"Their larvae are protected in their nests in the Goss Basin." Mano translated the message released by the worms: "But they said... the larvae can come here if you need them."
"Thanks."
Businessman Anthony went to the Gauss Basin and soon brought back news of the departure of the second batch of worms.
Mateus sent people to retrieve the plans and prepare to copy them again, and give them the houses that originally did not need the help of worms.
They had disagreements when copying about the structure of the dungeon.
Matthäus prefers to keep things unchanged: stone houses standing like weeds in a vast underground city.
Lu Li changed his original plan because of the worm larvae: building an underground city made of trapezoidal caves.
"I can understand that this will save a lot of digging time, but why leave more than half of the open space?" Mateus looked at the flat area described by Lu Li.
"Planting." Lu Li replied: "I will purify the soil and provide sunshine boxes. There are enough people in the Weiner Refuge Area to study how to produce crops."
The Wiener Refuge Area must find a way to be self-sufficient, at least not completely dependent on the old sewers that are both friends and foes.
"You can't trust the Dijuren Trading Company, right?" The joy of migrating to the depths was infected by the hopeless future. Mateus sighed: "Well, I just want to leave as many traces of the past as possible. I don't want future generations to ask
Why is our house different from the one in the oil painting..."
Matthäus was not determined and quickly agreed to Lu Li's plan. After all, this way they only had to dig five underground cities, and it could prevent the abundant rainwater in the rainy season from flooding the refuge area, and avoid the situation of "the core area being occupied by the powerful"
: Reminds you that you can either live in the highest place or live in the highest place in the cave, and the safety of the two is similar.
The next few days will be uneventful. On the fourth day, the second batch of worms will arrive, and the overall outline of the first dungeon will be excavated.
Lu Li and Mateus came to the dungeon.
The fluorite scattered and embedded on the top of the underground city gives this dark underground world a sense of space. Although the light cannot shine on the ground, it can only shine faintly like stars.
The rough trapezoid extends downward. Compared with the mottled green-gray rocks that form the main body, the fluffy soil in the flat area is a reassuring tan.
Worm helped them lay the soil, and then rushed next door to start digging the second underground city.
Soon, the second batch of worms arrived.
In addition to the seven adult worms, there is also a fat worm as big as an old sewer branch line.
"That's their mother insect, responsible for nurturing the larvae."
Linguist Mano translated.
The echinoskin of the female worm is softer than that of the worm, stretching her body like a pool of mud as she squeezes through the dug tunnel to reach the first underground city.
Mano took a deep breath, held the plan and approached the insect mother. He opened and closed his mouth but no sound came out, and told the insect mother what needed to be done in the language of the worm.
The female worm curled up its body, its abdomen raised, and nearly a hundred light yellow flesh worms crowded out from the tail. These little guys with long arms crowded up the stairs, just like bugs chewing leaves, easily devouring hard rocks.
But they cannot digest rocks, and the debris is shot out from the tail. Mateus selects a group of "volunteers" from the residents to shovel the debris and deliver it to the female insect's mouth.
"Voluntary" does not mean that they are willing to contact these ferocious monsters, but that contact with worms will cause pollution and reduced sanity. The reward for this kind of sacrifice is that they will become twisted believers and follow them to the land of light.
The larvae do not always dig. They return to the mother's body from time to time to replenish nutrients, and then emerge again to continue digging.
As the mother worm crawls down the stairs, rows of rolling stone houses are quickly formed, even leaving space for doors, windows and stone tables. Craftsmen only need to simply polish the wooden doors and insert them into the door frames. The wood is barely enough to make tens of thousands of doors.
It is expected that at midnight, the first underground city will start migrating residents.
Mateus was worried that something unexpected would happen at the last minute, and he would develop pimples as red and full as fruits due to his anxiety. He even asked a twisted believer to stay by his side so that he could ask any questions about the discovered believers at any time.
There are still only Soluna as a believer, and the number of residents infected by the evil god has also remained at thirty-five. The extra one was infected by Solena secretly dropping pieces of meat in the passage during the day. She was careful enough not to come into contact with anyone in the same room.
residents.
The other thirty-four infected residents were probably infected in this way. They were all residents of the outer ring, and were emaciated due to malnutrition and long-term starvation.
Mateus' uneasiness continued until the first dungeon was officially completed, and he finally let go.
It has a depth of 100 to 150 meters, 2,300 caves, and a vast soil.
He invited Lu Li to name this underground city, but Lu Li did not agree. After thinking about it, Mateus decided not to name it. The five underground cities were only named in the order in which they were built, and their common name was Wiener Underground City.
"You don't want them to be sheltered by your glory?" Swamp Mother whispered with a long branch in the palm of Lu Li's windbreaker pocket.
"no."
"Do you hope they can build their own city?" Swamp Mother asked again.
Lu Li shook his head.
"What is that?"
"I can't think of a suitable name."
…
Core cave.
The sleeping dignitaries were woken up one after another. When their servants were about to enter the stairs with furniture and decorations, they were stopped by the knight.
The cave space in the underground city was limited, so furniture such as giant paintings, sofas and fireplaces were ordered to be left behind.
There is no difference between the more than 2,000 caves except for their location. Each cave of about 15 square meters can accommodate 6 people. The only privilege that the dignitaries in the core cave can enjoy is that they do not have to be crowded with five people and can live alone.
Servants and family members can live next door.
Unable to disobey Mateus' order, they had no choice but to bring the necessary items and move to the underground city first.
The dignitaries who had been complaining all the way arrived at the spectacular underground city, and then shut up when they saw Lu Li standing not far away.
They moved into their new homes one after another, and the knights who followed them embedded fluorite into the holes left in the wall, indicating that the cave was inhabited.
Not long after, Lu Li left Mateus behind and headed to the surface.
Because Andrea and Heimgru have completed repairs.
…
The cold tide licked the coast, Lu Li walked into the ship repair yard, and the dilapidated Andrea stood quietly.
There was not much they could do about the potholes and faded paint on Andrea's hull. There was no paint at all in the refuge area. They only did what they could: check for corrosion, loss, deformation, watertightness, etc., replace the deck, and repair the captain's cabin.
, clean up the rust everywhere.
The Heimglu was in the same situation.
Fifty believers who followed the twisted figure to the surface boarded the Andrea and Heimgru. They will drive the Heimgru back to the Allen Peninsula to load the banyan guards.
