When he was alone before, he had seen this vine and plant, and he had suffered a lot of losses from these things. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info so when he saw those things nailed to the ground, he immediately recognized the origin of the enemy.

But the vines were a little different.

The rubble rolled on the ground, and then was squeezed farther away - the green plants were growing, expanding, and stretching out of the rubble beneath the rubble. The woman kept her sword in her hands and kept retreating, and in front of her, the green had spread out into a gray and white mass of rubble, slowly but surprisingly expanding.

These vines are breaking through the boundaries of earth and rock at a speed that is visible to the naked eye.

"Is this still an ordinary plant......" Even across the riverbank, Duan Qing could see the green thorns composed of the rapidly spreading strange plants. The roots that sprouted wildly were entangled with each other, and their bodies were covered with spikes, showing the natural horror of the offender with their hideous appearance. Some of the tiny roots had flooded not far from the river, as if the next moment they would turn into a wild wave that would engulf the enemy in front of them.

"Boom."

Mengzhu's sudden loud noise was so frightened that he jumped to the side, thinking that a new enemy had appeared, but Xue Lingphantom Ice was unmoved, and continued to protect the girl with a horizontal sword. The dust cleared, and the burly figure of the broken mountain appeared from the source of the loud noise—and he jumped directly from the other side of the river with a single force.

The bravery of the broken mountain reminded another person. He stopped his attempt to get around the river, and instead found a narrow spot in the river, which was about ten meters wide, and then took a few steps back, and then accelerated.

In the sound of another heavy object falling to the ground, Broken Mountain pulled out and approached. However, in the face of this kind of creature full of thorns, the woman of Snow Spirit Phantom Ice may be able to use the special effects of weapons to cause some damage, and there is really no good way for a pure melee player like him.

The woman in the black cloak glanced over here, then took two steps forward, and Broken Mountain understood the meaning in her eyes, so she leaned over and protected Mengzhu in front of her instead of her, just in time to take a look at Duan Qing who ran over.

"Yes, I can jump over it."

"Your skills are not as good as yours, and you have to run two steps first."

In the brief exchange, the two did not look at each other, and at the same time stared at the green "thread" in front of them, which had almost become a behemoth. The next moment, needles shot out from a certain part of it, and the two of them pulled Mengzhu and hurriedly hid behind the abandoned house on the right.

The white sword light suddenly lit up, like a bright fast knife, slashing towards the chaos in front of him.

The creak of vines being cut by sword qi sounded, and the ends of several roots were cut off. They fell to the ground, rolling and churning like living creatures, struggling for a long time before slowly losing their life. However, the remaining plants that grew wildly became even more violent, and countless tiny branches danced wildly in the air, like furious creatures.

"Is that all there is to it......" The woman in the black cloak exhaled, and then snorted coldly, but before she could finish her words, the crazy dance suddenly stopped.

The vines stirred and then contracted like the stomach of a giant beast. The expressions of the people present became solemn at the same time, because according to the routine of normal virtual games, this thing in front of them seemed to be about to magnify the move.

"Find cover!"

In Duan Qing's shouting, Xue Ling Phantom Ice finally put away the idea of testing the water hard, stomped hard with his right foot, dragged the long sword with both hands, and flew towards the left.

There is a section of the wall left behind after the collapse.

As the shrinking vines swelled, a large number of needles erupted from it, shooting out in all directions. For a while, all that filled everyone's ears was the dense sound of "tuk tuk". In the distance, on the other side of the river, there was a faint cry of "whoop" -- it was the sound of Ah Niu, who was still on the opposite side, being hit by a stray bullet.

After a few seconds, the shooting stopped, but to the perception of those present, it was as long as a few minutes. Duan Qing poked his head out from behind the bunker on the other side and saw the current scene by the river.

Although I was prepared, I was still shocked.

Centered on the vines, in all directions that could be taken care of, the slender spikes filled the entire line of sight, as if the sun was radiating its rays to the surrounding earth. The needles stuck densely in the ground near the vines, then thinned out as the distance grew, and finally disappeared into the edge of the riverbank. On the other side, the broken wall where the snow spirit ice was hiding, needles were also all over it, and from a distance, it looked like a part of the hedgehog's fur.

