There is a downward passage in front of me.
But this passage was completely different from the underground passages Xu Xin had seen before.
The passage here is very wide and grand, with a width of seven or eight meters, just like... a staircase in a palace.
It's just that the decoration is a bit sparse. Apart from the intricate patterns on the stone walls and stairs, there is no decoration here.
If you hang a few golden wall lamps and lay a red carpet in the middle of the stairs, it might feel less out of place here.
"Where on earth is this place..." Lou Feier stood in front of the door that had just closed, looking down, "It's so deep, I can't see the end."
"... Another underground city?" Xu Xin breathed a sigh of relief.
If it were just a dungeon, it might be a lot simpler.
"Ah!" Coco jumped off his shoulders and started running down the stairs.
"Keke, be careful of the trap... Never mind, let's follow." Xu Xin shook his head and followed him down.
"Oh, okay."
Coco still ran forward for a distance like before, then stopped and waited for the two people behind her.
"Ying!" It called out, urging the two to hurry up.
"I'll go ahead and explore the way too." Lou Feier quickened her pace and followed.
Xu Xin was moving forward at a constant speed behind, and was also observing the situation ahead.
Gradually, he felt that the surrounding environment was getting colder.
Of course, it seemed to be getting colder for him, but in fact, it was just gradually returning to normal temperature.
The underground cannot be affected by the temperature above, and the temperature gradually drops to the normal level, or even lower.
The temperature is probably only around ten degrees.
This surprised him a little.
This place is simply a summer resort.
This temperature is indeed a bit low for him...
A temperature of more than ten degrees was equivalent to sub-zero temperature for him, whose cold perception had dropped by twenty degrees.
Fortunately, his purple armor still has a warming effect, and sub-zero temperatures are very normal in the cold winter, so there is no big problem.
Of course, if the temperature drops further, there might be some problems.
However, the possibility is not high. After all, on the earth, the underground temperature is basically constant at around 17 or 18 degrees all year round. When it reaches a certain depth, the temperature will rise due to geothermal heat, so there is basically no need to worry about the temperature continuing to drop.
Because there was nothing to worry about along the way, Xu Xin quickened his pace and caught up with Lou Feier and Keke in front of him.
After walking about a few hundred meters, the direction of the stairs changed again.
Just like the structure of an ordinary staircase, the steps turned in the opposite direction and continued downwards.
From this point of view, the place they are going to is probably right below the location of the human-faced statue.
"By the way..." Xu Xin raised his watch and tried to operate it.
The watch cannot be projected.
"I knew it wouldn't work... huh?" Before he could finish his words, suddenly, the projection of the watch appeared.
After the manipulation, he found that he could now contact the outside world.
and…
He seems to be... anyone can contact him
That’s right, everyone’s name suddenly lit up.
"this… ?"
For a moment he felt extremely confused.
What's going on
Has the situation on the ground recovered
He tried to contact Wang Lei who was on the other side of the distance.
Wang Lei answered the call immediately: "What the hell? Brother Xin? How did you call me? Are you around my tree house now?"
His voice echoed in the empty staircase corridor, startling Lou Feier who was standing in front of him. She turned around and asked, "Wang Lei's voice?"
She immediately realized the reason and turned around and ran back to Xu Xin.
"Hmm?" Coco, who was running in front, also stood there and looked at the two of them.
"… It actually works." Xu Xin was also a little surprised.
Wang Lei's words show that the situation outside is still not optimistic, so it is a bit intriguing that he can contact everyone in the outside world.
"What's going on, Brother Xin? Have you found a way to connect with other people?" Wang Lei asked quickly.
He couldn't contact anyone in the tree house and it was really uncomfortable.
"No. I'm underground now."
"Ah, I know about this. Brother Chaoyang just came to tell us about the situation. I didn't expect that there were giant insects controlling the insect swarm hiding under the ground around the tree house." Wang Lei said, "I'm exploring around the tree house now to see if I can find anything. Fortunately, the temperature is not high at night, so I can bear it with a palm-leaf fan. I can't go out during the day."
"Wait, that's not right. Why can you send me a voice message from your basement?" Wang Lei was still very confused.
Xu Xin was also very confused.
This is indeed a bit strange. He can contact not only Wang Lei, but anyone now.
