It can be seen from the previous confrontation between Oulin and Sirius that although this person assisted the Eclipse Sect as a last resort, he at least had a bottom line in his heart and did not completely obey the instructions of the Eclipse Sect.

Lu Xiao pointed to the Focus on Ou Lin's ear: "As long as no one interferes with it, the signal shielding effect can be maintained for a long time." ”

"From what you know about Siris, how often will he become suspicious because he can't reach anyone?"

Orin thought about it for a moment: "Siris is not an impatient person, but a dozen Eclipse cultists have lost contact at the same time, and he should soon notice the anomaly. ”

Lu Xiao nodded: "Then we will only establish preliminary contact today, if you want to rescue your wife and children, and no longer be controlled by others, I can help you, but I need you to provide me with some information." ”

Ou Lin and Lu Xiao just met in Pingshui, and Lu Xiao's previous killing skills really scared him, but considering the safety of his family, Ou Lin couldn't make up his mind for a while whether to risk cooperating with Lu Xiao.

Lu Xiao used his Focus to exchange contact signals with Ou Lin: "I know you can't make up your mind for a while. ”

"If you decide to work with me to rescue your family, you can dial in this encrypted band, which will save our calls from Siris's surveillance."

Orin sighed and said, "I'll think about it." ”

"Orin."

Lu Xiao solemnly looked at Ou Lin, who had a tangled expression: "Now, I need you to tell me something." ”

"Why did Siris target the girl with the Focus so much? Also, apart from this metal demon, does the Eclipse Cult have any other back-up against the Nora? ”

Orin scratched his head and said puzzledly, "I don't know what happened between Sirius and the girl named Aloy, the Eclipse Sect didn't come to Nora territory for her in the first place. ”

"Siris's original purpose was to dig up the metal demons buried in Nora's territory, and use the kind of parts in your hands to control them to break through the Nora settlement and take down the Sanctuary at the pinnacle of the Heart of Ten Thousand Mothers."

"My job is to help them dig up metal demons, and killing Aloy was a temporary decision by Sirius, and I don't know why he suddenly had the idea."

Lu Xiao groaned and touched his chin: "Improvised, or is it an order from the 'shadow' behind Siris?" ”

"Orin, what exactly is the so-called 'Shadow', have you seen it in its essence?"

Orin shook his head: "No, but according to the Eclipse cultists who have seen the shadows, their god is attached to a huge oracle and secretly controls the actions of the Eclipse cult and Shadow Calga. ”

Orin looked at the time on the Focus and interrupted the conversation with some uneasiness: "Sorry, I should go, continuing to talk is likely to arouse Siris's suspicions." ”

"One last question."

Lu Xiao didn't plan to stop Ou Lin, he might play a more important role in the future, and it was the best choice for Ou Lin to continue to ambush the Eclipse Sect.

"Did Sirius himself enter Nora territory? When are they going to make a move on Aloy? ”

Ou Lin turned his head to leave and answered Lu Xiao's question loudly: "Siris is lying in ambush near the Heart of Ten Thousand Mothers, and they are going to make a move in this morning's trial ceremony. ”

"If you're going to stop Siris, hurry up, it's less than two hours before the plan starts."

It took the Eclipse Cult to dig up the war machine all night, and by the time Orin left, a hazy morning light could be seen in the sky.

The trial ritual of the Nora clan will begin around 8 o'clock this morning, and the Eclipse Cult led by Siris should have made the final preparations.

Seeing Ou Lin leave, Lu Xiao waved his hand to open the portal, relying on the positioning rune that Yongzhen carried with him to directly teleport back to the Heart of Ten Thousand Mothers.

"Hiss~"

As soon as he walked out of the portal, Lu Xiao first felt the cold wind blowing.

From Lu Xiao's location, you can see the altar on the top of the Heart of Ten Thousand Mothers, which has become very small, which should be another high mountain near the Nora settlement.

Patting the snowflakes on her body, Lu Xiao turned her head to look at Yongzhen, who was half-squatting on the ground: "How is it, did you find anything abnormal on that little girl?" ”

Yongzhen shook his head: "No, the participants of the trial last night all slept in the same longhouse, and there was no movement at night, and the trial was just about to start." ”

Following Yongzhen's line of sight, several teenagers and girls who were shivering from the cold were rubbing their hands together and moving in place, and in front of them stood a middle-aged man with a sharp beak and monkey cheeks.

The lewd man was supposed to be one of the proctors sent by the Nora to preside over the trial, and his blatant discriminatory attitude showed that he was very displeased with Aloy.

"What's the situation with these people, why do they all have such a bad attitude towards Aloy?"

Yongzhen lurked near the longhouse last night and heard some news, and she explained to Lu Xiao, "Aloy is a banishee, and she doesn't technically belong to the Nora clan. ”

"Although the eldest mother, Tirsa, specifically allowed her to participate in the trial, there are still many people in the clan who have a strong antipathy towards Aloy."

A banisher, as the name suggests, is a person who has committed a crime and has been expelled from the tribe.

The Nora are forbidden to communicate with the Wanderers in any way, and violators are punished by the Council of the Elders.

From the perspective of an ordinary Nora people, it is normal for a person to feel uncomfortable with a person who has committed a crime standing next to him.

Even if they didn't know what Aloy had committed.

When Lu Xiao and Yongzhen exchanged information, the trial officially began.

As expected, Aloy was targeted during the trial, and she was the first to get the herbivore part, and she was plotted by a competitor, and the loot was destroyed with a bow and arrow, so she had to find another herbivore to get the loot.

By the time the other young Nora had already begun their next move, they were groping their way through the harsh snow-capped mountains, following the guidance marks left by the tribe to the finish line.

Aloy is a stubborn girl with a strong competitive spirit, and unwilling to admit defeat, she gritted her teeth and got the herbivore parts again.

Aloy, who did not follow the usual path, deviated from the guiding path, and she took advantage of a very steep shortcut to rush out of the snowy mountains, and was the first to cross the finish line set by the eldest mothers.

When Aloy got into a verbal altercation with the middle-aged man with the sharp-beaked monkey cheeks at the finish line, Lu Xiao captured dozens of eclipse cultists who suddenly appeared in the snowy mountains through the eyes of the eagle.

"Be prepared to fight, we can't let Aloy die here, she could be the key figure in our finding Hades."

The Eclipse cultists hid near the snowy mountains and surrounded the young Nora people who participated in the trial, their weapons ready to be fired.

Although I still don't know what is special about Aloy, Lu Xiao doesn't think that Sirius will make an impromptu decision for no reason.

According to Yongzhen's investigation, Aloy has only just reached adulthood this year, and has been studying art in the mountains with her adoptive father before, and has never left the territory of the Nora tribe, so it is impossible for him to have contact with Siris in Calga.

That being the case, the reason why Siris attached so much importance to Aloy is very intriguing.