148: Rare Species
The overhead was getting brighter and brighter, but the light was too faint, much better than just now, and the light was already as late as night.
Looking overhead, the starry sky is dotted with stars.
But Aslan knew very well that they should be in the underworld, and there was no sky underground, which should be the light moss mentioned in the book, a bryophyte that grows on the top of the underworld.
Twelve hours a day to glow and twelve hours to sleep.
In the faint light, Aslan estimated that they should be in a canyon.
As for escaping, Aslan has no plans at all, in a strange and unknown environment, without sufficient food and water, they can't escape from the underworld at all, it is better to contact the natives of the underworld as soon as possible, or have a chance to return to the surface.
How big this canyon is, Aslan and the others don't know, so they can only slowly touch it.
After entering through the entrance of the canyon, there was a bend about ten meters away, and what made the three of them frown was that they were greeted by a thick fog.
This is a real "thick" fog, and Aslan can clearly feel the damp feeling in the air, which is very strong, and even seems to be a lot of water vapor on his body when he walks in the fog for a while.
Visibility here was pretty bad, and to the eye it looked like no more than five paces were effective, and Aslan had never seen such a dense fog.
Walking in such a place of poor visibility, there must be a powerful guy living in this canyon, or he would not have captured his men.
As we walked a little further, the glow in the canyon became more and more abundant, and the glowing moss was not only planted on the top of the cave, but also on both sides of the canyon, making the whole canyon as bright as the early morning.
It's just that the environment in the canyon is very bad, the ground is very muddy, and the three of them walked all the way, their boots and pants were covered with mud, and the leather boots were in the slippery mud, which made people's feet extremely uncomfortable. Fortunately, the further you go inside, the higher the terrain becomes, and the drier ground beneath your feet beneath.
Aslan stood up again, his eyes flashing, "Did you find it?"
Leon and Handini also stopped and nodded at the same time.
Aslan touched the ground with his hands, and then smiled: "The ground is hot, hell, is there a precious geothermal area in this canyon?"
"That's why it's getting hotter and hotter in here?" said Handini with a laugh.
Aslan thought about it carefully for a while, and suddenly figured out one thing, this dense fog after the mouth of the canyon came in!
It seems that someone with ulterior motives has used some kind of magic to freeze this mist, turning it into a zone where the wind cannot be dispersed and the water vapor cannot evaporate.
The further you go into the canyon, the drier the ground becomes, and the air gets warmer.
What made Aslan and the others helpless was that from the beginning of this canyon to the present, the three of them had walked in a valley that was not too wide. This valley was like having nine turns and eighteen turns, and the three of them turned a few times, turning left and right, and finally waited until the dense fog in front of them gradually thinned out, and the ground was already dry under their feet, and even under the rocks on the mountain walls on both sides, they could even see a few green weeds and moss!
Compared to the dark black outside, the light in this canyon is much more comfortable, at least the surrounding vision is clearly visible, maybe because of the light, the surrounding grass and trees have a hint of green, unlike the trees outside the canyon, even the leaves are black.
"It seems that the Moon Heavenly Monarch has robbed a good place. Handini couldn't help but laugh and said: "In this hellish place, there is such a good place, if it were me, I would definitely be reluctant to give it to others after grabbing it, it's so dark outside, I don't know how to live!"
The fog here is so thin that it can be ignored. Aslan felt a little more comfortable: the dense fog just now not only affected his vision, but at the same time, the heavy moisture made Aslan cough. Aslan had no doubt that if he stayed in that fog with too much terrifying moisture in that fog for a long time, he was afraid that he would suffer from pulmonary edema.
Now that the fog was gone, the three of them could finally get a good look at the place.
The deeper the canyon became, the road widened, the mountain walls on both sides were still rocky, the exposed rock faults showed a blue-gray color, and in the cracks of the rocks, occasionally a few clusters of unknown plants persistedly poked out, and even Aslan saw a lot of rotten and rotten wood on both sides of the canyon. Those roots that have been corrupted are unknown how many years old.
"Look, there's something interesting here. Leon, who was walking in front, suddenly let out a strange shout.
Aslan and Handini immediately followed, and saw Leon standing in front of a "stone tablet".
It is said that it is a "stone stele", which is somewhat reluctant, this is clearly a big rock on the side of the road, as if a piece has been cut off, and a few lines of words are densely engraved on the neat cut surface that is exposed... It's the universal language of the surface world!
"Moonsky Kingdom Announcement: Please note that you have set foot in the territory of the Moonsky Kingdom. This is a land under the rule of the great Moon Heavenly King. According to the decree issued by the Great Moon King himself, any creature that crosses the territory of this kingdom, whether it is a monster, an elf, a human, or any other race, must pay an offering tax to His Majesty the Great Moon King: Every creature that crosses the border must dedicate your precious seeds! This announcement is the supreme decree of this kingdom, and any outsider who does not obey the decree of this kingdom will be killed!"
There is also a row of underworld text underneath, which is exactly the same as the one above.
"Rare species!" Leon said with a strange expression.
Aslan and Handini looked puzzled, they had never heard of the term "rare species".
"What is the Rare Seed?" Aslan asked subconsciously.
Handini also looked at Leon with curiosity.
Leon was a little embarrassed, the master was from a noble background, or he didn't know much about these vulgar words, but this Handini, as an army officer, didn't know this kind of thing, I really didn't know whether to say ignorance or noble character.
"Lord Castle, the so-called rare species is the man's one?" Leon pointed to his lower body after speaking.
Handini immediately clamped his legs: "Do they want that guy from me!"
"This is absolutely not okay, even if I die, I will allow the loss of my brother. Handini jumped up and said, turning to run.
He had long known that there was an extremely powerful existence in the canyon, and he was not terrible about death, but after dying, he lost his brother, which was something he could not introduce.
Compared to Handini, who had already jumped up, Aslan asked a little embarrassedly, "The rare species should be the kind of thing that appeared, right?"
Leon nodded, looking at Handini with disdain.
Handini also heard the meaning of Aslan's words, and stood aside with a flushed face.
"This kingdom is weird, fortunately we're men, what if it's a woman?" Aslan couldn't help but laugh.
Leon shook his head and didn't speak, while Handini was too ashamed to speak by what he had just done, and was honestly on guard.