Now that they knew that there might be a threat from the enemy along the way, the three of them simply took out their weapons in advance to prevent a sudden attack by the summoned creatures. After some deliberation, in the end, the three of them formed an inverted triangle formation suitable for rapid advance on both sides of the front of the Ye and Yui branches, and the long-distance heavy firefighter Su Mudian behind the palace, and steadily advanced along the No. 1 route marked on the map.

All the way down, the surroundings were very quiet, except for the occasional mountain breeze, the sound of the lawn and leaves, and the sound of the wind, there was no superfluous movement, as if nature was going to sing its lullaby to passers-by. If you don't count the cold jokes that Su Mu tells in the public frequency from time to time in order to adjust the atmosphere...... Thanks to his blessing, Ye Yuxuan didn't really fall asleep.

Soon, the mountain trail mentioned by the military team in the journal appeared in front of the trio.

It is said that it is a road, but in fact it is just a path with no weeds, and after years of crushing, there is no grass growing on this road, and the road surface without lawn cover is very ordinary dirt.

It seems that the wizards lurking here do not intend to repair the road for this hidden stronghold that has been around for an unknown amount of time, and given Longinus' reconnaissance ability, repairing the road surface will indeed increase the chance of being exposed.

Due to the recent rains, the condition of the trail is even worse than when the military team arrived, and the slippery and muddy loess pavement has almost turned into silt, and it is as if you are going to sink when you step on it, and the dirt that makes up the pavement is no longer enough to support the weight of an adult.

"Do we have to go down this path too? I always feel that it will be difficult to walk, and I can understand why the previous team is slowing down. Su Mu frowned, then looked at the grass and hillside next to the path, "If there is a lawn cover, it should be better." ”

"If we don't take the trail, we will lose the advantage that the map brings, and we may encounter unknown dangers." Ye Yuxuan reminded him.

"You don't have to completely abandon the course of action of the military squad, but you don't need to walk in the mud either." Yui Uesugi, who has been walking in the front, shared her experience, "In most cases, the purpose of this path is to guide people in the barrier so that they will not lose their way. Only the spatial enchantment released by the Great Sage himself can completely obscure the connection with the outside world, and truly separate the space inside and outside the enchantment; Most enchantments unleashed by wizards are flawed and must be compensated for by cognitive interference with the intruder, ensuring that the intruder cannot leave or enter the enchantment. ”

"But we are highly resistant to this kind of wide-ranging mental interference, and we will hardly be disturbed, so there are still loopholes to exploit. Ordinary people, once they leave the path in this kind of enchantment, they will immediately lose their way; But for the remodelers, the situation is not so serious. After speaking, Yui paused, looked back at Ye Yuxuan and Su Mu who followed behind her, and took the lead in stepping on the grass next to the trail, while admonishing: "Don't leave the road too far, make sure it is in your field of vision, with its guidance, even if it deviates slightly from the safety zone, it will not be hit." I can feel that we're getting close to the true range of the enchantment. ”

Ye Yuxuan and Su Mu glanced at each other, and stepped on the lawn that Yui had walked on before him.

It's still slippery, but the ground with a grass base is much better than the muddy surface, so you don't need to step on it carefully to see if you'll sink into it.

After such a long journey, Ye Yuxuan and his party had successfully climbed from the foot of the mountain to the halfway point of the mountain. The rustle of training boots on the grass is mixed with the sound of the wind blowing the leaves, making it difficult to distinguish; Occasionally, there was a crisp birdsong or two from the woods on the side, but the bird could not be found.

In this way, the three of them followed the trail marked Route 2 on the map to the area where the team members recorded the fork in the log for the first time. And the discovery that followed can be regarded as breaking the boring atmosphere that has been a little drowsy since the beginning of the operation.

As the three of them walked through a certain interface, Ye Yuxuan felt that his spirit was in a trance for a moment. After coming back to his senses, he looked at the other two, and it was clear from their expressions that they had experienced the same thing.

"From here, you're officially inside the barrier. It's just a normal phenomenon to deviate slightly from the road, and making sure to concentrate is it. Yui Esugi's voice came from his mind, and when he heard this, Ye Yuxuan and Su Mu also cheered up and vigilantly observed every move around them.

The path gradually climbs up the hillside in front of you, and over the top, to the opposite side that is beyond the eye to see.

The group of three then climbed the hillside, and when they reached the top of the hill, the sight before them was tingling—the road diverged not far away, or dozens of roads almost converged at the same point in front of them. This is no longer an intersection, this is simply the trajectory of a shotgun.

In the log, all four team members determined that there was only a fork in the road, and when they returned to the original point again, a new path appeared, and the situation in front of them clearly did not match the log.

Yui Uesugi observed for a moment and said, "These paths are real, and the distorted space of the barrier has caused several routes that originally existed to be disrupted and randomly overlapped. The people of the previous team will only see some of the paths due to mental interference, and if they go down from most of the paths, they will come back here because of the superposition. However, when wizards lay out enchantments, in principle, they will not let the truly correct path appear in front of the invaders, and there is often only one correct path. ”

"So which is the right path?" Su Mu looked at the pile of forks in the road that made it impossible to find the north and asked.

"This should be the end of it." Ye Yuxuan replied firmly, only to see that Ye Yuxuan was already standing on the side of a fork in the road at the intersection, squatting and carefully looking at something. When Su Mu and Yui heard this, they immediately came over.

When he got close enough, Su Mu could see the face of this so-called correct route: a plain, ordinary dirt path.

But because of his preconceived notions, he soon discovered that the ordinary appearance of this route was what made it different from the others—on other roads, more or less, there were footprints in the mud, and on this road, although it was also muddy, it was very smooth, at least not in the short term.

Ye Yuxuan pointed out the other road entrances, the markings left by the four team members to identify the direction, and the marks left by the four team members, including Cliff's tattered boots and the body of the captain Kent.

He lay on the ground, looking terrified, the pistol in his right hand still aimed at his temple, as if he was on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

Ye Yuxuan helped him close his eyes, and he fell on the fork in the road not far from the correct route, all the wrong intersections had the marks left by the four people, and they almost walked all the possibilities, but they fell in front of the door of the truth.