On the night that Tianchang left Raven Town, in the thirty-third Silver City, in the manor of the Lado family, in the quiet back garden, bursts of laughter continued to come from the dense canopy. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

A young and beautiful girl, a mellow red wine, and a bright and flawless moonlight.

Three large baskets made of rattan from distant mountains, hung from a thick tree, covered with soft cushions, and pillows filled with waterfowl feathers. Looking from under the tree, the flickering candlelight is dotted between the branches and leaves, and the figures in the basket are longing, like a landscape painting on a midsummer night, elegant and romantic.

In the blurred colors, a young man in a bathrobe, holding two young girls in their twenties, half-lying in a basket, drinking red wine and eating the fruit stuffed by the girl, chatted without saying a word.

"Cheers to thank the hosts for their hospitality." Hilbrand Suja said, raising his glass.

"Agreed." Song Haohe raised his glass and agreed.

"To thank the two classmates for their appreciation, cheers." Osama bin Laden said, raising his glass.

Subsequently, the three of them drank it all.

"Knight, you just talk to your friends rather than have a drink with our sisters." A young girl pushed Hilbrand's shoulder, with a little resentment on her pretty face, "Isn't it ......" The crystal eyes rippled with water, "Do you look down on us?" ”

"Oops, I'm so sorry to have snubbed two beautiful ladies." After the other girl had finished pouring her drink, Hilbrand smiled, gently touched their glasses, and said, "As a sign of deep apologies, I am willing to punish myself." With that, he threw up his head and drank.

The two girls suddenly blushed slightly, with a hint of joy, and took a sip of red wine. The knights in front of them, young and uninhibited, handsome and humorous, made their hearts secretly move and rejoice.

"Pervert, what a pervert." Song Haohe commented with disdain.

Hilbrand handed the empty cup to the girl, then pointed to the two girls beside Song Haohe and said, "Come here with me, don't accompany that stupid big man, he doesn't understand amorous feelings, how wronged you are." ”

From the very beginning of the party, Song Haohe was lukewarm to the two girls, which made them extremely embarrassed. However, those who are familiar with Song Haohe know that he is not very interested in women.

"Go, go, go." Song Haohe waved his hand in a dashing manner, and the two girls sitting next to him also felt bored, so they climbed down the tree to Hilbrand's basket. In this way, the basket of the latter is packed.

For a time, the warbler whispered, laughed and scolded, and surrounded his ears.

"You say, it's better for me or that stupid wood." Hilbrand hugged left and right, and asked solemnly.

"Come on, you." Song Haohe said angrily, and drank all the wine in the cup in one gulp.

"Two generals, the war in the Aurora Plane is about to start in full swing, what do you think?" Benjamin asked suddenly. Song Haohe and Hilbrand were squadron leaders in the Third Army, with the rank of colonel, and their positions were higher than him. The two of them, one as the deputy commander of the Tyre Fortress and the other as the deputy commander of the Contemplative Fortress, won the trust of the princess. So as soon as he joined the expeditionary force, his status skyrocketed.

"We are all princesses' team, so naturally we are listening to Marshal Green's arrangement." Song Haohe replied.

"I'd love to go over there, Desert Five is too boring." Hilbrand said.

"I have that idea too." Benjamin said that he currently only has the position of squad leader, and he must accumulate combat merits before he can have a chance to be promoted.

"Then find a time to apply to the acting marshal together." Hilbrand said, raising his glass.

"I think you can forget it......" Song Haohe clasped his hands to his chest and struck, "At the last meeting, Marshal Dai seemed to have the intention of transferring you to the Chinese army in the bottomless abyss. ”

"Oh my God, this is a great opportunity." Benjamin straightened up, faced Hilbrand, and said enviously, "Congratulations." ”

The Chinese army is the core of the First Army of the Dawn Expeditionary Force, guarding the entrance to the bottomless abyss, the Dawn Fortress. As long as you join the Chinese army, you will have the opportunity to enter the solid stone fortress and achieve supreme glory.

"I don't want to go......," said Hilbrand, shrugging his shoulders, "and the ants are all male there." That helpless tone, like a swinger, caused the girls to laugh on the spot.

A few hours later, in the middle of the night, the two squadron leaders of the expeditionary force climbed down the tree along the wooden ladder, returned to the mansion to change into military uniforms, bid farewell to their masters' kindness to stay overnight, and each boarded their own aircraft.

Not long after, in the rest compartment of the aircraft, Hillbrand unbuttoned his collar and collapsed on the couch. A short-haired chestnut guard made a cup of refreshing tea and brought it to him.

Hilbrand took his hand, blew it, and sighed, "Drinking a drink is more tiring than fighting......

"What's wrong?" The short-haired maroon guard asked.

"Benjamin has been in the princess guard longer than me and Song Haohe, but now he has a lower position than us, so it is inevitable that he will be a little resentful......" Hilbrand took a sip of tea and said, "It's still a little difficult to avoid arousing his hostility." ”

"Speaking of which, his ability to do things and his family background are good, but why can't he always be promoted?" The short-haired maroon guard asked, puzzled.

