Chapter Seventy-Two: The Crystal Cave

The sound of "Kara Kala" rang non-stop, under the joint control of the four ice crystals, the ice surface cracked out to the surroundings contrary to common sense, and a dark ice cave appeared, the ice cave extended to the depths in a layer of threads, leading to the deep and invisible underground, and bursts of cold wind came from the dark cave, making people's skin tremble uncontrollably.

"I have a question. Vivien asked a few ice crystals, "This cave is sloping downward, and it's all made of ice condensation, if you go up, you probably will slide all the way to the ground, is there any way to keep us from slipping?"

"There's a way, it's not slippery inside. "We've worked together before, and they know what to look out for in caves for humans, and they've already dealt with the ice in advance, so there's no need to worry about slipping down." ”

"Thank you so much. Vivien turned on the lantern and looked into the deep ice cave: "Let's go on like this, we won't encounter anything, I always feel that there will be a lot of strange creatures hidden in the dark." ”

"Theoretically, no. Pannis shook his head and said, "But it's better to be careful, stay vigilant enough, don't end up with any problems in front of the target, our size can't use the goblins' healing devices." ”

So, everyone's eyes tacitly focused on Freya's face, nodded meaningfully, and looked away without saying a word, Freya's eyebrows trembled, gritted her teeth and said hatefully: "A few of you wait for me, and then settle accounts with you when I lose weight, this time I'm really angry, you guys should be conscious." ”

"Here, rabbit ear fructose. Catherine suddenly held out her hand to Freya, and a gummy with the scent of fruit appeared in her hand. Freya didn't think about it, she reached out to pick it up, Catherine rolled her eyes, quickly withdrew her hand, and snorted coldly: "Weight loss?" I'm afraid you'll make us wait until the end of time, but I think it's you who really need to be enlightened. ”

"Wow, fooled. Freya let out a small animal-like whimper, covered her face and hypnotized herself, "No, no. I will definitely be able to reduce it, my perseverance can overcome all difficulties, nothing can stump me, absolutely nothing. ”

"Alright, no more kidding. Catherine clapped her hands to attract everyone's attention. Said loudly, "Ready to go." By the way, four ice crystal friends, are you going down together, or are you waiting for us here?"

"No, it's not fun down there, and it's not fun here. The small iceberg shook its body vigorously to express the firmness of his refusal: "Anyway, this ice cave can last for at least a month, which is enough for you to use." Since we have nothing to do, we are going to play somewhere else, and by the way, you promised me to bring me a lot of wine and food for three days. Don't lie to me again this time, and if you keep me waiting so long, I won't believe you. ”

"Don't worry, I promise I won't lie to you. Catherine covered her mouth and chuckled, nodding her head: "When we leave the ice field, we will go directly to the nearby big city to buy wine and rush back, this is a promise made as a knight." ”

"Alright, let's go. The blue hand made a sound like a string of ice cubes crashing again, and several ice crystals came together again, just like when they came. Roaring footsteps and rolling sounds continued to sound as they faded away on the ice sheet.

"I finally left, so nervous. It wasn't until the ice crystals were far away that Lina patted her chest. Finally had the courage to get out of Catherine's back, the frightened expression on his face faded instantly, and he ran to the outside of the deep ice cave, poked his head and looked inside: "It's a very deep space, how many meters did they say they would go down before?"

"Yes, almost. Catherine nodded, "Less than three hundred meters." It's not very deep, but they can actually create such a deep cave in twenty minutes with only four people, and it is so spacious, people have to admire their ability to control ice, worthy of the ice elemental formation of creatures. ”

Catherine was right, Blue Hand had been saying that they could make a small hole for everyone to enter and exit, so in the imagination of the girls, it would be a narrow and oppressive space. But the girls obviously forgot that what Blue Hand said was small was compared to the size he was used to, that is, for an iceberg more than ten meters high and nearly ten meters in diameter, it was a small hole, and for the size of a human being, it was a spacious tunnel. The cave in front of the girls was about three meters in diameter, not round, but more similar to the shape of the arches of the city wall, and the uneven ice made Pannis feel the urge to trim them. Standing outside the cave, you can hear the faint sound of the wind coming from the inside, like a cry from afar in the middle of the night, which makes people feel creepy unconsciously.

