Chapter 62: A Request from a Wandering Merchant
Wu Yun, who was groggy, suddenly felt that someone helped him up, he suddenly opened his eyes, and a gray figure walked over in his vision blurred by sweat, and he looked at it intently, and the ground not far away turned over a square black hole, and several people in uniform climbed up from the hole one after another. It seems that this place has come to the right place on its own.
With the support of the two people, Wu Yun slowly walked down the stone steps at the entrance of the cave. He looked around curiously. The cave feels like a long yellow grotto, with smooth stone walls on all sides, suggesting that this is not the work of nature. And a round lamp in the shape of a water bubble surrounds the ceiling of the grotto, and even then the light inside is not very good. And there are doorways neatly arranged on the surrounding walls, it seems that there are not a few people living here, but such a large gathering place is so hidden, Wu Yun can't help but have a huge curiosity.
"The patriarch asked you to bring him over, there are some things to ask him." Since these people are all dressed in the same clothes, they can't see each other's appearance at all without taking off their hoods, and they can only know that the person talking on the other side is a man. He said this with a similar accent to McGee's, so it wasn't too difficult to understand.
Hearing this, Wu Yun didn't panic much. After all, he is righteous and courageous, and the other party should not do anything to himself.
Several people helped him into one of the doorways, the interior of the room was about a few square meters, and the layout of the room was very simple, just an ordinary wooden bed and a small wooden cabinet. There was a slender figure sitting on the bed, a little dim candlelight on the wooden cabinet, perhaps to make up for the dim light outside, but it obviously didn't do much at this time, just to add an eerie feeling to the small space.
"Thank you, traveler." A slightly tired woman's voice came from the bed opposite. "You must have had a hard time bringing Recoba here." Wu Yun was thinking about his own answer all the way, and it stands to reason that he shouldn't be speechless, but he didn't expect that the patriarch here would be a woman from the beginning. I couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
"Nothing, just seeing it nearby helped me." Wu Yun reacted, and he briefly recounted what happened. When he mentioned that the giant ant was spraying acid, he visibly felt the bodies of the two people around him stiffen, obviously shocked by his words. And the patriarch on the other side, who had been unable to see his face clearly, also jumped off the bed, and she slowly walked in front of Wu Yun.
It was a woman in her early forties, and although her face was a little old and tired, she was still very agile in getting out of bed. Shallow crow's feet appeared in the corners of her eyes. But her alert and sharp eyes give people a sense of not being angry and arrogant. From her face shape and facial features, it can be vaguely seen that she must have been a beauty when she was young.
"You said the ants would spit acid?!" The matriarch asked anxiously. "What does the ant look like?"
Wu Yun explained the appearance of the ant, and the middle-aged woman opposite began to bow her head and think.
"According to him, it's just an ordinary giant ant." One of the people next to him suddenly spoke, and the two men who were supporting him never spoke. This sudden sound also startled Wu Yun. "How can you spit out acid?" The other person obviously couldn't bear the loneliness either.
Wu Yun was a little surprised, the man who was called Redopa by the matriarch had reminded him before, he had always thought that this monster itself had the ability to spit acid, and judging by the reactions of these people, it seemed that this giant ant did not have this ability before. Could it be that monsters also have the ability to learn skills? Wu Yun shook his head, this question is too profound, and he won't be able to figure it out for a while. However, as long as you try to deal with them in the forest, this skill is not much of a threat to you.
"Where are you from?" The matriarch waved her hand, and the two of them immediately shut their mouths. The matriarch turned to Wu Yun, and there was a hint of vigilance in her tone.
Wu Yun had been prepared for this, he just said that he came out of Maduo Village and wanted to go to McGee to have a look, but he got lost halfway and came here. As for the ruins of the passage, the black-toothed shark bear or something, he didn't say a word. After all, the situation is not clear now.
"You go and rest first, I see you're tired too." At this time, the matriarch gestured with her chin, and Wu Yun was helped out by the two. A few people walked through the center of the grotto, and he suddenly noticed that there was a thick layer of ash on the ground in the middle of the hall, which looked like something had been burned. The two of them put him in a private room like the patriarch. Then he helped him to the bed and walked out.
Wu Yun tossed for most of the day, and couldn't help but feel sore, especially his legs, which were almost as unconscious as stones. It seems that not everyone is as familiar with carrying a weight as the fat man. A strong feeling of fatigue is the best hypnotic drug. He slowly fell asleep.
