Shangguan stepped forward, came to the big tree again, stretched out his hand and pointed to the branch that he had broken just now, and said, "It's this branch, right?" ”

Zhuang Lulu sighed, shook his head, stepped forward to pat the bark, and said, "I'm talking about this 'branch'." ”

His expression was very serious, and there was not the slightest hint of joking.

"Sir, you mean to get this whole trunk down for you?" Cai Zhong still understands the thoughts of this filthy old man, so he said so first. Judging from his history of calling potato chips biscuits, it shouldn't be difficult to call tree trunks branches.

Zhuang Lulu laughed, patted Cai Zhong's shoulder, and said, "Hahaha, you are still a young man, you are more savvy." Then, like a geography teacher, he touched his chin and said, "Actually, in the forest, the easiest way to find the direction is to look at the tree rings." Generally speaking, trees grow fastest in the direction where they receive the most light and heat towards the sun, so the spacing between the corresponding tree rings is larger, while the opposite direction receives less sunlight and heat, the growth rate is slower, and the spacing between tree rings is smaller. ”

When the old man just talked about this, Cai Zhong was anxious to ask: "After talking about it for a long time, which side is the southeast, northwest, and northwest?" He only likes to eat, drink and have fun, and what he doesn't like to listen to is these small knowledge and big truths, and he feels that listening to others explain the so-called theories and knowledge that cannot be used in life is simply the most murderous behavior.

Because he's quite impatient with this kind of thing.

"Wait a minute, lads, please be calm, listen to me, and I will explain them to you one by one." Zhuang Lulu stretched out his hands like a teacher, pressed them in the air, and looked like the standard preparation action before the leader spoke, and then continued: "We know that the most sunlight and heat in a day is noon, so most places in the northern hemisphere have a large tree-ring spacing in the south, and the tree-ring spacing is small, and the tree-ring spacing is small; On the contrary, in most places in the southern hemisphere, the direction of the large tree-ring spacing is north, and the tree-ring spacing is small in the south......"

Shangguan touched his head a little embarrassed, he was completely dizzy, and thought: Regardless of your northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere, anyway, I will split a tree for you, and you can tell me to the southeast and northwest.

"Senior Zhuang, I still have a question." At this time, Cai Ping raised his hand and said, "Since we are just looking at the tree rings, is it necessary for us to cut down such a big tree?" He pointed to the big tree that only two people could hug Zhuang Lulu just now, "It will be very troublesome for us to cut it down, and besides, this kind of thing is not very environmentally friendly......

"Ahahahaha, actually, it's okay to have a small plant, I just look at that one that one is pleasing to the eye." Zhuang Lulu laughed a few times, and said with a little weakness.

Pleasing? Are you looking at people unpleasantly...... After hearing this, Shangguan, who was so angry, didn't want to reason with the old man Zhuang so much, he directly chose a smaller tree, and used the power of the armor to split the tree, this time, because the tree is still small and not so thick, this incision is also neat and gentle. Zhuang Lulu looked at the break for a while, stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of the right-hand side, and said, "Let's go, this side is east." ”

At this point, the old gentleman was very embarrassed to take the three of them and wanted to go east.

"Wait a minute," at this time, Shangguan was already vigilant, asked Cai Zhong to cross the map, spread it on the ground and looked at it a few times, and said, "We should go north......

The isolated island where the four of them are now located has a huge volcano in the north, and after several people log in from the southernmost shoal, they are trapped in the woods on the south side of the island, according to the map display, they should first walk out of this forest, then pass through a large lake, and finally climb up the active volcano, in order to find the relevant information and information of the "Dragon Sword" mecha in the crater.

"If you go to the east...... Shangguan said to the map, "it should be a cliff of more than thirty meters." ”

"Oh, hey, hey, hey. I mean, let's go east and breathe, and then we'll go north. Zhuang Lulu, who knew that he had made a mistake again, didn't have much excuse, so he said so, and followed the three young people to continue north.

After the four of them found their way, they walked much smoother this time. As marked on the map, they quickly walked out of the mysterious forest. However, when the flaming sun shone on their faces again from the sky, between this vast heaven and earth, Shangguan looked ahead, this is good, his own team, it is really a lot behind others.

I saw that the young men with swords had already climbed to the foot of the volcano, and two or three teams of men and horses were about to go up to the mountainside, and even the weaker team was now moving forward in the middle of the lake.

