Versatile Mage: Undying Fire

Chapter 189 Don’t do anything basic
“Phew~, now we just need to find the thief, and this will probably be over. Do you guys remember the words engraved at the foot of the mountain? It says exactly this. It roughly means: Everything must be returned, otherwise there will be endless misfortune!” Nanyu said.

Things are beginning to make sense here, but the question is, who stole the jewel eyes that should have been particularly dazzling in the morning light?

"Think carefully, did you see anyone when you stepped in here before?" Lin Ran couldn't help but ask.

"It seems not."

"Yes, I remember that at that time an uncle specifically reminded us that this was a forbidden area and we couldn't roam around. However, we didn't listen to him and walked in. Then we found that no one dared to come in here, and we didn't meet anyone after we came in." Zhao Manyan said.

"Uncle? What kind of uncle? Oh my god, this area is deserted and there is no town. How come an uncle suddenly appears?" Lin Ran couldn't help but say.

Zhao Manyan's mouth opened wide.

Yes, why didn’t he think of this problem?

"What does the uncle look like? Does anyone remember him?" Lin Ran continued to ask.

"He's a very ordinary person. He looks very dark and doesn't look like a mage." Zhao Manyan replied.

That was a person who would be impossible to find in a crowd in Peru. Moreover, Asians are actually very face-blind to Americans, and they all look the same no matter how you look at them.

"I vaguely remember that he had a strong smell of gunpowder." Jiang Shaoxu said at this time. She was quite sensitive to smells. When she smelled this smell on the uncle before, she stayed away from him.

"Saltwater, this thing can not only be used to make fireworks, but also to explode..." Before Lin Ran finished speaking, someone said in unison.

"Ore vein!"

"Ore vein!"

Jiang Shaoxu and Nanjue, who were quick-witted, spoke almost at the same time.

Mineral veins are places where artificial saltpeter is frequently used, otherwise how can one mine?
No wonder these Nazca monsters attack the mineral veins in the southwest. In fact, the outbreak of these disasters is to remind them that there are thieves there!
“Damn it! These Peruvians stole the gods’ things and asked us to take the blame. They even asked us to save them. What the hell? We might as well let these weird apes kill the thieves in the mine. This way, we can end this disaster sooner.” Zhao Manyan cursed indignantly.

“Nanjue, will all this really end if we find the eye?” Ai Jiangtu asked seriously.

“Yes, with our current strength, we cannot fully explore the origin of the Nazca Lines. After all, the power it contains is too terrifying. The best option now is to return the things quickly and leave here as soon as possible.” Nan Jue said.

“Then let’s go to the Yale Mine now and catch the thief who killed his entire family. Damn it, this bastard almost got us all killed!!” Zhao Manyan cursed.

He finally arrived in South America, and just when he wanted to experience the hot girls there, he was involved in such a thing. Bad thing he was chased by a strange bird, but he even met a bastard general. This was barely acceptable, but the whole thing was caused by their own people who angered Nazca, and they were the ones to take the blame!

If the Nazca bird hadn't caused them trouble again, they might have turned around and left now.

“There are only two days left. We probably can still find it. No matter what, let’s do it as soon as possible!” Nan Jue said.

"Then everyone hurry up and get on the helicopter. We'll set off right away." Ai Jiangtu was the first to jump into the driver's seat.

Several people hurriedly boarded the helicopter. Suddenly, there was a violent shake. The helicopter quickly rose into the sky amidst the trembling and bumps. Zhao Manyan, who was almost vomiting from the shaking, could not help but said with resentment: "Can I fly over by myself?"

“Do you have your own navigation system?” Mo Fan said, immediately discouraging Zhao Manyan from using the Winged Magic Tool.

……

After arriving at the Yale Mine, they found that the valley connecting the two mountains had turned into monkey dens. The number of monkeys was almost as many as the stones on the ground. General Mott, who was looking at it from afar on another mountain, had already frowned.

General Mott's position was temporarily retained until he had to rescue the thousands of workers at the Yale Mine.

However, in the battle with the strange apes, many of his men were killed, but they were unable to drive away these strange apes.

