"Oooh!"

Paimon fell from a high altitude with Ying. The little guy who could obviously fly actually had the illusion that he had fallen to the ground due to the high-speed landing. He screamed involuntarily, causing Ying to turn around and look at this guy strangely.

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She and Beidou's original plan was to explore towards the west, but what was embarrassing was that before they could get far, they ran into a stone wall, and the edge of the entire rocky abyss stood in front of them.

As a last resort, we can only continue to explore the unfathomable depths. Fortunately, the intervals between each level are not that despairing depth. We can still land safely with the help of the Wings of Wind.

"call."

After standing firm on the ground, Beidou wiped his sweaty forehead.

This place was no better than the sea. It was really eerie and eerie everywhere, which made her a little uncomfortable.

Beidou measured the distance between the two of them in his mind, and his expression was not very good.

It's coming down. It would be difficult to go up. Fortunately, you can still see the traces of the miners' cultivation here. I guess there should be a way to go up.

"Look at that!"

Just when Ying and Beidou were worrying about their next move, Paimon, who was trembling with fear before, suddenly screamed.

The little guy's cry seemed very loud in the empty and silent space.

I saw a stone that was the same as the lumen stone everyone wore around their waists, lying quietly on the stone platform, emitting a quiet and mysterious light.

But unlike the Lumen Stone of several people, the light of this Lumen Stone is obviously much stronger, and Paimon can feel the fluctuations flowing on it even if he is not close to it.

It's obviously not a mortal thing.

Ying and Beidou looked at each other and quickly stepped forward to investigate the stone.

This special lumen stone is stuck in the soil. It looks no different from their stones, but the energy contained in it is indeed richer.

"It's better to put it away first."

Ying put the stone away and planned to ask Sister Jinwu when she returned to the camp. She should know some secrets about this stone.

But after she took away the stones, a lot of filth suddenly appeared out of thin air on the originally empty ground, which shocked several people.

"What is this?"

Seeing this, Paimon instinctively shrank back and quickly moved away from the pile of things in front of him.

Although there was no direct contact, the dirty and chaotic smell coming from above made her unable to breathe smoothly for a while.

I think it must be the 'sludge' they mentioned before.

"It seems that this stone does have the effect of dispersing sludge. I don't know if it is a good or bad thing if we take it away."

Seeing more and more filth, Beidou couldn't help but frown.

She had just used elemental power to touch it, and found that it had almost no effect. Only the energy emanating from the Lumen Stone could suppress it somewhat.

This is not good news for these people. If the increase brought by elemental power is excluded, their combat effectiveness will undoubtedly drop by several levels.

In other words, when faced with this weird mud, they are no different from those ordinary and capable people.

"There seems to be some noise ahead."

Regardless of the filth accumulated on the side, Ying felt some sounds coming from the depths of the cave ahead.

And that feeling shouldn't be the scent of a monster.

"Let's go take a look."

Beidou stepped into the dark cave first, and Ying and Paimon quickly followed.

Walking in the invisible cave, several people tensed up their nerves and even stepped on the stones with the soles of their shoes as gently as possible to avoid attracting the attention of the unknown beings ahead.

Finally, with a few people sneaking quietly, the scenery in front of the cave was revealed before their eyes.

It turned out that it was not some weird monster, but a group of treasure thieves gathered together, as if they were digging for something.

It seems that not all of the treasure thieving gangs they have cleared up on the surface, a considerable part of the treasure thieving gangs have already sneaked underground.

And judging from their appearance, it seems that they don't know that their nest on the surface has been taken away, and they are still looking for the so-called 'treasure'.

I'm afraid that in the end we will just dig out the sludge everywhere.

Looking at their actions, Ying couldn't help but shook her head.

"What should I do? Do you want to take action?"

After confirming the presence in front of him, Beidou turned around and used elemental power to send a message to the girl beside him.

With the fighting prowess of the two of them, it would be easy to deal with these guys.

After thinking for a moment, Ying shook her head again and rejected Beidou's proposal.