Having said that, as a professional mercenary, it really makes people feel unbearable to spend so much time on such a trivial matter as identifying directions...... On Shangguan's forehead, a slight cold sweat broke out.

"Hurry up," he said, "or you won't be able to keep up in a moment." Shangguan urged the other three pig-like teammates with some urgency, and pointed to the various competitors in front of him.

"Wow, they're already far ahead." After wiping off the sweat, Cai Ping also saw the situation in front of him and said with some surprise.

"However, since they are already so far behind, why don't we wait here for them to return victorious, or go back to the ship and rest first." Zhuang Lulu didn't care at all, and said leisurely, "The owner of the ship has said that he will only wait until three o'clock in the afternoon, and when it arrives at three o'clock, whether the task is completed or not, he will send the ship." ”

When he talked about this, Zhuang Lulu seemed to be really worried that his group might not be able to catch up with the ship home. Cai Zhong put his arm around the old man's back and said, "Mr. Zhuang, you don't have to worry about this, even if we miss today's boat, I still know that boatman, he will leave the food on the shore, and then come back tomorrow to pick us up." You don't have to worry about this kind of logistical triviality......"

"In that case, let's go back first and pick something delicious to eat first, wouldn't it be good?" Zhuang Lulu had a bitter face, and saw the hateful eyes of the other three teenagers staring at him, and said with a tongue: "Okay, then don't say it, don't say it, in fact, I just want to go back and find some of those biscuits to eat......"

"Huh......" Cai Ping, Shangguan and the other three all let out a long breath. At this time, they no longer had to explain to the old man that "it was actually potato chips and not biscuits", and now the three of them began to have a headache about how to cross this big lake.

When the four of them arrived at the lake, they took a good look at the lake. Perhaps because of its proximity to the volcano, the water is rich in minerals, which makes it all scarlet and scary. In the morning, under the sun, a few egrets fly around the lake, but the scenery is quite attractive. It can be said that such a place that can combine "horror" and "beauty" is really a strange place that is extremely difficult to find.

What Shangguan and the others have to do now is definitely not to sit by the lake with a cup of coffee and watch the scenery, although looking at the three Zhuang Lulu and the Cai brothers on the surface are also doing "contemplation" actions, but judging from the previous contact, he no longer expects these three people to have any good results.

-- Perhaps, everything can only be done on your own.

First of all, the easiest way to cross this lake is to use a mecha. But now there are only three organisms in their team: Shangguan, Cai Ping, and Cai Zhong, and if they fly over like this, it is easy to expose their own strength, not to mention, whether the old man Zhuang can take the plane in this harsh flight environment and ensure that he does not get motion sickness, that is the most debatable......

Besides, I don't know who put it on the lake, there are some rubber rafts on the bank, and even the hand paddles have been equipped, and I don't know which person put it here, and the teams in front of me should have crossed the river with these rafts. After all, when he was in the forest just now, Shangguan noticed that he didn't hear any sound of mecha activating on this island, and it seems that these mercenaries are also very careful to hide their strength in a low-key manner, and they don't want to be known by their peers.

There is a saying that on the battlefield, the person who hides well will be the one who lives the longest.

It seems that these old fritters-like mercenaries are deeply in tune with this truth.

Just as Shangguan was still hesitating, he saw that the Cai brothers exclaimed, and then both of them summoned their own combat mechs. Looking at the two people who sat in the driver's cab in an instant, Shangguan was a little speechless, but before he could ask the other party, he only heard Cai Zhong say excitedly: "No matter how much, anyway, we are all so backward now, no longer need the mecha to rush forward to grab it, this 'Dragon Sword' will never fall into our hands again!" ”

"That's right, in order to go out and play, oh, no, in order to let our parents recognize us and let us go out on an adventure early, we must take this dragon sword!" Cai Ping also shouted enthusiastically.

But at this time, Shangguan pointed at Zhuang Lulu and said, "If you say that, what should Zhuang seniors do?" ”

"The old man...... Oh, no, Zhuang senior, just stay here and wait for us a little. From one of the black and white mechs, Cai Ping's voice came out. He accidentally said the name in his heart, and quickly changed his words to correct the mistake.

Alas, what two young men who are passionate and reckless......

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