Chapter 22: Shadow Scorpion
The moat bridge more than 5,000 meters long is not long for Luo Chen. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 With Luo Chen opening the way, it only took a few minutes for them to come to the opposite side safely.
Luo Chen motioned for everyone to stand behind him: "You stand behind me, I'll blow up this bridge, otherwise it's not a problem to always be chased by this group of alien spirits!"
Boom~!Boom~! After a short time of accumulation, two concentrated artillery shells bombarded the middle of the bridge, and the bridge was directly blown up nearly 100 meters! Many strange spirits who had no time to stop rushed into the moat......
Wow~Wow~...... As soon as those strange spirits fell into the moat, the moat water seemed to be boiling, and the river water was tumbling violently! With Luo Chen's eyesight, he saw countless miserable white strange fish the size of his thumb, with a fusiform body and a length of about ten centimeters, frantically eating those strange spirits in Luoshui!
Luo Chen smacked his tongue secretly: "Are those boning fish spirits? It's a little scary!Uh~ Now that I think about it, isn't it redundant to deliberately detour to divert the group of alien spirits?"
Misha was also secretly frightened by the boning fish spirits, and she said, "It should be! Otherwise, Mike and the others would have given up the magic guide vehicle and waded through the water." If we knew that these bony fish spirits were so terrifying, we shouldn't have taken a detour!"
Luo Chen opened his mouth and said: "It's too late to say anything now! Although it's a little troublesome, but we have finally got rid of the humanized alien spirit group, and it's not too early, let's hurry up and find a place to spend the night, and rest well for a night before making plans." ”
Luo Chen and his party took action again, fortunately, this place is located on the edge of the Imperial Capital of Xiusi, and there are many houses! And because of the relationship between the strange spirits, these houses have long been empty. They found a fairly intact house at random, cleaned it up and took a break.
Luo Chen went out to clean up the strange spirits in the vicinity to ensure the safety of everyone when they rested at night, and also arranged some simple early warning devices by the way. After almost a day and a night, I can finally rest for a while......
When Luo Chen returned to the temporary residence, Misha and the others had simply cleaned the messy room, and they were sitting around a campfire eating.
"There's no meat, just this one, and I'm going to eat it today. As she spoke, Misha tossed a piece of roasted sweet potato to Luo Chen.
Luo Chen casually caught the sweet potato, and then sat down by the campfire. He wounded his head and retracted the exoskeleton armor in his body, and he did not dislike the simplicity of the food, so he directly broke the sweet potato and began to eat it.
Sweet potato is a very common magic plant in the Azure Continent, it is regarded as the staple food by many races in the Azure Continent, the growth cycle of sweet potato is short, there is no special requirement for the land, as long as the water source is sufficient, it can thrive, and the yield is super high!
It only takes a short month for a sweet potato seedling to grow and produce sweet potatoes, and the yield can reach about 10~20 catties! Sweet potatoes are rich in starch, sugar and most of the trace elements required by the human body, it can be said that only eating sweet potatoes can meet the needs of the human body for nutrients, and because of this, sweet potatoes are one of the staple foods of the common people on the blue continent.
Misha looked at Luo Chen with a strange face, and that strange expression made Luo Chen feel a little uncomfortable! Luo Chen touched his face in embarrassment and said, "Misha, what are you looking at me for? Is there something dirty on my face?"
Misha came back to her senses, and she said, "No, you don't have anything dirty on your face, I'm just surprised that you don't dislike sweet potatoes." ”
Luo Chen was stunned for a moment, and then asked suspiciously: "Why do I dislike sweet potatoes? Isn't it delicious?"
Misha said what she thought in her heart: "Don't you people eat big fish and meat every day?
Luo Chen said indifferently: "I don't know about the others, anyway, for me, food is food, there is no distinction between high and low, what can be eaten is good things, what is there to dislike!"
Misha was very surprised and said, "You...... You're so different! You don't look like a rich kid at all!"
Luo Chen glanced at Misha and said, "When did I say that I was a child of a rich family? Although we have no worries about food and clothing, my mother will never give us more pocket money, and sometimes if I want to buy something, I have to go to work to earn money......
Ye Gufeng, who had always been silent, opened his mouth and said: "Uh~ Your family is really special, completely subverting my perception of you nobles......"
Luo Chen joked and laughed at himself: "Is that so? Then I really threw the face of the nobles home!"
But Luo Chen didn't expect that his joke was a little cold, and the scene actually became silent, Luo Chen continued with some embarrassment: "Do you have any plans next?"
Shi Lei touched his head, opened his mouth and said calmly: "I'm used to being alone, I really haven't thought about this problem! Let's go all the way with you for the time being, after all, with you as a backer, I can live a little easier." ”
Luo Chen spread his hands and said: "If you choose to go all the way with me, it will definitely not be a good choice! My plan is to prepare to cross the Dongling Mountain Range, head southwest, and go to Hesse City in the south, and the difficulties encountered along the way will only be more severe than those encountered today!"
Shi Lei swallowed his saliva and said in horror: "You're not crazy, are you! Now Emperor Xiusi alone has become so dangerous, not to mention the primeval forest where demonic beasts are gathered in the Dongling Mountain Range!"
The corners of Luo Chen's mouth hooked up a wicked smile and said: "I naturally know this problem, but I need to hunt alien spirits to improve my strength, so choosing a safe route to move forward will not meet the requirements I expected in my heart!"
"Crazy! Crazy! It's good that those monsters don't take the initiative to find trouble with us, and you still want to take the initiative to find trouble with them!" Shi Lei felt that his worldview had collapsed! There are really people in this world who are not afraid of death!
Luo Chen said indifferently: "This is my plan, as for whether you are willing to go all the way with us, that is your own choice...... What about you? What are your plans for the future?"
