Chapter 346 Rock Bottom
Nearly half an hour later, the three people who were rappelling with ropes finally saw the ground - if it could be called the ground.
Looking up, there was only a narrow crack in the sky at the mouth of the rift valley. In the already dark rift valley, it was impossible to observe the environment with the naked eye. Out of caution, no one took a light source, but relied on the "night vision filter" that came with the game system to move in the dark.
Although this filter effect allows people to see things clearly in the dark, it cannot penetrate suspended particles in the air such as fog and dust, so the field of vision is still a little blurry.
However, although the fog at the bottom of the valley was thick, visibility was not too low. The only thing that made the three people look at each other and confirm was the endless number of human figures.
Countless "people" were lined up all over the valley floor, and each figure was surrounded by thick dark red fog. It was not known whether it was an illusion, but the three players always felt that the color of the rocks at the bottom of the valley was heavier and darker than the walls above the rift. They could even smell the foul smell of blood.
The three of them were all hanging in the air, looking at the terrifying scene at the bottom of the valley. They didn't dare to continue descending. They took screenshots and recorded videos and sent them to a third-party chat group, while reporting the situation in the team channel.
"Report, the identification results show unknown, but they are definitely not human! They are just unknown creatures in human shape!"
“It may not be a living thing.”
Lu Ying, who took time out of his busy schedule to participate in this exploration and act as a temporary consultant, said, "Try to see if the light can penetrate."
After listening to Lu Ying's instructions, one of the players decisively took out a "flashlight" from a bag on his waist. This "flashlight" was just developed by several scientific research institutes under the Flower Planting Family project team. The principle is completely different from the flashlights that are everywhere on Blue Star. Instead, it uses spirit stones as kinetic energy, which is converted into light after being engraved with a formation. Not only is the cost high, but it cannot be mass-produced. Therefore, the project team will only equip the members when they decide to go on a mission, in case of emergency.
In the blink of an eye, an extremely strong beam of light appeared at the bottom of the valley. It was like an invader, forcefully penetrating the thick fog at the bottom of the valley and piercing straight towards the figures on the ground.
The strange thing is that all the human figures illuminated by the flashlight disappeared in an instant.
This scene made the three people a little confused. The man holding the flashlight thought about it, then swept the ground back and forth with the flashlight. Soon, the strange figures that were illuminated disappeared, and a large space was cleared under the feet of the three people.
The three of them looked at each other, nodded one after another, and slowly landed on the ground one by one. They quickly took out a few pieces of stone, formed a larger circle, surrounded everyone in the circle, and then began to make a fire and set up camp.
At this moment, the entire process of shining the flashlight on the strange figure was recorded and sent to the group. Within a few minutes, many people trotted to a small meeting room, repeatedly slowed down the recording, and observed every detail.
The door of the conference room opened and closed, and soon, more than a dozen people gathered in the small conference room. Everyone was talking in a low voice, but they could not come up with any reliable guesses.
The reason why this matter is taken so seriously is not only because of the humanistic spirit and the desire to explore the secrets of the other world, but more importantly, even Fang Xianyu replied that he had never seen such a "thing".
Those human figures were magnified many times, and the pixels were a little blurred, but it was still possible to see that there were no facial features on the "faces" of the human figures, no fingers or toes on their hands and feet, and even the shapes of the bones and muscles in some parts of their bodies were very distorted, and did not look like they could grow on a human.
The crowd repeatedly slowed down the moment when the figures disappeared many times and finally confirmed that there was actually a trace behind their disappearance - they all disappeared into the ground in an instant.
"Should we ask them to dig the ground and give it a try?"
"You should consider getting close to those things before making a decision!"
"The main thing is that they don't seem to move at all! They only burrow into the ground when there's light!"
A biologist coughed lightly, attracting the attention of others, and began to talk about his own point of view: "Well, they have a strong tendency to avoid light... And, I don't know if you noticed that when they drilled into the ground, they were in a state of melting, abandoning the shape of a 'human' and pursuing speed, so can we consider that they have the habit of mimicry?"
Someone who just ran into the meeting room kept asking, "Are you sure this isn't some kind of spirit or soul?"
"No, Alpha gave a clear answer. According to our experts' summary of the form and characteristics of the souls in the Guixu Realm, there are indeed significant differences between them and the souls. We have also confirmed that the status bars of our rabbits who went on missions did not show any debuffs related to Yin Qi or Sha Qi..."
The director who first initiated the meeting patiently summarized all the contents and quickly read them through. Only then did he explain to everyone: "Of course, α also mentioned that this thing might be another unknown form of the soul, although she has never seen it. So we can't completely deny this possibility. We can only say that based on the current information and details, it should not be.
"Also, this thing doesn't seem to be aggressive at all, and it doesn't seem to be the cause of the disappearance of the souls of the creatures in the Guixu Realm. We can only wait until the three rabbits have built a ground camp and continue exploring to see if we can find anything else."
While people were discussing in the conference room, three players from the I Love Farming Society had quickly built a simple camp and arranged a simple teleportation array bought from a sect merchant.
"Report! The teleportation array has been successfully activated and should be usable!"
"Report! We decided that one person will stay at the camp, and the other two will continue to explore the bottom of the rift valley!"
There was a serious atmosphere in the team channel. These five people were a group of rabbits who had passed layers of assessment and screening and obtained the qualification for the game. They were also the best among this group of rabbits. Only then could they stand out from so many rabbits and compete for the quota for this mission. Therefore, before the mission was carried out, the Flower Planting Project Group had decided that the five of them would arrange the details and grasp the situation of the entire mission themselves. The "report" during this period was just a progress report and did not require a response.
Therefore, after several people finished reporting in the team channel, they continued to get busy.
The three of them first distributed some supplies to each other, and then they split into two groups, one stayed behind while the other two continued on. However, it was quite interesting that the way to determine who would stay behind in the camp was to play rock-paper-scissors, which made the somewhat tense team atmosphere a lot more relaxed.
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