Chapter 520 The Resentment of "Morning Mist"
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"Elder An, Dika, you must return immediately!"
Lin Yao suddenly stopped and turned to face the two people behind him, his expression more serious than ever before.
"Here are some 'detoxification pills,' 'fasting pills,' and 'life-giving pills.' Give some to everyone who comes later, proportionally. Including you, take one 'detoxification pill' every four hours. If I don't get out, take one 'fasting pill' every day to avoid running out of strength if I get trapped."
It was explained very clearly that Lin Yao was worried that his duel with "Chen Ai" would affect the Yi family members outside the cave.
Given the eerie abilities of "Morning Mist" and the fact that this place was originally its stronghold, if we don't take proper precautions, no matter how many Yi family members come, we will suffer heavy losses. That's why we have everyone take an "antidote pill" every four hours, just in case.
"Sir, is this where Jiang Liu is hiding? He didn't even leave the country!"
Elder Yi'an felt her throat was very dry, and she swallowed a few times before she could speak.
At this moment, the three of them were 500 meters underground. The air temperature had risen very high, estimated to be over 80 degrees Celsius. The heat wave, mixed with the musty smell of being baked, hit them hard, making it very difficult to breathe.
If Lin Yao hadn't warned them to hold their breath and use their internal energy for protection while they were up there, Yi An and Dika would probably have already been killed.
The space here is filled with toxic gas, a mixture of various complex toxic components and numerous bacteria and viruses, like a giant breeding ground for toxic microorganisms. Strangely, these ordinary bacteria and viruses are not inactivated by the high temperature environment, but instead thrive and multiply vigorously.
"It should be," Lin Yao's voice was low and deep. The severity of the situation meant he didn't have time to gather the top-level experts in the country to help him, otherwise "Morning Mist" would have escaped and gone into hiding again.
“Only Chen… only Jiang Liu could cause such a commotion here. Without that magical artifact, there wouldn’t be so many active viruses in the air. You all go out immediately and keep watch at least one kilometer away. Write down everything in detail. I’ll contact you later.”
After saying that, Lin Yao suddenly remembered a possibility and immediately added, "Also, have the Grand Elder take Lili and the others and secretly move them away. Don't tell anyone. The communication tools must be kept secret. Also, have my parents, Xia Yuwen, and several senior members of Minhong avoid the area. This matter must be kept strictly confidential. Tell the Grand Elder that it must be handled by his own people. My parents are absolutely not allowed to make the decision on their own."
"By the way, have Witt show up and protect you closely at all times."
"The Yi family members in various places should be careful to conceal their whereabouts, and the members of Minhong's security team should also be careful to protect themselves."
Having said that, I've basically covered everything that needed to be said. In a crisis, there's no time to think too much or too detailed.
With a wave of his arm, electric lights with an illumination effect danced with his gesture, rapidly changing the scene inside the cave, and making Yi An's heart suddenly feel extremely cold.
"Sir...we'll come help you..."
"Nonsense!"
Lin Yao shouted, startling Yi An, who was already nervous, so much so that she trembled and dared not speak again.
With a wave of his hand, Lin Yao dismissed the two. At this moment, he had no time for further chatter. Even the little grass was on high alert. "Morning Mist" must have known of their arrival, as it had already broken through the two spiderweb-like mycelium.
"Yaoyao, let's go downstairs. I've put some pills in the bottles in your left pocket. If I don't have time, you can take them yourself."
"Um."
Are you ready?
"Alright." Lin Yao immediately gathered his true energy to protect his body. He then put a spirit stone in his mouth, gathered energy to envelop his entire body, and floated up, suspended in the spacious underground passage without his feet touching the ground.
"Let's go!" Xiaocao shouted, pulling Lin Yao along the passage as they rushed rapidly into the depths of the earth.
The temperature inside the passage rose higher and higher, and the concentration of bacteria, viruses and dust mixed in the air also increased. Under the light emitted by the electric light, it appeared gray and hazy, like the steam in a bathroom in winter, with visibility of less than two meters.
