Pannis picked up the list of supplies for the adventure group, and read them one by one with an attitude ten times more rigorous than reading the temporary team agreement, and the seriousness and concentration in his demeanor made the three girls extremely satisfied with this strange explorer.

"You guys. Pannis looked up from the list: "It's rare to venture into a cave, right?"

"Yes, almost never entered. Catherine admitted, "The cave is new to us, so your location is very important. If you find any problems, I hope you can ask them directly and clearly, and don't shy away from them because we are an employer. It is also a basic responsibility for a teammate in charge to correct the employer's mistakes and avoid the employer from encountering danger or causing losses as a result, and only by being responsible can we ......"

"Big sister!" Lina stopped Catherine's momentum in time to continue.

"Oh, okay. Catherine smiled embarrassedly, "Mr. Pennis, is there anything wrong with the items we have prepared?"

"It's a big problem. Pannis also did not save face for the girls, and pointed out directly: "You just said that you were deceived, and this list was prepared at the suggestion of that liar." ”

"Yes. Lina quickly understood what Pannis meant: "You mean these are only suitable for the first layer?"

"Yes. Pannis nodded: "The first layer is a developed area, and the terrain is very simple, there are man-made buildings in many areas, but the second layer is an undeveloped area, and there are few traces of human activity, so these are not suitable for going to the second layer at all." Although several young ladies seem to have gold-level hidden strength, if that cheater really succeeds in bringing you into the second layer, I'm afraid that even if you don't die inside, you will escape back in embarrassment. ”

Catherine and Lina's eyes widened in surprise, not because their hidden strength was easily discovered, after all, the explorers had some mysterious exploration skills, but because they did underestimate the danger in the cave: "Mr. Pennis, please confirm, is it really that dangerous in the Crying Cave? ”

"It's a pity. Pannis's words completely destroyed a little illusion in Catherine's heart: "It's so dangerous inside. I'm guessing your quest is at least B-level. ”

“B+。 ”

"That's right. Pannis knocked on the table: "That's proof of the danger." ”

"I'm sorry, Mr. Pannis. Catherine hesitated and said, "I can't put the team in danger because of the high reward, for this mission, I think I need to renegotiate with my teammates, can you please wait a while? ”

Seeing Pannis's gesture of please, Catherine pulled Lina and Vivien, and the three of them went to the corner and whispered something. It was said that the three of them discussed, but in fact Vivien was only in a daze, and only Catherine and Lina were arguing in a low voice. I couldn't hear the specifics of their argument, but I could see that Catherine was constantly shaking her head, and Lina was dancing and persuading, occasionally pulling a book out of her backpack and opening it in front of Catherine to prove something. After a full fifteen minutes, Catherine finally nodded, and the three of them walked back to Pannis: "Mr. Pannis, we have decided to continue the mission, please elaborate, what else do we need to add?"

"How big are your packages?" asked Pannis before elaborating.

"Mine is triple backpack and Lina is five times backpack. Catherine replied for Lina.

"Hey, what are you staring at me?" Vivien asked strangely, seeing that Pennis had been staring at the huge backpack behind her.

"How big is your backpack?"

"You want to put something in it?" Vivien finally reacted, but shook her hand vigorously: "No, no, no, you can't put it, it's all full." ”

"Such a big backpack, all full?" Pannis finally showed surprise: "Isn't this a space backpack?

"It's a space backpack, eight times as much, I made it myself. Vivien explained with a little smugness: "There are a lot of things in it, various types of crystal bottles, various alchemy drugs, heaters, liquid stratifiers, filters, water purifiers, drug analyzers, portable mineral grinders, automatic magic array carvers, self-propelled bombs, tracking bombs, and tracking ......."

"Stop, stop, stop. Pannis interrupted Vivien's rambling list: "I see, no need to continue, it's already stuffed in it anyway, right, you're amazing." ”

"Yes!" Vivien nodded happily, looking very deliberate.

"Stupid, no one is complimenting you. Lina couldn't help but pat Vivien on the head again.

"Oh. Vivien hung her head in regret and fell into a state of distraction again.

"We have a lot to prepare. Pannis took the pen and wrote the drawing plan on the original list as he said: "200 fire attribute spars with a capacity of 100 tels, 200 ice attribute spars with 150 tels, 500 light attribute spars with 50 tels, one crystal source furnace, five 2,000 tel fire attribute crystals for the replacement of furnaces, and one head protector for each person." One pair of waterproof lizard leather boots per person, Miss Catherine had to choose the type for knights, one set of close-fitting waterproof clothing per person, one waterproof bag that could fit her own backpack, twenty bottles of underwater breathing elixir, and eight bottles of breath-holding potion. Four hundred-meter-long sturdy ropes, eight iron chisels, four Katak skin sleeping bags, and thirty pieces of compressed solid water. ”

Seeing that Pannis had finally completed her plan, Catherine asked, "I'm sorry, Mr. Pannis, I didn't mean to distrust you, but can you explain to us why you brought these items? ”

"Of course, willing to serve. ”

"First of all, hedrons. Catherine pointed to the position added by Pannis on the list and asked: "We know that using the spar to activate without any magic array suppression will lead to the slow loss of energy, and people sometimes carry the fire or ice attribute spar with them after activation, so that it can achieve the purpose of cooling or heating, so we have no objection to preparing low-capacity spars, but that is often the way to deal with it in an environment with extreme temperatures." Could it be that the lower space of the Weeping Cave belongs to this extreme environment? Moreover, seeing that you have prepared two kinds of hedron for heating and cooling, could it be that the temperature in the cave will change greatly?"

