"The entire ant nest has about a dozen floors, and we are at the lowest. But there is actually another layer below us, which should be the ventilation channel for the ants. In order to ensure the air flow in the underground ant kingdom, the ventilation channel should be drilled directly from the ground to the bottom.
Ministry."
Adrian went out for a whole day and collected a lot of information. He drew a simple diagram on the ground to indicate the current location of Zhou Qingfeng and others.
"This is our prison, and this is the ventilation passage. You can dig a hole through the prison. I also found several other prisons. Some of the prisons were quite scary. There were no living people left, and only the gnawed remains were left.
I think that no matter whether the curse of the acid-loving ants is finally lifted or not, these half-demons will not let us go. Rather than waste time here, we should quickly follow the ventilation passages to find a way to escape."
Adrian used simple lines and squares to represent passages and spaces, and described the situation at the bottom of the ant nest very clearly. Zhou Qingfeng asked: "Are you sure about the location of these passages?"
Adrian laughed, "I sometimes sneak into a knight's manor or dig into the secret room of a noble castle and take away some valuable things without notifying the original owner. It's easy to get caught if the location is uncertain."
The clown smiled awkwardly, knowing that this guy must want to come and steal Harmony Village. Zhou Qingfeng only focused on the location of the passage leading to the lower level. This may be the route to escape, "The passage you are talking about is under the location of our prison?
"
"It should be dug downwards in Don Mondino's house." Adrian said, "It will take about three feet of soil to dig through."
Several people put their heads together and looked at each other. Mondino whispered: "I have a scroll of 'fossils into mud', which can directly penetrate three feet of soil. But there is only one. If
If the positioning is not accurate, it will be wasted.”
Three feet thick? According to Faerun's weights and measures, it's less than one meter. In order not to waste the scroll, Zhou Qingfeng opened the space-time door and brought an auger rod similar to a Luoyang shovel from reality. Several people worked together to create the
There is a hole in the floor of Nuo's bedroom.
The ant country built by acidophilic ants is basically a sandstone soil layer. They mix their saliva with the soil layer to form a composite building material. This structure is light and strong, but it cannot withstand steel drill pipes.
Zhou Qingfeng didn't do anything about the work. Todd held the drill pipe, turned the crank, and quickly pierced a hole in the ground. The drill pipe was 1.5 meters long, and it didn't penetrate the soil even to the end - Adrian's face at that time
All turned white.
But everyone was not discouraged and drilled more than a dozen holes in a row. Finally, it was determined that the passage to the next level was two meters different from Adrian's estimate, and there was indeed another space under the prison.
The scroll of "Fossils to Mud" was used to open the barrier, and the floor built by the acidophilic ants softened and fell. A large hole appeared, and the cold light of glowing moss shone from the bottom of the hole.
Zhou Qingfeng was the first to go down, followed by Adrian, Mondino, Old Borg, and Xili. Finally, 'Swift Shadow' dug out the hole and squeezed through.
The necromancer summoned several ghosts and probed around along the passage. The ghosts had poor perception and low intelligence. They barely confirmed that there were not too many acid-loving ants in the lower level of the prison, and everything was empty.
"Follow me and walk along this passage for a short distance. There is a vertical ventilation pipe in front of you." Adrian waved his hand and led the way. Fortunately, everyone in the team had dark vision and could move without any hindrance.
The nests of acidophilic ants are all built in the same way, and the rough passage environment is exactly the same. In order to guide the way, Adrian left marks on the ground with luminous moss to avoid getting lost. After walking quietly for a hundred meters, Zhou Qingfeng saw the side wall of the passage
There are several holes.
"This is also a prison. There are only remains in it, no living people." Adrian said.
Zhou Qingfeng curiously looked through each prison. The caves and remains were nothing unusual. But there were some patterns and patterns left on the wall of one prison. "What do these things mean?"
The patterns in the abandoned prison were very strange, and several people came forward to try to decipher its meaning. Only Todd grabbed the axe, stood in front of a skeleton and sighed in a low voice: "The ones who died here were orc warriors."
Judging from the shape of the skull of the remains, the person who was imprisoned to death was indeed an orc. Todd looked at the cave wall again and whispered: "This is the secret language of the orcs, a language that is not spread to others. The orcs who died here warned their descendants not to believe in the orcs.
Any promise from acid ants.”
Hearing that Todd could understand the pattern on the cave wall, everyone else got out of the way. Todd's fingers gently traced the secret words composed of strange patterns, and continued to decipher: "Ants bleed the blood of despicable demons, cunning and
Breaking one's word.
The ant nest is too complicated. There are traps and guards in the ventilation pipes. If you want to escape, you have to find another way. And..., here is a picture showing the structure of the ant nest."
There is indeed a diagram of the structure of an ant nest drawn on the wall of the cave. Although the drawing is very rough, it is much more detailed than what Adrian spent a day exploring. Mondino deliberately released the lighting technique so that everyone can see more clearly.
carefulness.
Todd continued: "We are indeed at the bottom. Not far away is the corpse pit of the ant nest. There are several roads here. If you can't go up, you will be discovered by acidophilic ants. Going down...
.”
Everyone else was listening, but nothing came up. 'Jiying' couldn't wait any longer and asked, "What's down?"
"Downward is the warehouse." Todd seemed a little confused. "The secret language of the orcs is very simple, and it is not as accurate as the common language. I think it means that the latecomers should go to the warehouse and then fight with the acid-loving ants."
"Warehouse? What's in the warehouse?" Zhou Qingfeng asked.
"It's not written on it." Todd looked at the remains lying in the abandoned prison, "I guess he died after writing this."
Zhou Qingfeng looked at Mondino again. The necromancer shook his head, "The soul of the remains has completely dissipated and communication is no longer possible."
Everyone was very baffled by the last paragraph of Todd's interpretation - if there was any property in the warehouse, just ask the latecomers to take advantage of it. But the dead orcs let the latecomers go to the warehouse and then fight for their lives.
Where is this warehouse?
Adrian and Todd studied together for a long time, and finally confirmed that the ant nest warehouse indicated on the wall of the abandoned prison was near them, but they had to turn around and return. The acidophilic ants deliberately sealed the warehouse without a normal entrance.
"It's impossible for the orcs who died here to write meaningless words. I also believe that the acidophilic ants may have defenses against the ventilation ducts. Let's go over and see what's in this so-called warehouse."
Zhou Qingfeng made a decision, and everyone else agreed. So the group turned back in the dark ant nest passage and headed in another direction. They finally found a closed wall, and there was nothing visible from the outside.
warehouse.
But Mondino, the necromancer, approached the wall, touched it gently with his dry bone palm, and said with a smile: "I have a feeling that there is something I need behind this wall."