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"Can't you find the sunken fish anymore?" Lan Xiao's voice was almost crying.

Both hands clutched the faded package.

This is the first time Qingshan has seen Lan Xiao's emotions so out of control, it seems that this girl is really anxious.

"What now?" Shen Wu looked helplessly at the green mountains.

"Since you're here, you'll have to investigate!" Aoyama said: "I don't believe they can clean up all the traces. ”

As he spoke, Aoyama jumped up on a large tree, and climbed to the highest canopy to look into the distance, and the outline of a city loomed in the distance, and a few green smoke could be faintly seen.

"Wushuang, read all the information in this area in detail." Aoyama looked into the distance as he gave an order to Wushuang through the Thousand Miles Transmission.

"Intelligence shows that the place you are in is the Usna Province of the Frost Empire, and the place where you stand is called the Usna Forest, and the closest place to this is the town of Gallen." The ears of the three of them immediately heard the sound of unequaled clear interpretation.

This is the pigeon group intelligence of the Lanchi Empire, known as Skynet, a special way of operating, and a bit of modern instant messaging.

"So the town I saw was Gallon Town." Aoyama jumped off the tree.

"Yes, the population of Gallon Town is only three thousand." Unparalleled.

And at the time of Mushuang's description, Aoyama had already jumped off the tree.

"We're going to town." Lan Xiao carefully put away the tattered package left by Shen Yu, and then put it into his backpack.

Kanna, on the other hand, put away the armor and spear that were scattered all over the place, and at the same time packed them up and put them on their backs.

"If you're lucky, you might be able to find some clues in town." Aoyama continued: "If you go back empty-handed like this, I won't be reconciled. ”

Lan Xiao nodded heavily: "Me too." ”

"We must get the sunken fish back." God has no iron track.

Walking out of the forest, there is a country road in front of you, and on both sides of the path are farmland full of crops.

Obviously, this is a small village near the mountains.

"No matter how you look at it, it's a small mountain village in the middle of nowhere." Lan Xiao said, "I don't see anything that can be related to the Dark Sanctuary at all. ”

"yes." Kanna also hesitated.

At the same time, the voice of Wushuang also came from the micro communicator: "As early as eight months ago, the pigeon team had launched an investigation in that area, because at that time, Aoyama had said that the signal of the sinking fish was in that area, but after a long investigation, the pigeon team determined that it was an ordinary town, and there was nothing special at all." ”

Wushuang's words made Qingshan Lanxiao and Shen Wu also a little lacking in confidence.

But no one had any intention of stopping there.

As they walked along the narrow country road, they carefully surveyed their surroundings.

There are all kinds of information about Gallen's town in my ears.

"The town of Gallen belongs to the city of Belle under the jurisdiction of Usna Province, and belongs to the small city of rangers, and the city lord is named Bart, a typical ambitious and talented, so ambitious, and has no ability in his own right, but he is ambitious, and in order to expand his power, he will go to the neighboring ones. Wave City launched an attack, but it was finally destroyed by Wave City, and now Belle City belongs to the subsidiary city of Wave City, this is the information about Belle City half a year ago. ”

"Typical petty fights." Lan Xiao was disappointed: "I can't hear any valuable clues at all. ”

"I just can't hear it inside, so I have to investigate on the spot." Castle Peak Road.

Twenty minutes later, the narrow country road finally came to an end, revealing a small city gate that was not too big in front of the three of them.

On the plaque directly above the city gate are three large characters with missing words and some blurred corners - Gallon Town

Two dilapidated walls of the city gates.

Through the gates, you can see the barren streets.

Although he had not yet entered the city, a desolate and desolate aura emanated through the small city gate.

"What a desolate town." Lan Xiao muttered.

"It's like an empty city with no people." Kanna also hesitated.

"Someone." Aoyama said in a deep voice.

Although he hadn't stepped into the city gate yet, the bioradar in Aoyama's mind clearly showed a large area of red dots representing living beings.

