Chapter 37: Before You Leave
Five days have passed in a flash, and the people in the castle tower have also found time to purchase a lot of materials needed to go to the outer lands in addition to their usual practice these days, but fortunately, everyone is equipped with SPE2 type space bracelets, although the storage volume in the SPE2 type space bracelet is only 3.4 cubic meters, but it is enough for a few boys.
Bai Shaoqin prepared a lot of dry food and drinking water that could be stored for a long time, in addition to taking away a lot of swords from the academy, although the materials of these standard weapons are of high quality, and the sharpness is also extremely good, but the sword moves of the foil also need the weapon to have a good elasticity while being able to have a lot of strength, so the loss is not small, and a foil can only support him to attack with all his strength.
Most of the others were the basic materials needed for exploring the outer lands, Tu Nan and Yu Fei brought some lotion to dispel mosquitoes and sunscreen, while Helsing and Anna were empty-handed, except for a change of clothes in the bracelet, they didn't prepare anything else.
Lin Ziyue searched for information related to the Western Rift Valley in advance on Tianxun, but it seems that because it is too far away from Huayu, there are not too many strangers who have set foot in that place, and sporadic data show that there are probably relatively rich mineral and spar resources. And this time, the number of exploration teams organized by Huayu is close to 100 people, led by the second and fifth sections, with the assistance of the Association of Strangers, and a quasi-S-level, five A-level, and fifteen B-level Abilities are sent to lead the team, as for the remaining eighty people, they are recruited in the mission issued by the Association of Strangers, and the minimum strength needs to be C-level to be selected.
Although there was a lot of conflict with Zhao Kuo of the Second Division of the Heavenly Guard, after Zhao Kuo's death, probably because of the relationship between Dong Zheyu and Rogge, the Second Section of the Huayu Federation revoked the case records of several people, and under the arrangement of Hu Lao, the names of several people also appeared in the team this time.
It's only the first week of September, and the news given on the news from Tianxun that the expedition team will set off in various parts of the Western Rift in mid-September, and then assemble in the Western Rift Valley in the last week of September, and then start a ten-day exploration。
In the first 100 years of the high wall on the border of Huayu, Huayu organized an average of 10 expeditions of more than 100 people every year, until 100 years later, almost all the footprints of exploration teams were left within 100 kilometers of Huayu.
In the past ten years, the European and American regions have continued to maintain an average frequency of one or two exploration teams a year, but due to various reasons, the frequency of one exploration team has been reduced to one every two years, and this time to explore the Western Rift Valley is the only one in the past five years.
As for the reason, it is actually very simple, and in summary, three words are not worth it.
Usually a Psychigan who is exploring alone in the Outlands discovers a mineral deposit or a location with scarce resources, and when they return to the city, they inform the Adeptical Guild of the location, which then makes a judgment on the resources of the location.
If the reserves of rare metals are less than 100 tons, the association will only issue them as a task and pay 1% of the value of the mineral to the provider, and if the reserves are between 100 tons and 10,000 tons, the Association of Strangers may apply for one
A-level, two B-level led twenty-person exploration teams went out together. Only when the metal reserves are more than 100,000 tons, or the total value of expensive resources exceeds 10 billion, a team of 100 people led by S-class or quasi-S-class will be organized.
Because these locations are usually deep in the Outlands, even with powerful abilities such as S-Class and A-Class leading the team, the casualty rate will often exceed 50%.
There are only a dozen S-class abilities and less than 100,000 A-class abilities recorded in Huayu today, and each of them is more valuable than these resources for Huayu, which has a population of more than 400 million.
Not to mention talent, just the resources and time required for an Adept person to cultivate from E-level to S-level cannot be measured with money, and every S-level adept is an irreplaceable threat and backing for a domain.
This time, the hundred-person team sent by the Western Rift, although there is no genuine S-level leader, but there is a quasi-S-level with abnormal energy and physical strength that has broken through the A-level, and the resources in it must be enough to make Huayu excited, the only thing that makes them a little worried is that the Western Rift is only two hundred kilometers away from the Fire Jedi Turkmenistan, if you are unlucky and encounter the elemental storm in the Fire Jedi, even if the S-class really comes, you can't save everyone.
However, Tianxun Shanghuayu is not optimistic about this exploration team, first of all, neither the second branch nor the association has announced the details of the materials in the Western Rift, and only the quasi-S-level and five A-level abilities who know the resources and specific arrangements are the ones who lead the team, even the following B-level abilities are not particularly clear.
Secondly, this time, in addition to the five large-capacity space storages, the exploration team also took away several powerful ability weapons purchased from the Moonstar LHC, which would have to be buried there forever if they encountered some accidents in the Western Rift and fell.
However, most of the people who discuss these opinions on the Tensen are ordinary people, or people with basic abilities who do not have deep access to the relevant information, so many of the comments are based on personal opinions, and they are not helpful to the castle tower's outings.
