Chapter 503: Dwarves
And if you look closely, there are tattered clothes and rusty weapons on one side of the skeleton.
"Ma, I thought it was a great thing, it turned out to be a dead man!
Yu Feng took a closer look, it was indeed the costume of the Tiger Mist Clan, and it seemed that the Tiger King had indeed sent people to explore this side before. But don't know why they died here!
He looked at the pasture, and now seemed to understand why there was so much grass here, maybe there were a lot of corpses buried here!
Then they walked on, and found a number of these bones.
However, Yu Feng slowly discovered that not all of these white bones were from the Tiger Mist Clan. Some of them appeared to be short in frame, with some rickety backs, and no clothing or weapons were found near them.
Princess Gloom said, "These are the people who killed those soldiers. ”
Feather Wind said, "It should be like this. ”
"But are all these people bare-handed?"
"I can't rule it out, but it's more likely that the kind of people who came to clean up the battlefield took away their weapons. ”
"But in that case, why don't they take their bodies with them?"
Yu Feng shook his head and said, "I don't know about this. In short, we need to be careful about the rest of the journey. ”
As they continued to walk, they found that there was less and less grass in front of them, revealing the original color of the earth, and further on, the ground was barren, and white salinity appeared on the surface. And this salinity is getting thicker and thicker.
Stepping on it is like stepping on snow, "gurgling".
"It's the first time I've seen such a thick saline ground!" said the princess.
Yufeng said, "Me too. Then he took out a pair of sunglasses and handed them to the princess and said, "Wear them, or your eyes will be pierced." ”
Princess Youyou pushed back and said, "You should wear it." ”
Yu Feng smiled: "I have my own way, your eyes are more sensitive than ordinary people, but you have to protect them!"
Yu Feng couldn't help but say that he had stuffed his glasses into the hands of Princess Yuyu, and then, he found a place with plants, dug deep, dug half a meter deep, took out some mud, and wiped it around his eyes.
Bearded and Koizumi also followed the example of the feather wind and smeared this mud around their eyes, although the salt content in it was relatively high, but it was better than being blinded by the white light reflected by the salt!
"Feather Wind, look. Princess Yuyu said suddenly.
At this time, Feather Wind looked ahead, and saw that the salt layer there was obviously thinner than the rest of the place, and it seemed to have been shoveled with a flat shovel.
Feather Wind walked over, and when he looked closely, he found traces similar to footprints, but this trace was very light, and he couldn't see it at all if he didn't look carefully, and the footprints were also very small.
These footprints match those of the dwarves before them.
Feather Wind said, "Then the dwarfs are nearby, everyone be careful!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a scream from Koizumi, and he sank down from the salt layer at once! Then he saw a rapid rise in the ground and a trench went into the distance!
The bearded man roared, drew his long knife and chased after the trench and slashed continuously!
Yu Feng hurriedly stopped: "Don't chase!"
But it was too late, there was a "plop" and the beard sank!
Two bulges have formed on the surface!
At this time, the princess immediately activated the Eye of the Cave!
said: "Someone is here again!"
Feather Wind approached the princess and pulled out the lead rod and stabbed it down!
I heard the screams from below, but then, there was a shaking of their feet, and there was a "hula" sound, and the ground all collapsed!
With a chaotic sound, Yufeng and Princess Youyu both fell to the ground, and at this time I saw a circle of thin people around them, they were all black, their eyes protruded, holding steel forks, as soon as they saw them fall, they immediately stabbed them with steel forks!
At this time, Princess Youyu launched the "Wild Vacuum", and before the steel forks of these people could pierce their bodies, they even floated up with the forks!
At this time, Feather Wind looked at them and found that these people were very different from ordinary humans, not only their complexion was pitch black, their eyes were protruding, and their hair was sparse and yellow, but each of them wore a limited amount of hair in pigtails, and their upper bodies were bare, and they only wore something like animal skin around their waists.
They are much thinner than normal people, about 1.4 meters, and weigh no more than 80 pounds. There is some rickety in the back. This is consistent with the bones in the grass.
In terms of appearance, these people all look similar, and it is easy for people to suffer from face blindness.
There was a man with shiny ornaments on his forehead and neck, and when you looked closely, you realized that it was salt!
At a glance, it was clear that this man was the leader among them.
Feather Wind walked up to him and asked, "Who are you, why are you attacking us!"
But these people all glared at Yu Feng angrily and didn't speak at all.
At this time, Yu Feng pulled out the black moon knife and put it on this person's neck, and said, "If you don't speak again, I will kill you!"
"Hmph, kill if you want to, no need to talk nonsense!" he said in a stiff universal language.
Feather Wind thought he couldn't understand himself at first, but now he was sure that they could communicate with him.
Yu Feng removed the knife and said, "I won't kill you, we have no grudges, why should we kill you, I think you must have misunderstood something." ”
The leader said, "Didn't you come to loot our 'goblin salt'?"
Feather Wind frowned and said, "I don't understand, you are the 'goblin clan'?"
The leader said with disdain: "Who are you scolding, we are the noble 'underground dwarf race', how can we be compared with those inferior races!"
