In the end, after discussing for a long time, the Xionglu civilization decided to send two bears to follow the caravan around the world.

One of them is the mythological archaeologist Mr. "Tonggu", a black and white bear, and wears a pair of combat power detectors, looking chubby, full of affinity, and good cooking skills.

"Good fellow, there's another chef. Lao Zhang, you are unemployed! Shi Mama was very happy, and all day long he stuck to the black and white bear, playing with its bear's head.

The other is a big black bear guarding the black and white bear, 3 meters tall, which is also the strongest soldier that their bear civilization can send, with a comprehensive combat power of up to 3000, versatile, and a variety of technical work, including what to screw on, repair various machines, and first-hand reconnaissance, radio communication technology, and can be regarded as a high-level student!

As for the remaining bears, they will once again return to the mothership through the "Don't Look Back" mountain road.

"We will also take care of the surrounding villages a little bit and make a good relationship......

Tai Ze smiled bitterly: "Now that the information has been sent back to the mother civilization, the rest can only be left to fate." ”

"There are demon gods anchored everywhere, where do we have the ability to explore information, and we don't have the ability to solve these things......"

"A hundred or a thousand years from now, maybe all the scientific and technological instruments will be broken. Our descendants are just ordinary members of these ordinary villages. ”

I heard that Qingshi Village was covered by Xionglu civilization, and Zhang Ming was relieved.

The bears still have some strength, and ordinary disasters will not make this village extinct.

"That's fine...... If there's any movement, we'll call. ”

"A word to the old village chief, we have had a good time during this time!" Yu Dazhu even wrote a letter in his own hand, sprinkled thousands of words, recording the situation in recent days.

"By all means!"

The bears lined up in a long line and left the mountain road.

And there were two more big bears in the caravan, Zhang Ming thought about it and vacated a small study room for them to rest.

Although the room area is a little smaller, but when you go out, you always have to suffer and be tired, and you can't be an uncle, and this room is more than enough for two bears.

"Mr. Zhang, don't bother you, we can do it ourselves!" The big black bear smiled very innocently.

Another black and white bear named Tonggu, wearing a pair of glasses, looked around curiously, and from time to time picked up a book to read, although he could not read the text on it, but it was good to look at the pictures.

"This is the cultural classic of my Yanjiao clan. Do you know what the Great Flamehorn are? It has developed a glorious history! Shi Mama ran in and boasted to the two bears.

But Zhang Ming heard someone calling him outside.

It turned out to be the natives of Heitie Village, and those turtle villagers were discussing something with Yu Dazhu and others.

"Mr. Zhang, the road ahead may not be easy."

Yu Dazhu had a dark face: "There are many villages in the north, and they are extinct in the night of the hundred ghosts. The corpses of those villagers have been taken away by foreign spirits, and all of them have become ghosts, and many bad things may happen. ”

"In addition, it is said that there are many places where the rules have changed, and I still haven't figured out the specific rules."

"If you don't have rules, I'm afraid you won't be able to live."

Zhang Ming frowned slightly, thought for a moment and said, "We can't wait here forever. There is really a crisis, so you hide in the space props, just like passing through the Mohuitou Mountain Road. ”

"I do have some things that I need to do to get to the Great Mother City."

"It's good if you're sure...... We young people are only learning some experience, and we will not hide unless we have to. Yu Dazhu also breathed a sigh of relief.

The steamship was too large to drive on the mountain road, so it could only be temporarily included in the space items.

The caravans rented some giant tortoises and wooden carts with wooden wheels to walk slowly along the rugged mountain road.

This giant tortoise is used by the Black Iron Village to pull minerals, and its walking speed is not fast, but it is better than strong endurance, and it walks smoothly and powerfully.

There are also a few turtle people who accompany them, bragging and farting, singing mountain songs, but it is very relaxed and happy.

And Zhang Ming and the others finally spent their first night in the wild.

It's not a complete wilderness, but a Tuhuang temple built by the villagers of Heitie Village, and there is a local "Tuhuang" guarding it.

This is a long-dead turtle man, all black, like a zombie, basking in the afterglow of the setting sun.

Seeing Zhang Ming and the others, the dead old zombie didn't care, just basking in the sunset.

Probably due to the memories of his life, the old zombie did not launch any attack, but nodded at them.

