Chapter 68: Gezhi (8)

When Ecovacs knocked on the door of the Governor's room, the Governor's chest was still heaving, and he didn't even notice when the image in front of him disappeared, let alone that it was already dawn. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 The only thing that exists in Info's mind is that familiar face, and when the owner of that face usually appears in front of him, he has always been a gentleman's style, how could it be him? The Governor's mind came to a standstill, and the people outside the door got impatient and began to call out to the Governor. The Governor's head leaned against the edge of the cupboard, and the pain saved him. The sound outside the door penetrated his ears, but it scared him again. He quickly ducked to the corner next to the bed and the wall, perhaps it would be safer, and then he changed his mind, and if he refused to open the door, he would let the people outside the door know that something had happened. And if the scene in the dream is a revelation from God, and the prime minister's younger brother is really a monster who can transform into a human form, then wouldn't he have thrown himself into the net. You have to pretend to be calm and not let the other person see it. The governor forced himself to get up, began to get dressed, thought about it and posed as if he had just woken up, and then opened the door.

Ecovacs found that the Governor's expression was not very natural, could it be that there was something in the bedroom that called the Governor unnatural? Ecovacs laughed at himself, and even if he did, it was the governor's own business. The Governor graciously offered to receive him at his office after a light breakfast, and that Corvus could wait for him in the office. Ecovacs sat down in his office, picked up the coffee recommended by the Governor from his servant, and savored the Governor's choice. The Governor did come soon after. He listened to Ecovacs's thoughts with a smile, and nodded repeatedly, saying that he would definitely do his best to support it. He called his subordinates, wrote down the various materials that Ecovacs asked to prepare, calculated the cost, and told his subordinates to prepare quickly. When Ecovacs was about to leave, the governor stopped him and told him that he needed a reliable guide for this journey. Ecovacs thought about it, and said that it would be a trouble for the governor. He had a vague feeling that there was something in the Governor's mind that he didn't want to know. Or maybe you're being too careful.

Funded by Ecovacs, the materials that the governor asked people to buy arrived quickly, although it was not that Ecovacs was very satisfied, it was still very suitable for this trip, and Ecovacs did not say anything more. The guide whom the governor had found also arrived, and the governor brought him with him. The bearded guide, with a turban, most of his face hidden behind the scarf, was still visible to Ecovacs who he was, and he remembered it after seeing him a second time in the duststorm. Warman quietly motioned to Ecovacs, who quietly accepted the guide introduced by the Governor, sent the Governor away, and began to arrange the trip.

If you look at the map, their route starts from the northwest corner of the continent and goes diagonally to the southwest corner of the continent, in fact, when they reach the southwest corner, they arrive at the location of the coordinates given by their brother. The night before, in his study, Ecovacs had drawn the route directly to the far end of the southwest corner, which he thought was necessary. On the first day he came to the Philek continent, Ecovacs thought that it was just an ordinary trip, and he could even take advantage of this trip to relax himself, and listen to people who have explored the Philaelic continent say that this magical continent has countless surprises and excitement. But what had happened during the brief trip to climb Perimid had made him start to be careful. Now it seems that what he needs to watch out for on his side may be the forces of the two sides that are not friends or foes. So, it is necessary to be careful. Warman gave him a neat and short dagger to carry with him, and even slightly processed the thick silver plate for food and sewed it into the inside of his clothes. These moves seemed ridiculous, but Ecovacs accepted them. That encounter at sea made him know that in fact, it was really the same as the elder said, that evolution has not completely made humans different from animals, and that some dark things have to be hidden in the location area of the human brain forever, and no one knows when the evil of human beings will suddenly appear, making people unbelievable to hurt others and themselves. Power, status, money, and dignity can all trigger the emergence of these evils.

