Chapter 4480
: Martial Alliance! Qingye Gang!
"call……"
Longze Liyue was obviously relieved and smiled faintly at Lingfeng, "Lingfeng, you will know in the future that you made the right choice."
Although Natalie still felt it was a bit hasty, since it was everyone's decision, she could only obey the majority.
"Liyue, do you have any way to leave the Third Calamity City?"
Natalie stared at Longze Liyue. As far as she knew, whether it was the elevator leading to the ground or the entrance passages leading to several other underground cities, they were all heavily guarded by the Scourge Army.
In their current situation, forcing their way through the passage would undoubtedly be a way to death.
If Leader Huanglong was there, he could have used the time-delay hole to leave, but at this moment, he could not get in touch with the leader.
As for Ling Feng's Donghuang Bell, the teleportation points that are currently open are only a few places in the Dike District, Blackwater Market and the City That Never Sleeps.
"Come with me. I know an abandoned mine tunnel that leads directly to the Second City of Disaster."
Longze Liyue looked back at everyone and said slowly, "Hundreds of years ago, the ten great clergy families, including my Longze family, also had the right to mine Fangus crystals in the bottom area. Later, in order to unify management, more and more alchemy factories were gradually built in the bottom area. In fact, most of them were reorganized from the major families, but now they are nominally jointly governed by the three courts of the Arbitration Council. The collected Fangus crystals will also be distributed uniformly."
"This has also led to the abandonment of many privately-developed mining areas. After all, private mining is no longer tolerated by the Third Hospital."
Longze Liyue paused and continued, "In theory, the lower levels of the major natural disaster cities are relatively independent. Apart from purchasing a pass, there is almost no other way to enter other underground cities. However, nothing is absolute. In order to gain greater profits, the major families that privately mined often dug the mines deeper and farther, even crossing into the areas of several other underground cities. Although it was abandoned later, it was not completely filled up.
"The mine tunnel I know about probably won't be known to anyone except a few core members of my Longze family. However, it's a long time ago. Although the mine tunnel has entered the Second Disaster City, the tail section has not been completely opened. It may take some effort at that time."
“It’s a good thing that it’s not completely connected.”
Ling Feng's eyes focused. This plan sounded basically feasible.
Soon, the group finally got away from the ditch area and arrived at the mining area in the north of the Third Disaster City.
Or should I say, an abandoned mining area.
Because most of the Fangus crystal mines in the north have been exhausted, the alchemy factories have also moved to the area near the ditch area.
There are basically only empty and bumpy mines here, and other than that, it is desolate.
Oh, and of course there’s the thick, impenetrable alchemical haze.
In the bottom area, this haze is almost impossible to dissipate. With the abandonment of a mining area, this area will become a restricted area where humans cannot survive.
Not to mention ordinary people, even if a person with an abnormality puts on a purification mask and enters this area, he will still feel uncomfortable all over, and every pore of the body will feel slightly stinging.
The environment here is even ten times worse than that in the ditch area.
But this is probably what the future of the ditch area will be like.
For those people in the Judgment Council, it is enough for them to obtain the Fangus crystal. As for whether the people at the bottom can survive, that is not something they need to consider.
"Cough cough cough..."
Huang Shaotian raised his hand and tried to fan away the haze floating in front of him, but the more he fanned the haze, the more it dispersed, to the point that he couldn't even see the path ahead clearly.
"Don't fan yourself randomly, and walk with the lightest possible movements."
Longze Liyue looked back at Huang Shaotian and reminded him in a deep voice: "These hazes have gathered together and have been concentrated hundreds of times. If you fan away the haze, the situation will only get worse."
"This is hell..."
Huang Shaotian rolled his eyes. He thought the ditch area was bad enough, but staying in this place for one more second would make him feel like he was going to die.
"It will be relatively easier to get through this outermost layer and enter the mine tunnel."
Longze Liyue raised a staff inlaid with Fangus crystals and barely illuminated the path.
After walking with difficulty for about half an hour, the group finally arrived outside a deep mine.
"Finally found."
Longze Liyue stepped forward and gently felt around the left side of the mine for a while. After careful observation, everyone found a row of marks that looked like numbers.
“That’s the number!”
Longze Liyue seemed to be relieved. In fact, it was her first time here.
After all, the existence of this mine tunnel only exists in the confidential files of the Longze family. If they cannot find the corresponding number, their current situation will be very troublesome.
