Entering the Babao Town Boundary Tower, a hexagonal light pattern of about two square meters appears in front of you.
"When you walk in, you will enter the Ancient World Mountain. The flash of light means that it is in the open period." Qin Zhao said this to Shanshan and the others.
"Mr. Ge, let's go in first just in case something unexpected happens." The heavily armed captain said respectfully to Qin Zhao.
"Go!"
After receiving the order, the captain asked the soldiers to line up and enter. After all the soldiers entered, they were Shanshan, Hanhan and Xiaohuan, with Qin Zhao being the last one.
The hexagonal light was like a big hole. As soon as you stepped into it, you fell into it. Your eyes were dark. After a few breaths, when you saw the light again, you were already in the ancient world mountain.
"Where are they going?" Shanshan asked as she looked at the soldiers scattering in all directions.
"After entering the Ancient World Mountain through the fixed entrance, we can only move within a certain range. This range is a circle, and this is the center of the circle. I will distribute these hundreds of warriors along the circle. As long as someone approaches us, we will know. If it’s Xu Qian, we can guide him in and take him out.”
"How big is this place? Is it enough for 100 people?" Xiao Huan looked up and felt that this place was not small.
"The area where we can move is a circle with a radius of 20 kilometers, and the circumference is about 125 kilometers. Excluding some areas that are not suitable for walking, the per capita monitoring range is 1 kilometer." Qin Zhao pointed to a wooden house not far away. "Let's go wait at the aid station."
"What's an aid station?" Shanshan was very interested in the wooden house with an area of tens of square meters.
"The rescue station has food and water, as well as medicine and some daily necessities. It will be of great help to people who are living in the ancient mountains and can get here. Such a rescue station has a radius of 20 kilometers in this circle There are many of them. Every year when the entrance opens, the Babao Sect will send people in to replace and replenish the items in the rescue station."
Entering the rescue station, Shanshan exclaimed: "So much food!"
Looking at the dazzling boxes of cans on the shelves, Qin Zhao introduced: "An aid station will reserve at least one year's supply for one person, so that the aid station can guarantee that a person will survive until the entrance opens in the second year. "
"Mr. Ge, many soldiers have reported that a large number of corpses of disciples of the trial sect have been found." The captain is the only one who stays with Qin Zhao. Naturally, mobile phones cannot be used in this place, but military walkie-talkies and the like can be used to communicate.
"A large number of corpses? How many?" The trial itself will kill people. Although there are regulations that trial disciples are not allowed to kill each other, in this special environment, there will always be people who hide the truth and put people to death. This is the case every year in the trial. , Datang officials also turn a blind eye. As long as it is not too excessive, they will not get to the bottom of the matter. Only the sects that have suffered serious losses may lose their temper for a while, but in the end they usually leave it alone. So as long as the number of people is within the normal range, Qin Zhao will not be surprised.
"More than fifty bodies have been found so far, and the number is still increasing."
"So many?" Qin Zhao was also a little moved.
He knew that the total number of people participating in this trial was 310, and now he found that the number of people who died was almost 20%. The normal value should be within 10%. The trial was only to train the young disciples of each sect, not to let them die. Those who can come in for the trial are the best disciples from each sect. It hurts to lose one sect, and the Tang Dynasty will also feel heartbroken if there are more.
"Ask them to continue reporting what they find." Qin Zhao frowned and gave no further instructions.
It took about an hour and a half for the soldiers to arrive at their respective positions. Qin Zhao and the others could only wait quietly, and could do nothing else.
During this time, though, the number of bodies found has been increasing.
"How big is the Ancient World Mountain!" Shanshan thought of a key question.
"It's big, but no one knows how big it is." Qin Zhao didn't intend to hide it.
"No one knows? No one has walked through it all?" Shanshan was puzzled, because even if it is the earth, humans have almost mastered it, at least they still understand the situation on the surface. What they are discussing now is just a vague issue of area, and they haven't even figured it out yet.
