Chapter 9: Ghost Fire
The wilderness shrouded in night is full of murderous intent everywhere.
The Dead Zone was once thought to be a forbidden place where humans would never be able to set foot in it.
For example, a large desert is next to an endless lake, and on the other side of the lake is a lava swamp that cannot be explored, and at the end of the lava swamp is a large snowfield, which does not affect each other at all for natural reasons, as if there is an invisible wall separating them from each other.
Because of this, the area of the dead has given birth to an ecosystem that is different from any other place on the continent, full of monsters of different shapes, and even a large number of things that do not look like creatures at all.
The exploration of the dead area has only been carried out in a small part so far, and it can be said that it is very prosperous, including the construction of roads with enchantments, the establishment of sentry posts in key areas, and various businesses that make use of the products therein.
However, there are even more magical claims about the Dead Zone.
It seems that the product inside can be refreshed, although there is no authoritative evidence.
"It's almost desert, you come down, I still have to fight."
The emperor glanced back at Goliath, the city of the Far North fortress that looked like a giant beast in the distance.
It has been separated by a considerable distance, but the outline of the huge city is still clearly visible, like a fierce beast under the starlight, mighty and terrifying.
Because it is a fortress city, the elements of "fortress" are larger than those of "city".
This sentence, of course, is for the commander who is sitting on his shoulder.
"I'm going to sit here! Don't want to walk on your own! ”
Si Ming hugged Huang Taiyi's neck, and begged for nothing.
"What if the war starts!"
"I'll go down then!"
"Forget it, you ...... quietly"
The emperor didn't want to argue about anything, so he let Si order to continue to rely on it, and basically it didn't have much impact anyway.
Seeing that it was already the edge of the desert, the temperature around it had dropped to about zero degrees, and under the effect of the Demon Exorcism Enchantment, no creature dared to approach.
The Demon Exorcism Barrier is a very convenient setting in this world, which can effectively prevent wild monsters and monsters from approaching, the large Demon Removal Barrier protects the highway that anyone can safely traverse, and the small Demon Exorcism Barrier is used for travel.
This is a field related to magic, and unfortunately, neither the Emperor Taiyi nor Si Ming seem to have the quality to use magic.
Who?
When Huang Taiyi had just stepped out of the highway into the desert, a strange sensation made him look up suddenly.
Nothing.
Even the stars are sparse, let alone anything out of the ordinary.
"What the hell are you?"
Huang Taiyi frowned and asked his boss.
"Huh? What did I do? No, what the hell is going on? What to eat for supper today? ”
Si Ming tilted his head stupidly, not knowing anything in the real sense, and in the end he had even deviated from the original topic.
"You didn't get some weird stuff to spy on me?"
The part of the emperor's eyebrows was still tightened.
"It's not that I can't do it, but how can I have divine power......"
Si Ming yawned, and instead looked at Huang Taiyi with eyes questioning the other party's IQ.
"Forget it, it's probably a bird in the sky."
Huang Taiyi looked up at the sky again, but he still couldn't see anything, so he had to give up.
It is now on the edge of the desert, and because it is close to the road, there is basically no other life except for a small number of desert plants and insects, and it is also a relatively safe area.
To reach the dangerous area, which is a little deeper into the heart of the desert, it takes about three days to trek, and it will take nearly an hour for the emperor to run with all his might.
Fortunately, the restraint of power in this world is basically not so deep, as long as a small amount of True Qi is used to speed up, and the side effect is that it is almost impossible to use offensive moves when moving.
The rules of the world are still entangled in Huang Taiyi all the time.
"Ah Tai, what's up ahead?"
Si Ming, who was relatively condescending, had quite a keen eye, and at a glance he saw some suspicious objects scattered all over the ground on the edge of the sand dunes in front of him, and the light was very poor, and he could only see that they were some irregular pieces.
It's also a bit unfortunate that today happens to hit the day when the moon is dark and the wind is high.
"It turned out to be a cactus...... If it's just a coincidence...... It's not that it's unreasonable. ”
As soon as the emperor hurried to the scene, he smelled a fresh smell similar to cucumbers before he could get close, and at least hundreds of cacti with very large roots were cut to pieces, and of course, there were no flower crowns or other drops left at the scene.
Cactus settlements are quite common in the desert, and there are hundreds of them at every turn, and if you go to war, you may indeed be able to fight and kill the entire settlement.
However, when this happens now, there is always a feeling that you have fallen into someone's trap.
Whew-
The faint blue firelight suddenly lit up in Si Ming's ears, and quickly dissipated into the air before she could react.
"Ahh
Si Ming finally got off the shoulders of the emperor, and this time he was immediately frightened, and he pounced on him without looking.
"Look, this cactus tastes a little melon......"
As soon as the emperor pinched a piece of cactus and pulled the flesh from it and chewed it, he thought about turning around and taking this thing to Si Ming to taste, but the thorny side of the cactus fragment in his hand happened to face Si Ming who bumped into him in a panic.
"Bah-"
Si Ming stopped the car at the last moment, and her hands were still stretched out to the left and right, and the cold light of the cactus needles was almost thirty centimeters long, like a cluster of daggers, and there was still an inch or so away from the tip of her nose.
"You're scared again, be careful, okay? How dangerous. ”
Huang Taiyi pulled off a large piece of cactus pulp, put it in his mouth and chewed it vigorously, it was very chewy, and it contained a lot of water, sweet and thirst-quenching.
"That'...... Over there...... ...... over there"
Si Ming blinked, huge beads of sweat trickled down her forehead, and suddenly, her upper and lower teeth began to fight constantly, and her fingers trembled and pointed behind Huang Taiyi.
A few bits of faint blue flames emerged from the air again, burning silently.
This time, the strange flames did not disappear, but gradually condensed into a vague human form.
"You stand back and find a place to play in the sand by yourself."
Huang Taiyi sensed that something was wrong, and decisively blocked in front of Si Ming, signaling for her to flash as far as she could.
Ghost fire.
The blue flame is easily reminiscent of the word, and even though there is a scientific explanation for it, it still does not get rid of the stereotype of the average person.
As long as it's a ghost fire, it's mostly like an unlucky thing, and it's closely related to things like the dead and death.
The Emperor stared intently at the flickering and changing ghost fire, waiting to see what earth-shattering unfolded next.
There really is.
The appearance of the ghost fire is already quite clear, and as it multisizes, it becomes more and more human-like.
Finally, where it should have been an eye, an eye that was also made of blue flames slowly opened, and responded-for-tat to the gaze of the emperor.
Is this going to blink before anyone?