The bonfire crackled at night, and occasionally sparks jumped out of the sky to keep company with the stars in the forest - they were unknown creatures similar to fireflies, slowly wandering in the emerald forest where the sun never shines. Because
It just rained the day before yesterday, and the shelter here is very tight, so the ground in many places is a bit damp. It is still difficult to find an open and dry place to camp. But in any case, the situation tonight is better than
Last night was much better.
When we camped last night, due to the lack of dry fuel, it took a lot of effort to light the campfire. The initial flames still contained a lot of thick black smoke, which made several people scramble. Until they wore black cloaks.
The woman came over and slashed with her sword with the sound of howling wind, causing the entire fire to explode, barely preventing several people from being choked to death. After this incident, Duan Qing also
I specifically researched the flammability of various plants in the Emerald Forest, and found that most of them are refractory, but that's a story for another day.
The woman ignored their thanks and walked aside to sit down. She took out a piece of hard bread from the package and ate it. The girl hesitated and wanted to go over to say thank you again, trying to comfort the woman who seemed to be in a bad mood.
But he was stopped by Duan Qing.
"It's useless if you go there, she won't pay attention to you." Duan Qing said: "Besides...she is not the kind of person who falls easily."
Although she was a little disappointed and doubtful, the girl did not go there after all. Several people set up the tent in a hurry, and then began to discuss the vigil for a while while eating. Duan Qing was more interested in this because he rarely went there.
He had seen the wild night in the free world, so he still volunteered a little.
A few grown men would definitely not let a girl do such a thing, so in the end they took turns on duty. Each of them would stay for one or two hours, and the night was basically over. Everyone talked about some topics related to the mission. By that time
The whereabouts of the NPC, their possible fate, that strange knocking sound before, that terrifying giant snake... Apart from being frightened, I was also a little curious.
It's a pity that I couldn't find it anymore, and it was hard to mention the war. After thinking about it, there seemed to be no other clues, so there were not many things to discuss after all. After being bored for a while, A Niu here
He and the bad boy from Jie City each found a corner and planned to rest there - in the previous discussion, Duan Qing was on duty in the first shift.
The tent is not big, but it is not very big either. It is set up near a big tree. If it is crowded, it is not a problem for three or four people to sleep in it. Mengzhu is located in the innermost place, which is safer.
And the wind is not easy to leak in. The girl hesitated before going in, but turned around and walked to the black cloaked figure sitting under the roots of a tree not far away. The figure sat there with his legs curled up, his arms clasped around his knees, his head already
Lying on his knees.
"Well..." The girl's voice was still a little nervous: "Do you want..."
"No, thank you." The cloaked man raised his head slightly, and then the woman's unique, indifferent voice sounded.
"Well......"
Mengzhu hesitated to leave, and planned to persuade her. The woman finally raised her head completely. Due to the obstruction of the cloak, Mengzhu could only see the part below her mouth. In the reflection of the bonfire, her fair face and ruddy face were visible.
The lips, with perfect proportions, give people an amazing sense of beauty.
But the girl didn't notice this - the eyes hidden in the cloak were bright and cold, and the sight was as piercing as ice and snow, piercing people's hearts.
This experience made Mengzhu disgusted and afraid of the woman named Xue Ling Huan Bing. For quite some time after that, when the girl mentioned this matter, she was indignant: "What are you pulling?
Is it a higher level..."
Of course, this is another story.
Of course Duan Qing also noticed these interesting phenomena, but he ignored them. The girl just had some kindness in her heart, and she would definitely encounter more malice in the future. Even compared with the incident in the hotel before, this scene just now was considered good.
No matter what, it won't hurt to experience more of this kind of thing.
Thinking of this, Duan Qing looked at the black figure sitting by the tree again. The stained white armor was exposed from the gap between the corners of the black cloak. From this angle, he could also see long objects.
It was propped horizontally in the middle of the cloak. It was probably the woman's sword lying horizontally on her knees. Noticing the look he was looking over, the eyes hidden under the cloak also looked over, seeming to sense a warning.
