"Who are you?"

Fang Zhu stood up from the corpse of the gray tree man, looked around, and the voice of inquiry also echoed twice in the spiritual world.

"Can you hear my call, young human...?"

"My name is Moon Yarit."

"Young man, please come to me..."

"The Heart of the Mountain... needs your help."

The owner of the voice sounded a little weak.

"The heart of the mountain?"

"Where are you?"

“Underground here.”

"Deep underground, young humans have not had much time..."

The voice gradually became weaker.

The endless cold wind blew the snow on the rocks, and the sound of the wind gradually overwhelmed other sounds. Below the rift, everything seemed to be silent except for the sound of the wind.

The sound disappeared.

Everyone saw Fang Zhu standing alone between the corpses of the gray tree man in a daze. Tang Xin looked at him with a little worried and asked: "...Pizi, what's wrong with you?"

Fang Yu woke up from his trance state with a shiver, looked at the others with some strangeness, and asked, "Didn't you hear it?"

"What did you hear?" The walnuts and others were stunned.

"The sound of the wind," replied the Big Catman, "it seems to bring some hostility from the depths of the ground."

"Mr. Big Catman, did you hear it?"

"It's a lion man, little guy," he shook his head, stood in the snow, and looked around with a gray look vigilantly, "I mean the uninvited guests coming downstairs."

Fang Yu looked at the others and was convinced that everyone had not heard the previous voice.

Silweid was coming to him, looking at him with his blue eyes, and asked in his silent mouth:

"Miss Tata?"

But Miss Tata was not here. Fang Yu understood what the other party meant in an instant. He had the ability to communicate with Miss Tata, and Silweid knew it.

On the one hand, he was surprised by the keenness of the ship's officer, and on the other hand, he nodded.

"There is a voice, it says it's called Mun Yarit. It lets us go to it..."

"This sounds like a special task. I know that many such things will definitely be rewarded in the end!" Tianlan was inspired and began to chatter with his own.

“But it could be a trap.”

"Mr. Big Catman!"

"It's the Lion Man, Fuli."

"Help me," Parker jumped with his short legs on his back, waved his hands under the rock, "help me up!"

The Lion Paladin bent down and caught him.

Parker climbed up with his hands and feet and grabbed the rocks, while he said unhurriedly: "Seriously, I think Tianlan is right!"

"If there is no reward, you won't feel that way."

These words made the Paparal people think about it for a moment, and seemed to agree with it.

Fang Zhu looked at the towering crack, and there was only the sound of whimpering wind left in the surrounding environment.

At this time, the naturalist lady's lips moved.

Fang Ling noticed this detail, "Jita, what do you know?"

"...Mon Yarit, it sounds like a tree man's name, Brother Ed," Jita flashed with thick eyelashes, and underneath it was a star-like eye. "...Arit is a title, meaning wise. This means it may be an elder, or even the heart of a tree."

"The Heart of the Tree?" Fang Yu thought of something, "Have you heard of the Heart of the Mountain?"

"The Heart of the Tree is a special title among tree people, referring to the elders who dedicate their lives to the Holy White Tree and guide the tribe with special wisdom," Jita said, shaking his head, "But I have never heard of the Heart of the Mountain, Brother Ed."

Fang Yu also guessed that the owner of the voice might be a tree man, but what the other party said was a bit too confusing.

Dealing with intelligent creatures in the wild and helping them solve problems often get some precious feedback.

But there are also many deceptions and traps.

"Whatever it is, we have to go down and take a look first," he thought for a while, "in short, it's not too late to find the earth source crystal first, and then find this wise man."

The big cat man smiled and said, "I don't object."

"It's not fair," Parker used his hand to tick the claws of the big cat man who was holding his collar, "and let me down."

"Because he is the leader." Reed smiled and then let go of his claws.

"This hateful hierarchy, because he is the leader of the group, he has the final say, so the Paparals will be locked in a small dark room. I will run away from home one day!" Parker patted the snowflakes on his cloak, and chatted endlessly.

