Chapter 345 Weird

"It's not a pagan," Hao Ren roughly guessed what happened here based on the situation in the camp, "It should be a stone giant..."

"Stone giant?" The bearded man was very surprised, "What is it?"

At this time, Betsy caught up from behind. She remembered that the Temple Orb had been missing for several months, and the four ascetics were still unclear about the situation in their hometown in the past few months, so she took the initiative to explain: "That happened after you disappeared. , about two months ago, we encountered a huge monster while crossing the Dragon's Back Mountains..."

Betsy briefly talked about the situation of the stone giant, and then mentioned the chaos in the Horleta Kingdom after the disappearance of the Temple Orb. The bearded face that was always dull finally had a different expression. He frowned and subconsciously put his hand on the bag on his waist: "Monsters appeared in the Dragon's Back Mountains, and they want to break into the Holy Lake? Is it related to the Temple Orb leaving this world?"

Hao Ren casually threw a broken piece of wood on the ground and looked up at the bearded man: "We thought so too at first. We thought the Temple Orb might be some kind of suppressive thing. After leaving the Dream Plane, it caused the Dragon's Back Mountains The strange monster sealed inside has been resurrected, but now it seems that this guess is not very reliable..."

The data terminal explained quietly at the side: "That thing is just a database."

The group was very worried about the situation in Layton Town, which was the only way from the Dragon Back Mountains to the Blood Lake. The outpost in front of them was destroyed, and Layton Town might not be immune to the disaster. But according to the status of the outpost, the attack should have happened several days ago. At this time, there is not much point in rushing to Leyton Town earlier or later, so Hao Ren decided to look here first to see if there are any clues, maybe in the future Get on.

As soon as Lily heard the words "looking for clues", her racial instinct suddenly burned and she couldn't suppress it. She immediately lowered her head and started running around the entire camp. Hao Ren knew that Lily was very reliable in this kind of thing, so he followed her blindly. shake. I saw Lily digging holes here and there and grabbing walls, and in a short time she turned the nearest houses upside down. In the end, she lay on the ground, sniffing and listening for a long time before she finally found a place, and immediately waved She dug her claws down hard, and in a moment she was almost able to bury herself in it. Vivian looked at her and couldn't help but said to her, "I asked you to find things, but I didn't ask you to bury bones..."

"Don't make trouble, we are looking for clues," Lily's tail swung on the edge of the pit, but her voice came from the bottom of the pit, "Didn't you notice that although there are blood stains in this camp, there are no corpses? According to the scene It was so tragic, I don’t think the soldiers in this camp were able to withdraw in an orderly manner - even the walls were smashed, it was a disastrous failure."

Hao Ren thought that Lily was just digging holes, but he didn't expect that this girl could actually analyze something. Looking at the surrounding situation, he immediately felt that Lily's words made sense: "Yes... where did the body go... By the way... What are you doing?"

Lily didn't even raise her head, and her voice became lower and lower: "It's not about digging... I seemed to suddenly hear something moving down here just now..."

Huskies are very good at digging holes. Hao Ren watched the girl's body descending at a speed visible to the naked eye. Only piles of gravel were constantly being thrown out of the hole. By the time he reacted, he had already been Buried up to his knees. He looked down at the gravel with a strange expression on his face: "...This entire highland is made of stone..."

But Vivian was thinking about another thought that was not without evil: "What do you think I would do if a strong wind blew up and buried her in it?"

Hao Ren: "Can't you two live in peace for a day?!"

Hao Ren and Vivian were chatting, when they suddenly heard Lily let out a short exclamation from the bottom of the pit: "Yeah!"

Immediately afterwards, the sound of gravel falling and heavy objects falling to the ground came from below. When he looked down again, Lily's figure had completely disappeared into a large black hole. Hao Ren looked nervously at the entrance of the cave: "Lily? What's going on down there?"

A burst of red light suddenly lit up deep in the dark cave, and Lily's voice came up immediately: "There is a very deep cave down here! It's a tunnel!"

Others heard the movement and gathered around. They first marveled at Lily's ability to dig holes, and then their eyes fell on Betsy. Nangong Wuyue pointed to the hole: "Is there a cellar under this camp?"

