Journey to the Rose

After the killing, the city of Maze calmed down. There seemed to be no sound in the hidden bamboo forest, and it was like a trap with a net, waiting for the next group of people to enter.

The bright sunlight shines from the sky to the ground, spreading out layers of dazzling broken gold, and a thin mist forms among the bamboo forests that have only drizzled, adding to the weird atmosphere.

Ruan Xi sighed, thankful that they had escaped here temporarily.

Along the way, he has experienced a lot of high-intensity battles, but this is the first time he has encountered such uninterrupted battles, and his body really can't bear it.He supported his knees and squatted for a while, took a sip of the water Wen Kai handed him, tapped his legs, and recovered after a while.

I don't know what the road ahead is like.

But according to what Wen Kai said, we will reach the north in two or three cities.He believed that with Lu Zhenghe and the others around, everything would be fine by then.

Lu Zhenghe and Ruan Xi were the second batch to go down.

What they didn't expect was that the cave was not a vertical cylinder that could not fall freely, but a slide dug out of the ground, just like the tubular slide that Ruan Xi would play in his childhood.

Relatively speaking, it is a safe channel, but you don't know what you will meet at the bottom.

When he slid to the bottom, he staggered and couldn't stand firmly. He leaned forward and had to lie on Lu Zhenghe's back, but Ruan Xi knew that he was injured, so he subconsciously avoided it, so he turned his weight backwards, couldn't stand firmly, and sat down on his buttocks. On the ground, it was so painful that I couldn't get up for a long time.

Lu Zhenghe didn't fall too embarrassingly, he squatted on the ground, coaxing him and rubbing his ass at the same time.

Ruan Xi was about to cry.

It hurts so much.

His arm also rubbed against the wall of the burrow, the piercing pain burned his brain, his eyes and ears turned red, and he almost couldn't hold back his groans.

When I was a child, I fell down when I was playing on a slide, but no one dared to laugh at him, and no one helped him. The other servants stood outside the railing in the distance, looking at this side with a blank expression, like dead people from the underworld. , I don’t know if I’m watching a kid’s joke.

However, Ruan Xi was also stubborn when he was a child. He would not cry even if he bit his lip.

"Get up," Lu Zhenghe patted the dust on his body, hugging him to coax him, "If someone comes down later, he will hit you."

Ruan Xi nodded and followed him to stand up.

The dungeon is quite different from what he imagined, and Ruan Xi thinks that he can reasonably suspect that there are no rats in it.

There are passages and spaces dug out of the soil all around here, but the height of the ceiling is only three meters, and the sense of oppression is very strong, and the top seems to be likely to collapse at any time.

On the walls made of pressed soil, there are brighter candle lamps inlaid, and some murals painted with oil paint, with an ancient and mysterious religious atmosphere.

There are steps, roads, and creeks flowing under their feet, but they all seem to be dug by hand.

There was a pungent smell of wood decay, moldy water, and damp soil in the air.

All the people who fell off the "slide" were covered in mud, as if they were covered with paint, and they had no time or conditions to clean, so they had to simply pat their bodies and continue to explore the way forward.

The smell of blood and mud mixed together, like an invisible hand strangling Ruan Xi's throat, he was about to suffocate.

For the first time, he felt how painful it was to be in a confined space without air circulation. A viscous liquid seemed to be secreted from his body, making him sink endlessly underground.

It seems that so far, it is more appropriate to say that it is a dungeon than an "underground palace".

Wen Kai couldn't take out the map of the dungeon anymore. Looking at the cramped environment with his eyes, he was momentarily at a loss as to where to go.

Ruan Xi recalled what happened in the last city, and worried: "Will there be aborigines here who want to kill us?"

"Not for the time being, this place is not suitable for living, few people survive, and there are very few aborigines." After thinking for a while, Wen Kai said out of breath, "Because of environmental constraints, they also advocate force, but what they advocate is fighting , hand-to-hand combat! We have guns, so we are not afraid."

Ruan Xi's eyes regained some spirit: "Melee combat?"

Wen Kai nodded: "Yes. Like Maze City, they have more alpha."

Li Shen couldn't help complaining: "There are more alphas everywhere, okay?"

"Cough cough..."

Ruan Xi coughed several times, feeling uncomfortable with the inhalation of humid air.The wound on the arm was more than ten centimeters long, and the pain became more sensitive in this environment.

