Chapter 59: Divergence
Thinking that the crisis was over, the team members planned to rest in place for a while, but the golem outside the cave was not damaged by falling to the ground, but only stopped for half a minute, and then it held a huge fist that could overwhelm the mountain and beat the cave wall, trying to dig the group out of it.
"I can't stay here, let's go!"
Aaron quickly gave the order, and the team fled deeper into the cave.
The further you go in, the wider the cave becomes, and the inside of the cave is in a large wave, sometimes uphill, sometimes downhill, but the overall altitude is still decreasing with depth.
At the same time, Li Jinyi felt that the feeling of being locked by the Forbidden Demon Barrier had subsided, indicating that they had left the Forbidden Demon Enchantment's sphere of influence.
After reaching the top of a slope, the ground began to scatter some used rune spells, and just as Li Jinyi wondered what these things were used for, the shocking images in front of him gave him the answer.
There were corpses all over the ground, piles of corpses.
However, this time, the corpse no longer belonged to the withered demon, but to two other low-level void creatures.
One of the six-legged monsters is called the Dreadhorn Creeper, with two pairs of feet with knotted claws on the front and back, and a pair of soft feet with suckers in the middle, which allows them to move freely through a variety of terrain. They are pale, have no eyes, and rely entirely on hearing to defend their positions, and their long-term evolution has made their hearing extremely sensitive, and they can even clearly capture the heartbeat of their prey from dozens of meters away.
Another monster is called the Elder Blade, a void creature with protruding lips that are extremely wide and thin, and their skin is fluorescent, making it look like they have a bright blade in their mouth, hence the name. The monster has long forearms and short hind feet, and walks somewhat like a gorilla, but they are larger, hairless, and fluorescent white or dark green.
Li Jinyi felt a little panicked, not only because of the miserable death of those monsters, but also because he suddenly remembered a description in the "Void Guide":
The more types of Void creatures in an Enveloped Zone, the wider the Void Domain's jurisdiction over the region's generals, and the higher the probability that the general has a high rank. Generally speaking, shrouded areas with three or more low-level Void creatures have a high chance of being guarded by mid-level Void Generals, and if there are ten or more types, they can be considered as high-level Void Generals. In addition, wherever there are mid-tier Void creatures, they must be led by mid-tier or above Void Generals, and the rank of Void Generals will not be lower than other Void Creatures in the realm.
Lai Jinyi couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
Last time, the Void Devourer who almost killed him only had three monsters: the Dark Spine Demon, the Splitfoot Winged Demon, and the Brown Ghost. And this time, if you don't count the time to climb the rock wall, less than an hour after entering the cave, you will encounter three kinds of withered demons, dreadhorn creepers, and blade beasts, and if you count the colossus, there are four! If you count the void fungus group at the entrance of the cave, it is five!
Thinking of this, Li Jinyi's heart became more and more worried, and he even had some suspicions that he had entered the territory of a high-level Void General.
Do you want to suggest to the captain, if you go on like this, you will probably die in vain. But saying these words at this time will affect morale very much, and the way to retreat has been sealed by the Colossus, and there is no way to retreat.
Just when Li Jinyi was entangled and in a dilemma, another team member spoke for him.
"Captain, there are now three aggressive void creatures, and that golem is not something that ordinary void generals can create, all kinds of signs indicate that the person we are about to face is likely to be a mid-level void general, but the team members do not have this strength, and continuing to move forward will only be sacrificed in vain, I suggest that everyone retreat to a hidden area to repair, looking for other ways out, while waiting for the follow-up rescue force. ”
It was a bespectacled Sven man named Herman who spoke.
Aaron stopped when he heard this, buried his mouth in his fist and thought for a while, then sighed and said:
"I've thought about what you said before, the safety of the team should come first, and that's certainly true, but the mission within the alliance is also very important, and we shouldn't just stop until we confirm that the fifth squad has indeed been wiped out. ”
He paused, and then said, "Otherwise, if you want to stay here, stay here, and if you are not afraid of death, come with me." ”
With that, he continued to walk deeper into the cavern.
is really a responsible captain, compared to what I thought just now, I was like a villain who was greedy for life and afraid of death, looking at the back of Aaron Wilson in the distance, Li Jinyi laughed at himself silently.
He hurried to follow, followed by Malcoln and Vicky.
"Senior Brother Xiaoli?" Zhong Ziran was very surprised.
I didn't expect him to be the first to make a decision, alas, I can't lose to the juniors, she immediately trotted, shaking to catch up with the few people in front.
