Chapter 176: Dragon Valley (8)
In the divine realm, the gods usually call this behavior of the main god "blessing", and the prayers with divine power have a real protective effect.
For example, if the Lord God says, "May you be safe," then the probability of nothing happening will really increase.
When the Lord God says, "May you be healthy," minor illnesses and pains will inexplicably go away.
But that didn't apply to the game world. In this world, the Lord God, like Su Yue, lacked divine power, so the "blessing" had no real protective effect; it was merely a verbal blessing. Furthermore, it made no sense for the Lord God to forget his lack of divine power, as the feeling of not having divine power was quite noticeable.
So Su Yue was a little confused. What did the Lord God mean by this? Just a verbal blessing? This was not like the Lord God's style at all.
In any case, Su Yue, carrying the "blessing" from Cangzhi that had no practical effect, walked towards the cave where the fruit was collected.
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According to Su Yue's judgment, the tree fruit and the Dragon God may not be related, and it is not even certain whether the tree fruit exists. Maybe the Duke just wants to trick people into the cave to get their kidneys. This is all possible. After all, only the player's corpse came out on the first night.
The Duke had pointed out the way to the cave yesterday. Su Yue followed the winding path of the town and soon entered the back mountain.
The back mountain is very different from the front mountain that we walked through when entering the town. The front mountain is very desolate, with no birds or animals, and not even a few blades of grass. But the vegetation on the back mountain is quite dense, and even the road is difficult to walk on, like a primeval forest.
What concerns Su Yue even more is that the rocks on the back mountain and the front mountain are actually the same. The same rocks represent the same geological environment, but the front mountain is bare, while the back mountain is particularly dense. There must be a reason for this.
There was no one around, and there was nothing special about the trees and vines. Su Yue didn't bother with it and went towards the cave first.
The cave was easy to find, as it was the only one in the entire forest. Countless green vines dangled from the entrance, forming a natural curtain. The damp stones were covered in moss. If one were to stroll leisurely, one could enjoy the beauty of this primeval forest. However, Su Yue wasn't in the mood for leisure; he simply walked straight into the cave.
In his left hand, Su Yue held the piece of ambergris the Duke had given him. It was said that this stone could repel poisonous insects, snakes, and rats from tree holes. The stone had a faint fragrance, a scent quite different from that of flowers or wood; it was very special.
Su Yue held the stone in his left hand because he was better at using weapons with his right hand. He already knew that a player had died here, so of course he had to be vigilant.
The vegetation in the cave is as dense and humid as that outside the cave. You can hear the sound of water dripping onto the ground from above and the sound of the underground river flowing from high to low under your feet.
It was very dark after entering the cave, and you couldn't see your hand in front of you. Fortunately, the ambergris itself was emitting a faint light, like a flashlight, illuminating the path ahead for Su Yue.
As soon as Su Yue came in, he found that the cave was extremely dangerous and that one could end up dead if not careful.
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The so-called "snakes, insects, rats and ants" are actually trivial matters. The terrain inside the cave is outrageous. From the outside, it looks like a small cave, but once you go in, you will find that the cave is actually a large cavity.
The place where they walked was a stone beam, but there was nothing underneath. There was an underground river several meters below, and among these drops, the naturally formed stone beams were winding and intricate.
These stone beams blocked each other, resulting in the end of each beam being hidden in absolute darkness, as eerie as the canine teeth of a ferocious beast. Moss grew on the beams, making them slippery.
If you accidentally slip, at best you might fall onto another stone beam and break some bones, or at worst you might fall directly into the underground river.
Although the underground river is not turbulent, there is no visible path leading back to the land, not to mention that there may be some ferocious beasts hiding in this underground river that has not seen the light of day for a long time.
All in all, be extremely careful.
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Another great danger is getting lost.
Although ambergris can glow in the dark, it can only illuminate things within a radius of about one meter in front of the eyes. Its weak light source is unable to reach any further out, so it is difficult to make an overall judgment on the distribution of these stone beams.
If you accidentally climb the wrong stone beam, it would be like taking a wrong turn at a fork in the road. It may be difficult to come back.
However, Su Yue was very good at this kind of situation. He used his sword to leave marks on the rock, and then moved forward. When he came out, he just had to look for the marks he made.
If all else fails, Su Yue can still use his divine power to show the way, but it's estimated that halfway through he would be reported by his extremely sensitive earring for abusing his divine power.
It doesn’t matter.
Anyway, the supervisor himself is also in this game.
And he used his divine power to protect the house last night.
If you want to punish someone, punish him first.
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Su Yue climbed up the stone beam carefully. He was very agile in such places because he had very strong body control.
He was not sure where to go because there were too many stone beams, but thinking that this was a game, Su Yue followed his understanding of the usual game settings and climbed along the most conspicuous and thickest stone beam he saw.
The further they climbed, the more obvious the sound of flowing water became. After climbing for about ten minutes, Su Yue suddenly felt the draft in the cave getting stronger.
There will be some drafts in the cave, but if the wind suddenly gets stronger, it means the terrain has changed.
Su Yue looked around and didn't find anything different. He thought for a while, raised the ambergris in his hand, and shone it towards the underground river under the stone beam.
The moment the light illuminated the space below the stone beam, Su Yue held his breath in shock.
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Beneath the stone beam where Su Yue rested, an underground river flowed, but the river channel widened here, seemingly forming a small underground lake. This wasn't the main point; the main point was that Su Yue had seen many buildings within the underground lake. Most of these buildings were submerged, with only a small amount visible. Their presence meant that the lake was at least ten meters deep.
From this angle, Su Yue could not see the entire building. He could only see similar stone spires, some gorgeous and some delicate, standing majestically in the underground lake.
It's like an underwater palace.
Because this underwater palace was so quiet and dark all around, the shadows cast by the light source in Su Yue's hand swayed in the water, looking creepy, but also inexplicably solemn.
Su Yue thought about whether to go down and take a look, but finally decided not to, at least not now.
This was probably a side quest. He planned to go to the front first to see what the "fruit" was and what killed the player, and then return to the underwater palace.
Continuing forward, the wind soon became weaker, which meant that the cave had returned to its original size. After walking a little further, the stone beams disappeared. All the stone beams gathered together and turned into a large stone like a fish's back. When Su Yue walked past this large stone, he could smell the scent of damp plants.
He raised the ambergris in his hand again so that he could get a closer look at the whole thing.
There was actually a small "forest" in front of him.
This cave is really amazing. Trees can grow deep in the cave. It is really full of vitality.
The most important thing is that Su Yue saw the pink fruits on the tree at a glance. There was a 99% chance that these were the "tree fruits" that the Duke wanted them to collect. Su Yue immediately went over to pick the fruits. To his surprise, he did not encounter any obstacles.
This left Su Yue somewhat bewildered. Could the fruit be picked freely from the tree? Then what kind of accident had the player encountered yesterday?
It can't be that I'm so unlucky that I walk on the wrong stone beam.
Su Yue was thinking when he suddenly heard a rustling sound in the woods. Su Yue raised the ambergris and shone it in the direction of the sound. For a moment, his scalp almost exploded.
A human figure was reflected among the shadowy branches.
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