Chapter 8: Stone Forest Formation
Miao Yongyuan's eyes swept over everyone and asked, "Has anyone been bitten by a cockroach?" Come and deal with it here, this mutant cockroach is a little poisonous, and it must be properly treated if it is bitten or scratched. ”
Sure enough, someone was still hurt. Liang Jinshi, one of the new team members, raised his hand weakly and said, "I...... I felt like I had been bitten on the foot. "The voice is soft and soft, and a little glutinous.
As a team doctor, Miao Yongyuan naturally had nothing to say, so he stepped forward to help check and treat the wound. It's just that he's a little strange, like her, who seems to be soft and weak, it seems that she shouldn't come to the exploration team, right? In his opinion, the girls in the exploration team should be like Zhao Xuanhe, capable and refreshing.
Fortunately, the bite on Liang Jinshi's calf was only broken and bleeding, but the wound was not big and did not affect his movements. Miao Yongyuan helped her clean the wound, gave her an injection, and then put on a band-aid and it was over.
Scratched by cockroaches, everything else is fine, the main thing to fear is the toxicity it carries. In fact, if it is a single cockroach, use a sword to cut off its head, dispose of its feet and wings, and with a little treatment, it can even be edible. It's just that most people think it's disgusting, and no one does it.
Seeing that everyone was fine, Cao Hexuan waved his hand: "Let's go!"
Following the map, the exploration team came to a stone forest.
Piles of stones, stone pillars, of varying heights and sizes, reaching seven or eight meters high, and only reaching people's knees as low.
Without going straight in, the team stopped outside the stone forest. With such intricate terrain, if you don't get one right, you'll get lost.
"Lao Liu, what do you think?" Cao Hexuan asked as he looked at Liu Han, who was observing and looking at the stone forest.
Liu Han, the deputy captain, is good at environmental exploration, and it is said that he also understands the feng shui techniques of ancient China and the Qimen formation, and is a special talent.
In the team, that is, the captain calls him Lao Liu, in fact, his real age is only in his early thirties, and others either call him vice captain or Brother Liu.
Liu Han suggested: "It seems to be a formation, although it is broken. I think it's best to set up camp first and wait for a clearer exploration before entering, otherwise I'm afraid it's easy to get stuck inside. ”
With the revival of martial arts and cultivation, people no longer regard feng shui and Qimen formations as feudal superstitions. Of course, it is difficult for ordinary people to understand the profound things in the formation, and that is specialized knowledge. For many people, they tend to simply think that the formation is actually a maze, or a special maze.
However, in fact, the formation is not just a labyrinth of trapped people, but there are many types, such as trapping people, such as killing, such as protection, such as gathering spirits, such as ...... There are many forms and functions.
Cao Hexuan also understood this, followed the advice, and ordered to go down and set up camp.
Liu Han, on the other hand, walked around the entrance of the stone forest, and then released a small drone, hoping to find something from above.
Liu Han controlled the drone and flew up, it was fine at first, but it didn't fly far, and the monitor flashed a few times, and then the screen went black.
"There is an unusual magnetic field over this stone forest, and the drone crashed like this, and it was too late to recall. Miao Yongyuan seemed to see a big bead of sweat symbol on Liu Han's forehead.
Cao Hexuan raised his voice and asked, "Who of you else understands the formation?" Let's come over and take a closer look. ”
To everyone's surprise, Liang Jinshi, who looked soft and weak, answered and walked over.
"It's really unseemly!" Zhao Feishen whispered beside Miao Yongyuan: "I didn't expect her to understand such a complicated thing." ”
Miao Yongyuan said with a smile: "As long as you are willing to learn by heart, most things in this world are not as complicated as you think." ”
Zhao Fei glanced at him, "Then why don't you know the formation?"
"Well, I didn't learn. "Miao Yongyuan really doesn't know the formation, in fact, he doesn't know it at all, but what he knows is the sword formation method in the "Hunyuan Sword Sutra", and the entity formation like Shilin, he really doesn't understand it. Although they are all formations, they are not the same thing, just like the method of combined attack taught by the captain, it can also be regarded as a formation.
Miao Yongyuan They don't understand the formation, and they can't help, so they can only do their best to do their own thing, deploy defenses, and set up camp.
If you can't help, you can rest or cultivate on your own, and of course, there are those who are vigilant, and this is no better than the inner domain.
A few hours later, the vice captain Liu Han and Liang Jinshi came over together, discussed with the captain Cao Hexuan, and then gathered everyone together.
