Qi Ying put away the sun crystal nucleus, glanced at Zhuang Xiaolin, and found that his face was as usual, as if he was not at all interested in the sun crystal nucleus, which made her more vigilant.

She has known Zhuang Xiaolin for more than a hundred years, as she said just now, she has cooperated many times, and the 'friendship' is really good, but as a warlock with a keen sense, she always feels that Zhuang Xiaolin is not just a mercenary captain, and it is very likely that there is a big secret hidden behind him, which makes people feel very dangerous.

At that time, when compiling the information for help, Qi Ying carefully selected the recipients of the information, and after many considerations.

It is necessary to ensure that the other party is interested in the ruins of the super civilization and is willing to take a great risk to enter the Steelmane Empire, but also not let the other party's strength be too strong and dominate the crowd after arriving.

Among Qi Ying's friends and partners, there are not many people who are eligible, Zhuang Xiaolin is one of them, she originally didn't want to send it to Zhuang Xiaolin, because the overall strength of the Tyrant Tiger Mercenary Group and Zhuang Xiaolin's personal cultivation are on the high side, and finally considering that they have a meteor-level cruiser and can come as quickly as possible, so Zhuang Xiaolin was listed as one of the three.

She deliberately took out the Solar Crystal Nucleus and disclosed the value of the Solar Crystal Nucleus as a compensation for the Tyrant Tiger Mercenary Group who came all the way to rescue her, and at the same time diverted the attention of the mercenaries and reduced their hostility towards her.

But Zhuang Xiaolin seemed unmoved, which made Qi Ying's heart slightly cold, with her understanding of Zhuang Xiaolin, this was a dangerous signal.

Qi Ying suddenly regretted a little, he shouldn't have told the matter of the solar crystal nucleus, it was really self-defeating.

Zhuang Xiaolin retracted his gaze and said lightly: "Since time is pressing, we must set off as soon as possible and strive to reach the North Pole within a week." Qi Ying, you and the two crew members are okay, right? Do you want to take a break before you go? ”

"No, we can go now." Qi Ying said.

The two crew members behind her also said that they did not need to rest, they were frozen for a short time, only two months, and it did not affect their physical functions, and they were able to move immediately after replenishing the nutrient solution.

"Alright, let's go."

Everyone left the 'cave' and 'cave' and returned to the canyon, and Raven Drake looked up at the battleship in the high-altitude orbit and asked in a low voice: "Commander, do you want to find a way to tell Eugene about the explosion of stellar energy in seventeen days?" ”

Even though he lowered his voice, everyone around him heard it, and his face 'revealed' a complicated 'color'.

Although the communication signal is blocked, it is not difficult to transmit the information back to the battleship, and the easiest way is to write on the ground of the canyon, the font does not need to be very large, or even all written on a stone slab, and it is easy to see it clearly with the resolution of a reconnaissance satellite.

However, everyone's worries are the same, if the people on the battleship know about the stellar energy explosion, are they willing to wait until the last minute?

What if the battleship leaves without finding a way to return to space?

Zhuang Xiaolin was silent for more than ten seconds and asked, "Raven, do you think Eugene will always wait for us to return?" ”

Raven thought about it seriously, shook his head and smiled bitterly, "I don't know." ”

"Then don't tell them yet, and after you get to the North Pole to explore the ruins, it's not too late to send the information back to the battleship." Zhuang Xiaolin made a decision.

The mercenaries secretly breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, although it was very selfish to do so, and it was very likely that they would kill everyone on the battleship, but they didn't want to 'hand' the power to decide life and death to others, even if this "other" was their closest companion.

The team headed north and soon reached the edge of the canyon.

Qi Ying looked at the desolate place in front of him and said: "It's not so safe to get out of the canyon, but I've been studying the solar crystal nuclei for the past two months, and I can roughly sense where they are hiding, and the accuracy is not high, only half, so you still have to be cautious and move forward." ”

It would have been too late for them to be happy if they had told the mercenaries an hour ago that they had half the chance of avoiding the Rock Giants, but now that they knew the value of the Sun Crystal Nucleus, they wanted to lure out more Rock Giants and collect their cores.

Zhuang Xiaolin saw the expressions of the mercenaries who were eager to try, he knew what they were thinking, and warned: "You all settle down for me, we don't have time to delay on the road, if anyone is found by me to deliberately make a noise, don't blame me for being unkind." ”

The few mercenaries who wanted to make a fortune were panicked by Zhuang Xiaolin, shrunk their necks, and didn't dare to speak.

"Qi Ying, you are a warlock, according to the convention, you still walk in the middle of the team, but you have to remind us of the enemy's location in time, try to avoid it if you can, and kill it as soon as you can't avoid it." Zhuang Xiaolin arranged the formation, thought for a while, and said: "The distribution of the loot, our mercenary group takes two-thirds, and you take one-third, how about it?" ”

"No problem, fair enough."

Qi Ying nodded and agreed, there are many people in the Violent Tiger Mercenary Group, so it is appropriate to take the big head, anyway, she already has a sun crystal nucleus in her hand, so it doesn't matter if she takes less.

The team came out of the canyon and moved forward steadily under Qi Ying's guidance, walking all the way for more than 400 meters without alarming the rock giants.

