Chapter 184: The Fighting Skills of the Artificer

"Guest, this is the lumberyard. Just tell us what you like. We also have a special transportation service that can deliver the wood directly to the place you specify."

Near the forest outside Storm Bay, the owner of the lumber store rubbed his hands and introduced his products to Carl and Hope.

He had a habitual flattering smile on his face, and he was particularly enthusiastic when making introductions.

Work had already begun in the lumberyard. All the lumberjacks were at least level 3 fighters, and some of them even made Karl feel vaguely threatened.

Occasionally, there would be a roar of beasts in the surrounding forest, and Karl noticed that there were guards patrolling the periphery of the lumber camp with chainsaws.

‘It seems that things are not very stable after leaving the town. I didn’t expect that even the lumberyard had to hire security personnel. ’

With a sigh in his heart, Karl looked at the wood carefully and found that most of the wood here was some kind of eucalyptus.

This kind of tree contains certain toxins and can prevent insect damage. It is indeed a good building material in this location close to the equator.

Karl directly paid half of the deposit, and then asked the person responsible for transporting the wood to follow him to the underground ruins.

After five rounds of this trip, the lumber was finally transported. Carl paid the remaining money to the lumber merchant, and construction started again on the base.

At this time, Ying had returned. Seeing that she was not very interested, Karl did not dare to disturb her. Instead, he asked V to use cork as a sound insulation layer and decorate the two bedrooms first.

Yongming lanterns have been placed in the corridor for lighting. Although the three of them have dark vision, the bright environment will make people feel comfortable.

Early the next morning, Ying once again appeared at the door of Carl's bedroom with two dark circles under his eyes.

Seeing the way she hesitated to speak, and hesitated to speak, Karl knew that the effect of the sound insulation layer might not be as good as he thought.

"Otherwise, you should remove the sound insulation layer, and Hope won't have to endure it anymore. I won't be able to sleep even more when you are like this."

He covered his mouth and yawned, Ying's voice was slightly weak.

The night before yesterday, she could still think of the noise from the two of them as the roar of wild animals, but after installing the sound insulation layer yesterday, the weakened sound of the two suddenly turned into the kind of thought-provoking... eccentric sound.

Whenever Ying felt that she was about to fall asleep, the sound would penetrate into her ears from the nooks and crannies, even if she put on earplugs, it would not work.

In the second half of the night, Carl and Hope fell asleep, but Ying's mind was still full of the rapid breathing and the sound of flesh hitting.

As his eyes passed over the two guys, Carl and Hope, Ying felt that he should not live next door to them, but should choose a room farthest away from them.

"How about I buy you a rug with the effect of Mordenkainen's private chamber spell?"

Looking at Ying's haggard face, Karl sheepishly proposed a new solution.

In fact, if he worked hard, he could make this thing himself, but the construction period would be a little long and it would not be cost-effective.

The Golden Dragon Hotel opened by the Dragon Mark Family sells this item. Each item costs 500 gold coins. It is considered a general-purpose item among rare magic items.

"No! That thing is too expensive! Let V tidy up the bedroom farthest from you. I'll sleep there today."

Although he is already very familiar with Karl, Ying still adheres to certain bottom lines and will not spend Karl's money recklessly.

After some more persuasion, and seeing the other party's insistence, Karl stopped mentioning the matter and asked V to clean up the farthest bedroom for Ying to live in according to Ying's request.

However, he still wrote it down and planned to take some time to study it.

Three days passed by in a flash, and soon the base was initially completed.

This reminded Karl of the days in the underground city. At that time, it took them a long time to build a cabin.

So at breakfast, Carl proposed the first expedition plan.

"The base is now able to operate normally, the protective force has been installed, and my ammunition and weapon production lines have been set up on the second floor of the base. It's time for us to conduct our first expedition."

Hearing this, Hope and Ying looked at each other, then nodded in unison.

Shadow: "Let's start from the west for your first outing. I recently collected some information and found that most adventurers in Storm Bay go to the west gate when going out. There must be some special reason."

Hope: "Food and drinking water have been prepared long ago. How are your Gaia 1 and external weapon boxes prepared? Where are those floating cannons made into micro-structures?"

Methodically sorting out the precautions for venturing out, the three of them soon confirmed that they were ready.

Letting V guard the base, Carl took Hope and Shadow and officially embarked on Xen'drik's adventure.

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At noon, the three of them arrived at the passage on the west side of Storm Bay.

This is a tunnel leading to the nearby mountains, and many adventurers enter and exit it.

Occasionally, adventurers who carry seriously injured companions will return in a hurry. It seems that they are new adventurers who have encountered danger just after leaving.

After confirming each other's eyes, the three of them walked into the tunnel.

