Seeing that he could not escape the task of going to the sea to retrieve Lance, Xiao Zhi glanced at the big map first, trying to figure out where he was.
His previous speculation was not wrong, this place is indeed in the sea area of the Dolly Alliance, but it has gone far beyond the area actually controlled by the Dolly Alliance, and has come to Yuanhai.
Yuanhai is a sea area without ownership. In fact, it is the general term for all the remaining ocean areas after the sea area is divided by various countries. There is no jurisdiction and no rules here. Basically, anything can happen, and it is the property of all kinds of criminals. Heaven.
However, since Yuanhai also has a large amount of rich output, the Yuanhai mine, which is particularly famous in casting, is produced here, so there is still an endless stream of people who choose to come here to take risks.
Xiao Zhi looked at the surrounding environment: "Yuan Hai..."
Although people from the mainland often come to Yuanhai, they usually only live in the periphery of Yuanhai, which is relatively close to the sea areas of various countries, and few people go to distant unknown areas.
Xiao Zhi had seen it on the forum before, there were all kinds of strange monsters in the depths of the deep sea, many of them were not named by the scholars on the mainland, and their appearance was just random, but the danger was definitely not low, and some were even as big as The existence that can swallow the entire fleet in one gulp.
In the unknown area of Yuanhai, there is also a sea tribe called Yuanzu. The upper body is humanoid, but the lower body is fishtail. It sounds like a mermaid in a fairy tale.
Unlike the beautiful and kind-hearted mermaids in the legend, they have ferocious appearances, unlike the Xiyue clan who are also of the sea clan, who are so cute that they can be defrauded by their beautiful appearance. Moreover, the Yuan clan is fierce and aggressive, and they are also very poor. Most of the income from fighting with them is not worth the money for repairing equipment. It can be called a model of poor people.
The Yuan Clan has a strong sense of territory. Once they step into their area of activity, they will be attacked by the Yuan Clan. Sometimes they will be attacked just by meeting the passing Yuan Clan.
After discussion among the players, they all agreed that the Yuan Clan would hit you if they wanted to, and they would hit you whenever they provoked them.
In short, it is better to stay away from these lunatics, the farther the better.
Xiao Zhi's current location is already stepping on the edge of the unknown area, not only the Yuan clan and sea monsters appear, but because they have been explored so little, it is not unusual for anything to appear.
Xiao Zhi asked Alifa: "Can you feel where Lance is?"
Alifa tapped his bare head, and pointed in one direction with his front paws: "Gu~"
Very good, it refers to the unknown area.
Exciting.
At this moment, Xiao Zhi suddenly thought of something, he asked Alifa: "Can you swim?"
According to Alifa's combat power, there are not many places on the mainland that can stop it. It should not be difficult for it to salvage Lance by itself. Why did it go back to Hesse to find Xiao Zhi
Alifa lowered his head shyly, and shook his head in embarrassment: "Googoo."
Xiao Zhi: "..."
That's right, this kind of bare skeleton can't float in the water at all. Xiao Zhi felt a bit of a headache, he felt that with his own strength alone, he couldn't drag this heavy burden into the water.
He's a mage, not a jet tractor.
Xiao Zhi discussed with Alifa: "Otherwise, I'd better leave you on the shore."
"Gu..." Alifa took a few steps back in disbelief, his huge body was shaky, and his big empty eyes stared at Xiao Zhi, with a look of "you are heartless" and "how could you be like this".
In order not to be left behind by his favorite clerk, Alifa straightened up suddenly, and then began to writhe in front of Xiao Zhi's eyes, like a black bear rubbing against a tree, the movements looked a bit funny.
Following Alifa's movements, a burst of brilliance flowed on its white bones, and its huge body actually shrunk little by little. From the height of a building, it gradually became the height of a tree, and then became the height of a tree. It was as tall as a person, and it continued to shrink until it finally reached the size of a palm.
"Gu—" Alifa flew in front of Xiao Zhi, and proudly flicked his petite and cute tail at Xiao Zhi.
