Then.

At the dark entrance to the Earth Dragon Palace, a group of mole slaves came out.

They all wore rudimentary miner's hats on their heads, and carried various digging tools on their shoulders, including the old mole that had led the way for Chen Mo before.

The moles all looked at the No. 9 letter bead in Chen Mo's hand.

"Master, what can we do for you?"

Chen Mo raised his eyebrows.

It is not difficult to see from the attributes of the letter beads that because they are white shadows, they have been enslaved by the Earth Dragon King and become its slaves, and at this moment, Chen Mo obtained this special prop and became their new masters.

Chen Mo is now faced with two different mission mode choices.

In the end, he chose to keep his word.

"The Earth Dragon King has been killed by me, and you have regained your freedom!"

When the moles heard this, they felt that they were no longer bound by the No. 9 letter beads, and they all showed expressions of surprise that they were finally free.

Then came what Chen Mo expected.

These moles gave Chen Mo 1 point of fragment points, there were a total of eighteen moles here, so Chen Mo received a total of 18 points.

And so it goes.

At this moment, the fragment points on Chen Mo's body have reached 69 points.

But by killing the evil shadow, or helping the white shadow to obtain fragment points, after all, it is only a strategy, as strong as the Earth Dragon King, and it only contributed 39 points to Chen Mo, and the fragment points that other evil shadows can contribute can be imagined, and it is already the limit to be able to get 10 points by killing the average top evil shadow.

If you want to collect 500 points this way, unless you are lucky and find some special opportunity, it is faster to hunt other predators.

As for just now, his other mission mode is to continue to enslave these moles.

You can even try to convert some of them into your own summoned beasts to achieve certain goals.

These eighteen moles obviously have some special abilities.

Even as cannon fodder, these moles are a pretty good choice, and if such an opportunity is presented to other Scourge victims, most of them will choose to continue to enslave.

Chen Mo is a person who loves to think.

At this moment, although he has collected 69 shard points, he does not plan to be like other natural disasters, not to explore the deeper reasons for this, just continue to collect shard points, and finally exchange them for rewards.

He wanted to know what the essence of these fragment points was.

So he looked at the old mole slave he had encountered first.

"What do these things do?"

When many moles heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other.

After thinking for a while, the old mole answered for Chen Mo.

"This is faith, but also light, where there is light, there will be shadow."

Chen Mo opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to continue asking.

The light in the old mole's mouth is obviously an abstract concept, or the light peculiar to the shadow world, and it is even likely that it is a product of the realm of laws, like the power of silence, which is closely related to some essence of this world.

The collection of these things by the Afflicted River Monarch, or by the Calamity World, is obviously not a meaningless act, but has some deeper intentions.

It may even have something to do with the weaponization of shadow fragments in the world of Calamity.

"Forget it."

Chen Mo shook his head.

Although he was curious, he also knew that this kind of thing was not something he could delve into at this stage.

"Let's go, let's get out of here."

Another twenty minutes or so passed.

The group came to the one-way vortex channel, and Chen Mo took out the No. 9 letter bead.

As the letter bead established a connection with the single whirlpool channel, Chen Mo and the eighteen moles beside him floated up one after another and were sucked in by the whirlpool channel.

Poof.

It was as if a puff of black smoke suddenly erupted from the ground, and Chen Mo and many moles reappeared in the twisted forest filled with black mist.

"The descendants of the Earth Dragon King have spread all over the entire underground palace, although they are still just ordinary shadows, but after all, they have inherited the bloodline potential of the Earth Dragon King, maybe one day, a second Earth Dragon King will grow here, you must be careful, don't fall again."

"Thank you."

"Got it."

"We're finally free."

The old mole was beside Chen Mo and pointed in a direction: "A long time ago, I heard from an adventurer that there is a small town called Pigeon Coop in that direction, where many white shadows live, and they are often plagued by the evil shadows that quietly invade, so they constantly need someone to solve their troubles, you can go there and try your luck." ”

"Pigeon cage town?"

After Chen Mo heard this, he looked at the old mole and said, "Aren't you going?" ”

The old mole shook his head.

"If you want to live there, you have to have a job, and we can't go there yet, so we have to go to some safe villages around us first."

Chen Mo looked thoughtful.

It seems that I still need to explore here, and the ecology here is not as simple as I imagined.

"Goodbye ......"

After saying goodbye to Chen Mo, the mole group soon disappeared into the black fog in the distance.