"Little Grass, there's a mycelium net fifteen meters ahead," Lin Yao warned, sensing the anomaly in the passage.
"I know, I didn't use my own abilities, I replenished my Qi with pills. Now we need to maintain our best condition."
Lin Yao didn't know how far they had gone underground, but he estimated it was more than a kilometer away. The walls of the passage had gradually become dense rock, with occasional mottled mycelium covering them, looking like they had been patched up with patches of all sizes.
"We're here." Lin Yao said something seemingly pointless. The oppressive atmosphere made him feel very tense. As the passageway turned from a steep 70-degree angle to a horizontal direction, they immediately increased their vigilance.
Xiao Cao didn't say anything and continued to pull Lin Yao forward quickly. Two seconds later, a dazzling red light and a scorching heat wave rushed towards them, and a magnificent scene appeared before their eyes.
A massive lava cave appeared before them, at least 500 meters long, over 100 meters wide, and 30 meters high, with its highest point likely exceeding 50 meters. Hot, bright red lava flowed slowly across its bottom, bathing the space in a warm, wedding-like hue. The intense heat distorted the air, making it impossible to judge distances by sight.
Lin Yao had already withdrawn the lightning when he entered the horizontal passage, but he held onto his last hand seal, ready to unleash the lightning again at any time. He also wanted to conceal his trump card, hoping to use it to unexpectedly and severely injure "Morning Mist" in the upcoming duel.
“We were negligent. We should have thoroughly searched every corner of the Jiang family back then. Unlike the Yi family, who were forced to flee to remote areas to survive, the Jiang family would never have wanted to live and recuperate in such a mountainous region!”
Lin Yao suddenly realized his mistake and felt a pang of regret. "What a blunder..."
"Yes, I also bear some responsibility. I never expected there to be such a hidden place underground. If I had discovered 'Morning Mist's' lair back then, I would never have given it a chance to take advantage of it, because its abilities before parasitizing should have been even weaker. If I had encountered it, I would have destroyed it long ago."
Little Grass was also filled with regret, "This guy actually built his lair in a lava pool, completely overturning his survival habits!"
"Get ready, let's go."
Lin Yao, not wanting Xiao Cao to feel bad, changed the subject. He channeled the energy of heaven and earth to move along a path that could barely be considered a passage, floating along it. The gray, misty place at the far end of the path should be the location of "Morning Mist".
"Alright, you fly by yourself. This place is too eerie. I'll try my best not to touch the lava or the rock walls." Little Grass composed herself and prepared with all her might for the upcoming duel.
Flying over the narrow passage along the lava riverbank, climbing a seven-meter-high cliff, we entered an area filled with mycelium.
The grayish mycelium displays various shapes across the 1,000-square-meter area, with a perfectly smooth, half-meter-high layer of fluffy mycelium at the center, resembling soft and thick snow on a northern plain in winter.
The stalagmites rising from the cliffs on both sides and the occasional ones near the cliffs are all buried by bizarre bacterial entities. There are huge, exaggeratedly large mushroom-shaped, scallop-shaped, umbrella-shaped, and cone-shaped ones, and even long cylindrical bacterial entities that stretch to the top of the cave. The twisted shapes of these cylinders in the air, along with the band-like entities surrounding them, render what should have been a terrifying atmosphere into a mythical mystery. However, the monotonous, withered gray-white color prevents this mystery from achieving its full aesthetic effect, and it faintly reveals a sense of ferocity.
"You're here? Zhu Dan, I've been waiting for you for a long time."
A voice rang out, seemingly coming from all directions, and even Lin Yao couldn't pinpoint its source.
"Morning mist, I'm here."
The tendrils of the grass that peeked out from Lin Yao's body mimicked human voices, clear and melodious. Hearing the grass speak again made Lin Yao very excited, but he quickly suppressed his emotions and dared not be distracted.