"Speaking of which... do you feel that it's too quiet here? It doesn't look like what an ecological circle should be like."
Yuan Zhisheng said, observing the surroundings. The only animals here are probably krill, but these tiny creatures should be at the bottom of the food chain. They absorb nutrients from the microorganisms and algae on the rock formations to grow, so they should also be able to grow. Other organisms eat these krill and grow.
If there were no krill, he might not be surprised, but since there are animals at the bottom of the food chain, there should be middle and upper levels!
The water here is close to the boiling point, but it is not an absolute forbidden zone for life. There are many crabs and shrimps in underground rivers under volcanoes on the earth that can live in boiling water. If they are pulled to the shore, they will be "frozen to death". Those with larger bodies will What about crabs
The Sheqi family has also explored many underground rivers. Even those environments with poor conditions will have many worms and crabs living there, not to mention the nutrient-rich volcanic rock river beds with so many krill.
"Could it be the majesty of the ancient dragon that drove away these creatures?"
Caesar analyzed that he knew that lower animals are very sensitive to the wild nature, and the majestic pheromones of dragons are transmitted through the river, which is likely to scare those creatures away.
"The possible ancient dragon may have awakened recently. It's not surprising that there are no other creatures around."
Chu Zihang agreed with Caesar's point of view. As for the fact that these krill are still there, on the one hand, these arthropods are too immature, and on the other hand, they cannot migrate.
"I hope so..."
Yuan Zhisheng said silently, he intuitively felt that the truth might not be as simple as that. Even if it was true, it would not be good news for them, because it meant that the ancient dragon was in a semi-active state at this time.
It will be very difficult for them to locate their position. Perhaps they have been exposed to the "vision" of the ancient dragon before they have discovered each other. This is extremely dangerous.
After that, they continued to move forward. The trend of the underground river was not constant from low to high. They were walking downward at this time. This was considered a trough, but due to the water pressure at the highest point, the speed of the water only changed slightly. A little slower.
Just walking here, there were very few krill around, and a sense of weirdness gradually came to their hearts.
Just when Yuan Zhisheng decided to end the exploration and go back to repair and make plans again, he stopped and looked at the thing in front of him with wide eyes.
"Yuanjun, what's wrong?"
Lu Chen wondered, they were at a rare bend in the underground river.
"Come quickly and take a look."
Yuan Zhisheng's tone was not very calm. It seemed that what he saw was a more shocking sight than that day in the computer room of the Yanliu Research Institute.
Lu Chen and others steadied their bodies and moved forward to where Yuan Zhisheng was standing. They all stayed in place, inserting their alchemy weapons into the rock formations one by one, admiring the wonders in front of them.
What you see in front of you is not the familiar underground river with pits and pits, but a series of tunnels made of bronze!
The bronze tunnel is nearly three meters wide and high. Above the entrance, mottled ancient bronze characters are exposed under the cover of rock formations. The snake-like characters twist and turn, as if they carry some strange power. Even though they cannot be read, they can still feel the engraved characters. The majestic momentum of this writer should be the name of this place.
"The remains of the Dragon Clan? Brother Chu, can you understand what is written on it?"
Caesar asked, even he had to admit Chu Zihang's erudition. In fact, his grades in the cultural courses in the college were average, which was a passing grade.
"I can't understand it. I've seen some rare ancient writings in the Lion Heart Society, but there doesn't seem to be anything similar to it. Maybe Norma should be able to check it out."
Chu Zihang shook his head, he was not an encyclopedia, and besides, this thing would not be found even in an encyclopedia.
At this time, Yuan Zhisheng murmured, "This is a text from Japan's Age of Gods. What it says is... Jin Lunga Corridor."
Every head of the Sheqi Eight Family will learn this kind of writing. Yuan Zhisheng once thought it was unnecessary. Memorizing those complicated words gave him a headache, but today he is in a place where there may be ancient dragons or even gods. Saw this kind of text!
"The Age of Gods? Didn't you Japanese make that up?"
Caesar wondered.
Yuan Zhisheng shook his head, "Mythological stories can never be born out of thin air. Although there are exaggerations and fictional elements in many places, the stories must have prototypes, just like Nordic mythology."
"Kimlunga Corridor?"
Lu Chen savored the name and thought about it, but had no idea.
"Ginnungagap."
Chu Zihang suddenly said a word with unknown meaning. It was Old Norse, which he had learned a little bit after being interested in "History" class.
Seeing Lu Chen's confusion, he explained: "The Jinlunga Gap, in Nordic mythology, is the original abyss. Its meaning is the gap, which represents the void and nothing space before the creation of the world."