"Could it be because you killed the giant insect around the tree house and the insects left, so the surrounding area can be connected?" Lou Feier speculated, "Is it the giant insect that affects the surrounding signals?"
“… It’s possible. Wang Lei, can you contact me?” Xu Xin asked.
"Take the initiative to contact? No, Brother Xin, your name is still hidden."
That is to say, now only he can connect to others. Is this his privilege
"I'll study it. I'll hang up now."
"Okay, Brother Xin, you go ahead and do your work."
After hanging up the call, Xu Xin immediately called Li Wenxi.
"Hello? Xu Xin!" Li Wenxi's voice was once again filled with surprise. "You can still contact me? Ma Hongwei said that you are no longer in that giant pit!"
"Wen Xi, is your watch still not working now?"
"My watch? It won't work. I can only use Faye's. What's the matter?"
"It's like this..." Xu Xin explained the situation to her, and then said, "Can you see if Lou Feier's watch can be used to contact other people?"
If it was really because of the giant insect, then since Xu Xin could connect with other people, Lou Feier's watch could naturally do the same.
"Let me see!" Li Wenxi checked it immediately and said, "No, it's still the same as before. Besides, I can't seem to contact you... Hey? What's going on? Your name is An?"
Is it really like this again
Now it seems that he is the only one who can contact the outside world
What's going on...
Could it be that...
Below ground level, his watch signal was not affected
It's really possible!
After all, the signal problems above the ground occurred after the arrival of the hot summer.
But his current location will not be affected by the scorching heat, nor will he be exposed to the extremely strong sunlight during the day, so he may indeed not be affected by external factors.
"Ah!" Lou Feier thought of something and said immediately, "Xu Xin, this is the reward for our underground world exploration! You can contact the outside world in the underground world! Although this is not the underground world, it is also underground. Is it because of this that you can contact the outside world!"
"Yes!" Xu Xin clapped his hands.
Although the underground was not affected, under normal circumstances, this kind of special channel would also isolate the signal. However, he was able to communicate with the outside world, most likely because of this!
"So that's how it is. Your rewards are really good!" Li Wenxi exclaimed.
"Okay, Wenxi, we need to move on, so let's not talk about this for now."
"Well, okay, be careful."
While quickly walking down the stairs, Xu Xin called Qin Fu, Zeng Tao and others.
Zeng Tao couldn't do that because her tree house had been eaten by insects before, so she couldn't get in touch with her no matter what.
What surprised him was that the voice call to Qin Fu went through!
“It actually works!” Lou Feier exclaimed.
The other party basically answers the call within seconds.
As a result, Qin Fu's voice was intermittent.
"Boss... you... come here... you are here..."
Qin Fu couldn't hear what he wanted to say.
"I can't hear you clearly. Where are you now?" Xu Xin's voice subconsciously became louder.
"I... city... here... palace... you..."
The voice on the other end became more intermittent.
"What's going on? I can't hear it clearly." Lou Feier frowned.
"... Boss... you..."
Before he could finish his words, the voice on the other end was cut off.
When Xu Xin wanted to call again, the communication was no longer possible.
"Where is he?" Lou Fei'er felt a little strange. "Why can everyone else contact him, but he can't? What did he just say... Palace?"
palace…
“… Let’s hurry up and move.”
The two of them sped up again and even started running.
With the hazard detector Coco in front, they were not too worried about anything going wrong.
Soon, they reached the bottom.
Another stone door.
The style is the same as the entrance, but the difference is that there are some strange patterns painted on the stone door.
Moreover, the pattern emitted a faint white light at the end of the dark corridor.
"Hmm?" Coco stood in front of the door with her little head tilted.
"Is there any mechanism behind this door?" Lou Feier immediately began to look around.
Xu Xin reached out and touched it.
The moment he touched it, the entire pattern on the door suddenly lit up with a buzzing sound!
The patterns on the wall of the staircase corridor began to light up near the door, and then expanded into the corridor they were walking through. Within a few seconds, the entire dark staircase corridor behind them lit up!
"嘤!" Coco climbed directly onto Xu Xin's shoulders and stared at the corridor behind with wide eyes.
"What's going on? This..." Lou Fei'er was also a little shocked, "How come... it only lit up after we had finished walking?"
Xu Xin looked back and looked at the door in front of him.
The door is opening slowly.
…
At the same time, in the stone house.
