all, so it is definitely inconvenient to bring them along. However, it is not convenient for ghost dragons and giant beasts to drill into small holes, but those big lichs have no problem.

Finally, when we left with Oresia, I brought twelve undead with me. Four of them are archliches, six of the remaining eight are high-level dark templars, and two are plague lords. Although the combat power of these two guys is not as high as that of the Dark Templar, they have two very powerful abilities, one is the halo, and the other is the curse.

The Plague Lord is a commanding unit with a bloodthirsty aura. The combat effectiveness of all nearby melee units increases by 5%. It is an absolute battlefield engine. As for the curse, the Plague Lord will be different according to its own development path. One of the two plague lords I brought out followed the development path of the disease system, and the other followed the energy suppression system. The main feature of the disease system is to infect the opponent with disease, which can then slowly consume the opponent's health points, and comprehensively reduce the opponent's attack and defense. The most important thing is that the agility will be greatly reduced. As for the energy suppression system, this one is basically the nemesis of the mage. Any spellcaster will have a headache when they encounter this kind of plague lord, because from the moment you see them, your spellcasting success rate is only 80% of the normal value. Don’t think that 80% is already very high. In fact, it should be very low. Imagine a mage failing one out of every five spells in combat. What would be the result? What's more important is that failure is a probability. It doesn't mean that one fails every five. Sometimes it fails as soon as unlucky comes, and sometimes six or seven in a row are fine. This is all unpredictable. This kind of uncertainty can drive a mage crazy. The battle between masters is about victory between those sizes. This kind of sudden loss of chain is definitely a battlefield killer.

With these two plague lords, the opponent's combat effectiveness will be reduced by at least one-fifth. With our gang here, capturing the opponent alive shouldn't be a problem.

After arranging the recruitment, we left here together with Oresia. Along the way, I discovered that Oresia had a strange habit, that is, she didn’t like to take the main road. The internal structure of this underground passage group is very complex, but very regular. Some of the passages are very wide, just like the passages I could pass through with the ghost dragon before. They are all roads, tall and wide, and usually relatively flat. However, just like the roads in the city, in addition to the main roads, there are also some alleys and other passages.

There are similar paths in this burrow, which are holes in the passage walls. Some of these holes are more than three meters high and can accommodate two cars in parallel, so they are relatively wide. But some of them can only be crawled through, and you can't even stand up, and the entrance to the cave may not be on the ground. The entrances of some passages are several meters above the ground, while others are directly on the top of the cave, and there are even entrances like pits pointing downwards on the ground. These passages are not only narrow, but also curved. The interior is not easy to walk, but they are very short. As long as you take these passages, you can be at least one-third faster than taking the main road, because these small passages can often shorten your detour time. This is the most important. Of course, we were able to get up quickly because we had a guide. Without Oresia, we wouldn't have dared to go here. Since I don’t know which passages are the correct route, and secondly, without Oresia, we can’t even find the entrance to some passages.

After quickly passing through a series of passages, and crossing an underground canyon, we finally arrived at a rather huge cave group. There are four large caves connected together. Before entering, I heard a noise. The cave environment has a lot of echoes, and there are a lot of people gathered here, so the noise is naturally loud.

After we entered this cave group, we discovered that this place actually formed a market-like gathering place for players. There were many people selling things here, and there were also many player teams here for supplies or something, or there were people there. I'm leveling here. I don't want to go back to the city and go back and forth, so I just get rid of the loot here, free up the package to buy some medicine, and continue leveling. Anyway, this place has everything, and it’s almost catching up with the free market.

"Is this where you got your information?"

Oresia nodded and said: "There is a lot of information in this place. Don't worry, the devil's camp is very famous here, and you will definitely be able to ask about it."