This obviously much more experienced player was not very effective, so his gaze looked around again, and then lowered it again.
It's hard for everyone to do this if you show your vigilance so obviously...
Duan Qing can probably understand the mood of Xue Ling Huan Bing, but that's all. Due to his previous emotional injury, he has been looking at women very clearly recently, as if he suddenly jumped out of the chess game.
, he became like a person watching chess. However, his interest was not in it at this time, so understanding was one thing, but ignoring it was another.
He walked to a nearby broken log and sat down, then began to pay attention to the surrounding situation.
The broken wood had been lying there for some time, and there was a lot of moss and some strange mushroom-like plants growing on it. Duan Qing searched for a while and finally found a place to sit. He sat on it, and the light of the bonfire came from his
It was illuminated from the side, casting the shadow farther away, and then divided into countless fragments by the sparse weeds and shrubs, scattered in the dark night of the forest. He closed his eyes and concentrated for a while, and then began to pay attention to the movements around him.
When surrounded by trees, the light of the bonfire cannot actually shine very far. As far as the eye can see, all that can be seen are tree trunks that cannot be seen at a glance, as well as various silhouettes that extend from the ground to the tree trunks.
Duan Qing looked left and right, but found nothing that could attract his attention. He knew that night had just arrived, and it would be impossible to see a monster so quickly, and if he really encountered it, he would probably not be able to stop it.
In the original plan, the night watchman was only responsible for waking everyone up when danger came, and then... everyone ran away as quickly as possible.
In Duan Qing's mind, Mengzhu's warning expression was still vivid in his mind: "Don't disturb it if you see anything, because we have light here, and the monsters will not come by themselves. They are afraid of light at night, so let
It can just go away on its own... If something really comes, wake up the sleeping people, and then everyone should hurry up and run. Just use torches to drive it away, and then you will try your luck...
..”
The so-called fighting for luck is just hoping that when running away, you don't run into the embrace of a wild beast's territory.
Therefore, this kind of night vigil does not have much meaning other than calling the police. It is actually okay if everyone goes to rest, but thinking that they will be killed in their sleep makes me still scared after all. And there is no mission for the team.
Even if it is an ordinary adventure, walking through this process is a very interesting experience when you are immersed in it. You can also shout everyone and then resist. Even if you die in the end, there will be no regrets. After going back
It can also be used as a talking point to brag to others.
If you think about it carefully, apart from masters who are confident in their own skills, only people with curiosity like me would do this... Duan Qing thought, and then glanced at Xue Ling Huan Bing from a distance.
.In the darkening night, the woman's figure was as quiet as water. Perhaps she felt that her posture was a bit awkward. Her long sword was also erected diagonally on the right side of her body. There was a silver sword hilt on the black scabbard, and she shook hands.
There seems to be some black cloth wrapped around it, and a section of cloth is exposed, floating gently in the breeze from time to time. There is a faint blue light coming from the silver gauntlet, and it seems that there are several gems inlaid on it.
Her white left hand was tightly held under the gauntlet.
Well, we also have a master, and he is such a vigilant master...
That night passed safely in the end. Duan Qing did not see any creatures during the period of vigil - which greatly disappointed him - but the evil young man from Jie City got excited for a while when he got up in the morning and showed off to everyone.
I heard about a few wolves passing by from a very far away place.
Because he was too far away, he couldn't see clearly. But this was not enough to make him less interesting to talk about, because according to him, those "wolf" eyes impressed him deeply.
"Those wolves' eyes are all glowing! Red light, green light, blue light... In short, there are all kinds of lights. It looks so weird..."
Several people were very curious and quickly asked what was going on. As a result, the evil young man hesitated for a long time and didn't come up with anything. A Niu was usually a fool, but he didn't know how to fool people or play games.