"Ten thousand arrows at once, what a spectacular ......"

Duan Qing muttered to himself, and then asked Mengzhu next to him, "Are you okay?" ”

The little girl shook her head slowly.

Duan Qing looked at Broken Mountain with the same eyes—this person who looked more like an uncle was staring in one direction.

"What about you, do you have ...... What are you looking at? ”

"Shhhh......hhh

Duan Qing looked in that direction, and cold sweat instantly flowed down his forehead - he didn't see an army of vines that were more vigorous, but dry rattans scattered all over the place.

It looked as if it was dead.

If it dies after a thousand arrows are fired, then this monster is too ...... Silly, or rather, too easy to deal with. If not, then what exactly happened just now......

The sound of footsteps came from the distance of the river, and a familiar figure of red and black met Duan Qing's eyes, and at the same time solved the doubts in Duan Qing's heart.

It was still the same straw hat, red and black plaid shirt and suspenders, and the man dressed as a farm uncle came in that direction. He didn't pay attention to the people in front of him immediately, but approached the mess that was already scattered on the ground, grasped a very inconspicuous wooden pole with his hand, and pulled it out with all his might.

Duan Qing's cold sweat flowed even more—it was a huge scythe.

Although it was made of wood, the blade of the scythe was made of cold metal, which looked very sharp, and the green juice dripping from the tip of the blade also told the story of what had happened before, and I didn't know where the blade of the scythe had just been inserted, thus dealing a fatal blow to this monster made of vines. The real uncle carried the scythe on his shoulder, and his eyes looked in the direction of the tower, but the few people present felt that this powerful figure who had raised his hand and made the mess disappear just now seemed to be looking at him.

"Didn't you people go out......" After a long time, Uncle Farm withdrew his gaze and pressed the straw hat on his head with his free left hand, partially covering his face.

"It's dangerous here."

The same image, the same words, but with the experience of this time, after Duan Qing and the others had a new understanding of the word "danger", when they heard this sentence again, everyone's mood was obviously different.

The little girl was on the verge of crying - the uncle's face looked so kind compared to what she had experienced these days.

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"Hmm...... So the man saved you...... It was our mistake. ”

At night, in the wide open field in the center of the ruins, a bonfire was burning, and it was much larger because of the increase in numbers. Several people sat around the fire, sharing food and exchanging information they found during the day.

"I sincerely apologize for our lack of consideration, which led to such a dangerous situation."

The food in front of her was delicious—it was Freya, a fire mage, who had manipulated the flames and made a roast of meat from wild monsters that she had caught out of nowhere. She didn't mind sharing the food with anyone else, but when she was done, the "great" chef sat down behind Christine, giving meat to her mouth with an expressionless face, puffing out her cheeks and chewing vigorously, as if intending to express her feelings in this way.

Christine looked at her helplessly, so she had to apologize on behalf of the two sisters.

"Uh...... In this way, don't you know that uncle either? Duan Qing took a sip of water and swallowed the delicious food in his mouth, before he asked the soft woman, and what he got was the expected shaking of his head.

"According to your description, that uncle should be a strong man, but since he is not from us, nor is he someone we know, he is probably a local." The blue-robed woman's voice was still so pleasant: "Don't worry, since he saved you, then he shouldn't be our enemy......"

"But to be able to live in such a forest is really not an ordinary person." She lowered her head and chuckled: "I really want to get to know you......"

Several people were discussing the battle they had encountered in the ruins in the afternoon, and then asked about the origin of the uncle, except for Duan Qing and Mengzhu who had met before, everyone else said that they had never seen this seemingly strong strange person.

There was one other person, and that was Broken Mountain, who he had actually met once.

"Before, I struggled to survive in this forest, and I used all my skills. I don't know how many times I almost died in the middle, all by all kinds of luck...... Don't mention those troubles, but ...... Once, it was the uncle in the straw hat who saved me. ”

Broken Mountain is also eating unceremoniously, so he doesn't mind mentioning the hardships he suffered before. However, when it came to this incident, he was still a little afraid: "At that time, I met a ...... A strange creature made of earth and stone, except for the red light that appeared in the middle, the rest of the creature was surrounded by hard stone. The stones were so hard that my fists hit them almost nothing......"

