Along the way, Xiao Feiyan gave full play to her "expertise" and was always chattering along the way. However, there is no need to worry about loneliness on the road.
"Lan Xiaoman, tell us about you, we know very little about you," she said, as if she was embarrassed, "We are now a... that... grasshopper..."
"A grasshopper on a rope." Lan Xiaoman replied.
"What are you wearing on your eyes? Where did you get this?" she asked.
"The sunglasses are in my backpack to block the sun. I haven't used them yet. They can't block the sun, but they make it difficult to see clearly." Lan Xiaoman replied.
"These are not for blocking the sun at all, they look like they are used at night." Xiao Feiyan snatched the pair of sunglasses from Lan Xiaoman's face, put them on, and yelled after a while.
"Then how do you use this pair?" Xiao Feiyan asked as she picked up another pair of glasses.
"You can see things when you wear this pair in dark places." Lan Xiaoman said, "You can try it after the sun goes down tonight."
Chu Biqiu gave Lan Xiaoman some herbs to use when the sting hurts. Everyone put out the fire and went up the stream, not stopping until dark.
"Where shall we sleep tonight?" Shuang'er asked, "In a tree?"
Lan Xiaoman nodded: "Just sleep in the tree."
Xiao Feiyan raised her little cloth bag: "I'll put this on my hand tonight, which one of you wants more?"
Chu Biqiu thought about how cold it was in the past few nights: "If you are willing, you can use a sleeping bag with me. The two of us can fit it in."
Xiao Feiyan was very happy. It could be seen that she had never dared to think about it before. After everyone selected the branches, it was already completely dark.
That night, Lan Xiaoman, Yu Wanqing, and Xiang Hu discussed it very late. They compared the route map purchased from Moonlight Town with Lan Xiaoman's hand-drawn map to confirm the location of the demon gathering place. The evil spirit warriors
The level of intelligence, the lethality of the ancient magic array, etc., the place where the team can rest, every detail was repeatedly checked by Lan Xiaoman as he took it seriously. When dawn was about to come, the three of them could go back to rest.
During his short sleep, Lan Xiaoman had been dreaming, and it seemed to be a nightmare. It seemed that a voice had been calling him, and it seemed to be leading him. The voice was like a thorn, piercing his heart.
Lan Xiaoman felt uneasy after waking up.
The morning sun soon shone into the valley and spilled onto the creek. Lan Xiaoman didn't have a good rest and felt listless.
Looking at everyone around him, Lan Xiaoman realized that everyone here seemed to have not had a good rest, but under the pressure of the task, everyone quickly prepared and finally stepped into the entrance they had been looking for for a long time.
The entrance road leading to the system's main service area was like a huge maze. Under the leadership of Lan Xiaoman, they slowly moved forward according to the route on the map. Everyone was looking forward to successfully entering the first one marked on the map.
Rest point. This rest point is marked based on Lan Xiaoman's hand-drawn map, which is not included in the purchased map. This way they are not afraid of the enemy attacking while they are resting.
The team has been traveling through the mountains. Time seems to be frozen here, but Yu Wanqing's magic clock is accurately recording the time. They have been walking for two days and one night, and Lan Xiaoman and Xiang Hu are slowly leading the way.
Follow the team and actively avoid the demon gathering areas shown on the hand-drawn map.
The map is highly accurate, which makes Lan Xiaoman feel incredible, because this is a map he drew based on his memory when playing games, but now the few demon gathering places they just passed through seem to have nothing.
Variety.
Lan Xiaoman has been thinking about a question in his mind, that is, this extraordinary luck will definitely not last forever, because in his memory, the demons will patrol around during this journey.
Although everyone traveled day and night, after careful consideration, Lan Xiaoman still found that their trip was still not completed as planned. This situation is a dangerous signal, because according to what Lan Xiaoman saw in the game,
This section of the road is extremely dangerous. If you cannot grasp the accuracy of the time, you are likely to encounter evil warriors who patrol on time. Therefore, whether a team can survive this section of the road and complete the mission, whether the time is accurate is very important.
factor.
Lan Xiaoman decided to change the itinerary and shorten the itinerary, but they had to pass through a place with a lot of spirit riders so that they could catch up with the original schedule. After a long discussion with Yu Wanqing and Xiang Hu, he
, finally determined that Lan Xiaoman’s plan was feasible, so they accelerated their trip.
Spirit Riders are a branch of the Demon Clan, a category with very low abilities. They are at the bottom of the Demon Clan. They can be said to be slaves of the Demon Clan. They have almost no fighting ability.
Everyone held weapons in hand and packed their luggage.
