Red Dust Inn Chapter 14 Dark Cave (I)
The night was thick, and the thick window paper blocked the moonlight, making the room extremely dark, and not even a trace of light source could be seen. Zhao Zheng was lying on his bed, covered with a palm-thick cotton bedding, closing his eyes and immersed himself in the system, flipping through the contents of the copy. If he just entered the system to check things, his five senses would not be affected, his ears could still hear the snoring of the two roommates, and his skin could feel the warmth of the futon.
After so many days of accumulation, Zhao Zheng's points have exceeded two hundred, and he can unlock a new copy, and he is hesitating which one to unlock.
Among the five dungeons, such as the Dark Cave, the Cloth Stake, the Shooting Range, the Endless Sand, and the Wooden House, the two that are more useful at the moment are the Dark Cave and the Wooden House. From the dark labyrinth, you can find treasure chests that hide various items, and the wooden house can improve your combat experience.
Zhao Zheng has just learned how to grab a hand, just learned a trick, and he doesn't know how to use moves in actual combat, from this point of view, opening the copy of the wooden house is the most suitable choice, but from another point of view, this is not the case.
Zhao Zheng came to the Hongchen Inn in order to get the top-grade martial arts "Nine Veins and Six Yuan Sutras", not to learn what kind of small grappling skills. In order to obtain the "Nine Veins and Six Yuan Sutras", you must first learn a light skill above the middle grade, and you will have to cultivate to a certain level. Therefore, what he lacks most now is the cheats of light skills, not actual combat experience.
Among the several dungeons, only the Dark Cave has the possibility of getting the Martial Arts Cheats by luck, and although the chance of getting the cheats is low, it is worth a try. Moreover, Zhao Zheng's points have just exceeded two hundred, and activating the dark maze is just right, if you want to activate the wooden house, you will have to wait for a long time.
After thinking about it, Zhao Zheng still decided to open the dark cave first and try his luck in this dungeon, as for the other dungeons, he could only put them aside for the time being. With that in mind, he shifted his mind to the options in the Dark Cavern and clicked the unlock button.
[Hint: Does the host need to spend 200 points to unlock the Dark Cave of the Dark Cave of the Zombie and other dungeons?] 】
[Yes] [No]
Since Zhao Zheng decided, he no longer hesitated, and directly clicked yes.
I saw a flash of color on the panel, and the copy of the Dark Cave that was originally only briefly introduced had more detailed content and became accessible.
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Dark Cave: A complex labyrinth in the underworld, the space is so large that it is pitch black and can only be lit by torches. There are no dangerous creatures in the maze, but watch out for some sharp rocks. There is a mysterious treasure chest hidden inside the labyrinth, and the location of the treasure chest changes every time you enter the labyrinth. What items will be inside the chest, completely random.
Points required for entry: 2.
Supplies: 1 set of cloth clothes, 1 pot of water, 3 bottles of gold sore medicine, 1 bundle of bandages, 3 torches.
Time limit: 5 hours.
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The Dark Cave is very different from the Empty Quiet Room, firstly, the supplies have changed a lot, and secondly, the time limit has been greatly reduced. Obviously, if it is for cultivation, the Dark Cave is not a suitable choice, and it is only suitable for exploring and trying your luck.
The supplies for this quest include medical supplies such as gold sore medicine and bandages, which shows that there is a certain risk in the labyrinth, and it is easy to get injured, so you need to be careful.
Zhao Zheng has a youthful heart in his bones, he is very keen on exploration, and his heart is irrepressibly excited, and this excitement is far greater than the fear of this cave. He excitedly clicked into the dark cavern with his mind, but he didn't succeed in entering, and instead caused a beep.
[Hint: There are other people around you, the dungeon function is temporarily locked, if you want to enter, please find another place where no one is around]
Zhao Zheng slapped his head, he was so eager to explore new things that he even forgot about this rule. There were two other shopkeepers in his room, and as long as someone else was present, he couldn't enter the dungeon. In order to enter the dungeon, he had to uncover the warm quilt, turn over and get out of bed, put on his cloth shoes, and walked all the way in the dark, pulled the deadbolt of the door, and opened the door and left the house.
Outside the house, Zhao Zheng turned around and closed the door, closed his eyes and tried to enter the copy again, since there was no one in the corridor, this time he successfully entered the copy, his eyes suddenly turned black, and the touch of his body disappeared, as if he was weightless. When he regained consciousness, he was already in a strange environment.
This is a part of the cave, and there is darkness in sight, and there is a burning torch stuck in the stone wall, and the fire dances violently, crackling from time to time. Beneath the torches were a cloth bag and two bald sticks, presumably containing gold sore medicine and bandages. That's all the supplies in the dungeon.
Zhao Zheng looked around, and under the light of the fire, the surrounding land was unobstructed. The stone walls of the cave were gray, the ground was uneven, undulating, and some of the stones were sharp enough to scratch the skin. From the darkness at both ends of the cave came a variety of sounds, the sound of dripping water and the sound of the wind blowing, and the sound of the wind sounding particularly terrible, like the cry of a ghost.
