I should be dreaming now.
Lu Ning is quite sure of this. At least the dream is not so deviant compared to reality, and there are not so many bizarre scenes.
She could feel her heartbeat, and she could also feel a strange resonance sleeping somewhere in this mountain range. Some images are becoming clearer, while some faces are fading.
In the haze, she once again stood in front of the turtle and snake stone pillars halfway up the mountain. A strange sense of security filled her surroundings, and a trace of active blood was burning in her body.
"It's completely polluted here."
Lu Ning turned around suddenly, but couldn't see any person or creature making any noise.
"The only one who can hear the echo is a pure person like you who was born by accident. But unfortunately, you are not far away from falling again."
"Are you... a god? The god of fish people?" Lu Ning quickly thought of the other party's identity.
"My descendants cannot convey it. The descendants of blood control the entire mountain range. The moon is fighting for that control. The beast is indifferent to the outside world... I have no other request. I only hope that you can return this mountain range to peace."
"Let your descendants have peace?"
"You've noticed it."
Lu Ning's eyes returned to the steps, and the abnormality she felt was now clearly displayed in front of her eyes.
"I can only remind you, and I can't help you with anything else. Now...the message...has arrived..."
The voice became more and more ethereal until it disappeared into nothingness.
Then, Lu Ning woke up.
She leaned against the damp cave wall. Her poor sleeping posture made her waist a little sore. When she raised her hand, she found that there was a lot of glowing moss on her hand.
It’s back to the sunny morning again.
In fact, it must have been some time. There was the sound of metal hitting outside, as well as shouts from time to time.
After walking outside, Lu Ning saw familiar companions doing the final exercises.
Chu Jianting mastered combat skills the fastest. After suffering a loss from Mo Xiren before, he became more silent and focused. The curved dagger Lu Ning once used has now been given to him. Although Chu Jianting is good at using swords, as a person who specializes in combat, he must also be good at using a variety of weapons.
The second one turned out to be Su Zhilan.
She's not talented enough, but she's hardworking enough. A boring triggering technique can be practiced hundreds of times, and a chopping action must be tested from various angles. And unlike Shu Xingruo and Ye Tisi who practiced extensively, Su Zhilan only practiced two basic catalysts, one was energy absorption and the other was lightning enhancement.
"Good morning."
Shu Xingruo waved hello to Lu Ning.
There has always been a shortage of weapons. Shu Xingruo and Ye Tisi used hatchets stolen from the village. As axes, they were powerful enough for chopping, but they were a bit clumsy. As for Su Zhilan, she was holding a meat cleaver, similar to the one she saw Lan Ying holding before.
Thanks to the villagers for their kind offer.
Ning Yeyi didn't need to practice, so she went to the forest to find food. Lu Ning now has all the means of long-range attacks on her body, and close combat can be considered aside for the time being.
"How do you feel?"
"It feels good to have strength. Do you think you can solve this task today?" Shu Xingruo asked.
"Try your best, this is not an easy task."
Lu Ning briefly tested the action of drawing the gun twice, adjusted the position of the holster, and then carefully inspected the parts of the hand crossbow to confirm that there were no problems.
"Did you dream last night?"
"Yesterday? You woke up right after returning to the morning." Ye Tisi was a little strange.
Cheng Wuling used a watch to time the passage of time when he was unconscious. Judging from the results of the watch, not even one minute elapsed after the red light illuminated the earth at night until everyone woke up, so everyone woke up almost immediately after the reset. .
By the way, based on the frozen time of ten o'clock in the evening measured by the watch, the rebound time was calculated to be nine o'clock in the morning - this was also what Cheng Wuling calculated carefully the next day.
"Don't you think it's strange? In this way, we don't actually rest at all, but we don't feel tired."
Lu Ning found a topic.
"Yes, you will feel thirsty or hungry, but you won't be tired. Have we actually rested during this time?" Ye Tisi also found this thing a bit strange.
"But this matter should be over after all. Things in the village still need to be dealt with a little bit."
As more and more people successfully escape, the mountain village now wakes up every morning and experiences chaos. The safety of the hunter's cabin does not mean the safety of other places. When these villagers are in a hurry, they will walk a little deeper in order to find the blood bags that have disappeared inexplicably.
However, now if we look at these villagers who initially caused a lot of trouble, they are no longer a threat as long as they are not in groups.
"This small place actually contains a lot of things."
If it weren't for the mission prompt, I'm afraid Lu Ning could have at most found the props of the dirty blood ritual and exchanged the blood on her body to escape. Let alone the mountaintop castle, she wouldn't even know about the pig-faced man.
After the morning exercise, when everyone was preparing to grill some fish brought back by Ning Yeyi, there were the sounds of chaotic footsteps in the forest.
