Starting from Zero

Although the place we met before was near the volcano, it was actually quite far away from the volcano. As we approached, the temperature in the nearby area became higher and higher, and a large number of surface lava flows began to appear on the ground near us. These orange-red lava flows follow the slope of the ground toward the low-lying places at the foot of the mountain like small rivers, and upstream of the lava flow, there is a lava waterfall that gradually increases in size. Except for a few small areas where black rocks can be seen exposed on the top of the mountain, the rest has been completely covered by lava waterfalls.

Wikki pointed at the exposed rock on the mountain and said to me: "As long as you get there, you can see the tunnel entrance."

"I can pass through the pit, but you Is it okay?" I looked at the Wiki and they asked.

Although this place is still some distance away from the top of the mountain, the surrounding temperature has exceeded 60 degrees. Normal people can no longer stay in this place without any protection. In the game, the resistance of the players can resist some high temperature to a certain extent, and the equipment of the players will not lack the Fire Attribute. Therefore, the players are much better than in the real high temperature resistance, but this ability is also limited, at least For most players, lava is still something that must not be touched. If it touches one point, it will cause a large burn. If it falls in, let alone it, even if it is pulled out immediately, it will be dead. Even if the lava area is large enough, or if it is a closed area, ordinary players will start to lose blood as long as they enter this place, and the closer they are to the lava, the faster the blood will be damaged.

The area where we are now is open, and there is not much lava, but even this group of people around have already experienced obvious overheating reactions. All the people in the team looked red abnormally, and they were breathing very fast. Everyone was covered with bright beads of sweat.

"How did you get there last time?" Looking at these seven people, I wonder how they got there before. Probably knowing what I was suspecting, Wikimedia directly took out a kind of red, a strange pill as big as the sugar ball in front of a lollipop and handed it to me. I curiously took a grain and leaned forward to look at it, then turned my head and looked towards Wikipedia and asked him what it was with my eyes.

Wikipedia replied very well: "This is flame candy."

"Flame candy? Is there any other kind of candy?"

Wiki nodded said: "This is a candy made by a very special player here. As long as you eat one, you can have the corresponding effect. The one in my hand is specially designed for fire resistance. Just put the candy in your mouth and put the candy in your mouth. Before it completely melts, you can have a certain degree of fire resistance. It was this thing that we passed through the lava tunnel last time. But the price of this thing is quite expensive, each of us only has six, considering that we may need to use it when we come back. , So you must leave three for preparation, so everyone can only eat three on the way."

"You have not eaten until now, is it because the three support time is not enough to pass the whole Tunnel?"

Wikimedia admits: "In fact, three are just enough, but the passage has changed a bit since we passed the last time. Now it may take a bit of work to pass, so we must Set aside some extra time to deal with emergencies, so we endure that we haven't eaten it until now, and plan to stick to it until we can't eat it."

"Is there really such a candy?" I heard that there are candies with attributes, and I became curious. After thinking about it, it won’t be long anyway. I simply said to the Wiki: "Talk to you about something."

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"Looking back when we come back from there, can you take me to meet the player who made the attribute candy?"

When Wikimedia heard my words, he immediately said: "We used to be For those who plan to level up, if we can arrive safely, we will not be back within a month at least. As for the pastry chef you mentioned, I don’t think we need to lead the way? You just need to find someone in Reykjavik. Ask about the magic pastry chef, the other party must know."

"Is it so famous?"

"Can the candy that can be used as medicine not be famous? Although the price is expensive, it is an attribute. They are better than the medicines in the pharmacy, and the most important thing is that this kind of candy has a long time effect, and it is more useful than the kind of medicine that only lasts for a while. Of course, the taste is really good and true."

I thought about it and snapped my finger to summon Xiaofeng, and then said: "Make another deal with you. Anyway, everyone used to consume three Flaming Candies along the way, and this one of mine The familiar can give you additional fire protection, so that your candy will be saved. As long as each of you give me two, I will ask her to help you protect, so that each of you can save one more when you come back. Use it, right?"

When they heard that there was fire protection, they agreed without even thinking about it. After all, the price of buying only six candies at a time must be quite exaggerated, otherwise they would not only buy that, so even if they can produce one, they will make a profit. Therefore, these people agreed with me without the slightest hesitation. Of course, there are two other benefits of trading with me, that is, safety and comfort.

