Chapter 5: New Partners (6)
Before they knew it, they were talking about it until the morning, and they didn't sleep all night, but they didn't feel a trace of tiredness, on the contrary, they even had symptoms of hyperactivity. Of course, she wasn't excited because she knew that there was an ancient demon, on the contrary, she was overly worried.
According to the little fox, this kind of magic that is different from spiritual power or ability is not only extinct among the group of monsters, but also rare to see among the immortals who have already achieved positive results. If this is true, then the desire to follow Ice Bubble will inevitably attract more youkai to come forward and want to take Ice Bubble away, which will also affect their progress. But looking at the cute appearance of the ice bubble, Bao Yueyue couldn't be ruthless to drive it away. So she could only silently tell herself in her heart that the ice bubble was just looking for her child, and after finding it, it would leave. So as long as you survive these few days, you don't have to worry about it anymore.
Seeing Bao Yueyue gasping for breath with her eyes closed, Murong Hao's first reaction was that this guy didn't sleep well last night, and he got up angry again, so he walked away silently, and didn't come forward to find himself unhappy.
After clarifying her thoughts, Bao Yueyue also stood up and gathered with the large army to continue digging the secret passage. After the unremitting efforts of their group yesterday, nearly two-thirds of the way has been dug now, and the remaining one-third of the way is the most difficult section. Because it is similar to a winding mountain road, the tunnel is also getting deeper, and after two-thirds of the way, water droplets begin to seep out from the four walls underground.
"It's a summer insect here that is known for its dryness and lack of water, and it even finds a water source!" At first, it was surprise, then joy, and then helplessness at the end. The mood of all of them at the moment is fully revealed, especially the little fox's expression is the most obvious: "If we continue to dig, there will definitely be water flowing out, and the water level will only increase, and it is impossible for us to send out all the water, it seems that it is impossible for this road to continue." ”
Even if the little fox has more magic weapons, it is helpless in the face of the problem of groundwater leakage. They could indeed reinforce the outer layer in the same way as humans would in tunneling, while building drainage channels on both sides to divert groundwater away or divert it to other locations for storage. However, such a project is too large to be completed in the short term.
So, because of the sudden appearance of groundwater, the big guys were helpless, so they could only sit aside and stare dryly.
As the month dragged on, the groundwater problem was not solved, and the more troublesome problem, that is, the weather, returned. Because this month happens to be the time when summer insects enter the summer. In the summer here, the outside temperature reached 108°C, and no one could afford to stay on it, so all of them had to move under the dug part of the tunnel. Although the space is large enough and there is a venue to meet all their needs for food and accommodation, and the temperature is significantly lower than the surface of the ground by nearly 90°C, it is completely a natural air conditioner. However, the water at the first point of discovery also leaked more and more, and the continuation of this continued, and before the summer had passed, all of them were drowned by the overflowing water.
Fortunately, this is fresh water, so a large amount of it is consumed by them every day for drinking and washing, but it only accounts for 30% of it, and the rest of the water can only be 'wasted'. To add insult to injury, Murong Cod determined that there was a dark river underneath it after studying the map of the hidden passage that he had stumbled upon during the excavation, so the water flowing out every day would only increase, not decrease.
With a map in hand, but no way out, and no other shortcuts to detour, they are now like people who are caught in a dilemma on a single-plank bridge by a lion walking in front and a tiger following behind, and they are also unarmed.
"When are we going to get out of here?" The most anxious and unbearable of all races is not the big guy, but the ice bubble mother who wants to reunite with her child as soon as possible. It could clearly feel that the child's breath was nearby, but after digging such a long dark passage, it still couldn't find any whereabouts, not even a trace on the road. Every time it is excavated, it is a continuous and repeated process from full of hope to disappointment and then to regaining hope. However, this did not dampen its desire to find children, so it is probably the most proactive now. I spent more than ten hours a day at the mouth of the flowing water cave, but I still found nothing.
In the distance, Bao Yueyue saw that its body was constantly changing color, which made her feel sad. But no matter how you look at it, you can't find any other way out.
Bao Yueyue is not good at appeasing others, at this time, it is too wrong to say more, she should do her own thing honestly.
At this moment, the ground suddenly began to shake violently, and the entire dark passage was shaking, as if it was in danger of collapsing at any time.
"This ...... What's going on? The little fox trotted all the way from the farthest position to Bao Yueyue's side, and the wall where he was originally staying began to show signs of cracking. After that, the wall, which could not bear the load, was still cracked. What came out of it turned out to be icicles!
"There's a dark river and ice out there!?" Bao Yueyue had to believe it when he saw it, but they had already excavated about two-thirds of the way before, and now the distance on the surface was more than a thousand kilometers, and according to the size of the planet, if they continued to excavate, they would have to pass through the star core. If such a large-scale excavation can be carried out and the entire planet can be safe, it can only prove that it is completely different from the structure of the Earth, and there is no room similar to magma in the core and under the mantle, so the physical structure is stable enough to support large-scale development and still be fine. However, the discovery of the Dark River and the discovery of ice have completely overturned her hypothesis.
The little fox didn't think so, but felt that he was familiar with the current situation, as if he had seen it there, so he could assert, "No, this is not the ice underground, but the dark river is beginning to freeze, and the volume of ice is much larger than water, so now the space in the underground layer can no longer be accommodated, so it will break through the wall and continue to expand outward." In any case, we must retreat now. ”
"What! At this time, the dark river is frozen, but how is this possible?! "It's illogical that a dark river buried deep in the ground will freeze. (In fact, the existence of them and this parallel universe is beyond the scope of scientific explanation.) )
"That's right! I found the corresponding note on maple leaf paper. If I'm not mistaken, this is the same principle as last night's tears from the ice bubbles that made the soil freeze into beads, that is, this time, it made the dark river begin to solidify. It's just that I didn't expect it to be so powerful, and even the dark river that has existed underground for a hundred years can't escape this kind of mana. ”
They kept running forward, and the icicles behind them 'chased' forward at a faster pace, and they were accelerating exponentially, so they could pause all the time. The little fox could only walk forward and explained to Bao Yueyue, who was side by side, "Although that ancient magic is called the Soil Fixing Technique, it only means that it is activated by the gravitational pull of Saturn, but it can actually make any element start to 'freeze' in an instant, even magma. ”
"Can you freeze the magma!?" This made Bao Yueyue even more surprised, according to the previous logic, she could barely understand, and now she is indeed accepting incompetence.
The little fox nodded, originally planning to continue explaining, but suddenly the icicles behind him came up, and their original situation of traveling side by side had to be broken. Bao Yueyue was ruthlessly squeezed into the corner, and the icicle was almost crushed from her body, but fortunately she dodged in time, but she still left a scar on her body.
This place is not suitable for a long time, and when they just said this, the speed slowed down intentionally or unintentionally, and they were chased by the rapidly growing icicles. So now we can only temporarily give up communication with each other and escape this catastrophe first.