C1406 Mirage
C1406 Mirage
Just as he was about to step into the karst cave, he suddenly felt that something was not right. He paused for a moment and slowly retracted his right foot. As he advanced, the monsters basically did not stop. Every time after a period of time, the monsters he encountered were all very powerful.
He had not encountered any monsters for almost ten minutes, which meant that there were very powerful monsters nearby. The monsters all had territorial awareness, and there were powerful monsters nearby. The other small monsters didn't dare to approach. With this thought, his heart instantly became vigilant. As expected, there must be one or even a few powerful monsters in the karst cave.
But soon, he was puzzled again.
He carefully looked at every corner, but he did not see any monsters. Worried that he would miss something, he sent out the resurrection pet. He crawled around every corner. If there really was a monster, he wouldn't let the resurrection pet search for it so casually.
"So it was a false alarm!" Dongfang Qingyu heaved a sigh of relief. After such a struggle, he was even more tired.
"No..."
When Dongfang Qingyu was about to walk into the cave, he finally realized that there was a problem there. In the pet bar. It was empty. All the revived pets would appear in the pet bar. Only in this way could Dongfang Qingyu command the pets. There was only one way for the pets to disappear from the pet bar. That was death.
However, he clearly saw that the pets were all fine in the karst cave. There had been a lot of them, so how could they die? He ordered the pets to move forward and retreat as soon as they stepped back, just like in normal times.
"What's going on?" Dongfang Qingyu frowned. After pondering for a while, he lit a torch. He threw it into the cave and the flame lit up the entire cave. He removed his Yin-Yang Eye and looked at it with his normal eyes. Other than the color being a little dull due to the fire, there was nothing wrong with it.
"There must be a problem!" Dongfang Qingyu's eyes lit up. There was no problem with the pet bar. But there was nothing wrong with what his eyes saw. If everything in front of him was fake... Then what was the point of the pet acting according to his orders?
After thinking for a while, Dongfang Qingyu suddenly raised his head and took out the Magic Staff Of Black Dragon Horn. He faced the karst cave and cast a storm of magic.
"Poison Fang Art!"
"Poison Fang Art!"
"'Poison Fang Art! '"
...
Each time, there were more than three thousand poison teeth, which were as dense as rain, shooting in all directions. Even the tiny blood sucking Moths would not be able to escape after being hit by them a few times. Finally, just as the poison teeth was about to hit the top of Dongfang Qingyu's head, he heard an ear-piercing scream. The scene in front of him shattered like a mirror, and the karst cave disappeared. What appeared in front of him was a bottomless darkness.
His pets also disappeared. About three meters above his head, a colorful bug was moving quickly, and red numbers were floating above his head one after another.
"So it's all your fault, little guy." Dongfang Qingyu continuously shot out poison teeth. There were 3000 of them at once, and there were always a few that hit the bug. The bug let out a painful scream. It seemed like it didn't have the ability to attack, but it wasn't willing to be attacked just like that. Images appeared in Dongfang Qingyu's line of sight, trying to confuse him.
Sometimes it was a flat road, sometimes it was a beautiful canyon. There were many scenes, but they only existed for a short period of time. Obviously, he was injured and unstable, so the images he created were also unstable.
Since he knew it was a monster's skill, Dongfang Qingyu naturally would not fall for it. The moment the images changed, he caught the traces of the bugs and continuously released magic.
Finally, after the bug let out an unwilling scream, its health bar emptied. It died and dropped a Pet Egg. As the bug died, all the images disappeared in an instant. Dongfang Qingyu took the risk and opened the Wings of the Demon, grabbing the Pet Egg and the bug's corpse.
Only then did he know that this insect was a sea serpent. It was a monster that specialized in creating false illusions to deceive people. It didn't have any offensive power, but it was much more terrifying than a monster with offensive power.
If Dongfang Qingyu hadn't used his rich gaming experience to detect that something was wrong and checked it once more, he would have already stepped into the bottomless abyss and died.
There was a dead end ahead. Dongfang Qingyu retreated about 15 meters and found another path. He didn't see it when he came over just now. He should have been affected by the sea serpent.
Speaking of which, the sea serpent was really powerful. His Yin and Yang eyes couldn't see through it.
After entering the path, it was easier to walk. At least he did not need to climb on the ground anymore. Along the way, Dongfang Qingyu also found some marks. These were the marks they left behind when they came. This meant that they had walked on this road.
This discovery made Dongfang Qingyu calm his heart in Zhong University. It was good that he was not worried. But soon, his hair found some bad news. Some parts of the road had changed, and it was different from before.
There was a mark that he made himself, and he remembered it very clearly. It was on a protruding round stone, and this mark was obvious. It was easy to see. But now, this strange rock had shrunk back into a crack in a corner. If it wasn't for his Yin Yang Eyes, he wouldn't have been able to notice it.
However, the most terrifying thing was that from time to time, some Black Fog would float over. These Black Fog could conceal one's sight and spiritual sense. It was useless even if he used a torch. Every time a Black Fog appeared, there would definitely be a fork or a bottomless abyss nearby. If one wasn't careful, they would fall into the darkness and be instantly killed.
When encountering a Black Fog like this, the effects of the Yin Yang Eyes would be greatly reduced. One could only see the situation within five meters. Five meters away... The only thing left was darkness. Although this distance was very short, it was still better than being blind. With the help of his pet, Dongfang Qingyu took one step at a time and passed through the most difficult part of the journey. After that, the terrain became open again. From time to time, karst caves appeared, and the light was no longer completely dark. He could vaguely see some scenery.
Traces of players' activities began to appear in the karst cave. This was good news. It meant that they were not far from the human race world. The number of monsters also increased, and their size also increased. Unlike the narrow passageway from before, they were all insect monsters.
Dongfang Qingyu had an army of pets, so the monsters he encountered were not his match. He kept pushing and pushing. The road ahead was much easier, and it was basically the same as the route on the map. There wasn't too much of an error. After walking for another three hours, three intersections appeared in front of Dongfang Qingyu. He remembered very clearly that there weren't any intersections here when he came here. There was only one.
After a slight hesitation, he chose the intersection in the middle. Now that the map no longer had any reference value, he could only rely on luck. If he was wrong, he could just come back and walk again.
But soon, Dongfang Qingyu knew what he was thinking was obvious. Not long after, he encountered the second and third intersection.
This was a maze.