The sound of water falling on the ground can be heard.

Lu Zhenghe was helpless, grabbed Ruan Xi's other uninjured arm, glanced at the others, and said, "Let's find out if there is a pharmacy first."

Although the underground city is relatively simple and backward, it can be called a "city" after all, and it still has infrastructure.

Wen Kai felt that the location close to the border was definitely not the city center. If he wanted to buy food, drink, or even medicine, he had to go to more developed areas in the city.

Li Shen carried a bow and crossbow on his back, only experienced the battle, and he was almost dying of hunger.

He stepped on the dirt on the ground, feeling that the dungeon was dark and his hands were cheap, so he raised his bow, crossbow, but couldn't shoot an arrow, grabbed the bow, plucked the bow string with his fingers, and flicked it to the back of Wen Kai's head again and again.

While playing, he said: "Master Wen Kaijun, didn't you say that there is a city across the north and south that is particularly fun? There are long-haired monsters, fire-breathing trees, and omega like kittens... Sigh, Is it this city?"

"..."

Although Wen Kai didn't feel any pain, Li Shen's "harassing" behavior had seriously affected his judgment on the direction.

He turned his head sharply and grabbed Li Shen's bowstring: "If you don't want to use this thing anymore, I can make you only use crossbows and arrows forever."

"I was wrong."

Li Shen was so frightened that he quickly hid behind Lu Zhenghe.

His crossbow. Arrows are different from bows. Crossbows——

The bow and crossbow are the original form of the "ghost crossbow", which is the most common bow and arrow, but the crossbow and arrow are the big killers that he only uses when he needs mass destruction.

The crossbow arrow has a crossbow machine and a trigger machine, which integrates the bow and arrow, has a longer range and a higher hit rate, and is a form closer to a gun.

These two weapons are both "ghost crossbows" because they can become larger or smaller, but the splicing forms are different.And the "ghost crossbow" was assembled and invented by Wen Kai for him, so he naturally knows the weakness of the weapon.

"Which city are you talking about?" Ruan Xi asked curiously.

"The next city," Wen Kai said helplessly, but he still saw the indelible youthful spirit in Ruan Xi's temper, so he could only say, "What Li Shen said is true, as long as we pass this city, the next There will be many interesting creatures in the city."

Lu Zhenghe listened to the whole process, frowned and didn't say anything.

He thought of the two "eggs" killed by the riverside of the Ice City, those people who were sent to assassinate him for no reason.

If people from the next city also participated in the hunt, they must be fully prepared before entering the next city.

Not far from the north, they are now "remnants and defeated generals", and they can still hold on for a while.He had already taken Ruan Xi halfway, saved half of his life, and he couldn't lose sight of others on the second half of the journey.

Lu Zhenghe always remembered that curse-like prophecy.

He always remembers that sentence: Your omega will die before you...

But he must also believe that there must be a way to crack it.

People like Ruan Xi should go to the top of the snow mountain safely.He shouldn't be wandering on land, dying under the guns and knives.

Going forward, the road is getting wider and wider.

There is less water running over the ground, and the dirt floor is less slippery.

The earthen walls are paved with rock slabs, and the top of the head is no longer a hole that continuously drops dirt and debris, but a top covered with stalactites.

These stalactites are lustrous, like a sword hanging upside down, a spectacle that most people have never seen.In addition to the stalactites, the "world" of the dungeon is supported by solid stone pillars, and the height of the entire space has changed from less than three meters to more than ten meters.

There are shops in the grottoes on the street, and the cold underground city is impressively bright, gradually showing the basic appearance of a city.

Although the shops are few, they are packed with people.

Ruan Xi glanced at it from a distance, and found that the shelves were almost empty.

Supplies, apart from weapons, are the most difficult things to get on the whole land at this time.

"Wow, these stalactites look like bamboo shoots." Li Shen was a little scared, "I remembered the bamboo in the labyrinth city just now, I'm fucking going to ptsd..."

Obviously you were the one who killed him so badly just now!

"Don't make noise," Wen Kai was speechless, "You can close your eyes if you don't want to see it."

Li Shen smiled: "How can I protect the young master and Ruan Xi...and you with my eyes closed?"

Wen Kai: "..."

Ruan Xi wiped his sweat, and was amused by Li Shen, but when he laughed, he trembled, and when he shook, his arms hurt. He gasped for air, and looked up at the strange things: "It seems that the coastal waves that come to Ablaze City every year .”

