"Denya is above, and there's a forest down there?" Lina whispered, covering her mouth, "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I couldn't believe it, I thought it would be like the Dragon's Trace, with a bare surface at the bottom." But what did these trees grow in the first place? There are no trees in this area, I see all grass and shrubs, where do the seeds come from?"

"These trees are very old. "They may have been breeding here from generation to generation since before the First Age," Pannis explains. Who knows what this area was like for countless years before the First Age, and maybe it wasn't a plateau or a mountainous area, but an ordinary plain suitable for trees to grow. ”

The sky was already bright, and the fog rolling in the Marks of the Earth was gradually thinning, although it would still obscure the vision, but with the vision of the Legendary Rank Professional, he could already see through the dense fog and vaguely see the scene below. Guide Ike looked down for a while, nodded and said, "The fog has dispersed to the maximum, and it can't be thinner any longer, it's almost time to go down." ”

"One last gear check before entering. "It's important to make sure that every item mentioned is ready to use and that every item is in top condition," says Pannis. ”

"Headlamp. "Pannis took off the leather forehead guard on his head, similar to the headlamp, everyone had used it as early as when he was in the Weeping Cave, as long as he embedded a fragment of the activated hundred-terr light attribute crystal, he could maintain a faint pillar of light for a long time, illuminating the direction his forehead was aimed at. Due to the size of the lamp, it is impossible to install it on the cap, so it can only be replaced by this method. Of the five members of the party, Freya was the only one who had never participated in the expedition and therefore had not used such a simple but effective item, but Freya had already learned to use it normally under Catherine's guidance.

"Good, the next one, the shoulder light. The girls each took out a uniquely shaped crystal lamp from a holster that was firmly attached to their left shoulder, and turned it on and off several times in a row to make sure it worked. This kind of crystal energy lantern looks very strange, its main part is vertical, the volume and shape are similar to ordinary crystal energy lanterns, the excitation, absorption and storage of crystal energy are all engraved in the main part, but the only difference with the crystal energy lantern is that its main part does not emit light, and the whole body is made of opaque metal. Above the main part, there is a curved elbow, one end is connected to the main part, the other end is kept horizontal, when the crystal energy is turned on, a converging pillar of light is shot out from the elbow, the light is not strong, the brightness is relatively low, but the range is very long, the farthest can illuminate the space fifty meters away, the shoulder lamp is fixed on the belt of the shoulder, and the body can be kept in front of a certain brightness at any time. This kind of shoulder lamp looks no different from the crystal energy lamp, but the inner part of the magic circle is far more complex than the ordinary crystal energy lamp, and the cost is also very expensive, and the one used by five people, even if it is purchased at the internal price of the Mechanics Guild, the price is as high as 3,000 gold coins.

"Wrist cords. As soon as Pannis raised his hand, a rope formed by countless extremely thin wires and processed tree spider silk twisted together popped out of the back of his wrist, and the suction cup at the top of the rope opened in the air and was nailed to the ground at a distance of ten meters. Seeing that everyone, including Ike, ejected the wrist cord normally, Pannis nodded, pressed a few switches on the wrist, and the suction cup immediately lost its suction and loosened, and the wrist cord automatically retracted into the wrist guard.

"Positioning discs and locators. "Each of them took out a spar disc slightly larger than the palm of his hand, on which six different colored points of light were flashing, each color represented a person in the team, as long as he was within five hundred meters, he could show the approximate position of his teammates with the locator on the locator on the locator plate.

"Anti-snake boots. "Snake boots are a pair of special boots made of armor cowhide, very strong defense, although the name is called snake boots, but in fact can prevent almost all the threats of insects and snakes from the ground. Unless it's the exaggerated snake-like beasts of the Death Forest, no insect or snake can bite through these boots. However, these boots are very hot to wear, and they need to be used with ice spar fragments to hold on, otherwise people will be too hot to stand in a few hours.

