“…… Feed! Are you sure they finally disappeared in this place? ”

On the surface of the Varro ruins a hundred meters above, several figures scattered from each other walked around the skeletons scattered around the rocky ruins, constantly checking every detail of the surrounding environment: "Did you really see it? ”

"We didn't actually see them here, and we know for sure that they had been inquiring about it beforehand."

One of them grabbed his arm and asked viciously, and the trembling body of a man who looked like a herdsman who answered seemed to be shaking and trembling in the air: "They asked about something, and then they walked along the river bank towards this side, and I don't know the rest and the rest!" ”

"He, did they die here?" Another herdsman who was following behind him, holding a pitchfork in his hand, also hurriedly whispered to the warrior player in front of him, "It's been so long, maybe they've died in the mouths of those monsters......"

"Impossible." Interrupting the other party's words for the first time, the warrior player, who glared at the first shepherd, denied it categorically: "If they were dead, they would have been ...... by this time Belch. ”

"Anyway, we'll be the first to hear about their deaths." A low sigh came out of his voice, and at some point another player with a large shield came from the front to reveal his equally burly figure in front of the arguing crowd: "Since we haven't received similar news, it proves that they are all alive." ”

"That's right, including the homeless man who was in our temporary custody and is now missing with him." Shen Sheng responded to the other party's statement, and the warrior who was in charge of the inquiry pointed with a straight face to the rest of the tribal warriors who were also searching around: "Even if it is in a responsible manner, the Sioux and his warriors will do their best to chase these people back, we don't want to create more misunderstandings." ”

"Well, that's good." The three or two herdsmen who were surrounded by their glaring eyes also hurriedly waved their hands when they heard this: "We don't want the damage we have suffered to continue to extend, we still want to live here for a while." ”

"It's a pity that your patriarch doesn't seem to think so." Pursing his mouth, the soldier standing in the front position pressed the hilt of the straddle knife at his waist when he heard the voice: "Not only do we have to be responsible for handling this matter, but we also have to explain...... Hey, this place is so close to the territory of the Nake tribe, maybe they did it. ”

"Say less."

The muttering that became more and more obvious was interrupted by the great shield warrior behind him again in the next moment, and the voice belonging to this steady warrior also rose with the strong wind blowing through the place: "I'm sorry, because there have been a lot of things recently, so my companions and I are a little emotionally unstable, and please take care of us for the sake of us who are also running around for this matter, and advance and retreat together with us in the face of this coming storm." ”

"We will also do our best to find out the truth and find our companions." With a solemn expression, he raised his fist and struck it on his chest, performing the standard Free Continent mercenary courtesy: "Thank you for your willingness to cooperate with us in this search and investigation, and your kindness will definitely be rewarded." ”

"Hey, people who can talk are just different."

Hanging his eyelids, he turned around, and the cross-knife warriors who watched the herdsmen leave this place finally grew their own breath and muttered: "I knew it would be like this, so what else do you want me to do?" Won't you come and deal with it yourself? ”

"Of course not, we're a team." With a look of dismay, he hugged his arms angrily, and the warrior player with the big shield on his back squinted his eyes and replied, "Even if you don't want to be responsible for what happened before, you can still play your little bit of pitiful value in this place...... Did you do what you were asked to test before? ”

"Of course, that's my forte." Dancing his arms and answering excitedly, the sword-wielding warrior's eyes soon dimmed again with the content of his answer: "But those skeletons are really difficult to deal with, although the attack method is relatively simple, but the body is really black and hard......"

"What about the intensity?"

"If I were forced to evaluate, these skeletons shouldn't be the kind of invincible enemy."

As if he understood which direction the other party was asking at this time, the knife-wielding warrior player pinching his chin frowned and lowered his head: "Even if you can't beat it, at least there is no problem with self-protection, of course, if it is besieged, it may not be easy to say......"

"The problem is that one of them has a wounded man with a broken hand, plus an unstable element that I don't know if it's coming to their side." With the same thoughtful expression, the warrior with the big shield on his back continued in a low voice: "If that guy has the intention of plotting, the situation may become quite complicated, after all, we have also trained with him, and his strength is almost unpredictable and immeasurable. ”

"Do you want to do that...... Punch in and take a look? ”

Pointing to the unknown area surrounded by chaotic stone pillars and broken walls, the warrior who turned his gaze to the front pressed the hilt of his waist again: "Anyway, so many soldiers are here, it shouldn't be a big deal to go in and break in, right?" ”

"You battle maniac, can you be a little more restrained?" He was answered by a dull knock from his companion: "Then the Sioux have no reason to be born and die with us, they can't afford to suffer any greater losses now, don't forget that if we don't handle it well, there is another Wab on our side." ”

"That's why I said at the beginning, don't act with these weird guys." Glancing in the direction of the tribal warriors who were still carefully patrolling and searching along the edge of the monster area, the sword-wielding warrior player who put away his eager posture lowered his voice: "Since the northwest of Jin has become a mess, we might as well take this opportunity to part ways, anyway, we will lose at most the friendship of a hundred steps and a caravan, as long as we grab a few horses, we can still travel very leisurely......"

"Why, your ambitions were exposed so quickly?" He was answered by the disdainful eyes that belonged to the Great Shield Warrior who looked at him with his arms crossed: "I know that you have always wanted to secretly plot some strange conspiracy ambitions, but can you not make trouble yet, the current situation is chaotic enough-"

Rumble!