"Let's go, too. Catherine held a shield in her right hand and a lantern in her left hand, and took the lead in tentatively walking into the ice cave: "Keep up and don't fall behind, even if it's a safe place." ”

As is customary, Pannis was still at the back of the line, and Catherine held lanterns one after the other, and the six of them formed a vigilant formation and slowly walked into the ice cave. I have to admit that the ice cave is a wonderful place, and it is not as dark as everyone thinks, or rather, when you enter it with a lantern, it is not so dark inside. Walking in the ice cave, there is crystal ice all over the top, bottom, left and right, and the smooth ice surface constantly reflects the light of the lantern, and a lantern can illuminate a long distance. In everyone's eyes, the silver light on the surrounding ice surface circulates around, making the ice cave full of dreamlike beauty like a crystal palace.

Slowly moving through an ice cave is a very peculiar experience. Different from the imagination of the girls, the light blue ice around is actually translucent, not only can reflect the blurred shadows of the girls, but also through the ice, you can see all kinds of strange things inside. Walked more than 100 meters, in the ice on the right side of the team, there was a huge creature, the creature can only see part of the body, from its legs alone, the whole body is about 20 meters high, the body length reaches 30 meters, you can't see the mouth and teeth of the creature, but from the shape of the claws, this creature should be herbivorous, I don't know why it was frozen in the ice, I don't know how many thousands of years or hundreds of thousands of years, and now it coincidentally appeared in the eyes of the girls.

"What kind of creature is this?" The giant creature startled several people when it first appeared, after all, there was no warning when it appeared, and the creature's body was very well preserved, as if it was still alive but asleep. However, Catherine immediately saw the real situation, kept her guard and leaned over, reached out and touched the ice, and asked in surprise: "This creature seems to be somewhat similar to the ones we have seen in several traces of the land in the mountain country, is it the same type as them?"

"Probably. Vivien also squeezed over, and simply sketched the shape of the ice creature in the notebook with the help of the light: "Maybe a long, long time ago, there were still ordinary creatures living on the ice field? Looking at its size, I'm afraid it wouldn't be able to survive by eating moss and lichen, that is, there were still plants growing on the ice field at that time? Unlikely, the surging ice element here is enough to freeze most plants to death, how can it still support such a large creature?"

"No, your previous assumption was correct. Eva stretched out her finger and poked the ice on the creature's appearance, and said blankly: "According to the qualifications of the goblins, according to the story of the Three-Eyed Clan, in the first era, which was even more ancient than the mythological era, the Three-Eyed Clan was just born from the earth because of the will of Lord Yara, and there were already many magical beasts on the ground at that time. They say that there was no permafrost ice sheet at that time, only a whole piece of the Bute Plateau, which was formed at the beginning of the First Epoch as a result of a massive elemental explosion. It only took a few days for that elemental explosion to completely freeze the northern part of the Bute Plateau, and it is estimated that at that time, many creatures that had not had time to escape were frozen to death on the ice field, and then their bodies were preserved at low temperatures, and then wrapped in slowly thickening ice, and finally formed the current appearance. ”

"In the novel, the people who freeze to death have very peaceful expressions, as if they are just asleep. Lina said curiously: "It doesn't seem to be nonsense, you see this creature, if it is other causes of death, the body will inevitably leave traces of struggle, but it doesn't, sure enough, many things in the novel are right." ”

"I don't think it's safe to freeze to death. Freya subconsciously tightened her clothes, the previous experience of distress made her particularly sensitive to the word cold, as soon as she heard this word, she seemed to feel the cold air like a knife cutting her flesh and blood from the cracks in her clothes, so that she couldn't help but want to add a few more clothes: "I think freezing to death must be the most painful way to die in the world, well, no, the second pain, second only to starvation." ”

"Didn't you all think of an important point?" Pennis, who was at the end of the team, couldn't help but sigh, feeling helpless at the divergent nature of the girls' thinking, and sighed, "Didn't anyone think about what the appearance of this creature meant?"

"Of course that means we're almost in permafrost. Catherine rolled her eyes and said dissatisfiedly: "We are not stupid, since this creature may have been frozen at the beginning of the formation of the ice sheet, it means that the land is below, there is nothing to say, we were just curious about it just now, by the way, can you recognize this creature similar to the current creature?

"Give. Pannis glanced at one of the hind legs and most of the tails that could only be seen in the ice, plucked a hair and handed it to Catherine: "You can judge the gender, age, and appearance characteristics of the hair owner according to this hair." Really, just such a leg, how can I see it. (To be continued.) )