After talking to Su Xingde, Qin Lan originally wanted to directly withdraw his consciousness and return to Yuancheng.

After all, it was a return trip, and there was nothing to do for Qin Lan to do.

But he had some extra worries.

If it is aimed at the mastermind behind Yuancheng, at this time, taking advantage of Yuancheng's lack of combat power and attracting a large number of crystal beasts, it will also be a trouble.

And there are also those thieves who don't know where the nest is......

Qin Lan was slightly aggrieved. The Yuan City is in the light, and the enemy is in the dark.

The initiative is entirely in the hands of the other party.

If you don't understand the body of the enemy in Yuancheng for a day, you won't be able to really remove the danger for a day.

Thinking of this, Qin Lan secretly made up his mind to strengthen the Yuancheng News Organization.

Although now there is a team built by Sun Shen and his single-handedly.

But it's still not enough.

Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one win a hundred battles.

The more spies in Yuancheng, the better, and it is best to be able to spread all over the entire Wood Spirit Land, and the news of all the cities can be obtained as soon as possible......

Ahem.

The goal is somewhat ambitious.

But there's a daydream to do, and it's a very happy thing.

Therefore, Qin Lan did not directly detach his consciousness from the City God Statue.

Anyway, at the moment, there is nothing that needs to be done within Yuancheng.

The more a force is in a period of struggle, the fewer internal contradictions there will be.

As long as Qin Lan is guided correctly, the rules are carefully formulated.

There won't be much of a problem.

Woncheng's convoy swayed.

And Su Xingde was not idle at all.

Sit on the edge of the carriage and carefully refer to the map, marking the features and sections of the deserted roads throughout the map.

Once this information is organized, it is very easy to make a special repair plan.

All the way, it was also very smooth.

Merely......

In front of Yuancheng's convoy, there was a familiar sound of flowing water.

The Yuancheng convoy stopped.

"What's going on?"

"Castle God-sama......"

A worker from a textile workshop walked over with an unnatural expression.

"Next to the creek ahead, there are a bunch of human corpses......"

"Human corpses?"

Hu Fan and Mo Ran looked at each other.

Qin Lan frowned: "Whose corpse is it?"

Because a small part of Qin Lan's consciousness still stayed in Yuan City.

If something big happens in Yuancheng, he will definitely be able to receive it.

A message through the soul.

There are no missing people in Yuancheng.

These corpses will definitely not belong to the people of Yuancheng.

"I don't know, but looking at their appearance, they should just be ordinary people......"

"Take me to see it. ”

Ink dye lifts the statue of the city god.

At this time, many people had already gathered beside the river.

This small river is the one that originates from Lake Lannau.

This place is only two kilometers away from Yuancheng!

At such a close distance from Yuan City, so many corpses appeared......

As soon as Mo Dye approached with the statue of the city god, everyone immediately moved out of the way.

On the banks of the river with a width of about 7 meters.

There were about twenty corpses, lying on the shore.

Judging by the extent of the decomposition of the corpse, it should have been more than ten days.

Qin Lan frowned and scanned these corpses with her consciousness.

After a few seconds, Qin Lan clearly determined how they died.

They were all killed by people hitting their brains with heavy objects.

Time of death, twelve days ago.

The body was visibly swollen from blisters. It should have drifted downstream along the river.

Here, the river is exactly a sharp bend.

The corpses that floated down the river were stuck around the corner of this sharp bend.

Could it be that these corpses were drifted from Lake Lannau?

Dump the body at Lake Lannau and follow the river......

It can't be either.

Qin Lan still clearly remembered that the water source of Lannao Lake rushed to the node of the river, which was a wide and large pebble. Lake Lanneau is at a high altitude and its water flows out of the middle of the huge pebbles. But the gaps in each of the pebbles were small enough for a corpse to burrow through the gaps.

And Lake Lanneau is not the only source of water for this river.

After all, the way that Lake Lanau feeds the river is a small trickle. Even if these trickles were to merge together, they would never have that much water. What's more, the waters of this river also flow extremely fast.

With those tiny trickles alone, there is simply no way to create such a fast water velocity!

