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Chapter 362 Things are not as simple as imagined, the crisis hidden behind them (two chapters in one)

On the uneven dirt road, a caravan consisting of a dozen carriages headed for Dongwu City in an orderly manner.

There was a carriage located in the center of the caravan, with its curtains raised.

A middle-aged man in his fifties with a bloated body wearing a personal coat asked the steward riding a horse who was following the carriage, "How long will it take for us to reach Dongwu City?"

"Master, we have to walk for another hour before we reach Dongwu City." The housekeeper estimated the time and replied.

"This dilapidated road is extremely bumpy. We have to walk for another hour, which is really life-threatening!" the caravan manager muttered.

When the housekeeper heard what his master said, he complained secretly in his heart.

"Master, if you are willing to spend more money to buy a carriage with better shock absorption, you won't have to suffer such bumps. After all, you still can't bear to spend money!"

The shopkeeper of the caravan chatted with his butler for a few words. Just as he was about to lower the curtains, he suddenly heard a noisy roar from behind him.

"Rumble..."

Caravans traveling for business must not only beware of attacks by strange beasts, but also beware of robberies by bandits with evil intentions.

This kind of rumbling sound had never been heard by the caravan manager before, which made him immediately alert and shouted to his guards to be careful and guard against possible accidents.

The housekeeper looked in the direction of the sound, and saw a young man riding a vehicle he had never seen before, heading towards the location of their caravan, and then immediately reported to the wary caravan manager.

"Master, don't worry, it's not a strange beast or a bandit...it's just a young man riding a strange vehicle."

The caravan manager heard the steward say that the person making the noise was a young man riding a strange vehicle.

So he curiously got out of the car, stood on the car, and looked into the distance.

Lin Li rode an off-road motorcycle and drove quickly towards Dongwucheng. After driving for more than ten minutes, he saw a caravan appearing on the road ahead.

At this moment, the caravan stopped. The guards protecting the caravan held weapons in their hands and looked at themselves cautiously.

"These people are wary of me! But it's normal to think about it. After all, in this wilderness, if you encounter strangers, these caravans carrying goods on carriages will definitely be wary..."

Lin Li glanced at the caravan members, then twisted the handle of the motorcycle, increased his speed slightly, and quickly passed by the caravan.

The off-road motorcycles were driving fast on the dirt road, and the smoke and dust raised obscured the sight of the caravan personnel.

When the smoke dissipated, everyone saw that the young man riding a strange vehicle turned into a small black dot and quickly disappeared into the distance.

No attack occurred, and the caravan personnel were relieved.

"Master, you seem to be very interested in the young man who left!" The housekeeper looked at the caravan manager standing on the carriage and asked.

"Actually, I'm interested in the strange means of transportation used by that young man." The caravan manager said.

“We have passed through several cities along the way, but we have never seen such means of transportation.

Judging from the direction that the young man was going, he was heading to Dongwu City just like us. Could it be that this strange means of transportation was produced in Dongwu City? "The steward said.

"When we get to Dongwu City, we'll go and ask around. If we can find a place that sells this kind of strange means of transportation, we'll buy some and transport them to other cities to sell." The caravan manager thought he had discovered one. Business opportunity, he said with a smile, and then got back into the carriage.

Because Lin Li's passing made the entire caravan stop. After he left, the caravan started again.

"drive."

The caravan's groom swung the reins in his hands, and the horse pulling the carriage immediately took steps and continued to head towards Dongwucheng in an orderly manner.

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When you are outside the city, in the wilderness, you rarely meet living people. Even if you do, it is difficult to meet again after being separated.

Therefore, Lin Li, who had never seen anyone in this world outside the city, was driving an off-road motorcycle from Blue Star. Even if it was seen by people on the road, it didn't matter.

However, after entering the city, there were a lot of people on the road. If he continued to ride an off-road motorcycle on the street, he would probably be noticed and saluted by pedestrians coming and going on the street. This was not something Lin Li wanted to do.

Therefore, when Lin Li was about to arrive at Dongwucheng on his off-road motorcycle, he chose a relatively flat place to stop.

After putting the off-road motorcycle into the mysterious island, we walked the rest of the way.

