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Chapter 1091 - Chapter 1091 Chapter 1093 Ambush_1

Chapter 1091: Chapter 1093 Ambush_1 Chapter 1091: Chapter 1093 Ambush_1 Having crossed the Primordial Sea, Song Jian followed the guidance of the robot Nafiboja and entered another passage. It was only then that Song Jian realized there were innumerable tunnel entrances on the other side of the Primordial Sea. These entrances didn’t look naturally formed, but rather as if they were excavated by giant earthworms. Almost every entrance looked identical, and without the guidance of the robot Nafiboja, Song Jian might have had no choice but to use a Town Return Scroll to leave without accomplishing anything.

These passageways on the Primordial Sea side were even darker. At least in the previous tunnels, there were many precious ores emitting glow, which allowed for barely sufficient visibility to walk. Combined with the light emitted by the robot Nafiboja, Song Jian had made it to the Primordial Sea with no difficulty.

But now, the tunnel was pitch-black, bereft of any luminance, and the robot Nafiboja was left with only a head. To conserve energy, it had automatically entered a power-saving mode, only offering guidance at crucial intersections and otherwise shutting down its power. It appeared no different from an abandoned, broken robot head.

Despite the darkness surrounding him, this wasn’t much of an issue for Song Jian. His vertical eye at the center of his forehead slowly opened, revealing a clear picture of his surroundings within his mind. The vertical eye had powerful dark vision, enabling him to see clearly even without a trace of light.

After wandering in the dark for over two days, Song Jian had grown almost numb when finally a light the size of a fingernail appeared in front of him. He was instantly invigorated and stumbled toward the light.

Soon, what was initially a light no bigger than a fingernail became a cave entrance over two meters in diameter. Standing at the entrance, Song Jian closed his eyes; being in darkness for so long then suddenly exposed to bright light was overwhelming even for him with his robust physique. He could only gradually adapt to the surrounding environment.

After a while, Song Jian slowly opened his eyes. The soft glow, still a bit painful, made him involuntarily tear up.

At that moment, the robot Nafiboja also slowly opened its eyes. Seeing that they had left the underground and returned to the surface, Nafiboja’s face unconsciously showed a trace of excitement.

However, due to the excitement, sparks started to emerge from the seams of Nafiboja’s skull.

“We have now entered the edge of the Scorching Gorge region; this area only has monsters of level sixty and does not harbor King Level monsters. Even the number of monsters at the Dominion Level is very few…” the robot Nafiboja said, “In at most three or four hours, you can reach the edge of the Scorching Gorge on foot. However, the Scorching Gorge is now enveloped by the Slaughter Light Curtain. To leave, we’ll need another method!”

Upon hearing this, Song Jian’s eyebrows shot up, and he asked in disbelief, “Can’t you directly teleport the trial participants from the trial tower out of the Scorching Gorge? The emergence of the Slaughter Light Curtain should also be related to the trial tower, right? Can’t you handle a mere Slaughter Light Curtain?”

“If my body were intact, I could naturally open a small light curtain portal…” Nafiboja said calmly, “but my body is now damaged more than 80 percent. If it weren’t for your timely exit, in a maximum of two more hours, I would have completely shut down. But now I can continue guiding you away with the solar energy conversion system…”

“Alright, how should we proceed now?” Song Jian said somewhat helplessly. He was not at all familiar with the region of the Scorching Gorge. If it wasn’t for Nafiboja’s guidance underground earlier, he would have probably got lost long ago in the spiderweb-like tunnels.

The robot Nafiboja didn’t answer directly but fell silent for a while. Its two eyes began to flicker ceaselessly, as if it was communicating with the trial tower.

After half an hour, a clear look of joy surfaced on Nafiboja’s face but quickly faded. It eyes emitted a light forming a hologram, on which a translucent screen appeared, displaying a map marked with a clear green route.

“Follow this route, and about thirty kilometers from here, there’s an Ancient Altar. You can cross the Slaughter Light Curtain from there and leave the Scorching Gorge,” Nafiboja finished speaking, held the holographic map for a few seconds to allow Song Jian to memorize the route, then retracted the map.

“Before that, you need to hunt down ten monsters of at least Elite Level and obtain their cores. Only then can we activate the altar to transport us out!” Nafiboja continued.

“It’s not that hard…” Song Jian nodded and said, hunting a level 60 Elite monster was not a very difficult thing for him.

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Carrying Nafiboja’s mechanical head, Song Jian hurried towards the location of the Ancient Altar. Unfortunately, the spider mount had been killed by the tentacles of the Flame King; otherwise, with the spider mount’s speed, it would have taken only a little more than half an hour to reach the destination.

“The pet store in the City of Hope should have a way to resurrect pet mounts, but every time a pet mount dies, its aptitude drops a bit. Thankfully, the spider mount is of golden quality, so dying once isn’t a big problem, but if it dies a few more times and the aptitude drops too low, then there may be no need to train it anymore…” Song Jian thought to himself.

This spider mount possessed a top-tier devouring talent that allowed it to consume the bodies of monsters to increase its own level, sparing players the effort of nurturing it. It was a premium existence among mounts, but if it died too often resulting in a significant drop in aptitude, then, despite having a top-tier devouring talent, there would likely be few who would be willing to buy it.

Guided by Nafiboja, Song Jian quickly arrived at a valley that looked very desolate, with almost no vegetation, just dry stones and gravel, and moss struggling to grow on the ground. A gust of wind blew, raising clouds of dust, and the air was filled with a pungent smell.

The destination indicated by Nafiboja’s map was here, but the exact location of the Ancient Altar required some searching by Song Jian himself.

Fortunately, the area was open, and it didn’t take Song Jian long to discover the remnants of a broken Magic Array amidst a pile of jumbled rocks.

After clearing the stones covering the Magic Array, Song Jian looked at the nearly three to four meters area of the array, his expression turning sour.

The Magic Array in front of him looked like a child’s scribbling, with chaotic lines stained with dark brown traces that resembled the pattern of dried blood, making the whole array seem dubious and unreliable.

“Is this the Ancient Altar you said can teleport us out?” Song Jian lifted the head of the android Nafiboja and pointed at the Magic Array in front of him.

“Yes, you only need to place ten cores into the grooves at the nodes of the Magic Array to activate it and leave this place!” The robot Nafiboja opened her eyes and took a look at the Magic Array, confirmed it, then slowly closed her eyes again.

Song Jian sighed. Although he felt it was somewhat unreliable, he decided to follow the instructions of the robot Nafiboja.

At that moment, Song Jian suddenly felt a burning pain in the region of his heart, and a chilling terror crept up his neck.

“Damn, it’s an ambush!” The thought instantly flashed through Song Jian’s mind. At that time, he had no chance to dodge. A roaring sound was heard by his ears as a sniper bullet, burning with flames, shot towards him.

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