After killing the gatekeeper of the laboratory, Xia Chiyu and the others went offline to rest. Today has walked a long way, and everyone is quite tired, so Xia Chiyu plans to walk around the dwarven underground rock city of Izesli the next day, on the one hand, to take a rest, and on the other hand, to wait for the plot to be triggered.

Although the lava core is in their hands, and the lava heart is also in their hands, Xia Chiyu is not ready to return these two mission items to the dwarf clan for the time being, but is ready to wait for the real culprit behind the scenes to appear.

The mission in the elven clan on the awakening side is also going well, and after seeing those elf girls who are like flowers, the awakening is very satisfied with the decision to change the line, but the task will not be completed in a while.

There are also people on the elves' side who are playing tricks behind their backs, and the upper elves have fallen into a kind of "drug addiction", and the entire upper echelons of the upper elves have fallen into serious corruption, they have stopped thinking and become a puppet regime of someone who operates behind the scenes, and the upper elves are at the behest of this person, expelling the winter elves and the dark elves.

"You're saying they're addicted to some kind of 'addiction'?" Xia Chiyu raised his eyebrows and asked puzzled.

"Yes, it's a strange potion, you know, the upper elves need to absorb the natural elements to keep themselves in that eternal state of youth, and they start to age when they come to the place where they live now." Wake explained.

"Aging?" Xia Chiyu recalled that the winter elves did indeed see some older individuals, and the elves should be immortal, and if they are not killed, they will always live.

"The winter elves are those elves who have absorbed the impure essence of nature, and those impure natural essences have also caused some changes in their bodies, and gradually developed into the current winter elves. But since then, they have stopped absorbing this element and have begun to advocate a new idea. Wake shrugged.

"No wonder the elves always live in dense forests." Lacey slapped himself with his fist.

"Leave that alone, what the hell are you talking about?" Xia Chiyu asked, "Have you found out what that potion looks like?" What is the user's reaction? The more detailed, the better. ”

"A clear, turquoise liquid, a bit like apple-flavored Mirinda." Wake up and reply. "The elves will recover immediately after drinking it...... Young and beautiful, their skin will become shiny and elastic, like the bright moonlight. But if they don't drink it for a while, they will grow old again. ”

"They just need to put on makeup." Gu Qinyan held his chin and snorted coldly, and when he heard this, the rain slapped the top of Gu Qinyan's head. Gu Qinyan frowned and said "tsk" in dissatisfaction, and Yuxi did not back down, and said angrily: "Why look down on girls with makeup!" It's like a rhetorical device in an article, it's a kind of beautification and embellishment! ”

"Yes, it's a pity that sometimes the rhetorical device is too much, and the argumentative essay is embellished into poetry." Gu Qinyan muttered quietly. But he didn't let Yuxi hear. Xia Chiyu pondered for a while, and then instructed: "You continue to pay attention to the task over there, I think it may be the same person behind the dwarf and the elf who are manipulating all this......"

Saying that, Xia Chiyu said in a low voice: "A person who is very good at alchemy, this also means ......"

This also means that the person may not immediately notice that there is a problem with the "petri dish" on the dwarven side, which is probably why the alchemist has set up a janitor like the Syndicate in the pit of the abyss.

The next day, they land in the game and appear inside the Pit of the Abyss. Prepare to return to Ezes. However, the return journey will not be too easy, and they continue to use the lava heart, operating the digging robot to return to the first floor of the Abyssal Pit. On the way, Xia Chiyu also planned to look for the laboratory on the first floor of the Abyss Pit by the way. Although the top syndicate was cut with a hole, they couldn't go straight up.

Therefore, they can only continue to operate the excavation robot with the heart of lava, and slowly follow the path back to the first floor.

But it's not without its benefits. There are a lot of rare ores on the second floor of the Abyss Pit, and they only need to operate the excavation robot to knock on them, and then they can get a lot of raw materials for ores. However, there are many "unidentified ores". The sign below reads, "Dwarves may know what this thing is for".

Last time, they were in a hurry to escape the pursuit of monsters, and they didn't notice many details along the way, but this time, they found some information about the "Forbidden Land" through the second layer of the Abyss Pit.

"My God...... After killing a monkfish-like creature that came out of the ground, they glanced down the pit that the creature had climbed up, and Xia Chiyu suddenly sighed. Beneath this pit is supposed to be the so-called "Forbidden Land", an underground world close to the center of the earth, although it is pitch black, but occasionally there are some fluorescent flickers.