The closer you get to Dongwucheng, you will find that there are more and more pedestrians on the road, most of which are the caravans that Lin Li met on the road when he was riding an off-road motorcycle.

Caravans traveling between various cities are very vigilant for safety reasons when operating in the wild.

And when everyone saw the huge Dongwu City Gate appearing in front of them, their tense nerves could finally relax.

The caravan members sleeping in the open chatted and laughed, talking about their plans after entering Dongwu City.

Since the number of caravans is a bit large, the convoys need to line up to enter Dongwu City.

Of course, pedestrians walking on foot do not have to queue up behind the caravans, because there are special pedestrian walkways into the city that allow pedestrians to enter the city directly.

Lin Li entered Dongwu City through the sidewalk. He looked back at the driveway specially designed for carriages to enter Dongwu City and found that there were still many motorcades lined up.

He thought to himself, if he had just rode a dirt bike into town, he would still be queuing in the driveway right now!

After entering the city, Lin Li stopped a carriage carrying passengers on the roadside.

"Guest, where are you going?" the coachman asked Lin Li.

"Take me to the store that sells spirit stones." Lin Li said. He was going to the store that sold spirit stones to exchange the spirit stone mines he had received for spirit stones.

In fact, when you return to Blue Star, you can also go to a shop that sells spiritual stones to do this kind of thing.

However, on Blue Star, when people exchange Lingshi mine for Lingshi, they need to explain where the Lingshi mine comes from and show their ID card to register.

This practice is mandated by the government, because where people pick up spirit stone mines, there may be spirit stone veins nearby.

After the government collects the information, it will send a professional team to conduct prospecting. If the spirit stone vein is really discovered, the government will give the provider a substantial reward through the registered identity information.

Linli's spiritual stone mines were obtained in another world, so naturally there was no way to provide information.

Although he could make up nonsense information and just give an address in the wilderness.

But think about it, if you do this, the prospecting team sent by the government to prospect based on the false address you provided will definitely find nothing in the end.

It would make his conscience uneasy to waste the government's manpower and material resources, so Lin Li gave up the idea of ​​returning to Blue Star to dispose of the spirit stone mine he had obtained.

The handling of the spirit stone mines here in Dongwu City is not as complicated as on Blue Star. It can be done directly here.

"Guest, I know there is a shop selling spiritual stones nearby. It costs fifteen copper coins to go there..." The coachman quoted a price after hearing where Lin Li said he wanted to go.

"Okay." Lin Li nodded, then boarded the carriage, and then the carriage driven by the driver went to the shop that he mentioned selling spiritual stones.

After Lin Li took a carriage and left from the city gate, about an hour passed. The soldiers on duty at the city gate saw many practitioners returning to the city.

Such a dense group of practitioners appeared together, and the soldiers on duty at the city gate also saw some familiar faces. They immediately knew that these people were the team of practitioners who went to Bibo Lake to hunt for treasures.

There are still several hours before dark, but so many practitioners have returned to Dongwu City.

The soldiers on duty took it for granted that because someone had found the nest of the white-scaled gopher, these treasure-hunting teams returned to the city early.

"Hey, Xiao Wang, are you returning to the city so early today because someone has found the white-scaled gopher's nest?" Among the soldiers on duty, a middle-aged man in his forties greeted an acquaintance. road.

"Captain Zhang." Xiao Wang saw the soldier captain on duty greeting him. He whispered a few words to his companions, then left the team, came to the soldier captain, and said, "Hey, we are unlucky today. ”

"What happened?" the soldier captain on duty asked curiously.

"We went to Bibo Lake to look for the white-scaled gopher's nest. After spending a lot of time, we finally found the white-scaled gopher, and also found the cave where its nest was suspected to be," Xiao Wang said.

"Isn't this great? If you find the white-scaled gopher's nest, you will make a lot of money..." the soldier captain on duty said with a smile.

"Listen to me! The situation will get worse next. You know Li Mi! He is the guy who has become the master of the Zhao family." Xiao Wang said.

"I know, I've heard many people mention him, saying that the guy is hugging the young master of the Zhao family's thigh, and he is very arrogant..." The soldier captain on duty also looked down on this kind of guy, and nodded.

