Star Chef Reborn

Qin Fan walked to the edge of the ground, Cheng Xiu put his arms around his (mecha's) waist, jumped up, and the two began to descend steadily, followed by Hou Yin.

The depth of the ground fissure far exceeded Qin Fan's expectations.As they fell, the sky above their heads became farther and farther away, until it almost became a thin line, and they finally stopped.The surrounding air was extremely gloomy and cold, Qin Fan hurriedly raised the temperature inside the mech by 3 degrees under the guidance of Plop.

All three of them turned on the searchlights in front of the mecha, and there were gray-black rocks on both sides of the crack, extending infinitely in two directions.Connected to the ground fissures are many winding and slender tunnels, pointing deeper into the earth's core.

"Which way should we go?" Qin Fan asked.

"These roads lead to the same place, we only need to calculate the fastest path." X was his answer.

"My lord, take the second road on the left!" Plop answered quickly.

"...I figured it out a long time ago, just to explain it to him. Your behavior is really childish." X said.

"Hmph! No matter! I figured it out first!"

Qin Fan was helpless.You two are really naive...

Cheng Xiu walked to the entrance of the tunnel first, looked in with the searchlight, and after confirming that there was no danger, he turned around and nodded to Qin Fan. "Let's go."

The tunnel is too narrow to turn on the flight mode of the mecha, so it can only be walked on foot.Cheng Xiu opened the way in front, Qin Fan followed closely behind him, and Hou Yin walked in the end, sighing from time to time: "Wow, there are so many energy crystals here!"

Indeed it is.The searchlight shines on the cave wall, and the energy crystals embedded in the stone wall reflect the light, like colorful stars, which is very beautiful.

The tunnel stretched all the way down, and the slope was very steep. Qin Fan almost fell several times, and once even bumped into Cheng Xiu.Cheng Xiu helped him up steadily, then turned around and smiled at him. There was no malice, but a very soft feeling.snort!I won't believe you anymore!

The surrounding temperature is getting lower and lower, Qin Fan has adjusted the internal temperature several times, but it is still shivering.But other than that, there was nothing unusual. The surrounding area was very quiet, except for the echoes of the three people's footsteps, there was no other sound.

"Is...is it a little too quiet here?" Qin Fan felt something was wrong.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the underground is like this." Hou Yin said. "I've been to mines where crystals are mined before, and I feel the same way. It's eerie."

No, it's not like that...something must be wrong.

Qin Fan looked around, and with the movement of his body, the signal light on his chest flickered over and over again the various crystals on the cave wall in front of him.He turned his head again and saw the same scene behind him.However, in the dense darkness that the light cannot pierce, it seems that something is about to move.

"Wait a minute." He suddenly stopped Cheng Xiu who was walking in front.

"What's wrong?" Cheng Xiu stopped when he heard the sound.

"Do you feel... something is following us?"

"No." Qin Fan's conjecture was immediately denied by Cheng Xiu, "This mech has a device on it that can detect all heat sources. If there are animals, it is impossible not to prompt."

"No," Plop said suddenly, "the animals on this planet have lived underground for centuries, have mutated, and have a very low body temperature. The heat source detection device will not find them."

It seemed that Cheng Xiu was being refuted in person for the first time. He was obviously taken aback for a moment, and then nodded. "I see."

Qin Fan took off the searchlight on his chest, held it in his hand, and reminded the two people around him. "Pay attention, when my lamp is swaying past, will the last few crystals move?"

After Qin Fan finished speaking, he suddenly raised the searchlight and flickered in the depths.Sure enough, the few crystals at the farthest back receded a lot and hid in the darkness.

"Did you see it?" Qin Fan asked.

"I see, I see," Hou Yin nodded again and again, "Then... what is that?"

"It should be... the eyes of some kind of animal."

"What animal?" Hou Yin was still asking in surprise, but Cheng Xiu's brows were already tightly knit.

"How long have they been with us?"

Qin Fan shook his head. "I don't know, I just discovered it, and there should be one before."

"What?" Hou Yin and Cheng Xiu were stunned this time.

Qin Fan turned the searchlight forward, and sure enough, the same thing happened again.And this time everyone can see clearly that those moving crystals are translucent amber.

Those are... the eyes of the leopard.

"From the very beginning, they have been following us," Qin Fan clenched his lips, "planning to attack us back and forth, and wait until we reach the deepest part of the tunnel before attacking us."

"Then, is it too late for us to quit now?" Hou Yin's voice trembled.Among the three, he is the only one who knows how terrible this interstellar animal is.

"No," Cheng Xiu shook his head, "Once they find us retreating, they will definitely launch an attack in advance. In this way, we will be in a passive position."

"Then what should we do now?" It's useless to be afraid now, Qin Fan settled down and thought about the solution.

