285 Deeper and deeper, the master architect and the Medusa tribe (2)
Seven Pigeons followed the abandoned mine pit and gradually descended.
The abandoned mines are small, dark, and damp, and are not suitable for surface creatures such as humans and elves to survive.
But for Medusa, this is the paradise they dream of.
Medusa was originally a creature that lived on the ground.
They are somewhat similar to snakes in that they are cold-blooded animals whose body temperature changes with the environment.
However, unlike snakes, snakes will freeze if it is too cold and have to hibernate.
The suitable temperature of Medusa is between -50 sub-sand degrees and 20 sub-sand degrees, and is typically resistant to cold but not heat.
If the outside world is too hot, Medusa will peel off its skin and fall into a weak state.
They had no choice but to dig a hole and sink into the ground to escape the heat.
Over time, some smart Medusas discovered it.
I live on the ground, exposed to wind and sun, and always have to dig holes, so why not just live underground?
The first batch of Medusas to eat "crabs" discovered the benefits of the underground.
It's cool and comfortable underground, I really like being there!
After a long migration, Medusa became an underground force and almost disappeared on the surface.
There are many narrow passes in the abandoned mines. Medusas can bend their bodies and twist like snakes to enter, while Seven Pigeons can only lie on the ground and crawl through.
Every time the seven pigeons crawl through the tunnel, the fluorescent fruit will wait patiently outside the tunnel.
When Qi Ge climbed out of the tunnel, she would also bring the Medusa nuns to help Qi Ge wipe the dust off her body, which was very considerate.
The deeper you go down into the abandoned mine, the darker it becomes. It seems that even the light of the sun god is unwilling to care for you.
In the darkness, one could only hear the sound of the soft belly of the Medusas rubbing against the ground as they walked.
Qi Ge stared at the darkness in front of him and had an illusion.
It's as if the darkness in front of you is a beast that chooses people to eat, and its huge mouth is waiting for you.
The Medusas in front are the gods of death who are leading them to death.
This sense of unwarranted fear made Qi Ge become more vigilant.
Qi Ge shook his head and discovered that there was an extra buff on his attribute panel.
【Fear
All units of oneself have a 10% chance of becoming fearful in battle.】
Afraid? Why is there this buff?
Is this a place of fear?!
It shouldn't be.
Qi Ge frowned.
"Thump thump thump thump!"
At this moment, Qi Ge heard constant knocking sounds coming from the front.
He stopped and asked the fluorescent fruit in front of him doubtfully:
"This is?"
"Ah, this is our tribe mining."
Mining?!
The Medusa clan is an innate level 4 unit. Even in the dungeon, they are still in the middle management class. How can they mine by themselves?
Normally, Medusa enslaves cavemen to mine.
There are some relatively powerful Medusa tribes that can even enslave Tauren who are higher level than them.
Out of curiosity, Qige followed the fluorescent fruit to the place where Medusa was mining.
Hundreds of Medusa female snakes were walking back and forth in the cave. They used their hands to carry a black stone and passed by Qi Ge and the others.
Seeing Qi Ge coming over, many Medusa female snakes cast curious glances at Qi Ge.
Some of them were unfriendly and kept spitting snake letters at the seven pigeons.
These level 1 Medusa female snakes are extremely ugly.
Their snake-haired girls followed their master and opened their mouths at the Seven Pigeons in a threatening manner. The skin on their faces was a terrifying dark green, covered with wrinkles and snakes. Their nostrils were almost parallel to their faces, and their vertical pupils were cold and alert.
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Qige didn't feel any fear or disgust at all. Instead, she nodded towards them with a friendly smile.
"Hmph!" The fluorescent fruit snorted upon seeing this, and spoke a hoarse snake language from the bottom of its throat.
"Go away, everyone. This is Her Majesty the Queen's distinguished guest. You are not allowed to get close to her."
The Medusa female snakes shrank in fear when they heard the sound of the fluorescent fruit.
They saw that the fluorescent fruit had no intention of punishing them, so they quickly dispersed and walked away.
