Sail Shadows in the Sea of ​​Fog

Chapter 177 Love the Dam or Love the Woman
"To deplete Poseidon's power."

On the dam, Vanhart said vaguely, "Probably, I'm not really sure."

Such an ambiguous answer naturally failed to satisfy everyone, but at this moment they clearly had more important things to do—to meet Yun Ji.

"Xiao Bao, go and inform Yun Ji, and help her hold them off for a while."

Yun Lan gave the order, and Xiao Bao, the undead archer who had been drifting behind her, jumped from the towering dam to the tall tower not far away without thinking. He then hung steadily on the tower wall and began to climb.

Soon after, the undead Xiao Bao climbed through the window and entered the tower. A moment later, Yun Ji climbed onto the window and immediately saw Ya Fu Suo waving an oil lamp at her and Cheng Lang cracking a whip.

Without any hesitation, Yun Ji nimbly flipped to the top of the tower, then spread her black wings and began to glide towards the dam.

Because of the height difference between the two, it was impossible for Yun Ji to fly directly to the top of the dam.

However, before she could even begin to fall, the slender whip in Cheng Lang's hand had already accurately wrapped around Yun Ji's waist with his shake, and then, with Shenba's active help and strong pulling, he easily pulled her up.

In this short delay, large patches of mushrooms have already grown under the dam, especially around Poseidon's arm.

Perhaps the arm was indeed well-nourished, because these mushrooms, even as they were decaying, began to reproduce and iterate through spores.

However, who knows if it was because the monsters around them were really brainless, but even though those highly potent poisonous mushrooms had covered their entire bodies, their minds seemed to remain unaffected.

Or perhaps these monsters simply lack the advanced capacity for consciousness.

"Are you alright?" Cheng Lang asked, clutching several elven healing potions.

"no"

Yun Ji shook her head. "Those monsters are very strong, and some are very fast, but they have no brains. They rely entirely on their animal instincts and can't even be considered intelligent beasts."

"It's precisely because they're so stupid that poisonous mushrooms seem to have no effect on them."

Yavso said disappointedly, it was the first time she had ever seen those poisonous mushrooms so resilient.

"But we must first clear out those monsters below."

At this moment, Vanhart said, "Can you see the first floor of that tower? That's where we need to go."

Upon hearing this, everyone instinctively looked over, but then couldn't help but shake their heads.

The tower is about the same height as the dam, and its diameter is probably about the same as the length of the Valkyrie ship.

However, the first floor of this tower is drafty and is supported entirely by a ring of pillars shaped like spider legs.

Even Yun Lan could clearly see, thanks to those glowing mushrooms, that the huge spider legs, which seemed to be supporting the tower, were covered with a large number of springs or plate-like metal pieces that appeared to be used for shock absorption.

"Are you sure we're really going to the first floor?" Cheng Lang asked suspiciously. "And it has to be the first floor?"

"Indeed it is"

Van Hart pleaded apologetically, "Captain, please help me. Eleanor is on the first floor of that tower."

While they were talking, the undead Xiaobao had already climbed out of the window amidst the monsters' attack and reached the top of the tower. He repeatedly drew his bow and shot arrows, attacking the monsters below that were about to be submerged by the mushroom field.

Thanks to his tireless archery practice, it took him a long time to kill a monster completely, but at least he managed to attract the monsters' attention.

"I wouldn't be surprised if there were thousands of monsters here."

Looking at the mushroom-covered monsters below the dam, Yun Ji said with a headache, "With just the few of us, it'll probably take a long time to kill them all."

That's not all.

Yun Lan pointed to a cave in the distance where monsters were constantly rushing in, "I wouldn't be surprised if this place were filled with those monsters."

"If only we could set a fire."

"No, absolutely not!"

Vanhart didn't even give Shenba a chance to finish speaking before rejecting him, "You can't set fire here. Even if I'm not worried about this place collapsing, I won't allow you to harm Eleanor."

"If we make a large enough opening below the dam, and then release the floodgates..."

"no"

This time, it was Cheng Lang who rejected the idea, saying, "Although we have the belt provided by Vanhart, opening the floodgates is no different from suicide."

