Chapter 623: Fifth Floor! Forward!
Sandone II
It turned out not to be the resurrection of Sandin.
Zhou Qing looked at the other person deeply, turned around and walked towards the door, saying: "Send those mutants to the third floor. Also, please don't tell anyone else about us."
"I never lie."
Sandyin II represents his attitude clearly.
“But you don’t have to tell it.” After Zhou Qing said this last sentence, he walked through the door and was never seen again.
"Yeah, you don't have to tell me."
Sandyin II nodded. "But there are some things I forgot to tell them, the time of the seventh floor, and the guardian... Never mind. With his wisdom, he would be able to perceive it even if I don't tell him. He may even know more than me..."
After entering the door, Zhou Qing found himself wrapped in an invisible film, and moved quickly downwards along the colorful light beams around him.
Three minutes later, a brighter exit appeared below.
Wave!
Zhou Qing left the passage and landed on the ground. Looking back, he saw a door that was exactly the same as the one on the fourth floor.
"During the landing process, I clearly couldn't feel the deceleration, but the pressure when landing was almost the same as walking... It's really a strange space teleportation."
While sighing inwardly, Zhou Qing looked around. Romantina, Dugu Bo, Bunny Girl, and Rico were already standing nearby, observing the environment of the fifth floor like him.
Unlike the fourth floor, there are no buildings next to the black pillars on the fifth floor. The sky is light pink, and the clouds above are yellow. All around, one can see rolling mountains, some nearly a thousand meters high and some only forty or fifty meters low. There are some low shrubs growing between the mountains.
But overall, it looks pretty bare.
"The fifth level is called: Alienated World."
Riko introduced, "This floor is inhabited by a large number of mutants. They are all explorers who went to the sixth floor. When they ascended, they were cursed with the ascension and turned into mutants. They dared not go to the upper floors in their ugly appearance, so they settled on this floor..."
"There are all kinds of rare metals on this level, but because the fifth level's ascending curse is very severe, it will cause people to lose their sixth sense and lose control of their strength, causing them to tear themselves apart. Therefore, it is difficult to mine and transport them to the upper levels."
The door can only transmit things including people and their possessions. Theoretically, without a large number of storage soul guides, even an alien body would find it difficult to transport the ore.
But Zhou Qing carried a small gray bag with a large storage space, and the inner world could also be used to store items. If he encountered suitable mineral deposits later, he could store the items in them, and he could even ask Dugu Bo for help.
"So, how do we get to the sixth floor?" In addition to various rare mineral deposits, what Zhou Qing cares most about is how to get to the next floor.
After all, the door behind you can only go up to enter, and you also need to endure the upward curse.
Liko took out a map from her expedition backpack and pointed to the eight red dots marked on it. She said, "These eight dots are where the mutants gather. Each of them has a ladder leading down, but you need to mine for three years first."
"Mining?"
Dugu Bo frowned, "Is there an easier way? For example, if we defeat the strongest among them, we can go down directly?"
"No, the Abyss people are not warlike. This is an exchange. We help the mutants mine the ores they need in exchange for the weapons they use to defend against the ferocious creatures on this layer, as well as the maintenance of the passages, etc."
Li Ke shook her head, "These eight ladders need to be maintained with a purified metal called hematite: hematite. The ladders will actively absorb this ore."
"Eight?"
The bunny girl was puzzled. "I remember there were only seven before?" "The most recent one was discovered by a group of mutants nearly two hundred years ago. That mutant village is quite special. They never go out. They make special noises to attract predators on this level into the village and then hunt them. Their village architecture is also extremely peculiar. It is said that they can hunt independently and absorb nutrients from their prey. At the same time, there are peculiar rules within the area where the village is located. All transactions must be of equal value, and no one can take advantage of anyone else, otherwise they will be punished by the rules..."
At this point, Rico realized that this village was most likely the one transformed by Rico's friend, Namichi, because the alien form transformed by Namichi had completely lost the human heart, and had its own space inside with special rules.
However, there is one difference, that is, people in this village are not allowed to go out and can only attract prey by making noises.
But the bunny girl believed that it was Namichi!
"Okay, Riko, then you lead the way to this village." Through the map, Zhou Qing learned that this village was the farthest from their current location, but the purpose of his coming here was not only to go to the bottom layer, but also to understand the main resources contained in each layer.
The first level, the place of relaxation, is a huge grassland suitable for grazing.
The second layer, the Misty Forest, is mostly swamp wetlands with rich flora and fauna resources.
The third layer is the Holy Grail Fruit Forest. Its main resources are the unique tree-top hot springs and the fruits of the Holy Grail tree.
The fourth layer, the Ocean of Dead Bodies, is a fertilizer processing plant and the center for the material recycling of these abyssal ruins.
And this fifth layer obviously contains a large amount of common and rare metal mineral resources.
Throughout the abyss, traces of human activity are extremely obvious. According to the principle of outward diffusion, as long as one walks outward in a straight line, the distribution of mineral deposits in the entire fifth layer can be determined within a rough range.
Besides--
Do you need a reason to help others?
"Thank you." The bunny girl was deeply moved.
"This is also part of the adventure." Zhou Qing smiled casually.
But Romantina let out a long “eh” and covered her red cheeks, saying faintly: “They didn’t even let go of my grandmother who has lived for hundreds of years. They are truly the worst of the scum.”
"you shut up!"
Zhou Qing was speechless.
Fortunately, Romantina was also very obedient and really kept her mouth shut: (⊙x⊙;), but she kept her pair of "wise" eyes open, making it difficult for people to control the corners of her mouth.
“This is youth. Thinking back to my old days…”
Dugu Bo also interrupted, describing his past with a nostalgic look on his face.
Zhou Qing was speechless——
It's okay that Romantina is crazy, but why do you keep reminiscing about the glorious past?
Just like that, a group of five people headed towards the location described on the map.
Along the way, Zhou Qing collected a lot of strange-looking minerals with the help of the guide Li Ke, and also learned what hematite looks like.
This is a kind of mineral with a blood-red surface, very rough to the touch, but with a hint of warmth.
But according to Liko, this ore is specially processed and the hematite is extracted. After cooling, the surface has a luster similar to diamond. Under the sunlight, the slightest vibration can produce visible red waves, as if it has special magnetism...
(End of this chapter)
