After only one night's rest, the next morning, "Yakou village" selected more than 40 elite members and formed a hunting team with Liu Yu, who came to help. Through the cave entrance behind the village and a narrow stone path, they entered the labyrinth of "Xuelin cave".
Below the vast "vast ice and snow forest" is a whole group of underground caves, like hollowed out giant ant nests. Large and small caves are connected by narrow roads and stone caves like cobwebs.
Some caves are as big as a boundless jungle, while others are as small as a few earth houses.
The underground caves are divided into four layers. The temperature near the surface is very cold, which is called "ice cave layer". The cold wind is poured into the caves from unknown places. There is solid ice between the tunnel walls, and there are few trees in the tunnels and caves.
A large number of minerals originally contained on the surface have been exploited endlessly for thousands of years through countless underground adventures, and the mineral resources have long been exhausted.
However, with good luck in the ice cave layer, we can still hunt all kinds of spirit animals, such as snow deer, sable, wind beaver and other spirit animals living on the snow forest ground.
If the weather is too bad, such as a snowstorm or being chased by hunters, these spirit beasts will take refuge in underground caves.
There are also fierce beasts such as winter bears, cave tigers and snow wolves, who like to hide in remote caves to sleep. Even Raptors such as golden eagles, snow pelicans and cloud piercing eagles will go to the caves to take shelter from the wind if the wind and snow is too heavy.
"Yakou village" hunting team, the goal of this trip is the two fire plasma Python in the underground "Yan cave layer", did not stop more in the "ice cave layer", and the party quickly moved forward in the dark and cold curved mine cave under the guidance of "violent bear", the hunting leader of Yakou village.
We pass by caves, large and small. Some of these caves are rocky and have no vitality. Some stone walls and stones are covered with moss, and some walls are suspended with layers of ice.
The sound of "Da, Da" made by people when they were walking was particularly loud and spread far away in the open mine.
In the meantime, they also met a small group of snow wolves and killed several of them. They didn't chase other fleeing snow wolves deeply. If they were normal, they would try their best to chase the shop. More than a dozen tall snow wolves are a rich hunting goods.
About an hour or two later, there began to be some vitality between the mines and grottoes. In addition to the mottled moss covering the stone walls, various mushrooms began to grow on the ground and among the rubble, and the temperature also increased significantly.
Some nameless fungi on the stone wall emit various light glittering lights, which illuminate the dark mine caves and caves, glittering and very gorgeous.
Listening to Yinhu's introduction, they have reached the "mystery cave layer" of the underground caves. Compared with the ice cave layer, the mystery cave layer appears vibrant. The lower it goes, the higher the temperature, and the more types and numbers of vegetation in the mine caves and caves.
First there are bushes, then there are small trees. From time to time, spirit animals such as rats, roe deer and minks flash through low trees or rubble.
The "mystery cave layer" is between the ice cave layer and the inflammatory cave layer, with moderate humidity and temperature. Some large caves are like dense jungles, growing all kinds of rare spiritual materials and a large number of spiritual animals. It is a paradise for "adventure servants".
As its name suggests, the large and small mines are in a maze, a huge underground world where opportunities and risks coexist.
The "mystery cave layer" has a huge span. From entering the mystery cave layer to reaching the lower "Yan cave layer", it takes two to three days to walk alone. In addition to the seven turns and eight turns of the layers of mining caves, and the fork roads are like cobwebs, we can also see how deep the "snow forest cave" is.
You should know that in addition to the "inflammatory cave layer", there is also the lowest "ghost cave layer", which is also called the dangerous area of "ghost cave abyss" by underground adventure servants.
It would be lucky if you could find an exit, get out of the labyrinth of this fork road and return to the ground without the guidance of experienced old servants and rush into the "underground cave", not to mention hunting spirit animals, digging and mining minerals and spiritual materials.
Every year, I don't know how many reckless young servants full of vision and whim are lost in this intertwined underground cave, or starve to death, or die in the mouth of fierce animals under the ground, or are killed in a corner of the cave.
The group of people ran for most of the day in caves of different sizes with different landforms, such as narrow and wide, disordered forks, green and luxuriant deep forests, jagged and empty rocky barren mountains, etc.
In the meantime, I also met no less than other adventurous servants hunting in the cave. There are extremely cautious independent walkers, an elite team of three or five people, and a gang of servants composed of more than a dozen people and dozens of people like Liu Yu.