Betsy shrugged: "How do I know? I'm just a mercenary, not a soldier here - but logically speaking, there shouldn't be cellars or tunnels down here. This is just a small station for sentry, and there are many other places around it. These are all shoals with unstable strata, who can afford to dig tunnels under them?"

Then Betsy stepped on the ground hard: "Not to mention that the entire camp is built on a huge rock."

Hao Ren couldn't help but think of the last time he went into a tunnel. The experience of being chased and beaten by hundreds of tin cans when he broke into the underground palace in England was still fresh in his mind. Tunnels didn't leave a good impression on him. Vivian also smacked her lips: "Why do all the conspiracies and tricks have to do with caves?"

At this time, Lily yelled from below again: "Hey! Can you get down? If no one comes down, I will jump up and get out of the way..."

Hao Ren was worried: "Wait a minute! We're going down right now!"

A group of people filed in. Fortunately, the people present were not ordinary people. Lily created a firelight below, so it was not difficult to jump into this deep hole. After jumping down, Hao Ren could clearly see what kind of lighting Lily was using: she had summoned her ice and fire claws, and now she was using the burning flaming claw blades as a torch. Don't tell me, this thing is really bright. Even Vivian couldn't help but praise: "The Joy of Fire is very useful..."

Lily gritted her teeth: "If you mention this name again, I'll be in trouble with you!"

The bearded man looked around, touched the smooth stone wall and muttered: "It was opened with magic."

Only then did Hao Ren pay attention to the surrounding environment. He discovered that the tunnel dug by Lily was indeed something special: the entire tunnel was not supported by any stone or wood, and the walls of the pit were integrated. There were not even any gaps or holes in the stone walls. It was like This is like being drilled out of a whole boulder. On Earth, he would suspect that this was the work of a small shield machine, but here, according to the bearded man, it seemed to be the effect of magic?

Betsy is also half a mage. She touched the wall thoughtfully: "To be able to open a tunnel of this size, you must be at least a magister-level figure, and the tunnel itself is long-term solidified, which requires higher strength. , A mere small outpost cannot use this kind of battle."

"There seems to be a bit of bloody smell here," Vivian frowned. She is very sensitive to blood, so that her "smell" in this aspect is as good as Lily's. "Strange, there are no corpses here... Why is there such a bloody smell?" Coming?"

This strange and dark tunnel extended far to both sides. Hao Ren closed his eyes and sensed it carefully. He noticed a breeze coming from a certain direction and pointed in that direction: "Look here first. See where it leads."

No one had any objections, so Lily held the fire of joy... Well, let's not mention the name, just think of her as holding the torch and leading the way. A group of people walked down the tunnel under the leadership of Husky. Everyone's nerves were tense on the road. Hao Ren originally thought that there was just a simple monster attack here, but the underground tunnel was shaped by magic and had " The fresh "bloody smell" in the tunnel pointed to humans. He felt that something was not right about this situation, and he didn't know if it was his sixth sense that was at work. He instinctively believed that this matter was also related to the blood lake.

If it is related to the Blood Lake, it is very likely to be related to the "goddess". The legend of world destruction that the gods and gods of this world have always been a big shadow in Hao Ren's heart. He feels that this legend has a lot to do with the dream plane and the strange state of the surface world. , so as long as it is related to it, it is difficult for him to put it aside.

However, after walking all the way in the tunnel, everyone encountered nothing. They finally discovered that the tunnel was gradually moving upwards, and the rock wall shell shaped by magic also stopped abruptly when it was about to touch the ground. Stones block the tunnel exit, and you can feel the fresh wind blowing in from the cracks in the stones. Lily dug through this layer of stone repeatedly, and everyone got out and found that the sky was full of stars outside: they were back on the ground.

Hao Ren looked back and found that the lakeside outpost had disappeared somewhere. It seemed that he had run quite far underground.

"Is this the end?" Lily muttered a little dejectedly, "I thought I could discover some big conspiracy."

"What do you expect?" Vivian glanced sideways at Lily, "Isn't it safe?"

Lily puffed up her cheeks and said, "It's boring. Even if a bunch of little monsters come out and let me beat them up, there won't be any sense of adventure."

As soon as Lily finished speaking, Hao Ren suddenly heard a rumble of heavy footsteps coming from the twisted forest not far away!

Vivian slapped Lily on the head: "You crow's mouth!"