At the end of November, the Black Dead continent in the Northern Hemisphere enters the end of autumn, and the weather is getting colder and colder.

Compared to the outside, the inside of Security Station 27 is as warm as spring. Chen Xing was wearing a loose jumper, drinking a dozen gold coins of manor red wine, and lying on the sofa in the lounge area. He tilted his head, chatting with a man in his early thirties.

The man was tall and thin, with a horse face and small eyes, which narrowed into a line when he laughed, making people feel a little cunning. He is one of the three forces in District 27, the leader of the Grey Pigeon Regiment "Blood Pigeon".

The best place for the two bigwigs to meet is naturally the security station, so that everyone doesn't have to watch out for each other. Who can pull up a team in this land is not a human spirit? Therefore, whether Chen Xing invited the blood pigeon, or the blood pigeon invited Chen Xing, they did not dare to go to each other's territory.

"Brother Pigeon, did you grow the tobacco yourself last time?" Chen Xing asked.

"Not only did I grow it myself, but I also picked it, dried it myself, and shredded it myself." Blood Pigeon said with a slight expression.

"That's handmade tobacco!" Chen Xing sighed. In the world of large-scale mechanized processing, any handmade item is a scarce commodity.

"I processed it using the ancient method, and I got off the Jinlan wine in the Eastern Continent, eighteen processes, one and a lot." Blood Dove boasted.

The essence of small talk is that there is nothing to say, and from the time they met to the present, the two have been saying these unnutritious words. No way, they have just met, they have to understand each other, but also have reservations, the best way is to make small talk.

After chatting a lot, you will naturally get acquainted.

"Eh, it looks like they're hiring over there." "Let's go, let's see."

"I heard that Lethe has found the World Fragment, and many mercenary groups are recruiting." "You want to trick us into being cannon fodder again, no way!" "Oh, where are you not going to be cannon fodder, isn't it making money?" "The price seems to be good, he doesn't go to us."

Exiles passed by the table in twos and threes, exchanging words and talking. Chen Xing and Blood Pigeon soon noticed that there was a sign in the middle of the rest area to recruit team members. The two looked at each other, got up and walked over.

A group of exiles gathered around a round table in the middle, on which stood a card that read: 20 gold per month, including food and lodging.

The simple and crude job advertisement, as well as the noisy onlookers around him, couldn't help but remind Chen Xing of the recruitment of rural workers on the earth.

The blood pigeon parted from the crowd in front of him, walked to the table, and looked at it with a frown. Suddenly there was a "snap" and a slap on the table.

The people around were startled, and instantly fell silent, and their eyes were focused on the blood pigeon.

"Who agreed to hire someone here?" The blood pigeon asked with a fierce look in his eyes.

According to the unwritten rules on the Black Death Continent, forces in the outer region must obtain the consent of the forces in their own region before they can recruit members in the security department of their own region. When Chen Xing formed a group last time, he first established his authority, and then recruited people. The people of the blood dove knew about it, and they did not dare to stop it.

In the face of the shouting questions of the district leader, the exile did not show fear, but slapped the table and pointed at the nose of the blood pigeon and scolded: "What are you! Our black skeleton recruits people, so we need to ask you if you are a deflated three! ”

The man scolded very badly, but the blood pigeon immediately withered and withdrew without saying a word.

Chen Xing saw it in his eyes, and naturally he would not be strong. He had heard from the ghost fox that the Black Skull was one of the six major war groups of the Black Death Continent, and he didn't take the small force of the Gray Pigeon Regiment in his eyes at all.

Sitting back in his seat, perhaps in a bad mood, the blood pigeon grabbed the bottle and took a big sip.

"What ......" the blood pigeon scolded, looking very unhappy.

Chen Xing didn't answer, but turned his head and told Wu Jinjian, who came with him, to inquire about the situation. He wanted to know what world fragments the other party had found.

"Forget it, black skeletons are not easy to mess with." The blood pigeon shook his head and persuaded.

"Just ask." Chen Xing said.

After a while, Wu Jinjian returned.

"It's a world of ancient magic in the Western Continent." Wu Jinjian said a very professional term.

The name of the World Fragment is usually composed of four parts, and the specific format is: Culture Type + Era + Energy Use + World Nature.

The types of culture include Eastern Continental Culture, Western Continental Culture, Tribal Culture, etc.; The era is divided into antiquity, medieval, modern, and future; The use of energy is divided into technology and magic; The nature of the world is divided into homologous worlds, finite homologous worlds, and non-homologous worlds.

According to the different values, the world fragments are divided into ordinary homologous worlds, magic worlds, super technology worlds, and super magic worlds. Among them, the super-technology and super-demon worlds are the most valuable, because human beings can obtain new technologies and new ways of using energy from them.

The finite homologous world is primarily the "humanoid world". As the name suggests, it is the world of alien human cultures, such as orcs, giants, demons, celestials, and so on.

