Fang Plover suddenly turned around and looked into the hall. People were coming and going in the direction of the hall, most of them were selectors in adventurous attire, wearing long cloaks, covering the armor and magic war equipment underneath. But Fang Plover was concerned about it.
It wasn't a fellow traveler, but just now I felt a line of sight falling on me.
But he looked through the crowd, and the sense of gaze suddenly disappeared. The little girl who was the receptionist of the Adventurer's Guild behind him was still chattering about the abandoned mining area of Nozpiz and the Adventurer's Guild itself. But he felt something in his heart.
Fang Yu couldn't listen anymore, turned around and nodded to the other party, then turned and left.
"Weird guy..." The little girl looked at Fang Yu's hurried away figure and muttered something strange.
After walking out of the hall, Luo Hao, Papalar and Luo Yu who were guarding the outside came up to him. "How is it?" Luo Hao was a little bored waiting, so he straightened up from the pillar beside the door and stretched while
asked. Luo Yu also looked in this direction.
Fang Yu frowned and shook his head at the two of them. He winked and motioned for the two of them to leave first.
Nozpits is a city that prospered due to mining. It was already quite prosperous a century or two ago. However, with the closure of the mining area, the city is now in a state of decline. Leaving the central area, it is even more deserted and lonely. The streets
It was empty, with almost no pedestrians.
Surrounded by dilapidated buildings, no light can be seen in the dark windows, and the red brick walls are covered with vegetation. Most of those tall buildings were factories closely related to the mining area in the prosperous era, but this morning they were empty and the iron doors were half open.
Left unattended.
The four of them said nothing, and there was only the sound of rustling under their feet. The silent environment made the Papalar people a little creepy. They caught up two steps and asked sharply: "So what is going on? Someone is following you."
us?"
Fang Plover then stopped, looked back behind him, waved his hand, and several beams of golden light flew from the clear sky, and flapped their wings and landed gently on his hand. "When did you let it go?" Parker glared.
Looking at this scene with big eyes, he couldn't help but ask.
"Just when you have nothing to do and can't help but look behind you." Fang Yu replied angrily.
The Papalar people were so thick-skinned that they just took this as a compliment and hummed twice.
Fang Yu had no choice but to reply to Luo Hao: "There are people following us, more than one."
"who is it?"
"There should be three groups of people, but they are in one group."
"Local guild or?"
"Mostly local guilds."
What was a little strange to Fang Pliong was that he could not find among these people the owner of that look from the Adventurers Guild just now. That look seemed to only appear for a moment, then disappeared into the crowd and never appeared again.
It's just that the feeling was too mysterious, and he didn't know how to talk about it with others.
Luo Hao reacted: "I'm afraid these people followed us all the way from the airport. When did they notice us?"
"I'm afraid it's a little earlier than we thought." Fang Pliong thought of the attitude of the little girl from the Adventurer's Guild towards him.
The Seven Seas Troupe is no longer an unknown and marginal character that no one pays attention to. I am afraid that it has attracted the attention of interested people since the Seven Seas Traveler entered the port.
Luo Hao asked, "Is the other party related to the person who died in the guild?"
"The Death Advent Guild still has time to take care of us?" The Papalar scoffed at this speculation.
Indeed, the elite group of the Death Advent Guild is still restricted to Ayin Block and is under investigation. As for the Stag Principality, they probably cannot spare more people to stir up trouble in the empire, and they don't have the guts.
Fang Plover shook his head: "I asked Alyssa to check and there are no serious Chosen forces in Nozpitz."
Luo Hao was a little surprised, "I thought the Chosen One's influence was all-pervasive."
"Indeed, Nozpits is a bit shabby, but the abandoned mining area is a paradise for adventurers," Fang Plover said. "Miss Alisa also thinks that there are no Chosen forces here because there is something hidden underground."
"You mean the Imperials?"
Fang Plover nodded.