Previously, Qin Lan speculated that this river should have an undercurrent to replenish its water source at the confluence of the small stream of the Lannau River and the river.

But Qin Lan didn't have any additional probes.

Right now......

These corpses should have drifted from those undercurrents.

If someone came to this area, found the river, and then dumped the body......

Also unlikely.

It is very close to Yuancheng, only two kilometers away.

Even farther away is Lake Lanneu, which is only three kilometers away.

The upper reaches of the river are all between two and three kilometers.

It completely belongs to the suburbs of Yuancheng.

Before the Castle God Army completely cleared the crystal beasts in the suburbs, there were many crystal beasts active here.

And Wonjo is also within the boundaries of the Gugen Forest.

Gugen Forest, there were no strong people entering in the first place.

In addition to the Castle God Army, there is another relatively strong force that explores the jungle. And also pulled the scope of exploration to the suburbs of Yuancheng?

It's impossible to think about.

After all, the City God Army, in this period of time, has completely wiped out the crystal beasts in this jungle.

The suburbs of Yuancheng, which was originally full of the activities of various crystal beasts, suddenly disappeared from the crystal beasts. Anyone with a head knows what's going on.

In this case, he swaggered to the outskirts of Yuancheng, and then searched carpet and found such a small river......

Even the thieves who stand in the way will only take the few safe routes that have already been explored thoroughly. Obviously impossible for them to explore the jungle?

So the only possibility, these corpses, drifted from the undercurrent.

This is a remote area of the Gugan Forest. I don't know how many cities and villages there are, but it's clear that it's not peaceful......

Although who these corpses are and how they died, it has nothing to do with Yuancheng.

Qin Lan wasn't very interested in them either.

But exploration is also very necessary.

With the future development of Yuan City, this part of the edge area of the Gugen Forest absolutely needs to be controlled by Yuan City.

It's like the 'Kishiyama Castle Group'.

There is a limit to the capacity of a city.

If you want to maintain high-speed development, the best way is to control this jungle in your own hands. In this way, you can make full use of various resources.

Originally, Qin Lan wanted to start exploring the area around Yuancheng when Yuancheng developed to a certain extent.

It has been emphasized many times.

What Qin Lan doesn't like the most is the unknown!

For others, the unknown may be the driving force behind their passion in life.

But for Qin Lan......

Unknown, it only incurs his disgust.

Although the result of both is the same.

But the starting point is completely opposite.

And in practical terms.

If, a 1 in 10,000 probability.

If there really is an extremely powerful city in this area......

After all, Yuancheng is at the very edge of this region. Behind Yuancheng is a rocky area that stretches for hundreds of kilometers with sparse vegetation. Even if some cities are on the edge of the ground, it is extremely normal to leave the Gugen Forest and enter the Whispering Forest only a few kilometers away.

Because it is closer to the Whispering Forest, if such a castle exists, it would be in the area of the Gugen Forest, but it would not be an exaggeration to call it a castle in the Whispering Forest.

If the geographical conditions are much better than those of Yuancheng, it is not particularly difficult to develop in such a long time.

If you think so.

Even if Yuancheng now has such a strong combat power, it is not absolutely safe.

As long as the defenses are not built.

The number of personnel on the other side is enough, even if they can't defeat the City God Army in Yuan City, but as long as they drag the City God Army for a period of time, it is enough to slaughter the people in Yuan City or plunder resources!

Originally, Qin Lan wanted to drag it out.

But now......

If someone wants to find clues to these corpses, the fire of conflict is channeled to Yuan Cheng's body.

That's what Qin Lan absolutely doesn't allow!

Yuancheng, a small city in a mysterious area where few people know the exact location, if more people find out......

"That's right!"

Qin Lan's eyes were shocked.

Originally, Yuancheng was in an extremely closed state.

Luo Sheng and their businessmen have never taken the initiative to mention to outsiders that they are from Yuancheng.

Moreover, even if someone knew the name of Yuancheng, no one knew the location of the small city of Yuancheng at all.

Of course, there are no absolutes, and there may be people who have come to Yuancheng from the outside world.

But this kind of barren town has more in the land of wood spirits. No one will pay any extra attention at all.

