It is in a forest dozens of miles away from Huangshan Temple.
The bonfire was burning brightly, and several members of the team gathered together.
Gu Lince took out a map embroidered on black cloth and unfolded it in front of the others.
"This is the map."
He took out a small black bottle in his hand, and poured out drops of something like black ink. He dropped the drops on the map and spread them evenly with his hands.
Suddenly some small dots on the map slowly lit up with red light. At the same time, some text also appeared.
After doing this, he took out a finger-thick yellow incense stick, touched the head of the incense with his finger, and immediately lit it.
Wisps of gray smoke slowly rose up, forming a circle around everyone as if they were alive, and did not scatter.
"The captain is becoming more and more proficient in Xiangshan Dao. I'm afraid he will break through to the realm of Xianghun?" Chen Fan said with a smile.
"It's still early. I just have some new insights, so I shortened the time for offering incense." Gu Lince smiled.
He looked around.
Mei Zi, Chen Fan, Xia Haiji, plus him, are all the people sent out for this investigation mission.
"This investigation is being conducted in reality and there is no need to go to You Mansion. Don't worry, everyone."
Lin Xinyan also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He promised the Red Leaf Sword Master not to enter You Mansion again without authorization. If this mission was to be carried out in You Mansion, then he would have to think carefully about whether it was worth it.
"What kind of investigation is this?" Mei Zi said seriously. "Of all the investigation tasks, they are the most dangerous and troublesome. I would say no wonder the reward is so generous."
"It's from the outside world." Gu Lince said it frankly without hiding it.
"Sure enough." Chen Fan breathed out, "I knew it was an investigation like outer domain exploration. It should also be released by the secret demon clan, right?"
"We don't know who the employer is, we just need to do what we need to do." Gu Lince said lightly. "In addition, in addition to us, there will be a team that does not belong to Huangshan to join us, and both parties will cooperate together."
"There is still a squad? It seems that people still don't trust the strength of our squad." Chen Fan sneered, "Just don't turn it into a disguised bodyguard escort mission like last time."
"No." Gu Lince shook his head. "Outland missions are always dangerous, and they are also investigation missions. We must be pioneers to explore areas of the outer realm that no one has been to before. So apart from us, there must be an investigation and research team.
Cooperate. This is the old rule."
"Do you know who he is?" Xia Haiji asked aloud.
"I don't know, the other party will come and meet at this place." Gu Lince replied.
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly turned his head and looked out of the woods.
There was a sound of footsteps coming from that direction at the right time.
Several men and women in red robes walked out of the darkness.
The leader was a tall, strong man with a bald head. He wore a huge silver ring on his nose.
"Captain Gu Lince?"
"Captain Jian An?" Gu Lince stood up and turned to face the opponent. "Is your team all here?"
"We're all here. The captain can decide the departure time at any time." The bald man Jian An grinned, showing his white teeth.
"You don't need me to tell you how dangerous this mission is, right? Please ask the captain to cooperate with you to avoid unexpected situations." Gu Lince said solemnly.
"Don't worry, there's absolutely no problem." The bald Jian An responded quickly. Under the firelight, his somewhat white eyes vaguely glanced at the other people around the fire without making a move.
"Then everything is ready, can we set off?" Gu Lince confirmed again. This time he was not only looking at the red-robed team, but also speaking to his own team members.
"No problem." Meizi said.
"Don't worry." Chen Fan smiled.
Lin Xin nodded silently.
The people in red robes over there also nodded silently one by one.
"That's good."
Gu Lince stretched out his hand and pressed it.
boom!
The ground suddenly shook violently. Then a bright yellow smoke and dust suddenly dispersed.
The thick yellow fog soon shrouded both groups of people at the same time. The surroundings suddenly became invisible, and there was thick yellow fog everywhere.
Lin Xin could not see the other team members. Only a white character slowly lit up under his feet, only the size of an egg.
He recognized the meaning of this character, hesitated for a moment, and lightly stepped on the rune.
Chi!
Suddenly there was a sharp whistling sound in my ears.
He seemed to be wrapped in mist and flew into the sky, flying towards the distance.
"Everyone, please be careful. This is a one-time space fog. It will naturally become lighter and thinner when it reaches a certain location. Be sure to pay attention to surrounding safety when landing."
Not far away came the voice of the red-robed bald man giving instructions.
Gu Lince made no noise here. He probably thought that everyone else in the team should know this, so he didn't bother to say more.
The feeling of flying in the sky lasted for a long time. Lin Xin estimated in his mind that it would take more than half an hour. The fog gradually began to fall.
Unknowingly, I soon felt down to earth.
The fog slowly began to fade and become thinner.
Only then did Lin Xin gradually become able to see clearly what was going on around him.
It was pitch black.
Every cloud is as black as ink.
He was being held up by the mist, floating at least tens of thousands of meters in the air.
Look down.
The same pitch-black hills rise one after another, like black faces covered with acne. In some places, there are black woods that are slowly swaying like water plants. Each of those trees is like an enlarged version of black hair, constantly being swayed by waves.
