Chapter 18: A Place of Legends
There was no light or wind in the pitch-black cave, only the uneven stone walls and a disgusting smell of decay.
Lei Ruoya's brother and sister, Xu Ke Wu Fenmei's partner, plus the half-elf Nanshui, a group of five people walked between the narrow caves. The road in the cave could only accommodate three people at most, with Lei Ruoya and Lei Yang walking in front, and the other three following behind.
Lei Ruoya was holding a pot of plants that provided lighting in Nanshui's home, and in places where oxygen was scarce, torches could only provide light for a very short time, so Lei Ruoya chose to use this unique plant of the elven race for lighting.
Lei Yang followed his sister closely, looking a little nervous and worried, as if he was afraid that something dangerous would appear in front of him and threaten his sister's safety.
Xu Ke also held the plants that provided the lighting in his hands, and the unpleasant smell wafting from the depths of the cave made him frown.
He felt that this place was strange at every turn.
Wu Fenmei, who has never had a sense of existence, was full of nervousness on her face at the moment, and her little hands were clutching Xu Ke's clothes.
Xu Ke occasionally patted Wu Fenmei's hand, signaling that she didn't need to be nervous.
The half-elf Nan Shui behaved extremely naturally, with a cute expression on her face, as if all this had nothing to do with her.
The smell of decay in the air became stronger and stronger, and the air became more and more turbid, and several people felt that their breathing was a little difficult, and Lei Ruoya, who was walking at the front of the line, waved his hand to signal everyone to stop.
She turned to face the people behind her, her face unusually pale under the silvery glow of the plants, and she didn't know if it was because of the effect of the light or something else.
"This cave was discovered by my brother and I when we were fighting the liger in our frenzied state. I had explored the depths of the cave alone for some distance, and I knew what I was going to see next......" Lei Ruoya frowned, as if she remembered something bad, "So, you'd better be prepared." “
"What's in the back?" Xu Ke asked subconsciously.
"The rotting corpse, which I didn't fully decompose when I saw it, so it looked very disgusting, but it should be much better now." When Lei Ruoya said this, Xu Ke obviously saw her body twitching, as if she was holding back her nausea.
Except for Nan Shui, the faces of the other three people became significantly more ugly, especially Wu Fenmei, who closed her eyes for a while before resisting the urge to vomit.
"Let's go." Lei Ruoya waved his hand and motioned for everyone to move on.
But before he could take a few steps, the smell of rot rushed straight to his nose, and an unexpected picture suddenly broke into Lei Ruoya's field of vision!
Lei Ruoya thought that she could only see a dozen corpses that were almost completely decomposed, but what caught her eye was a large pile of corpses piled up as high as a hill!
Hundreds of corpses piled up, almost completely blocking the path to the cave. The clothes on the corpses were completely tattered, and it was impossible to tell what they were wearing when they were alive. The degree of decay of the corpses varied, the ones that were crushed below had completely decayed, and only the white bones remained, and the corpse on the top was not much different from what Lei Ruoya had seen last time. Countless carrion flesh fell from the corpse and piled up, and dense white maggots wriggled in it.
Even if she had seen enough disgusting pictures last time, she was already mentally prepared this time, but suddenly seeing such a picture, Lei Ruoya still felt that her stomach and heart were twitching fiercely!
Lei Ruoya stopped, and it took a great deal of effort to suppress the feeling of nausea.
The few people behind him, including Nan Shui, who had not reacted before, all had their faces unprecedentedly ugly after witnessing this scene.
The others were okay, Wu Fenmei, who had been in a very bad state before, couldn't hold back herself anymore at the moment, squatted on the ground and vomited violently!
Xu Ke leaned down and gently patted the girl's back, hoping that she would feel better.
After experiencing the initial shock and stunned, Lei Ruoya, who was in the lead, seemed to suddenly think of something, and began to mumble to herself: "It was just a guess, but now it seems that this is really the case......"
Xu Ke was a little puzzled after hearing Lei Ruoya's words: "Miss Ruoya, what are you talking about?" “
"Nothing." Lei Ruoya shook her head, turned to Nan Shui behind her and said, "Nan Shui, open the way." “
Nan Shui nodded, a rare serious look appeared on her cute face, and then her lips opened slightly, and large pieces of obscure words began to come out of her mouth.
After Lei Yang heard it on the side, he suddenly had a feeling of uncertainty.
Although he couldn't understand the words that came out of the mouth of the half-elf girl, he just felt that there seemed to be a strange and mysterious magic in these words!
A powerful force suddenly appeared from the petite body of the half-elf girl, her delicate body trembled slightly, and an unearthed yellow light appeared!
