PS. This one is slightly watery, and the content is as titled

Ji Xun had been in the adventurer's camp for several days before, and he had already observed several spare identities.

He followed the party to the depths of the Plague Swamp, easily finding a replacement identity and blending in with the team.

The large army is not moving fast, and the target is too large, which also attracts a lot of monsters in the swamp.

From time to time there are battles.

Fortunately, the legion pushed sideways, and there was no obstacle along the way.

"Ouch, what's the situation with such a big battle?"

"I heard that a large ancient ruins were discovered. It is said that there are many treasures inside. ”

"I'll tell you, it's not 'supposed', the vanguard hunters of our regiment have confirmed that that that there is the family stronghold of the Bai family, the god stealer of the Tarun Dynasty, and it is a very large dungeon. I've heard that if you tear down a door inside, it's all a valuable red copper alloy."

"The Bai family of the [God Stealer] sequence? Ouch, thousands of years ago, during the Talen period, it was a top noble, and the God Stealer sequence was a dynastic sequence, and it was said to have the ability to envoy gods and demons."

"Hey, if you can get the inheritance of the Bai family's card master, you will be developed."

“.”

The news seemed to have grown wings, attracting almost all adventurers near the Plague Swamp.

Along the way, there are more and more people in the large army.

The status of the God Stealer Bai family in the Tarun Dynasty back then is also considered a "prince" level now.

It's not just the rich.

Moreover, the Bai family is also a top powerful person who has truly mastered the resources of cutting-edge card masters.

In the team, Ji Xun listened to the news, and he also had a general impression of the dungeon called [DP-955 Research Institute] in his mind.

In the mouths of these hunters in the Southern Continent, it was like a treasure trove where even the gate was poured with gold.

However, Ji Xun listened to it, but his heart was very calm.

In his eyes, the dungeon was a man-eating flower with an alluring fragrance.

After many deductions, he had completely confirmed that the Bai family had come to the swamp.

So these messages must have been deliberately disseminated by them.

In order to attract as many people as possible.

There are also masters among these people in the Southern Continent, and they may not have failed to see the hidden dangers.

But finding a jar is the number one priority, and they will never give up.

What's more, the strength of those few Holy See guys is not so simple.

Ji Xun thought of this, and his eyes also saw the huge iron cage covered with black cloth in the team not far away.

Near the iron cage, there were also a few mysterious guys in cloaks accompanying them.

Ji Xun also wanted to contact toads before.

But not only did the people of the Stabbing Snake Legion strictly defend themselves, but seeing that those few Holy See guys had been following the iron cage, he also decisively dispelled this idea.

Although they were wearing cloaks, Ji Xun could also see that the status of these guys was much higher than that of the people of the Stinger Legion.

Even the deputy legion commander of the seventh order had to salute when he passed.

The strength is definitely not weak.

"Tsk, I don't know if the people of the Bai family can deal with these people"

When Ji Xun saw this, he felt a kind of schadenfreude in his heart.

At present, it seems that since the people of the Bai family dare to set up this game, they must be sure.

And the people of the Holy See are mysterious and powerful, and the Bai family may not know about their existence.

If the two sides fight viciously, one will be injured.

This is also Ji Xun's best chance to rescue the toad.

The deeper the swamp, the more monsters there were, and the large army cleared the obstacles all the way and marched all the way.

After walking for almost a day, I arrived at my destination.

When Ji Xun came with the large army, the swampy ground here had been completely solidified into hard soil, and the marching tents that were dense and could not see the end had been set up.

The flames dispelled the poisonous fog, and the camp was in full swing.

Large objects couldn't fit into the storage ring, and when Ji Xun came, he was watching groups of adventurers carrying metal objects several meters or even more than ten meters high to the ground.

The metals were a dull red copper hue in the firelight, and on closer inspection, they were carved with various arcane incantations.

As previously rumored, the lab is full of copper alloys.

"Red copper" is an inert transcendent metal that wards off evil spirits and, most importantly, on the occult level, it suppresses plagues.

Ji Xun saw these metals, and then thought about it, and the toad said that there might be a jar in it.

He guessed what the copper did.

