Chapter 60
Xia Mo felt that he was lucky for once.
Not long after turning from the second underground river into the third, she saw a branch cave growing in mid-air with a rusty iron cage hanging in the cave.
Half lying in the cage was a... no, to be more precise, a corpse, with the words "Toynbee" displayed above the corpse.
Found it!
Xia Mo was delighted and quickly docked the wooden boat under the branch cave. He used the rope that came with the wooden boat to quickly tie it around the stalactite next to it several times to secure it.
Stepping on the side of the boat and the protruding rocks next to the cave, she climbed quickly to the iron cage like a nimble little monkey.
Because of the height difference, Xia Mo couldn't see the bottom of the cage on the boat. Now after climbing up, she saw a book next to Toinbi's hand bones.
Just as she was about to reach out to grab it, suddenly, through the shadow reflected on the bottom of the cage, she keenly sensed someone attacking her from behind!
The attacker emerged from the darkness and dropped from mid-air, aiming his blade squarely at her throat, clearly intending to knock her down with one strike.
Xia Mo immediately let go of his right hand, held the cage railing with his left hand, and tilted his whole body to the side, dodging the knife at a very clever angle.
It was this dodging that gave the other party the opportunity to steal the book. He grabbed the cage with one hand and quickly reached out to the book in the cage with the other hand.
Xia Mo didn't give him this opportunity and immediately used his skills.
But the opponent was an assassin after all, and a second-class assassin at that. His reaction was much faster than the several assassin players Xia Mo had encountered before.
The skill had just been released when the opponent dodged it in the blink of an eye and even moved to the other side of the cage.
"I know you're very capable." Xia Mo saw him grabbing the cage bars, and his eyes flickered faintly, "But I'm not bad either. If you're capable, snatch it from me. Whoever gets it first gets it."
After saying that, his figure disappeared on the spot.
It's the assassin's stealth.
Xia Mo's eyes flashed, and he immediately took out the dagger he had bought in Huangsi City before and threw it above the book!
Puff——
"ah!"
The invisible Daydream was exposed by the attack, and a bloody wound appeared on his hand.
Perhaps she never expected that she could hit him even though she couldn't see him. Daydream retracted her injured hand, and her expression showed a bit more surprise.
Taking advantage of his moment of surprise, Xia Mo took the book out of the cage in the blink of an eye.
"Ahhh my book!" Daydream came back to his senses, got anxious, and shouted loudly.
Xia Mo put the book into his backpack and laughed at him jokingly: "What do you mean by 'your book'? Didn't someone just say that whoever grabs it gets the book. Now, this book belongs to me."
"You...!" It was like shooting oneself in the foot. Daydream glared at her angrily, but couldn't utter a word in rebuttal.
While he was arguing, suddenly, the iron cage began to shake violently! The entire cave also shook!
"Damn, the mechanism has been triggered!"
Even though he made a mistake in grabbing the book just now, he still reacted quickly when faced with danger. As he spoke, he loosened his grip on the cage, turned around, and with a kick, he nimbly jumped out of the branch hole and quickly hid in the darkness.
Not bothering to care where he went, Xia Mo withdrew his gaze and quickly climbed back onto the wooden boat through the branch hole.
The cave began to collapse, and the stalactites and crystals on the top kept crashing into the underground river, causing huge waves. The water surface also began to sway back and forth, creating a lot of resistance for the wooden boat to escape.
While she was rowing towards the cave entrance, she had to pay attention to the rocks falling from above her head. She was so nervous that her palms were sweaty.
She maneuvered the turns and rushed straight ahead, using the fastest rowing speed in her life, and finally escaped from the cave before the cave completely collapsed!
I breathed a sigh of relief as I sat on the boat, only to find that my forehead and back were already covered in sweat.
I didn't expect that just coming here to look for someone or a book would cause such a huge collapse accident. Xia Mo couldn't help but complain silently. It's really uneasy wherever I go.
But at least she got the thing, she pushed the boat to the side and got ashore easily.
However, just after taking a few steps, a murderous aura suddenly emerged from behind him!
Xia Mo's brows tightened, and she turned sideways, and the knife that was originally aimed at her heart missed again.
"Did I say you have eyes on the back of your head?" Daydream jumped back and glared at her angrily and unwillingly.
She dodged the throat-cutting attack from the iron cage, and now she also avoided the stab to the heart. He didn't believe that she didn't have an extra pair of eyes!
