Chapter 704: Burrowing monster

Detection Target: Caveman Snatch × 4
Health status: discomfort (light allergy)
Threat level: lower
Attributes: Strength 14, Agility 14, Constitution 11, Intelligence 3, Wisdom 14, Charisma 5
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Intelligence is only 3...
"Well, it doesn't look too threatening."
Joan continued to recall the introductory text about "Caveman Snatching" in "The Monster Book of Vales", and suddenly his heart moved. He pulled out his revolver and aimed at a head of a caveman to fire.
Gunshots echoed in the blocked tunnel for a long time.
The howling lead shot hit the caveman's soft body and was bounced off under Joan's watch, causing almost no harm.
"This monster skin is really thick enough!" Audrey raised her eyebrows in wonder.
"Not only is it a problem with the thickness of the skin, the burrowing monsters have a magic shield attached to their surface. It is difficult for ordinary swords and firearms to kill them."
Joan fired that shot just now, the purpose is to test whether the description of the enchanted skin of the cave dweller in The Monster Book is true.
Judging from the results of the test, the records in the illustrated book are rigorous and credible.
"Joan, if I were you, I would shoot a fireball at the group of disgusting big bugs-Boom!"
Holden smiled and gestured "explosion".
"I dare say that it must be more effective than shooting."
"The gods are on! Fortunately, Joan is not you, and he will not be stupid enough to have such a thought of death!"
Compared with the assumed Holden, Hailar has more experience in exploring the underground world. He knows that releasing "fireball" in such an occlusion of space is a taboo for suicide.
"The shock wave caused by the explosion of "Fireball" will shoot us all on the wall. What's more terrible is that the fire will quickly exhaust the air we rely on to breathe!"
"Well, it's true that I didn't think about it."
The young poet touched his nose awkwardly.
"But there are other spells besides "fireball" that can solve these big bugs in one go?"
"Of course there is. In fact, to deal with this moist soft monster, "ice" is more effective than "fire"."
Hailar turned to look at Joan.
"I will cast the spell, or will you come?"
"Come on, your spell slots don't have to be wasted here."
Joan has more spell slots than a single teammate.
Of course, this kind of moment that requires a "violent clearing" should be handled by him.
Joan made a series of spell-casting gestures, and the magic net distributed around him trembles sharply. The magic power turned into pure ice elemental energy, condensing into a pale cyclone in his palm.
"Ringa!"
Joan spit out a startup spell symbolizing "coldness", raised his hand and pushed forward, and extreme cold energy spewed out.
The four cave dwellers across from each other seemed to perceive the danger and wriggled to try to escape.
However, it is too late to run now.
boom!
A circle of shining ice rings exploded violently with the tunnel exit as the origin.
The pale cold current quickly spread to the surroundings, and instantly covered all the four cave dwellers.
The caveman's soft and succulent body was immediately stiffened by the cold, slipped off the stone wall one after another, and fell to the ground, hitting a hard echo.
Hailar and Audrey rushed forward at the same time, wielding their swords and smashing four burrowing monsters frozen by the "frost star".
It was a pity that Joan had no time to stop, and he could only watch the cave dweller being traumatized by two grumpy elders. He didn't even leave him a complete sample for anatomical research.
The burrowing monsters who cleared the road were cleared, and the tunnel exit became unobstructed.
Joan ordered Guru to explore the way first.
Through grunting eyes, Joan found that the space outside the tunnel was wider than he expected.
The huge cave seems to be endless, the upper dome is up to a thousand yards, and the end is not seen at a glance, as if the darkness is shrouded in darkness.
From the rugged and narrow underground tunnel, suddenly broke into the empty dome, Joan could not help but have an illusion, it seems to have returned to the surface world, foot on the ground, overhead sky.
After a brief shock, Joan recovered and took out the "navigation compass" to view the surrounding terrain.
The three-dimensional picture generated by the compass could not completely show the complete picture of the dome connected to the tunnel.
It can be seen that this huge underground hole has exceeded the surveying and mapping limit of the "navigation compass", not less than 3000 square kilometers, just like a small world under the ground!
After carefully comparing the known map of "Dark Territories" provided by Hailar, Joan is convinced that he and his companions are now in the "Sixth District" marked on the map.
The "Sixth District" of the underground world is also known as "Dark Mountains".
According to predecessors' surveying and mapping, there are obvious "stratum separation" features in this area.
Between the upper and lower crust, there is a hollow area with an average thickness of nearly a thousand yards, like a huge hollowed out shell.
The most prominent landform feature of this area is the rolling hills. The map is marked as "Nida Mountains". Due to the lack of light in the underground world, explorers are more accustomed to call it "Dark Mountains".
Joan, where they are at the moment, is on the southern edge of the dark mountains.
Joan didn't know if there were any other explorers who had set foot here before.
Judging from the map alone, this area is completely blank. It can be seen that even if someone has been here, there has been no meticulous mapping of the area.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the'New World'!"
Holden flushed excitedly, raising his arms high.
"We are about to embark on a virgin land that has not been explored by our predecessors. I don't know how many secrets are ahead. We are waiting for us to reveal it. I feel so excited when I think about it!"
"Today is the ninth day of our journey, March 24, a lucky day to remember!"
Hailar is also hard to hide his excitement, and he is eager to calculate: "We still have enough time to explore this unknown area, survey and map, collect ore and biological specimens! As long as we bring the maps and specimens back to the camp safely, we can exchange for large Credits!"
"Audrey, if Arnold knows we have discovered a new area, he will regret to bet you!"
"I hope so."
Audrey was still suffocating, and looked around alertly.
"It's too early to celebrate the harvest. The unknown is often closely linked to the danger. Let's be more careful. Let's try to go safely from here."
The exit of the tunnel where the four people are at the moment is located in the middle of a mountain cliff, above which is a cliff that directly reaches the dome, and at the foot is a bottomless slope.
The is very steep, and the rocky surface is covered with slippery moss, like a natural slide.
Guru can climb steep slopes with barbed hands and feet, and easily descend to the bottom of the slope.
Joan, they don’t have such superb climbing skills. In case of slipping on the soles of their feet, they will be transformed into
human flesh wheels
, and they will roll down all the way to the bottom of the slope. That taste is absolutely uncomfortable!
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