Chapter 369: Starless Night
Dark Regions.
Located tens of kilometers underground, it is made up of countless underground cavities and passages connected to each other, and its area is so vast that the known parts alone are in no way inferior to the entire territory of the Delos Empire.
Not to mention the mysterious areas that are always hidden in the unknown.
Since it is located underground, there are always countless rocks above the sky.
There is no sun, no moon, and no stars.
It is even rumored that in the depths of the dark region, there is a dimensional passage to the demon world.
"The Cursed Land".
In the previous life, when it was discovered, many people called it that.
As soon as he entered this dark region, even Midi, who had two lifetimes of experience, immediately felt a strong discomfort.
Although the Sky Sea of Clouds is also separated from the Arad continent, most of the other environments are similar except for the difference in mana concentration.
Although there are different forces, different races, and different terrains, in any case, it is a world of light.
Therefore, the inhabitants living in the sky and the sea of clouds are essentially not much different from humans. And the vast majority of them, too, do not have flying skills.
It can be said that when Midi enters the sky and the sea of clouds, it is like entering a strange country, although he faces many obstacles, but in the end, he does not need to worry about some of the most basic physiological needs.
But the dark regions are different.
It's not so much "another country" as it is "another world".
The darkness here is completely different from the night on the continent of Arad or the sea of clouds in the sky.
After all, in a normal environment, even at night, there are still all kinds of light sources, such as the moon, such as stars, and even clouds located very high in the sky, which can reflect the rays of the sun, which has long since sunset.
But in the dark area, there is no light source of existence.
This means that no matter how good your eyesight is and how wide you can open your eyes, you still can't see anything.
Reaching out and not seeing your fingers is the best description of this world.
And if you create a light source in this world on your own, such as lighting a torch, then it is very likely that the light and heat radiation it produces will attract all kinds of monsters within a radius of hundreds of kilometers, just as blood dripping into the sea attracts a large number of sharks.
At that time, the maker of the light source will die without a place to be buried, no matter how strong he is, as long as he does not reach the state of the supreme powerhouse, he will eventually be exhausted.
The creation of light sources is to be able to survive and keep advancing, but the result is to attract a large number of enemies, and the guide is unable to move an inch or even die, this contradiction and irony make it difficult for artificial light to appear in the dark area.
Of course, the problem of "no light" is naturally not a problem for the races and monsters in the dark region.
They, and the vast majority of them, are born with a wide variety of night vision.
The most common is the infrared vision that uses guò temperature to observe the world.
The second is the echolocation ability similar to bats.
Or not, it is an extraordinary sense of smell and touch.
There are even some monsters whose whole body is a sensory organ, and they are well aware of all kinds of temperature changes within a hundred miles of the other party.
In the Arad continent or the sea of clouds in the sky, any kind of vision can be said to be an amazing talent, but in the dark region, these are not talents at all, but the most basic survival requirements.
It's just that, for a human being, Midi doesn't have any of the above vision.
To move in the dark realms, the only thing he could use was "psionic vision".
As a form of telepathic application, psionic vision is of course extremely powerful.
With this vision, Midi can directly ignore the many obstacles and directly see the existence of all the thinking creatures around her, from a small cranial rat to a five- or six-meter-long cave lizard and a swarm of vampire bats.
However, as beautiful as it sounds, psionic vision is not the best vision for use in dark areas.
After all, most of the time, it's not what the low-IQ monsters need to know what's going on in their heads, but the terrain around them and the path ahead.
Where are the dangerous underground canyons?
Where are the precious underground water veins?
Where are the edible mushrooms?
Where is the dead end, where is the wide passage?
In this lightless and endless underground labyrinth, this is what Midi needs to master the most.
However, when it comes to terrain detection, psionic vision is clearly not very effective.
According to Lotus, Midi had to develop a higher-order ability called "environmental sensing" from telepathy before he could master the qiē around him with psychic energy alone.
However, it is clear that Rotes's guidance will not help the current predicament.
In addition, even with psionic vision, Midi can't use it for a long time.
After all, it's not a physical gift, it's a skill.
This means that the activation of psionic vision requires the consumption of psionic energy, and the consumption far exceeds that of ordinary telepathy.
Even if he obtained the Sea Emperor inheritance, it did not mean that Midi could turn on psionic vision 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
And when he had to turn off his psionic vision to rest, Midi, who was like a blind man, was undoubtedly in the most dangerous state.