It had only been a few days, so naturally she didn’t know whether to believe it or to question it. Instead, Mengzhu introduced some of the things she knew: "I...our previous team had encountered these creatures. They were very...
It’s awesome, we also had a fight at that time and many people died..."
"Actually, there are many night monsters, which are the same as the day monsters, but they become very powerful at night. I don't know why..."
The girl was crying when she came here: "Woo... I don't want to hide it, but... if we meet, we will definitely die... They are still
Can cast magic..."
"Okay, okay, no one will blame you, it's not a big deal..."
"Yes, just like you, what can you do if you know it? If you encounter it, you will still die."
"In this way, we are really lucky, hahahaha..."
"Demonized creature."
Amidst the rush of comfort, four words suddenly rang out. Several people looked over and saw that the person speaking was the woman in the cloak.
Those four words seemed to have magic power, and the discussion, comfort and crying stopped for a while. In A Niu's confused expression, Mengzhu and the bad boy from Jiecheng looked at each other, feeling a little surprised and uncertain in their hearts, and "not ashamed to ask"
Duan Qing came close to the woman at this time: "Oh? What is a demonized creature? Come and listen."
The other party looked at him indifferently, ignored him, and walked aside without any intention of explaining. Duan Qing continued to ask for a long time, and saw that the other party really had no intention of explaining to him, so he had to ask the others.
He waved his hand and left it at that.
After the interlude of the theater, their team searched in the forest for another day, but made almost zero progress. After those four words, the cloaked woman hardly said anything except maintaining necessary communication. Duan Qing occasionally observed
Sometimes, the woman would tilt her head and look to one side, her eyes wandering and she didn't know what she was thinking. Sometimes she would notice the other person's gaze, and after he turned around, the woman would look at the man who had just peeked at him.
, eyes indifferent.
Humph, I don’t know how many men I’ve seen like this. They always think they won’t be discovered if they peek...
After aimless searching and endless discussions, towards the end of the second day, when everyone with no results was preparing to find a place to camp again, things finally began to change.
"Who...are you looking for?" Xueling Huanbing, who was sitting by the big tree as usual, suddenly asked.
"Ah hahaha, that..." Duan Qing responded.
As the master of the current team, she felt that she had to do something. Although she was a temporary wild man and was not familiar with the others, there were several people who temporarily formed a team to play games on the Internet.
Do you know me...
But the important thing is that I watched coldly for a whole day and found that these people in the team were not very reliable people. Except for the person who seemed to be an old player, the other two men looked like novices. The girl named Mengzhu
They have some experience, but their strength is far behind... Their experience in the wild is extremely poor, and their protection at night is almost zero. Fortunately, I had been vigilant last night, and finally no monster similar to that giant snake came.
...I was looking for someone, but my actions during the day were unplanned. Instead, I spent the whole day talking about those professional players. Sometimes I even found out that they were going in circles...
If we don't take action, these people will probably starve to death here even if they are not in danger.
The bad boy from Jiecheng and Liu Qingniu were helping to nail the wooden sticks used to fix the tent, while Mengzhu stood at the side and gave instructions. She also heard the woman's question, but considering the look the woman gave her last night, the girl
I plan to ignore her and let the bad uncle who has already walked over deal with it.
"Ah hahaha, that... big master finally wants to help us, so congratulations, congratulations..." Duan Qing walked up with a look of surprise on his face.
It seems that you have always wanted to count on me to help, right? You don’t even know who I am... The woman secretly gritted her teeth, but there was no expression on her face: "Then, the origin of that person
, appearance, and the clues you basically have..."
Duan Qing simply sat cross-legged next to the woman, only to find that she was leaning to the other side very discreetly, so he could only smile casually, maintaining the appearance of kindness: "That man's name is Terry, Terry.
K. Ozich is the father of a boy. I don’t know what he looks like, but his occupation should be a forest ranger..."
"Forest ranger? Never heard of it..."
"Probably someone who protects the forest, and occasionally provides necessary assistance to people who want to enter the forest..."
