Chapter 34: Discovering the Dungeon
After returning to the city to rest, over the next few days, they divided into three groups and secretly went to the entire continent to search for possible clues to the otherworldly city. However, the size of this continent is so large and there are no obvious hints, and finding a suitable clue is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Most people go out in the morning in high spirits and come back in the evening.
In fact, Qin Tian naturally knew the location of the dungeon, but he couldn't say it directly, so it was too obvious. So he was happy to go out every day pretending to be free, but in fact he ran to the tavern and got close to the proprietress himself, drank and farted and bragged, and came back drunk at night humming a little song.
A few days later, he felt that it was almost over, so he called everyone over and mysteriously said that there was a clue. The crowd shrugged off his statement and booed. Everyone can see his performance in the past few days, if he wasn't the boss now, he would have attacked him a long time ago.
However, a group of people still dragged him to a ruin in the Black Forest under Qin Tian's sworn assurance. They avoided the bustling crowd of leveling and came to a serpentine statue.
The statue is the upper body of a cobra carved out of huge black stone with its head and tongue out, standing silently on the ground three meters high. It wasn't actually surprising to everyone that this statue had been seen by almost every demon hunter above level fifteen.
This statue is on the way to refresh the level 19 skeleton soldier area, and you may be surprised and strange when you see this statue for the first time, but you will turn a blind eye after seeing it too much. Because there is a strange phenomenon that there are no monsters within a radius of several hundred meters around this statue, only some stone carvings and abandoned cemeteries of unknown age are alone with this strange statue.
So except for a few passing demon hunters, it's almost off the beaten track. Su Bai and the others actually came here to investigate, but they didn't find any clue and gave up.
"Right here? We've been here and we've done it, but there's nothing. Even monsters don't come here. Shuicao said coldly.
"That's right, it's weird that there aren't even monsters, don't you think?" Qin Tian showed that kind of smile that made people itch with hatred again.
"Well, we don't see any connection between this and that lost city." Su Bai checked his surroundings again, but still shook his head.
"Sometimes don't trust your sights and ears too much, but open your hearts and touch the truth with your heart. Come on, Shuicao and Su Bai, the two of you close your eyes and touch this statue carefully to see what you find. Qin Tian's mysterious expression made the two of them suspicious, but he still closed his eyes and touched the black snake statue with his hand.
"Hey!" The aquatic grass touched it for a while, and suddenly let out an exclamation. She snapped open her eyes and looked at the place she had touched. "What's going on? I could see some strange lines on the statue, but when I opened my eyes, I couldn't see anything. But I can still feel the lines in my fingers. ”
"I've also touched some lines like you." Su Bai also opened his eyes and looked at his hands.
"Don't hesitate to keep closing your eyes and touching." Qin Tian had a smile on his face, as if he was in control of the overall situation.
The two men closed their eyes and continued to caress along the lines, and finally their hands met in one place on the chest of the snake statue.
"There's a hole here! But when I opened my eyes, there was nothing, and my hand was still very deep in it, and there seemed to be a hole in it. Mizucao looked surprised, and watched his hand go directly into the black stone statue.
"Well, what did I say! Seeing is not necessarily believing. Alright, you get out of the way, it's time for me to play. Qin Tian shook the copper key and walked over.
He held the key and put it where the water weed had just pulled out his hand, and then naturally inserted it. The hole in it did fit the copper key tightly, and he twisted it hard and then pulled out his hand.
I heard the sound of stones rubbing against each other from underground, and then the shaking became more and more ground, and dust rose from the ground. After a rumbling tremor, everyone looked left and right to find that there was no change in the scene. The statue of the black snake still stood quietly in front of everyone, and there was nothing unusual around.
"That's it? Where is the door of the other world? Su Bai looked at Qin Tian curiously, now they all felt that this kid was definitely a god-level figure now.
"Miller, you aim at the blackstone statue and walk in and try it." Qin Tian had a wicked smile on his face.
"What? Walk in against the stone. Boss, you're not hurting me, are you? Don't break your head. Miller groaned, and he looked at the apparently carved stone statue with a hesitant expression.
"What are you afraid of, your head will be broken and Serena will treat you. Listen to me, I can still hurt you. Qin Tian furrowed his brows and put on a boss expression. Serena snickered as she unleashed a god of war power on Miller as a sign of encouragement.
"Okay, I'll listen to you once. Get out! Miller closed his eyes and walked towards the statue of the Black Serpent. The others stared at him intently, only Qin Tian didn't care. He naturally knew in his heart that this was the gate of the dungeon, and everyone would enter it like this in the future. The statue of the Black Serpent was cast with illusion and was used to guard the gates.
Miller walked into the statue of the black snake and disappeared from everyone's eyes without any hindrance, causing Aquatic Grass and Serena to exclaim.