I don't know how long it took, but he was woken up by a loud noise not far away.
Wu Yun sat up, and jumping flames flickered outside the rectangular doorway. There were also slender figures shuttling back and forth in the firelight, and he sat up sharply in front of him as if he were at the scene of a fire, and then he realized that he had taken off his coat without knowing who had taken it off. All that was left was underwear and underwear. A thin blanket was over his body.
Wu Yun looked around for his coat, and then he found a gray cloak firmly placed on the small cabinet, and Wu Yun hurriedly grabbed it. Its material is relatively lightweight, and Wu Yun easily put it on his body.
He rushed out of the doorway in two steps, and a huge bonfire burned in front of him in the grotto hall. Around the campfire sat a circle of people in gray cloaks. Needless to say, the figures of the past are them.
"You've woken up, and the patriarch told you to go." At this time, a man's voice at the door said to him, and Wu Yun immediately heard that it was the man who conveyed the patriarch's order before.
Wu Yun thought that he would go to the previous patriarch's room again, but who knew that the man took him around, and soon came to a strange room similar to the inside of a yurt. In the middle of the room is a wooden platform that resembles an operating table. Lying on it was the Recoba he had rescued. I saw that his abdomen was wrapped with a bandage, and faint black marks could still be seen on the bandage. And his face was still as ugly as before, and several gray figures were busy around him, and the matriarch watched them with a worried face not far away.
"Patriarch~ he's here." The man reported to her.
The matriarch turned to Wu Yun, "You are wearing our outfit quite well~"
"You guys? You are ... Wu Yun was a little puzzled.
"Don't you know us?" The matriarch was very surprised, and Wu Yun suddenly realized her mistake. "I haven't been out much since I was a kid... So... ”
"Oh, that's it~" The woman obviously accepted this explanation, probably because of her immature face, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"We are wandering merchants who live all over the world." The matriarch slowly introduced. "This is one of our secret camps."
"What do you guys do?" Although Wu Yun is not unfamiliar with this term. But he still wanted to know a little more about them.
"We are present in all corners of the world, and in short, we are some itinerant merchants." The matriarch was a little helpless in her tone, "But since there is no fixed place to live, everyone has to wander around. She seemed to notice something wrong in her tone, and quickly changed the subject.
"Thank you again for bringing him back." The matriarch turned her head to look at the man on the wooden platform. "But he's still in danger."
"Why?" Although Wu Yun didn't know this man, it took him so much effort to bring him over, and it was a little difficult to accept hanging himself up like this.
"He was hit by a very corrosive acid." Wu Yun already knew this, he nodded hurriedly, and the matriarch continued. "We didn't expect this kind of surprise, so we didn't bring a neutralizer against it beforehand."
"Is the neutralizer hard to find?" Wu Yun was a little curious, could it be the same expensive thing as the syringe of Heiya?
"It's not hard to find, it's usually sold in town prop shops. An estimate of what it will look like around 15G. The matriarch's answer was clearly prepared in advance.
"Can I do something for you?" Wu Yun naturally heard the meaning of her words. Since human life is at stake, as long as it is not too dangerous, you can still help.
"I heard that you are going to McGee, so please buy some neutralizers for us from the prop shop there." The matriarchess's pleading expression was impossible to refuse. Still, Wu Yun had some doubts.
"Since you are merchants, how can you be helpless against such a small thing. Wouldn't it be solved if you just went to the individual? He glanced in the direction of the hall, "There are a lot of people out there?" ”
"It's not difficult to use our trading channels to get this stuff in, but it takes at least half a month for the goods to go back and forth, and at the rate of acid erosion, he can't resist a week at all. So you can only buy it nearby. ”
"During this time, McGee Town has been under strong martial law. The local chamber of commerce and we have always been incompatible. They took advantage of this opportunity to collude with the military. The matriarch shook her head and looked helpless. We've had several people recently captured by McGee's soldiers for all sorts of strange reasons. So we can't risk sending people in right now. ”
"Why is there martial law?" Wu Yun asked.
"It's said that someone is going to riot." The matriarch was a little unimpressed, "I don't know the real reason." ”
"Well, in that case, it seems that only me is the right one." Wu Yun is not afraid of martial law at all, and such things generally have nothing to do with ordinary people like himself.
"That's great~" The matriarch was obviously very happy, "If you need our help, please don't be polite." ”
"That..." Wu Yun scratched his head, "I really have a thing... ”