"In order to compete for the mining rights of this mine, there was actually a big conflict between several major families. However, that happened hundreds of years ago." Longze Liyue explained while vigilantly observing the surroundings to prevent any accidents.
As he spoke, Longze Liyue raised the staff and was the first to walk into the mine.
With the faint light of the staff, he could barely see that the rock walls around the mine tunnel were pitted by years of erosion. The air was filled with the smell of decay and mildew, and occasionally the squeaking of some mutant rats broke the dull silence.
"Everyone be careful and follow me closely."
Longze Liyue reminded softly. She walked in front, holding a staff in her hand to illuminate.
Natalie followed closely behind, supporting Ling Feng.
Huang Shaotian followed at the end of the team, always alert to the movements around him.
It took a whole night to walk like this.
Or perhaps a day and a night had already passed. In this dim mine tunnel, coupled with the bad air, everyone's footsteps were unusually heavy, and they gradually lost their sense of time.
But other than that, there weren't any other troubles.
Longze Liyue had already memorized a detailed map in her mind. Although there were some landslides along the way, they were easily resolved by Natalie's iron fist.
"According to the family's map, we should have reached the second half of the mine tunnel and should be close to the area of the Second Disaster City."
Longze Liyue looked back at everyone and said, "Anyway, we should be safe now."
"Ha ha……"
Huang Shaotian laughed dryly, "My purification mask is almost completely black. I feel like I'm not far from being poisoned to death."
"Keep holding on."
Longze Liyue rolled her eyes at him, "Look at Lingfeng, he's still injured, but he doesn't complain as much as you do!"
"How can he be the same? He's just a freak!"
Huang Shaotian started muttering again.
At this moment, Ling Feng's eyelids jumped, and he quickly warned: "Someone is approaching!"
"Ok?"
Longze Liyue was slightly stunned. "No way, how could there be someone here? Are they chasing us?"
"No, not pursuers."
Ling Feng shook his head. "The footsteps came from the end of the passage, not behind us. Moreover, the auras of those people were very mixed. Each one was different, completely different from the Scourge Army's skeleton warriors."
Seeing Ling Feng explain it in such detail, Longze Liyue frowned slightly and listened carefully again, but still found nothing.
The alchemical haze here made her perception a little dull.
She looked at Ling Feng in surprise and couldn't help asking, "How did you find out?"
"I told you he was a freak, you should believe him!" Huang Shaotian sighed, looked at Ling Feng, and said in a deep voice: "It's really troublesome. There is a roadblock in front of us and no way out. What should we do?"
Natalie and Longze Liyue also looked at Ling Feng.
"Those in front of you may not be enemies, but if you retreat, all behind you are enemies."
Ling Feng shrugged, "How to choose? Do I need to ask?"
"It has come to this..." Longze Liyue shook her head and sighed, "The only thing we can do is to move forward!" In this way, the group walked forward for about half a day.
At this time, Longze Liyue finally sensed the other party's breath.
In other words, it is no longer induction.
A noisy sound of footsteps was approaching this side rapidly.
The other party had obviously discovered them.
Moreover, she should have sensed their presence faster than Longze Liyue.
This means that there must be psychic-level aliens among the other side.
However, because of Ling Feng, everyone was already on guard and drew their weapons and held them in their hands.
After a while, a group of people wearing green linen clothes and holding sharp blades rushed out from all directions and surrounded Ling Feng and his group.
Although the materials and shapes of the clothes on these people are different, they all have a green leaf pattern on their left chest, which clearly shows that they are not an ordinary mob.
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"Who are you? How dare you trespass into the Qingye Gang's territory!"
The leading man was a burly man with a hideous scar on his left cheek that spread from his eyelid down. Although he was wearing a mask, he still exuded a fierce aura.
He widened his eyes and glared at Ling Feng and others.
"Qingye Gang?"
Longze Liyue frowned, as if she had heard of this name before, but had no impression of it.
"Huh, it seems you are outsiders?"
The scarred man smiled coldly and looked at Ling Feng and his group. When he saw their uniforms, his brows immediately frowned.
"Someone from the Scourge Army?"
For the lower-level areas, no matter whether it is the Beiming Military Academy, the Purdue Academy or the Divine Ministry Academy, they are all members of the Scourge Army and there is not much difference.
The Longze family belongs to the Divine Office and is also a member of the Calamity Army.
In order to avoid the search by the Scourge Army, they put on the clothes of the Longze family, but it ended up causing misunderstandings in this place.
"No, no, we are not from the Scourge Army!"