They are worried that the flame candy will not have enough time, so they have not dared to eat it until now, but the surrounding temperature is actually quite hot, but it hasn't reached the point where it can cause a drop in health. However, it's like not blowing on the air conditioner in the summer, but people still like it. No one wants to endure the high temperature here for no reason, so it is obviously more cost-effective to get fire resistance earlier. As for safety issues, it is naturally because we have to protect against fire for longer than medicines. After all, my familiars can add protection to them at any time on the way, so the time limit does not exist. In this case, even halfway because If anything is delayed, you don't have to worry about being roasted alive beyond the time limit of the candy.

Wikimedia, they agreed to my request and immediately each gave me two candies, while Xiaofeng immediately added the anti-fire Formation to all of this group, and immediately felt all over her body. It was cool, just like Great Xia ran from the road under the scorching sun into a shop with air-conditioning on the side of the road. It really felt refreshing from the bones.

While they felt the refreshing pleasure at Wikipedia, I threw a candy in my mouth. The flame candy, which is very expensive to them, may not be as expensive to me, so I just threw one in my mouth without saving.

Although I don’t care about the money, of course I am not eager to eat this kind of flame candy to understand the gluttony. Although I am interested in food and other things, I am not so greedy. The main reason why I was eager to try it was that I wanted to know the specific effect of this thing, and the taste was second. As a brand-new profession category, if this profession that can make attribute candy can become the strength of our guild, I believe it will still have a great significance to our guild. Of course, the premise is that this thing is really effective.

The first thing that candy enters the mouth is not the attribute, but the taste. A sweet watermelon scent filled the mouth suddenly, the cool and refreshing feeling was really intoxicating. In fact, the effect I tasted like this is far from the comfort of ordinary players, mainly because my fire resistance is too scary, even if I stand in such a lava place, I don’t feel the slightest heat, and because I am not hot, So eating this candy that looks like an iced watermelon is not so exaggerated. If it’s an average player who is being roasted by the heat, he suddenly eats a candy of this type, and the surrounding temperature instantly drops to normal. At the same time, the ice-cold watermelon-like sweetness in his mouth spreads, that kind of huge Contrast stimulation can definitely capture a lot of taste animals.

I have to say that just the taste alone, this thing is already a very good food. As for the attribute...I just finished feeling the taste here, and the attribute is already in effect, but also because my fire resistance is too high, I can't feel the attribute change at all. I can only see the number change in the attribute list. This thing really increased my fire resistance.

"How? It tastes good, right?" Wikipedia asked when I saw me eating a candy.

I nodded and said: "It's really good, it seems necessary to meet this great pastry chef. But before that, let's get things done here first."

"Oh, of course. Let's go up the mountain first."

Like most mountains, the bottom of the volcano is relatively flat, and the steeper it goes up, we were still Going up the mountain, I was almost climbing with both hands and feet. Fortunately, the wall of this volcano is not very smooth, and there are many protrusions on it, so it is not as exaggerated as the cliffs climbed by those rock climbers seen on TV. The rock wall in this place looks like a one. The messy steps are piled up together. Although the steps are steep and the chaos is not regular, it is always able to stand up. As long as a little attention is paid, it is not a big problem.

In fact, if it weren’t for the presence of the next few people, I could fly up by myself. After all, I’m not afraid of lava, so it’s okay even if it gets sprayed, but the protective Formation on their bodies can only isolate the high temperature. You can still get injured if you are directly touched by lava, so we can only climb up on foot for their safety.

In fact, as long as you are not afraid of high temperatures, the top of the volcanic crater is not as dangerous as you think. When at the foot of the mountain, we should pay attention to the lava flow on the ground and the lava balls that fall from time to time in the sky. These lava balls are small clusters of lava that are stripped from the main jet by the lava erupted by the volcanic crater. Although it is a small group, it is relative to the main lava column. In fact, the large lava groups can be more than one meter in diameter, and the small ones are as big as a basketball. They will be cooled by air in the air, and then form a hard rock crust. As the inertia is exhausted, the lava masses that have condensed the rock crust will fall from high altitude. When they hit the ground, they will be like eggs falling upstairs. Usually it shatters in an instant, and then the lava that hasn't cooled inside will scatter in all directions, just like a bomb.

