Don't call me evil god

Chapter 212 Controlled Experiment
After hearing what Pete said, Reina also reacted.

The situation is indeed not normal.

"Did they move from deeper into the Dark Crypt?" Gale said, then denied his own statement: "No! Even if that's the case, why is the large cave in the center so... clean?"

“That’s what I don’t understand.”

Pete pointed to the connecting passages around the circle, turned his head and asked Miranda softly:
"Miranda, you know more about monsters than we do."

"Will the monsters sleep in different caves in such an orderly manner?"

Miranda recalled for a while, and finally shook her head with a little uncertainty.

"Probably...not right?"

"Monsters can sleep, but they don't sleep so neatly, so... regularly."

"What I know is that there is no pattern to the actions of monsters. After all, they have no such thing as rationality. They may be sleeping in the last second and start looking for their hunting targets in the next second."

“It’s strange enough that there are so many monsters sleeping here at the same time.

Pete stroked his chin and analyzed: "So, this is the problem."

"No wonder the Lord gave us a mission to explore the dark crypts."

"Or the monsters here are special."

"Or maybe the situation in this place is special."

"Don't forget the gray fog!"

Brandon listened in confusion for a long time and finally heard a sentence he could understand.

"Everyone, do you think it is possible that the monsters are sleeping in those caves in such a neat row because of the gray fog?"

Brandon's logic is simple.

The outside of the Misty Valley is shrouded in thick gray fog. Most monsters will stop when they get close to a certain distance and will only wander around outside this area.

Well, use an analogy.

Traces of gray fog were also found in the dark crypts.

Will this gray fog have the same effect and prevent monsters from approaching?

Is that why the monsters just stay in the cave and sleep so quietly?

Brandon described his idea using both words and gestures.

Pete pondered Brandon's logic.

"Then when Yaan and his companions took away the white sphere, why were the monsters not afraid of the gray fog at the connection between the cave and the passage, and came out to chase them regardless of everything?"

Brandon was silent.

His analytical ability is limited, so it is more suitable for him to just draw his sword and start slashing.

The place where Pete and the others gathered to communicate was exactly where Yaan's team had found the white sphere.

In the large cave in the center almost close to the center.

There is a small area with slightly higher terrain. On it, there is a circular platform made of a mixture of mud and rocks that looks like the kind commonly seen in dungeons. It is about half a person's height.

The area of ​​the truncated table is not large, and there is no so-called white round ball on the table. Instead, there is a strange small square colorless crystal.

However, in the almost "purely primitive" environment of the cave, this thing gave Pete an inexplicable sense of déjà vu.

He felt... this thing was a bit like the round table in the altar of creation that was used to exchange bread and record the art of resurrection.

But the material of the truncated platform here is completely different from the translucent crystal of an unknown material on the Creation Altar.

There was a dwarf's dagger on the ground. If you smell it closely, you can still smell the lingering smell of blood.

Pete simulated the situation at that time.

"At that time, the white ball should have been placed on this round platform."

"Yaan and his teammates come here." "Teammate takes the ball."

"Alarm the monster."

"The teammates were overwhelmed by monsters, and Yaan flashed out of the crypt and ran for his life."

Gale concluded: "In other words, the white ball is the key to alerting the monster. As long as we move it, the monster will wake up and start chasing us."

"But now the things on the round table have changed." Pete hesitated.

He always felt that there might be some connection between the sleeping monsters neatly distributed in the dungeon, the gray fog floating in fixed positions, and the circular platform in front of him.

"so."

"Reina, Brandon, Miranda, the three of you leave here first, return to the ground, and find a safe place to hide."

"Gail stay, I want to do a control experiment."

"I want to simulate the situation of the Yaan team at that time."

"If I alarmed the monster like Yaan, I wouldn't run away. The worst that can happen is that I will die at the Creation Altar."

"Gail, try to imitate Yaan. When the monster wakes up, run outside and see if the monster will chase you like it chased Yaan without the white ball."

Gail had no objection and nodded in agreement.

They came here just to open up the wasteland and knew nothing about the situation in the dark cave.

I was already prepared to die last time.

After possessing the divine art of [Resurrection], life has become a kind of currency for the believers of the Church of Knowledge, but they need to make better use of death to make their own death more valuable.

Reina looked at Pete with some concern, hesitated for a moment, and applied:
"How about... I won't leave either? I can enter [Stealth] and see if the monsters can detect the stealth state when chasing me. It can also be regarded as collecting information."

Pete thought about it and agreed to Reina's request.

Reina was visibly happy.

This change in mood was noticed by Pete, who could not help but complain helplessly: "What's so happy about this? Maybe we will all be wiped out here later."

Reina just smiled and didn't explain why she was happy.

Miranda looked at Gail. She also wanted to find an excuse to stay, but after thinking for a long time, she couldn't find a suitable excuse.

She is a Radiant Priest. She does not have the [Stealth] ability to hide like a Rogue, nor does she have [Blink] and [Self-Invisibility] like a Mage. Moreover, a Priest is a profession with a relatively fragile body.

Fortunately, Brandon took action at the critical moment:

"I might as well not leave! Exploration is about fighting, and that must be a part of it! I can try to see how many monsters I can kill. It's a good opportunity to test the strength of the monsters in the dark dungeon, and also to collect intelligence for everyone!"

Brandon turned his attention to combat testing, so Miranda naturally had a reason to stay.

"Then I'll stay too! The battle definitely requires treatment. The attacks of level 3 monsters come with contamination, which I can purify. This way, we can get more clear data!"

Pete didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I just want everyone to die less often. After all, there is a loss in transferring legendary experience!"

"You guys don't feel bad at all?"

Reyna, Miranda, and Brandon all shook their heads.

Especially Brandon, his head was shaking like a rattle.

He was almost suffocated seeing so many monsters but unable to kill them.

"Okay!" Pete no longer hesitated, and the instant messenger edited a message to inform the believers outside, asking them to hide in case of any accidents.

Take a deep breath.

Reach out and touch the strange transparent crystal.

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(End of this chapter)