The troll just now was transformed from a hill.
According to Qin Fu's description, just when he was about to walk out of the hilly resource area, a small hill about ten meters high at the edge suddenly shook!
Then, the mountain began to move, and then a huge head rose from the ground!
"Wait, wait, what do you mean?" Zeng Tao looked confused and puzzled. "Lift your head from the ground? How do you lift it up?"
"That low hill at the edge is actually the back of the troll." Qin Fu thought of the scene at that time and smiled bitterly. "The troll is actually kneeling on the ground and worshiping the center of the hill resource area, which is the altar."
"The real hill is only the small half of the hilltop on its back. This blood-marked troll seems to be pressed under the mountain."
"I was right in front of it. When it stood up, half of the hill behind it turned into gravel and dust, which scattered on the ground. As soon as it stood up, it held the mace that came from nowhere and stared at me intently."
"You all know what happened after that."
Qin Fu finished his experience briefly and quickly, then leaned against the head of the bed and closed his eyes.
Talking so much made him even more exhausted despite being already weak.
He needs to continue resting.
Xu Xin did not continue to disturb him and walked out of the second bedroom, and by the way pulled out Zeng Tao who wanted to ask for details.
"Hey hey!" Zeng Tao had lost her abilities now and was extremely light, so she was easily pulled out by Xu Xin.
"What? Let me ask him again!" Zeng Tao said somewhat dissatisfiedly, "What he thought was that the troll disguised as a hill? What he said is too unbelievable, isn't it?"
"He needs to rest now." Xu Xin shook his head. "He is not thinking clearly now. The description just now was too general. We should wait until he recovers a little before discussing the details."
"Okay..." Zeng Tao glanced at the closed door of the second bedroom with some reluctance, then looked out the window, "If I wasn't so weak, I would go to the hilly resource area right now!"
For Zeng Tao, this kind of thing was indeed unbelievable.
But it was different for Xu Xin.
He still remembers that during the rainy season, all the hills that originally existed to the northwest of his tree house disappeared.
He later asked Li Wenxi about this because there were many hills and mountains on Li Wenxi's side, which could be seen from the tree house.
"Of course you can see it. The water at that time was only about five or six meters deep, right? How could it possibly bury all those hills?"
This was Li Wenxi’s response at that time.
He knew then that those hills... were alive!
They can disappear in a thunderstorm during the rainy season, so they must be alive!
And now, Qin Fu's experience made him more certain of this idea.
It seems that...
The hills around the hilly resource area, wouldn't they all be... similar to the trolls this time? !
… No way
While exploring the head of the giant that guards this world, he also explored the cave inside the hills that connected the city, and found a hidden river inside.
etc…
Qin Fu just said that the posture of the troll was equivalent to worshiping something in the center of the hilly resource area.
If these hills were filled with trolls similar to the ones that lay flat on the ground, then there really could be a cave-like passage inside the hills.
…Is there a troll under each of those hills
That's really outrageous...
Xu Xin immediately called Lou Feier and said, "Go to the hilly resource area in the northwest and see if there is anything abnormal there. Be careful and only explore the periphery. Don't go deep."
"Is this the direction the troll came from? I know." Lou Feier immediately prepared to set off.
"Try to hurry and get back before dark. The first night in the hot summer may not be safe."
It's past six o'clock now, but the sky is still bright.
The daylight hours lengthened a lot within a day, making Xu Xin feel that the day passed very slowly.
Hilly Resource Area…
There is also this bronze dagger called "Secret Key".
He had to find out what was going on.
Sighing, he looked at Zeng Tao who was sitting on the sofa and poking Coco again.
Zeng Tao saw him looking at her, and immediately raised her head and said, "I'll stay at your place today. Aren't there a lot of people downstairs? One more person won't make a difference, right?"
Given her current condition, Xu Xin naturally wouldn't let her go back to her tree house.
With her low little tree house, if there was any danger tonight, she would be courting death.
"Why don't you go sleep with Lou Feier? She can take care of you." Xu Xin suggested.
"I won't go!" Zeng Tao flatly refused, "I won't live with her!"
She had a gnashing expression on her face: "If I wasn't weak now, it would be fine. In my current state, she would definitely do all kinds of things to me and keep bullying me! That's what happened last time! I won't go! I'll live with you!"
All kinds of things? What things
Xu Xin laughed: "Okay, but you can only live on the second floor."
"I know, you and Li Wenxi are going to do something naughty on top, right?" Zeng Tao stuck out her tongue at him, "Be careful or you'll empty your mind!"