Non-homologous worlds refer to worlds that are completely devoid of humanoid organisms, including mechanical worlds, oxygen-free worlds, glacial worlds, desolate worlds, and so on.

"Your brother is a man of culture." Blood Pigeon said with a smile.

Wu Jinjian ignored the former's ridicule and continued, "I heard that the fragments are very unstable, there are multiple random entrances, and several major war groups are rushing to enter. ”

"Plural random entrance?" Chen Xing and Blood Pigeon glanced at each other.

Some unstable world fragments, the entrance will randomly flash within a certain range. However, these spaces can collapse at any time, and the result may be a silent disappearance or a massive explosion comparable to a 10-million-ton nuclear bomb.

And in such a dangerous situation, several major warbands are still grabbing, which means that there are very valuable treasures in this fragment of this world.

Chen Xing and Blood Pigeon fell into deep thought. After a long time, Chen Xing took the lead in breaking the silence, "Brother Pigeon, are you interested?" ”

"The tobacco planted this year hasn't been harvested yet...... Blood Pigeon waved his hand, "It's too dangerous to go to that kind of place, and if you're not careful, you'll be left with no bones, and I want to live a few more years." ”

"Yes......" Chen Xing nodded and sighed.

"It's not too early, we'll talk about it next time." Blood Dove stood up and said.

"Okay." Chen Xing said dryly.

The two of them say one thing, but do another. Almost at the same time, he left the security station and ran towards his stronghold. They all tacitly avoided the topic of "going together", everyone had just met, they didn't trust each other, and it was not good to get together.

Back at the stronghold, Chen Xing immediately organized a team of people and rushed to Lechuan with Wu Jinjian. He believed that the bosses of several major war groups were not fools, and they would definitely go if it was profitable. He can't improve his strength for the time being, so he can only rely on foreign objects.

Humans in the wizarding world have been using psionic energy for a longer time, and although they are not ahead of the red clay world, there are a large number of treasures engraved with rune circuits. As long as you can get one or two practical things, your strength will be greatly improved.

He didn't bring a big cat, but Wu Jinjian, the main thing is that he still doesn't worry about others, so he can only hand over the stronghold to his most trusted brother. He didn't plan to lead the team into the World Fragment, these people have limited strength, and bringing them in is also a drag, so it is better to stay outside to pick them up.

The World Fragment was found in Area 14. Lethe is large and straddles two areas.

Halfway through, it suddenly snowed. This is the first snow of the year on the Black Earth Continent, and the snowflakes are as thin as cow's hair, and they melt immediately when they fall on the face.

"It's been three years...... Wu Jinjian stretched out his hand to catch the falling snowflakes, as if touching the scene, and sighed in a low voice.

Everyone stopped, looked at the fine snow sprinkled between the heavens and the earth, and fell into a long silence. Maybe it's thinking of relatives in my hometown, maybe it's thinking of the one in my life......

Chen Xing thought of Suna, that innocent and lovely girl, whether she would also face a long winter night. Will she be able to find enough food, will she survive? No one could answer his question, only the bitter north wind.

Suddenly, emotions grew, and the desire to go home became intense.

He clenched his fists, said "come on" in his heart, collected his mood, and took the lead to the front. He is the leader of the team, everyone can be vulnerable, but he can't!

The team members sparsely followed, and the sound of the material cart sounded again, echoing in the fine snow......

More than ten days later, the team arrived at the edge of Lethe. Chen Xing found a half-collapsed building, repaired it on the spot for two days, and continued to advance.

After entering Lethe, you can occasionally see exiles in the distance. Groups of three or five, loose queues. It seems that the news spread very quickly, and people from many areas have come over.

The members of the Black Skull team who came to the security station to find people only announced the approximate location, and Chen Xing led the team to move forward while groping, and finally found it on the seventh day of entering Lethe.

The sky in this area is very gray, with occasional flashes of white light. It was a fleeting rift in space, and the biggest difference with lightning was that it was silent.

The thick clouds that gather in the sky are attracted by unstable space debris, which scholars at White Elephant City call the "spatial diffusion phenomenon".

This is a sign that the fragments of the world are about to collapse. The essence of space is the development of expansion, and in the process, the debris of the other space collides with the space. The end result is only two, either they are fused by this space and become part of the red world, or they are mutually exclusive and explode violently.

Fusion does not remain, but is dispersed to every part of the space, expanding the entire single universe a little bit. Although this "little bit" is negligible, the number of world fragments is very large, and the accumulation of small amounts can make the universe gradually expand.

No one knows the exact location of the fragments of that world, but spatial rifts will randomly appear in this area. Those who have existed for a long time and are relatively stable can enter. In order to avoid conflict, large and small forces occupied their own territory and marked the passages with stones.

Everyone's energy was focused on the spatial rift, and the number of robbing each other was reduced.

Chen Xing occupies the ruins of a factory and scatters his personnel around, monitoring the spatial cracks that may appear at any time.