Negela and I descended deeper and deeper into the tunnel, and the temperature around us gradually increased, and the deep underground was no longer affected by solar radiation.

It's much warmer than the cold surface.

After a while, we broke through a barrier deep underground, and we landed in an open area underground, which was relatively dark as far as the eye could see, and it was also a tunnel, but it was relatively wide.

At this point, Negera's white squirrel's appearance gradually changed in the dim light, and in a moment it changed into a human form, a woman with long, blue-green wavy hair like vines, with a slender figure, and a demure blue-white dress.

"You're human again." I said

"Hehe, the appearance is not very important, but this appearance is rarely revealed, because it looks more like a god, isn't it?" Negera chuckled

"Sort of, it's more presentable than a squirrel." I said

Then we walked towards the front of the tunnel.

The change in appearance, that should be supernatural, probably authentic.

We walked some distance deeper into the tunnel, and there was a stone door in front of us, and we passed through the stone door in front of us, and opened it, and behind the stone door was a much wider underground space, which was very wide as in the hidden base of the Green Alliance where I was before.

And there's something even more amazing ahead of you.

In the distance, there are many gears in motion, large and small, of different shapes.

We then headed inside, and as we went, we could see rows of gears turning around us near the walls, and in some places the gears were not working very well, and there were a few gopher-like creatures that had adjusted in the past.

We went to the front, and we could all feel that in the far direction, in the depths there, there was an unusual feeling, where there was probably the God who was in charge of the land.

We continued to travel some distance to an underground factory near many gears, and we could see several gopher-like figures working on the work, some stepping on the foot pedals next to the gears, some repairing the gears.

At this moment, on the land on the side of it, there was a fierce wolf-like orc-like monster with black and red skin, tall, holding a trident, and it seemed to be the guy in charge of guarding.

At this time, Negera came to the wolf-shaped keeper and said, "The administrator of this underground should be here, we want to meet him, can we?" ”

Hearing this, the wolf-shaped caretaker with a slightly fierce face looked over there and said, "Neither of you are ordinary people, and you can come here with the permission of your master, go and see it, it's in the room over there." ”

"Thank you."

Negera said, and we headed to the other side not far away, where there was a small hut looming in the darkness.

We went there, and in a short time came to the front of the hut, which was still quite small, and the door was ajar, and we entered it.

Stepping into the house, there was a place with lights on, and we walked inside, and in front of us was a place where there were many bookshelves at both ends, and there were many books on the shelves.

We continued to walk to the depths, there was a small room in it, and there was a figure sitting in front of a set of tables and chairs inside, and when we arrived, he slowly turned around, and the other party had darker skin, and the light and shadow shone behind it, and you could see that although the person had the appearance of a human, his face was close to that of rats, and unlike the gophers who worked outside, he looked a little old.

"Is it the god of the forest?" The other party said in a deep voice

"Yes, god of the land, it's funny how you look now." Negera said

"Interesting? It's not because you're here to bother me that I'm showing up. Said the God of the land

"But it's a gopher."

"You don't often roam the forest as a rat, but you just change quite a bit according to your environment." Said the God of the land

Hearing this, Negera chuckled and remained silent.

At this point, I said, "We're here to learn more about the earth, are there any disasters that are going to happen recently?" ”

Hearing this, the god in charge of the land responded, "Did you just see the gears out there?" ”

"See, what's wrong with those gears?" I asked back

At this moment, the land lord stood up with his cane, tapped the ground with his cane, and many apparitions of large and small gears appeared in front of my eyes.

The gears were spinning one after another, and some of them were already stuck in a stalled state.

"You've come here to find out what's going on on the ground, and I'll tell you, it's bad, just like those gears, and the inoperable gears get worse and worse over time, and eventually crumble."

The phantom of the gear in front of him showed a picture of the collapse due to the jam.

