Chapter 9 Chapter 104 Sand Crystal Vortex
"One thing I would like to remind you as an elder is that although our prison envoys are named and linked to the prison room, they are not native creatures of the prison room. Our souls are still on earth, so these local creatures are more or less repelled by us. You need to be more careful about the seeds you are saving."
"Give this thing back to you, be careful yourself."
Orthopedic doctor Ming Kai threw the bracelet in his hat back to Zhang Chen.
"Thank you, senior." When Zhang Chen took the bracelet, the other party had already disappeared into the gray and misty night of the prison cell.
"Five-star assessment...... Presumably, Master wanted me to fail the assessment and give up this action in prison. However, this made me realize how big the gap between myself and the top ten is, and if I can't get the use of ghosting, I can't squeeze into the top ten this year. ”
"Master, your kind-hearted disciples have taken it."
Zhang Chen has made up his mind, if he fails to reach his goal, he will face the faceless like a moth to a fire, and there is no difference from death.
This year, Zhang Chen had to go to this place in prison.
"The place I mentioned is close to the border of the prison, and it is still a thousand kilometers away from me, and it will take a lot of time. On the way, we will see if we can use some small towns built by prison envoys for rest. ”
The location that Zhang Chen had previously negotiated with Ji Chong was the real Jiren Cave, which was located close to the border.
Ji Chong had already rushed from the underground with all his might after fleeing today, and Zhang Chen would naturally be a little slower. After all, in the night environment, there is no prison breath to replenish the body's energy, and the use of several spatial transfers in a row will greatly increase the load on the body.
"It's desolate."
Zhang Chen traveled more than hundreds of kilometers and didn't see a prison envoy, but he did see a lot of very strange creatures, and the other party had no tendency to attack Zhang Chen.
Because he had not been able to meet the city-state on the road, Zhang Chen finally had no choice but to rest on the side of the road, sitting cross-legged and entering a state of steady. It not only allows the brain to go to sleep, but also keeps the surrounding environment alert.
When it turned to daylight, the prison envoy's aura was strong, and Zhang Chen could use his spatial ability to move forward without interruption.
"It's here! How can there be a prison envoy guarding here...... "After continuous space crossing, about 15,000 kilometers later, we arrived at the front end of the Jiren Cave agreed with Ji Chong. And near the Jiren Cave, there are several patrolling prisons.
Zhang Chen did not intend to come into contact with these border prison envoys, after all, he had no legitimate reason to come here.
"Zhang Chen, take seven steps back." Ji Chong's voice whispered into Zhang Chen's eardrums, and after Zhang Chen took seven steps back. I felt that the ground beneath me was only a thin layer less than a meter thick. It then turned into blood and soaked into the cavern beneath the soil.
"How? Is there a way to leave the border quietly? Zhang Chen asked.
"This place is my home, and there are many secret passages that these companions of yours do not know. As soon as you are ready, you can go straight to Guò and leave the area under the control of your companions. ”
"Let's go now."
Zhang Chen grasped the time very tightly, after all, he didn't know what he would experience after arriving at that place, after all, he only had a year.
"The further west you go, the worse the conditions in the prison become, and I have never looked into the places marked on your map. Because there are other creatures more powerful than me entrenched in this part, and if they invade their territory, it will be like provoking their sovereignty. will be attacked by them immediately. ”
"When the time comes, you can take me around as much as possible, if it is inevitable, you can only kill it."
"Don't you need to be equipped with a little bit of what is necessary for the life of your race? As for food, I'm afraid it will be very astringent for you to eat. You can first go to the town where your race lives and it will be ready to go. ”
"Well, you're here at any time?" Zhang Chen asked.
"This is my home, and I will only perceive it as soon as an outsider invades. When you're ready to come here, I'll meet you. He replied.
Zhang Chen nodded and left. The species left in the cave quickly melt into the cave without any facial expressions.
"A city-state on the border?"
Not far from Jiren Cave, Zhang Chen finally came to the border of the area occupied by the prison envoy. Moreover, a city-state that is much smaller than the Spirit City is reflected in Zhang Chen's eyes.
"Who?"
Outside the city gate, there were four prison envoys at the level of prison guards who took over the shift, and when they saw Zhang Chen walking alone without taking any means of transportation, he couldn't help but arouse vigilance in his heart.
For the prison guards, Zhang Chen's methods of control can basically be imperceptible.
"Your Excellency, please come in." In a second's time, Zhang Chen had already ingested a lot of information about this border city-state from the other party's mind. And the main problem of coming here this time is to prepare some food for yourself on the way to your destination.
But. After a period of time, Zhang Chen realized that the food in the city was ridiculously expensive.
