Chapter 207: Exploration of the Forest and Unusual Items (1)
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
The group immediately set off for the underground waterway.
Not long after, everyone arrived at the entrance of the underground waterway. Other than Lin Yan, everyone had put on anti-poison suits. There were a total of four sets.
Liu Lanqing left Ning Xiaohui behind and called Bai Ling along. It was enough to show how important this mission was to her.
Before entering, Liu Lanqing asked Lin Yan solemnly, “Are you sure you can find that underground world again?”
“I’m sure.”
Liu Lanqing simply said, “Alright, 1 believe you! Next, you’ll lead the way!”
Bai Ling frowned. “Ah Qing, the underground waterways are complicated. Lin Yan is only at the Tough Realm. How can his perception be stronger than ours?”
Fan Xiaopeng also muttered, “That’s right.”
Liu Lanqing glared at Fan Xiaopeng. “Lin Yan has rendered meritorious services several times and has never made a mistake. 1 believe he won’t speak nonsense.”
With that, she glanced at Lin Yan and gestured for him to lead the way.
Lin Yan nodded and led everyone into the waterway.
Bai Ling, Fan Xiaopeng, Wu Qinglei, and Liu Lanqing were actually worried. In the narrow passageway, the endless Corpse Buddha Cockroaches could probably kill them if they were really surrounded.
Not to mention that ever since the last time, the Corpse Buddha Cockroach had begun to riot. The current underground waterway was already extremely dangerous.
However, as they followed him, they realized that Lin Yan’s goal was very clear. He didn’t stop at any of the forks and chose a direction to advance quickly.
It didn’t feel like he was walking through a waterway. It felt like he was shuttling back and forth in his courtyard.
Suddenly, Lin Yan stopped in his tracks. “Stop!”
Liu Lanqing asked, “What’s wrong?”
Lin Yan deliberately pressed his ear to the rock wall and pretended to listen for a while. He turned his head and said, “There are Corpse Buddha Cockroaches ahead! However, there aren’t many of them. There won’t be more than 15. We have to end the battle in ten breaths!”
“You can even tell the number?” Everyone was shocked.
Lin Yan said calmly, “You’ll know after hearing them often.”
In fact, he had long known that there were Corpse Buddha Cockroaches in front of him through his clones.
It wasn’t that he couldn’t find a path without Corpse Buddha Cockroaches, but if he didn’t encounter any along the way, it would be too obvious, so he simply chose one where he would encounter some Corpse Buddha Cockroaches, but there wouldn’t be many of them.
Everyone’s breathing turned cold when they heard that. The Corpse Buddha Cockroach was not terrifying. It would be troublesome if it attracted the Corpse Buddha Cockroach army.
Lin Yan counted softly. “Three, two, one… go!”
The four of them shot out. In just five breaths, none of the fifteen Corpse
Buddha Cockroaches escaped. They were either burned to ashes or electrocuted to charcoal, or dismembered or shattered on the wall.
“Alright, let’s continue walking.” Bai Ling looked at Lin Yan behind him.
“Wait a moment…”
Lin Yan increased his speed and dug out the Spirit Marrows from the 15 Corpse Buddha Cockroaches’ heads smoothly.
The corners of Bai Ling’s mouth twitched. Why didn’t 1 see your current speed just now?
Moreover, you were too familiar with the digging of the Spirit Marrow!
Lin Yan put away the Spirit Marrows. “We’ll split them when we get out.”
Following that, Lin Yan led everyone in. He didn’t bring everyone through the path with many Corpse Buddha Cockroaches in order to obtain more Spirit Marrows. After all, killing too many Corpse Buddha Cockroaches was very easy to arouse the vigilance of the Corpse Buddha Cockroach group.
Along the way, after encountering two more waves of Corpse Buddha Cockroaches, everyone looked at Lin Yan with increasingly strange gazes.
Liu Lanqing couldn’t help but ask, “Lin Yan, are you so familiar with the underground waterway? You didn’t even check and walked so deep?”
Lin Yan didn’t even turn around. “Yes.”
“How did you do that?”
Lin Yan pretended to be puzzled and turned to say, “It’s just like the roads in the city. Won’t you remember them after walking a few more times?”
Liu Lanqing choked. He would remember it after walking a few more times?
The light source in the underground waterway was dim, and there was a deep blue color everywhere. There were unbelievably many forks, and there was also the terrifying threat of the Corpse Buddha Cockroach. Even if she walked a hundred times, she probably wouldn’t remember them!
Just like that, everyone’s faces suddenly lit up with joy. Their movements became a little lighter, and at the end of the passageway in front of them, an obvious pale yellow halo appeared!
This cave was not the one where Lin Yan had come last time.
Over the past seven days, after the clones’ more detailed exploration, Lin Yan discovered that there was not just one cave in the underground world, but many.
For example, this cave entrance was halfway up a stone mountain that connected to the sky.
On the other hand, the cave entrance from last time had already been destroyed and blocked by the Corpse Buddha Cockroaches. It was impossible to pass through.
When they arrived at the entrance of the cave, Lin Yan extended his hand and gestured for everyone to stop.
He lowered his voice and said, “This cave entrance is halfway up the mountain. The last time 1 went out, it wasn’t long before I was discovered by the huge Corpse Buddha Cockroach. 1 was chased by a large number of Corpse Buddha Cockroaches and almost couldn’t return.
“That giant Corpse Buddha Cockroach has sixteen pairs of eyes. I’m inclined to believe that its vision is extremely shocking. It can see clearly from more than five kilometers away, especially when it’s high up.
“Therefore, when we get out of the cave later, we’ll go to the foot of the mountain immediately. We can’t stay!”
Liu Lanqing nodded. “Is everything clear?”
“Understood!”
Fan Xiaopeng said casually, “Isn’t it just a giant Corpse Buddha Cockroach? If it sees us, so be it! With Venerable Issuer Bai and Issuer Liu around, won’t we easily deal with it?”
Lin Yan was expressionless. “The air here is transparent. It looks like there’s no poisonous fog, but the surrounding poison is actually ten times thicker than the thickest poisonous fog outside.. Once there’s a problem with the anti-poison suit…”