Doctor of Science's Journey into Another World

Chapter 224: Siren and Night Demon

Later, on the way to the entrance of the abyss, Youla kept muttering, and Bai Hao could only deal with it with an embarrassed look on his face.

The abyss of Krey Territory is a large hole formed by the collapse of the land with the library as its center. The shape of the hole is irregular and nearly circular, and the circumference of the hole even reaches several thousand meters.

The depth of the cave entrance has been measured many times by the Great Magician of Earth Element, and is estimated to be an astonishing ten thousand meters, so it is called the Abyss by the mages.

The mysterious heartbeat sound came from the bottom of the abyss, where the remains of the Kled Library were located and it was also the entrance to an underground river.

According to some professional geologists, the final outlet of this underground river is Lake Nako in the west of the Swat Empire, so this underground river is most likely the waterway of the sirens.

In the entire Walterland continent, the Sirens are not only the masters of rivers, lakes and seas, they are also the controllers of countless underground rivers.

Sirens rarely travel on land. They cannot leave the water for a long time. They also do not have feet like humanoid creatures. They are exactly the same as the mermaids in Bai Hao's previous life.

In the eyes of humans, almost all sirens are handsome men and beautiful women. However, the irony is that they regard ugliness as beauty. Almost all physical features that seem extremely ugly to humans are symbols of beauty to sirens.

The aesthetic of sirens is completely opposite to that of land groups. They admire wide-set eyes, flat noses and big mouths. The stranger the horns on the male siren's head, the more handsome he is in their eyes, while the plumper the body of a female siren, the more beautiful she is.

Almost all the Siren tribes believe that obesity is a symbol of noble status, and the land humans who consider thinness as beauty are all just ugly and weird-looking bipeds in their eyes.

There is a saying that has been circulating among the human nobles near Lake Nako: If you think you are really ugly, please look at the Siren Queens and concubines.

Despite this, this does not prevent the racial characteristics of the sirens from producing many handsome men and beautiful women. Of course, these are only handsome men and beautiful women in the eyes of humans.

At this moment, the remains of the buildings around the southern entrance to the abyss had been cleared away by the knights, and this place had become a flat and clean square, which was out of tune with the still chaotic and dilapidated ruins of the Kled Territory around it.

Closest to the edge of the abyss are nearly a hundred strong fire eagles. Some trainers are carefully examining their bodies. This is also the main means of transportation for the exploration team to enter the abyss.

Hundreds of luxurious carriages of various shapes were parked in an orderly manner in the square. In the front was the red and black carriage used exclusively by Duke Krey. Many noble mages in luxurious clothes were gathered at the entrance of the abyss and whispered to each other.

At a distance from them were dozens of Kled knights wearing heavy armor, and next to the knights were mages and scholars wearing similar clothes to Bai Hao.

These scholars were still debugging many experimental instruments of unknown purpose. They were carrying heavy bags, and had countless strange equipment, as well as magic stones, talismans and weapons of various purposes on their bodies.

Compared to these noble mages who seem to be out sightseeing, the Kled Knights and mage scholars are more like a professional team going to explore dangerous places.

Bai Hao naturally brought his people to the side of the knights and scholars. Several scholars who were familiar with Bai Hao soon gathered around and discussed the situation under the abyss with Bai Hao in high spirits.

Although Zelianus was the Duke of Krey, in the Swart Empire with a strong academic atmosphere, this powerful figure could actually be considered half a scholar, but political and military affairs occupied too much of his mind.

Duke Krey was seen walking slowly towards Bai Hao with two tall knights. This shrewd duke planned to act together with Bai Hao later.

Duke Krei bowed and handed Bai Hao a beautiful atlas. He then smiled and said, "This is the latest Abyss topographical exploration map. It was made by Krei Territory geologists two hours ago. It even includes the terrain below ten thousand meters!"

"Ten thousand meters!" Bai Hao took the atlas from Zelianus's hand with excitement, quickly untied the golden feather rope wrapped around it, and began to read it carefully.

