Fang couldn't help but look back. The huge and heavy door there stood silently in the darkness, making no sound, and the swaying light from the torch held high only illuminated a corner of it.
On the brown stone door, there are mottled patterns, and the words are vaguely visible, simple and silent, as if the time of an era has been flowing on it for a long time visible to the naked eye.
The words have no sound, but they only tell stories from the long past.
Only then did Fang turn around.
Sophie looked at him, spread her hands at the window, acted like the owner of this place, and said to him half-jokingly: "Welcome to the eighth floor, Underworld of Underworld."
And a magnificent world is slowly unfolding behind her.
Fang looked at her appearance and couldn't help but look up.
This is indeed a huge underground world
Solid gray stone forms the sky here, and towering stone pillars and caves form circular closed spaces. However, it is not silent in the darkness, but has only a monotonous color. The light blue crystals falling from the top of the head shine brightly.
The body gives the cave here ample light, with layers of vivid and gradual blue tones from far to near.
Like a layer of mist.
Under this mist, there are layers of fiery red mushrooms growing, some as tall as towering ancient trees. This red mushroom forest is like an overturned color plate, flowing into the main color of light blue.
A touch of bright color.
Fang saw it from a distance
On the top of the cave in the distance, several huge underground bats were circling and flying around, their screams even reaching here.
But he withdrew his gaze and looked at the little silver Vislan princess in front of him, a little speechless, in the window, and asked: "Why are you still here?"
Sophie tilted her head: "Well, is there a problem?"
"I mean, do you plan to keep watching like this?"
She nodded.
"Video communication is very expensive."
"I can bear it."
Well, the little rich woman is just asking. Fang rolled his eyes, but this is not what he really meant: "Then there is no need for you to come with me. I am not from your Silver Vislan, Miss Qian."
Isn’t it over there?”
"Because I want to supervise you," Sophie said amusedly, "These are my subordinates. I entrust them to you and you must be responsible for them. Is there any problem?"
Of course there is a problem. He also has a personal secret, such as the Dragon Soul, the A Crystal, and the Hailin Crown. Although she has seen it, there are still some secrets that she may not know. What's more, a beautiful woman is staring at you so motionless. Who can
Will you be comfortable?
Fang answered very honestly: "But I will feel uncomfortable."
Sophie also kindly suggested: "On the lower left side of your selector interface, there is an option to cut off communication. Did you see it? Actually, you don't need to care about what I think."
No wonder, Fang looked at this woman and threatened her with his secret. On the surface, he looked decent, but in fact, he was extremely sinister.
"Then you promise me something?"
"Hey, what did I promise?" The girl really started to pretend to be innocent.
Fang had no choice but to shut up.
Just watch it, she doesn't care about any girls, what does a grown man like him care about? Fang even had a dark mind, thinking that when he went to the toilet, he didn't know whether the Silver Vislan Princess would follow or not.
The others had already gathered in front, and they were just waiting for the two of them to follow. Before they walked over, Sophie was looking at this place through the window and suddenly asked: "By the way, what do you think about the place below the eighth floor?"
Do you understand this ruins?"
Fang shook his head. He had read the information before, and it mentioned very little about the underground world after the seventh floor. One paragraph did mention the underground world called the Undertaker Caves, but there was not much description, except that this place was mentioned.
It's just a huge underground cave complex.
Obviously, very few people can reach this level during the trial.
But except for the Princess of Silver Vislan in front of her, she broke the record and passed through the seventh floor when she participated in the trial for the first time.
"Then let me tell you about this place."
Sophie said: "The eighth floor of the Trial Ground begins, and it is different from the previous seven floors. After we passed through the giant door, it was not so much that we arrived at the eighth floor, but rather that we left the Dragon Palace.
The first seven floors of the nest."
"What do you mean?" Fang was stunned for a moment, not understanding what the difference was.
"Because the first seven floors are a closed trial space created by Toragotos, but below this is a real underground world," Sophie said while looking into the distance through the window, her eyelashes were long.
And thick, he blinked lightly: "There are no fixed 'rules' here, and there is no need to kill the lord to lead to the next level. The natural entrances to the next level are hidden in this vast underground world.
deep."
"Our goal is to find them."
"That's it?" Fang felt it was unexpectedly simple, "Then do we have a detailed map leading to the next level?"
