Chapter 52: Picking Up the Missing Team
What stopped Liu Ming this time was not the money on him, but his strength.
Out of the crowd came a young man of the same age as Liu Ming, with a small stubble, a thin sword at his waist, and a gentleman politely greeted Liu Ming.
"Your Excellency, it's too dangerous to go alone, so let's team up. First of all, introduce yourself, Mochi Lane, Qingfeng level 3. Ryan said with a smile, giving a nice feeling.
"Liu Ming. I'm sorry, I'm used to being alone, your teammates are not bad, I'll just drag you down. Liu Ming said.
"Your Excellency said with a smile, there are very few Qingfeng Rank who can have such a fast fighting ability as Your Excellency, especially with just one arrow, the level is superb. Ryan exclaimed, and Liu Ming shook his head.
"I'm just gray copper, and the exercises I cultivate on my body are special, you can't see it. ”
"The gray copper with the inheritance of the Gong Fa is much better than an ignorant Qingfeng Rank. Our team does not participate in front-line battles, only cleans up the environment on the periphery, and in terms of income, I can make the decision to give Your Excellency a share!" Ryan said, hoping that Liu Ming would join his team.
The so-called cleaning up the environment is just a good saying, and if it doesn't sound good, it is a corpse picker, a person who specializes in picking up equipment and selling, Liu Ming met an adventurer who popularized the Golden Grapefruit Swamp for himself before, and he was also a corpse picker.
Yicheng has a lot of share, especially when there are so many people in the team, Yicheng is already a big head.
The danger of the golden pomelo swamp on the periphery comes from the adventurers around them, many adventurers talk and laugh outside, harmless to people and animals, but inside they are blood-devouring leeches, which can kill you and make money.
Liu Ming didn't want to attract too much attention, so it was okay to blend in with the team of corpse pickers to hide his identity, as long as he entered a little inside and left under an excuse.
"Ishei, it's okay!" Liu Ming said, joining Ryan's team.
There were mostly warriors in the team, and there were three magicians, two women and one man, who stood obediently behind Ryan and did not speak.
Liu Ming felt that the atmosphere of the team was a little weird, so he kept an eye on it and followed them into the Golden Grapefruit Swamp.
There are mostly swamp shrubs on the periphery, and it is not 100 meters into it, and the silt under your feet is already a few centimeters thick, and the deeper the silt is, which greatly affects the movement of the crowd.
By the time we had walked a kilometer, the mud had already sunk into our calves.
The walking in the swamp is more difficult than imagined, each step weighs a hundred pounds, and the physical strength of everyone is consumed at a rapid pace, standing still, the body will slowly sink, and the mud under the feet will become hard, and there is little hope of escaping at this time.
If you go fast, if you step on some dark holes, your whole body will be submerged in the mud, and you will die.
Liu Ming and the others had no choice but to hold on to the tree and push themselves forward.
"It's too slow, Ryan, do you have a rope on you? Liu Ming said, and asked Ryan for a dozen meters of hemp rope and tied it to the end of the arrow.
The wooden arrow shot out and sank into the trees in front of him, Liu Ming pulled it, felt it firm, tied the other end of the rope to the tree next to him, jumped hard, and shook his feet from side to side on the rope to maintain balance.
"That's it!" Liu Ming said in a low voice, tiptoeing on the rope and walking quickly to a distance of more than ten meters.
Ryan and they didn't have Liu Ming's balance, they fell down as soon as they went up, and they had no choice but to walk on the rope, and the last person was responsible for collecting the rope, which was much faster than supporting the tree.
Liu Ming climbed the tree to wait for them, looked at Ryan who was walking forward coldly, and the corners of his mouth hooked.
"Interesting!"
Liu Ming is responsible for opening the way to find people, and Lane is responsible for picking up the corpses, at this time, many people have died in the swamp and mud, and there is no place to rest when they enter it, and they have no physical strength to go back, and if they accidentally faint in the mud, they will be swallowed and suffocated.
The corpses of these adventurers can be pulled up from the mud with a simple scoop.
Ryan and his companions tied the rope around the waist of the dead adventurer, and several people pulled and dragged it out, and the magician quickly washed his body with rudimentary water magic, and left the body on the spot after finding useful items.
There are many adventurers staying in the trees, seeing that Ryan is extremely efficient in picking up corpses, and Ryan refuses to join them.
"Twentieth! What a big harvest today!" Ryan wiped his sweat and smiled happily, Liu Ming nodded.
