Cataclysm King

Chapter 304 Entering the Dungeon

Ji Xun had been at the adventurer camp for several days and had already observed several backup identities.

He followed the team heading into the depths of the Plague Swamp, and easily found a replacement identity and blended into the team.

The large army did not move very fast, and the target was too large, attracting many monsters from the swamp.

There were fights from time to time.

Fortunately, the legion pushed sideways, and there were no obstacles along the way.

"Oh, what's going on with such a big battle?"

"It is said that a large ancient ruin was discovered deep in the swamp, and many treasures were unearthed."

"Let me tell you, it's not 'rumored', the pioneer hunter of our group has confirmed that there is the family stronghold of the Bai family, the God-stealer of the Talon Dynasty, and it is a very large underground city. I heard that there is nothing in it. If you take down a door, it will be made of valuable red copper alloy."

"The Bai family of the [God Thief] sequence? Oops, in the Talon period thousands of years ago, they were the top nobles. And the God Thief sequence is the epoch-making sequence. It is said that they have the ability to control gods and demons."

"Hey, if you can get the Bai family's card master inheritance, you will be prosperous."

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The news seemed to have grown wings, attracting almost all adventurers near the Plague Swamp.

Along the way, there were more and more people in the group.

The status of the God-stealing Bai family in the Talun Dynasty back then could be considered a "prince" level now.

It’s not just the wealth that rivals the country.

Moreover, the Bai family is also the top powerful person who truly has the resources of cutting-edge card masters.

In the team, Ji Xun listened to the news and had a general impression of the dungeon called [DP-955 Research Institute] in his mind.

In the words of these hunters from the southern continent, it was like a treasure house with even the gate made of gold.

However, Ji Xun felt very calm as he listened.

In his eyes, the underground city was like a piranha flower exuding an alluring fragrance.

After many deductions, he had completely confirmed that the Bai family had arrived in the swamp.

So these messages must have been spread deliberately by them.

The purpose is to attract as many people as possible.

There are also experts among these people in the Southern Continent, so they may not have noticed the hidden danger.

But finding the jar is the first priority, and they will never give up.

What's more, the strength of those guys from the Holy See is not that simple.

When Ji Xun thought of this, his eyes also saw the huge iron cage covered with black cloth in the team not far away.

There were several mysterious guys in cloaks accompanying them near the iron cage.

Ji Xun had wanted to get in touch with toads before.

But not only were the Hydralisk Legion members strictly guarding the area, but seeing those guys from the Holy See also following the iron cage, he decisively gave up the idea.

Although they were covered with cloaks, Ji Xun could tell that the status of these guys was much higher than that of the Hydralisk Legion.

Even when the seventh-level deputy commander passed by, he had to salute.

The strength is definitely not weak.

"Tsk, tsk, I don't know if the Bai family can deal with these people."

When Ji Xun saw this, he felt like he was watching the snipe and the clam fight.

At present, it seems that since the people of the Bai family dare to set up this trap, they must be confident.

The people of the Holy Church are mysterious and powerful, and the Bai family may not be aware of their existence.

If both sides fight fiercely, one of them will be injured.

This is also what Ji Xun thinks is the best chance to rescue the toad.

The deeper the swamp goes, the more monsters there are. The large army clears obstacles and marches all the way.

After walking for nearly a day, we finally arrived at our destination.

When Ji Xun came with the large army, the swamp ground here had been completely solidified into hard soil, and a densely packed number of marching tents with no end had been set up.

The flames dispersed the poisonous fog, and the camp became a lively scene.

Large objects cannot be put into the storage ring. When Ji Xun came, he was watching groups of adventurers transporting metal objects several meters or even ten meters high to the ground.

These metals glowed with a dark red copper color under the firelight, and upon closer inspection, they were engraved with various mysterious incantations.

As previously rumored, this institute is full of red copper alloy.

"Red copper" is an inert extraordinary metal that can ward off evil spirits and suppress demons. The most important thing is that it can suppress plagues in mystical terms.