Now, it's really cute from the outside to the inside, and Alifa is very proud.
Xiao Zhi couldn't help but reached out and touched Alifa's little head, the touch was cold and stiff, still the same as before. Alifa arched his head and rubbed against Xiao Zhi's palm several times. This time, finally, he didn't feel being crushed by a chariot, but just itched, as if touching an ornament.
Xiao Zhi let Alifa lay on his shoulders, and led him into the deep sea.
The water in Yuanhai is very deep, without the colorful delicacy of the shallow water area, only large expanses of blue surround him, the underwater is completely silent, no living things can be seen, only the muffled sound of water flow can be heard in the ears, as if A space isolated from the rest of the world.
Under the guidance of Alifa, Xiao Zhi has been going downstream.
With the speed of the undead, he moved fast underwater. I don't know how deep it is. Fortunately, he is now in the state of an undead. He doesn't need to breathe and is not afraid of water pressure. He can also talk, which directly saves the part of the potion needed to survive underwater.
The lower you go, the harder it is for the sunlight to penetrate, and the surrounding area becomes darker and darker. Xiao Zhi had no choice but to take out a soul lamp to illuminate it.
This is also a Hessian specialty. It can disperse the fog by the way when it is illuminated, so that the vision will not be hindered by the fog. When Xiao Zhi is going to wait for the opening of the trade zone, he will also take this out. For explorers who often face various environments, this should be a very good product.
The only disadvantage is that the color of the soul lamp is dark green. When illuminated by this kind of light, everything looks a little ghostly. Feel the warmth of Hesse.
Combined with the current deep-sea scene, this piece of green light looks even more permeating.
Xiao Zhi has long been used to it, swimming fast with the light of the soul lamp all the way.
After going downstream for a while, Xiao Zhi saw the bottom of the sea. There were many scattered rocks on the bottom of the sea, and some creatures like crabs, shrimps, and fish that looked like they could be rubbed out with their feet. Need to go out and meet people, so everyone looks very casual.
A large black area suddenly appeared in front of him, like a tall building rising from a flat floor.
Xiao Zhi looked over vigilantly, saw that the thing didn't move, and walked a little further, only to find that it was actually a sunken ship.
The sunken ship has been lying on the bottom of the sea for an unknown amount of time, and it is covered with sea creatures and algae. It looks dilapidated and full of strange vitality. From the perspective of marine life, this is probably a paradise, but from the perspective of humans, it feels a bit intrusive.
Xiao Zhi walked in a little bit, and found a statue of a beautiful woman holding a treasure chest at the bow of the boat.
The woman has beautiful curly hair, holds a treasure box in one hand, and has a smile on the corner of her mouth that seems to see through everything in the world. This is Evtimis, the god of wealth and wisdom often believed by the Xiyue tribe. They hope that they can also be like this Goddesses are as witty and rich.
Looking carefully, Xiao Zhi found a lot of Xiyue clan style decorations on the boat. It seems that this is an adventure ship of the Xiyue clan. They came to explore the deep sea, but they sank without knowing what happened.
There are still some damaged appliances and daily necessities scattered on the ground below, and it has now completely become a safe haven for marine life.
However, since it is the Xiyue Clan's boat, the people on board should be fine.
According to their water quality, if they encounter sea monsters, they will not be able to beat them. In terms of escaping, there is no race that can match them in the water. Without the boat, the Xiyue tribe can swim back by themselves, just a little tired .
If it was wind and waves, it would be even less of a threat to the Xiyue clan who are good at diving.
Xiao Zhi didn't stay too long, he continued to move forward and came near the stern of the boat.
At this moment, he couldn't help but stop.
Because the back half of the ship looked miserable. The original solid hull seemed to be twisted and twisted by someone vigorously, and the original shape could hardly be seen, only the distorted and deformed metal still told the tragic situation at that time.
On the Dazemenya continent, the ships capable of long-distance sailing are not small in size, because they have to resist the wind and waves of the deep sea and the attacks of sea beasts, and some ships are reinforced with magic alloys. This ship is like this, Xiao Zhi has just seen it, the thickness of the magic alloy added to the bow part is not small, and ordinary guns will not leave marks on it.
