"In other words... the Magu tribe massacred the Geis tribe, and then suddenly disappeared for unknown reasons?"
"Yes, Lord Runo."
"Where...did they go?"
"Probably went to another world."
The noisy wind moved the huge leaves on the tree trunk, making a loud roar in everyone's ears. Duan Qing, who looked calm, still sat cross-legged opposite the old man named Lu Nuo, extending his hand to introduce him.
The stone that had been completely corroded by the black air: "This was originally an ordinary stone. It was the result of our experiment after we discovered a teleportation array in a corner of their tribe."
"This aura..." The old man's eyes stayed on Duan Qing's body for a while, and then fell on the rocks in front of him: "It is indeed an ominous aura."
"I have seen many similar situations in my previous adventures." Duan Qing nodded: "Judging from the feedback on this stone, those Magu people may have been sent to
Went to the void world."
"In our tribal records, that world is called 'Waldis'." The old man, whose expression remained unchanged, lowered his head and rummaged for a while, then took out a book from the mountain of books in front of him: "Well, this is it...
…I heard that the extremely dark world was a place where God swept in all the unnecessary things when he gave life to the Free Continent. It is a by-product of our earth and sky, a part abandoned by God..."
"...Is there such a legend in the tribe?" Duan Qing looked at the players behind him and asked in slight surprise: "You... have you also been to that place?"
"No, our ancestors just left such legends."
Putting the thick book back, Lord Runo revealed a smile on his face with ancient wrinkles: "We ordinary tribesmen cannot guess the will of God. As for whether Waldis exists now, it is
What does it exist for? It’s not a question I can answer as an old man.”
"So..." Duan Qing hesitated for a while: "Do you believe what we said?"
"This adventurer named Babao-kun has already explained it to me before." Runo's eyes tilted slightly, then slowly closed them: "But... even this
If it’s true, what does it mean to us?”
"..."
"The Andersons have been here for thousands of years."
Facing Duan Qing's speechless expression, Master Lunuo continued in a low voice: "Tribal replacement is the main theme that has never changed in this land, even today. Countless tribes that were once famous have finally disappeared.
In the disputes over this land, they were eventually replaced by other powerful tribes. The Magu tribe probably encountered the same thing, except that they did not die at the hands of other tribes. We may be able to compare their encounters with
, regard it as God’s arrangement…”
"No destiny is arranged in advance, Lord Patriarch."
Shaking his head and interrupting the other party's words, Duan Qing's eyes gradually became serious: "We specially bring you this news because we hope you can see the anomaly that disappeared this time. The teleportation circle was man-made.
It is written that the people of the Magu tribe do not understand such magic at all, and there are no rituals with similar effects..."
"Someone caused this disappearance." Babaojun, who was standing beside him, said in a low voice while taking a step forward: "And... it must have been done by outsiders."
"...I understand." His dim eyes looked back and forth between the two people for a while, Lord Runo nodded slowly: "You want to compare this Magu tribe incident with the recent events of our tribe?
Attacks suffered...right?"
"Let me ask you a question, clan leader." Duan Qing asked in a low voice: "What do the people who attacked your tribe look like? How do they dress?"
"...They are a group of thugs who hide their faces." Old Man Runo pondered for a while: "They are all dressed in black clothes and use magic methods that are only available in the outside world..."
"That's right, they should be the Restorers." Legend of Lieyan standing behind Duan Qing muttered in a low voice: "They are the only ones in the world who would deliberately dress like that..."
"Now there is a group of people who play... and call themselves adventurers." The Flying Heroes on the side responded nonchalantly: "And I think it's not that they don't want to change into other clothes, they just make people beat harder.
That’s all…”
"You... seem to be very familiar with those attackers." Old Man Runo's eyes became obviously brighter: "Do you know those hateful thugs?"
"Although we are not sure, we feel that there are already restorationists in the Anderson Independent State." Duan Qing bowed politely: "Perhaps you don't know yet, they have been making trouble in the outside world for a long time, and now they have
Occupied most of the territory of Xifeng County and called itself the Magic Empire..."
"The Magic Empire..."
As if he thought of some ancient record again, the old man's skinny hands once again took out an ancient book from the mountain of books. Then while rummaging for something, he asked without raising his head: "What if everything you said is true?"
It's true, then our tribe is indeed under attack from this 'Magic Empire' recently. Are you... interested in helping us repel their incursions?"
"Mr. Babao has introduced to us before that the Lusen tribe is the largest tribe in the Independent State." Duan Qing replied in a low voice: "I guess I must have my own way to deal with these intruders.
Alright?"
"It is precisely for this reason that our tribe cannot get help from any other tribe now." As if he mentioned something irritating, Old Man Lunuo's voice was obviously filled with anger: "The Kuma tribe
The Feiji tribe promised us before, but now we still haven’t seen a single person..."
"You must have received the other party's care, right?" Mr. Babao said in a gloomy voice: "For example, he has seen the power of the Magic Empire, or been warned by the Restorationists or something..."
"According to this theory, the attack on the Lucen tribe may be the result of a secret joint attack by several tribes." Legend of Lieyan crossed his arms and sneered: "With the help of external forces, this old tree that has stood for thousands of years will be destroyed.
The tree was kicked off the stage..."
"Let's not talk about what the restorationists want. If they want to occupy the independent state... wouldn't it be better to unite with Anderson's first tribe, the Lucen?" Tudou suddenly said in his doubtful voice:
"Why are they asking for trouble to eradicate the largest tribe?"
