Chapter 345: Multiple Levels

After a long tunnel, the group finally arrived at the space behind the big gate.
The first thing that caught their eyes was still the dense fog. Then, through the vaguely visible surroundings, they found that this space was composed of a combination of caves and numerous tunnels.
"Be careful, not only are there monsters lurking around here, but the roads are also complex and intricate. If you're not careful, you could get lost," Chen Fan warned as he surveyed the environment around them.
Upon hearing Chen Fan's words, the others responded one after another. However, after wandering around for about thirty minutes, the group found themselves lost.
"What do we do?" Lex asked as he looked at the group of bewildered people.
"Not only is this spirit cave filled with mist and numerous monsters, but even the river channels are filled with corrosive toxins. It's simply impossible to survive in here," Peach lamented, tapping her forehead in frustration.
“尼娅的状态更加的恶化了，我们必须要早点走出这里。”劳拉此时扶着满脸痛苦的尼娅郑重地说道。
查看了下尼娅的状态，陈凡沉思了一会后点点头道：“确实，这样，一会我来带路，你们跟着我身后走。”
随即感知展开，精神力顺着整个溶洞铺展开来。
微微感受了一下，虽然被那些奇怪的光点压制了不少，大概只有全盛时期的十分之一，但仍旧有接近两公里的范围。
Then use mental strength to visualize the path through the cave.
Finally, under Chen Fan's leadership, the group finally made their way out of the cave maze.
"Let's take a break first, Nia's condition is really bad," Laura said to everyone.
"I'm really sorry, I didn't expect to not only fail to help but also hold you back," Nia gasped apologetically at everyone.
Chen Fan took out some oxygen tanks from the space and handed them to her.
"Use this, it may not help you recover, but it should make you feel more comfortable."
Accepting the oxygen tank, Nia gratefully said to Chen Fan, "Thank you, it should help."
Just as Nia was about to use the oxygen cylinder, Lex hurriedly stopped her and said, "Ah, that's not right. You have to pinch your nose, expand your lungs, straighten your spine, and puff out your chest."
At this point, Nia was not in the mood to play around with Lex anymore. She weakly asked, "Is this also part of the basic training for salvagers?"
"Just give it a try."
Following Lex's urging, Nia pinched her nose and did as she was told.
Crackle crackle crackle~~
“Oh...” Nyah moaned comfortably, looking at Lex with a smile, “I didn't expect it to work so well.”
Seeing this, Lex happily said, “That's right, these are all things that predecessors taught me. I used to use this method often. They claimed to replace my parents, but they never taught me anything serious. However, they did teach me some useful knowledge like this.”
"Replace my parents... my real parents never taught me this knowledge." Nia said with a low expression, describing her background.
"My father is the well-known Lord Gula, although he always made me study, but all I learned was some ladylike manners, and now there's nothing useful about it."
Listening to Nia's words, Lex was surprised and said, "So the Nia that White Tiger mentioned is really a young lady. I completely didn't expect that."
"I'll beat you up..." Nia, who had already regained some strength, immediately glared at him with dangerous eyes.
"Lex, girls shouldn't be talked about in that way." Peach teased Lex and then turned to Nia, saying, "Nia, please continue."
"Well, at that time, I really hated studying, but now thinking back, it was the happiest time, with my father, and... my sister and me, the three of us..."
"Eh? Does Xiao Niya have a sister?" Alice asked curiously.
At the mention of it, Niya nodded, "Yes, she is very weak, and I often stay with her to take care of her. Father wants to cure her, and at some point, he started gathering people and immersed himself in research... The memories after that didn't become very happy..."
Watching Nia's sad expression, Momoko stepped forward and hugged her, comforting her silently.
With a relieved smile, Nia continued to tell her story to the crowd, "Because my father gambled away too much money, we were kicked off the lord's seat... Eventually, we became wanderers, and my sister, of course, couldn't bear that kind of life, so she left us forever in a twilight."
Looking at the heavy atmosphere in the team, Nia laughed with open arms, "Sorry, I talked too long about boring stories and troubled everyone."
Then she took a deep breath of oxygen and scolded Chen Fan, "This method is really effective. Chen Fan, you should have shown me this method earlier. You made me suffer so much."
Watching Nia pretend to be happy, Chen Fan pretended to reply awkwardly: "I didn't forget, didn't I? I'm really sorry, haha~~"
……
After resting for a while, the group set off again.
After passing through the cave maze, this time, it is still a maze, but with many more man-made structures.
However, if the previous maze was flat, this maze is three-dimensional.
If for the average person, the difficulty of this maze is higher.
However, for Chen Fan, possessing perception makes it easier for him to find the exit.
With his mental power spreading out, Chen Fan quickly found the exit.
With a sudden surge of telekinetic power, Chen Fan lifted everyone into the air and drifted towards the direction of the exit.
……
Soon, the group was standing at the exit.