When he was in the Adventurer's Guild, he heard that someone had arrived early and took the people away before them. He guessed that even if they were not from the Imperial Workshop, they must have something to do with it.
Although the little girl from the Adventurer's Guild told him that the person who took the craftsman away was the Chosen One, this didn't mean anything. The Chosen Ones could also cooperate with or even be employed by the Aboriginal people. Just like death.
The Advent Guild has the same relationship as the Hawk family.
Those who are following them now are pointing to this point, either explicitly or implicitly. Even if the local selectors are interested in the Seven Seas Brigade, there is no need to contact them in such an unfriendly way.
The attitude is more like surveillance.
Who will monitor the Nanami Troupe?
It was obviously their first time at Nozpits.
The only conclusion that makes sense is the stakeholders, and the only stake that everyone in the Seven Seas Brigade has in this abandoned mining area is the tower magic furnace.
"But why do the Imperial people cause such trouble," Luo Hao asked rhetorically, "If they really don't want others to intervene, they just need to seal off this mining area. The Imperial Workshop more or less represents the official position of the Oshu people
The power, it’s not like they don’t have this ability.”
"I'm also a little confused," Fang Plover frowned, "Do you know about the earth element?"
"Earth element?"
Luo Hao reacted, "You mean the kind of elemental creatures that live underground?"
Fang Plover nodded, "Under what circumstances do you think earth elemental creatures would move to the shallow layers of the earth's surface?"
"Elemental creatures are creatures that are close to elemental power and generally will not leave areas where elements are active." Luo Yu thought for a moment and replied, "Unless the environment where they originally lived has undergone a huge change, they will be forced to
Leaving the underground and coming to the shallow surface. However, elemental creatures that have lost their habitat will generally become violent and aggressive."
"That's right," Fang Plover glanced at the latter appreciatively, "This is consistent with what I heard."
"Wait a minute," Luo Hao had a bad premonition, "Don't tell me, there are still a large number of invading earth elements under the abandoned mining area, right?"
"almost."
"What does almost mean?"
"It almost means that although it's not in the middle, it's not far away," Fang Plover replied. "The people from the Royal Geological Society of the Empire discovered that the groundwater under the mining area was depleted, causing the mine tunnel to subside. During the joint repair process with the Craftsmen Association, the results were as follows
A large amount of earth elements came up from below, causing the mining area to be paralyzed to this day."
Luo Hao hesitated: "Do you think...?"
"On the surface, this seems to be a series of accidents," said Fang Plover. He already felt that he had vaguely grasped something, "but in fact it seems not that simple. If there was an aquifer underneath the mining area, how could the earth element
Where do you live? The place where the earth element lives is rich in elemental power and has a stable geological structure. It is impossible for mine tunnel subsidence to happen unless..."
"Unless someone is digging under there," Luo Hao's eyes lit up, "these people destroyed the earth element layer, which naturally caused the mine tunnel to sink, and the earth element that lost its home also violently swept through the entire upper layer of the mining area. So the Imperial people
What are you doing? There are no valuable mineral deposits under the earth elemental layer."
Fang Plover shook his head slightly.
If possible, he would like to find out what the Empire is doing. The Oshurs found a tower-type magic furnace from the abandoned mining area of Nozpitz. They originally thought it was just a coincidence, but now it seems that the other party
The amount of underground work seems to be much larger than imagined?
Could it be that just to find out the origin of the magic furnace, the entire Nozpitz underground mine was turned upside down, but there was no need to go deep into the elemental layer.
"What should we do?" Luo Hao asked, "It seems that the situation below the mining area is somewhat beyond our expectations."
If it was something else, maybe they would have left.
But Fang Lu told them about the significance of the magic furnace.
They had all seen the star device in the sunken ship, but the research results were still far away from being useful to the Seven Seas Brigade. But the Zero Magic Furnace can immediately improve the magic furnace of everyone in the Seven Seas Brigade.