Because of these falling lava bombs, our journey at the foot of the mountain is actually not safe at all. If it weren’t for the fact that I used magic missiles to detonate the lava mass aimed at us in the air in advance, I guess Just as far as the section of the road is going up the mountain, someone has to be recruited. But at the top of the mountain, this problem disappeared. Because the height of the lava jet is exaggerated, the flying lava mass will not be too close to the jet port after landing. Therefore, the closer it is, the less it will be hit by the lava bomb. Just beware of the high temperature emitted from the lava pillar.

In reality, you are absolutely impossible to have the opportunity to stand next to the erupting volcanic crater and experience the formidable power of the volcanic eruption. In the game, as long as the attribute is high enough, this is not a problem. In the past, although I often encountered mission scenes such as volcanoes or lava crypts, but to be honest, this was the first time I saw the erupting volcano.

I didn’t think there was anything from standing far away. As we got closer to the volcanic crater, this horrible Heaven and Earth Might became more and more terrifying. Standing at the volcanic crater at this time, the feeling of heaven falls and earth rends is the acceleration of the heartbeat that even I can't control. Less than five meters away in front of me is a volcanic column of lava. The super high pressure makes the lava shoot directly into the sky like a water column fired by a high-pressure water cannon. Of course, the impossible high-pressure water cannon has a diameter of 38 meters, and this volcanic crater It's so big.

Because the speed of lava is very fast, it looks like a high-speed train passing in front of you at close range. The difference is that the lava column moves from the bottom up, and it It is bright orange red with a deafening rumbling sound. No, this can’t be simply said to be a rumbling sound, because the ground and my internal organs are being driven by this terrifying shock, and they are trembling together. The vibration amplitude on the ground is at least the earthquake level of Level 13 or above. I sit on a trampoline. It's impossible to shake so much.

At this time, Wiki and I can't talk to each other at all. The voices are too loud, even if they are shouting against each other's ears, they can't hear them at all. In fact, in order to protect their ears, they blocked their ears with special protective plugs on the mountainside according to the order of Wiki, and I closed the helmet of the dragon soul suit and opened the sound barrier, although My helmet is not a special anti-sound wave, but I have to say that the dragon soul suit is too high level, so even if it is not special, it is many times better than those earplugs. After the sound wave shielding is activated, the ears are finally cleaned up. Although the rumbling noise can still be heard, at least it will not cause ear pain.

Because we can’t communicate with voice, we are now using gestures to express meaning. When it’s not possible, I will use Phantom to help you connect to the mental network, but this is more troublesome, and because of Volcanic Crater’s Fire Element Too active, so that the use of the mind system spell has been greatly affected, not to mention the soaring consumption of magic power, the communication quality is not as good as the walkie-talkie, the noise is big and scary.

"Is it there?" Standing on the volcanic crater, I felt the formidable power of the volcanic eruption at close range. After that, I took Wikimedia’s hand and pulled him up, while communicating with his spirit through the phantom. .

When Wikipedia heard what I said, he looked at the direction of my finger, and then nodded and said: "It's there."

Actually, I was pointing at a distance from us It's not far, the straight-line distance is at most seven or eight meters, but we are impossible to pass through the lava and can only go around the edge. Moving in such a place is not a simple matter. On our left is the volcanic crater. Although the erupted lava is more than five meters away from the outer wall of the volcanic crater, it is not a vacuum zone between the lava and the mountain wall, but Full of high-speed erupting air currents. Although I haven't tested the speed of the airflow, I don't doubt that if I jump in, I will be blown away because I accidentally kicked a rock in, and then the rock went up into the sky like a cannonball. . Our right side is outside the mountain. Although there is no high-speed airflow, it is not safe. After all, it is quite steep. If you accidentally fall down, you can surely burn to death even if you fall into the lava.

