Mingxia understood.He looked back at the river beach in the distance.At this moment, the sun is setting, the river meanders and flows, the river surface flashes with fine streamers, the fairy trees on both banks sway their slender branches, and the stars and fallen flowers fly on the surface of the river.There are no monsters that look like fish and people, and there are no tentacles waving in the sky and sparks rising into the sky at the end, what you see in front of you is still a very beautiful picture.Mingxia has a trance feeling that he has just woken up from a nightmare.He didn't dare to look more, so he hurriedly ran after Nanjiang in three steps and two steps.Tang Xun opened the map in his notebook, zoomed in, and tuned to the south peak of Grimian Mountain.This area is only a rough sketch on the map, but there are blank spaces inside.Of course, this is not the focus of Nanjiang at the moment.What he was looking at was the foot of the mountain on the east side of the South Peak, next to the Xixin River.From here to their destination, Pine Bluffs, it's about two days' journey.The next day's journey will be easier and safer, as the foot of the mountain is far away from the Xixin River, which is far beyond the range of the fish woman's attack.But the first day of the journey will be a bit troublesome, unless you go into the mountains, even if you follow the foot of the mountain, it is too close to the river.Captain, Tang Xun zoomed in on the map and signaled Nanjiang to look, you look at the middle section of Nanfeng, where the woods are marked, indicating that this is a location that has been explored.Can we just go north to this wood, and then from the woods east, back to the river?
This way you don't have to go into the larger white space to the south, and it also happens to avoid the road by the river on the first day.Nanjiang was silent.Heading north from where they were at the moment would pass through the southernmost blank area, and although they only needed to pass through the edge, they were still unsure of what danger they would encounter.One option is an unknown danger, the other is a known danger, and if common sense is followed, he should choose the known danger.Unfortunately, the only weapon they have so far had worked against the Fishwoman is a ranged weapon, and incendiary grenades are unusable at close range.As a result of the discussion, everyone chose to go into the mountain.The reasons are all ready-made: no matter what kind of opponent they encounter on land, with their force value, they can at least resist it, and they can still run if they can't beat it.But if you are dragged into the river by the fish woman, you don't even have a chance to resist, and you will be occupied by parasites and from the inside.The process of this infection is said to be completed in a very short time, which is really chilling.Two hours later, the group walked into the southern peak of Leemian Mountain.It's a canyon marked on the map as Foggy Hollow, and there's a blank area further in.Judging from the approximate geographical location, it took them about six to eight hours to get from here through the blank area to the marked woods.Is it called this name because of the perennial fog?
Ming Xia leaned over to Nanjiang and whispered to him, is there anything here?
Nanjiang whispered to him to introduce that there is indeed a lot of fog here, but there is no special interference, the equipment can be used normally, at least we will not go in the wrong direction.This explanation is scientific enough, but Ming Xia is still a little uneasy in his heart.The fog in the valley became thicker and thicker, and gradually, the figures in front of and behind began to blur.Chapter 49 What are the monsters The fog with the damp and fresh breath unique to the mountains gathered around them silently, like a large cloud of cotton, slowly floating in the air.In such an unclear environment, you can't string everyone together, and if you can't use your hands and feet, that's really fatal.So, the members of the team began to count in a loop.Starting from Bai Ying and Li Youran, who opened the road in front, including Qingqiu, who was carried by Ming Xia, to Nanjiang, who was escorted by Ming Xia, to the rear of the team.The compass and pathfinder were working normally, and as they had learned, there was no interference in the valley.The display screen of the pathfinder device also always shows a normal scan screen, with occasional bright spots appearing and disappearing quickly.This is a small animal such as a sparrow or a rabbit or mouse that appears unexpectedly within the scanning area.They are alert by nature, and once they notice a behemoth nearby, they will immediately choose to stay away.As the light began to dim, the fog seemed to become thinner, and at least the people in front of and behind it, the surrounding woods, and the rocks could make out the general outline.Ming Xia looked at Tang Xun who was walking in front of him, and then turned his head to look behind.His gaze passed over the two team members behind him and fell on the face of Nan Jiang who was escorting the team.Nanjiang noticed his gaze almost immediately, and gave him a reassuring smile.Ming Xia also smiled and nodded, turned around and continued to hurry.He rubbed the green hill that squeezed next to his neck, and whispered: Why am I a little unsteady.Qingqiu also rubbed his cheek and whispered in his mind, Mingxia, let me tell you, I also have a little bit of a mess in my heart.Ming Xia chuckled in his heart, the scanner was on, and there was nothing special to discover.And you listen, there seems to be nothing abnormal about the birds, the wind, and the insects.I know.Qingqiu walked back and forth on his shoulder with some uneasiness, looking a little anxious, in fact, I don't particularly trust that instrument.Ming Xia didn't say anything.In fact, he also felt that it was not very reliable to go to the monster with instruments and equipment.What is the principle of this instrument?
