The strange mountains and forests of this so-called Devil's City are really barren than the Gobi Desert outside, and you can't see a single living creature for half a day, and you can't find a single tree as far as the eye can see, only weeds that grow sparsely in some dark corners.

Liu Lu, who was running out of water and food, couldn't catch any living things, so he could only pull some weeds in the corners and chew them, regardless of whether they could be eaten or not, whether they were poisonous or not.

"Uncle, give."

Liu Lu handed the unknown uncle beside him a handful of weeds, meaning that he was also hungry.

The uncle shook his head.

Liu Lu didn't force it, so he kept it and chewed it by himself.

The uncle looked at Liu Lu and suddenly said, "Let's go another way." ”

Then he took Liu Lu to go around the ravines where the canine teeth were intertwined.

An hour later, Liu Lu suddenly heard the sound of someone in front of him, and even the neighing of horses.

"Uncle, there's someone in front."

Although Liu Lu was hungry, he was still a little excited, and the barking of a horse meant that the other party was not a fleeing beggar like him, not to mention that he was not afraid of being robbed now, first, he himself had nothing, and although he had just met the uncle around him, for some reason, following him still made Liu Lu feel at ease.

Sure enough, when they went around a gap passage, they saw a group of people sitting and resting in a rather spacious valley in front of them. There were about twenty or thirty people, basically all men, old and young, basically carrying swords and swords, and in addition, there were four or five carriages and a dozen horses.

The sudden appearance of Uncle and Liu Lu also surprised those people, and they looked at the two of them vigilantly one by one. In this labyrinth-like devil's city, no one dares to easily believe that it is a coincidence when they encounter Liu Lu and Uncle, two strange combinations with different outfits and demeanors.

Although those people were vigilant and vigilant, they did not attack the two of them easily at the beginning, and one of them, a man who was about forty or fifty years old, stepped forward and came to the front of the uncle and Liu Lu and hugged his fists and saluted.

"Dare to ask who the two are, why are you here?"

The uncle said: "We fled from Chen Guo, and when we passed by nearby, we heard the sound of people and horses here, so we looked for us. ”

"I see."

These people who were originally full of vigilance were a little relieved when they heard this, they also knew that now Chen's civil strife and natural disasters had occurred, and many Chen citizens had fled, and they had also met many people who had fled from Chen's country along the way, but it was a pity that those people they met basically all fell on the Gobi Desert.

"In Xia Xiang Liqing, I don't know what the two of you call it?"

Xiang Liqing looked at the two of them carefully while speaking, the older one, the elegant one, although the sickly face, but still difficult to hide the same aura as ordinary people, although it was also full of dust, but from the perspective of clothing, it did not look like a refugee. As for this young boy, his hair is withered, his face is black and yellow, his thin body, he is dressed in rags, he has two bare feet without shoes, and his eyes are hidden in his eyes when he looks at him secretly, he doesn't need to think about it, he must be a refugee from Chen Guo.

"My surname is Yuan, and his name is Liu Lu."

Liu Lu, who had been silent standing on the side, glanced at his uncle, thinking in his heart that his uncle's surname was Yuan.

The uncle continued, "Mr. Xiang, the two of us are preparing to go to Zhaoming Kingdom, and the food and water on our bodies have been exhausted, so I don't know if I can ask you for some food and water to drink." ”

Xiang Liqing said: "Anyone who goes out has difficulties sometimes, of course there is no problem. ”

Then Xiang Liqing led the two back to the crowd, introduced them to everyone, and then gave half a piece of bread and half a bowl of water to the uncle and Liu Lu.

"I hope you don't mind. Along the way, we are running out of water and food. ”

The uncle shook his head, "You're polite to Mr. Xiang, this is already very good." ”

Xiang Liqing said: "Mr. Yuan, our group of people are all rough people who run the rivers and lakes, and I don't know a few words, so you don't want to take a sip of Mr., I'm weird and awkward." ”

The others also burst out laughing when they heard Xiang Liqing's words.

At this time, an old man named Hu Wei, who was fifty or sixty years old in the crowd, dressed in a green cloth coat, with pale hair and a wisp of goatee, asked.

"Looking at Mr. Yuan's gaseous state, it doesn't look like an ordinary person, I don't know what he used to do?"

The uncle replied in a calm tone. "The old gentleman praised it falsely, he used to deal with books and get some errands in the government."

The uncle looked around at everyone, "But you are also going to the Zhaoming Kingdom?" ”

Hu Wei said: "Indeed. ”

"I don't know if the two of us can go with you, and we can take care of each other on the road."

Hu Wei and Xiang Liqing glanced at each other, and the two did not speak for a while. Everyone else looked at each other coldly. In their opinion, Uncle and Liu Lu, one is sick, the other is young and weak, and they follow them, but they just have two more mouths to eat, which not only does not help at all, but may also become a burden.

In fact, they are not without sympathy, if it is in normal times, there is nothing to help the two, it is always good to save someone's life, but now they themselves are unable to protect themselves, where can they still take care of others and cause unexpected trouble.

Xiang Liqing said: "Mr. Yuan, I'm really sorry, it's not that we don't want to help you, it's that we're also in trouble." You have also seen that the passages of this devil's city are intertwined, like a labyrinth, we have been trapped here for most of the day, and we have not been able to find a way out, and there is not much food and water we have brought with us, and we don't know how long we can hold on. ”

"I can take the people out."

Uncle's words surprised Xiang Liqing and others and at the same time made them a little incredulous.

"Mr. Yuan, what you said is true?" Hu Wei asked earnestly.

Uncle nodded, "The reason why this so-called Devil City is named this is that in addition to its strange rocks and strange peaks, it does not mean that there are any man-eating demons and ghosts in it, but the reason is that the people who enter it are very easy to get lost and die here." ”

Hu Wei nodded, this is actually the reason for the murderous name of Devil City. "Mr. Yuan, are you familiar with this devil city?"

"It's my first time, too."

These words made Hu Wei angry, and then he heard the uncle say it again.

"The reason why it's easy to get lost here, the compass magnetic needle doesn't work, in addition to the complex terrain itself, there is also a big reason that there is a strong force of Yuan Magnetism in this black mountain. This kind of magnetic power can not only interfere with the magnetic needle of the compass, but also easily disturb people's consciousness, so the stars and the sun that people observe are not the exact position, which is why even if they follow the guidance of the stars and the sun, they still can't go out. ”

"I see!" Hu Wei was stunned.

"I'm not afraid of Mr. Yuan's jokes when I say it, in fact, it's not the first time we've walked this devil city, we've walked a few times before, although the path is different each time, but fortunately, I can basically go out unharmed, maybe it's because of this, I feel that this devil city is not as terrible as the legend, so I was negligent, and I knew that the lesson came so quickly."

Devil's City, maybe you will go through it directly without obstacles, or give you some twists and turns, trap you for a day and a half, or worse, torture you for ten days and a half months, and make you desperate before you can find a way out. Of course, if you are too unlucky, you will not be able to get out of this life and be trapped here. So Hu Wei didn't dare to bet on whether they could find a way out, since now that Mr. Yuan said that he could take them out and save them a lot of twists and turns, they were naturally very willing.

Then Hu Wei and the others sincerely invited the uncle and Liu Lu to go together, although they always had doubts in their hearts, it did not prevent them from believing in the uncle for the time being.

Hu Wei and the others were indeed very sincere, and seeing that the uncle and Liu Lu were really weak, they let them sit in the carriage pulling the goods.

Now that they knew the path, everyone set off quickly.