This figure who exists like a pillar of the rivers and lakes has a few catties and taels of strength, and Duan Qing and the others also have a general impression at this time, so they can imagine the strength of that earth and stone monster, if they let a few of them go together, it is estimated that they will not get any benefits. Speaking of this, Duan Shanyue stopped his mouth from eating barbecue, scratched his short hair with his hand, and seemed to be recalling the details of the time: "I was entangled with that monster for a long time, and then that uncle appeared. Oh no, it was his weapon that came first. ”

He put down the bones in his hand, made a hammer movement with both hands, and motioned to the others: "It should be a sledgehammer, and it should be a wooden pole, and the hammer head flew over with a thud and smashed it on that thing, and then the monster slammed ......."

Broken Mountain spread his hands: "...... was smashed. ”

"Such a powerful ......" Ah Niu was shocked again, and his mouth opened wide.

"Then he came and picked up the sledgehammer and said something to me, well, the same thing as before." Duan Shanyue pointed in a certain direction, and Duan Qing knew that he was referring to what happened this afternoon: "Then he walked away." ”

"In the end, I didn't talk to him, now that I think about it, it's a little regretful......" In Duan Shanyue's sigh, Duan Qing sensed something wrong. After a while, he turned his head and asked Xiang Mengzhu: "You mentioned that something unthinkable before, there is this farm uncle, that legend is in it...... Did you mention what weapon he used? ”

"I made it up casually, do you remember it......" The little girl said in a low voice, but her face was a little red.

"But it's true that some players have already encountered that NPC, so that's why there is that rumor...... Well, I want to think about it......"

The girl tugged at her blonde hair with some distress: "They said it...... None of them are detailed, but ...... Oops, it's been so long, who still remembers, and it's not blowing or two......"

"Someone mentioned it, someone didn't...... Among the people mentioned, it seems that the big brother of the north and south mentioned that the person was carrying an axe, which is the kind used to cut trees...... Sister Chocolate said that the straw hat uncle was holding a big knife and was very handsome...... Yes, she still has stars in her eyes and a look of longing, I remember it very clearly. ”

In the black lines on the faces of the others, the girl stumbled to tell what she knew, and Duan Qing finally got the answer he wanted—that powerful and strange uncle, who seemed to use a different weapon every time. This...... It was not a normal feeling, which aroused Duan Qing's attention and vigilance.

Could it be that in this forest, there is also a hidden master who is proficient in all eighteen kinds of martial arts? How is it possible, the whole forest is abnormal, then this situation is obviously also abnormal...... But why? Is there anything that the player needs to pay attention to and think about?

What's the problem?

The strangeness of that uncle, as well as the meaning in it, Duan Qing couldn't think of it for a while. However, the discussion did not stop because of Duan Qing's thoughts, and first several people talked about their respective discoveries - Mengzhu and Xue Lingphantom Ice found some broken gem remains, all kinds of colors. It is said that the two of them were attracted by a jewel-encrusted ornament, and after Yumetake took it off the shelf, the object shattered, and then the vines attacked through the broken window, and the latter scene happened.

"Hmph, sure enough, the focus of a woman is to be different...... "After knowing the cause of the attack, the burly man holding his chest naturally would not let go of this opportunity to ridicule, and the little girl who knew that she had caused trouble lowered her head with some self-reproach, and Xue Linghua Bing couldn't stand it, and took out those broken gems: "We have at least some gains, it's better than you empty-handed men......"

"Hey, we don't want to trade our lives for ......"

"These stones ......" Before the mountain could finish speaking, the blue-robed woman reached out and took the gems. She stared at the stones that were just some colorful stones in the eyes of others, and said with a frown: "...... There are remnants of magical skills, and it seems that there should have been some protective effect before, but it is still uncertain. Maybe when I go back and study it again, I will probably have a clearer understanding of what these gems originally did......"

She returned the stone to Snow Spirit Ice: "Maybe that's why those vines have been silent until now......"

"I'll just say, those vines are so good outside, why do they suddenly move......" The simple-minded little girl regained her joy, waved her fist, and then grabbed a piece of roast meat in front of her, and bit down viciously, as if she were biting those vines.

