Deep underground, the cave is illuminated by an unknown luminous substance from the acid springs.

It was frighteningly quiet all around, and the hunters maintained a vigilant formation and continued to move forward.

Wearing hard combat boots inlaid with metal, walking on such rocky ground without vegetation or soil will always make some noise even if you are careful.

In the quiet environment, the footsteps that were not too obvious echoed repeatedly in the narrow and complex terrain, becoming harsh.

These movements irritate certain small creatures lurking in the shadows.

"Fluttering edges."

A swarm of dark shadows, not much bigger than a palm, burst out from the crevice in the rock where they were hiding, flapping their wings and flying over the hunters' heads.

Hunters subconsciously put their hands on the grips of their weapons, but they were just a swarm of harmless bats.

After the bats flew over, Gordon smiled and said, "It seems that this is not exactly a forbidden area for life." ”

"It's rare that we get so close to the core."

Ah Jian's gaze followed the group of bats as they flew out for a long distance, "I really want to catch two of them and go back to study how they adapt to the acid mist environment here." ”

Before the words fell, the gale reacted again.

"Wang?"

It pricked up its ears and looked into a narrow passageway, as if it had caught something.

The hunters gripped their weapons again, staring cautiously at the hole.

Soon after, a mushroom pig (shiitake pig) scurried out of it, and after noticing the presence of the hunters, it paused slightly, and then bypassed the group of hunters who were stunned in place.

Walk to a stalactite covered with unknown mushrooms not far away, bow your head and chew it.

"Whoa."

The sound of the mushroom pig munching on the mushroom is a bit harsh.

"Is this place really unsuitable for living?" Hayatta couldn't help but ask.

Either way, pigs shouldn't be considered particularly adaptable.

Even Ah Jian was stunned, "Isn't it?" Isn't the habitat of the fungus pig in the New World in the ancient tree forest and the Great Ant Mound Wasteland?

The distribution of fungus pigs has never been found in the land coral plateau, how did this guy get to such a place?! ”

"Maybe it's through the leylines?" Gordon said half-jokingly.

I didn't expect Ah Jian to really think about this possibility, "Leyline? It is really possible that the fungus pig from the southern part of the continent strayed into a complex underground cave and came all the way to the Valley of Miasma, which is theoretically not impossible. ”

"Are you serious?"

"It's better than going over the Grand Canyon with those four short hooves."

"Yes."

On the side, Gail stared at the healthy-looking fungus pig for a while, and suddenly said, "Let's try it, we'll pay attention." ”

As she spoke, she took off her filtering mask, held her breath, and carefully inhaled a little air through her nose, and after a while, inhaled more.

Then she put the breathing mask back on, felt it for a while, and then said, "There is a pungent sour smell, but there is no obvious discomfort after inhalation, as if it is not as scary as you say?"

Of course, it could also be that I inhaled less. ”

Ah Jian took off his mask with some disbelief, tried it himself, and then exclaimed as if he had discovered a new world: "The concentration of acid mist has really become lower!" It's a lot lower than the previous time! ”

He excitedly pulled out his notebook and recorded the discovery.

It seems that the scholars of the research base are going to have another research topic.

"So, can we take off our masks and move?" Anhill asked.

"It's better not to." Ah Jian said as he recorded: "Those acidic substances inhaled too much will definitely cause damage to the respiratory tract. ”

As he spoke, he took off his mask again, sniffed, and said to himself, "So what is the cause of the weakening of the acidity?" Seasonal cycles? Terrain changes? ”

He took out a finger-thick glass test tube from his bag and ran to the side of the waterhole to begin to take a sample.

After watching the scholar toss and turn for a while, Gordon coughed lightly and asked, "Isn't it time for us to move on?" ”

"Oh, yes, I'm sorry." Ah Jian embarrassedly put away his notebook and sampling tools, "It's not far ahead, it's almost there." ”

The group continued on, thanks to the glowing sour springs that provided the basic illumination, and the path through the underground caverns was not difficult, but care had to be taken to avoid the lifeless and beautiful waterholes.

Especially after Hayatta broke a mushroom from the side of the road and threw it into the pool, and as a puff of white smoke rose, the mushroom floating on the water disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Hunters have become more cautious in their choice of routes.

In this way, after walking several kilometers into the depths of the cave, another huge skull appeared in front of the hunter.

Judging from the shape of the skull, it is the same as the skull at the top of the bone mound, and it belongs to the kind of reckless ancient creature called the snake king dragon.

Although the skull is slightly smaller than the bone mound in terms of size, the corpse is more complete.

In addition to the skull itself, the vertebrae and ribs that connect it are also clearly visible, and these bones merge with the earth to form a deep cavern with no visible bottom.

It's like going straight to the depths of hell.

At some point, a miasma began to diffuse the air again, and unlike the dark yellow of the valley floor, the miasma here took on an ominous blue-white color.

And the source of the miasma is the cave passage made of ancient corpses.

At this time, the guide insect cage on Gordon's waist suddenly reacted, and some guide insects scattered from it and flew towards the entrance of the cave.

"Looks like our previous guess was correct." Gordon said with a smile.

"We'll have to stop here, and through this cavern, we'll be able to enter the deepest core area of the Valley of Miasma.

The filter mask can't filter the miasma in the core area, and beyond that, only you can go with the talisman in hand. ”

"Gordon." Hayatta opened her mouth with some hesitation.

Of course, Gordon knew what she wanted to say, and waved his hand, "Don't worry, I won't mess around, once I encounter danger, I will evacuate as soon as possible." ”

In front of it is a forbidden place that is out of reach of humans, and perhaps, it is also the lair of an ancient dragon.

Scared? Perhaps, but more often than not, the excitement that makes the limbs tremble slightly.

Isn't this expectation of the unknown the purpose of coming to the New World?

Anhill tossed Gordon a pocket watch, "You've got an hour to explore, and if you don't come out after an hour, we'll force your way in." ”

Gordon spread his hands helplessly when he heard this, "You didn't ignore the talisman of the miasma environment. ”

"Then you'll come out early." Hayatta stared at him.

Gordon grinned with a toothache, he really couldn't stay in there any longer.

"Then we'll be here on standby." Gale grinned as he unloaded the two ammo boxes from Gale and lifted them with his hands.

It was full of diffuse bombs, piercing grenades and shotshots.

The two shooters began to hang up the chains, not like they were about to break off, but like they were trying to kill Gordon on the spot after using him as bait to lure something out.

"Take it easy." Gordon laughed dryly.

Then he put on the special talisman and strode towards the deep cave of bones.

"In an hour, I'll be back."

Under the watchful eyes of his companions, he passed through the growing miasma and disappeared into the darkness.

Ps. Here is a word to mention, "Miasma Resistance" and "Adaptation to Miasma Environment" are two skills in the game, the former is for miasma attacks, and the latter is for environmental miasma.

And the talisman in the plot has both skills, otherwise just one environmental resistance, the grade of this talisman is a bit low.

(Actually, I got mixed up in the early days of my book, and I didn't even notice that these were two skills in the game.) Thought that if you have a miasma resistance of 3, you will be immune to EMMM)

(End of chapter)