To be honest, Amber is no stranger to the adventurer’s expedition process—although she is not an adventurer herself, the adventurers she has worked with (flicker) are almost enough to knock down a viscount— In her concept, when encountering exploration targets such as magical forests, ancient caves, and secret underground palaces, the most normal process usually starts with organizing a team, preparing supplies, and collecting information, and then cautiously enter the target area, scouting along the way, drawing Maps, unlocking traps, fighting monsters... Basically, nine out of ten adventurers will do this, and the remaining one who is stubborn will basically die on the way...
However, now, Gao Wen has proved with facts that most of the above-mentioned processes can basically be condensed into half the ammunition base...
The deafening roar of gunfire broke the barbaric order of the Black Forest for thousands of years-the fire of civilization, which was more barbaric than barbarism, directly burned all the vegetation on the border of the forest, and wiped out all the dangerous monsters within the range, poisonous plants, cunning Warcraft, greedy meat eaters and treacherous spirit eaters...all are sublimated together with art, and the sublimation is clean.
Safe, efficient, clean, no hidden dangers, no traps in the flattened secret realm, no monsters in the burned black forest.
Gawain stood on the high ground in front of the cave in the Shadow Experimental Field, looking with satisfaction at the avenue that was flattened by artillery fire—of course, this avenue full of bomb craters is not so "flat", but it is much easier to walk than the Black Forest, and Beside him was Amber who was stunned and had a "you're kidding me" expression on her face.
"You really did that..." Miss Half Elf felt that she had seen a whole new world again, "Aren't you afraid of attracting monsters from the Black Forest..."
"The monster? It should have been killed by the blast," Gao Wen said indifferently, "I'm not directing it blindly—no one knows the situation in the magic tide pollution area better than me. This is a thinly polluted area, and the main harm is these mutants. Plants and poisonous water sources, as well as some weak monsters that are not climate-friendly, truly powerful monster creatures will not gather in this area, and the thin chaotic magic energy here cannot support their long-term activities."
As Gao Wen said, he also gave the order after thinking about it. He chose to open the way with gunfire after confirming that the environment was suitable. In this dangerous black forest, the most suitable way to open the way is basically the gunfire.
A team of elite Iron Rangers was quickly organized, and under the personal leadership of Soldering, this team set off with Gawain and Amber.
Although Gao Wen's "fire reconnaissance" always makes people feel that there is something wrong, but Amber must admit that the Black Forest that has been plowed by artillery fire seems much safer after all. She saw countless fragmented plant remains scattered among the gravel and craters Those plants were dangerous poisons that could kill people at any time not long ago, and some daunting monster remains were mixed among the plant remains. Those twisted and mutated flesh and blood were billowing in smoke, some of which were even Wriggling slightly - but now there's no way they're jumping up and attacking themselves.
With a shortbow in his hand, Soldering led the team forward while guarding the surroundings: Although the artillery fire flattened a large area, most of the nearby monsters should also be photographed by the power of the magic cannon and dare not approach here for the time being. However, many monsters under the influence of the demon tide cannot be judged rationally. Maybe there will be mutated monsters who are not afraid of death rushing out of the dense forest in the distance - there are not a few pioneers who died under this kind of surprise attack back then.
Gao Wen confidently handed over the security work to Solderin and the Iron Rangers, while most of his energy was put on the satellite view in his mind.
The impact crater was very close.
The "safe passage" bombarded by artillery fire has come to an end. In front of it is a staggered cluster of ancient trees and shrubs. The team has entered the interior of the Black Forest at this moment. This is the edge of the area covered by artillery fire. The artificial thunder fire stops here. There are towering giant trees and tall bushes that grow wantonly everywhere—this is not because the range of the "Justice" magic cannon is not enough, but because Gawain deliberately let the artillerymen of Byron Knights control the range of fire bombardment, he Worried that a round of shells would blow up some vital clues.
But it doesn't matter, here is almost to the edge of the impact crater.
Gawain raised his head and looked into the depths of the dark forest. At this moment, the sky had gradually dimmed. The already not very bright sunlight penetrated through the thin mist of magic energy, and then passed through the layers of tree crowns and branches. There was a hazy glimmer of light left, but with the vision of the transcendent, he could still see the situation in the distance clearly.
"In that direction," he pulled out the pioneer sword, and said to Solderin beside him, "keep going."
Solderling nodded, raised his hand and gave an order to the Rangers beside him: "Go ahead—open the eyepiece and stay alert!"
This high-ranking ranger had already seen what his old friend was looking for. His determined attitude and tone of voice without hesitation were not as simple as "sensing abnormal magic power fluctuations", but to confirm what was ahead. Only things would respond, but the tacit understanding seven hundred years ago made him not ask more questions, but immediately carried out Gao Wen's order.
The Iron Ranger soldiers activated their tactical eyepieces one by one. The soldiers on the outer layer held up their shields, while the soldiers on the inner layer activated the insurance of the magic terminal, so as to be ready to deal with the hidden threats in the dense forest at any time. In the depths of the dense forest where the shadows of the trees intersect and spread, the figure of Amber is constantly disappearing and shifting in the air.
