Chapter 696: Humans Are Not Human
"Underground...underground again..."
Ronald couldn't help but muttered after jumping a few meters down and landing safely in the dark tunnel.
From the moment I came to this world, I started to get in touch with the mysterious side.
He didn't know how many times he had gone underground while chasing incidents.
Ronald was used to dealing with spellcasters normally, so he was too lazy to complain about this.
But today, even the beings under Yuan Dian's interference like to hide underground.
It's really hard to talk about it and my chest feels clogged.
Ronald complained while letting go of Hel who was holding him. The little girl was very well-behaved at this time and didn't even ask her curious questions.
At the same time, Kostat, who came down first, spoke:
"Sir, there are no signs of recent activity around anyone."
"This passage should have only been used by Orlank before."
The actual situation is also consistent with what Kostat said. Same.
The underground passage here is so dark that ordinary people can't see anything at all. In the eyes of people like Ronald, the roads here are smooth and long, with a circular cross-section that is not very easy to walk.
Think based on what happened in the woods of Joiz.
The passage here is most likely caused by the roots of some kind of plant that grew underground, opened up a path, and then moved to another location.
I thought so in my heart.
Ronald stretched out his hand and touched the wall of the cave next to him.
The soil here contains a lot of moisture, and his keen hearing can detect the sound of running water in the distance - a very typical underground environment.
"Let's move on."
He made the decision, and this time Ronald moved to the front of the team.
The slope of the underground road is not very steep at first. After advancing for more than ten meters, you can see water flowing, and then gradually converge into an underground river and begin to flow.
After all, Hull does not have the abilities of Ronald and Costart.
Therefore, after hearing the commotion underground, the little girl was obviously a little uneasy.
"Mr. Ronald, is this the sound of water?"
"That's right." Ronald held Hull's hand and immediately explained to her, "The underground environment is very complex, and it's not just soil and rocks."
Bang -
At this time, Costat lightly snapped his fingers.
A pale white soft light source then appeared next to the maid, providing the entire team, or in other words, Hel with much-needed light.
The little one quickly discovered the uniqueness around him.
Different from the ground in the forest, the soil next to the underground river has a delicate texture, and the color is blue-gray like bluestone. Although people will not sink into the soil when walking on it, they will still leave clear footprints.
And in the underground river farther away.
The water flow and the ground showed completely different colors, and there was a layer of red objects floating on the surface.
"Mr. Ronald, what is floating on the water?"
"The water here contains iron, and this will happen over time."
"That's it..."
Ronald explained to Hull.
The three of them also continued deep into the back of the tunnel.
At first, the underground passage here was indeed relatively gentle, but after two turns, a cave with a large slope immediately appeared in front of us.
This doesn't look like a place where tree roots are squeezing out.
The color and state of the rocks and soil deposited over a long period of time indicate that this is a space that exists naturally or appeared here a long time ago.
The original underground river continued downward along the inclination, and its flow became turbulent.
"Sir, look -"
At this time, Costart reminded.
Ronald looked in the direction pointed by the maid. Farther away, there were two circular holes similar to this one in the underground tunnel - which exactly corresponded to the number of entrances Orlank had mentioned before.
But that's not what's important.
But because of the quality of the soil, Ronald could clearly see the edge of the farthest round hole entrance, and there were some footprints left on the delicate soil.
The owner of the footprints seemed to realize this quickly.
So after just a few steps, the footprints on the ground completely disappeared.
"..."
Ronald frowned.
He jumped directly to the entrance and began to look at the details of the footprints.
The traces are very fresh.
The wet soil not only leaves traces, but also traces of time - traces left within an hour.
Consider the previous attack on Benniga camp.
The circumstances of this matter are not difficult to imagine.
Those Rhine who knew Beniga's situation and were still hostile to 'Mother' had a high probability of invading the place in their plans.
Ronald almost immediately opened the reconnaissance range of the 'Rage' power to the maximum.
However, at this moment, except for the casters on the ground who had just finished dealing with Orlank, he did not find any human presence around him.
His eyes returned to the ground again.
This footprint... seems to be larger than that of ordinary people.
At first, Ronald thought it was just that the owner of the footprints was tall, but when he looked at the average height of this era, he realized how exaggerated these footprints were, with an average height of two meters per person.
"Ha..."
Ronald couldn't help but sneer.
It's no wonder that he didn't notice the attack in advance on the ground just now.
In the Yuez Forest, not only are most of the wild animals and plants no longer animals and plants, but perhaps even a small number of humans are no longer humans!
The Divine Comedy is an original classic closely related to human beings.
If the target encountered is not human, then there really is nothing to be found.
In just a few seconds, Costart also led Hull to Ronald:
"Sir, it seems you have discovered something?"
"Yes." Ronald nodded, "In biology There is nothing unique about human beings. It seems that because of the interference of the "Organic Encyclopedia", the people we are dealing with are no longer human beings." Costart showed obvious interest
in this issue:
"Mr. , do you think that if a person is no longer a human being in a biological sense, can he still be considered a human being in a practical sense if he maintains his original personality?"
Ronald clearly noticed the curiosity in the maid's words.
He looked at Kostat, and then replied in a serious tone:
"If it's my personal opinion, then at least in a social sense, he is still considered a human being."
Costat nodded slightly and fell into thought.
"So that's it..."
Ronald interrupted the maid's thinking at the right time:
"My answer only represents myself."
"If you have the opportunity in the future, you can ask a few more people to ask this question. Maybe they will There are many different answers."
"As for now..."
At this point, Ronald paused, and his magic power surged:
"Starting from the relationship between the entire earth and the sky will begin to form our understanding. ..."
Activate the flying spell and fly with your companions.
Ronald finally said:
"As for now, we still focus on work."
(End of Chapter)