Legend has it that the ancestors of the Biqi Empire sent an advance pathfinder team in order to find and return to their hometown of the Shenlong Empire, and as a result, after crossing the terrible Viper Valley, they arrived at a deserted Great Gobi Desert, which was called Mengzhong on the map at the time, because of the endless Gobi Desert, the advance team did not dare to easily try to move forward, so they established a transportation and supply depot here. However, what everyone didn't expect was that in the process of building the supply station, the advance team unexpectedly discovered that there was a huge underground tomb underground, and there were still a large number of terrifying mutant monsters in the tomb, these monsters looked like pigs, but they were divided into red, white and black, so the advance team at that time vividly called them black wild boars, red wild boars and white wild boars! It's just that what everyone didn't expect was that the power of these wild boars was incredibly strong, and therefore, in order to prevent these wild boars from running out of the ancient tomb and endangering the human society at that time, the Biqi military sent a large number of troops to be stationed here to guard the exit of the pig cave。 This is the origin of the predecessor of the Mengzhong Earth Castle, whether it is the modern game version of the Book of Sand or the real-life version of the World Version of the Book of Sand, they all make the same statement on the origin of the Mengzhong Earth Castle.

Walking on the open, noisy street, feeling the ancient and mysterious cultural atmosphere full of exotic customs and oriental customs, I have a kind of uncontrollable impulse and emotion, yes, the city is really beautiful, the buildings here are not only full of medieval European bell dome architectural style, but also into the ancient Orient that is unique to the rich, ** , solid cultural heritage, it is difficult to classify it as exactly what kind of style, but it is pleasing to the eye, the streets and alleys are full of people and cars, lively, and on both sides are a forest of shops, full of dizzying and dazzling, goods. Walking on the street, I was like Grandma Wang entering the Grand View Garden, looking east and west, no matter what strange things I saw, I couldn't help but reach out and play with them. made the three of Long Xin and Jin Hong, who were following me, frown.

"This guy!" Long Xin said embarrassedly: "What a shame!"

"I've never seen the market!" Long Qi looked understanding.

"Stay away from him!" Long Zhan subconsciously distanced himself: "So that others won't know that we are in a gang!"

"........." Jin Hong could only shake her head slightly, all morning, I kept wandering between the streets and alleys, lingering in the upper bunks, but I didn't buy anything, the reason, naturally, there was no money.

However, I had been trying to see what the legendary Pig Cave looked like, and at this moment I finally found the landmark of Mengzhong, the palace-like bell tower built at the entrance to the Pig Cave, which is almost four stories high. In fact, you don't need to deliberately look for it, as long as you are within the range of Mengzhong Earth City, you can see the tallest building when you look up, and you will naturally find the entrance to the pig cave under the bell tower by heading in the direction of the highest bell tower, the thick golden marble staircase has nearly a hundred steps, and you can't see the situation of the pig cave clearly when you stand below.

At the entrance, two broadsword guards and four archers guarded it. I was about to walk in, but I was caught in front of my chest by two large knives.

"No entry is prohibited without a Ranger certificate above level 25!" The two wood-carved broadsword guards were expressionless, and continued in that cold tone: "Please leave immediately!"

"Ahh

"That, Brother Dao!" I flattered, "Does it have to be level 25! I'll just go in and watch it for a while?"

"I'm sorry!" The big knife guard was still expressionless: "It's not more than level 25, it's forbidden to enter, and my name is Huan Kong, not Brother Dao, please leave immediately, otherwise you will be expelled by force!"

"Ahh

"It's really a defeat for you. Long Xin looked at me helplessly: "Didn't you read the Ranger Handbook for you?"

"Ranger Manual!" I was slightly stunned: "That! I was just running for my life a while ago, where can I have time to read it!"

"Hmph!" Long Xin said angrily: "Then please, take some time to take a good look, and make fewer jokes in the future!"

"Oh!" I was a little embarrassed, and subconsciously scratched my scalp and looked at the entrance of the pig hole.

"Don't look at it, without a Ranger level certificate above level 25, the guards won't let you in!" Long Qi explained: "After all, the mutated demonic beasts in the pig cave are too powerful, for the sake of everyone's safety, the military used such a management method!"

"Okay!" I reluctantly gave up: "Who told us that we don't have a level 25 ranger certificate!"

"If you want to go in, let's cultivate hard!" Long Zhan said: "We have been waiting for you, and we haven't cultivated for half a month." ”

"En!" Long Xin nodded: "So, I'll play with you for a day today, and from tomorrow, we're going to go all out!"