It's like Mithril is a seal "Crimson Corruption"; Such a big deal also means that this research institute was really used to deal with the outer god called "Source of the Epidemic".

Ji Xun can deeply understand the severe pollution of the outer gods, and the people of the Eastern Continent can't bear it, and he doesn't know if the people of the Southern Continent can withstand it.

And for thousands of years, I don't know what's going on inside.

However, it shouldn't be a problem for these adventurers to be able to disassemble the things in the laboratory.

The largest tent in the camp is the temporary office of the Adventurers' Union.

It's already full of people.

New ruins always require a lot of people to clear the wasteland.

All kinds of recruitment information are dazzling.

New information is updated on the bulletin board all the time.

"The Iron Boots Mercenary Group is recruiting: B22 area exploration, come to heal the professionals, and start the group in ten minutes!"

"B-level bounty: C11 area exploration, lack of an expert who knows how to unlock and decrypt! Come, those who know the ancient Caesar code! ”

"Explosive Bear Group Recruitment: Underground Deep Area, Recruit a Large Number of Healing Card Masters"

"Acquire a batch of war slaves at a high price, and if there is a transfer, contact the Bald Eagle Regiment."

"Red Dragon Kingdom S Bounty: Individual Adventurers and Teams for Major Discoveries in Titles and Territories"

“.”

As soon as the army arrived, the adventurers swarmed into the entrances to the dungeon.

Ji Xun didn't act in a hurry.

The Viper Mercenary Regiment he is infiltrating is the official mercenary of the Stinger Legion, and he has to act with the larger army.

He was also sure that the toad would definitely create opportunities, and it wouldn't be long before the main legion of the Stinging Snake Legion would go down.

Ji Xun was in the camp, helping to set up the tent.

At the same time, he also manipulated the shadow to inquire about the news.

The chatter from the hunters' mouths, the recruitment messages on the bulletin boards, the ancient relics that have been excavated

These bits and pieces of information are like broken pieces of porcelain, and when you put them together, you might get a complete piece of porcelain.

Ji Xun's brain was running rapidly, and he was also splicing together the situation of the research institute below.

The area of the dungeon is huge, and at least seven or eight areas have been discovered so far.

There are a large number of monsters piled up, and the difficulty varies from dangerous to dangerous.

Most of the wounded sent out had ulcerated skin, and their faces were black and green, obviously contaminated by poisoning and plague;

There are also new monsters, such as Rotten Monsters, Poisonous Gas, Soul Eater Tarantulas, and Blight Zombies.

This is a mutant monster that has not been known by information before, and even the people of the Southern Continent have never seen it.

At present, the monsters found in the research institute are not too strong, and the strongest is only the sixth order.

But there are many of them, and they are highly poisonous, which is very tricky.

Ji Xun didn't dare to be careless.

Since the Bai family thinks that this place can bury these people from the Southern Continent.

For him, the fourth order, there is also a mortal threat.

All the clues you write down now may be your own lifesaver later.

Ji Xun felt that he would be more sure if he inquired more about the news and then went on.

But the "teammates" around him couldn't hold it anymore one by one.

A large number of ancient relics have been excavated, and everyone is blushing.

The ruins are not an extradimensional space, and if you go late, you will really be gone.

"When do you think we're going to wait? You see, those guys from the Snow Eagle Regiment who came with us have only been down for half an hour, right? That's got so much stuff out."

"yes. I'm afraid I won't be able to eat hot any longer."

"Look! The chains that those guys brought out turned out to be pure [Mithril]? My dear, how much did this big chain sell? ”

"Hey, those iron bumps are legendary mechanical equipment? Ouch, this 'forbidden thing' can only be thrown into the furnace."

“.”

Ji Xun joined his teammates' complaints while quietly observing the iron cage.

The Holy See guys got into the tent and didn't show up again.

Apparently they were going to wait for the hunters to explore.

Come to think of it, this kind of work has always been done by people at the bottom.

Ji Xun was also curious about what Aragorn had to do to get those guys to move.

And so on, for hours.

Far from being less, the number of people in the camp is increasing.

