The night in the wilderness is desolate, silent, and has a distant feel.
In the stilt house in Wind's Rest Valley, Tianyang enjoyed a dinner that was very typical of the wilderness. It included a large glass of beer with white foam, "green vegetables" that seemed to be stir-fried with the roots of some plants and seasonings, barbecued meat on a wooden plate with only salt sprinkled on it but no other seasonings, and several pickled sausages smoked over charcoal.
This tastes completely different from the food customization machine or the dinner made by Xun.
The food in the wilderness is like Han Shu, full of rough flavor. It does not have such delicate taste and does not have so many layers.
One can even say that it is very simple and crude, but it catches your taste buds in an instant.
When Tian Yang finished eating everything in front of him, he suddenly realized that he was quite a eater.
After dinner, Feixu prepared a room for each of them. Of course, the single room treatment was limited to a few sublimators, and whether they wanted to find someone to accompany them was their freedom.
After Han Shu finished his meal, he went upstairs with Fei Xu, saying that they wanted to have a long talk. As for what they talked about and whether it was just a chat, only they knew.
After taking a shower, Tianyang put on casual clothes, carried a storage box and ran to the wooden corridor to maintain his weapons.
Several children aged seven or eight gathered around him curiously. A particularly brave little girl gently touched the death knell with her chubby little hand, then withdrew her hand as if she had been electrocuted, and laughed happily.
When the footsteps sounded, the children had already found new fun and ran away.
Then Tianyang smelled a light fragrance, and saw Jiyu sitting down next to him, wiping his wet hair with a towel.
Ji Yu also took off her equipment and wore only a vest and shorts, revealing a large area of snow-white skin.
Tianyang's face felt slightly hot, and he quickly focused his attention on the sword in his hand instead of Jiyu.
"Just you?" Ji Yu wiped her hair, wrapped it with a towel, and pinned it on her head.
Tianyang hummed: "The captain and Sister Feixu went upstairs, Cangdu seems to be looking for Miss Qingdai, I don't go to bed so early anyway, I might as well sit here."
"Tsk, man." Ji Yu suddenly came over and said with a smile, "What about you? You plan to spend the night alone. Don't you plan to find someone to squeeze in with?"
Tianyang quickly moved to the side: "I'm used to sleeping alone."
"Really?" Jiyu raised her hand, hugged Tianyang's neck and said, "Why don't you come to my sister's room at night? My sister's bed is very big."
Tianyang's face suddenly turned red: "You... you should find someone else."
Ji Yu let him go and laughed: "You took it seriously? Don't worry, I won't harm a little devil. If you want to climb into my bed, wait until you grow up."
"But you are quite popular. When you grow up, you may not like your sister anymore."
Tianyang didn't want to continue to argue with her on this topic: "Um, Jiyu, can you tell me about Black Star Castle?"
"What did you call me just now?" Ji Yu narrowed her eyes, "If you want to call me sister, call me now."
Tianyang sighed and surrendered: "Yes, yes. Sister Yu, please tell me about Black Star Castle."
"That's more like it."
Ji Yu crossed her legs, supported herself on the floor with her hands, and leaned back slightly, which made her body curves perfect.
exposed to air.
She looked at the stars in the night sky and raised her hand as if she wanted to catch one. She stretched out her five fingers and grabbed a handful of stars in the air. Then she said, "Black Star Fort is only 500 kilometers away from us. That fortress city is younger than us. It has been coveting our Clave Gate for a long time."
Tianyang said in surprise: "Doesn't Black Star Castle have its own Krav Gate?"
Ji Yu changed her posture. She hugged her legs and rested her chin on her knees. "Fool, there are only 127 Klav Gates in the world. There are many more fortress cities than that. How can every fortress have its own Klav Gate?"
Tianyang scratched his head: "Then how do they maintain their own ectoplasm reactor?"
The astral reactor is the heart of every fortress. It uses the astral marrow pillar as raw material to provide the fortress city with the energy needed for operation in an almost unlimited way.
Ji Yu tilted his face slightly, his eyes sparkling like stars. "This fortress city built on the Star-Picking Cliff knows a lot about the gods and evil spirits. Their research in this area has surpassed most cities in this bay area, including our Sky-Qing Castle."
"In fact, the inducer we used on the evil spirits was provided by them. To this day, we still cannot replicate its formula. Black Star Castle relies on various research results on the evil spirits to trade for ectoplasm crystals, thereby maintaining the operation of its ectoplasm reactor."
“So that’s how it is.” Tian Yang nodded involuntarily. No wonder Ye Chong could use tools made from the divine gland. That should also be one of the research results of Black Star Fort.
Jiyu smiled faintly and said, "Even with the ectoplasm reactor, Black Star Castle faces the same problem as other cities that have never had a Krav Gate, which is that it is difficult to expand."