Fortunately, I have a dragon's tendon. Of course, Wikipedia also knows that it is best to take a rope for mountaineering, but what kind of rope do you think can be used at a high temperature of nearly a thousand degrees? Before, they used anti-fire candy to survive the high temperature, but the rope couldn't eat sugar, so they didn't bring it when they knew it was useless. But it’s okay when I come here. The dragon's tendons are my equipment. It is not afraid of fire. At least the temperature of the lava will not affect it. With Longjinsuo, I can string everyone together, so that even if one or two people stumble, others can hold them.

After carefully moving to the hole I saw before, I had to connect to the wiki again. "How did you get down?"

The edge of the volcanic crater we are standing on is still more than three meters high from the hole below. This height is not a big problem even in reality, but it is a problem. It's the hole inside the volcanic crater. Although it is still three or four meters away from the erupting lava, what should be done with the surrounding air currents? We just jump in like this and will never fall down, but will be blown to the sky immediately.

Although Wiki's answer surprised me, I have to say that their solution is the most reliable solution under their conditions.

The way they enter the Wiki is to wait. According to them, the activity of this volcano is very regular, erupting once every four days, and the eruption time is accurate to the hour, with an error of no more than one hour before and after. The duration of each eruption is about three hours and thirty-seven minutes, and the before and after error is no more than ten minutes. Because the eruption time is very accurate, the eruption time can be calculated manually. Whenever the eruption ends, the last trace of lava is shot into the sky, and then the volcanic crater will end the eruption within five seconds. At this time, all the air currents and lava will disappear, and the lava shot in the sky will be about seventeen. Falling down after a second, there is an interval of about twelve seconds in between, and the average person's reaction speed is about one second, so there is almost ten seconds to jump down the three-meter height, and then go into the cave. Usually this series of actions can be completed in five to six seconds, so time is not a problem at all. As long as you don't make mistakes, it is still a safer way to enter.

"How long is this eruption?" After hearing the solution, I asked.

Wikipedia looked at the time and said: "About forty minutes to fifty minutes."

I thought about it and still think it’s a waste of time to wait here, so With a snap of my fingers, Ivorite appeared directly beside me. Informed Wiki that they would not resist, and then I let Iverite become armored and attached to Wikimedia's body, and then rely on Iverite's limbs turned into mace to climb into the cave like a gecko along the rock wall.

Compared with ours, Ivorite’s shape can be adjusted by itself, so the streamlined shell helps reduce wind resistance, and his barbed limbs can be inserted into the rock. , Relying on its own powerful force to resist the upward force of the airflow, so that you can forcibly drill into the cave in the high-pressure steam that erupts. Of course, the premise of all this is that Ivorite is not afraid of high temperatures. After all, the high-speed airflow that erupts is water vapor from the lava. The temperature of the thing can definitely steam people in an instant, except for Ivorite. Few people can withstand this temperature. Of course, giant dragon and Phoenix are definitely not afraid of this kind of high temperature. For Lucky and Plague, this kind of temperature is just a sauna. But considering their size, I gave up the idea of ​​letting lucky them help. If he is forced to enter the ejection zone with a lucky volume, even if he has a lot of strength and can grab the rock, but with such a large ascent force, it is estimated that the rock he grabbed will eventually be pulled up to the sky. In comparison, it is still dependent. Fleet is much more reliable.

After the wiki was sent into the passage, Ivorite automatically disintegrated and crawled out again, and then brought people down one by one. As for me, I don’t have to be so troublesome and cover the eternity on my fingers and toes. I formed a grappling hook on the top, and then used wings to form a fairing on the back to reduce wind resistance. I just climbed in directly because I was not afraid of the high temperature.

Although it was troublesome to hack it over and over again, it was not slow at all. It only took him more than two minutes to get in. After everyone entered the cave, Wikipedia took the lead and walked down. I walked behind Wikipedia, so that it would not affect him to lead the way, and I could exchange places with him immediately when in danger.

There is a magical barrier at the entrance of this cave, which shows that this passage is not formed naturally, at least it has been processed artificially. After entering the entrance, the downward passage also has obvious artificial marks, because the descending spiral ladder is too regular, and there is obviously a strengthening array on the wall of the cave. It seems to be absorbing the surrounding Fire Element as the driving force, which in turn strengthens the hardness of the wall to prevent The cave was destroyed by volcanic lava.

