The green plains in the south of the kingdom have the most fertile land and the most abundant water sources in the kingdom. Large and small cities and villages are dotted across this vast land, forming a population known as the "treasure house of the kingdom". Economically dense belt, but even in such a prosperous and prosperous area, desolate no-man's land still exists, and this long strip of no-man's land even runs from north to south, from the northern wilderness to the southern hilly area.
Residents on the plain called this vast barren land the "Devil's Corridor". According to local legends, the founding king of Talos once led the Knights to fight against Chaos on the Green Plain. One year, the last Chaos Legion entrenched on the mainland fought stubbornly in the wilderness and fought bloody battles with the Human Legion for seventeen days and nights—the last brave king led the warriors to repel Chaos and wiped out all of them on this line of defense Above, the ashes of chaos monsters and human blood mixed together and seeped into the ground, polluting the land forever, leaving a black corroded place on the fertile green plain, which is today's Devil's Corridor.
In this land, it is difficult for plants to grow, the soil is compacted and hardened, undead and shadow monsters wander around day and night, and even the climate has become extremely strange. Although it is not as deadly as the Land of Chaos, people living on the plains still have a hard time. He kept it at a respectful distance, except for warlocks who studied shadow magic and adventurers who specialized in making monster money, no one was willing to rush through the Devil's Corridor—however, Hao Ren chose to go south through the Devil's Corridor.
Because only in this desolate no-man's land, he can let his Big Dipper kick the accelerator, and the front is wide open, especially saving the steering wheel...
The strange vehicles that have never appeared in the world of Kolo raised high smoke and dust in the corridor of the devil, making a deafening roar and rampaging, and all obstacles along the way were directly knocked into the air or smashed through. The thing in front of the car appeared more than a hundred times. The current record of the Big Dipper is 125 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. He glanced at the map again and found that the distance had already passed halfway.
That strange "King's Agent" - An, is now sitting in the co-pilot seat.
This strange woman shrouded in darkness has not spoken a word since she got in the car. Her silence seems to be an attribute engraved in her bones. As long as you don't ask, she will never take the initiative to speak. However, Hao Ren believes that the other party's calmness has a limit: anyway, at least this sister jumped up once when the Big Dipper crashed through a hill...
Such a dull travel companion made the atmosphere in the car extremely awkward. Hao Ren set the automatic cruise mode for Big Dipper, and it was even more boring at the moment. He turned his head and glanced at An beside him: "I said, don't you usually talk?"
An's hood shook slightly, as if she turned her head this way, she made a short nasal voice: "Mmm."
"Can you tell me about your business?" Hao Ren still didn't give up. Human curiosity is like this. Once it comes up, it can't be suppressed. "Are you the king's spy? A spy looking for an investigation by the Order What are you doing?"
An was silent for a moment, just when Hao Ren thought she would not answer this question, a hoarse and low voice came from under the hood: "I'm going to Sanctuary."
Hao Ren was surprised and almost stepped on the gas pedal.
"You are going to the Sanctuary? You are a Talos, what are you doing in the Sanctuary?"
"You are not from Sanctuary, I don't need to tell you." An said bluntly.
This time Hao Ren was even more surprised. He looked at the other person as if he had seen a ghost: "What are you talking about? I'm the ancient guardian, did you forget? The guard of the Casuan Temple! How could I not be What about Sanctuary people?"
In fact, he didn't care about the status of the so-called "sanctuary person" at all, but after all, he had held this title for nearly a month, and his actions in the world of Kolo were basically based on this title. At this time, this strange woman actually Of course he was very surprised to tell the truth.
An did not have any extra emotional fluctuations, she just said indifferently as if stating the facts: "You are not from the Sanctuary, and there are no guardians in the Casuan Temple. Your identity is fake, and there is no need to explain it. Not only you Your identity, those 'ancient holy objects' you brought are also very problematic, they are definitely not products of the sanctuary, but their divine power is genuine."
Hao Ren looked An up and down—actually, he was just looking at the other's hood. A layer of shadow spell shrouded the woman's face, and she couldn't see her real appearance at all. After a while, he shook his head: "Whatever, this question is not important."
He was very magnanimous, and in fact he really didn’t care much about it: the inspector is originally a permanent third party, and any identity when in contact with indigenous civilizations is temporary and can be discarded for him , as long as the task of a stage is completed, this identity is meaningless. The examiners have a saying: You don't believe my identity? That's easy, I'll make another one later...
"Then why didn't you reveal my identity when you were with Rudolph III?" He was only a little curious about this question.
"Because you are not a minion of Lochmarton," An said, "I can't see what you are, but at least you are not chaos, and you still have the power of order, so I judge you to be harmless."
After saying this, she hung her head, as if she was not ready to answer any more questions.
And she didn't show any extra curiosity about Hao Ren's attitude.