On the open street, the three Qingshan were a little uneasy.

Because there are so few people on the streets, a few sparse grocery stalls, and a few deserted shops, form the desolate street background of the whole Gallen town.

Oh, even if it's such a little bit of people, after seeing Qingshan's three coming in, there are so many people that Qingshan can't find anyone who wants to find some information.

But although these were far away, Qingshan Lan Xiao could feel it, and their eyes always seemed to be staring at him, not only these people on the street, but also on both sides of the street, and countless lines of sight peeking at him in the dilapidated houses.

"There's something weird about this town, so be careful." Castle Peak Road.

Lan Xiao and Shen Wu also subconsciously grasped the hilt of their swords.

It's just that those people just hid in the dark and peeped all the way, but they didn't do anything to the three of them.

The three of them walked to a tavern.

No matter where you go, the tavern is always the most convenient and quick place to ask for news.

The inn was shabby, and you could even smell a musty smell, and there was only a young man guarding inside, and a gray-haired shopkeeper with a panicked face.

It can be seen that both the young man and the shopkeeper are very afraid of the three of Qingshan, but unfortunately this is their last position, and there is no place to hide.

The young man who ran the hall greeted him tremblingly: "Are the three of you dining or staying in the hotel?" ”

Although the situation is a little weird, but now that they finally meet someone who can speak, the three of them naturally don't want to give up easily: "Staying in the hotel, eating and waiting later" Aoyama continued: "We just want to know why this town is like this, as if everyone is avoiding us." ”

"This." The young man looked at the big sword and short spear behind the three of Qingshan with some humility: "Aren't the three of them from Wave City?" ”

"Wave City." The three of Qingshan were stunned, and then shook their heads: "We are Warcraft hunters who are hunting around, not from Wave City. ”

"Are we mistaken?" The young man breathed a sigh of relief.

And the shopkeeper who had been at the corner counter seemed to have heard the words of the three people, and at this time he was no longer afraid and walked out of the counter: "Three guest officers, I'm sorry, our store mistakenly thinks that you are from Wave City, please forgive me for offending." ”

"What the hell is going on, why are you so afraid of the people of Wave City." God said curiously.

"The three are strangers, if you don't want to add to the trouble, let's leave quickly, you better not inquire about this gallon town." The shopkeeper's face was puzzled.

"Get in trouble." The shopkeeper's words made Lan Xiao, who was not very good-tempered, feel very uncomfortable: "The three of us are in the world, and the last thing we are afraid of is trouble, and what we like to do the most is to cause trouble." ”

As she spoke, the little girl patted the two short guns behind her back: "I don't know what that Wave City is, but if you dare to upset Aunt Ben, you will demolish your small shop now." ”

This girl is not covered, and the strong fighting qi fluctuations suddenly spread, making the small inn like a stormy boat, which will be overturned and swept away at any time.

When have the little people in this small place ever seen such a momentum.

Frightened by Lan Xiao like this, the shopkeeper's face immediately turned pale as paper, and he hurriedly smiled: "Don't dismantle, don't dismantle, I just said it." ”

Seeing that the shopkeeper finally didn't sell the guanzi, Lan Xiao took in the violent aura, and then pulled a stool by himself, and sat down at the table.

Aoyama Kanna and the two also sat down separately.

But maybe he was frightened by Lan Xiao just now, the shopkeeper's face was a little stammering, and he didn't do it or panic.

This made Aoyama feel a little uncomfortable.

"My friend has a bad temper, please forgive me." Qingshan hugged his fists and said: "But as she said, the three of us have never been afraid of any trouble, so you don't have to worry about us." ”

"Well, since you've all said so, what else do I have to scruple about, old man."

Perhaps it was because he saw the head of Qingshancai's group of people, coupled with his calm and kind attitude, that the shopkeeper finally put his mind at ease. So he himself pulled a stool and sat down, and then said: "Our town has always been very stable and calm before, and at that time, the town of Gallen was still under the jurisdiction of the old city lord of Belle, although the old city lord had a bad temper, but he took great care of us ordinary people, and although the residents of the town were not rich, they could finally live a stable life.

