My basement connects to another world.

Chapter 6 is in!

In another world, inside a dark and spacious cave.

A pale golden portal appeared out of thin air.

First, two feet stepped out, and the sneakers landed on the stone ground with a soft thud.

Then it poked half its head out and looked around for a while.

Then Jiang Yuan stepped out of the portal.

The halo behind him flickered slightly and then disappeared.

"Here we go again..." Jiang Yuan gripped his crossbow tightly.

It was the same spot where he left last time.

The stalactites overhead are jagged and interlocking, and clumps of glowing grass cling to the stone walls, their blue light shining through the veins of the leaves, enveloping the entire cave in a hazy, cool hue.

The air was cool, carrying a slightly fishy smell of rocks and water.

He carefully examined his surroundings once more.

The "Greyscale Viper" I saw last time is not here.

The cave floor is made of rough gray stone, with several claw marks of varying depths that have been plowed across the ground, likely left by it.

In front of and behind Jiang Yuan were deep cave passages.

In front of them was the cave passage that the Grayscale Viper had broken out of last time.

Jiang Yuan thought for a moment and chose the cave passage in front of him.

He carried the crossbow and walked step by step toward the cave passage ahead.

The passageway is very wide, enough for dozens of people to walk side by side, and is more than ten meters high.

The soles of my feet made a slight friction sound as they stepped on the stone surface.

Upon reaching the edge of the cave passage, Jiang Yuan turned sideways and, using the same trick as before, peeked out with half his face to observe secretly.

Ahead lies a gentle downhill slope.

The gentle slope was very long, and even in the dim blue light, the end of the cave was pitch black.

Only the occasional chirping of an unknown insect could be heard.

"There must be danger..." Jiang Yuan turned into the cave to observe.

He noticed that, in addition to the ghostly grass, there were also some grayish-white filamentous things stuck in the cracks of the rocks, in small clumps, like moldy cotton.

Jiang Yuan recalled that post on the forum mentioned it.

A type of monster called "Shadow Spiderling" nests in dark areas.

He paused, looked up, and paused again.

There were also those grayish-white wisps on the stone wall above, several of them clustered together, with a hole about the size of a fist in the middle.

Fortunately, it was empty.

Jiang Yuan withdrew his gaze and continued walking forward.

But he had only taken a few steps when he lifted his foot.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Here it comes, it's that monster!

The voice was exactly the same as last time, which made Jiang Yuan's nerves tense up instantly.

He gripped the crossbow handle tightly, his fingertips pressed against the trigger guard.

The sound lasted for a few seconds, then turned into a more rapid and intense sound and vibration.

It came from the front of the deep cave passage.

The sound grew louder and louder; the monster was rapidly approaching!

Jiang Yuan tensed all his muscles, took two steps back, and picked up his crossbow.

Finger on the trigger.

At the same time, pale golden light particles began to gather in the air one meter behind them.

Gate to the Realm!

In the blink of an eye, a teleportation bamboo gate, visible only to him, was outlined and erected behind him.

Jiang Yuanyuan stared intently at the dark corner of the cave ahead.

His eyes didn't blink.

"Thump, thump, thump!"

Accompanied by the sound of a giant creature running, a monster covered in gray-black scales peeked its head out of the shadows.

A long, narrow skull, two rows of sharp, white teeth interlocking, and thick saliva hanging from the corners of its mouth.

A murky, dark yellow single eye was embedded in the center of his forehead, while where the eye should have been were two hollow bone grooves, completely empty.

Soon, his entire body came into Jiang Yuan's view.

Standing over three meters tall, it walks on all fours, its entire body covered in grayish-black scales, each scale the size of a palm. A thick tail trails behind it, with a small tuft of bone spurs at the tip.

It ran out of the cave, its murky single eye turning and locking onto Jiang Yuan.

Then it suddenly stopped, and two plumes of hot, white vapor shot out of its nostrils.

Jiang Yuan could clearly see that on the ferocious face covered with scales, the monster had a look of confusion that was almost human-like.

Why did it stop?

Floral water?!

"A great opportunity!" These three words suddenly jumped into Jiang Yuan's mind.

The floral water couldn't escape the beast's nose; it still found me...

But the monster was clearly confused; how did my "flavor" change...?

If this Greyscale Viper charged at him while running, even with Jiang Yuan's novice archery skills, there was a risk of missing the target, even if he used a crossbow that didn't require much practice.

But the floral water inadvertently made a great contribution!

The beast's hesitation for a few seconds gave him a perfect opportunity.

The pale golden portal behind Jiang Yuan was rapidly taking shape; he only needed to take one step back to return.

His gaze locked onto the monster's abdomen.

The grayish-black scales extend from the back to the sides of the abdomen, gradually fading in color.

When it reaches the very bottom of the abdomen, the scales turn grayish-white.

"Shoot!" Jiang Yuan pulled the trigger.

Swish swish swish——

Ten crossbow bolts were unleashed.

At the same time, the Greyscale Viper also made a move. Its single eye became cloudy and ferocious again, and its four claws dug at the ground simultaneously, causing its massive body to accelerate suddenly.

Boom!Boom!Boom!

The ground seemed to be shaking.

Jiang Yuan did not look at the results.

The instant he pulled the trigger, his foot had already stepped backward.

Leaning back, shifting his center of gravity, he fell into the pale golden halo behind him.

The golden light quickly engulfed his vision.

But in the last moments before he was completely swallowed up, he saw it.

Ten jet-black crossbow bolts pierced the small patch of grayish-white scales under the belly of the demonic beast.

……

"I won!"

Jiang Yuan plopped down on the basement floor, panting heavily.

My heart was pounding so hard it felt like it was going to jump out of my throat, and my hand gripping the crossbow handle was still trembling slightly.

Most of them were excited.

If he wasn't mistaken, all ten crossbow bolts struck the white scale armor and pierced through it!

"That white scale is indeed different from the other parts..." Jiang Yuan muttered to himself.

According to that level 12 player, this thing's defense is impenetrable.

Fortunately, he has an advantage that other players don't have: he can directly obtain "mature" equipment!

"I don't know how high this monster's defense is, but judging from its running speed..."

Jiang Yuan closed his eyes, recalling that moment just now.

The giant lizard-like monster, over two meters tall, accelerated incredibly quickly from a standstill. Jiang Yuan pulled the trigger when it was halfway through its charge.

At that time, the monster was only a few meters away from him.

"A human can run 100 meters in about ten seconds... Given the size of this monster, from start to acceleration, it would probably only take five or six seconds to run 100 meters..."

Large in size and fast in speed, it was indeed no longer a normal animal that could appear on Earth... Jiang Yuan felt a chill of fear when he thought about it now.

Fortunately, this monster wasn't so powerful that he couldn't even react to it.

He guessed that this kind of magical beast, known for its defense, might actually have speed as its weakest point, while its defensive capabilities were even more outrageous.

This conforms to objective laws.

"Hopefully, the lower abdomen is really a weak point, otherwise there's really no way to deal with this thing..." Jiang Yuan looked at the repeating crossbow in his hand.

As long as this time we can cause damage, even if we can't kill him in one go, we'll do it a few more times!

There are forty spare crossbow bolts left.

The ten shots that have already been fired cannot be retrieved by myself at present.

When they bought them, Coach Wang wasn't really keen on selling so many to him.

After all, crossbow bolts can be recycled, and fifty bolts at once was already his limit.

Jiang Yuan's heart stirred, and his gaze fell upon the fluorescent blue characters that appeared before him.

[Cooldown time: 11:58:02]

"Hopefully, there will be a surprise in twelve hours..."