Although it is an ancient metal that has experienced countless years of decay and dilapidation, what appears in front of Duan Qing and Duan Qing at this time is still an extremely flat and smooth ground. These floors are straight towards the darkness presented in front of them along with the magic light.
downwards, connecting with the lines on the left and right sides to form an extremely standard right angle. The bottomless scene was also filled in front of this flat right angle at this time, and an amazing scene appeared in front of Duan Qing and Xueling Huanbing.
The boundless darkness where people's hearts are throbbing, the faint whimpering sound and the huge metal friction sound are like the roar of hell originating from the depths of this darkness, constantly circling and echoing in their ears as they look down: "...
…Are we standing at the entrance to the abyss of this world?”
"It feels like I'm staring into the abyss - but I don't think it's like that. After all, we are standing halfway up the sacred mountain now."
"Considering the height from which we fell previously and the height of the sacred mountain in front of us, the height we are facing now can also be imagined."
Carefully retracting his sight from the edge of endless darkness in front of him, Duan Qing with a slightly pale face retracted his weak legs and feet: "The question now is - how wide is this cliff? Is there still room for us to move forward?
?”
"It seems we can still walk on both sides." Xueling Huanbing, who also stood up, took the lead in taking steps towards one side: "Since we can't move forward, we can explore a little along the edge."
"Maybe we can find other roads leading ahead."
Duan Qing, who didn't raise any objections, silently glanced at the dark abyss, then followed behind Xue Ling Huan Bing. There was no sound between the two people, and only the sound of quiet footsteps came out for a while, and occasionally.
Their respective movements of turning back appeared alternately in their cautious positions close to each other: "Have you noticed anything unusual?"
"No, and there are no signs of an ambush, and there are no pursuers coming from behind... Is there no end to this road?"
"We have been walking along the edge of this metal cliff. We have not found any obstacles yet, nor have we found the lateral edge... Look on the left."
Following the movement of the Snow Spirit Phantom Ice guarding the front, Duan Qing aimed the magic light in his hand in that direction, and countless abandoned huge mechanical ruins and walls with square windows also followed.
Their slow steps moved backwards in front of the light that shone like a flashlight: "This scene seems familiar."
"Fortunately, I have also been to the ruins of that underground laboratory with you." Xue Linghuan Bing, who was walking slowly in front of him, heard the sound and let out a low laugh: "It seems that those ancient people liked to live underground like this.
"
"If such an underground survival settlement really exists, then they will have too many problems to deal with." Duan Qing curled his lips and pointed to the darkness on the other side of them: "For example - what if this wind element
If the spring erupts again, wouldn't those people who live in the crater be the first to suffer?"
"Yes, logically speaking, this situation should not exist." Xue Ling Huan Bing nodded indifferently: "But the problem is that we only see these scenes now."
"If the construction here thousands of years ago was very different from what we see now, many problems may no longer be problems."
The sound of gravel rolling down sounded a little in front of the two people. The slight crackling sound also aroused the sharp nerves of the two people at this moment. They carefully used their fastest and most powerful skills.
They came closer and finally put down their raised hands with a relaxed breath and a slight sense of loss: "——What, why is there no one there?"
"You should say that there are no monsters or enemies. Although it is normal for such a place so close to the center of the mountain to survive without monsters and enemies... Is there no sign of Puli VI appearing?"
"According to the coordinates and the corresponding map it gave us, we are already very close to the direction it indicated. If there is anything else we haven't discovered yet - huh?"
"What's wrong?"
Sensing the unusual sound made by Duan Qing, who was staring at the adventurer's map, Xue Ling Huan Bing unconsciously turned around his alert body, only to see that the journey they had traveled before was now extremely clear.
The ground appears in Duan Qing's adventurer's manual. The route drawn along the edge of the cliff and the track left by the fog that dispersed the unknown area also show a clear line pointing directly upward: "...We are now
Walking north, right?"
"That's right, the ventilation duct we drilled into before should have been facing east, and then we kept going east until we encountered the edge of the abyss... What, what's the problem?"
"——It seems you can't tell it now, but if you walk forward for a while, you should be able to detect some clues."
"Okay." Xueling Huanbing, who seemed to be aware of what Duan Qing said at this time, nodded and took the lead again while taking out his adventurer's manual: "The system also helps me.
The route we traveled was recorded, and our current location is here...well."
"It does seem a little bit unnatural."
Constantly comparing the map record in his hand with the boundary between the dark abyss and the metal platform next to him, Xueling Huanbing's face covered with gray marks seemed to reflect a faint light: "If you continue to move forward,
If so, this line logically...should be..."
"It's straight."
The frown on her face became tighter and tighter, and the white-haired woman began to trace the white-black boundary that appeared on the map with her fingers: "But the line shown on it seems to have a little bit of... curvature?"
"That's right, the situation I show here is the same." Duan Qing, who was also holding the adventurer's manual, immediately replied: "Connect the point we turned to at the beginning with our subsequent position. This arc
The line becomes extremely obvious.”
"We may be facing a huge pothole." Looking up at the dark abyss just around the corner, the gray-robed magician stopped and gestured toward the dark front with his hands: "Just follow the arc on the map.
Continuing to draw forward, we can get a perfect circle, although this circle looks much larger than imagined."
"This is also in line with the style of the underground laboratory ruins we have seen before. There is also a huge hole leading to the bottom." Xue Ling Huan Bing, who nodded in response, also raised his eyebrows: "That underground
The ruins used to be used to collect the energy of the wind element and use it in other places. The design concept here may also inherit the laboratory, which was used to collect the energy of the wind element spring or something like that... Hmm."