Huang Shaotian quickly shook his head and explained, "We came here because we were chased by the Scourge Army!"
"We are not from the Scourge Army."
Longze Liyue also quickly explained: "This is a misunderstanding!"
"Do you think I will believe you?" The scarred man snorted coldly, "The family emblems on your clothes are everywhere in this abandoned mine. Do you really think I'm blind?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the man waved his hand, and then the members of the Qingye Gang behind him immediately rushed out waving swords.
For a moment, the whole mine tunnel was filled with the flashing of swords and the shadow of sabers.
"Look after Ling Feng!"
Natalie pushed Ling Feng towards Huang Shaotian, then swung her iron fist and rushed directly towards the crowd.
Longze Liyue sighed softly and could only fight back passively.
Although Ling Feng wanted to take action, he was too weak to do so. As soon as he started to use his magic power, he immediately felt dizzy.
Although the power of the Seven Sins is strong, the side effects are also outrageous.
He can only control one of the seven sins now. When he went berserk before, the three seven sins of gluttony, rage and pride broke out at the same time, which led to his current half-dead appearance.
"Hey……"
Huang Shaotian supported Ling Feng, feeling bitter, "I never thought that we two grown men would have to rely on women for protection."
Fortunately, Natalie and Longze Liyue are both very strong.
Although Natalie's Seven Killings status is only at the magic level, her punches are powerful and strong. She can defeat ten people with one force. Her punches are so powerful that more than a dozen people cannot get close to her.
There seemed to be an invisible shadow around Longze Liyue, and her attacks were elusive. Although the people from the Qingye Gang had the advantage in numbers, they could not gain any advantage.
In order not to escalate the conflict, the two women intentionally showed mercy and did not cause any death to the other party.
"We are not from the Scourge Army, and we have no intention of becoming your enemy!"
Longze Liyue pushed an opponent away with a palm and said in a deep voice: "If I really want to kill someone, can you stop me?"
"Insanity!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the scarred man who was in the lead frowned, and actually took action himself, picking up a three-foot green sword, and went straight to kill Longze Liyue.
When this person takes action, his power is totally incomparable to that of other members.
Ling Feng's face changed, and he quickly drew out Ten Directions Annihilation, blocking with one sword and deflecting the sword of the scarred man.
With a clang sound, the sword in the scarred man's hand was knocked away.
He looked at Ling Feng in disbelief, with a complicated expression.
At this moment, Longze Liyue also came back to her senses and realized that if Ling Feng had not taken action, the sword would have pierced her left arm.
But she saw Ling Feng staggering slightly, so she quickly supported Ling Feng and asked with concern: "Ling Feng, are you okay?"
Ling Feng shook his head and forced a smile, "It's okay, I can still hold on."
After saying that, he stared at the scarred man with a stern gaze, being on guard against his next move.
However, the man's expression changed, and he finally raised his hand, signaling other members to stop attacking.
"Your swordsmanship is truly superb!"
The scarred man took a deep breath and said, "From what the girl said just now, your name is Ling Feng?"
"So what?" Ling Feng's face was grim.
“In the Martial Alliance, there is also a branch with the surname Ling, who founded the Haoyi Sword Sect, one of the top three sects in the Martial Alliance. What is your relationship with the Haoyi Sword Sect?” the scarred man asked in a deep voice.
"Oh?"
Ling Feng's eyelids twitched, and then he pretended to be calm and said: "Huh, I didn't expect that you recognized me after all! Yes, I am a member of the Haoyijian Sect."
Natalie had told me before that most of the people in the Second Cataclysm City had surnames similar to mine, and they were the survivors of the Eastern Kingdom before the Cataclysm.
It is not uncommon to find people with the surname Ling among these people.
When the man with the scar heard Ling Feng say that he was a disciple of Haoyi Sword Sect, his expression changed and he even looked a little more respectful.
Longze Liyue on the side seemed to have remembered something. Among all the underground cities, especially in the lower level area of the Second Disaster City, the Martial Alliance had the greatest power and could even suppress the alchemy factory.
The Martial Alliance is composed of many ancient forces united together. Even if the regular army of the Calamity Army comes, they have to give the Martial Alliance some face.
Unlike several other dungeons, the Martial Alliance is the force that has the real strength to challenge the Scourge Army.
Of course, it is only limited to the lower level areas.
As for the Qingye Gang, it should be a small gang under the jurisdiction of the Wumeng.
However, it is a good thing to meet someone from the Wumeng here. (End of this chapter)