Chapter 137 . ,!

Fang Senyan looked at the Haiqimujia eggs sinking to the bottom, and a feeling that was hard to describe suddenly surged in his heart, because he found that compared with the eggs he had picked up before, these Haiqimujia eggs were shining with an indescribable light. In the words of the Mist Song girl, it was the soul! But correspondingly, the domineering and arrogant scorching heat in the eggs he had picked up was lessened!

"There must be some secrets in this that I haven't discovered yet," Fang Senyan said to himself.

In one of the deepest rock crevices, Reef could be seen being wrapped in those sticky liquids, lying on the ground coughing loudly. He was, after all, a contractor. Although the giant octopus Haiqimujia was extremely powerful, it could not exert permanent mental control over him. Therefore, after Reef's remaining labor value had been squeezed dry, it drove those half-orc slaves to tie him up and throw him into this crevice. It probably felt that Reef was a useful coolie, and it could continue to control him later.

In front of Reef's face, there were five or six giant eggs the size of coconuts. Their shells were not hard, but were very flexible like thin gels, and the outlines of tentacles could be seen wriggling inside. From time to time, a stream of liquid would spurt from a nipple-like protrusion at the top of the giant egg, splashing on Reef's face. Those liquids were as viscous as glue, and when accumulated, they could easily cause suffocation, so it was no wonder that Reef was in such a mess.

After Fang Senyan rushed up, he rescued Reef with a few strokes. Both of them had lost their equipment bonuses at this time, but they were still much stronger than normal people. Fang Senyan tore off the ropes on Reef's body with a few strokes. At this time, Reef bent over and vomited for a long time, and finally recovered. He smiled bitterly and said, "You finally came. I just swore to the sword that if you let me hold on here for ten more minutes, oh, no, five minutes, I would definitely not be able to hold on."

Fang Senyan laughed and patted him on the shoulder: "Better late than never."

Reef glared at Fang Senyan and snorted from his nostrils in frustration. Fang Senyan then asked the Mist Song girl to give him the Blessing of the Dawn Elf as well. Regardless of whether the previous speculation was effective, he would add it first. Fang Senyan suddenly thought of something and immediately said to Mist Song: "I remember you said before that this Haiqimujia egg seems to be quite useful to you. Why don't we take some while the mother octopus is not here?"

Mist Song pressed her fingertips on her brow, and her silver hair undulated before she shook her head slightly and said, "No, all the eggs are now spiritually connected to the Haiqimujia's main body!" As she spoke, a faint green light emanated from her body, covering Fang Senyan and the other two at the same time. The two of them shook at the same time, seeming to be completely in a void. The rocks, mountains, and water sources in all directions were completely void. Clearly visible were the plant roots that penetrated the rock layers like special effects, the starlight-like aquatic veins, and the light of the lives of several half-orc slaves not too far away.

In addition, it could be seen that close to the underground lake, on both sides close to the stone wall, a large number of fine blue lines extended out like spider webs, all the way to a thick, substantial blue mass in the far distance.

That blue color was still surging non-stop, both reminiscent of the surging sea and possessing the mystery of a nebula. Because Fang Senyan and the others were not looking with their naked eyes at this time, but were using their spirits to feel with Mist Song's assistance, the feelings they received were doubly strong, and they couldn't help but ask, "Is this thing the Haiqimujia?"

Mist Song hummed and nodded strangely: "Yes, according to the records in the Rivendell classics, the environment chosen by legendary creatures like Haiqimujia after laying eggs is quite harsh and peculiar, but there is no specific record. Only a genius would know that they can only hatch in this kind of hot spring-like environment. But the classics also say that legendary creatures like Haiqimujia cherish the eggs they lay very much. Even if they starve during the incubation period, they will not abandon their eggs. I don't know why it left the incubation pond at this time."

Just then! An indescribable red light suddenly rose in the distance!!!

It was a dazzling and fierce light, full of arrogant and domineering feelings. A mass of red light, condensed like a paste, suddenly appeared and heavily struck that mass of blue light!

In that instant, Fang Senyan, Reef, and Mist Song all pressed their heads, retreated seven or eight steps in a row, and let out a painful groan. The illusion they had seen earlier disappeared like broken glass. Mist Song in particular suffered the most damage, her face pale as she clutched her head, looking like a swaying willow, breathing heavily several times before she recovered, but she had already leaned softly into Fang Senyan's arms.

