47: Chapter 47 The Walking Dead, and Speculation

Under Vera's night-vision cat pupils, she directed Edmund to lead the way in front.

Meanwhile, the tentacle-like vines formed by Ross's [Hand of Vines] constantly explored the surrounding walls and crevices for any abnormal foreign objects.

The trio's actions quickly explored the mining tunnel near the cave entrance.

"It seems it will be very difficult to discover problems in the mining tunnel near the cave entrance; it looks like we can only continue deeper."

The movements of Ross, Vera, and Edmund were not gentle.

The three of them had no intention of hiding; if there were magical beasts, it would be best for them to show themselves directly. The team composed of the three of them was not timid at all.

However, the current situation did not follow the trio's script.

Until they walked deep into the mine, there were no so-called magical beasts or any crises.

And when the three returned the same way.

Ross almost immediately felt a type of elemental fluctuation.

At this time, there was a slight distance between the three.

And Ross, as the tail of the team, had not yet reformed the formation at this moment.

Therefore, he became the position at the head of the team.

Right at this moment, his footing suddenly dropped out.

He mistakenly entered a secret space in a cavern, fortunately, the vines composed of the [Hand of Vines] were wrapped around his feet.

Although he did not expect this sudden fall, fortunately, with these vines acting as a buffer, Ross did not suffer any injuries.

However, he was forcibly separated from Vera and Edmund.

"It seems I can feel the fluctuation of spatial particles. My Void Elemental Body still has a very strong sensitivity to spatial elements."

Ross recalled the changes of that instant in his heart.

Just as his footing dropped out and he prepared to cope, he suddenly felt a momentary spatial fluctuation.

The cavern he had arrived in did not seem to be the bottom space of the mine, but rather another unknown space.

The ground under Ross's feet was also completely different from the rocks in the mine.

It was a desert land with coarse gravel, not the soil texture that should be in the mine, resembling a wild desert land.

"It seems that some spatial wormhole-like phenomena have appeared inside this mine."

Ross at this time was no longer the novice who had just entered the Elius Wizard Academy.

There were quite a few secret realm spaces in the Wizard World, or spaces opened up by some wizards.

It could not be ruled out that he had fallen into such a space.

Ross continued to maintain his protection and walked forward. In the distance, he seemed to sense a batch of magical power fluctuations.

That feeling did not seem to be routine magical power fluctuations.

As Ross advanced, Vera and Edmund, who remained in the mine, were somewhat at a loss for a moment.

"Brother, just a moment ago, Ross seemed to have disappeared."

Vera and Edmund were not overly panicked at this moment.

Along this way, Ross's strength had already gained their recognition.

The two of them judged that Ross should have mistakenly entered a secret realm space.

As long as it wasn't some desperate situation, Ross should be able to hold on until the two of them found the entrance to that spatial crack.

"Yes. Ross must have mistakenly entered a spatial rift, and we must find him in time. Otherwise, if a Wizard Apprentice falls on a mission, the two of us will find it hard to escape this blame."

Edmund's voice echoed in the mine, lingering for a long time.

...

Ross advanced all the way towards the magical power fluctuations he sensed.

On this desert, it was not pitch black, but rather had a sky shrouded in beacon-smoke-like gray fog.

Only there were no stars, sun, or moon above the sky.

However, on this desert, there were some glowing fluorite and some plants emitting weak light.

And the entire space emitted a gloomy, blood-red aura.

While advancing, Ross suddenly sensed a figure rushing towards him.

This figure seemed to be one of the lost miners, dressed in a light blue work uniform woven from linen cloth.

Only at this moment, his expression was dull, rushing towards Ross like a Walking Corpse.

Ross wanted to carefully observe this miner, so he did not choose to use Magic Flame to directly attack.

Otherwise, with this single blow, I'm afraid this miner would be reduced to ashes.

Ross cast [Hand of Vines], and a tough, rope-like vine interwoven from three vines knocked the miner down from afar.

The remaining vines swarmed over, wrapping and wrapping around this Walking Corpse-like body.

The miner's entire body was wrapped up like a meat dumpling.

Thus, Ross slowly walked over.

He cast [Hand of Magic], and then touched this miner from a distance to inspect him.

As one of the most useful spells for a Wizard Apprentice, the [Hand of Magic].

In perception, it could almost become another real arm of a Wizard Apprentice.

During research and exploration, it could also be used to avoid danger.

But it also had the touch of a real arm and fingers, making it most useful for investigating such abnormal creatures.

"The miner's body is stiff, and he seems to have lost human consciousness. His fingers are curled and slightly bent, and his entire body emits a slight stench."

"This phenomenon seems very similar to the corpses played with by some necromancers or the reactions after being bitten by some undead-type bloodlines."

Ross turned over the miner's body and found bite marks on his right thigh.

"It seems that the lost miners in the Boulder Town mine are most likely all in this mysterious space."

"Looking at this kind of injury, there should be an extraordinary bloodline alien species left here, and it is estimated that these miners probably won't have any survivors."

For mortal miners, whether it was the wizards who possessed supreme power in the Wizard World, or the noble lords who walked the path of knights,

Or the magical beasts within the scope of these worlds, or the alien bloodlines,

No matter which kind it was, it was fatal to ordinary mortals.

Lords might only exploit these ordinary mortals, but they would still protect the safety of their basic lives.

But magical beasts, or even an undead-type bloodline that harbored extreme hatred for living beings, left almost no chance of survival.

However, for Ross, there was nothing to pity.

The commission assigned to him by the Elius Wizard Academy was only to investigate the abnormal cause of Boulder Town.

As for how many miners died or how much loss ordinary people suffered,

Even the academy did not intend to blame Ross for this, nor did it belong to his responsibility.

After confirming this space, it seemed there was a monster with an alien undead bloodline here.

Ross instead felt relieved in his heart.

He was not afraid of magical beasts or these so-called alien bloodlines; these were all visible dangers.

What Ross was more worried about coming out this time were some dangers belonging to the wizarding domain.

That was traps from fellow wizards.

Or a provocation by hostile forces targeting the Elius Wizard Academy, which would be very dangerous for himself.