The Benefit of the Ancestors - Zhu Xie Nai III Chapter 17: The Collapsed Abyss Gate
When she almost arrived at the entrance of a huge cave, Sophia saw a weathered camp that had been turned into ashes due to the airflow generated by the movement of four people. Maybe it was because the end of the year was too far away, so she only had time to take a look at the bonfires, tents, etc.
Turned into dust.
"It seems that there are adventurers or similar people here." Noel, who was the first to walk, said this.
"Could it be from that story?" Sofia guessed.
There was a trace of surprise in Ryan's eyes. "This... it has been too long, it has all been weathered. Can you estimate how many people there are from the size of the camp? I didn't see it clearly for a moment. The previous story should have
It’s four people, right?”
"Maybe." Noel swallowed his emotion and continued to move forward.
"I didn't see it clearly just now, but there are a few people in the story who don't need to care." Alice felt that there was no need to pay attention to such things.
"Noel, please wait a moment." Sofia wanted to check the place where the camp used to be and some strange marks on the walls of the cave.
Ryan helped Sophia check the camp to see if there was anything left in the dust left in the camp, but he only touched a hand of dust.
There is nothing in the cave except a small amount of blue fluorescent moss, but those traces are probably battle traces produced by some huge weapons along the way that crossed the cave. Perhaps we can move forward along these traces.
"I think we can follow these traces." Sophia pointed out.
"Well... I hope that if we follow these traces, we will encounter fewer monsters. Since there is nothing here, let's continue walking." Alice shuddered.
"If the number of people matches, maybe this is where the four people in the story came from. Maybe the evil god is not dead yet." Ryan said cautiously.
"If he was dead, we wouldn't have to come here." Sophia patted her robe and then walked along the traces.
"He's not dead... Well, I don't know if we can beat him." Alice was very worried, but if she was really not dead, then she would definitely have to finish the game. After saying that, she followed him.
"Well, let's look forward. There should be no clues here." Ryan clapped his hands.
The four of them moved along the battle traces, which mainly focused on penetration and strikes. But this journey was extremely long. Underground, the concept of time was blurred, and they didn’t know how long they had walked.
Just when the food and water were almost completely exhausted, a sound of water suddenly made Sophia realize that the four people's thinking seemed to be affected by something, and there seemed to be an underground river nearby.
"Everyone, stop and wake up." Sophia, who was the first to break away from her drowsiness, used the holy flame to gently tap everyone to wake them up, which was quite smooth.
"It hurts." Ryan felt a sudden pain in his skull. The hazy feeling began to disappear. His consciousness gradually became clear, and then he looked around blankly.
"Huh? What's wrong?" Noel also seemed to be waking up from a dream, with a confused look on his face.
"Eh? What happened?" Alice covered her head and looked around in confusion.
"It seems that something has affected our thinking. Fortunately, there seems to be an underground river nearby. The sound of water made me realize this." Sophia checked the supplies and judged how long her group had been in this state.
"Well, it's so dangerous. Thanks to you, Sophia." Ryan knew that his previous state was very dangerous.
"As long as we make sure we didn't run into any weird place and are still in the cave, it'll be fine." Noel looked back at the direction he came from. Even when he looked behind him, he didn't know how far he had traveled.
Although I don’t know how much time has passed, the supplies that had supported four people for about half a month were all gone.
"Well, all the supplies are gone. This is incredible, it has unintentionally affected us for so long." Sophia had a headache.
"Half...half a month has passed? Fortunately, we didn't meet any monsters." Alice patted her chest.
"This... half a month has passed, and I have no consciousness or memory." Ryan felt deeply ashamed.
After checking the supplies, Sophia carefully checked the situation nearby. "But it doesn't seem to be caused by the people in the story. These marks can only be caused by large weapons. This..."
"Then where is this place? Well, we can walk for half a month, if we don't go around in circles or go back." Ryan asked.
"It depends on other people. Do you have any impressions of this place?" Sofia looked to see if there was anything worth paying attention to, but there was nothing special here except the sound of water from the underground river.
Ryan looked at the surrounding environment, hoping to find relevant memories or familiar scenes here. Then he shook his head. "This is a place I have never seen before, and I don't know where it is connected to."
Noel walked towards the back, but there was no intersection leading anywhere else, and the front of the cave continued to extend.
