Chapter 387 Encounter

The third day of entering the Wild Highlands.

During these three days, Allen's team continued to go deeper into this highland covered by virgin forest. At first, everyone was shocked by the vastness and vicissitudes of the highland forest. But as the journey continued, almost every day I saw repeated pictures. Tall cedars, mosses, cliffs, cracks, and the air here is sultry. So even Regis, who was the most active, became silent after three days.

Occasionally, one or two dangerous species without eyes popped out of the forest, which became a rare condiment during the depressing journey. Often they would become targets for Regis to practice his sword, or be slaughtered by Belmode, who was exploring the road, and finally turned into a local-style barbecue and fell into the stomachs of everyone.

Edward's doubts that day became a reality, because many years later, even though the map obtained from the fraud box can barely tell that the base is located in the wild highlands. However, so much time has passed, and the landscape has changed. Iconic places marked on many maps are hard to find today. The team walked around the forest for three days, but in fact they only walked less than half of the distance according to the map.

On the fifth day, even Allen doubted whether he could find the base smoothly. He planned to search for a few more days, and if he couldn't find it, he could only return to Storm City.

At noon that day, everyone came out of a jungle. The foreground suddenly opened up, and across their field of vision was a quiet lake, the size of a football field. The afternoon sun shines on the turquoise lake, and the calm lake is like an emerald gem with hidden gold threads. There are scattered green algae floating on the lake, and some curved tree trunks can be seen near the lake shore, forming an arch bridge on the lake. Some fish with silver scales all over the body passed downstream from the tree bridge, and they stayed or swam leisurely on the lake in groups of three or four.

On the other side of the lake is the foot of the mountain. The steep cliffs are tens of meters high, forming a landform like a fault.

This kind of terrain is very common in the wild highlands. They form complex obstacle landforms, making entering and leaving the highlands a very difficult task.

Everyone stopped by the lake, and Lucy took out the map in distress for comparison, and moaned: "Oh my god, this shouldn't be a lake. According to the map, this place is very close to the base, and some exhaust pipes can even pass through it." Enter the base."

"There is no way to do this. After all, it happened many years ago. It is not surprising that the landscape has changed, but since the map points here, we might as well go down to the lake to have a look after a short rest," Allen said.

Edward reminded him: "I don't have any diving equipment."

The Tang family brothers looked at each other,

Stand up and say: "We have some experience in diving. Even without tools, we can dive to a depth of 20 meters below the water. If necessary, let us go down and explore."

Allen nodded and said: "This is the best, let's take a rest first, everyone is tired after walking all morning."

So everyone rested by the lake, and Regis even went to the lake to fish with his bare hands, looking like a childish innocence. Belmode left the shore of the lake and stood guard nearby. He didn't have to watch the forest all the time like an ordinary sentinel. Belmode found a dense old tree and burrowed into the canopy. So he hid in the tree to enjoy the coolness, and at the same time used his ears instead of eyes to listen to the wind and grass nearby.

Originally, I thought that in this primeval forest, there would be basically no one to meet other than wild beasts. Unexpectedly, not long after closing his eyes, Belmode heard a strange noise. It was the sound made by the regular brushing of grass blades, and the formation of such a sound indicated that someone was passing by constantly. He frowned, quietly slid down from the canopy, and walked towards the source of the sound silently with small steps.

After coming to a clump of ferns, Belmode carefully half-closed his eyes to avoid the reflection of his eyes from attracting the other party's attention. Then, looking through the gaps between the fern clusters, you can see several men and women dressed as adventurers resting on the grass in front of them.

A young man was holding a map to compare the terrain, and then pointed in the direction of the lake where Allen and his party were located: "The ruins should be there."

"We were really lucky this time. We didn't expect that there was a map of ancient ruins on that alien, and we didn't know what treasures were waiting for us." Said a fiery red-haired woman, her dress was very revealing. The light armor wrapped around his body only covered the two important parts of the chest and waist, leaving a large area of ​​snow-white skin exposed in other places. There is a pair of crossed short knives on the back of the woman's waist. Judging from her attire, this woman should be good at speed and explosive fighting methods.

"Maybe there is no treasure, but I found a lot of monsters." Sitting next to the woman, the fat man with a pair of triangular eyes kept looking at the woman's breasts said: "Do you still remember what we heard in the tavern last time?"