"Hey, I'll take a look at that corpse first, hand over his belongings!" Suddenly, ten meters away, there was an adventurer with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, walking towards Ryan with seven or eight companions, the speed was not slow, Liu Ming used his reconnaissance skills to find that a group of people were all adventurers of the Qingfeng Rank.
"I still like the princess, but I don't see the princess marrying me. Ryan sneered, drew his rapier and prepared to fight, and his teammates behind him also took out their weapons and took two steps forward to protect Ryan.
"Stinky boy, if the two of us fight, it will only cheapen the person who comes later, hand over the belongings of that person, I will treat it as if nothing happened, otherwise if I die here, there will be nothing. ”
The adventurer threatens Ryan, who snorts coldly, and the thin sword turns into the wind, slashing across the adventurer's face, leaving a blood stain.
"Kill!" the adventurer roared, stabbing Ryan with a steel claw in his hand, and his teammate with the giant sword behind Ryan blocked the attack, and the rest of the people attacked with their backhands, cooperating tacitly.
Soon, the adventurers who came to provoke were defeated by Ryan, and escaped in a hurry after the death of two companions.
Ryan didn't chase, let his teammates rest a little, and prepared to return the same way, today's harvest has been very rich, and Liu Ming, who does not contribute, also has a few gold coin income.
After Liu Ming groped for the general situation of the swamp, he also prepared to go back the same way, and go deeper, with the current equipment is death.
You'll have to go back and make some accessories to move yourself around the swamp quickly.
Follow Ryan back the way he came, and it was already midnight when he returned to the entrance, and the magician used water magic to help the group clean the mud under their feet, and then rested separately.
Ryan didn't sleep, came to Liu Ming's tent, and asked, "Mr. Liu Ming, have you slept?"
"Sleep! Sleep soundly!" Liu Ming said, sharpening the wooden board in his hand with a knife, occasionally checking the position for errors.
"Since Mr. Liu Ming is asleep, I won't bother. Ryan said, but did not leave, standing in front of Liu Ming's tent did not leave, Liu Ming glanced at it, continued to cut wood, and almost stood up and got out of the tent.
"Is Mr. Liu Ming awake?" Ryan laughed.
"Wake up you big boy!" Liu Ming asked unhappily, this Ryan is annoying enough.
"I want to discuss something with Mr. Liu Ming, I don't know if Mr. Liu Ming wants to make another profit. Ryan said, and Liu Ming asked him to continue.
"Our salvage method today has been known to many people, and when I came out, Mr. also saw that many people followed our example, and there are fewer and fewer leaks that can be picked up on the periphery, and it is a waste of time for us to go again tomorrow. ”
"You want to go inside?"
"That's right! The outer edge of the Golden Grapefruit Swamp is more than ten kilometers deep, and we only explore five kilometers! The adventurers who can enter it are stronger and have more wealth on their bodies, and that is our real goal. Ryan said excitedly, but Liu Ming couldn't see the joy of wealth in his eyes.
This excitement comes from something else.
"The mud within five kilometers is enough to sink into our calves, and if we go deeper, it may reach our waists, and it will be difficult to move at that time, how can you pick up the corpses? What's more, your teammates, including you, are all reloaded, and it is difficult to get into it without dying. Liu Ming said, and Ryan said it wasn't a problem.
took out a bead from his pocket, the earthy yellow streamer flashed, and held it up to Liu Ming.
"It's called a mud bead, it's a magical product, and the object inlaid with the mud bead can float on the silt with the help of the earth element in the bead, and we can make a small boat and move on the silt. ”
Liu Ming took the mud beads curiously, and found that they were very similar to the marbles he played with when he was a child, and when he bit it with his teeth, it was very hard.
Ryan twitched the corner of his eye to withdraw the mud beads with Liu Ming's saliva, and asked Liu Ming's opinion, Liu Ming had this opportunity to go deeper, and he was naturally willing.
And it saved Liu Ming a lot of trouble.
"Well, the boat will be built in two days, and the gentleman remembers to be on time to wait for us at the entrance. ”
"Well, if you need help. Liu Ming responded politely.
The two of them talked nonsense a few words, and they dispersed, Liu Ming pressed the two curved boards on the soles of his feet, tried the size, and after modifying them to the correct level, he added a few triangular planks under the curved boards.
"Okay! The skateboard is ready! Fortunately, I had the wit to think of the snowboard, and with a little modification, I should be able to glide on the mud! I just don't have a cane to brake, so if I hit the street, it will be troublesome. Liu Ming put away the skateboard, wrapped it in clothes, and took it to the depths after two days.