Xia Mo glanced at him lightly: "It's long, specially used to keep an eye on sneak attackers with bad intentions~"
Daydream's cheeks suddenly puffed up, his chest rising up, looking as if he was about to argue with her, but suddenly, he suppressed his anger and looked at her with some frustration: "It was wrong of me to attack you, but I really need that book."
Xia Mo: "I need it too."
"But you are a star official, not an assassin! What use can that book be to you?"
Xia Mo: "Why don't you try it now and see if it works?"
As she spoke, she quickly took out the moldy book, clapped her hands lightly, and the book floated in the air, automatically opening the cover.
From the perspective of a daydream, he could only see the scene where she took out the book. He could not see the following scenes. He could only see her looking intently in front of her, as if she was looking at something.
"Have you opened that book?!" Daydream was anxious and panicked, like an ant on a hot pan, constantly circling around Xia Mo.
Xia Mo heard his question, ignored him, sat down on the ground, and clicked to enter the [Focus Reading] mode.
In this mode, the system will automatically block surrounding sounds, and the surrounding people and scenery will be deliberately blurred. In short, it really focuses on concentration and will never let players be distracted by the environment.
Half an hour later, Xia Mo finished reading the whole book (actually a diary), but strangely, there was a letter inside that she couldn't open no matter how hard she tried.
Putting aside this letter, based on the contents of the diary, Xia Mo already had a basic understanding of the life of the undead assassin Toynbee.
Gifted and aloof by nature, he was not accepted by the world, angered the royal family, and was punished and imprisoned... Finally, he was imprisoned in this deserted Yakat Cave and died of cold and hunger.
However, despite his aloof personality and unconventional behavior, he actually did not do anything harmful to the world. He even made a huge contribution to the stability of the continent of Pergas during his travels - sealing the dragon.
Hundreds of years ago, the dragon showed signs of awakening. When Toinbi, who was passing by, heard about it, he paralyzed the dragon with a deadly poison and buried it deeper in the valley.
Because of this paralysis, the dragon that should have awakened fell into sleep again. Toinbi saved the entire residents of Luwalu County and became a hero of the continent of Pergas.
However, the diary mentioned that while paralyzing the dragon, one of his necklaces accidentally fell into the dragon's body, which was very regrettable.
This necklace was none other than the one Xia Mo picked up after defeating the dragon.
Poor Toynbee, Xia Mo shook her head and sighed. Just as she was about to close the diary, she suddenly received a system prompt.
[The gray nameless necklace seems to have changed a bit]
! ! ! The properties have been updated? !
Her eyes lit up and she immediately pulled out the necklace.
Name: Chain of Perception
Quality: First-level gold
Durability: 300
General attributes: Health +100, Strength +80, Physical Defense +55, Agility +42, Balance +38
Special Attribute: Danger Sense [Your enhanced sense makes you extremely sensitive to any disturbances around you. As long as danger approaches, you will sense it within 5 meters.]
Oh my god, look at what she said before!!! I knew this accessory had extraordinary properties!
Although it is for assassins only and does not add magic and intelligence, it does have the extremely rare attribute [Danger Sense]!
The ability to sense danger in advance is a very necessary skill for assassins and hunters. In the previous life, countless assassin and hunter players tried their best to find it, but in the end, only a few people were able to obtain it.
However, she did not expect that in this life, she, a star official, would get the upper hand. At this moment, Xia Mo felt that all her previous efforts were worth it.
Feeling a little excited, she couldn't help but stand up from the ground.
At this stop, the system automatically exited her focused reading mode, and she immediately heard chattering sounds in her ears.
"Oh my god, oh my god, you finally came out!!! I've been waiting for you for half an hour!" Daydream glared at her, gritting his teeth.
Xia Mo slowly turned his eyes to the side: "Haven't you left yet?"
"I'm not leaving! The book is still with you. Even if the mission fails, I'm going to get this book!"
After she read the book, Daydream knew that his mission would definitely fail, but he was unwilling to accept it! He was unwilling to work so hard to come here and finally get nothing!
As the saying goes, if you want to see the person alive, you must see the body; if he is dead, he must wait until the other party gives him the book.
Unexpectedly, he had such a stubborn temper. Xia Mo smiled lightly, closed the diary and threw it to him.
Daydream's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly took it. Just as he was about to open it, he heard the person in front of him suddenly say, "You don't have to fail your mission."
What?
Daydreaming blinked, confused. Just as he was about to ask, a letter suddenly fell out of his diary.
He picked it up suspiciously, unfolded it, and immediately, his mouth opened into an O shape!