"At least a transcendental-level guardian. More intelligent than the red-clothed ghost in Bluestone Village. Zhang Ming didn't dare to dig deeper, and he also returned the salute.

"This scene is really weird, maybe it's also the masterpiece of some demon god." Shi Mama commented.

It's a pity that the Negative Mountain Turtle didn't come out, otherwise I would have to ask for clarification.

Nothing was said all night.

Early the next morning, the turtles who saw off were ready to go back to the village, they sent a daytime journey, and lived together in the local Tuhuang Temple, which is indeed a great nostalgia.

"The ancestors who met once in a thousand years have all come out, and it is what we should do to send them away safely." These turtle people are giggling and very happy.

The road ahead is no longer a mountain road, but a smooth, remote and gravel road, which means that the steamers can be put back to use, and there is no need to rush as slowly as they do now.

"Friends, see you soon!" Zhang Ming waved goodbye to them.

Before leaving, he also gave a cart of topaz ore and some heat-clearing and detoxifying herbs as farewell gifts.

These turtle people have been striking iron for a long time and generally use an ore called "black jade".

This ore is formed by the remnants of the rules of the mind in dead organisms, creating a substance similar to coal, which emits a large amount of heat when burned.

Over time, inhaling dust will inevitably lead to lung pollution.

This kind of idealistic pollution is difficult to completely eradicate and affects physical health.

Topaz ore is not only hotter, more resistant to burning, but also cleaner.

As for the medicine that clears away heat and detoxifies, it is called "Shuanghuanglian", which can cleanse the lungs of toxic dust. It's not expensive, but it's useful in this scenario.

"The way to grow this herb is very simple, Xiaobai, quickly teach them and give them a light and shadow stone for planting herbs."

The turtles were not ignorant, and hurriedly refused: "This is too valuable!" The rules of the caravan, you can't do business at a loss, we can't take these things. ”

"Otherwise, no caravan will be willing to come to our Black Iron Village in the future...... I really can't accept it, Mr. Zhang! ”

Zhang Ming was helpless, for him, this bit of property was a bit of air, but the other party didn't dare to ask for it.

In the end, an old turtle man patted his head and gave Zhang Ming a piece of shiny ore the size of a palm.

He recognized at a glance what it was.

"Obsidian Stone, a particularly sharp and hard natural material, can be used to make simple weapons for local civilizations, and is often used to make convex lenses at the industrial level, and is a fifth-level material."

It's useless to him, but it's the best treasure for turtles.

The old turtle man laughed: "This is a treasure dug up by our mining, it is very hard, and it should be worth a lot of money!" In this way, the caravan will not lose money. ”

Zhang Ming sighed, abided by the local way of living, and accepted this small gift.

Then he quietly teleported a few more pieces of topaz ore.

After exchanging gifts, the turtles were also at ease and let the giant turtle pull the cart away.

"Goodbye, friends!"

"The mountains are high and the waters are long, and there will be a period later!" Zhang Ming stuffed several pieces of "topaz" ore into the wooden cart.

The giant tortoise pulling the wagon looked at the wooden cart suspiciously, and always felt that there were more and more heavy objects on the cart.

…

The rest of the road was a bit bumpy.

The sky was gray, there was a light rain, and the road was a little muddy.

The steamer was driving well on the road, but by chance there was a "plop" and the tires sank into the mud.

Every now and then, a crew member had to get out of the car and push the ship out of the mud.

Running 10 kilometers in an hour and 100 kilometers in 10 hours is much faster than walking on two legs.

There are countless broken walls and ruins along the way, even if the turtle people in Black Iron Village have long said that the situation here is not very good, and the caravan has made a lot of psychological preparations, but the bones exposed in the wilderness everywhere are still heartfelt.

The young man on the boat obviously didn't dare to speak loudly, but just stood on a high place and watched, chatting from time to time.

Occasionally, when they saw a large number of bones suspected to be intelligent creatures, everyone could only jump off the ship, dig a large fire pit, and burn these corpses with a fire, which can be regarded as a good deed.

"Mr. Zhang, this village ...... It seems that there are no living people left. ”

"Fortunately, the sacred relics in the village are still there, and there are still a few houses that are barely intact...... It's barely able to live in people. Yu Dazhu inspected the small village that was once called "Huangtian Village", and used an axe to chop some wood and repair the broken door in one of the large rooms.