Ye Gufeng opened his mouth and said: "If you don't dislike it, I want to follow you! I don't accept the heavens and the earth, but you convince me today! I know in my heart that you are a person who does great things, and my ability is like that, but I am not willing to spend my life silently like this......
The corners of Luo Chen's mouth hooked up a smile of unknown meaning, tilted his head to look at Ye Gufeng and said, "Follow me?"
Ye Gufeng was a little uncomfortable by Luo Chen, and he said with disappointment in his tone: "It's difficult... Isn't that possible?"
Luo Chen smiled and said, "Yes, of course, you have already met the requirements to join my Martial God Temple, but the restriction contract of the Martial God Temple is very strict...... And once the contract is signed, there is no chance to regret it!This is the restricted contract of the Martial God Temple, do you still want to join the Martial God Temple?"
Saying that, Luo Chen waved his hand, and used the power of the Martial God to control the surrounding energy to form a font, but at a fixed glance, it was the content of the palace-level contract of the Martial God Temple.
After Ye Gufeng read the content of the contract, he opened his mouth and said his thoughts: "The content of this contract doesn't seem to be strict, right?"
Luo Chen explained noncommittally: "Is it? This is just the content of the contract at the edge level of the Martial God Temple, and it is only equivalent to a preliminary assessment. ”
Ye Gufeng said with a little expectation: "Can I know what kind of force the Martial God Temple you are talking about?"
Luo Chen dug out a piece of roasted sweet potato from the fire and said, "After you join the Martial God Temple, you will naturally know what kind of strength she is, and before you join, I have nothing to say." ”
Just when Ye Gufeng was a little hesitant, the shadow scorpion, who had been silent, suddenly spoke, "Can I join the Martial God Temple?"
Luo Chen was stunned for a moment, and then said suspiciously: "You want to join the Martial God Temple? Yes, yes, but I want to know why you want to join the Martial God Temple! It stands to reason that a person like you should hate the mercy of forces very much?"
The shadow scorpion's eyes were full of sadness: "We don't hate the mercy of forces, we just hate those who don't care about our life or death, and use us as consumables! And even so, for us humanoid weapons, if we suddenly lose the value of being used, we don't know what the meaning of existence is......
Luo Chen said to the shadow scorpion while eating the sweet potato: "Aren't you afraid that I will treat you like the commander-in-chief of the dark guard of the Xiusi Empire;
Shadow Scorpion asked rhetorically, "Will you?" Since you have listed the contents of the contract to us without any evasion, doesn't that show your attitude? And you should not use you, but should use you......
Luo Chen was slightly surprised: "You guys, are you saying that other members of the Shadow Scorpion will also join the Martial God Temple?"
Shadow Scorpion said affirmatively, "Yes, but before you can do that, you have to get them out first." ”
"That's what you're asking me for? Shadow Scorpion isn't as cold-blooded and ruthless as the legend suggests. Luo Chen already had a rough guess in his heart.
Shadow Scorpion said lightly: "To the enemy, we are cold-blooded deaths! But because of this, we are used to seeing too many deaths, but because of this, we have become extremely precious for ourselves and our companions' lives!"
Because for us, living is not just for ourselves, but for the sake of carrying the bonds that our companions place on us...... And I have more than 2,000 such bonds on me, so ~ even if I fall into the darkest abyss because of this, and endure inhuman suffering, I~ will live!"
Shadow Scorpion's words made the hearts of everyone present twitch! What did they go through to produce such a distorted but extremely firm belief!?
The wounds that this empire has inflicted on them are too many to count! They have blood on their hands and bear the infamy of death, but who knows that it was not their intention......
In fact, they still maintain the kindness and purity of human nature in the depths of their hearts, but some people have been contaminated with too many sins and filth, so much that they have covered their true colors tightly......
Luo Chen doesn't want to comment on who is right and who is wrong, because no one is right, and no one is wrong, I'm afraid it's just this world! Just imagine, if there were no Xiusi Secret Guard and Shadow Scorpion, secretly silently paying, what kind of scene would the Xiusi Empire be?
They may be full of evil in the world's impression, but it is undeniable that they are real heroes, nameless but great existences! It is precisely because they have endured most of the sufferings of the Xiusi Empire that the Xiusi Empire has prospered and healthy!
After being silent for a long time, Luo Chen spoke: "Do you know where they are now? I have changed my mind, whether you and your companions join the Martial God Temple or not, I will help you." ”
Shadow Scorpion said movingly, "Thank you! Thank you! Do you know Obsidian? Shadow Scorpion's headquarters is there!"
Luo Chen was stunned for a moment and said, "Obsidian City in the Dongling Mountain Range? That's really a coincidence! But your protection measures are really good, even I thought that your headquarters was in the Blood Hell City like the Dark Guards. ”
Shadow Scorpion explained: "Blood Hell City is the headquarters of Shadow Scorpion, but it is not the core headquarters! You can find out to this extent, in fact, it is already very remarkable, because the people in the Azure Continent who know this information are only a handful!"
Luo Chen said with some surprise: "You mean, the place we are going to is the lair of the shadow scorpion?"
The Shadow Scorpion nodded in affirmation, "Yes, the Shadow Scorpion's lair!
Luo Chen said with a headache: "The defense of the shadow scorpion's nest is definitely not weak, but now it needs to ask outsiders for help, it seems that things are a little tricky!"
The shadow scorpion opened his mouth and explained to Luo Chen: "A very special spirit has appeared in Obsidian City, its strength is not strong now, but its ability is very strange, we can't help it, but it can't help us. In order to break the deadlock, I came to the imperial capital overnight last night to ask for help, but I didn't expect that the imperial capital had already fallen......"