The most important point is that in the days before leaving, Lin Ziyue borrowed the convenience of his identity to order a piece of insurance from the SPE headquarters on Mars for other people who did not have space crystals, but everyone else felt that Lin Ziyue was making a fuss, with the strength of their group, even if they did not meet with the large army, there would not be too many problems when they encountered the races led by ordinary A-level alien beasts in the outer regions, not to mention that there were also Haixin and Anna, and the descendants of the upper three clans and the hoof clan also had a lot of deterrent power for ordinary high-level alien beasts.
Finally came to the day of departure, this time the castle tower did not leave from the castle tower, but diverted to Rong City in the west of Huayu, Rong City is located in the southwest of Huayu, although there is no official way to go out, but everyone quietly climbed over the city wall to leave by night, except for the fact that their Tianxun record will be interrupted in Rong City in the future, which may cause criticism from some people with a heart, but it does not have much impact.
The terrain of Rong City is gentle, but outside the urban area, there are high mountains everywhere, canyons, waterfalls, wetlands, swamps, almost all the earth stars appear within a hundred miles outside Rong City, but it is precisely because of this that Rong City was a famous fertile place in Huayu before the start of the Demon Beast War, and even now, Rong City is second only to Sijing among the seven cities in Huayu.
After climbing over the steel walls, the castle tower was lined
He went into the dense forest outside Rong City, and then under the leadership of Helsing and Anna, everyone marched at full speed through the night.
According to Hai Xin's words, although there are many alien beast groups along the way from Rong City to the Western Rift, the strongest of them are only a few B-level lion and tiger alien beast groups, and their clansmen are generally D-level or even E-level low-level alien beasts, and there are even ordinary beasts mixed in, and everyone is not to obtain the beast crystals and materials on the beasts, so there is no need to waste time on these groups.
Therefore, the ten members of the Celestial Guard took advantage of the night to run at full speed every day, until the second day stopped to rest after close to noon, and because everyone did not choose to spend the ability to fly but walked quickly through the forest in order to minimize the fluctuation of the ability, Bai Shaoqin, who was worried that he would slow down the progress of the team, was at ease.
"After I go back this time, I will definitely strengthen my physical cultivation! I will definitely not lag behind any longer!" At noon on the fourth day, after crossing a river ditch, everyone looked for Zecobalt Mountain, the last barrier before entering the Western Rift, and then found a dense place in the forest, and after Haixin and Anna finished dividing the territory, they were ready to rest, looking at Zecobalt Mountain, which should have arrived yesterday, Li Gui said to a few people around him with some embarrassment.
Hearing Li Huang's apology, everyone smiled, Xiao Yufei and Yuexing, who were slightly weaker, had already gotten into their sleeping bags and started to rest, while the others waited for their pranayama to go smoothly before gradually falling asleep.
"Little ghost, this is deliberately arranged by Hu Lao, otherwise why do you think we don't use the Clear Shadow Technique and the Wind Feather Technique to hurry, just to let you practice your physique. Hai Xin, who was lying flat on a thick branch, looked at Li Gui, who had a head exposed in the sleeping bag on the side, and laughed softly.
Unexpectedly, after Li Hui heard it, he gave Hai Xin a roll of his eyes: "Brother Hai Xin, you don't lie to me, don't forget that I have been with Hu Lao this holiday!"
Li Gui twisted his body and adjusted his position in the sleeping bag: "Hu Lao specifically told me that I, Brother Shaoqin, Sister Tu Nan and Sister Yu Fei are not like the rest of you who can take the all-round path, we only need to do the best in our talents, and we will definitely not be weak in the future!"
"So little ghost, what is your ultimate?" Bai Shaoqin asked with interest as he leaned against the branch of a tree with a thin sword in his arms.
"Water, Hu Lao said, since I am the body of Tianshui, as long as my body can barely be enough, I don't need to do too much elemental control and breathing on weekdays, the important thing is to practice spiritual power and interact with the water element as much as possible on weekdays. Li Gui pouted: "So, Hu Lao will not arrange for us not to rush without special abilities because of my weak physique, this is what you think!"
Hai Xin was not good at lying, and when he saw that his "trick" had failed, he also smiled innocently: "Doesn't this see that you are too weak on weekdays, in case one day in the future you meet someone with an evil sword move like Lao Bai and a person with an ability, how can you deal with being close?"
"It's not easy, as long as..."Li Gui suddenly thought of something: "Hmph, anyway, I have a way, now in addition to you and Sister Anna, there is also Brother Ziyue, even if Brother Xu Zhi fights me, I will not necessarily lose!" Li Gui said proudly.
Xu Zhi sat cross-legged not far away, and after hearing Li Hui's words, he just smiled and didn't argue, and soon after, the sound of long breathing gradually came from the audience.