"The giant gold-eating ants that live in the ancient sands, one is the size of a palm, they do not have any advantage in terms of size, even the rats in the second layer are bigger than them, but the third layer is the most feared place for many adventurers, even more terrifying than the giant spiders in the fourth layer",

Ye Ran explained to them the terrain and monsters here as he walked.

"Gold-eating ants are much harder to kill than those rats, and when they appear in groups on the sand of the third layer, no adventuring team dares to fight them head-on, and the passage from the third layer is guarded by the gatekeepers."

Hearing this, the other two except Atles sank in their hearts.

"Moreover, this layer is a rare double gatekeeper," Ye Ran added.

Mars was surprised: "Double gatekeeper?",

Ye Ran nodded: "The queen ant with a huge body and the zombie ant that can control the gold-eating ant with smell",

Zombie ants, just hearing the name is scary enough.

Mars and Xu Nan were both entering the lair for the first time, and they were already hesitant to hear him say this.

Atles said: "Although the gold-eating ant queen is a gatekeeper, its main ability is to reproduce and defend, there is no aggression, what is really feared is the zombie ant, which is a creature that makes people's souls tremble."

"But it's the queen ant who is guarding the edge of the passage, so we have a chance to enter the fourth floor",

Even though he dispelled Mars and Xu Nan's fears, he asked Ye Ran instead, "Ye Ran, how deep have you ever entered the first layer?"

Mars and Xu Nan also looked at Ye Ran.

Obviously, they are also concerned about this issue.

Ye Ran said: "The fourth layer,

"Are you alone every time?",

Ye Ran nodded.

The three of Atles looked at each other, what kind of monster is this, many adventurer teams can't get through the third layer in a group, but he can walk through the passage alone.

He didn't have any qi in him, but that kind of deterrence was stronger than that of a person with a fourth stage of qi.

They soon saw what the third layer would look like.

Unlike the first two floors, the third floor is made of soft silt, with soft sand walls on all sides, and small mounds of dirt piled up on this floor.

The smell of blood came, and all four of them saw the white bones scattered on the ground and half-hidden in the mud and sand.

There are only human bones, and these skeletons are all snow-white that have been removed, without a trace of flesh and blood.

There are also a few spots of white on the sand wall on the left.

Mars's footsteps quietly took a step back, and through the passage, he saw at a glance that in the center of this level, next to the hole leading to the fourth level, there was a giant red ant nearly the size of two people.

Few people pay attention to the appearance of ants that can trample dozens of ants to death with one foot, and it is only at this time, when this creature is magnified hundreds of times that it is displayed in front of them.

The gold-eating ant queen is fiery red, lying on its back with six feet facing the sky, its pale red belly squirming in a disgusting way.

Ye Ran had observed that on average, several newborn gold-eating ants would crawl out of its abdomen every few hours.

Its exterior was terrifying, littered with gnawed corpses beyond recognition.

This is the nest of gold-eating ants, a terrifying hell.

Mars was beating a drum in his heart.

Xu Nan's face also changed.

"Why don't we go back",

Mars said nervously, let him use the broken sword in his hand to fight the swarms of gold-eating ants, he really didn't have the courage to do so.

What's more, the reason why he came this time was to pursue Xu Nan, not to have a martyrdom with her in the anthill.

Ye Ran agreed in his heart, but didn't say anything.

Atles glanced at him and said, "The passage is right in front of you, it's a little cowardly to go back at this time."

Bai Mars couldn't help but blush a little on his face when he snatched it like this.

Xu Nan's face gradually recovered, and he took a breath and looked at Ye Ran and said, "Have you ever walked here alone?"

"En", Ye Ran replied casually.

"Then why can't the four of us? Go to the fourth layer and pick two-color mushrooms, and this mission will be completed."

"I don't want to just go back and be laughed at by them",

The "they" she said were naturally the girls in the same class at Tydin Academy.

Those people had always been at odds with her, and this time she and Mars and Atles had gone into the underground lair to pick two-colored mushrooms, and she would never be able to hold her head up again.

Xu Nan glanced back at Mars and hummed, "You won't just leave me, right?"

"No, no, no",

Although Mars is not very bold, he will never do anything to abandon his classmates.

"Hmph, that's good", Xu Nan muttered quietly.

Ye Ran's heart inevitably sank.

It was true that he had entered the fourth layer alone, but in his opinion, the action of four people was not necessarily superior to his action alone.

Among the three people behind him, only Atles is not bad, Mars and Xu Nan are okay in terms of strength and strength, but there are too many flaws in actual combat.

As soon as they move, the gold-eating ants will inevitably pounce in swarms, and this defect will be fatal enough.

Moreover, the identities of the four people are also different.

If he dies here, the three of Mars won't have any trouble, who let himself sign the book of life and death?

But if one of the three Mars dies here, his troubles will inevitably ensue.

The Guard Department may not have passed that level.

Although he had a lot of calculations in his heart, he didn't express his concerns, but the thorns in his sleeves quietly fell into his palms.

"If you think about it, rush straight through, this is the best way to enter the fourth layer, and before they react and gather, this is the only way",

"Hmph, let's rush",

Xu Nan pulled out the long sword on his waist.

Unconsciously, the three of them had already agreed with Ye Ran's words.

Ye Ran said: "We are in the shape of 'one', so that the attacked face is small, and we can assist each other, the shield and spear of Atles are suitable for being a striker, you are at the head of the line, Xu Nan and Mars are in the middle, and I am behind",

It stands to reason that in his capacity, he can only obey the arrangements of others, but for some reason, at this time, he arranged the queue without anyone expressing any objections.

Even Xu Nan is no exception.

And this is also the simplest and most appropriate arrangement that Ye Ran can think of, he is at the end of the line, either he is all alive, or he is the first to die, or the whole army is wiped out.

Atles walked in front of Ye Ran, and just went to the shield behind him, and was suddenly stunned.

Ye Ran, who was about to walk to the rear, was also stunned, and the two of them looked straight at the huge gold-eating ant queen.

"Are you all right?"

Seeing that the two of them were suddenly so vigilant, Mars's heart rose again.

Atles turned his head to look at Ye Ran.

"Did you see that?",

Ye Ran nodded.

"I see, that shadow is in human form",