Chapter 43: Treasure and Bait
In her sight, there was a metallic earth.
The earth is covered with dense skeletons. These skeletons range from giant beasts tens of meters tall to small beasts the size of a palm.
There are even humanoid skeletons, but they don't have the coldness of bones.
The reason for this is that these skeletons are all made of a crystal that is crystal clear, emitting a glimmer of light that is biased towards the holy attribute.
The "wall" of various crystal bones undulates like a mountain range, stretching all around to the horizon, where the sky meets countless brilliant auroras. However, in the very center of these skeletons, that is, where Jiang Ke was staring. But I could see a huge and smooth gap—
The Skeleton Mountain was cut off by Qi Brush at the opening, as if it had been cut by a huge, sharp sword.
"The Land of Crystal Bones? Is it because you have to rely on those red mist here? Jiang Ke asked as if talking to himself, and then walked straight towards the gap.
She had been here no less than ten times in her previous life, and although she passively "bought a ticket" to enter each time, she was already very familiar with this place.
In game terms, this side should belong to a dungeon. However, it is not at all comparable to the completely separate world dungeon opened in the fifth version of "Beyond Dimensions".
After all, the former is just a map, and the latter is a world that players can tackle. Even after the game system becomes more and more "localized", you can still see the myths and legends of various species in it.
However, she remembered that this copy would not be available until the third version of "The Long Night". Why did you open it so early? Or does it happen to be such a special time period?
With a look of doubt, she walked into the jungle of crystal bones.
As a dungeon, there will naturally be monsters. For example, the one Jiang Ke saw as soon as he entered...
This one, uh, something oddly shaped.
It was a small rabbit-like animal, but none of its bones were its own. I don't know where I bite it off and then "install" it on myself.
So much so that it looks like the product of a bunch of overlapping modeling that went out of a bug-——
【Crystallization dwelling parasite】
【Crystal Spirits: Insects】
[Level: Level 20]
[Description: An insect with no defense of its own, it relies on a piece of armor formed by patchwork to form its most proud weapon.] Note that the higher the Skeleton Rank it obtains, the higher its rank. But that doesn't mean it's just as high in combat.]
Jiang Ke looked at it and said a silent sentence in his heart. A fireball that trembled like a wave of water flew towards it.
I saw that the fireball, which was not flying fast, fell on this strange-looking guy, and the latter suddenly trembled wildly.
The protruding, crystallized bones of its body twitched like the limbs of an insect. It rolled on the ground trying to extinguish the blue flames, but did not put up any effective resistance until it was burned to ashes.
So a monster bug with a higher level than most players today was killed by a small fireball.
[Congratulations on killing the crystallized hermit and rewarding 40 silver coins]
It's normal to have no experience, Jiang Ke's profession is tied to an apartment. The apartment can only be upgraded if she is upgraded.
But even the money dropped is bizarre......
It can be seen that even the system is quite "discriminatory" against this bug with an empty appearance and no interior.
Jiang Ke looked like he had expected it. She walked over and rummaged through a cloud of gray embers, then pulled out a crystal disk the size of a cherry.
There are a total of ten strange lines engraved on the crystal disk, but each pattern is incomplete and incomplete.
【Crystal Treasure Hunt Disk】
【Items】
[Note: An item that will drop each player when they first kill after entering this area.]
Each pattern on it can be used to open up a hidden snow area.
Kill the 'Orbs' dropped by monsters in the Map or find special items in the Map to recharge them. 】
[Current Charge: 0/100]
"Treasure Hunt Disc ......" Jiang Ke played with the disc in his hand. The corners of the mouth are slightly raised.
Then, she took the disc and looked around, choosing a small passage on the left.
The crystal bones that make up this passage are all curved, with weakly fluorescent ribs on the surface.
They are arranged quite irregularly, and in some places they protrude out of the box. The sharp end looks sharper than a knife.
Walking in this tunnel, which is only one meter eight high at most, Jiang Ke's height of one meter and seven meters has to be careful.
What's more, there are several forks in the road here, even with Jiang Ke's memory, he has to stop and think for a while before he dares to continue walking.
The front is getting narrower and narrower, Jiang Ke can only half-bow his body, and he dares to go forward only after turning on the "Lingqi Return Stream Change".
That's it
After walking for about ten minutes, I turned a corner. Her face suddenly opened up.
A space about the size of the living room of her apartment house appeared.
The four walls of this space are all crystal walls with a deep color, not the bones outside. But if you look closely, you can see that there are still some bones that have not yet melted in these crystal walls.
In the center of the room, there was something like a millstone that was more than ten times larger than the disc in her hand. However, it is not made of crystal, but of metal.
The surface of this metal glows, and in a somewhat dark environment, there is even the illusion that it is constantly flowing.
She stepped forward and pasted the small disc in her hand. There was a streamer of light in the grinding disc. It seems to be charging a small disc.
After waiting for a while, the infobox appears.
[Current Charge: 40/100]
After completing its mission, the millstone fell to the ground as if it had lost its life.
"Snap", shattered.