"Details? Map?" Sophie laughed out loud after hearing this. She seemed to know what Fang was thinking: "Do you think that the lower level is much simpler than the upper level, and it doesn't seem to be as difficult as the eighth floor?
"
Fang glanced at her and nodded without hesitation. He originally thought that the difficulty below the seventh floor would be much greater than above the seventh floor, but just exploring such a thing in the underground world didn't sound as challenging as before.
Of course, there are all kinds of imaginable and unimaginable dangers lurking in the underground world.
At the same time, the monsters here will certainly not lower their strength just because the trialist is only level 15, but in the final analysis, the dark underground is not necessarily full of dangerous monsters, and there are also docile underground creatures.
And even ordinary monsters may not be more dangerous than previous boss projections like the Ancient Lord Hunter, right?
What's more, they can choose to avoid high-level monsters such as corpse demons, giant glue monsters, and even Minotaurs, manticores, or blind dragons that only live underground and cannot be dealt with.
The monsters that live underground do not necessarily have to guard the door for the Sinsas Snakemen, but must guard the entrance to the lower world.
This is much looser than the previous rules.
Sophie read his expression and couldn't help but nodded: "Indeed, there is nothing worth noting on the eighth floor. After all, before it was really eroded by the power of darkness, Ander's underground world was actually a quite interesting place.
It’s just that the terrain is a little complicated.”
"But when you see the dark creatures in the ruins of the Black Holy City on the lower floors, you may not think so, Mr. Ed."
"You mean this level is just a special case?" Fang asked.
Sophie nodded and shook her head: "This level is not simple either. Don't expect a map, let alone a detailed map. The terrain here is countless times more complex than the maze on the fourth level, and it is even more vast. No one will know
Remember the way to live here, even if he comes here once or twice, if we want to find the way to the next level as soon as possible, we have to think of something special."
"A special way?"
"Andet rat people." Sophie replied: "They are the indigenous people of this place. Except for the night lizards, no one is more familiar with the underground world here than these rat people."
She looked into the distance of the blue-gray underground cave, looking through the flaming red mushroom forest: "If I remember correctly, there is an Ender village behind this mushroom forest. I have been there before.
Once, I still remember the famous luminous wine there. A dwarf ran his bar there. His name was Slovin. He was a very interesting uncle. I still remember the story he told me."
"Since adventurers often pass by this level, the business there is pretty good. I don't know if he has gone to other places in the past two years, but if he is still there, then things will be easier to handle. He is actually also a human.
The broker with the ratmen, the ratmen are not afraid of outsiders, but are just a little greedy. In fact, they are quite easy to deal with. Through him, we may be able to find a good guide."
"Wait, there are aborigines and dwarves?" Fang was shocked, why was this so different from the underground ruins world he imagined.
The underground world in his imagination should have the same melancholy and gloomy style as before. The dark underground is covered in dust from an era ago, and the broken walls silently tell the story of the heavy history. It is silent and empty.
Bury everything behind dust and cobwebs.
But when I got to the eighth floor, I felt like the scene had changed all of a sudden. It was completely different from the previous seven floors.
Sophie obviously didn't take it seriously and explained: "Don't think too much. The black holy city of Xinsas is just a corner of this underground world. Ander's underground world is a microcosm of the entire Fenris underground world."
She gestured: "When the Black Holy City sank into the ground, the upper half of the ruins and the lower half of the ruins were faulted here, and the lower half sank under this cave group. There are still gaps between the fault zones.
Find the entrance to the deeper ruins, but before this disaster occurred, the underground world of Andet had always existed. It is actually far older than this ruin."
Fang heard what she meant: "In other words, this is actually the transition zone between the upper and lower levels of ruins?"
Sophie nodded and said: "In fact, adventurers who have passed the first seven levels of challenges can just take a break here to rest their tense nerves. It can also be regarded as a kind of relaxation to prepare for the more difficult challenges next. And in the aboriginal place
, you can also buy some supplies if you are lucky, provided you can find them, and not all indigenous people are friendly."
Fang couldn't help but think of the night lizards.
But since Sophie said this, he relaxed and enjoyed the surrounding scenery.
The team was entering the mushroom forest, and the colorful scenery dazzled everyone's eyes. The fiery red mushroom forest was inhabited by countless strange creatures, luminous and non-luminous, curly pale plants, and
Some snakes without eyes.
