After repairing for a while, the warm bonfire drove away Li Xiao's coldness.
He put on the carapace armor that he had put in his inventory before and embarked on an underground cave exploration journey again.
As for Zhou Qing——
After she drowned, she kept coughing and her body was very weak. It was better to let her stay here.
"must be careful!"
Zhou Qing also understood that even if she forced herself to follow Li Xiao at this moment, she would only be Li Xiao's dragnet, so she consciously gave up and just told Li Xiao to be extremely careful before leaving.
"Yes, I can!" Li Xiao took out a long-barreled rifle, checked the ammunition in the barrel, and walked into the depths of the cave.
Looking at Li Xiao who had disappeared, Zhou Qing, who was left alone, suddenly felt lonely.
A gust of cold wind blew by, bringing a hint of coolness in the cave. Zhou Qing, who was standing by the bonfire, tightened his tight clothes and leaned closer to the bonfire.
The clothes on his body belong to Li Xiao, and you can smell the unique earthy smell of Li Xiao from above.
For the first time, Zhou Qing felt a sense of peace of mind...
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The road leading to the depths of the cave was long and deep, but Li Xiao was used to it.
The caves on Ark Island generally have one characteristic: they are deep!
In other words, it is far away from the ground and requires a long walk.
Only when you reach the depths of the cave can you truly enter the underground cave and enter the real danger.
No, just say Cao Cao and Cao Cao will be here.
Seeing the huge spider appearing in front of him, Li Xiao knew that he had arrived!
He stopped and raised the long-barreled rifle in his hand from a distance. He wanted to test the power of this legendary long-barreled rifle.
"boom!"
Compared with ordinary long-barreled rifles, the gunshots of this legendary long-barreled rifle sound much crisper.
Even the smoke from the muzzle is much lighter, and it hardly blocks the view too much.
It's a huge difference to know. Slow reloading and smoke blocking sight are all disadvantages of long-barreled rifles.
I didn’t expect there to be such a big difference between the legendary ones!
Of course, loading is still as slow as ever...
As for the power of the legendary rifle——
A spider with a huge butt unfortunately became Li Xiao's target.
After the bullet hit it, it shot directly from its back into its huge abdomen!
Then, the spider's entire body exploded instantly like a watermelon falling from high altitude!
The internal organs mixed with strangely colored liquid splashed everywhere, splashing all over the cave passage.
"I'll choke you!" Li Xiao grinned and smacked his tongue.
This power is basically similar to the power of the anti-equipment sniper rifles on Earth. You must know that those things are used to fight armored vehicles and tanks!
Although he was shocked, Li Xiao never stopped moving. He skillfully poured out the shells, loaded new ammunition, and fired forward one after another.
This feeling is indeed wonderful. Without firing a shot, a spider "exploded" in the passage in front of him, as if what Li Xiao was holding was not a firearm but a detonator.
Incidents like a few spiders blocking the road have become commonplace in Li Xiao's eyes.
The only surprise was that when Li Xiao passed by the tragic pile of corpses in the passage, he found that a spider with no buttocks and only half of its body was still alive!
While sighing at the tenacious vitality of this creature, Li Xiao shot him again, ending its life completely.
After crossing the last corner, an unpleasant smell poured into Li Xiao's nose.
This smell was very familiar to Li Xiao. It was the smell of residual plant leaves and animal carcasses fermenting after falling into the mire in the swamp.
Sure enough, after suddenly seeing clarity in front of him, Li Xiao finally reached the depths of the cave.
What appeared in front of Li Xiao at this moment was a vast underground space. The top of the space was covered with white crystal stones that emitted bright light. The entire underground space was illuminated like a busy city at night.
Unlike other caves, the ground in this cave is not made of stone or mud, but of pools of water and mud.
Thick Titanoboa were walking through the weeds, and huge Crocodiles were resting by the waterhole.
This is actually an underground swamp!
The underground swamp is quite large, and there are two roads leading deeper into the cave.
The one on the left is a waterway that gradually becomes deeper and becomes an underground river;
The one on the right is a land road that looks relatively dry.
According to memory, the two paths will overlap at the location where the artifact is placed, which means that you can take either path.
Of course, Li Xiao chose to go on land. After all, firearms and other weapons cannot be used in the water, and the danger is hidden in the water. In terms of safety, it is really not as safe as a land passage where the danger can be seen at a glance.
The road has been decided, and now what lies before him is how to pass through this swampy area.
Use the gun to clear out the creatures in the swamp first like before?
It's such a waste of time. Li Xiao didn't come here specifically to gain experience.
Moreover, there are many creatures in this swamp, and Li Xiao did not bring so much ammunition.
After much thought, he could only "walk in the air"!
How to walk in the air? Fly over?
No, Li Xiao took out the crossbow and placed the hook with a rope in the crossbow chute.
For caves with ceilings like this, hooks are definitely the best to use.
With the help of the swing of the hook rope, he shot the hook again at its extreme position. Li Xiao also took advantage of the situation and grabbed the rope and continued to move forward...
In this way, Li Xiao swayed forward in the air far away from the ground.
"Hey, treasure chest!" Swinging above the swamp, Li Xiao saw at a glance that in the center of the swamp, there was a very dry-looking hard land platform about the size of a bedroom.
In the center of the land, a triangular treasure box emitting purple light was resting on a metal platform, slowly rotating.
It’s also an epic treasure chest!
The only problem is that around the platform, there are many huge king crocodiles lying lazily, which seems to be quite dangerous.
After looking at the crossbow with a hook in his hand, Li Xiao had an idea.
He continued to swing the hook rope and slowly approached the platform.
Then, he aimed the other hook at the platform——
The top of the platform is not a rock wall, but many vines growing in the swamp, with roots growing along the rock wall to the top.
Li Xiao's hooks easily wrapped around these vines, and he pulled hard to test their strength. Li Xiao carefully climbed up the rope.
There was no more swinging, he just slowly waited for the swinging rope to stop.
After a while, the rope stopped swinging, and Li Xiao's calculation was correct. His body at this moment was directly above the treasure chest.
Sliding down the rope slowly, and then stopping not far above the treasure box, Li Xiao turned around and reached for the treasure box with his head down.
