What you think of ruins exploration: flying sword + airborne.
Real ruins exploration: wild survival.
The primeval forest has dense vegetation and is close to water systems. The air is humid and hot, and there are many poisonous miasma. Snakes, ants, mosquitoes and scorpions are of incredibly large sizes, making it almost impossible to stand, let alone walk in it.
Fortunately, Zhu Bo was well prepared. He had a poison-avoiding bead in his mouth to block the attack of poisonous insects. With She Yan's team leading the way, he was not unable to move forward.
The water was rushing fast around the bend and the undercurrent was turbulent, creating one huge whirlpool after another on the river surface. She Xuan led the way and found a section of the river with a calmer flow upstream, which delayed them quite a bit of time.
A distance of one hundred and fifty miles was nothing to the practitioners present, and they could walk the distance with their eyes closed. However, due to the rugged and dangerous environment, they were forced to rest on the river bank for a night.
The next morning, the team was ready to go. After the last section of the road ahead, they would reach the coordinates of the ruins.
As the saying goes, you’ll know whether it’s a mule or a horse by taking it out for a walk.
During the one-day trip, Lu Bei showed an amazing level of rookie ability. Not only was he a novice, but he was also extremely curious, which caused a lot of trouble to Zhu Bo who was traveling with him. She Xuan's evaluation of him continued to decline.
As a thug who was also brought in to support the situation, Luo Ban looked particularly mature and steady compared to Lu Bei. He looked like a good candidate to go into the grave.
On the last stretch of the journey, everyone stopped at the entrance of the cave to rest for a while.
Out of trust in his partner, Zhu Bo left Feng Si to guard the cave entrance. Once he found something wrong, he immediately jumped into the river to save his life. After returning to Dashengguan, he sought revenge on Zhu Ting.
She Xuan also left one person behind, who would...
I made the fourth cover.
Lu Bei took out a Bailian Sword from his Qiankun bag and wiped it. According to She Xuan's information, the ruins were a cave dwelling of a demon cultivator from a thousand years ago. As time passed, most of the formations set up in the past were ineffective and could not be operated, causing the cave to be invaded by floods, and many of them had collapsed and been buried in water.
Because of this, this place was able to see the light of day again.
The last time She Xuan led the team here, they were careless when passing through the cave and activated the protective formation outside the cave, causing zombies to run rampant in the cave, with hundreds of them.
Bad news: Zombies are created by demons. They are invulnerable to swords and guns, water and fire. They also have corpse poison that can take a person's life within three steps. They can easily kill everyone.
Good news: The zombies created thousands of years ago lack daily maintenance, are vulnerable to knives and guns, water and fire, and their corpse poison has expired. There is nothing to be afraid of except that their numbers are a little larger and their strength is a little greater.
To sum up, although this was an act of tomb robbery without the consent of the owner, it was a rescue tomb robbery with good intentions.
"Walk."
The two men held up torches and walked in front, stepping on the water that was over their ankles and walking quickly towards the darkness of the cave.
At first it was not narrow and could accommodate three or four people. After walking for dozens of steps, the water level gradually rose and the space became more open.
The cave was extremely dark, with limited illumination from torches and slippery rocks. Everyone stepped carefully and involuntarily slowed down.
Perhaps they smelled the breath of a stranger, or perhaps they heard a sound, but a rustling sound was heard, and figures hidden in the darkness surrounded them, lighting up pairs of red bloodshot eyes.
Lu Bei didn't take it seriously at first. The zombies, which had been lacking calcium for thousands of years, would break if touched and fold if bumped into. With a long knife in hand, passing them was as easy as passing wooden stakes.
It was not until one or two roars were heard that his face changed and he realized that something was wrong.
The zombies ate flesh and blood and regained some of their abilities.
As for where the flesh and blood came from, there is no need to think about it. It must be She Xuan’s former teammates!
"Oh no! These zombies have eaten blood. Let's speed up and rush over. Don't linger in the fight." Zhu Bo shouted a warning and rushed behind Roban in one step.
Bang!
It was a bit crowded and he was ejected.
Zhu Bo was stunned. He didn't know when Lu Bei had stood behind Luo Ban.
Brother, do you have any sense of self-awareness? I pulled you here to find a thug, how could you shrink faster than me
Also, go away, these are the personal guards sent by my uncle to protect me!
Zhu Bo's eyes widened. Having seen Lu Bei's shamelessness, he was too lazy to say anything more and waded through the water quickly to catch up with She Xuan. Luo Ban followed his duties conscientiously, with only Zhu Bo in his eyes, and followed closely beside him, completely ignoring what happened to Lu Bei and the Liu brothers.
“Roar, roar, roar!!”