"Hehe!" I laughed dryly, and I couldn't help but think of modern vacations, and I don't know if I count as vacations now.

"Jin Hong, you just accompany this guy to continue shopping!" Long Xin arranged: "Let's go to the Ranger bulletin board first to find out what tasks can be completed in the Centipede Cave!"

"Yes!" Jin Hong nodded.

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Long Xin and the others disappeared into the street around the corner, and I was still in high spirits.

The streets are still full of people, coming and going in fancy costumes, or bright and dazzling, or light makeup, and the carriages on the street are even more strange, different shapes, I can't help but think of modern sedan RVs and the like, compared with Maple Leaf Town, it is too big here, and it is more lively.

When we got tired of walking, we found another food stall, ordered a few snacks and sat down. It can be seen that Jin Hong is still very familiar with this place, and while eating, he introduced to me the customs and cultural history of Mengzhong Tucheng.

This made me gain a lot of knowledge, although I knew that the city was very big and there were a lot of people, but when Jin Hong told me the specific number, it still made me, a modern person from a modern metropolis, startled. The entire Mengzhong Earth City covers an area of 500 square miles, with a population of nearly 5 million people, which is almost as large as a modern medium-sized city. I don't know what the construction process is like in this world, but there is definitely no such thing as a large mechanical construction tool, and if you want to achieve such a scale by shoulder, all the effort is definitely beyond my imagination.

In addition, I finally learned that there are still a lot of mineral resources to be mined in the surrounding area of Mengzhong, and there is another place in the east of Mucheng and Tucheng, which is both familiar and unfamiliar to me, and it is also an important factor in attracting a large number of people. Shabak said it was located in the middle of the area between the city of Mong Chongtu and the temple of Zuma. As imagined, it is the pure ranger organization that controls Shabak City, and they are the most powerful top gang in the mainland, the Blue Sand Gang. The gang leader is a mysterious person named Mo Zhenting, no one has ever seen her true face, and it is said that she is still a stunning woman with a charming appearance. In addition to Shabak City, I finally know the distribution of other big names or big gangs in the Ranger World.

Unexpectedly, Jin Hong, who looks about the same age as me, is a treasure when it comes to the humanistic accounts of this ranger world. It gave me a lot of knowledge. If you want to say that this is more than the territory of the Qi Empire, the people here are the most powerful. Due to historical reasons, the ancestors of most of the people here were soldiers who were stationed here in the past, so it is natural to inherit the bloody and warlike nature of their ancestors. And around Tucheng, there are many treacherous places where demonic beasts are entrenched, such as the centipede cave in the northwest of Tucheng, the Zuma temple in the east, and the ancient tomb pig cave with the entrance under the bell tower in the center of Tucheng, all of which are entrenched in a large number of powerful demonic beasts, and in the long-term struggle with these demonic beasts, the people in the territory of Mengzhong have naturally become more and more powerful, which makes me can't help but think of the nomadic people of the northern steppes in ancient China, who also grew up and honed in a harsh environment.

In addition, due to the existence of these treacherous places, it has attracted powerful rangers from the outside world to come here to cultivate and settle here, making the development of martial arts and magic and Taoism here reach an amazing height. Later, many schools and sects were formed, and Jin Hong simply summarized the distribution of these main schools and their forces in just one sentence:

A city of Shabak

Two purple and blue families

Three Gangs, Dragon Gang, Suzaku Gang, Kirin Gang

Four Gates: Tiger Roaring Gate, Longyuan Gate, Eagle True Gate, Bear Bamen (also known as Dragon Tiger Eagle Bear)

Of course, the major forces in the alliance are not only one city, two families, three gangs and four gates listed above. However, these are the most powerful. There are other gangs, large and small, that have their own rankings, but I didn't bother to write them down.

After filling our stomachs, we walked around for a while. At about four o'clock in the afternoon, Jin Hong and I returned to the Tucheng Inn.

Long Xin and the others had already returned, and they were busy sorting out something.

"I'm back!" Long Xin didn't raise his head, still stuffing things into the space package.

"Huh!" I nodded!

"Then hurry up and pack up!" Long Xin continued, "This time we may have to stay in the Centipede Cave for a long time, so we must be well prepared, and we will not go back to the inn at night like we did in the Skull Cave." ”

"Ah, you mean, we eat and live in the centipede hole!" I said, a little surprised.

"That's it!" Long Zhan said, "So hurry up and check what you still lack, so as not to take time to come back and replenish it when you get it!"