Then he instructed the young men to take two bags of brown rice and put them in one of the cellars, and put a few old clothes over the exit of the cellars.

"Uncle Yu, what are you doing with all this rice?"

Yu Dazhu said: "In case a homeless person flees, these two bags of rice can be found soon, so that they will not starve to death in a short time." If you can do a little help, just help a little...... It's not easy for everyone. ”

"Be careful, don't go it alone, there must be danger around here."

The young men nodded.

They were a little sorry for the two big bags of rice, but no one objected, and the grain of this era was quite valuable, but it was placed in this no-man's corner, which can be regarded as a simple kindness......

On the other side, Zhang Ming inspected the "holy relic" of Huangtian Village—it looked like a milky white jade, with a dense and delicate texture, very tough, like a human shape, about a meter in size.

After sensing the presence of intelligent beings around him, this piece of jade bloomed with a faint light.

Zhang Ming used the eye of time and space to take a few looks, and found a ball of light in the center of the jade, which may be something like "virtue" stuffed into it by a god: "It's just that the divine power of this holy relic is too weak, no wonder it can't shelter the village, causing the villagers to be wiped out." ”

"Shi Mama, how can the power of this holy relic be restored?"

Shi Mama, Dr. Xiaobai, and Miss Hulu studied next to the holy relic for a while, and Shi Mama spoke, "This thing should be connected to a certain formation of the leyline. Now that this great array as a whole is weakened, it will be even more difficult for you to repair this holy relic alone. ”

"However, this large array seems to use the source of the world as energy, you can use the source of the world to charge it."

Zhang Ming endured the pain in his flesh, took out a small bead containing 2 units of the origin of the world, and approached the white jade holy relic.

Sure enough, this white jade holy object bloomed with a milky white light.

It is sucking the energy from the source of the world.

"My 2 yuan, ah......" Zhang Ming wailed in pain in his heart.

Through the Eye of Time and Space, it can be seen that most of this energy flows underground, dispersed into a large array that connects the entire Burial Realm.

Only an extremely rare fraction was absorbed by this white jade relic.

2 units of the Source of the World, to be honest, is quite a lot, and an ordinary world can take up to two years to produce.

But for the entire burial world, it's a drop in the bucket.

Zhang Ming felt that his funding like this seemed to be useless.

"A civilization like Wanhai is much richer than me, and it doesn't fund it like this."

I can only leave it at that.

However, having absorbed such a little bit of the source of the world, the power of this white jade holy relic has indeed recovered a lot of vitality, and there is no problem in sheltering a village in the short term.

"Mr. Zhang, we found a map of the village, and there is a bigger village not far away. Fall 20 kilometers down the river, or shall we go there? Yu Dazhu just pushed the door in, sensed the change in that piece of white jade, and gasped in his heart.

Mr. Zhang was able to restore even the decaying relics......

It's unprecedented!

"Don't be nervous, you need to pay a price to fix this thing, you can't fix the whole world." Zhang Ming explained simply, "Let's go, in that case, let's go to the next village!" ”

Zhang Ming took a few more pieces of "black jade" ore and threw them on top of the old clothes.

This thing can be used as fuel, if there are really people fleeing, there is fuel, clothing, food, and food, and there is really no need to worry about food and clothing in the short term.

The steamer turned on its engines, and this time sailed along a wide river.

The advantage of amphibious ships is nothing more than this, as long as it is not a mountain road, it can basically be walked.

After another hour or so, and more than twenty kilometers of sailing, the caravan came to a ruined village.

There are a few strange creatures in this village with yellow faces and thin muscles with sika deer bodies.

They had pitchforks and hoes, and a deer man with a dead branch in his hand as a defence, and when they saw such a large steamer passing by, they kept bending and bowing.

"Master, okay, give me something to eat! The child hadn't eaten in days. ”

It was the first time Zhang Ming met a beggar in this world, and couldn't help but say: "The rules of the caravan, no free gifts, fair trading, don't you know?" ”

"My lord, we know the rules. But we are the victims who fled from afar, and we have been fleeing for a month, and we have nothing on us. The tall deer man at the head pointed to the children, who had no clothes on them, but relied on thick fur to protect them from the cold.

These guys are really poor.

"I'm not a villager here, I'm just staying for a while......"