Amidst the constant chatter, Xue Ling Huan Bing finally understood the current situation. She frowned and thought for a while, as if she had encountered something difficult to decide, and then hesitantly said: "In other words, you have no clues, so you just help that person."
The child is looking for his father?"
She pointed around: "In this... forest?"
Duan Qing understood what she meant and shrugged helplessly: "We did have some plans at the beginning, but because of... some reasons, it turned out like this. But don't worry, we are still confident.
, although this place is very big...well, it is indeed too big..."
During Duan Qing's chatter, Xue Ling Huan Bing's eyes widened and she couldn't imagine what she had heard.
Her guild used so much manpower and made so many preparations for the unwarranted ruins in the forest, and even asked her to bring an elite team to be responsible for the exploration. Although the cold reality made her understand, they still saw this strange thing.
place, but......
These people rushed into the same place with almost no preparation, and even...saved themselves!
Duan Qing looked at the dull-eyed woman in front of him, wondering why this woman likes to wander around the world so much... Then he found that the woman looked at him with a strange look, as if she were looking at a madman.
"Uh, what's wrong..."
The woman took a breath, as if she had used a lot of concentration to calm down, and then asked again: "You, you... are players born in Greenstone Village, right?"
"Yes what's the matter."
"No, it's nothing..." Xue Ling Huan Bing didn't ask any more, and a flash of light suddenly flashed in her mind.
Maybe people here come here to take risks like this, they don't need to prepare, they are used to this situation...
This forest is so weird. Not long after our people entered the forest, the monster they encountered was so powerful that even if the president led a team to come in person, they would probably not get any benefit from the monster...
Although today was a chaotic day, looking back now, I encountered almost no danger...
This was not mentioned in the information Wuji Fantasy God gave him before. Considering their birthplace or level...
Putting these together, I can infer that the only difference between my team is that their level is too high...
Could it be that this giant snake-like monster appeared because of some weird defensive measures in this forest or the ruins, or some countermeasures against a strong person like her?
Thoughts flashed through her mind like lightning, and she had gone back and forth countless times in the blink of an eye. The woman raised her head and started asking again, but this time, there was a faint smile on her face: "You guys
...Uh, do you often go in and out of this forest? How much do you know about this place..."
A look of surprise flashed across Duan Qing's eyes, and the question and answer finally continued like this. After the matter was understood and several people began to have dinner together, the woman subconsciously pulled the front edge of her hood, frowned and began to think.
It seems that things may really turn around, as long as we make good use of these few people in front of us...
On the other side, Mengzhu bit into a large piece of cake and asked vaguely: "What did that woman talk to you just now?"
"What else could it be? There's nothing to hide about the circumstances we were looking for..."
In the girl's confused eyes, Duan Qing roughly described the general content of the conversation just now and expressed the potential master's intention to help them.
"Sure! With such a master helping us, our task is easy..." A Niu waved his arms, very excited. The bad boy on the side had the same doubts as the girl, but he
As he spoke, he looked at Duan Qing with an ambiguous expression: "But he was so indifferent to us before, and now he wants to help us, right..."
The direction of doubt is obviously different.
"Hey, hey, don't look at me like that. The woman over there just looked at me like she was a madman, and now you look at me like you're a concubine..."
"Young Master is so evil, I also feel... I also feel..." Thinking back on what she had secretly observed during the day, the two people looked at each other from time to time, and the girl's expression became more and more excited.
: "She doesn't... have a crush on you, right?"
With a "pop" sound, Duan Qing covered his face with one hand.
"What are you all thinking..."
Amidst the unanimous condemnation by everyone, Duan Qing smiled helplessly and denied the groundless accusation on the surface. He secretly covered his face and looked at the woman in the corner again.
That beautiful face kept a smile, and seemed to be very interested in watching the commotion here.
So he turned around again, sweating and waving his hands to face the people's righteous criticism, but the idea in his heart became more certain.
This woman...
This chapter has been completed!