After saying that, she turned around and ran to the second floor.
This little girl...
Xu Xin shook his head.
He didn't follow.
When they were assigning rooms to them, they had made a few extra rooms, so there was no shortage of rooms for her, so she could just go down and choose one.
Walking to the window, he opened it, and a wave of hot air hit his face.
It was already very hot outside, but it was much better than in the afternoon.
At this rate of cooling, the temperature may even drop below 40 degrees by dark.
The temperature dropped so quickly!
Maybe it’s because…
He looked at the sun which was approaching the horizon.
The sunlight is no longer so glaring.
Half of the sky was dyed red, presenting a very beautiful sunset picture.
It seems that compared to the annoying snowy nights in the cold winter, the hot summer nights at this stage are actually the most comfortable time of the day.
The most difficult time to get through is probably from noon to afternoon.
The temperature in the jungle at that time was around 60 degrees, it was like a natural steam room!
That’s right, it’s a steam room, not a sauna, because during this hot summer period, it’s not the humid heat that comes with rain, but dry heat!
The air now is extremely dry. After only opening the window for a short while, Xu Xin already felt his throat and nasal cavity starting to dry out!
He looked toward the lake beside the tree house.
The extent of the lake has been greatly reduced and the shallow water area has completely disappeared.
Even in the deep water area in the middle, from his current perspective, the water surface could no longer be seen, leaving only a huge dark abyss.
He could see the dry, cracked stone walls of the abyss.
Those were the stone walls that were originally submerged in water more than ten meters deep, but now they were completely exposed.
This scorching heat has caused the water temperature of the lake to evaporate significantly!
Um…
Xu Xin's eyes suddenly lit up.
etc.
The lake level dropped
How far down
Are those copper ores exposed
If it was exposed, he could mine copper even without entering the lake!
By the way, is there still a crisis in the lake now
If there is no danger for the time being, maybe we can go down and explore!
Although the temperature outside can reach up to 50 or 60 degrees, the temperature below the water surface will definitely not be that high!
There must be something good down here!
After testing the temperature outside, he felt that it was warm enough to be outdoors, so he grabbed Coco, who was napping on the sofa, and swung down from the tree house.
"Boo, boo, boo?" Before Coco woke up, a gust of hot air blew towards her face, making her scratch herself with her little paws.
"Okay, Coco, help me see if this lake is safe."
Xu Xin walked to the original location by the lake and continued walking inside.
The shallow water areas have completely dried up.
The originally soft mud at the bottom of the lake had now been baked hard by the scorching sun and was completely cracked.
He continued to walk forward, and after a few steps, he reached the edge of the abyss.
…
Xu Xin frowned slightly.
Has the size of this huge abyss pit expanded again
He seemed to have felt that the size of the abyss pit had expanded before, but later because he had too many things to do, he no longer thought about this aspect.
Now it seems...
This huge pit has expanded a lot...
He looked down into the huge pit.
At a glance, he saw copper ore exposed on the rock wall.
A whole circle of copper ore!
At this time, the water level was just less than two meters below the copper ore belt.
Copper ore, exposed!
The location of the copper ore was probably about 40 meters deep in the water before, right
The water level of the lake dropped by forty meters due to the scorching heat and exposure to the sun!
This is simply exaggerated!
The lake, which is normally more than ten meters deep, is probably going to dry up!
“Hmm…?” Coco poked her little head out from his shoulder and looked down.
"How is it, Coco, is there any danger?" Xu Xin asked, pointing down.
"Hmm." Coco shook its little head, indicating that it didn't feel any danger.
… Let’s go down and take a look.
Xu Xin took out the hook that he had used to climb the snow-capped mountains, grabbed the edge of the cliff of the abyss, and then slowly lowered himself down.
The hook was only about twenty meters long. He lowered it halfway, grabbed a protruding stone on the rock wall, retracted the hook, and then grabbed the rock wall twenty meters deep and continued to lower himself down.
This time, when the hook was extended to its longest position, he also descended to the copper ore circle.
A whole circle of copper ore was exposed!
many!
Really a lot!
“Hmm…” Coco clutched his shoulders tightly, looking at the bottomless and dark abyss below.
"Is it dangerous?" Xu Xin asked, grabbing its big tail.
"Hmm." Coco shook her head again.
"No danger?"
"Bing!"
The little guy jumped directly from Xu Xin's shoulders into the water and splashed around in the water twice.