Fang Senyan rushed forward to support her, but looked at Reef next to him, enduring the splitting headache and said: "Did you see clearly what that red light was?"

Reef covered his head and shook it vigorously: "Very hot, very noisy feeling..."

Fang Senyan pressed his temple hard with his left hand, trying his best to find some clues from his memory, but that damn headache kept obstructing him. Suddenly, he heard Reef, who was supporting the stone wall next to him, say in a astringent voice: "Damn, why is the temperature of this stone wall getting higher?" Fang Senyan's heart moved, and he suddenly grabbed Reef and said: "After we initially walked along the outer canyon to the end, we found a gloomy cave." You told me it was extremely dangerous there, how did you know?"

Reef thought for a while and said: "After I was initially mentally controlled by that damn octopus, I not only had to frequently fetch water from the lake to pour on the eggs, but I also had to take some eggs that had been sufficiently watered to the rocks outside the archway on the east side of the mountain." The temperature on those rocks is even higher than here."

"So I saw that there were two forks outside the archway on the east side of the mountain. If you go to the right for about a hundred meters, you will find the entrance to the cave that you were going to enter. If you look to the left, you will only feel that it is unfathomable, seeming to lead to a deep rift underground. You can even see the cracks in the ground crisscrossing and see faint, glowing red light leaking out. Even that giant monster Haiqimujia seemed extremely vigilant and wary of that side. Those half-orcs were even instinctively afraid." Some information flashed through Fang Senyan's mind, and he suddenly said again: "The coconut-sized eggs that were placed in front of you at the beginning, were they hatched over there?"

A look of disgust appeared on Reef's face as he nodded: "Yes, when these Haiqimujia eggs devour each other to the size of an orange, they will sink back to the bottom of the mucus. It seems that they are using the temperature of the rocks here to incubate. After about five or six days, cracks will appear on the top of these eggs. At this time, the cracked eggs must be taken away and placed outside the archway on the east side of the mountain to incubate. The temperature of the rocks there is at least 30 degrees Celsius. However, the hatching rate is very low at this time. They will often break quickly. Only a very few Haiqimujia eggs can survive this stage and successfully grow to the size of a coconut."

Fang Senyan took a few deep breaths, and then slowly exhaled a breath and said: "I know what that red light is!! In the movie, the only one who can collide head-on with that damn fat octopus... besides that guy who is also a legendary monster, who else could it be!! Only that guy can give the cold rocks a life-like body temperature!"

"...A Balrog, Black Ash!!!"

After this series of words were spoken from Fang Senyan's mouth, Mist Song's face became even paler, and she weakly covered her temples. Her voice was still like a spring, clear and calm, but there was a clear sense of weakness.

"My memories from my previous life tell me that when the Valar destroyed the Balrog leader Morgoth in the War of Wrath at the end of the First Age, the lives of most Balrogs also came to an end, but it is said that a few cowards escaped into underground caves, but that was already six thousand years ago. Could it be that this Balrog has been lurking under the Misty Mountains for so long?"

Reef said with a wry smile at this time: "The reason why I was able to get through the rocks with concentrated poisonous gas back then, and you were not poisoned, should also be rooted in this Balrog." Fang Senyan also understood at this time: "I understand. The Balrog is a monster that can give rocks body temperature. The temperature will increase wherever it appears. When you were going through the rocks, I guess this Balrog went back to sleep, so the poisonous gas there condensed and concentrated at low temperatures. It was heavier than air and accumulated in the low-lying areas... And I went there near morning. The Balrog probably already went to find trouble with the big octopus. Affected by it, the temperature rose and the poisonous gas began to evaporate and floated upwards.

Reef sighed and said: "It is estimated that the Blessing of the Dawn Elf on your body also helped a lot, allowing you to blend into nature, so the octopus couldn't feel your existence." At this time, an indescribable sound came from the distance of the cave, like water being poured on red-hot coal blocks, a "hissing" sound, which was magnified a hundred times, followed by a roar of indescribable anger. The sound even shook some small stones in the sky above the mountain, rattling down like a rain of stones.