The muddy underground tunnel is full of pits and pits, and there are still a lot of unused materials from the excavation project on the ground, just piled up randomly, like coffins, silent in this dark underground tunnel.
Walking in front of the team, Rhodes noticed that the entire tunnel was wide on the outside and narrow on the inside. When he first entered the cave entrance, the height of the tunnel was as high as an ordinary two-story house in Kislev. For the Kislev army,
The place is extremely spacious. And for dwarves, it is an extremely huge space.
As the distance goes deeper, the tunnel becomes narrower and narrower, especially when going deeper from the fourth floor to the fifth floor, the entire tunnel suddenly becomes narrower. The height is just enough to accommodate a normal human adult male to pass through.
The width is okay, but for such a low tunnel, the feeling of oppression is gradually coming over me.
After all, the underground world is no better than the one above. Even a battle-experienced warrior like Rhodes feels depressed and unspeakably claustrophobic.
If it weren't for the rows of lighting torches on the inner wall of the tunnel, it would be completely dark here, and you would be unable to see your fingers. Coupled with the long and silent tunnel, it is easy to think of some scary things, such as the nest of a man-eating spider.
, another example is the underground ghoul's cage...
Fortunately, the crowd gathered and the dense footsteps of the large troops dispelled the fear in the hearts of the soldiers.
"Great Lord, we will be there soon. The engineering technicians have set up a secret door at the end of the tunnel. Don't worry, no one can discover it. It needs a mechanism to trigger it. Without the mechanism triggering, the secret door will be like an ordinary rock, and the surrounding
There is no difference between other stones. You can rest assured that there is no need to doubt the tunneling and excavation skills of our dwarves. We are born to do this, and the rocks are to us what the earth is to you. We are extremely familiar with it."
The dwarf guide from Dulong City walked in front, talking incessantly. Rhodes just thought it was an annoying fly and ignored it. He nodded from time to time to show respect, which was the most basic etiquette.
And every time Rhodes nodded, the dwarf guide started talking non-stop.
"The underground world is extremely mysterious. It is like... like a treasure house. Yes! It is like a treasure house in itself, containing amazing treasures. Do you know? Your Excellency, the great lord, when we dwarves enter the underground world
, and discovered many treasures. It can be said that all the great inventions and creations of the dwarves were produced in the process of digging underground. In the deepest part of the World's Edge Mountains, we discovered the hardest metal in the world and made it into gods.
Weaponry. In the process of mining ore, we invented the rail mine car. You should really see it with your own eyes, our dwarven underground mining city, where countless tunnels are crisscrossed, and where the avenues are paved with railroad tracks.
It extends in all directions. The gem mining area in Dulong City is larger than the city of Elengrad."
"I've been there."
Facing the dwarf guide's chattering, Rhodes just responded briefly. Unfortunately, the other party did not understand it, and there was not even a trace of embarrassment on his face.
He walked in front and continued to introduce... It should be said that he was bragging about the various outstanding inventions and creations of the dwarves, including tunnel technology.
However, compared to the optimism of the dwarves, Rhodes felt uneasy. Dungeon combat seemed to be very unfriendly to humans. Here, what affected the human soldiers was not only the depressing space, but also the dull air.
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As the distance goes down, the surrounding air becomes more and more dull and humid. The temperature underground is higher than that on the ground, and it seems to be several degrees higher. On the ground, the north wind is raging, and people must wrap up their cotton clothes to keep out the cold. But underground,
The biting cold wind disappeared, and the air became heavy and stagnant. Coupled with the heat generated by the dense crowd, the entire tunnel was dull.
Rhodes could even hear the tired gasps of the soldiers behind him. It seemed that some battlefields were indeed unsuitable for humans. Just like open ground battlefields were also unsuitable for some races.
"How much longer do we have to march?"
Some people in the team began to complain. The large army had been advancing in the dark for several hours, but the entire tunnel showed no sign of bottoming out. Since there was no sunlight coming in, many soldiers even had the illusion that they were standing still. It seemed like several
You have been in the same place for hours. Of course, it feels that way, because the underground tunnels have no decorations and each section is the same, which creates such an illusion.
"It's almost there. We'll be there soon. If everything goes well, we'll be at the exit in another hour."
The dwarf guide responded loudly. He seemed not to worry about his loud voice being discovered by the enemy.
However, as soon as he finished speaking, there was a suffocating rumbling sound from the end of the underground tunnel. Along with the gravel falling from the top of the head, needless to say, everyone guessed what happened ahead.
For a moment, panic quickly spread among the team. Unlike marching on the ground, everyone knew that when marching in underground tunnels, if they encountered danger, the possibility of escaping would be extremely low.
Once the tunnel collapses or is hit by underground water flow, the probability of survival of the people in the tunnel will be extremely low. Everyone knows that miners working in underground mines almost never come out alive after the mine collapses.
"do not panic!"
The sudden change made Rhodes immediately alert. Almost immediately after the rumbling sound came, Rhodes turned around and roared loudly at the crowd behind him, trying to stabilize everyone's emotions. Rhodes knew very well that in this underground place.
In the narrow space of the tunnel, once panic leads to riots and then turns into a collective flight, then the number of people who will die from being trampled by the same kind will be far more than those who died from injuries in the battle.
Fortunately, the second rumbling sound did not come one after another, the ground quickly stopped shaking, and there was no more gravel and dust falling on the tunnel wall overhead.
The dwarf guide turned red in the face and ran towards the depths of the tunnel to confirm the situation.
Rhodes signaled the large forces to wait quietly and ordered the rear troops to retreat in an orderly manner.
Soon, the dwarves who turned back appeared in the dark tunnel. They were all gray-headed, covered in dirt, and looked quite solemn.
"The tunnel ahead has collapsed. The situation has not yet been determined. It may have been discovered by the Rat Man, or it may be..."
The dwarf guide stopped the second half of his sentence. Rhodes knew that he might have wanted to say that the tunnel collapse was related to the quality of the project. But it was about face, so he swallowed the words.
"We have to turn back and enter from the fourth level. This is the last thing we want to see, but there is no other way. I'm sorry, Lord..."
The dwarf guide said, then pushed aside the crowd, walked straight to the back of the team, and began to guide the direction of the Kislev army behind them.
This tunnel does not go all the way to death. In fact, for safety reasons, escape channels are dug at regular intervals on both sides of the main channel. Once an accident occurs in the tunnel, large troops can escape through these escape channels.
go out.
Looking at the end of the tunnel in the darkness, Rhodes couldn't help but shook his head and had no choice but to give up. It seemed that a plan was a plan after all, and no matter how perfect the plan was, there would be mishaps during its execution. Just at the beginning, the tunnel collapsed.
Although luckily no casualties were caused, the blow to morale was huge.
Rhodes could only sigh, wondering what happened to the Dulong City army that dug in from the other side, and whether they had ever encountered such a cheating thing.