Of course, Hao Ren and the others didn't really plan to join the Holy See coalition as mercenaries, let alone follow this group of people to perform some inexplicable missions—they just needed an identity to pass through the Obsidian Plain's defense line openly. That's all, after they come in, they naturally don't need to stay where they are.
The Obsidian Plain has a vast area, and the size of the Allied Forces of the Holy See has never been a simple "army" from the very beginning. Such a large number of people and horses are stationed on the Great Plains, and the various supplies, services, and auxiliary troops accompanying it almost overwhelm the area. It has been built into a fast-growing city-state. There are countless military camps and market towns on a land of nearly one million square kilometers, and there are roads and traffic between them. It developed like this within a year after the war. And such a large-scale army stationed and the intricate distribution of camps also provided convenience for Hao Ren and the others: it was extremely easy to move.
The commanders of the Holy See coalition forces are not gods. Even if they transfer a large group of professional administrators from the mainland, it is impossible to manage such a large piece of land as tightly as a military camp. There are a lot of regulatory gaps within the Obsidian Plain defense line. Although there were no problems with the identification, communication, and prohibition between them, there were obvious delays and perfunctory phenomena. Hao Ren and the others tried to walk around the camp, and found that although there were soldiers standing guard in many places, it was quite easy to pass.
"This place is full of loopholes." In the evening, Hao Ren took Lily for a walk around, and when he came back, he began to lament the loopholes everywhere under the huge scale of the Holy See coalition forces, "As long as you stand against the human face , basically no one questioned me wherever I went.”
Vivian sat in the middle of the room and acted as the air conditioner. Hearing this, there was no surprise on his face: "It's such a big place, how can it be tight everywhere. What's more, we are still on the periphery. I guess there are even murders and robberies every day in the corners of the coalition camp, and the upper-level officers are not necessarily the same. You know—it's a miracle they can keep such a big mess together."
"It wasn't like this a year ago." La Nina snorted softly, "The Holy See coalition army a year ago was the strongest army I have ever seen—although I don't want to admit it, but that army made the devil's liver tremble. This is short After just one year, they have become so slack, and they are indeed just a coalition force forced by the situation, without a long-term ambition, it will be difficult to maintain it once the battle is over."
"Sooner or later, the coalition will be disbanded, but the alliance of all races will remain," said Y'zaks, who was 'very' thinking about the whole world at this time. "I've done a good job, too."
Hao Ren looked at Vivian: "Did you find out anything?"
Vivienne released a group of bats before, looking for a place that looked like a military officer's station to monitor, and coupled with the information heard from all over the camp, she finally gained something: "The coalition army is indeed looking for a treasure—the power of the mad king. It seems that there is definite information that the power and wisdom of the Mad Demon King come from an ancient artifact, and this artifact is buried in the Obsidian Plain, and the coalition forces have been digging out this artifact for this year. It seems that the legion is blocking the outside of the plain because they want to 'fish' in troubled waters to snatch the artifact, but the Holy See's coalition forces are so powerful that Selaton's legion has been unable to enter for a long time."
Hao Ren immediately looked up at Yzaks: "Do you know what's going on?"
Y'zaks looked more confused than the others: "...Why don't I know what ancient artifact I have in hand? My strength comes from exercising for four hours a day, and my wisdom comes from reading more books and newspapers..."
"Damn it, it's not a rumor..." Hao Ren covered his forehead. "Could someone be deliberately spreading rumors after Y'zaks' death..."
"A rumor can cause tens of millions of troops to dig mountains and reclaim land and toss in the demon space for nearly a year?" Nangong Wuyue was lying on the 'bed' pretending to be dead, when she looked up at Hao Ren, "And Selaton It’s also because of this rumor—there can’t be so many people who are fools, right?”
Hao Ren slapped the siren on the head: "Keep spitting out your letter, you're all dead, so what's the point of joining in the fun?"
Nangong Wuyue continued to stick out her tongue and play dead. But after laying down for a while, he suddenly raised his head again: "That's right! Water! Don't you have several pools of water stored in your portable space! Hurry up and 'get' some water for me to relieve the heat..."
