Under Li Ming's arrangement, the teammates returned to the junction of the dune terrain and the soft desert, spread out and searched carefully.
They had just passed through the situation here and knew that half of the desert was very soft. If they were not careful, they would sink their feet and body into the fine sand. The sand layer in the dune terrain was relatively hard, and walking on it would only make a hole at most.
They lined up along the soft sand and started searching. After a while, news came from Tianya Piaopiao that surprised everyone.
"I found it. There seems to be a hole on the side of the dune under the sand layer here." Tianya Piaopiao said excitedly.
"Look, where is the entrance of the cave?" Fan Hua and his teammates quickly gathered around.
Li Ming watched him dig out the sand layer, revealing the appearance of a layer of rock under the dune. Only the side of the dune could be seen. There was indeed a circular hole in the rock layer, which was almost the same size as the hole in the sand mountain...
"This must be a secret passage belonging to the BOSS, but how can the BOSS run around and attack the soldiers in the fortress?" Lonely Ruyan asked curiously.
"The spirit world is no longer the two-dimensional game it used to be. The BOSS settings are different, so there's nothing surprising about it." Fan Hua replied.
"No, the BOSS in the spirit world is still a BOSS, but the one who can actively attack the fortress soldiers is definitely not the BOSS..." Li Ming shook his head and said.
"I understand, brother, what do you think this monster is?" Lonely Ruyan asked curiously.
"In this virtual world, the BOSS is just a setting that provides us with equipment and props. As far as I know, the demons have always wanted to provoke war again. In order to defeat the gods, they have been hiding demon souls in the Destiny Empire.
, only these demon souls will do things to capture soldiers." Li Ming explained.
"You mean, what we are looking for now is not a BOSS, but a hostile NPC?" Fan Hua suddenly understood.
"That's it, but the monsters sent by the demon clan are all in the form of demon souls. They may be attached to some strange bosses..." Li Ming said.
After this period of missions and exploration, as well as the bizarre events that happened to him, he has learned more about the hidden settings of this game than other players.
Ever since he accepted the task of guarding the master and came to the fortress, he had already noticed that the guy who attacked the checkpoint must be unusual...
This fortress is heavily defended, and it is absolutely impossible for an ordinary BOSS to take the initiative to attack. After all, this is where soldiers are stationed!
But not only did this guy come, he also captured the sentry at the checkpoint for three consecutive nights. This shows that this guy already has a certain IQ, so it is unlikely that he is an ordinary BOSS.
Fan Hua and the others all know that the general BOSS will only stay in the refresh area, and will never run around if no one provokes it, let alone attack with purpose...
"No matter what it is, we must find it now." Ren Shan was bullied by the pig and said.
"Let's do this. In order to prevent too many people from alerting it, Hua Zi and I will go in first to have a look at the situation. After figuring out its situation, we can then consider how to deal with it." Li Ming suggested.
"Then be careful." Lonely Ruyan warned.
"Then I'll go in first." Fan Hua nodded.
"Let me go in first. If there is danger, I won't be able to run fast. You can escape in time from behind." Li Ming said with a smile.
The teammates quickly dug the sand pit, and when the hole was completely revealed, Li Ming was the first to get in, followed closely by Fan Hua.
Watching the two disappear deep into the cave entrance, the teammates could only wait for news here.
Li Ming kept crawling forward while lying on his stomach. Although the entrance of the cave was spacious, the light became darker and darker as he went forward, and there were grains of sand everywhere, making him look gray and gray.
This underground passage was a straight line. As they crawled forward along the stone wall, Li Ming and Fan Hua felt that there seemed to be circles of strange traces around the entrance of the cave, as if some special tool had been used to dig out such a large hole.
"Brother Ming, have you ever felt that this hole was drilled out? There are traces of scales all over the surrounding stone walls." Fan Hua said doubtfully from behind.
"I also touched it. This is exactly a hole drilled out by the monster's body. I just don't know how it was done?" Li Ming nodded and said.
"I'm very curious, what kind of monster is this..." Fan Hua muttered.
The two of them crawled forward quickly, one after the other, and gradually climbed out to a distance of about thirty or forty meters. Calculated based on this straight line length, their heads were now in the center of the dune map, and there were snake demon guards everywhere.
territory.
According to Li Ming's judgment, at most 20 meters further, we should be under the large sand dune in the center of the dune...
"Huazi, keep a certain distance from me, preferably more than 10 meters. If I'm in danger, don't worry about me and escape quickly." Li Ming said.
"How can that be possible? We are brothers." Fan Hua shook his head.
"Go to hell, this is just a game. If I die, I will go back and run away. Do you want to run away too?" Li Ming said speechlessly.
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Fan Hua chuckled.
The two deliberately kept a distance, and Li Ming continued to crawl forward. Gradually, in the dark cave entrance ahead, he could vaguely see some scattered green fireflies shining slightly there. When Li Ming got closer, his heart suddenly tightened...
A few meters in front of me, I saw scattered bones scattered on the ground, and three or four skulls placed further away...
And these bones and skulls still have blood streaks on their heads, and they seem to have been thrown here not long ago.
Damn it, this monster actually eats people!
Li Ming felt a little cold on his back. The monster couldn't catch the soldiers, it was just looking for food!
"Be careful, I found a lot of skeletons, I guess they belong to the soldiers. I have found the entrance to the cave. Come back when I see the situation clearly." Li Ming reminded in the team channel, carefully walking around these bones, the front was dark.
In the entrance of the cave, some light was vaguely seen, and it seemed that there was a hole.
"Okay, what kind of monster is this? It's so cruel!" Fan Hua also felt his scalp numb when he heard it.
Li Ming continued to crawl forward. Some broken armors could already be seen on the ground, and the ground of the sand cave was piled everywhere...
The bright light in front shines diagonally from the top of the head, seemingly like an upward-sloping exit channel.
Just as he approached the bright light, Li Ming seemed to hear a muffled snoring sound in his ears, like the snoring of a giant beast sleeping.
Is the monster asleep?
Li Ming let out a sigh of relief. Since this was a monster that came out at night, it must have been resting during the day.
Lying there and waiting quietly for a few seconds, Li Ming was sure to hear the snoring. Li Ming was immediately overjoyed. The monster fell asleep, so he had a chance.
Slowly crawl towards the entrance of the cave where the light comes from, and climb up a gentle slope passage. There is a strong smell of blood in front of you. When you quietly arrive at the entrance of the hole on the ground, there is a bright light above your head. There is a huge hole at the top of the dune.
The sun shines down from the top.
But it is still very dark inside the cave, because most of the sand dune caves are blocked, and the only place where the sun shines is the stone wall on one side.
Two-thirds of the entire sand dune was still dark, and the sound of snoring could be heard from the other side. When Li Ming quietly looked back, the scene in front of him suddenly made his eyes widen in horror.