Before that, at least two or three enemies had been killed.

Just when the mercenaries were secretly disappointed in their hearts, the ground in front of the team turned upside down, and a rock giant broke out of the ground, and the mercenaries were about to rush up, but Qi Ying's movements were faster than them, only to see her eyes slightly condensed, and at the same time, with a slight raise of her hand, a white 'colored' cold light suddenly generated and flew out, extremely fast, hitting the rock giant that had just emerged.

Syllable!

This white light like ice beads exploded on the rock giant's body, and the cold air was released, spreading from head to toe, instantly forming a large patch of frost that froze the giant's body, and even the ground under its feet turned into frozen ground, firmly holding it in place.

At the same time, the pervasive cold air seeped into the rock giant's body, invading the solar crystal nucleus, temporarily suppressing the heat energy output, making its whole body stiffer and slower.

The rock giant struggled hard, the red light flashed, and immediately completely released the energy of the sun crystal nucleus, and finally broke free from the freezing limit, but unfortunately it was a step too late, at this time the mercenaries had already rushed to the front like wolves, and three or four weapons were cut at once, cutting it into pieces at once.

With a bang, the rock giant turned into a pile of rubble and fell to the ground.

The mercenaries couldn't wait to rummage through the rubble, because the sun crystal nucleus was frozen and could not dive underground, and it had just burst out of energy, emitting a faint red light, even if it was as thin as a needle, it was still found by the mercenaries.

"Commander, I found it." A mercenary put the sun crystal nucleus into it with a test tube, and happily took it to Zhuang Xiaolin to offer the treasure.

Zhuang Xiaolin took the test tube, smiled a little, and nodded, "Good job." ”

He turned his head to look at Qi Ying and said, "I haven't seen you for a few years, your Ice Mind Technique is stronger, this 'Frozen Prayer Bead' is very 'exquisite' in controlling mental power, and there is no 'wave' fee, you should be able to reach the third level of warlock soon, right?" ”

"How can it be so easy, the brain domain conversion rate is still one to two percentage points behind, and it will take at least three years of meditation and penance to reach the standard of a third-level warlock." Qi Ying didn't have the slightest smug on her face, she had been a warlock for a long time, it had been almost forty years, and the brain domain conversion rate was less than 30%, she was still a second-level warlock, whether it was slow or not, whether it was fast or not, it could only be regarded as a medium speed among the federal warlocks.

Zhuang Xiaolin just nodded, did not speak again, and waved his hand to let the team move on.

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has a heart.

Xin Lian, who was not far from the two, heard their conversation, but his heart moved, and he couldn't help but observe Qi Ying carefully and secretly, this was the first time he had seen the warlock make a move with his own eyes, and it felt much more real than watching the warlock battle in the Star Wars League.

Warlocks' cultivation is completely different from that of samurai, in the process of enhancing their telekinesis and transforming the brain domain into an energy structure, they do not have multiple level bottlenecks like the samurai, and the road is unimpeded, and the growth of strength rises in a curve until the conversion rate of the brain domain reaches 100%.

However, the cultivation of mental power is not really no difficulty, but it is easy first and then difficult, and in the middle and late stages, it is even so difficult that it makes people desperate.

At the beginning, it may only take a few months to increase the conversion rate of the brain domain by one percentage point, but it will become a few years when it reaches the second or third level of warlocks, and as the conversion rate of the brain domain becomes higher and higher, it will become more and more difficult to grow, and after the fifth level, it will take more than ten years to increase by one percentage point, which is an extremely test of patience and will.

However, the strength of the warlock is really strong, flexible in use, and can adapt to many complex combat environments, which is more threatening than generals of the same level.

For example, Qi Ying, she is only a second-level warlock and almost reaches the third level, but she is not false at all in front of Zhuang Xiaolin, who is a high-level general, and Zhuang Xiaolin does not dare to have any contempt.

In the following days, Qi Ying completely showed the power of the warlock.

Under her prompting, the team avoided more than half of the enemies, and the speed of progress was greatly accelerated, even if there was an unavoidable rock giant, she only needed to 'shoot' out with a "frozen rosary", briefly freezing the enemy's body, and then the mercenaries took action to solve it, without any effort at all.

Sometimes when encountering magma rivers blocking the way, Qi Ying can also find a safe point and form an ice bridge to pass through.

Qi Ying's strength may not be stronger than Zhuang Xiaolin, or even slightly inferior, but her role is not comparable to the three Zhuang Xiaolin.

Since landing, the mercenaries have never experienced such an easy way of fighting, they are simply harvesting the sun crystal nucleus, and they are many times better than the previous feeling of fleeing in embarrassment and always being on guard.

Five days later, the team was getting closer and closer to the North Pole, with less than three hundred kilometers left.

The sun crystal nucleus in the test tube in Zhuang Xiaolin's hand continued to fuse and grow, and the cores of more than a thousand rock giants were collected, close to the size of a grain of rice, rolling around.

This made Zhuang Xiaolin and the mercenaries feel a little at ease, with this sun crystal nucleus, even if there is no other harvest in the ruins, as long as they can return to the Federation, this adventure will make a lot of money!

However, on this very day, another spacecraft appeared in space orbit.