dark moon

Chapter 21 Underground City
Surrounded by light yellow fighting spirit, the two-handed sword slashed horizontally with an invincible momentum.

The thick metal safety door was more than ten centimeters thick, but it was cut open soundlessly like butter stabbed by a hot knife.

One horizontal, one vertical, a huge cross-shaped cutout appeared on the safety door, and the fluorescent light of the crystal light came out from the cutout, and the space outside the door could already be seen.

"Hiss." Makajelun and Moback couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. Although it was not the first time they saw the female swordsman's attack power, every time they saw it, they would feel a chill on their necks, as if the giant sword was ready at any time. It will be the same as cutting it up.

Indeed, Saff's attack power is truly astonishing. The light-armored swordswoman has abandoned almost all defensive capabilities and focuses on weapon attacks, which results in her extremely high attack power. Even a heavy-armored warrior like Moback who specializes in defense, They didn't dare to receive her attacks frequently.However, the personality of the female swordsman completely concealed her strength. For those who have not witnessed it with their own eyes, it is difficult to imagine the terror of the shy girl when she launches an attack.

Fortunately, Saff was always shy and rarely attacked without Shuur's orders. The problem was... the halfling touched his neck and said, "Huh, I hope she doesn't enter another state."

"Dang Cang, Dang Cang", the metal fell to the ground.

The giant sword slashed four more times, and a huge diamond-shaped gap appeared on the metal door. The triangular piece of metal hit the ground, causing the ground to make a muffled buzzing sound.

Looking out, Moback's body froze at the entrance of the diamond-shaped hole. It wasn't until the halfling kicked him in the back that the dwarf reacted and swallowed hard: "Be mentally prepared, don't be surprised. There’s a bit of…”

"Idiot, do you think that everyone has never seen the world like you? We halflings have traveled all over the world, and there is nothing we haven't seen before. Do you know that the floating city, the king's capital of the winged people, is much higher than here, and I'm up there. And... Oh, here comes the Wind Cello, the underground city." The halfling who never forgets to brag was finally speechless this time.

Following the team at the end, Shuer was the last one to get out of the metal hole, and finally saw a scene that left his teammates speechless.

Walk out of the gate and stand on an empty platform. The surface of the platform is made of alloy. Although it looks monotonous, it is clean and refreshing enough.

Looking up, you can see the mountain belly above. The transparent hard glass is close to the rocks inside the mountain to form a circular dome. On the inner wall of the mountain, there are many fluorite emitting green fluorescence scattered at random. The low light shines in through the glass, creating a bright atmosphere. Everything inside the dome is covered with a green coat.

Of course, these were not enough to make the well-informed Shadow Chasers lose their composure. What really shocked them was not the one above but the one below.

The entrance platform can be regarded as the tallest building in this area. Not far above is the dome. When you walk to the edge of the platform and look down, a picture unfolds in front of everyone.

Just as Macajerun marveled, this is not a simple ruins, but a huge underground city.

A hemispherical cavity was dug out of the rock of the mountain, with a visual radius of at least two kilometers, and the entire city was built attached to this cave.

Thirteen towering stone pillars run through the cave, supporting the dome of the cave.The thickest one is in the center, and the top platform is built around the stone pillars. When you come in, the final hall is located inside the stone pillars, and the exit is at the edge of the stone pillars.

The remaining twelve are scattered at different locations in the cave, not only playing the role of lifting the dome, but also bearing the weight of each floor of the underground city.

Yes, each floor, this is not a flat city, but a three-dimensional city.

The underground cave is 400 meters high and is divided into at least eight floors. Various buildings are built on each floor. The floors are separated by a mixture of hard glass and metal building materials. In many places, through the transparent glass floor, You can even see the underlying rocks 200 meters away.

The green fluorescence emitted by fluorite enveloped the entire underground city, plunging the city into a green haze, like a secret realm in a fairy tale. The city was silent, as if time had stopped and everything had fallen into a deep sleep.

In the misty city, with the dim light like the morning sun, the seven people looked at everything in front of them infatuatedly, even forgetting to be on guard, and even forgetting where they were.

"We really... found a treasure." Xiuer let out a long breath, his voice low as if he was afraid of waking up this sleeping city, "Stop looking and think about the safe time limit of this alien projection. There are still twelve days left. Even if you leave early to be on the safe side, you still have ten days to explore this city. What do you think we can gain? Hahaha, this time it’s really..."

"It's really that simple?" Mia's light blue skin looked extraordinarily weird under the green fluorescent light.

"Of course it's not that simple. If you want to get rich, you must first survive." Xiuer looked at the entrance where everyone came in thoughtfully, and raised his voice and said, "Now we are in the exploration state, get rid of all distracting thoughts."