So... what could have destroyed the ship like this
How big would that thing be
At this time, Xiao Zhi felt Alifa on his shoulder poking himself with his small paws, and there was a rapid "cuckoo" from his throat, as if he was very anxious.
Xiao Zhi looked at Alifa, and saw that Alifa's head was turned to the back, and he kept pointing at one location with his claws.
Xiao Zhi looked along Alifa's paw, and saw that a place some distance away from him suddenly lit up, like a huge light yellow full moon hanging in front of his eyes, the "moonlight" was very faint, but in the dark The bottom of the sea is still very conspicuous.
But here is the deep sea, and there is a fart moon.
Xiao Zhi's heart sank, he saw clearly what it was, he saw the iris-like texture inside the huge light yellow circle, and the pupils staring at him firmly.
This is an eye.
And this eye alone is already four or five times as tall as Xiao Zhi, one can imagine how huge the body of that unknown thing is.
A guess floated in Xiao Zhi's mind, perhaps the shipwreck was its handwriting.
Facing such a huge thing, Xiao Zhi felt that the fireball technique would definitely not work. It would not work even if it was fired in succession. Natural disasters might still leave some marks on it, but it was absolutely impossible to kill it alone. of.
This is really a child in one bite, without chewing.
Xiao Zhi didn't dare to act rashly, he patted the Alifa that had been "cuckooing" non-stop, signaling it to quiet down, and at the same time he didn't say a word, and turned off the soul lamp in his hand by the way.
All the actions are just to minimize my sense of existence, and try not to arouse the interest of this huge thing.
Xiao Zhi's side was suddenly plunged into darkness, and the translucent body of the undead almost merged with the environment.
Both sides waited in silence.
Suddenly, there was another bright eye in the darkness, which was the same as the previous one, and it happened to be a pair.
With two eyes, it was easier for Xiao Zhi to estimate the size of this thing, it was much bigger than he originally expected, almost like a big mountain. It is estimated that something the size of the sunken ship is like a miniature toy to it, and it will be broken if it is not careful.
If this thing can go ashore, it must be a breeze to destroy several cities.
The pair of big eyes looked at the area where Xiao Zhi was standing, and then swayed from side to side, as if searching for something.
Alifa's claws grasped Xiao Zhi's shoulders tightly. This thing is so big that Alifa can't beat it. Alifa has no meat and it's not tasty at all. I hope it doesn't like to chew on bones...
Xiao Zhi was also very nervous, it was the first time he faced such a helpless opponent.
The unknown area is really exciting.
He told himself to be calm, the size of a human being is too small, certainly not within the scope of its recipe.
It's fine if they don't arouse its interest. If it runs around, it will slap it on the spur of the moment, and he and Alifa will definitely be cool. Xiao Zhi himself can be resurrected, but what about Alifa? If it was photographed into pieces in the deep sea, even a bone dragon would not know how many years it would take to recover.
Even if luck recovers, Alifa will not be able to float.
Huge eyes scanned the surroundings, Xiao Zhi and Alifa who had lost their light and sound were really inconspicuous, in their eyes it was as hard to find as little bugs hiding in the gaps.
After a while, the eyes closed, and the deep sea fell into a deep darkness again.
Xiao Zhi stood still on the spot for a while, and after confirming that the huge thing really wouldn't open again immediately, he took Alifa and quietly retreated into the distance. This time, he didn't dare to turn on the light, and he didn't dare to move too fast, for fear of attracting the attention of something again.
Afterwards, Lu Xiaozhi didn't dare to turn on the lights rashly, and could only move forward in the dim water relying on Alifa's guidance.
A dark seabed makes people feel inexplicably uneasy.
On the way they passed several giants. The most recent time, Xiao Zhi almost passed by a strangely shaped mountain of meat, but these few times Xiao Zhi gained experience and did not arouse their interest at all, so he passed by without any risk.