When the Jiang family and the Wei family were in control of Yuancheng, they wouldn't be really stupid enough to leak Yuancheng's location. After all, although Yuancheng is barren, under their oppression, it can be regarded as a cash cow that can provide a steady stream of money......

How did Hou Lin, who brought Hu Fan to Yuancheng, know the exact location of Yuancheng?

What do other cities in the Gugan Forest inform?

No way!

In the midst of a dangerous jungle, an ordinary, independent city has no conditions for development at all.

It is almost impossible to travel through the jungle and explore the location of a specific city in the jungle.

Unless!

Unless, as I just said, there is no one in ten thousand that there is an extremely powerful city......

But is there really such an extremely powerful city that knows the location of Yuan Cheng, can Yuan Cheng still survive alone?

When pigs fly!

Therefore, even if an extremely powerful city really appeared with the ability to search across the jungle, Yuan City was not discovered.

Power breeds desire.

Qin Lan didn't believe it, the controller of that powerful city could resist the temptation of expanding forces.

All kinds of conditions were placed in front of Qin Lan.

In the end, it all converged into a question.

That's ......

Hou Lin, how did he know the location of Yuancheng?

"Hu Fan. ”

Qin Lan sent a voice to Hu Fan with a serious face: "That Hou Lin, did he reveal to you how he found out the location of Yuancheng?"

Track Wonseong's convoy?

However, Yuancheng's convoy was originally trading with Lihua City, which was in the other direction of Kishiyama City.

Hou Lin basically has nothing to do with Lihua City.

Although the distance from Yuancheng is only doubled.

But the distance between the Shore Mountain Castle Group and the Lihua Castle Pool Group is not so short.

After all, it's completely in two directions!

Hu Fan was stunned for a moment, and then said to Qin Lan in his heart: "Hou Lin didn't tell me carefully. He just said that a chance discovery of the ......"

"Serendipitous Chance?!"

This kind of ambiguous answer is the most ghostly!

However, Qin Lan didn't have much ability to explore the truth.

It's just that I can hope that Sun Hurt can find out something.

It's just that Hou Lin is the real mastermind behind the scenes.

The danger in Qin Lan's heart has been raised by another level.

Qin Lan looked at these corpses again.

These corpses, by their appearance and dress, and the various features of their muscles......

It has been proved that it is just an ordinary, hard-working person who works all day.

In this form, the corpse wilderness is also a very sad thing.

"Bury them in the ground. Qin Lan sighed, "It can be regarded as giving them the last dignity to be human." The corpses of the province were eaten by passing beasts. ”

Hu Fan and the others nodded silently.

Several of them were wearing divine armor, so they were naturally the most suitable for this job.

There was no complaint.

After digging a big hole in the ground.

The Gravetooth team carried the corpses with an unpleasant smell of decay and buried them in a large pit.

After doing this, Qin Lan ordered everyone to return to the car.

"Let's go!"

Qin Lan commanded, reorganizing his mood.

It has been 24 days since I left Yuancheng, and it was already August 9th.

It's time to get back to Metaverse!

On their cars, they also carried enough daily supplies that the five thousand people in Yuancheng could use as much as they wanted.

The people of Yuancheng should have been looking forward to their return to Yuancheng for a long time.

Just two kilometers away.

Yuancheng's convoy was vast and soon finished.

When I reached the end of the jungle, my vision instantly widened.

A familiar scene appeared before my eyes.

Villages, fields, and traps and wooden fences left over from the original fight against the Crystal Beasts.

And at the end, there is a towering cliff rock in the background...... Metaverse!!

Luo Sheng and other textile workshop people, when they saw this scene, the excitement in their hearts could no longer be suppressed.

During this time, they have been suppressed. I am thinking about it all the time, the moment of returning to Yuan City.

They brought back a large number of daily supplies, and in the future, the Flame Snake Chamber of Commerce will send the materials back one after another.

After they came back, the people of Yuancheng no longer had to add just that pitiful salt to eat. In soy milk, you can also add sugar to truly enjoy the food.

Yuancheng convoy, after 24 days......

Triumphant return!