Due to excessive fatigue, Tianxuan went back to his residence to sleep without waiting for Minos to return.

The next day, after Tianxuan woke up, he went directly to the city lord's hall, and at this time, everyone had already gathered together for a meeting.

"Yo, Tianxuan, you're awake!" Minos waved at him as soon as he saw Tianxuan.

So, Tianxuan came to the crowd.

"You're not too late, if you delay this operation, I'm afraid it won't matter to you!" Hercules immediately teased when he saw Tianxuan coming.

"What? What's going on? Tianxuan asked suspiciously.

At this time, Minos walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Tianxuan, with the consent of the council, we have sent someone to investigate in the Heidan area, and it is completely consistent with the situation described by Gusas. So we're ready to mobilize a large army to encircle and suppress! ”

"Wow!" Tianxuan shouted, "Why didn't you notify me of such a major matter earlier!" ”

"I didn't call you when I saw you sleeping like a dead pig in bed!" Hercules continued to tease.

"This ...... How can this person who doesn't sleep have spirit? Tianxuan retorted.

"Alright, alright, you two don't quarrel, let's let Tianxuan have a good understanding of our operational deployment!" Minos stood between the two of them, spreading his hands and waving his hands.

As a result, Tianxuan learned in detail about the operation of this attack on Heidan.

Another day passed, and Tianxuan went out with the army.

This time there were about 40,000 troops, most of them from Brentre, and the rest were troops from Laman City and Power City, but this time the commander-in-chief was Radamandis.

When the troops came to assemble, Tianxuan saw Radamandis and took the initiative to greet him: "Your Excellency, Commander, long time no see!" ”

Radamandis smiled slightly and responded: "I haven't seen you for a while!" ”

"How are you recovering now?" Tianxuan asked.

"I'm completely healed, can I lead a team to encircle and suppress it?" Radamandis patted his chest and said.

"That's good!" Tianxuan said.

After a few pleasantries, the troops began to move. After about a day, they came to a gray area. This area is different from the place Tianxuan saw before, the outer pillars of light of Heidan are very few, very thin, and the light emitted is relatively weak, the area is crisscrossed by rivers, and there are many forests on the bank, so from the other side, the center of the Heidan area is a place where you can't see your fingers.

Tianxuan pointed to the forest on the other side and asked, "Commander, is the stronghold of the trench ronin hidden in that forest?" ”

Radamandis nodded and said, "Yes, according to the information provided, it is indeed there, this group of cunning pirates did not expect to hide in that place where there is no light, and this clearance mission does not seem to be so easy." ”

"Oh? So why haven't you been able to find any trace of them before? Tianxuan asked.

Radamandis shook his head and said, "Remember the river near Lamian City?" ”

"Remember!" Tianxuan replied.

"The trench ronin originally lived near the trench of the ocean, and for some reason fell into the buffer zone of the trench, and then came to the vicinity of Lanmian City." Radamandis said.

"Near Lanmian City?" Tianxuan said in astonishment.

"Yes! The river near Lamian City is formed by the seawater seeping down from the trench buffer zone, so the trench ronin first appeared in that place. Lanmian City was also established because of this. Radamandis said.

"So, Lanmian City has a long history?"

"Hmmm! It was built a thousand years ago, but it was just a base at that time. However, in the last 100 years, the number of trench ronins has increased dramatically, so we set out to establish Lanmian Castle to monitor and defend it. Radamandis tells the story.

"Huh? How old is Gusas? Tianxuan asked in surprise.

Radamandis smiled and told Tianxuan: "We Mayans are 30 years into adulthood, 60 years into middle age, 100 years into old age, generally speaking, our average life expectancy is about 200 years. This may be markedly different from your earth. Gusas is in his 80s, which is still a middle-aged man. ”

"I see!" Tianxuan paused and said, "Please continue to talk about that history." ”

So, Radamandis continued to tell the past: "The sea near Lamian City is the source of water for the Trench Ronins, so the intensity of the attack was okay at first, but the more we found out later that we couldn't find out where their main force was. Now it seems that they are hiding here, but it is the water of the River Styx that flows here, and it is not logical how they can survive. ”

"What kind of water is Styx?" Tianxuan asked.

"Oh, it's the same as the water in the water city, flowing with the purest light crude oil."

"I see, the legendary River Styx is the River of Crude Oil, and the opposite side of the monster is called the banks of the River Styx! However, according to you, the Trench Ronin should be able to drink the water of the River Styx, otherwise they wouldn't have set up a base here. ”

Radamandis touched his chin and said, "You're right, and I think so, these pirates may have undergone some kind of mutation, so you have to be careful." I immediately sent a reconnaissance force to the other side of the river to investigate. ”

"What about me?" Tianxuan asked.

Radamandis smiled and refused: "Don't go, such a dangerous reconnaissance warrior has no time to protect you, after your reconnaissance troops gain a firm foothold, our battle line will naturally advance, and you will naturally go to the other side." ”

"Okay!" Tianxuan had no choice but to nod helplessly.

Next, Radamandis sent a reconnaissance force to the opposite bank. Since it was the water of the River Styx, the reconnaissance team crossed the river on a bamboo raft made of bamboo bamboo in advance. However, to their surprise, they did not encounter anything strange from the beginning of the river crossing to the 800-meter distance on the opposite bank.