In those gaps where the fluorescent flickering, Xia Chiyu could see some extremely terrifying huge shadows flickering by, so terrifying that it made people feel like their hearts were being grabbed. Moreover, from this abyss came an incomparably terrifying aura, accompanied by a low roar that sounded from time to time. Xia Chiyu felt that the reason why these creatures did not come to this world was probably because they were too large, so he decided not to stay in this place anymore and left quickly.

Moreover, even if it is only the second layer of the Abyss Pit, the monsters that appear are all level eighty-five boss monsters and bosses, and the only advantage is that most of these creatures are too large in size, and sometimes they don't notice Xia Chiyu and the others.

When they returned to the first floor of the Abyss Pit, Xia Chiyu suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. However, now that they think about it, when they were on the first floor of the Abyss Pit, they had always moved along the charging point of the excavation robot, that is, the route that the dwarves had excavated before, and it was only natural that they could not find the alchemy laboratory on this road.

Otherwise, the previous dwarves would have discovered this secret alchemy laboratory long ago. But Xia Chiyu didn't want to waste time searching for the location of the lab on the first floor, although he had a way to find that place now.

One of the symptoms of infection described by Archer Bruce is that after being invied, the infected person seems to be summoned by some kind of creature, which is supposed to summon the infected person to the alchemy laboratory, and let the infected person return to the "petri dish" to re-ferment the germ and turn it into a purer germ. It then continues to be used to spread among the dwarves.

However, now that Xia Chiyu had an easy way, they just needed to go back to the upper city of Ezes and wait for the alchemist to kidnap another royal family and make it into a petri dish, or catch the alchemist red-handed. It's just that Xia Chiyu doubts that this alchemist will personally kidnap the petri dish materials he needs.

"Is it really good to do that?" Zhang Zinuo frowned slightly on the back of the excavation robot and pursed his lips and asked.

"How?" Xia Chiyu was puzzled, Zhang Zinuo tilted his head and said, "That's it...... Using the dwarven royal family as bait, I'm afraid that the dwarf who was captured will definitely not be safe in the end, right? ”

"What's the matter, anyway, the three heirs with royal blood in Uptown are now there. That is, the three guys who are running for the heir of the dwarven clan this time are not good people. Gu Qinyan said angrily.

"Hmm...... Actually, that's what I think. Xia Chiyu shrugged his shoulders and said, but there are still some things lingering in his mind at this time, which makes him a little incomprehensible, that is, the "method" of all these events.

Whether it's dealing with the dwarves or the elves, these methods are somewhat ...... It's not so consistent with the demons. In fact, in the historical records, the demon race is a symbol of strength and force, to put it bluntly, the limbs are developed and the mind is simple. They are better at conquering with war and killing, rather than scheming and intriguing to crush the enemy.

On the contrary, the Protoss is a race that symbolizes wisdom and scheming. Spiritually defeat and conquer the enemy. Now that I think about the situation of the elves and the dwarves, they are actually a bit like a disguised mental manipulation. For example, the three winter elves who were made into puppets, and the plague that infected the dwarves, all had elements of mental manipulation.

The most obvious embodiment. It was on the occasion of the Garter II. If he was simply infected and then summoned by his mother to go to the vicinity of the "petri dish", then why did he leave with the dwarven treasure lava core?

However, Xia Chiyu is not impatient. It will all fall out eventually. At this moment, the gates of the old town of Ezes had appeared in front of them, and they had re-entered the old town.

This time the Old Town was a little different from when they came, they could see some other dwarven teams searching for treasures in the Old Town, and their targets were all the places where the rich and royal families lived in the Old Town.

"Guys! Here we find a rich man's safe! A dwarf with his beard tied into two braids rushed out of a nearby mansion and shouted excitedly to several dwarves roaming the street.

But soon they found Xia Chiyu and the others passing by, and a look of vigilance suddenly appeared on their faces, and before Xia Chiyu and the others could react, they accelerated into the mansion, ready to loot the treasures they found.

"Cut, as if someone is rare." Liu Yiyu glanced at the dwarves angrily.

"Let's go, let's go back to the upper town of Ezes." Xia Chiyu smiled bitterly and waved his hand.

Before he had taken a few steps, there was a loud "boom" in the mansion where the dwarves rushed in, and then a huge centipede bit a dwarf and rushed out of the mansion, scurrying around the street, rampage.

