Chapter 202 201. Smart Chis
The Stone Fort Dungeon is just a name given to it by the tribe without authorization, and its real name is no longer known.
Unlike the six new and well-functioning dungeons that were created 300 years ago, the history of the Stone Fortress Dungeon is difficult to trace. It is only known that it is at least a thousand years old.
The structure of the underground city is rough, with only three floors: upper, middle and lower.
When the tribe first settled here three hundred years ago, the difficulty of the dungeon increased gradually from top to bottom.
However, this situation has been broken in the past thirty years.
On the one hand, the dungeon has gradually decayed over time, and this ancient fortress is approaching the end of its twilight years.
On the other hand, it was because of the birth of "Chiss".
It devoured the middle class at a suffocating rate, isolating the upper and lower classes, and successfully made the middle class the most dangerous class.
Invisible six-clawed hunters roam around, and eye worms that spy on everything hang high in the dome, not to mention that it also controls several powerful beasts.
Even though they know that they can get rich rewards by carefully crossing to the lower level, most demons still only dare to look for prey in the increasingly barren upper level.
"Shū..." Qiong's voice still contained a hint of disbelief. He followed closely behind Shū, "Are we really going to defeat Chis?"
That's Chis!
Endless individuals, with a unified will that is as powerful as their own arms, possessing both terrifying combat power and pervasive reconnaissance... Even if they are lucky enough to find its "brain", do they really have enough power to destroy it?
"It's to be expected. After all, given the current situation, if we don't eliminate the Chiss, we can only consider moving south. But the elders obviously don't want us to have contact with the Empire." Shou's voice was steady, and his footsteps did not stop.
"If you ask me," Qiong couldn't help but mutter, "If the Empire is really that good, what's wrong with contacting it? Anyway, the Demon King has already..."
Before he could finish his words, Shou suddenly turned around and covered Qiong's mouth with his hand in an instant!
"Do you want to be whipped at the stake?"
Facing Shou's stern gaze, Qiong widened her eyes in panic and shook her head desperately.
"Then stop talking nonsense!" Shou let go of his hand, his voice cold and hard, "Go back, prepare your weapons and leather armor, and don't think too much."
Watching Qiong flee in panic like a frightened snow rabbit, with regret written all over his back, Shou actually didn't feel much of a sense of blame in his heart.
In fact, as a new generation that has never bathed in the glory of the Demon King, how much loyalty can they have to the legendary master?
As for the Empire, the bitter cold of the Far North cuts off their contact with the Empire, and the hatred spoken of by the older generation is too vague for them.
Even Shou himself felt the same way, but he knew that the elders still had the final say in the tribe.
In fact, even among the older generation, it is hard to say how many people are tired of the current life here and yearn for the "hot land" in central China.
Behind those voices advocating migration to the south, is it true that no one is planning to contact the empire?
Shou didn't understand, he was just one of those people going with the flow.
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Two days later, the expedition team was ready to go.
The pharmacist, with bloodshot eyes, distributed the medicine prepared overnight to each soldier one by one.
This time, the tribe has put almost all its chips on the line.
Except for one senior warrior who stayed in the tribe, the other five senior warriors were all present.
In addition, there are more than 30 tribesmen helping out, so it is no exaggeration to say that they have come out in full force.
After all, the opponent is that Chis, so even if it is a surprise attack, he has to use all his strength!
The team was crossing the ice field. Halfway through, an ice giant nearly three meters tall blocked the way of the team.
The warriors who often went to the dungeon were not unfamiliar with this. Yan, who was at the front of the team, smashed it to pieces with one hammer.
However, everyone knows that these cold spirits are almost impossible to kill without special methods, and the next time they pass by, they will reassemble their bodies and have to be fought again.
Fortunately, the cold spirits are only sparsely scattered over the vast frozen land and pose no real threat to the tribe.
The entrance to the Stone Fortress underground city is not a magnificent door, but a deep valley embedded in the bottom of the ice cliff, which has been eroded by time and is only wide enough for a few people to walk side by side.