Feather Wind secretly thought it was funny, these little black people were quite confident.
However, I don't really know much about these races, because they are neither born nor participate in wars, but have lived in seclusion in the mountains and hidden places for generations. They were self-sufficient and did not deal with foreigners, so they were rarely seen in the world.
Princess Youyou spoke, "What is your relationship with the dwarves?"
This sentence reminded Feather Wind and made him suddenly think of the dwarf island.
"Dwarves, we could say a family hundreds of years ago. It's just that later due to historical reasons, in order to survive, they went to different places, and later their appearance was also very different, and they became different branches. It's just that the height hasn't grown at all!"
"Do you know a jack of all trades?" asked Princess Ghost.
"Jack-of-all-trades? You mean the jack-of-all-trades on Dwarven Island?"
Princess Youyou looked at Yu Feng, and the two of them had a glow in their eyes, and said, "Yes, yes, it's him!"
However, at this time, the face of the underground dwarf led by him sank and said, "You also know him?"
Yufeng and Princess Yuyu don't know why this dwarf's face is so ugly, could it be that their relationship is not compatible?
However, before the truth of the matter was clarified, I still told him the truth.
"Yes, not only do we know, but we are also friends. Feather Wind said.
"Oh?" At this time, there was a suspicious glint in the eyes of the dwarf underground, and he said, "Then let me go, and I will take you to meet someone." ”
Yufeng and Princess Youyu both showed excitement on their faces, which showed that things had taken a turn for the better, and it didn't matter if they let them go, and they were not afraid of their calculations with the strength of the two. And then there is a possibility of rescuing Koizumi and the beard!
Princess Gloom removed the effect of "Desolation and Vacuum", and these underground dwarves were liberated.
Then, they led Feather Wind and Princess Shadow in one direction of the passage.
Feather Wind then paid attention to the structure here, there is an intricate structure of passages, these passages are like lines, there is an intersection at intervals, and this intersection is the hub for changing routes.
The place where they were just staying was the location of a hub. It is a large hole with a relatively spacious space. This is a large space that can accommodate a dozen normal people.
And the passage leading to the distance is different, the width is okay, it can accommodate two normal people walking side by side, but the height is not satisfactory, and the highest place is no more than one meter six.
Now, Feather Wind finally understands why there was a bulge on the ground when Koizumi and Beard were taken away, and it was because they exceeded the height limit and lifted the ground.
However, there is another reason for this, and that is that they are taking the "upward path".
Because the most obvious feature of the passage here is that it is divided into "upway" and "downway".
The "Descending Path" is used for their own lives, while the "Ascending Path" is mainly used for attack and defense, so they are very close to the surface, and when they attack, they suddenly break through the surface!
After capturing the enemy, they take advantage of their underground position and fly forward, with a downward slope in front of them, all the way to the "descending path", and then they are sent to the cell!
And it is worth mentioning that the lighting of the passage turned out to be based on salt.
The sides and tops of the passage are inlaid with large and small salt crystals, which emit a faint light, but because of the large number of pets, the light conditions are good.
Feather Wind doesn't know why these salts glow, but the salt here is really special, and the "Underground Dwarves" also attach great importance to salt!
As they went, they learned that the small leader of the dwarves was called Rababa.
Along the way, Yufeng and Princess Yuyu were quite uncomfortable, because they had to walk with their heads down all the time, and they had to rub their heads with salt from time to time.
Rababa led the two to their living quarters.
Yufeng and Princess Youyou finally breathed a sigh of relief, their living area was still very spacious, and the height was about four meters, and it seemed that they could occupy an area of several hundred acres. It looks like an underground plain.
There are many mud-made earthen pillars that serve as load-bearing pillars, and they are still covered with salt and look like diamonds.
What surprised Yu Feng even more was that there was a river passing through here, and along both sides of the river, there were pillars covered with salt every ten meters, which stretched into the distance!
It looks magnificent, and it has the momentum of an underground palace!
However, there was a salty smell in the air.
Just by the river, there were a lot of shirtless people fetching water from wooden barrels.
They set up a cauldron next to it, with a fire burning underneath, and then poured water into the pot, white steam constantly going upward, and there was an extraordinarily thick layer of salt on the roof of the hole above each cauldron. The cauldron was also lined up along the riverbank, in the gaps between the pillars.
Someone with a large shovel kept turning in the pot, and sometimes you can see white flowers turning out of the bottom of the pot.
Yu Feng understood, it was salt, then this river must be a saltwater river.
But what's the use of them refining so much salt? They don't associate with outsiders, so they certainly don't sell it.
At this time, I saw a man with a big shovel, and a full shovel came to a woman, and put the salt on a board in front of them, and the board was covered with oilcloth, and the salt was spread out on the oilcloth.
At this time, something happened to Yufeng's surprise, only to see them grab a large handful of salt and put it in their mouths, and then chew it to make a "crackling" sound, everyone with a happy expression.
Feather Wind and Princess Yuyu both stared at this scene with wide eyes, and they felt their throats feel uncomfortable.
And the hot white salt is constantly shoveled to a similar "table", and men, women and children are actually eating salt "clump and collapse".