Just after leaving the tunnel a short distance away, Carl stopped, took out a mechanical device from his dimensional bag and threw it on the ground.

After the thing landed, it started to run rapidly and then automatically entered the optical camouflage state.

The vast Underdark is different from the Obsidian City because its geological structure is relatively hard and its visible surface may actually be the roof of someone else's house.

In order not to lose his direction during the exploration, Carl could only use his own micro-construct as a coordinate.

"It's okay, my memory is actually pretty good."

Watching Karl put the things away, Ying introduced himself in a cold voice.

But Carl didn't dare to rely entirely on others for such things. Even Carl's parents couldn't be trusted with things like finding the way and the remote control.

Because road recognition is a relatively subjective ability, the other party may think that he or she is good at it, but in reality it is not so good.

"Please show me next time you have a chance. Forget it this time. Hmm, can you go down into the hole in the ground ahead?"

Before Carl could move, Hope, transformed into a bat, had already flown into the cave.

Ying and Carl followed closely behind.

Just like the outside world, there are mushrooms emitting blue fluorescence in the cave.

Looking at these familiar scenes, Ying felt as if he had returned home, feeling relaxed and comfortable.

The two were about to catch up with Hope in front of them, but a rustling sound suddenly came from the front.

With a frown, the pulse cannons in Carl's palms began to buffer.

But Hope was quicker than everyone else.

There was only a roar of anger, and Hope, who was originally the size of a palm, had returned to the appearance of a tiefling.

A pair of fists were raised high, and then they suddenly hit the back of a giant lizard.

The sound of bones breaking was heard, and the poor monitor lizard's spine was broken.

Carl and Ying's mouths twitched slightly, not knowing whether to praise Hope for her quick action or to say that she had exposed her whereabouts.

Raising his hand, Carl threw out a life-sustaining spell, stabilized the monitor lizard, and then threw it into the giant's dimensional bag.

The monitor lizard naturally cannot survive in the environment of the dimensional bag, but if combined with life-sustaining techniques, the texture of its meat can be kept in the state of having just died.

This is a technique Carl learned from his master Mooreban.

"Ah~, so I originally planned to bring Scorpion along as a scout."

Looking at Hope helplessly, Carl hesitantly told her the reason why he didn't let Hope come with him before.

I don't know if it's because the druid's training is more inclined to release one's natural character, but the tolerant character that Hope developed in Droaam has gradually faded, and has been replaced by straightforwardness that allows him to take action and try not to talk too much.

"Sorry, sorry, I just couldn't stop myself. It was about to bite me."

"Huh~, forget it, don't do this next time. Since you've already transformed back, let's just explore like this."

Having accepted the fact that he would not be able to return to the surface in the short term, Carl now has a more open-minded attitude towards many things.

Hope stuck out his tongue sheepishly, then followed the two men and continued forward in the tunnel.

There were far fewer animals in the tunnel than Carl and his friends had thought. After walking and stopping for more than ten minutes, they encountered a violent rat.

"There are no other creatures around. What do you think? Do you want to kill it?"

He created a psychic blade in his hand and mercilessly intended to sentence the opponent to death.

Carl's face under the helmet twitched twice again, then he turned to Hope and said, "Use the animal conversation technique to ask it for information about the surrounding area."

A brief silence enveloped the tunnel, with only the sound of the violent rats looking over here vigilantly and squeaking echoing.

"Oh! This is also possible!"

After being controlled for a few seconds, Hope looked as if he had suddenly realized something.

This made Carl have great doubts about his aunt's teaching level.

Hope finally realized that as a druid, he had more than just the ability to transform into a black bear. He quickly calmed himself down, then used up a spell slot and cast the spell of speaking with animals.

The violent rat, which was originally extremely wary of Carl and the other two, suddenly became a little gentler. Hope moved forward and listened attentively to their report.

When the mouse finished speaking, Hope took out some bread and cheese from his dimensional bag and threw it to the other party.

Because Carl sometimes reproduced the animation of his previous life by himself, Hope, who was fortunate enough to be the first audience, was deeply impressed by many plots in "Tom and Jerry", so he had the stereotype that mice like to eat cheese.

"What's the news?"

Without going forward directly, Carl whispered to Hope.

After pointing Carl in the direction, Hope was still immersed in the excitement of applying what he had learned in real life.

She had actually learned the druid course quite well, but because Carl was usually with her, she had never been able to put it into practice in her adventures.

