The lobby of the city-state's official residence is luxurious and elegant, with thick scarlet carpets spread from the entrance to the steps of the city lord's chair.

Lu Ming was currently sitting on the city lord's large chair, receiving a group of outside adventurers.

It seems that the reputation of the "Third City-State" is gradually spreading.

The first ones to come here to find out what's going on are naturally the adventurers.

The adventure team composed of six members does not have the number and strength of Jack Spinner's team at its peak, but its adventurous spirit is sufficient.

There are three types of adventurers. One is a small group that has no fixed place and can only wander around to stay warm. The second type is a group of people who are sponsored by the business group and serve as bodyguards when the business group is on the move. They usually travel to the map for the business group.

Armed teams; the third type is Jack Spinner, which is actually a mobile robbery group. They only started looking for the Lost Land after accidentally finding the treasure map.

The six-person adventurer team at the foot of the stairs is undoubtedly the second type.

Because their clothing and weapons and equipment are the kind that can always be maintained in large settlements, wandering adventurers with no fixed abode are resisted by any settlement, let alone allowed to enter the settlement.

However, the "Camellia House", which allows any man to enter, may be the only exception.

Of course, this is from the extreme south region. Going north, there must be similar settlements that are open to anyone to obtain various benefits among the settlements that have no rumors at all in the extreme south region.

"Lord of the city-state, it's an honor to meet you!" The six-person team was led by a blond young man, who was stroking his chest and bowing slightly. He was wearing a coarse cloth robe that looked like sacks, just like a commoner in the European Middle Ages, and his robe was exposed underneath.

His legs were stained with mud, and he could faintly see a short dagger-like blade hidden in the cloth robe.

The six people met with the city-state lord. The more conspicuous weapons were temporarily put away by the slave guards, but the various hidden weapons such as short blades hidden under the clothes were not moved. This involves the adventurers' unique secret skills, life-saving skills, etc.

Allowing it to be carried also demonstrates the strength and confidence of the third city-state.

The leader of the six adventurers calls himself Arthur, and was entrusted by the "Blackwood Forest" settlement to find out whether the trade route is blocked.

Heimusen is the largest settlement in the Far South. It is located in the northernmost part of the Far South. It is about two thousand miles away from Hedong Town. The reconnaissance airship sent by Lu Ming is active in the surrounding area for hundreds of miles, and has not yet touched any farther.

Area.

Heimusen is a trading settlement. Every year before winter, business groups come to the southernmost area. Once a year, they sell some materials to survive the cold winter and daily necessities made by Heimusen craftsmen at high prices. None of the southernmost settlements produce daily necessities.

The abilities, such as pots and pots, need to wait for the Heimusen merchants to sell them once a year, and the musketeers will replenish gunpowder and iron sand. Although most of them can also make earthen gunpowder and polish some iron and lead to make do, but

It is far inferior to the authentic gunpowder and bullets produced by Heimusen.

Before Heimusen comes to trade every autumn, a team of adventurers will set out in advance to check whether the trade route is blocked, whether there are any wandering beasts active on the original trade route, or whether it is the season for the proliferation of beasts.

, that is to say, occasionally a group of ferocious beasts will mutate and give birth to a large number of cubs in certain years. The flooding season of such ferocious beasts is a huge crisis for the settlements that live not too far from the ferocious beasts' lairs, and it may also block the original growth of the ferocious beasts.

Trade routes where merchants fixed routes.

The Arthur Six were hired as the outpost of the caravan, but they did not expect that after contacting some local settlements, they learned about the legend of "city-state people" and came to Hedong City.

"Has your caravan already set off?" Lu Ming asked.

"Yes, Lord of the city-state! Because the journey is long, according to convention, the caravan will be on the road half a month after we set off." Arthur also showed a trace of anxiety on his face, because this city-state seems to have all kinds of supplies.

It is extremely sufficient and is ready to supply surrounding settlements.

Moreover, as far as the entire continent is concerned, it has never been heard that the ferocious beasts in the ferocious beast towns have been expelled and the city-state has been recovered.

The Hedong city-state was the first and created a miracle.

It seems that these restorers have unknown secrets, so they can occupy the city-state and become the city-state people who are already aloof in the traditional culture of this continent. Not to mention, this is the first time that city-state people appear after the outbreak of the Great Collapsing Lie Sun Beast Tide.

, in this desperate world, the shock it brings can be imagined. The larger the settlement, the more complicated the emotions will be.

A more realistic problem is that the supplies brought by the caravan based on past judgments may be unsaleable in large quantities.

Moreover, the premise is that this "third city-state" allows our caravans to enter its sphere of influence and trade with each settlement.

If the people of these city-states refuse their own caravans to enter their sphere of influence, the possibility of unsalable goods will be out of the question.

Ever since he was allowed to enter this city-state, Arthur has been observing carefully.

He soon learned that Heimusen should not be its enemy, but if the city-state wanted to monopolize local trade, the elders of Heimusen would definitely go to war with it unless they could come and see it with their own eyes.

This city-state is powerful, but the journey is long and dangerous, and the elders have never traveled far.

Looking at the city-state, there are probably dozens of musketeers, and this is just the tip of the iceberg.

"Well, we are on the road, and you can't contact us now. If you want to go back now, you can meet up with the caravan. The caravan at that time has also reached the halfway point." Lu Ming pondered slightly, "Then come, I'm very happy too.