Zhao Zheng listened to the sound of the wind, his heart was a little hairy, he raised his fist and hammered his chest twice, giving himself a bit of courage, and then walked to the stone wall, pulled out the torch in the crack of the stone, and held it in his hand. The flames are hot and hot, and they are very roasting. He leaned down, picked up the cloth bag, slung it over his shoulder, and then picked up two spare sticks and inserted them into the belt of his trousers.
Zhao Zheng looked at the front, then at the back, and casually chose a path to move forward. If you're lucky, you'll be able to find hidden treasure chests in the cave, and once opened, you'll be able to get the items inside. The items in the treasure chest appear randomly, and they may be martial arts cheats, or they may be treasure knives, just like a lottery. Zhao Zheng really hoped that he could get a copy of the secret book for teaching light skills in the treasure chest, so that he didn't have to learn Luo Yanbu from Shen Luoxia anymore.
Zhao Zheng's congenital genus is among the xìng, and the fortune is particularly poor, so he didn't expect to find the treasure chest on the first exploration, and he just wanted to explore the way this time. He held his torch and walked slowly.
The cave seems to be a natural formation, with the terrain rising and falling, wide and narrow, and sometimes branching off. The ground under your feet is extremely rough, and it is very difficult to walk on it, and some stones are as sharp as an awl, and if you accidentally step on them, you will have to puncture the soles of your feet. If you advance in this terrain, you can't go too fast even if you have a torch in your hand.
Zhao Zheng moved forward concentratingly, not daring to be sloppy at all, if he encountered a fork in the road, he would choose with his sixth sense. He walked like this, and unconsciously spent more than half an hour, and most of the torch in his hand had been burned, and there was not much left. Because the flames were so close to his hand, the skin on his hand was hot, and after a little more roasting, he had to burn.
"The time limit for this quest is five hours, but the three torches can only be used for more than two hours, which means that I have to spend most of the time in the dark, so this is the difficulty of this quest." Zhao Zheng secretly complained in his heart, in order to save the use of torches, he was not willing to throw away most of the torches, but took them with a different hand.
After walking forward for a while, Zhao Zheng's hand really couldn't bear it, and the sparks that fell from time to time in the flames had burned the skin on his hands. In desperation, he used the remaining torch to ignite another stick, then stuck half of the torch into a crack in the stone and continued on his way. Anyway, stones are not combustible, and there is no need to worry about torches causing fires.
Zhao was making his way down a rugged road and into a cul-de-sac, where a huge stone stood in front of him, blocking the cave impenetrable. He was not discouraged, and after checking around the cul-de-sac and finding nothing, he turned around and looked for another way.
Choosing a new path to move forward, Zhao Zheng found a special path, this road is very low-lying, has been extending downward, and after reaching the bottom, turbid water begins to appear on the ground, and the further you go, the deeper the water becomes.
The more special the place, the more likely it is to discover something special, which is Zhao Zheng's previous experience of playing games. He rose to the challenge and waded through the water, the bottom of which was as uneven as the road before, so he walked very slowly, for fear that he would be scratched by the invisible stones. The light from the torch shone on the water, reflecting Zhao Zheng's vague figure, and he didn't know what was hidden under the muddy water, so he couldn't see through it at all.
At first, the sewage only reached the position of Zhao Zheng's ankle, but as Zhao Zheng went deeper, the sewage had already submerged to his waist, and it took a lot of effort to take every step forward, and if he went further, he would probably have to swim. But if he swims, the torch will inevitably be extinguished, and he has no ignition tool in his hand, and once the torch is extinguished, it can no longer be lit, and the rest of the road will have to go forward in the dark.
Zhao Zheng was standing in the water, sweating from the fire above the waist, and soaking his joints in the cold water from the waist down, it was really a fire and ice. He was already tired, gasping for breath and hesitating on his face. At this moment, his feet were numb from the cold, his perception decreased, and one of them slid unsteadily on the surface of the stone. He screamed and threw himself on his back into the sewage, too late to stabilize himself.
Hearing a pop, Zhao Zheng fell into the water together with the torch in his hand, and as soon as the torch touched the water, it was immediately extinguished, and a puff of black smoke floated up, and the surroundings immediately fell into oppressive darkness. The water here is less than one meter, and it is impossible to drown people, Zhao Zheng threw himself twice in the water, and quickly stood up. He was like a chicken in soup, soaked from top to bottom, and the cold water ran down his hair and the corners of his clothes, dripping on the water.
"Daddy!" Zhao Zheng looked around at the boundless darkness around him, he really had a feeling of crying without tears, he was in a dilemma now, the water was too deep to go forward, and the distance to retreat was not short, and the road was tortuous, and it was extremely difficult to move forward in the dark. After thinking about it, he was unwilling to retreat halfway like this, so he chose to grit his teeth and continue to move forward.
There were no torches, no light, and he walked more carefully, groping with his hands in front of him as he went, and the chill under the water spread like maggots on his legs, reaching his whole body. With him on his way, there was only endless darkness and the sound of the wind crying in the cave.