Unfortunately, for some reason, the old city lord of Bart went to war with Bolan City, and as a result, Belle City was defeated, and then Belle City was also annexed by Bolan City and became a subsidiary city of Bolan City, and our town has never been at peace since. ”

"Isn't it just a change of city lord?" Kamino wondered, "Why is there such a big difference between before and after?" ”

"You don't know." The shopkeeper continued: "When the old city lord of Bart was here, the tax for our small towns was 10,000 gold coins per month, although the income of the small town was not very good, but after paying these gold coins, every household could still have extra money to live safely, but after changing the wave city, the tax was 10 times higher than the original, and the monthly tax to be paid was 100,000 gold coins, which is not counted, after paying a fixed tax, they would also send people down from time to time to collect some inexplicable fees, As a result, many people in the town could not afford to pay, and the men were arrested by them to work as coolies, and the women were even sold by them to brothels, which made the people of the town panic, and over time, the town became desolate. ”

"I see." Qingshan immediately said, "But why do you think they are from Wave City. ”

"Our small town of Gallen is located in a remote mountainous area, and it is rare to see a few outsiders all year round, let alone someone like you who wear armor and a sword." The shopkeeper continued: "In the past, as long as you saw someone wearing armor and a sword, almost all of them were the subordinates sent by Wave City to collect taxes, so over time, the residents of the town would think that the people of Wave City would think when they saw people dressed like this, and everyone avoided them. ”

"This Wave City is really lawless." Aoyama heard it for a while, and his heart was on fire.

"Ranger City, Ranger knows himself." The shopkeeper said: "Here they are the king's law, they are the heavens, what can we, the common people, do to them." ”

The shopkeeper sighed helplessly: "The only thing we can hope for is to meet a more merciful city lord." ”

The shopkeeper's words made Qingshan gloomy for a while.

However, Lan Xiao and Shen Wu didn't seem to have any special reaction. It seems that we have long been accustomed to such things.

However, if you think about it carefully, it is not difficult to understand that Wanluo Continent is a world of the jungle, where ordinary people who have no ability to fight are at the bottom of the food chain.

The so-called Ranger Gang, on the other hand, is in the middle of the food chain.

The aristocracy and royalty are at the top of the food chain.

Since Aoyama came to Wanluo World, he has been dealing with people in the Ranger World or the aristocratic royal family, and he has never been in contact with the low-level civilians in this world.

So he didn't see the dark side of this deformed society.

Now I've finally seen it.

It is certain that there are many, many places like Gallon Town in the world of Wanluo, but they can't change their fate at all, and can only pray that they can meet an enlightened and benevolent city lord.

It seems that the social system of this Wanluo world is really not very sound.

The Ranger self-government seems to be democratic, but because of this, they lack enough restraint to allow the Ranger City Lords in charge of one side to be almost equal to the Earth Emperor, who can do whatever they want.

They exploit these civilians as much as they want, and there is no person or law to sanction them.

Thinking of this, Qingshan couldn't help but sigh helplessly, but he also knew that he couldn't control such a thing.

On the other hand, after listening to the shopkeeper's introduction, Qingshan Shenwu Lanxiao finally had a more detailed understanding of this town.

However, in the ensuing conversation, they did not find any news about the Temple of Darkness.

In desperation, the three of them had to make a little news about the town, and after a lunch, they left the town disappointed and embarked on a journey to the city of Belle.

After all, it is the center of the area, and the large flow of people is also the main meeting place for all kinds of information, and if the Dark Temple really leaves any clues, it should be found there.

The gallon town at the first scene was not found, which made the three of Qingshan very disappointed.

Especially Lan Xiao looked listless: "There is nothing to gain at all, all I hear is the news about Wave City, is there nothing else in this place except Wave City?" ”

"It's just the first stop, so there's no need to be so discouraged." Castle Peak Road.