He remembered that Nanjiang had said that so far, human beings have not had an authoritative and accurate academic explanation for demonic power.The only thing that knows for sure is that it is also an energy fluctuation in nature.Thinking about the problem from this perspective, Ming Xia thinks that this so-called scanner probably relies on detecting energy fluctuations in the air to determine the traces of monsters.But this is only theoretically possible.What if each demonic power was an energy of a different nature?
Will the instrument still give accurate results?
For example, the Fish Woman's demonic power is obviously able to manipulate the substance of water, but the Gu Eagle lives in the woods, does it also have the ability to manipulate the water element?
Ming Xia topped Qingqiu's little head, and the more he thought about it, the more complicated it became.What exactly do you say youkai are?
Qingqiu looked at him innocently, born and raised, without a father or mother.Next summer, there are no relatives, no family, no property.Qingqiu counted him with his claws, and the more he counted, the more sad he became, if he wanted to find some human food, he had to learn to walk and talk like a human first, and if he was caught looking for food, he would be beaten.Ming Xia, Ming Xia touched its little head.Is this a monster?
It's obviously a little cabbage.Qingqiu sighed, this sad demon is good, don't be depressed.I just said it casually, and you ended up getting deeper.Mingxia pinched its little claws, no family This is God's setting for you, no one can do anything.But you can find yourself friends, and friends are used as companions.Qingqiu was depressed for a while, nodded and said, "You're right.We are friends, and we will continue to comfort it next summer, and I will get you whatever you want in the future.Qingqiu's mood improved, and he raised his wings and hugged Mingxia's chin, although I am not sad now, but this place still feels wrong to me.Mingxia raised his forehead, why did he digress again?!
If Qingqiu hadn't brought the topic back up, he would have forgotten what they were talking about in the first place.Mingxia quietly asked it, what did you find?
Qingqiu blinked his round bean eyes and looked left and right, do you think anything is abnormal?
No, Ming Xia's honest answer is that he is not psychologically steady.If you analyze it carefully, it seems that there is nothing abnormal.The air, the temperature, the sound of birds, and the traces of small animals are all very normal woods here.Qingqiu muttered: Yes, what should be in the woods, there are all here.What do you mean?
I just think it's too normal.Qingqiu hesitated a little, have you ever heard a sentence called big hypocrisy and truth?
The fog slowly lifted, and the scenery in front of me suddenly opened up.A gentle grassland appeared in front of them.The lush grass was knee-high for an adult, and the green color was like the pruned pictures I'd seen in magazines next summer.In the distance, there seemed to be cattle and sheep grazing, but from a distance, only small blurry black dots could be seen from where they stood.Other than that, there is nothing living in sight.The team rested in place, and Nanjiang and Tang Xun, who was engaged in technology, sat together to check the equipment, determine their coordinates, and readjust the direction of progress.While munching on the compressed biscuits, Ming Xia deliberately walked around to Tang Xun to take a look.His monster-detecting instrument was still a string of small green lights, and the slender arrows scanned back and forth on the electronic screen, occasionally scanning out a few small red dots, and then quickly disappearing.Nothing is out of the ordinary.Ming Xia was a little flustered, ate his own things in three bites, and began to patrol a small area next to him with a bow and crossbow.After walking around twice, I suddenly felt that something was wrong around me.The place where they rested seemed to be quite open, but the distance was still shrouded in fog, and they couldn't see anything clearly.They seemed to be encased in a shroud made of semicircular mist.If you look at the road they came from, you will see that it is actually a very narrow canyon.But when they came, they didn't have the feeling of walking on a narrow road, Ming Xia always thought that they were passing through a relatively open wood, although the fog was extremely thick at that time, but walking in an open place and walking in a narrow and cramped place, the feeling was completely different.The road seemed to slowly shrink after they crossed it.No, not shrinkage.Rather, the woods they had passed through were suddenly divided into several narrow passages, with rocks, trees, and fallen leaves, and in such a blink of an eye that they could no longer see which path they had taken.I seem to understand why this part of the terrain is marked blank on the map.Nanjiang's gaze swept over these passages that seemed to be splitting more and more, and said softly: Because it is constantly changing, it is alive.So it doesn't have a fixed shape and size.Ming Xia beat the drum in his heart, and the movements of holding Qingqiu were harder than usual.But Nanjiang and his team didn't show much panic.Ming Xia felt that maybe it was because they had been fighting on the front line of catching demons all year round and were well-informed.The terrain of the blank area will change, Tang Xun carefully observed the map on the computer screen, but the area that has been marked on the map will not change.In other words, if we pass through this blank area and continue north, we will definitely reach the place marked with woods on the map.From there, head east and you're back to the Xixin River.If this process goes well, by the time they return to the Xixin River again, they have bypassed the narrowest part of the riverbank, and the rest of the journey will be much safer.It was impossible to tell the way they came, so they had to keep going.Ming Xia watched Tang Xun skillfully control the equipment, and a thought came to his heart like lightning: from the moment he entered the Xishan Great Array, he heard that electronic equipment would not be interfered with.Or maybe the youkai haven't mastered the technology to interfere with electronic devices, but they have demonic powers.It's like Qingqiu can let him see what he sees.So do other youkai also have this skill?