The existence of utilization efficiency.
The Type Zero Magic Furnace is the only design that can completely match the Type Zero Crystal. If you don’t know that its blueprints still exist, that’s all. Fang Yu can only spend some time on his own to complete it bit by bit. But the original
The design is probably underground in the abandoned mining area of Nozpitz. Without an in-depth investigation, it is difficult to say that they just walked away.
Fang Plover cast his gaze behind him.
There were a few sneaky figures in the alley, but those people obviously hadn't noticed that they had been exposed.
"Anyway, shake off the tail first."
This is a good suggestion. Neither Luo Hao nor Luo Yu objected, but the person who was actually responsible for the actual operation was the Papalar. The self-proclaimed King of Nightingales was not good at other aspects, but his ability to confuse people was quite good.
First class.
There were clockwork goblins in the sky watching, and it was difficult for the other three groups to take advantage of their human strength. After walking a few times through the twists and turns of the alley, they completely lost sight of those who were following them.
The group of four then turned back to the airport to meet the others.
In the past, most of the adventures taken by the Seven Seas Troupe were impromptu, or they just happened to travel somewhere, and it was often impossible to make preparations.
But now that we know that we have to go deep into the underground of the abandoned mining area, and there are countless violent earth elements below, of course everyone must discuss it in advance. Make preparations, divide your troops into several groups, and inquire about the underground situation of the mining area, and the most important thing——
Is there a dead zone below?
However, most of the information returned is pretty good. Although there are many weird things underground in this mining area, it seems that the Empire did not block the mining area. There are many selectors from the Adventurer's Guild who completed missions and went deep into the mining area to carry out the cleanup.
rescue mission and brought back a lot of useful information.
Even map information on which areas have a large amount of earth elements and which areas are more aggressive are also sold publicly. Miss Nightingale and Miss Ship Officer, who are responsible for collecting intelligence, did not save any money and bought various kinds of map information.
Come back in bulk.
From the intelligence point of view, there should be no dead zone underground in the mining area. According to the news sent back from the Resurrection Temple, there has been no missing information registered in the mining area in the past six months or so. What the electors fear most is often not death.
But disappeared.
Death is nothing but the loss of starlight, and disappearance may mean that there is an unknown dead zone in the underground area.
However, even after collecting all kinds of information, they still found a local guide from the local adventurers guild. The guide did not take them deep into the mine, but found another road for them leading to the abandoned mining area.
.
The guide was actually a Gray Dagger.
The 'Grey Dagger' is a nicer name. In fact, it is a branch of the local Brotherhood of Thieves in Nozpitz. Before the Big Cat and Miss Attila left, they were very good at dealing with these characters in the gray field.
.And now, this task falls on Miss Nightingale.
Fortunately, she is also a Nightingale herself, and can be regarded as one of the "own members" of the Brotherhood of Thieves.
The 'Grey Dagger' told them that there was more than one entrance to the abandoned mining area, and many organizations and local forces had their own methods of entering the mining area. The method he told them was only one that was often used by some smugglers.
Nozpits is close to the border of the empire. With this intricate mining area, smuggling activities have never stopped, and the 'Grey Dagger' itself is one of the best. As for leading adventurers into the mining area, it is just to make some extra money.
That’s all.
"Do all adventurers enter the mining area this way?"
Luo Wei asked.
The stolen mine tunnel was narrow and low, and the man with the gray dagger was walking in front holding an oil lamp. You could see that it was reinforced with wooden stakes at intervals, and the lights swayed and extended forward in the endless darkness.
After hearing her question, the person from Gray Dagger turned back to look at the others and replied, "Of course not. If you take the mission from the Adventurer's Guild through formal channels, you only need to enter the mining area normally. But don't you
Likewise, if you want to go deep into the mining area to make a fortune, of course you cannot go through formal channels——"
"Why?"
