There are no more crawling sounds in response to the players shouting and knocking in front of the cave entrance.
The player whose voice was hoarse due to screaming and who was as rugged as a martial arts champion returned to Qianye: "The monsters have all been eliminated. Fortunately, we have lived up to our orders!"
After passing the player who cut off the mantis's forelimb, Qianye observed for a moment at the entrance of the cave.
Just in case, they planned to choose another player to enter the cave to explore. But this time no one was willing.
"Let me do it."
Mu Su suddenly said at this time, and the narration seemed to be a whisper.
"Faced with the crisis of no one exploring the cave, Mu Su decided to stand up and become a hero."
After hesitating for a moment, Qianye motioned to his companion: "...let him go."
Four players lower the raft and untie the rope.
"You know we are in the same camp, right?" Qianye said to Mu Su who was released.
Mu Su, who was originally calm, suddenly looked shocked: "What?! Are we in the same group!?"
"...?" Qianye tilted his head slightly and cleverly ignored this point: "Although you are not a player, our enemies are the same... so let's cooperate."
Regardless, Musu joins the players, temporarily.
Before entering the cave, Mu Su picked up a few stones and a handful of sand. Players understand the former - when encountering a mantis, you can throw stones to make noise to confuse the mantis.
"Can I trust you?" Qianye asked seriously in front of the cave.
"Until death."
The players watched Mu Su's back disappear into the dark cave.
The wait is always long and torturous. What is disturbing is that a few minutes after Musu entered the cave, his screams faintly echoed from the depths...
"There is still more in the depths."
Wangwenwenqie whispered and looked towards Qianye.
"Wait patiently for his reply." Qianye replied.
After waiting on alert for dozens of seconds, they heard the rustling sound echoing deep in the cave.
Players clenched their weapons and stared into the darkness...
The sound was getting closer and closer. Under everyone's nervous gaze, Mu Su emerged from the darkness with his nose picked.
"Huh? Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Where is your oil lamp?" Qianye looked at Musu with confusion and signaled the player not to relax.
"I fell and broke it into pieces." Mu Su reluctantly opened his palms and showed her the blood and scratches on his palms.
"What's that shouting about?"
"Attract the hiding mantis." Mu Su bent down and patted the dust on his knees.
"But why does it sound like a scream?"
Mu Su turned around and patted his butt from his knees to his calves. Without raising his head, he said, "It's very common sense to lure the mantis with the emotion of its cry, right?"
But it's weird appearing on you.
The rebellious Qianye really couldn't refute it, but he was so good at making excuses, so he shouldn't be pretending to be weird.
Ignoring Mu Su's trivial movements, she raised her head to observe the oppressive clouds that were darker than when she landed.
It won't be too long until dark.
More than forty players were divided into two parts. A small half stayed on Broken Mountain to observe and guard, and the remaining players entered the cave to explore. As expected, the fourth round of the players' death tournament and the first night of the main world will be in the cave.
spend.
Player Bloodmourne is ahead of everyone.
As a pioneer who explores the path, he has everyone's equipment on his body. The wooden armor connected with hemp rope and the iron-inlaid cowhide boots are the only armors. The rest are such as a worn-out defensive cauldron as a helmet, which seals the rabbit.
The shoulder pads for the doll's head, the gray dress that increases the wearer's presence, and other equipment.
The mashup of Bloodmourne fully demonstrates that gamers will become ghosts for the sake of equipment attributes.
"Everyone, be careful!"
At this moment, Mu Su in the team screamed.
Wow——
The players fell into confusion and alert, and Mu Su's voice continued to sound.
"It's so dark in the cave, don't hit the rocks!"
"Thank you so much."
Qianye, who had almost guessed it, said feebly, signaling the stopped team to continue moving forward.
Tianmo, who had a strong build, leaned closer and whispered: "How about we...", and lightly scratched his throat with his palm.
"If you're not afraid of being scorned by the audience, just do it."
Tianmo sneered and said: "The audience won't pay attention to me anyway."
"Aren't you afraid of Mu Su's revenge?" Qianye praised his spirit of resistance, but now is not the time for internal strife: "Don't forget that he is not a contestant, he relies on the strength of himself and his companions... If he can do it once, it will be a big deal.
There’s a chance it will come a second time…”
Recalling the shadow brought by Mu Su in the last round of the championship, Tianmo's broad shoulders collapsed instantly.
"I...I'm just saying."
Ignoring disturbing Mu Su, they quickly reached the first fork in the road: two caves leading deep into each other.
One player wetted his fingers with saliva and raised them up to feel the wind direction for a moment. Everyone walked into the left channel with no air circulation.
Repeat this step three times, and the secrets of the cave are gradually revealed.
Corrupted moss that is completely different in color from the rock appears in front of the scene, dark and gloomy under the firelight.
Bloodmourne squatted on the edge of the moss with a clanking sound. They seemed to be dead, and tentatively reached out to touch them.
The black moss faded and became lighter. Bloodmourne paused slightly, then stretched out his hand to continue wiping the "moss".
After repeated wiping, the "moss" reveals a mottled red color close to its original color.
"Is it a creep?" the player approaching asked with a frown.
"It's a carpet...a wool carpet that has been there for a long time." Qianye squatted down to observe and confirmed: "I happen to have a wool carpet at home that my ancestors brought from the earth for the palace. It is the same as this one, but better preserved..."
"Descendants of damn capitalists."
Ignoring Mu Su's curse, Qianye looked deep into the passage.
Isn't this cave formed naturally...
Knowing that it is just a wool carpet and not disgusting creep or moss, players can move forward without any mental burden.
The changes in the cave were further revealed.
The cave has become straight, the rock walls are no longer irregular, there are picture frames that have not yet rotted, and occasionally broken chandeliers that have fallen off the ceiling but are still intact are piled on the ground.
All of them prove the traces of human beings here.
The originally depressing and cramped cave has become like a long corridor of a noble mansion that has been dusty for thousands of years.
Players are vaguely excited - "Lost Ruins" can arouse their desire to explore more than "Monster's Lair" - perhaps they can find clues about the main world here.
Players who continued deeper soon reached a "garden" located inside Broken Mountain.
It stands in the heart of a cave-like mountain. It may have once been full of flowers and grass, but now only barren soil remains.
The players stopped here briefly and found nothing, so they continued to move forward.
It didn't take long for the players to finally discover the goal of their trip: the room.
Bloodmourne looked back at the others, and after receiving permission, he held the doorknob and turned it——
Click.
The rotten doorknob was twisted off, and Bloodmourne looked at everyone in embarrassment.
"Bump it away." Someone suggested.
Tianmo took over from Bloodmourne, approached the wooden door, and suddenly accelerated and hit it!
Bang——
The wooden door could not withstand the impact of thousands of years and flew into the room in pieces.
Players move back a certain distance to avoid danger and hide inside the room, and wait for the diffuse dust to settle.