Chapter 47: The Net
The group of elves who were teleported over with Xu Mo had a total of more than thirty people, and they did not stay in place, and quickly advanced towards the darkness.
Xu Mo's eyes flashed, and he quietly followed the group of elves. The place where they are currently located resembles a kind of mine tunnel, but looking at the surrounding situation, it is clear that the tunnel has been dug by hand.
The tunnel was almost dark, and the members of the elven team did not carry magic lanterns, and they were moving fast. Drow, who has night vision, is at home in the dark, and seems to be very familiar with the terrain, so this is probably not the first time he has marched here.
In this way, it was just Xu Mo who suffered. Although he was able to conceal his form, he could barely see his fingers in the dark, and could only barely keep up with the elves' team with his hearing, and several times he crashed into the stone wall of the tunnel, almost revealing his own hiding.
After groping his way forward, a hazy light finally appeared in front of the tunnel, which made Xu Mo overjoyed. As the elf team came to the light, Xu Mo was surprised to find that this place was actually a large hole in the belly of the mountain, surrounded by bright magic crystals.
With the light of the magic crystal, Xu Mo finally saw the specific situation in the pit. The potholes are connected to several large tunnels. The tunnel is flanked by wooden and stone supports, which appear to be a permanent reinforcement.
The tunnel floor is paved with steel guide rails, and several large iron rail cars are parked in the tracks. After the elf team entered the pit, they did not stop long, divided into groups of ten, got on three large rail cars, and drove into another dark pit like a guide rail.
Xu Mo secretly complained in his heart, these elves were all carrying two-headed hounds by their side. The situation is different now than it was at the beginning, and if he had also gotten on the railcar, he would definitely not have been able to hide the nose of the two-headed hound.
In desperation, Xu Mo could only spread his body and try his best to keep up with the forward speed of the rail car. Fortunately, these railcars have magic stone lanterns on them, which can illuminate the surrounding terrain and prevent him from hitting the stone wall of the tunnel like just now.
Time passed slowly, and just as Xu Mo's patience was exhausted, he saw the magic crystal lamp on the rail car in front of him suddenly disappear, and the entire tunnel fell into darkness again.
That's impossible! Xu Mo stopped, listened attentively, and found that he had indeed lost his target, and he was immediately shocked in his heart. In desperation, Xu Mo had no choice but to light the torch of the storage space reserve. In the dim light of the fire, a solid rock wall appeared at the end of the tunnel, and the three railcars he had been tracking had disappeared without a trace.
The direction in which they disappeared just now was indeed here, could it be that the rock wall in front of them was an illusion? Xu Mo's eyes lit up, and he reached out and touched the stone wall. There were slight ripples on the stone wall, and Xu Mo's palm pressed into the air, just as he thought, the stone wall here was indeed an illusion.
Xu Mo groaned slightly, and immediately passed through the wall. After passing through the stone wall, the young man felt a light in his eyes, and a vast canyon clearing appeared in front of him. The canyon was connected to many forks, and the elven team finally stopped here and began to place fortifications and simple traps at these forks.
Turning his head to take a look, Xu Mo found that behind him was a continuous underground mountain range, and the mouth of the pit where he had entered and exited was still covered with the illusion of a rock wall.
Xu Mo frowned and thought for a while, then slightly reopened the world map in the information screen. This time he finally knew where he was, and before he knew it, this elf team had taken him to a place very close to the crack in the ground.
On this tidal map of the world, it is clear that the canyon is almost a few kilometers away from the cracks in the ground, and it only takes half an hour to hike to get back to the ground.
I see, a flash of surprise flashed in Xu Mo's heart! The passage that Panassine guides to the surface forces is just a "wild road", and the real "official road" of the underground world is the orbital network established by the dark elves in the underground mountains and rock formations for thousands of years.
Through the hexagram teleportation array in the city of Parnascens, as well as the tracks in the rock tunnels, the dark elves were able to quickly mobilize their armies and radiate the dominance of the dungeon to the entire region. It is no wonder that in history, several underground raids launched by surface forces have ended in failure.
With these networks of tunnels covered by enchantments, the drowning armies of the drows can appear anywhere in the underworld. Even if the surface forces are cautious and cautious, they will not be able to completely cover their retreats and supply lines, and once they go too deep into the ground, they will inevitably suffer the fate of total annihilation.
Thinking about this, Xu Mo suddenly remembered the top team that was arranged into the dungeon by the five major spaces. If the Minong group did not implement the mutiny in the dungeon, but followed the guidance of the main quest, I am afraid that they would definitely be able to get the secrets of these tunnel networks from the Saldardo family.
