Chapter 003: Dark Moon Season
Yin Sa is determined to win the Sunset City, and with more expeditions behind her, and even some ancient families in the Star River Country, her team is not dominant. was able to get ahead of others because of the timeliness of the intelligence. But this advantage actually didn't last long, and within a day or two, old Kennan would become a hot potato in her hands.
Old Kennan was also aware of his troubles, and seeing that Yin Sa's attitude was not bad, he confessed everything he knew before he was tortured.
It's just a map of Sunset City, but he has completely destroyed it, and he has memorized the specific route in his mind. He can lead the way, but he will never hand over the map.
Time was urgent, and Yin Sa could only acquiesce to Lao Kenan's request, but he was not really trusted, and the Force shackles on his body were still locked tightly, and there was no possibility of escaping at all.
"It's getting dark......"
The sky, which was already dark, grew darker and darker.
Qin Shi looked up at the sky and saw a huge black shadow quietly passing through the sky. The upper floating land world has blocked out the already dim light source.
"It's getting dark so soon?!"
Yin Sa was also secretly surprised. She beckoned to Qin Shi and said, "Isn't the ancient continent of Egypt a bright time zone with ten hours a day?" Before leaving, she had also put enough effort into Gu Lu's information.
"It's dark night season."
Qin Shi instinctively kept his distance from Yin Sa.
"Oh."
Yin Sa nodded at this time. She slowly pulled the crow's beak mask to her face, and said in a low voice, "Find a place to camp first." β
The dark season in the ancient continent is irregular. It is only when it appears that people know about the arrival of the dark night season.
Whether the dark night season occurs or not is determined by a certain criterion, that is, there are more than five consecutive days of light and less than five hours of light per day.
There is no fixed time for when the dark night season ends, sometimes only a month or two, but the longest record is thirty years.
This is related to the trajectory of the upper floating land. However, the headache is that there is no fixed law on the speed of these floating lands, so it is difficult to get accurate data even if even the most powerful difference machine in the galaxy world wants to calculate the time of the dark season.
The party found a sheltered valley and settled down before the darkness ate the last bit of light.
In the dark night of the ancient land, once there is no starlight, it is complete darkness.
In the dark wastelands and mountains, there are many fierce beasts. When Yin Sa was stationed in the camp, he asked about the fierce beasts that might appear in this area of Qin Shi.
Qin Shi was already quite unfamiliar with this area. It's not that he hasn't been to Qingluan Mountain, but the scope of Qingluan Mountain is very large, and he can only hunt closer to the human settlements. Qin Shi didn't know what terrifying beasts might be active in this area, so he could only tell all the beasts he knew in one breath.
Yin Sa listened with a solemn expression, thought about it, and asked Kang Hu to raise the defense level of the camp to the highest level, so as not to mess up when he encountered the attack of fierce beasts.
Bonfires lit in the camp, and the camp began to become bright and warm.
Qin Shi tore open an oiled paper bag and took small bites of the sauce meat inside. This was the marching food of the adventure team, but to Qin Shi, it was a supreme delicacy. He had never eaten anything so delicious.
The ancient land was extremely barren, and Qin Shi could only roam the wilderness, collecting ores, collecting medicines, and hunting to cities inhabited by human beings in exchange for food.
Most of the so-called grain is spoiled canned food smuggled from the galaxy countries, and the taste is difficult to swallow. In an age when you can only get full, taste doesn't matter at all.
Qin Shi didn't finish the sauce meat in his hand, and after eating half of it, he carefully wrapped it and put it in his backpack, then picked up a scrolled book on his lap and began to read.
ββ¦β¦ At that time, the upper floating land was occupied by foreign races, and the human race struggled to survive in Egypt at the lowest level of the floating land, until the twelve sages awakened the Force, and St. Miel played the great song of "Exodus", and the sages stepped out of the galaxy, and the dark ages came to an end, and the revival of the human race ......"
Qin Shi looked at it very carefully. This book was borrowed from Yin Sa's hands. It is the work of the historian Mach more than 1,000 years ago. The title of the book is "Miracles of the Dark Ages". This is a popular work that records the ancient land of Egypt, and it has been widely circulated.
But in the past, the book was passed down as a myth to the bards.
It wasn't until two hundred years ago, when adventurers found the legendary city of light based on the account of the Miracles of the Dark Ages, that Mach's account was taken seriously.
It was also from that time that the abandoned ancient land of Egypt was favored by countless explorers and adventurers. They all wanted to find the rest of the recorded ruins of the ancient city and the treasures left behind by the twelve sages according to the above records.
And one after another, countless ancient ruins have been discovered, and people's expectations for the ancient Egyptian continent have increased.
Countless explorers are eager to find the city of Sunset as described in the book. According to the book, the city of sunset was the place where the twelve sages of the Dark Ages made a joint contract, and it contains the treasures of the Age of Miracles, which preceded the Dark Ages.
Qin Shi was a little distracted. He grew up in Sri Lanka, but it was the first time he learned about the history of the land under his feet from words.