When Ji Xun saw the metal, he thought again that the toad said there might be a jar inside.

He guessed the function of these red coppers.

Just like Mithril seals "Scarlet Corruption"; such a large-scale effort means that most of the time this research institute was actually used to deal with the alien god called "The Source of Disease".

Ji Xunke was well aware of how severe the pollution from the outer gods was. People in the Eastern Continent couldn't bear it, and he didn't know if people in the Southern Continent could withstand it.

And it’s been thousands of years, and nothing is known about what’s going on inside.

But seeing as these adventurers can disassemble the things in the laboratory, it shouldn't be a big problem.

The largest tent in the camp is the temporary office of the Adventurer's Guild.

The place is already full of people.

New ruins always require a lot of manpower to open up wasteland.

The various recruitment information is dazzling.

New information is posted on the notice board every moment.

"The Iron Boots Mercenary Group is recruiting: Explore the B22 area and come to the healing profession. The group will start in ten minutes!"

"B-level reward: C11 area exploration, we need an expert who knows how to unlock and decrypt! Someone who knows the ancient Caesar code!"

"The Explosive Bear Recruitment: Deep underground area, recruiting a large number of healing card masters"

"Purchase a group of war slaves at a high price. If you want to transfer them, please contact the Bald Eagle Regiment."

"Red Dragon Kingdom S Bounty: Individual adventurers and teams who have made major discoveries through title and territory bounties"

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As soon as the large army arrived, the adventurers swarmed into the entrances to the dungeon.

Ji Xun didn't act in a hurry.

The Viper Mercenary Group he was hanging out with was the official mercenary of the Hydralisk Legion, and they had to act together with the large army.

He was also certain that Toad would definitely create opportunities, and it wouldn't take long before the main force of the Hydralisk Legion would go down.

Ji Xun was in the camp, helping to set up the tent.

At the same time, he also controlled the shadow to inquire about the news.

The conversations among hunters, the recruitment information on notice boards, and the ancient relics unearthed

These bits and pieces of information are like broken pieces of porcelain. When you put them together, you may get a complete piece of porcelain.

Ji Xun's brain was working rapidly, and he was piecing together the situation in the research institute below.

The underground city is very large, and at least seven or eight areas have been discovered so far.

There are a large number of monsters piled up, with varying degrees of danger and difficulty.

Most of the wounded who were brought out had ulcerated skin and various colors of black and green faces, which were obviously due to poisoning and plague contamination;

There are also new monsters, rot monsters, poisonous gas, soul-eating wolf spiders, and plague zombies.

This is a mutant monster that has not been previously reported, and even people in the southern continent have never seen it.

The monsters currently found in the research institute are not too strong, the strongest are only level six.

But they are numerous and highly toxic, making them very difficult to deal with.

Ji Xun didn't dare to be careless.

Since the Bai family thinks this place can bury these people from the Southern Continent.

It is also a fatal threat to him, the fourth level.

Any clues you write down now may be your life-saving straw later.

Ji Xun felt that he would be more confident if he inquired more about the news before proceeding.

But the "teammates" around him couldn't hold it any longer.

A large number of ancient relics were unearthed, making everyone jealous.

The ruins are not an extra-dimensional space. If you go there too late, they will be gone.

"How long do you think we have to wait? Look, the guys from the Snow Eagle Regiment who came with us have only been down for half an hour, right? They've already gotten so many things out."

"Yeah. If I really wait any longer, I'm afraid I won't even be able to eat hot shit."

"Look! The iron chains those guys brought out are actually pure [Mithril]? My dear, how much did you get for selling this big iron chain?"

"Hey, those iron lumps are the legendary mechanical equipment? Oh, this kind of 'forbidden object' can only be thrown into the furnace."

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Ji Xun joined in the complaints of his teammates while observing the other side of the iron cage calmly.

Those guys from the Holy See got into the tent and didn't show up again.

It seems that they plan to wait for these hunters to explore.

Come to think of it, taking risks has always been done by people at the bottom.

Ji Xun was also curious about what Aragorn had to do to get those guys to leave.

