"Boom!" A loud explosion, scorching flames sprayed out, instantly engulfing the entire tunnel.

...

Thousands of miles away, on the other side of the continent.

Underground.

As always, the dim and oppressive space, with rock walls twisted like giant tree roots.

The sleeping blue glowing fog slowly emerged, merging into an old face. It slowly opened its eyes.

A huge, blue glowing three-dimensional image appeared before him. It looked like the structure diagram of a rectangular underground building.

The image kept expanding until it finally fixed on the silhouettes of three people on the edge.

The old face slowly widened its eyes, quietly watching.

...

"Cough! Cough cough cough!" Jones coughed violently. Finally, the dust settled completely. What appeared before him was a long tunnel in a half-destroyed state.

Beside him, Dora half-covered her nose, also coughing lightly.

"This is the entrance!" Jones cheered suddenly.

*You had to admit, sometimes the power of trees was the most terrifying. Walls that required a dragon to break could be crushed little by little over thousands, even tens of thousands of years, until they collapsed. Growing trees destroyed the hard walls, and Jones, by destroying the trees, finally opened the way to the ruins.*

Through the newly opened path, the group began to explore little by little.

...

"Species verification."

"Two minor Blood Clan members, one adult Lich."

"Identity?"

"White Bone Holy Light Court badge and Giant Snake City badge identified. Other identities unknown."

"No signs of Heaven and Hell forces within fifty kilometers."

The old face silently floated, staring at Jones' group's every move in the image. It seemed not ready to take any measures.

The gaze slowly shifted.

The three-dimensional structure diagram also moved with his gaze, showing the surface part.

Jones had asked the Wood Elf to return first, who now stood outside the tunnel, looking around. Not far from him, behind a large tree, Andrew and Turuk crouched cautiously.

...

"Master, they went in... Should we follow?" Turuk asked quietly.

"Of course, but not now. We must wait until they've gone further. If we go in now, we'll run into them, then it's over." Andrew said, taking out a small bottle, pouring two pills out. He swallowed one himself, then handed the remaining one to Turuk: "Take it."

Turuk obediently took the pill and swallowed it, then asked softly: "Master, what is this?"

"Magic suppressing pills. The Lich has strong magic sensory, to act under their noses, we must be cautious."

"But Master, I don't have much magic to begin with."

"You just can't sense it, but it's there. No matter how much I suppress, it's still there. As long as the distance is close enough, the Lich can sense it. So I need to take this too." Andrew said, his gaze fixed on the Wood Elf standing outside the tunnel: "You loop around behind him, I'll distract him, then you handle him."

"Kill?"

"Do not kill, just knock him out. Use the drug I gave you."

"Okay."

Tiptoeing, Turuk began to silently circle behind the Wood Elf.

...

"Wood Elf, Blood Elf, Beastman."

The old face silently watched.

...

Crossing the collapsed tunnel crushed by tree roots, Jones slightly opened his mouth, emitting sound waves.

This time, an extremely complex structure diagram emerged in his mind. Various passages going up and down, left and right, the feeling was like being woven by vines. Most importantly, these passages seemed endless. Finally, the diagram in Jones' mind was not because it was only that big, but because his perception range was only so large.

"Let's check over there first." Jones pointed to one direction and said: "It's closer to the magic source, if there's anything important here, it must be near the magic source."

This was a reason that wasn't really a reason. However, knowing nothing about this place, Jones could only judge like this.

Holding the torch, Jones' group began exploring the boundless underground world bit by bit.

Initially, the passage was like the outer tunnel, eight meters wide and four meters high. It was somewhat like the sewage system of the Lion King City. The difference was that the stone bricks used here were immune to magic.

After walking a bit, a huge space measuring forty meters square appeared before Jones. With steps on all sides, in the center, four large columns supported the dome.

Standing in the center and looking around, Jones saw one passage after another located on the walls, enough for someone of Jones' size to walk into. For someone of Lucy's adult height, it would require bending down. Other than that, the place was empty.

"What's this place used for? I can't quite understand." Jones furrowed his brows.

"An underground city?" Dora whispered.

"If it's a city, what are these passages for? They seem just like passages."

"Maybe ventilation? Our mines need ventilation too."

"For ventilation, it's a bit too large. And it's all sealed off from the outside, what kind of wind can pass through?"

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