Ahead is a gap in the seabed, the gap is quite wide for humans, probably enough for two or three people to pass through side by side, but there is a deeper black below, and it is impossible to see what is in it.
Fortunately, the undead's speech under water is not affected. Xiao Zhi asked Alifa: "Is Lance in the direction below or in front?"
Alifa stretched out his head to feel it, and decisively stretched out his claws to point to the bottomless gap below.
Xiao Zhi frowned slightly looking at the gap, it was really too dark inside, he probably wouldn't be able to see anything for a while if he went in. He looked around again, he and Alifa had already swam far away on the bottom of the sea, and he didn't know how Lance fell into such a place
Let's hope they can see Lance stuck in the gap as soon as they go in.
Xiao Zhi subconsciously wanted to take a deep breath to adjust his emotions, only to find that he couldn't breathe at all now.
Xiao Zhi: "..."
Forget it, let's go on like this.
Xiao Zhi swam towards the gap with Alifa.
When I first entered the gap, everything was calm. It was just a little dark here, and the space was so small that those giant sea monsters couldn't get in. Maybe it was a little safer than outside.
But there is no Lance here, and Alifa has been pointing to the area below him, so Xiao Zhi can only go further down.
When he reached a certain position, Xiao Zhi suddenly felt a strong suction pulling him. He immediately used the flame phantom to try to escape, but the water seemed to lock him, even though he dodged upwards several times, he still caught him figure.
Moreover, the suction power is gradually increasing.
He stretched out his hand to hold the protruding rock next to him, trying to stabilize his body, but the force felt unresistable, and it dragged him down firmly.
Xiao Zhi found that his hand holding onto the stone wall slipped down bit by bit, and in the end he was still drawn into the deeper gap by the current, and he only managed to grab the little Alifa in time to prevent it from getting separated from him.
It felt like being flushed into the toilet, everything around him was spinning wildly, and he couldn't tell where he was, whether his head was up or down.
I don't know how long it took before Xiao Zhi felt that the whole world had calmed down.
He barely opened his eyes, praying that he wouldn't see a giant sea monster with its mouth wide open for another meal.
Unexpectedly, what appeared in front of his eyes was a starlight.
This place is obviously still located in the deep sea, but there are indeed dots of light in front of my eyes, just like the bright Milky Way seen on the clearest night. The Milky Way flickers from time to time, which is more dazzling than any jewelry. No wonder since ancient times, human beings have always entrusted their infinite beautiful imagination to the starry sky.
Because it does afford it.
After groping forward in the dark for a long time, when Xiao Zhi suddenly saw such a bright environment, he couldn't help wondering if he was dreaming, or his brain was knocked out of hallucination.
But Alifa's reaction brought him back to reality, and Alifa stretched out his paws upwards, like a monkey trying to reach the stars. Obviously, it can also see this sea of stars.
Because of the lighting of Xinghai, Xiao Zhi can see the surrounding environment clearly,
There are many unnamed plants growing in this sea area, which are a bit like coral and seaweed, but they are different from what Xiao Zhi is familiar with. There are groups of small fish shuttling in it, probably because of the light, and they are also very tall. It's not as casual as the ones I've seen before, and it's even a little cute.
Compared with the deep sea, it looks more like an offshore sea here. It is hard to imagine that such a scene appears under the deep sea full of giant beasts.
Seeing that it was safe around him, Xiao Zhi felt relieved a little, and swam towards the starlight above his head, wanting to see what it was.
When I got closer, I realized that the light above its head was a kind of shellfish. They were all snow white, emitting light all over their bodies, hanging upside down like light bulbs and attached to the above. Seeing Xiao Zhi approaching, there were a few shells spitting bubbles at him.
There are also some smaller stars, which come from some luminous plankton.
This sea of stars is formed by such a group of large and small creatures.
"Gu..." Alifa looked very interested in the glowing shells, maybe this is the nature of the dragon race? It's the same even if you die.
Xiao Zhi pressed Alifa's eager paw: "Don't move around, what if something troublesome is caused?"
Alifa obediently withdrew his paws, but reluctantly took another look at the glitter above his head.