This wait lasted several hours.

Instead of fewer people, there were more and more people in the camp.

It has to be said that there is strength in numbers.

The strength of these card masters in the southern continent is not weak. Tens of thousands of people poured into the dungeon and quickly figured out a large area of ​​​​the dungeon.

Suddenly, an opportunity came.

An adventuring party finds a mysterious door leading deep underground.

After finding a lockpicking expert to open it, everyone found that it was the passage to the core area of ​​the institute.

The adventurers quickly found the second floor of the institute.

Although there were huge casualties on the second floor of the institute, there were also shocking discoveries.

It is said that some well-preserved laboratories and a large number of precious ancient relics were discovered.

However, as the exploration progresses, the death rate becomes more and more outrageous. According to the hunters, the second level of the dungeon is not only full of deadly toxins, but also seems to contain some terrifying monsters.

Low-level card masters suffered heavy casualties, and even high-level card masters had a very high casualty rate.

Except for a few elite groups who were still cautiously continuing to explore, others did not dare to enter the second floor.

The progress of exploration suddenly slowed down.

According to this posture, it may not be possible to fully explore it in ten days and a half.

It was also under this situation, and I don't know what Toad said to the people of the Hydralisk Legion. Herman, the commander of the Hydralisk Legion, suddenly ordered the main army to leave, and also brought the big iron cage with him.

Ji Xun's Viper mercenary group became the vanguard and wanted to explore the way to the second underground floor first.

Now the "teammates" were wailing again.

I wanted to go before, but now I don’t dare.

The mortality rate is there, and no one wants to die.

But the official mercenary group is paid, and it's not up to them.

The large army of noble legions set off, and other hunter mercenaries followed suit and poured into the ground.

The official group dealt with those troublesome monsters, and it was also a time for the individual people to make a fortune.

Just like sharks eating big fish, shrimps can also have a full meal by picking their teeth.

The large army went all the way down.

The area of ​​this research institute is very large, just like a huge underground city.

After entering the main body from the passage, each area is a "silo".

A cylindrical space like a bucket, with layers of densely organized rooms.

It looks like a lot of people once lived in this institute.

The walls are made of heavy concrete and steel, and rusty pipes are everywhere overhead.

Even though the steel structure has been corroded by thousands of years of poisonous gas corrosion, the main body of the institute is still intact.

The first floor has been plundered by adventurers, like locusts passing through, and everything of value has been demolished.

Nothing noteworthy.

His teammates were still complaining, but Ji Xun had already written down all the passages he had seen, and was analyzing in his mind how to plan the retreat route if something went wrong.

The lift is corroded, so you have to take the stairs all the way.

Ji Xun and his party walked down for almost three hundred meters before arriving at the huge mechanical iron door leading to the second floor.

On the wall next to the door, the spray paint of [DP-955 Research Institute] is still visible.

There are magic lights hanging on the walls along the way, so visibility is not bad.

But as soon as I got off, a pungent smell like ammonia came up instantly, making me dizzy.

These guys in the Southern Continent don't have gas masks, they only have simple gas bags made of gauze and herbs, and the filtration effect is not very good.

Fortunately, the official legion equipment is not bad, and wind filter cards are used to open the way, which is much better.

"Everyone, cheer up and be careful! If you feel poisoned, pour the antidote yourself."

"One group pays attention to the water under their feet, the second group looks at the ceiling, and the third group is the vanguard."

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Not long after entering the second floor, they came to a huge space.

The concrete walls here are visibly stronger, and there are rows of prison-like cabins around them.

Ji Xun looked at the cabins around him, feeling inexplicably familiar.

The architectural design styles of an era are similar.

The "407 Abnormal Biological Research Institute" he traveled to is also an underground research institute.

It’s almost the same design style as before.

"Were these chambers that once held experimental organisms?"

Ji Xun took another look and already had a guess.

Although most of the cabin doors have been corroded, it can still be seen that these are not rooms for human habitation.

Not only the room, he also saw some badly decayed research instruments.

Metal instruments and the like will corrode, but many of those glassware have been preserved intact.