"No! No one can fly here. They can only rely on their legs and body to travel at a limited speed. Moreover, in the area outside this circle, there are dangers every step of the way and survival is not easy. According to our records in the Tang Dynasty, some people mistakenly entered the uncertain entrance and came to In the end, Gujie Mountain was lucky enough to find this place and escape. The man said that he had survived in Gujie Mountain for more than three years and had been looking for a way out, and he had never walked the same road."
"Three years gone!" Shanshan and Xiaohuan both opened their mouths.
Even if the walking speed is very slow, the distance traveled in 3 years is still very far, which also shows how big Gujie Mountain is.
"Could it be that the Ancient World Mountain is as big as the earth?" Shanshan didn't have a specific idea, but her feeling told her that it looked something like this.
"If the Ancient World Mountain is really that big, the chance of Xu Qianqian finding this place is very low." Xiao Huan lost no time in making up for it.
Just imagine, this circle with a radius of 20 kilometers is roughly the scope of a city. If a person is randomly dropped at a certain point on the earth and then walks aimlessly, what is the probability of reaching a designated city?
"Can't you go out from here and actively look for your brother?"
"No, you can't leave this circle. This is the law of the ancient world mountain. Only those who enter from the uncertain entrance can pass unimpeded." Qin Zhao responded in a deep voice.
"I said, there is no way to go on like this. Do you know where to get out?" The relationship between Xu Qian and Qian Shu has become much closer. They are not as distant as before. At least they know their names and other basic information.
"I don't know the specific location. I have only heard something about the Ancient World Mountain before. It is said that the five main cities jointly control a stronghold in the Ancient World Mountain. It is a not too big area. As long as we go to that place, we You can go out."
"You came in from the Orc Continent, and I came in from the Tang Dynasty. The Chinese side can also enter the Ancient World Mountain. In this way, the Ancient World Mountain is probably a node connecting all the major worlds." Xu Qian pondered: "In other words, every major world has one or more strongholds like you mentioned in the Ancient World Mountain. Perhaps, we can take more than one path."
Qianshu agreed: "I think so. It's just that this ancient world mountain is full of dangers. Even if there is a way out, we have no clue and there is no other way but to go deeper."
"But..." Xu Qian looked bitter, "I'm hungry——"
Even counting from when I woke up, it has been more than a day now. Ordinary people can't be hungry all day long? The food in the storage space cannot be taken out, and the things in the Ancient World Mountain are worrying and poisonous.
"Since the predecessors have lived here for so long, they must have eaten the food here. As long as we are careful, we should still be able to find safe food." Qianshu was also hungry, but not as serious as Xu Qian.
"It would be great if there are animals. It's delicious and safe."
"Animals?" Qianshu recalled some rumors he heard when he was a child. "There should be some, but we haven't encountered them yet, or we need to go deeper."
"Okay! Then keep walking!"
Tang Dynasty stronghold in Gujie Mountain
"146 people?" An expression of disbelief appeared on Qin Zhao's face. Soon, he regained his composure, "Notify the Eight Treasures Sect to end the trial immediately, and bring all the remaining sect disciples to the Eight Treasures Sect to look for them. Those in the know, look what’s going on!”
The captain took the order and retreated.
Nearly half of the people died. This has never happened in hundreds of years of sect trials. It can be said that a big accident occurred. Not to mention the Eight Treasures Sect, even Qin Zhao didn't know how to deal with those 23 sects. Door confession. What makes Qin Zhao even more heavy-hearted is that the reason is unknown. No matter how unacceptable the real reasons are, nothing is more disturbing than the unknown threat.
At this time, near a rescue station more than ten kilometers away from Qin Zhao, ten corpses were lying on the ground. A handsome young man tore a piece of cloth from a corpse and wiped the blood on the sword. He smiled and said, "Killing one more is considered to be an overfulfillment of the task. I wonder if that Chinese genius named Xu Qian can hold on for three seconds when he meets me."
