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Level 8 Cave System
Survival Difficulty: 5
Unsafe, Unstable, Entity Infested
Yang Tao swam through the narrow cave. The increasingly constricted opening made him feel a bit suppressed.
However, this situation didn't last too long.
Just as he was about to take out his pickaxe to widen the cave, the cave reached its end.
Through the minimap, he found that he had already arrived inside a cave.
Emerging from the water, what greeted his eyes was a dark cave full of stalactites and stalagmites.
A plump Female Death Moth was flapping her wings, flying through the pitch-black cave, followed by more than ten Male Deathmoths.
The sound of Yang Tao emerging from the water attracted the attention of the Female Death Moth. A ball of acid sprayed forth from the Death Moth's unique mouthparts.
"Is Level 8 this enthusiastic?"
Yang Tao didn't even take out his Battlesign. He simply leaped lightly to easily dodge the acid, then lightly stepped again in mid-air, triggering the Cloud Bottle's double jump.
His body rapidly rushed towards the Female Death Moth.
A cleaver, longer than he was tall, appeared in his hand, fiercely striking at the Female Death Moth in front of him, as if preparing to cut her in two.
Pfft…
After turning off the data-based attack mode, The cleaver, enchanted with Nether Quartz, easily sliced through the Female Death Moth's body.
Truly, one cut, two halves.
A large amount of green liquid flowed from the Death Moth's corpse, making a corrosive sound upon contact with the ground's rocks.
The Male Deathmoths, who had no time to react, fell into an inexplicable state of frenzy upon seeing the Female Death Moth's corpse.
"Annoying flies…"
The seemingly heavy cleaver felt weightless in Yang Tao's hand, like a fly swatter, as he swung it at the flying Male Deathmoths.
The fastest one was directly exploded by the thick blade of the cleaver, sending green liquid splashing.
These guys, with only about 10 health points, were instantly killed whether data mode was enabled or not.
More than ten Male Deathmoths were easily dealt with by Yang Tao.
"What an enthusiastic level!"
The sound of wings flapping echoed again from the darkness in the distance. Yang Tao took out a firecracker chili from his backpack and threw it over.
Surging flames instantly engulfed the Deathmoths that were about to fly over, and even their corpses were burned to ash and fell to the ground.
After dealing with the red dots on the minimap, Yang Tao finally had time to take out a Night Vision Potion and drink it.
The originally dark cave became bright. Some water droplets on the cave ceiling dripped down stalactites into the stalagmites or pools below.
There was even green vegetation in the dark cave, though only some dry climbing plants and small shrubs.
But this was enough to challenge biological common sense.
Yang Tao looked at the environment inside the cave and exclaimed, "As expected, it has to be the uncanny craftsmanship of nature."
Walking to a pool, he looked at the liquid inside, finding it increasingly familiar.
"The legendary Almond water pool??"
For him, this was good news.
He directly summoned a wooden door, and many Mutated Iron Golems poured out from behind it.
"Iron Bro, be on alert!"
He took out a bucket from his backpack, aimed it at the pool, and silently willed to use it.
Mineral-Exceeding Almond water
Energy Value: 20000
"How much?? Twenty thousand??"
Yang Tao looked at the Almond water pool in front of him and began to calculate with his fingers.
"A 720ml bottle of Almond water is worth 20 energy points. Roughly calculated, one cubic meter of Almond water can fill 1389 bottles."
"Wait, where's my seven thousand plus energy points??"
Alas, his golden finger was himself, and no one paid attention to his question.
Looking at the Almond water in the pool, Yang Tao suddenly felt that digging walls in Level 0 was too inefficient, even with a 'shield machine', it was still just so-so.
'Exchange!'
Energy Value +20,000
Energy Value +20,000
...
The small pool only yielded eight buckets of Almond water. Looking at the slow-dripping Almond water drops from above, Yang Tao's heart stirred.
'Should I dig up and try?'
What if there's an Almond water ocean above…
Wouldn't he instantly take off?
However, he was also worried that if there was nothing above, and he accidentally destroyed this special stalactite, then he would be in trouble if he could never get Almond water again.
"Let's see if I can find a new Almond water pool. At least have a guaranteed backup before trying."
Having harvested a large amount of Almond water at once, Yang Tao's mood, which had not been very good since Level 7, brightened up again.
"Iron Bro, four of you stay here, the others follow me to explore."
The number of Mutated Iron Golems was not large, only about twenty. Villagers also needed materials to make Mutated Iron Golems.
Most Mutated Iron Golems were arranged to go to Level 0 to guard the safety of the Villagers.
Yang Tao led Iron Bro directly towards a tunnel that also led deeper into the cave, and casually placed torches on the walls. He had to occupy this level no matter what.
Passing through the narrow tunnel.
Red dots began to appear on the minimap again.
'Are there a bit too many Entities on this level? No wonder it's Entity infested.'
A Clump, which he hadn't seen in a long time, blocked his path. This Clump was very large, its body almost occupying the already not-so-wide cave tunnel.
Making way, Iron Bro, sharpening his blade, immediately rushed forward, ignoring the opponent's massive size. The cleaver in his hand easily passed through the wall and landed on the Clump.
The Clump's mouth, hidden in the middle of its limbs, let out a chilling scream, but Iron Bro was made of iron from head to toe, including his iron-hard heart, so he naturally felt no pity for its screams.
Pfft pfft…
In just a breath's time, this Clump blocking the passage was dealt with by Iron Bro using his cleaver, turning the tunnel into a scene of dismembered bodies.
He walked forward and threw the Clump's body into his backpack.
At the same time, he was also thinking about something.
'Logically speaking, since Smiler and Frowner can reproduce, then other Entities should also be able to reproduce in different ways… Why don't I see any juvenile Entities?'
'Is there also a dedicated Entity kindergarten level?'
Thinking about an entire level filled with juvenile Entities was quite interesting.
Passing through the tunnel, a new cave appeared in his line of sight. This cave was much larger than the previous one.
And there were also some residual human traces.
Yang Tao felt that this place should have been something like an outpost before, but it was abandoned now.
Looking at the Entities in the cave, Yang Tao also knew why it was abandoned.
'The cost of guarding here is too high… Any Entity impact, without dozens of people guarding, it simply can't hold up…'
This level was a paradise for Yang Tao, but for others, its value was not high at all. The mineral-exceeding Almond water was simply undrinkable.
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