"Bang, bang", with a sound of metal clashing, a flatbed truck was pushed along the thick fog that spread on the edge, and an iron cage was welded on the flatbed, and a ragged and wounded man collapsed in the iron cage, motionless as if dead.

There are lanterns hanging from the four corners of the cage, and there are high-powered edge lights on the front, but even then they can barely illuminate the surroundings so that those who control the vehicle do not get lost.

There were four people in control of the vehicle, just at the four corners of the flatbed truck, all four of them were wearing standard leather armor and carrying standard weapons, but one of the soldiers was obviously panicked, pushing the car in the thick fog, while looking around in horror, the movements were trembling, and there was a slight mistake around them, so they exclaimed and drew their swords.

After a few false alarms, a soldier next to him leaned over from behind with a silent face, kicked the yelling companion over, punched him in the face, and scolded in a low voice: "Be quiet for Lao Tzu, you have come out to deliver goods at least three times in a month, and you are like a little girl for the first time, if you make a noise, Lao Tzu will kill you on the spot." ”

"Chief, but it's terrible to come out at night, and I always feel like a monster is going to emerge from the fog around me." The fussy soldier got up tremblingly, didn't even dare to protest, and said aggrievedly, "And doing such a strange thing in the middle of the night, no monster can scare himself to death." ”

"Fucking monster, aren't you fucking stupid?" The soldier who beat the man turned around and slapped him again, shouting and scolding, "How many times has the general said that there is that thing, no monster dares to approach, you didn't bring ears last time, idiot." Okay, less nonsense, it's time to get to the place, hurry up and unload the goods. All the look at the dots, say you, idiot, look at the soles of your feet, you see you panicked, you trampled the ground, I tell you, it's okay to step on the ground, you dare to trample that thing, tomorrow's goods will be you. Hurry up and unload, act quickly, and go back to report it in a while, it's really unlucky, I have to go on the expedition tomorrow, and I don't know if I can come back. ”

At the urging of the leading soldiers, several other people crawled into the cage and dragged out the prisoner in the cage, the prisoner had been tortured and weak, his limbs hung limply, and he barely raised his head when he was pulled by his hair, and moaned weakly: "Sir, sir, spare your life, I am Your Majesty's loyal people, sir, give me a chance, let me go once." ”

"What the is sparing your life, who's going to kill you." The soldier slapped the prisoner in the face again, and his face was swollen, "Tell you, give Lao Tzu to squat here for a night and don't move, Your Majesty said, you are obedient, I will personally pardon you tomorrow, if you dare to move, you will be left to fend for yourself on the edge, no one cares about your life or death, do you hear, waste." ”

The soldier dragged the prisoner out of the car with a scolding, and without even taking off the shackles, he threw him directly into the area covered by the pattern, and the strange thing is that the mud shell ground outside will crack and collapse if you step on it casually, but once the prisoner is thrown into the range covered by the pattern, the mud shell has never broken again, and the prisoner stumbled a few steps, was thrown into the range of the pattern, and then fell to the ground without strength, leaving only the strength to moan and moan.

After throwing the prisoner up, they shouted "You stay honest with me, and I'll pick you up early tomorrow morning", and then pushed the cage and quietly retreated, and soon disappeared into the thick fog.

The prisoner who was left behind was still lying in the pattern at this time. Although the surroundings had fallen into darkness after the soldier left, the strange pattern he had just seen made him tremble and wail continuously, and his limbs were weakly clutching the ground, trying to climb out of the range of the pattern with all his might.

However, as soon as he climbed two steps, he suddenly smelled a foul smell from nowhere in his nose, and then there was a popping sound of mucus rubbing beside him, as if something was slowly squirming in the dark, and gradually approaching with the erosion of slime.

"Ahh The next moment, a miserable and desperate wail came from the dark corner of the edge, and I don't know if it was because of the wailing and screaming, the sound of the rolling wheels moved away at a faster speed, and in an instant it was no longer heard.

