Walking further south from Jingling City to enter the safe zone, theoretically speaking, Yan Zheng will not have any obstacles on the next road, he follows the road signs along the way, taking advantage of the cool weather at dawn to hurry, waiting until the sun is high at noon to find a safer place to rest, and at night to avoid the area where the monsters are active, try to make the most of the day.

However, if nothing else, there was still an accident, the journey that was originally expected to take four or five days was not over for a week, Yan Zheng was a little unconvinced at first, because he repeatedly confirmed that he was following the road signs along the way, this secluded realm was really weird, I don't know if the location of the road signs has changed, or unconsciously his perception has been confused?

Yan Zheng was a little helpless, the food he prepared was only enough for about five or six days, although he realized that there might be a problem with the route in the middle, and began to implement fixed rationing, but seeing that he couldn't go out for a few more days, these foods seemed to be a little stretched, and there was not enough food to provide energy, and his walking speed slowed down significantly.

In the final analysis, his cultivation realm is too low, if he is now a Jade Void Cultivator, then at least he can absorb the vitality of heaven and earth, and he can do not eat or drink for a month, even if he can drive the magic weapon, at least he can fly up and explore the way, and now he only relies on a pair of legs, and he has no chance to even try and make mistakes, so he can only continue to walk along the road signs.

After a few more days, the familiar border line still did not appear, Yan Zheng walked forward with a stick made of branches, deep and shallow, there was not much food left in his bag, only half a piece of bread and a piece of jerky, hunger rolled in his body like a roundworm, and the stomach acid secreted from time to time burned his empty stomach, hunger was more unbearable than death, Yan Zheng could only use thinking to divert his attention.

As an ordinary soldier at the bottom, Yan Zheng could not know much, he could only rely on the existing information to speculate on the possible development of things, and the fifty-seventh exploration operation, which had been prepared for a long time, now seemed to be a complete failure, and it was originally asleep

The World-Devouring Crocodile in the depths of the Netherworld appeared over the plateau without warning, dealing a devastating blow to them, and the map and information recorded in this exploration operation Yan Zheng could not be found in the ruins, and it may have been completely damaged, or it was lost elsewhere with the earth and rubble spit out by the crocodile.

However, the information learned from the last exploration operation shows that there are no particularly powerful demon beasts around the plateau, and the last exploration operation failed to reach the plateau due to insufficient material preparation, so the surrounding environment and the distribution of demon beasts have been fully investigated, and the information obtained should be credible.

And Yan Zheng The initial purpose of their exploration operation this time was to climb the plateau, and establish a few simple garrison points on it, to prepare for the next operation to cross the plateau, the Dalin Dynasty has achieved gratifying results in the exploration of the secluded realm over the years, and even a number of underground mines that can stably produce rare ores have been established in the security zone, and the transport team can also normally transport living materials to several fortresses to ensure the smooth progress of the exploration operation. Ordinary monks did not dare to fly on it, for fear of disturbing some unknown existence.

There must be a demon when something goes wrong, Yan Zheng can basically be sure that the sudden appearance of the world-devouring crocodile is definitely not an accident, someone must be secretly working to wake it up and attract it here, the purpose is to obstruct this exploration operation, but what is so special about this exploration operation that can make the black men behind the scenes have so much strength?

In addition, although there are forces of major families in the border army, and there are many children of families in important positions in it, but on the whole, the function of the border army to guard the border is extremely important, and it can even be said that it is related to the rise and fall of the dynasty.

Yan Zheng didn't come up with a reason even if he wanted to break his head, his status was low, and he had too little information, it was still too difficult to investigate this exploration from his level, but Yan Zheng would not give up, those big people regarded his comrades as outcasts, so he also had to find out these people one by one and make them pay.

On the tenth day, Yan Zheng finally came to the border, and the towering city wall slowly appeared in front of him, although he had returned to this place countless times, but whenever he saw this guard with the heavy responsibility of guarding the frontier of the dynasty, he always had a feeling of blood boiling.

"Stop! This is the eighth guard of Dalin, who are you?! There was an angry question from the guards on the city walls.

The Eighth Guard? Yan Zheng was stunned, the Dalin Dynasty had a total of nineteen guards, guarding the borders of the dynasty together, and his troops belonged to the Seventh Guard, and most of the people on this mission were also from the Seventh Guard, and only a few monks were transferred from the imperial capital.

Although both the Eighth Guard and the Seventh Guard were responsible for guarding the northern border, the distance between the two was not close, and even if the Void Monk Edgeworth flew would take a lot of time, how could he come here in the opposite direction? But now was not the time to think about these questions, he had to settle down first.

