Chapter 518: Dark clouds cover the forest and the reaction of the treasure
Hearing the sound, Lei Xiao immediately opened the details interface of the private message.
I saw that the person who sent the message was none other than the female lord Feng Chime, who had a talent for treasure hunting and had explored the ancient ship with me before.
The specific reply content of the other party is as follows:
[Brother Xiaoshen, the sky is dark and the soil is dark, and the sky is filled with fish. Please help us, it’s very peaceful here]
Looking at this line of text that was short and incoherent, and even the ending part looked like gibberish, Lei Xiao couldn't help but feel a look of contemplation on his face while being slightly surprised.
From a simple point of view, it is basically certain.
This erratic reply was obviously sent by the other party in a hurry and without completing the reply.
As for why this situation occurs, it is most likely that the other party has been restricted from moving, or has simply fainted.
Having said that, Lei Xiao, who is already familiar with the long-distance communication between lords, naturally clearly understands it.
Whether it's a private message interface or a chat channel.
You need to use a virtual keyboard that only you can see. You need to customize the size first, and then project it onto the desktop or other flat surfaces before you can type.
The feel of using it is almost the same as typing on a mobile phone.
It can be seen that those fluent words are mostly caused by the other party hurriedly choosing the wrong corresponding words to express when typing quickly.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that as for the voice communication function between lords, and even the call function, it is not impossible.
However, both communicating parties need to reach level 6 lord mansion in order to be able to use it.
Therefore, at this stage, for most of the lords who even have level 5 mansions, they are far ahead of the first echelon.
Typing communication will still be the mainstream for some time to come.
"Judging from the current situation, it is no longer possible to question the other party. The top priority now is to first understand what the other party wants to express."
Frowning slightly, Lei Xiao focused his attention on this text again.
Next, after some simple inference, try it on the virtual keyboard.
Lei Xiao finally restored the correct meaning that the other party wanted to express as follows:
[Brother Xiaoshen, the sky suddenly darkened, and the sky was full of fish. Please help us, it’s very strange here]
Staring at this paragraph of text that he had restored but was still unbelievable, Lei Xiao's brows almost knitted together.
First of all, the first four words "Big Brother Xiaoshen" are the names he calls himself, so it goes without saying.
Secondly, the second half of "Save us" and "It's strange here" are nothing worthy of in-depth interpretation.
As for the two short paragraphs in the middle, "The sky suddenly darkened" and "The sky was full of fish", they are a bit intriguing.
At present, it is a sunny afternoon, and there is still quite some time before evening.
Therefore, "the sky suddenly became dark" is obviously abnormal.
The most unusual thing is the passage "The sky is full of fish".
"Although there are indeed many places in this different world that are very different from Blue Star, but the sky is full of fish, no matter how you think about it, this is not a normal phenomenon, right?"
Looking at the brilliant sunshine coming in from the window of the lord's office, and the dots of light spots formed on the smooth wooden desk surface, Lei Xiao couldn't help but curled his lips slightly and continued to think.
"According to the various situations I have experienced in the past, could it be that someone in the Songyin Mountains cast a sky illusion similar to the one in the Shanjing Principality?"
While pondering, Lei Xiao, who was leaning against his desk, unconsciously raised his half-held right hand, put his thumb on his cheek, and gently rubbed the bridge of his nose with his index finger. This was when he was thinking.
Usual actions.
"If you think about it this way, the situation can indeed be explained."
"From the mirages naturally formed in the ruins of the ancient battlefield, I have learned that strong men below the third level, and even ordinary people, may faint in the illusion, especially in the center of the illusion.
"
Realizing this, Lei Xiao nodded thoughtfully.
"But why would someone cast such a large-scale illusion in the rarely visited Songyin Mountains? As far as I know, the territories of Qin Qian, Jiang Hao, and Feng Ling are not in the same adjacent area.
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"If it is just to eliminate the alien lord, then a simpler method can be used. After all, casting large-scale illusions consumes the magic power of the illusionist."