Fluorescent Fruit said apologetically: "I'm sorry, these low-level tribesmen are not very clear-headed yet, so you were frightened."
Qi Ge responded politely:
"There is no need to apologize. As a foreigner, when I enter your territory, it is natural for me to be wary.
They didn't understand the situation and didn't know that I was the Queen's guest.
Their vigilance and precautions against outsiders are precisely a reflection of their loyalty to the queen and their loyalty to the Medusa family."
Fluorescent Fruit was very happy to hear this.
She held Qi Ge's hand and whispered softly: "Thank you, Mr. Qi Ge, for your understanding."
Qi Ge continued to observe, and he saw many Medusas holding iron picks, tapping the surface of the mine again and again, knocking out black rocks from the surface of the mine.
Next to the Medusas, the bright crystal mine was exposed, but the Medusas were indifferent.
Are these rocks rare resources?
Qi Ge pretended to be casual and asked: "Luosuoguo, these rocks don't look special, why do you have to send so many manpower to dig them?
And why don’t you let cavemen who are better at mining help you?”
The fluorescent fruit shook his head and replied: "We don't know that these black stones were dug out on the order of Her Majesty the Queen.
As for the cavemen.
The mines here have strange powers. We, the Medusa family, can survive here, but as soon as the cavemen enter the mines, they will have a mental breakdown.
The better ones will run to the ground at all costs, while the worse ones will even commit suicide on the spot."
Qi Ge looked at the [Fear] buff on his body and was a little suspicious that it was the cause of this buff.
As the Medusas continued to move forward, Qi Ge was surprised to find that there were more Medusas working in the abandoned mine than he had imagined.
The place where they were mining just now was only the No. 1 mine, and there were even larger No. 2 and No. 3 mines.
Qi Ge was secretly shocked. There were thousands of Medusa female snakes mining alone.
There is an error in the map.
It’s not that there are no large NPC tribes, but that large NPC tribes are hidden underground!
Qi Ge was a little suspicious. The abandoned mines on the map were all connected.
Those Medusa tribes near the abandoned mines are likely to be a single entity.
"Lord Qi Ge, we are just ahead."
Qi Ge was stunned and stopped thinking. He straightened his expression and followed Huo Guo and the others into a tunnel.
This tunnel is completely different from the tunnels Qi Ge has drilled before. The tunnel is intricate and the roads are winding.
There were even some openings that the Seven Pigeons couldn't get through at all, so they had to take a long detour under the leadership of the fluorescent fruit.
Qi Ge was a little envious of Medusa's body.
Medusa's bones are actually very small and have many joints.
It can be said that the entire body of Medusa is made of extremely elastic muscles.
This allows them to move extremely flexibly in narrow tunnels, and can even shrink and fold their bodies to pass through openings that are normally inaccessible.
It's almost as if their bodies are liquid.
Qige kept changing directions along the tunnel, and soon discovered something was wrong.
He passed through the same tunnel many times.
The fluorescent fruit was consciously leading him in circles.
Qi Ge laughed secretly in his heart.
This trick may have some effect on NPCs, but unfortunately I am a player.
Fluorescent Fruit's actions allowed Qige's map to record more details.
On Qige's map, an intricate underground maze of tunnels is gradually taking shape.
Suddenly, Qi Ge noticed that the fluorescent fruit was leading him to a tunnel that he had never walked through.
He knew in his heart that he was probably going to reach the finish line.
Qige used magical vision as an aid to explore the dark tunnel.
He half-crouched, holding on to the cold rock wall with his hands, and moved forward slowly.
Qi Ge's hands could vaguely feel the fine mist on the rock wall, which was cold and moist, making Qi Ge's fingers freeze.
Sometimes, Qi Ge's hand would feel intense pain if he caught a sharp rock.
Qi Ge touched the darkness and turned a corner along the passage. The dazzling light suddenly rushed into Qi Ge's pupils, causing Qi Ge's pupils to shrink violently.
Qige closed her eyes and slowly opened them after a while.