Lu Zhenghe followed his gaze and looked up.

The stalactites hang from the dome, and the white waves are surging. The upper layer is as clear as water, and the lower layer is as muddy as mud.

He seemed to have been touched by some switch, and a picture suddenly flashed in his mind, it was the waves hitting the fine sand on the shore.

Wen Kai was careful, and noticed that Ruan Xi was wiping away his sweat, walked over and tugged at his sleeve, "There are a lot of people over there, let's go and have a look!"

He pointed to a patch of mud.

There were indeed many people watching the excitement there, and some people continued to clap their hands and applaud.Without even thinking about it, based on her experience in Jewel City, Ruan Xi concluded that someone must be fighting!

But he is still very uncomfortable.

He was pulled out of the crowd by Wen Kai, and the front was surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside. From time to time, there was a violent collision in the air, the sound of bones and flesh colliding together, and the wet mud splashed, like a spinning top, and fell to the surroundings On the people who eat melons.

Deng Deng Deng-!

A young man was shirtless, jumped out of the mud, and kicked another big man who was more than half his size.

The mud poured all over the big man's face. He was wiping his mouth and swearing. Before he could fight back, he was hit hard on the chest again, unable to stand, and lay on his back on the mud floor. Splash all around.

The people who were eating melons yelled "Aww" and dispersed, and then closed again. The young man seemed unwilling to entangle too much, grabbed a bag of food that was placed on the rock beside him, carried it on his shoulders, and was about to leave.

"Wow."

Wen Kai recognized that the big man who was knocked down was the one who was almost shot by Lu Zhenghe before, "Look, it's that guy."

"Wow."

Ruan Xi was also surprised, but his focus was not on this, "Is food so scarce?"

"There must be a shortage." Wen Kai nodded, his stomach growling.Then Ruan Xi's stomach growled.

The two looked at each other: "..."

The young man carried the food for a short distance, and was surrounded by several people. He put down the food calmly and kept it at his feet.

So the onlookers moved towards him again.

Ruan Xi and Wen Kai also moved towards that side curiously. During this time, Ruan Xi kept wiping his sweat with a bandage.Lu Zhenghe and Li Shen Xiaobu followed.

The young people's shots are very ruthless, and their movements are very fast, kicks, uppercuts, and flowing water, without any ambiguity.

He was naked. His upper body was naked, his muscles were stretched, a long leather belt was slanted across his chest, and a badge with a brown bear's head was hung in the middle, looking very mighty and brave.

So Ruan Xi and Wen Kai started a conversation.

"Look, there's a bear hanging. This is what I'm talking about from Nether City, who is good at melee combat."

"Why a brown bear?"

"Because brown bears hibernate in their dens during the winter, they want to be as strong as brown bears."

"The people of Nether City live underground all year round?"

"Yes, occasionally go out to look for food."

Ruan Xi nodded: "I see... it seems that every city is more interesting than my hometown."

"Because the bigger the simpler, the more unrestricted the development, the more developed it will be," Wen Kai said.

From the perspective of the side, although Ruan Xi obediently wears a hat, her ears are already red to the point of bleeding, her breathing is rapid, and she looks like "look at me in heat" in the crowd.

Wen Kai didn't understand, but Lu Zhenghe had seen Ruan Xifa in estrus.

Lu Zhenghe stood behind him with his arms folded, feeling a little uncomfortable.

He let out a long sigh of relief, poked Li Shen's arm, and said, "Do people in Nether City have to wear no clothes when they fight?"

Li Shen was very straightforward: "Are you jealous of the young master?"

Lu Zhenghe was also very straightforward: "Yes."

"It's not enough to be naked, you can't do it..." Li Shen has never experienced the joy of dating, and he doesn't understand what Lu Zhenghe is thinking. Where the fights go.

Li Shen stretched out his hand, only grabbing the corner of his training uniform: "Young master..."

"There are no people in the store now," Lu Zhenghe lowered his voice, and glanced at the empty store because people came here to watch the excitement, "Go and see if there is any of this. Buy it if you have it."

"I. Fuck." Li Shen rarely blushed when he saw his gestures.

Suddenly, as if he had shouldered a heavy responsibility, he stood at attention and took a rest before saluting: "Yes!"

Lu Zhenghe was helpless: "Keep your voice down..."

Nether·72 "Do you regard me as your Alpha?"