The woman hidden among the leaves, her face smeared with plant juice, could not see her appearance clearly, but the outline of her facial features was very delicate, and her lavender eyes revealed a kind of wild sharpness.
Her silver hair is very short, tied into a small tug at the back of her head, and the ends of her hair are flat and neat, as if they were cut by a sharp blade.
At this moment, feeling the magic power suddenly surging on her body, the woman was a little sluggish, and the long-eared beast in the distance seemed to sense something, and jumped to escape.
"Hey—" The wind blade, which had been waiting for an opportunity, flew out and cut its throat precisely.
Blood splattered.
"Boom—" The long-eared beast didn't die immediately. It stomped its feet on a rock, and the rock shattered into several pieces, and its body was like a projectile that was fired, and it fled at a high speed into the distance.
"Bang—" The long-eared beast that was fleeing for life hit a transparent wall.
The momentary impact made the face of the woman who controlled the wind element sank, and it was estimated that she had been escaped by the long-eared beast. However, because of the magic power she had just broken through, she was still at ease at this moment.
The long-eared beast, which jumped desperately, was severely injured again after hitting the transparent wind wall, and its body fell softly to the ground, and died of suffocation and severe head injuries.
The wind elements that were originally distributed around gradually contracted, controlling the bloody smell to a smaller and smaller range, and finally tightly wrapped its corpse.
Even if there is an accident, the woman's operation is still stable and precise, which is the muscle memory trained by countless life and death fights.
At this moment, she has regained her composure, controlled the dead long-eared beast, and moved carefully to her side.
Winter is coming soon, and she doesn't want to go through another tough winter because she doesn't have enough food.
While watching the surroundings vigilantly, she took out a piece of animal hide and swiftly wrapped the captured prey.
This long-eared beast is half a meter long. It has stored a lot of fat for the winter. It looks very plump, but now it is cheaper for her.
The woman tied the animal skin, carried the long-eared beast on her back, and then manipulated the wind element to quickly leave here.
After she left, the uncontrollable smell of blood spread, and soon attracted a group of hungry hunters, who quickly broke out into battle after seeing each other.
The roar of the beast came from far behind, and the woman not only did not stop, but also ran faster.
Her figure traveled rapidly in the forest. Because of the blessing of flying and lightening, she was as fast as a gust of wind. Finally, she came to a pile of rubble. cave.
When she controlled the stone to block the cave, and before she could cover it with a wind shield, a shadow came in from the stone crevice.
The shadow turned into a bearded man with three scars left by sharp claws.
"His Royal Highness!" the man shouted respectfully.
Xi Lin nodded, and did not speak immediately, but waved her hand and placed a wind shield at the entrance of the cave to prevent the smell from wafting out of the cave and causing unnecessary trouble.
After finishing the defense, she looked at her companion.
Thinking of the magic power that suddenly surged just now, I couldn't help asking: "Brady, did anything unusual happen to you today?"
Brady shook his head and sighed, "I originally found an elk beast that was alone, but it was almost flanked by other elk beasts in the middle of the fight. Fortunately, I ran fast enough."
"These interstellar beasts look like they have become fine, and now they all know how to set traps!"
He complained and opened the animal skin pocket on his waist, "Only found some pine cones."
These pine cones are big, one is the size of a fist, and of course the shell is also very hard. After being roasted with fire, it will become brittle and the pulp inside will become very fragrant.
Xilin smiled and patted his shoulder, "It's good, my brother loves these pine cones!"
Only then did Brady grin, and as she walked deeper into the cave, she reached out and took the long-eared beast on her shoulders.
"Your Highness is still very powerful, and you can hunt good things every time."
"It's just luck."
Xi Lin said something casually, and then hurried to the end of the passage.
The underground passage was dimly lit, but she had been on this road for nearly three years, even with her eyes closed, and there was still a faint light at the end of the passage.
That light was like a beacon guiding the ship back to port, the motivation that supported her to persevere in such a difficult situation.
This is the former border of the Roland Empire, which is tens of thousands of kilometers away from the imperial city. After the beast tide, it was occupied by interstellar beasts again.
All military defenses have been destroyed. For the past three years, she and several survivors have been living in this underground cave and have completely lost contact with the outside world.
She didn't know what happened to the empire now, or if her remaining relatives were still alive.
The communication base station was destroyed, and the communication device was useless. She didn't even know whether the empire that once existed as a belief in life has now perished in the beast tide.