Although the temperature is much lower than before, it is still around 40 degrees. The little guy felt too hot and jumped directly into the water to cool down.
Since it dared to jump down, it means there should be no danger.
Only then did Xu Xin feel relieved and retracted the hook.
He was still thinking that if there was any danger, he would be pulled up quickly, but that should not be necessary now.
Looking at Coco splashing in the water, he smiled and jumped into the water.
"hiss!"
As soon as he entered the water, the coolness made him gasp.
This water is so cold!
It is like the cold mountain spring water flowing in the hot mountains. Even if the outside environment is very hot, that kind of spring water can freeze your feet to the point of numbness when you step into it!
The water in the abyss is not that cold. After all, it has been exposed to the scorching sun, and the water level has been lowered by 40 meters due to evaporation.
But at this time, the water on the edge of the rock wall can no longer be directly exposed to sunlight, and the temperature is only about ten degrees.
Compared with the temperature outside at that time, the temperature difference of more than 30 degrees made Xu Xin shiver.
"Hmm?" Coco swam over, flapping her little paws.
There is no danger and the water is still so cool.
It looks like we can finally explore the bottom of the lake during this hot summer!
Of course, it wasn't him who came here to explore.
Leave professional matters to professionals.
It's the turn of the two brothers Qin Yunlong and Qin Yunhu to show their skills!
Xu Xin knocked off two pieces of copper ore, grabbed Coco who was completely soaked, and used his hook to easily return to the ground.
At this time, the sun was already halfway below the horizon.
But despite this, the power of sunlight is still very strong. In just a few tens of seconds, the sunset evaporated all the water on his body.
“…It’s still too hot. Let’s go back first.”
"Bing!"
When he returned to the tree house, Lou Feier happened to send him a voice call.
"I've already walked around the hilly resource area, and there doesn't seem to be anything worth noting." Lou Feier reported her exploration results, and then asked, "How about I go in and take a look?"
"No thanks." Xu Xin refused immediately.
It's almost dark. It's the first night of the new stage, so it's better to be quiet.
"Really? Nothing found? Is there any change compared to before?"
"Should be... no?" Lou Feier said uncertainly, "At least there is nothing worth noting. As for the changes... I don't think I've been here much, right? I don't know if there have been any changes."
That being said, it seems to be true.
It seems that she has never been there since Lou Feier was captured.
"That circle of hills was basically connected before. Even if there was an entrance to the hilly resource area, the distance was at most a dozen meters. Is it still like this now?" Xu Xin asked.
"Hmm? That's definitely a change!" Lou Fei'er said immediately, and then she said to her mount, "Axue, stop for a moment."
"What's wrong? What's changed?"
"My current position is right at a gap that can lead to the interior. The width of this gap... must be around 50 or 60 meters, right?"
A big gap
It seems that that location should be the location where the troll that he dismembered was located.
The troll was blasted by him until only its head was left, so that position naturally became vacant.
"You come back first." Xu Xin said.
If there is nothing to do tonight, he will go over and take a look himself tomorrow when the weather is cooler.
The sky gradually darkened and the temperature dropped again.
The temperature finally dropped below forty degrees!
Xu Xin glanced at the world channel.
The number of people in other areas did not decrease much.
However, many people suffer from heat stroke due to the scorching heat during the day, and feel weak and uncomfortable.
Some people are short of water and are looking for water everywhere.
If no further measures are taken, these people may not live long.
Xu Xin didn't bother helping them anymore.
We had already done our best by helping them last time, this time, they have to rely on themselves.
Now even he himself hasn't figured out the current situation, and the tree house has been attacked by a giant beast. How can he have the time to help others
Li Wenxi soon returned with a large force.
This time, she reaped a lot.
"Don't worry about the saltpeter!"
Xu Xin asked her how much she had, and she only told him two words.
Enough!
Generally, when she says the word “enough,” it means that resources are abundant.
Don’t ask, just ask!
When Xu Xin told her about the copper mine, her eyes immediately lit up.
She almost took the large group that had just returned for a rest to go mining, but was stopped and pushed into the bathroom to take a shower.
Because now the night has completely fallen.
Xu Xin contacted Qin Yunlong and informed him of the current situation of the lake.
Qin Yunlong immediately expressed great interest and even wanted to come over right away.
Of course, Xu Xin also stopped him.
Perhaps because he had just experienced the invasion of the trolls, his sense of crisis began to increase.
He turned his head and glanced at the starry sky outside the window.
Hopefully nothing goes wrong tonight.