Caesar picked up the camera and took a photo, and joked: "It seems that your Japanese mythology is not only not made up, but also has something to do with the orthodoxy of the Dragon Clan."
According to what the secret party has learned so far, the system of the Dragon Clan has the strongest contrast with Nordic mythology. Those old antiques have studied Nordic mythology and analyzed it based on the documents of other Dragon Clan. The histories of many places are surprisingly similar, so they often mention Nordic mythology. When mythology comes to mind, dragons will come to mind.
"So, the name of this place can also be understood as... Corridor of the Abyss?"
Lu Chen said calmly, his tone was calm, but the content made several others feel goosebumps inexplicably.
A few of them looked at the endless bronze corridor. There seemed to be some beast lurking in the deep darkness, waiting to devour all those who entered, causing them to fall into the abyss.
"Let's go back first. Mr. Chu will record the coordinates. We'll start from here tomorrow."
Yuan Zhisheng raised his hand and glanced at the watch on his hand, which recorded the time and oxygen level. It had been more than twenty minutes since they came down. Now the so-called Jin Lunga Corridor is still far away, just to be on the safe side. They must return to resupply and explore again.
Lu Chen and others nodded. This was a safe approach. This place was underground and no different than other places. Even Lu Chen couldn't guarantee that they could deal with all unknown dangers.
Caesar pressed the shutter button, and Chu Zihang helped him turn on the light and took several photos of the entrance of the Jin Lunga Corridor, preparing to upload Norma analysis after returning.
Just after Caesar pressed the shutter again, his expression suddenly changed and he shouted on the public channel: "There is something coming from behind! A lot of it!"
Lu Chen and others turned back one after another. They were going upstream, and the creature following them had to carry the water over. What could it be that Caesar would describe as "a large amount"
The power of the exploration light was turned on to the maximum, and Lu Chen finally saw the so-called large number of creatures, which were blue and silver torrents!
It was like a swarm of fireflies floating in this quiet space, their bodies glowing with blue and silver light, like stars twinkling.
Getting a little closer, Lu Chen could see clearly what they were. They were small fishes with slender bodies. The tail and pectoral fins were very small. The mouths were huge and ferocious. A mouth full of transparent teeth stuck out of the mouth like daggers. Covered in beautiful silver-blue scales, the light comes from a slender tentacle on their head.
Because they were going upstream, the speed of the underground river obviously blocked these ferocious creatures. They were not traveling very fast, but looking at this pace, they would encounter them in less than ten seconds!
"What the hell is this."
Lu Chen's scalp went numb when he looked at these ferocious little things.
Chu Zihang's face was unusually ugly, "Ghost-Toothed Dragon Viper!"
His speech spirit has begun to accumulate strength.
"Damn, there's one in front of me too!"
Caesar cursed angrily. They didn't know what bad luck they had, and arrived at this ghost's den. According to his perception, there were also some ghost-toothed dragon vipers swimming towards this side in the Jin Lunga Corridor ahead. Because it is going downstream, the speed is extremely fast!
Lu Chen made a quick decision and let go of the rope pulley around his waist to extend his range of motion, then stepped forward and said, "Give it to me."
He reached out to Yuan Zhisheng's waist, where there was a spider cutter hanging there. Yuan Zhisheng understood what the other party meant and did not stop him. Looking at the situation of being attacked from both sides, he hesitated to use his royal power.
But this kind of slender dragon subspecies can even survive in the deep sea. The pressure of the royal power on them seems to be insignificant. Using the royal power is just a waste of one's own physical strength.
Caesar held Divido stuck on the ground with one hand to stabilize his body. He must stand firm now, otherwise if he is caught by the current, he will fall into the swarm of ghost-toothed dragon vipers coming from the downstream in an instant.
He took a deep breath, and a pair of blazing golden pupils ignited in the dim underground river. Chu Zihang's Junyan requires a certain amount of time to chant, and will cause a water vapor explosion after use.
This was a life or death moment and he couldn't hesitate.
The violent blood started directly from the second level, the blood boiled like magma, the heart beat like a drum, the powerful dragon blood penetrated his limbs and bones, and fine lines like down appeared on the surface of the skin, this intoxicating power Like a gift from the devil, his figure completely stabilized.
He finally understood why this was called a forbidden technique. Once you taste this exquisite power, you will never be able to give it up!
And the once docile messenger turned into a messenger of murder, sweeping out like a whirlwind, like a large underwater meat grinder, the blue flesh instantly fainted in the red river water.
Word Spirit·Vampire Scythe!
The consumption of this spirit spirit is much smaller than that of Jun Yan, but facing such a large number of ghost-toothed dragon vipers, it is difficult to be airtight. They must think of some countermeasures!