"Yes, that guy is just taking advantage of others' power, and he is extremely arrogant now." Xiao Wang agreed with deep understanding, and then continued what he had just said.

"That guy Li Mi and his group monopolized the suspected white-scaled gopher's den. They were supposed to have a share, but he moved out the young master of the Zhao family, and then we had to give up."

The captain of the soldiers on duty thought that Li Mi finally succeeded in obtaining the spirit stone mine in the white-scaled gopher's nest, and was shocked.

"Tsk... This kind of guy who relies on people's power has made a fortune. It's really a bit unpleasant to think about it!"

At this time, Xiao Wang smiled and shook his head, "That bitch didn't get what he wanted."

"What's wrong? What happened again?" asked the soldier captain on duty.

"Hehe." Xiao Wang said with a smile, "Just when Li Mi and his party were about to enter the cave where the white-scaled gopher's nest was suspected to be, a young man suddenly ran out of the cave, and then..."

Xiao Wang told the captain of the soldiers on duty what happened next in detail. After hearing this, all the smiles on the latter's faces immediately disappeared and became very serious.

"Li Mi and his group didn't gain anything this time, and they also lost a lot of people. It can be said that they suffered heavy losses!

If someone mentioned this matter in front of him in the future, he would be so embarrassed that he would want to find a hole to crawl in. "Xiao Wang recalled the scene he had personally experienced before and said with gloating.

At this time, he noticed that the smile on the face of the soldier captain on duty had disappeared and his face became very serious. He couldn't help but also restrained his smile and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with what I said?" "

"You said that there is a swarm of centipedes inhabiting a valley near Bibo Lake?" asked the soldier captain on duty.

"Yes." Xiao Wang said with a firm tone. After all, this was something he had experienced personally. The centipedes all over the mountains and plains came over before, and almost people were killed. Now that he thinks about it, he still feels scared.

"This is not a trivial matter! I have to report it to my superiors quickly." The captain of the soldier on duty said after confirming it again.

Xiao Wang suddenly heard the soldier captain on duty saying that he wanted to report the situation to his superiors, and asked with some confusion.

"Should we report this to our superiors? Although there are a lot of centipedes, they are all ordinary creatures and do not leave the valley. As long as you don't go to the valley to provoke them, you don't have to worry about them..."

The captain of the soldier on duty explained, "You don't know this. The number of ordinary centipedes is more than a thousand, which is already a very large group.

If what you said is all true, a swarm of centipedes numbering more than 10,000 is beyond common sense. If this happens, there must be the intervention of alien beasts behind it.

Bibo Lake is not very far from our Dongwu City. Now there is an unknown beast that has created such a swarm of centipedes numbering over 10,000. I am afraid it has evil intentions, so we need to take precautions in advance. "

After hearing the explanation of the soldier captain on duty, Xiao Wang's face became serious. He did not expect that the centipede group he and his companions encountered might be involved in something more serious.

"Okay, let's not talk anymore. You should go home quickly! After something like this happened this time, go home and spend more time with your family...I have to report this matter to my superiors now." The soldier captain on duty said, and then turned around leave.

Xiao Wang watched his neighbor leave in a hurry, thinking that he would ask about the follow-up to this matter after he got off work tonight. Then, he turned around and went home.

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The afternoon sun was a bit hot, but there were still many pedestrians on the street.

In some places where stalls are allowed, many small vendors are working hard to shout to passers-by under the scorching sun.

A carriage drove out from the corner at the end of the street, and then drove towards a shop selling spiritual stones on the far side of the street.

"Xu..."

Pulling the reins in his hand, he stopped the horse pulling the carriage.

When the carriage stopped on the street, the coachman turned to the passengers in the carriage and said, "Guests, we are here."

Lin Li got out of the air-conditioned carriage, handed the fare prepared in advance to the coachman, and then jumped out of the car.

In front of you is a small store covering an area of ​​more than 100 square meters.

Moreover, there seemed to be no customers in the store. Looking inside from the door, one could see a clerk sitting at the counter dozing off.

"drive……"

The coachman who collected the fare shook the reins in his hands and drove the carriage away.

Lin Li stepped forward and walked into the shop selling spiritual stones.

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