Located on the southwest side of Hanqi City, the Hanqi Mountain Range is named after Hanqi City, and is the closest mountain range to Hanqi City within the jurisdiction of the city. The entire mountain range is northwest and southeast, stretching for hundreds of miles, even if the southernmost acropolis on the side of the mountain range of Hanqi City looks east, you can still faintly see the shadow of the Hanqi Mountain Range, and at this moment, the three teenagers are walking towards the core of the mountain range.

"We have to speed up, there are still more than three days to go to the fifteenth of this month, we have to find out what is in the core of the mountain range before that, and then use carrier pigeons to inform Sister Ting, time is tight and the task is heavy, go this way." Chen Yuan glanced up at the sky, looked at the compass, tightened the package belt on his back, and said to Zhang Ling'er and Feng Sanqi behind him.

That's right, these three people are Chen Yuan and his party, when they negotiated an alliance with the two main cities of Shuangyu and Buming, Chen Yuan and the three of them stayed in the City Lord's Mansion for a day, and then set off for the Hanqi Mountain Range, after all, their mission this time is to investigate the root cause of the beast tide's abnormality, that is to say, they must know what caused the change in the core area of the mountain range, and tell Yang Ting that this mission is completed.

Although Yang Ting repeatedly dissuaded, saying that they had helped Hanqi City a lot, this mission would be completed, after all, Yang Ting was the publisher of this task and had the right to determine whether the task was completed or not. But Chen Yuan and the three of them still decided to complete this task completely, Zhang Linger felt that this was the first task of the "greedy and hateful" combination, of course, it had to be completed thoroughly, and it was beautiful. And Chen Yuan suddenly discovered a few days ago that in the direction of the Hanqi Mountain Range, there was a mysterious force constantly calling for him, that feeling was very vague, but it was real, he didn't mention it to others, but wanted to find out. As for Feng Sanqi, as the existence with the least status in the group, of course, it is Tingchen Yuan and Zhang Ling'er. Therefore, the three politely declined Yang Ting's kindness and marched to the Hanqi Mountains the next day.

In view of the fact that it was close to the fifteenth, Yang Ting gave them three carrier pigeons specially used to transmit information in Hanqi City, and with the carrier pigeon to transmit the news, Chen Yuan and the three of them had plenty of time to enter the inner circle to find the source of the anomaly, without worrying about not being able to deliver the news in time. Chen Yuan is carrying a carrier pigeon cage, although he has a pity star ring, but the space equipment cannot hold living creatures, so he can only carry it on his own.

The three of them are all monks who have undergone the awakening of their talents, although Chen Yuan has not been systematically guided by the teacher, but if it is compared to physical strength and endurance, it is definitely necessary to throw Zhang Ling'er, who has been guided by the system and cultivated for a year, several streets, let alone Feng Sanqi. Therefore, the three of them were not slow, and after entering the mountain range for most of the day, it was estimated that they had advanced nearly a hundred miles to the core area of the mountain range.

"Take a break. Chen Yuan took a machete, cleaned up the surrounding weeds, sprinkled some insect repellent and realgar powder, and said to Zhang Ling'er and Feng Sanqi. Before leaving, he asked Yang Ting to buy some tools needed in the mountains and forests, this machete is also one of them, as well as those insect repellent medicines, I heard Yang Ting say that they are specially made, and they are effective against nine out of nine snakes.

"How far is it?" Zhang Ling'er asked, taking the water and dry food handed by Chen Yuan. After Chen Yuan handed another portion of water and food to Feng Sanqi, he took out a map, which was the map of the Hanqi Mountain Range that Yang Ting gave to Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan roughly identified the direction on the map, locked the location of his group now, and then said: "We started from the northwest of Hanqi City, bypassed that section of the cliff area, and entered from the northwest end of the mountain range, the point of entry is about more than two hundred miles away from the core area, we are about halfway now, according to my estimate, we will not be able to reach the core area tonight, it is too dangerous to travel at night in the mountain range, and we are expected to arrive at the destination at noon tomorrow." This is also thanks to Sister Ting for sending flying beasts to put us at the starting point, otherwise it would have taken a day just to get around the cliff area. ”

The southwest of Hanqi City is only about a hundred miles away from the Hanqi Mountain Range, but it is impossible to enter the Hanqi Mountain Range from Hanqi City, and there is a large cliff in the direction of Hanqi City, which cannot be climbed or footed at all. There is also an enchantment in the core area, which excludes all creatures in the Zhiyou realm, and the flying beasts in Hanqi City happen to be in the Shuangxuan realm, so Yang Ting can only send Chen Yuan and his party to a place that is relatively short away from the core area, and they still have to rely on themselves to get close to the core area.

After resting, Chen Yuan and the three of them continued to move forward, walking for about thirty miles, Chen Yuan looked up at the sky, and found that the sun was about to set, so the three of them found a cave, picked up some firewood, and planned to spend the night in the cave. Fortunately, after a few beast tides, the alien beasts close to the core area have been almost driven away, and the three of them have not encountered very difficult alien beasts along the way, and occasionally encountered a few low-strength beasts, all of which were driven away by Chen Yuan.