He walked out of the tunnel, his eyes as wide as walnuts in horror.
Underneath the underground world, there is actually a floating city!
Qige was now standing on a high platform on the cliff. From a high position, he could see the whole city.
The city is several hundred meters high in total and slightly less wide, resembling an oval shape.
It is roughly khaki in color, but is clearly divided into 4 parts.
The upper left part is alternately khaki and red, and the upper right part is extremely dark, leaning towards brown.
The lower left corner is almost all light yellow, and the lower right part is light yellow and red.
This city has a total of more than a dozen gates, and there is a suspended passage in front of each gate. These roads extend from the city and connect to the walls around the cave.
These dozen suspended roads are like chains, locking the city. The city slowly rises and falls in mid-air, and the angles of these roads are constantly changing.
Qi Ge took out the telescope.
From the telescope, he could clearly see a large number of Medusas guarding the city wall.
At the exit of each road linking the cave wall, there are countless [Medusa Snakes] (Level 1) and [Medusa Queens] (Level 2) transporting the black ore that Seven Pigeons had seen before.
A huge crowd of cavemen pulled a four-wheel cart, and the Medusas placed the black ore on the cart.
The cavemen shouted slogans with great difficulty, some pulled in front, and some pushed from behind, to transport the cart into the city.
hiss!!
Qi Ge immediately invalidated the previously made plan to incorporate Medusa in his mind.
The appearance of this city means that the Yingye tribe is definitely not an ordinary tribe.
Qige is almost certain that they are the real overlords of this underground world.
Contact first to determine the other party's strength level, and then choose the appropriate communication method according to the situation.
Be adaptable.
"Lord Qige, this is our city!"
Huohuangguo was very satisfied with Qi Ge's shocked look, and she proudly puffed up her chest.
Qi Ge is not stingy with praise and tells the truth:
"It's very spectacular, no, it's simply miraculous!
It's really unimaginable that you can actually build such a majestic floating city deep underground.
I have seen the Bracada (tower) built in the ice cliffs of the Everfrost City,
I also saw Korulod (the stronghold) and the Thunderbird City floating in the never-ending sandstorm.
I also saw the Dragon Dome hanging upside down on the 10,000-meter rock wall in Negon (underground city).
These cities are miracles built by them by gathering the wisdom of the entire force.
And your city is not inferior to them in terms of construction difficulty or magnificence.
I wonder if I am honored to know the name of this city?"
Fluorescent Fruit lowered his head in embarrassment and whispered:
"Actually, we, Medusa, did not build this city.
In our myths and legends, it was given to us by a great god.
We, the Medusa family, were appointed by the gods to be the guardians of this city.
The name of this city is also the name of that god.
The city does not burn out."
[System prompt: Congratulations to the player for discovering the hidden NPC force: Everlasting City, which has been merged into the NPC force Yingye Tribe.]
This girl is so honest!
"Not extinguished?"
Qi Ge tilted his head in confusion and asked: "Please forgive my ignorance, I have never heard of a god named [Unquenchable] in the world of Yasha.
May I ask, which god is this?"
"I don't know either, in fact, our entire clan doesn't know either.
We have never known what power and might the Immortal God has.
In the scriptures of our temple, there is only 1 sentence in total.
‘The inextinguishable God has given us the eternal city to protect us.
We are here to wait and watch over you quietly.
Until the Immortal God returns.”
Not extinguished...
Could it be the Lord of the Fire Element [Forged·Fire]?
But if it is the back-up man of the Fire Element Monarch [Forged·Fire], why did Chaos invade like that in the previous life, but the Fire Element Monarch did not take action?
[Forging·Fire] Mianxia even released the lava dragon in his previous life. Does he really have a back-up plan so he can’t hide it?
The fluorescent fruit twisted its body, swam to Qi Ge, and said respectfully:
"Lord Qige, please come with me. Her Majesty the Queen must have been waiting for you for a long time."
Qige nodded in agreement.
(Don’t think so much now, go into the city and look for clues.)
