Chapter 2 Underground Estuary

World Scene: The world of Torrell

Time: Autumn 1355 A.D

Location: Baldur's Gate

Main Quest: None yet

Scenario description: The mission plot is a team competition mode, and there may be other apostle teams in the same scene. Different apostle teams can share the mission story, distribute the final reward according to the mission contribution, or actively distribute it through the guò soul contract. Kill another team's Apostle and have a chance to drop the Bloody Rubik's Cube.

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After ending the communication with Hill, Qin Lun thought about it, then covered his right eye with his palm, and the exposed left eye lit up slightly, revealing a yin and yang fish pattern intertwined with blue ice flames and dark green ancient vines.

This eye is a fusion of the creature equipment "Ganites Left Eye" and the hunter's specialty skill "Detection Aura" to form a pupil skill called "Gaze Aura".

After opening the gaze aura, the vision of Qin Lun's left eye completely turned into a three-dimensional projection composed of black and white lines, and the perception beam surged in all directions like waves. The thick stone walls of the sewer seemed to him nothing, and only a few sketch lines remained.

The snakes, insects, rats, and ants in the depths of the sewer stopped their movements vigilantly, as if listening for something. The next moment, the little creatures fled frantically into the distance as if they had been whipped by a whip.

Qin Lun smiled slightly, when he entered the world, he didn't choose to hide the divine realm on his body, plus he had just released a little demonic aura, it was strange that these little creatures with sensitive senses didn't run away.

"It's so big down here, and there are so many forks in the road!" After observing the escape direction of those snakes, insects, rats and ants for a while, Qin Lun finally frowned again.

He drove these small animals away just now, of course, not to be full. These critters are permanent residents of the area, and when they encounter danger, they will instinctively flee to their nests or to survive, so as to avoid blind groping.

It's just that these little creatures didn't give a specific direction until they escaped from Qin Lun's perception range. The exploration range of the gaze aura can reach hundreds of meters if the perceived concentration is thinned. These small creatures are scurrying around, indicating that the network of tunnels here is extremely large, and it is indeed possible that it is the entire Sewer System of Baldur's Gate.

"This is really troublesome!" Qin Lun rubbed his temples helplessly, the sewer system generally has a well connected to the ground, but he doesn't know the direction, if he is unlucky, it is possible to find it for a few days, and the stay time of the three of them in the Torel world is very precious.

"Forget it, let's use that thing to explore the way, what a waste!" Qin Lun sighed, raised his hand slightly, and a black light flashed in front of him. A hideous stone statue more than a meter tall with bat wings on its back appeared out of thin air and smashed heavily into the walkway on the right side of the sewer.

"Wake up!" As soon as Qin Lun's mind moved, two purple rays lit up in the gargoyle's eyes made of obsidian, and he quietly raised his head and looked at the young man in front of him.

This gargoyle is not from the mission world, but the work of an apostle who also practiced alchemy. This item is not a one-time consumable, but it consumes magic crystals every time it is used, and the crafting parts need to be replaced frequently, making it more easily damaged than the original product in the quest world.

However, compared to the gargoyles obtained from the quest world, this apostolic replica of zuò has its own benefits. The Gargoyle of the quest world is pure alchemy, and it requires a control center for spell activation. The apostle item is not so troublesome, it is connected to the apostle with the mind, and it is easier to operate.

The gargoyle received Qin Lun's consciousness, shook the bat's wings, and the two strong hind limbs kicked violently, jumped into the air and spread its wings, and glided towards the depths of the sewer.

Gargoyles belong to medium-sized statue alchemy, standing upright and only slightly shorter than Qin Lun, with wings spread about two meters or so. Luckily, the sewers at Baldur's Gate are very wide, and the gargoyles are agile, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to use them here.

"Wait for news from those two!" After Qin Lun released the gargoyle, he sat cross-legged on the walkway of the sewer, his consciousness connected to the gargoyle's field of vision, and explored the nearby fork.

There is another gargoyle in his storage space, just using his consciousness to connect the gargoyle, which also requires energy consumption, plus he doesn't know if there will be danger here, of course he can't let himself consume too much.

After a while, Qin Lun's patience gradually wore out. The underground is so big that the gargoyles have explored more than a dozen forks in the vicinity, but they have never been able to find a well that connects to the ground.

However, there is an additional hint in the Apostle's Soul Seal, indicating that he has obtained a map of the underground waterways of Baldur's Gate. Of course, the map was limited to the parts he had already explored, and it was dark in all other directions.

