Crossing into Warhammer-Now!

Lin En poked his head out.

The entrance to the mine shaft was still in its original location, opened between the rocks and supported by several rusted iron pillars. It had also been bombed by them, leaving it crooked and twisted.

There were a large number of footprints on the ground outside the entrance. Some were boot prints, while others had been left by bare feet. The old and new prints overlapped, indicating that people had still been coming and going recently.

But there were no guards outside the entrance.

Lin En was worried that those Cultists might be lying in ambush inside the entrance, so he deliberately hid behind a rock and observed the area carefully for a while.

In the end, he crouched behind that rock for half an hour without seeing a single person or hearing any voices or footsteps.

[Danger Sense] had not issued any warning. His mind was completely quiet, which meant the area around the entrance was currently safe.

Tsk.

The Cultists had actually not sent anyone to guard this place.

Lin En sucked in a cold breath.

...But that made sense, too. They knew that water could only be found in the underground caves.

They were eager to lure in survivors who had no choice but to search for water, then capture them and sacrifice them to their Blood God.

Sacrifices depended on fate, too. How could they stop people from entering?

If you happened to stumble upon our sacrificial ceremony, then that meant you were fated to meet our Blood God.

Hrk! Spitting at Khorne's throne while passing by—no misunderstanding, just pure malice.

Lin En stood at the cave entrance and looked inside again. The cave walls were pitch-black, and traces of where they had burned Orks still remained.

This was definitely the right entrance.

On this planet, controlling the underground caves was equivalent to controlling the best fishing spot.

The fish would swim over by themselves. The fisherman did not need to jump into the water and chase them.

It was just like how he was now—a pitiful fish that knew there was a hook in the water, yet still had no choice but to swim toward it—!!

⁺◟( ᵒ̴̶̥́ ·̫ ᵒ̴̶̣̥̀ ) sad.

Now that he was looking at this pitch-black entrance, he really was a little afraid.

He knew that those heretics were definitely up to something inside.

But fear was useless.

There was only water inside.

Lin En resigned himself to his fate and stood up. He tightened his backpack straps, then tightened his waistband as well, just in case his pants suddenly fell down while he was running away.

All right. Wasn't he just trying to survive while surrounded by several thousand heretics?

You can do this. Believe in yourself, legendary survivor king of thirty days in Warhammer!

Lin En carefully made his way back into the cave.

He switched on the Flashlight but covered it with his hand, allowing the Flashlight's light to illuminate only a small patch of ground beneath his feet.

Too much light would expose his position, but if it was too dark, he was afraid he might step into empty space and fall flat on his face.

Embarrassment was one thing. But if he broke his neck, or happened to fall right in front of a heretic...

That would be pure humiliation.

After walking several hundred meters inward, the loose stones underfoot gradually gave way to relatively flat rock, and the passage began to widen.

The humidity in the air had clearly increased. The skin on his face and arms was no longer as taut as it had been on the surface, and the air entering his lungs carried a faintly moist sensation.

Lin En hurriedly stopped to enjoy a deep-breathing spa.

He had spent several days on the surface of Istvaan III, breathing air so dry it could sandpaper things. His nasal passages were nearly cracked open.

Now that he had suddenly entered a humid environment, his entire respiratory system relaxed at once.

No wonder those heretics had made the underground caves their base.

He had thought Khorne's followers were all brainless, but they were not stupid after all.

He continued downward.

Occasionally, twisted dark-red patterns formed by Warp erosion could be seen on the rock walls. When illuminated by the Flashlight, they resembled marble veins.

To be honest, if one ignored the fact that there were heretics, Orks, Warp corruption, and all sorts of indescribable things here...

This cave was actually quite beautiful.

It had a real adventurous atmosphere.

A completely natural underground karst cave, untouched and undeveloped. It had everything from natural stalactites to underground caverns. On Earth, it would definitely qualify as a five-A scenic attraction, and charging eighty yuan for admission would not be excessive.

Put a stall selling grilled sausages and bottled water at the entrance, then erect a sign beside it saying, "Underground River Adventure, twenty kilometers from start to finish. Do not touch the stalactites," and the tourists would come pouring in.

This was an immersive adventure experience. Earth had no shortage of people willing to risk their lives for a thrill.

Anyone who wanted to visit could sign up with him now. It was free, and transportation was included.

Those interested should hurry and register. ‧⁺◟( ᵒ̴̶̥́ ·̫ ᵒ̴̶̣̥̀ ) An opportunity like this would not come again.

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After walking a little farther, the passage began to split into branches.

He had returned to a familiar place.

Lin En stopped and identified his direction.

Those days he had spent playing guerrilla warfare with the heretics in the caves had not been wasted. He was now extremely familiar with the terrain in this underground area.

The main road ahead led directly to the large cave where the heretics had previously gathered. It would take fifteen days to reach it, and he would never go in that direction even if someone beat him to death.

There was a crack in the rock wall to the right. He could smell a faint trace of moisture from it, and if he listened carefully, he could hear the barely audible sound of water within.

That meant the crack was not far from the underground river. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to hear the water.

He made a mark on the nearby rock wall that only the nun and Iron Hammer could understand, then squeezed into the narrow crack.

He remembered seeing the underground river channel in this direction before.

The underground river was very long and might extend all the way here.

The orb of light followed Lin En into the narrow crack, illuminating the rock walls on both sides.

Although the rock fissure was extremely narrow and looked rather frightening,

it was still manageable as long as there was light.

As he crawled along, Lin En suddenly thought of another problem.

If the heretics really had set up an ambush near the underground river, he knew that [Danger Sense] could detect hostility within three hundred meters.

But would the signal from Danger Sense work like Wi-Fi? Was that distance measured in open terrain, and would the signal be affected inside the caves?

After all, there were who knew how many meters of rock between him and the surface above. What if the signal was weak?

When in doubt, consult the cheat.

Lin En went to bother the system again.

The system condemned his doubts: [What do you take our concept skill for?]

All right, he would trust his bad-tempered system buddy.

Danger Sense's Wi-Fi signal was penetrating. It was unaffected by terrain and remained fully operational.

Wow, then this skill would be incredible on a warship or inside a palace in the future. Wasn't this basically an X-ray cheat?

He could see the enemy's position straight through several walls.

No matter how sophisticated the hiding place, it would be highlighted directly in his mind.

All assassins would be completely useless against him from now on.

With all sorts of random nonsense running through his mind, the journey was not too difficult to endure.

Lin En squeezed through the narrow crack for nearly twenty minutes. Several times, he feared that the path ahead would suddenly end, or that the passage would become too narrow for him to squeeze through.

But fortunately, the path led directly to a concealed little cave.

Lin En squeezed out of the crack. The small cave ahead was truly tiny, about the size of a small bedroom—just barely large enough to fit a bed.

The underground river was nearby.

The gentle sound of flowing water came from the back of the cave.

It was no exaggeration to say that the world Lin En saw in that moment suddenly became beautiful.

Forty thousand did not seem quite so hopeless after all. The Warp erosion patterns on the rock walls no longer looked unpleasant, and even the faint, strange smell of the underground cave in the air did not seem as bad anymore!

Water!!! There was water here!!!

As long as humans had air, food, and water, they could always survive.

However, Lin En's mind remained rational. He did not charge over. Instead, he first lay at the entrance of the small cave and cautiously poked half his head out to look.

Although [Danger Sense] had not sounded an alarm, that did not mean there were no heretics over there.

Danger Sense judged things according to hostility. The lack of hostility might also be because they had not seen him yet.

In any case, caution was the basic quality of a survival king.