"Moreover, unlike small and medium-sized illusions, when performing large-scale illusions, in order to achieve the best confusing effect, the illusionist often needs to use extremely valuable magic props as assistance."
At this time, another look of doubt appeared on Lei Xiao's face: "Thus, using illusions to eliminate lords from other worlds is undoubtedly a bit of a fuss. In other words... there was also an encounter in the Songyin Mountains.
A naturally occurring mirage?”
"However, the mirage of this world is just like the mirage of Blue Star. It is a rare phenomenon that can only occur under extremely accidental conditions. Logically speaking, it should not appear so frequently."
Just when Lei Xiao was confused.
His private message notification sounded again.
This time, the person who sent the message was Pan Zhi, another male lord.
"By the way, in the Songyin Mountains at that time, this guy, as the representative of the Sanren Lords, together with Qin Qian, Jiang Hao, and Feng Ling, explored the ancient ship in the underground cave with me, but I forgot about him.
Already."
Thinking of this, Lei Xiao immediately opened the details interface of the private message.
"Brother Xiaoshen, it's not good! The large area where Captain Qin Qian and the others are located is shrouded in an extremely dense black mist, with lightning and thunder in it.
At first, I thought it was just going to rain. As a result, the dark clouds sank faster and faster. In the end, almost the entire ground was covered. It looked extremely scary! What is strange is that the sky above
But it’s sunny.”
After reading this private message, a thoughtful look appeared on Lei Xiao's face again.
"I remember when I went to the mirage at the ruins of the ancient battlefield, all I saw was a thick white mist, and there was no lightning or thunder. It seems that the naturally formed mirage can be completely ruled out."
Staring at the text on the private message, Lei Xiao nodded thoughtfully.
"As for man-made illusions, we can't rule it out yet. After all, as far as I know, creating some abnormal natural scenes outside of the illusion to confuse others other than the target is a common method used by illusionists."
Just when Lei Xiao thought of this, Pan Zhi's second message was sent again.
"By the way, Mr. Xiaoshen, in addition, I heard in the chat channel that several other passive treasure-hunting talent Sanren lords around the area covered by the black mist all pointed to the black mist invariably, and seemed to suddenly appear.
Traces of treasure!
This is simply too strange! You know, when there is no black mist, there are no treasures in that area!"
"Is there such a thing?"
Seeing this, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on Lei Xiao's face.
He has also heard about the lords with passive treasure hunting talents.
It is different from the active treasure hunting talent lords possessed by Su Ru and Feng Ling.
Lords who have awakened the passive treasure hunting talent will only receive feedback when they are close to the area where the treasure is located and cannot actively search.
And, like most active treasure hunting talents, you can only get feedback once a day.
However, since the perception range of the passive treasure hunting talent is significantly wider than that of the active type, the location perceived is only a roughly broad area.
This makes it far less practical than the active type.
Of course, there are also some smart lords who have come up with excellent solutions.
That is to first let the passive talent lord sense the approximate range of the treasure.
Then the active-talented lord can further narrow the scope of the treasure to achieve win-win cooperation.
Unfortunately, Lei Xiao once told Lin Chuan, Su Ru, Su Mo, Qin Qian and others to pay attention to the clues about treasure hunting in the chat channel.
The feedback we got in the end was all found by these lords after going through a lot of hard work.
Either the skeleton of an adventurer equipped only with low-level weapons and armor, or some buried ordinary gold coins, gems, metal utensils and other ancient items with only collection value.
These objects are undoubtedly a considerable amount of wealth for ordinary lords, and they can be exchanged for the golden dragons and items they need in the surrounding cities.
But for Lei Xiao, who has already achieved financial freedom and is even as wealthy as his country, it has no value at all and is not worth wasting time on it.
"However, having said that, it is a strange thing that the treasure's reaction suddenly appeared after the mysterious black mist appeared in the area that had no reaction at first."
