A light appeared at the bottom of the cave . And after a long while, they finally reached the bottom .
Hao Ren looked up; he could no longer see the entrance at the top . It was all dark . The cave was so deep that there was a dust cloud above in the middle section . "This cave is deep . Could Baptiste find a way down here alive?"
Vivian nodded . "Wizard is very resourceful . Maybe he knows some flying spell and the monsters didn't manage to tear him up . "
As the car continued to descend, Hao Ren noticed that the light did not come directly from the bottom, but from the dark walls on all sides . After dropping to a certain height, he could see huge cracks on the walls . And the cracks seemed to lead straight to the outside world .
They descended for hundreds of meters more and finally landed .
"It is safe," Turcan said after observing for a while . "Drive in any direction . The cracks should lead us to the outside . "
The bottom of the cave was like a shade under the shadow, but it was still dark overall despite lights shone through the triangular cracks in the distance . Hao Ren thought that the bottom of the cave was an open space, but now it seemed he was wrong . The cave was a passage to the bottom, and they still needed to travel through the tunnels at the bottom to reach the actual second level of Inferno . He cranked up the engine again and drove towards the most prominent light source . Everyone was holding their breath as this weird place made them nervous .
The ground was rugged, with lots of weird stones scattered around . Occasionally they could see some other objects .
There were pieces of something lying ahead, all dark red, and there were also signs of impact on the ground . Hao Ren knew it was the monsters that had broken in million pieces upon impact .
God knows how many more such creatures had fallen for the past ten thousand years . But the car must be now running on those fragments of the monsters . Those poor monsters that died and turned into dust at the bottom of the cave, far from where they once lived .
The car moved forwards, and the light in the distance became closer and closer . In the shadow, Hao Ren saw some thick, stone-like things hanging from the top, and the crack where the light came from appeared tilted inward . This strange environment stunned him . He was struggling to make sense of this space . He was confused . It took him a while to put and two together . The bottom of the cave expanded outward gradually; the further he went, the wider it became .
He sped up and drove the exit .
Soon, a vast world appeared before them .
The change of landscape caught them by surprise . The scenery of the second level of Inferno had them rooted to the spot . A vast expanse of rolling hills and valleys covered with beautiful green grass stretching out into the horizon . There was no cave boundary contrary to what they had imagined .
The change of landscape caught them by surprise . The scenery of the second level of Inferno had them rooted to the spot . A vast expanse of rolling hills and valleys covered with beautiful green grass stretching out into the horizon . There was no cave boundary contrary to what they had imagined .
Hao Ren opened the door and climbed out of the car . He could feel he was stepping on a soft grassland and the fragrance of the grass drifted into his nostrils . He looked up at the 'sky,' instead of a thick, dark rock dome he saw large patches of white clouds . This underground world was just too vast, and its dome was even higher than the cumulus . So water vapor and dust formed the clouds that blocked out the view of the dome above . The clouds glowed softly just like the outermost clouds above the surface . But the light here was a lot brighter . It lit up the underground world as if it were daylight .
Hao Ren gazed at the clouds, which were not as many as the one above the surface . He finally saw what through the gap between the two clouds: deep darkness at extremely high altitudes . With his vision, he could barely recognize the sharp gully lines, which was the earth's crust .
Or something like a crust .
The others had also gotten out of the car . Hessiana looked up, froze . After a long while, she took a deep breath . "Is this a cave?" she marveled .
"I have said it earlier . The second level is incredible big though it is located underground," said Vivian . Her reaction was just as stunned as the others were though . "I didn't expect it to be like this . I thought it was hell . "
"After all, the surface is already as bad as hell," Lily frowned as she looked at the lush green world . "Is this Inferno? It doesn't look like one . "
Nangong Wuyue began to feel harmonious with the water element here . The inexplicable feeling of danger and hostile atmosphere seemed to exist only on the surface . She form-shifted into an ordinary sea snake, face looking pleasant . "The water here is very peaceful, unlike on the surface . "
Nangong Wuyue began to feel harmonious with the water element here . The inexplicable feeling of danger and hostile atmosphere seemed to exist only on the surface . She form-shifted into an ordinary sea snake, face looking pleasant . "The water here is very peaceful, unlike on the surface . "
Hao Ren did not say a word because he had only one question in mind: How big is this place?