"Ice Attribute Hedron Fragments, there must be enough of them. Sure enough, this is what the next Pennis checked, but the reason is not only because of the snake boots: "The further we dive underground, the higher the temperature of the environment, if we really go deeper than 1,000 meters underground, the surrounding temperature is estimated to be like entering an oven, and only by relying on this kind of thing can we survive for a long time." Fortunately, there were enough preparations before, 5,000 ice crystal fragments, which should be enough for the six of us to survive for fifteen days. ”

"Do you plan to make a fifteen-day cycle?" Ike said, "Ice crystal fragments are definitely enough, but fifteen days may not be enough." ”

"If you don't have enough time, you can come up and resupply and then go down again. Pannis explained, "Humans are different from you crypt dwarves, you are used to living underground, humans can't do it, and you can't bear it psychologically. ”

"I see, you can continue. Ike nodded, agreeing with Pannis's opinion: "If there are any special needs of humans, Mr. Pannis, you can remind me that I don't know much about humans, and I think about the problem from the perspective of the crypt dwarves, which is probably not thoughtful enough." ”

"Okay, then one, bass whistle. "Everyone had a small whistle around their necks, and when they put it in their mouths, they blew it hard, but no sound came out. However, although there was no sound, a small piece of metal carried by each person vibrated violently, and the vibration was most violent when turned in the direction of the whistleblower. It is an incommonly used tool, the whistle emits a muffled sound wave that most creatures cannot hear, and the metal block that is carried close to it is the receiver, which only reacts to this sound wave. It seems to be very useful, but because the range of this sound wave is very small, less than 100 meters, it is far less useful than it seems, and it is only used in relatively dark environments, or when there are enemies nearby who cannot transmit a message with sound.

"Twenty packs of deodorant powder per person, three bottles of healing potions per person, two bottles of breath-holding potions per person, and two bottles of hawk-eye potions per person. Pannis said while inspecting: "That's basically it, let's check your personal belongings separately, you may not have time to prepare after you go down, you must be ready." ”

"What's next?" Catherine was the first to sort out the least amount of battle items, and asked as she waited, "Seeing that you and Mr. Ike are very solemn, what is the danger?"

"Actually, it's relatively safe to land in the forest below. Pennis and Ike glanced at each other, recalled: "I used to go around a few traces of the land with a few friends, of course, I didn't go deeper, I just walked in the open air, in the forest below, except for some fierce small monsters that can't be named at all, there are a large number of giant insects, although there are often battles, but with our strength, there will be no problem to be careful, the real difficulty lies in the way down." ”

"What's wrong on the way down?" Lina also finished tidying up her things, sat aside with a thick novel in her arms and hurried to read it, and when she heard Pannis's explanation, she couldn't help but ask curiously, "Could it be that some creature will attack us on the cliff?"

"There will be, and there will be many. Pannis smiled bitterly and said, "Don't look here and watch the fog fade, you will know later, the fog in the Marks of the Earth is still very thick, and it is difficult to see the surrounding environment." Remember the Forest of Mist that we passed through in the Glitter Forest, where the fog wasn't as exaggerated, but it had a similar effect. Strange creatures emerge from the fog and attack us without warning, and we often don't even see what they are. And we will be in the air at that time, if we accidentally fall, I'm afraid that no one will land alive except Vivian. ”

"There are a lot of attackers?" Catherine frowned and asked with some concern, "Will the attacks be frequent?"

"It's all a matter of luck. Pannis sighed, shook his head and said, "If you're lucky, you won't be able to touch one, and if you're unlucky, you'll encounter a bunch of them, and no one can figure out the specific frequency, Ike, you haven't figured it out yet." ”

"Nope. Ike also shook his head and said: "I can only unfold the shield and carry it down, because no one knows when it will be attacked, and it will be too late to unfold the shield when it is attacked." Therefore, it is difficult for professionals who are not above the Legend level to go down, after all, the duration of the shield of the Gold level is still too short, especially when attacked, it will be shorter, and it is difficult to support it until it leaves the fog layer. ”

"Is it safe to unfold the shield?" Vivien and Freya finished rebuilding almost at the same time, carrying the giant backpack of the same style together, Vivien asked, "Is it possible for the enemy's strength to force a breakthrough of the shield?"

"I haven't encountered this yet. Ike thought for a moment and denied, "Judging by my current experience, as long as I keep spreading my shield and then make sure that I don't fall from being affected by too many attacks, there should be no problem." ”

"That's fine. Catherine stood up and made a decision: "Now everyone's strength, the time to maintain the shield can last at least an hour, it should be enough for us to land to the bottom." ”

"It looks like it's all sorted out. Ike looked around and nodded, "Then let's get ready to go down." ”

"Guys. Catherine whispered, "Cheer up, the adventure begins." (To be continued.) )