Maybe she won't be able to go back in her lifetime.
Because of the distance of tens of thousands of kilometers, they can only barely survive in the wild, and they have no spare energy to break through the siege of interstellar beasts and return to the homeland that does not know whether it still exists or not.
But today, things seem to have turned around.
She, who has been stuck in the second star for many years and has been stagnant, just suddenly broke through the bottleneck! She actually felt the increase in magic power, and it wasn't her illusion.
Thinking of this, Xilin's footsteps became more hurried.
She even used a body light technique, and when she entered the cave at the end of the passage, two soldiers who stayed behind greeted her.
Not many people survived the beast tide. In the past three years, some people have died while hunting. Now there are only seven left, and two Elementalist warriors have not returned.
"your Highness!"
These two warriors are both ordinary people, and they were injured in the beast swarm. Now they are dead when they go outside. They usually stay in the cave.
Seeing the normal expressions of the two of them, Xilin thought that there was no accident while they were out hunting, so she nodded and said, "The prey is with Brady, go and help him deal with it."
"Yes!"
They limped to find Brady on the other side of the passage, while Celine hurried into the cave.
This underground cave is the size of a palace. Originally it was only the size of a room, but after the renovation and reinforcement of the earth elementist, it could barely live in.
Xilin walked straight to the deepest room, came to the door, and paused slightly.
Looking at the door made of simple wooden planks, she pursed her lips and knocked on the door panel with her fingers bent.
"Knock Knock Knock-" A crisp knock on the door rang out in the silent cave, and there was an echo.
After a while, a man's slightly hoarse voice sounded in the room, "Come in."
Xilin took a deep breath, raised an excited smile, pushed the door and walked in.
"Brother, did you feel it?"
After entering the door, she went straight to the only wooden bed in the room.
This room is about 20 square meters. Although the conditions are simple, it is very comfortable. Even through the unique design, the light from the ground can penetrate and shine on the bedside.
The man sitting by the head of the bed, his long silver hair almost fell to the bed board.
However, if you continue down, you will see his empty right arm sleeve and missing legs below the knee.
His expression was flat and calm, but if you look closely, you will find that it is a void that has lost his soul.
Xilin squatted down beside the bed with heartache, and grinned, "Brother, I broke through! Did you feel it?"
The man turned his head to look at her, his dead purple eyes finally got a little more expression, he nodded: "Well, I also broke through."
"Really?"
Xilin was a little surprised, "You said before that we couldn't break through after the second star, probably because it was sealed by some kind of power, and now we can suddenly continue to improve, does it mean that the seal was broken?"
Xenos looked at her excited expression and understood why she was so excited, so he followed her words and said, "Well, it's very possible."
"It must be the father who solved it!" Xi Lin said, "You said that this theory was originally proposed by him, didn't you?"
Xenos paused slightly and nodded.
"Does this mean...the royal father and the others are still alive? The empire has not completely perished?"
Sirin pulled up the hand that was left of Xenos, her eyes were red, like a bunny.
Seeing her hopeful yet suppressed pained eyes, Xenos' throat was a little dry, he raised his left arm, and gently touched the top of her hair with the palm of his hand.
Xilin blinked her eyes hard and said softly, "Brother, the royal father is still alive, he will definitely come to pick us up, and when we return to the imperial city, we can buy the most advanced technology from the Star Alliance."
"Your body will get better, it will!"
Xenos didn't say anything, just took her into his arms and patted her on the back gently.
Leaning in his arms, Xilin clenched her fists and bit her lower lip.
That day, the beast tide broke out too quickly, and they misestimated the scale of the beast tide, which led to the failure to evacuate some soldiers and civilians in time.
After the military barriers on the front lines were smashed by the mad high star beasts, it was all over.
Her comrades-in-arms, her people died in great numbers before her, dying helplessly in the trampling of the star beasts.
And under Brady's protection, she and the royal brother barely escaped a distance, but they were eventually caught up.
Her magic power had been exhausted, and she could only use her mortal body to do the last struggle. At that time, she was already desperate, and she was fighting mentally preparing for death.
On the way, Brady discovered the cave.
The hole that can only accommodate one person has become their last hope.
At the most critical moment, the emperor chose to break the queen and let Brady use the last power of shadow to take her into the cave, while he guarded the entrance of the cave to resist the interstellar beasts, and only followed them after they entered safely.
However, the star beast that followed closely did not let him go at all, biting off his legs behind him.
