According to the team's plan, Lu Li and his party would arrive at the transit point for the journey within a week, which was Camp es102, 500 kilometers southeast of the town.
They will replenish supplies in the camp and investigate information about the Bright One-horned Rhinoceros, and then go to find the target to complete the mission.
The south gate is embedded in the towering city wall and tightly closed.
The light from outside the inner city is like fish fry snatching for feed, squeezing in through the cracks in the door, making the nearby environment a bit dim.
It's dark and it's time to close.
This rule came about after the "Dark Night Initiative" was proposed to protect the hard-won darkness in the city.
Just when Lu Li was curious about how to open the door, Qiu Mingxue raised her head, raised her voice, and shouted loudly: "Hello - we are going out of the city, please open the city gate -"
On both sides of the city gate, two "fish tank heads" suddenly popped out.
They were two Star Card Masters, and their uniforms were printed with the logo of the Eastern Federation Star Card Association.
Obviously, they are official staff of the association. They sit above the city gate and are responsible for guarding the south gate of the inner city.
As for the two fish tanks on their heads, they are their light-filtering helmets, replacing the function of sunglasses.
Lu Li had also seen this light-shielding product when he was shopping for sunglasses. It is known as "360-degree light filtering without blind spots." It not only provides an unobstructed field of vision, but also resists the harm of strong light to the face.
But... these fish tank sunglasses were deeply poisoned by "pragmatism", and their shape was so unflattering that Lu Li couldn't put his hands on them.
The other four people were obviously used to the look that could serve as a villain in a superhero movie, and there was no expression on their faces.
"Okay - wait a moment -" the star card master on the left retracted his head and went to activate the city gate's mechanism.
"Kakaka..."
The sound of gears biting slowly sounded, and the door opened.
Lu Li and others quickly put on goggles to prevent the sudden bright light from hurting their eyes.
The next moment, thousands of rays of light were like a flood that broke a bank. The moment the south gate opened, it surged into the inner city, greedily devouring the darkness.
"Please leave the city as soon as possible. If you open the door for a long time, it will easily destroy the darkness in the city!" The fish tank head star card master on the left stuck his head out and shouted loudly.
"Let's go." Qiu Mingxue waved her hand and took the lead to step out of the city gate.
The four people behind him quickly quickened their pace and walked out.
Walking from night to day, Lu Li was so stimulated by the bright light that he couldn't open his eyes. It wasn't until the adjustment function of the goggles came into effect that he could clearly see the scene outside the city.
Everything is white.
Everything from the soil to the rocks to the vegetation appears to have been painted over with white paint, releasing a shimmering light outwards.
"Get ready to go. According to the previous plan, Lu Li and Xiong Da take turns to use [Dispelling Light]. When the star card effect ends, it will directly enter overload. Lu Li, you start first."
After hearing the captain's command, Lu Li threw out a star card, which turned into a stream of light and was submerged in the light.
Then, the star power concentration of the light around the team suddenly decreased, and the light within the range also became much weaker.
[Light Dispelling Technique], a second-level star magic card, can continuously release dark star power centered on the user within 5 minutes, and disperse the light star power within a certain range. It is the only magic weapon for star card masters to explore the source of light.
The time for star card overloading is also five minutes. In order to maintain the uninterrupted effect of [Dispelling Light], there are usually two star card masters in a team who take turns to "use cards" and "overload".
"Xiong Er, Xiao Lin, station card." Qiu Mingxue gave the order again.
In the source of star power, star card masters need to go into battle at any time.
Therefore, they will release the resident card in advance and store 3 points of energy storage in the Consciousness Sea, so that they can release the fourth-level star card as quickly as possible.
A blue star flashed, and the ice crystal lotus quickly condensed and floated in her palm.
At the same time, Lin Miaohan and Xiong Wei also used their own Star Blade cards.
Xiao Lin has no intention of "engaging in scientific research" during the training, and the weapon he uses is still the familiar thunder spear.
The star blade on Xiong Er's side was a bit special, and it immediately caught Lu Li's attention.
It was a drop-shaped arm shield with two sides that were all khaki. They were tied to Xiong Wei's forearms and exuded a heavy aura.
Xiong Da's star blade is a single large shield, while Xiong Er's is two medium-sized arm shields. Judging from the number of star blades, it seems to fit the nicknames of the brothers.
"Let's go. Ten kilometers ahead is the forest south of the city. Let's try to cross it tonight." Qiu Mingxue glanced at the compass equipped on her wrist and led the team to run in the southeast direction.
With the help of [Light Dispelling Technique] and auxiliary star cards such as [Light Aura], the team's progress is not slow.
In just over half an hour, the team had already entered the forest south of the city.
The leafy vegetation exudes light star power, making the nearby white color more intense.
As can be seen from the name, this forest is located about ten kilometers south of the city wall, relatively close to the entrance of the source, and is a place that the Star Card Masters have already explored.
There is already a relatively spacious forest path between the dense trees.
"This forest is an area with a high incidence of star beasts." Qiu Mingxue warned, "As mentioned before, we are going with all our strength, but there is no need to avoid the star beasts below the fifth level.
Lu Li, Xiong Da, when we encounter the third-order star beast, whichever of you two has not entered the overload state will be the one to take action to kill the star beast. When we encounter the fourth-order star beast, we will attack together and practice our cooperation. .
If we encounter first- and second-level animals, we won’t waste time. "
"receive."
Everyone responded in unison and walked non-stop through the forest.
"Roar!"
Just as the team was walking in the woods for half an hour, there was a roar not far away, and a voice emitting white light appeared dozens of meters to the right of the team, crushing the ground and running rampantly.
Through the two side-by-side lotus flowers, Qiu Mingxue was the first to sense that the coming person was evil. She shouted loudly: "Third-order star beast, do it!"
"I come."
At this time, it was Captain Xiong who entered the overload mode. Lu Li rushed towards the oncoming star beast, and the star power turned into a gun blade in his palm.
"Whoosh whoosh!"
Pointing the gun blade forward, Lu Li pulled the trigger and fired three bullets at Bai Ying.
The bullet successfully hit, the sound in the distance was slightly stagnant, and the speed of the charge was also slowed down.
"It's a third-level blazing wildebeest. Pay attention to its collision." A strange rune flashed in Qiu Mingxue's beautiful eyes.
That was the effect of a detection star card, which allowed her to capture the information hidden in the forest one step ahead.