Qige followed the fluorescent fruit and Sister Medusa through the long suspended rock road and approached the Everlasting City.
The closer the Seven Pigeons got to the Everlasting City, the more they grumbled in their hearts.
The light of the Everlasting City is actually all provided by the Yasha fire floating above the Everlasting City.
Yasha Fire, which is so bright and has such a wide range of influence, can only be at the main city level.
In other words, Everlasting City is a main city-level city that belongs only to Medusa.
What did Feng Wu Jiutian do in his previous life to hide an NPC force with a main city in a tight place?
The NPC forces in the Yasha world are not something you can just hide. This is a real world disguised as a game, and each NPC has its own consciousness.
As long as NPC forces exist, they must have their own meaning of existence.
Could it be said that the Feng Wu Jiutian Guild wiped out the NPC forces in Wuhu City?
Qi Ge fell into deep thought.
There are so many cool moves by players, so it's not impossible.
There is too little information to rush to a conclusion.
Qi Ge and Huo Guo entered the city.
All Medusas of level 3 and above who passed by them bowed respectfully to the fluorescent fruit.
Seeing Qi Ge following the fluorescent fruit, although they were a little curious, they did not dare to step forward at all and only dared to peek from a distance.
Qige even saw two level 5 Medusa bishops (level 5 Medusa) bowing to the fluorescent fruit.
This shows that the fluorescent fruit has a more important status in Everlasting City than Qi Ge imagined.
The Medusa family is a typical social Darwinism, where the strong can exploit the weak without mercy.
The fifth-level Medusa bowed to the fourth-level fluorescent fruit. This only shows that the fluorescent fruit has a backer that is much stronger than the fifth-level Medusa.
Qi Ge estimated that the fluorescent fruit was probably more than just a guard guarding the abandoned mine.
She is very likely to be related to the [Her Majesty the Queen] she talks about.
It seems that I need to build a better relationship with her.
Contrary to the magnificent appearance of Everlasting City, there are almost no buildings inside Everlasting City.
The entire Everlasting City is like another abandoned mine, with caves and trails everywhere.
Qi Ge feels that the internal structure of Wuxi City is a bit like an ant nest or a bee nest.
All Medusas live in the densely packed hollows of the Everlasting City.
What surprised Qige the most was that he actually saw Medusa setting up a stall!
This is inconsistent with Qige’s understanding.
Under normal circumstances, Medusa should be a slave-monarchy society, which means that no Medusa is allowed to own personal property.
The resources and property of the entire Medusa society belong to the only King of Medusa.
These properties even include the life of each Medusa.
In a normal Medusa tribe, all food and resources are uniformly distributed by the objects designated by the "king".
In this environment, Medusa should not engage in any commercial activities.
Could it be that Wuxi City has already started to carry out private ownership?
No matter how evil private ownership is, it is still better than an imperial system in which all resources belong to His Majesty the Emperor.
This is the progress of civilization.
Qige couldn't help but curiously walked to Medusa's stall where she was setting up a stall.
The person setting up the stall is a level 4 Medusa Shield Guard.
This is a Medusa that abandons long-range attacks and holds a reflective shield in its hand to enhance its melee petrification effect.
When she saw Qi Ge approaching her stall, she took two steps back warily and made a hissing sound from her mouth.
Qi Ge noticed that there were bags of resources on her stall.
There are level 1 wood, stone, and level 2 crystals, gems, and mercury, but there is no sulfur.
Seeing Qi Ge stop, Huo Guo came over and asked curiously:
"Sir Qi Ge, are you interested in these basic resources? If you need them, I can help you buy them."
Qi Ge shook his head and replied:
"I'm just curious. Fluorescent Fruit, what does your Yingye Tribe rely on to trade?"
Fluorescent Fruit reached under his clothes, right at his lower abdomen, fumbled twice, and took out a small bag.
She opened the bag, and inside the bag were small gray-brown stones.
Fluorescent Fruit said: "This is our currency. We call it gray seeds. One gray particle can be exchanged for 100 light brown brown seeds. 100 gray seeds can be exchanged for one orange small card, which is an orange."