Translucent toads hang on the fluorescent mycelium, swinging back and forth, while at the roots of the mushroom forest, in the cold pool of water, the silvery fish, as cold as the moonlight, shuttle like lightning, often disappearing at the slightest movement.
Deep in the pond.
Box walked in front of Fang, and after receiving orders from the latter, he was watching Parker closely to prevent the Papalar from getting into any trouble because of his excessive curiosity.
In fact, since Fang bought him with a legendary ring, this middle school boy has become a model of a well-behaved and obedient team member. Or as the Papalar people said angrily:
Someone's bitch.
The cold and humid environment makes Tenarek somewhat uncomfortable. As a cold-blooded species, what it likes most is the warm and humid rainforest of Andasok, but as a warrior, these don't matter.
But even though they were careful, the team still alerted some native creatures in the mushroom forest as they marched. A giant firefly with flame-like wings descended from the sky, buzzing and attacking everyone.
Fortunately, these things were only level 5 or 6, so everyone just drove them away and dispersed. However, the scene was a bit scary, and everyone was falsely alarmed.
The knights of Silver Vislan seemed a little embarrassed by their overreaction. As they watched the fireflies fly away, someone let out a low laugh, and the chain reaction caused a burst of laughter.
Who would believe it? The team from the first guild in the China Division would actually be frightened into panic by a group of level 5 and 6 fireflies. This is indeed a bit laughable.
The knights laughed and laughed, and a ranger suddenly said: "It was like this the last time I came here. Thinking about it, it has been a few years. I have not been here for a few years, and I really miss it. We were much busier than now. You guys
Do you still remember what Her Royal Highness the Princess looked like at that time, haha!"
"Haha!" Others also laughed: "It's a pity that Her Royal Highness can't come this year."
Speaking of this, everyone couldn't help but look at Fang, who was a little angry. What did he want to see? What does it have to do with him? But he couldn't help but glance at Sophie curiously, thinking that the other party was also afraid of insects?
Sophie was a little embarrassed by what he saw. Suddenly she switched to the team channel, and the projection appeared in front of everyone. She looked at the ranger and said, "Feng Xun, do you think you can do whatever you want now that I'm gone?"
The ranger turned pale with fright and hurriedly hid behind the people.
But everyone did not betray their Highness the Princess. They looked at Sophie and then at Fang behind her, as if they finally understood what had happened, and they all made meaningful "oh" sounds.
Only Qian glanced at Fang with some worry.
"You bastards!" Sophie was so angry that she suddenly disappeared.
But Fang looked at the expression on the mountain girl's face not far away and knew that the girl had probably gone to coax his little girlfriend. As a bystander, he could clearly see the relationship between the two girls.
After a while, Sophie reappeared in front of him and said: "We should be where we are."
"That rat-man village?" Fang asked.
Her Royal Highness the Princess of Silver Veslan nodded.
Fang remembered the previous question and couldn't help but ask: "Speaking of which, you were also the same place where these people came to a few years ago?"
"Absolutely." Sophie showed a hint of reminiscence: "Some people left and some were replaced, but in general everyone stayed. The last time we came here was almost three years ago, and that was when we became official
I remember the last test before the Chosen One very clearly."
"Everyone was tense during the trial, so it was particularly relaxing after passing the seventh floor. Here we were attacked by those nasty bugs, which made us very embarrassed. We were all laughing like this at that time,
As a result, the Ander Rat Guards were attracted, but fortunately Uncle Snowin appeared in time and resolved the conflict between the two of us."
She said: "Outsiders think that rat people are very cold and exclusive, but this is not the case. We lived in that village for two days until the trial was over, and experienced a lot of interesting things. I also made a friend, her name is
Dan Loni, the luminous wine she helped the dwarves brew is top-notch, I will definitely treat you to a drink when we get there."
"You want to buy me a drink?" Fang was very doubtful: "How do you pay for it?"
"Of course you paid." Sophie replied matter-of-factly.
Fang was speechless and choked.
The two of them suddenly stopped. It turned out that they had reached the edge of the mushroom forest in front of them. Looking across the glowing crystal plain, they could see a dilapidated village between stone pillars in the distance. It was nothing but a dilapidated building built by rat people.
Just style.
Fang had heard of this rodent alliance that lived underground like the Night Lizards.