"Farther away... there is only one river? Then how should we go next?" Alice asked, she was the least opinionated.
"Hmm... Then it seems we have to cross the underground river and continue going down, hoping to find the goal of our trip in the depths." Noel felt that this was the only way. If we turned back now, we would be thirsty to death.
"Let's keep walking. We don't know what's going to happen now. We'll try to summon the elements later to see what happens. We don't have much time to waste." Sophia said and walked forward.
Ryan nodded. "Then let's move forward quickly."
And sure enough, it didn't take long for the four of them to reach the end of the passage - the underground river that winds downwards. At least there was water for supply. There were also roads across it or along the narrow banks on the left and right of the underground river.
Can go.
But at this moment, a group of white-eyed ape-like monsters covered with sheep-like white hair appeared on the left and right sides. They may be underground ecological monsters.
The eyes of these monsters were probably degraded and could only detect light. The light source in Alice's hand attracted them. Maybe the light was too dazzling for these monkeys, so these guys started to scream.
The underground river flows very fast, and if you jump in, you may be washed downstream.
The butterfly lamp cannot be turned off. Those little bugs are always on and will dim when they die. Sophia first ended her lighting trick and then put it away with a ring.
Feeling the full magic power in his body, Ryan released a bark spell on himself in time.
Noel took off his giant sword and stood ready, and finally Alice also gave herself petrified skin.
Although the light suddenly disappeared and the monkeys were no longer attracted to the light source, the breathing sounds of the four people were still discovered by these guys.
The group of monkeys on the left threw dense, foul-smelling hardened excrement at the four people!!!
Sophia's self-esteem as a woman made her unable to accept being hit by these things. With her potential stimulated, she burst out even faster and twisted her body to avoid this round of stinky things.
Although Sophia was not hit, the other three were hit multiple times by this dirty throwing attack. Not only that, the stench produced by these monkey feces contained some kind of debilitating toxin that made the four of them the first in the group of monkeys on the right.
Unable to effectively dodge during the second round of attacks...
At the critical moment, Noel threw his giant sword and used the back of the sword to knock Ryan who was farthest away into the water. Then he grabbed one with one hand and made a flying dive, escaping from all aspects.
The rapid current, underwater rocks, and twists and turns of the waterway knocked everyone out except Noel. Noel could only hold on to the two of them and try to bite Ryan's collar in front of him with his mouth.
The exhausted Noel also fainted when he dragged the others ashore. When the four woke up... everyone found that they had lost something. Especially Sophia, who lost the gift that Miller had given her.
Her headdress is really terrible.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh possible can possible can and can to do without!"
"Sister Sophia, don't be angry, let's move on. We still have important things to do now. How about I accompany you back to look for them together after the incident is over." Alice comforted her a few words by her side.
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After calming down for a while, Sophia apologized to Alice, and then released an awakening spirit targeting the dark river, asking the elements if they had seen the hair pin.
But Sophia's spell failed. In such a place with huge negative energy, such spells always fail. "Hoo, ho, ho..." Sophia took a few deep breaths, forced down her anger, and regained her composure.
After Ryan woke up, he found that he had lost a knife, but fortunately he still had another one. He sighed, but he knew that Noel saved him, and a knife was nothing. "Thank you just now, Noel."
Noel, who had just woken up, found that his weapon was gone. He was so troubled that he could only reluctantly say no thank you.
"Mr. Lane, you seem to have lost your sword. You can use my staff first. Anyway, I don't need a staff to cast spells."
"Thanks, Alice. I'll return it to you when I find a replacement." Ryan took Alice's staff.
"Well...you're welcome, but this is just a stick after all. It may not be as useful as your weapon."
After Sofia and Alice dried the four people's clothes with magic, they walked around the shore for a while. There was an upward staircase in the distance, and the banks of the underground river were full of fragments of rock gates and collapsed stalagmites.
And among the ruins, there was a huge evil corpse. Its appearance could not be described at all. The seven tips protruding from the bottom of the corpse had evil tentacles with closed eyes, and the tentacles were still swinging unconsciously in the air.
There was a broken tentacle on the ground in front of the corpse of the evil creature. His eyes were pierced by a spear, and he fell to the ground alone. Sure enough, the story was correct. This was the collapsed abyss gate under the abyss.