Carl stood by with great understanding, waiting for Hope to calm down again. He glanced at Shadow, who then disappeared into the shadows and headed towards his target.

After a while, Ying came back again.

"That base should be where the four drow companions are. Like me, they mainly rely on meditation to improve their spiritual power. However, when I approached just now, I felt that one of them seemed to have discovered me."

As they were explaining everything they had seen, suddenly, a gentle yet slightly magnetic voice suddenly appeared in the minds of the three people.

"Hello, friendly outsiders."

In an instant, it felt like electricity was flowing through the bodies of Carl and the other two.

They couldn't believe that their whereabouts had been discovered like this, and that the other party was actually speaking directly into their consciousness.

After a brief panic, Carl realized that this being probably had no ill intentions, so he used his psychic powers to reply:

"Who are you?"

As Carl finished his reply, the surroundings fell silent again.

Just as he was about to exit the tunnel with Hope and Shadow, a psychic light suddenly lit up nearby.

A drow with glowing eyes teleported over from psionics.

She looked at Karl and the other two, her gaze lingering on Ying for a moment.

"Hello, friendly outsiders. Su and her companions have no ill intentions. If possible, I hope you can let them go. I will sincerely invite you to visit our base."

"Su" is the captain of the four drow who were captured before.

If she had half the understanding of the person before her, things wouldn't have turned out like this.

"You don't look... like a simple drow?"

Carl was naturally happy that the misunderstanding could be resolved directly, but the situation of Zhuo Er in front of him also made him a little wary.

The mistakes he had made before flashed quickly through Carl's mind, which made him feel a little embarrassed and more alert.

"Alas~"

With a long sigh, Zhuo Er, who was obviously well-versed in psychic power, spoke again: "Do you know the Dreamers? The Dreamers are special beings born from the connection between the dream spirits in the dream world remaining in the main plane and the human spirit. They can pass on this connection through blood. As long as the blood is not cut off, the spirit body connected to them will not die.

I am now a drowsy version of Limengren. "

In Eberron, the Dream Spirits and the Dreamless are mainly concentrated in the homeland of mankind - the continent of Sarlona.

However, "Dream-Liren" is actually a unique name for humans whose hearts are connected to kind dream spirits. In contrast, there are humans who are connected to evil dream spirits.

This type of people are also called Half-Inspired Spirits, and the Dream Spirits that are mentally connected to them are also called Nightmare Spirits.

They are the embodiment of nightmares, using their psychic powers to enslave the humans on the continent of Sauron.

Carl had previously studied the ritual arrays held by the fallen drow, and their origins were suspected to point to nightmare spirits.

After listening to the self-introduction of the person in front of him, a flash of inspiration suddenly occurred to Carl's mind.

"Apart from being more evil, the other characteristics of the Inspired are exactly the same as those of the Dreamers. They can also inherit through blood, and as long as the bloodline of this branch is not extinct, the corresponding Nightmare Spirit will not die..."

For a moment, Karl thought of another reason why those fallen drow chose to enhance their psychic powers in that way.

As if seeing through Carl's thoughts, the dreamer Zhuoer floating in the air nodded slightly.

"Yes, just as you expected, besides me, there is another nightmare spirit that has also descended on this continent. Many years ago, we fought each other with the help of the linker. Her linker, Rose, died after the battle. I thought I had destroyed her, so I spread the power of psychic energy, hoping that the drow could follow the path of light.

However, Rose's bloodline was not cut off. After a long sleep, as Rose's bloodline grew stronger again, she also woke up from her sleep and began..."

Zhuo Er in front of them did not continue to say the next words, but Carl and the other two could also guess it.

However, when Carl heard how this drow described himself, he couldn't help but frown.

The drow on the other side smiled brightly and then explained, "I have lived for too long. As I fell asleep time and time again, my memories intertwined with hers and we are almost indistinguishable from each other. Drow are different from humans. There is only one individual in tens of millions of miles who can directly carry a dream spirit. Since the death of the drow commander Rose, no drow in her bloodline has been able to truly carry her. She only passed on some knowledge about psychic energy to Rose's bloodline through her limited influence ability."

Having said that, Zhuo Er in front of him pointed at Ying.

"Over the long years, our bloodlines have spread among the many drow in the Underdark, and we are even indistinguishable from each other. In terms of bloodline, she is my descendant, but she does not have the psychic talent to carry dream spirits."

Carl's eyes jumped back and forth several times between Zhuo Er in front of him and the shadow beside him, and he nodded in surprise.

(End of this chapter)