Zhu Shuang looked at the combination of the young man and the mature man, and approached while remaining vigilant.

Although it could be seen from the pheromones in the air that neither of them was hostile to her, she was ready to fight to be on the safe side.

The slightly longer, untrimmed bangs obscured the eye on one side of the bamboo frost, revealing only the inky left eye, while the golden right eye was hidden between the flaxen hair.

She was wearing long pants and a sweatshirt, and she looked smart and fast.

"Who are you?"

The mature man asked first.

"My name is Bamboo Frost, from Zhuxia."

Zhu Shuang did not hide her identity, anyway, as long as she investigated afterwards, she could find out that she belonged to the staff of Zhuxia's embassy in the Holy Alliance, and the reason for participating in the competition was personal interest.

"Arthur Heinlein, you can call me Arthur, this is Wilbur."

The other party replied politely, and then asked again.

"What did you mean when you said it wasn't a human trace?"

"I can smell it."

Zhu Shuang looked at the other party seriously, his nose moved slightly, and then looked at the box in the middle of the sea of sand that had dried up and was now filled with fine gravel, and in the middle of the forest made of gray and white stones.

"That box was put up by a human, but the sand around here doesn't have the breath of a human, to put it simply, either a human discovered this area and put the treasure chest on it in some way, or they put the box here first, and then attracted something else, causing it to be what it is now."

She explained simply.

"Why are you talking to us about this?"

The mature man didn't comment, but asked.

"It's not that simple, at least now we're not competitors, compared to the guys over there."

Zhu Shuang glanced at the Helmheim team, which was taking out tools from the trunk, and then at another white SUV approaching, and whispered.

"Hey, don't you know each other?"

Wilbur interjected, causing both of them to be speechless for a moment.

Know? He is really Bai Ge!?

Zhu Shuang was shocked, but he still suppressed his emotions.

"Ahem."

The mature man cleared his throat and spoke to the young man beside him.

"Wilbur, you go to the other side of the car, keep an eye on the guys who have entered the basin, and report back immediately if there is any situation."

"Hey, but isn't it possible to see it here?"

Wilbur looked at the two of them curiously, looking ignorant.

"What did you say?"

The man asked rhetorically.

"Ah, I can see it more clearly over there!"

Wilbur immediately groped to the other side of the car and pulled out his binoculars from the back seat.

Bamboo Frost watched Wilbur leave, and then turned her gaze to the person in front of her.

"Actually......"

Before the bamboo frost could speak, he rubbed his face directly, revealing the most familiar appearance of the bamboo frost.

"Why are you here, are those people at the observatory bullying you?"

Bai Ge quickly changed back to Arthur Heinlein's appearance, and asked with some urgency.

Although it can be seen that Bamboo Frost Fall is not the weakest kind of ascendant, Bai Ge still feels that it is still very dangerous for her to come to the wasteland alone.

While there may be others from the Abyssal Relic Division secretly taking care of you, in many cases it may not be timely.

For Bai Ge, the best way is to let Bamboo Frost Fall stay by his side all the time and see it with his own eyes.

"No, I asked for it on my own initiative."

Bamboo Frost suddenly had a feeling of relief, the originally strange and dangerous wasteland had become much safer at this time because of Bai Ge's existence.

"According to Sister Wutong, this time the [marathon] is not simple, it may involve abyssal relics that are close to the catastrophe level, as well as old friends of the Abyss Relic Affairs Division, so I ......"

She said hurriedly.

"It's really a problem everywhere you go......"

Bai Ge sighed with emotion, and looked at the contestants of several other cars who were eager to try.

"So, there's a good chance that this thing is the influence of an abyssal relic? Atlas wants to complete certain things through the [Marathon] and obtain the Scourge Relic? ”

"That's what I think."

Bamboo Frost nodded.

"Then our goal is simple, let's make sure what's in the box first."

Bai Ge quickly had an idea.