Thinking of this question, he could not help but look back at the 'tunnel' from which they had emerged earlier .
A towering mountain peak appeared in front of his eyes, as expected, and it was hard to see its overall shape at this distance .
He could only see huge, black mountain ridges dropping from the top, extending continuously into the distance, and then disappeared into the green earth . The upper part of the mountain gradually narrowed and became a giant wall that almost perpendicular to the ground and rose above the clouds . The entire mountain was dark and rocky, but after careful observation, he found that the rock had something more than meets the eye .
A thought suddenly crossed his mind . He immediately called everyone to get into the car . "Hurry up . Let's go farther out and take a better view!"
As Hao Ren drove the car towards the distance, the 'mountain' was behind them . Lily, sitting in the last row, turned and looked out the window . She was wide-eyed . "Tree! It is a tree!"
Hao Ren stopped on the high grassy ground . They gazed up at the direction of the 'mountain' and finally saw the whole picture of the behemoth . As Lily said, it was a giant tree, a tree with developed roots swelled to the surface . The trunk of the giant tree grew up to the bottom of the crust above through the clouds, as if it was a pillar of the world while the lower part of the trunk planted firmly into the earth below . The sloping mountain ridges and cone-shaped mountains that Hao Ren saw just now were none other than the roots of this giant tree .
And, the cave that they descended a while ago was the hollow tube inside the trunk .
Hao Ren stopped on the high grassy ground . They gazed up at the direction of the 'mountain' and finally saw the whole picture of the behemoth . As Lily said, it was a giant tree, a tree with developed roots swelled to the surface . The trunk of the giant tree grew up to the bottom of the crust above through the clouds, as if it was a pillar of the world while the lower part of the trunk planted firmly into the earth below . The sloping mountain ridges and cone-shaped mountains that Hao Ren saw just now were none other than the roots of this giant tree .
And, the cave that they descended a while ago was the hollow tube inside the trunk .
The MDT suddenly said, "There are new images from other probes . Some probes have found other Inferno entrances . They are the same as here . "
The MDT showed them the images, which were almost the same things: giant tree supporting the whole earth (or the sky), and the vast green land around the giant tree .
"The other high-speed probes have reached the other side of the planet, where they have also found similar entrances . "
"The second layer of Inferno is not a cave or a series of caves, but another layer of the earth's crust," Hao Ren said slowly . "This is a strata planet . I'm not kidding . It is a real deal . "
People's speculations about the Inferno were outrageously wrong . The otherworldlings once thought that there was a series of giant caves in the underground world, another horrible hell . But in reality, all the caves were interconnected . They were merely a single space—a space that was not dangerous, but a paradise .
This planet has a double crust, and Inferno was just its epidermis .
Maybe there was also a third layer of earth's crust . Who knows?
A light appeared at the bottom of the cave . And after a long while, they finally reached the bottom . Hao Ren looked up; he could no longer see the entrance at the top . It was all dark . The cave was so deep that there was a dust cloud above in the middle section . This cave is deep . Could Baptiste find a way down here alive? Vivian nodded . Wizard is very resourceful . Maybe he knows some flying spell and the monsters didnt manage to tear him up . As the car continued to descend, Hao Ren noticed that the light did not come directly from the bottom, but from the dark walls on all sides . After dropping to a certain height, he could see huge cracks on the walls . And the cracks seemed to lead straight to the outside world . They descended for hundreds of meters more and finally landed . It is safe, Turcan said after observing for a while . Drive in any direction . The cracks should lead us to the outside . The bottom of the cave was like a shade under the shadow, but it was still dark overall despite lights shone through the triangular cracks in the distance . Hao Ren thought that the bottom of the cave was an open space, but now it seemed he was wrong . The cave was a passage to the bottom, and they still needed to travel through the tunnels at the bottom to reach the actual second level of Inferno . He cranked up the engine again and drove towards the most prominent light source . Everyone was holding their breath as this weird place made them nervous . The ground was rugged, with lots of weird stones scattered around . Occasionally they could see some other objects . There were pieces of something lying ahead, all dark red, and there were also signs of impact on the ground . Hao Ren knew it was the monsters that had broken in million pieces upon impact . God knows how many more such creatures had fallen for the past ten thousand years . But the car must be now running on those fragments of the monsters . Those poor monsters that died and turned into dust at the bottom of the cave, far from where they once lived . The car moved forwards, and the light in the distance became closer and closer . In the shadow, Hao Ren saw some thick, stone-like things hanging from the top, and the crack where the light came from appeared tilted inward . This strange environment stunned him . He was struggling to make sense of this space . He was confused . It took him a while to put and two together . The bottom of the cave expanded outward gradually; the further he went, the wider it became . He sped up and drove the exit . Soon, a vast world appeared before them . The change of landscape caught them by surprise . The scenery of the second level of Inferno had them rooted to the spot . A vast expanse of rolling hills and valleys covered with beautiful green grass stretching out into the horizon . There was no cave boundary contrary to what they had imagined . Hao Ren opened the door and climbed out of the car . He could feel he was stepping on a soft grassland and the fragrance of the grass drifted into his nostrils . He looked up at the sky, instead of a thick, dark rock dome he saw large patches of white clouds . This underground world was just too vast, and its dome was even higher than the cumulus . So water vapor and dust formed the clouds that blocked out the view of the dome above . The clouds glowed softly just like the outermost clouds above the surface . But the light here was a lot brighter . It lit up the underground world as if it were daylight . Hao Ren gazed at the clouds, which were not as many as the one above the surface . He finally saw what through the gap between the two clouds: deep darkness at extremely high altitudes . With his vision, he could barely recognize the sharp gully lines, which was the earths crust . Or something like a crust . The others had also gotten out of the car . Hessiana looked up, froze . After a long while, she took a deep breath . Is this a cave? she marveled . I have said it earlier . The second level is incredible big though it is located underground, said Vivian . Her reaction was just as stunned as the others were though . I didnt expect it to be like this . I thought it was hell . After all, the surface is already as bad as hell, Lily frowned as she looked at the lush green world . Is this Inferno? It doesnt look like one . Nangong Wuyue began to feel harmonious with the water element here . The inexplicable feeling of danger and hostile atmosphere seemed to exist only on the surface . She form-shifted into an ordinary sea snake, face looking pleasant . The water here is very peaceful, unlike on the surface . Hao Ren did not say a word because he had only one question in mind: How big is this place? Thinking of this question, he could not help but look back at the tunnel from which they had emerged earlier . A towering mountain peak appeared in front of his eyes, as expected, and it was hard to see its overall shape at this distance . He could only see huge, black mountain ridges dropping from the top, extending continuously into the distance, and then disappeared into the green earth . The upper part of the mountain gradually narrowed and became a giant wall that almost perpendicular to the ground and rose above the clouds . The entire mountain was dark and rocky, but after careful observation, he found that the rock had something more than meets the eye . A thought suddenly crossed his mind . He immediately called everyone to get into the car . Hurry up . Lets go farther out and take a better view! As Hao Ren drove the car towards the distance, the mountain was behind them . Lily, sitting in the last row, turned and looked out the window . She was wide-eyed . Tree! It is a tree! Hao Ren stopped on the high grassy ground . They gazed up at the direction of the mountain and finally saw the whole picture of the behemoth . As Lily said, it was a giant tree, a tree with developed roots swelled to the surface . The trunk of the giant tree grew up to the bottom of the crust above through the clouds, as if it was a pillar of the world while the lower part of the trunk planted firmly into the earth below . The sloping mountain ridges and cone-shaped mountains that Hao Ren saw just now were none other than the roots of this giant tree . And, the cave that they descended a while ago was the hollow tube inside the trunk . The MDT suddenly said, There are new images from other probes . Some probes have found other Inferno entrances . They are the same as here . The MDT showed them the images, which were almost the same things: giant tree supporting the whole earth (or the sky), and the vast green land around the giant tree . The other high-speed probes have reached the other side of the planet, where they have also found similar entrances . The second layer of Inferno is not a cave or a series of caves, but another layer of the earths crust, Hao Ren said slowly . This is a strata planet . Im not kidding . It is a real deal . Peoples speculations about the Inferno were outrageously wrong . The otherworldlings once thought that there was a series of giant caves in the underground world, another horrible hell . But in reality, all the caves were interconnected . They were merely a single space—a space that was not dangerous, but a paradise . This planet has a double crust, and Inferno was just its epidermis . Maybe there was also a third layer of earths crust . Who knows?
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