"Go ahead," Cheng Xiu narrowed his eyes slightly, "I have an idea."

"What idea?" Qin Fan and Hou Yin asked at the same time.

Cheng Xiu reached out and grabbed a protruding crystal on the cave wall, twisted it hard, and the crystal broke in his hand.Cheng Xiu opened the mech's fuel tank and threw the crystal into it.Qin Fan thought he was going to say that these crystals could be used as fuel, but Cheng Xiu unexpectedly shot at the stone wall.The beam of light formed by the energy crystal burning at high temperature hit the stone wall, and instead of being damaged, the stone wall reflected the light beam.

The moment the trigger was pulled, the beam of light had reflected dozens of times on the stone wall, illuminating the depths of the tunnel.The beasts hiding in the dark were illuminated by the light beams, and they turned out to be two skinny leopards.One of them was hit by the beam and ran away after a howl.

"What's going on here?" Qin Fan was puzzled.Normally stone walls should absorb beams of light, not reflect them.

"The cave walls here contain many elements that are similar to crystals. My lord is aware of the details and thought that the beam of light might not be absorbed~" X was quite proud.

"Hmph, I have to show off this little thing." Qin Fan could almost imagine rolling his eyes.

Cheng Xiu was not complacent this time, and reached out to hold him. "Let's go."

On the way, Cheng Xiu and Hou Yin repeated the steps just now, shooting at the cave walls in the front and rear directions while collecting crystals.It not only illuminates the front and rear roads, but also ensures that beasts do not approach, and at the same time avoids fuel consumption.There are very few crystal impurities in the ground, and the burning effect is even better than the standard crystal fuel of the empire.

Hou Yin was busy shooting and hurrying, observing the movement behind him, as if he didn't notice that they were holding hands at all.

"You're... quite capable," Qin Fan said.

Cheng Xiu turned his head and smiled at him. "It's because you first discovered the little tail following us."

Ah, this feeling of flattering each other!I'm really happy.

A group of people continued to walk in the tunnel. After walking for about ten minutes, there was a faint sound of water ahead.

"Little master!" Plop jumped up happily next to his ear, "The tunnel exit is ahead."

Qin Fan was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but suddenly he heard the roar of a ferocious beast at the same time.Seeing that they were about to walk out of the tunnel, the leopards who flanked them planned to fight to the death and launch an attack!

Two leopards suddenly jumped out in front of them, and Hou Yin immediately shouted: "There is one here too!"

Qin Fan imitated Cheng Xiu and shot at the cave wall, but the leopard seemed to have learned a lesson from the first confrontation just now, and nimbly dodged the refracted beam of light.

But taking advantage of the moment when he shot to illuminate the cave wall, Cheng Xiu fired two shots in a row, killing one of the leopards.One of the shots pierced the frontal bone of the beast, and the blood shot out in all directions in an instant, and one drop even splashed on Qin Fan's goggles.Oh my god, this damn leopard! !Don't you know that my lord is dizzy with blood! !

But the other end was rushing towards Qin Fan, less than three meters away from him, completely exposing himself to the light of the searchlight.

It was the first time for Qin Fan to observe a leopard so closely except in the zoo on the ancient earth.He could clearly see every sharp tusk, every slender beard, and every inch of pattern on its fur.Before he had time to raise his gun, Cheng Xiu, who was standing next to him, suddenly jumped to the front and firmly protected him behind him.

The tall body of the mecha blocked his sight, and for a moment he almost lost his heartbeat, fearing that the mecha in front of him would be torn apart by the beast in the next moment.

After a long second, finally, there was the sound of the beast being hit and its uncontrollably heavy body falling to the ground.

"Your Majesty, are you okay!" Hou Yin had already dealt with the leopard behind him and was about to come to support them.

"I'm fine." Qin Fan panted heavily, the thrilling few seconds just now seemed to last as long as a century. "Hey, are you okay?" He asked Cheng Xiu who was motionless in front of him.

Cheng Xiu turned his head and frowned. He almost thought that something happened, but his mood suddenly tightened again.

Unexpectedly, the man asked in a serious manner: "Leopard meat...you don't have to use it for cooking, do you?"

Maybe you evil gods like to eat leopards, but we humans really don't have such a strong taste... Qin Fan also has a little headache.

"As long as your Majesty is fine, let's move on." Hou Yin said.

When passing the two leopard corpses underground, Cheng Xiu deliberately walked slowly.Qin Fan tried his best not to look at the blood on the ground, but when he glanced at the ground from the corner of his eye, his legs were unavoidably weak, and Cheng Xiu immediately held his hand tightly.

The three of them finally walked out of the tunnel, and what appeared in front of them was a huge bottomless pit.

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Thank you for the mines of the little angel of Jingjing ~ Memoda