"The end of the greed for money." Nadya shook her head, then raised her hands, and five ice wheels with sharp teeth formed above her head, flying towards the centipede, circling around it, constantly inflicting damage on the centipede.

As the ice wheel caused damage, the centipede's body gradually froze, and when the centipede was completely frozen, Nadya took back the five ice wheels and condensed them into a huge ice wheel and threw it at the centipede. The huge ice wheel swept past the centipede like a meat grinder, making a "clattering" sound of cutting meat, and then exploded: "The ice wheel is broken!" ”

The centipede's body was directly shattered into ice slag all over the ground, and it was killed by Nadya's skill in seconds.

However, this was not the only dwarven treasure hunt team they encountered, as they saw other teams on their way across the old town of Ezes, but none of them ended well, either being infected or attacked by monsters.

Xia Chiyu didn't have the heart to help them one by one, but quickly returned to the slum of Ezes, and then went up the slum and returned to the upper city of Ezes.

"Alright, let's split up." Xia Chiyu turned to everyone and explained, "The three teams went to lurk near the mansions of the three heirs of this city, waiting for the event to trigger. ”

"I'll be in a group with Qin Yan." Yuxi immediately grabbed Gu Qinyan's arm and said with a smile: "There are a lot of special snacks and drinks in this city. You can also go shopping, it's good to take a break after so many days of work. ”

"I'm going to be with Cortana!" Pepe happily hugged Nadya's slender waist, then rubbed her face and smiled. Nadya, on the other hand, smiled and patted her on the head, not knowing who the child was.

You must know that Liu Yiyu and Pepe are both twenty-three or four, and Nadya is still in college, but now Nadya has become the eldest sister of this group of women's army.

"Then let's go shopping with fish." Lin Qianxue pursed her lips and smiled, but Zhang Zinuo turned to Nadya and said. "I'm going to talk to Cortana about the skill setting by the way, I think there is still room for improvement."

"Then I'll be fine with the fish." Liu Yiyu grinned, "We haven't played together for a long time." ”

"I don't care." Xia Chiyu said with a smile, but then Lin Qianxue pinched him hard in his waist, and his HP was reduced by 1HP, so he quickly gritted his teeth and said, "I mean, that villain is really honored......"

"Alright, let's go." Liu Yiyu smiled with satisfaction. Xia Chiyu rubbed the place on his waist that was pinched, and responded, "Chirp." ”

Although it is quite hot on the dwarven side, there are indeed a lot of good specialties. Originally, the currency on the dwarven side and the human side were not universal, but Xia Chiyu and the others sold the unidentified stones dug from the pit of the abyss for a large sum of money. You can spend money lavishly here, and the money can only be used on the dwarven side anyway.

"Actually, I think this money may be used for other purposes, in ......the mission," Xia Chiyu said, looking at the small piece of lava rat meat on the plate that resembled pork belly. For example, bribing some examiners, or giving them to the poor to increase their popularity, etc. ”

"I'll talk about it then, anyway, there's so much money. It can't be used anywhere else. Lin Qianxue replied while eating barbecue.

Liu Yiyu turned to Lin Qianxue at this time and asked, "By the way, Qianxue, you and Zinuo, how far have you developed with eating fish?" Has he decided to date any of you? ”

"Poof!" Xia Chiyu on the side squirted out the lava liquor he had drunk in one gulp.

"No, I've been busy with competitions and tasks recently, and I rarely even rest, almost every day is either training or busy with those tasks in AO, and Zinuo and I don't have much chance." Lin Qianxue frowned and replied, then took a sip of lava spirits, and sighed happily: "This wine is so delicious, I feel warm when I drink it, and it is not bitter at all." ”

"Well, but it's also true." Liu Yiyu inserted a piece of flame shark's fish steak and ate it, and replied: "It's only been more than half a year since I became a professional player, and I have only played a big game, so it's too early to retire, and the Winter Cup is coming soon, and now is indeed not the time to fall in love." It seems that the contract also restricts this aspect, right? ”

"Yes, there are indeed rules that you can't fall in love casually without the e-sports company knowing......" Xia Chiyu said with a dry smile.

Many professional esports players sign up with similar contract restrictions, just like those with celebrities and entertainment companies. On the one hand, it is to avoid the negative impact of scandals on the company, and on the other hand, it is also because esports players are now a very formal "sports athlete", and some actions in love will have an impact on training and competition......

