Chapter 895: Deep Inside the Mountains

"Huh..."

"Huh..."

When the breathing sound from the underground became unusually heavy, Chen Ming and Xiaolong finally touched the invisible barrier that could not be seen or touched.

"Are you willing to spend 42,500 points of source energy to unlock the [Pato Volcano-Deep Mountain Interior] area?"

When Chen Ming saw this prompt pop up, he was stunned.

42,500 points of source energy?

Forty-two thousand and five?

How could this be different from what was recorded on the map!

The map recorded 35,000 points, what does it mean that there were 7,250 points out of nowhere?

Chen Ming even thought that he had remembered it wrong.

He opened the map again to check.

That's right.

What was recorded on the map was indeed 35,000 points of source energy to open.

It wasn't that he remembered it wrong.

It was just that there were so many points out of thin air.

"Why is this?"

"Wait..."

Suddenly, Chen Ming seemed to have thought of something, and quickly unfolded all the detailed logs recorded on the map, and carefully checked them.

"No..."

"Really nothing!"

After checking it repeatedly several times, Chen Ming raised his head suddenly.

No adventurer who had entered this place had ever mentioned the heavy breathing that Chen Ming heard at this moment.

This was not information that could be ignored at will.

And Chen Ming could understand why this result occurred.

Because as time passed, the records about the [Pato Volcano] area on the map became sparser.

In the past, there might be new records every one or two hundred years.

But today, it is almost updated every two or three thousand years, and the updated things are not important. They are almost just explaining the changes of those annoying lava crystal beasts, or the changes in the mining area caused by volcanic movement.

For a long time, no one has tried to go deep into the innermost part.

Naturally...

No information related to the heavy breathing will be obtained.

After all, in this ancient battlefield where source energy is deducted every minute and every second, everyone's purpose is very clear. To explore a place that is impossible to enter... is undoubtedly something that normal people would not try.

"The information on the map is no longer of much use, Xiaolong, we should explore it ourselves next."

At this point, Chen Ming hesitated slightly, and then continued, "If you judge that it is necessary, you can summon the shadow dragon."

Chen Ming had previously told Xiaolong not to try to summon it easily.

Although the shadow dragon is not as powerful as Xiaolong, Chen Ming estimated that at the very least, it should cost 10,000 or 20,000 source energy.

In the previous massacre, he was reluctant to spend so much.

But now, he is about to enter an unknown place, and he doesn't want to save so much source energy that he will die in the ancient battlefield with six-digit source energy... That would be too much of a loss.

What's more, his second-transfer task has not been completed yet.

The Sky Curtain Giant Beast will not appear in the sky until the exploration of the ancient battlefield reaches the middle and late stages, and Chen Ming is in no hurry at this moment.

Anyway...

Exploration is important.

But being careful to save his life is his primary goal.

"Roar!"

Xiao Long snorted lightly, indicating that he understood Chen Ming's meaning.

After getting Xiao Long's approval, Chen Ming finally took out his red-level divine source energy.

With a surge of source energy.

The amount of his source energy began to decline rapidly.

Finally.

The source energy of more than 40,000 was deducted.

And the invisible film was also opened.

At the moment when the film melted.

A huge prompt sound echoed in the ears of all players and NPCs in the ancient battlefield.

"Adventurer [Pearl Jade White Jade Soup] successfully spent 42,500 source energy points and unlocked the [Pato Volcano-Deep Mountain Interior] area!"

With the appearance of this prompt, a map appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

The map kept zooming in and finally located at Chen Ming's location.

That was the depths of the Pato volcano. It was originally pitch black without any detailed pattern, but at this moment, the darkness above was like a fog being dispelled.

The internal situation was presented.

"As the first explorer, Pearl Jade White Jade Soup will have 60 minutes of exclusive exploration rights. After the exclusive exploration rights end, this place will be open to everyone to explore!"

Immediately afterwards, a 60-minute countdown appeared next to the map.

Such a grand performance immediately alarmed countless players.

"Pearl Jade White Jade Soup?! Wasn't he surrounded by a group of people? How could he explore new areas?"

"Encirclement? Didn't you watch those people's live broadcast? Counterattack! Pearl Jade White Jade Soup slaughtered dozens of teams by himself and broke out of the siege alone!"

"Fuck, 40,000 source energy... How can he be so rich?!"

"It was given to him by those idiots who surrounded him!"

"Pearl Jade White Jade Soup only has one hour of exclusive exploration rights! If we go there now, we should be able to catch up with the first wave after the exclusive exploration rights are lifted!"

"That's right, the synthesized NPCs all said that every newly unlocked scene must have rich resources. We can't eat meat, so it shouldn't be a problem to rush over and drink a mouthful of soup!"

"But that's Pearl Jade White Jade Soup... If we go over there, won't we be sending ourselves to death?!"

"Then let's... wait a little longer?"

This sudden reminder made countless people's hearts waver.

As the initiator of all this, Chen Ming did not have too many distracting thoughts. At this time, he had already grasped the dagger and, under the leadership of Xiaolong, slowly went to the deepest part.

Not only Chen Ming.

Ren Tietou and others who had been quietly staying behind Chen Ming like guards could not help but show nervous expressions and held their weapons tightly.

As Xiaolong slowly descended.

The situation in the depths of this volcano, which was different from the cave, was finally revealed.

Inside, there was actually an extremely huge empty nest, so large that you couldn't see the end at a glance.

Chen Ming originally thought that as soon as he opened the film, he would face the monster that kept breathing heavily, but when he looked carefully, he found that there was no trace of any monster at all.

Instead, the entire underground was covered with huge crystals mixed with orange and red!

"This is..."

"The most precious resource in Pato Volcano, [Lava Fire Crystal]?!"

Chen Ming was stunned.

Somewhat unbelievable.

[Lava Fire Crystal] is the key to Pato Volcano's S-level rating!

It is a very rare resource.

But as time goes by, this resource has been gradually mined to a point of scarcity.

So that the adventurers who come later have to work hard to find a very rare part of [Lava Fire Crystal] on Pato Volcano.

After that, the rating of Pato Volcano plummeted, which is also closely related to the gradual disappearance of this thing.

But now...

The precious [Lava Fire Crystal] is actually scattered all over the ground as if it is free!