Although from a personal point of view, getting involved in this kind of thing would definitely lead to more trouble, but since the task of Bamboo Frost Fall was this matter, then Bai Ge had to help.

He had witnessed Bamboo Frost being hurt because of the Ascendant's affairs, and the same thing, Bai Ge would not let it happen a second time.

"But you can't drive into this sandy area."

Bamboo Frost glanced at the edge of the basin and saw a man walking down from the white car.

The man had dark gold curly hair, a pair of emerald green eyes, a typical Western appearance, and wore a leather jacket, most notably a silver wolf-headed pendant around his neck.

Alexander Baplovich, a fourth-order ascender from the Far North, is not a member of the Abyss Watcher, the official ascender organization of the Far North, but an Abyss Hunter, who has traveled deep into several Abysses, unearthed a considerable number of Abyss Relics, and is also one of the most famous Ascenders in the world.

And this time, for some unknown reason, he also participated in this competition, and he was a registered highest-level upgrader participant.

After all, the fifth-order ascenders are either on the front line of exploring the abyss, or they are official personnel, and it would be too bad to participate in this kind of competition.

Standing on the edge of the basin, Alexander Paplovich crouched down and picked up a handful of fluffy sand, and, unexpectedly, licked it with his tongue.

“...... It is the smell of flames. ”

Baplovich glanced at the box rather seriously.

Then, he jumped straight down.

I saw that the original fluffy gravel, once you step on it, it will sink into it, and the man's feet seem to be fixed, becoming a flat and solid earth.

Baplovich did not run, but walked towards the gray forest of stone pillars.

It's clear that this is the power of the ascender!

"Mr. Heinlein, yes, someone walked in!"

On the side, Wilbur's panicked voice was heard.

"Got it."

Bai Ge replied and looked at the bamboo frost.

"You stay here, I'll take care of it."

"Hmm."

Zhu Shuangchuan nodded obediently.

Bai Ge was about to leave, but suddenly remembered something, and turned around and said.

"By the way, I haven't had a chance to say it just now...... Long time no see, frost falls. ”

Hearing Bai Ge's words, Zhu Shuang was stunned for a moment, then pursed the corners of his mouth and smiled.

"Well, this time, please come back."

She said.

"Hmm."

Bai Ge nodded and quickly jumped towards the basin.

...

...

Paplovich stood on the gravel as he walked towards the stone pillar.

He doesn't have the strength to manipulate gravity or lose his weight, and the ability that Baplovich is using at the moment is [Chameleon].

Just like the now-extinct chameleon, a creature of the old era, Paplovich can change his state and mimic what he sees, including but not limited to humans and creatures, and even objects.

At this moment, Baplovich used the ability of [Chameleon] to mimic himself into sand!

Yes, at this moment, he is "camouflaged" into sand, and for the gravel under his feet, the sand is light and weightless, and naturally it will not collapse.

However, since this ability is essentially a mimetic rather than a change, if Baplovich moves too fast, it will attract the attention of the sand, causing the mimicry to fail.

As a result, Baplovich could only move at a relatively slow pace, and could not run.

However, compared to those who are deep in the sand and cannot move an inch, his speed is already very fast.

"What the hell is Atlas planning......"

Baplovich thought to himself.

The reason why he participated in this [marathon], what the reward was naturally secondary, he got some news, it is said that Atlas obtained an extremely rare and special abyss relic, but this abyss relic was taken away by people inside the company and lost in the wasteland.

Therefore, [Marathon] is an activity through the many participants to find this abyss relic, and many rewards given by Atlas, including the assistance of the Holy Alliance, are all due to this.

As an abyss hunter, Paplovich heard the news, so he naturally rushed to investigate, and no matter how bad it was, he had to pick up some bonuses and go back.

At this moment, in front of him, in the box above the stone pillar, there was indeed the smell that Paplovich was most familiar with.

Even if it's not an abyssal relic, it should be some kind of transcendent item.

As he walked, Paplovich also saw the Helmheim team, who were putting on sleds and trying to approach by skiing.