"When we find a place to live, we will return the food to you!"

The young people in the caravan were a little overwhelmed, Yu Dazhu jumped out of the boat, and sent half a bag of brown rice, these people dragged their families, there were old people and children, it did not seem to be bandits, and sent a few dried salted fish.

"Business is not easy to do these days, and we don't have any business here, so let the old people eat first."

A deer-headed man took the bag of rice, and his face suddenly relaxed.

Don't underestimate this bag of rice, it's dozens of catties, and cooking porridge can make all the victims eat for several days.

"Brother, where are you going?"

"The Great Mother City of the North."

The tall deer man hurriedly waved his hand: "I can't go...... There was a great disaster in the north, and that's where we fled! ”

"In the village within a radius of hundreds of miles, the holy relics have lost their power, and it is only here that there is a faint power, alas, I don't know what happened......

"What disaster?" Zhang Ming asked.

"Who knows...... "the minotaur said in chagrin," said the minotaur, "the sun in the sky turned scarlet and golden, and never set again." ”

"A lot of people go crazy when they are exposed to the sun's rays."

"But recently, the strange red sun seems to have settled down again, but we can no longer live in that area, and we continue to migrate south......" he sighed incessantly, facing the inexplicable disaster, the natives here are really miserable.

Zhang Ming and Shi Mama looked at each other.

"Sounds a bit like the scourge of twilight. Tsk, what a coincidence, my old enemy, met here. ”

"You have to go up and take a look, Zhang Mama, you're afraid of hair."

"Who's afraid? It's amazing that the catastrophe was suppressed by someone...... How? ”

Zhang Ming came to the ancestral hall of this village, and its holy relic is a bronze tripod, decorated with busy and delicate patterns, depicting the totems and beliefs of the ancient ancestors.

"Mass-produced things, there is no historical heritage." Stone Mama Road.

The power of the bronze tripod was dimmed to the extreme, and it was even weaker than the white jade stone in the previous village.

There is a huge crack in the middle of the tripod, which can burst open at any time.

In this case, Zhang Ming will no longer spend the Source of the World to repair this thing.

"You can go to Huangtian Village upstream tomorrow, where we have some supplies left."

"The holy relics there, the white jade, are also better than this broken bronze tripod."

These strangers were grateful to Dade and promised to live hard and pay off the debt when they arrived in the new village and established themselves.

Zhang Ming did not refuse their kindness: "I will pay it back when your life gets better, don't be in such a hurry......"

…

Under the protection of this bronze tripod, there was nothing to do all night.

As dawn came, these strangers kept worshipping the broken bronze tripod, thanking it for sheltering them for a night.

There is even a little bit of living resources left, and a mark is made here.

If there are still disaster victims coming here in the future, they can rely on this resource to support them for a while.

Then follow this sign to find a safe place.

Before leaving, the leader of the deer-headed people whispered: "My lord, the north is really dangerous, we are only extremely lucky, we barely escaped, and many people died on the way...... This thing is a sacred relic in our village, so let's lend it to you for the time being. How about waiting for us to pay off our debts and then redeem them again? We really don't want to break the rules of the caravan. ”

Zhang Ming looked at it, it was a piece of tattered wood, at first glance he thought it was garbage picked up on the side of the road, but after careful taste, he found that it exuded a very restrained "virtue".

But the virtue of this wood is a little different from the mass-produced "holy object", and there is still a mysterious artistic conception in the "virtue": the red light of the morning sun sprinkles on the earth, reflecting a lonely figure, who is alone, quietly stepping on this quiet land, chasing in the direction of the red sun.

There is only such a little artistic conception.

"This ghost place is really full of treasures, and I don't know whose virtues are left......" Zhang Ming accepted the gift very happily, and turned around, "Okay, when you have a little money left, come to Qingshi Village to redeem it." I'll take care of it. ”

That's it, two groups of people, each going in their own direction.

The weeds on the road gradually grew over, covering the once gravel road, and this direction is indeed inaccessible.

But this lush vegetation only lasted for about ten kilometers, and it opened and decayed rapidly, which made everyone vigilant.

More than three hours later, everyone saw a huge willow tree more than 100 meters high, and there was a wooden sign next to the willow tree, on which were written several local words, and it was scarlet.

