Swallowing the Stars: The Supreme Being of All Heavens

Chapter 111 'Poison Dragon Abyss'

Chapter 111 'Poison Dragon Abyss'

Outside, a tall building far from the waterfall, the base of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, is the temporary base of the Blood Spring Society.

The alluring, black-winged woman of cosmic caliber, responsible for contacting all the teams entering the Crimson Dragon World, sensed something was amiss.

"Teams 16, 23, 44, and 119 have all failed to report by the scheduled time for over an hour." The woman frowned.

Arrangements were made before we went in.

These elite Blood Spring Guards, sent into the Realm Lord's World, were all ordered to send an email to their superiors every day through the virtual universe network! If a comrade died or there were any special circumstances, they had to explain this in the email.

The alluring black-winged woman sensed something unusual, so she sent an email to each member of all four teams simultaneously.

However, there has been no reply.

"Something's happened." The alluring black-winged woman's face immediately turned cold. "Four elite squads, all lost contact at the same time? Not a single one escaped? What on earth happened?" She was completely baffled.

It's one thing for one squad to lose contact, but how come four squads all lose contact at the same time?

This matter attracted great attention from the Blood Spring Society. Through investigation, it was discovered that the four teams were all in Huludao before losing contact, but no other findings were made. Even contacting other teams that were also in Huludao yielded no useful information, as if the four teams had suddenly vanished into thin air for no reason.

With no leads and the investigation stalled, they had no choice but to continue focusing their efforts on capturing the last member of the adventurer team.

The world of Crimson Dragon is divided into waters, a central continent, and twelve islands.

The twelve islands are scattered on the edge of the world. No matter which island you hunt for the Azure Beast Pearl on, you still have to go to the central continent in the end. And the distance is almost the same for all of them, which is to cross half of the world's main world.

In the world of the Realm Lord, there are many natural threats. Crossing half of the Realm Lord's world is definitely a series of life-and-death crises. Even with warning systems, they are not very useful against some natural threats.

Just like the water vortex that Suk and others initially encountered, without the help of a spaceship to escape, it would have been an absolute disaster!

The central continent is much larger than all twelve islands combined, and the Poison Dragon Stone can only be found in the very core of the continent, the "Poison Dragon Abyss," which is an extremely dangerous place.

One wrong move and even a second or third-level domain lord could perish!

Suk and his group flew safely to the mainland in their spaceship and arrived at the location of "Poison Dragon Abyss".

"We've arrived." After storing the spaceship, the group stood in mid-air, gazing at the huge crater that had sunk into the ground in the distance.

"What a huge crater!" Saki exclaimed, his eyes widening in astonishment. "It could probably hold a whole planet!"

Indeed... based on Suk and the others' observations, the pit was incredibly large, and it was layered and sinking inwards.

A faint bluish-black mist filled the entire pit.

In addition, there are scattered holes of different sizes on the cliff face of the pit. They are dark, but there are no monsters or plants in sight, as if this is a dead place.

Some assessment teams may be hiding and scattered around the pit. In some places where the fog is thin, a few figures were observed flying out of a hole, but they could not be seen clearly.

"We'll obtain our final assessment item, the 'Poison Dragon Stone,' right here." Suk squinted at the black pool in the middle of the giant pit. "There's a black pool in the middle of the giant pit. It's said that there are a large number of Poison Dragon Stones underground, but the water in the black pool is extremely poisonous, born from this world. Even a weak Domain Lord level would be directly poisoned to death. Moreover, there is a powerful vortex suction force deep in the pool. Even a second or third-level Domain Lord would be in danger if they were pulled in. Even if we wanted to send robots down, it would be useless."

"Not to mention us, we would definitely perish if we went down there." Suk shook his head. The rocks in this area were all black and barren, which showed how deadly the poison was.

"No one dares to go down there and risk it; that would be suicide," Saki agreed.