Follow the spiral staircase all the way down to at least a few kilometers underground, and then the passage changes from a vertical state to a horizontal passage, but the horizontal passage here is obviously natural, because here is simply one Lava tubes, the ground and surrounding walls have obvious traces of lava condensed. In addition, we also found a lot of volcanic rocks in the passage. The structure of this volcanic stone is similar to that of opal, but it is not a kind of thing. It is neither expensive nor useful. It is basically nothing special except that the surface is smooth and translucent, which is pretty.

"Is this the tunnel that leads to the seabed?" I was born and asked after we all entered the lateral passage. There is no rumbling sound anymore. Although there is a large lava river flowing in the middle of the passage, our position is in the upper part of the passage. There is a protruding platform along the wall, like a spiral staircase, although It's narrow, but it's okay to walk normally, and the temperature is still very high, so it's basically safe.

After I asked the question, Wiki pointed out a direction and said: "If you go in that direction, you can reach seabed. I don’t know where the other is reversed. We are about ten times forward from here. The distance of several kilometers is the Safety Sector, except for the high temperature, there is no danger. The problematic part is in the front, and you will understand it when you wait."

"That means we can rest assured now. Go boldly for more than ten kilometers, right?"

Wiki nodded and said: "Yes, but we had better hurry, otherwise there will be a lot of time delay on the road."

"Don't worry about this, since there is no danger, the speed must be guaranteed. But is this passage always so wide?" My thought is that summon took us to swim directly through the lava river. Anyway, giant dragons can bathe in lava, so letting them lava is the same as we enter the hot pool of the bathhouse. There is no threat at all. Moreover, because the direction we are going is also the direction of the lava flow, if you swim through the lava, it is equivalent to downstream, and the speed must be much faster than walking. Of course, the summon bird is the fastest, but it is a pity that the bird is not heat-resistant, and there are too many people.

When I heard my question, Wiki directly shook his head and said: "No, the thinnest part of our passage will gradually widen in front, and finally it will become a space three or four times the size of here."

"As long as it doesn't become narrow, it's fine." After I finished speaking, I jumped out without any luck. It’s probably been a long time since I took a shower. Lucky seems to be very excited. I rushed out of the void and crashed into the lava with a bang, scared me to quickly support the protective shield to block the splashing lava. Although I am not afraid of lava, but the latter are more delicate, I don't want this kind of meaningless accidental injury.

The luck of drilling into the lava turned over and soaked the whole body in the lava. Then he lifted his head and drilled out his face and said: "This kind of sulfur smells better. It feels like home."

"If my house smells like this, I would rather move." I said and said: "Okay, you are almost done washing, come up and help us take a while, don't roll around. ."

"Understood, I am here."

Fortunately, he finally floated up obediently, and then spread the wings and put the edge on the rock platform on which we stood, and we directly Sliding along his wings onto his back, and then lucky enough to retract the wings and start swimming forward.

Although I often ride around on lucky, it’s the first time for Wikipedia and the others to ride a dragon. They are obviously a bit over-excited, especially the three youngest in the team. Simply can’t sit still and run for a while. Go to Lucky Tail and observe Lucky's swinging big tail. After a while, he ran to his neck and tried to climb up Lucky's head. Unfortunately, Lucky flicked his neck and almost fell into the lava.

I saw those three guys so excited, so I had to persuade me: "Don't climb on top of him. Dragon Clan is very proud. Even if he takes people to fly, he uses his claws to fly. It’s rare for you to carry people on your back. Today is because of special circumstances. You are here. It’s the pride of Dragon Clan on the head. Other than my master, no one else can touch it."

The three guys over there finally calmed down when I said this. During the following journey, I started to ask about Duludu City. Wiki also knew everything. Just when I felt I had almost understood it, luck suddenly told us that the flow rate of lava was accelerating, and Wiki immediately told me that we were close to that problematic area.

According to Wiki's suggestion, we put away the luck, we restarted walking ashore, and after walking for a while, we arrived at the so-called problem area. When that area entered my line of sight, I was stunned by the sight in front of me. I have to say that I didn't expect to encounter this situation before. It's no wonder that Wiki has never said what's going on here before. It turns out that he can't find words to describe the scene in front of him. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)