Steel steam and flame

Except for the rustling of dead leaves as the team advanced, there was no other sound around. The captain began to recall the situation when the airship made an emergency landing. It was just that everyone was busy getting out of the airship at that time. It took a lot of time to treat injuries and move materials, so they didn't pay much attention to their surroundings.

The captain himself also subconsciously considered the number of people in the team, so this silence did not attract his attention at the time. Looking back now, the silence existed when the airship landed, and it had nothing to do with the loud noise caused by the emergency landing. The unknown area where they are located may have been shrouded in this kind of silence since a long time ago.

"Too careless." After thinking about this, the captain immediately stopped the team and established a simple defensive circle on the spot. They have no idea how big this area is and which direction they are facing away from the core of the area. If you choose randomly, it would be okay if you happen to leave in the direction, but if you head towards the core area, it is likely to be regarded as a provocation. In the absence of detailed information, the normal procedure would be to send personnel to investigate the surroundings first, and then determine whether to go around or attack directly.

Most of the third-stage surgeries have been to one or two extreme areas for exercise. However, extreme areas are also divided into many types. The southern forest, as a more special category, is divided into a separate type. There are different types of second-class creatures in extreme areas. However, compared with these creatures, the unique natural climate of most extreme areas is the focus of training. The situation in the southern forest is completely opposite. The climate is so mild that it is no different from the ordinary world. On the contrary, the number and types of second-class creatures and powerful individuals are the most serious threats here.

"It would be nice if we were with the Holy Guards." The captain complained in his heart. Those are all monsters. As long as one of them is in the team, the safety of the entire trip can be effectively guaranteed. Knowing the strength of his team members, the captain did not rule out the possibility that there might be someone more powerful among the thousand prisoners. But at the beginning, his mission was just to transport these prisoners to the designated location and establish a line of defense. He never thought that he would encounter something like this on the way. At this time, it is time to check the strength and ability of each prisoner. Not to mention whether there is enough time, under the current circumstances, it is unknown whether the prisoners will tell the truth.

Having to start from scratch, after thinking about it, the captain went to the middle of the defense circle and decided to conduct the first step of screening the prisoners, at least to know the areas in which most of them were good at. This place is quite far away from the joint team headquarters. If you go on without thinking, the point when the ammunition is exhausted will be a turning point for the entire team.

"I think everyone feels the abnormal silence around them. I don't know what you are thinking at this moment, but most of you who have been to various extreme areas should understand..." In a brief introduction that was not too long, the captain finally I hope that people who are good at perception and detection can help the team establish a simple detection network, first leave here safely, and then avoid dangerous areas.

"Do we want to respond?" Side view of the captain in the Holy Emperor Hall, the three people beside an ancient tree are similar to the other thousand prisoners. The expressions on their faces are not good, but not bad either. The person speaking at the moment was a man who was much thinner than the others. His face was almost sunken and thin, and you could even see the muscle curve that drives the jaw to move.

It seems that these three people have known each other for a long time. The skinny man looked at the person opposite him. The man was much stronger than him. He did not seem to be subject to any strict restrictions in the prison. Apart from freedom, the situation was almost the same as that of surgeons who were active outside.

"Captain Gardner?" The skinny man continued softly, "If you respond, maybe things will feel better later."

"Do you think that if you leave a good impression now, this captain will help us in the future?" Gardner smiled, buried his head, and used his hands to pry off the bark from the exposed roots of the ancient tree. "He didn't With this right, the best choice now is to remain silent. But his worry is correct. He only now realizes that something is wrong around him. It should be that his energy has returned to him from the crash landing of the airship just now. In this team, probably There should be twenty or thirty people who noticed it in advance."

"Hey, Feniya, speak. Don't be silent like me." Gardner said to a woman next to him, "I spent so much money to keep you two, but I don't want you to remain silent at this time."

"It's very dangerous. First, there is no smell. If it is a territory, many second-class creatures will circle the territory with certain substances on their bodies to warn other intruders. But I didn't smell any smell along the way. Chapter 2 Second point, the surrounding landforms and vegetation are very natural, not like the area where a certain creature frequently moves. This may mean that this is a resting place, which is relatively close to the actual location of the lord here. Third point, I wonder if you have noticed No, it’s a very worrying point and also the most dangerous point..."

"Just say it!" Gardner answered.

"The distance from the airship to here is about eight thousand meters. Captain, you asked me to pay attention to the surroundings. I haven't found any kind of insects living here. In other words, there are no small insects in this area."

"Isn't there a bird?" the skinny man added casually.

