Franka emitted a green light and circled around Gotrick. “Wow, big guy, you are not simple! Fufufu, I met a group of very interesting people!”

The king looked at Franka: “What do you see in the barbarian?”

“Fufufu, I won’t tell you~” the air jellyfish said while spinning mischievously.

At this moment, a loud “click” sound came from Marika’s side, and the other members of the rescue team immediately crouched down and took defensive actions.

Marika: “Don’t be nervous, this kind of noise often occurs when dismantling a trap. Okay.”

As she said this she opened the door.

“I’ll go in and check the situation first.” Marika squatted and walked into the door.

The rest of the people squatted at the door and looked at each other.

Xiaobai: “Do we have to wait for Marika to check the situation every time?”

Flint: “Yeah, that’s how dungeon exploration works. You walk a little bit and then wait for the wanderer to go ahead and check out the situation. You’ll get used to it.”

Elizabeth: “Can’t we go along?”

The dwarf spread his hands and said, “Can you blend into the shadows like the rogues? If not, just wait. Anyway, with my body, even if I move forward crouching, the enemy can still hear me from dozens of meters away.”

Xiaobai: “I can turn into a mouse and follow you. Do you want me to go?”

Wang held Xiaobai down and said, “Don’t, you are an important emergency response force. When Nini’s vision is restricted by the complex structure, we need your hearing.”

“Long Legs’ hearing is not bad either.” Xiaobai said.

Nini suddenly hissed, “There are footsteps inside, not coming from the direction Marika went. There are voices, but I can’t understand them.”

Xiao Bai’s ears twitched: “I heard voices too, but I… couldn’t understand!”

Wang couldn’t help but hold his forehead. The one who understood the common language underground went to explore the way, the two couldn’t hear it, and the two who could hear it couldn’t understand it. What should he do?

Chapter 291 Unexpected Discovery

Wang lowered his voice and asked: “Can you tell how far away the person who is speaking is from the door?”

Nini also lowered her voice: “About fifty steps.”

Wang frowned. “So far? I originally thought that if I were closer, I could release flash dust towards the corridor inside the door to dodge them.”

Glitterdust, a second-level conjuration spell, creates a cloud of glittering dust that blinds creatures as it appears, and outlines invisible creatures if the dust lands on them.

Ordinary invisibility will be broken directly, but advanced invisibility will not be broken, but the target of high invisibility must clean the dust on his body before he can regain invisibility. (*)

Wang continued, “We can’t launch a surprise attack from such a distance. We’ll be seen as soon as we enter the door.”

Gotrek: “You can’t jump through the door.”

Gao Trick’s charge relies heavily on jumping, relying on the instantaneous explosive power of his thighs to cover a long distance in a flash. If he runs in a straight line, his speed will not be that fast.

In other words, even if the rescue team enters the door now, they have no means to quickly engage the enemy.

Nini: “Don’t worry, they are approaching the door. The teacher wants to catch them for questioning, just wait for them to come over.”

Wang: “Okay. Gao Chuk, you lie in ambush at the door and close it, leaving a small gap. Xiao Bai, go in and take a look at the situation.”

Gao Trick immediately tiptoed to the door and closed it with only a crack. Xiaobai turned into a mouse and slipped in through the crack.

After a while, the mouse came back and transformed back into its original form to report: “Three gray dwarves, all warriors.”

King: “Is there any gray dwarf whose armor has more decorations than others? That one might be an officer.”

“Yes.” Xiaobai nodded, “The gray dwarf walking in the front has more decorations on his armor, and he does not wear a warhammer. Instead, he has a short sword inserted into his waist.”

Flint: “Commander Sword is a man who can pry out intelligence. The problem is that they are enslaved slaves and might rather die than surrender.”

The king looked at Franka: “Will they rather die than surrender?”

Franca: “You might as well worry about whether they will turn into those tumorous monsters.”

Wang Fu’e: “That’s right. Maybe all the slaves will turn into monsters. If we fight the monsters here, we might expose our whereabouts. To be on the safe side, let’s bet that they won’t find out that the door is open. If they are found, we can attack them first. Gotrick, close the door tightly.”

Gao Trick immediately closed the small gap until only a thread was left.

Wang leaned over and put his ear to the tiny gap.

Elizabeth: “What are you doing?”

Wang hushed, “Hush, let me see if I can hear what they are saying.”

Then the rescue team fell silent.

The dwarf wanted to get closer to the door, but Elizabeth kept gesturing to him to be quiet – the dwarf’s armor made a really loud noise when he moved.

In the end, Flint had no choice but to stand there awkwardly, two meters away from the door.

Finally, the king heard the voice.

Voice 1: “The progress of the fungus people is quite good. Soon the entire fungus circle will be included in the adults’ plan.”

Voice 2: “Damn it! Have you seen what those mushroom people look like after they transform? I’ve been in the Underdark for so long, I’ve seen all kinds of ugly monsters. Seeing those foaming mushroom people makes me want to vomit.”

Voice 1: “You get used to it after seeing it so many times. If you ask me, the things that the lower-level slaves become are just as disgusting. If it weren’t for the fact that turning into that kind of thing affects our intelligence, we might as well be implanted with bacteria.”

The king frowned.

Could it be that not all of these gray dwarves and kuo-toa will turn into those tumorous monsters?

