Behind the stone gate is also an underground palace made of bricks and stones.
But the area is very large, unlike the maze above which is full of narrow passages, this is a huge palace. The floor height is very high, at least as high as ten stories. Huge stone pillars with exquisite carvings can be seen everywhere.
The visibility in the underground palace was still very low. The magic cold light source illuminated a corner, and the visibility was no more than 100 meters.
When I looked up, I saw a dark patch above my head. I could vaguely see the top, but I didn't know what was on it.
Ren didn't dare to be careless, so he took out all the [divine wood carvings], medicinal powders and other things that he had prepared to prevent curses and insects.
Because in his perception, he heard a lot of small movements.
Those were bugs...the noise caused by the movement of large numbers of bugs.
His ears moved slightly and he could distinguish several types of them: those with four legs, those with six legs, those with eight legs, those with sixteen legs, and those with countless legs.
Some are big and some are small.
He also heard that there were not only the strange insects that looked like "snake and scorpion" that he encountered outside before, but also probably some small things like spiders and centipedes.
Of course, before seeing what they looked like specifically, Renn could only guess that they should be something like this.
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There are still written records in this second underground palace, but this time it is much simpler.
On a black obelisk, he directly saw the layout of the underground palace on this level.
Renn used a cold light source to illuminate the entire stone wall, and then the system automatically recorded it.
There is no precise scale and we don’t know how big the underground palace is, but we have drawn the approximate locations of several landmark buildings.
"Is there a third floor?"
Ren looked at the map carefully and was slightly surprised.
He looked at the two "exit" marks marked on the map. One is the stone door you came in from before, and the other one is on the diagonal.
It seems that the third level requires traveling through the entire underground palace and going down through another door.
Ren didn't think much, found the right direction, and carefully walked into the depths of the dark underground palace.
He walked very slowly, covering about one or two kilometers in half an hour, passing through several palaces whose purpose was unknown.
Nothing was found, only a thick layer of biological feces, which seemed to have accumulated for thousands of years. There were "fossils" that were hard to step on, and "fresh products" that were soft and soft.
Wren collected some samples and moved on.
The further you go towards the center of the underground palace, the stronger the toxins in the air become.
Gradually, even with Ren's high poison resistance, he felt a burning sensation in his breath.
The system also roughly analyzed the composition of the toxins spilled in the air. It was not a single toxin, but a mixture of multiple biological toxins.
However, the super poison adaptability brought to him by [Voodoo Master] means that every breath he takes is to adapt to the poisonous gas here.
For ordinary high-level transcendent beings, this is the main hall of the "deadly poisonous fog zone". For him, it is not a big problem.
The more this happened, the more it aroused Ren's curiosity as to what secrets there might be in the poisonous mist.
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The sounds in his ears became more and more intensive. Renn walked towards the darkness and finally saw clearly what these bugs hidden in the darkness were.
Imyu, the "Insect Master Elder" of the Coleman tribe, is probably the extraordinary person who knows the most about insects in the world.
Among the gifts he prepared for Renne was powder that could deal with almost any insect.
But Renn did not continue to use the repellent powder, because the smell of that stuff was very pungent, and he was not sure whether there were some special bugs in the dark hall that would be attracted to it instead of being stimulated.
Instead, he applied an odor-assimilating ointment that would make the bugs feel that they were of the same kind.
After all, he thought that there were many kinds of bugs here, and there were not many of his "kind".
After cleaning up the smell, changing clothes, and applying ointment, Ren re-entered the hall and walked towards the area where there was a lot of movement.
Sure enough, after changing to the middle method, he encountered a large number of bugs within a few steps.
"Three-tailed centipede?"
Ren looked at the frost-white nematodes whose feet changed and ran very fast, and recognized that these one-foot-long worms were the highly poisonous [multi-tailed frost poison centipedes].
This adult usually has two tails, and its body is white and crystal clear. With one bite, the freezing toxin can instantly freeze some limbs of the extraordinary person into popsicles. The threat to low-level extraordinary beings is not small.
But this thing can be used as medicine, and it is a valuable potion material.
It is quite rare in other places. There are thirty or fifty of them in a nest, and catching one can be exchanged for several silver coins.
In front of us, there are tens of thousands of white flowers in the underground palace.
These bugs are like a stack of arhats, rolling and crawling like a tide, making people's scalp numb.