"I made some rough calculations. If this arc continues to extend, the area occupied by this bottomless hole will become very terrifying." Duan Qing seemed to understand the meaning of the other party's sudden pause at this time, and turned his gaze
It landed on the edge of a straight cliff very close to the two people: "But judging from the situation at the scene, this metal platform made along the border shows no signs of tilting at all."
"Unless there is something wrong with our senses, or there are other mechanisms arranged here." He closed the manual and nodded, Xue Ling Huan Bing also used his fingers to trace the light that appeared in front of him.
The scene below: "Is there a way to enlarge our field of view a little more?"
"I'm not a person who specializes in basic magic level. Even if I use the amplification spell, it's impossible to illuminate it from a distance of several hundred meters, but..." Duan Qing curled his lips and said calmly.
The analysis said: "The answer to this question is actually easy to come by: If there is a deviation between the two pieces of information on hand, which side do you believe?"
"I choose not to believe both sides." He curled his lips and replied. Xueling Huanbing, who was tapping the adventurer's manual in front of him, put on a look of "I won't be fooled": "I only believe in my own senses, so——
"
"Let's go a little further."
Without having time to stop the other party's movements, Duan Qing had no choice but to smile bitterly and continue to follow the other party. His footsteps walking along the edge of the cliff kept colliding with the broken metal ground, and crisp sounds were interspersed from time to time.
Sobbing loudly and softly: "...Speaking of which, how long will it take until the next time the furnace pressure is released?"
"It's probably less than half an hour away. If my memory is correct - does this have anything to do with our current situation?"
"Do you even need to ask? When the time comes, we will probably be crushed into meat patties by that force in an instant."
Looking back and forth uneasily, Duan Qing replied helplessly: "There are no existences like the Floating Island and the Great Violet Magician here to help us prevent this disaster."
"Then what can we do? We have no other way to choose." Xue Ling Huan Bing, who was walking in front, replied without looking back: "Rather than just sit back and wait for death, it is better to explore further and see if there is anything.
The terrain and ancient ruins that can be used——"
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The piercing scoff sound came from far away, and the sound that echoed quickly made the white-haired swordswoman suddenly close her mouth. The adventurer's manual that was originally held in front of her also turned into a white dagger at the next moment.
With a round shield, he was blocked in front of the attack trajectory that was very close at hand: "Who?"
clang!
The sound of impact then appeared in the center of this light source, refracting a metal disk-shaped object cut by rotation to the other side of the straight line, and the fierce sparks shining on the surface of the round shield also brought the illusion of snow.
Bing let out a sweet cry, and spread under the dark abyss beside him: "Over there!"
"I saw it." Duan Qing answered her naturally and suddenly raised his hand in that direction: "Fireball!"
The fireball with increased magic power instantly disappeared into the darkness where the source of the previous attack was, and fell accurately to the depths on the other side of the metal platform. Duan Qing, who raised the elemental staff in his hand, did not stop casting magic.
Stopping, the tip of the ancient staff also reflected a heart-stopping sizzling sound: "Elemental reaction——"
"Thunder, fire and lightning!"
The thunder and lightning that was enough to make the entire space suddenly shine instantly surpassed the speed of Snow Spirit Magic Ice, and slashed a dazzling fire right in front of the ruined metal platform. The aftermath of the flames that had not yet finished rising in the distance also followed.
It rolled and rolled under the action of the thunder light, and rose violently again as if it had been thrown into high-energy fuel. A series of explosions then overturned the metal wall at the edge of that direction, and the flying metal and rock and soil fragments also rose between
There was a heavy creaking sound unique to collapse, and then a huge black figure slowly appeared in the darkness where the explosions and debris fell against each other, and the whole body was also surrounded by red and black thunder and lightning: "...
...Discover...the target..."
"It's a mechanical body." Then there was another dull impact sound next to the black shadow, and after the impact, the snow spirit phantom ice flew back and brought a low warning: "It should be a guard or something like that."
"Are we going to fight? Are they the companions of King Puli VI?"
"It's not up to us to decide whether to fight or not."
Shaking a metal saw blade that fell on him to the ground, the huge black silhouette has completely walked out of the dim range, and the violent earthquake sound that has not stopped has now spread to the huge pit outside the cliff.
Below, the reflected metallic light also shows the same mottled rust as the surface of this tall giant mechanical limb: "If this big guy insists on attacking us -"
"Then we have to fight back."
It was like a classic car that had not moved for a thousand years and was about to forcefully start moving. The metal body with a fierce creaking sound raised its arms high, and the roar with sawtooth cutting also echoed with the snow spirit at the next moment.
The round shields raised by Huan Bing collided together, sending out large friction sparks in the air again: "—I am the master of defense, you come to attack! Can the thunder and lightning magic just now be used again?"
"In normal knowledge, electric current will have a fatal impact on mechanical life." Duan Qing took a step back and there seemed to be dazzling electric light jumping between his hands: "But this does not mean that we must use the method to destroy the body.
Isn't there a better choice to attack the opponent with magic circuits?"
"...You want to push it into the abyss?" The forward steps that wanted to defend strongly turned into a moving dodge. Xueling Huanbing glanced towards the dark direction beside the two people: "Let's not talk about the other party first.
Are you going to be fooled? How are you going to push such a heavy body?"
"This is not simple. Freezing magic and a stronger attack are enough." Waving the staff, he began to look for a suitable placement angle. Duan Qing's free left fingertips seemed to have purple light flashing: "
and--"
"Stop."
A voice calling to stop suddenly appeared in front of the two people, stopping Duan Qing's fingers that were still drawing runes in his hand and the huge black figure in front of him who wanted to continue waving his metal arm. The noise turned into silence.
Then, a suspended machine with the same dilapidated feel appeared in the depths of the atmosphere, floating in front of a man and a woman with leaking electric sparks and sizzling current sounds.
"You are here."
This chapter has been completed!