After moving forward for a while, Carl and his group and the rescued rookie adventurers jumped back to Storm Bay.

However, as soon as they appeared on this land, a stench lingered in everyone's nose.

Carl immediately put on the helmet, and the built-in magic pattern activated the second-level spell air bubble, forming a magic bubble inside the helmet that could filter the air.

Hope and the others immediately took out the underwater breathing caps modified by Carl and put them on their heads. Magic bubbles covered their heads, isolating the stench outside.

Many of the young adventurers were familiar with underwater breathing caps, and they thought that all underwater breathing caps had this function, so they took out their own in an attempt to avoid being disturbed by the stench.

And then of course they failed.

"Hasn't anyone told you that a machinist can modify items to use themselves?"

Looking at those flustered boys and girls, Carl silently taught them a less popular common sense among professionals - high-level machinists often modify their props according to their own ideas, so don't blindly believe in the effects of the props.

So when you see a machinist take out a bowl, don't think he is preparing to eat. It may be an unknown prop used to launch fireballs.

After rummaging through his dimensional bag, Carl found a few underwater breathing helmets of the same type that he had made when he was trying his hand before and gave them to the children.

When he was in the dungeon, Carl also used an underwater breathing cap as an air filtration system.

However, the underwater breathing cap he modified utilized the water manipulation trick, so that the water condensed by the trick was transformed into bubbles under the effect of the underwater breathing cap.

This is actually a similar effect to the second-level spell Air Bubble, but the Air Bubble has a rising ring effect and can automatically adjust the size of the bubble to suit the target of the spell.

The underwater breathing cap modified by Carl can only manually adjust the effect of the water control magic pattern to adapt to individuals with larger heads.

However, Karl solved this problem soon after returning to Khorvaire, as he immediately learned how to use air bubbles and combined them with an underwater breathing helmet, making him amphibious.

The priest girl quickly distributed the props provided by Carl to everyone, and then put on one of them herself.

Holding her breath for a long time made her face a little red, and it seemed that she must be a young lady from a good family.

"These kids look like they are students of a certain university. Is it Morgrave University in Sharn? Or the Korranborg Library in Zilargo?"

There is of course more than one professional university in Khorvaire, Arkanix. The University of Morgrave in Sharn specializes in the study of giants, and the Korranburg Library in Zilargo houses the most complete collection of documents in the world.

In addition, the University of Vänern in Aundair and the Rekenmark Military Academy in Karrnath are also quite famous.

But after the Last War, the former became a university of art and history, while the latter's students were only from Karrnath.

During the Galifar Empire, both were more glorious.

The University of Vynarn once competed with Morgrave University in Sharn for funding adventurers to explore ancient ruins.

But Morgrave University is located in Sharn, naturally close to Xen'drik, so they have a natural advantage in exploring the giant ruins.

It is worth mentioning that the Twelve Societies that attempt to unite the Dragonmark Family is also a relatively well-known academic organization.

Carl guessed the origins of these young adventurers, but the information he knew was too little to be sure.

However, he is currently more inclined to believe that these people are students of Morgrave. After all, they are now in Xen'drik, and Kolanburg does not seem to have much power here.

After finally catching her breath, the leading priest girl thanked Carl, then took out some money and bought those underwater breathing helmets from Carl.

It was a lot of money, but both Carl and the Bains did not value this small amount of money so much for the time being.

Carl just took a glance and handed the money to Hope.

"It looks like the situation is much more serious than you said before. Even the air in Storm Bay has become like this. I'm afraid it will develop into a plague next."

He turned around and made a joke to the priest girl, but at this moment, a staggering figure suddenly appeared in front of him.

The person's skin was an abnormal bluish-gray color, and his blood vessels were purple-red.

At first, he just staggered over like a stroke patient, but when he got closer, he actually sprinted forward.

"Has this scene happened before in the storm?"

Complaining about the scene in front of him, Carl walked out quickly, and the nitrogen jet device on his leg began to spew out white mist.

"I--go! Yours!"

With a kick, the figure who was running towards him was kicked to the ground.

The white compressed nitrogen sprayed on the opponent, and his struggling movements suddenly slowed down.

"Hiss~, this guy really looks a bit like the zombies in Storm. Could it be that the Son of Winter not only got those mushrooms, but also used artificial Eberron dragon crystal to make amber and seal the green rain in Storm?"

