Two days later in the morning, Chen Xing drove a dune truck, filled with supplies and fuel, and picked up Aaliyah in Orchid Town, preparing to go to the Black Death Forest.
"Hi~"
Aaliyah stood at the door of the gun shop and waved to him. Today she was wearing a dark red tight-fitting leather suit and a dark blue canvas jacket. She was carrying two strings of red large-cased bullets and a combat shotgun. She had a ponytail and was capable and energetic.
Looking at the shotgun behind her, Chen Xing couldn't help but mutter in his heart, what on earth was he thinking when he pretended to be carrying a gun even though he had such terrifying strength?
Also, with the strength she showed that day, there was no need to bring him with her, so why should he be there to cheer her?
In fact, he has been thinking about this issue for the past two days, but he can't figure out the purpose of the other party calling him. However, he soon understood...
Hours later, the dune buggy was deep into the wilderness. The surrounding scenery gradually turned into bare stone mountains. The ground is uneven and strewn with gravel.
"Why are there rocks everywhere here?" Aaliyah complained with some dissatisfaction as she felt uncomfortable on the bumpy road, "Can't we take another way?"
This sentence exposed the problem.
"You have never been to the Black Death Forest!" Chen Xing said in horror.
The Black Death Forest is located in the northernmost part of the Red Earth Continent. You have to go through a large mountainous area to get there. There is no other way to go. Aaliyah asked this, which meant that she had never been there.
"Why else would I call you?" Aaliyah said disapprovingly. That casual and indifferent look made Chen Xing's teeth ache. I originally wanted to gain some experience, but I didn't expect that I was better than him.
Before Chen Xing could say anything, Aaliyah threatened again, "This is my first time traveling far away. Don't take me the wrong way, or you'll get a good look."
Without saying a word, Chen Xing slammed on the brakes, then made a sharp turn, turned around and walked back.
Are you kidding me? Going into this situation is almost like dying. Although he has never been to the Black Death Forest, he has heard of the horrors there. A single mistake can destroy a mercenary group of hundreds of people. Where can you just break in?
"Don't leave!" Aaliyah hurriedly grabbed Chen Xing's arm and shouted.
"I don't have time to go crazy with you!" Chen Xing shook off her hand and said in a deep voice.
"I'm going to kill you!" Aaliyah gritted her teeth and said.
"It's all death anyway, whatever!" Chen Xing was unmoved.
"Wait, wait~" Seeing that he didn't want hard food, Aaliya had no choice but to have soft food.
"If you want to die, go alone and don't take me with you." Chen Xing said irritably. He had made up his mind not to go no matter what.
"It's good~" Aaliyah winked at him and said seductively.
In order to avoid getting too tense, Chen Xing calmed down and persuaded, "Sister, you have to spend your life to make money."
"There are some things that money can't buy..." Aaliyah hinted.
"Oh?" Chen Xing tilted his head and glanced into Aaliyah's collar. The tone is frivolous and the face is mocking. However, it is not that he is really lustful, but he wants to use this to humiliate the other party, "Besides this, what else do you have?" Of course, he will not say this sentence to avoid causing an overreaction from the other party.
Aaliyah glanced at him, with contempt in her eyes. She covered her collar, leaned forward, and asked in a long voice, "Have you ever heard of..." She paused and emphasized, "Is the world fragmented? ?”
"Fragments of the world?" Chen Xing repeated, subconsciously letting go of the accelerator.
The dune buggy slowly came to a stop.
The world fragments that Aaliyah refers to refer to a special alien space. To illustrate this point, we must start with the Cataclysm.
According to the research of scholars, the cataclysm was caused by "turbulence of time and space".
In the multiverse, countless worlds will be destroyed and reborn every minute and every second. Whenever a world is destroyed, the energy released and the remaining fragments of the old world will form a torrent and pour into the endless void until it eventually dies. The intersection of multiple torrents, filled with a large amount of space debris and chaotic energy, is called "turbulent flow of space and time."
This world was hit by the turbulence of time and space. A large number of alien creatures came here hiding in the fragments of the old world.
However, crises also represent opportunities. In addition to evil and cruel alien creatures, there are also many technologies, treasures, humanoid creatures, etc. from other civilizations. For example, upper-class nobles like to collect or raise humanoid creatures called "high elves". They are handsome, can be either male or female, and do not age. They simply exist to satisfy their desires.
For another example, the "Ten Sacred Objects" collected by the Malan royal family were discovered in space debris.
"Where did the news come from?" Chen Xing asked solemnly.
"Didn't you say..." Aaliyah asked with a smile, "Snake has his own way, and rat has his own way?"
"If you don't tell me, I won't go." Chen Xing threatened.
"Some time ago, there was a traveler who was passing by. After buying things, he wanted to drag me to the alley behind, so..." At this point, Aaliyah stopped and gave him a wink. Give a "you know" look.
Although her smile was sweet and beautiful, Chen Xing only felt chills running down his spine and cold sweat breaking out.
Then, Aaliyah took out a small map from her pocket and handed it to Chen Xing.
When I opened it, I saw that it was a piece cut from a large map, only the size of a palm, with a circle drawn in the middle with a blue ink pen.
Auto Valley.
This was the name the traveler gave to the place.
"Is there any other information?" Chen Xing asked.
Aaliyah shrugged and said, "I found it when I was cleaning the relics."
"Well done." Chen Xing praised. Of course, this is ironic. Since it is a "relic", it means that the person involved is dead. The corpse cannot speak, so there are only so many clues.
"This is what I found on him..." As she said that, Aaliyah took out a small thing and handed it to Chen Xing.
Taking a closer look, it was a silver metal disc, the size of a coin, with four small holes in the middle, which turned out to be a button, a button for clothes.
Under the sunlight, the surface of the buttons shines like mercury.
"Mithril!" Chen Xing recognized it and shouted.
"You take me there and I'll give you one-fifth of my income." Aaliyah said.
"Just..." Chen Xing was about to bargain, but a thought suddenly crossed his mind. He swallowed the next words hard, nodded and said, "Deal." Then he turned the car and headed north.
"Work hard and make money together~" Aaliyah patted Chen Xing's shoulder with satisfaction, then raised her feet, put her leather boots on the car door, and closed her eyes to rest.
Chen Xing agreed on the surface, but in his heart he was thinking about how to find an opportunity to sneak away. The reason is very simple. If he really gets any treasure, he is afraid that the other party will not spare his life.
Although now it seems that the two of them are getting along very harmoniously. But in fact, there is no friendship or reason between the strong and the weak. Once the interests outweigh the coexistence of both parties, the strong party will immediately kill the weak party.
Chen Xing suddenly felt a little regretful. He shouldn't have provoked Aaliyah. From the beginning, he should stay away from this demon girl, because the strength of the two sides is too far apart. Cooperation is tantamount to carrying a time bomb that can blow up your body at any time.
But now that the matter has come to this, we can only take one step at a time. From the moment Aaliyah revealed her secret, there was no turning back.