If the Mino Regiment used these to intercept and attack the surface forces, they could indeed fight in a one-on-three manner. Even if it is impossible to completely annihilate the three surface forces due to the loss of time and personnel, you should be sure to complete the main quest.
It is estimated that it is precisely because the advantages of the Mino group are too huge that the five major spaces will deliberately arrange the Green group to Vionor, which is thousands of miles away, so that the surface elves will become the enemies of the Mino group, and balance the huge advantages of the Mino group.
As soon as he thought of this, Xu Mo suddenly sighed. Now that Parnasins' reinforcements suddenly appeared near the crack in the ground, I am afraid that the bends in this will soon be figured out by the wise men of the other teams. I don't know if the decision-makers of the two top teams will regret it after figuring it out. A straight flush was simply broken down into a miscellaneous card by themselves.
"Old K, why have you already reached the vicinity of the underground rift, there shouldn't be a teleportation array there!" In the team channel, Xue Pis's somewhat stunned voice sounded.
The joint team is very cautious when entering the underworld, and some of the Skeleton's magic perceivers have used props to detect magic fluctuations in the circle. It's just that everyone didn't expect that Drow would build such a huge network of tunnels in the underground mountains and rock formations, and also used enchantments to hide the entrances and exits of the teleportation circle and tunnels.
"Drow has built a vast network of tunnels in the underground rock formations and mountains, and I just came out of the barrier! Judging by the map, I'm still ahead of you. Panasimus' reinforcements have begun to block the main passage of the underground rift, and now it's up to those top teams to speed. Xu Mo said with a sneer.
"In a little while, Parnassings' Drow army is estimated to be completed, and if they haven't left the underworld yet, I'm afraid they can only use the war contribution to return!"
"Close the door and hit the dog! Haha, I love it! Shepis had been tense and his nerves were finally relaxed.
"Well, if you come across a dark elf force, talk to them directly. The Dungeon's Council has passed our contract of cooperation in the form of an oath, and there should be no more backtracking! Xu Mo cautiously reminded.
"Ahh Just as Xu Mo was in contact with Xue Pis, the screams of the dark elves came from the canyon ahead.
Xu Mo was startled, and when he looked back, he saw that on the high slopes on both sides of the canyon, there was another group of about fifty dark elves, attacking the fortifications blocking the passage of the canyon.
Xu Mo only observed for a while, and he was already sure that the team of elves that launched the attack should belong to the Saldardo family, and the five or six dark elves who led the way should belong to the top team of the Drow force, the reincarnation.
The dark elves at the bottom of the canyon who were in charge of intercepting them were obviously mentally prepared for this sudden attack, and an elven priestess standing at the back quickly sent out a magical warning signal and relied on the fortifications to launch a continuous resistance.
Originally, this group of about thirty dark elves, plus the seven or eight two-headed hounds they brought, was enough to intercept these remnants of the Saldardo family and wait for reinforcements to arrive. But the five or six reincarnators in the attacker's array were not something they could stop, especially the male elf in the enemy array who was the arrow of attack.
The male elf was slender and handsome, with silver hair flowing behind him, a golden moon scimitar in his right hand and a one-handed shield with a peculiar shape on his left arm.
The shield resembles a phoenix with its wings flapping high, with its wings raised high and the tips of its wings closing from its back to form a small, strangely shaped shield. The phoenix mouth in the center of the shield can spray a needle-shaped crossbow arrow, which is very sharp in attack and defense.
The other five reincarnators in the enemy formation tightly guarded the sides of the male elves, and the six formed a cone-shaped formation, and everywhere they went, they were almost invincible. Soon broke through the front lines of defense and broke through to the center of the defensive formation.
"Interesting!" Xu Mo touched the stubble on his chin, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and his figure disappeared in place.
The reincarnation of the first batch of Saldardo family members is none other than Jill of the Mino group. After the accident in the Longjing vein, Jill had a premonition of the next danger, so he took the initiative to ask Yan Ji to go to the underground crack to block the escape of the other teams.
Neither Yan Ji nor Lei Tao objected to Jill's request. In their opinion, the blockade mission is thankless, and it is not as easy as besieging the mushroom territory with the Corona Regiment, or even using the terrain to hunt down the Axe Tooth Regiment. They also wish that there was one less person to share the battle achievements, after all, this is directly linked to the final gains.
It wasn't until Xu Mo accepted the side plot of "Putting Chaos Straight" and the five major spaces greatly revised the main quest that they woke up from a dream and remembered Jill's initial reminder. By this time, however, the initiative in the war had changed hands. At least in the main quest, they have no room to save, and the rest can only fight for the survival of the team.
As for why Jill didn't leave the underworld in the first place, but appeared here, it's another reason!