Tian Yang thought for a moment and said softly, "Because there is no Krav Gate, it cannot attract enough talents and strong people?"
"Smart." Ji Yu looked at the dark blue night sky. "You are right. Without the Krav Gate, it would be difficult to attract talents in various fields, and most importantly... Ascendants, especially high-level Ascendants."
"So, not long after Black Star Castle was established, it had its eyes on us. In the end, it failed, but in the following decades, small actions like today's have never stopped."
Tian Yang raised his eyebrows: "If that's the case, why not just destroy Black Star Fort."
Ji Yu shrugged lightly: "Then we can only ask the senior people."
At this moment, Feixu's cry came from the stilt house, and there seemed to be some pain in the voice. Tianyang jumped up and rushed forward with a sword in hand.
Unexpectedly, Jiyu caught him. She looked at Tianyang with a puzzled look: "Where are you going?"
Tian Yang said anxiously: "Didn't you hear Sister Fei Xu yelling? She might be in danger. Maybe those people from Black Star Castle are coming again."
Ji Yu was stunned for a moment, then laughed heartily, laughing so hard that tears fell.
"You said... she's in danger... Boy, you really are... No, I'm dying of laughter."
Tian Yang was puzzled and asked: "You mean, she is not in danger? Then why did she..."
Ji Yu stopped, blushing with laughter, jumped up and stretched: "Silly, she is not only not in danger, but also enjoying it. Forget it, you will understand these things when you grow up."
Tianyang really didn’t understand what Jiyu meant, but the latter didn’t give him the chance to continue asking questions and walked back to the room with light steps.
The next day, Feishu received information about Black Star Castle, and the Raven Squad left Wind's End Valley.
Considering that they would have to fight with Black Star Castle next, Han Shu left Qingdai in Fengxi Valley and asked Feixu to take care of her temporarily just in case.
In this way, the team will have no worries at all.
In the Falcon Chariot, Han Shu opened the team channel, picked up the vehicle communicator to test the sound, and then said: "Listen carefully, Feishu found the hiding place of those bastards in Black Star Castle. They are in the ruins of Qianyan Cave not far from here."
Tianyang raised his hand decisively: "Captain, what is the Thousand Eyes Cave Ruins?"
Han Shu took out an electronic board, activated it, and called up a map.
Handing the electronic board to Tianyang, he said, "Look for yourself."
A three-dimensional map was displayed on the screen, and it could be seen that the so-called Thousand Eyes Cave ruins was actually a town that had sunk underground.
But what sank into the ground was not the entire town, but a part of it.
Looking at the map, there were holes of varying sizes on the ground where the town was located, and the buildings that happened to be located above the holes sank into the ground.
So if you look at it from a plan view, the site looks like it is covered with hundreds of eyes, no wonder it is called the Thousand Eyes Cave.
Han Shu added simply: "As you can see, this was originally a town. It's very old, probably thousands of years old. Due to geological subsidence, part of the building sank into the ground."
"Many years ago, this area was the lair of evil spirits, and those creatures dug countless tunnels underground for people to come and go. Therefore, the topography of the Thousand Eyes Cave ruins can be said to be extremely complex. Until now, no one has figured out how many tunnels there are and where they lead to."
Ji Yu's voice rang out from the car's communicator: "Captain, if the people from Black Star Fort are hiding here, it will not be easy for us to deal with them."
Han Shu opened the window and welcomed the fierce wind in the wilderness. "It's not easy at all. Those guys are cunning. After they evacuated yesterday, they must have thought that I would ask Feixu for help."
"So now, either Feixu got false information, or these guys set up a trap in Qianyan Cave to deal with us."
Cangdu's voice also rang out: "Captain, you must have some plan."
Hearing him say this, Tianyang also looked at Han Shu with anticipation.
Han Shu looked out the window and said solemnly, "Why panic? We'll work things out when the time comes. We just need to adapt to the situation. Those guys at Black Star Castle won't be able to play any tricks."
Captain, what you said means you have no plan... Tianyang couldn't help but twitch his mouth.
However, he did not speak out what was in his mind.
Ji Yu, however, mercilessly sabotaged him: "No way, Captain. I thought you had it all planned out, but it turns out you just improvised?"
Han Shu probably felt a little embarrassed, and tried to defend himself: "The environment in the Thousand Eyes Cave is complicated, and we don't know how many uncertainties will arise. I would like to make a good plan, but under these conditions, no plan can be used."
"If you have any good ideas, please bring them up."
Perhaps the other two people couldn't think of any good ideas, and there was no sound in the communicator for a while.
Tian Yang thought of something, and his eyes lit up: "Captain, I have an idea, but I don't know if it is feasible..."