Chapter 58 The Ridge Spine Hunter Strikes <TOC> Chapter 60 Underground Kingdom
Translator: SumTLMan
Snow was flying outside the window, with the cold winds howling.
Inside, however, it remained bright and warm.
Zhou Yi sat on a soft leather sofa, flipping to the latest page of his notebook.
——Establish the base camp and clear the nearby area for development (crossed out).
——After finding rice and wheat, begin planting to achieve self-sufficiency in rice and noodles.
The first goal was basically achieved.
The second goal still needs to be approached step by step; for now, we will first plant sweet potatoes and peanuts, which are in progress.
He marked the new objective on the next line with a signature pen.
——Conquer Snake Island Hospital.
However, this task must be tackled step by step.
The winter in the wasteland is a turbulent season. After Zhou Yi came ashore, his understanding of the land was still insufficient, and he was currently focusing on defense and observation.
If to talk about the focus in the coming period, it was still the evaluation of the young Ridge Spine Hunter.
Zhou Yi had a brief conversation with Hunter Sea and also inquired about its mother.
It said: “Perhaps it went to explore or conquer other worlds.”
However, what the Ridge Spine Hunter was thinking inside was:
——〇×, I can’t reveal about my mother. If they knew my mother died, they probably wouldn’t have taken me in.
Zhou Yi just told the other party: “With me, you have to tell the truth.”
“I love telling the truth.”
“How did your mother die?”
Hunter Sea froze.
It immediately became dejected: “Originally, Chairman, you already knew…”
“My mother was eaten.”
“Two winters ago, my mother took me hunting in the Eastern Dead Sea. Usually, we would dive into the middle and lower sea regions, which are the hunting grounds for Ridge Spine Hunters. But that day, I don’t know what happened, a big hole appeared in the sea.”
“That hole seemed to appear out of nowhere in the Dead Sea, like it tore open space. From above and below, all you could see was a black hole.”
“My mother seemed to know it and told me to run immediately.”
“A huge black monster emerged from the hole and grabbed directly at us. I was very scared and fled desperately, running very far… When I came to my senses, I couldn’t find my mother.”
“I waited for a long time, but my mother didn’t come to find me, so I went back, to that side of the hole.”
“The hole was still there, but I could no longer feel my mother’s presence.”
“Only in the nearby Dead Sea fog, I found some of my mother’s bone fragments and blood… she was eaten.”
“I’m a wastrel; I didn’t fight, I ran away.”
Hunter Sea’s whole body dimmed its light.
Zhou Yi, judging from its internal thoughts, believed it was telling the truth this time.
In the Dead Sea, even a B-Class Ridge Spine Hunter would fall prey to other monsters.
Zhou Yi thought: “Red Falcon, check what that hole is.”
Actually, he had encountered something similar before.
Previously, under a high bridge outside the no man’s land, there was a pitch-black hole. But unlike what Hunter Sea and they encountered, that hole was calm, and nothing came out of it.
A few seconds later.
“Based on the Ridge Spine Hunter’s description, it should be the Dead Sea ‘Dark Domain.’ It’s a special high-energy space formed after Dead Light condenses highly. These spaces connect to other high-energy areas through Dead Light as a medium, using light as the medium to achieve mutual projection…”
The drone provided a detailed description.
Zhou Yi skipped over the complicated and lengthy terms and summarized it.
“The other end of the Dark Domain connects to other worlds. Only those with A-Class body strength can safely pass through the Dark Domain, and after projecting into the other side world, they can explore. It can be said that walking through the Dark Domain is the exclusive privilege of the Sky Walkers.”
Similarly, powerful lifeforms from other worlds can also project into this side through the Dark Domain.
However, there are differences between these Dark Domains.
High-Class Dark Domains only exist in high-density Dead Light regions, have stable projections, cover a large area, and are the usual choice for powerful lifeforms.
In the seabed area, the Dead Light density is relatively low; the Dark Domain under the high bridge is low-class, unstable, and has a narrow projection range, so it’s less chosen.
After listening, Hunter Sea fell silent for a while.
“Dark Domain… Sky Walker…”
“Probably, I will never reach that level in my lifetime, never be able to avenge my mother. I don’t even know what monsters in the other world caused it…”
Zhou Yi just said: “Focus on the present; maybe in the future, it’s not impossible.”
Hunter Sea suddenly asked: “Chairman, Dead Sea Abominations are supposed to be unable to communicate. Why can you converse with me and other lifeforms? Are you a special class of lifeform?”
“Firstly, I am not a Dead Sea Abomination.”
