Infinite: Starting from Infiltrating Other Spaces

As they ventured deeper into the increasingly complex environment, the empty skeleton revealed piles of bones, weathered by dust and fungal infestations.

The 'bone mountain' formed by the dust has various bones 'piercing' the mountain in strange postures and exposed to the outside.

For a moment, I felt like I had entered hell.

After passing its tail, the snake's bones began to bend downwards, seemingly heading deeper into the ground once again.

It seems that the serpent dragon was emerging from the ground, but it suddenly died here after emerging only halfway, crashing heavily to the ground and forming a peculiar ravine.

The environment, which had just brightened up a bit, turned dim again, but fortunately, no particularly dangerous monsters appeared.

"Your Highness, shouldn't it be about time?"

"Awoo," he whispered, comparing the clues with his own intuition.

The surroundings were still shrouded in a dim yellow light. Huge snake bones formed a passageway, with weathered rocks and piles of bones on both sides.

The observer was using a small shovel and brush to scrape and scrape here and there during the pauses, putting the scrapes into the glass bottle.

These items will become valuable research materials once they return to the base.

Li Xia nodded. According to the clue map, it was indeed almost there.

But I had looked very carefully along the way and had not found anything unusual.

The clues provided by the Hall of Light will never be too far off, otherwise it would be meaningless. In other words, according to the proportion, the clues should be within a hundred meters of the vicinity.

But where are the clues?

Li Xia's gaze swept over the observer's small shovel...

Are you suggesting I dig with a shovel?

"Meow--"

Black Charcoal suddenly raised its claws.

Li Xia's expression shifted, and he looked at the black charcoal:

"You noticed an unusual smell?"

Black Charcoal nodded, looking somewhat confused, as the miasma greatly interfered with its sense of smell.

I could only faintly smell it; the scent... was very unique.

"Well done, Blackie! Take a good sniff—"

Awoo flew to the top of Black Charcoal's head, pulled out a nasal spray from somewhere, and was about to give Black Charcoal a couple of whacks.

Li Xia pondered for a moment, then slowly took two steps forward:

"Wait me a moment......."

Suddenly, the true qi in his body changed from stillness to movement, becoming as active as boiling.

A faint white light, like flames, appeared on his body, and his hands opened as if embracing a circle.

The surrounding airflow seemed to be drawn by an invisible force, and was pulled by the true qi to condense around Li Xia.

The power of Tai Chi is difficult to visualize using only the physical body, but it becomes different when true Qi is added.

As Li Xia swayed, he actually condensed the surrounding miasma into his hand, forming a hazy yellow cloud of energy.

His body shuddered violently, and his hands suddenly parted, unleashing a torrent of violent air.

It created a distinct ring of air currents, pushing away all the surrounding miasma.

Black Charcoal felt a jolt of energy, and his constantly itchy nose felt much better.

He sniffed it hard, then turned around and looked at Li Xia with an innocent expression.

"Meow........."

Oh no, the smell was blown away by that gust just now!

Li Xia slapped his forehead; he'd been so focused on dispelling the miasma that he'd forgotten about this...

"Meow?"

Black charcoal's beard twitched twice, even its ears perked up, and its wet little nose twitched.

Finally, the whole cat jumped up and pointed high in a direction not far away.

"Meow!"

It's right there!

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1. Monthly pass 2. Recommendation vote

Hmm, I'm taking my dad to see Operation Jiaolong tonight...

I'd better finish writing this quickly. I reckon there are three or four more chapters left before the Monster Hunter arc ends.

Chapter 94 Secret Passage

Needless to say, Awoo had already grabbed Black Charcoal and flown to the location it had just pointed out.

Li Xia's figure flashed by, flying to the side as well, leaving the observer alone on the ground, happily collecting environmental objects.

This place looks no different from the rest of the place.

The black rock resembles volcanic rock and is covered with holes of various sizes.

The scholars on the research team were very interested in the unique landform of the Coral Plateau.

In particular, the third research team was trapped in the Coral Highlands for more than ten years due to the attack of the Wind Dragon, and their investigation of this area is already very in-depth.

They believe that the Coral Plateau was originally seabed, but later changed due to peculiar crustal changes.

This high ridge on the seabed rises above sea level, and is subsequently developed due to the remarkable adaptability of the plants and animals in the Monster Hunter ecosystem.

This eventually led to the spectacular formation of a continental coral plateau.