"I'm fine!" I spread my hands, "as long as there's enough to eat, it's fine!"

"I knew you would say that!" Long Qi said angrily: "I didn't expect you to make any preparations!" Long Qi said that he looked at Jin Hong and said: "What about you, look at what is still missing, take advantage of the time now, hurry up and make up for it, tomorrow morning, we will set off!"

"I don't care!" Jin Hong proudly patted the space package on his body and said, "What should have been prepared has already been prepared!"

"That's good" Long Xin was finally done, and then sat down: "Now I'll talk about this mission!" Long Xin said and subconsciously looked at me: "This time I took on more than a dozen tasks in one go!

"That's like being in the Skull Cave in the past!" I was shocked.

"That's!" Long Xin said: "After all, you don't need to have such a good baby, it's really a waste!"

"......." Jin Hong looked confused: "What are you talking about!"

"You'll know when the time comes!" Long Zhan's mysterious appearance made Jin Hong even more curious.

"As for Dongbao's employment, it depends on the situation at that time!" Long Qi added: "After all, the centipede cave is no better than the skeleton cave, and we will know when the time comes, whether Xingchen can still play as efficiently as the state!"

"Hehe, as long as you grasp their weaknesses, it shouldn't be difficult!" I muttered to myself.

"I knew you would say that!" Long Qi said, "Now let me introduce the main characteristics and weaknesses of each monster in the centipede cave. ”

Long Qi said and took out a large book from his arms, opened it and continued: "This is summed up by many seniors who have cultivated in the centipede cave! First of all, at the entrance of the centipede cave, that is, the eastern layer of the centipede cave, is the cultivation place of most of the intermediate rangers, and the main distribution here is centipedes, black maggots, worms, jumping bees, etc., mutated creatures, these creatures are nothing special except for the defense and speed of the maggots. Of course, these are the opinions of those predecessors. Long Qi reminded, "For those of us who have just been promoted to the strength of the Intermediate Ranger, any species here can easily kill us. ”

"I won't say more nonsense!" Long Qi continued: "In short, we must be cautious, and the other is the weakness of these creatures, the defense of centipede jumping bees and worms is relatively weak, it is not difficult to kill them with our attack power, and as long as they cut off their heads, they will die, which is no different from skeleton generals!" Long Qi said and subconsciously looked at me: "However, it is not easy to accurately see their heads based on their size, and I don't think there is any need for this." ”

"Yes!" Long Zhan also added, "Actually, their defense is a little worse than that of skeleton generals, with the characteristics of your sword skills, you can cut them into two pieces even if you don't have to deliberately cut their heads." ”

"Not bad!" Long Qi nodded slightly and continued: "Centipede, jumping bee, worm these three creatures are nothing, it should be noted that the black maggot, this mutated creature, has a high speed and defense, and their weakness is not in the head!" The reason why I say this is not because it is useless to cut off their heads, but because the head of the black maggot is very small, only the size of a human fist, and it moves too fast, it is difficult to cut off its head, of course, if you can cut off its head at high speed, it can only be considered your ability!"

"Hehe! It's challenging!"

"This guy!" Long Zhan said angrily.

"Normally, experienced seniors will choose their belly to attack!Of course, if you have enough strength to hit it, you can directly split its surface leather armor and kill it. Long Qi continued: "Compared to the hard armor of the whole body, their belly is softer, but their attack method is very strange, with the body as the axis, circled together, like a wheel, to attack the enemy in the way of rolling impact, and therefore many times, their belly will also be well hidden! That is to say, if you want to attack its belly, you must make a move before it starts, attack its belly, once it is activated, then you have to fight with it!"

"And does it have a pause time after it starts attacking!" I asked, "What I want to know is, does its belly stay in its body?"

"Generally, the distance of each rolling impact is about ten meters, that is to say, after moving ten meters, it must stop and accumulate strength, and at this time if it wants to launch the next impact, it has to make a stretching movement, and this is when its belly is exposed!"

"Got it!" I nodded.

"As for the pincer worm's defensive ability, it is much stronger than that of the black evil maggot, but the speed of action is not as exaggerated as that of the evil maggot, it can be said that the pincer worm has no other way to kill him except forcibly splitting his armor!" Long Qi's expression was solemn: "Therefore, it is very difficult to kill it just by attacking and killing the sword qi before comprehending the Dao Assassination Sword Qi." Therefore, our plan is to cultivate in the eastern layer of the dungeon first, and then head towards the western layer after cultivating the assassination sword qi. ”

"Then do it!" I nodded in agreement.