The group followed the rope across the broken bridge.

After another twelve or thirteen kilometres, there were several forks in the road, with Cepes on the left and the third camping point that Philippe had previously explored, on the right. Everyone followed Tsepes forward as if nothing happened, but while walking, the team members were doubly careful, and they were familiar with each other at all times, even if the team members who originally belonged to different forces, at this moment they temporarily let go of their previous attachments and were united with the outside world. The leaders who are at the forefront pay more attention to the terrain in case someone ambushes and raids.

The space in front of me gradually had an eerie light.

After coming out of the underground passage.

The sky was faintly visible.

This kind of light is not the kind of light of sunlight at all, and it does not come out of nowhere, making the whole world more and more hazy.

"It's like a summer night, just without the moon and stars!" the griffin felt that it was a tragedy to live here forever, and the gray sky made people feel an indescribable sense of oppression.

"It's purgatory, that's true!" Big Ivan didn't like it either, and if he had a choice, he would rather live in the North Pole or the South Pole than stay in this kind of hellish place. Zhao Daniu, the hairy bear walking next to him, agreed: "After I go back, I must cherish the sunshine and bask in the sun every day...... It wasn't until I didn't have it that I realized how precious sunlight is!"

"Oh, I can't imagine that people like you still know how to understand life, you should stay here longer, maybe you will become a wise man because of this. James, the nemesis, sneered.

"The person who should stay here the most is you, with the sins that can never be washed away in you, it is just right to stay here!"

"Speak as if you're clean!" James laughed.

"At least I'm not pretending to be a good person. Mao Xiong Zhao Daniu thought that he was disgusted when he saw the other party's shameless face.

"That's because you're completely rotten to the bones, and you can't even disguise yourself!" James and Mao Xiong Zhao Da Niu are not arguing for a day or two, and the time they have been arguing and quarreling is estimated to have been more than ten years if they are all added up. Ordinary people didn't care at all, but Tsepeshi glanced at them with a special light in his eyes, as if he had realized that this large expedition team was not monolithic.

There was a Cepes leading the way in front.

It went very smoothly.

A few hours later.

It was about thirty to forty kilometers ahead.

Tsepes found a place to signal everyone to stop and rest, but he found Archbishop Nero: "Lord Bishop, let us take a rest! This is the area of the Troubled Stone Forest, and it is quite safe! As long as we walk half the way forward, then we will arrive at the camp where we usually live, we will rest first, and then rush to the camp before the beast tide comes!"

"Beast tide?" Reynard suddenly heard a new term.

"Yes, that's right, the beast tide, it's our special feature here in Purgatory! In the wild, there are often overbred beasts that are driven out by their original groups to find new territory to survive. In a short cycle, mostly about half a year, sometimes three months, the beasts of the wasteland will multiply very quickly, and after they leave their original territory, they will gradually converge to form a group of beasts with a huge number of muscles, and spread out like a tide in all directions, until they die, or find a suitable place to live, and the beast tide will completely disperse!" They are mixed with all kinds of creatures, some vegetarian and some carnivorous, different races are temporarily mixed and migrated because of the need for survival, and in the process, any creature they encounter may make them attack!"

"Can your camp withstand the beast tide?" Philip noticed.

"Our camp, which is said to be a camp, can actually be considered a small town. We are protected by tall walls and thornwood on the outside, which are difficult to break through if not for behemoths, and moreover, the beast tide will generally not attack the camp if it is not in a state of madness. Tsepeš explained in detail.

"You just said about the beast tide, you mean we're going to encounter the beast tide next?" Bloody Mary suddenly interjected.

"The beast tide has not officially erupted, but I can't guarantee that there are already small numbers in some places, and they always come together in small groups and gradually become like a tide...... If we encounter a small beast, we try to stay calm and do not deliberately provoke or kill the beast cubs so as not to anger them. Cepes seemed to finally see Lin Dong, he glanced at Lin Dong, a smile appeared on his face, and asked casually, "That man doesn't look like you?"

"He's an Oriental, he doesn't look like us, and the woman to his left is also an Oriental!" Philip smiled and nodded.

"This Oriental man is actually a prince, isn't he?" said Cepes.

"No, in that country in the East, there are no kings and princes anymore, at least not by name. And he's a commoner, not a noble prince!" Philip shook his head in denial.

"Civilian, this can't be!" Tsepes was surprised: "He looks extraordinary, how can he be a commoner, and his strength is the only existence that I can't judge at all, it seems to be very weak, and it seems to be very strong, how can a person like him be a commoner! I think he is a prince, and the people next to him are his servants, guards, and maids, Mr. Philip, please don't deceive my eyes like this, okay, I feel that although I am already old, and my body is gradually declining, I am not old enough to be blind!" ”

"I'm not lying to you, Mr. Tepesh, he is indeed a civilian!" Philip shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands out, "He joined our expedition because he is a scientist with a deep research and a keen interest in living things!"

"What is a scientist?" Tsepeş listened with great difficulty.

"It's a scholar who has a lot of knowledge, a lot of research in certain fields, and has his own unique views and theories about things!" Philip concluded.