Yuan Zhisheng pulled out his other ancient sword at this time. The boy An Gangqie stood next to Chu Zihang, with the keel state activated. He punched into the rock formation and grabbed hold of his body, preparing to attack those fish that slipped through the net.
He understands what Mr. Lu means. The number coming from the Jinlunga Corridor is small, so he can defend it alone, but the large group of ghost-toothed dragon vipers coming downstream must be dealt with by them.
At this time, Lu Chen pulled out the Hongfeng and Spider Cutters, put the handles of the two knives against each other, and concentrated on looking at the group of ghost-toothed dragon vipers swimming by, there were about tens of thousands of them.
If there weren't a large number of Ghost-toothed Dragon Vipers and Chu Zihang behind him at this time, he would have been much easier to handle. He could use violence to change the direction of the water flow, and these little things couldn't get close to him at all.
But now he couldn't do that, and he didn't even dare to swing the knife vertically. It would "suck" the creatures behind him, and both Chu Zihang and himself would suffer.
Damn it, he hated dealing with such small and dense groups of creatures like insects. Although Chu Zihang was pressed for time and did not have time to explain in detail, he knew from the appearance of the things that being entangled would never be uncomfortable.
The two swords danced horizontally, like propellers. The lights hanging on the chest were reflected on the blades. Through the red river water, they emitted a blood-moon-like brilliance. The ghost-toothed dragon vipers flowing down the river bumped into it, as if they had hit each other. Meat mincer.
A large amount of blue blood sprayed and fainted. He quickly moved sideways under the water, completely blocking the space. His feet made a clanging sound when he stepped on the bronze floor. The water flowed to both sides, surging and then gushing out. , turned into a wave and rushed towards Chu Zihang and others.
Yuan Zhisheng immediately tightened the ropes around the waists of several people, and held Chu Zihang and Caesar tightly to prevent them from being rushed into the ghost-toothed dragon vipers by the suddenly accelerating water flow.
He looked back and saw that Lu Chen seemed to be a processing filter. The ghost-toothed dragon vipers passed through the filter and turned into qualified meat paste. The blue blood mixed with the red river water and turned into nobility. The purple color reminded him of the ancient Chinese paintings he had seen, in which immortals stood proudly and the purple energy came from the east and floated into the world.
It's a pity that the immortal in front of me is not so graceful, but a collection of violence. The so-called purple energy is not a gas, but plasma dizzy in the water!
Yuan Zhisheng felt that it would be okay if he was on the shore, but he would never be able to cut through the water with such a rapid and blind angle. The huge resistance in the water seemed to be infinitely weakened in front of the young man. He cut through the flowing water like a knife On a certain line, that requires an ultimate understanding of mechanics and extremely keen intuition!
Not only did Lu Chen stop a group of ghost-toothed dragon vipers underwater using only his sword skills and physical strength, he was even moving forward!
"Fall back!"
Chu Zihang suddenly roared, and he raised his finger to point to the rock formations above. The spirit of Jun Yan exploded underwater. The extreme high temperature can indeed kill the ghost-toothed dragon viper in a large area, but the vaporized water will also surge out like an explosion. If they start, the rock formations above will definitely collapse, and they must retreat into the Jinlunga Corridor.
Yuan Zhisheng used his strength to pull the two of them towards the Jin Lunga Corridor. Chu Zihang had already exploded his spirit. The extreme high temperature appeared under the water. The Ghost-toothed Dragon Viper rushing in front was instantly roasted. The coke was stirred into pieces by Caesar's blood-sucking sickle that had not yet stopped.
The river water that was close to the boiling point instantly vaporized, and a large number of white bubbles and blue blood were mixed together, like fireworks, but these were not fireworks, but large-volume gas bombs!
The powerful impact drove away the river water. The group of ghost-toothed dragon vipers traveling upstream were either incinerated by the high temperature or pushed back by the strong water pressure. The rock formations above were shaken and cracked by the violent impact, and large pieces of gravel fell. This is Chu Zihang's real purpose, he wants to block this road!
In order to prevent the power from being insufficient, Chu Zihang also activated the violent blood attack. This was undoubtedly his full strength. The underground river within a radius of dozens of meters was trembling, and even the Jin Lunga Corridor was no exception.
When Lu Chen was hit, it was difficult to draw strength underwater, and he was also pushed in the direction of the ghost-toothed dragon viper group. However, he had already anticipated this, and it was not panic. The water flow of the sword in his hand was blocked. , but the momentary loss of balance made him let go of a few Ghost-toothed Dragon Vipers.
Because Caesar was in third place between the ropes, Yuan Zhisheng was the first to pull him back, and then it was time to pull Chu Zihang.