Liu Han said: "I've almost done a good job, and I can basically determine that this is a seven-star gossip array, with the outer gossip and the inner seven stars. If this formation was in good condition, we were afraid that we would not be able to enter it, but now it is broken, which gives us a chance. It's just that, although it is broken, there are still parts of it running, so if you go in, you should be careful not to get stuck in it like everyone else. ”
"Yes, I discussed with the deputy captain and prepared to arrange for some people to go in, and the others will wait and answer here. Cao Hexuan took Liu Han's words, but arranged them: "I, the deputy captain, Fan Xuanhe, Liang Da, Miao Yongyuan, the five of us will go in, and the rest will stay." Those who remained were temporarily commanded by Zhao Feishen. ”
"Understood!" everyone replied in unison.
A group of five people, led by Liu Han, and the captain and Fan Xuanhe acted as guards, after all, the three of them have always cooperated with each other, and they have already had a tacit understanding, and once something happens, it is easy to deal with it.
Miao Yongyuan followed, he was the team doctor, ready to deal with emergencies and treat them at any time. As for the last Liang Da, he is also a combatant, and following behind is to prevent any emergencies from behind.
A few people didn't just walk in like that, in the case of the deputy captain opening the way, Liang Da at the end of the team also needs to mark the road, so that he can retreat in time in case of emergencies.
In the blink of an eye, the five of them disappeared into the stone forest.
Miao Yongyuan found that the vice captain did not walk in a straight line, but turned left and right from time to time, and even went backwards, but he really made him a little dizzy.
Sure enough, the formation is like a labyrinth!
There was no danger along the way, but when I was nervous, I felt that time passed very slowly.
Miao Yongyuan couldn't help but whisper: "Vice Captain, this formation doesn't seem to be anything." ”
Ahead, Liu Han replied while identifying the path: "Don't underestimate this formation, this is a guardian formation, it should be something in the formation." Look at your bracelet, but there's still a signal?"
Miao Yongyuan subconsciously raised his left hand and glanced at the bracelet on his wrist, and said in surprise: "How can this be?"
"It's not surprising, because of the formation, the magnetic field is chaotic, and it's easy for people to lose their way, and if they go around, they will trap people inside, and they can't send a distress signal, and they will eventually trap people to death. Liu Han also had a good impression of Miao Yongyuan, so he explained.
As for others, Miao Yongyuan knows a little. For example, why don't you just blow up the stone forest, it's a hundred? It's not difficult to blow up, but after the explosion, you will definitely not get anything. Or, starting from the periphery, dismantling and emptying the stone forest little by little? That would be too laborious, too inefficient, and a bit of a loss if there was nothing to gain.
Therefore, in the end, the above will choose the most efficient method and send many exploration teams. At the same time as clearing the monster, if you find something of great value, you will arrange a large number of engineers to develop it, of course, at this time, you may need to use the method mentioned above. In fact, there is no way to do this, the underground world is too big after all.
Suddenly, Liu Han stopped and asked, "Do you feel anything unusual?"
Several people looked at each other and shook their heads.
"The air here seems to be a little humid?" Fan Xuanhe said with some uncertainty. After all, it's a girl, and it's more sensitive.
Miao Yongyuan felt it carefully, nodded, and said with some surprise: "It's really true! Could it be that there will be a water source in the middle of the formation?"
"It's not surprising that it's normal to have water, it's just very scarce. Cao Hexuan said: "Xiao Miao, you have only been here for a long time, and you don't know a lot of things. Four or five water sources have already been discovered in our dungeon C, and it is said that a large area will be renovated soon, and then a large number of immigrants will begin to come. If we find another water source here, we should be rewarded for going back this time. ”
The captain said that Miao Yongyuan really didn't know, he always thought that the water here was artificially synthesized or transported from the earth. As for the large number of immigrants, he knew that in the dungeons A and B, the migration had already begun.
Now the area that has been developed or basically explored and cleared up by the monsters in the C dungeon has already exceeded two hundred square kilometers, and it is reasonable to talk about immigration. After all, to really build a place well, enough manpower is the foundation, and the most important thing is that the dungeon can be cultivated, if there is enough population to cultivate, then more powerful people can naturally appear from it, no matter what is the good thing.
Several people followed Liu Han around, and finally, turning a thick stone pillar, their eyes lit up.
This brightness does not mean that there is a bright light in front of it, but that there are many stone pillars to obstruct it, and the vision has become wider.
"Alright, finally walked in. ”
The scene that appeared in front of everyone's eyes made everyone a little stunned. A few crooked stone pillars reach up to the ceiling, and above them are thick rocks, which are out of the scope of the stone forest, but a relatively closed space. However, it does not make people feel oppressive or depressed, because it is high enough, and the visual measurement is at least fifty or sixty meters high.
These are not the reasons for the shock, but there are water stains on the ground, and a little further away is obviously a small lake, and the slightly rippling water surface reflects the faint light.
There really is a water source!
This is rare on Mars, at least not for those present.