More than a dozen people emerged from the forest. The leader was Chen Fangyu. Behind him, Tumen was also prominently among them, including Yu Yi and Deng Wei's two brothers who were in the same cell as Tumen.
"I thought you would be here!" Seeing Lu Ning and others, Chen Fangyu breathed a sigh of relief, patted Tumen on the shoulder and said: "Brother, I helped you find them, they are all your teammates, right? ?”
"Chen Fangyu?"
"Last night when we were about to take refuge in the cave, we met Brother Tu and Brother Yu. These two were also met earlier. Seeing that they had no memory and were hiding around, we knew something was wrong. You saved us, so we can still Just a favor to you.”
Chen Fangyu said with a smile.
"Fortunately, some of you are still here. Now I'll leave them to you."
"Thanks."
Lu Ning nodded and asked Tumen: "Do you understand the general situation? Both Mo Xi and Mo Lian have things to do. Anyway, they don't have to worry about their safety yet."
"I know a little bit...can you tell me more about it?" Tu Men scratched his hair in embarrassment.
"You two over there, I also know Deng Wei's whereabouts. You better stay here and don't wander around. If we have time today, we will send you over to meet him. Finally... Yu Yi, are you ready to stay? "
"Brother Tu and I are together!" Yu Yi said hurriedly.
"Okay. Chen Fangyu, if you don't mind, I would like to know the movements of most of the previous tourists."
Chen Fangyu just thought about this question and nodded.
A large number of people were rescued, but arming became a problem. Although stealing farm tools from the village is a temporary solution, only a few can get their hands on them, and most people still have no weapons.
At this time, a group of people claimed to have discovered another way to obtain weapons, and attracted many people with weapons to participate in the operation. In fact, these people succeeded. They looted a settlement of pig-faced people, paid a price of more than 20 casualties, and brought back a large number of hunting weapons, food, and some strange decorations.
By using these resources to re-arm and find new villages to attack, this group of people pulled up a team of nearly 200 people. Even some people who have the courage to wear pig face masks can also use blue fire spells. Auxiliary attack. With this foundation in place, these people from "Yesterday" planned a large-scale attack on the village.
Unfortunately, this attack failed due to the sudden attack of the elder hunters.
"The female armored hunter is very powerful, and any attack has no effect on her, including divine magic. We can't figure out what kind of ability it is from a distance. Another male hunter wearing a cloak appeared a little later, but A team of twelve people, including two men wearing pig faces, happened to encounter them and were killed without any chance of fighting back within a minute."
"Eldest Brother" and "Second Sister".
Lu Ning knew who these two people were, but because she hadn't witnessed them with her own eyes, she still couldn't understand what their abilities were.
"Thank you for telling us so much information."
"I know it's good for me to tell you." Chen Fangyu smiled, "We don't have the ability to expose the behind-the-scenes, so we can do some side work to make up for the points. If you can complete the group task, we can also hope to advance. "
When Lu Ning heard what he said, she remembered something and immediately asked, "Then are you willing to do me a favor now?"
"What?"
"No need to take risks, but this should be very important to our actions... I can trust you, right? Brother Chen?"
Chen Fangyu looked at Lu Ning's cautious expression and nodded slowly.
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At noon, Lu Ning finally found Zhao Chenshuang and others resting in a valley.
He had to pick up Deng Wei's two brothers. The other people following Zhao Chenshuang also looked tired. It seemed that they had traveled a lot in the past few days.
On the contrary, Zhao Chenshuang was very happy.
While conducting the mixed-race experiment this time, she also investigated the living habits of pig-faced people.
The origins of these people are unknown. They usually consist of a dozen to twenty people, forming a small settlement and finding places to live in valleys or caves. Since divine magic includes long-distance communication, their communication is not hindered by many obstacles.
Interestingly, only young and strong people are eligible to wear pig face masks. But it seems that everyone in the settlement can use divine magic. Another striking feature is that these pig-faced people have retained some of the living habits of the matriarchal clan, and there are even no women in all small settlements.
"That woman..."
"Their living habits are similar to bees or ants. Of course, there is not one queen." Zhao Chenshuang's eyes lit up when he said this. "We found a large cluster of valleys. Can you imagine? There are hundreds of women commanding them. There are about three times the number of male pig-faced people, with strict hierarchies and a very obvious division of labor. The small settlements outside are more like worker bees or worker ants - part of the prey they hunt every day must be sent to the large settlement first, and this is That’s why there were only a few pig-faced people there when we went there that day!”
"But...what's the point of this?"
Lu Ning was puzzled.
Zhao Chenshuang smiled slightly and approached Lu Ning's ear with some mystery.
"Do you know what is in the center of that large settlement?"
This kind of question, which was obviously meant to show off, was obviously not something Lu Ning was waiting for to answer. Zhao Chenshuang quickly continued:
"A crescent-shaped pool, surrounded by totems, has been filled with red and black blood."
