There are fewer steps down than expected.

Zhang Cheng speculated that his depth at the ground should not exceed twenty meters at this moment. Along the way, the steps quickly changed from high to short, from short to flat, and eventually turned into quite flat roads. Moreover, this road was not the kind of dirt road, but paved with stone slabs. Even shallow drainage ditches were dug out on both sides of the road.

Walking on this kind of ground, you will feel dislocation of time and space. You feel that you are not walking underground in a wild world, but in the sewer of a civilized city.

The wooden soles were stepped on the slightly slippery stone slab, and the sound of footsteps in the air was heard. The footsteps spread along the underground passage, and each sound seemed to reach the end of the darkness. It was hard to tell how far they had gone, but the vigorous burning torches in Nanling's hand proved that the underground cave should have sufficient oxygen. No, this is not an underground cave, but a dungeon.

It would be completely incredible to build such a dungeon on Earth with the productivity of this wilderness. But in this world with various supernatural abilities, this is nothing. Not to mention that this place was originally the capital.

"That... the wizard lives in seclusion here? Where is this place?" Zhang Cheng asked while observing the surroundings. Unlike the undead dungeon in the first act, the rock walls and ceilings around it are just simple rock walls and ceilings. There are no various ornate reliefs, and there are no various sculptures. It doesn't feel like a grave or a seclusion place. On the contrary, the feeling here is that it is very long and very long. From the beginning of the steps to the present, he has walked about a long way, but he can't see any forks or turns. This passage can only be said to be terrible.

Zhang Cheng knew the second act of the game, that is, the underground of Free City, there is a large-scale dungeon, which is basically the same as the dungeon. But he is very sure that first, there is only one entrance and exit in the dungeon, and that location is in the so-called palace area. Secondly, there are no wizards in the dungeon. At least as a player, this dungeon is not only a monster, but also a neutral and friendly NPC. It is nothing more than a monster that starts fighting without saying a word, or a monster that starts fighting after a few nonsense. In short, when playing the game, the map is just brainless and reckless.

However, at this moment, there is a significant deviation between reality and the game.

"Yes, the wizard lives in seclusion here. As for where this place is..." Nan Ling said. "I don't know either."

What she said should be the truth. To be honest, even Zhang Cheng didn't understand why the ancient Xia Shi emperor dug such a large dungeon underground in his royal city? In modern cities, you can say that for the purpose of draining sewage, sewage, and various communications and electricity supply pipelines, but in this wild era, it was completely meaningless to waste the people and cause money. What's even more terrifying is that Xia Shi finally moved the capital and abandoned the two cities together.

"Does the residents in the city know?" Zhang Cheng couldn't help asking. If there was only one entrance to the dungeon, then many people would understand that it would be understandable. But if there was more than one entrance to the dungeon (there was an entrance and exit in Nanling's residence, and there might be some other places), then more than one person would know about it.

"I don't usually know." Nan Ling said. "The wizard doesn't want many people to know about his seclusion."

In other words, there are actually quite a few people who know it.

They had left the slightly narrow passage and entered a space called the "underground hall". Then the torch light could see six passageways around them, and wind from unknown places blew through, causing the torch to shake slightly.

"Be careful," Nanling's voice was a little cautious. "There are some monsters here. They call those things Guirong."

"Ghost?" Zhang Cheng asked. From the dungeon in the first act, we can see that undead creatures such as skeleton zombies and mummies are actually walking around in a very limited space (even without even walking). Only ghouls will sway over a larger range.

"The ghoul... should be. I've seen it from a distance, and it seems like a pale human. But it's very agile."

"Why don't you find someone to kill them?" Zhang Cheng was puzzled. Obviously, Nan Ling has successfully solved a lot of such troubles here, and the previous goblins are the best evidence.

"They are still useful, they are considered free guards." Nan Ling said. "There are routes designated by the wizard here. As long as you follow the route, you will not be attacked. But if an unknown outsider wants to use this underground area for whatever he wants to do."

So that's it. Zhang Cheng understood a little. But why did the wizard have such a wonderful power?

"By the way, I heard that the wizard is an old man?" Zhang Cheng asked. Although it was as expected that he would meet the wizard, it still made him feel a little... a little nervous that he couldn't say.

In this world, the identity of Yiren is not a secret that is easily hidden. Zhang Cheng was seen through his identity by more than one person. However, Tong Lu was almost dying at that time, and Xiaoxiong belonged to Zhang Cheng, so even if he was seen through, there would be no serious consequences. In terms of feeling, there might be more Yiren in this world, so the natives were not particularly sensitive to Yiren's identity and did not shout at him. But this is just a feeling. Reason tells Zhang Cheng that the so-called "being of my race" must have different hearts. If the natives say that they can accept time travelers with an equal attitude, that is rare.

Not to mention the difference between these two worlds, even if Chinese people go to Citiland on Earth, they will still be discriminated against all kinds of discrimination, and the so-called "transparent ceiling" cover is pressed tightly on the heads of immigrants.

"Well, it's very old, but it shouldn't be a problem to live for a few more years." Nan Ling replied. "Just go in a few more years..."

Agricultural technology climbing has reached a bottleneck, and the selection and breeding below involve a high level of technology, which can be temporarily put down. The development of animal husbandry and other technology research can be carried out below. Of course, in fact, there is no need for research at all, because the relevant technology has developed perfectly on the earth, and various technical data can be seen everywhere. As long as resource problems are solved, you can quickly try to enter the age of gunpowder weapons and point out iron, armor and cavalry technology trees. And as long as you have gunpowder weapons...