"Ahhh, that's it! This is the letter I need for my mission!!!"
He stared at the unopened letter in his hand in disbelief, his mood fluctuating like a roller coaster.
He was so depressed just a second ago, but now his heart is filled with excitement and excitement!
He held the letter like a treasure, his hands shaking uncontrollably. "H-How did you know this was what I needed for my mission?"
Xia Mo:...She doesn’t know.
She had just tried to open the letter several times, but the system always prompted that the conditions for opening the letter were not met. Then she suddenly thought that it might be his task prop.
Although they have the same destination and are looking for the same person, the actual mission props they need are different.
What she needed was the diary to retrieve Toynbee's memory and information about the necklace, while Daydream needed the letter. As for what to do with the letter, she was not interested.
However, seeing the other party's excitement, Xia Mo felt that he might have obtained something good related to the assassin.
He shrugged, put on Toynbee's chain of perception, turned around and was about to leave, but heard the cave collapse with a bang behind him!
The collapse was within Xia Mo's expectations, however, an indescribable sense of crisis suddenly rose from under his feet.
As soon as she put on [Danger Sense], Xia Mo knew that this feeling that made her hair stand on end was absolutely normal. She immediately gripped her weapon tightly and lowered her center of gravity.
The assassin, Daydream, didn't notice anything amiss. He was still shaking his head and sighing at the collapsing cave: "Such a huge cave, and it collapsed like this...Ah!"
In the blink of an eye, the wooden boat docked at the shore was overturned with a loud crash, and a green creature suddenly emerged from the water!
Giant python!
Xia Mo was startled, but he was prepared. When he saw something emerging from the water, he immediately jumped back three steps.
Daydream was a little slower than her in reacting, but fortunately he was very skilled and he quickly retreated before he noticed the giant python biting towards him.
"Fuck, a level 50 python!"
After looking up and seeing the level marked on the monster's head, Daydream's breathing stopped and he could hardly believe his eyes.
Xia Mo was also surprised.
The giant python came too suddenly. If she hadn't switched on her danger sense and sensed it in advance, she would probably have reacted like a daydream.
It was probably running out of the collapsed cave, or it was awakened by the huge shock of the landslide. In any case, the monster appeared in front of them, spitting out its tongue greedily.
"Hey Mo Se...want to fight?"
Daydream's voice was a little trembling, but in the trembling, Xia Mo could clearly hear some ecstasy and anticipation.
This is the difference between the strong and ordinary people. When the latter face danger, their first reaction is fear and escape, while the former, like them, even if they are afraid in their hearts, the persistence and fighting spirit hidden in their bones can never be erased.
The level 55 giant python is 20 levels higher than the dragon in Dragon Valley, but fortunately the giant python is not a world-class boss, but just an ordinary monster. From this perspective, it reduces some of the pressure.
However, if you lower it further, it is still a level 55 monster.
She is level 16; Daydream is level 16, plus her battle pet, there are only 3 combat forces in total.
No matter how confident Xia Mo was in his own strength, he was not so blind as to fight against a rock with an egg.
After only a moment of frowning, she replied in a deep voice, "Fight, you must fight."
Why not take the experience points that are delivered to your door?
only……
She paused, then said, "Please send a message to the [Yakat Cave Area Channel] saying there's a monster at the cave exit and that we need some support."
With a level 55 experience point, she didn't want to call for help in the world and be separated by the large army. But with just the two of them, their combat power was completely insufficient to deal with the giant python, so Xia Mo came up with this idea.
Calling people on the regional channel, without mentioning the monster's level, and only requiring a "small amount" of combat power, no normal person would think it was such a big guy.
Daydream was stunned for a moment when he heard the voice, but soon he realized her intention, quickly opened the regional channel, and sent the message as she said.
Not to mention, although the Yakat Cave is far away in the southwest of the continent, there are still a few players who adventure here.
After seeing the news, a group of people asked the captain: "Boss, someone is shouting that there is a monster at the entrance of the cave. Should we go?"
The man called the boss asked back, "What level?"
"No, they just said they needed a small amount of support."
He said: "Forget it, it's just a small amount of support. It's probably not a big deal. If a group of people go there to share it, they won't get much experience."
The thoughts of this group of people were suppressed.
Someone from another team of five asked the same question.
The captain, dressed in star officer attire, hesitated for a moment: "Did they mention the level?"
The teammate shook his head: "No, it's probably not a big monster."
The captain thought for a moment and raised his weapon: "Boss or not, since they need support, let's go and help them!"
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