Dragon's Origin

Chapter 510: Underground Ice Cave (Part 2)

The cave entrance was pitch black, devoid of any light. This was normal, so Wang Sheng wasn't surprised. However, what puzzled him was that he couldn't hear any sound coming from within the cave.

Generally speaking, if it were underground excavation, other places might be better, but this kind of cave entrance would definitely be a place where multiple sounds converge, so it should be heard clearly.

The occurrence of this situation indicates a few possibilities. Either the people below haven't started digging, or the diggers are being very careful, afraid of alarming something, and using some methods, such as formations or similar sound-shielding techniques like those of the three Grand Envoys.

Another possibility is that the passage is too long and winding, causing the sound to be continuously reflected and canceled out, making it inaudible.

The battle awareness little man's feeling told Wang Sheng that, at least within a five-mile radius, there were no human experts he needed to be wary of. This also meant that these underground passages had exceeded five miles in length.

To find a treasure based on a point on a treasure map with a poorly scaled ratio, especially in this area where everything has been buried under ice and snow, there is no other possibility besides large-scale excavation.

Relying on the ultrasonic 'Line Character Formula', Wang Sheng didn't need torches or lights to understand everything inside the passage. He fearlessly walked down. Even if there were formations in the passage, Wang Sheng wasn't worried. The 'Line Character Formula' was made for this, not to mention that Wang Sheng had now mastered the 'Five Character Formula', making the effect even more powerful.

The passage wasn't wide, at most wide enough for one person. Two people would have to squeeze to pass. There was no way around it. With only nine people, wanting to find a peerless treasure in such a large area, they didn't have the energy or time to dig wider.

When Wang Sheng walked, he always used the 'Stealth' technique, and at the same time, the golden patterns of his nascent soul were activated. There was almost no sound. He walked down at least twenty zhang, which is about seventy meters deep, before he felt that he wasn't walking on ice steps, but stepping on the ground.

When he took that boundary marker, Wang Sheng clearly remembered that the ice layer outside the core circle was only a dozen zhang deep. Here, it had increased by several zhang. It seemed that the closer he got to the central area, the more the ground subsided.

After going down another ten zhang, there were basically no stone steps under Wang Sheng's feet, but a flat ground. It must be said that these people were very clever. If they started digging from the seam between the ice layer and the ground, the frozen soil would be even more difficult to dig. But after digging down another ten zhang, the temperature here was no longer the biting cold of the outside, and the surrounding soil was almost unfrozen.

From this, it can be seen that the Shi family and Gan family had done some homework. They had even made excavation plans, not just relying on a few experts to dig with brute force without knowing anything.

After the passage went forward for a while, about twenty or thirty meters, there were a few wider areas on both sides of the passage. Wang Sheng felt in the dark that these should be the resting areas that those experts had made for themselves after digging to this place.

Further ahead, the passage became two forks. Basically, Wang Sheng guessed that the two sides should have separated from here, digging separately. Whoever dug it first would probably take the lion's share. Of course, it was impossible to hide it. Everyone was in the same passage, and people had to pass by day and night. It was impossible to hide it. There should have been an agreement in advance.

Wang Sheng didn't know which passage belonged to which family, and he didn't know which way to go. However, this problem was simple. Men go left, women go right. Wang Sheng directly turned to the left, whichever family he encountered.

He still walked forward cautiously, walking in the passage for a full seven or eight miles. Every mile or so, there would be a wide area, which should be rooms dug out for rest. At this time, Wang Sheng had to admire it. These people had indeed put in a lot of effort. He didn't dare to say anything else, but just the hard work of legendary peak experts digging tunnels with hoes instead of swords every day was something that ordinary legendary experts couldn't do.

No wonder the battle awareness little man couldn't feel the presence of human experts at the entrance of the cave. Just this tunnel, a hundred meters deep underground, and extending seven or eight miles without reaching the end, it would be strange if the battle awareness little man could detect it.

Along the way, Wang Sheng encountered at least four formations. There was one at the bottom of the cave entrance where they had just dug into the soil, and three in the fork in the road. They were all easily crossed by Wang Sheng without a sound, without triggering the formation's attack.

Further ahead, it was still a dark underground passage. These experts had been digging for more than a year. Was this all they had done?

Wang Sheng suddenly felt a little strange. Could it be that the peerless treasure must be buried underground? Could it not be in an area close to the ground? Or even on the ground? This was digging ten zhang deep underground. How could they dig anything out by digging so blindly?

Continuing forward for another seven or eight miles, the battle awareness little man suddenly began to warn. Less than five miles ahead, there were experts.

Four people, that should be the Shi family. The Gan family left five people here. However, the four experts were not digging anything, but sitting quietly. Wang Sheng immediately understood that they should be cultivating.

At this time, Wang Sheng didn't intend to meet these people. He turned around and left, heading straight for the Gan family's fork in the road.

Wang Sheng didn't know what was in the so-called peerless treasure, but if it was just money or valuable things, it would be meaningless to Wang Sheng. In the direction of the Shi family, the battle awareness little man didn't have any feelings. Even if there was a treasure, it couldn't be something that could move Wang Sheng.

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The Gan family had one more person. In the same amount of time, they should be able to dig a longer fork than the Gan family. Although the two families were cooperating, they were actually guarding against each other. For example, there were formations in each family's fork, and they were all different formations, clearly to prevent the other party from peeping.

The Gan family didn't dig like the Shi family. Wang Sheng didn't know what the Shi family was thinking. They dug a straight road forward, and only changed direction slightly after about a mile. The Gan family was not afraid of wasting effort, and dug in a winding manner. Did they think that the possibility in this area was greater?

Along the Gan family's fork, Wang Sheng walked for about ten miles, and hadn't noticed the Gan family's location. Suddenly, a direction gave Wang Sheng a very strong feeling.

That place, about a mile away from Wang Sheng, had something that deeply attracted the battle awareness little man, as if it made the battle awareness little man want to rush over immediately.

What is it?