"You mean Bai Xiao?" A man leaning against a tree trunk with his head resting on his hands said. There is a string of fire mines hanging on his body, and a fire/gun wrapped in cloth strips is placed next to him. It seems that he should be a fireman who is good at long-range support.

"They found the Blood King's Cemetery, but they never returned. But everyone knows where the Blood King's Cemetery is. That ancient cemetery has been occupied by those dirty blood-sucking aliens. How much does Bai Xiao and the others weigh? They all know. They don't seek helpers, they want to take advantage of themselves, and they deserve it if they die." The last person in the group who spoke was a tall man. He was wearing worn/flowered plate armor, and beside him was a dark red two-handed giant sword. The hilt of the giant sword was decorated with a skull, which looked eerie.

"With Boss Jiana here, there is nothing to be afraid of even if we are going to the Blood King's Cemetery." The man looking at the map flattered him, and suddenly he seemed to feel something, and turned around quickly. A flash of lightning shot out of his hand, and instantly shot into the fern cluster where Belmode was hiding. But apart from the fern leaves flying, only a few birds were startled.

The man named Garner looked up: "What are you doing, Bass?"

"It's nothing, I felt like I was being watched just now."

"Surveillance?" The hot-dressed woman laughed: "That's hell, this is a wild highland, a place where no bird shit. No one else is here except us, don't be stupid."

"You're right, Hongye." Bass laughed dryly, his eyes swept over the pair of peaks, and he couldn't help swallowing.

Beside the tranquil lake, the atmosphere became a little tense, because Belmode brought information about another adventurer.

"That is to say, their destination is also here?" Allen frowned. "That's a bit troublesome. The wild highlands are not our territory. They probably won't agree to ask them to leave."

"That is to say, there is only one way left to fight?" Regis jumped up, holding the Zhantie sword and laughing all the time.

"Don't get excited all of a sudden."

"What, how can you not be excited, I'm almost suffocated, and you don't fight with me."

"I don't want to waste my energy on this kind of thing." Allen raised the knife box and said: "That's it, we'll wait for them here. Let's get in touch first, and ask them to leave if it makes sense. Just compensate them with a sum of money. If it doesn’t make sense, they can only be expelled by force, and the base must never be given up to others.”

Belmode smiled and said, "Then, is it just to hit the ground, or to kill?"

"In this case, it depends on their attitude."

"You are really kind."

After a while, the blades of grass swayed, and the one who got out of the woods and ran all the way to the lake was Bass who led the way. He said excitedly: "Look, this is here. The entrance to the ancient ruins is under the lake. We are so lucky that we can find the entrance. The ruins are ours."

"Don't get too excited, this lake looks very deep, who of you can dive?" The leader of the adventurers, Kano, then came out, carrying a giant sword, frowning and looking at the sexy woman Hongye next to him.

Hongye shook her head and said, "Don't look at me, I can't even swim, let alone dive."

"Looks like I'm the only one up."

Fatty's voice made everyone's eyes fall on him, he puffed up his chest and said, "Why, don't I know how to dive because I'm fat?"

"That's not what I mean, it's just that Drew can dive, I'm really surprised." Garner said: "Then you go down and have a look."

"Okay." Fatty Drew began to undress, just as he took off his shirt, suddenly a black lightning flashed under his feet, stopping him in front of him.

It was a blacked-out flying knife. Seeing this flying knife, the adventurers became vigilant.

"please wait a while. "

Allen and others appeared from the other side of the lake, and the adventurers suddenly became serious when they saw them. Bass whispered: "Look, I just said that someone is watching us. Damn it, you can hide my feeling. The guy watching us is very difficult to deal with."

Garner's gaze swept over Alan's side, and said in a deep voice: "None of them are easy to deal with, only the twins look a little weaker. Damn, how could they bump into their peers in this place."

Obviously, they also regarded Allen as an adventurer.

Stopping at a distance of more than ten meters from the Jiana side, Allen waved his hand and said: "First of all, what I want to say is that I don't want to cause unnecessary battles, so please restrain yourself. Secondly, you should also be aiming at From a certain relic. For you, perhaps the greatest value of the relic is to unearth priceless treasures. But for us, it means more."

"So I want to discuss with you, if you are willing to withdraw, I can pay you a sum of compensation. What do you think?"