Xiao Zhi took Alifa away: "Alifa, can you still feel where Lance is?"
Alifa sensed it again, and this time it finally stopped pointing downwards, and its claws pointed in a certain direction ahead.
After Xiao Zhi walked a certain distance in the direction Alifa pointed to, he suddenly received a system prompt:
"The new map area you are exploring, the current exploration rate is 1%"
New area!
A small flame of excitement sprang up from Xiao Zhi's heart. Over the past six hundred years, the map of ZERO has been continuously expanding. This depends on the improvement of the combat power and technological level of the entire continent, allowing the residents of the mainland to explore a wider world.
If you look at the history of the Earth period, you will know that those who discover new lands will be richly rewarded.
The same is true for people who explore new areas. Not only will there be a lot of experience rewards for exploring the map, but various outputs in this unknown area will open their arms to explorers, whether it is materials, props, private activities or hidden tasks. A group of explorers will have advantages that are difficult for latecomers to match.
When the exploration rate exceeds 30%, this area will be open to the whole continent, and the first person to reach 30% exploration rate will still have the right to name this area.
Many attractive rewards have also spawned explorers who specialize in discovering new maps. This is a profession with both risks and benefits, and the death rate is very high. Of course, the largest number of them are the Athanasis who are not afraid of death.
Thanks to the efforts of explorers of all ages, the Dazemen sub-continent has the size it is today, but there are still many unknown areas in it.
For example, the area Xiao Zhi is currently in.
With the stimulation of exploration rewards, Xiao Zhi felt that his trip was not in vain, the fight between Alifa and Lance was really very good.
His steps to find Lance were a little brisk.
According to Alifa's guidance, Xiao Zhi moved forward, and the sea of stars above his head never broke, which made him feel like he was walking under the night sky, and with a light source, he didn't feel uneasy like before.
Suddenly, a slender figure appeared in front of him.
In the distance, Xiao Zhi couldn't see the details clearly, but he could see a black fish tail spreading in the water, as well as the upper body of a humanoid torso and a head of long black hair. The muscles of the humanoid body were smooth and not It looks bloated, which belongs to the kind of just right good-looking.
If it weren't for the black fishtail, it would really have the feeling of a legendary mermaid.
But "Mermaid" suddenly turned her head towards Xiao Zhi.
It revealed a face that seemed to have been burned by a fire, with all the five sense organs tangled together, and a big mouth full of fangs, which split all the way to the ear, Xiao Zhi had no doubt that this one bite could easily bite a person off arm.
This classic combination of fairytale creatures and nightmare protagonists is only available to one race on the mainland—Yuanzu.
The legendary lunatic who can't be messed with if he doesn't mess with it!
Before Xiao Zhi could feel that he was unlucky in his heart, the Yuan Clan opened his mouth, and the ear-piercing sound wave spread from the bottom of the water, sending out a frightening scream.
Then he clenched the trident in his hand, and rushed towards Xiao Zhi.
Sure enough, he said to hit you as soon as he hit you, and he didn't pick the time and place at all.
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Hessen, Hall of Bones.
Frost sat alone in his empty room.
Every room in the Hall of Bones is similar, as if he doesn't have any personal hobbies. Compared with a living place, the Hall of Bones is more like a personal space that belongs to him alone, allowing Frost to enjoy the silence and tranquility of being alone.
Platinum golden eyes stared quietly at his left hand, where there was originally a hideous penetrating wound, but it had already healed, leaving no trace left.
He already had a strong self-healing ability, and the scar that looked terrible before was just a small cut to him, just like a scratch on an ordinary human body, and he didn't need to pay special attention.
However, he doesn't care, but someone cares.
Frost's gaze moved to the bandage on the table, which had been used and was stained with dark red blood. He couldn't help but think of the gentle movement of the person who bandaged him... This feeling... seemed familiar.
It seemed like something was about to pop up in my head, but in the end there was nothing.
Frost stared at the bandage on the table, but seemed to see something through it,
More than that...
And much more... more details...
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