Moreover, not only two or three tails, Ren also saw several four-tailed, five-tailed, and even a six-tailed red centipede in the insect swarm. One was more than one meter long, with a red carapace all over its body like armor, and it shone brightly under the light!
Just taking a look at the insect swarm from a distance, Ren felt his anus tighten.
This thing not only bites, but also likes to drill holes.
Toxins are still secondary. When they get into the human body, they are really ecstatic.
"Fuck... If I were bitten by this thing, I'm afraid even a high-level transcendent would die on the spot."
Ren's eyelids jumped as he saw it. This was the first time he saw a living [Multi-tailed Frost Poison Centipede] with more than three tails.
Even according to the "Encyclopedia of Magic Potion Materials", the five tallest tails are poisonous insects of the "Insect King" level. The toxins can easily kill fourth-level monsters, and you may not be able to find one in a hundred years.
But in this pile of insects, after a cursory glance just now, the "Five-tailed Insect King" saw at least three.
Moreover, what the hell is this Vulpix
Variant variety
Ren frowned, confused.
This adult centipede family has one more tail than what is generally recorded in the encyclopedia.
Influenced by his teacher Irubek, he is now considered a half-baked biologist.
Seeing these multi-tailed centipedes in front of him, he immediately analyzed that the cause of this situation was either the bloodline of the insects in this nest or environmental factors.
However, fortunately, because of the assimilation ointment, the insects did not notice him as an alien. He just crawled away along the ones at his feet. Occasionally, a few stray ones would crawl up his trouser legs, but he would shake them off cleanly.
When Ren saw this, he originally planned to turn around and leave.
But he always felt that in the darkness, there was a faint light source flickering.
At first I thought I had seen it wrong, but when I took a closer look, I saw that there was really light.
Colorful light.
The place where these bugs are densest is the direction in which the light source flashes.
Thinking about it, Renn decided to bite the bullet and walk in to take a look.
In the darkness, he saw some other different poisonous insects.
This hall would gather so many poisonous insects and allow the [Multi-tailed Frost Poison Centipede] to evolve six tails. He felt that environmental factors would have a great impact.
There must be something weird in this hall.
... .
Traveling through the insect tide, Ren had a close encounter with these insects.
At the beginning, Renn could still find a gap and step on it. But not long after walking, the ground became densely covered with insects. The thick layer made it impossible to stay on.
He could only walk on the ground, fearing that if he stepped on a centipede, it would cause an insect riot.
At first, he thought it was "difficult to move forward", but after walking not far, Renn felt that Centipede was quite "kind" after comparing it.
It's cool, doesn't smell bad, and doesn't have much aggression.
It's not as disgusting as those spiders, toads, scorpions, poisonous snakes, and slimy green venomous slugs in the next area.
Moreover, those things also eat the same kind.
Looking around, the main hall looked like a big gathering of poisonous people.
Almost every poisonous insect has its own area.
And Ren is in Centipede's area.
Renn walked another hundred or ten meters, got closer, and finally saw the source of the colorful light.
In the center of the hall, a silver Holy Grail over half a meter high is emitting a dreamlike rainbow-colored halo.
The light was very weak, but in the endless darkness, it looked extremely strange.
On the rock wall above the Holy Grail, there is something like a stalactite.
There is a drop of colored "water drop" dripping from the center of the stone clock.
Tick, tick, tick.
Probably because the water had been dripping for countless thousands of years, and then condensed into a group of colored crystals on the Holy Grail, like a large "colored ice cream".
What's more, what's even weirder is that there is a circle around the Holy Grail, with all kinds of poisonous insects that don't look easy to deal with.
Look at them, they seem to be breathing poisonous mist.
It was like a group of smokers, gathering together to puff away their smoke, looking quite enjoying themselves.
Take a breath of the colored mist, then spit out some poisonous gas, which evaporates on the ceiling, blends into the water, and drips down the stalactites into the Holy Grail; take another breath.
And so on.
"It turns out that poisonous insects evolved for this reason!"
Seeing this scene, Ren finally understood.
There are so many poisonous insects gathering in this hall, all because of the silver Holy Grail carved with simple patterns.
The poisonous gas in the air is caused by the mixture of poisonous gas swallowed by poisonous insects.
"What exactly is this Holy Grail?"
Although Ren didn't understand it clearly, he knew it must be a treasure.
