Chapter 749: Ice Cave
The sky was shrouded in a hazy mist, and the eye could only see two or three meters in front of him. The parched ground was full of cracks, and there was not a trace of moisture to be felt. The plants you occasionally see are dead trees and hay that are dead and don't see any moisture.
"Roar!" In the mist, several tiger-looking creatures with strange green meat balls on their heads, backs, and stomachs, and several small holes at the top of the meat balls were constantly spraying poisonous gas, surrounding Jia Zhengjin and Olivia.
"Punishment!"
"Xuanbing Sword Qi!"
Jia Zhengjin didn't let Olivia make a move, but directly held the shield as a meat shield. As these monsters continue to attack, they activate the passive attack skills attached to the equipment one after another. In a few moments, knock them out completely.
【System】You have killed the Plague Spreader and gained 3,000 XP!
You killed the Plague Spreader......
The strange creatures that were killed along the way were all called Plague Spreaders. It's just that the experience points vary according to the strength of the creatures encountered.
At the same time, these plague spreaders did not have any loot, and this alone made Jia Zhengjin feel depressed.
The Plaguelands is indeed a very dangerous place, walking from the border bridge, along the way, three steps and one encounter, two steps and one block. Although for Jia Zhengjin and Olivia, the difficulty of these monsters is relatively low, they can be easily defended by relying on equipment attributes alone, and they can be easily counter-killed through passive attack skills. But for ordinary adventurers, it's quite a terrifying existence!
In the fog, you can't see the distance at all, and you can only make out the path of the ground by a short distance that you can see.
After walking for several hours, the fog did not dissipate, and it remained in this state.
Fortunately, Jia Zhengjin can check the specific coordinates of the Cold Ice Cave from the virtual map, so he will not go in the wrong direction.
Although the map is pitch black, with only a small area visible from the path traveled, there is no obstacle to finding the Ice Cave. At best, the terrain makes the road to the Ice Cave quite difficult!
After walking in the fog for a whole day and a night, I made a matchbox room on the side of the road at night and slept in it.
After trekking through mountains and rivers, there is finally only a little distance left from the ice cave.
It is also relatively fortunate that the coordinates of the Ice Cave are not too far from the border, only about 200 kilometers. Well~ Actually, it's not close, two hundred kilometers for ordinary people to break their legs directly.
From the topography, the two have reached a rather steep mountain. And the Ice Cave should be at the top of the mountain.
The surrounding environment changed from a sweltering dry ground to a cold world of ice and snow, and white mist was constantly spewed out of every breath. Fortunately, there are a large number of warm animal skin clothes in the virtual backpack, which protects the whole body, and the two of them at least don't have to shiver.
Even this snow-capped peak is home to many dangerous creatures. Of course, it is meaningless in front of Jia Zhengjin, the Titan Shield is enough to defend against all their attacks, and then the punishment and Xuanbing sword qi can instantly kill these things that are not even demonic beasts.
After a long journey of more than half a day, Jia Zhengjin finally found the location marked on the map with the coordinates of the ice cave.
At the top of the surrounding icicle-strewn peak, in a secluded position near the north, stands a huge ice sculpture.
The ice sculpture was supposed to be human, but in the fog, Jia Zhengjin could only see its feet and a familiar silhouette of the chassis under its feet.
"Master Peyton, ......?" Olivia couldn't help but ask when she saw the huge ice sculpture.
Jia Zhengjin didn't answer, and directly took out the Ice Wheel that he had been carrying from his virtual backpack, and carefully put it into the outline on the turf.
Sure enough, the empty silhouette was used to place the Ice Wheel!
As he placed the Ice Wheel in, the ground suddenly shook. At the same time, the huge ice sculpture began to slowly move to the right. Where the ice sculpture had stood, a large square basement entrance appeared, as well as steps leading to the depths, completely frozen.
【System】You use to open the Ice Cave! The sleeping Ice Spirit is awakened!
【System】The Ice Elf warns you that you will pay the price for coveting its treasures!
Jia Zhengjin didn't care about this, and immediately turned back to Olivia and said, "Keep up! There are ice cubes on the steps, walk slowly!"
"Yes!" Olivia immediately followed, using the Sword of the Holy Angel (pseudo) as a crutch, and followed step by step towards the cavern.
"Whew~" Just a few steps away, a cold wind blew in the face. The two paused, stood on their feet, and continued to move downward.
After walking for more than ten minutes, the smooth and long staircase finally found the end.
Looking back at the almost undetectable exit point, Jia Zhengjin said in his heart that this has reached the center of the mountain, right? Who built such a huge cave? It seems that this step is artificially made, a very powerful project!
However, the cave is also full of fog, and it is irritating to not be able to see farther.
In addition, the further down it goes, the more dark it feels, even if you take out the torch, you can't see the scene three meters away, Jia Zhengjin said that it would be nice if there was an infrared detector, or something that could dispel the fog!
At the end of the stairs, there seems to be a wide stone chamber. On one side of the stone chamber, there is a peculiar waterfall that continues to slope downwards to form a pool of clear water.
But other than that, there was not a single road! The two men had not seen a single door or cave passage for three laps. Not even a single enemy can be seen!
"Master Peyton, there's nothing here!" Olivia whispered to him as she looked around.
"Hmm!" Jia Zhengjin frowned, stretched out his hand and kept groping on the stone wall: "Maybe there is a very hidden mechanism, look for it everywhere! There must be a secret entrance in this cave!"
"Yes!" Olivia immediately took action and went back and forth with Jia Zhengjin to inspect it.
However, after looking for a while, the two of them still found nothing.
"Hell!" There are no mechanisms on the surrounding stone walls, could it be that the ice cave is just such a small space? No! Obviously, the system also prompted just now that the ice and snow elves have woken up! Although I don't know what the ice and snow elves are, they should be similar to the existence of a boss. Since it's a boss, there must be a secret room! As a dungeon, it can't be such a simple small area, and you can't even see a mob!
Where is it? Where are the organs?
Jia Zhengjin continued to circle around the stone chamber, and suddenly his eyes stayed on the bubbling waterfall and pool.
Wow~ If that's the case, the designer is too much! In such a cold environment, do you still have to enter the icy water? You can't dive into the bottom of the pool, right? That would be too bad!