"It's pretty good, it's a pity that it's broken." Jiang Ke said this in his mouth, but his tone did not fluctuate. Walked straight to the side.
As mentioned earlier, this disc can be used to open hidden locations. And there's exactly a hidden spot here.
In his previous life, after it was discovered that he could be charged, the one who had finished charging left directly. Little did the man know that on the wall, just a few steps away from the charged metal disc, there was a mechanism to open the hidden location.
Later, it wasn't until the contents of this dungeon had been completely emptied that the matter of a hidden space here was revealed. Although Jiang Ke doesn't know who sent it out, and he doesn't know how much word of mouth is distorted, how much credibility can there be......
However, there is no denying that there must be a treasure behind it.
As long as there is a treasure, it is not a waste of time.
Thinking like this, her mood became more and more happy.
"Dragon...... Dragon pattern ......" Jiang Ke thought about the gossip he heard at the time, and seriously groped around the wall for a while. Finally, in an inconspicuous corner, I found something made of several bones, which could barely be called a "dragon pattern".
If a few small bones the thickness of a little finger are curled, they can be called dragon patterns...... That might be the dragon pattern.
"I know that the rumors are not reliable...... I didn't expect it to be so unreliable. Jiang Ke sighed and pressed the disc in his hand into a small groove in the center of the "Dragon Pattern".
The disc suddenly trembled, and the brilliance on the surface fluctuated. The infobox indicates that the disk's energy is rapidly depleting. Finally, forty points of energy returned to zero, and a crisp sound was heard.
"Click~"
The crystal wall cracked slightly in front of Jiang Ke, and Jiang Ke hurriedly picked up the disc and took a few steps back. As she watched, the crystal wall cracked open a hole that barely held one person in and out, and then stopped.
There was not a trace of light in the crystal wall, and it was as deep as a crack leading to the abyss.
Jiang Ke hesitated for a moment, and was about to call out a piece of moonlight as a flashlight to look inside-——
A figure suddenly appeared from within the rift.
The figure seemed to be slow but fast, and in an instant, it reached her from the depths of the rift.
Jiang Ke was taken aback for a moment, and instinctively took a few steps back. Then he directly summoned the moonlight representing the imprisonment and smashed it towards the figure.
Whoever it was, if it weren't for the fear that it would be a resident of the apartment who strayed into this place with her, she would have unceremoniously thrown a fireball!
White moonlight flew out of her hands. They form small circles, which are applied to the limbs and neck of the figure as if they were self-conscious.
The figure screamed in pain, and fell directly to the ground like a silkworm. Then it was as if he had fainted, and he was motionless.
“?? This can't be a fool, right? ”
Jiang Ke looked confused and moved a little closer, thinking about it, it didn't feel appropriate. So he found a slightly longer piece of bone and poked it, and poked it again.
The latter did not react.
She was a little relieved at this time, and turned on the skill perception from Liu Yuehong again. After making sure that the latter had really fainted, he approached the latter.
She struggled to turn over the mysterious man, who was a head taller than her.
Under the faint light of the moonlight lock ring around the other party's neck and the light emanating from the surrounding walls, Jiang Ke could see his face clearly.
This is a man who looks quite good-looking, handsome and handsome. But his face was bloodless and pale.
Especially against the backdrop of his slightly long, dark reddish hair, he looks like a vampire in some movies.
Although it is a very handsome vampire.
"Vampires?"
A flash of lightning suddenly flashed in Jiang Ke's mind. She was about to retreat silently, but suddenly she heard a "whew".
It was like the sound of a flame suddenly burning.
She turned her head to see a silver fireball flying out of a crack in the wall.
The fireball struck the man lying in front of her with precision, and the latter burst into flames the moment the fireball hit. "Whew" sat up, and his hands and feet twitched unnaturally.
His expression was frightened and painful, and his mouth made a "ho-ho" sound, but soon, he lost his life. His head hung down and he died.
After dying, his body quickly collapsed in the silver flames, and in the blink of an eye, it was a cloud of ashes.
[You killed an Elite Bloodline and received 100 gold]
The sudden beep sounded though I don't know why it was determined that she had killed her...... But it also confirmed her idea. She got up and took two steps back, looking at the crack in the wall.
The figure inside was still walking slowly, but the voice had already come:
"Don't trust the nobles in Silent Night Castle too much, do you need to be reminded of such a trivial matter?"
This clear juvenile voice is full of disdain, and it sounds really worse than Liu Zexing and other secondary two teenagers.
What Jiang Ke cares about is not the tone of the other party, but the intelligence in his words.
"Sure enough, it's the nobles in the Silent Night Castle...... But isn't that the new force updated in the third version? ”
She tried her best to remind her that the person who came was definitely not an ordinary person, but after all, she saved her life-—— although even this blood clan explosion was estimated to not be able to break her shield, and she was ready to smash a bunch of skills directly when she retreated.
It's really not good to just walk away, besides...... Jiang Ke's damn curiosity was already burning.
She was really curious about who this mysterious person who was the third version of the force as soon as she opened her mouth?
(End of chapter)