The number of strange apes is still increasing. At first, they only surrounded the mining valley, but now they have spread all over the mountains. General Mott has to dispatch at least five or six times the military force to completely eliminate these strange apes.

However, General Mott himself knew clearly that the more troops he sent, the more there would be of these strange apes. After all, the thing that the Nazca gods feared least was numbers!
"What should we do? The mages in the mine cave are almost unable to hold on. Once the protective barrier is broken by the monsters, they will be buried in the mine. These strange apes will definitely trample the mine until it collapses!" said the black female staff officer Xili.

General Mott's face turned ashen, the number of these strange apes would always be greater than his army. If he forced his way in, he would be sending his soldiers' lives into the trap, but he couldn't do such a thing.

"Can we contact the people inside?" asked General Mott.

"No, the signal cannot be transmitted in now."

"General, a helicopter is making an unauthorized landing, it seems to be our Royal Felipe Castle."

"Who is it?"

As soon as General Mott asked the question, he heard a loud noise from the helicopter pad on the top of the mountain. The sound like an explosion made General Mott rush over in a hurry.

However, when General Mott saw a helicopter with a half-broken lower body and Lin Ran and others who fell out of the helicopter, his face became even darker.

"It's you!" General Mott snorted coldly.

“Now is not the time to waste time talking to you. Can you contact the people in the mine now? We have already reached the top of Nazca Mountain and found that a middle-aged man from the Yale Mine stole an eye gem from the Nazca Lines, angering the Nazca monsters. Now you must return the gem, and the bad luck will end!” Nan Jue said.

"This is nonsense, how can you possibly reach the top of Mount Nazca!" said the black female staff officer Xili at this time.

“Look, this is the picture we took. Take a look for yourself!” Nan Jue handed the picture on her phone to General Mott.

General Mott took a look and, through magnification, he indeed discovered that a very important eye part was missing from the crystal outline of the Nazca Lines.

"The thief is most likely in the Yale Mine now. He is probably one of the more than 3,000 people trapped here. That's why this place is surrounded by endless Nazca monsters. At that time, all the people who appeared near the Nazca Forbidden Land became the targets of the Nazca monsters... So this is why many cities in the southwest were attacked." Nanjue said.

"Now we can't get in touch with the inside, nor can we break through the encirclement of these strange apes and enter the mine. It's meaningless for you to say these now." General Mott said.

"Then quickly find a way to get in and catch the thief!" "By the way, don't forget that the fourth wave of attacks we encountered before was an entire tribe of strange birds, and now some of your cities are probably only experiencing the first and second waves. When the third and fourth waves of attacks come, it will be a real disaster!"

General Mott naturally knew the seriousness of the matter. He looked at the young wizards who had found out the reason for the Nazca monster's attack. He then stopped the female staff officer Xili who was about to make another rebuttal. He said solemnly: "We also want to go in, but these monster apes can't be killed all at once. Do you really think we are just standing here and watching? You have no idea how many monster apes we have killed in the past few days!"

Looking up, the two mines here were completely swallowed up by these black strange apes. They neither eat nor drink, and they do not sleep day or night. They just stay there and will not let anyone in or leave. Now even if the thief voluntarily hands over the Nazca gems, it will probably be of no avail. They need the lives of more than 3,000 people in the entire mine to quell their anger.

……

At nightfall, while Lin Ran and Mo Fan were still chatting, Lingling sent an international mail message.

“By the way, I analyzed the rainbow crest feather that Mo Fan sent me five days ago, and I made a great discovery!” Lingling had an excited smile on her face, just like a female academic master who had solved a math problem that no one in the school could solve, with wisdom and enthusiasm!

"You can even solve this?" Mo Fan said in surprise.

"You are worthy of it." Lin Ran couldn't help but say, Lingling is really amazing.

Her wisdom is really too amazing.

When they were still in Lima, Mo Fan had habitually sent a copy of the rainbow crown feather that fell from the strange bird to Lingling. It only took two days for the high-speed air transport to arrive, and Lingling only took three days to explore and find something valuable from it. This was a real unexpected gain for them.

"Well, these monsters do have some origins. It would take a long story to explain them in detail. Anyway, you have to understand that they are not infinite and they are not invincible..." Lingling said.