Zhou Yi corrected: “I am me, Jade Emerald City is Jade Emerald City, and the one conversing with you is me, not it.”
The Ridge Spine Hunter hovered at the height of the 31st floor, maintaining a glass ball shape, blinking its two red eyes up and down.
“I understand, Chairman.”
“I won’t speak carelessly; rest assured.”
However, it was thinking inside.
——It’s an amazing secret! This is the secret of Dead Sea Abominations!
——No wonder other colleagues said, the Chairman just returned to Jade Emerald City…
——Dead Sea Abominations themselves are incomplete. That is to say, Dead Sea Abominations found on land are incomplete shells missing the brain. In their massive bodies, there exists a brain-like consciousness core. But the body enters land, while the brain remains in the Dead Sea.
——That’s it! Dead Sea Abominations are headless living bodies. They need their heads to return so they can unleash their true power.
——No wonder my mother could converse with the Chairman in the past because her head was still intact; later, her head probably returned to the Dead Sea, likely to recharge.
Regarding Hunter Sea’s baseless speculations, Zhou Yi found it somewhat amusing and laughable.
Hunter Sea, although timid, had a vivid imagination.
To some extent, he wasn’t afraid of it causing trouble, because it simply didn’t have the guts.
……
Zhou Yi sat on the sofa, pondering that if there were no problems this winter, he could sign a contract with Hunter Sea for the next winter as well, allowing it to continue as a patrol guard.
Having such a B-Class creature circling over the company’s industrial area would have a strong deterrent effect on the outside world.
At this moment, a strong light suddenly lit up outside the window.
A glowing meteor rushed towards them at high speed.
After approaching Jade Emerald City, it immediately stopped.
It was Hunter Sea.
“Chairman, we have a great discovery!”
A Jin on Hunter Sea excitedly shouted: “Under the Death Dunes, there are a large number of tunnels and storage rooms, like a big tomb!”
Zhou Yi was stunned.
Are there really things under the dunes?
He immediately dispatched Red Falcon to accompany Hunter Sea and A Jin to reach their excavation area.
Through the drone’s high-definition camera, Zhou Yi discovered that from this side of the dunes, there were pits everywhere, with scattered shell debris and fragments nearby.
He asked through Red Falcon: “Did you eliminate all the Stinging Antlions here?”
Hunter Sea’s two red eyes slightly contracted into two small dots: “A Jin said, anyway, Stinging Antlions are harmful monsters that destroy the environment… they damage the soil for farming, and hinder us from excavating underground treasures. So I eliminated them and ate them. You won’t blame me, will you?”
That’s actually a good thing.
The Death Dunes are now accessible.
Zhou Yi saw that under the dunes, there was a special hole.
The hole was deep, with stone-stacked fixed long corridors under the sand, and small storage rooms similarly built with stones and soil. Although the craftsmanship was simple and narrow, it was not difficult to see that this was just part of underground fortifications.
There were a lot of chicken feathers and chicken bones in the underground construction, obviously arranged to drive away Stinging Antlions and prevent attacks from such monsters.
In the storage rooms, many branches, dry grass, manure, and dry mushrooms were stockpiled.
The more Zhou Yi looked, the more surprised he was.
Could there be another group of new humans living under the dunes?
“Continue digging.”
Zhou Yi summoned 10 Hammerhead Soldiers. These Warrior Crabs were skilled engineers, proficient in dismantling, excavating, and drilling.
With the addition of professional engineers, the underground excavation sped up.
The Warrior Crabs used their pincers to dig open the sand and snow, slowly revealing the hidden simple structures buried deep underground.
So far, they had uncovered five underground corridors, seventeen storage rooms, two areas covered with dry grass that seemed like nurseries, and one spacious space like an underground meeting room. The tunnel extended all the way to the oasis belt.
However, the residents inside had disappeared without a trace.
Only some scattered traces remained underground.
The most noticeable was a small granular black substance, nearly filling three of the storage rooms.
A Jin jumped in, grabbed a particle, smelled it, tasted it by putting it in his mouth, and then spit it out.
He looked up and waved to Red Falcon: “Chairman, these are Sand Rat excrement; this smell is absolutely that. This place must be a Sand Rat underground city!”
Zhou Yi felt something was off.
A sophisticated underground city built under the dunes, with specialized toilets, storage rooms, nurseries, and extensive underground tunnels, it was too complete.
What kind of rodent is this?
“Red Falcon, retrieve detailed information on Sand Rats.”
Chapter 58 The Ridge Spine Hunter Strikes <TOC> Chapter 60 Underground Kingdom