What they saw along the way, was it really what they saw with their own eyes?
When Ming Xia thought about it like this, he suddenly became terrified.He quietly told Nanjiang about the idea.Nanjiang didn't think he was whimsical.Qingqiu can do what a little monster whose demon power has not been fully released, there is no reason why other monsters can't do it.It doesn't have to be that serious.Nanjiang grabbed him by the shoulders and dragged him to the side, whispering to him that it would take energy to control other people's consciousness.It's like Qingqiu can only talk to you secretly, let it talk to ten of us at once, and it can't do it.Ming Xia nodded, feeling that his statement was more objective than his own suspicions.Even if the earthquake caused some damage to the Great Array, it would not release all the youkai at once.Moreover, the large array itself has a suppressive effect on the demonic power.Nanjiang patted him on the shoulder, so, don't worry too much.Something like that that pulls everyone into an illusion at once won't happen anytime soon.Ming Xia quickly understood the meaning of his words: if the large array could not be repaired in time, the power of suppression might be weakened, and the power of the monsters would gradually increase.So this time the task is actually to repair the big array?
Ming Xia wanted to be tempted, but the time and place were not right, so it was not suitable to ask such a question.Nanjiang whispered to him that there was something strange here.If there is really anything, don't part with Qingqiu.Ming Xia and Qingqiu nodded together.Brother Nan!
Tang Xun shouted at him not far away, the situation is not right, you come and take a look!
Nanjiang pulled Ming Xia and ran over together, and saw that the pointer on the scanner screen that had been scanning at a constant speed suddenly increased for some reason, and at the same time, a small red light lit up under the window.Ming Xia couldn't understand the abbreviated small logos on the instrument at all, and hurriedly asked Tang Xun, what does this mean?
The detected energy fluctuations exceed the safe values set by the instrument.Tang Xun frowned slightly, there was something nearby.Before the words fell, I saw small yellow bright spots pop up on the small screen, starting with two or three, and then lighting up one after another.Tang Xun looked up and looked around, the grassland was empty, and only a few cattle and sheep were grazing in the distance.Looking at the dense small highlights on the screen that covered almost the entire screen, Tang Xun asked Nanjiang with some doubts, could it be that the instrument was broken?
A small yellow dot indicates that there are animals nearby.If you are caught with a living creature with demonic fluctuations, the bright spot that appears on the screen should be red.Nanjiang looked solemn, and his eyes fell on the grassland in front of him.As far as their eyes could see, there was a light layer of fog like smoke, and at this moment, the fog was gradually dispersing.Ming Xia followed Nanjiang's line of sight, his eyes slowly widened, revealing a look of horror.Just in front of them, where the fog had lifted, a steep hillside was revealed, with strange rocks and a thin layer of snow on the shady side.Mountains protrude into the sky like the withered claws of monsters.And between these sharp claws, countless black monsters resembling bison were staring at them fiercely.Chapter 50 The fog at the top of the mountain completely dispersed, revealing the steep slope at the end of the meadow.The mountains and mountains seem to be divided into two worlds by some mysterious force, one side is a grassy grassland, and the other side is a snow-capped mountain.High up on the cliff, a shrill whistle faintly sounded.Something seemed to explode in the monster horde.In an instant, the mountains shook, and the beasts suddenly broke the embankment like a mountain torrent blocked in a high place, and the earth-shattering waves rushed down with a huge energy that destroyed the world and destroyed the world.Come on!
Nanjiang's voice almost broke the sound, and he ran to a high place!
Ming Xia, who was stupid, was also called back to his soul by this voice, and instantly understood Nanjiang's prompt.But it's all grass all around, and there's a fucking high place.But even if there is no height, they must not stay where they are, let alone turn around and run.If they are on the same page as the buffalo, it is only a matter of time before they catch up.