And the colorful crystals in the cup, which took countless years to condense, are also highly poisonous. But for extraordinary people who need toxins, it is definitely a top-notch treasure.
For example, Renn himself has advanced to [Voodoo Master], although his poison resistance is good. But if you really want to be immune to all poisons, you still need to constantly use various toxins to stimulate the body's immune system and increase toxin resistance.
This "colorful crystal" that is a fusion of various biological toxins is a good choice!
"I didn't expect it to be a 'toxic crystal' with so many colors!"
When Ren saw this thing, Zhinao automatically pushed several material names that fit the crystal in front of him.
The most consistent condition is that there is a material recorded in the Coleman clan's witchcraft inheritance secret book - [Toxic Crystal].
In some highly toxic environments, over time, toxins can condense into crystals. Highly toxic and volatile.
He had seen similar things in the material warehouse of "Insect Master Elder" Imyu.
But those [Poisonous Crystals] were all of a single color, and the largest ones were no more than the size of a fingernail.
And in front of me, this "colorful crystal" is as big as two footballs!
Although the creatures in this fog now do not exceed level five, so do the poisonous insects. But there was no such restriction in ancient times. It is conceivable that the toxin contained in the crystals in the cup might give him a big surprise!
If only he could adapt to this mixed toxin, most common biological poisons in the world would probably be of no help to him!
... .
"The Holy Grail is probably the reason why so many poisonous insects gather here!"
Baby.
Ren couldn't hide the excitement in his eyes. When he saw the treasure emitting colorful light in front of him, he immediately decided that he must hold this thing in his hand.
However, his ability to get this far and clearly see the Holy Grail was the limit.
Now every time he took a breath, he felt a severe burning sensation in his respiratory tract, and his clothes began to gradually corrode.
Just the poisonous gas evaporating in the air kept him away, but imagine how powerful the poison condensed into crystals must be
If it were really injected into the body, it would probably kill a high-level extraordinary person immediately.
However, the more this happened, the more Ren felt that the colorful crystals and the Holy Grail were treasures.
If you really have this kind of poison in your hands, you will have another trump card against your enemies in the future!
Ren thought of this and left in no hurry.
Anyway, he is the only one in the underground palace now.
This highly toxic environment is the best place to improve his toxin resistance.
There is still more than a hundred meters to reach the Holy Grail, but after his body develops resistance to the mixed toxins in the air, he will be able to get closer.
"But...those insect kings are a problem."
Renn frowned as he looked at the various strange poisonous insects around him.
He thought that if he took away the Holy Grail, those insects would not go wild
However, when his poison resistance can get close to the Holy Grail, the toxins of these bugs will not pose much of a threat to him.
I thought, if the time comes to grab it and run away, it shouldn't be a big problem.
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Renn just stayed in the swarm.
After he noticed that the centipedes did not bite him, he ignored them. He put on a hood, plugged up all the holes in his body, and began to meditate in the pile of insects.
The swarm of insects swamped him, but he didn't care. His heart felt calm.
Then, after the body has slightly adapted to that toxin concentration, it moves closer.
The progress is very slow, and it often takes an hour to advance about one meter.
The closer you get to the Holy Grail, the richer the poison in the air becomes.
His breathing was getting harder and harder.
At first it was like breathing air, then water, then mud, and finally.
Eventually I became more and more accustomed to it.
Renn also followed those poisonous insects, puffing away with a look of enjoyment.
In addition to septic toxins, neurotoxins, frost, burning, corrosion... among those toxins, there are also some strange toxins that can cause people to have wonderful hallucinations.
When Ren sucked it, he felt like he could travel across the world.
I have to admit, it was an amazing feeling.
However, because of his "intelligent brain", he can monitor his physical condition at any time. Even though his whole body is soaked in poisonous gas, nothing can go wrong.
Just like that, two days and two nights later.
Renn's body was almost completely adapted to the toxins here, and then, just as he was thinking about how to avoid the "leaders" of the innermost poisonous insects and snatch the Holy Grail.
By chance, a group of uninvited guests broke in.
... ..
"Hey... someone is finally here?"
When Ren heard the movement, he was not surprised, but overjoyed.
There is no danger in the maze above now. It will not be difficult to break out after spending some time.
Individual wilderness hunters may have to be trapped for ten and a half days, but for those noble hunting groups with a large number of people, it will definitely not be difficult for them.