"The Anderson Independent State is still nominally the territory of the Principality. Even someone like Lord Runo would not easily agree to such a proposal on the surface." Duan Qing, who looked at the old man, replied in a low voice: "
And... they must have some compelling reason to eliminate the Lucen tribe."
"...What reason?"
"Then I have to ask Lord Runo in front of me."
Pointing to the surroundings, Duan Qing's eyes lowered again: "I would like to ask again...where do these big trees in your tribe come from?"
The movement of rummaging through books stopped little by little. The old man, who seemed to have been ignoring the conversation between several people, raised his head slightly, and the dim eyes looking at Duan Qing became truly serious at this time.
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"So what's wrong with these big trees?"
"When I was there, I occasionally went to the top of Hulan Mountain. There was a primitive ancient forest there, and the big trees were even thicker than what we see now..."
"What? There is a primitive jungle on the top of Hulan Mountain? Why haven't I heard of it? And shouldn't it be a snow-capped mountain there? How could there be such a thing as a primitive forest?"
"Don't worry if you don't believe it. Anyway, I went there after receiving a mission from a village at the foot of the mountain. Now it seems that those villages are probably descendants of certain tribes that ran over from Anderson..."
After walking out of the place where the tall woods were, Duan Qing and his party then met with the guild members under Babaojun on the path at the entrance of the row of camps. The conversation between Duan Qing and others
, and did not stop for a moment during this process: "Since the Lusen tribe has lived for thousands of years, the origin of their tribe may also be related to the top of the mountain, plus those towering trees... I
As soon as we entered this place, we were almost certain of this conclusion.”
"Brother Qingshan is really amazing." Yangtze River No. 7 on the side said with a smile: "Not only is he well-informed, but he is also able to sort out his own intelligence and everything that happened in front of him so quickly..."
"Don't praise me, I'm not as powerful as you said." Duan Qing immediately shook his head: "But... this is not the only reason why I made such a quick judgment."
"what else?"
"And those bone weapons and bone equipment."
Pointing to the players who were still setting up stalls on the roadside, Duan Qing replied to Babaojun: "Those things... I've seen them on the top of the mountain too."
"What? There are actually people living in that place?" Legend of Flames on the side exclaimed: "What do they look like? Are they like orangutans?"
"No one lives in it, and it's impossible to get up now." Duan Qing waved his hand angrily: "I don't know if the bone making process here has melted... whether it is as powerful as what I have seen before, otherwise if
Such a powerful craft has been lost, which can be considered a loss to us players."
"Can bone products be compared to powerful equipment...?"
His eyes lit up involuntarily, and the president of the royal family, Babaojun, turned around and said: "Then what should we do next, Brother Mo, continue to investigate the whereabouts of those tribes, or search for people suspected of being restorers?"
"From the look on your face, you obviously want to collect good equipment first." The fat man named Feitian Qixia sneered at the positive attitude shown by the other party: "Are you interested in those bones that you have not noticed before?
Already?"
"Stop sarcastic, look at your bearish look... maybe you will get into those stalls soon." Legend of Flames pulled the other party, then turned around with a look of helplessness: "Mo
Brother Shang Qingshan, just say it, and we will all listen to you."
"Next..."
After lowering his head and humming for a while, Duan Qing said something jaw-dropping: "Of course I'm going offline to take a rest."
"What?"
"Offline, offline?"
"Brother Mo, are you tired now?"
"Is there something urgent that needs to be dealt with..."
"I don't have anything to do, but I do have something to deal with."
Waving his hand to suppress the series of questions that followed, Duan Qing looked around helplessly at the crowd of people in front of him: "If you have any ideas of your own, just go and do it yourself. I will stay with you for a few in the real world."
It will take at least half a day to get back, so... just tomorrow morning, we will meet at this place tomorrow morning."
"I will test your results." Ignoring the warnings from around him again, his figure began to gradually become blurry: "Come on."
"Hey...hey!" Babaojun, who stretched out his hand forward, then put down his hand angrily: "Hey, at such a critical time..."
"I guess what Brother Mo went to do." Legend of Lieyan, who was holding his arms on the side, his eyes lit up: "I guess..."
"It's time to prepare for that."
It was still a dark room, and there was still the roar of machines operating. Duan Qing's eyes then opened in the game cabin in the center of the space, and he tilted his head slightly tiredly. Because the character was offline.
The buzzing sound from the game cabin that stopped working then began to become smaller and smaller, and was replaced by an ancient desk lamp that suddenly lit up, and the figure of a woman wearing a maid outfit also appeared.
At the side of the game cabin, he walked over slowly holding something: "Sir, thank you for your hard work. Do you need some tea?"
"No, no need... I'm just a little dizzy."
After struggling to wake up, Duan Qing waved his hand towards the outside of the cabin and replied: "It is indeed an old-fashioned game cabin. Not only is it noisy, but the simulation performance is not very good..."
"...Thank you for your hard work, sir."
After standing silently for a long time holding the tea, the woman replied with a hint of guilt: "It's because Ninglan was not prepared well..."
"No, no, no, don't say such things again." Duan Qing hurriedly raised his hand to stop the other party's guilt attack that wanted to start again: "It's good to have a place to continue online, let alone come all the way here.
You...by the way, how is the thing I asked you to contact?"
"Although Mr. Sheffield is still very interested in your identity, he finally agreed."
"That's good. At least Xiao Mengzhu's expectations are not wasted... What is she busy with recently?"
"I still go to the hospital once a day as usual to take care of her brother. The rest of the time... seems to be online."
"...very hard."
Duan Qing lowered his head in front of the woman and thought for a while, then nodded slowly: "Then... let me know."
"Get ready to start."
This chapter has been completed!