I have to say that there is great strength in numbers.

The strength of these card masters in the Southern Continent was not weak, and tens of thousands of people poured into the dungeon, and they quickly figured out a large area of the dungeon.

Suddenly, the turn came.

An adventuring party finds a mysterious door that leads deep underground.

After finding a lockpicker to open it, everyone found that it was a passage to the core area of the research institute.

The adventurers soon found the second level of the institute.

Although there were huge casualties in the second floor of the institute, there were also astonishing discoveries.

It is said that some well-preserved laboratories have been discovered, and a large number of precious ancient relics have been discovered.

However, as the exploration deepens, the mortality rate is becoming more and more outrageous.

According to the hunters, the second floor of the dungeon is not only full of deadly toxins, it seems to be hiding some terrifying monsters.

Low-level card masters have suffered heavy casualties, and even high-level card masters have a very high casualty rate.

Except for a few elite regiments who were still cautiously continuing to explore, the others did not dare to enter the second floor at all.

The pace of exploration slowed down all of a sudden.

According to this posture, I am afraid that it will be impossible to explore clearly in ten days and half a month.

It was also this situation, and I didn't know what the toad said to the people of the Stinger Legion, but the leader of the Stinger Legion, Herman, suddenly ordered the main army to pull out, and also brought the big iron cage.

Ji Xun's Viper mercenary group has become a vanguard, and he has to go to the second underground layer to explore the way first.

Now the "teammates" are wailing again.

I wanted to go before, but now I don't dare to go.

The mortality rate is there, and no one wants to die.

But the official mercenary group is paid a salary, and they can't help it.

The noble legions marched out, and the other hunter mercenaries followed suit.

The official team dealt with those tricky monsters, and it was also the time for the scattered people to make a fortune.

Just like a shark eats a big fish, the shrimp can eat a full meal by picking their teeth.

The large army went all the way down.

The area of this institute is very large, and it is like a huge underground city.

After entering the main body from the passage, each area is a "silo".

A cylindrical space like a bucket, and layers of densely organized rooms.

It seems that there used to be a lot of people living in this institute.

The walls are made of heavy concrete and steel, and the overhead is covered with rusty and mottled pipes.

Even though the steel structure has been corroded by thousands of years of toxic gas, the main body of the institute is still intact.

The first floor has been looted by the adventurers, like locusts crossing the border, and everything of value has been demolished.

Nothing noteworthy.

The teammates were still complaining, Ji Xun had already written down all the passages he saw, and he was also analyzing in his mind how to plan the retreat route in case something went wrong.

The elevator was corroded and had to go all the way up the stairs.

Ji Xun and his party descended for almost three hundred meters before they came to the huge mechanical iron gate leading to the second floor.

On the wall next to the door, the spray paint of [DP-955 Institute] is still visible.

Magic lamps are hung on the walls along the way, and the visibility is not bad.

But as soon as it came, a pungent smell like ammonia instantly rushed up, making people dizzy.

These guys in the Southern Continent don't have gas masks, only simple anti-virus bags made of gauze and herbs, and the filtration effect is not very ideal.

Fortunately, the official legion equipment is not bad, and the wind system filter cards all the way to the road, which is much better.

"Cheer up, be careful! If you feel poisoned, pour your own antidote. ”

"One group pays attention to the water under their feet, the second group looks at the ceiling, and the third group is the pioneer"

“.”

Not long after entering the second floor, they came to a huge space.

The concrete walls are visibly stronger, and there are rows of prison-like cabins around it.

Ji Xun looked at the cabins around him, and inexplicably felt familiar.

The architectural design style of each era is similar.

The "407 Anomalous Biology Research Institute" that he crossed over is also an underground research institute.

It's pretty much the same design as it seems.

"Were these once chambers for experimental creatures?"

Ji Xun took a second look, and he already had a guess.

Although the doors of most of the cabins have been corroded, it can still be seen that these are not rooms for people to live in.

Not just the room, he saw some badly decayed research instruments.

Metal instruments and all that corrode away, but many of those glassware have been preserved intact.

Jars of green water are soaked in samples of various biological limbs.