The corners of the mouth in the helmet twitched slightly, and Carl increased the nitrogen gas spray, freezing the zombies under his feet into ice sculptures.

Then he stepped forward and crushed the ice sculpture to pieces.

Looking up and around, Carl discovered that the passage they were returning through was very close to the tunnel of the underground ruins.

"We are almost at the base. You should return to your residence as soon as possible. It is best not to move around in the near future. I am afraid the weather in Storm Bay is about to change."

After saying this to the boys and girls, Carl waved to his companions and rushed towards the underground ruins.

The pastor girl looked back at her companions, then looked at Carl who had already run for a distance, then gritted her teeth and chased after him.

"Senior! Why don't you come back with us? Our living area is quite spacious, but the fortress in the underground ruins is really..."

At the entrance to Storm Bay's famous slums, countless zombies blocked the underground passage and tried to escape from the underground ruins.

Densely packed heads and arms squeezed out of the cave, making one's back feel cold.

The priest girl was frightened by the scene before her as she took a step forward.

But she immediately thought that she could use this reason to convince Carl and the others to follow her.

"Tsk, trouble!"

Looking at the tightly blocked passage, Carl smacked his lips softly.

The pastor girl was about to speak to dissuade him, but she found that Carl was retreating backwards.

"call!"

In the blink of an eye, a huge mecha appeared out of thin air in the open space. Carl jumped up and merged into one with the mecha.

But this is not the end.

Carl then summoned the front of the truck and completed the final assembly with it.

"I thought this entrance was too small a long time ago, and now it seems to be true!"

He drew out the ship-cutting sword, and the blade, which had been heated to orange-gold by the electricity, stabbed fiercely at the group of zombies.

Green smoke rose up and the tide of corpses let out deafening screams.

Some of the zombies tried to break free, but Carl didn't give them the chance.

The two large floating cannons on the shoulders were activated, and solid nitrogen was fired at the entrance.

He raised his arm, and a gun muzzle of astonishing caliber appeared on the left hand of the mecha.

Dazzling lightning intertwined on the barrel of the gun, and suddenly, something shot out at a rapid speed.

A moment later, a gust of wind began to affect the surroundings as the shells moved away.

Looking at the passage again, the zombies that were originally blocking it had disappeared, and the walls around the passage were in a strange molten state, and it looked like it was indeed much wider.

'If he is so strong, why does he live in the slums?'

At this moment, the pastor girl's brain was no longer able to think too complicatedly.

But the question of why Carl lived in the underground ruins occupied her mind.

Although power is indeed very frightening in Khorvaire, everyone knows that what can truly support power is absolute strength.

With such power, he would not be an easy character in any organization.

'So, why does he live in the slums?'

Her legs were a little weak and slightly bent. The pastor girl, who was very dignified and elegant, and self-reliant both in college and at home, felt her knees a little weak.

The huge steel body and the power released by the previous blow made her dizzy.

But that’s not all.

Because the sound of running could be heard faintly in the passage.

More zombies are trying to return to the surface.

Realizing this fact, the priest girl immediately turned around and warned her classmates:

"More enemies are coming out soon. Take up your weapons! Be alert!"

Almost at the same time she shouted these words, dazzling electric light once again lit up from the gun barrel.

The priest girl turned her head suddenly, and then, when the first few zombies emerged from the passage, another super-electromagnetic cannon shell was fired from the muzzle.

It was still a moment so fast that the specific situation could not be seen clearly, and then the passage became quiet again.

Artificers do not have the same magical power as mages, but the combination of physics and magic gives them world-renowned lethality.

As long as there are sufficient materials and technical reserves, the machinist can make a nuclear bomb.

He stretched out his hand, and the silver moon spirit marrow fluid gathered in the right hand of the mecha. Under the control of psychic energy, they quickly turned into a huge drill.

The drill was placed against the entrance of the passage, and as blue magical light burst out from the mecha's eyes, the drill began to spin rapidly.

Accompanied by a roar, Carl controlled the mecha slowly downwards.

"Would you like to come to our base to rest for a while? Judging from the current situation, the town may not be much safer. These zombies can also evolve. If you encounter that kind of zombie, it might be a bit dangerous."

Seeing the dazed looks of the priest girl and the young adventurers, Hope stepped forward and asked.

The priest girl woke up from her daze, then bowed and said, "Sorry to bother you."

(End of this chapter)