Recovery and Search

This is a dark and deep Underground Passage.

When Saine and Qi first entered, the passage was clearly heading underground.

However, after several turns and traveling a distance, the passage began to extend vertically upwards again, with no end in sight.

Without a flying magical beast like Seven for transportation, the climb would be impossible for Saine's apprentice alone.

This passage will likely be extremely difficult for him.

Fortunately, Qi could barely maintain flight in this two-meter-diameter passage.

Furthermore, Qi's night vision far surpasses that of Saine, allowing her to avoid even protruding rocks in certain areas of the passage.

In the darkness, all Saine needs to do is hold tightly to the feathers around its neck.

"Guh, which direction should we go next?" Qi asked Saine at an intersection in a passageway.

Nearly half an hour had passed since Saine and his group entered the Underground Passage.

After flying for a while, an intersection appeared in front of them.

There are two different directions at this intersection. When asked by Qi, Saine pointed to the right-hand passage and said, "Let's go this Saine's side."

"Gugu." Qi spread its wings and continued to carry Saine forward.

The temperature in the Underground Passage was noticeably higher than when Saine and his group had entered.

The air was noticeably stuffier, and Saine could even smell the sulfurous odor carried by the molten lava. →69🅂🄷🅄🅇.🄲🄾🄼

However, given that Saine and his group were mostly moving upwards in the latter half of the tunnel, they shouldn't be able to catch up immediately even if lava attacked from behind.

On one hand, there might be lava flowing from behind, and on the other hand, they wanted to find their mentor, Lina, and the others as soon as possible and reach a safe area.

Therefore, both Saine, who was suffocating from the surrounding air and temperature, and Owl Qi, who was seriously injured, were gritting their teeth and persevering.

It wasn't until half a day later that the quiet, long Underground Passage finally revealed its end.

Owl Qi struggled to carry Saine out of the passage.

What appeared before them next was a dark and unfamiliar Underground Space that was completely unfamiliar to both of them.

The Underground Space still appears to be quite spacious.

Although it cannot compare to the area surrounding City of Mozhsuobula, Saine from the distance, the highest point of this Underground Space must be twenty or thirty meters high.

In the distance, everything was dark, with caves and narrow passages scattered throughout the gloomy space in front of them.

I just don't know which path Saine should take.

After flying out of the Underground Passage, Owl Qi fell and collapsed to one side.

As a result, Saine also fell down, and sharp stones on the ground left a bloody gash on Saine face.

With its slightly elongated beak agape, Owl Qi panted and asked in a low voice, "What should we do next?"

Ignoring the tingling and numb pain in his face and body, Saine raised the black grip in his hand again and glanced at it.

This time, however, he shook his head dejectedly and said, "I don't know what happened, but I haven't been able to receive any signals from my supervisor for the past two hours."

"We don't know what the situation is like around here, but it should be safe for now. Let's rest for a bit," Saine suggested.

Owl Qi nodded slightly, and then closed its pair of yellow eyes.

Three days have passed since Saine and Qi flew out of that Underground Passage.

In three days, both Saine and Qi had recovered somewhat in all aspects.

Saine treated his superficial wounds with Low-Level Recovery Potion and then restored his Mental Strength and Magic Power power through meditation.

Qi then ate a little more of the Level-2 Energy Crystal that Saine had taken out.

However, the energy contained in the Level-2 Energy Crystal was too enormous. What Qi ate this time was not even one-fifth of what it had eaten three days ago.

For monsters, more Energy Crystal are not necessarily better.

Forcing yourself to eat too much can lead to various drawbacks, and even the danger of self-destruction.

"Besides Energy Crystal and potions, what else can speed up your recovery?" That day, under the campfire, Saine couldn't help but ask Qi, who was beside him.

Saine thought that monsters also possessed healing techniques similar to those of Mage through meditation, but in fact they did not.

"If I have enough Blood Food to replenish my body, it should speed up my recovery," Qi said, lifting her eyelids slightly.

Blood Food... In the past few days, let alone magical beasts or Demonized Creature, Saine hasn't seen a single living thing that can even jump around.

The environment here is ultimately different from that near City of Mozhsuobula, Saine only managed to find a few edible subterranean mosses.

For the past three days, his and Qi's main food source has remained mushrooms...

As Saine was stirring the mushroom soup by the campfire, he suddenly remembered something and his body trembled.

Immediately afterward, under Qi's astonished gaze, a giant white egg, half a meter in diameter, was taken out of his Space Ring.

This giant egg was naturally a find of Saine in the Yellow Sand World; it should be enormous.

The offspring of the Sand Worm.

Besides this giant white egg, there were also many Sand Worm in the Saine Space Ring, but they weren't as big as this one.

"Sand Worm are acidic, so I can only eat the dried Sand Worm skin and cannot swallow it whole."

"This giant egg should have inherited the characteristics of the Sand Worm race. It's difficult for me to eat it directly, but for you, a magical beast..." Saine said, looking at Qi beside him.

Owl Qi made a distinct "gulp" sound in its throat.

It then said, "I'll give it a try..."

One month later.

Continuing onward through the dark and unpredictable Underground Space, Saine and Qi walked together.

Qi's recovery is going well recently; most of the wounds on her body have scabbed over.

The only serious injury is to the heart, which won't heal in a short time.

In addition to needing special treatment in the future, it will also require a relatively long period of rest and recuperation.

Saine has been in good form lately, according to the latest data from Crystal Ball:

Mental Strength: 53

Magic Power: 50

Physical condition: 17

His Mental Strength and physical constitution have increased by one or two points compared to when Saine first returned from the Yellow Sand World.

Saine guessed that either the values he had gained after returning from the Yellow Sand World were not the limit, and there was still room for improvement.

Over the course of more than a month, it gradually reached its peak.

Or perhaps the dangers and hardships he experienced spurred the development of his physical potential.

Regardless of the reason, the improvement in both Mental Strength and physical fitness is ultimately a good thing.

If he continues on this momentum, he is expected to reach the level of Quasi-Magician before the age of forty.

In the past, this rate of advancement would have been among the top in any Black Wizard Academy.

"Gugu, are you sure we're heading in the right direction?" Owl Qi asked Saine.

"A week ago, I received some scattered signals from my supervisor."

"Although I don't know why the signal was interrupted again, the direction is definitely this Saine's side," Saine nodded.