Huge hearts, embryos of unknown creatures, weird brains, tentacles, eyeballs.

I don't know how to preserve it, thousands of years later, many samples are still somewhat undegraded.

When Ji Xun saw this, he seemed to see Master Merlin's laboratory, and said in his heart: "It's a pity, if these instruments are good, Master Merlin is afraid that he will be so excited that he can't sleep." ”

It would be better if there was any research material or something.

After all, the technological level of the Tarun Dynasty is much higher than it is now.

"Whoa~"

"Whoa~"

“.”

This layer of water seepage is very serious.

Ji Xun followed the people of the Viper Regiment all the way to carefully drip the water that did not reach his thighs, exploring all the way.

From time to time, you can see a corpse floating on the water.

Ji Xun looked at the shriveled corpses and frowned: "Sucked up the blood?" ”

He thought of something, and immediately became careful, carefully observing the water and the rest of his body.

However, the exploration went more smoothly than expected.

I don't know if it was the dragon power released by the next few seventh-order powerhouses that suppressed the monsters here, and they traveled all the way, except for a few unlucky eggs who were smoked by poisonous gas, they hardly encountered any trouble.

I haven't encountered a single monster that has caused huge casualties before.

That's one of the benefits of the Dragonborn.

The dragon's bloodline is inherently coercive over other low-level creatures, and most monsters will sense it and avoid it with great interest.

Everyone also thought it was because of Long Wei.

I didn't encounter a monster, and I gradually relaxed.

However, what they didn't know was that in the depths of this research institute, a group of people from the Bai family were whispering.

"Young master, people have almost come in, you can start."

"Hey, those seventh-order people in the Southern Continent have actually come in, which will save us trouble."

"Those monsters on the second floor are not something that a low-level card master can deal with, and it's normal to come down from the seventh order. If they can help us get rid of those monsters, we might even be able to get our hands on the valuable research materials in the institute."

"yes. After all, it's the outer gods that are studied, and the value of those materials is not comparable to any relic. ”

“.”

There were no monsters in the way, and adventurers also flooded into the second floor of the research institute.

Everyone excitedly went around digging around.

Ji Xun became more and more cautious.

He knew that the people of the Bai family must have arranged something in the dark.

Once you do it, I'm afraid it's a matter of life and death.

After entering the seventh order, the difficulty of exploration suddenly decreases a lot.

Especially the leader of the Poison Cranberry Mercenary Regiment, "Black Widow" Heather.

This seventh-order voodoo grand master used a few spell cards to transform into a "humanoid defogger", and in the blink of an eye, he absorbed the diffuse poisonous gas into his body.

The air around them became clear in an instant.

In this way, the progress of exploration is also accelerated.

Ji Xun and their viper group were the vanguard, and soon they came to the core area of the second floor.

If you look closely, in addition to the decaying room, there is actually a room with an iron door closed.

Just by looking at the structure and material of the door, you know that this room in front of you is very special.

"Captain, come on, there's a well-kept room here!"

"The room has a code, call the locksmith!"

"Hahaha, look at this layout, this must be the most important rooms of the institute, there must be good things"

“.”

My teammates were excited.

After all, if you really have to find something, they are the first work.

Ji Xun also observed the layout, this room may really be the key to the "central control room" on the entire second floor.

This major discovery also made the main forces of the Stinging Snake Regiment in the back come over.

Probably thinking that the jar might be inside, even the legion commander Herman came to check it out for himself.

However, suddenly, Ji Xun discovered a familiar anomaly.

He looked down and saw that an inconspicuous leech had stuck to his leg at some point.

"Sure enough, it's this thing."

Ji Xun quietly used a scalpel to pick off the insects.

At the same time, I was alert.

I had encountered it once before, and this unknown leech could bite through the skin and suck blood without anyone noticing.

He knew that trouble was coming.

I can't even perceive such a strong perception, let alone others.

He estimated that it would be difficult for ordinary sixth-order card masters to find this leech.

In other words, many of the people who have entered the second floor have already been bitten by this bug.

Thinking of this, Ji Xun had quietly distanced himself and slowly approached the iron cage.

(End of chapter)