Chapter 2120: Winter Castle Underground

With Joan's cast level of 23, the maximum scanning radius of "Biolocation" can reach 1,320 feet.
After two more "Spell Enhancement" super magic enhancements, it was upgraded to a 6th-level spell, and the scanning limit reached 5280 feet, which was enough to cover every inch of space within the walls of Winterhold.
It stands to reason that as long as Clark is indeed in Winterhold, he will definitely be found by the "biological location technique."
However, the result of this search was still "No such person", but fortunately, Qiao An also found a suspicious detail.
Hundred feet deep in the castle, there is a large area of ​​tunnels that look like a mine pit. A small area seems to be a constant protective barrier such as the "Mage's Chamber", blocking the scanning fluctuations of investigative spells, like a "black box" , There is no way to know what secrets are hidden inside.
Where deliberately concealed, there must be hidden secrets!
Qiao An took out the "navigation compass", checked the three-dimensional structure map of the bottom of the winter castle, and searched along the complicated tunnel section. Sure enough, he found the area shielded by the barrier in the corner of the map, which looked like a dungeon!
"It's getting more and more interesting."
Qiao'an looked at the map, smiled slightly, her eyes shiny.
Driven by curiosity, the young mage quickly photographed a few protective spells on himself, then opened the "any door" and directly transmitted it to the tunnel 100 feet deep underground in the Winter Fort.
Qiao An looked around, and soon noticed that the tunnel was constructed unreasonably.
Under normal circumstances, the geometric section of the tunnel dug by manpower will not maintain the same height. Some sections are wider, some sections are narrower, some walls are smooth, and some walls are uneven. It is faintly visible that the pickaxe is digging. Traces of irregularities.
If the tunnel is excavated using engineering techniques such as "Earth Movement", "Fossil to Mud" or "Jiu Shi", then the construction site will present the other extreme, the walls of the tunnel will show regular geometric features, and the walls will be smooth Like a mirror, like butter cut by a sharp blade.
However, the characteristics of the underground tunnel that Qiao An is currently in are different from the above-mentioned two excavation methods.
First of all, the section of the tunnel is roughly flat and elliptical, with the same width. However, the surrounding walls are not very smooth, especially the ice on the top of the head and the left and right sides, which clearly show streaks, extending straight into the tunnel. , Like scratches with a hot blade.
The scene before him prompted Qiao'an to ask: What method did Winterhold Lord Trim use to dig out a labyrinth of complex tunnels in the deep underground hard ice?
After thinking about it, he thought that the 6th-level spell he had learned not long ago could be used to ask questions.
Qiao An was not in a hurry to hurry, touched the smooth ice wall with his right hand, freed his left hand to make a series of spellcasting gestures, and chanted a spell in a low voice.
"Ondo!"
The complex casting ritual lasted for ten minutes. At last, Qiao An chanted the 6-ring "Stone Words" initiation spell, and the ice wall in front of him shook insignificantly under the influence of the magic net.
"Stone Word" can temporarily activate natural or artificial stone to provide nearby intelligence to the caster. The concept of "stone" is very broad, including any solid minerals or crystals, and the ice blocks that make up the tunnel walls are no exception.
The tremor on the ice lasted for three seconds, after which a fuzzy and old face appeared, and he nodded slightly to Qiao An and sent greetings telepathically:
"Dear Master Master, what's your order?"
"Hello, Mr. Ice, I want to know who made this underground tunnel?"
"The original owner of Winterhold, Trim’s father, first drove the servants to dig tunnels, and then Trim took over. After two generations of continuous expansion for half a century, it formed today’s huge scale. , My lord." Stone answered slowly.
"So who are the servants of the concrete construction?" Qiao An asked next.
"It's a kind of weird bug. Its body is thick and flat, like a huge centipede. Its body is covered with a blue-and-white hard shell. steam."
The face on the ice recalled for a while and continued to tell Qiao An.
"This kind of weird worm is almost 20 feet long, 5 feet wide, and weighs less than 10,000 pounds. When the frost giant finds their nest, they will kill the adults, steal the eggs, place them in a red hearth, hatch them, and then domesticate them. The larva serves as a slave."
"The frost giants drove the worms into the ice cave and ordered them to crawl along the tunnel, melt the ice with the heat radiated by themselves, and form a new tunnel. After years of excavation, this sturdy and huge maze was finally created. ."
"This monster has a pair of huge pincer-like jaws on the head, and a row of spear-like spines on the back. When they crawl in the tunnel, the hot jaws and back spines will sink into the ice wall and scrape out. The straight deep trough is still clearly visible after the ice water has solidified."
Speaking of this, the activated ice cube looked up at the scratches on the ceiling of the tunnel, and then at the scratches that crossed his face. He looked a little uncomfortable. It seemed that the scratches left by the disliked monster destroyed his handsomeness. Appearance.
While listening to the description of activated ice, Qiao An also recalled the "Insect Sub-volume" and "Magic Beast Sub-volume" of "Valez Monster Illustrated Book", and quickly found the giant insect in the description of activated ice. The corresponding species is a worm-shaped magical beast named "Hundred-legged Warcraft".
The physiological structure of this beast is a bit like a "soil worm", with a stove-like supernatural organ growing in its body, which can convert food into heat with extremely high efficiency.
The body temperature of the Hundred-legged beasts is too high, like a red soldering iron, even they themselves are a bit unbearable. They have to find ways to lower their body temperature, such as reducing the intake of food, so that the "fire" in the body reduces the thermal efficiency due to lack of raw materials But to endure starvation.
No creatures like to endure starvation, and the Hundred-legged Warcraft is no exception, so they are more willing to live in the cold area of ​​ice and snow all year round and use the external environment to lower their body temperature.
The snow-covered Tusk Mountain is precisely the favorite habitat of the Hundred-legged Warcraft, but this ferocious monster is not the top predator in the area.
In the food chain of the Fangshan Mountains, Hundred-legged Monsters live above moose, dire wolves, and snow monsters, and occasionally even dared to team up to hunt young white dragons. World of Warcraft also had to bow down.