"Time is not urgent, so don't rush to search for items. Prepare an escape route first, and do other things slowly."

"The first step is to find a place for energy supply and restore the city's energy supply. This is the foundation of everything. Fluorescence is beautiful, but I need a real daily light source."

"The second step is to find the escape point. There is such a large space in the city. It is basically [-]% sure that the escape point is in the middle of the mountain. Finding it ensures that we can leave at any time, and then we can search for wealth to our heart's content." "After chasing shadows so many times, this is the first time I have discovered a relic with such great potential. This is an opportunity, and it may not be a crisis. Whether you return with a full harvest or bury your bones in the end depends on your own attitude and psychology. "

"Macajron, tell the time."

"Understood." The halfling suppressed his excitement and said, "Ten past ten."

"The current time is [-]:[-] a.m. on the second day. The camp time tonight is [-] p.m., which is exactly [-] o'clock. The exploration time is close to six hours. The goal is to restore the city's energy to light today. If there is any doubt, Discuss?"

"No."

"Very good, switch to area exploration formation, start moving, target the lowest level."

No one asked why he chose the lowest level. Shuer always just issued orders without explaining his thoughts. Everyone was already used to it and just followed the orders.No one expected that this time he would take the initiative to explain. Maybe it was not that no one expected that at least a certain tree spirit would smile like a flower.

"Energy can explode if you are not careful. No matter what kind of energy is used to power the city, the stability of the equipment is the most important. The most stable thing is of course down to earth. If it were me, I would definitely choose to install functions at the bottom Equipment. Why are you looking at me stupidly? Can I emit light or generate heat? Stop talking nonsense and just do the work for me."

"Hey, you idiot who doesn't mean what you say." The teammates made contemptuous gestures, no longer paying attention to this idiot who was trying to make changes, and devoted themselves to the exploration.

It is not easy to explore a three-dimensional city, especially when there is only weak light.

The first question is how to get down.

There is a set of mechanical equipment on the edge of the platform. The most experienced elf mage once saw something similar in an alien projection. It is said to be an automatic elevator that can move between floors. However, since it is an automatic equipment, it must be It relies on energy to drive, and now that the energy supply is lost, the equipment can no longer be used.

As for destroying the bottom of the elevator and jumping directly along the track, at a height of 400 meters, everyone is not crazy yet and do not plan to try this.

Fortunately, in an inconspicuous corner, Macajron found ordinary stairs. The metal stairs extended downward around the giant stone pillars, with no end in sight.

The steps on the stone pillars are very special. The height difference of each step is about two meters, which is higher than everyone’s height. If it is an ordinary person, it may not be able to use it normally. Fortunately, all the combat professionals present, within two meters Jumping up and down the high steps is not a problem, but it is a bit troublesome.However, if you think carefully about the race of the city builders, it is understandable that the level is higher.

Jumping down the steps one by one, the team went deeper and deeper. Every time they passed a floor, they had to resist the urge to explore the floor immediately.

Fortunately, although you cannot explore in detail, you can still observe from a distance when passing each floor to satisfy your curiosity. Otherwise, these shadow chasers driven by the desire to explore may be driven crazy.

Each floor of the conical city has its own characteristics. Generally speaking, the buildings on the upper floors are sparser and the environment is more beautiful. The remains of facilities such as artificial pools can even be vaguely seen on the top floor, and there are also some on the penultimate floor. There are many exquisite statues. Most of the rooms are made of colored hard glass, which is opaque but visually quite beautiful.

However, after passing the fourth floor, the buildings became denser and denser, and the open space became less and less. All building materials were replaced with metal, which was stiff, cold, and lifeless.

The floors were lowered step by step. When everyone crossed the second floor and looked down from an altitude of more than 30 meters, what they saw was a large and densely packed building complex.

The architectural style is very different from the world of Parvatiga. The buildings here are all hemispherical, and the metal outer walls are smooth and rounded, with no edges or corners visible.

Under the weak fluorescence, a large number of metal houses are piled together hazily. Between the buildings, the winding roads extend like a spider web, connecting the entire floors together.

The road is also made of transparent glass. It feels like stepping on mid-air, which is scary, but if you get used to it, it has a different flavor.

Finally down to earth, the Shadow Chasers secretly sighed.All the way down, although there are stairs to carry them, there is no room for maneuver in mid-air. The shadow chasers must always be on full alert, lest any weird creatures rush out from the shadows of the surrounding buildings to launch an attack.

"Landed safely and started searching for the target."

Looking at the complicated paths like a spider web around him, Shuer couldn't help but sigh softly.

(End of this chapter)