"But then, without these protections, those vines won't reappear, right?" Duan Qing said on the side: "Also, if you eat ...... that will make you fat."

"This is the free world, what am I afraid of......" The little girl narrowed her eyes: "Don't bluff people, those vines are already dead, don't think about scaring me again......"

"Give me the gem, see if you panic when you encounter these things in the future."

"Don't give. I went back and sold it for money, so I could consider sharing some of your ...... Well, that's it. ”

"Hey, it's too much......"

Unlike what Xue Lingphantom Ice said, Ah Niu and Broken Mountain still found some ancient armor equipment, but this was the only harvest they had left after rummaging through all kinds of useless garbage. Although the armor is tattered and difficult to use, the imprints engraved on it are worth studying. So the broken mountain let Ah Niu drag it back, so that Christine could look at it.

“...... This is the hallmark of the Old Magic Empire. Christine only glanced at it and replied.

She held the teacup that came out of nowhere in one hand, and pointed to the diamond-shaped sign with the other: "Here, here and here, it should have a color that represents the four elements of earth, fire, water and wind, maybe because of age, the color has been lost......

The long diamond shape, with two vertical and horizontal lines in the middle, divides the inside of the diamond into four equal parts, surrounded by a circle of dotted ornaments. Duan Qing and the others looked at the sign, and sure enough, except for the lines engraved on the armor, they couldn't see any other colors.

"The appearance of this thing shows that we are not looking in the wrong place...... Plus those previous gems. Christine's voice was full of confidence: "This should be the place where the people of the Ancient Magic Empire once lived. ”

Duan Qing couldn't help but look around. The collapsed ruins and ruins not far away seem to have suddenly awakened in the dark night, and with their broken bodies, they tell the scene of life when the people here lived in it. Now that it has become like this, and even the final destruction of the thousand-year-old empire, it is inevitable that people will feel the power of time.

But there seems to be something missing in this long river of time.

"No corpses...... staring at the ruins in the night, thinking back to the search during the day, Duan Qing suddenly realized where the wrong place was.

"We didn't find a single body." He looked around at the others, and as expected, he saw a conscious look in their eyes: "If this small village had encountered some disaster a thousand years ago, there should have been a dead man's ......"

"And now there is not a single corpse, which means ......" Xue Lingphantom Bing continued: "They all escaped?" Not right either. ”

"We were able to find the remains of some daily necessities in this village." Duan Shanyue first added: "In other words, there was no planned escape here at the beginning, and they did not flee on their own initiative. But...... If you are in trouble and passively flee, there should be some traces of war or disaster, at least ...... There should be corpses. ”

"But just now...... Nothing of value. There was also a hint of suspicion in the little girl's voice: "There is not even a corpse ......."

"So what, we can't see anything......" Ah Niu scratched his ears and cheeks on the side.

"Or maybe there's a lot of possibilities." Duan Qing explained: "For example, some kind of disease that exterminates human beings, and there are no bones left in the end, or there are creatures in this forest that like bones, and they have cleaned this place, or ......."

He looked at the pair of great magician sisters: "There were human beings...... Something similar has been done. ”

"Don't look at us like that, we want to know what's going on." Facing Duan Qing's meaningful gaze, the blue-robed woman still smiled calmly: "But Miss Ben still admires you very much, the adventurer's observation and thinking...... Very meticulous indeed. ”

"As for us, we did find something. But...... Let my sister introduce you to you. Christine's soft voice continued, but she seemed intent on letting her sister do the same: she closed her eyes and drank the teacup in her hands as she spoke, while Freya, who was hiding behind her, apparently did not realize that the discussion had its share of its own—she was still filling her mouth with roast.

Finding that everyone's eyes suddenly focused on her body, the red-robed woman's action of sending food to her mouth stopped. She slowly put down the skewer of barbecue in her hand, swallowed hard in her throat, and then, as if choking, raised her head in great pain, and beat her chest with her little hands.

The adventurers struggled to hold back their laughter, and their faces contorted.

Freya finally breathed a sigh of relief. Stroking her towering breasts slightly, she reassembled her signature, expressionless face.

"Earlier, we found some bones in front of us...... she said calmly.

"Human bones."