In fact, there are indeed quite a few monsters, tracking the temperature and smell left by Midi all the way, and attacking from time to time.
Thankfully, Midi hasn't lost a single battle so far.
But it's not a bragging record, because a loss could mean death.
Without the backing of the Falcon Regiment, identity and status are meaningless here, and Midi at this moment is just a pure adventurer.
A lonely adventurer trapped in endless darkness.
The only thing I can rely on is the sword in my hand.
However, despite the predicament for a time, in the eyes of the Eighth Apostle Lotus, Midi's expression is already stunning.
"I never imagined that a human could adapt so quickly to the dark and survive so smoothly without sight. There was a hint of appreciation in Lotus's tone.
Midi only smiled slightly, and did not feel fluttering.
In his previous life, although he had never been to the dark region, he had to say that the hardships he had endured and the difficulties he encountered were as good as the problem of "no light".
He has already felt the powerlessness and helplessness brought about by weakness, and has tasted all kinds of pain.
In this life, how could he be shaken just because he lost his eyesight?
But of course, not wavering, does not mean that there are no troubles.
In addition to the main problem of the lack of light, the magic of Midi is also extremely slow to recover here.
It's not that the concentration of magic in the Dark Regions is thin.
On the contrary, perhaps because of the relationship between the enclosed space, the mellowness of the magic here is even slightly better than that of the stars.
However, there are "impurities" in the magic here.
The accumulation of this impurity makes it extremely difficult for Midi to absorb it, and it would have taken at least two or three hours to restore the magic of fù, which used to take only a quarter of an hour.
This means that he has to be careful in every fight.
For Midi, who was accustomed to squandering her magic, this was obviously quite uncomfortable.
"Is there any way to filter the magic of the dark region? Midi sent a message to Lotus.
It's nice to have a supreme powerhouse around who is extremely knowledgeable, but Midi doesn't like to rely on others without using his brain.
Although the two sides have now become a community with a shared future, in the end, they still have to continue to exercise their own strength.
Relying too much on others will only make you weak.
However, after trying all kinds of methods to no avail, Midi had no choice but to ask Lotus for help.
"Impurities?" Lotus was stunned for a moment, then laughed out loud.
The unbridled laughter of the Eighth Apostle echoed in Midi's mind, leaving him feeling a little confused.
After a long while, Lotus finally stopped laughing and said to Midi, "It's not a clutter, it's something unique to the magic of the Dark Realm, and it's called 'Gloomy Glory'!"
"What! Dark Yinghua?" Midi was taken aback.
He finally understood why Lotus was laughing at him.
As an Extraordinary Awakener, Midi is between level 50 and level 60 and must refine the "Radiance of Light" through guò to advance to the ranks.
And from level 60 to level 70, what he needs to refine is "Gloomy Yinghua".
Midi was still worried about how to get this kind of thing in the dark region, but he didn't expect it to be stored by his side.
If you can't see the mountain, it's no wonder that you will be ridiculed.
In this way, in this dark region, promotion will not be a problem at all.
Midi no longer needs to "absorb" mana, but as long as he "refines" mana, he can upgrade and recover.
Thinking of this, Midi didn't care about saying anything to Lotus, and immediately started to try.
And with the refining of the dark Yinghua in the magic power, he immediately felt that the spirit dragon sword in his body began to tremble after a long absence.
The blade, covered in dark blue light lines, is now rapidly beginning to spread a new pattern.
Dark lines!
As the dark lines continued to increase, Midi could feel that his cultivation, which had stayed at level 60 for several days without progress, began to loosen, and gradually began to accumulate stronger strength, and launched an attack towards level 61.
"In the Dark Realm, this kind of magic containing 'Dark Glory' has a special name, called 'Dark Magic', although it is very close to the Demon Realm, making it easier to activate the Death Chase Order, but as the saying goes, there must be gain. Here, your dragon blood white crystal body is also easy to promote, and it is almost no different from ordinary professional upgrades. Lotus said lightly, "However, don't let that make you relax, because this kind of upgrade speed is still not enough to deal with the death chase order!"
"If dark magic is nothing, what is the reason why the Space-Time Gate teleported me to this dark land?" Midilo asked, groaning.
"In the old man's opinion, I'm afraid it's for the most famous inheritance in the dark region. ”
"Its name, Dark Dragon City!"