The remaining five team members decided to stay where they were and wait for news from the captain and his party.
The terrain ahead became more and more rugged, after jumping off a half-human high ridge, there was shallow water on the ground, Li Jinyi originally thought that this was just a common small amount of water seepage from the cave wall, who knew that the more he went in, the deeper the water became, and within 100 meters, the water surface had already overflowed the knees of the team members.
This stagnant water is contaminated by the Void Elemental, and although it does not have the toxicity of the Dark Purple Void Tide, if you stay in it for a long time, your skin will also be damaged to a certain extent.
Zhong Ziran wanted to use the large bubble technique used to cross the river to completely get them out of the water, but the bubble wrapping would also restrict the movement of the team members, who knows if something would suddenly burst out of the water. After a brief thought, she cast a spell to summon a magic film that wrapped around the surface of her teammates' clothing, the simplest and most non-negative way to deal with it.
"I knew I should buy some more kayaks, and if I continued like this, I might have to swim later. Aaron said half-jokingly.
His words were quickly fulfilled, and a deep cut appeared again on the flooded ground in front of him, and the depth of the water suddenly increased to two meters.
Everyone had no choice but to change their posture and turn into strong swimmers.
The magic film does not isolate temperature transmission, but fortunately, the temperature of groundwater at this depth is not affected by the climate, it is about 20 degrees Celsius, and the human body can easily adapt to it. The last time Li Jinyi was shivering from the cold in the moat, and the tragedy of runny nose was not repeated.
Wouldn't the senior sister have a lot of resistance to swimming? He suddenly had this idea.
The next moment, he began to feel ashamed of his slightly obscene idea again.
When did I become a person who liked to make such vulgar jokes? Could it be that I was subtly influenced by the magic sword? Well!
The water splashed, the ripples spread, and everyone swam out for a short distance, and the cave was even more open, and the highest place had reached fifty or sixty meters.
At this moment, in the reflection of the flashlight's afterglow, a huge shadow appeared above the water surface in front of the right.
Zhong Ziran, who first observed that thing, trembled in his heart, and exclaimed in a low voice:
"Look, what's that?!"
Li Jinyi and the others looked in the direction of her finger, and their faces all showed surprise.
"It's just wreckage. ”
There was no teammate answer, it was Xin Yuan's soul who spoke.
"Wreckage?" Li Jinyi muttered quietly, and the tight string in his heart relaxed a little.
"It looks like the remains of some kind of creature. Li Jinyi said through the soul of the heart.
"I'll go and see if it's floating on water, maybe it can be a boat. ”
He swam towards the float as he spoke, and Aaron followed without saying a word.
The outline of the shadow gradually became clear, dark brown in color, and appeared to be the shell of some kind of large crustacean, floating on the surface of the water in a hemispherical shape, with a radius of about 3 meters. Li Jinyi couldn't tell if it was from a mutated creature or a void creature, and when he got close to the carapace, he could see many twisted bony bumps on it.
He clenched his fist and tapped it on the nail wall.
"Bang!" came a crisp echo from the armor wall, a bit like plastic, and very thin.
He then dived into the water and looked down to see that the inside of the carapace was empty, like a bowl on the water.
Did you really find the vehicle?Lai Jinyi smiled lightly and turned the carapace over with Aaron's help.
This is how an all-natural boat was born. He checked the hull of the boat on the edge of the boat, and when he found that there was no leakage, he jumped on it and motioned for the rest of the team to come over.
Everyone boarded the ship one after another and praised Li Jinyi's courage.
"To be able to tell that this is a wreck from such a distance, if they were, they would definitely go around far and miss the opportunity to this vehicle." Vicky, who was traveling with her, said.
Lai accepted the praise with a little embarrassment.
Vicky and Zhong Ziran in the team are both mages, and they inject magic into the carapace, urging it to carry everyone slowly.
Gradually, more carapace fragments began to appear on the water, proving that there must have been a fierce battle in the water a few days ago, but it is unknown what the battle will be, and it is possible that the fifth team can easily solve the battle. But maybe there is a human part of these floating stumps, but the team members didn't find it.
Li Jinyi took a deep breath and wanted to remind his teammates to be vigilant, but just as he was about to speak, the water not far away began to surge sharply, and strings of bubbles bubbled out one after another, and then this situation appeared in more and more places on the water.
"Get ready, the enemy is coming. The voice of the soul of the heart echoed in his ears.