The exit was very well concealed, blocked by numerous crystal columns, and its color almost identical to the surrounding walls.
If an ordinary person came here, I'm afraid they wouldn't even be able to find death, only Chen Fan's ubiquitous perception can penetrate through the faint cracks and discover the way forward.
Looking at the path ahead blocked by countless crystal columns.
"It looks like the path is blocked," said Melfa.
"Haha, this is the kind of thing that I should handle, watch me blast it open," said Peach excitedly.
"Wait, whatever you do, don't detonate the explosives here. If the whole cave collapses, we could be buried alive," Laura hurried to stop Peach's actions.
"What should we do? Looking through the cracks of these crystal pillars, it's all just a dense forest of pillars behind." Peach asked in distress.
Just as everyone was thinking about how to pass this level, the crystal pillars that were blocking everyone suddenly emitted a bright green glow.
Just at this moment, Chen Fan felt the energy within his body, which should have been the holy grail of heaven, being activated, resonating with the twinkling fluorescence in the crystal column.
As if called, the crystal pillar gradually spread out to the sides and disappeared into the adjoining walls.
"Huh, this is easy. It seems like it opened automatically when it saw us coming," said Lex excitedly.
Shaking his head, Chen Fan said to everyone, "No, just now I sensed that the power of the Holy Grail in my body started to resonate with these crystal pillars, it should be related to the flames."
After this, no one should have entered here. Look, the dust on the floor has accumulated so thick, this is the proof." Laura squatted down and said after feeling it.
"Not bad, it looks like the dawn of hope is just around the corner," Zig said, cheered by the news, which is the best news that everyone has heard.
……
Passing through another level, the group couldn't help but look a lot more relaxed.
After passing through the long tunnel, another enormous space appeared in front of everyone.
Compared to the previous caves, the surroundings of this cave were covered with dense spiderweb-like substances.
"Um, you don't think this cave is full of spiders, do you?" asked Taozi nervously.
"You got that right," Chen Fan responded with a smile.
At this moment, countless spiders were densely scattered all around the interior of the cave.
It can be said that every step can step on several spiders.
Upon hearing Chen Fan's words, Taozi suddenly exclaimed in shock.
"I thought you weren't afraid of scorpions? Why are you still afraid of spiders?"
Chen Fan's reaction to the peach was very surprised. You know, when she first met the peach, she used to have a scorpion as a pet, and she even named it Dingdang.
When Taozi heard Chen Fan's words, she rolled her eyes in annoyance and said, "A scorpion is a scorpion, a spider is a spider. They are completely different things. You have to think about it, spiders always spit out that disgusting, saliva-covered silk. Don't you find it gross?"
Chen Fan was very puzzled by the strange remarks about peaches.
Aren't we all insects? What's the difference? Those who are afraid of spiders should also be afraid of scorpions, right?
However, Chen Fan didn't dare to directly mention Peach's strange hobby, otherwise he would be the one who ends up unlucky.
The topic was dropped, and the team started moving forward again.
And as it turned out, just as Chen Fan had said, not long after the group entered the cave, countless spiders emerged and began attacking everyone.
Looking at the spiders crawling out densely around, even Chen Fan couldn't help feeling his scalp tingling.
Not to mention Peach, who was already scared, is now screaming and climbing onto Chen Fan's body.
In the end, we had no choice but to rely on the flames of Agni to ignite the entire cave and force these spiders to retreat.
But while we managed to drive away the spiders, it also caused a great deal of trouble for everyone.
First, as the flame burns, the air inside the cave becomes thin.
Second, at this moment, the cave seems to have turned into an oven, roasting everyone.
Fortunately, this situation doesn't faze everyone.
Well-prepared Chen Fan took out the breathing equipment and gave one to each person. Then, he used Ye’s ice attribute to set up a circle around the crowd.
With this, everyone avoided the embarrassment and continued on safely along the trace of the fire.
Spider silk is flammable, and since the entire cave was filled with spider silk, the fire quickly grew out of control.
The spiders inside the cave began to die in large numbers, quickly attracting an even larger creature.
A massive and gigantic spider appeared in front of everyone.
"It's so big~~ It seems we've provoked a formidable creature," Niya exclaimed as she looked at the large spider in front of her.
At this moment, the giant spider did not immediately attack everyone. Instead, it spat out countless threads of icy silk, wrapping up the surrounding flames.
Soon, the flames were extinguished by the ice silk. Only then did the giant spider have the opportunity to turn around and stare at Chen Fan and his group intently.
"It looks very angry. Why didn't it run away just now?" Taozi tightly grabbed Chen Fan's arm and asked, trembling.
"Because the exit is right behind it." Chen Fan stared at the big spider in front of him.
This spider is not only huge, but also puts a lot of pressure on Chen Fan.
If this guy goes crazy, Chen Fan estimates that he will have to put in a lot of effort to deal with it.