The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Although the picture was a little blurry, Sylvia and Tessa Mocha could still see that the black shadow should be formed by a large group of bugs gathering together.

It's fine if it's just bugs, but the problem is that if you compare the size of the ice bridge passage, it's not difficult to estimate that these bugs are very large, almost as big as a human.

That's not all. When Leo continued to zoom in and move around the map, they found some huge spaces inside the ice bridge, and it seemed that a large number of these insect-like creatures lived in these spaces.

"What is this?" Sylvia couldn't help asking.

"I want to know too." Leo shook his head and said, "However, it is certain that these bugs did not exist when the Renault people passed the ice bridge back then. Otherwise, they would not have passed the ice bridge smoothly."

"How do these bugs live in the ice bridge? Logically speaking, there shouldn't be any plants in the ice bridge that can survive?" Tessa Moka frowned and said, "According to the shape and number of these bugs, absolutely It takes a large forest and all kinds of animals to maintain their most basic living conditions."

Sylvia suddenly speculated: "If these bugs haven't always lived in the ice bridge, they just accidentally entered the ice bridge from the crack in the outer wall of the ice bridge recently, and when they were about to leave, the crack in the ice bridge was sealed again. Block it so they get trapped inside the ice bridge?"

Hearing this, Leo couldn't help but frown, because what Sylvia said reminded him of the gray fog.

On the north side of the ice bridge is the endless ice field, where no creature can survive. This is already a fact recognized by the world of Velen. In the notes of the tower wizard, it is also recorded that the tower wizard explored the endless ice field. Just exploring at the edge of the ice sheet was enough for them to be sure that no creature could survive in such an extremely harsh environment.

Since it is impossible for creatures to break into the ice bridge from the endless ice field in the north of the ice bridge, it can only be the sea on the south side of the ice bridge. However, it is impossible for such bugs to exist in the sea, so the only answer is gray fog.

Originally, Leo thought that the ice bridge could block the penetration of the gray fog, but now it seems that as long as the outer wall of the ice bridge is damaged, the gray fog floating on the sea surface may penetrate in, so if they enter the ice bridge tomorrow, then they will You need to be very careful, otherwise you will be caught in the gray fog, not to mention encountering monsters in the gray fog, even if you don't encounter monsters, it will be a headache to be brought into an unknown moment by the gray fog.

Leo told the two of his inferences, Sylvia knew what the gray fog was, and quickly understood what Leo was thinking, while Tessa Mocha didn't know what the gray fog was at all. The clouds and mountains are surrounded by fog, but she still understands that Leo is saying that the gray fog is very dangerous, so don't have any contact with it.

Although Tessa Moka didn't know why Leo said this, she instinctively felt that following Leo's prompts was the best way to avoid accidents for herself.

After analyzing the map and deciding on the passage and route to walk tomorrow, Leo marked the selected route, then sorted out the prepared luggage and other items, and then went to rest.

In the early morning of the next day, the three of them woke up one after another, washed up, packed their respective luggage, and left the small villa.

The town was still silent, and the residents of the town were still hiding behind their houses and watching Leo and the others, but when they saw Leo and the others carrying their bags on their backs, they seemed to realize something, and all of them had wicked smiles on their faces .

However, they didn't know that Sylvia and the others had notified Lia Venistan of the situation in their small town, and they would have to face Daliat's army and a Just promoted to become a powerful existence of demigod.

After the three of them left Taniko, they went directly to the entrance of the ice bridge. After arriving at the location, they let go of the pack beast, and this domesticated pack beast would return to Taniko along the route.

At the entrance, Leo called up the map again. Last night, because the automatic analysis program was set, the new data was restored to the map under the operation of the program and added to the back.

As Leo expected last night, after the detection of the detector, there will be such bug-like creatures appearing in the area behind the ice bridge from time to time, and the number has increased a lot. Even Leo is in some slightly larger ice caves. Objects resembling insect nests were also seen.

"It seems that there will be a lot of trouble! When I was in the wasteland, I studied the creatures there. Although most people think that insects are low-level creatures without intelligence, they don't know that insects are actually intelligent. It’s just that their intelligence is all focused on hunting, defense, reproduction, etc.” Tessa Moka looked at the shadows representing the bugs, pointed to the positions of those shadows, and said: “These bugs obviously have a lot of wisdom, you Looking at the place where they gather, it happens to guard the suspected insect nest in the middle, and the distance from each other is almost equal. This should be the best distance for them to transmit information, which means that no matter which insect we encounter, we will be alarmed. All the bugs in the ice bridge."

"What solution do you have?" Leo looked at Tessa Moka, knowing that the other party had suddenly analyzed these bugs, and he definitely didn't just talk casually, there must be more to come, so he followed the other party's thinking and asked road.

Tessa Mocha said confidently: "Just let me solve it when the time comes. I know a lot of ways to solve these bugs."

Leo and Sylvia looked at each other and couldn't help smiling, which made Tessa Mocha feel baffled.

"What's so funny about this? Isn't it right for me to help?" Tessa Mocha said with some displeasure.

Sylvia asked directly: "You'd better tell the truth! Why are you interested in killing those bugs?"

Tessa Mocha was stunned, looked at Leo and the two, couldn't help but smiled wryly, and said, "I do have some selfishness, but there should be nothing wrong with me wanting to help, right?"

"Of course not." Sylvia shook her head, and said, "But we hope to know the reason, so as not to cause any misunderstandings. I think you don't want any misunderstandings, either?"

Tessa Mocha curled her lips, thought for a while, and said: "When I came here yesterday, I felt that there was something in it that was helpful to my growth. When you showed the map just now, I can be sure that it is right. The things I'm helpful with are the bugs, so I hope you guys will let me catch those bugs."