"What the hell...what's going on!" Zeng Tao jumped up on the spot. She jumped too hard and her head hit the ceiling of the stone house, which was not high to begin with, with a "bang". However, she did not care. She just covered her head and looked around in shock. "Why did this happen suddenly...!"
Jin Yue also looked around with a serious expression.
The house was very small, only about 20 square meters. At this moment, cracking sounds began to be heard on the walls of the house. Stone chips on the walls fell off, and some mysterious patterns appeared.
The pattern was even slowly emitting a bright white light, and it was getting brighter and brighter!
"This, this... Should we go out?" Zeng Tao's hand was already on the door. If anything happened, she would just push the door open and walk out!
"The bugs outside haven't retreated yet, so don't go out yet." Jin Yue walked to the wall with two long legs and carefully observed the patterns on the wall. "The light emitted by this pattern is bright white, the same color as the core of the tree house. There shouldn't be any danger... This is...!"
The light became stronger and stronger, and the stone chips fell off again. This time, they were no longer falling along the patterns, but the stone surface of the entire wall began to fall off!
The location where the bright white light was shining gradually changed from the pattern to the entire wall!
The whole house seemed to have peeled off a layer of wall, revealing the material inside!
The material here is actually...
A crystal emitting a bright white light!
The whole house is made of glowing crystals!
Those stones before were just an illusion, just a layer of skin covering the outside!
"this… "
Zeng Tao and Jin Yue were both stunned.
They never thought that such a situation would appear before them!
"We have actually been in a... crystal house?!" Zeng Tao said in shock, "This whole house is made of this... glowing crystal?! No wonder it's so heavy, it's not stone at all! Wait... outside, there are houses like this everywhere! Can't they all be like this outside?!"
"Let's open the door and take a look!" Jin Yue came to the door and said. There were no windows in the house, so they could only open the door to see outside. "Be careful, there are still bugs outside. Just open a crack and take a look outside."
The sound of insects outside not only did not get smaller, but after this happened, the sound increased several times, and even through the wall, the sound was a bit noisy.
"Okay!" Zeng Tao was also curious about the situation outside, so she pushed the door hard, opening a gap in the heavy door.
The two of them immediately looked out from the gap.
Outside, there was bright white light everywhere, completely illuminating the space!
All the stone buildings, even the palace in the center far away, have turned into sparkling white crystal palaces!
"So beautiful..." Zeng Tao's eyes became misty for a moment.
This is simply a town that can only appear in dreams, and a scene that can only appear in dreams!
"Close the door quickly, bugs are coming in!" Jin Yue reacted first.
The two of them immediately pushed the white crystal door shut.
Many insects had already come in, and Jin Yue immediately lit a fire to kill them.
Then the two looked at each other.
They both saw the disbelief in each other's eyes.
There is also a hint of intoxication with this dream city.
"… What happened?" Jin Yue touched the wall and murmured, "Why did the appearance of this underground city suddenly appear?"
…
On the other side, the world behind the slowly opening door also stunned Xu Xin and Lou Feier.
"Ah!" Coco screamed in surprise, jumped off Xu Xin's shoulder and ran forward.
But Xu Xin and the other person did not follow, but stayed where they were.
“This… This is…”
Outside the door was a town made of crystal. The bright white light made it difficult for the two people who had adapted to the darkness to open their eyes.
The closest one was an archway, which seemed to be the entrance to the entire town, welcoming the two people.
The two of them could never have imagined that when they pushed open the stone door, they would see such a dream city outside!
Xu Xin subconsciously took two steps forward, his throat rolling.
This is so spectacular!
This crystal white city seems to be made of countless tree house cores. Being in it makes people feel extremely comfortable from body to mind!
"Xu Xin?!" At this time, a very surprised voice came from the side. It was a familiar female voice.
Xu Xin was startled and immediately turned his head to look.
"Who?!" Lou Feier also immediately became alert.
A familiar face with surprise appeared in his sight.
"You... why are you here?" She opened her eyes wide in surprise.
"Who are you?" Lou Feier saw a stranger and immediately stood in front of Xu Xin, looking at her warily, "Why haven't I seen you before?"
Looking at the woman in front of him, Xu Xin, who was already shocked, became even more confused. He opened his mouth and finally asked a question from the bottom of his heart.
"…Shi Wanyun? Why are you here?!"