Section 61: Volcanic Caves
The wind whistled and brought boiling heat.
There was a spectacle in front of me.
Yellow sand and crimson hard soil intersect in distinction, and the landscape is abruptly altered here. The traces of man-made are very obvious.
Needle Gold and the others were in the middle of the desert, but not far from them, there was a red land, and there was not a single grain of yellow sand.
"It's like what happens after a volcanic eruption. Abarsu exclaimed.
Zidiqiong's nose twitched: "The air is also filled with the smell of sulfur. ”
Poof......
Suddenly, gray-white smoke suddenly rose from the black ground not far away. Then a stream of crimson magma burst out like a fountain.
Like molten iron, magma sprayed around, and raised a large cloud of smoke.
Everyone frowned.
In the air, the smell of sulfur is even stronger, which brings great irritation to people's nasal passages.
"If this is sprayed by lava, won't it be dead?"
Including the needle gold, everyone's faces were awe-inspiring.
"I thought the desert was the most difficult place, but I didn't expect there to be such a Jedi on this island. Compared to it, the desert is more acceptable to me. ”
"What are we going to do next?"
The six gods of the people have no master, and the young knight has always been their backbone.
The original plan was to leave the desert.
Now the goal has been achieved, but the result seems to have gotten worse.
The direction is right, there should be no mistakes. Before, the exploration team was stuck in the desert, and it was in this direction that they insisted on and finally walked out.
"It seems that the starting point of our teleportation is too different from what we imagined. The desert landscape is surrounded by forest and volcanic landscapes. Cangsu analyzed.
Needle Gold nodded slightly, and his eyes flashed with light: "This is actually a good thing, everyone." ”
As soon as he spoke, he immediately drew all his attention.
"It's a volcanic landscape, and it's very dangerous, even more terrifying than the desert. ”
"But there are often opportunities in the risks. Think about it, guys. We're dangerous here, and so are the scorpions. Their bodies are adapted to the desert environment, but here, will they be able to burrow into the ground? ”
"Will there be granite here? I'm afraid not, and even if there were, it would be melted by the magma. Without food like gneiss, what do scorpions eat?"
The morale of the team was greatly boosted, and what Needle Gold said was indeed true.
"Let's go, let's go in. This is our chance to get rid of the scorpion swarm!" Needle Gold ordered, and the exploration team continued to move forward, officially entering this volcanic landscape.
Half a day later.
Boom!
The spider blade slammed into the head of the silver spear scorpion, and a loud metal thud erupted.
Needlegold retreated, dodging the pincers.
A white mark was engraved on the head of the silver spear scorpion, and the attack of the needle gold did not break through the golden armor of the spear scorpion.
The silver spear scorpion retreated, and did not fight again.
A large swarm of spear scorpions immediately swarmed around it, defending their leader.
His hands were numb, and his arms were trembling slightly. He froze in place, his body straight, and in fact his legs felt a constant feeling of weakness.
A fierce battle that allowed him to reach the limit of his physical fitness again.
Fortunately, the Scorpion retreated.
The scorpion swarm surrounded the silver spear scorpion, constantly retreating, reaching a certain distance, and then staying again.
It's the same in the desert.
The exploration team entered the volcanic landscape, and the scorpion swarm was not forced to retreat by the terrain, but still followed.
After making sure it was safe for the time being, Needle Gold turned around and returned to the team.
The faces of the players were ugly.
"Damn, these scorpions are going to eat us!"
"Their food is obviously granite, but it follows us all the time. That's too belligerent, isn't it?"
"Didn't Lord Cangsu have guessed before? This should have been specially arranged by the island owner. Belligerence is the greatest strength of biological weapons!"
Seeing the needle gold return, the discussion stopped.
Someone immediately greeted us: "My lord, the scorpion swarm is still behind us." What should we do?"
Needle Gold's face was grim, and he stretched out his hand and pointed to the dark giant shadow in the northwest direction: "Let's go up the mountain." ”
It was a low, dark mountain.
Quite possibly an active volcano!
No one is against the needle. At this moment, in this ranks, the young knight said nothing.
After all, everyone's lives are hanging on his shoulders.