"Whoever does bad things for his superiors...... said lightly, "usually rises quickly, but not highly." ”

"Hmm......" The short-haired maroon guard nodded thoughtfully.

The next night, the cold wind raged in the town of the watermill of the southern cemetery, and the slag of ice flew everywhere, making the wooden windows rattle.

"Jingle bell...... Jingle bell ......"

A figure pushing a locomotive and wrapped in a military coat appeared in front of the door of the only bar in town, ringing the bell on the door frame. It didn't take long for a fat uncle with a scrum beard to open the door, look up and down, turn sideways, and let the other party in.

The visitor lifted the windshield to reveal a young and handsome face, and then said to the bar owner, "Boss, come and have something to eat and drink." ”

"Okay." The bar owner then went into the kitchen and came out with a large bowl of vegetable porridge and a small pot of potato beef stew.

While eating, the young man took out two silver coins and put them on the table, and offered to stay overnight. The barkeeper put away the coins and tidied up the cot in the corner.

This bar owner is Uncle Nuo whom Tie Slag met two years ago, and this young man is Tianchang, who came overnight.

"Young man, where are you going?" Uncle Nuo asked casually, since his daughter Susan went to Gray Tower Town to work as a maid for exiled nobles, he has been living alone.

"South." Tianchang replied simply. After crossing the bridge tomorrow, it will be an endless wilderness, and he must rest well so that he can rush to the Grand Canyon as soon as possible to move the rescuers.

Seeing that the other party didn't want to say more, Uncle Nuo didn't ask more. Travelers in cemeteries are usually more vigilant and do not easily reveal their identities and purposes, so as not to be coveted by people with bad intentions.

After eating, Tianchang went directly to bed and slept with clothes. In the dim candlelight, Uncle Nuo sat at the small table, drinking cheap ale alone, and his lonely back was gloomy and lonely......

At dawn, Tianchang pushed the locomotive out of the bar. With a fine snow in the sky, he wrapped himself in his military coat and continued on his way. In a few moments, he came to the bridge of the sewage river, and the gray water was raging, and the sound of the rushing water kept coming.

There were several sleepy guards standing at the head of the bridge, and when Tianchang passed by, he didn't even open his eyes. It is only in times of tension that they check on passing travelers. As for the collection of bridge tolls, since the tempers of the insects are usually more short-tempered, and they may fight if they don't like each other, it is very difficult to collect them, so they are exempted.

After crossing the bridge and walking forward for a long time, Tianchang finally entered the middle radiation area.

As far as the eye can see, the gray-black earth connects to the sky, as if there is no end. Blocks of rock several meters high can be seen everywhere, the surface is crawling with black cemetery moss, and from time to time one or two basin-sized insects can be seen flying by.

In the shallow snow, a dirt road was faintly visible, leading zigzag into the distance. This is the path that the passing travelers have walked out, and there is a crooked wooden sign inserted on the side of the road, indicating that the road ahead will lead to the "Greystone Heights", "Goat Collar", "King's Tomb" and "Longhorn Grand Canyon".

The Greystone Heights is a relatively flat part of the Blackstone Mountains, inhabited by a large number of cemetery freedmen, who form several tribes that raid each other all year round, making it a dangerous area. Goat Ridge is a large gathering place in the southern part of the Blackstone Mountains, located on the mountainside at an altitude of 3,000 meters, and lives in caves in the mountains.

The King's Tomb is a large underground tomb. Decades ago, the Temple's expeditions hired a large number of workers to excavate ancient relics. Gradually, a gathering place was formed around the cemetery. To this day, the catacombs are sheltered from the wind and rain by the freedmen.

Tianchang looked at the road signs, twisted the accelerator, and continued to set off.

As you go deeper into the middle radiation zone, the road becomes more and more difficult to navigate. The ruins of the city stretched as far as the eye could see, and there were collapsed buildings everywhere, a desolate scene. Driving among the ancient remains, there is silence all around, occasionally there are one or two chirps of scavenging birds in the cemetery or the low howl of the wolves in the cemetery, which makes people shudder, as if they are in a ghost domain.

"Sudden ......"

The sound of the engine is particularly clear, echoing among the crooked high-rise buildings, far away.

"Whew......"

Suddenly, a long howl broke the silence, and a large number of orange-yellow figures appeared one after another in the ruins of the building. The smooth carapace reflects a translucent luster in the sun.

Tianchang quickly recognized that it was the insect wolf, one of the most dangerous social creatures in the cemetery, and immediately increased the throttle and rushed forward. The sudden increase in the roar caused the wolves to fly down and follow closely behind. Unfortunately, the speed of the Great Wall Iron Rider is really limited.

In the blink of an eye, several insect wolves chased a few meters away, and they were about to pounce, Tianchang controlled the locomotive with one hand, drew an assault rifle with the other, held it on the wooden handle, turned around and pulled the trigger.

"Dada......"

The insect wolf behind the car was suddenly beaten and sparked, and its speed decreased a lot.

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