After the emperor entered the cave, he endured the severe pain and released ice cubes to block the entrance of the cave. It took ten minutes for the interstellar beasts outside to disperse.
After that, Xenos was in a coma for two full weeks.
In addition to his legs, his arms were also bitten and poisoned, which would spread to his heart unless he was healed. Brady could only reluctantly help him amputate.
During the coma, he had a fever all the time, and was hanged by the few medicines left, and he did not use the water healing technique to treat himself until he woke up.
However, Water Healing does not make amputated limbs grow.
As long as she recalled his situation at the time, and the expression on his face after hearing the news, Xi Lin was so heartbroken that she couldn't breathe.
The beast tide gradually subsided, but the interstellar beasts did not leave. They could only hide in this cave. After Brady recovered, he lurked again and rescued some people one after another.
After Xenos's treatment, these people also saved their lives.
They have been living here ever since.
Day by day, she was full of hope from the beginning, to no longer thinking about things that are too far away.
The whole motivation of her life is to take good care of her brother and to lead the surviving people to live in this dangerous wilderness.
She no longer thought about whether the empire still existed, and whether anyone would come to save them.
Because she is afraid.
She knew that the reason that supported her brother in this dark underground was to provide them with fresh water.
Because of the existence of Xenos, they don't need to worry about the water source, and they can get good treatment after injury.
This seems to be the only meaning for him to survive.
She didn't know if her brother would leave her if she could really return. In his darkening eyes, she couldn't see anything called hope.
"Brother, we'll be fine."
Xilin said with a crying voice, "You believe me, now that the restrictions are lifted, I will break through to Samsung soon, and I will become very strong."
"I can catch more prey and bring you a better life. I will take good care of you. When I break through to four stars and five stars, I can take you home..."
go home
Xenos lightly stroked the top of his sister's hair, raised his eyes and glanced at the light penetrating through the small holes.
After staying underground for nearly three years, he couldn't remember what his "home" was like in the past.
After all, it was as far away as a dream, as if it had never been there.
"Yeah." He said in a low voice, "As long as it's what Xilin said, I believe it."
"Don't worry, brother will not leave you."
Xilin raised her tearful eyes and looked at him with red eyes, "Okay, you can't lie to me."
Xenos didn't speak. He stretched out his hand and took out a handkerchief from his arms. After condensing water and wetting it, he gently wiped away her tears, as well as the plant sap smeared on her face as a camouflage.
It's gonna be okay, everything's gonna be okay...
Xu Sili didn't know, because he upgraded the imperial city ahead of time, what changed in history, and who was influenced by him.
He is now busy reviewing the results of the upgrade.
First and foremost, the most intuitive benefit is that his level restrictions are finally lifted.
After the star rating restriction was lifted, his original accumulated experience points directly sent him up two levels, reaching level 22, and for another level up, the experience point requirement has reached 16,000 points.
Starting from level 20, he can gain 9 stamina points for each level up, plus 20 free points. After he reaches level 22, he will lose 8 points more than if he opened the guardian circle.
In this way, all his symptoms of weakness disappeared, and even his face became a lot more rosy.
The improvement in spirit and intelligence also made him feel clearer, and his agility and defense still grew slowly, but it was much better than when he first started.
Moreover, after the main city was upgraded, he could clearly feel the increase in the concentration of elements in the imperial city. Judging from the feedback, the other four main cities also improved somewhat.
After all, this is an imperial city, which is always one level higher than other main cities, and affects the entire Roland Empire.
And after the level was raised, Xu Sili found that the protective barrier of the imperial city seemed to be stronger.
This is a good sign. After Lanyue City has been upgraded to level 2, I believe that there are always broken barriers, and the situation should improve, although since Si Sheng has cleaned up a wave, Lanyue City is currently in a rare truce period.
According to the statistics of the Elementalist Academy, after the seal was lifted, basically all the 2-star Elementalists made a breakthrough.
After all, they have been stuck at the second star for many years. Like Dean Justin, they have been stuck for decades, and they are not short of experience. The previous failure to upgrade was entirely due to level restrictions.
There was even a retaliatory increase in the strength of some people after the restrictions were lifted.
For example, Li Zhecheng, who was directly promoted by half a star, jumped from level 20 to level 25, and became a person who, including Xu Sili, must be admired.
NPC's upgrade system is different from his. Xu Sili relies on experience to quantify, and there is basically no bottleneck period. Although NPCs are easy to get into trouble, they can often achieve rapid metaphysical upgrades by relying on their own insights.