The entrance is in a queue, and each team must wait 10 seconds before entering the adventure area. This is mainly to prevent some people with ulterior motives from tracking other teams, because the Xen'drik space in the adventure area changes at any time. , the arrival area will change almost every 10 seconds.

This sounds a bit incredible, but when Carl and the other two really took a step forward, they found that the scenery in front of them had really changed.

Behind them was no longer the tunnel, but a winding stream.

The green leaves swayed gently, and it looked like a good place for a picnic.

But the three did not relax, because according to the rules of Xen'drick, each area has a biological community, and the "transition zone" without life can only be reached by walking.

Sure enough, I don't know if it smelled the breath of a living person, but there was a roar in the surrounding woods.

The leaves swayed, and several spotted leopards jumped out of the woods, looking at Carl and others very vigilantly.

Although it was not difficult to kill these leopards, considering that Hope was already a druid, Carl had to consider his girlfriend's professional ethics.

"Bang!"

A pulse cannon hit the branch next to it. The leopard on the tree was frightened by the sudden noise and magic, and turned around and ran into the forest.

Hope looked up at the treetops and quickly determined the direction.

"This is south, this is north, which direction should we go next?"

Pointing at the stream and the forest, Hope asked the local shadow about the next direction to go.

Also looking up at the sky, Shadow pointed to the stream behind him and said: "This way, the direction of Xen'drick cannot be trusted. Remember, only the direction towards the center of this continent and the direction away from the continent are definitely correct."

Before Carl and the others understood what this sentence meant, Shadow had already led the two to continue along the stream.

The further they went, the wider the river channel of the stream became. After the three of them walked forward for about two kilometers, they found that this was actually a lake.

The water in the lake was not clear, and occasionally you could see scaly hands and feet flashing across the lake.

Obviously, there were fishmen living in this lake.

The fishmen were not unfamiliar to Carl. He had seen them in the Nine-fold Path competition venue.

The crown changed into a helmet, and the Moon Spirit Armor entered combat mode.

The yellow chip at the eye position of the helmet emitted a faint light, and Carl's exploration dragon pattern had a wonderful reaction with it.

This is the dragon pattern magic weapon modified by Carl - Explorer Goggles.

When it is synchronized with it, Carl's insight will be enhanced, and he can see many things that he had not noticed before.

Sure enough, Carl found some abnormalities just after synchronizing with it.

"Hope! Shadow! Back off! The guy in the lake is preparing a spell!"

Without any hesitation, Hope and Shadow flashed back.

Suddenly, a stream of water spurted out of the lake and flew towards the place where the three people had just stood.

The water was green and it didn't look like normal water.

Sure enough, as soon as the green liquid landed, an unpleasant smell rose from the ground with white smoke.

"Acid splash or Tasha acid erosion wine? This power doesn't seem like it."

Just after making some judgments, several fish warriors rushed out of the lake.

They held spears and scimitars, and wore chain mail and leather armor that didn't fit them well.

A fish shaman slowly rose in the water behind them, and a necklace made of human skulls was hanging around his neck.

With this outfit, no one would believe that they were not from the evil camp.

Seeing that there were only three people on Carl's side, the fishman shaman did not underestimate the enemy and waved the bone staff in his hand.

The bones tied to the staff collided with each other, making some strange sounds.

The skin of several fishman warriors was visibly changing to purple-red. One of the fishman warriors even shouted to the sky and rushed towards Carl and others.

"Is this shaman a bard?"

Without waiting for the opponent to get close, Carl raised his hand and fired a pulse cannon to test the opponent's depth.

But the fishman warrior took the attack without dodging, and then continued to attack Carl.

"Come on!"

Controlling the armor at four positions of the calf and two arms to unfold, Carl revealed the liquid nitrogen acceleration jets on his limbs.

The Moon Spirit Armor did not have dragon crystals, but Carl used this method ingeniously to add freezing damage to it.

When the fishman came close, the first round of liquid nitrogen had been compressed. Carl's limbs were steaming with white mist, and he punched the fishman.

When the fist approached, the liquid nitrogen acceleration injector of the corresponding limb released the accumulated liquid nitrogen.

The impact force of the fist was effectively improved, and the opponent's body was visibly covered with a layer of white frost.

The fishman was actually very sensitive to cold and heat. As soon as the frost was on his body, the opponent's body became a little stiff.

But Carl didn't intend to let him go.

The fist was retracted, but the thigh on the other side kicked out along with the reaction force when the fist was retracted.

It was still the same liquid nitrogen acceleration, but the injectors on the legs were stronger than those on the arms.

With a muffled "puff", Carl's leg armor was directly embedded in the opponent's flesh and blood.

The liquid nitrogen sprayed again, and the injured part of the fishman warrior froze quickly.

With a "click", Carl pulled his leg out of it, and there was a sound of glass breaking.