Xiang Hu slowly explored the path ahead. As he got closer and closer to the entrance, the traces of human activities began to gradually decrease.
"We are almost there." Xiang Hu said.
"How do you know?" Lan Xiaoman's question also represents everyone's doubts.
"Look, we are now in a huge cave. These rare beasts have made full use of the local cave terrain to build this huge tomb." Xiang Hu said, "The rare beasts are only found in the main system.
, now that we see them, it means that the entrance is nearby."
Under the reminder of Yu Wanqing's magic clock, everyone knew that a new night was about to begin again.
Lan Xiaoman looked at the boundless darkness in the depths of the cave in front of him. He no longer hesitated to raise the torch inlaid with magic stones, and continued to move forward with the faint blue light. They slowly entered and there were more spirit riders.
The place.
This place still has traces of the excavations made by the Spirit Riders four hundred years ago. Small Buddha statues of different styles but still somewhat rough are inlaid on the walls of the huge cave.
The entire cave seems to be a huge museum, filled with the masterpieces of spirit riders everywhere.
They walked slowly forward along the path under the edge of the cave. In the light of the blue magic stone torch, they could see countless bats gathering on the stone wall in the center of the hall.
Some people say that a bat is a bird, it can fly and has wings like a swallow. In fact, it is not a bird, but a mammal. It feeds its children with its vagina. The head and torso are like a mouse, and there is cortical wax between the limbs and the tail.
, which constitutes its wings, which are hairless. It has eyes but cannot see them, and its vision is very weak. It relies on the ultrasonic waves it emits to guide its flight. It is a flying mammal.
Bats are accustomed to sleeping in dark places during the day. They do not make nests and can only spend the day in existing wall holes, tiles, rocks, and caves. They are afraid of the sun and can hang upside down like an eggplant when resting.
In the cold winter, if you don't find a suitable place to keep warm, you may freeze to death.
After Lan Xiaoman carefully checked the bats and made sure that they would not attack people, he continued to signal everyone to go to the fork in the road on the right. At the fork in the road, they saw many bat droppings, which were several feet thick.
As they continued to advance deeper, they could see that the corpses of the spirit riders gradually increased. Their withered bodies were gathered together. It seemed that this was their cemetery.
Because there are too many corpses, they are piled together and emit some light blue fire from time to time, which is a will-o'-the-wisp. A "will-o'-the-wisp" is a "phosphorus fire". It usually appears in the countryside, and appears more often in graves on dry days in summer. But occasionally it also appears in the city.
The reason why it appears is still unknown. Because human bones contain phosphorus, when phosphorus reacts with water or alkali, phosphine is produced. It is a gas that can spontaneously ignite. It is light and can move when the wind blows, but it has not been confirmed yet.
When you walk, it will move behind you. When you look back, it looks very scary, so it is called "will-o'-the-wisp" by those who are timid or superstitious. Generally speaking, will-o'-the-wisp is still an unsolved mystery.
Everyone looked at these firelights in a daze, because they had not seen such a light source for three days. The bats in the cave were sensitive to light and heat, so the entire team could only use the cold light generated by special lighting magic to move around.
More and more bats began to gather around the fire, and they continued to pounce on the corpse. There were more and more bats, and they were gathered into several larger fires. The bats revolved around the fires.
, it seems like something happened.
The bats kept repeating an action, as if they were controlled by something, expressing everything they couldn't let humans understand. Everyone looked at these bats quietly, not knowing what they were going to do.
The firelight made their faces flicker, as if they were in hell.
Lan Xiaoman fell into deep thought: Is it possible to complete this mission and return home alive?
He has lived to such an old age and has experienced many things. He has been taught at home and in school to have only one correct standard, which is to try his best to help others, and don't worry about yourself even if you suffer a loss.
But he didn't believe in this standard at all. The cruel life made him understand that only by having enough strength and protecting yourself can you talk more about helping others.
But it was so difficult to obtain power. During this process of being a guide, he thought about countless possibilities of accidental death.
Lan Xiaoman thought about it and suddenly felt sad. He thought that if he had more power, maybe... maybe he could...
In his fantasy, Lan Xiaoman stared at the fire in ecstasy. He walked numbly and watched the swarms of bats repeating a movement around the fire - rotating, as if he wanted to forget everything. He understood that this is nature.
The way of survival of living things, like everyone today, has some silly persistence.
As you go forward, the road ahead becomes narrower and narrower. Stalactites that took tens of thousands of years to form slowly extend downward from the top of the cave, giving people an inexplicable and abrupt feeling.
They were about to leave the cemetery of the spirit riders, but a strange shout suddenly came from the air. (To be continued)