"This is the highest rule in the country, and everyone must abide by it." Yu Dazhu immediately became vigilant, licked his dry lips, and said, "There is a line written on it: Those who see the willow tree immediately worship, and break off a willow branch and tie it to their heads. ”

"Uncle Yu, everyone here is dead, do the local rules still apply?"

"If it doesn't apply, you can only believe it, otherwise what else should you do?" Yu Dazhu jumped down, jumped off the ship with the young people, lit three incense sticks, worshiped sincerely, and recited some worship words unique to the local area.

Then he broke off a willow branch and tied it to his head.

Something strange happened, at the moment of breaking the willow branch, everyone actually heard a sharp howl from the willow tree, and it seemed that there was a trace of crying.

"Huh!" This cry is so harsh that it makes the scalp tingle.

Immediately afterward, juice like blood flowed from the severed parts, and these juices flowed to the ground one by one, and even the surrounding soil also carried a hint of blood.

In an unfamiliar place, this inexplicable situation is the most taboo.

In particular, all the living beings in this area are dead, and there is no one to ask if they want to ask.

But at the moment, it is difficult to ride a tiger, either turn around and run away, or believe in the rules here.

Yu Dazhu looked at Lao Zhang, who was standing on the side.

Zhang Ming looked at the big willow tree, there were obviously some supernatural powers, and the shape of the soul was a little weird, not like a pure big willow tree.

He couldn't tell what this mysterious power was.

The water in the funeral world is very deep, although Zhang Ming is a master of art and bold, he does not dare to be careless, and he will suffer backlash at any time if he looks at it with the eye of time and space.

The omnipotent gourd lady quickly analyzed the corresponding situation: [This bright red juice can absorb the life force of the surrounding creatures...... You see, most of the surrounding weeds are good and bad, and they should have been absorbed by this big willow tree. If you carry a willow branch on your head, you will also be drained of life force. 】

[As for the scream, I don't know what it is...... Probably to scare people? 】

"Will this willow branch kill directly?"

[Probably not in the short term.] 】

"It's better to tie a willow branch to your head."

Because a lot of the rules that seem strange are actually used to circumvent the rules of the demon gods.

If you don't comply, you will be attacked by the power of the demon god and die instantly.

"Let's move on."

Now that the general leader gave the order, the caravan in Qingshi Village relaxed and broke a section of willow branches one by one and tied them around their waists.

Even the two new bears were no exception, and some of them had numb scalps and folded a section of willow branches.

"Huh!" The big willow tree screamed.

"Ahh Yes! The black and white bear shuddered, and his bloody mouth opened wide, almost throwing the willow branch to the ground.

The black and white bear thought to himself, can I hide in the space props, the natives want to get local business experience, we bear people don't have this idea, I just want to leave this ghost place!

"Why are you so cowardly?" Shi Mama jumped on the panda's head, bouncing wildly, and beating the panda "Wow Wow" howl.

"This fat meat on your body looks delicious, and it will definitely attract a lot of monsters."

The black and white bear flattered: "Lord Shi Mama, please protect me." I'm a good cook, I'll be a counselor for you, and I can work part-time to make money. ”

"Hmm!"

It feels really good to raise his subordinates, Shi Mama has experienced the happiness of the dragon tortoise, the dragon tortoise has raised a group of sea lions, and it directly raises a bear!

The caravan didn't have to spend too long near the big willow tree, and had to find its next place before the sun set.

Otherwise, you will have to face the attack of the "ghosts" of the night, that is, the monsters of the rules.

Most of the rule monsters here are demon god anchors, and even a bold and powerful person like Zhang Ming is not willing to face it rashly......

The steamer continued onward, the weeds withered in large areas, and the road conditions improved.

Except for the big crooked willow trees that can be seen from time to time, the place is terrible and desolate, there are no living creatures, flowers and trees are large and withered.

Not even the sound of insects.

Zhang Ming frowned, he found that a trace of life breath was absorbed by the willow branches on his head, it was only a small half a day's work, they swelled to the thickness of his thumb like blood-sucking leeches, and they would twist twice from time to time.

With the gradual loss of blood and qi, the villagers in the caravan obviously couldn't bear this strange situation, and their faces were sallow, leaning against the wall, and they didn't even have the strength to speak.

……

(PS: Some Carvin, take a day off tomorrow and sort out the follow-up plot.) ）

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