Tianlan only lighted her head as if she was pecking at rice, and she was very curious about this.

Fang Ling looked at Walnut and others underground, "I originally planned to let you and Miss Betty stay outside, but the current situation may not be safer outside than below."

"We will be with you, Captain Ed." Walnut underground replied immediately.

Fang Yu nodded, "But you must understand that the threats that underground are real, and I must ensure that everyone obeys the command."

The walnut underground quickly replied, "I understand, we have actually participated in guild activities and know what to do."

Zaozi and others nodded.

Only Beiji seemed a little hesitant, but Fang Yu didn't care much about her opinions, and they would take good care of the girl's underground walnuts.

Fang Yu was relieved and talking to smart people was simple.

In an unknown environment, the fewer the unstable factors in the team, the better, so he must make three rules with these people in advance.

In theory he could indeed put these people out there, but as he said, it was almost the same as waiting to die.

For someone who is cold-blooded, this is the best opportunity to get rid of them. Anyway, when you get here, the other party is useless. However, for Fang Yu, he is still disdainful of using these small tricks.

After everything was arranged, everyone began to penetrate the crack.

In order to prevent possible dangers, Fang Zhu arranged for the Big Cat to take charge of the head, while Parker, who has certain exploration ability, worked with the Paladin as the team's ears and eyes.

He and Silvede were responsible for breaking the rear, because Xie Shita was there, he could fight no matter what the situation happened.

Others were placed in the middle of the ranks, with their Miss Naturalist and the sole priest.

There is also Tianlan, who is responsible for the livening atmosphere. With this chirping poet, others will not be so nervous and uneasy.

Besides, Tianlan is not stupid either. Knowing when to inspire everyone and when to shut up, as a poet, this should be considered excellent.

As for the Walnuts and their group underground, Fang Zhu's only expectation for them is not to get out of place. Generally speaking, as long as they are not attacked suddenly, the number of callers in the more than ten levels should not be unable to do this.

...

In the darkness, if there are subtle sounds lurking—or like footsteps like shadows, or whispers with chuckles—people are often more likely to have hallucinations in extreme quietness.

The team is moving forward silently. Sometimes the walnuts underground will turn around suspiciously, but this is normal. In the dark, people will lose their sense of direction and then feel that there is someone behind them.

Fang Yu had already gotten used to it, and he only silently adjusted the clockwork fairy he controlled.

The rock walls in the cracks around him were chiseled out like knives and axes, crisscrossing and extremely sharp. The ever-ending wind carved deep marks on it, outlining its rugged outlines from the cracked pointed rocks.

The broken rocks appear icy blue, and the deeper and darker the more they go in.

With the rustling footsteps, the dim light was spreading along the stone wall.

Tang Xin lit up the crystal used for lighting on the staff. The light was dim and not as bright as the torch, but it was better to be stable, without consuming oxygen, and would not attract dark creatures that were catching heat.

What kind of lighting method is used? Adventurers have had their own discussion in their years of experience. In the low temperature underground, open flames will make you as conspicuous as the sun, and become a conspicuous target of creatures with thermal sensation ability a few thousand meters away.

And crystal lighting is much lower-key.

Both the Big Cat Man and Parker are outside the light and dark junction of light, and both have the ability to see things under the dim line.

The former inherits the typical characteristics of felines, while the latter is said to be the leader in the vision world - the Paparals have vision that is worthy of pride.

The big cat man stopped first. His high reconnaissance ability and intact vision in the dark allowed him to see some traces between the gravel fragments on the ground.

He pressed Parker's shoulder and turned the Paparal who was walking forward like a ok person.

"Who is pulling me...Big Cat? What's wrong?"

Reid patted his shoulder and signaled him to look in one direction.

Parker looked into the darkness in that direction, and he looked carefully for a moment before the reconnaissance skills formed a red mark in his vision.

The red spots were printed on the gravel-covered ground.

Then more markings appeared and extended forward into the darkness.

"footprint?"

"It hasn't been gone for long, at least twenty people."
To be continued...