Before he could finish his words, there was a rumbling sound in the wild grass at the feet of several people and the center of the ruins in the distance, and a storm that rushed into the sky was followed by a surge of energy, rushing towards the endless sky in front of them through the sight of countless grass clippings and rocks flying.

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"Did we really just leave?"

Time returned to the depths of the underground ruins a little earlier, and the snow spirit phantom ice located in the laboratory passage of the core area broke the silence in the march with a low voice: "It's really no problem to leave that Kyle II there like that?" ”

"We shouldn't leave it behind, whether it's from a relationship perspective or from a clue finding perspective — I know what you're trying to say."

Sighing deeply, Duan Qing, who was staggering forward with the power of the Snow Spirit Phantom Ice, replied in a low voice: "But if you want to help him, you also need ability, you look at the way it looks now, it can barely move, what ability can I help it?" ”

“……”

"And most crucially, 'we help it' and 'it helps us' are not synonymous."

Feeling the silent emotion of the white-haired woman beside him, Duan Qing, who paused for a moment, then continued to explain in a low voice: "Maybe you didn't feel much about this when you just woke up, but Shi Ayun and I reached this consensus a long time ago, and it had already said before: it is not that it has given up on punishing us, but it is just that it is unable to carry out this operation now." ”

"Once we help it recover, we'll only get a stronger enemy."

A long sigh came out again, and Duan Qing's gaze lingered on Xue Ling's phantom ice again: "I know this sounds very weird, but the logic of robots is inherently different from us humans, even if it is simulated like it. ”

"That's why you men always think so roughly and ruthlessly." Hearing this, Snow Spirit Phantom Ice let out a cold snort: "I just think it's a little pitiful to put it there." ”

"Really? Congratulations on having developed feelings for that ancient magic machine. Duan Qing, who looked ahead again, replied in an emotionless voice: "I'm sorry to break you up so quickly, and I even have to tell you bitterly: there may not be a chance for you to meet again." ”

"Less nonsense." So he got a slap from Xue Ling's phantom ice: "Give me an honest save effort, I'm not as easy as you are now, I'm dragging two people." ”

"Actually, I don't want to bring this guy with me."

Turning back to Shi Ayun's half-dead body that was being hung by the Snow Spirit Phantom Ice and dragged on the ground, Duan Qing unconsciously let out a wry smile: "But considering that we have also lived and died together and fought together, it is better to take it away or take it away." ”

"Hey, have you developed some kind of forbidden relationship between you as well? During this time of my absence? What answered him was the same disdainful and mocking eyes from Xue Lingphantom Ice: "Otherwise, why did you, who were still attacking each other before, suddenly change your attitude now?" ”

"No matter how abnormal it is, it's impossible for me to have any strange feelings for an alien, middle-aged homeless NPC." Rolling his eyes, Duan Qing pursed his mouth indifferently: "As for the fact that something happened during the time you were a sleeping beauty, at least let me understand what he has been pursuing, and what he is so obsessed with rushing to the depths of this ruin." ”

"Oh? It sounds like another long story. Towards the motionless body dragging on the ground behind him, Xue Lingphantom Ice let out a helpless sigh: "But judging from the current results, it doesn't seem to be a good choice to rush to such a deep place." ”

"You're referring to something that could catch the virus?" Duan Qing replied indifferently: "Don't worry, according to the quality of the products shown by those skeletons, even if they do mutate, at least they will have to wait long after the death of this host before they react." ”

"So we have to make sure he's alive?" So Xue Lingphantom Bing reluctantly pointed to the body behind him that was as broken as a corpse: "Otherwise, in the end, the corpse will become our enemy and suddenly attack us from behind?" ”

"Let's think that these skeletons will show individual differences before they were born, after all, we have seen many skeleton breeds with different abilities, different professions and types." Tilting his head, Duan Qing's weak expression also brought a look of embarrassment: "If a guy like Shi Ayun becomes the same kind of immortal spirit, even if his strength is reduced, he should be a very tricky guy to deal with." ”

"That's right, so we need to try to keep his life safe before ruling out the possibility of a 'virus'." Putting away the various expressions on his face, Xue Ling's deep voice also changed a little with the sudden change of light in front of him: "That is to say...... Wait a minute. ”

"Are we on the right track?"

The howling wind swept over the sky from the direction where the light was displayed as the two figures crossed the next intersection, accompanied by the magnificent picture of countless surging bands of energy light passing above the heads of the two people, and the corner of the emerald storm gathered there in front of the passage illuminated by the energy bands also showed very clearly, and the whirlwind that originally swept all the debris around seemed to have become much fresher because of the rhythmic howling: "This, this place is - pothole? ”

"We're back in the central pothole?"

Using his arm to block the wind pressure constantly coming from front of him, Duan Qing tried his best to confirm his system map: "No, this is the edge of the connected area...... When did we come back? ”

"You, didn't you say you were going this way?" Xue Ling, who replied, also tried his best to stabilize his figure: "I believe that you have been walking down this road!" You-"

"Discover a class of life, and begin to identify it."

Before the two players could start arguing, a tall metal figure then appeared from the depths of the passage behind with heavy footsteps, and the brilliance of the scan then swept through the scene of Duan Qing and Xue Lingphantom Ice turning their heads in unison, and finally took the lead in freezing on Duan Qing's body: "The identity comparison is complete, according to the transmission data of the replicat——"

"Identified as an intruder."