Seeing this, Hao Ren just shrugged his shoulders, as if he said casually, "It's just right, actually, I also want to go to the Sanctuary."
Because of the reaction to these words, she had no choice but to speak again: "You are not from the sanctuary, why do you want to go to the sanctuary?"
Hao Ren smiled and remained silent.
He wanted to see if this "dark" was also curious, but after a long time, the other party really didn't ask a word.
Hao Ren: "..."
Before they knew it, they had reached the end of the Green Plain, and the southern hills could be seen faintly.
It was getting late.
The car gradually slowed down at the exit of the Devil's Corridor, and finally stopped on the gravel beach with a creak. The two rows of thruster nozzles at the rear of the car were slowly retracted into the mechanical cabin, and the repulsion shields covering the four tires were also extinguished one by one. , in the direction where the Big Dipper was driving, a scorching chasm was steaming in the setting sun and gradually cooling down.
Hao Ren pushed the door and got out of the car: "It's getting late, let's rest here and leave at dawn tomorrow."
An also got out of the car immediately: "I thought you would be traveling overnight."
"Why?"
"You seem to be very anxious to join your 'friend'," An said, "Crossing this hilly land is the border of the Black Crow Land, and there is not much left to go."
Hao Ren looked up at the direction of the hills. He was indeed a little bit moved, but finally shook his head: "Don't be in a hurry, it is quite risky to be close to the border. Black Rook Hold is in a state of war. We may go to war in the past, or even Hit it all the way in—must recharge your batteries today."
An nodded, no more comments.
Camping in the wild is not difficult for Hao Ren, and it can even be called enjoyment: in addition to ammunition, his portable space is also filled with various survival materials, including small alien habitats and extreme environment ecological domes. The gadget can allow the inspectors to live the days of air-conditioned wifi watermelons on Mars-of course, he won't be able to build an eco-ball cabin on the spot here, but a living cabin is still possible.
Seeing Hao Ren casually throwing out an affordable housing, Rao couldn't help being a little taken aback because of the sister's calmness.
"Don't ask, I won't tell you, even if you do ask, I can only tell you that this is the technology of the previous generation, and you will definitely not believe it, but you may not be sure if I tell you anything else I can understand or accept it, so in short, you should not ask," Hao Ren waved his hand in front of An to bring her back to her senses, "I still have a lot of magical equipment in this 'dimension bag'."
However, An seemed to be focusing on other things. She stared fixedly at the habitat that Hao Ren threw out, and muttered to herself, "This also has the power of order..."
"What?"
"No... nothing."
"Inexplicable..." Hao Ren muttered in a low voice, feeling more and more that it was a mistake to bring this weird and gloomy woman who couldn't figure out what she was thinking. He shook his head and turned around to go to the living quarters to rest, but the moment he turned around, To the south he saw a shadow looming over the hill country.
It is already the last quarter of an hour at dusk, and the sky is very dark, but the shadow is still particularly conspicuous in the darkness. It is in the shape of a dark block, floating among the clouds, and under the shadow, the whole world seems to be shrouded in a layer The purple-black mist—this makes it completely different from the surrounding clouds, and it looks more like the kind of shadow clumps seen in the barren wilderness.
"What is that?" Hao Ren couldn't help asking curiously.
"That's the 'Chaos Tearing Point' closest to the southern border," An said, "The mountain people call it 'Hogus Hut'. We'd better bypass that place when we are on our way tomorrow—although it is still under the control of order forces Below, but the chaotic tearing point often expands suddenly, it is hard to guarantee that there will be no accidents."
The taciturn "King's Agent" seldom talked a lot.
"The tearing point of chaos?" Hao Ren scratched his chin, "I seem to have heard Veronica and Arnia talk about this."
"That is the realm of chaos that is permanently solidified. Even in the state of the land of order, the tear point will always be shrouded in chaos. The Casuan Temple is located in such a tear point. Before Princess Veronica found you, It has been devoured for a full thousand years, so almost no one in the secular kingdom knows the existence of that temple."
While Hao Ren and An were discussing the tearing point of chaos, another wave of teams had arrived deep in the hills.
Lily looked up at the mound in front of her that was shrouded in purple-black mist and exuded an unclean atmosphere, and felt that the light on her body that had been dimmed so hard was about to be illuminated again.
Behind her, a large group of "Wolf Guards" composed of Calassius' sanctuary investigation team, knights from Black Rook Fortress, and high-ranking monsters all looked nervous, looking at them as if they were facing an enemy. Looking at the chaotic fog in front of him.
"The Chief Wolf," Calassius reminded, "The tearing point is very dangerous, and its internal environment is almost the same as that of the Land of Chaos, even more weird, please think again."
"But I smell something strange around here..." Lily blinked her eyes and sniffled as she said, "Sniff... Sniff... I'm going in there!" (To be continued~^~)