After bypassing the black sand, the group moved forward for several hundred meters, and Jasmine issued another warning.
Pointing to a wall on the left front, he said, "Stay far away from there."
"Why..." Richard spoke out, but before he could finish his words, Jasmine took over.
"Did you see the green liquid stained on the wall? That liquid is highly corrosive and has a special effect on mana. Once it touches the surface of the body, once the mana is stimulated, it will follow the mana channel and directly invade the source of the law, causing damage. If you don’t want to become a useless person, the further away the better.”
After hearing this, Richard looked at where Jasmine was pointing. After looking for several seconds, he finally saw clearly that the stone wall was stained with spots of sticky green liquid, like spoiled jelly, which was a bit disgusting.
He took a step and tried to take a few steps closer to that side. A faint tingling sensation immediately appeared on the surface of his skin, which was a warning from his perception. The blood in the body also fluctuated, as if there was some resistance. The most important thing is that the damage caused by the void energy in the body has been suppressed for a long time and is close to recovery. At this moment, there are signs of recurrence.
this!
Richard raised his eyebrows and stopped decisively. He was sure in his heart that Jasmine was not telling lies. At the same time, he became very interested in the disgusting-looking green liquid on the wall.
You know, liquids and solids can be different.
It’s not surprising that the black sand from before can remain intact for hundreds or thousands of years. But the green liquid in front of you will theoretically evaporate.
Among ancient ruins, the fact that it has been preserved to this day means it is absolutely special. Coupled with the effect on blood and void erosion energy, he suspected that this might have some connection with the extraordinary blood energy factor.
When you come back, even if you don't collect the black poisonous sand, you must collect some of this stuff and take it back.
Richard silently made a decision in his heart, followed up with Jasmine and her group who walked more than ten meters away, walked around the wall stained with green liquid from the right, and continued moving forward.
…
Under the leadership of Jasmine, Richard followed the team and shuttled through the ever-extending ruins of complex buildings.
Richard noticed that Jasmine was not walking casually, but every time she walked, she would stop and look for road signs.
This road sign may be an inconspicuous square stone, it may be a tilted stone pillar, it may be a black stain on a broken wall, or it may be a large hole in the ground.
After passing the road signs, Jasmine frequently corrected her direction of travel, meandering through the complex ruins of buildings and taking a winding route.
This was obviously a safe route. Apart from hearing a few howls of unknown creatures in the distance, the group encountered no danger at all.
At most, you will encounter a few dangerous areas, such as a large piece of gravel with white hair on the surface, and a depression covered in turbid liquid. You need to avoid it just like you encountered black sand and green liquid before.
Richard saw everything with his eyes, and felt a little relieved while silently remembering the route in his heart.
The reason for being happy is simple: Regardless of what Jasmine and her group really think, for now, his choice is indeed the right one—not to explore the ruins independently, but to cooperate with Jasmine and her group, and maybe share half of the proceeds. , but it saves a lot of time and reduces many potential troubles.
For example, the benefit of exploring the ruins alone is ten, while working with Jasmine becomes five. The danger of exploring alone is ten, while working with Jasmine becomes three, or even two.
All in all, he made a profit. After all, he is not greedy. He does not need to take everything in the ruins as his own, he only needs to get what he is interested in and useful to him.
Thinking like this, Richard stopped again when he saw Jasmine leading the way. He frowned and stopped in front of a large mushroom. He hesitated for a few seconds, but finally did not step on it hastily.
Richard walked closer and looked around. He saw densely packed mushrooms a few centimeters high in front of him. Most of them were gray or white. They were not much different from the mushrooms growing in the darkness on the ground. These mushrooms grow densely, like crops planted by farmers. They can't be seen to the end, extending to the end of the line of sight blocked by darkness. It's unknown how big the area is.
Blinking his eyes, Richard turned his head and looked at Jasmine and asked, "Is this mushroom also dangerous? Do I need to bypass it?"
"Mushrooms are not dangerous." Jasmine shook her head and explained, "But according to the information I have, mushrooms are food for many creatures in the underground ancient ruins. If you walk through them rashly, you may encounter some creature that is looking for food. Believe me, most of the creatures in this underground ruins are extremely dangerous, except..."
At this point, Jasmine stopped speaking and looked to the side.
Richard followed and looked around, and saw "One Eye" in a red robe, walking around the edge of the mushroom field, and suddenly reached out and picked up a squeaking gray mouse from the mushroom bush.
"One Eye" glanced over, in fact he could only glance over. He held up the tail of the gray mouse and whispered to Richard: "The captain is right, most of the creatures here are dangerous, and sometimes some are dangerous." Even the most inconspicuous bugs can be deadly, except this gray rat.
This kind of mouse is not much different from the mice on the ground. Because it grows on mushrooms, it is gentler and tastes better. To be honest, if something unexpected happened during our expedition and we were trapped here for a short time, we would have no choice but to catch this gray rat and eat it.
Believe me, this is the only safe food in this ruins, safer than mushrooms—because not all mushrooms are harmless. A small number of them look similar to ordinary ones, but once eaten, they can produce strong hallucinogenic effect. Specifically, there will be a group of little people dancing around you. Although I have not personally experienced it, I would definitely not want to try it. "
"Uh..." Richard responded after hearing the words, his eyes flickered, and he was thoughtful: based on his experience just now and what "One Eye" said now, people have to wonder. Jasmine and her group are obviously exploring for the first time. Ancient ruins, but with exaggeratedly detailed information, as if they had been explored many times in person.
Combined with the previous, the other party was able to take a shortcut and directly enter the tomb of the wizard thangka and take the blue seal. The most likely possibility is that the other party has a special relationship with Thangka. He has a large number of notebooks written by the wizard Thangka during his lifetime, and thus learned a lot about ancient ruins.
Maybe, Jasmine is the real apprentice of the wizard Thangka? No, the age difference is a bit big. They may be the descendants of the apprentices of the wizard Thangka, or they may be the direct descendants of Thangka...
By the way, the book in the hands of the sorceress Cirsi mentioned that Thangka has an unknown relationship with the royal family of the Sika Kingdom. But before, when he was hiding, he clearly heard the strong Hulk calling Jasmine... "princess".
Princess? !