Lin Huang woke up past 6 a . m . the next morning, and the first thing he did was to ask Bloody about the investigation about the ruins .
"How is it? Have all the Leech Pods spread everywhere?"
"The pods have covered the entire last night past 11 p . m . , but the ruins seem to be barren without anyone around . There're no buildings . There's nothing at all besides snow and monsters," Bloody said .
"But there's something odd though . I checked several times last night, and I couldn't find the two teams from the Division 3 Union Government . Even the Dynasty team has disappeared . "
"No buildings and three teams missing…" Lin Huang frowned as he sat up from his sleeping bag slowly .
"Since it was the Division 3 Union Government who organized this trip, it's impossible for them to exit this place after a day in here . There're so many powerful people in Dynasty that it's impossible for them to retreat just like that . The three teams must still be in this ruins . I think they've probably discovered something . "
"Are you sure you didn't miss out any corner of the ruins?" Lin Huang asked Bloody again .
"I don't think so . I've released millions of Leech Pods this time, so the coverage is complete . There's one every five to six kilometers . There shouldn't be any spots that have been missed out . " Bloody was confident in its own ability .
"I managed to find the resting spots of the other teams easily last night . "
"If you're sure that you didn't miss out any spots, there's only one explanation for this . They're under the snow . " Lin Huang thought that was the highest possibility .
"That's what I thought too . I'm speculating that all of the buildings in the ruins are covered under the year-long snow as all my Leech Pods can see is a land of snow from the top . "
"If that's true, we can't find the exact location of the buildings . " Lin Huang frowned again .
"My Leech Pods could be sent underground, but the ruins are just too big . I've no idea where to even start . " Bloody felt helpless .
"Don't worry about it . Let's just monitor the monsters' whereabouts from above then . I have the Treasure Card for the underground . "
After speaking to Bloody, Lin Huang did not have the mood to sleep anymore, so he got up from his sleeping bag . When he opened the tent, he saw Lancelot sitting nearby and munching on dried vegetables . There were five empty packets arranged on the ground neatly . Since there had been no monsters last night, Lancelot had been eating out of boredom .
"It's your sixth packet now . Aren't you sick of it yet?" Lin Huang was speechless . Lancelot shook his head immediately .
"Don't throw the packets everywhere . " Lin Huang walked over to him and kept the five empty packets into his storage space . Lancelot was afraid that Lin Huang might take the packet that he was still eating away, and he retreated his hand slightly .
"Wow, you're protecting your food!" Lin Huang thought it was funny . "Alright, nobody's taking your food away from you . "
Lin Huang put the tent away and started eating his snacks for breakfast . As he swallowed his last morsel, Lancelot finished his sixth packet of dried vegetables . Lin Huang then took out a Treasure Card and crushed it after recalling Lancelot .
"Treasure Card has been activated!"
As soon as Xiao Hei's voice was heard, there was a red arrow pointing at Lin Huang's 10 o'clock not far away .
"A red arrow! It looks like I'm in good luck today . " A red arrow indicated that the treasure was rare which excited Lin Huang .
When he got to the cave, a chill blew frigidly . It was snowing, and the sky was gray . Lin Huang looked at the time . It was not even 7 a . m . yet . He cocked an eyebrow as he realized that it was too early . However, he summoned Thunder anyway and rode on its back .
"Let's go, 10 o'clock!"
Thunder flapped its wings and followed the direction that Lin Huang had instructed it . In less than 20 minutes, he saw the end of the arrow that the Treasure Card was pointing at . It was an empty land, and there was nothing at all . He would have thought that the Treasure Card was faulty if he had not figured out that the treasure was hidden underground .
"Thunder, land in another two to three kilometers . "
Thunder started slowing down, and soon it landed less than 200 meters from the end of the arrow . Lin Huang then flew towards the arrow after recalling Thunder into its card form .
"Is this the end of the arrow?" As they came to a stop, Bloody looked around and asked because it could not see where the Treasure Card arrow was .
Yes, it's under my feet . " Lin Huang nodded .
"Seems like our speculation is right . There's nothing here . The treasure has to be underground . " Bloody was thrilled when it realized that their speculation was correct .
"Who's good at digging?" Lin Huang stood less than 20 centimeters above the snowy ground and mumbled to himself . He was thinking about which monster he should summon to dig a hole in the ground .
"You don't have to look for anyone . I'll do it . " Bloody said after hearing him mumble .
"You?" Lin Huang was surprised .
"Not me . I'll get someone to do it . " Bloody smiled .
Just as Lin Huang was puzzled, he sensed Bloody releasing many Leech Pods into the ground and soon, a big hole appeared . The depth of the hold increased in an instant, and a spiral staircase that led underground was formed .
"What's happening?" Lin Huang was puzzled as he watched .
"I controlled some Frost Helminths to dig the hole . The Frost Helminths can absorb heat, and on the other hand, it can release heat too . That's how they move around the snow," Bloody explained .
Bloody was now an immortal-level rank-3 since Lin Huang had leveled up to purple flame-level whereby it could cast Leech Seeds on Frost Helminths that were on immortal-level rank-1 to rank-3 easily .
"So, I don't have to worry that the Frost Helminths will attack us anymore?" Lin Huang was just thinking that there might be many Frost Helminths underground . He still undoubtedly remembered what had happened to the Divine Alliance yesterday, but it seemed like that would not happen anymore .
As he waited where he was for three to five minutes, Bloody finally spoke again, "It's ready now . Let's go . "
Lin Huang then walked down the spiral staircase that was made of snow . Suddenly, the light from above disappeared when he was seven to eight meters below the surface .
"I got the Frost Helminth to block the entrance with frost so that nobody can follow us . " Bloody's plan was thorough .
They finally reached the end after walking 200 to 300 meters down . As he stepped out of the cave, he finally saw the mystery that was hiding underground .
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