“What you said is a bit... To be honest, if the next time the Nazca birds attack, the number is ten times that of the previous one, I think they will be truly invincible.” Mo Fan said.

Even if he transformed into a demon, he didn't have the absolute confidence to deal with the fifth wave of Nazca bird attacks!
"There is a pattern here. The pattern of the Nazca monster bird has actually been exposed long ago, and that is these rainbow crests. Do you know Sun Wukong? Sun Wukong can pull out a strand of hair and suddenly create thousands of monkey clones to fight for him... And these Nazca monsters are the same. They have a symbol, and the symbol of the Nazca monster bird is the rainbow crest. In other words, as long as you kill the monster bird with the rainbow crest, all other monster birds differentiated from it will disappear!" Lingling said.

Lin Ran touched his chin, feeling much more relaxed now.

"Lingling, you are truly amazing." Mo Fan danced with joy in excitement.

“Hehehe, actually I have to thank you for mentioning the Time Liquid to me before, otherwise I might never guess it.” Lingling smiled confidently like a little girl.

……

At night, Lin Ran and Mo Fan began to approach the Yale mineral vein area. The strange ape that never sleeps day and night is still wandering here, and from time to time it makes a noisy roar that echoes throughout the night sky.

The two men walked to a more remote place to avoid being chased by a large group of white-headed monster apes.

The strength of these white-headed apes is almost the same as that of the monster birds, but they are not as flexible as the Nazca monster birds. However, they have extremely strong rock muscles. If ordinary people are punched by this monster, their bones will be broken.

The two men walked to a small basin. They looked down with the help of the moonlight and found that there were about two hundred white-haired strange apes in it.

“Let me do the experiment on them. My shadow system can kill them silently.” Mo Fan began to release the Shadow Constellation, and then quietly used Si Ye’s rule to cover the entire basin area.

Lin Ran nodded.

The starlight and moonlight were bright, illuminating the bare mineral mountain. The movements of the Nazca apes were clearly visible, but the basin where the two were located was shrouded by a black cloud.

These strange apes were still rather slow-witted and did not realize that they were surrounded by darkness.

"Shadow Escape!"

Mo Fan quickly hid in the dark formation ruled by Si Ye. Now he was essentially invisible.

Si Ye's Rule has the ability to enhance dark skills, so Mo Fan used Shadow Escape in Si Ye's Rule to become almost invisible and able to move around at will.

These two hundred strange apes were completely unaware that humans were passing by them. They walked around in the basin aimlessly, not knowing that they were no different from standing still.

If the symbol of the Nazca bird is the iridescent crest, then these white-headed apes must also have something symbolic.

But Mo Fan didn't have time to search bit by bit, so he had to kill all these strange apes, and then he would know what their symbol was!
If it were in the past, it might take Mo Fan some time to kill these two hundred monsters, and it might even alert other white-headed monster apes. But now with Si Ye's rule, Mo Fan can kill these clumsy monsters very quickly.

More than two hundred white-headed monster apes died silently in a dark cage. No matter how bright the light was or how violent the movement was, it was still dead silent outside.

After a while, all the strange apes in the basin were cleared out by Mo Fan. As expected, these things were soulless just like the Nazca monster bird.

He examined it carefully, and then found a stick of golden tail hair in the crack of a stone, which was completely different from the ordinary white-headed ape!

"Golden tail hair, haha, so this is it!" Mo Fan smiled.

Lin Ran jumped to Mo Fan and said, "Is this the thing?"

Mo Fan nodded.

"There is a small group nearby. You can try it and you won't be discovered, right?" Mo Fan said.

"will not."

Lin Ran left quickly. His eyesight was very good at night, and he found the special white-headed monster ape after searching for a while.

"Rhythm of Space·Cracks!!!" Silver light flashed on Lin Ran's body.

The next second, a huge space crack appeared, and the special white-headed monster ape was cut in half, along with the nearby rock wall.

“Damn, your Space Rhythm is abnormal!” Mo Fan appeared from the shadows. Space Rhythm·Fissure is a third-level intermediate space magic. It is too powerful!

"Basic operation, no six." Lin Ran said.

(End of this chapter)