"That is, if we give up now, the sinking fish will really be hopeless." God has no firm word.

But just as Shen Wu's words fell, everyone felt a strange noise in the grass on the side of the path.

Although the voice was faint, it was enough to attract the attention of the three top masters.

Almost at the same time!

Whoosh!

A strange sound of breaking the sky suddenly sounded.

"Enemy attack." Aoyama let out a low cry and flashed sideways.

Knock knock!

A few hazy afterimages passed by, and then they were fiercely nailed to a big tree behind Qingshan.

But it was a few powerful arrows that almost hit him.

It seems that the person who attacked him was a master of archery!

After flashing, Aoyama almost instinctively drew his sword and fought back.

Raising his hand, a sword slashed in the air in the direction where the arrow came.

A hazy slash flew into the grass in an instant.

Aoyama's sky-breaking speed is quite amazing, but he hasn't waited for a hit.

A hazy gray figure suddenly burst out of the grass, and the wind drifted a distance of twenty meters.

Then it fell lightly in front of everyone's eyes.

At the same time as he floated to the ground, he once again opened his bow and arrows, aiming at Qingshan and the others.

The whole action, flowing smoothly and in one go, shows extremely exquisite marksman skills.

It was only at this time that the three Qingshan saw that the attacker was actually a petite archer wearing gray light armor and covering his head.

"Who are you?" Aoyama crossed his chest and assumed a defensive posture.

"Could it be someone from Wave City?" Lan Xiao's two short spears had already quickly spelled out her best overlord golden gun, and then fought forward with a big stab.

I just heard how arrogant the people in Wave City are, but I didn't expect to meet one now.

Kanna also drew his sword in his hand and waited for it.

Lan Xiao's words made the mysterious assassin a little stunned.

"You're not from Wave City."

"Nonsense, do we look like it." Lan Xiao didn't have a good airway.

"Could it be that you recognized the wrong person?" The mysterious killer put away his bow and arrows, and then leaped like a ghost into the forest on the side of the path.

"Come when you want, run if you want to, and think of Aunt Ben as something." Lan Xiao was so angry that he chased after him.

"Stop chasing." Aoyama said loudly.

"Huh." Lan Xiao looked back at Qingshan in confusion.

"We're here to find people, not to fight." Qingshan said: "Hurry as soon as possible, so as not to cause extraneous branches." ”

"When will your reckless personality change?" Shen Wu also glared at Lan Xiao angrily.

"This." As soon as the two of them said it, Lan Xiao also realized that he seemed to only care about fighting, but forgot about business.

I could only put away the spear with a stupid face.

"It seems that our Ranger costume is easy to cause misunderstanding among others." Misunderstood twice in a row, Aoyama more or less realized what the problem was.

"Do you mean a change of clothes?" God has no way.

"If you don't change your clothes, do you have a better way?" Castle Peak Road.

"That's right." Lan Xiao nodded.

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At noon on the fifth day, the three of them came to the next town.

Jinyang Town!

Jinyang Town is the only way to get to Belle City from Gallen Town.

It is considered to be a major transportation artery in the surrounding area.

According to intelligence, once here, you can take a horse-drawn carriage to Belé City.

It's just that this information was all half a year ago, and no one knows that half a year later, this information will still be useful after death.

After all, the dilapidated and desolate town in front of them impressed the three of them too deeply.

It's just that when the three of them saw it through the city gate, they still felt a little uncomfortable.

The streets are crowded with people, and the cries of vendors on both sides come and go.

In addition, the city gate is constantly entering and exiting, and there is an endless stream of cars, horses and pedestrians.

All of this shows that this is a town that can't be more normal!

"It's completely different from the town in front of you." Lan Xiao muttered.

"It seems that the choice of costume change is the right one." God has no way.

At this moment, Qingshan Shenwu and Lan Xiao are dressed as standard civilians.

The weapons of the three were skillfully tucked away in the salute, and there was nothing unusual to see.

Maybe that's why it didn't attract the attention of others.