The sun gilded the clouds with a brilliant golden edge, and the sun soon poked its head out of the mound in the east, and the murderous locusts were no longer bloodthirsty and ferocious, and they scattered and fled because they were afraid of the sun, or because the old man was dead and uncontrolled, and the soldiers who fought bloodily picked up the pile of dead people and the dense corpses of insects, as if they were in a different world.

Some of them knelt on the ground, some were praying, some were holding the corpses of their comrades with red eyes, and more were wordless looking at each other, with exhaustion and numbness, silently bandaging their wounds, and they didn't even have the strength to say a word.

Previously, the sand beasts that broke through the gate were blocked by the fire network of the defense system in the tower area, and suffered heavy casualties, but under the urgency of ammunition, such a suppressive situation did not last long, and the strong military quality of the Zhenxi army was reflected at this time.

Even so, the Steel Fortress still paid a heavy price in this wave of beasts.

Standing on the roof of a certain tower, facing the morning light, there was a rare trace of tiredness in his solemn eyebrows, and he whispered to the guards beside him: "Go, give a cigarette to the surviving brothers, rest in place for a while, there is still work to do." ”

When the guards were far away, Major General Rollin glanced at the iron gate in the corner, intentionally or unintentionally, and said, "Come out, James." I know it's you. ”

The iron door opened, and the burly body of Second Lieutenant Jaime appeared in view, he leaned against the corner and didn't get too close, so he asked at a distance, "Why do you want that kid to do such an important task?"

Luo Lin replied lightly: "This is the question you want to ask around everyone's eyes?"

"Yes. This kid is just a rookie, although he is a qi refiner, his realm is not high, and he has no background, how can he do such an important thing as investigating the traitor?"

"Then you tell me who should go?" Major General Luo Lin's face was still calm.

"This matter, naturally, is the safest for me to go personally!"

"Have you ever heard an old proverb that scares the snake? If you leave the Iron Fortress for any reason, it will attract the attention of those who care about it, and we don't even know if there is more than one mole...... You can't put all the cards on the surface, you know?"

"Even if you can't call the people of the Zhenxi Army, how can you rest assured that kid? His strength is low, the city government is insufficient, what is the difference between letting him go undercover to investigate and killing him? Besides, once his actions are exposed, even we will be dragged down, and it is almost impossible to uproot the traitor. ”

"James, believe me, you can just play this scene well, although the process is a little cruel, but it is the best way. ”

Lieutenant Jaime was silent for a moment, then finally nodded, gave a straight military salute, and turned and disappeared into the darkness of the doorway.

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Yang Ji, who was relieved of the engine state, lay in the sand, gasping for breath like a salted fish, his whole body spasmed, and it took a while to recover from the extreme prostration, and he was slowly able to sit up.

The old man's body lay not far away, the wooden staff shaped like a vine was stuck diagonally aside, the emerald wrapped in the top was also dim, and several beetles with green bodies were flying aimlessly around it.

Yang Ji stood up and felt a piercing pain, not only did he have many fine abrasions on his body, but he also had a big gap on his forehead, and his arm was broken, hanging softly at his side, looking quite miserable.

Fortunately, his physique is extraordinary, the mellow vitality in his body runs along the meridians, and the whole person is as comfortable as soaking in warm water, only after a while, the wound on his forehead has stopped bleeding, and some small wounds have begun to scab, and the recovery speed is several times faster than usual.

After straightening his arm into position, he slowly walked over to the staff and took it and the wandering little beetles into the Divine Prison.

These beetles are not mortal, but I don't know why the old man didn't take them out against himself until he died, otherwise it would be really troublesome, after all, he had experienced its bone-eating acid "with his own hands".

His eyes glanced at the old man's corpse again, this old man who called himself Noa Foss was so coaxed when he heard his name, since he was a five-star qi refiner and the high priest of the Nuwa clan, he must have some valuable treasures on him, right?

As soon as he thought of this, Yang Ji's eyes lit up, he forgot the pain on his body at all, and he was full of enthusiasm and churned on the old man's body, but at the end of the search, he only found a map of nitrate sheepskin and an ebony card with a somewhat heavy hand.

He played with the ebony cards in his hand one by one, and it was not clear what the ebony cards looked like, and it was not clear where they were used, but they must have something to do with the desert people, but this map was really a bit difficult to understand.

Unfold the map, and there is a place like a river and a sea, with many triangular markers in it, and six arrows twisting and turning on the triangular mark, and finally pointing to the same place.

However, this clue has no beginning or end, even its place name, where it is, and what it points to, and what is the difference between it and waste paper?

With the mentality of not taking it for nothing, Yang Ji accepted these two items of unknown purpose, and he didn't catch the treasure when he was killed, so he would inevitably be a little frustrated, but after thinking about it, he finally completed the first task assigned by the Divine Prison, and he couldn't help but look forward to the reward he was about to receive.

"Is it there?" he called in his heart.

“......”

"Dear Warden, I'm a little impressed with you. After a long time, Hei Bitian's voice slowly sounded from behind him.

"Hey...... It was a fluke to be able to defeat a five-star qi refiner this time. Yang Ji turned around and scratched his nose a little embarrassed.

"It's not just a fluke, it should be a fluke, according to the situation just now, you should have died several times, I didn't expect to be standing here now. There was a green flame burning in the eyes of the black sky, staring at Yang Ji scorchingly.

"Although the victory just now was thrilling, it is not as exaggerated as you said. Yang Ji felt that this skeleton frame was a bit exaggerated.

"He's not an ordinary five-star qi refiner, do you know how much luck you have in it? Without the help of Taurus's phantom, without that strange rune armor, and without comprehending the state of the engine, each of these would be fatal. ”

"I know, I know, but luck is part of strength. Yang Ji smiled dryly.

"Yes, these are all crucial, but the most dangerous of them all is the moment you just killed him. ”

"How do you say this?" Yang Ji was a little puzzled.