Correspondingly, crustal changes were accompanied by the eruption of submarine volcanoes, so the Valley of Miasma, located at the deepest part of the Coral Plateau, was covered by lava.

This has led to the volcanic rock landforms we see today.

"Is the smell coming from here?"

Li Xia placed his hand on the cold rock, closed his eyes to sense it for a while, and then shook his head.

I don't have the specialized surveying skills of the exploration system, so apart from being able to sense the wind coming from inside, I can't detect anything else.

But wind—it's all too common in this place full of holes.

"Meow!"

The charcoal stick out a sharp claw pointing at one of the holes.

Li Xia nodded, Night Silence appeared in his hand, and with a focused mind, the spear blade silently pierced into the rock wall.

Then came a barrage of stabs, like a sudden storm, with stone chips flying everywhere and a series of thuds, and soon a large hole was torn open in the rock wall.

"Ding--"

The tip of the gun seemed to have struck something extremely solid, producing a crisp sound.

Huh? Li Xia stopped what she was doing, looking slightly surprised.

Even a regular steel plate would have been pierced by my shot.

Looking through the newly dug hole, one could see a square opening about a meter inside the thick rock wall, its edges gleaming with a metallic sheen.

I refuse to believe it! What steel plate can block out the silence of the night?

Sink your Qi to your Dantian, channel your strength throughout your body, and unify your waist and stance!

"Clang—!!"

Li Xia put his hands in his pockets; his arms went numb.

"Meow!"

Black Charcoal had Awoo take it to the cave entrance, tilted its head and looked at it for a while, then suddenly put all its equipment into its personal space.

It gestured with its two paws: "Meow!"

"You need to climb in and then look for other entrances?"

Li Xia pondered for a while, looking at the dark cave entrance with some hesitation, the situation inside unknown.

Black Charcoal and Awoo are not combat-oriented, so it would be difficult to provide timely rescue if they encountered danger.

Perhaps many apostles treat Palicoes as mere tools that can be discarded at will.

But Li Xia is not.

However, it wouldn't work to completely demolish this section of the wall, as it's mainly supported by the skeleton of the Serpent King Dragon, mixed with lava.

It's likely that when the lava was raging, the Serpent King Dragon's body was still intact, and it gradually decomposed over time, forming the passage we see today.

Demolishing the wall could lead to a chain reaction of collapse.

"Your Highness, I'll go with Heitan. That way, we can help each other if we encounter any danger."

Awoo volunteered for the mission, but its combat ability was actually quite average.

Li Xia shook her head: "No rush—"

After drifting forward four or five meters in the direction of the cave entrance, Ye Ji suddenly pierced through.

"Ding!"

Continue forward a little further, and it remains the same.

"Ding!"

Li Xia's expression gradually turned serious. There was actually a huge metal object buried inside the volcanic rock.

"Ding!"

"Ding!"

"Ding!"

Finally, about a hundred meters away from the starting point.

The silence of the night did not produce a crisp 'ding' sound.

They quickly enlarged the small hole they had pierced, and shone a powerful flashlight inside. Sure enough, behind more than a meter thick volcanic rock, there was a dark, gaping space.

Although the observer didn't know what his partner was doing, he also pulled out the small shovel issued by the guild, ready to help widen the hole.

Black Charcoal blew on his beard, straightened his back, and picked up his specially made large shovel.

【Skill 2: Burrowing Technique (Active): Dig burrows at extremely high speed to lay traps】

Why isn't drilling a hole in the wall considered digging a hole?

Li Xia, Aowu, and the observer silently pushed aside, and the shovel flew up and down. The volcanic rock was no problem at all in front of the large shovel made of horned dragon material.

In just a short while, the outside was piled with the debris that had been dug up.

"Meow!"

A small, all-black cat came out carrying a shovel and rubbed its nose with its paw.

Get it!

Amazing! A natural-born civil engineering physique!

Li Xia stood at the entrance of the cave. He was a little short and had to bend over to go in.

The air carried the stench of miasma, but it wasn't murky, indicating that the passageways were at least interconnected.

Passing through the opening, there is another passage inside, which looks no different from the outside.

Covered in cold, black lava, if not for being pierced by a spear, probably no one would have imagined that such lava, which was everywhere, actually held a hidden secret.

What exactly are these metals?

Unfortunately, no one gave him an answer.

"Black Charcoal, tell me the way."