A gust of cold wind blew through the air, carrying seawater and rainwater that fell from the distant top and slapped on the rocks. The water spray flowed down layer by layer along the sloping stone surface, and merged into a rushing underground rock river like a waterfall.
Prone on the ground, the white-haired boy's eyelashes fluttered slightly, and he opened his eyes. A stream of light as clear as water lit up, followed by silvery starlight. The two entangled into a touch of silver-blue fluorescence, flowing in his pupils.
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Ian quickly woke up from his temporary trance. He stood up and looked around silently.
The air was filled with water vapor, and a vast white mist completely shrouded the surrounding area, making people feel as if they were in the clouds.
But the young man knew very well that he was underground.
Extremely deep, even to the depths of the earth beneath the ocean abyss.
Buzzing…
A bright light blue electric arc lit up above his head, illuminating everything around him. Ian raised his head, and the extremely rich psychic field was like a cliff, causing the friction of small clouds and mist to cause discharge.
This in turn causes lightning in the clouds.
The light brought by this lightning allowed him to confirm that he was in a vast underwater cave group.
A wet cave wall can be vaguely seen... and at the bifurcation in the distance, several bifurcated cave entrances can be vaguely seen. Their depth is unfathomable and it is unknown where they lead.
"It seems that he has left the group."
Looking at it carefully and using the silver chip to collect surrounding information, Ian was not worried, but smiled: "It's not a big problem, I'm already in the ruins."
He remembered very clearly that not long ago, there was a sudden change in the South China Sea, and the sea and the earth split into rift valleys. A huge hole appeared on the earth's crust, swallowing up half of the ocean. Its huge air pressure and air flow changes,
Involves everything around it.
If he was not injured, Master Gosei might be able to withstand this change in airflow, but leaving aside the possibility, the injured old man had no other choice but to follow the airflow straight into the cavity in the earth's crust.
What happens after that is very simple.
In the violent hurricane, Master Gosei couldn't hold on any longer and passed out. At this time, Isengard stood up and tried to take over the baton and continue to hold on to the wind that held everyone back.
"...it's still a little bit boring."
Ian touched his head and nodded thoughtfully: "Although it did slow down, it was unable to resist the turbulence - Shark, Shark, me, Gosei and Isengard were separated."
"I was caught up in the turbulent tide and flowed along with it for a long time...During this process, I was also too exhausted from the previous battle with the crocodile dragon, and I lost my mind for a while before I recovered.
Then, wake up here."
"Isn't it at least several thousand meters deep here?" Recalling this, the young man raised his head and looked at the cave rock formations above his head, estimating his current location and the time that had passed: "As for how long I have been absent...a total of four
Hours and twenty-three minutes.”
To be honest, as the tide kept washing and impacting in the cave, it could not make a sand armor apprentice lose his mind. Ian felt as if he was being hit by a very strong change in the natural psychic field.
Finally, he became confused and fell asleep.
In other words, he was actually knocked unconscious by the natural changes caused by the mutation in the maze.
If it weren't for the silver chip to record time, he might not even know how long it had been since he entered this place.
"Well, the brain crystals are still there."
The young man touched his side. The brain crystals that he had protected so well were still there. The earthy yellow light shone through the white robe, just like an old-fashioned oil lamp.
In addition, the Chongyuan Iron Sword and the high-pressure water gun were also packed away properly. One was hung on the waist and locked securely with the magic beast skin, and the other was in the medicine bag, placed together with some alchemy potions.
Among the alchemy potions, some of the glass ones have been broken, and the potion liquid has been completely lost in the previous flushing, but there are some more important ones that are stored in steel crystals, so they are quite well preserved.
"Essence replenishment, giant power, short-term rage, perception improvement...and a small bottle of regeneration potion given by Master Gesai. The Ring of Silence is also still intact."
Ian counted and felt more at ease: "Yes, the key points are all there."
Through the fluorescence emitted by the brain crystals, the boy could clearly see the rocks under his feet, and next to him was a rushing underground river, and the sound of rushing water filled his ears.
Ian didn't stay here for too long. He looked around at the complicated and deep cave entrances in all directions, and then ordered the silver chip: "Record the map."
He was very confident in his memory, but there was no need to pay for his belief with his life - a good memory was not as good as a bad pen, not to mention that the map recorded by the chip was ten thousand times better than a bad pen.
Without any hesitation, fear or even worry, the white-haired young man walked with a smile on his face. It could even be said that he was walking happily in this completely unknown cave with no idea of the risks.
He explores forward, looking forward to the sights he has never seen before, yearning for different experiences from the past, and longing for extraordinary developments.
So full of joy.
White water mist fills the cave, and underground rivers flow through rock passages that are more than twenty meters wide. The underground, which should have been dark and dark, is filled with light due to the ultra-high-intensity psychic field.
It's faintly fluorescent, and with just a slight wave of your hand, you can bring out little bits of arc.
The underground river shone with sparkling waves because of this current. As the boy continued to move forward, the originally wide cave passage began to gradually become narrower, with many forks... Soon, as the underground river flowed faster and faster
Quickly, layers of calcified precipitates formed a ladder-like structure. The fluorescent mineral stairs were particularly eye-catching due to the arc in the air.
The cave leads deeper.
Ian walked without changing his expression, and he could feel the wind blowing - it was obviously located very deep underground, but perhaps the moist tidal wind originating from the sea was still flowing towards the underground.
This either means that the air pressure in the deeper underground space was originally extremely low and almost a vacuum, or it means that the entire underground pre-era civilization relics group still has air flow exchange equipment in operation.
He believes the latter.
The gradually narrowing cave became deep and dark, with only the crystals on the waist and the boy's eyes shining with a warm light. He walked in the cave that seemed to lead to the underworld, but he was not afraid at all.
There is even psychological analysis.
——From the perspective of the entire cave structure, it should be a classic water erosion structure, but in some caves, it is similar to the structure of volcanic lava cooling.
Considering the cause of the large storm, it is possible that the failure of the ruins' cooling system did indeed cause the melting of the surrounding geological structures.
Analysis is fruitless when there is insufficient evidence, but at this time, Ian will happily start to imagine.
He looked around at the surrounding water and rock walls, imagining the ancient past of this deep cave that was at least a thousand meters deep underground.
He imagined that thousands of years ago, a vast underground river flowed here, and the endless seawater flowed downwards and gathered in accordance with the terrain, and then eroded away the fragile parts of the rock formations, gradually forming the prototype of the cave.
The civilization of the pre-epoch took a fancy to this natural huge underground cave structure and chose to build their huge underground base here... a magnificent structure that although it started in the deepest depths of the earth, it would eventually lead to it!
A tower...and an accelerating orbit to the top of the sky.