Chapter 276 Underground Vision

  After Tonino Harvey came to his own conclusion, his face was full of confidence. He turned to look at Chi Yao and said.

"Second brother, now that we know how to deal with the fire ants, we must set out immediately and head deep into the ground to find the nest of the fire ants!"

Chi Yao didn't intend to tell the truth just like that, so he simply let Tonino Xavi take the opportunity and did not refute it.

"You're right. We have to hurry up. Otherwise, the remaining fire ant will be useless."

As he spoke, Chi Yao took a few steps forward and threw the knife in his hand suddenly. With the help of the energy attached, the knife went straight through the head of the still paralyzed fire ant. The fire ant suddenly seemed to have a last burst of energy and began to struggle desperately.

After a moment, the fire ant calmed down, and the breath of life had completely drained from its body.

There is no information about the paradise, but a green treasure chest appears on the body of the fire ant.

There is no kill prompt, and no reward for killing the enemy.

Chi Yao, who had some guesses, asked about Paradise.

[The hunter is participating in a small special plot event (underground mystery). The rewards will be distributed after the event ends. ]

Looking at the description of Paradise, Chi Yao also understood, "There was no prompt when killing the underground creatures before, it was indeed judged as a plot event."

Chi Yao picked up the treasure chest and put it into the storage space, then looked at Johns and others who had been standing aside for a long time and said.

"It's done. Our goal now is to find the nest of the fire ants. Isley, you know the route deep in the mine better, so continue to lead the way."

Babbitt, who was standing by, stiffened a little when he heard Chi Yao and Tonino Harvey wanted to go deeper into the ant nest. Could the experiment just now determine the weakness of the fire ants?

Babbitt's heart was in a panic, and his face became more and more gloomy. What if the method Chi Yao and the others had figured out was ineffective for other fire ants?

Isley nodded with a serious expression, took out the map and direction dial drawn by his many years of mining experience, and walked forward.

"Your Highnesses, the road ahead will be a bit bumpy, so please be careful."

Seeing that Isley had found the right direction, the rest of the people followed, but the formation changed slightly. Chi Yao followed Isley at the front of the team, while Tonino Harvey, who had already demonstrated his strength, simply chose to stay at the end of the team. The rest of Johns' team members were in the middle. For a moment, the positions of several people were completely reversed.

Now, it was Chi Yao and Tonino Harvey who were protecting Johns' team and letting Johns' team lead the way for them.

In this way, everyone continued to go deeper and deeper. The surrounding environment became more and more sultry. The color of some soils turned red, and a few areas were even bright red.

These red soil areas can be seen almost everywhere in the intricate tunnels, which means that high-quality round sun stones are buried under the soil, and their fiery properties have gradually affected the surrounding soil through the ore itself.

To Chi Yao and the others, these red soil areas were equivalent to dangerous high-temperature areas, and the bright red soil areas could even be described as fire traps.

For the safety of the team, Isley had to choose a tortuous route to avoid these high-temperature dangerous areas, which greatly reduced the team's progress speed.

But there is also good news. It seems that because of the appearance of the fire ants, the underground creatures that originally lived here have disappeared. These underground creatures have been driven out of their territory by the fire ants.

Chi Yao maintained his perception. Within the perception range of 200 meters, Chi Yao could find several scattered groups of fire red ants, which were also in a dark state. This phenomenon confirmed Chi Yao's guess.

Currently, the mining area at a depth of more than 800 meters belongs to the outer area. The quality of the round sun stone can only be regarded as upper-middle quality between grade two and grade three, and is a "defective product" reserved for the dark-state fire ants.

Based on the information he sensed, Chi Yao constantly guided Isley to fine-tune the route, trying to avoid the places where the fire ants were. If they could not be avoided, he would strike with lightning speed and kill the dark fire ants instantly.

After advancing for three hours, Chi Yao and others arrived at the dividing line of 900 depths, after a day of trekking and fatigue.

Johns looked back at his teammates worriedly. Their condition was not very good. The hot and humid environment underground in the mine, coupled with the long and continuous trekking, the members of his team were already showing signs of fatigue. Although Chi Yao and Tonino Harvey were in slightly worse condition, they were still energetic.

Johns couldn't help but walk forward and look at Chi Yao beside him. He coughed lightly to calm his throat, his voice was already a little hoarse.

"Well, Your Highness, we have been marching for nearly seven hours straight. Should we take a break?"

Chi Yao understood that there was no need to push Johns' team to the limit, and they really needed to rest for a while.

Chi Yao looked around, sent out his senses, and quickly found a relatively stable place.

So Chi Yao stepped forward and stretched out his hand, controlling the earth element to split the rock wall in front of him and artificially created a cave.

At the same time, Chi Yao also tried to secretly mobilize the scarce ice and wind elements underground to cool down the inside of the cave.

Chi Yao pointed to the inside of the cave and said.

"Then take a break for half an hour. After half an hour, we will continue our journey."

Tonino Xavi frowned slightly, but did not object. Half an hour was relatively necessary to adjust the team's condition.

After getting Chi Yao's approval, Johns and others breathed a sigh of relief, entered the cave, sat on the ground, took out dry food and water from their backpacks, and quickly replenished their nutrients.

Jack immediately rushed to the front. He felt a cool breeze and touched the ground of the cave with some surprise.

"Huh?! The inside of this cave and the ground are actually cold!"

Johns and others also noticed that the cave seemed to be much cooler, which should be done by Chi Yao, but they did not dare to ask.

Tonino Xavi looked at Chi Yao curiously, felt the coolness in the cave, and sat down nonchalantly. Although he didn't have much energy consumed by traveling, it would be good to rest for a while.

"Second brother, you did it?"

Chi Yao nodded slightly without explaining in detail.

"It's a piece of cake."

Chi Yao waited until everyone had entered the cave, then sealed the entrance, leaving only a tiny hole for ventilation, to prevent any fire ants from getting lost and discovering them.

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Another place, 1,085 meters underground at the No. 6 ore vein.

This is a huge underground cave. In the center of the cave, there is a triangular pointed object covered with strange patterns. Under the light of the high-quality round sun stone, it is emitting a faint red light.

With this triangular object as the center, the entire cavity was filled with nearly three hundred red fire ants. These were the bright red ants in their active life period! Moreover, they were even bigger, their carapaces were even more ferocious, and the flame patterns on their carapaces looked lifelike.

These bright red fire ants are constantly busy, lining up the high-quality round sun stones they have collected and placing them inside the triangular object one by one.

In a short period of time, several cubic meters of ore were sent into it, and the interior of the triangular object seemed to have infinite space, swallowing up everything that came, leaving only a dark hole at the bottom that swallowed up all the light of the round sun stone.

Suddenly, the triangular object seemed to have received some signal, and the overall pattern lit up instantly. Invisible ripples spread out from the triangular tip at the top. The ripples seemed to have given some orders to the busy fire ants. Immediately, a team of 20 bright fire ants left the hole and headed in the direction where Chi Yao and others were.

　Well, one update first.

　　I'm still stuck in a writer's block. Good night, dear readers. I'll catch up tomorrow.