As the sun slowly sinks in the west and night falls, the temperature in the mountains always changes rapidly, and when the stars fill the night sky, a hint of chill begins to rise. From time to time, there was a crackling sound of firewood popping in the fire in the cave, and the three of Chen Yuan sat around the fire to keep warm, Feng Sanqi asked Chen Yuan with some puzzlement: "Why didn't you kill those beasts during the day?" ”

Chen Yuan's strength Feng Sanqi had already seen it in the battle of the beast tide, he asked himself that with all his strength, he could not be Chen Yuan's opponent, and even Feng Sanqi suspected that even if he and Zhang Ling'er joined forces, they might not be able to beat Chen Yuan. During the day, those beasts that were not even foreign beasts could not be killed by themselves in three moves, let alone Chen Yuan, so Feng Sanqi was very puzzled.

"At first glance, you kid has no experience in surviving in the wild, and you're a stunned young man. Although the strength of those beasts is weak, killing them will inevitably spread the smell of blood, once these bloody smells attract more powerful beasts, even the existence that we can't deal with, then what should we do? Zhang Linger said that she had also participated in several temporary combination missions, and knew that killing in the mountains and forests was taboo, and the smell of blood would cause a lot of unnecessary trouble.

Chen Yuan nodded in agreement, but only he knew that there was a deeper reason for this. After obtaining the blood jade inheritance, Chen Yuan subconsciously did not harm the animals he saw, unless the other party was very hostile and threatened his life and safety, Chen Yuan originally did not care, but in this world, when he inexplicably gained the ability to communicate with animals, this feeling became more and more intense. That's why he chose to become friends with the beast kings around the village, instead of relying on this ability to defeat or even kill them, and even when he went out to hunt, it was mostly the gray-maned wolf king who took action.

In essence, Chen Yuan did not reject this feeling, of course, he also thought about what it was, and the answer he came to was still on the inheritance, which made Chen Yuan subconsciously feel that he could not harm innocent beasts, just like people can punish the wicked, but they cannot harm the good people at will.

Chen Yuan thought about the meaning of this change, which meant that he began to get close to the beast clan and subconsciously protect the beast clan. But Chen Yuan doesn't think this is a bad thing, because just like people, animals have their own lives, relatives, ethnic groups, and even their own languages. People usually think that the orcs are barbaric and inferior, but Tatsumoto, who can understand the language of the orcs, doesn't think so. It's like the jackal who was just driven away by him, it was a family of five, and the strength was so low that there was no way to distinguish the cultivation level of the three of them, so they used the three of them as food, which is normal, when you are hungry, you have to eat, this is the rule of heaven, and so are people.

To put it another way, if it's a group of hungry people, what do you think when you see three elk? Of course, kill these three elks to fill their stomachs. The principle of natural selection for the survival of the fittest makes sense in any world. Man only knows how to restrain his desires, but in essence he still follows the instincts of animals. Therefore, Chen Yuan feels that there is no difference between superior and inferior races, only whether they are strong or not, as far as Chen Yuan himself is concerned, he is close to the beast clan so he does not want to kill. When Chen Yuan communicates with animals, they often behave very simply, friends are friends, enemies are enemies, maybe they have seen too much deceit between people, this kind of uncomplicated thinking and way of getting along makes him feel very comfortable.

The summer night only lasts for more than three hours, and the three of Chen Yuan take turns to be on duty at night, and there is no need to distribute it too carefully, one hour per person is about the same. Because Chen Yuan had sprinkled insect repellent and realgar powder around the cave before nightfall, there were no snakes and insects to harass this night, and the fire that burned all night dried all the remaining moisture in the cave, and of course it was impossible for insects and ants who like a dark and damp environment to come to this place, and the three of them lived a peaceful night.

But there was a small episode in the middle, Feng Sanqi was the last person on duty at night, when Zhang Linger finished handing over with him and fell asleep, a group of uninvited guests gathered in front of the cave, it was a group of mountain wolves, this kind of wolf is not strong, it can only be regarded as an ordinary beast, but it has been living in a group, and the group is huge. In the second half of the hour, just when Feng Sanqi was a little sleepy, a pair of dark green eyes appeared outside the cave, and when Feng Sanqi was fighting his spirits and fiddling with the fire, he raised his head and met one of the eyes.

Looking at the more than fifty pairs of green eyes outside the cave, Feng Sanqi's face turned white. Suo Xing didn't shout loudly, but just pushed Chen Yuan awake. Chen Yuan was also startled when he saw the wolves at the entrance of the cave, but remembered that these wolves were afraid of the fire, so he added some firewood to the fire, and when he saw the flames soaring, those "green eyes" obviously took a step back, and his heart was even more determined, so he instructed Feng Sanqi to say a few words, and went to sleep again.

Feng Sanqi was a little speechless, but he had no choice but to be worried about maintaining the vigor of the flames in the fire. After more than three hours, the stars gradually faded, the light gradually returned to the earth, the fire was still burning, and the wolves had long since disappeared, so except for Feng Sanqi, who was the last on duty at night, was scared, Chen Yuan and Zhang Ling'er rested well.