"After all, as far as I know, the treasures discovered by these lords with treasure hunting talents are all unowned items that have not been touched by anyone for a long time. It is absolutely impossible to treat the equipment on a living person as
Work is a treasure."
Just when Lei Xiao thought of this.
He received private messages one after another from Su Ru, Su Mo and others from the old mining area of Ge Lincheng, Zhou Wu from the mountain next to Luolong City, and Shen Banxia, all of whom mentioned the situation that Pan Zhi just mentioned.
"It seems that this matter has been spread among the lords in the surrounding area. From this, there should be no doubt about its authenticity."
Nodding slightly, Lei Xiao continued to think.
"Then the question arises, how did a treasure reaction suddenly appear in an area where there were no treasures at all before?"
After thinking for a while, Lei Xiao asked Pan Zhi about the specific situation in his area.
The reply I got was that Pan Zhi’s territory was also in the vast Songyin Mountains.
But it was still some distance away from the area covered by the black mist, so it was not affected.
It just feels like the fresh air in the mountain forest has suddenly become much thinner, as if I have arrived at an extremely high altitude.
After carefully reading every word sent by Pan Zhi, Lei Xiao pondered.
While talking again, they contacted Kelly from Fanyin City, Ed from Shuiyue City, and Teran from Fenglong City at both ends of the Songyin Mountain Range, and asked them if anything strange had happened there.
The answer was that no abnormalities were found, and the weather did not change at all.
It's no wonder, after all, the Songyin Mountain Range is extremely vast, and there are rugged peaks scattered all around, making it really difficult to see what's going on in the mountains.
And it is also because of the complex terrain that it is difficult to detect sudden abnormalities in the mountains in terms of energy flow.
"It seems that the problem occurred only in the relatively vast area where Qin Qian and others are located, and the scope of influence is limited, so that only the other surrounding lords discovered the clues at the first time."
Thinking of this, a look of curiosity and doubt appeared on Lei Xiao's face.
It can be analyzed through the private message of Feng Chime.
Within the area covered by thick black fog, what you see is the night and the fish in the sky, which makes people feel very baffled.
In addition, Qin Qian, Jiang Hao and Feng Ling have not responded to messages since then.
But in front of the name in the friend column, the green survival status flashes.
It can be seen from this that the three of them must have fainted.
But outside the thick black fog, Pan Zhi and other nearby lords saw the strange scene of black thunderclouds descending rapidly, but the sky above was clear, and they felt that the surrounding air suddenly became extremely thin.
The most important thing is that in areas where there were no treasure reactions originally, treasure reactions appeared after dark clouds came over the forest.
"The sudden treasure reaction undoubtedly refutes my idea of an illusion that someone released before. After all, it is impossible for an illusionist to use a virtual illusion to directly create a real treasure."
Thinking of this, the curiosity on Lei Xiao's face began to become more intense.
I continued to think in my mind: "Things are really getting more and more interesting. What is the truth behind all this? What could the treasure that suddenly appeared be?"
"In addition, Qin Qian, as the leader of Xiaoshen Regiment No. 9, is also a key part of my experiment with the power of other lords. I cannot let her die easily."
"In addition, according to the scheduled plan, I was originally going to pass through Fanyin City from Songyin Mountain Range. It seems that I have to go there anyway."
"However, before that, we naturally need to seek the opinions of all the subordinates, and try to figure out what the black mist is to the greatest extent possible."
After making up his mind, Lei Xiao took steps and walked out of the lord's office.
While reading, he informed all the subordinates who had just come to the lord's office to gather in the castle hall on the first floor.
Just like that, a moment's work.
Lei Xiao is already sitting on the throne at the top of the hall on the first floor.
And in the position below him, there were two rows of respectful followers, surrounded by subordinates who exuded impressive aura.
"Everyone, the situation is urgent and strange, so I will keep the story short."
He nodded slightly to the powerful men and commanders under his command.
Lei Xiao simply described what he thought and heard just now.
Hearing the sound, all the subordinates looked at each other with thoughtful expressions.