"Because of the problem of one side, the other gears will also be affected to some extent, this is indeed because someone has been doing something out of the ordinary recently, and the forest has been greatly violated because of this, at this point, what has the god of the forest done, do you watch those people extract the energy of the forest?" Said the god of the land

Hearing this, Negela said: "That, I'm really sorry, the opponent doesn't look easy to mess with, I can't control it." ”

"Yes, you chose to retreat." I said

"Well, learn from the previous lesson, what humans or other races do, I can only manage appropriately. Recently, a lot of energy sources have appeared on the earth, and humans probably want to do something with that. Negera said as she clutched the back of her head slightly

"That comes down to the same thing, the problem is still humans, and their greed will only destroy this land faster." Said the God of the land

"And you, a human being, you are no longer an ordinary person, you have come here with something on your back, and now that you have reached a new realm through cultivation, I will tell you what will happen next." The God of the land said to me

Immediately under the ground with its cane, we saw a picture of the sky covered in thick black clouds and mist, the wind and rain were continuous, the lightning in the sky was thunderous from time to time, and it was probably a tall building somewhere in the capital of the new century that had fallen with the collapsed ground.

It is an image of a catastrophe.

"What the hell is this......" I wondered

"What will happen in the near future." Said the God of the land

"It's not good." Negera said

"Not only the mastermind, but also the result of humanity's reckless desires, the punishment that comes as a matter of course, and the retribution of self-righteousness, self-satisfaction, stupidity of humanity, regardless of their offspring." Said the God of the land

Hearing this, Negera saw that the god in charge of the land was a little angry, and comforted, "There is no need for this... Don't bother with the humans coming. ”

"The god of the forest, it's not that I have to land disasters on human cities, you see it's like a lot of gears, a little stuck, and the other gears will be in trouble because of this, so you can only let that gear be destroyed, the energy imbalance underground, that will cause a part of the area, the collapse of the earth, this is the law of nature, not what I can do." Said the God of the land

Hearing this, I said, "So, in that case, how can we stop the disaster from happening?" ”

"Stop, that's unlikely, but it's not impossible to change that future, human beings, the possibilities of the future you see, I show you that it makes sense, you understand?"

"To keep that from happening." I responded

"At this moment, the best way to do that is to ...... the mastermind That's like a fuse—" said the god in charge of the land, coughing a few times on the way

"That means... "You want me to go," I said, that is, to subdue the mastermind, and I do know about the mastermind by heart.

"As the god of the forest sees, you know, it is a tricky fellow, he is the ...... of water," said the god of the land, coughing twice, and then gasping for breath:

“… It seems that it is not good to meddle in your affairs casually, and you will be punished, I will not say anything more, remember, and go back. ”

So said the god of the land, and then struck the ground with his cane a few times to signal that it was time for us to go.

Hearing this, Negela and I couldn't help but look at each other, and both knew that it was time to leave.

"God of the land, thank you for your kind reminder, so that I and human Li Xingze are leaving." Negera said with gratitude

"Thanks, we'll figure it out later." I nodded in thanks

"Let's go, it's a hassle to take care of the younger generation, and I don't want to get involved in your karma." Said the God of the land

Immediately after I thanked Negera and we, we headed out of the room.

What the future will hold is still up to the choice of human beings, and this is something that the gods of the land do not need to say.

Then he watched the two of them leave from this underground way.

*

Negera and I then headed back towards the earthly world, and after passing through the two of us, the underground passage to the depths of the earth was closed.

Soon after, we passed through the black crater and came to the surface world, back to the polluted area of the forest where we were before, about an hour later.

At this moment, on the other side of the land, the three people led by Zhou Qing, including the brown-haired girl and Chen Xiangguang, found the two of us who had returned from the black pit.

"Captain Zhou Qing, look over there, Lord Xingze, they're back." Chen Xiangguang said

Hearing this, Zhou Qing also looked over there, confirmed our figure and said, "It's true, after waiting for a while, it's a little worrying, and there's no bottom down there." ”

After speaking, Zhou Qing came in our direction and said, "Are you two okay?" ”

"No problem." I responded

Negera also nodded slightly, it was in the form of a squirrel at the moment.

"So, the investigation of the forest has come to an end?" Zhou Qing asked

"That's right."

"Is there something going on beneath the land?" Xiangguang Road

"Well, I'll talk to you later." I said

"Li Xingze, if there is any situation in the future, please contact me, I will go back first." Negera said

Then he headed to the other side of the forest.

After saying goodbye to the Lord of the Forest, our next step is to make a trip back to the base.