Marina nodded, "Of course, I won't force you to do extra work … Besides, you won't obey, right?"
"Yes, if you want to go deeper, I will respect your choice and decision. However, I will immediately turn back and leave this place."
Short Axe replied, "With the money you give me, I can only go to a certain place in the middle layer. This is the only place we have the ability to go.
If you want to go further, I am afraid that you and I will not have a good ending. "
Marina and Short Axe stood at the entrance of the middle layer and once again confirmed what they had discussed.
Then, the team continued to move forward.
The road in the middle layer was even more dilapidated than the road above. Stepping on it was like stepping on a muddy ground. Beneath their feet, there was a disgusting patter sound, making them wonder what the soles of their shoes had become.
Perhaps it was a pile of mud or something even more disgusting. After all, there would not be anyone to do the cleaning work here. Moreover, the residents here probably did not care about hygiene.
Firelight followed behind Chris, slowly moving forward.
Chris pulled his cloak tighter, his footsteps were silent. Walking in the darkness, not even his shadow could be seen.
Then, Mr Small Cloak stopped and shouted behind him, "There is a dead man."
Very simple and direct, there is a dead man.
Those words caused the team to stop. Ike and Marina both frowned, "A dead man?"
Chris did not respond. There was some movement coming from his side. It sounded like something heavy was being turned over.
Ike turned around to look at Short Axe, who was at the back.
Short Axe's face did not change. He just shrugged, "I have said that this is not a place for excursions.
If in the shallow water, dying in the hands of the sharp fangs is a stupid thing to do, then in the middle layer, death is a common occurrence. "
Although he said that, Short Axe still walked toward Chris.
The few of them came to Chris's side, only to see Chris squatting down near the wall. There were weeds nearby, and the surface of the wall was peeling off. Fortunately, there was no Head Twister Grass in the vicinity.
In the weeds in front of Chris, there was indeed a dead man.
The dead man's original appearance could no longer be seen. He had become a pile of white bones.
White Bones was still wearing clothes and protective leather armor. It was still holding a broken sword in its hand. It was lying on the grass in a posture that made it seem like it was resting.
"That's strange," Short Axe said. "We're definitely not the only team that came here recently.
Will you be the first to discover it? "Short Axe asked Chris.
Chris's hand searched the bones. "There are still valuables on them, but I haven't heard of anyone dying down here."
He reached over and forcefully tore off the skeleton's hands and threw them to the side. "It might be a skeleton. The things on its body are too old."
"That makes sense."
Short Axe rubbed his chin, trying to recall something. "This is not their area of activity. Why?"
Looking at Chris's actions, Marina understood what was going on after hearing Hatchet's words. She asked, "Are there spectres in this area?"
"Yes, but they are all skeletons, and they shouldn't be around here."
Short Axe replied, "Maybe some newbies who were scared out of their wits were lured here when they were running away, and then got knocked down here."
"It won't be able to get up again," Chris said, "At least temporarily."
He stood up and continued to walk into the darkness, leaving the skeleton that had its hand removed there.
The others followed Chris. When Marina passed by the skeleton, she lowered her head and glanced at it. There was nothing in its dark eye sockets, but it stared straight at the people who walked past it, as if it was silently narrating something.
"Is there a spectres' habitat around here?"
Marina knew very well that things like spectres, especially skeletons, were very likely to see a second, a third, or even more.
"This one looks better," Short Axe replied from behind. "At least it can be seen that it used to be a human.
As long as it used to be a creature with bones, then it can become a moving skeleton.
Little Fang's skeleton is much more difficult to deal with than a human skeleton … It's the same for Little Fang. Spectres don't have any sense of kinship. "
The team walked forward for a while, and finally left the passageway that had not changed at all.
The exit was sloping downwards, and the slope was slippery. If they were not careful, they might slip and fall to the ground.
The ground was covered with dark green moss, moistened by the liquid dripping from above, growing everywhere.
At the exit, everyone could hear the clear sound of flowing water, which sounded like the sound of a river.
When they left the exit slope, they came to a new area.
This place was bigger than the passageway, and there was a river in the middle.
If this was a drainage ditch, then this ditch was a little too wide.
Although the water did not seem deep, the wide water surface made it difficult to think that this was just a ditch, and not a small river.
On both sides of the river, there were passageways that could be walked. The two passageways were a little far apart, and there was no bridge in between. If you walked on one of the passageways, then if you wanted to go to the other passageway, you might have to return to the starting point, or walk to the end.
"There's actually such a place underground." Marina was a little surprised.
Although Ike was a local, he had never been to such a place before. He had the same expression on his face.
Lulunaka, who was behind Marina, looked around, like a nervous child who had arrived at a strange place.
"Pay attention to the surroundings to see if there is any danger. However, Chris has already scouted the area. If there is any danger, he probably would not have let us walk in like this," Shortsword said from behind.
Occasionally, he would look back to see if there was anything unusual around them. "Don't fall into that river, or you'll suffer."
They were standing on the edge of this strange underground river. The dark waters of the river rippled slightly. It did not look like stagnant water, but something seemed to be swimming in it.
Lulunaka, who was lying on the edge, poked her head out to look down. "There's something down there."
Seeing Lulunaka's behavior, Shortsword shouted, "Don't approach the underground river in that position!"
Lulunaka was startled by Shortsword's shout. Then, something jumped out from under the water.
Thanks to Shortsword's warning, she dodged the thing that jumped out from under the water.
The thing flew out of the water and landed beside Lulunaka.
It was a fish with several rows of sharp teeth. The fish's body was small, and the circle of teeth was larger than its body.