This is a gorgeous and colorful world, this is a scene that can only appear in dreams, this is a fairytale land that is free from reality. The location where the few people appeared was a vast lake, and through the clear water, you could see the smooth rocks at the bottom of the lake. Standing next to the lake and looking around, there is an underground karst cave with an area of one or two square kilometers, and at intervals in the cave, there are several natural stone pillars running through the upper and lower levels, playing a supporting role and maintaining the entire karst cave from collapsing. The biggest feature of this cave is the light, on the four walls and the top of the cave, as well as the stone pillars that run through the upper and lower caves, there are a large number of spars of different sizes that are distributed and grown, these spars each have different colors, flashing with colorful light, a large number of spars flicker alternately, every object in the cave is constantly changing color, so that the whole underground cave is full of dream-like gorgeousness.

Beyond the lake, there is a soft lawn, and beyond the lawn, there are patches of shrubs, because there is no daylight, both the grass and the shrubs are pale in color, and only when they are reflected in the multicolored crystals will emit a variety of different lusters. For some reason, these plants can grow so luxuriantly in a world without sunlight, and there are even many wild bees the size of fists and even small arms flying among the bushes in the distance, picking nectar from the huge flowers that grow from the bushes. The whole cave world is so peaceful and peaceful that it's hard to believe that it's in the same underground world as the previous tunnels, which were full of dangers.

Just when the girls opened their mouths in astonishment and looked at the colorful scenery around them, the grass shook for a while, and several strange worms about half a meter crawled out of the grass, these insects have huge heads, almost up to half of their bodies, and the bodies of each section are arching back and forth against the water, and after climbing to the water's edge, they don't look at a few people, stretch out their heads and soak in the water, and their bodies are obviously swollen after soaking for a while. A few worms, as if they had been well hydrated, turned their heads contentedly, and wriggled around in the grass again, and after a burst of the sound of the rope, they could no longer be found. The girls looked at this group of leisurely worms in amazement, this was the first time that the girls had encountered such a leisurely creature since they came to the underground world of the Earth Scars, without any aggression or defense, it was even more leisurely than the wild animals in the surface world.

"Look closely at the rock wall. The corners of Pannis's eyes suddenly trembled, and he whispered to the girls: "It's not as quiet and lonely as you think, look at it, there are still a lot of friends accompanying us." ”

At Pannis's prompting, the girls looked around, and then they were startled. Indeed, because the glittering beautiful hedron was so eye-catching, all the girls ignored that on the rock wall where the hedron grows, there are constantly special beetles crawling around quickly, sometimes even climbing onto the hedrons, and seem to live by eating the hedrons. Each of these beetles is about the size of a hand, which is quite small in the underworld, but their appearance is quite special, so special that the girls recognize their identity at a glance.

"It's a cockroach. Freya pouted in disgust: "Why do you even have them here?" ”

"Don't underestimate cockroaches, they have more vitality than most creatures. Catherine was disgusted, but she persuaded her: "Since the First Age, countless creatures have become extinct one after another, but it is said that the cockroaches are still doing well, and now it seems that there is almost no change except for their size." In terms of vitality, they are much stronger than us. ”

"It's not like there hasn't been any change. Ike finally emerged from the water two minutes ago and interjected, "If you look closely, you can see that they still change a lot, at least I've never seen a translucent cockroach that changes color." ”

"Are they aggressive?" asked Catherine cautiously, "will they attack the creatures around them for no reason?"

"You won't if you don't unleash your hostility. Ike shook his head and said: "But even so, it's best not to get too close, some people think that these cockroaches are the most unprovoked of all the insects in the underground world, once they are provoked, I am afraid that among us, except for Pennis, who can be spared with the physical fitness of a demigod, everyone else will die here." ”

"So powerful?" Catherine muttered in disbelief, but still sane out of the water and observed the cockroach-like creatures from a safe distance. It seems that they should belong to the cockroach variant, except for the color, it is exactly the same as the cockroach, but they are indeed translucent, and they were mistakenly thought to be black because the color of the rock is leaking out of the translucent body, but now after careful inspection, it can be found that from the cockroaches' bodies, they will continue to emit light of various colors like spars, as if they were also a small spare.