Gawain looked at Amber who was investigating the situation in front of the team with a bit of dumbfounding—this half-elf would complain all over the world no matter what the situation was, but as long as she was in the working state, she never delayed her business, and sometimes he didn't know Is this Shame of the Elf's usual passive sabotage appearance real or just pretending.
No wonder someone in the Government Affairs Office commented that Cecil has two things that are most unpredictable, one is the black eye of the butler Hetty, and the other is Amber's sabotage attitude. I thought I was going to skip work, but finally counted the people who had been on duty for several months and months-aside from their behavior style, they were like a model worker.
But regardless of whether Amber is fishing or not, there is one thing Gao Wen can be sure of: this seemingly foolish Shame of the Elf is actually quite reliable.
Just when Gao Wen was thinking about these thoughts, Amber's figure suddenly emerged from the air beside him.
The half-elf lady obviously found something extraordinary, she stared and said in a surprised tone: "Old Zongzi!! There is a big hole in front!!"
"Really? It looks like we're on the right track," Gao Wen raised his eyebrows, then waved his hand, "Everyone, speed up!"
Amber was stunned for a moment, and quickly followed Gao Wen's footsteps: "Hey? Did you already know? Why aren't you surprised?"
Gao Wen directly ignored Amber's bibi, and he strode over the uneven potholes and annoying vines in the dense forest. The pioneer long sword rose with scorching magic flames, and all the shrubs and rocks in front of him were in an instant. Turned into ashes for a while, the speed of the team's advance suddenly accelerated, and during the advance, Soldering noticed the changes in the surrounding environment——
A large number of bushes fell back neatly, and the more fragile trunks were broken by some invisible force. Even the tall giant trees showed a crooked posture——
He is no stranger to this phenomenon.
This is caused by a powerful shock wave.
Gawain stopped in his tracks: "We have arrived."
Solderin stared dumbfounded at the scene in front of him, and the elite rangers also let out a low exclamation for a moment.
A huge impact crater, the size of which can fit more than half a city block, around the impact crater, countless boulders are turned into dust, the ground is cracked inch by inch, towering giant trees are broken in the middle, and inside the impact crater, semi-molten rocks and The sintered soil fused into a black compacted state, showing the once purgatory temperature here.
"Spirit of the Forest..." Soldering exclaimed, "This... Could it have been bombed by the Annihilation Wound?"
"The Wound of Annihilation will not form such a neat and single impact crater." Gawain shook his head, he raised his head and looked at the already darkening sky, "Something fell from it."
"What? Meteorite?" Soldering froze for a moment, then looked at the bottom of the pit, "Maybe there will be a star core..."
Amber Jiling next to him jumped over all of a sudden: "Star core? The kind of star core that can replace half a castle with a slap?!"
Gao Wen conveniently pushed Amber's head back: "If you have a star core, you have to hand it over to the Principality. Why are you getting so excited?"
Afterwards, he directly ignored Hu Po, who started to chat loudly, and walked towards the impact crater.
Solderin and the Iron Rangers followed closely behind.
Gao Wen glanced at the big pit, and whispered to himself: "There are no fragments, no wreckage..."
The only thing that can be found in the impact crater is the black matter formed by the burning and hardening of rocks and soil. Apart from that, there is no noticeable wreckage or debris. That mysterious extraterrestrial object (if it exists) is not at all Leave.
Was it taken away by that giant dragon? That dragon searched so cleanly
A lot of doubts arose in Gao Wen's heart, because he watched the dragon land on the impact crater with his own eyes, and the other party's stay was very short. Even if he took something away, it should be the biggest and easiest How could there be no fragments of the collected parts
Could it be that there is nothing extraterrestrial at all, here is just an energy explosion, so there are no fragments? Or... the foreign object was not broken after experiencing such a terrible impact and explosion, but was taken away by the dragon in its entirety
Gao Wen made various speculations in his mind, and at the same time continued to scan the vicinity with the satellite perspective, hoping to find the clues left by the dragon, while Solderin led the soldiers to search everywhere at the bottom of the pit. A Steel Ranger soldier exclaimed: "Sir! Look at this!"
Soldering quickly came to the soldier, and he saw at a glance what it was that made him exclaim:
On the black hardened ground that still radiated a little heat at the bottom of the pit, several huge paw prints were distributed in a slightly messy manner.
These paw prints obviously have no intention of hiding themselves at all. Each of them is close to the size of a human torso, and they are deeply sunken on the ground by more than ten centimeters. From these paw prints alone, it is not difficult for Soldering to judge that there used to be people here. What a terrific colossus for a brief stint.
The ranger warrior who was the first to find the paw prints muttered to himself: "What left this..."
"It's a dragon." Gawain came to Soldering and the soldiers at some point, "I've seen dragons before, and only those big ones can leave such big paw prints."
Salderling stared at Gawain with wide eyes: "Are you sure?"
Of course Gao Wen can be sure, after all, he saw it with his own eyes, but he can't say too much here: "80% sure. Don't think that the Dragon Clan is a fairy tale, they do exist. Back then, Old Cecil was The dragon flames have been burned, and up to now there is still a piece of scorched earth filled with dragon magic."
"Did even dragons appear..." Soldering muttered to himself, "This place...is truly the border of civilization."
At this moment, Hu Po, who ran aside for a stroll because Gao Wen ignored her, suddenly yelled loudly: "Old Zongzi!! I found a baby!!"