On this trip, Ecovacs followed the guide's advice and walked on the edge of the desert, carrying mainly mules and horses, and thought that Karim had brought a black hound. The entourage told Ecovacs that the Philemic retriever did not appear to be as large and heavy as the Dayes purebred retriever, but that it was a true local vicious dog. In the jungle hunt, it is a well-deserved king of hunting. The seemingly inconspicuous hound still has such a skill, and Ecovacs couldn't help but look at the dog a few more times. Strangely, the dog howled uncontrollably every time he saw Ecovacs' gaze sweeping towards him, and it could not stop until the guide had to yell loudly or even hit it on the head with the back of a hunting knife. Ecovacs felt that it was better to look less at him, and the dog seemed to be about to pounce on him. Warman solemnly asked the guide to keep an eye on his hound to prevent injury, and the guide nodded yes. Ecovacs suddenly realized that the guide didn't understand their language, and last time he had to go through the help of the translator to know what each other was saying, why after just a few days, the guide was able to understand their book. Ecovacs was puzzled but did not have time to tell him what he believed in Vorman, and this doubt weighed on Ecovacs's mind like a stone on the first day of the journey, making it unbearable. A day of walking along the edge of the desert, nothing special happened, people and livestock did more to save their strength, and the tired tongue of the king of the hunt hung so long on the outermost edge, and Corbos laughed at the king for nothing more than that. It seems that Karim loves the dog very much, and he drinks more water than he drinks himself along the way.

The desert was vast, and it didn't take long to walk along the edge, and in the evening, when the desert was deserted, Ecovacs and his party quickened a few steps, and then the sun went down for a short time, and the people reached a great river of Nda that Karim had called. The Philrek continent had already left a deep impression on Ecovacs, and the scenery by the river made him even more magical. A long, slender river that winds along the edge of the desert towards the north is called the Great River. Presumably, it was named after the primitive worship of some natural places by the locals. Someone threw a rock into the river, causing Karim to curse and shout impatiently. Karim said that this was a river of gods, and no one dared to offend him casually. Not to mention that they have crossed the river tomorrow, let alone offend. Karim said that the river did not look strange, but he came from a magical mountain, and it was all the way to this place, and in this section of the river at their feet, there was a secret, the river was very narrow, but the depth was unfathomable. All fish can survive both upstream and downstream. Only this section has no animals or plants left. Ecovacs crouched down and scooped up a little water with his hands from the river. The river water is still cool, transparent and colorless, and it doesn't smell good, so why can't there be animals and plants to survive? He told Warman to fill some of the small empty water bladders, and to bring them back to Breech to call the scholars of the Royal Academy to study what was going on.

On the slope by the river, a group of people set up camp, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse, and the river flowed silently. Around the campfire, everyone gathered around this trip. Karim was telling everyone more about the Nda River, and after watching and planning the next day's journey, Ecovacs sat down with interest to listen to Karim. He noticed that as he sat down, Karim glanced at him and continued. Karim said that there was a tribe at the source of the river that was closely related to the tribe to which he belonged, but it had not been contacted for many generations, and he did not know how that tribe was doing as descendants of the same ancestor. Perhaps all dead, Karim said, adding that their tribe was actually poor refugees who had escaped from where they had been. The old customs of the original tribe and the regular sacrifice of children made it difficult for many parents to accept, so they crossed the river and settled far away in the current place. Some of the elders who opposed these customs also came with Karim's ancestors. Karim stood up, pointed in the direction of the southwest corner, and told everyone to see the place where there was a faint green glow in the darkness, and he said that the elders of the tribe had said that the place of sacrifice was there, and it was a great mountain, called the fall of Corolls. Who Korors is, Corvus blurts out, and Karim says that it is the object of the tribe's sacrifice, that is, their god. Karim spread his hands and said he didn't know why God had to take the child.