Nan Shui's arms were spread out, and his eyes also emitted the same color of light, and at the same time, the last obscure syllable chant ended. The earthy yellow light fell on the stone walls on both sides of the cave, and the stone walls suddenly began to tremble violently, and the extremely hard stone walls collapsed inward as if under heavy pressure, forming two huge and bottomless pits!
The piles of corpses that had filled the cave also fell into the pits on both sides!
The corpses on the road were not completely cleaned, but they were completely passable.
Nanshui casts a third-level earth magic, Geokinesis, which can manipulate the earth elemental to deform rocks or land according to the caster's ideas.
This kind of thing can be solved so easily with a simple chant - the power of magic...... It's so convenient.
Lei Ruoya suddenly sighed.
The level of this magic is not very high, and it is not too powerful, Nanshui was able to easily perform such a magic a few years ago - in fact, the third-level magic is indeed extremely basic.
But the so-called foundation, that's only for the indigenous people.
Even for the lowest-level first-level magic, adventurers need 10,000 levels to learn, and third-level magics such as geokinetic magic require adventurers to reach 100,000 levels.
I have to say that the setting of the system is extremely disgusting, and the attributes of 100,000-level adventurers have accumulated to an unknown extent, but they can only learn such basic skills.
Thinking of this, Lei Ruoya suddenly laughed contemptuously for some reason. Then she shook her head and looked back at her teammates behind her.
Wu Fenmei had already stood up, and she looked particularly weak when she had just vomited the contents of her stomach.
Although the faces of the other people were a little ugly, they were still in a normal state.
"Watch your step, let's go inside." Lei Ruoya led a few people to continue walking into the depths.
Everyone walked cautiously, trying not to touch the rotting flesh and the white skeleton that remained on the ground.
The rich smell of decay seemed to dissipate a lot at this time, and under the illumination of the silver-white light, Lei Ruoya could already faintly see the smaller hole before.
The sound of water droplets falling on the surface of the water can be heard from the entrance of the cave.
The entrance to the cave is extremely small, and the height is not even as high as Lei Ruoya's, if you don't lean down and look carefully, you can't see the inside of the cave clearly.
Lei Ruoya didn't look inside, because she knew what was inside.
She walked to the entrance of the cave, and her delicate body stayed in place for a moment, her brow slightly furrowed, not knowing what she was thinking.
Then, as if she had made some important decision, she took a firm step forward and leaned into the hole.
Several people behind him followed.
……
Xu Ke was the last to enter the cave, and after getting out of the cave and taking a moment to adapt to the new environment, he instantly froze in place.
He was struck by the almost incredible sight in front of him!
As far as the eye can see, there are huge white skeletons.
I don't know what kind of creatures these skeletons were when they were alive, and their length was no less than three meters by visual inspection alone - the average height of the orcs, a race known for their physical strength, was no more than two meters, but what was even more strange was ...... These huge skeletons look like they belong to some kind of physically extremely powerful race, but they are extremely similar to human skeletons!
It can even be said that it is a human being who has been magnified by a factor of two!
The skeletons of these creatures were piled up one after the other, and if the corpses were piled up like a hill - then the bones in front of me would be as endless as an ocean!
The white ocean occupies almost all part of the view, making people feel as if they have sunk into this ocean, and the white water around them is constantly squeezing their bodies, and they are so dull that they can't breathe.
Beneath this white ocean lies a layer of pitch-black water.
The unusually vivid chromatic difference makes the scene seem very strange - countless huge skeletons are piled up in an infinite amount, but they can float on the black water. The skeleton was soaked in black water, and every once in a while, a drop of white liquid would fall as if it had melted, causing slight ripples on the surface of the water.
After being stunned for a long time, Xu Ke asked in a somewhat stammering voice: "This ...... What kind of place is this!? “
Lei Ruoya, who was standing in front, turned her head with an unfathomable smile on her face.
She asked slowly, with a strange magic in her tone, "I wonder if your guide has ever said such a thing to you?" “
"What?"
"If you're lucky, you'll even find legendary dragons and sleeping demon generals in the depths of the forest."
Xu Ke's heart jumped suddenly at this moment, and he looked at the girl in front of him with an unbelievable gaze!
Lei Ruoya still maintained a smile on her face: "As a high-end player, I was very lucky, I took a few tasks casually, I just wanted to understand the strength of Warcraft in the game, but I accidentally found such a place." It's obviously not a dragon's lair, but ......"
"This is a place of legend, too."
The cold sweat that gradually oozes from Xu Ke's back slowly soaked his clothes.