In the dark mist, there seemed to be something vague churning and writhing, and bursts of eerie and terrifying cold wind blew out gently from the direction covered by the pattern, as if in the dark space, suddenly someone was lying on his neck and gently blowing cold air, which made people creepy and weak. The wailing screams that emanated from the patterned area soon turned into a gurgling drowning sound, followed by a faint writhing of limbs, and when these strange sounds gradually dissipated, only a faint chewing sound remained in the darkness, which continued for a long time before stopping. Every chewing sound will cast a bloody breath around you, and the more you chew, the stronger the smell of blood.

"Damn, it's a step too late, what the hell is going on, what is that old thing doing?"

When everything was completely calm, and even the surging darkness and abnormal polluting energy returned to normal, a lamppost suddenly illuminated the surroundings again, and a group of people did not dare to get too close, but watched from a distance by the light.

In order not to be spotted by the soldiers on the spot, a group of people did not dare to turn on the searchlights in the first place, and had to turn back in the dark, which was much slower, so when they re-approached the pattern area, it was too late to save people, and they could only let the sound of chewing and the smell of blood linger around until it was over.

At this time, I turned on the searchlight to re-illuminate the surroundings, and found that there were many footprints and wheel prints around, but only the textured ground was intact, and not even a single line was destroyed. But there was nothing on the ground, and several people circled around the area covered by the lines, but they didn't find the prisoner who was thrown up, not even his body parts or even his belongings, only those weird lines, covered with sticky and smelly blood, the dark brown liquid had not yet condensed, and it glowed faintly in the light, exuding a disgusting fishy smell.

Aurora searched in vain for a few laps to no avail, squatted aside for a while, then suddenly turned her head and said to Monica and Babu, "What now?" ”

"Huh?"

"Listen to those four people, this matter is not only related to Matthew, but also related to that old thing." Aurora slammed her fist to the ground, but sandidly avoided the patterned ground, "I always think this thing is weird, they didn't do a good thing, but I can't figure out what they want to do, what do you think I should do?" ”

Babu and Monica looked at each other and said suspiciously, "We understand your concerns, but ...... Are you sure you want to ask our opinion? ”

"Of course, you have brains, and you're friends."

"Oops, it's so late." Elvis on the side suddenly interrupted Aurora, at this time, the faces of several of their merchants turned pale, their movements were a little trembling and deformed, and their voices were also nervous and a little dry, "The night on the edge is really too dark, and I wandered around all night, but I couldn't see anything clearly, and we walked in the dark for a long time just now." ”

"yes, yes, I can't see anything." The other and the three of them also nodded vigorously and agreed, "It's a waste of time to stay any longer, so let's go back quickly." ”

"What are you talking about, when are we going to wander around the edge tonight, aren't we going to that road, right, right?" Shirley smiled dryly, staring at Barb and Monica with an almost pleading look and said, "No, I haven't been anywhere else, and I haven't seen anything. ”

"Oh, that's true." Monica patted Shirley on the shoulder and comforted, "We just went to the site of yesterday's explosion to see if there was any equipment or belongings left behind, but unfortunately the visibility was too low, and we had to go home empty-handed." There is no need for everyone to know about this kind of humiliating thing, so that they will not be known and ridiculed, what do you say? ”

"Uh-huh, yes, yes, it's humiliating." A few marginal businessmen finally breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "Don't worry, we will never let anyone else know about such a humiliating thing." Well, we'll leave as soon as dawn doesn't last a minute. ”

"Well, that's not necessary, leaving too abruptly and causing suspicion, so let's schedule according to your original plan." Babu sighed and explained, "Actually, you don't need to be so nervous, if everything that happened tonight leaks out, we have our own support, and we won't worry too much about what the city lord and his generals will do to us, but it's different for you, so we don't have to worry about you leaking secrets, or don't care at all." ”

"That's true, so there's really no need to run away in a hurry." Monica also helped, "It's also quite dangerous on the edge, you haven't traveled for more than half a year, so it's better to be as prepared as possible before you set off, otherwise it would be ridiculous if you didn't encounter any accidents in the city, but went out because of lack of preparation." ”

"Thanks, we see, we're still thinking too simply." The four businessmen looked at each other and smiled bitterly, "You really don't need to worry about us leaking secrets, we don't want to expose it more than you." Then as you said, we will pack up as planned, and we will set off when we are ready. ”

"Hmm." Babu nodded, his gaze turned to Aurora, "As for you, Third Highness, forget it, anyway, let's go back first, it's a bit too stupid to stand on the edge in the dark." ”

Aurora couldn't see the excitement she felt when she first said that she was going to visit the edge of the night, and she answered sullenly, following behind Babu and Monica, and as she left, she couldn't help but look back at the strange area with concern, but it was this glance that made her let out a low exclamation again.