A big bag of crystals like this can be purchased for just one ash, which is more than enough."
Qi Ge was even more surprised.
The Everlasting City actually has its own independent currency?!
So Qi Ge took out a gold coin and asked:
"Is this the orange you are talking about?"
The fluorescent fruit shook his head and said: "No, this is a gold coin, which is also a kind of resource here.
Gold coins can be mined from the mines. We have a lot of them here, but they are not valuable."
Qi Ge put away the gold coins and his mind was spinning rapidly.
Recognize gold coins, but do not regard gold coins as their general equivalent.
This illustrates two points.
First, the Yingye Tribe is most likely isolated from the rest of the world in this underground world and has never traded with the outside world.
Second, the Yingye Tribe has its own mature currency system and unique value measurement standards.
This means that if I can open up the trade routes of the Yingye tribe, I will probably make a fortune!!
Glass beads are exchanged for gold nuggets, sugar pills are exchanged for gems.
These historical allusions have long told us how much wealth an isolated world can contain.
Qi Ge even smiled kindly, chatting and laughing with Huo Guo along the way.
The inexperienced Huo Guo was no match for Qi Ge, and his favorability score was easily raised to 80 (liked) by Qi Ge.
Qi Ge also learned two other extremely important pieces of information from the fluorescent fruit.
1. The "Her Majesty the Queen" of the Yingye Tribe is not only a hero, but also a legendary hero.
Second, the Yingye Tribe has never allowed foreigners to enter, and Qige is the first foreigner to enter the Yingye Tribe.
Third, it is not that the Yingye Tribe has never seen different races. There used to be a total of 13 races in this underground world, including half-elves from the above-ground world, but now only the Yingye Tribe is left.
It seems that Her Majesty the Queen of the Yingye Tribe is definitely not a good man or woman.
This information made Qi Ge become extra cautious.
After going round and round, Qige finally arrived at the "Imperial Palace" of the Yingye tribe.
Qi Ge judged from the fire suspended in the air that this palace was actually the main castle of the Everlasting City.
The shape of the palace is a bit like the magic pyramid visited by Qi Ge, but it is different.
There are only three floors in total from bottom to top, and they are all built with black stones dug by the Medusas in abandoned mines.
Black pyramid?
Fluorescence Guo proudly introduced from the side: "Lord Qi Ge, our palace is modeled after the legendary palace where the God of Immortality lives."
The palace where the immortal god lives?
Qi Ge secretly remembered this information and followed the fluorescent fruit into the "Imperial Palace".
The palace, which looks dark from the outside, has a mysterious interior.
On the floor paved with gold coins, there is a carpet made of crystal.
It's so bright that it makes people's eyes dazzle.
Fluorescent fruits crawled hard on the crystal carpet.
The edges and corners on the crystal will squeeze the soft belly of the fluorescent fruit, which will make the fluorescent fruit very uncomfortable when moving.
Qi Ge noticed it. He stretched out his hand and picked up the fluorescent fruit princess and held her in his arms.
Fluorescence Guo hugged Qi Ge's neck in surprise.
The body of the fluorescent fruit is very soft and cool.
Her snake tail has lost all its scales, and feels just like a normal human woman's body.
When being hugged by Qi Ge, the long snake tail of the fluorescent fruit trembled nervously.
"Seven, Lord Qi Ge?"
"I see that you are not very comfortable walking on the ground. If etiquette does not allow me to help you like this, just tell me."
Fluorescence Guo said shyly: "I'm just a little shy. It's not etiquette to meet the Queen. But there is no such thing."
Listening to the soft clipping sound of the fluorescent fruit, Qi Ge smiled slightly and said, "Then let's set off. Please show me the way."
"Hmm~"
Fluorescence Guo responded shyly with his nose, adjusted his position slightly, let Qi Ge drag his side, pressed his chest against Qi Ge's chest, and wrapped his tail around Qi Ge's waist.
Seven pigeons:???
You started clinging to my body so quickly?! Have you seen the Queen yet?
