The second half of the night.

Ji Xinghuo woke up on time, glanced at the mechanical watch, and slept for six hours.

The astral border has entered the "middle moon", which is the fifth month of the hot season, the most middle month of the season. On the 18th day of the middle moon, the starry night and the night will be the same length, both 12.4 hours. After that day, the starry night will be longer than the night, and the weather will get hotter and hotter.

Ren Mian was sitting at the door of the tent, his eyes slightly closed, as if he hadn't moved for several hours.

Ji Xinghuo sat up, this small movement immediately aroused her vigilance, and she opened her eyes to look over.

The two made eye contact in the darkness.

Ren Mian got up and gave way to her position, Ji Xinghuo went over to replace her, sat on the straw mat that still had residual warmth, and watched her get into the sleeping bag next to Jiang Nan Caiyi, and fell asleep in less than half a minute.

Ji Xinghuo retracted his gaze.

He also closed his eyes slightly, but he did not feel sleepy, and he was full of energy. The magnetic field induction instantly extended outward, and all movements within a range of 350 meters were reflected in the mind.

It's quiet in the col.

The sound of insects chirping from time to time makes the dark surroundings even deeper.

Occasionally, wild beasts pass by, and they will not find tents hidden in thorny bushes, and if they come close, they will be chased away by the smell of animal repellent grass.

When Ji Xinghuo was bored, he opened the interface of the Vientiane Star Pupil, thought for a moment, and put all the 15 points of spiritual source energy obtained today into the "Rotating Magnetic Field".

The upgrade progress has changed to 117/359.

It is still far from being promoted to the second level, and the strengthening effect on the body is not very obvious, but the range of magnetic field induction is nearly ten meters larger.

With his current position in the team, the stronger the perception, the better, and the safer everyone is.

Ji Xinghuo calculated.

When the first stage of the rotating magnetic field is full, the distance induced by the magnetic field should be about 500 meters.

This is a safe enough distance that it is difficult for even a Legendary Ranger to launch a lethal attack on a target at a distance of 500 meters.

As for the enemies above the legend, if they are really about to be encountered, then it doesn't matter whether they can perceive it or not.

The vigil is the hardest.

However, Ji Xinghuo's concentration is very strong, and he maintains a relatively high concentration. During these six hours, a monster entered the range of the magnetic field induction, but did not approach the tent, so he did not alarm his teammates and let the monster leave.

At dawn, my teammates woke up.

Jiang Nan Caiyi heated up the leftover spider leg meat from last night, used it as everyone's breakfast, replenished the water, and the team continued on the road.

Before leaving the camp, Ren Mian removed the plant protection outside the tent, recovered seeds and samples, and restored the place to its original state.

All the way to the west.

By noon, the procession had advanced more than seventy kilometers.

The few battles encountered were not too intense, and two xenomorphs were harvested, but only one was a high-quality grade, worth about 100,000 Asian dollars.

After walking a long way in the afternoon, Ji Xinghuo felt a little strange, he had never encountered monsters, and even the beasts had become fewer.

"Sister Ren, will we enter the territory of some powerful monsters, right?" He asked in a low voice.

"Probably not."

Ren Mian took out a map, which was very rough drawn, but there were several places where a striking red pen was drawn with a cross to indicate a dangerous forbidden area.

"We're not in the danger zone, and the closest one is far away." After careful research, she reconfirmed, "Either I was unlucky and didn't encounter it, or there was a settlement of alien races in the astral realm nearby, or there was a tribe nearby." ”

Ji Xinghuo asked, "There are astral alien races to the west of the Free City?" ”

"Absolutely." Chi Zhonglu laughed, "There are no alien races anywhere in the Star Boundary, there are dozens of races in the Thousand Peaks Abyss Forest alone, and they are all nominally vassals of the Heavenly Feather Royal Court. ”

Ren Mian reminded: "Most of the aliens can communicate, but you can't let your guard down, and don't approach easily." Because the few aliens who can't communicate are sometimes more dangerous than monsters, and you don't know if they're hostile. ”

She enumerated a number of astral alien races, describing in detail their abilities and customs.

"I remember." Ji Xinghuo nodded.

Along the way, his teammates often passed on their hunting experience and astral knowledge to him.

Most of the time, it was Ren Mian who said that she had a deep understanding of the astral boundary.

Chi Zhonglu and Jiang Nancai have been in the Star Boundary for a few years, but they know that there is a world of difference compared to Ren Mian, and they often have to listen carefully.

Ji Xinghuo's memory is very good, and he basically remembers everything.

In fact, before entering the astral realm, Ji Xinghuo had learned a lot of alien knowledge, and his college major was astral language, and those three alien languages came with related courses. Language is the best window into a race or a civilization.

In this regard, his foundation is better than that of most people, and he can understand it at all.

When the starry night is approaching.

Ji Xinghuo suddenly stopped and said in a low voice: "Someone is approaching, not a monster." After careful identification, he said, "Three forest patrol clans." ”

Sure enough, there are alien tribes around here.

Ren Mian was not surprised, and asked, "Can you tell which clan branch it is?" ”

"I can't." Ji Xinghuo shook his head.

The image in the mind is very abstract, and the identity can only be identified by the shape of the magnetic field, as well as the strength of the magnetic field.

