Today.

The weather in the dungeon seems quite nice.

The sunlight shining from the sky is not as intense as usual, which has lowered the temperature a bit today.

Although it's still somewhat hot, it's not unbearably so that standing still would make one drenched in sweat.

Thus, under the more gentle sunlight, a beautiful splash of water stretched from afar across the shimmering river surface, moving swiftly forward.

That's a yacht.

And on the yacht, it's Kane and the others.

The yacht's body today is quite different from before, as the slender shape has now widened a bit, with single-row seats changed to side-by-side ones, allowing two people to sit shoulder to shoulder.

This is because the river they need to pass through today is much wider than before, so they made temporary modifications, greatly enhancing their comfort.

They are currently heading towards the location for the three-star mission they accepted in recent days, where the Floating Porpoise Fish are found.

"YoYo, do you know the location Funa mentioned yesterday?" Kane, seated in the front row, asked YoYo, who is seated in the circular groove in the driver's seat.

Upon hearing the question from her master, YoYo directly projected the map in midair.

And marked the location with a red sign on the map, which was the place Funa mentioned yesterday, while the current location of Kane and the others was indicated by a green triangle symbol.

"Master has noted it down, we are now heading towards the target location."

After hearing YoYo's response, Kane looked at the map and then nodded his head.

Their target location, where the Floating Porpoise Fish are found, is not fixed. According to the information on the diagram, there are several places in total, and while each is quite dangerous, they're spread across different positions on the map.

Their presence does not occur simultaneously in these places; instead, they appear at only one location at a time since the Drifting Porpoise do not act individually but move as a community.

They randomly linger between these three places, and it's possible that they might be traveling between locations, which could easily cause the Explorer to miss them.

However, yesterday when Funa came to Kane's room as a guest, they learned about Kane's three-star mission target.

And coincidentally, during their return trip, they passed through one of those places and spotted their target, the floating Porpoise Fish.

Rui even secretly caught one and tasted it, reportedly finding the taste extremely delightful, and strongly recommended that Kane should definitely hunt several more to savor them.

Judging by Funa's timetable, it happened about two days ago, and there's a great chance the Floating Porpoise Fish are still in that area.

This saved Kane and the others considerable trial and error time because the location Funa mentioned happens to be the farthest one on the map, and typically Kane would examine from near to far in order.

Funa's previous target was located at the top right corner of the map, forming a straight line with the Circular Restaurant.

While Kane's current target is at the upper middle-right of the map, above the Creamy Snow Mountain.

Back then, when Rui was explaining the specifics to Kane, he even sneakily added a hint that they should prepare more ice water and ice cubes, along with cooling measures.

According to the display on the map, that area is part of a volcanic region. The dungeon's geography is indeed odd with the snow mountain adjacent to frequently erupting volcanoes.

The intersection of these two regions is highlighted on the tour map, suggesting if one could explore thoroughly there, they might luckily witness an extraordinary landscape.

And the river traversing the entire map has a bend that intersects with the volcanic area, allowing Kane and the others to reach it swiftly.

Based on the speed of their previous return trip, they could reach the target location in less than a day.

This time, due to the expansion of the yacht, Kane and the others don't have to idly waste time onboard, restraining their activities. Instead, they each hold their fishing rods, formed by Kane's team, occasionally fishing in the river during the journey.

However, their fishing method might differ from others, as the yacht's speed and noise scare the fish away before they even encounter Kane and his team.

So, they just cast their fishing rods, accurately hooking the small fish in the river.

With their Silver abilities and Silver physique control, they often manage to hook a couple of fish.

Approaching dusk, after a whole afternoon's sail, they finally glimpsed their destination.

At the end of the river, far away, one can see the volcano on the horizon, the swirling black smoke rising from the crater almost entirely covering the sky. Occasional bursts of flames make the whole sky appear fiery red, and as dusk approaches, the sky resembles a fiery abyss.