In addition to the two-star elemental masters, other grades of elemental masters also got a little benefit.
The physical feeling is that cultivation has become much easier, and it is easier to obtain epiphany.
Wen Jishan took this opportunity to work with the Elementalist Academy to promote meditation and body quenching methods to the whole people.
Of course, there is a fee to study.
The nobles are charged the most, while the poor are free. Under the supervision of Xiao Wu, this measure has been implemented to the greatest extent.
Because Xu Sili didn't care about 3721 at all, and directly promulgated the law, declaring that all the people had the obligation to learn the meditation technique and the body quenching method.
As a citizen, everyone needs to pay a fee called "compulsory education", which is deducted by Xiaowu according to each person's annual income.
Of course, there are many civilians in the Roland Empire with very little or no electronic account balances, but these civilians themselves are not the targets of this policy.
This is a typical "robbing the rich to help the poor".
If it was a peaceful era, and there was no such powerful artificial intelligence control as Xiao Wu, Xu Sili might not dare to do so.
But now is troubled times, troubled times should use heavy code.
What's more, these nobles have no choice, because the entire planet is the territory of the Roland Empire, and they have no channel to communicate with aliens, and they cannot emigrate or transfer assets.
Although, their assets are worthless on alien planets.
Xu Sili is not afraid that they will rebel now.
His public approval rate directly exceeded 80% after the live broadcast of the lifting of the interstellar restrictions that day, and Si Sheng's absolute force support.
As long as he dared to rebel, he would dare to kill them directly, not to mention that Xiao Wu controlled the public opinion on the Internet, and those who tried to hide behind the scenes to incite public opinion were all killed from the source.
But then again, there are really not many people who oppose this policy.
Because for the nobles and the middle class, this cost is within the acceptable range, and cultivating these two basic techniques has the opportunity to become an elemental master!
Everyone is completely happy to see this kind of cultivation obligation.
Even, under the operation of Wen Jishan, it finally evolved into a symbol of status.
For a time, it became a trend to post the deduction list of "compulsory education". As long as you post the figures, you can show your worth and status, and you can even go to Versailles.
This result was something Xu Sili never expected. He was ready for someone to make small moves. All I can say is... Wen Jishan is awesome!
Then there is the teleportation array that Xu Sili is most looking forward to!
The original purpose of upgrading the main city was originally to transmit the blueprints of the teleportation formation. Although the second brother had already been seen, the construction of the teleportation formation was still a very important project.
Now the five main cities can't communicate with each other, it is too passive and too closed, so that he can't grasp the development of the other four main cities well, so the teleportation array is absolutely necessary.
After about a week, when he began to wonder if he was being fooled by the players of the future forum, the blueprint of the teleportation array finally got news - as the expansion of Doha town continued, the earth element division of the engineering team , While arranging the terrain, I accidentally dug up a ruin.
In this relic, not only the inheritance of the elemental pharmacist, but also the blueprints and some materials for the construction of the two-way teleportation array were dug up!
Everyone thought it was a coincidence, because the imperial city had been explored before, and there should be no other ruins.
Only Xu Sili knew that this was all brought about by the upgrade of the main city.
The inheritance of the elemental pharmacist, Xu Sili, after careful consideration, gave it to the special talents in the field of pharmacy that he had discovered before, and she will also become the life career mentor of the players.
Xu Sili felt a little guilty about Su Lin, who first researched bleeding medicine and blue medicine. He originally planned to let him inherit it, but who would have guessed that he would have given up the opportunity.
In the future, he will think of other ways to compensate him. He really likes this smart, hard-working and honest child.
The construction of the two-way teleportation array was naturally handed over to Chi Yu, the future master architect, who has proved his strength in the completion of the Doha town.
However, he was still very immature at the moment, and without Su Mo's help during the server shutdown, Xu Sili was still a little worried, so Wen Jishan sent more people to him.
He hopes to complete the teleportation formation of the imperial city before the second test starts. There are only less than two months left, which is not easy, but with the speedup bonus of Chiyu's buildings, he feels that it is not impossible.
After arranging these, Wen Jishan has already fixed the list of element engineers dispatched to the other three major cities.
So, on a sunny and sunny morning, Xu Sili left the bionic robot again, and Si Sheng secretly boarded the shuttle that sent the engineering team.
Their first stop was Lihai City, which was built by the sea.