"Hehe, now we know that exploring the dark area is not a fun thing, right?" Gillim teased Qin Lun and others without hesitation, "But there is nothing we can do now, we have already arrived here. We will not return it to the camp until the supplies are consumed!"

"I really don't know how those prehistoric dark elves adapted when they were just expelled from the surface into the dark area!" Mastasha murmured with a wry smile, "If I were in this environment, it would take me less than a month to be mentally ill."

"Do you think the drow elves are not mentally ill and mentally distorted?" Idriya rolled her eyes and couldn't help but say.

"However, let me tell you a good news. According to several mine search experts in the team, we should be not far from the Miyin Hall mining area." Lorraine leaned over to the bonfire and said mysteriously.

"That's good!" The Dwarf's words made everyone, including the apostles, feel relieved.

In fact, the surprise came faster than everyone expected. On the afternoon of the next day, several mine search experts who were exploring ahead received good news, and the exploration team reached the periphery of the Miyin Hall mining area!

"It's really hard to walk here!" The female apostle of Weiss' team held her staff, bent over and panted. Among everyone, her physique was the worst, not even as good as a black-robed mage.

As for the other women in the team, Ilistin is a druid. Although he looks soft and weak, each druid has a high physique. They are close to nature and are used to living alone in the forest. How could they be poor in physical fitness?

Mastasha is a highland elves. She was born in the mountains and rocks. Her physique is comparable to that of female barbarians. Otherwise, other elves would not call them barbarian elves.

Needless to say, Idriya is a knight or a believer of Lauvita. Any painful experience will be regarded as a training of her own belief.

"Do you need a helping hand? Miss Lolita!" Qin Lun looked back at her and smiled very gentlemanly.

After the joint battles of the Rat Man tribe, the apostles of the two teams became much more harmonious in relationships, and everyone reunited. The female apostle of Weiss's team was called Lolita, the black-robed wizard was called Romon, the shield guard was called Newton, and the thief nicknamed Monkey was called Biba.

The female priest shook her head and declined. As a second-level apostle, she had her own pride and did not want to be a burden to the team.

However, this cannot be blamed for the female priest's poor physique. It is because the road the Exploration Team is now too rugged.

They are now walking a winding "mountain road". It is said to be a mountain road, but in fact there is no road at all, it is only a little better than climbing a cliff. Everyone is using hands and feet, climbing upwards on the bumpy rocks under their feet. Some of the landing points are even the size of a palm, while some corners are even hanging in the air.

If the members of the Exploration Team were not all professionals, and the legendary powerful men and druids were always watching, they would probably have fallen to death.

The terrain of the dark area is much more complicated than the surface. Qin Lun has long lost his sense of direction until now. Overall, the terrain of this dark area gives them the feeling of group of huge bubbles formed between rock layers.

Some of these bubbles are as vast as plains, while others are like the pores in cheese, just like the rat-man cave they have seen. The tunnels connecting these bubbles form the landform of this dark area.

They are now climbing upwards on the edge of a large bubble rock formation. Fortunately, this rock formation is not a ninety-degree cliff or a concave arch, otherwise it would be even more difficult.

According to Lorraine, after climbing this rock formation, you should be able to find a mining area in Miyin Hall. With the materials currently brought by the exploration team, they may also find future camps in the mining area.

This camp will play a major role in the final defeat of Shadow Dragon and Grey Dwarfs and occupying the Misty Silver Hall. For the apostles, as long as one of Gillim and Lorraine confirms the Misty Silver Hall mining area and safely returns to the previous camp, their mission will be successfully completed.

To everyone's surprise, the rock formation in front of them was unable to reach the top. The dwarf mining expert who led the way in front actually led his team into a deep tunnel when he was about to see the top of the rock.

The tunnel was tortuous and narrow, and the members of the exploration team could almost only crawl on the ground and even Qin Lun began to complain secretly.

The two elf beauties in the team turned blue and began to talk nonsense. They only felt that the narrow rock walls around them seemed to collapse and buried everyone alive.

Qin Lun sighed, winked at Rand behind, and each attacked Mastasha and Ilisten unconscious. These two beauties obviously showed signs of claustrophobia. If they were asked to continue climbing in the tunnel, they might leave a big psychological shadow in the future.

The tunnel in this rock formation was a little wet. Qin Lun climbed for a while and felt wet and uncomfortable all over. Fortunately, this section of the road was not long. After climbing up for nearly hundreds of meters, the tunnel finally began to expand, and a huge stalactite cave appeared in front of him.

The cave is huge. Qin Lun looked at it and initially estimated that there was a football field, with more than a dozen large and small tunnels connected to the rock walls around it.

