Chapter 38: The Lake of Styx
Fang Yan and Alice stared blankly at the scene in front of them, and were a little speechless in shock for a moment. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
This is an extremely large lake. The lake was surrounded on three sides by mountains, and in all three directions, except for the direction in which the dialect had just come, was surrounded by high peaks and steep walls.
Unlike the tributaries that split outward, the water in the Styx Lake clearly reveals something extraordinary, because it is black! Yes, the entire vast area of the Stygian Lake is like a huge black crystal embedded in the earth!
"No wonder it's called Styx!" Fang Yan sighed.
The black surface of the lake, combined with the bare red mountains of the surrounding mountains, is like coming to the netherworld described in myths and legends, and what may be missing is some ghostly zombies and white bone skeletons.
"This place is too weird, let's hurry up and find the target!" Alice was quite uncomfortable with the environment here, and kept urging Fang Yan to complete the task and leave.
"Okay." Fang Yan was a little helpless, to be honest, he really wanted to explore the hidden mysteries here, but after all, time was limited, and he couldn't delay any longer.
As they spoke, the two began to act, preparing to find Alice's mission target, Qingluoyu.
Although the water of the lake is extremely dark, the visibility is not low, and the entire surface of the lake takes on a crystalline hue. Dialect: They stand by the lake, but they have an unobstructed view of the creatures moving beneath the surface.
Not to mention, there are a lot of creatures living in this strange Styx. At this moment, Dialect and Alice discovered no less than twenty different aquatic creatures by the lake. Although the water of the Styx Lake is black, the creatures in the water are colorful, and the two of them have seen a lot of fish with a cyan appearance, but none of them match the characteristics of the blue fish described by Ralfil.
"How do I find this?" Alice was also a little dumbfounded, such a large area of lake ghosts only knew where the Qingluo fish were, this is not much worse than looking for a needle in a haystack.
Fang Yan muttered for a while, and he also had a headache. "If you want to find Qingluo fish, you must find Qingluo grass. According to the book, Qingluo grass is a plant that grows in shallow water, so it must be by the lake, let's continue to look for it by the lake. ”
There was only one way to do it, and Dialect and Alice continued their search along the lake.
The shallow waters of the Styx Lake are home to a number of aquatic plants, including common vegetation such as reeds and water ferns, as well as some rare special vegetation that can be used to make potions. In the highly transparent lake, these plants are clearly visible, and the dialect of the two has saved a lot of effort.
Styx may look very strange from the outside, but it is really a treasure trove of biological species. After walking along the lake for more than two hours, the two saw a variety of exotic plants and animals. Many creatures that have only been described in books and have long been invisible to the outside world have survived in this strange Styx, which really opened the eyes of the two. It's a pity that their target Qingluo fish still doesn't have a clue.
Before they knew it, the two of them had walked to the place where the side of the Stygian Lake met the steep cliff face. Here, the two had an unexpected gain.
"Sean, look!" Alice suddenly screamed excitedly.
Fang Yan was intently observing some strange plant in the water by the lake, and was startled by Alice's sudden scream.
"What's wrong?" He looked up at Alice quizzically.
"Look!" Alice, however, pointed to a spot in the water below the cliff not far away, and motioned for Fang Yan to hurry up.
Hearing this, Fang Yan couldn't help but look away, and he was also stunned at a glance, "That's-Qingluocao?" ”
Not far from the cliff face, near the edge of the lake, a clump of lush grass took root on the rock wall, peeking its head out of the water, and it was fluttering in the wind.
The dialect looked closely. The emerald green leaf buds, about twenty centimeters tall, are covered with silver spots that shine in the sun. At first glance, it looks like countless stars falling on the verdant foliage, which is very wonderful. That's right, this is Qingluo grass!
It was determined that it was Qingluocao, and Fang Yan was as overjoyed as Alice. However, the task of the two is not Qingluo grass, but the Qingluo fish that is associated with Qingluo grass. Now, it's time to see if there are any Qingluo fish near this clump of Qingluo grass.
Locked the location of Qingluocao, Qingluoyu naturally couldn't escape the search of the two. It didn't take much time for Alice and Fang Yan to see a school of about twenty Qingluo fish in a cave on the rock wall below the Qingluo grass, and sure enough, the characteristics described by Ralfil were the same.
The process of catching the herring is not difficult, and the difficulty of this task is that it is located too close to the Intermediate Trial Zone. In fact, by climbing over the cliff on the other side of the Styx, you can officially enter the Intermediate Trial Zone, which is completely incomparable to the level of danger in the Primary Trial Zone.
On the edge of the cliff lake, the dialect used a few spells at will, and this nest of Qingluo fish was successfully caught in one net. After thinking about it, the dialect put a few more back. Qingluo fish is extremely rare, he can't let Qingluo fish go out here, it's better to leave two fish species.
It's just that how to bring these Qingluo fish back is a difficult problem.
Now, the two of them used the Transfiguration Technique to conjure up a fish tank and place the group of Qingluo fish in it. Fortunately, the size of the herring fish is very small, even the size of an adult herring fish will not exceed the size of half a palm of an adult, and the fish tank used for the installation of more than 20 herring fish is not too large.
On the way back, they will inevitably encounter various battles, and although Fang Yan and Alice can now ensure that they are not damaged in the battle, they cannot guarantee that the fish tank containing the blue Luo fish will also be safe and sound. The dialect is that there is a space bag, but the space bag cannot hold a living thing, and it is estimated that the Qingluo fish will suffocate to death after a while if you put it in.
In the end, Fang Yan came up with a solution, and he used the transformation technique to conjure a fish tank again, but this time the material of the fish tank was replaced by ordinary glass to special tempered glass, that is, bulletproof glass.
In addition, the dialect also made a lid for the fish tank, which is completely integrated with the tank body, which is to prevent the herring fish from spilling out of it. Of course, in order to prevent the herring fish from dying of lack of oxygen, Fang Yan deliberately left dense miniature holes in the lid, which were enough to provide oxygen to the herring fish in the tank.
The task requirement is to bring back the live Qingluo fish, and Fang Yan and Alice naturally will not forget the Qingluo grass, after all, the Qingluo fish must eat the Qingluo grass every day to survive.
Picking herbs is still Alice's specialty in Hufflepuff. Ten minutes later, a small clump of Qingluo grass with intact roots and leaves was also placed in the fish tank, and the Qingluo fish, which was still a little uncomfortable, suddenly became active, shuttling back and forth in the grass. In the same way, Alice also left a part of Qingluo grass, and this precious plant of the province became extinct.
Once ready, the two decided to get out of here quickly. For more than two hours by the lake, the two of them have been subjected to the erosion of the inexplicable chill.
The dialect was a little better, but Alice couldn't bear it anymore. In fact, if they couldn't find the Qingluo fish just now, the two of them were already ready to leave the Styx area first, but fortunately, they finally completed the task.
The next stop is the Forgotten Mountains, the site of the dialect mission.