A foul smelling wind blew, and dozens of zombies appeared before their eyes. They looked like emaciated corpses, and could not swell up even after being soaked in water. Only a pair of scarlet eyes showed life.
It was so watery that it looked like blood would drip out at any second.
Lu Bei narrowed his eyes slightly, took a step back to create some distance between himself and Roban, and swung out his Hundred Refined Sword, cutting a zombie that was approaching in half.
The wind from the knife swept past, whistling like a wall, and all the zombies that pounced towards him turned into rolling gourds and smashed back into the darkness.
Everyone used their own methods to knock the zombies blocking the way to another place. When they saw that the road ahead was open, a zombie fell from the sky, spewing black mist from its mouth, and its sharp nails made a rustling sound while tearing the wind.
As luck would have it, the target happened to be Zhu Bo.
clang!!
With the sound of a sharp blade being unsheathed, a white light flashed in the cave, the black fog dissipated, and the zombie that fell from the sky was tragically cut in two, and there was no movement after it landed.
Roban sheathed his knife with quick and decisive movements.
At the same time, a zombie jumped out from the underwater cave, with black mist and red eyes. In the blink of an eye, it pounced on She Xuan's side, and its green nails were only an inch away from her shoulder.
A big hand reached out and grabbed the zombie's stiff wrist, and the five fingers contracted, holding it tightly like an iron clamp.
Snap!
A strong man from She Xuan's team, who looked unremarkable but had incredible strength, performed a zombie-chopping show in front of everyone, using brute force to tear apart the zombie's arms, and finally kicked the lonely head away with his big foot.
After dealing with the zombie, the sturdy man glanced at Roban with a hint of provocation.
Unfortunately, when lighting the lamp for the blind man, Luo Ban had no intention of competing with him, and only had eyes for Zhu Bo.
Two experts stood up in the team, and the zombies were indeed past their expiration date and were no longer as ferocious as they were a thousand years ago. The team safely rushed through the outer formation, went up the stone steps, and came to a half-open stone door.
Everyone extinguished their torches and used luminous beads to light the way.
The sturdy man pushed the stone door open with both hands, and She Xuan took the lead and walked in. The mechanisms and traps they had walked through before were old and ineffective, so there was no danger for a long distance.
On this side, the Liu brothers were the rear guard. Lu Bei was originally following behind Luo Ban, but was pulled to his side by Zhu Bo. As he was still a little thick-skinned, he was too embarrassed to stand back.
After a hundred steps, the road was blocked by a stone wall and surrounded by mist, appearing and disappearing, making it impossible to see anything clearly.
She Xuan raised her hand to stop, and Zhu Bo stepped forward to talk to her, and the two discussed how to break the formation.
Before this, She Xuan led the team to this place, passed the protective formation outside the cave, broke through several slow mechanisms, and was finally blocked in front of this wall.
An unknown killing array, created by a magic cultivator combining illusion arrays. It was extremely dangerous inside. She Xuan had cracked it once alone with significant results. Several teammates never came out after entering.
"The formation has been around for thousands of years and still has such power. It cannot be maintained by spirit crystals alone. If the information is correct, the center of the formation must be related to the water system of the underground palace..." Zhu Bo analyzed.
"Commander Zhu is very knowledgeable. I have consulted several experts on this formation and found three methods to break it: upper, middle and lower."
"Sister She, you didn't tell me about this before you came!"
"I thought this formation wouldn't be a problem for Commander Zhu, so I didn't make a fool of myself."
She Xuan smiled slightly and said, "The formation is divided into eight gates, one for life and one for death. After a thousand years, the power of the formation is far less than before, and there are more than one gate for life. We can just force our way in and we will always find a way out. This is the worst option."
"It's really a bad idea."
Zhu Bo shook his head repeatedly. With She Xuan's former teammate threatening to commit suicide as a warning, this strategy would not work.
"Zhongce's troops will be divided into two groups. One group will conduct exploration, and the other group will stay where they are to observe the changes in the formation and wait for an opportunity to break it."
"Haha, blood sacrifice of companions to break the formation, I guess this is why Sister She invited us."
Zhu Bo shook his head again: "Stop talking nonsense, what's the best strategy?"
"The best strategy is simple. Drain the water and destroy the center of the formation. Then the formation will collapse without any attack."
"What kind of strategy is this..."
Zhu Bo was speechless and turned back to discuss the matter with the Liu brothers.
Lu Bei stood aside with a frown, feeling that something was odd. It took him a long time to figure out what was wrong.
Yes, side quests.
Didn’t they say there were still side quests that hadn’t been triggered
The wall is about to be broken, and the task of exploring the ruins is almost completed. If the side quest doesn’t come, he will get 200,000 experience points!