Seeing that Bai Hao did not return his gift but was still looking at the album, the etiquette-conscious Duke Krey was not angry. He had long been aware of Bai Hao's character, and he would still have to rely on the protection of this viscount in the future.

Zelianus knew very well that although Lord Krey had suffered a heavy blow, if he could discover something deep underground that would shock the entire Walterlan continent, then the huge reputation that would come with it could be considered a blessing in disguise.

At the same time, the Kled Territory is in a state of disrepair. Not only does it lack people, it also lacks money. Zelianus desperately needs the financial support of the wealthy Campbell family behind Bai Hao.

Bai Hao couldn't help but exclaim in admiration as he looked at the exquisite atlas with detailed annotations and vivid illustrations. In response to Bai Hao's heartfelt praise, Duke Krey nodded with a smile.

Later, when Bai Hao saw the topographic map of the 10,000-meter depth, he couldn't help but frown and said, "The topography at the bottom of this abyss is so complicated?"

Bai Hao saw that the atlas highlighted the entrances to hundreds of caves connected to the bottom of the abyss. These caves varied in depth and size. Some were active caves with extremely long lengths, while others were dead caves with simple structures.

Those dead holes are not so bad, they are just some pits less than a hundred meters in diameter, but those active holes with complex structures are much more outrageous. Even the great earth element magicians cannot survey their depth, let alone know where these caves lead to.

Zelianus groaned and whispered, "It is said that these are all caused by the impact of the huge underground river, but there are so many caves and some of them are very deep, it is more like..."

"Man-made?" Bai Hao couldn't help but ask.

Zelianus nodded solemnly, and then said, "I have sent messenger knights to the mountains, rivers and lakes around Krei Territory to inquire about the sirens there. It may take a few days to know the specific situation."

After thinking for a moment, Bai Hao agreed, "Indeed, if it is man-made, the possibility of a sea monster is indeed very high. After all, there is a huge underground river next to these caves."

Then Bai Hao thought of something and asked hurriedly, "Didn't the water elemental mages detect any life in that underground river?"

Zelianus shook his head and said, "Until now, we have not found any traces of the Siren Caravan's activities. It seems that this is a very remote underground river channel."

Generally speaking, the complex underground rivers, which serve as channels connecting the mountains, rivers, lakes and seas on the Walterlan continent, were developed into countless waterways by the sirens long ago.

For tens of thousands of years, underground rivers have become the main means for sirens to travel across the continent, and they also rely on underground rivers to conduct trade activities between different tribes.

Many underground rivers are surrounded by naturally formed or artificially developed caves. These caves are not only a resting place for the sirens during their long journeys, but also form some siren villages over time.

This kind of settlement deep underground also gave birth to a group of sirens who prefer darkness. These sirens have lived in the dark underground for a long time, which has directly caused their eyes to degenerate extremely seriously.

Over time, these sirens became an independent species of sirens, and they also had a terrifying name - night demons.

Although the Night Devil is not reproductively isolated from ordinary sirens, the long period of life in darkness has made the Night Devil look very different from ordinary sirens. It looks like a devil that is active at night.

After a long period of evolution, the eyes of the Night Demons have turned into smooth and flat skin. Even their eye frame has disappeared, replaced by long and pointed ears like elves.

Not only that, the noses of the night demons have long since degenerated into two round holes. Although the outline of their mouths has not changed much, the sharp teeth and snake-like long tongues inside make people feel terrified.

The strange appearance of the Night Devil was unanimously hated by both humans and sirens. Although the aesthetic tastes of the two were very different, the appearance of the Night Devil was indeed too creepy.

However, whether in scholars' field investigation reports or in the memoirs of explorers, night demons seem to be extremely gentle creatures, whose personalities are completely opposite to their appearance.

When many sirens traveling underground are accidentally injured, they will be well taken care of after encountering night demons. In many business frauds and even underground river robberies, night demons are almost always victims.

Looking at this intricate cave, Bai Hao somehow thought of the Night Demon.