"Those harmless birds can become good friends with any kind of second-class creatures and live in the same area without being affected by each other. But insects are different. Their small size means their brains are also small, and they don't think much, and they don't think much." Most of them rely on a linear process to survive. In other words, survival depends more on instinct, especially in the face of danger. The lord creatures here instinctively make them feel danger, so they all leave . Usually, the danger represented is serious, the kind that could cost one's life."

"Is there any unusual movement around?" Gardner trusted Feniya very much. After hearing this, his face turned ugly. "You have been a mercenary for such a long time. Based on your experience, can this team of a thousand people be used in your analysis?" Cross over?”

"I don't know, Captain. If I could analyze it, we wouldn't have been sent to prison together for that commission five years ago. Some dangers cannot be judged, and you won't know how heavy they are until they fall on you." Fennia and Gardner clasped the bark of the tree together, and when the words fell, it happened to be when the captain of the Holy Emperor Hall finished speaking.

Only a few people among the thousands of people responded to the captain's words, and most remained silent. The three Gardners were the same, always keeping their heads buried.

"How about we find some people to go with us? I probably won't care about the attitude of the people in the Holy Emperor's Hall in order to protect themselves." The thin man suggested at this time.

"We must go, but not now. We need to find a good time. We need to have a certain amount. This is the southern forest. With only the supplies carried by the three of us, we can't reach the edge area. If the supplies are not enough, we will leave in the middle. They have to be torn into pieces by creatures of the second type." Gardner had already made up his mind.

"Do we have to wait until the lord creature of this area appears?"

"Feniya, you said it's very dangerous. I don't want the three of us to encounter the lord when we leave alone. This team has a big goal. Once they contain and attract attention, it's not too late to leave. . Didn’t you see that the people around you didn’t do anything? There are many people with this idea, and it will be easier to gather a group of people and leave."

"I know, I will always pay attention to my surroundings," Feniya replied. The members of the team in the Holy Emperor's Hall had begun to subdivide the entire team into about ten teams according to the temporary plan. It was just that Feniya raised her head while dragging out her words, looking at the sky above her head that was heavily obscured by tree crowns. At the same time, in addition to Feniya, the captain of the Holy Emperor's Hall team, and a dozen other prisoners among the prisoners also made the same movement of raising their heads.

"Feniya, is there something in the sky?" Gardner was nervous for a moment. He and the skinny man looked at the sky together, their senses unfolding, but their eyes were filled with confusion as they could not observe anything. The two of them stood up together with Feniya, observing the direction of Feniya's eyes and looking there.

For nearly ten seconds, there was nothing. The skinny man lowered his head one step ahead and observed the prisoners around him. The more Gardner sensed it, the more he sensed it. Although he still couldn't sense anything, he still felt flustered.

"It's better to run and leave this defensive position first!" Feniya said, but the next moment she turned around and went a few meters away, "Hurry!"

Gardner hesitated for a moment, then followed directly with a look in his eyes. The skinny man slowed down for a moment. He looked towards the Holy Emperor's Hall and saw that the captain suddenly turned around. Without saying anything, he strode towards the edge of the position, but he could not walk more than five or six meters, as if he had finally As if he couldn't help it anymore, his speed suddenly increased, leaving an afterimage directly on the spot, and his speed was extremely fast for a while.

Only then did the skinny man realize the seriousness, and immediately followed Gardner and the others who had already run dozens of meters away. The sound of "rustling" sounded almost at the same time. When the skinny man who ran nearly 50 to 60 meters away turned around, he saw dozens of huge underground rocks covered with soil that had broken through the tree crown and crashed down.

A loud "dong dong" sound caused the ground to beat in a small area. Gardner was still yelling in front, asking the skinny man to follow quickly, but the defense circle with a diameter of two to three hundred meters in the rear had completely collapsed, and the team of thousands of people was instantly Spread out in all directions.

I hope it's not coming from this direction, the skinny man thought as if praying, and walked faster. At this moment, he was already rushing out with Gardner and Feniya, nearly two hundred meters away. But an abnormal light suddenly appeared inside the dark forest. The thin man turned around and looked through the gap between the ancient trees. The defensive circle position just now was bathed in a dazzling light.

This...is not sunshine. At this moment, the skinny man's only thought was this. As for how the light was generated, he had no clue. The whistling wind in the skinny man's ears disappeared, and then the solid light in his eyes suddenly surged.

At this moment, the solid light seemed to ignore the obstruction of the ancient trees and hit his eyes directly before he turned his head. For a moment, the surrounding scenery was completely dissolved in the white light, and there was nothing else.