"Hey, boy!" Old Kennan sneakily moved to Qin Shi's side. Qin Shi saw that Old Kennan was sitting next to him, but instead moved his buttocks and moved farther away from him. He gave old Kennan two bricks, this guy is a galaxy thief, and he thinks he has a lot of grudges.
"Lao Tzu has a creation for you, do you dare to ask for it?!"
Seeing that Qin Shi was trying to stay away from him, Kenan Maiser immediately blew his beard and glared at him, and said in a low voice. When he became a prisoner, he did not forget to sell his share of "creation" to Qin Shi.
"Not interested!"
The ancient land of Egypt is barren in resources, and it is not easy to survive. Qin Shi knew since he was a child that there is no such thing as a free lunch. What's more, the old Kennan in front of him is a notorious star thief, and such a person is even more untrustworthy. The so-called "creation" is more likely to be a flying disaster.
Qin Shi rejected Old Kennan in one mouth, and was unwilling to have more communication with him. If you want to survive in this difficult world, you must be smarter, and there are some things that must not be touched.
"Hmph...... Little Cub ......"
A look of disappointment appeared on Kennan Sr. Kang Hu, who was in charge of monitoring old Kenan, cast his eyes at him, and old Kenan had no choice but to give up, looking up at the dark sky, and said to himself: "Time is running out......"
Qin Shi listened to it, but he didn't know what it meant. But with the mentality that it was none of his business, Qin Shi also pretended not to know. Actually, about Old Kenan, Qin Shi didn't tell Yin Sa about it.
Kennan Sr. had a helper in the Egyptian Ancient Continent. When Kennan Sr. saw him, he mistakenly thought he was the one who had come to answer him. Similarly, Qin Shi also understood that Old Kennan's helper in Gulu would not be too strong. Otherwise, there would not have been such a miscalculation.
Qin Shi wrapped the tattered cloak tightly around his body. The night deepened, the chill became stronger, and a faint cold mist condensed in the air. Even sitting next to a campfire, the cold is hard to get rid of.
Seeing Qin Shi trembling, Kang Hu grabbed an overcoat beside him, threw it beside Qin Shi, and said, "Little stone, put on your clothes." β
Gu Lu's chill was nothing to an adventurer like Kang Hu who had a fifth-level Force on his body. Kang Hu was only wearing a vest at the moment, and he was covered in oily tendon meat, shaking incessantly.
Qin Shi nodded gratefully and draped Kang Hu's coat over his body. Kang Hu is nearly two meters tall, and his clothes are draped on Qin Shi's body, which is not much different from a quilt.
"Stone, tell Brother Tiger about the legends around here......
Kang Hu punched a set of punches next to the bonfire, and the tiger was vigorous. Sweating, Kang Hu sat next to Qin Shi, patted Qin Shi on the shoulder, and said with a grin: "For example, if there are any strange beasts around, or historical sites, or the story of who has found any treasures from the mountains, you can tell it." β
Kang Hu is not the first time he has been to Egypt. But the area around Qingluan Mountain is the first time he has set foot in it. Not only him, but the entire team, in fact, no one has been in this area. Qingluan Mountain is located in the most remote northwest region of the ancient continent, and the closest settlements from this place are two hundred miles away, and only scattered explorers and natives will haunt this place.
If it hadn't been for Kenan Mercer's pursuit, the pontoon wouldn't have landed in this area at all, but would have chosen to be in the towns of the south. It would be safer, and in addition to being able to replenish the necessary supplies, you would also be able to bring in experienced guides and hunters.
After Kenan Messer was captured, Yin Sa was summoned, and several well-known mercenary organizations from the galaxy world had also found Kenan Messer's traces and followed him.
Time was too short for them to recuperate, so they had to run wildly, trying to find Sunset City before they did. And Qin Shi happened to be a local native, and he happened to know the direction of Qingluan Mountain, and Kenan Maiser had already arrived, so Yin Sa no longer considered looking for more guides, and after Qin Shi pointed out the direction of Qingluan Mountain, he ran all the way.
Kang Hu is a seasoned veteran adventurer who knows the value of indigenous legends and the fact that the customs reflect the historical heritage of a region. Therefore, I wanted to find out some useful information from Qin Shi's mouth.
"This place ......"
Qin Shi was very grateful to Kang Hu and this team for their kindness to him. Not all outsiders want to treat the natives as human beings. Despite being wary of everyone in his heart, Qin Shi didn't mind giving these people some helpβif the information he knew was valuable.
Qin Shi exhaled a mouthful of mist, thought for a while and said, "I didn't come to this place. But I heard Uncle Martin in Qingning Town say that there is an ancient castle in the mountains deep in the fog. From the direction of Qingning Town, it takes seven days to walk from the foot of the mountain to see the ancient castle, but no matter how long you walk, you can't get close to it. β
The stone connects the ancient castle with the ruins that the Kanghu people were looking for. After thinking about it, he immediately added: "Uncle Martin is the most powerful hunter in Qingning Town, others only dare to go into the mountains to hunt in the bright moon season, but he only goes to the wilderness in the dark night season, specializing in hunting fierce beasts such as cangjiao and mammoths." β
Hearing the name "Martin", the sparse eyelashes of old Kenan, who had closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, suddenly jumped, but he was unmoved, and even began to snore.