"Is this really the gateway to a new world?" Although Su Bai was also surprised, he still looked at Qin Tian to ask for his opinion.
"Of course it's true, this black snake statue should have been released by someone with a very advanced illusion to cover people's eyes. Come on, everyone go in after me, and don't leave Miller alone in there, hahahaha, lest he pee his pants in fright. ”
Everyone saw the fact with their own eyes, so naturally they didn't hesitate, and they all walked into the statue after Qin Tian.
The moment they walked into the statue, it was as if they didn't feel anything. But the next moment they found themselves standing in an empty stone hall.
The stone pillars made of old and dirty stone and the walls are stuck with a few torches that I don't know when they were lit, but the flame of this torch is eerily pale and does not give people a sense of warmth.
Where the fire does not shine, there is absolute darkness, and some strange sounds of Si Si Suo Suo sound from time to time in the darkness, as if they are always scratching the most vulnerable part of your heart.
There was a faint smell of rancid smell in the air, and there was a large amount of dried and blackened blood on the stone floors and walls of the hall, and there were marks of sharp claws torn by sharp claws and slashed with weapons, but there was not a single skeleton in sight.
Some of the bloodstains that were visibly dragged stretched into a passage that was also made of stone. There was no end in sight in the passage, and it was completely shrouded in darkness.
"You're finally here!" A figure rushed out of a corner and grabbed Su Bai's hand firmly with a crying voice, which startled everyone.
"If you don't come again, I'm going to be scared to death! You can't go up here. I don't dare to walk around! What a hell of a place to be! Miller was pale and incoherent.
"Hehehe! Big men are afraid of hair! We're all here, everyone get ready to go! Qin Tian said with a grin, he didn't know how many times he had been here in his previous life, naturally he was not like Miller and they came in for the first time, and he was so made by the oppressive environment here that his heart was constantly drumming, and even Su Bai was cautious.
"This is the fallen city that has disappeared?" Su Bai looked at Qin Tian, and even he had to admit that Qin Tian's audacity was senseless, and his heart suddenly swelled with sighs of inferiority.
"That's right, you see the key is used." Qin Tian took out the bronze key and inserted it into a hole in the wall, and after a burst of mechanism, the surroundings returned to calm.
"This should have closed the door for us to come, and now there are only a few of us in this otherworld, hahaha, it's completely our own otherworld, it's exciting to think about!" The others were not as nervous as Qin Tian, they were all nervous.
"Be cautious! Step by step, don't worry. Just a few of us, if the monsters inside are too powerful, it may be dangerous. Miller clutched the skull staff in his hand and looked around from time to time, always feeling that there was something in the dark.
"By the way, Serena, hurry up and put this gear on. I forgot to give it to you, it's for you. Qin Tian casually threw the +1 Lucky Chase 12 vine leggings to Serena.
"Ah, this leggings must be expensive." Serena took over and was taken aback by this attribute.
"Hey, put it on, put it on and be a little more defensive. This is for everyone's safety. Qin Tian waved his hand absently. Not to mention the other defense of this legging, the defense alone is as high as 21 points, which is 9 points more defense than the +2 white rattan leggings that Serena originally wore, and wearing this can effectively increase the survival chance of the intelligence archer.
It wasn't surprising for others to see this, they were already used to Qin Tian sending equipment everywhere. It's just that although they think that the attributes of this leggings are very good, they still don't know enough about the value of this leggings, and they don't think that this leggings can be exchanged for several sets of high-end equipment in the future.
Qin Tian took a torch from the wall and walked towards the passage first, and the others hurriedly chased after him with torches.
The wind gusted in the passage, and the unknown sound and the sound of water droplets that I don't know where kept the others suspicious and suspicious.
Nothing happened in the passage, until it came to the end, and out of the passage was a large number of downward stairs that stretched into the darkness. The surroundings seemed to be very open, and they came to a place that looked like a square.
Suddenly, a point of light appeared in the endless darkness, then two, and three...... More and more points of light are shining like stars, stretching to distant margins. A huge outline of the city reveals its true face in countless points of light.
Town halls, markets, streets, buildings, slums, these faltering points of light are torches, candlesticks and street lamps planted everywhere. They began to light up automatically with the arrival of the first explorers.
"Holy shit! This is still an automatic sensor lighting system! It's really grandma's magnificent. Qin Tian cracked his mouth and smiled. It was the first time he knew that the original dungeon was revealed in this way, and in his previous life, he had already been developed by others when he came to this other world, and he never cared about how these torches were lit.
"What a dungeon! My heart is beating. Serena also covered her mouth and exclaimed.
"Be careful! Something is leaning in! Su Bai issued a warning and drew his Latin sword.
A Gragra voice approached them, their honor in the silhouette of the firelight. A staggering skeleton raised its rusty iron sword and howled angrily at the explorers who dared to disturb their quiet, and behind it a large swath of raised bone arms resembled a forest of bones.