After listening to Tessa Mocha's explanation, both Leo and Sylvia understood that those bugs should have been spotted by the world tree seeds in Tessa Mocha's body.

Although I don't know how this will help the growth of the World Tree seeds, this matter is not harmful to them. It is also a good thing that someone can stand up and take the initiative to clean up those bugs.

So, Leo nodded and agreed to Tessa Mocha's request, and then he recorded the vital signs of the three people with a general-purpose recorder, and then made a corresponding mark on the map, which will follow their movement Move to determine their location on the map.

After completing the marking, he climbed one step ahead to the entrance of the passage selected last night, smashed the snow at the entrance with all his strength, and then walked in.

The ice cave is very slippery, and Leo needs to use a special method to distribute the spiritual energy to his feet so that he can grasp the ground.

Afterwards, Sylvia and Tessa Moka boarded the ice cave respectively, and they also used their own methods to allow themselves to walk steadily on the slippery ice.

This ice cave passage is very large, with a diameter of about six meters. Compared with the arc at the top, the bottom is much flatter, and there is no problem for four or five people walking side by side.

According to the map, compared with other ice cave passages, the road behind will be relatively flat and easy to walk.

Because of the permeability of the ice, the inside of the ice cave didn't look dark. Leo didn't light the torch, let Sylvia and the others follow behind, and walked forward by himself.

The three of them walked steadily forward in the channel. The situation in the ice cave was roughly the same as that detected by the previous detectors. There were several places marked by the detectors as weak ice layers, because the ice layer had been weakened for a whole day. It was much thicker and less dangerous, but in other places, because the ice bridge moved slightly throughout the day, some small cracks appeared.

It's just that these are not big problems, and Leo can easily detect these subtle changes with the Spirit Net, but this also makes Leo realize that there is a problem with the way he uses the detector.

The distance between myself and the detector is too far, and if there is any problem in such a long distance, the data scanned by the detector before will also be invalidated.

So Leo, who discovered the problem, slowed down the speed of the detector through the general-purpose recorder, and then speeded up after they caught up, trying to keep them within an hour's distance.

Because of this, Leo quickened his pace on the road. The first batch of insect biomarkers that could only be reached at noon arrived within two hours after entering the ice bridge. What disappointed Tessa Mocha was that there was no No detected bug creatures were found, but there were still traces of the bug creatures staying on the ground and traces left when they crawled away.

Withholding the disappointment on her face, Tessa Mocha quickly checked the marks on the ground and said, "This insect has seven pairs of insect legs, and the front three pairs are very sharp, which can easily cut the ice surface. , is their main attack weapon, the three pairs of worm legs at the back are very strong, and have claws, which can hold onto the ice surface, and the last pair of worm legs are under the tail, which should be very long and can play a balancing role." She said After analyzing, he sucked in the surrounding air vigorously, and said: "This kind of bug is a carnivorous bug, and it can spray a kind of acid. These bugs are very hungry, but they didn't climb out of the ice bridge to hunt outside," said Then, she seemed to think of something, her face was a little serious, and she said: "There should be a female worm here, and that female worm should be in a weak state at the moment, so you need to control the swarm to protect yourself, if the female worm is not injured If so, then she is undergoing transformation and promotion."

Seeing that Tessa Moka was able to analyze so many things with only some vague traces and residual smells on the ground, Leo was also a little surprised, so he asked seriously: "This is a good thing for us, Or something bad?"

"It's not a bad thing, but it's not a good thing either." Tessa Moka smiled and said, "Facing a group of hungry and aggressive bugs, it's not a good thing anyway, but..." said Then, she paused, and said vaguely: "Just leave it to me when the time comes."

Seeing that Tessa Mocha was so confident, Leo didn't say anything, and continued to walk forward. The passage behind began to shrink gradually, but no matter how small it was, it would be much wider for Leo and the others.

After walking a certain distance, Leo and the others came to a relatively spacious ice cave. This is the intersection of several passages. Some difficult to walk.

And in this freeze, Leo and the others found a corpse, to be precise, it was the corpse of a bug.

I saw that this bug was about one meter tall, with a huge body. It looked like a common wart salamander, but it had seven pairs of limbs, which was the same as Tessa Mocha's previous analysis.

Right now, only an empty shell and broken limbs are left of this worm, and the meat and internal organs inside have been eaten. Judging from various traces, it should not be eaten by other worms, and this worm was not eaten when it was eaten. There was no resistance, it felt like being eaten willingly.

Tessa Mocha walked up to the wreckage of the bug, put her hand on the wreckage, and then saw a large number of vine-like tentacles extending from her hand, touching the wreckage of the bug, and those wreckages were being The moment it was touched, it quickly melted and was absorbed by the vines.

Leo walked to the side and looked at the vine. Although he didn't feel any hostility from Tessa Mocha and the vine, he could feel that his nightmare power seemed to be spontaneously shrinking, restrained, and concealed. Among the other strengths of the body, this feeling is like encountering a natural enemy.

"Is this from the World Tree seed?" Leo asked curiously after noticing the abnormal power of the nightmare.

The power of nightmare is the power that Leo uses the most, and it is also the most practical power in Leo's body. He is also curious about the origin of the things that can restrain the power of nightmare, and it is also convenient for him to think of some countermeasures in advance. .

"Yes." Tessa Mocha didn't hide anything, she nodded and acknowledged Leo's guess, but she didn't intend to explain further.

Leo didn't ask, he picked up a fragment of the bug's carapace from the side, looked at it, and felt that there seemed to be nothing worthy of attention except that the carapace was very hard.