Chapter 670: Misty Forest
Sujiang, the station of the Lieshan Regiment.
The station is located on the outskirts of the city where it used to be Sujiang City, with a half-built science and technology park in the old civilization era as the main body, and the area is quite spacious. Looking south from here, just a few hundred meters away, you can see a large area of lush greenβthe Huainan Misty Forest that the people of the Lieshan Group are both happy and troubled by.
Fortunately, it was the demonic beasts that appeared one after another in the misty forest, providing them with enough leveling resources. In addition, the forest is rich in magical herbs and valuable specialty materials.
In addition, the misty forest, which almost cut off the northern and south-central parts of Anhui Province, also helped the Lieshan Regiment cut off the tentacles of the Anhui Provincial Grand Alliance and the Rescuers Guild, so that they could not affect the Lieshan Regiment.
It is precisely because of this that the Lieshan Regiment can have its current independent status.
On the annoying side, of course, is the rapid prototyping and continuous expansion of the Misty Forest.
In the earliest days, within 30 kilometers of Sujiang City, there was no trace of forest at all. Either modern buildings made of reinforced concrete, or farmland, fish ponds. But I don't know when the dense forest swallowed up these areas little by little, until it spread to the outskirts of Sujiang City, and then it was forced to stop in front of the concrete city.
Even this only a few hundred meters of wasteland was a buffer zone that the people of the Burning Mountain Regiment had been cutting down on a regular basis and burning with fire spells.
Rao is like this, the current Lieshan Regiment is also like a peninsula surrounded by forests on three sides, and almost every day it is attacked by demonic beasts that rush out of the misty forest.
It's just that this kind of attack has not been too strong all along, and it is very scattered and unorganized.
The Lieshan Regiment only needs to leave a certain amount of strength inside the garrison and patrol day and night to keep this threat out of the garrison. You can even enjoy the leveling treatment of not having to go out actively, and you can sit at home and wait for the monster to take the initiative to come to the door.
It was precisely because of this that they suddenly received a warning from the envoy of the Night Legion that the people of the Burning Mountain Regiment were so dismissive.
"What a joke! The Lieshan group is close to this forest, and we haven't noticed anything wrong, how did he, a person from Shu County, who doesn't know hundreds of kilometers away, know that the crisis is coming? What's more, how can he name this forest casually? Our people in the Lieshan Regiment still call it the Northern Anhui Forest! Misty Forest? Haven't heard of it! β
The person who received Zhang Du was a deputy head of the Lieshan Regiment, Bai Hongzhi, a 23-level silver-level warrior. When I first saw Zhang Du visiting, his attitude was quite kind. But when he heard the other party's intentions and Fang Jin's words relayed, he suddenly lowered his face, full of hostility.
Even the tone of his speech was a bit cynical.
"It doesn't matter what the forest is called, you can go back and talk about it in detail...... But the Fang Alliance Leader's warning is very likely to be true. As the other party, why make up a lie to trick us? In case the crisis really comes, the Lieshan Regiment is unprepared, and the consequences are not to be imagined. If I were to be your group, I would rather believe it than believe it! β
Zhang Du knew that the trip was not so smooth, so he secretly spied in his heart and continued to persuade hard.
Bai Hongzhi's prejudice against the Rescuers' Guild is obviously very deep, and he will not be easily swayed by Zhang Du's words before he sees the facts.
just snorted coldly: "It stands to reason that his identity as Fang Jin is indeed not enough to fabricate rumors and trick other forces." But our Burning Mountain Regiment didn't join the Grand Alliance, and there must be some discord with their Rescuer Guild. What's more, you can't come up with evidence for such a big thing, and you just want us to believe it with a few words, which is too child's play. After all, the third beast tide has passed, and I can't think of where the demonic beasts you mentioned came from. β
If the Lieshan Regiment really believed it and gathered all its forces to defend the garrison, but nothing changed for a month, who should be counted for the time and resources wasted during that period?
"This ......"
Seeing Bai Hongzhi's stinky and hard attitude, Zhang Du couldn't help but feel a little helpless.
After the atmosphere stiffened for a while, he snorted lightly and said with a little resentment: "I am just entrusted by others to come to remind you kindly." If you don't believe it, that's it. When you suffer a loss, you will naturally know who is kind. I can warn one last thing, this matter is the prophecy of the 'Apocalypse' of the Fang Alliance Leader, and it is extremely credible. Don't regret it until countless demonic beasts swarm in! Leave! β
With such a flick of his sleeves, Zhang Du turned around and left very unceremoniously.
Only Bai Hongzhi's expression was uncertain, and obviously, Zhang Du's last warning still had some effect.
A day later, Mao Wenzhong, the head of the Lieshan Regiment, went out to practice and returned. Bai Hongzhi hesitated, but still explained the arrival of the Night Legion in detail.
He is not the leader of this force after all.
"Fang Jin? His prophecy? β
Mao Wenzhong's face became tangled, and he didn't know whether to believe it or not for a while. If you believe, how far should you go?
Since the Lieshan Regiment was formed by the merger of several forces on its own initiative, Mao Wenzhong did not dare to make an arbitrary decision when it came to such a major event. In the end, after a high-level meeting, the Lieshan regiment decided to raise the alert level and double the number of people left behind in the next month. At the same time, take the initiative to send several teams into the depths of the misty forest to monitor the changes inside.
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It should be said that the top brass of the Lieshan Regiment is not stupid.
Although Zhang Du's warning was not taken seriously on the surface, in fact, when it was implemented, a lot of responses were made. The operation of sending a team to investigate the changes within the Misty Forest was carried out with great efficiency. Half a day after the meeting, the four teams went deep into the misty forest in an equally spaced fan direction, each following an arrow.
Bu Jing, Zhuo Huamao and others are one of the teams.
The direction they are responsible for is the southeast of the Misty Forest.
Knowing that there might be some dangerous changes in the forest, this carefully selected team was also trembling at the beginning and put on a very high level of vigilance. But in the first few days, after going deeper than two hundred kilometers, they didn't feel much abnormality except for the more familiar magical beasts.
This made the six members of the team a little careless.
But I don't know when it began, but the faint mist that was originally shrouded in the misty forest began to become thicker. In the mist, there is a strange miasma. After a long time, even the beginners of the silver level are a little weak, and their attributes have decreased a lot.
Bu Jing, Zhuo Huamao and others once thought that this was just a special phenomenon, and after leaving this area, or after a period of time, the special miasma would disappear.
But over time, they found themselves wrong.
What's even more terrifying is that this forest, which they were very familiar with in the past, began to change rapidly in just a few days.
In addition to all kinds of novel plants and monsters, this increasingly eerie and dangerous forest gives them a faint feeling of "living". Walking in it, it is like being in an endless group of vine demon trees, and you are "peeping" all the time.
This feeling is very scary!
Just when Bu Jing and Zhuo Huamao finally couldn't help the weirdness and horror in their hearts, and were about to discuss turning around and retreating, the thick mist separated, and a group of level 28 silver-level wolf-headed demonic beasts appeared beside them at some point, revealing a bloodthirsty gaze in their cold eyes.
At that moment, the six members of the team were cold!