Chapter 208: Cave World, Human Face Bug
Lind took Lance and rode the flying dragon Fire Tumor Alex across the mountains and came to the cave where the Cyclops had appeared.
The first time only one Cyclops appeared, but later a family of Cyclops appeared one after another, which made Lind curious about the situation inside the cave.
At this stage, his strongest fighting force is the flying dragon under him, followed by Lind himself. One man and one dragon are the strongest combination in Star Dragon City, able to fight and run.
The purpose of bringing Lance along is to ensure endurance and keep the dragon cool at all times.
Linde couldn't bear the risk of being frozen; fire and ice were full of conflict.
Alex clearly expressed strong dissatisfaction with Lance. Even though he used to be just a dragon pulling a carriage, his identity as a "three-ringed monster" would never allow a weaker guy to dominate him.
If it weren't for the frosty bow, Alex would rather die than surrender, but when the cold arrow pierced his body, it was indeed very comfortable.
Descending into the cave, the flying dragon folded its wings and began to crawl.
This is a long, deep path that winds downward, and the air is filled with a strong sense of unease that comes from deep underground.
A road that can accommodate a Cyclops can certainly also allow flying dragons to pass easily. The undead people do not seem to have explored this place too much.
Occasionally they passed by a few abandoned magic circles on the roadside. Lind couldn't memorize the complicated patterns of the magic circles, but he still recognized at a glance that this was the teleportation circle that Duomei had mentioned. The pattern of several overlapping "crosses" was easy to recognize, but the magic circles were always broken somewhere and were all abandoned.
He and Lance had already eaten five meals on the dragon's back, and there was still no end to the road.
Perhaps this is the reason why the undead gave up exploring. Wasting time on a road with no end would make them miss too many interesting things. It just so happens that Star Dragon City is constantly "launching activities", and the undead who don't want to miss those key benefits can only be tied to Star Dragon City and wait.
Linde, who pretends to be the official NPC, has no idea of operating the game for a long time, nor does he plan to release good things bit by bit.
The best reward would definitely be to make the game unable to operate and all the undead disappear and never come back.
Instead of being like now, he would wake up every day worrying about the undead people saying "update finished, I'm online", and feel that the rope around his neck is tightening day by day.
Finally, there was a vertical tunnel in front of him, and Alex climbed down the stone wall like a gecko.
There was wind blowing from below, indicating that there was more than one entrance.
The howling wind blew Lind's hair, which he hadn't had time to trim for some time, against his face.
The wind direction was erratic, and his hair swayed left and right with the wind.
The sight is filled with mottled light, some of which come from far away, and some come from the minerals embedded in the rock wall.
The ground was undulating, and the earth was covered with iron-red rusty sand.
A little further ahead is a grassland.
The grass leaves are lush and broad, covered with dots of light, and the grass stalks are very long, easily covering the figure of an adult.
This is star grass, but it is even more terrible than the one growing on the ground.
They swayed their bodies in the strong wind all around, and because their stems were too long, they tilted and became scattered, like long spears with bent ends sticking out.
Occasionally, a breeze would straighten the stalks of the star grass and make them pierce the sky.
The flying dragon walked into the Star Pasture Grassland. Its shaking body disturbed the grass. A large number of fireflies were flying around. When it looked up, it seemed as if it was in the galaxy in an instant.
The green space at the crossroads of faith can support the growth of disaster horses, but because the undead people need to ride horses everywhere frequently, destructive mining has led to the growth of star grass that can no longer keep up with demand. Therefore, it is a good thing to find a large amount of star grass in the underground world.
Although the undead have disappeared, their disaster horses still have to continue to be fed. As a fake official, Lind has to provide follow-up guarantees since he has provided services.
In fact, he was not at a loss. Those disaster horses had long been turned into labor. No matter they were grinding mills or pulling goods, they would never earn as much as they ate.
"Sir," Lance's voice suddenly rose: "Look at this!"
As soon as they passed through Star Pasture, Lance's archer eyes caught something.
A bug, or more precisely, a bug with a human face. Linde casually unhooked the crossbow from his waist and easily pierced the human-faced bug with one arrow. Apart from its creepy appearance, the bug didn't seem to pose any threat at all.