After meeting, the lone Walker dodged from a distance. A small group of several people either stopped to wait and see, or took the initiative to detour and let Liu Yu and his party pass first.
When meeting a group of servants composed of dozens of people, if they have familiar faces, the hunting leader "violent bear" will take the initiative to say hello. If they are all strange faces, "violent bear" will take the people to make way, or both sides will look at each other at a certain distance.
For these servants who have been living in underground caves and experienced in exploration for many years, the fierce animals hidden underground are not terrible, but other adventure servants hiding in the dark.
"The two Taoist friends went to the" Xuelin cave "for the first time. They must be tired after walking for a day. They are going to heisong stronghold in front. We will stay there for one night today and go on our way tomorrow!"
When people came to a huge cave with luxuriant branches and leaves and ancient wood forest landform, the hunting leader of Yakou village, "violent bear", a rough looking, crazy, bearded blond man said with a smile.
"The underground cave is too big. The mines and grottoes are so big that they are discredited. They can't tell the southeast from the northwest. The itinerary is arranged by the Taoist friends!" after seven turns and eight turns a day, Liu Yu fainted and sighed.
"Ha ha, Taoist friends, don't worry! When you arrive at heisong stronghold, please have a drink. The" Luxiang roast pig "there is unique." silver fox smiled, looked at the tall oak trees in front and said with nostalgia.
Silver fox hasn't been to the cave in person for a long time, but he still clearly remembers the corners of the underground area around "fat pig ridge", the forks and thousands of large and small caves and grottoes in his mind.
This is his hometown, and his hard wandering figure is left in every corner. The career of "servant" is both dangerous and full of passion, which makes Yinhu vividly remember today.
"Oh! You should have a good taste!" Xuanshan, who was so depressed and dizzy, regained his spirit after hearing this.
Two quarters of an hour later, the party came to a wooden stockade deep in the dense forest. The stockade was small. Two narrow roads in the center crossed to form a curved cross street.
Beside the street, there are many wooden two-story buildings such as lingcai shop, Fudian and tavern, of which the most are taverns. At a glance, there are wine flags on both sides of the street.
The streets of "heisong village" are bustling with people. A large number of adventure servants wandering in underground caves will come here to rest, also known as "heisong post station".
The reason why it is called "post station" is that there is a "servant branch" at the crossroads where servants can pick up various tasks.
There are both zongmen collection tasks released by the "Winter Water Alliance" and employment tasks released by servants, but the reward is spirit stone, and there is no external contribution point. The "Winter Water Alliance" restricts the private circulation of external contribution points to avoid loopholes.
According to Yinhu, there are thousands of "post stations" in the whole underground cave, forming a complete network of servants under the ground,
It not only points out the general direction and provides a resting place for the tens of millions of servants who take risks in the grottoes, but also brings endless benefits to the "Winter Water Alliance".
"You stupid bear finally appeared. I thought you died on the belly of some woman." when the violent bear took his party into a tavern called "fat pig", a squat Beidi man with a big belly greeted the violent bear, gave him a hug and said exaggeratedly.
"Fuck you! Sir, I'm fierce. Unlike you fat pig, I'm afraid it's hard to climb to bed. Come on, bring all the good wine and meat. I've been hungry all day!" the violent bear pushed away the pudgy boss and scolded with a smile.
"This is not the" silver fox "brother! Please come inside quickly!" the pudgy boss saw the silver fox and said warmly.
"Brother Ollie, you're all right!" silver fox politely replied. He used to eat and drink in this pub when he wandered in the grottoes. At that time, the boss Ollie was still a handsome boy. Now he's too fat to walk.
"Sit inside quickly! There is a seat in it!" the short and fat boss laughed happily.
"Boss, it's the" Yakou village "Gang!" when the violent bear and his party entered the tavern, a table of fierce men sitting in the corner looked over one after another when they heard the news. One of them, a tall thin man with black hair and red eyes, said to the blonde man.
"Silver fox"! "The golden haired man sitting on the innermost side was burly, dressed in a black animal skin cloak, his upper body was naked, and a ferocious claw mark almost occupied the whole chest.
The whole man looked very tough. At this time, the blonde man clenched his teeth and stared at the silver fox talking and laughing with the pudgy boss, as if he wanted to eat the silver fox alive.