"They're spar-eating, guess. Vivien stood beside Catherine, looked at it for a while, and then asked, "Somehow, some fine powder is ground from the hedron as food, so that the body will produce the same light as the surrounding hedron." ”

"I don't know very well. Ike spread his hands and replied, "I'm not a scholar after all." Your conjectures are very likely, but few people are willing to verify them, and they are just too difficult to deal with. ”

"I can't see it. Lina looked curiously at the mutant cockroaches crawling around: "Do they have any strange abilities?"

"Let's put it this way, these mutant cockroaches only appear in the fifth layer, and in the entire fifth layer, there are more than forty known territories of their race, and all of their territories are safe zones. Ike explained: "Very few aggressive demonic beasts dare to enter their territory, and even if they do, they don't dare to hunt easily, let alone provoke them, and down to the eighth layer, no demonic beast dares to do so, which shows their deterrent power." ”

The girls couldn't help but take a few steps back, and the cockroaches distanced themselves, Catherine stared at the crawling cockroaches vigilantly and asked, "Why do they maintain this deterrent? I just looked at them, their limbs are not strong, their mouthparts are not developed, and they do not have poisonous needles and stingers. ”

"Sister, you're talking more and more like Pennis. Lina pursed her lips and teased, "But I'm also curious, is it because they absorb the energy of the hedrons? But no, it can be seen that they are eating the hedrons whose energy has completely escaped, and it is impossible to absorb any energy." ”

"Because their only characteristic is self-detonation. "If you're not hostile, you can trample them to death, but once someone penetrates their territory with hostility, all the cockroaches within a 10-meter radius of you will explode at the same time, and then when they do, they will send out a special signal to cause their companions to blow themselves up." ”

"Isn't the whole cave going to collapse?" Catherine exclaimed, "It's too dangerous." ”

"No, no, no, the power of their self-explosion is actually very small, but they will release all the toxins accumulated in the body at once, these toxins are so strong that even if you hold your breath, they will seep into your body from the skin. Ike sighed: "There have been demigods who have calculated before that the poisonous mist released by a cockroach can poison a forest bull in three seconds, and the higher the concentration of the poisonous mist, the toxicity will be superimposed." Therefore, once we provoke these beetles, except for Pennis, who can fight against toxins with the powerful energy in his body and prevent them from invading, none of the rest of us will be spared, even if Miss Lina can get rid of the toxin, but the speed at which the toxin takes effect will make you have no time to cast the magic spell. ”

"The more I listened, the more worried I became. Catherine smiled bitterly and said, "I really didn't expect that a small thing that doesn't seem to be threatening at all can be so powerful." ”

"If you don't have any special skills, why should you become a hegemon-level creature in a certain layer of the underground world. Pannis said, "Ike, that means we'll be fine as long as we keep a distance of ten meters from these cockroaches at all times, right?" ”

"That's right, and the poisonous mist produced by their self-explosion is very diffuse, as long as it is not a self-explosion aimed at us, half of it will not involve us. Ike explained: "So everyone regards the location of these cockroaches in this level as a safe zone, as long as they are in an open place, they can be repaired to their heart's content, without worrying about the rest of the predators." ”

"This is the best news I've ever heard today. Catherine exhaled, "There is no need to fix it, we have to continue on our way, how far is this from the nearest lower entrance?

"It's not too far, but you have to get out of this safe zone. Ike replied, "From here, walk for more than an hour to see the entrance." By the way, there's even better news to tell you, and I'm sure you'll love it. ”

"Actually, I guessed it. Pannis grinned and gestured to Ike's shoulder.

Catherine also nodded: "I guessed from the action you just put away the shoulder lamp, there should be a long time, and there will be no need for lighting tools." ”

"Huh. Ike smiled wryly: "I really can't hide it from you." That's right, all the way up to the ninth floor, we don't need lighting tools anymore. These layers are thick spar veins, and there are bare spars everywhere, and there are hardly any corners that are covered by darkness, so we can move forward in the light for a long time. (To be continued.) )