After carefully observing the surrounding environment for a while, Chen Mo walked in the direction of the pigeon cage pointed by the old mole, and gradually disappeared into the black fog.

About half an hour later.

Chen Mo was in the twisted and oppressive forest, through the hazy black fog, and sure enough, he saw the shadow of a high-rise building in the distance.

"It's been almost five or six hours since the start of the competition, and after going through the initial cognitive stage, I don't know what happened to the others, but since this city even knows the old mole trapped in the underground maze, as long as the other predators are not stupid, they should be able to know the information here through the white shadow and gather spontaneously, right?"

Come to think of it.

Chen Mo's footsteps gradually quickened, and he came to this street full of dilapidated atmosphere.

In the distance in the city shrouded in black fog, there was the occasional sound of explosions, apparently someone fighting, and more than one place.

Under the dark sky, there are old telephone poles everywhere, and wires crisscrossing horizontally and vertically.

Above the wires, a row of owl-like creatures was parked, all wearing black cloaks with their bodies hidden underneath them.

This is clearly the White Shadow resident of the city.

On both sides of the street, there are old pigeon coop buildings, each with a height of two or three hundred meters, densely arranged.

These buildings are also dilapidated.

Some of the facades even have cracks in the walls, resembling demonic plants that resemble creepers, and some buildings even have strange trees growing in them.

"There's another Scourge."

"How long do you think he can stay here?"

"I think he's strong and might be able to help us banish some of the shadows and restore some peace."

The black-clothed owl on the wire had no scruples to discuss Chen Mo.

Chen Mo was speechless.

He looked up and asked, "Is there anything I can do to help you?" ”

When the black-clad owls gathered heard this, some of them spread their wings and flew away, while others chose to ignore them, and only one owl answered.

"Keep going down this street, there's a quest wall where you can post quests, and you can go there and check it out."

So user-friendly?

After Chen Mo nodded, he walked in the direction that the owl was pointing, leaving the owls to continue discussing the topic about him.

Airplanes.

A fragment of points rippled and spread, but it was not Chen Mo's, but it came from the old building next to it.

There was a faint sound of battle inside.

Judging from the aura strength of the fragment points, the opponent's body already has 22 fragment points.

This strange city has obviously been flooded with a large number of natural disasters.

Chen Mo only stopped for a moment, and then continued to walk forward.

The area of the pigeon cage town was unexpectedly large, and he had walked for ten minutes, and still did not see the mission wall that the black-clothed owl had spoken.

Then.

A one-eyed weasel scurrying out of the hallway spotted him.

"This Scourge, are you here to banish the Shadow?"

Chen Mo stopped.

"Yes."

When the one-eyed weasel heard this, he saw it exhale forward, and it turned into a mission contract.

It motioned to Chen Mo: "I feel that there are some unclean things mixed in my room, although I don't have a clear clue yet, but the feeling that makes me creepy is definitely not wrong, I also experienced the ghost press just now!" Oh my God, this is terrible, will you help me, I can pay you 1 point of faith in return. ”

The belief in the other party's mouth is undoubtedly the fragment points collected by the catastrophe.

After thinking about it for a while, Chen Mo chose to shake his head and refuse.

"I'm sorry, your quest is too low for me, and I want to go to the quest wall to find a quest that suits me better."

When the one-eyed weasel heard this, he seemed to have some regret.

"Alright then, it just so happens that I'm going to the quest wall to post a quest, let's go together, I hope you can bring more peace to the city."

It sighed.

"Faith in this city has become scarcer and less recently, some houses have begun to crumble, and if this continues, the city will gradually disappear, and there will be not many places for us to live."

Let's talk about it.

It led the way, jumping and running into the distance in the black fog.

About five minutes later.

The two finally arrived at their destination.

The one-eyed weasel holds the quest scroll and finds an empty spot on the quest wall.

He spat and pasted the quest scroll on.

Chen Mo looked at the wall where the one-eyed weasel issued the mission, not so much a wall, but a smooth façade of a stone mountain.

But the weird thing is.

This stone mountain actually made the sound of "coo-dong" and "coo-dong".

It seems to be alive and is a heart.

After the one-eyed weasel released the mission, he came to Chen Mo's side again.

"There's the mission wall, go check it out."

There are many natural disasters under the mission wall, stopping here and looking up.

After it finished speaking to Chen Mo, it jumped away.

It seems that releasing this kind of exorcism mission is a very common thing for the white shadows living in this city, just like Chen Mo ordering takeout in the world before he crossed over.

(End of chapter)