Smack-

The long sled falls on the sand and sinks only slightly, and the state-of-the-art equipment distributes the weight to the maximum, allowing one to stand on it without causing the soft snow to collapse, and naturally it can also be used on the cavity-filled gravel.

Ralph and Vettel slid quickly downhill to take the lead and quickly ahead of Paplovich.

Seeing this, Paplovich raised his head slightly and tilted his head to think for a moment.

This race is not allowed to attack the driving of other participants, otherwise the results will be cancelled, but this is just driving.

Now, the Overseer is not here, and Baplovich has every chance to do something.

He flicked his finger at the two sandboarders as he walked on.

The air seemed to freeze for a moment.

Ralph felt as if he had lost his sense of touch, the feedback from the sled beneath his feet became as unreal as wood, and the howling of the wind in his ears became so small that he could not be heard at all.

Further back, Ralph's eyes went dark, and he completely lost his sight.

Whoop -

Completely devoid of perception of the outside world, Ralph and Wittelston lost their balance and rushed into the gravel, at a time when they didn't even perceive the sand spilling into their mouths.

It's as if they're being caught in something else, and the two are cut off from all outside touch.

The feeling was fleeting, and by the time Ralph came to his senses, he was covered with grit and had fallen into the sand, unable to get up.

[Set of people]!

Pavlovich's other fourth-order name-stealing ability, isolating others from the perception and connection of the outside world is just the simplest application of this ability.

Even if Ralph and Vettel themselves were ascenders, they were only a first-order without a name, and they were simply unable to resist in the face of the powerful suppressive power of the [Overlord's Egg].

And, from the outside, the two of them just fell because of their poor skills.

After seeing the performance of the Ralph brothers, the other contestants who were still watching from the edge of the basin suddenly lost their courage and quickly packed up their things and drove away.

If you can't get the treasure, forget it, at least there are points in the ranking!

Paplovich chuckled and continued on.

He quickly came to the edge of the forest of stone pillars, ready to climb them and move faster.

But just as Paplovich stretched out his hand and wanted to use the mimicry ability of [Chameleon] to climb the stone pillar, he found that his hand went straight through the stone pillar, like passing through an illusion in the water.

Baplovich tried again, but still failed!

“！！！”

It's the Ascender Attack!

Pavlovich quickly looked around, but all he could see was two cars parked on the edge of the basin opposite, and next to them, a man and a woman, were standing.

Other than that, there was no one else.

Is it them?

Between thoughts, Baplovich quickly expanded his field.

【Cherry Orchard of Vanity】!

A decadent and decaying plantation emerged on the sand, and everything was decaying at an accelerated rate, and even the stone pillars that supported the boxes seemed to be crumbling.

Take control of change and decline, cherry orchard at sunset!

In his own field, Baplovich once again looked at his surroundings.

There was still no one to be seen.

“？”

Baplovich really doesn't understand.

Those two people didn't do anything to affect themselves, and there was no one else around them, what was the situation?

After thinking about it for a moment, Baplovich decided to go straight to the point.

He harnessed the decaying power of the realm, and with a gentle wave of his hand, the gray forest of stone pillars fell like straw, raising up dust that obscured the sky.

As for the box, it also fell with the collapse of the stone pillar, and it was about to fall into the dust.

Paplovich quickly jumped to his feet, using the falling rubble as a foothold and leaped towards the box.

With the isolation of the [man in the suit], Baplovich could completely innumerable the flying rubble, and he didn't even have to worry about air resistance, and when he was about to reach out and touch the box, Paplovich was surprised to find that his hand passed through the quaint box again.

That's impossible!!!

Baplovich was completely shocked.

If before, he had been affected by the transcendent power of some ascender, now he was in his own realm.

In the realm of [Overlord's Egg], the upgrader himself is the one who makes the rules!

However, Baplovich is now missing out on his own field!

What the hell is this?

At the same time, at the place where the box fell, a figure emerged!