The old custom was like this, it was necessary to sacrifice young men and women, and some tribes were even children, and Corvus had heard of such customs in the continent of Emerek, such as the Mayar tribe. To the southwest, there is really a towering place, irregularly shining with a faint green glow. Is that where Karim is talking about the river court? Ecovacs drank some of his favorite drinks, touched his lips, and slipped into the tent, falling into a deep sleep. I don't know how long I've been sleeping, but the voices outside the tent are already very noisy, and it seems that everyone has already gotten up to prepare. Ecovacs jumped to his feet and got out of his tent to find only one tent alone on the bank of the river, which was still flowing silently. Overnight, everyone was gone. There were not many trees and tall grass along the river, and he could see far away, and no one was in sight, and he looked carefully around the tent to see if there were any marks of people or animals walking by. Could it be that Warman had been poisoned, and that the men were all accomplices of the Guide? If that happens, Ecovacs will have to abandon the trip and go home. He turned around and gathered up to leave, all sorts of strange things had happened to such a situation, he had to leave. When the sound of water behind him was heard, Ecovacs found that the only supplies he could set foot on his way home were the tent and the clothes on his body.

Milor couldn't figure it out, he was looking for that Habibie everywhere in the rugged mountains, he pressed his chin to the ground to collect information, and found that the strength of the information was getting weaker and weaker, could it be that he was searching in the wrong direction? Milor stopped and chased in the opposite direction. At this moment, two choices reappeared in his rapidly spinning mind, those hypnotized people on the flat ground of the peak should be about to wake up, whether to rush back to the top of the mountain first and lead them back to the tribe, or continue to look for the harpy. He chose the former. In Milor's opinion, the harpy could not survive in this place, and there was no way for a child to recover the tribe. The most likely outcome is to die here. In this case, it will not affect the next year's worship, so if you fail this year's mission, you can explain to God that you can prepare one more in the coming year. Milor returned to the summit, he needed to give himself some time to change his human appearance, and he sped up his crawl.

Habibie ran for a long time in a panic, and when he walked back, he realized that he couldn't find his way back to the top of the mountain. Habibie thought that he would reach the top of the mountain if he followed the upward path, but he never returned to the same path he had taken when he came from the tribe. After wandering in the mountains late and not getting anything to eat, Habibi had to climb a tall Bio tree with great difficulty to prevent the attacks of wild beasts in the mountains, and fell asleep sleepily and tired. Little Harpy was awakened by a nightmare, and the monster that Mr. Miloel had turned into chased after him again, so he circled around the tree where Little Harpy was sleeping, but it was obvious that he could not climb trees, and it seemed that his skill was to climb quickly on the mountain. Habibie hid behind the thick tree trunk, not wanting to see the monster. The monster pounced on it several times, but it didn't succeed, probably losing patience and walking away. Habibie wondered if it was because Milor was a monster that he knew so many strange things. And Milor is actually a monster sent to their tribe, and he came to catch children.

Just as Harpy was thinking this, there was a sound of wind behind him, and the monster actually came out from behind, when would he be able to climb so high? Habibie screamed and slipped down the trunk, thinking to himself that if this time was over, he would be taken to the top of the mountain by the monster again. It was at this time that Habibie woke up. When he woke up, Harpy was happy to see that there were no monsters, but his rumbling stomach and the boundless darkness of the forest made him not happy soon. If he returned to the tribe and told the kind old wizard that Milor was actually a monster, would he believe little Harpy? And will the people in the tribe believe it? But if people didn't know that Milor was actually a monster, wouldn't the people of the tribe be hurt more? Habibie decides to get down from the tree and go back to the tribe.

Walking in the forest is different from other places, and it's easy to get lost walking around. Habibie walked forward as he memorized the old wizard's mantra for directions. The forest was left behind him, the trees began to thin, and a large river appeared in front of Habibie, but it was nothing more than a river with no end in sight. Wide wasn't enough, but Habibie had never seen a river. There has always been a myth in the tribe that there is a river in the northwest of the tribe, and because it is the river of Ndda, it cannot be used as a water source. The people of the tribe have always taken their water from another river far away, or simply used the water they received when it rained as a source of daily needs. Fortunately, the weather here still guarantees water most of the time. Habibie looked back at the mountain in the morning light, its outline shrouded in a still dark background, but glowing greenish. He looked at the mountain in a daze, the color was really beautiful, and he didn't hear anyone on the other side of the river shouting to him.