The current underground situation is still unclear to a few people. If they alert the other party, the entire underground treasure-thief group will know that there are people coming from the surface, which will be very detrimental to their subsequent actions to search for the strange phenomenon of the layered rock abyss.

The main goal now is to focus on exploration first.

"Let's go take a look elsewhere first."

The blond girl pointed to the fork in the road nearby. Beidou understood her intention instantly and nodded.

In a place where the treasure thief group had not found the two of them, Beidou and Ying went to another unguarded place to explore until the timer on their waists flashed.

Although it is half a day, that includes the round trip time, which means that the total time left for a few people to trigger is only two hours.

Although Beidou felt that she hadn't gone far yet, in order not to worry the other people, she still chose to return to the camp first.

Fortunately, when she and Ying went forward to explore, they found an elevator connecting the upper and lower floors, which could help them return to the upper floor. This was a great help.

By the time the two returned to the temporary camp, Bai Qiyun and Shen He were already standing there, seemingly unscathed.

It's just that Ying always felt that the atmosphere between the two of them was a little more awkward than when they left.

In the past, no matter what Bai Qiyun did, Shen He would follow him obediently, but now Shen He was sitting alone, his eyes full of worries.

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"Hey, cook, did you two encounter anything when you went down?"

The little guy took advantage of a few people to rest and secretly approached Bai Qiyun who was in a daze.

Paimon's voice was soft and waxy, just like rice cakes, and it immediately grabbed the young man's attention.

"Well...it's nothing serious, just a little accident."

Obviously, Bai Qiyun didn't want to tell what happened between him and Shen He.

After Shen He's body returned to normal, the two of them moved forward along the passage and saw a large pool connected to the underground passage.

Shen He did not experience any physical discomfort during this process, and Bai Qiyun did not mention it specifically.

"Hey, the people over there are here for a meeting."

Before Paimon could exchange a few words with Bai Qiyun, Beidou shouted at the top of his lungs in the crowd. Everyone had gathered around, leaving the two of them alone outside.

"According to our exploration, there will soon be no way to go west and we can only go down to the lower level."

By the time Bai Qiyun came closer, Beidou was already thinking about Zhiqiong and talking about the situation he had just discovered.

As an adventurer, Zhiqiong could almost outline the map of the Strata Abyss just by relying on Beidou's words. Such a powerful talent is rare.

"Hmm, from here... to here."

After roughly drawing the place Beidou mentioned, Zhiqiong turned his attention to the young man who had just approached. The meaning was self-evident.

"We spent most of our time exploring the upper level. From here you can see a pool all the way east. The waterway below the pool connects to the lower level, but we haven't seen it there."

Unlike Beidou and Ying, Bai Qiyun and Shen He stayed more on the upper level and did not continue to explore downwards rashly. The only height difference was that they entered the lower cave under the leadership of Shen He, but soon

The two found the elevator leading to the upper level and immediately returned to the upper level.

Therefore, when informing Zhiqiong of terrain information, the two of them could only bring back some information about the same altitude.

But compared to Beidou and the others who hit the wall after taking only two steps, they can at least be sure that there is a wider area in the east.

In other words, the distribution of the stratified rock abyss should start from their feet, expand toward the east and south, and then extend underground in several levels.

Zhiqiong is also very aware of this. It can be seen from the temporary map in her hand that she has left enough space for the next area.

"In addition to the news on the topography, we found this at depth."

Beidou took out the unusual-looking lumen stone and showed it to Jin Wu.

With just one face-to-face encounter, Jin Wu was able to determine the special nature of this lumen stone.

She took the stone and compared it with the specialties in her memory.

"Well, if I'm not wrong, this thing should be the rare 'lumen stone'. Compared with ordinary lumen stone, the power it contains is more powerful, but in contrast, as long as there is such a thing

The place where it appears will definitely be accompanied by sludge, so tell me where you found this thing."

Hearing this, Beidou and Ying turned their heads and looked at each other.

Both sides can see something bad in the other's eyes.

"Well, we found it on the lower level. There seems to be a treasure thief group nearby."
To be continued...