Chapter 79 The door to the treasury is slowly opening...

Cao Xing nodded, "Yes, the location shown on the coordinates is nearby."

After hearing this, everyone looked around.

However, there seemed to be no gate to the treasure house, only huge rocks that had slid down the hillside.

After observing for a while, no relevant clues were found.

Cao Xing fell into deep thought.

Because the system will not make mistakes, according to the coordinates on the key, it is nearby.

But they didn't find it.

That means this goblin treasure house is likely to be a hidden area.

So Cao Xing gave the order: "Search the area to see if there are any hidden passages or something like that."

Andrew, Assam and others received the order and began to search around.

As the saying goes, there is strength in numbers. They quickly searched every corner of the area.

A moment later, Sarah was the first to make a discovery.

She stopped at the foot of the mountain, in front of a pile of collapsed rubble.

"I'm here, and I sensed a faint magical fluctuation."

Hearing this, Cao Xing's eyes suddenly lit up. He controlled the tracked robot and came to Sarah's side with a grunt.

Perhaps because Cao Xing’s level was not high, he did not sense any magical fluctuations here.

But Sarah wouldn't lie.

So he called the forklift robot over and ordered, "Shovel away this pile of rubble for me."

The forklift robot immediately did as it was told.

Buzz!
The energy core began to operate at full power.

A huge bucket picked up the rubble and moved it aside.

It shoveled away pieces of rubble, gradually revealing the pile of rubble and the scene behind it.

Faintly, Cao Xing seemed to see a corner of a gray door.

When the pile of rubble was completely removed.

Cao Xing saw a gray stone gate about five meters high and three meters wide.

[Goblin Treasure House Gate]

[Armor: 500]

Durability: 100000/100000

[Additional special effect 1: Intermediate damage reduction (reduces magic damage and physical damage received by 20%)]

[Additional special effect 2: Chain detonation. If forcibly broken, it will cause the collapse of the treasure house passage.]

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"Wow, 10 durability points, 500 armor points, this gate is really tough!"

With the current strength of Cao Xing's subordinates.

Except for Sarah and Baymax, the attacks of others couldn't even cause much damage.

It will take a long time just to break through this door.

Moreover, because of the second special effect, this door cannot be broken down by brute force.

If it is broken open forcibly, the passage inside will collapse.

Fortunately, Cao Xing came prepared.

He took out the [Goblin Treasure House Key] from his backpack and approached the door of the treasury.

The system prompt appeared as expected.

[Do you want to use the Goblin Treasure House Key to open the Treasure House door? ]

"Yes."

The next moment, the key in Cao Xing's hand disappeared.

Crunch!Crunch!
There was a sound of a key turning next to Cao Xing's ears.

After a few seconds, everyone felt a vibration under their feet.

"Boom! Boom!"

Cao Xing saw that the gate of the treasure house was gradually rising.

Then a dark passage appeared faintly behind the door.

As the vibration continued.

A system prompt appears.

[The door to the treasure house is slowly opening...]

Rumble!
The ground shook constantly.

After about thirty seconds, the gate was fully raised.

[You have discovered the hidden area: Goblin Underground Palace]

(Map description: A group of goblins who worshipped the ancient gods once lived here. They sacrificed many treasures to the gods they believed in. Until one day, the goblins' sacrifice brought them an unknown disaster. In order to curb the spread of this disaster, the goblins chose to close the entrance to the palace.)
After reading the map introduction, Cao Xing was stunned.

"So it's not a treasury, but an underground palace?"

[Note: The Goblin Palace is a high-level area. It is recommended that you form a team of at least 4 survivors with second-level strength to explore it.]

Hearing this system prompt, Cao Xing frowned.

It requires four survivors of level 2 or above to form a team, which means that the level of the monsters inside may be very high.

"I have ten second-level creatures under my command, including the robots and Baymax."

"And they all have my BUFF bonus, so their actual combat power is much stronger than that of ordinary second-level creatures."

"According to this calculation, my combat power should be stronger than a team of four Level 2 survivors."

Thinking of this, Cao Xing's eyes lit up.

According to his calculations, his combat power should be able to challenge this area.

Cao Xing made up his mind, that is, to go in!

However, before entering, he can still improve his strength.

So he took out the scroll.

[Do you want to use the Charr Shaman recruitment scroll? ]

"Yes."

The moment Cao Xing clicked OK, a cloud of choking smoke appeared in front of him.

The thick smoke seemed to come from a furnace, with a scorching temperature. At the same time, as the smoke rolled, a humanoid creature with a height of nearly two meters and a strong physique could be vaguely seen in it.

Strong magical fluctuations emanated from this humanoid creature.

After the smoke cleared.

A creature with a black leopard head, wearing a robe printed with wind chime flowers and with a long tail, suddenly appeared.

"The war will never end. Steel, blood, and fire..."

"These are the main themes of war, turning everything into ashes."

"We embrace peace, but war leaves us homeless."