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Some round, button-like creatures crawled slowly on the ground.
Some of them were walking around, and some had a gash on their backs, and inside was a blood-red one-eye.
"This is the outer area pointed to by the Escape Talisman. Go down, everyone, and be on alert." Gu Lince sent a message to everyone.
Only then did Lin Xin notice that everyone in the two teams was wrapped in yellow mist and floating high in the sky. At this time, they were rapidly descending.
The so-called down-to-earth feeling before was actually a colorful boat full of patches released by Gu Lince.
The boat held everyone on its back and was gradually taking over the flying function of the slowly dissipating yellow mist, flying downward.
Passing through several clusters of thin black clouds, the variegated boat got closer and closer to the ground.
The boat fell from the sky and landed gently on the edge of a black hill. It hissed and slid for a short distance before it came to a complete stop.
"Get off the boat."
Gu Lince and others jumped out of the boat one after another.
The man in red robe also came down.
Both captains simultaneously raised a little white light in their hands, floating above everyone's heads. Then with a bang, it exploded completely and turned into two white canopies, covering everyone's heads.
"The isolation talisman can only last half a day. Meizi." Gu Lince looked at Meizi.
"Leave it to me."
Meizi reached out and took out a small golden box from her waist and threw it forward.
The box grew in the wind, from the size of a palm, it quickly expanded, and in a few blinks it turned into a rectangular dark yellow car. The two rows of more than ten wheels below looked a bit like tanks.
The car looks like a boxy and rectangular chariot, with windows and doors, and faint white runic lines faintly scattered on the surface.
"This is a mobile rune car that can provide us with rune halo support." Gu Lince explained. "There are three effects in total: accelerated recovery, enhanced vision, and toxin resistance."
"Very good!" The red-robed bald head nodded appreciatively. "Next, according to the map, we need to draw a new map with sufficient detail in this area, and understand and eliminate possible dangerous threats as much as possible."
"Of course." Gu Lince agreed.
"Haiji." He looked at Lin Xin. "Go to the north and have a look. Come back within ten miles. Don't exceed one stick of incense."
"Okay." Judging from his tone, it was obvious that Xia Haiji was originally doing advance reconnaissance. Lin Xin didn't waste any time and walked directly towards the north.
"Meizi, you go to the south. The same restrictions apply."
"clear."
Gu Lince and Hongpao took matters into their own hands to eliminate the remaining dangerous factors on the east and west sides, as well as underground. However, Chen Fan walked to the rune car and closed his eyes not knowing what to do.
Lin Xin walked carefully and slowly on the dark muddy ground. His feet were extremely soft, as if he were stepping on a soft wool blanket. The air was not breathable at all and had a turbid and sewage smell.
I looked back at the location of the rune car. It was far away, and there was a white rune canopy spinning naturally in mid-air.
"This is convenient. The height of the canopy can at least allow monks within ten miles around to see the coordinate position." He nodded secretly in his mind.
According to the function of the runes shown above, only those who are recognized can see the white light of the canopy within a certain range as a positioning. Other external objects cannot see the light.
Looking back, Lin Xin walked out of the rune car's coverage area. Except for the rear, the other three directions were dark, with only the faint moonlight shining down from the sky. It was hazy.
Move forward carefully, and soon a cake-like black creature over three meters tall and four meters wide appears in front of you.
The guy swallowed slowly, making wet sounds all over his body as he kept moving his body to Lin Xin's left side.
Every time it moves, it makes a puffing sound. The stomata are evenly distributed around the body.
Lin Xin approached carefully and stood in front of the cake creature to observe carefully.
The surface of this guy's body is covered with sticky black mucus, and his moving speed is surprisingly slow. For such a big guy, his moving speed is actually not as fast as ordinary people walking.
Lin Xin circled around this guy, took out a resentment charm, and injected spiritual energy into it. There was no response.
"There is no resentment. It seems that it is not a creature with death resentment."
He then took out a small, palm-sized formation disk, which was densely engraved with all kinds of special runes.
There are three gems of different colors inlaid on the edge, red, green and yellow.
Injecting spiritual energy, the red gems suddenly lit up.
"It's highly toxic."
Lin Xin closed his breathing and switched to internal breathing, mainly consuming spiritual energy. Naturally, he was not afraid of the poisonous gas released by this guy.
This array disk was distributed to him by the captain, specifically used to test the concentration of toxins in the surrounding air.
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East of the hills.
A black cake-colored creature that was more than five meters tall was hit hard by a black meteor hammer. It made a crunching sound and turned into a large puddle of yellow-black slime.
The meteor hammer quickly circled back into the hands of a woman in red robe. The red light in her eyes flashed and slowly dimmed. She looked around and was about to move forward across the black cake. Suddenly she stopped.
"Shen Qing?"
She turned her head and looked at the dark shadow on her right.
"It's me."
A man in red robe with his head and face wrapped in the hood of his robe slowly walked out. (To be continued.)