"Really, it sounds like it's powerful!" Tsepeshi had a feeling of incomprehension, and looked at Lin Dong a few more times. In his eyes, Lin Dong is the only noble person who does not need to carry a big burden, and there are always a few guards around him, and there are always people silently protecting him. Is such a person really a civilian? Tsepeš doesn't say it on the surface, but he doesn't believe it in his heart!

The most important point.

The whole team, the strength of everyone, he has a relatively clear prediction in his heart.

Only except for Lin Dong, a so-called civilian, is an incredible exception that no matter how much he detects, he can't feel the details.

Stone Forest.

It's called Stone Forest, but it has nothing to do with the Stone Forest.

Except for a loess hill, the surrounding area is empty, looking into the distance, the edge of the loess slope is not visible, and the sky is gray overhead. During the break, the expedition members sat on the ground with no grass, and often found various types of bones, scattered all over the place.

"Why is this called the Stone Forest?" Renard felt that this place was a little strange, but he couldn't tell what was weird.

"In the distant past, there were a lot of stones here, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it was a stone forest. "I don't know how many years ago, but a long time ago, a wizard came from here, and he found that the stone forest here was the remnant of a 'array' left over from ancient times. So this super wizard named Timos intended to refine and restore all the stones here, and he spent ten years restoring the stone forest one by one, but at the last step, somehow, an extremely terrible explosion occurred in the 'array' of the chaotic stone forest. Since then, the entire Stone Forest has been completely destroyed, all the stones inside have been turned into ashes, and the axial pollution here is amazing, in order to prevent more mutated creatures here, the former predecessor of the City Lord of Ozzi, in short, the City Lord who was a long time ago, sent people to bury the Stone Forest with loess. ”

"You mean, the Stone Forest is actually under our feet?" Reynard understood.

"Is the radiation still there?" Hugo was more concerned about this.

"Although a long time has passed, the radiation should still be there, but it is very weak. Beasts with sensitive senses generally don't like to come here, maybe because of radiation pollution. However, there are exceptions, and some special magical beasts, such as the Pollution Worm and the Echinoderm, sometimes come to this kind of place where they are exposed to radiation, one is to avoid more powerful enemies, and the other is that they like to make nests in such places to lay eggs and reproduce offspring. Tsepes pointed to a shallow pit on the ground that had been abandoned for a long time and said, "Here, it should be the nest of a nodular-headed echinoderm, but they have been gone for a long time, at least three years, or even more!"

"Does it affect the human body? We've just come in, so we don't necessarily have the ability to adapt to this radiation!" Philip was a little worried.

"The radiation of wizard energy to living beings is generally only good and not bad, of course, maybe people with sensitive physiques will feel very uncomfortable, and some people with special physiques may mutate. However, this is all a good thing, isn't it? For example, if I want to mutate, but my constitution is not suitable, I will definitely not be able to successfully turn into an alien! Humans who have undergone radiation mutation are usually more powerful in combat than those who have no genetic mutations, and some of them will develop new abilities, which is not enviable!" Tsepes was envious, but Philip was terrified when he heard it.

Nima!

You want to mutate, we don't want to mutate!

If you have to stay here forever, it is better to die!

"Array?" Lin Dong listened to the same translation of Fuchs and Kazama Ejiko, and suddenly smiled slightly: "This is really an interesting place!"

"There seems to be a foul smell in the air......," Fawkes frowned, and then Kazama also smelled it, "It's a beast, it's a very cloudy smell, a bit like a wild boar!"

"Wild boar?" said the griffin, jumping up with joy, if it was really a wild boar, then he didn't mind changing the taste, after all, no matter how good the taste of canned meat was, he would be tired of eating it for so many days. Don Quixote and Panza were also gearing up, searching everywhere with their eyes, hoping to get the Eye of God to flip the boar before it could react and grab the freshest bite of meat.

"Ah, it's an echinoderm, they probably think we've invaded their territory, it's dangerous! we need to get out of here!"

Two or three kilometers away, in a gray field of vision.

A herd of tall beasts appeared.

Their numbers were very large, estimated to be at least hundreds, and they were moving so fast that in less than half a minute, they had spread out to form an encirclement formation, encircling the expedition team......

Wait until they get closer.

People can see their faces more clearly.

The echinoderm in Tsepeš's mouth is very tall, two meters tall at the shoulder, and in a few cases even more than three meters, just by its size, like a herd of wild elephants. However, their appearance, including their heads, resembles those of wild dogs or lizards, and their hideous heads are covered with sarcomas of various sizes. More closely, it can be found that some of these sarcomas have grown sharp points of different paths from the inside, forming a protective layer similar to horns.

The long tongue is forked like a snake, and countless saliva drips from the mouth to the ground during the swallow.

The back of the acanthoderm is covered with barbed black hair.

The claws are thick and curved like hooks.

The most bizarre thing is that they all have a blood-red vertical pupil that is not found in surface creatures, and the vertical pupil that opens and closes freely, this monster with amazing vision gradually stops and carefully examines the food that is about to be eaten.

They are cautious, and survival allows every creature to learn to observe its prey, even if it is strong or weak.

However, they are also hungry and greedy.

After observing that the prey is a delicious human.

They gurgled in their throats, corresponding to each other, and saliva poured out of their mouths in preparation for the next hearty meal.

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The college entrance examination has begun, I wish you all a good meal, a good night's sleep, and a good exam!

After the exam, I will be completely free, and I am still close to the door, come on!

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