Hao Ren took out a large basin with a diameter of one meter from his portable space, and it was full of water. The siren girl immediately came back to life when she saw this. As soon as I planted my head in it, there was no more movement, it looked as if I committed suicide by throwing myself into a basin...
"Old Wang, don't be discouraged," Hao Ren saw that Y'zaks' expression was wrong. Patted the latter's arm, "This 'treasure' rumor is too strange..."
"Don't comfort me, I'm not a child," Y'zaks grinned, not knowing whether he wanted to cry or laugh, "It's okay, I made all kinds of preparations before I came here, in fact, I've been prepared from the very beginning. Knowing that La Nina just wanted to cheer me up and said that the situation is so good, but in fact I really didn't have much hope. I came here mainly to see my 'funeral affairs'. I left too hastily and stayed It's a lot of regrets, I came here to take a look this time... It's considered a fulfillment of my wish. And to be honest, I'm also very curious about what the Holy See coalition forces are looking for--Sister Nangong is right, so many people can't be fools, they must have got it What kind of definite evidence has been tossing around for so long. After I left...something must have happened here."
"The key to the problem is where did they get this information from?" Hao Ren frowned and looked at Vivian. "Who was the first to say that the Mad Demon King has an ancient artifact?"
"There are also clues about this," Vivian nodded. "Didn't the people we rescued say we found the 'last words' of the Mad Demon King? It is said to be a piece of crystal, which recorded the last picture of the Mad Demon King before he disappeared. That piece The crystal is in the coalition command post."
Things are developing in a strange direction. After Yzaks left this world, not only inexplicable rumors of "artifacts" appeared, but even a very serious crystal was left behind. It seems that the key should be on that crystal.
"We have to find a way to take a look," Hao Ren touched his chin, "Can we sneak into the place where the crystal is stored?"
"It's very difficult," Vivienne shook her head. "The vicinity of the coalition command post is no different than the small camp we stayed in. There is a post at ten steps and a sentry at five steps. Bats can't fly in there, and UFOs in the air have a diameter of more than The two-centimeter one was shot down on the spot. But I overheard that the crystal is currently on the table of the human general Gregory. He is one of the seven commanders of the coalition forces. The crystal is kept by seven people in turn. Will transfer to General Elf."
"What are they doing?" Hao Ren felt very strange, "A piece of crystal is still being passed around?"
"It's probably to break through the secrets of the crystal," La Nina grinned, "I guess I can guess what those guys are thinking. If there is such a treasure that can make people the king of the world, then no one from all races in the world will know it." To whom, this can be seen from the current loose situation of the coalition forces. Before they have dug something, they already have a sense of internal struggle. But the high-level coalition forces still have to maintain a superficial fairness and unity, so the best way is to take turns Keeping the crystal—whoever understands the secret of the treasure during the keeping period will naturally get the big head, at least on the surface to make this agreement."
Hao Ren thought for a while: "Is there a map or something? A map near the core camp of the coalition forces."
"Yes, I'm ready," Vivienne waved her hand to attract a blood mist, which quickly formed in the air, and turned into a group of unusually delicate, even floating models like holographic projections, "But there are bats. With the ultrasonic detection function, hundreds of bats shouted in the direction of the camp, even if they couldn't fly in, they could find out what the structure inside was like—this is their highest command post."
Hao Ren was amazed at Vivian's actions: "You are a humanoid radar..."
Everyone gathered together and studied the topographic map for a while, and found that the general command post of the coalition army was located near the former Demon King's City, and the place where the Demon King's City was located had turned into a huge pit, so the command post was built on the edge of a cliff. Looking at such a topographical map, and recalling the past behaviors of his old opponents, Y'zaks gradually came up with an idea: "I have an idea here, we can create some 'chaos'... It’s best to observe for a few days first, and figure out the rules of their actions before we talk.”
(I didn’t even notice during the holidays yesterday... Well, happy holidays everyone, anyway, we don’t follow the common sense to celebrate the holidays. Also ask for a monthly pass to suppress the shock.) To be continued, please search for more Good update faster!