mtl008 Chapter 236 Underground Swamp
Chapter 236 Underground Swamp
Near the swamp in the main world.
Shi Qian's clone number four had already spotted the swamp on its minimap.
He had been to this place before, when he went to the swamp to fight slimes and get skills.
That's the direction we were heading back then.
After thinking it over, Shi Qian decided to burrow underground to get there.
However, with the "landmarks" of the jungle, he has now become somewhat wary of this.
The main concern is whether the underground of the swamp might have tipped off the eleven years or something.
If it were just about tipping someone off, that wouldn't be so bad. What he fears more is having his real-time status known and being able to plan a response in advance.
and...
Shi Qian also suspects that the "observer" mentioned in the story of the evil spirits is closely related to the swamp.
After all, the last observer-like figure, Feng Ningqiming, was transformed from a swamp...
They might even be able to manipulate the observers.
However, according to Lian'e, he could actually sense those observers just like he could sense Feng Ningqiming.
However, they should also realize, just like Zero Nine, that they have been targeted.
"Tsk...troublesome..."
However, when Shi Qian was underground, he discovered an unexpected surprise.
"A two-block-high path, wide enough for people to walk on?"
"This direction... is it that guild in the plains?"
Shi Qian checked his minimap and confirmed the coordinates, finding that he had indeed come from that direction.
The thought that he had let Feng Ning escape made him feel a little regretful.
They should have listened to their predecessors on the internet in their original world and wiped them out completely.
However, Shi Qian had actually considered this possibility when he let Feng Ning leave.
After all, a person's eyes can reveal a lot.
At that time, Shi Qian, sitting on the throne, saw Feng Ning's expression clearly.
He genuinely couldn't understand how someone could play games to this extent...
If all else fails, I might as well pick a good day and smash my head against his staff to my death.
Anyway, I didn't feel any pain...
However, right now, the swamp is clearly more important.
Shi Qian simply followed the passage that Feng Ning had dug earlier to the swamp.
After all, judging from the time and place, Feng Ning must have encountered something in the swamp to become in that observer-like state.
Only then would they have the opportunity to call Qi Ming over as well, to be reformed together, and then leave Qi Ming behind as a target for themselves.
Tsk, that's really cold-blooded.
If I remember correctly, when I used an invisibility potion to eavesdrop on their guild, Feng Ning had already started abandoning his friends.
His friend must have really run away; I didn't see him during the guild war.
Running away is fine, but getting stuck with someone like this is definitely not a good thing...
Shi Qian didn't walk for long before he reached the end.
However, he had burrowed underground, so he didn't go back to the surface at this moment.
Instead, they started to walk around and see if there was anything nearby.
After all, the ground is full of swamp-specific monsters, who might all be subordinates of Eleven Years...
That would be absolutely no fun.
His radar detected monsters on the ground, but the monsters didn't seem to sense anything amiss and continued to move around normally.
But Shi Qian will not let his guard down.
Because the world situation is clearly no longer within his control.
It's possible that someone might be eleven years away from you, and that they happen to be looking at you.
Thinking of this, Shi Qian gave up wandering and chose to leap forward instead.
This makes you run faster.
Not long after he was underground, he sensed a new group of biological entities.
They immediately began to move in that direction.
He wasn't worried about the fact that he still had another clone in the main world.
Because the body can be directly retracted, there's no need to worry about being trapped.
Unfortunately, the ability to reclaim clones can only be used within the same dimension; it is not allowed to exist across dimensions.
Underground in the swamp, Shi Qian easily reached directly above them.
Based on the information from the radar's biological entity model, almost all the creatures moving around here are witches.
The remaining creatures were all gathered together, rising and falling, presumably in the water.
Based on the biological location, Shi Qian found an area that was relatively close to them but had the fewest organisms for observation.
Stay in the bottommost, outermost square; this way, you won't lose your attached state and you can still see everyone's movements.
Most of those gathered together were monsters, while the rest were common animals such as pigs, cows, sheep, and chickens.
Shi Qian was initially curious about what was going on.
But time quickly provided him with the answer.
He witnessed firsthand how a pool of little white creatures, or skeleton archers, transformed into swamp skeletons in an unknown, black liquid in the green landscape.
He now understands why...
Why can things that don't belong to this version appear in this place...?
However, the transformation is not absolute. Of the pool of about thirty little whitebait, about four or five remained unchanged.
Shiro and the swamp skeleton were separated and pulled into an enclosed fence.
The remaining swamp remains, their bodies drained of water by some unknown means, fell to the ground, and were then led forward in a line by the witch.
Shi Qian glanced at Xiao Bai, who was still standing there, and after thinking for a moment, followed the swamp.
After all, these novices are here as failed experiments; they either have to be destroyed or soaked in the green water for another round of transformation.
Compared to Xiaobai and the other creatures that remained, Shi Qian was more curious about what the swamp skeletons that were taken away would experience.
After all, there weren't many witches watching over the other strangely colored pools, so it was clear that there wasn't enough time yet.
The pool with green water was filled with water again after all the swamp remains had been removed.
The witch in charge of releasing the water ignored the newbies and left to attend to other matters.
Seeing that Numaguchi was about to leave his sight, Shi Qian immediately followed, afraid that he would miss this crucial information if he walked too slowly.
On the other side of the underground city, far from Shi Qian, in that dark room devoid of light.
A witch is kneeling and reporting on the progress of all recent events.
The longer the witch stayed there, the more pumpkin lanterns lit up in the room.
However, they stopped at five lamps and did not continue.
"Your Majesty, this is the progress of the mission."
"Um..."
The voice, which was always hollow, remained as unreal as ever.
"Oh, right, Wang, there's one more thing, a message from an observer."
"Really?"
The witch who reported this was clearly much more composed than all her predecessors, and was not trembling with fear.
"A massive data stream occurred in the Black Forest not long ago, but we didn't have time to capture the information..."