Final Lord

Chapter 212 The Mysterious Underground Rainforest

At the exit of the sulfurous rock layer, the blind chicken's claws scraped against the edge of the tunnel. Its gray-brown head peeked out from the crack in the rock, and the scene that appeared in its perception made its head spin.

This is a hidden forest paradise suspended deep within the earth's veins. The dome is made of translucent crystalline rock, embedded with tens of thousands of fluorescent jellyfish fossils. Their faint blue glow blends with the emerald crystal veins hanging from the rock walls, enveloping the entire forest in a soft, star-like light.

Beneath the dome, a clear river hangs upside down in the air, and the blind chicken can sense the presence of many living beings in the river.

Beneath the river lies an extraordinarily lush underground rainforest, where greyish-white giant trees rise from the cracks in the rocks, and silver fern leaves spread out beneath the trees like a peacock's tail.

Where no trees grow, thick, damp grass covers the ground. Those seemingly ordinary dark green meadows, whenever a creature treads upon them, the grass stems split open, releasing firefly-sized orbs of light. After rising to a height of twenty meters, the orbs collectively turn, flying like pilgrims towards the anti-gravity river in the air, merging into the water and bursting forth with geometric patterns of light reminiscent of a church's stained-glass windows.

The blind chicken shuddered. Even this caveman could "see" so many dazzling scenes through its sense of sight. If this were in the Lord's field of vision, it would be incredibly colorful and spectacular.

"Quickly, go back and report to the lord, we've dug a hole!" Faced with this magnificent underground rainforest, Blind Chicken dared not go down to investigate on his own and hurriedly reported.

Half an hour later, Wang Bufu, having received the report, cautiously arrived at the cave entrance under the protection of the harpy.

Even someone as knowledgeable as him was deeply awestruck by this fantastical underground rainforest.

"The river above the upside-down sky is teeming with translucent river shrimp; their shape is unmistakable, they are definitely super-grade food, crystal krill. Those things in the river that look like glowing jellyfish are probably mercury jellyfish, also super-grade food."

The fact that so many extraordinary, weak creatures can survive suggests that the concentration of order in this underground space must be higher than imagined.

A natural wonder! Absolutely a natural wonder! I'm certain the natural wonder that allowed the elves to rise to power is right here; if it's not, I'll eat my blind chicken.

Wang Bufu immediately ordered: "Notify the troops to bring survival supplies and prepare to enter the underground rainforest."

"Yes, my lord." Blind Cat asked, "My lord, how many reserves should be left on the ground?"

"No reserves," Wang Bufu said decisively. "Everyone come down. There are definitely no monsters in a place with such a strong aura of order, but there's a high probability of cultists. The Wujin Cult's headquarters is probably right here; the place upstairs is just a decoy. We need to be prepared for battle."

"Yes!"

Half an hour later, Wang Bufu's entire force assembled.

Wang Bufu said to the troops, "The giant creature tracks discovered by the blind chicken are likely channels left by special creatures that transported people for the Wujin Sect when they were active underground."

We can't go down through this dug-out exit, otherwise we'll easily run into their people as soon as we come back up.

"We'll split into two groups. Blind Chicken, you take the others and dig another exit closer to the ground. Helan, you take the Banshee and use your clones and invisibility to fly down through this exit to scout."

"Understood, Lord."

"Yes, Master!"

……

The damp, humus-like scent enveloped Helan's wings as she glided silently along the ripples of the inverted river, her emerald pupils reflecting the fluorescent light flowing through the underground dome.

The rainforest drew ever closer, and Heran felt a rich magical aura washing over her feathers, giving her a refreshing sensation akin to being immersed in cool water. The invisible banshee squad silently entered the underground rainforest, roaming atop the canopies of the greyish-white giant trees.

Helan observed his surroundings with curiosity and vigilance.

This colossal tree, over seventy meters tall, appears to have been forged from the bones of ancient organisms. Its grayish-white trunk is covered with calcified pores resembling those of a coral reef, and each depression is filled with fine silica crystals. When the eerie blue light from the fluorescent jellyfish fossils in the dome penetrates the canopy, these crystals refract a cold, metallic gleam, enveloping the entire tree in a pale halo.

The gnarled buttress roots at the base of the trunk resemble petrified giant pythons, with asphalt-like resin veins flowing across the grayish-white bark.

All the branches of the white giant tree fork upwards at right angles, defying gravity, with the finest tips converging as precisely as surgical forceps. The leaves are not leaves in the traditional sense, but rather composed of countless tiny hexagonal leaflets stacked together, resembling an alloy armor covering the canopy when at rest.

Despite the lush silver fern lichens surrounding the tree, the branches of the greyish-white giant tree within a 20-meter radius were remarkably smooth.

No insects or birds were found on the gray-white giant tree, no vines were attached, no fungal patches were found, and even the fluorescent spores floating in the air would automatically annihilate the moment they came into contact with the tree canopy.

This eerie "forbidden zone of life" characteristic creates a tranquility around the giant tree that is even more profound than deathly stillness.

Upon realizing this, Helan immediately became vigilant and said to his team members, "Be careful. Our Lord Father said that a lifeless natural environment can be more dangerous than we can imagine."

These dangers are likely invisible and intangible.

Do not approach the giant white tree; continue reconnaissance around this area of ​​giant trees.

"Yes! Captain!"

As Helan's wings swept over the last patch of greyish-white giant trees, the scene before him suddenly softened.

The ground was covered with silver fern leaves, like countless open folding fans spread across the earth. Each leaf vein was inlaid with fine fluorescent crystals. When they flew over the fern leaves, the crystals seemed to flow along the leaf edges as if they were alive, leaving stardust-like trails on the fingertips.

Besides the silver fern leaves, there was also a dark green meadow.

The seemingly docile grass stems would occasionally split open, spewing out hundreds or even thousands of light orbs the size of fireflies.

These orbs of light did not dissipate immediately, but hovered in the air for a moment before rising in groups towards the dome. As they passed through the inverted river, the amber water melted them into flowing geometric spots of light.

"So beautiful." A harpy couldn't help but exclaim softly, "What kind of place is this? How can there be such a beautiful sight?"

"Shut your mouth." Helan glared at the other person and said in a low voice, "You're not allowed to spout useless nonsense while invisible. If there were enemies here, your sigh just now could have killed us all."

The harpy shuddered and quickly shut her mouth.

Just then, three beetles the size of a thumb were startled from the back of the fern leaf. Their elytra were clearly transparent crystals, but their bodies were surging with liquid emerald light.

Seemingly startled by the harpies' conversation, they circled as they approached the harpies.

Helan quickly dodged, the beetles weaving through the swarm of harpies. In that instant, three beetles transformed into a ray of light and burrowed into the roots of the grass.

(End of this chapter)