There are green water jars filled with various biological limb samples.

Huge heart, embryo of unknown creature, weird brain, tentacles, eyeballs.

I don’t know how they were preserved. After thousands of years, many samples still have not degraded.

When Ji Xun saw this, he seemed to have seen Master Merlin's laboratory, and thought to himself: "What a pity. If these instruments were good, Master Merlin would probably be too excited to sleep."

It would be better if there is some research information or something.

After all, the technological level of the Talon Dynasty was much higher than it is now.

"Wow~"

"Wow~"

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There is serious water seepage in this layer.

Ji Xun followed the Viper Group, carefully dripping water up to their thighs, and explored along the way.

From time to time, a body can be seen floating on the water.

Ji Xun looked at the shriveled corpses and frowned: "Drained of blood?"

He thought of something and immediately became careful, carefully observing the water and his body.

However, the exploration went more smoothly than expected.

I don't know if the dragon power released by the seventh-level strong men behind them suppressed the monsters here. Apart from a few unlucky ones who were knocked down by poisonous gas, they encountered almost no trouble along the way.

None of the monsters that had caused huge casualties before were encountered.

That's one of the benefits of being Dragonborn.

The dragon's bloodline naturally possesses a pressure that is superior to other lower creatures. Most monsters will sense it and avoid it wisely.

Everyone also thought it was because of Long Wei.

No monsters were encountered, and I gradually felt relieved.

However, what they didn't know was that deep inside the institute, a group of people from the Bai family were whispering.

"Master, the people have almost come in, we can start."

"Hey, those seventh-level people from the Southern Continent have actually come in. This saves us trouble."

"Those monsters on the second floor cannot be dealt with by low-level card masters, and it is normal for them to go down to level seven. If they can really help us deal with those monsters, maybe we can still get those precious ones in the research institute. research material."

"Yes. After all, we are studying foreign gods, and the value of those data cannot be compared to that of some relics."

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Without monsters to hinder them, adventurers poured into the second floor of the research institute in large numbers.

Everyone excitedly dug around.

Ji Xun became more cautious.

He knew that the Bai family must have arranged something in the dark.

Once you take action, it may be a matter of life and death.

After entering at the seventh level, the difficulty of exploration suddenly decreased a lot.

Especially "Black Widow" Heather, the leader of the Poisonous Mercenary Group.

This seventh-level voodoo master used several spell cards to transform into a "humanoid defogger" and absorbed the permeating poisonous gas into his body in the blink of an eye.

The air around him became clear instantly.

In this way, the exploration progress is also accelerated.

Ji Xun and his group of Vipers were the vanguard, and soon they arrived at the core area on the second floor.

Upon closer inspection, in addition to the decaying room, there was actually a room with a closed iron door.

Just by looking at the structure and material of the door, you can tell that the room in front of you is special.

"Captain, come quickly, there is a well-kept room here!"

"The room has a password, call the locksmith quickly!"

"Hahaha, look at the layout. These must be the most important rooms in the institute. There must be good things."

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Teammates are excited.

After all, if they really found something, they would be the first to succeed.

Ji Xun also observed the layout. This room might actually be the key to the "central control room" on the second floor.

This major discovery also made the main force of the Hydralisk regiment come closer.

Probably thinking that the jar might be inside, even the regiment commander Herman came to check it out personally.

However, suddenly, Ji Xun noticed a familiar anomaly.

He looked down and saw that an inconspicuous leech had stuck to his leg for some time.

"It is indeed this thing."

Ji Xun quietly used a scalpel to cut off the insect.

At the same time, I feel alert.

I have encountered it once before. This unknown leech can bite the skin and suck blood without anyone noticing.

He knew trouble was coming.

I can't even detect it with such a strong sense, let alone others.

He estimated that it would be difficult for ordinary sixth-level card masters to detect this leech.

In other words, many people who entered the second floor may have been bitten by this bug.

Thinking of this, Ji Xun has quietly distanced himself and slowly approached the iron cage.

(End of this chapter)