However, since the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance has set up an assessment, they will naturally not leave them with no chance at all.

"To obtain the Poison Dragon Stone, entering the pool is the most dangerous option, but there are other ways." Suk looked at the densely packed holes on the wall of the giant pit. "The first is those holes in the mountain wall. Inside are channels that connect to the Poison Dragon Pool. They are interconnected, and poisonous water gushes out from time to time, occasionally bringing out the Poison Dragon Stone."

"The safest way is to wait outside or stand guard near the cave entrance. When water gushes out from a cave entrance, the Poison Dragon Stone might be carried out by the water flow. At that time, immediately seize it."

"Based on experience, the closer you get to the bottom of Poison Dragon Abyss, the more likely you are to find Poison Dragon Stones, but the danger is also higher because it is at the bottom and there are too many holes above. You could be sprayed with poisonous water from above at any time, and you could be poisoned to death if you are not careful."

"The area above is much safer, but the probability of finding a Poison Dragon Stone is also low," Suk analyzed. This was information they already knew.

Actually, this is not easy, because the Poison Dragon Stone is sprayed out mixed with a large amount of poisonous water and falls into the deep pool with the poisonous water. If you are not careful, you will miss it.

Even if you discover it, trying to grab the Poison Dragon Stone in the highly toxic water is a dangerous task.

It is difficult for pure mental power to penetrate the water flow here, which contains the primordial energy of the universe.

"However, some cave entrances have very little poisonous water flowing out, and they are safe for ten days to half a month. So some daring and adventurous teams will go in to explore after they find the pattern."

Suk and his group would naturally not do this most dangerous method themselves, because although water rarely flows out of that kind of hole, once it appears, it will be very difficult to escape even if you want to.

Of course, robots can be sent into this tunnel; the figures we saw coming out of the tunnel earlier were probably robots.

However, the robots' exploration efficiency here is actually much lower than that of humans.

The probability of successfully finding the Poison Dragon Stone is not necessarily much higher than waiting outside.

Suk said, "Let's stay atop 'Poison Dragon Abyss' and see if we can get three Poison Dragon Stones. If that doesn't work, we'll steal them from other teams."

Robbery is the unspoken rule here, and no one thinks it's wrong. Completing the assessment by any means necessary is one of the rules here.

Just like on the battlefield, the right thing to do is to kill the enemy and survive.

"It's foggy everywhere here, visibility is low, and those squads are all hiding, so it's hard to spot any of them," Eloi said. This fog is also poisonous, but it poses little threat to stars.

At the same time, the limited visibility due to the fog means that even if a small team occupies a place, the area they can monitor is limited. They also cannot detect and seize the Poison Dragon Stones that appear in a slightly farther place in time, making it really difficult to obtain them.

Next, Suk and his group went to the top of the giant pit to find the map they bought from the information broker at the bar, which showed a hidden secret cave. However, they didn't expect that a small team had already occupied the cave and warned Suk and his group not to go near it.

I found another one, but it was the same.

"Damn, how many people did that swindler sell to?" Saki was speechless.

It wasn't until the third time that Suk and his group found an empty cave. They moved aside the rocks covering the entrance, went inside to check and confirm it was safe, and then everyone hid inside. They didn't block the way with rocks, because that would obstruct their view and observation.

However, from the outside, people would only think it's an ordinary cave entrance, completely inconspicuous among the dense cave entrances in the mountain wall.

The cave is only about 20 meters deep, but it can still accommodate them without much problem.

"In this godforsaken place, even the range of our psychic powers is less than a thousand meters. It's really tough," Suk and the others remarked.

Outside, the range of a ninth-level spiritualist's mental energy can reach 100 kilometers.

In this Crimson Dragon World, the range of a psychic's mental energy is actually very small. That is, the range of mental energy is small in the "air". For mental energy to pass through these rocks mixed with the primordial energy of the universe, it is absolutely impossible at least at the star level.