It is basically difficult to find edible creatures in the prison, so food needs to be transported from the human world, and here on the border, there will be food supplies from the spirit city here every month. But the number is limited and corresponds to the number of people here. It's hard to find extra food.
In the end, Zhang Chen was able to exchange dozens of high-grade ghost crystals for two months' food, not because he didn't want to exchange more, but because the food resources had already been changed by himself. If the food is eaten on the way to the act, Zhang Chen will only have to find a way by himself.
"Everyone living in this city-state has a gloomy face, and it seems that the conditions on the border are very difficult."
Zhang Chen did not linger long, but immediately joined up with Ji Chong, and under Ji Chong's leadership, he left the border directly through the underground cave secret passage and arrived at the other 50% of the unexplored area of the entire prison room.
"The farthest part of the secret passage is to get here, and the next nearly 40,000 kilometers will require us to hike forward."
"Forty thousand kilometers?" Zhang Chen was still a little shocked by this number, after all, such a length was almost enough to circle the earth, and he needed to walk to get there.
Wait until you leave the cave and reach the surface.
"What? How has the environment changed? Zhang Chen stood on the crimson ground, feeling that the prison aura around his body that should have made him very comfortable was gone, but in exchange for a chaotic movement air, it was no longer of any help to Zhang Chen's body.
"The composition of the air west of the Farma Continent is completely different from that of the eastern part of your race, and now we are only at the junction, and as we continue to go deeper, the terrain, celestial phenomena, etc. will change."
After hearing Ji Chong's explanation, Zhang Chen understood a fundamental reason, why the prison envoy did not continue to expand the field.
"I have followed several of my brothers to go 20,000 kilometers ahead, and I can safely take you to 20,000 kilometers away, and I know nothing about the rest of the journey, just like you."
"Okay, it's enough to reach the end of the route you know, and I'll leave the rest of the journey to me."
The other party was able to take half of the distance with him, and Zhang Chen was already very satisfied. For the next ten days, Zhang Chen's followers continued to move in the direction of their destination.
When the 10,000-kilometer journey passed, Zhang Chen clearly felt the change.
The irritable air environment can no longer build a stable space, the terrain begins to change from a plain to a dangerous mountain road, and the temperature fluctuates quite a lot, the lowest temperature reaches minus 50 °C, the highest reaches 70 °C, which has a considerable impact on Zhang Chen's body, and the daily rest time is gradually lengthening.
However, under the leadership of Ji Chong, any danger can be predicted in advance, so that the road is only affected by the harsh environment, and the progress is quite smooth.
"Beyond the whirlpool area ahead, you'll get to the furthest I've explored."
At this time, Zhang Chen was already wrapping his whole body with clothes, only revealing his eyes. The harshness of the environment is beyond the imagination of ordinary people, and there is a kind of high-hardness crystal sand with a very small particle diameter floating in the air, and long-term exposure to the air will cause a lot of damage to Zhang Chen's body, and will absorb a lot of water.
"Vortex area?"
Zhang Chen looked at the land structure in front of him, and the whirlpools of different sizes extended to an invisible depth underground.
"What's under these whirlpools?" Zhang Chen walked around the whirlpool and asked the Ji on the side.
"There is a race that lives down there, called the Sand Crystals. The tiny sand crystals in the air are all metabolized by their bodies to create a harsh environment on land, so that no outside creature can enter the range of their race. But as long as we don't go into the vortex, there is no danger. ”
"If you want to take a detour, I'm afraid it will take you another week."
"Well, just take me over, these crystal sand are still not too dangerous to me in the short term."
Zhang Chen followed the seeds and moved forward against the edges of the whirlpools, because the visibility of the sand crystals was very poor because of the refraction of light floating in the air, and not only that, but these sand crystals would also have a certain degree of shielding induction. As a result, the speed of the two of them was much slower than usual.
"If you cross the front, you can leave the territory of the Sand Crystal Clan, and my introduction will end here, you can take care of the rest of the journey."
"Thank you."
There was no whirlpool in front of Zhang Chen's eyes, just a flat ground composed of sand crystals. But when he stepped forward, he clearly saw the ground in his sight.
In Zhang Chen's eyes, a huge vortex had turned in front of him, and these sand crystals had begun to restrain his whole body.
"First ......"
Zhang Chen was about to enter the state of initial solution, and the sand crystal in front of him actually formed a five-fingered palm, and pointed his index finger at the center of Zhang Chen's eyebrows.
"Buzz!" The humming sound echoed in Zhang Chen's brain, the sea of gods stirred, and the whole person's consciousness faded. (To be continued......)