Four hours later, the group stepped out of the tunnel.

A small depression is revealed outside the tunnel, and there are rock walls on three sides of the lower ten meters.

Rong Sheng led them to the bottom of the depression, pulled out a barbed wire, squeezed sideways into the rock crevice and said: "The rock crevice is narrow and can't light torches, you guys slow down, hold each other, our gathering place is behind the rock wall, it's very safe inside, and the slightly larger beasts can't get in, it's not easy to walk." ”

Barbed wire is protected against small creeping poisons.

The living environment was too bad, and Jin Li squeezed sideways into the rock crevice, feeling that his breathing was not very smooth.

The hands groped forward, and if they didn't pay attention, their faces would rub against the rough rock wall, and their arms and legs kept making intimate contact with the rock wall, and they had to carry things in and out.

It is so narrow, and large things can only be disassembled, transported in and out little by little, and the difficulty can be imagined.

Guiyuan Zhenren pulled the corners of Jinli's clothes, especially unsuitable for the dark and cramped rock crevices, walking bumpering, always inadvertently hitting the rock wall, humming and chirping and crying out in pain.

Jin Li stretched out his hand to protect his right, so as not to hit the rock wall, Bai Lixian stretched out his hand to protect his left, the rock wall grinded so that he secretly hissed constantly, he was also the first time to enter the Demon Forest, and the usual transactions were outside.

The most adaptable is Junhao, who did not say a word throughout the whole process, and has strong night vision, as if walking on the ground.

After a quarter of an hour of walking in the dark, the crevices in the rock were a little wider, and one could at least barely straighten his body.

The space is relatively closed and cramped, so it is not suitable to light a fire, and continue to walk in the dark.

After walking for about half an hour, the crevices gradually widened, and the resin lamps were lit on the walls.

Rong Sheng knocked on the rock wall and said: "This side is chiseled by us, the rock is extremely hard, it has been chiseled for a long time, and because the rock wall is hard, it is safe inside, some fierce beast claws are good at making holes, and we dare not widen the rock wall in front, so it is the safest." ”

As they spoke, several people came to a wooden door, Rong Sheng pulled the iron bell next to him, and the heavy wooden door opened from the inside.

"Chief, did you bring it back?" A middle-aged man appeared in front of everyone, and he looked behind Rong Sheng with hope in his eyes.

"Brought it back." Rong Sheng turned sideways and introduced, "Uncle Ming, this is Miss Feng." ”

Then turn around and introduce them one by one.

Jin Li stretched out his hand to Uncle Ming.

Uncle Ming looked at Jinli's dantian with a vague gaze, wiped his palm on his clothes, and then stretched out his hand: "Miss Feng has worked hard all the way, let's go back to the house for a little rest." ”

When you step out of the wooden door, your vision is wide.

The agglomeration is in full view.

It's no wonder that Rong Sheng boasted that his gathering place was a treasure of feng shui in the Demon Suppression Forest, and its safety performance was second to none.

The gathering place is a naturally formed sinkhole, about the size of two football fields, surrounded on all sides by towering rock walls with a flat interior.

The two-story wooden houses are arranged in a 'hui' shape, and the rock walls are surrounded by low trees, and scattered spiritual grasses are planted next to them.

Spirit grass has high requirements for the growth environment, and many spirit grasses only grow in specific places, and they will die if they move.

Such a small piece of land can accommodate six or seven hundred people, and it is really impossible to grow food here.

First, there is no sunlight, and secondly, the gathering place is narrow, and there are not enough people to live, so how to grow food.

Jin Li looked around, and saw that there were many holes in the rock wall, some large and some small, the small holes were lit with resin lamps, illuminating downward, although the sinkhole was not covered by trees, but the sky was dark and dull all day long, and the light was very dim.

A wooden door was placed in the big hole, and Jin Li asked, "There are people living on it?" ”

"Hmm." Rong Sheng said: "Newly chiseled, some time ago, a new group of people came in, hundreds, many gathering places can't accommodate it, our gathering place is a little better, there are still people living on the rock wall, and there are seventy or eighty people assigned to my side." ”

Rong Sheng glanced at the embarrassed Guiyuan Zhenren: "Miss Feng, I'll take you to rest first, and wait for the people who went out to hunt and mine to come back later, and you can meet them when everyone is together, and I will explain to you in detail then." ”

Jinli: "Okay. ”

Rong Sheng led them to the middle of the gathering place. Jin Li looked all the way, and the people left behind were either missing arms and legs or were elderly, and none of them were young people.

Living here, you have to rush for the next meal every day, you can't slack off for a day, and being lazy for a day means going hungry tomorrow, and how much food you need for hundreds of mouths.

The outside is full of dangers, even if you are mining, you have to be tired and run for your life, going back and forth every morning and night, except for the time delayed on the road, there is actually not much time for you to mine and forage.

It can only be moved into the nest little by little like an ant moving.

The weather is cold all year round, and it is dark, and the mood is depressed, and it is difficult to survive, and it is too bitter.

How can you live without a group, fierce beasts and poisonous insects are everywhere, the key light is still so dark, people are born and raised fierce beasts, and they are born to adapt to the dark, people are different, they are from light to dark, and they are not adapted to the darkness by nature.

It's pitch black, and you don't know when or out of what corner a fierce beast will come out and take you away in one bite.

It's hard to prevent.

The interior of the wooden house is simple, with a table, a few chairs, and a fire pit.

Fortunately, there is no shortage of wood in the Demon Suppression Forest, otherwise none of them would have survived.

The gathering place is all to eat big pot rice, and the people left behind are responsible for the food, so that the young people can take time out and rest more, so that they can go out early the next day.

After entering the house, Guiyuan Zhenren climbed onto the kang and snored after a while, exhausted.

Bai Lixian took over the master's work and helped the little junior sister refine the elixir.

And Jin Li and Jun Hao were lying on the table writing a booklet, and Jin Li didn't plan to accept all the people in the Demon Suppression Forest before.

This part of the plan is the head of the present, 33 gathering places, scattered everywhere, and there is no time to visit them one by one.

simply listed the things she was going to do and some promises one by one, and sent them to the various leaders when the time messenger arrived, and when they had a preliminary discussion, they gathered together and set off.

When compiling the booklet, Jun Hao preached the Dharma and told them how precious you are.

These demons are actually very inferior in their hearts and spurn themselves, because they think they are demons.

Many people are very inactive about cultivation, and even reject black qi, because they are afraid that they will lose their minds one day.

If it weren't for the danger of the Demon Suppression Forest, none of them would have chosen to cultivate.

In the evening, people returned to the gathering place one after another.

Rong Sheng came and led them to the cafeteria.

Jin Li walked through the corridor of the cafeteria with hundreds of pairs of curious eyes, stood at the top of the cafeteria, and looked down, there was not a single smiling face, and everyone's face was full of tiredness, indifference, and confusion.......

When Rongsheng finished introducing Jinli, some people below ignited hope, some people were still numb, and some people questioned.

Normal mood of the masses.