Looking at the part that had been proven in the middle of the map, compared to the undiscovered part, which was only the size of a fingernail, Qin Lun couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

"Qin Lun, we have heard some information about your environment!" Luckily, good news finally came from Hill's side.

It turned out that the place where he was indeed the sewer network of Baldur's Gate, and there was a reason why the sewers here were so wide.

Before the rise of Baldur's Gate, it belonged to the legendary pirate Bodan's home. At that time, the area was home to many pirates and bankrupt farmers, and because of the pirates' stolen goods and spending, it attracted a large number of merchants, resulting in a distorted prosperity, and finally became a port city led by the council.

However, due to the selfishness of the Merchant Council, the pirates did not include the dock area when building the façade, and thus suffered heavy losses in the orc attack. This qiē was changed after the return of Bodean, when the legendary pirates killed almost the entire city council and built a bridge gate in the docklands and the inner city, which is how Baldur's Gate originated.

With the exception of Baldur's Gate, the other pirates were unable to give them shelter all the time due to their frequent voyages, so the pirates jointly financed the construction of a massive sewer system beneath the city.

This sewer system is not only used for sewage discharge, but also in times of war, part of its network of tunnels in the dock area was also a hidden outlet to the sea. In the event of an invasion, the pirates would store the tunnels in the water, which could be used to temporarily hide the pirate ship.

The passage Qin Lun was in at this time was actually not the widest, and the sewer outlet where the pirate ship was hidden was almost several times larger than here.

"That's good news, but have you ever found out how? Don't let me swim into the sea along the estuary! Qin Lun faintly had a bad premonition.

"This ...... From what we've heard, Bodean's time is too far away. In the course of the development of Baldur's Gate, not only pirates, but also the three religions and nine streams in the city used the underground network as a shelter, and this sewer network was later expanded several times. ”

Hill said with a wry smile, "Rand has also heard that even slave traders and smuggling gangs sometimes use it as a lair, and that they have set up a lot of fake wells and secret doors in case of searches by the City Guard. Until now, no one has been able to understand the entire sewer network, and you have an underground world that is completely different from the surface of the city. ”

"Qin Lun, instead of finding a wellhead that connects to the ground, it is better to swim directly into the sea from the mouth of the sea, which seems to be more reliable!" Ciel added faintly in the team channel.

"Isn't it!" Qin Lun covered his face depressedly.

"Hehe, alright, Ciel, stop teasing him." Rand couldn't help but smile and said, "Qin Lun, we have just helped you think of a way to get out of there." ”

"What's the solution?" Qin Lun showed a hint of a smile, he couldn't tell the direction underground, however, the two people on the ground wouldn't be able to tell the direction, there should be a way to help him, otherwise he wasn't the only one wasting time.

"Coming into the world as a team, we shouldn't be too far apart from each other. However, I can't sense your presence just yet, and Rand and I will try in all directions until I telepathically contact you. Hill replied with a smile.

Ciel's Mind-Sucker had already been used before entering this world, and he had been promoted to a second-order Chaos Priest. Originally, Qin Lun planned to let you enter Torrell before being promoted, so that there would be a chance to reduce the difficulty of the task.

However, Hill said that since the mission world has been determined and they are going for the epic plot, it seems that there is no difference between being promoted earlier and one step later. What's more, anything can happen in the mission world, but it's not safer to be promoted directly in the starry sky.

After Ciel absorbed the Soul Sucking Monster's Brain, except for the Divine Realm with the lowest chance, he had all the other innate abilities, including the Psychic Shock Skill, which only had a 30% chance.

After obtaining the Psychic Blast, Ciel also got a piece of information that no one knew beforehand.

It turns out that the 30% chance of a psychic detonation is floating, but if the apostle's perception and mental attributes are high enough before absorbing the Psychic Brain, and at the same time he has some psychic skills and expertise, then the chance of obtaining a psychic detonation will be increased by 30%.

Since Hill himself changed to a priesthood profession, he has several psychic skills of his own, and he is very fortunate to obtain this skill with a 45% chance of obtaining a psychic blast.

The method that Hill came up with now was actually something that Qin Lun had also considered, but he planned to forcibly use the gaze aura to find the two people on the ground. Of course, compared to the telepathy of the passive skill, if he continues to use the gaze aura, the cost will not be ordinary.

"There's one last piece of the puzzle if you want to use this method." Qin Lun pondered and said, "Even if you use telepathy to find my location, then we are also an aboveground and an underground, and we will not be able to converge for the time being. ”

"Yes, so we need some people's help!" Hill gave a wry smile.