"Yes. Pannis affirmed: "The lower layer of the Weeping Cave is special, some areas inside are very cold, but some areas are very hot, which is very troublesome. There was even a precedent for silver-level adventurers to freeze to death after resting in the low temperature zone and falling asleep. You are all gold-level, so you shouldn't die because of this, but you will also have poor rest due to low temperatures, which will affect your combat effectiveness in the future. ”

"I see", Catherine nodded, pointing to the next line, "But what about the light spars? Why not use torches? We've never had a situation before where we needed to use light spars for lighting." ”

"Yes, why don't we use torches and fires for lighting and heating? And that's what the book says. Lina tried to pull out the book again to confirm something, but Catherine stopped her in time.

"Light attribute spars are indeed for illumination. Pannis continued: "This is a special technique for cave adventures. It's no wonder you're not aware of your first adventure in the cave. Hedrons were used for lighting and heating because there was no fuel in the cave at all. There are very few plants in the cave, and most of them are plants such as moss mushrooms, which cannot be used to make fires at all, and everyone cannot carry a backpack full of firewood to explore, so they can only use spars instead. ”

"And then there's the quantity. Catherine calculated a little before continuing to ask: "The complete loss of energy of a hundred terr's fire attribute spar is eleven hours, just two pieces a day, and the dissipation time of one hundred and fifty terr's ice attribute spar is changed according to the temperature of the environment, the fastest is ten hours, and it can also be counted as two pieces a day." For the four of us, the maximum consumption in a day is eight yuan. Of course, the consumption of spars cannot be completely calculated according to this number, you ask to bring 200 yuan, that is, you are ready to stay down for more than 25 days? Hmm, see that you have to bring 30 days of food, according to the principle of 1 and a half times the amount of supply carried, it is really necessary to stay for 25 days, does it take that long? ”

"It's not twenty-five days, we only stay in the cave for fifteen days at a time, and if we can't find the target, we have to come out and resupply and enter later. However, compared to your previous adventure areas, the caves are completely unreplenishable, so the amount of supplies you carry is not one and a half times, but twice as much. This is also a special point of cave adventures. ”

"Thanks, I see. Catherine nodded, continuing to study the list: "You can't use a fire, the Crystal Source Stove seems to be used to heat food and water, and what about head protectors? ”

"I'm talking about a special head protector, double cortex, padded with lizard tail gum in the middle, which is very elastic and prevents rockfalls from falling rocks on the top of the cave. "Making too loud noises in a cave can lead to falling rocks, which can be fatal for mages and priests below the legendary level who can't keep their shields open, but it's much better with armor," Pannis explained. ”

"Do we need to go into the water in there?" Lina was a little timid when she saw the waterproofing equipment: "I don't know how to swim." ”

"So there's underwater breathing agents. Pannis pointed to the text behind it and said, "It may not be necessary to go into the water, but there are several deeper water sources in the lower level, and you may need to go down to explore, and then you can let someone else pull you to swim." As for the breath-holding potion, maybe there will be a poisonous gas in the area where the institute is located, so prepare some. ”

"And sleeping bags. Catherine pointed to the end and asked, "We already have sleeping bags, although they are not Kathak's skins, and they are not so waterproof, but they should be enough." ”

"If you don't mind waking up every day with your clothes soaking wet, of course it's enough. Pannis replied affirmatively: "Otherwise, you need a Kathak hide." It's more humid in the cave than you think. ”

"Okay, but there's a question about the quantity, can't we bring more than one at a time? Listen to you, it should be difficult to find this laboratory, it will take a long time. Then we will come out once every fifteen days, it will take a lot of time. Catherine was a little apprehensive about the deadline.

"No, you can't. Pannis refused without hesitation: "You will find out that fifteen days is already a very, very, very long time. ”

"You're a professional, and we follow your advice. Catherine accepted Pannis's statement: "There are no other doubts. ”

"Then I'll go get my share ready. Pannis drank the remaining half of the liquor in one gulp, got up and walked to the door: "By the way, you should pay for my share, right?"

"Of course. ”

"Okay, when will we meet and when will we go?"

"Leave tomorrow, but you'll come back when you have your supplies ready, and the room is ready for you. We need to get acquainted with our teammates for some time to come, so you'll have to come back after completing your supplies. Catherine looked at the back of Pannis's departure and added, "Yes, you must come back immediately, this is the employer's order." ”

Pannis's back suffocated, and he hesitated for a moment before he shrugged his shoulders and said without looking back, "Follow your orders, my lady." ”

"Sure enough, it's a professional. When Pannis had left the tavern completely, Lina exclaimed, "That liar couldn't compare to him at all." But is it really okay to trust him like that?"

"No problem. It was Vivian who spoke, but there was a mature smile on her immature face: "He's crying." ”

"You see, I've said it before, no problem. As if to find a basis for Vivien's inexplicable simple words, Catherine patted the table lightly: "That's him." ”