He bent down and tapped the dragon's back gently. Alex opened his mouth and spewed out flames. The rich and pungent flames quickly burned the area in front to scorched earth, and the human-faced worm turned into charcoal.
After discovering that these insects did not pose much of a threat, Lind chose to ignore them.
There are too many of them, and if they waste time dealing with these insects, it will hinder their exploration.
The underground world is full of bizarre scenes. As you go deeper, the scenery changes again.
The messy thorny stone pillars grew crookedly like a forest, and their length far exceeded the size of the flying dragon. It was like a small lizard that had strayed into a farmland.
In fact, after entering the underground, Lind discovered many holes leading to the top of his head. It was a coincidence that the Cyclops were able to go to the surface through one of the holes.
There may be countless creatures living here.
Soon they encountered something hostile, but it was not a Cyclops, but a giant insect, like a combination of a scorpion, a crab and a spider, with eight legs, compound eyes, and a tail as thick as a mace.
There are short sword-like hairs growing on the claws.
It crawls very fast, has a strong body, and appears to be more compact than ordinary insects. It has eight compound eyes on its flat, wedge-shaped head, and its body is covered with a thick shell, as if it were wearing a heavy helmet.
A conflict occurred the moment the two sides collided. The eight-legged monster insect might be bigger than humans, but it was still a small guy in front of the flying dragon.
The flying dragon raised its hands and slapped them. Its seemingly solid body was instantly crushed, and a strange and smelly juice squeezed out of its shriveled shell.
But their actions undoubtedly triggered the fuse for the war. Rustling sounds began to be heard, and more and more insects rushed over from all directions.
Not only were they walking with their feet, they were also able to jump and run. With such a bulky body, they could jump flexibly, and their strength was definitely extraordinary. Lind grabbed the double crossbows and began to shoot. The arrows infused with the power of fire hit the insects and barely got stuck in their shells, but only made them stagger. It was not until another arrow drilled in through the gap in the shell that it exploded from the inside into a ball of rotten meat.
Lance also grabbed the bow and launched a counterattack. The high-frequency shooting of arrows could hardly have an impact on the insects with thick armor and heavy helmets. What was worse was that there were more and more of them.
He could only increase the force with which he pulled the bow, but the greater the force used, the greater the damage that would be inflicted on his body.
The continuous attacks were overwhelming. The huge body of the flying dragon Alex came in handy at this moment. It twisted its body and swung its slender dragon tail to sweep away all the nearby insects.
Lind put away his double crossbows, jumped down from the dragon's back with a dagger in hand, and chopped the sword with great force, driving it into the insect's thick armor. The heavy force immediately split the insect in half.
He stepped on the bug, not paying attention to its violent struggle under its strong vitality.
Another gust of wind came, and the insect's scorpion tail hammered on the sword, and a heat wave exploded with a piercing roar. Lind stood motionless, but the attacking insect had already flown into the sky along with the rolled-up earth and rubble.
It was difficult for the insects that fought with Lind to remain intact, and the raging flames did not give them any chance to leave any juice.
Sometimes he swings the broken sword more like a hammer.
An insect was hit on the head and its wedge-shaped head exploded, but its body was not dead yet. Its broken head was madly spewing juice, and its eight legs were running uncontrollably. Finally, it hit a rock and became motionless with its eight legs facing the sky.
The confrontation quickly ended with Lind's declaration of great victory. The piles of insect corpses everywhere told how brutal the battle was.
"This is an abnormal creature." Linde grabbed the claws of an insect, which looked like a scorpion and a spider, and was very strong. "It's like it was made specifically for combat."
There are serious traces of splicing on it.
"Our exploration ends here," Lind said, "We will take a dead insect back with us."
You definitely shouldn't go any further.
The two men and the dragon left, and before leaving they even asked the flying dragon to burn the insect corpses with flames.
But there were always some remaining insect remains, and those human-faced insects swarmed over, lying on the corpses, gnawing on them and absorbing nutrients wantonly.
(End of this chapter)