"I am a soldier who participated in the fifty-seventh exploration operation, Yan Zheng, from the Seventh Guard." Yan Zheng replied loudly.

"The Seventh Guard?" The guards were also at a loss with Yan Zheng, the direction of the fifty-seventh exploration operation was completely different from the direction leading here, even if this soldier got lost, it was impossible to get here, the guard did not dare to make a hasty decision, he asked another guard to watch Yan Zheng and go to the captain to report the situation himself.

After listening to the guards' report, the captain didn't dare to be careless, he hurriedly walked up to the city wall, and by the way, he called the monks who were on duty with him, and the team responsible for guarding the city gate had ten standing soldiers, led by a captain, and a monk of the middle rank of Qingxu to deal with emergencies.

"Why are you here alone? What about your army? Wu Chang asked.

"I came from Pure Spirit City and followed the signposts to get here," Yan Zheng replied, his voice suddenly choked, "The two generals and the large army have all died. ”

The monk and the captain stood side by side, secretly scanned Yan Zheng with his divine sense, and did not find any abnormalities in his body, in the past, there were evil creatures in the netherworld parasitic on the human body, and infiltrated the densely populated towns through the soldiers of the guard, resulting in a serious spread event, so all those who participated in the exploration operation must go through the divine sense scan before they can enter the guard.

The monk nodded lightly at Wu Chang, indicating that Yan Zheng was fine, and Wu Chang immediately ordered the two guards to open the small door on the side and go outside to bring Yan Zheng in.

Nearly two days without a grain of rice, Yan Zheng saw the two guards, the whole person fell down softly, he was strong in the previous questioning, and now he finally arrived in a safe place, suddenly relaxed, and his body naturally fell into a dormant state.

Wu Chang, who had just arrived, stretched out his hand to support him, and the monk who came with him grabbed his wrist and briefly probed, after hearing that Yan Zheng was just extremely tired and weak in qi and blood, he relieved his mind and immediately ordered someone to take care of him, and he quickly reported to his direct staff general, the exploration action was very important, and he did not dare to slack off in the slightest.

Yan Zheng was well taken care of, two guards were always guarding his door, and during his coma, the doctor gave him several pills to replenish his qi and blood and speed up his recovery, and when he woke up, he brought hot meals, large wooden barrels filled with hot water, and a set of clean clothes.

Yan Zheng took a shower happily, changed into clean and refreshing clothes, and ate a rare full meal, he didn't want to be treated as a hero, as long as he could return to the army and continue to be a border soldier, it would be enough for him to get a higher level of cultivation by making contributions to the army, and it would be more likely to find out the truth about the failure of the exploration operation.

But the days didn't last long, and a few days later, Yan Zheng was woken up in his sleep by two guards, who changed their previous kind attitude and violently pushed him out of the door, and before Yan Zheng could figure out what was going on, he was stuffed into a carriage at the door, and the carriage sped up and drove towards a nearby town.

There were two monks in gorgeous black robes sitting in the carriage, they couldn't help but say, put a pair of shackles on Yan Zheng's hands, and then several prohibitions fell, sealing Yan Zheng's five senses, although Yan Zheng didn't understand what was happening, but he never made any act of resistance, the aura exuded by these two monks was comparable to the two, if he dared to resist, I was afraid that he would be killed on the spot, and in this way, the matter of his red yarn Bodhi would definitely be exposed.

And if he remembered correctly, those two monks in gorgeous black robes should belong to the dynasty's law enforcement agency, the Imperial History Mansion, and these two people are obviously the supervising imperial history that terrifies the civil and military officials!

But how could such a person target him? Is it because of a failed exploration operation? Or is it for some other reason? Yan Zheng constantly thought about all the possibilities, ready to be questioned, no matter what, he couldn't reveal the identity of the traverser, let alone the fact that he was pregnant with the red yarn Bodhi, the husband was not guilty, he was guilty, Yan Zheng had no doubt that those monks were absolutely capable of separating the red yarn Bodhi from his body, and his fate at that time could be imagined.

It is unknown how long it took for the carriage to stop at the mansion in the center of the town, which had been requisitioned by the Overseer for this interrogation.

The news of the failure of the fifty-seventh exploration operation has been uploaded layer by layer, and after the emperor learned the news, Long Yan was furious and ordered a thorough investigation of the truth of this incident, and the supervision of the imperial history immediately launched an operation, and the first target they targeted was the only survivor of this operation, Yan Zheng.