As they moved closer, the initially cool weather quickly turned scorching hot. The nearer they got, the more the temperature climbed upwards. Finally, they arrived at a bend, where the yacht steadily docked at a relatively low riverside.

At this moment, Kane and the others, due to the astonishing heat around them, have sweat incessantly dripping from their faces.

Kane took a handkerchief from his space equipment to wipe his face, then jumped ashore.

When Kreya and the others were all ashore and looked at the surrounding environment, what met their eyes was desolation. There were almost no plants to be seen on the road, only various kinds of sand and stones, and some scorched black ground. Looking into the distance, cracks could occasionally be seen on the ground.

Most of the ground was covered with a layer of volcanic ash.

"It's so hot here, it's unbearable," Longbei said next to them, his face was like rain with sweat dripping down.

Even with such scorching temperatures, he still wore heavy armor because he was the defender of the team and needed to maintain defense power at all times.

Of course, it was not easy for Kane and the others either.

Lilulu was completely sprawled on Kreya's horse, panting with her tongue out, completely out of energy to complain about the heat.

Bear in mind, they had only just set foot in this area, merely advancing along the river, yet this had already made them quite unbearably hot.

No wonder Rui had repeatedly reminded them to prepare methods for cooling down.

Luckily, Kane and his team were not the type to ignore advice, and they had prepared cooling measures early on. They just hadn't expected the high temperatures to come so quickly.

Kane placed his master weaver into the skill grid, then used origin skills to specially weave a vest suitable for everyone's physique that could produce a fabric texture.

These vests were only a thin layer, with evenly distributed internal pockets, and Kreya took block after block of segmented ice from her space equipment, placing them into everyone's vests.

These ice blocks were temporarily taken from the snowy mountain to resist the high temperatures here and weren't so easy to melt.

After all these preparations were completed, Kane and his team let out a long sigh of relief.

"Ah, Lilulu is revived again." Though she said this, Lilulu still lay firmly on Kreya's horse, showing no intention of moving forward.

She lifted her head and stared at the back of Kreya's head, saying, "Kreya, could you carry Lilulu?"

"Alright, take a good rest," Kreya responded.

Lilulu's body was small and light, so she often perched on Kane and the others, either on Kreya's horse or on Kane's shoulder.

Compared to Kane's shoulder, Kreya's horse's back was more comfortable, so when she was truly exhausted, her first choice would be Kreya's horse.

"Youyou, lead the way ahead."

"Alright, master." Upon hearing Kane's words, Youyou immediately rolled on its round wheels to the front.

Kreya looked at Youyou in front, concernedly asking, "In this heat, is Youyou okay?"

"Don't worry about Youyou. Youyou is an all-terrain assistant robot, designed specifically according to various environments, so this temperature won't trouble Youyou. Rest assured," Youyou replied confidently upon hearing Kreya's concern.

This area was harsher than Kane imagined, with the towering volcano continually spewing sparks, and the swirling smoke showed no signs of stopping.

The ground was covered with volcanic ash, and every step left a clear footprint on the ground. Those occasional cracks spewed hot air, making the surrounding air even hotter.

The sky had completely darkened, but due to the flames from the volcano and the fiery glow from the ground cracks, the surrounding environment was not dark; one could still clearly see the roads and surroundings.

Even as night approached, Kane and his team had no intention of stopping. They planned to find the floating porpoise fish in one go and quickly leave this area after completing the mission. They would rather be cold on the snowy mountain than stay in the volcanic region.

With their constitution enhanced, cold weather hardly affected them, but heat could easily bring all sorts of negative impacts, making them irritable.

Even after quite a distance, Kane and the others hadn't encountered any creatures.

This eerie place had scarce plants and not many animals.

And the surrounding temperature was increasingly scorching as Kane and their direction progressed towards the interior of the volcanic region, heading towards the foot of the volcano.

Of course, their target location wasn't at the foot of the mountain but near the volcano.

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