On Earth, cavalry shattered the slave owner's chariots and muskets shattered the feudal lord's armor. As long as these two technologies are used, they can at least ensure their own safety, rather than relying on the protection of wizards as they are in front of them.

"In a few years..." Zhang Cheng had repeatedly considered why there were no wizards in the game. But Nan Ling's words suddenly reminded him of a terrible idea: the wizard may die soon.

Before, he hadn't thought about this direction. This is because the rules of this world are like this. It's hard to say, but it's obvious that even the princely figures dare not offend a great witch. Not to mention other inequality forces. This is because if someone hurts the great witch, it will anger Haotian and cause disaster. Whether you believe it or not, I believe it anyway-the gods all agree with it.

However, the little bear did mention that even if he really killed the priest Haotian, he didn't seem to have heard of any huge natural disaster?

The wizard knew that Nanling was a time traveler, and the wizard was willing to support Nanling. So in the game, since the small country built by Nanling will be completely gone, Nanling himself has become a ghost, and the wizard is very likely to die. Therefore, players have never seen a character like the wizard in the entire plot of Free City.

This is different from the first scene of Doctor Kunwu. In the game, the player cannot see Doctor Kunwu because the timeline is staggered. In other words, Doctor Kunwu never saw the player. Under the military pressure of Quanrong, Doctor Kunwu is busy with war all day and spends little time in Kunwu City. Moreover, the player is busy with various tasks and has no time to go to the city to meet the city lord (even if he wants to see him, he has no qualifications). So there is no opportunity to meet each other. In the second scene, if the wizard lives in seclusion, he will definitely stay there. At least the player will alarm him when he clears the dungeon.

In fact, it only makes sense if the wizard dies.

The bear said that Panhu was preparing to surrender once, and the cost of surrender was huge. The only explanation is that an important subordinate of a certain old enemy, even a key figure such as the Son of God or the God's descendant, will come to Xiaxu. Such a prey is worth Panhu's attack. So why did this prey come to Xiaxu?

Not to mention because the escaped slaves gathered here... and this person came here to enslave the escaped slave again. Because compared to the slaves' escape, the nobles had a more important and urgent task, that is, to face the attack of the Quanrong. That was a racial crisis. Compared with this crisis, thousands of escaped slaves were too insignificant.

So...that prey came here...is it for the wizard?

But why is it this time? Although the wizards are old at this time, they are obviously still a little far from death. So why not a few years in advance? Or maybe it was an accident? Or because of the invasion of the Quanrong, the human princes took their attention away... so they found the opportunity to take advantage of the situation?

As a gamer, Zhang Cheng doesn’t have to think about anything. But as the real world, Zhang Chengru has to think about a lot.

...

Xiaxu, trading area.

Several people who were obviously newcomers stepped into this area that looked calm but were actually quite dangerous. Although the bags on these people were heavy, they were not bloated, and there were no carriages, and they were obviously just travelers rather than merchants. Those vigilant eyes looked at these people for a while and gave up because they did not do anything out of the way after they came in. On the contrary, they lingered at different stalls like normal shoppers.

Many such people appear every day. Some of them are scouts of a certain gang, while others are from a very open and upright person. Those are all ordered by the Lord to come here to buy some... Well, the items that are not suitable for buying through conventional channels. These include but are not limited to stolen goods, burial objects, noble women who have become slaves, etc.

However, this group obviously did not come to shop, or did not find the merchant they were looking for. In short, after lingering for a while, they left the trade zone and turned to the smallest but most desolate area in the city. That is, the narrow area called the "Palace Zone" by Zhangcheng. Anyone can see that before Xiaxu was abandoned, this was the palace where the Emperor Xia Shi lived, and there was no doubt the core area of ​​the entire capital. But now, in this city, it has been abandoned for thousands of years, and after that, this area has become the most desolate place. After all, there are still some permanent residents in the other urban areas. Even the trading area has a group of travelers supporting their popularity, but the palace area is still a place with few people.

There are many reasons for this situation. One of them is that the foundation of the palace area is laid so well. Other areas can easily clear out a zone to build new residences for residents to live in. There are too many ruins and walls in the palace area, which is very hindering. And you can't say that these ancient buildings from thousands of years ago have been washed away by wind and rain, and the remaining wreckage is really extremely solid. It is difficult to clean up manpower, and it is too difficult to reuse it. After all, palaces and residential houses are two different things.

So after a few outsiders entered the palace area, they soon found themselves in a veritable ruin, and there was no one else.

"Is it this place, Boss Wu?"

"It should be here, there is an entrance." Wu Lan looked around. Although there was reliable information, it was the first time this place was coming, which made him unable to find the key point for the moment.

"Boss Wu, are you sure there is no problem?"

"What are you afraid of? This is not a battlefield, and there is no army." Wu Lan replied. "At worst, it's just a waste of time." He deliberately emphasized the tone of the word "it's just".

"Boss, what are you holding?" someone asked suddenly.

"Nothing." Wu Lan didn't have time to react, and the card he played with was taken away. When people were nervous, they would always make unconscious actions, especially when they were hands, and Wu Lan was no exception.

"Is this...that kind of summoning card?"

It was a card that they had seen before, a card that could summon creatures. And the center of this card was a bird that looked like an owl.

"Xuyu Xiangying: These birds are descendants of Paradise Mountain, with powerful strength and fearless courage. When these brave little creatures enter the battlefield in groups, even the dragons will be discouraged. Expenses: 1 Light 1 Holy, Attack 5 (Sharp Claws sacred), Life 2 (Strong), Characteristics: Son of Paradise, Fearless, Loyalty, Elementary Intelligence."
Chapter completed!