"This Lord, the Shaman of the Charr: Blot Brimstone reports to you."

This is the Charles clan, whom Cao Xing had seen once before.

He stepped down from the tracked robot, came to the tall Charles, and said solemnly: "Welcome, Blot, let us build a peaceful territory together."

This time, Cao Xing was not wrong.

When the Shar's eyes heard the word 'peace', they immediately lit up.

"My dear lord, do you also advocate peace?"

Cao Xing shook his head and said, "Blot, no one likes war, not even those powerful knights."

After hearing this, Shaman Shar asked excitedly, "Then, my honorable lord, I want to know if the future development of the territory can be biased towards scientific research or agricultural planting?"

He said it sincerely, but it made Cao Xing fall into deep thought.

What the shaman meant was that he should focus on farming in the future and not fight so often.

But it was obvious that the shaman's idea was naive.

In this world full of monsters and always dangerous, it is impossible not to fight.

Cao Xing shook his head and said, "Blot, you are wrong. The premise of peace is to have enough power to crush the enemy."

"If you don't even have the strength to defend your territory, you will eventually be trampled to pieces by the invaders' horses."

"Perhaps the war in the past caused you to lose your home, your loved ones and everything, and even made you begin to hate power."

"But you have to know that power is not to be feared, but its owner is."

When Blot Brimstone heard the last sentence, his cat's eyes suddenly widened.

"Power is not scary...what is scary is its master..."

"Strength is not scary..."

He kept muttering, as if he understood something.

Brent Brimstone said excitedly: "You are right, my Lord!"

"If I had possessed the strength of a sixth-rank hero or even a legendary warrior at that time, I would have been able to fight against the entire Blood Legion and prevent all tragedies from happening!"

"I want to have a more powerful force, enough to shake the entire Charles Empire!"

"Thank you for your advice, wise lord!"

[Your territory member: Blot Sulfur Stone was moved by your words and his loyalty has increased. Current loyalty: 71]

Cao Xing was stunned, looking at the surging fighting spirit in Xiaer's eyes with a strange look.

He stroked his chin and thought, "Why do I feel like I turned this peace defender into a war fanatic?"

Shaking his head, this was not a bad thing for Cao Xing.

Then he checked the shaman's attributes.

[Black Smoke Shaman: Brot Brimstone]

[Race: Charr]

[Level: Level 15 2731/50000 (Second-order boss creature)]

[HP: 6720/6720]

[Attack power: 537~551]

[Armor: 131~142]

[Attributes: Strength 217, Agility 204, Spirit 253, Constitution 237]

[Skill: Black Smoke Totem (Place a black smoke totem, and cast a thick smoke every 10 seconds, causing enemies in the surrounding area to enter a short-term blind state. The totem lasts for 30 seconds and has a cooldown of 90 seconds.)
Resonance Totem (places a resonance totem, increasing the critical strike rate and hit rate of all friendly units by 20%, the totem lasts for 100 seconds, and the cooldown time is 200 seconds)
Smoke Shock (Condenses a cloud of smoke, causing 144% damage to a single enemy. If used on a friendly unit, it will restore health equal to Spirit*1.5. Cooldown time: 60 seconds)
Black Smoke Storm (sets off a violent black smoke storm. Enemies in the black smoke storm will receive 88% of the attack damage every second, and the enemy's agility will be reduced by 50 points. The storm lasts for 10 seconds and has a cooldown of 300 seconds)]

[Talent: Natural Selection]

[Satiety: 68]

【Loyalty: 71】

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"So strong!"

Cao Xing sincerely praised: "As expected of a leader-level shaman!"

But unfortunately, the four skills of this shaman are all biased towards damage or totem skills, and there is no continuous BUFF skill.

As for the two totem skills.

The first [Black Smoke Totem] is obviously not a buff effect, and it should not be affected by [Eternal Power].

The second one is [Resonance Totem]. Although this is a buff effect, because totem is a domain-type skill, the effect will only be obtained within the totem range.

So Cao Xing was not sure whether this thing could become permanent.

But on second thought, even if it can't receive the bonus, it's pretty good. After all, the attributes of the Black Smoke Shaman are there.

Moreover, he now officially possesses four boss-level creatures, which can be said to be a surge in strength.

Then, as usual, he threw [Ice Armor], [Ice Healing], and [Frost Shield] at Blot Brimstone.

Then he asked Liu Muxue to bless him with two states.

Like other members of the territory, Blot expressed his gratitude to Cao Xing and increased his loyalty by 6 points.

All of a sudden, his loyalty reached 77 points.

"Thank you, great lord, beautiful lady."

"Your power is as great as that of the gods."

Cao Xing nodded and looked at the time.

[Due to nightfall: 5 hours and 32 minutes...]

[Current temperature: -52℃]

There were still five hours until dark, which was more than enough time for him to explore the goblin treasure house and return to his territory.

So Cao Xing ordered: "Then let us go in!"

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(End of this chapter)