His face changed slightly, "These three forest rangers have spotted us and are coming towards us. ”

"Let's stay away."

Ren Mian didn't want to clash with other races, which could cause a lot of trouble.

"They're fast, I'm afraid they can't avoid it." Ji Xinghuo felt that the comer was not good, so he had already held the compound bow in his hand and pulled out the arrow to catch it.

There was the sound of hurried footsteps ahead, like the dense stomping of horses' hooves.

"Be prepared." Ren Mian stretched out his hand and pressed it on his belt, Chi Zhongliang put down his backpack and stood in front of the team with a gun, Jiang Nan Caiyi's figure disappeared into the air.

Soon, three tall figures rushed out of the dense forest.

Their upper body is similar to that of a human, but the lower body is like a cloven-hoofed order, like a horse and a deer, with large black hooves, an extremely strong body wearing leather armor, a prominent face, large nostrils, a pair of forked black horns on either side of the head, and round eyes, revealing a primitive and ferocious gaze.

The one at the head was clearly male, with his head more than two and a half meters above the ground, his bare chest extremely strong, his legs as thick as a column, a huge spear in his hand, and a bundle of javelins on his back.

The two around him were feminine, smaller and more agile, but also nearly two meters tall, each holding a heavy longbow.

They all have blood-red tattoos on their skin that are all over their bodies.

"Forest Rangers!"

Ji Xinghuo said secretly in his heart.

Forest Rangers are very common in the astral plane, they are a very large race, they live in the forest, and claim to be the masters of the forest.

Overall, the Forest-Patrolling Clan's talent is medium among the astral aliens, and their level of intelligence is also relatively high.

However, the forest patrol tribe is a race dominated by faith and behavior, and the difference in beliefs makes the good and evil tendencies of different forest patrol tribes diametrically opposed.

Some forest rangers are natural and hospitable.

Some of the forest rangers are fierce and violent, hostile to all outsiders who enter the territory, like uncivilized beasts.

Ren Mian had already inspired the "Thinking Necklace", and her voice sounded in her head: "I haven't seen this clan, try to communicate first." ”

"I don't know the language of the Rangers." Ji Xinghuo replied, "However, maybe they can understand the Celestial Clan, I'll try." ”

As the ruler of the Thousand Peaks Abyss Forest, the Heavenly Feather Royal Court should have weight in the Celestial Clan.

"Ladies and gentlemen......"

As soon as Ji Xinghuo spoke, the male forest ranger on the opposite side suddenly let out an angry roar, and his four hooves rushed wildly, quickly pulling out a javelin and throwing it over.

The other two female rangers also shot arrows.

"What's ......?"

Ji Xinghuo was confused, and he didn't know where he had provoked the other party.

But his reaction was not slow at all, and the arrows on the compound bow were fired almost simultaneously.

The green light bloomed on Ren Mian's hand, and a cloud of dry leaves instantly unfolded, forming a green lotus leaf with a diameter of about two meters, like a round shield blocking himself and Ji Xinghuo.

And the scales in the pool have already rushed out.

Burst!

The javelin was pierced on the "shield leaf lotus" and penetrated the lotus leaf, but was stuck on it. The two thick arrows were also blocked by the lotus leaves.

At the same time, a female ranger screamed.

"Ah......h

A willow arrow pierced her eye, pierced her head, and fell to the ground in an instant.

The remaining female forest patrol clan saw Ji Xinghuo draw another arrow and aim at herself, her eyes suddenly showed panic, staring at Ji Xinghuo's compound bow, trying to dodge the arrow, but she didn't notice it at all, a transparent figure had already circled behind her.

Jiangnan Caiyi suddenly appeared, and the katana flashed, beheading the unsuspecting enemy with a single sword.

One of them took a look, and two of the forest rangers died.

The male at the head had no time to rescue, and the death of the clansman aroused his ferocity, and he slammed into the scales in the pool that met him.

"Ho!"

The scale of the pond swelled to the height of the forest patrol, and the muscles of his arms exploded, and he touched the opponent's spear without any pretense.

The advantages of the lava gun are immediately apparent.

The Ranger's spear snapped in response, and a scorching force ran down his arm, penetrating into his body, opening his mouth and spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Turning the tip of his spear, he took advantage of the enemy's inability to defend and stabbed a shot into the heart.

The star energy on the gun exploded, and his chest exploded directly.

Pond Scales drew his spear, and the blood stained on it was burned dry in an instant, and he immediately withdrew without even looking at the corpses of his enemies.

"Let's go."

Ren Mian did not hesitate and asked his teammates to leave immediately.

Chi Zhonglu carried his bag with a spear and ran to the front, Ji Xinghuo and Jiang Nan Caiyi followed, and Ren Mian in the back threw a black flower to the ground.

The black flowers took root, and the root system spread rapidly, devouring all the plants they came into contact with, whether they were flowers, shrubs or large trees, they were frantically devoured into nutrients, breeding a pool of liquid-like fungus.

The black fungus blanket covered a hundred meters, and it ate the corpses of the three forest rangers, and digested them cleanly.

In less than ten minutes, the tree turned into a pool of black water.

A moment later, a group of forest rangers arrived, looking at the empty black ground, their faces full of jealousy and anger, but they were very dazed.