"My head hurts so much!" Ilistin, who was sandwiched under Qin Lun, woke up with rubbing his head and looking around with a blank look on his face.

However, the elf druid quickly woke up and stood up with a red face.

"Hey, it seems that there is wind nearby!" The female elf, who was very sensitive to wind elements, shouted in surprise.

"Well, it seems that it is not far from the dwarves' destination!" Looking at the excited dwarves in front of him, Qin Lun had a premonition of something and said with a smile.

"Feral, we found it!" As it turned out, Qin Lun's premonition was right, and Lorraine soon ran over with excitement on her face.

"Have you found the fork connecting the mining area?" The apostles, including Qin Lun, breathed a sigh of relief.

"Well, although it has not been confirmed yet, there are traces of burning 'heavy water' in two tunnels in this cave!" Lorraine grinned.

"Hongshui?" Qin Lun was a little confused. The professional words mentioned by the dwarves could not translate the specific meaning even the broken starry sky, so he certainly didn't understand.

"Oh, heavy water is the ore solvent we used for preliminary processing after collecting ore." Lorraine didn't care and explained it to Qin Lun and other companions who were listening with their ears on their backs.

"When some of the ore that has just been dug out is too big but cannot be crushed with a pickaxe, we will use heavy water to melt away the impurities." Lorraine shrugged and continued, "However, heavy water is very corrosive. Usually, the channels that drain heavy water will leave indelible marks, and this mark appears in the tunnels here."

"Is there any danger?" Weiss, who was steady by nature, quickly asked.

"No, although there will be some poisonous gas after the heavy water evaporates, our ancestors pay great attention to ventilation conditions." Lorraine said confidently, "Besides, those two tunnels have been abandoned for hundreds of years, so there will be no heavy water residues."

"Feral!" After discussing with the mine seeker, Gillim walked from a distance with a relaxed look on his face. "Moladin is here, thank you for your help along the way. We are finally going to succeed!"

"This is what we should do!" Qin Lun responded modestly.

"Philal, I apologize to you for the original misunderstanding. Your efforts along the way make all the dwarves see it." The old dwarf looked very happy and shouted with his beard. "Although you are as pretentious as all elves, you are still sincere when your friends really need you!"

"Mr. Gillim, should I apologize for this?" Qin Lun smiled bitterly and touched his nose. The dwarf's words sounded more sarcastic than praise.

"Call me Gillim, all the shield dwarves are your friends, Philal!" The old dwarves stared at him with a beard, which made people feel so simple and cute for the first time.

"Okay, Gillim!" Qin Lun nodded with a smile and asked tentatively, "When do you plan to attack the Miyin Hall after finding the Miyin Hall mining area?"

"This depends on Bruno's arrangement, but I guess it won't be that fast." The old dwarf pondered for a moment, and decided to tell frankly, "The Secret Silver Hall not only has Shadow Dragon, but also the Grey Dwarf King and the entire Grey Dwarf Tribe. The next one may be a war that lasts for several months."

The old dwarf shook his head as if he was about to shake his worries, and said with a smile, "You'd better not participate in the matter behind it. Your friendship with the shield dwarf is enough to make the dwarf king consider forming an alliance with the Ank Elf Court. After all, the elves were allies of the dwarfs fighting against evil in ancient times, and we have never forgotten this."

"Gillim, have you forgotten? You just said that I treat my friends sincerely." Qin Lun said with a calm face, "If you think I have done so many things just to form an alliance, it would be too much to look down on me. No matter what purpose I have, at least in helping my friends, I will stick to the end, even if I have to give my life."

Just kidding! Qin Lun has worked hard until now, not just for the pre-branch of an epic plot. He also hopes to get the world token and come back to complete the plot of the Secret Silver Hall in the future!

Although the exploration team achieved breakthrough results, the dwarves did not let the joy go. Today's exploration was exhausted by everyone. They planned to go and explore the tunnel full of heavy water corrosion marks after a day of rest in the cave.

Twelve hours passed by, and the exploration team packed their luggage again and entered the tunnel that was considered a heavy water canal.

Qin Lun found many long and bumpy pits on the surface of the tunnel, which looked like traces of corrosive liquid flowing through. The tunnel, called heavy water canal by the dwarves, was not long, but at the edge of the exit of the tunnel, several dwarves exploring the way forward suddenly ran back in a hurry.

Gillim, who received the report, quickly became solemn and walked towards Qin Lun.

"Gillim, what's wrong?" Qin Lun's heart sank, and he faintly felt that something he was worried about a few days ago had happened.

"Philal, I need your help!" said the old dwarf, looking at an apostle behind him.
Chapter completed!