Wang thought back to past encounters with high-ranking members of the cult who used similar technology, and suddenly remembered that of the cult master and the Catalan princess who raided the airship, only the princess turned into a monster, and the master did not.

It seems that the top executives of the branch that uses the Cyclops ruins as its base will all turn into monsters, but that branch is just a small-time branch that catches experimental subjects.

Going back further, the first middle-level cult member encountered by the rescue team, the seventh-ring wizard Erwin, did not turn into a monster either. He died immediately. In addition to the standard anti-death headband, Erwin’s equipment also included a dragon head staff.

Judging from his equipment, Erwin was superior to several of the higher-ups in that branch.

According to several gray dwarves, this transformation requires the implantation of bacteria into the body, and will the bacteria affect intelligence?

Erwin came to Langdon City alone to carry out his work, which indeed required him to have more judgment. He did indeed stay underground for half a year without being exposed. If Elizabeth had not been too bored to investigate the disappearance of cats and dogs, he might have succeeded.

On the other hand, some of the stupid actions of the higher-ups of other cults that can transform into monsters are because of the fungus?

Erwin attacked them directly, almost wiping out the newly assembled salvation team. The same thing happened when the master of the cult attacked them. If Elzam hadn’t suddenly teleported over, the salvation team would have probably become the seedbed of the cult – no, that’s not right, the cult had been wiped out by the uncle who came over.

Maybe the world-saving crisis will be resolved.

The king stroked his chin, thinking intently, and even missed the conversation between the gray dwarves.

Xiaobai pulled his sleeve and said in a low voice: “The enemy is approaching, should we attack them suddenly?”

As soon as she finished speaking, the enemy inside said, “What’s that sound? I seemed to hear someone whispering just now?”

Wang quickly said “hush” to Xiaobai.

Xiaobai also raised his index finger and put it in front of his lips.

There was silence on the other side of the door for a few seconds, and then the gray dwarves started talking again.

Voice 1: “An illusion?”

Voice 2: “This place is haunted. Someone saw a ball of colorful light when he was dazed before changing shifts in the morning.”

Voice 3: “Maybe it was the work of the Aboleth.”

Voice 2: “It could also be some kind of weird thing.”

Voice 1: “You idiot, Aboleths are aberrations, that’s how dwarf taxonomists classify them!”

The king looked at Franka.

Furu is also considered a monster in terms of classification, and is in the same category as the Aboleth.

However, in the “Galaria Scenery” written by Wang’s teacher, the teacher complained: “The reason why the category of strange things is so all-encompassing is probably because the original categorization stuffed all the things that were difficult to categorize into this category. Later generations implemented this principle. It’s the same for me. Everything that is difficult to categorize is strange.”

If you think about it carefully, how could the gentle and cheerful flying jellyfish be the same kind of creature as the ugly and huge bottom-dwelling devil fish?

While the king was looking at the flying jellyfish, the gray dwarf inside said, “Well, after checking the mechanism on the door, let’s go to the Horse Urine Bar for a drink!”

The king suddenly started and turned to look at Gaotrik.

Before he could say anything, Gaotrick realized what was happening, and immediately opened the door and roared at the inside!

The Barbarian’s War Cry can occasionally shock enemies, especially during a surprise attack.

Wang Ye completed the spell immediately – he had already grabbed a handful of mica powder in his hand, and the moment the barbarian opened the door, he threw the mica powder down the passage inside the door while chanting the spell.

Glitter Dust!

The barbarian was about to rush in, but was also dazzled by the flash dust. However, he still strode in and beat up the three gray dwarves by relying on the sound to locate them.

Xiao Bai was also dazzled and shouted at the side: “Uh ah ah! Why are you avoiding your own people?”

Wang: “Don’t worry about that! Don’t worry, the barbarian seems to have figured it out!”

Xiaobai: “Wasn’t he dodged?”

The king observed the barbarian beating up several gray dwarves: “I’m… not sure.”

The barbarian knocked down the last dwarf at this time, then stood there and began to rub his eyes: “It’s gone.”

Flint rushed to the door at this time: “Didn’t you notice? Gotrek is a blind fighter. He obviously doesn’t have dark vision, but when he ambushed the capture team before, I saw clearly that his axe never missed.”

Gotrek: “It’s intuition.”

Wang frowned, “Intuition plays a blind fight effect?”

Gotrek nodded.

Xiao Bai also recovered at this time. She looked at the three gray dwarves on the ground and said, “They…didn’t turn into that kind of thing?”

Wang: “Yes, according to what I just overheard, the things that turn into those monsters have bacteria implanted in their bodies. I’m not sure if it’s a synonym for fungi, bacteria, or something else. But implanting this kind of thing will lower your IQ. These few don’t have that thing implanted in them.”

Elizabeth said, “I remember now. It seems that some members of the cult will not turn into monsters. For example, Erwin, the first member of the cult we met.”

Wang: “You actually remember?”

“Of course I remember!” Elizabeth frowned and put her hands on her hips. “I’m stupid, but I’m not forgetful.”

Why are you so proud?

The king looked at the three captives and said to Gotrek, “Bring some water. Let’s wake one up and interrogate him. The one with the pattern on his armor!”

(*) Whether or not Flash Dust can counter invisibility, and how it can counter invisibility, actually depends on the DM. Some DMs simply remove the invisibility for the sake of convenience, and this is also the case in many games.