"So smooth? Will there be fraud? Tianxuan asked.

Radamandis replied calmly: "Don't worry, they are all professionally trained berserkers and have strong adaptability, I believe them." ”

After a while, the reconnaissance team made a gesture after probing, meaning that it was probably no problem. Radhamandis then ordered a vanguard of 5,000 men to start crossing the river, followed by Tianxuan.

After arriving on the other side of the River Styx, Tianxuan looked around carefully and found that it was really very quiet, nothing happened, but the silence and the gloomy environment made him feel a little hairy in his heart.

After the vanguard had quickly built some simple duties on the bank, it began to advance, so that the large army on the opposite bank was ready to cross the river at the same time.

Then the vanguard began to march deeper into the forest. However, before entering the forest, they suddenly saw a strange thing: some decomposing corpses were lying on the ground, and the hearts of these corpses had umbrella-shaped flowers blooming.

Tianxuan looked at this flower carefully, it was as red as the sun, delicate, and very beautiful. These flowers grow on stalks 30-60 cm long. The petals are inverted-lanceolate, the perianth is rolled backward and curled, the edges are wrinkled and wavy, and the perianth tube is extremely short.

"It's strange that there are flowers on this corpse!" Tianxuan was just curious to say this, but it immediately aroused the vigilance of the team leader.

The captain hurriedly squatted down to look at the decomposing corpse, and suddenly shouted: "It's not good, these people are our previous investigators!" ”

Listening to the captain's shout, everyone hurriedly stood on guard to prevent the enemy attack. But after half a day, no trench ronin attacked. After the berserkers had found no sign of the enemy in the vicinity, the captain ordered 50 men to carry the dead bodies to the shore first, while the others moved on.

For this never-before-seen plant, Tianxuan took out the Pokémon Illustrated Book out of curiosity and scanned the flower, and then looked at the introduction carefully. And at this moment, a strange thing happened, the red flower on the corpse suddenly trembled, spewed out a burst of red mist, withered, and then quickly grew green leaves from the rhizome.

Tianxuan didn't notice the situation because of this flower's introduction, and the others didn't notice that the danger was quietly coming.

"What kind of flower is this?" Tianxuan said to himself while holding the illustrated book.

Just a few seconds later, the holographic text appeared: The Flower of the Other Side, born on the banks of the River Styx, moves......

"Will move? This is the first time I've heard of it! Tianxuan thought this was a little funny, but he continued to read it.

Later, the description of the flower reads: "There are spherical bulbs underground, covered with dark brown membranous scales. The leaves are narrow, dark green, and drawn from the base. The flower stem is 30-60 cm long, usually 4-6 flowers arranged in an umbrella shape, bearing at the tip of the flower stem, the petals are inverted-lanceolate, and the perianth is red. Backward curly, wrinkled at the edges, tepal tubes very short; The stamens and columella are prominent, and the flower pattern is small, with a circumference of more than 6 cm.

These descriptions are just features, but the following description is a terrible thing: this flower grows on corpses, and as soon as it blooms, the body immediately begins to decay, so some people say that it is "the flower of the Yellow Springs Road". When the flowers bloom, you can't see the leaves, and when you have leaves, you can't see the flowers. When the flower withers, it emits a pollen that causes vomiting and fainting when inhaled. After that, the flowers will bloom and crawl out of the corpse with green leaves, looking for a new host......

"Nelly? What kind of flower is this, so evil? Seeing this, Tianxuan was shocked and hurriedly looked at the berserker who was carrying the corpse.

At this time, as mentioned in the introduction, the petals of the heart of the corpse withered and green leaves grew. This is not the key, the key thing is that the flower will actually move as stated in the introduction. I saw that two crystal clear roots were pulled out of the corpse.

Don't look at these two tendrils as slender as a swallow's tail, but they walk like a human with two legs. At this time, Tianxuan found the red mist floating in the air, and hurriedly shouted: "Everyone cover your mouth and nose, be careful of the red mist in the air, it is poisonous!" ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately realized the seriousness of the problem, and hurriedly covered their mouths and noses according to Tianxuan's words, but the captain and the berserkers who carried the corpses were not spared. They began to vomit, then their bodies began to shake, and finally they fainted on the ground.

And after these people fell to the ground one after another, the other side flower crawled to their hearts, and then saw the two roots plunge directly into their hearts like scissors.

"Ahh With a scream, the captain fainted again. After that, the rhizomes of the flowers began to turn red, the leaves began to fall off, and then the umbrella-shaped flowers bloomed again, and Tianxuan noticed that the captain's body gradually began to rot as the flowers bloomed.

With screams, more and more people joined the ranks of the rotting corpses. Seeing this, everyone wanted to break through to the shore, but because the group of people just now fell on the road they had to pass, and the way back was already filled with red mist. Those who tried to break through the red mist also began to vomit and soon collapsed to the ground.

The rest of the people began to look terrified, but Tianxuan shouted at them: "Isn't the captain dead?" Don't panic, it's impossible to go back now, we can only go deep into the forest, and if we continue to go back, there is only a dead end. ”

After hearing Tianxuan's shouting, the remaining 4,000 berserkers immediately calmed down and elected Tianxuan as the temporary captain to lead them to find a way out.

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