"Why not?"

Everyone subconsciously looked back, Aurora didn't make a fuss, just now it was soaked in blood and the incomparably weird complex lines had disappeared out of thin air, the surface of the ground had become flat, and even those sticky blood were gone, only a bunch of footprints and wheel prints of crushed mud shells were still left on the ground, showing that what I saw just now was not just a dream.

"Hell, what's going on."

Aurora subconsciously rushed over, wanting to check the restored ground up close, but fortunately, he had just run two steps before he was dragged back by the whip wrapped around his waist.

"Be honest, don't go crazy, he's already in the past."

Monica grabbed the girl by the ear and dragged her to her side, signaling the others not to be impulsive, and then pointed at Babu, who noticed that Babu had reached the position she had just reached after Aurora had noticed the problem, and was keeping her head down and not saying a word.

Looking down for a while, Babu suddenly raised his hand, and without even speaking, Monica's whip was already wrapped around his raised wrist, and the two of them used force at the same time to keep Babu away from the areas where it was impossible to confirm safety.

"Let's go first, it's a little weird here, and it's not appropriate to stay for long."

Babu didn't explain much, picked up Anna, the whole process of the little thing just now was no different from usual, and she couldn't see anything abnormal at all, until she was picked up, she grabbed Babu's hand, put the finger he had just touched the texture in front of him and sniffed it, and the little face immediately wrinkled, and slowly became confused.

"I'll talk about it later." Babu touched Anna's head, frowned and took the lead in turning back towards the entrance, he didn't go far, but after a few minutes, the energy sensing at the entrance became stronger and stronger, and when he looked up again, the light curtain that ran through the sky had appeared in Babu's field of vision.

Although the money bag was overflowing, everything that had just happened was too strange for Babu and Monica to laugh, and the two of them returned to the world with the others all the way to the world, and Aurora was about to go to the city gate to get his mount, but was stopped by Babu.

The city wall was not high, Monica and Babu found a place where no one was, and the two of them worked together to send Babu up easily, and then dragged the people below up the city wall one by one, sneaked into the city, and then went around the city gate from the city. The guards at the city gate looked dazed, and they didn't know when the Third Highness had returned, but thinking that they had already taken several naps just now, they would inevitably be held responsible, so they hurriedly sent Aurora away respectfully with Xiaoxiao.

"Phew, it's okay, the doorman doesn't seem to suspect it, don't they know?" A few merchants were finally relieved, sighed, and said very interestingly, "Then let's go back first, we have forgotten about tonight's incident, and come to us at any time if there is something." ”

Although Babu waved goodbye to the backs of the four merchants riding their horses away, he kept his eyes on the city center, or rather, at the brightly lit castle in the distance, and said in a low voice: "Listening to what those soldiers said, I suspect that the city lord has been repeating the same thing in this way for a month, and it is estimated that a dozen or even dozens of people have been disposed of in this way. Now that these patterns are not only on the outside, but also on his fortress, I have a feeling that he is probably doing something very bad and dangerous, such as feeding something with human life. ”

"Hmm." Aurora lowered her head and snorted irritably, "Anyway, that old guy never does what a man can do, it's not unusual, but this time he did it too weirdly, roar, I'm not afraid." ”

"It's okay, don't think too much about it tonight, go back and rest normally, just act as if nothing happened, let's wait and see what changes will happen tomorrow." Babu pondered for a moment and admonished, "Don't run around tomorrow, with what happened tonight, I always feel that there is likely to be a problem with the city lord's personal guards going out tomorrow, I hope it's just that I'm too sensitive." Anyway, don't run around tomorrow, it's best to wait in the temple or in the Fist Storm, and we'll come to you if necessary. ”

Aurora nodded without saying a word, and rode back to the city with a heavy heart, while Babu and Monica sighed, holding Anna's little hand from left to right, and stared at the giant statue that overlooked the entire city.