"Then what do we do? Go down and kill them one by one?" Yafso asked with a bitter face.

She had just killed monsters, but her hand ached from drawing the bow just to kill one. Now that there are so many monsters below the dam, she'll probably have to grow several arms like Vanhart.

There are only two ways to kill so many monsters.

Cheng Lang pointed to the increasingly conspicuous glowing mushroom patch outside the dam, "Either we hope those mushrooms evolve into something powerful enough to threaten those monsters, or..."

"What?" Vanhart asked instinctively.

"We either need to find a way to divert them into the dam area."

Cheng Lang pointed behind him, "Didn't you just say we can't fall into the reservoir?"

"That's right"

"They'll be crushed into raw materials, used to feed those monsters," Vanhart said.

However, halfway through the conversation, Vanhart realized Cheng Lang's plan.

“If only there were a gate under this dam,” Yavso said, standing on tiptoe and looking down.

“There’s no door,” Yun Ji said. “I just checked.”

There is definitely no way.

Van Hart also confirmed, "The dam's drainage outlets are inside the dam, and the water is driven by drainage."

What drives it is not important.

Cheng Lang snapped his fingers to draw everyone's attention back, then pulled off the burrowing beetle from his neck and shook it, "We have burrowing beetles, enough to open a door ourselves."

"no."

"We'll block it with foam after we lure the monsters in; we can just add a few more layers if necessary."

Cheng Lang added, "As long as we can stop the monster, or even just have enough time to rescue Eleanor and escape from here, that's enough."

“But that will still destroy the dam,” Vanhart said, “released by the burrowing beetles.”

"The dam or Eleanor, you can only choose one."

Cheng Lang said, "So, do you love Eleanor or this dam?"

"I"

Van Hart was at a loss. Love the dam? Who would love a dam? But to destroy the dam for Eleanor...?
"We don't have much time left."

Having already figured something out, Yun Lan urged, "Xiao Bao doesn't have many arrows left. Once he can no longer attract attention, those monsters will probably attack us."

“What do we do?” Vanhart gritted his teeth and made a decision. “You will pilot the Tunneling Beetle to open and close the doors for the monsters.”

As Cheng Lang spoke, he handed the firefly pendant to the other person, saying, "We'll act as bait to lure those monsters in."

"no problem"

When Van Hart received the firefly pendant, he made up his mind completely.

"Yun Lan, you are responsible for assisting Vanhart in opening the door."

Cheng Lang decisively began making arrangements, "Yun Ji and Shen Ba, you are responsible for guarding the stairwell from the ground to the dam and protecting Princess Yun Lan."

"Yavso, let's go inside the dam and make bait."

"As you command, Captain!"

Yafuso and Shenba were the first to solemnly agree.

Without wasting any more time, Yun Lan built a staircase along the inner wall of the dam and sent Vanhart, who was holding a firefly pendant, into the interior of the dam.

While he was taking out the burrowing beetle to start drilling holes in the reservoir, which hadn't yet accumulated much water, Cheng Lang and Yafuso were also running along the dam to the furthest point from Vanhart.

"Captain, how do we make bait?" Yavso asked with great interest.

“You must have a lot of good stuff hidden away. Bring it all out,” Cheng Lang said confidently.

"hey-hey"

After chuckling to herself, Yavso pulled a large glass bottle from the bottom of her backpack.

"These are all spores of glowing mushrooms. They're not harmful, but they're bright enough!"

Yafso said smugly, "I originally planned to use it in very dark places."

That's enough.

Before Cheng Lang could finish speaking, Vanhart had already manipulated the burrowing beetle to cut a hole in the dam, following the water level of the remaining water inside the reservoir. At the same time, Yun Lan also built a step outside the dam using thorns.

The commotion caused by the dam's breach naturally attracted the attention of the monsters. Coupled with the fact that the undead Xiaobao had stopped attacking, they naturally rushed over, even jostling each other to climb the thorny slope, pass through the breach in the dam, and rush into the interior of the dam, which they had never been before.

"let's start"

As Cheng Lang spoke, he forcefully swung the whip, producing a crisp "crack!" sound.