But after coming in, I can clearly feel... warmth.
The underground city is self-contained, isolated from the severe cold of the ice field, and the temperature inside is much higher than that outside.
It was this meager heat that nurtured monsters such as slimes and fat beasts, forming the fragile ecological chain on which the tribe depended for survival.
However, with the decline of the underground city, it has become increasingly difficult to see them here, and even the temperature has become more in line with the outside world.
At the end of the first floor, there is a huge castle that stretches across the center of the valley, which is why they call this place the Stone Castle Dungeon.
Unlike the clear upper and lower layers of Amethyst, here, when you step into the castle, you have already entered the middle layer. The castle is just an appearance. The space inside is much larger than it appears from the outside. Its essence is a three-dimensional maze building.
"Really... do you want to go in?" Qiong said to Shou in a low voice, holding the wooden stick in his hand.
Having come this far, this question seemed a bit stupid, but Shou knew that he was just a little scared.
"Stay with me, I will protect you!"
If you don't enter through the main door, it's no different than delivering food to Chis.
Yan Yan led everyone to find a window that opened outwards and climbed over one by one.
The place where we settled was a deep corridor, and there were no reproductive cysts or tumors clinging to the buildings in sight.
There was not even any movement by their ears. Several soldiers who were good at reconnaissance looked at each other and shook their heads, confirming that there were no Chiss around.
Obviously, Yan Yan was not just leading everyone to wander around aimlessly, but had indeed found a feasible route.
The team walked through the long and twisting corridors of the castle, corridors, stairs, and countless forks. In the oppressive silence, there was only the sound of suppressed breathing.
After an unknown amount of time, Yan Yan finally stopped in front of a tower isolated on the edge of the ancient castle.
There was a hideous hole on the bottom floor of the tower, revealing the dark and deep original cave structure underneath.
Continuing forward, at the end of the cave, they lay on the edge of the passage and finally saw the legendary "brain"!
A huge, beating dark red flesh ball hangs on the rock wall like a heart. Densely packed Chiss guards guard it, and several eye bugs patrol back and forth in the air.
If it weren't for the prop given to Yan Yan by the elder, everyone would have been discovered long ago.
"It turns out that it has been hidden under the stone fortress. No wonder no one has found it for all these years!" Someone gritted his teeth and said, obviously having suffered a loss at the hands of Chis.
Yan Yan looked at everyone and said, "Cover me while I charge forward! I can destroy it in one fell swoop! Once we lose the leader, the remaining Chis will be nothing but a pile of loose sand, and we can easily kill them back in the chaos!"
No one objected, even Shou tightened his grip on his weapon.
When everyone suddenly rushed out, it obviously caught Chis off guard.
The senior warriors killed all the Chiss that blocked their way in the front, while the personnel in the rear either provided remote support or used spells to destroy the Chiss's invisibility.
Qiong closed his eyes tightly, sweat oozed from his forehead, and circles of light blue ripples visible to the naked eye spread between his hands. He used rare spiritual magic to silently boost the morale of the people around him.
When Yan Yan shouted angrily and threw the spear with penetrating effect in his hand towards the "brain", everyone's heart was in their throat!
The spear pierced the jumping giant without any hindrance. The flesh ball twitched violently, and the luster on the surface dimmed instantly, and it quickly shriveled up like a deflated skin bag.
However, before anyone could cheer, the cold reality gripped everyone's throat - Chis's actions were not affected at all!
Countless Chiss poured out from the surroundings in an orderly manner. They neither became invisible nor rushed to attack. Instead, they made "hissing" sounds, as if they were mocking.
When the two evil eyes emitting a powerful aura floated silently into the cave, the air in the cave seemed to solidify.
The expression on Yan Yan's face changed dramatically in an instant: from the joy of a successful attack, to the disbelief of astonishment, to the huge shame and anger of discovering that he had been deceived, and finally, all the intense emotions settled into a cold determination that was almost desperate.
He said, "Hun, take the youngsters and run! The rest of you, follow me to stop Qisi!"
(End of this chapter)
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