The closer you get to Montenegro, the warmer the air gets.
The ground under your feet is soft, and even through your boots, it is very hot for your feet, as if you have put it in hot water of more than 50 degrees.
A lot of people have blisters on their feet.
The land here is black, with high rises in some places and a pit in others. According to Ayogi's guess, the magma flowed and spread after the eruption, and after it cooled, it formed such a ground.
The scorpion colony is significantly more heat-tolerant than humans, and they have followed the expedition up the mountain.
Halfway up the mountain, Needle Gold and the others found a cave.
Needle Gold sent a man into the cave to investigate.
Investigation is a very risky thing, and needles are not at risk.
If there are any monsters inhabiting the cave, it is undoubtedly more dangerous than a scorpion group to survive in such an environment.
The team member entered the cave, cautiously, and after walking more than ten meters, he saw the mountain wall.
"There is no life here, it is safe at the moment. ”
After receiving the debriefing, the whole team entered the cave.
It's hot inside the cave.
There are many air holes on the walls, floor, and roof of the cave, and some smoke is emitted from time to time.
These fumes contain a lot of water, as well as powdered sulphur.
Needlegold's vision was greatly disturbed by the smoke, and after only a short time entering the cave, he felt a slight stinging pain in his eyes.
As for the others, their eyes were already red.
Walking to the bottom of the cave, the extremely hot environment makes many people sweat.
The long journey drained the energy and physical strength of the expedition members, so much so that some of them felt dizzy. For a while, it was difficult for them to adapt to the environment.
"My lord, let's hurry up. ”
"I feel like I can't hold it anymore. ”
"You can't stay overnight here. ”
Needle Gold glanced around, with a resolute look on his face, but he vetoed loudly: "No, this place is ideal." We're not going to spend the night here, but we're going to fight those scorpions here!"
The scorpion swarm could not be shaken off, and the young knight had made up his mind to go to war. He came here to create a battlefield in his favor.
Everyone was stunned.
Needle Gold turned his head and smiled: "Didn't you notice it all the way here? Those spear scorpions seem to be afraid of the smoke here. ”
Everyone recalled, and their spirits were lifted.
Someone blurted out, "That's right, they avoided the smoke all the way." ”
"I'm afraid that these cigarettes will do them a lot of harm. So they never come close. ”
Cang Xu frowned: "According to common sense, scorpions and spiders have respiratory organs, and on both sides of the front of the abdomen, there are one or more pairs of sac-like structures, called air chambers, and there are 15 to 20 thin slices in the air chambers, which are formed by overlapping folds in the body wall, like the pages of a book, so they are also called 'book lungs'." When the blood flows through the lungs, it exchanges with the air inside, absorbs the new air, and at the same time expells the exhaust gases from the body to complete the breathing process. ”
"However, the fact that they are far away from smoke alone does not tell how harmful the smoke is to them. It's also possible that they just hate it, and the fumes aren't so lethal to them. ”
"It's a possibility. "But we've reached our limits. Who can continue the long journey?"
There was silence all around.
The needle gold speaks for itself.
The physical strength of the people had reached the limit of collapse, and five or six hours earlier, they had already died by the fear of death, the thirst for life.
If there were no scorpions behind them, the exploration team would have collapsed to the ground and remained motionless.
Needle Jin paused, and then continued: "We're running out of food. ”
The boy set his eyes on Zidi.
Zidi immediately understood and showed the package in public.
The food reserves in the package were even smaller than everyone expected.
"Can you corrode the walls of the cave with potions?" asked Needle Gold again.
"It should be okay, it's not a big problem. But you still have to experiment to be sure. Zidi replied very rigorously.
Under the gaze of everyone, the girl took out the potion and sprinkled it on the cave wall.
The walls of the cave immediately resembled a hot candle that melted quickly.
Needle Gold looked at this strange scene, it was this potion that allowed Zidi and the others to avoid the dust storm.
The air became more unpleasant, almost disgusting.
But after a dozen breaths, the original cave wall was gone, and the entire cave went a dozen steps deeper into it.
Needle Gold finally breathed a sigh of relief.
With such a potion, they can create a battle terrain in this cave that is beneficial to them.