At the same time, Yavso poured most of a bottle of spores into the reservoir, and with the help of the silt and the subsequent nutrient solution, a large number of glowing mushrooms grew.

Attracted by the light and shadow, the sound of whips, and even the corners deliberately created by Yafso, more and more monsters surged into the dam, wading through the muddy silt and the remaining cold groundwater towards Cheng Lang, who was swinging back and forth inside the dam using a whip.

As more and more monsters rushed into the dam, Cheng Lang no longer needed to hang inside the dam. Those monsters that had been sprinkled with glowing mushroom spores by Yafso and had successfully grown glowing mushrooms had become the best bait.

Finally, lured by the two of them, almost all the monsters rushed into the reservoir, even causing a lot of water in the reservoir to overflow through the tunnels opened on the dam.

Finally, Yun Lan built a new thorny walkway outside the dam and temporarily blocked the opening on the dam with thorns.

Taking advantage of this rare opportunity, Vanhart also summoned the burrowing beetle again, spewing out a large amount of foam to block the hole he had personally dug.

"Let's go too."

Cheng Lang glanced at the glowing mushroom monster that was forming a human wall to try to climb up, and called to Yafso to run back towards the tower.

When the two of them returned to their original positions, Yun Ji and the others had already run down.

At this moment, with the help of Yun Ji and others, Vanhart is killing the remaining monsters in the tower.

"Captain, could you get me some mushrooms from that arm later?"

As Yafso spoke, she handed a glass bottle to Cheng Lang.

"Want me to cut off a piece of meat for you while I'm at it?" Cheng Lang asked as he took the bottle.

"That's fine."

As Yafso followed Cheng Lang down the road, she refused, saying, "I only want mushrooms."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Lang smiled but didn't say much. Amidst the monster's cries gradually being blocked by the dam behind him, he led Yafuso to Poseidon's arm, which was covered in poisonous mushrooms. He flicked his whip, wrapped it around two of the largest mushrooms, and gently pulled them over, stuffing them into a glass bottle.

"Are these two okay?" Cheng Lang asked as he handed the bottle with the cap on to Yafso.

"Ok, Ok!"

Yavso nodded repeatedly, but as she took the bottle, she handed over a second one. "Captain, please get me the white one too. It's the only white one among all these mushrooms. Maybe it'll hold a surprise."

Cheng Lang naturally granted this small request, flicking his whip to gently wrap around the white mushroom, pulling it back, putting it in a bottle, and handing it to Yafso.

"captain."

"Which one?" Cheng Lang raised his whip before the other person could finish speaking.

"No"

Yavso carefully put away the two bottles, then pointed to the huge arm and said, "I think I just saw something on that arm."

"what?"

Before Cheng Lang could finish speaking, Yafso had already taken a few steps to the side and said, "There really is something! Come and see!"

"Watch your surroundings!"

As Cheng Lang spoke, he lashed out with his whip, striking a monster that was trying to charge at Yafso with a sharp crack. While tearing the monster's skin and flesh, the whip also tightly wrapped around its two ugly heads.

This spacious area was the perfect place for Cheng Lang to unleash his fighting power. With a forceful tug, the whip exploded with fine, sharp scales, easily severing the ugly monster's two necks.

"Captain, come quick! Look at what that is?!"

Yavso glanced at the monster's corpse lying on the ground, then continued to excitedly beckon Cheng Lang to hurry over.

"What is that?" Cheng Lang asked cautiously as he walked over.

"There!"

With her sharp eyes, Yafso stood on tiptoe and pointed to the crook of the arm; there seemed to be something there.

That is
Cheng Lang frowned after looking in the direction the other person was pointing.

He saw something he hadn't noticed before, but because of that, he felt inexplicably panicked.

Because he saw a syringe, a syringe made of metal!
Almost subconsciously, Cheng Lang took a step closer, but then breathed a slight sigh of relief.

It just looked like a syringe; it didn't have a piston rod at the back, and instead looked more like a needle attached to a metal bottle.

There was even a gap in the metal bottle, through which you could see the glass liner inside and the contents of the liner, emitting a faint, ethereal blue light.

"What is that?" Cheng Lang and Yafso asked the same question in unison.

(End of this chapter)