"Because those places are guarded by the Imperial Army and you don't have the rules of the Adventurer's Guild. They won't let you go deep."
"What about you? Have you ever gone deep into the mining area?"
"We?" The man with the gray dagger shook his head, "We usually don't go deep. We have our own way, so there is no need to take risks down there. I will have to leave when I send you to the mining area."
Luo Wei nodded curiously.
Fang Yu looked at her. In fact, not only Senior Luo Wei, but Xiaoyao and Shui Wuming were also in the team, as well as Liu Liyue, who was hanging far behind. The delegation originally said that all the contestants would be given a week's leave.
, Shui Wuming took Luo Wei to join their team.
The Elite craftsman lady said she had nowhere else to go——
But Fang Yu could roughly see that the other party was sent by Virus. He didn't know what kind of medicine the iceberg goddess took wrongly, so she seemed to be sure that she could extract a layer of wool from the Seven Seas Brigade.
Never give up.
As for Luo Wei, Ms. Ming was naturally sent here. The purpose was to monitor him and prevent him from forgetting the training time again - these were Ms. Ming's original words.
Fortunately, Senior Sister Luo Wei is friendly and never seems aggressive in the team. As the main craftsman of the God Killer, she rarely has such opportunities to take risks outside, so she seems a bit novel about everything - especially in this cave.
Being a mouse.
As for Xiaoyao, it's purely a personal interest. He is a restless master. Hearing that Fang Pliong and his party were going to Nozpits, he volunteered to join the team. Only Liu Liyue's joining was an accident. He ended the game.
Theoretically, he was supposed to return with the Kaolin-Ithurian delegation, but he didn't expect that something like Ayinbrok would happen in the middle.
As a result, the Continental League was delayed for more than a month, causing him to be stranded in Xinta'an with nowhere to go, so he had to move with the people of the Seven Seas Brigade.
Fortunately, he and Fang Plover are old partners, and most people in the Seven Seas Brigade also know this guy.
However, this guy is still as unsociable as ever, hanging far away by himself, looking carefree, not worried about any dangers lurking in the darkness.
The Gray Dagger man quickly led them to their destination and jumped out of the pit in front. Outside the tunnel was a wider cave, which didn't look like a mine tunnel, but more like a naturally formed cave.
Group of caves.
The people in Gray Dagger seemed to have no intention of going any further. They hung their lanterns on a stalactite and introduced this place to them. The cave here is connected to the mining area, and its approximate location is to the west of the mining area. In the early years, this place
There have been collapse accidents in the area, causing the cave area to become independent.
Later, the people of Gray Dagger opened this place for smuggling purposes, but the specific route was only in the hands of the Brotherhood. He gave the map to Fang Plover and others, telling them where there might be danger and where
Do not step on the loose rock formations easily.
Fang Plover wrote them down one by one.
There are two places on the map where you can find out-of-service elevators. The Brotherhood has repaired one of them. From there, you can go to the deeper mining area, which is also their destination.
After explaining this, the people from Gray Dagger didn't stay much. They said good luck to them, collected the balance, and returned the same way. However, the other party did their duty and actually left the lantern to them. Although Fang Plover
Everyone was wearing luminous crystals, but Liuliyue behind them didn't mind at all. She took off the lantern from the stalactite and walked ahead with the lantern in hand.
"This guy..." Luo Hao couldn't stand this careless guy anymore and was about to say something. But Fang Yu quickly pulled this guy back. Are you kidding me? He only wants to find someone if he can't get enough of him.
The troubles of Little Princess Liuli.
"what?"
"It's nothing. Don't mess with him if you have nothing to do."
"he is great?"
Fang Plover nodded. He had a very powerful mouth and was a very powerful person.
What's more, Liu Liyue wasn't really reckless. Fang Plover had already noticed that the other party had released a bunch of clockwork goblins when he was in the corridor. As for how he noticed it, Fang Plover himself had also released a batch of clockwork goblins.