"By the time this Winter Cup is over, it may be about the same." Xia Chiyu took a bite of barbecue and said.

If this Winter Cup can achieve good results, Xia Chiyu may choose to retire depending on the situation. Although a year of service may be a bit short for esports players, they are already past the best age to compete, and they are not as good as those eighteen or nineteen-year-olds in terms of reflexes and energy, and it is difficult to achieve better results if they continue to serve.

Rather than continue to procrastinate, it is better to retire at the peak.

However, if they can't get good results in this winter cup, they may have to prepare for another half a year and play the hot summer cup again, and whether they can get good results in the hot summer cup or not, it is estimated that they will have to choose to retire.

If they can get good results, of course, they can retire to keep their results, but if they can't get good results, even if they don't want to retire, I'm afraid the team will "dissuade them from quitting". But this is only Xia Chiyu's preliminary plan, if the bonus is not enough when he retires, and he can't do some business on his own or find a team to be a coach or something, then he still plans to fight for a few more years.

Moreover, if the four of them get good results, they will not be pulled too far by young people in terms of level, and it is not impossible to play for another year or two, after all, there is an e-sports project in the Olympic Games that will be held next year, and it is an honor for them to represent the country in the e-sports event of the Olympic Games as a player, isn't it?

"You've thought so far about eating fish?" Liu Yiyu took a spoon in his mouth, looked at the lava sundae in front of him and muttered to himself, "Well, I don't even know what to do in the future, I can only spend my days in our small bar." ”

"You are so humble, my efforts now are just to be able to live in a small bar like you in the future......" Xia Chiyu said with a slightly annoyed dry smile.

However, just as Xia Chiyu guessed, the alchemist did not immediately appear to kidnap the royal family of the dwarf clan, and obviously did not find out that his petri dish had been destroyed.

Therefore, in the past few days, Xia Chiyu and others have been wandering around the dwarves, doing some tasks by the way, using the money they got from selling ore to help the poor in the slums, not only solving the difficulties of the slums, but also helping the rich people to solve the troubles such as robbery and theft caused by the slum turmoil, so their reputation among the dwarves is gradually improving.

And on the way to their mission, Ezes's situation also improved a lot.

Due to the fall of the old town of Ezes, the dwarves will always be attacked by monsters from the pit of the abyss, and the task of Xia Chiyu and others helped the dwarves consolidate the defense line, led a team of men and horses to fill the gap in the gate of the old city, and also led them to recover some fragments of the lava core from the old city, and restored part of the energy supply of Ezes, which also further relieved the pressure of the dwarves from the slums. The dwarves were noticeably much more enthusiastic about them.

Calls for a realignment with humanity grew louder, leading to the emergence of a fourth "Democratic candidate."

Xia Chiyu was too lazy to participate in the political entanglement within the dwarf clan, and just wanted to wait for his mission.

Thanks to these tasks, now Xia Chiyu and the others also have a lot of eyeliner among the dwarves to help them keep an eye on them. So they don't have to squat in person. It wasn't until the fourth day that Xia Chiyu, who was in the dwarf clan, finally waited for the plot to develop.

"Lord Xia Chiyu, when King Kagad III was patrolling the slums, he suddenly went crazy as if he had fallen into an evil spirit, and rushed from the slums into the old town of Ezes!" As soon as Xia Chiyu returned from the slum with the medicinal herbs he had found for a mother and son in the slum, the soldiers guarding the entrance of the slum reported to him in a panic.

"From which direction?" Xia Chiyu immediately asked, he remembered that Khadgar III was the current brother abroad, the oldest of several candidates, but also the one with the highest support rate.

Of course, in fact, he is also a typical politician who only promises one set behind his back.

The guard pointed in a direction to Xia Chiyu, and Xia Chiyu immediately turned around and chased after him, while instructing the guard: "Go and inform my companions, let them come with me, and I will go to your Khadgar III!" ”

The guard responded, and then Xia Chiyu raised his hand to summon the Gale Eagle and accelerated forward to chase after him.

If Kaga III had run away on his own, then his speed would not have been very fast, and I believe that he would soon be able to catch up.

Sure enough, Xia Chiyu hadn't been chasing for a few minutes before he saw the rickety shadow in front of him, but before he could get closer, another huge figure appeared in front of Kagard III, it was actually the goalkeeper syndicate who had been killed by them before! The syndicate reached out and grabbed Kagard, then stepped forward and rushed into the pit of the abyss. (To be continued.) )