I look forward to seeing all kinds of good things made by Heimusen. I originally hoped to exchange information, but we can only wait until next time, or our caravan goes to Heimusen."

Arthur secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "Yes, thank you for your magnanimity."

Lu Ming looked at him and smiled: "Is your team dedicated to serving Heimusen?"

Arthur immediately realized something, his eyes flashed, and he hurriedly said: "No, but Heimusen has many tasks and the living environment is not bad, so we six brothers have settled in Heimusen the year before last.

"

"So, have you been to the area north of Heimusen?" Lu Ming asked calmly.

Arthur nodded slightly, "I have been there before. The density of settlements in the northern part of Heimusen is larger than that in the southernmost part. There are also several settlements larger than Heimusen, but I heard that further north, there are thousands of miles.

The desolate area where ferocious beasts are rampant completely blocks the road to the central part of the continent, but this is just a rumor, I have not been to such a far area."

Lu Ming thought for a while, "When Heimusen's caravan arrives, your mission will be completed, right? We will talk about it then."

Arthur bowed slightly: "Okay, sir!"

At this time, Zhuge hurriedly came in from the side door and whispered a few words in Lu Ming's ear.

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The Ottoman settlement has now set up more than a dozen or twenty simple tents.

Among them, the Ottoman settlement leader's tent is the same style as the tent of Jack Spinner, the liaison officer of the third city-state. It is much larger than the simple tent, with about twenty square meters of space inside.

Lu Ming walked out of Jack Spinner's tent, followed by Sekhmet, who was bright and cold in green armor.

Sekhmet had a chivalrous heart that could defeat the strong and help the weak, so Lu Ming brought her here.

"Ah..." A small figure ran over. It was the girl who became the sacrifice. She should have been hiding near Jack's tent, waiting for those city-state people who were like gods to come back. She was very sensible and knew

Only this Lord God can possibly drive away those terrible religious messengers.

I also heard the adults talking mysteriously and secretly, saying that this magical tent was the passage through which the gods came to this world.

In the tent, two teams of slave musketeers and assaulters filed out and guarded Lu Ming.

The girl did not dare to run to Lu Ming's side. She stopped a dozen steps away and looked timidly at the sudden appearance of Lord God and his guards.

In front of the Ottoman tent room, there were two people wearing strange masks and linen robes, revealing their muddy calves and dark bare feet, but they had tattered boots. This was just like the big men.

Most settlements are different. For example, the Ottoman tribe, including the lord Osman, has always been barefoot. His feet are covered with calluses. He has become accustomed to being barefoot for a long time, so the calluses on his feet have formed a thick protective layer.

Lu Ming walked slowly over and figured out that the two masked men were the envoys of the Fly God Cult from the Terror Mountains.

The two envoys quickly turned around and looked over. The first thing they noticed was the slave musketeers and assaulters surrounding Lu Ming and Sekhmet. Although they were wearing masks, they could still feel their shock.

.

In this barren settlement, a dozen musketeers and a dozen warriors covered in steel armor suddenly appeared. The musketeers were all so neat from their hats to their shoes, and the muskets all looked brand new.

But soon, when the guards were neatly divided into two rows, and Lu Ming and Sekhmet came out, the greedy eyes of the two envoys were completely attracted to Sekhmet, and their throats were trembling slightly.

He was swallowing saliva instinctively.

It seems that in the Terror Mountains, women are probably no different from those in other settlements. The concept of "beauty" does not exist, because everyone is dirty, and the mud is part of the protective layer. Finding women is just a simple matter.

They are just physiological needs. For men, their function is just to vent their instinctive needs. Therefore, Yaoyao and Nana have made the men in the settlement fully realize that the opposite sex can be so beautiful, let alone

Talk about Sekhmet.

"Honorable envoys, these are the adults from the third city-state!" Osman's heart beat quickly. The two most powerful and mysterious organizations in the region finally faced each other.

But he didn't know what direction things would take next, so he didn't dare to say anything.

Seeing Lu Ming's slight nod, Wheelrunner Jack immediately took two steps forward and said to the two messengers of the Fly God: "You two, why don't you be polite when you see our Lord?"

The two envoys seemed to turn a deaf ear. Whether it was what Osman said to them or Jack's condescending reminder, they did not react at all, and just faced Sekhmet's direction.

A hint of anger flashed across Sekhmet's pretty face.

Lu Ming made a gesture.

The slave captain standing next to Lu Ming shouted loudly: "These two are rude to the master, take them down!"

Each of the ten slave musketeers elected a captain and a deputy captain, who were named "Captain of Ten" and "Deputy of Captain" by Lu Ming.

These twenty people are all receiving training on automatic rifles, grenades and other modern ordnance in the Northern Territory, but they will not be organized into a group, but will be scattered among ten slave musketeers in a group of ten, serving as captains and deputy captains.

Amidst the captain's shouts, several armored commandos swarmed forward.

When the two envoys were alert, the shields hit their faces hard, leaving them with almost no chance to resist. The two of them had been subdued to the ground. At this time, they shouted in shock and anger, "Who are you?"

What did you do?!" "You will regret it!"

Ignoring that side, Lu Ming smiled at Sekhmet beside him and said, "It seems that I will have to take you out to meet people less often in the future!"

Sekhmet curled his lips and said nothing.

Osman came closer carefully and looked at Lu Ming eagerly.

He was extremely happy, but he didn't dare to show it.
To be continued...