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After passing the dangerous cave, Wang Zhifan and the other two continued towards their destination according to the route map given by the guide.

This road was not long, probably less than two miles. They only encountered a few small monsters that ran out from the nearby solidified gray area. Chen Can, who was a gunner, easily solved them with a gun. They quickly and successfully arrived at the target gray area.

This so-called high-level gray area is located in a roadside forest. It covers an area only half the size of a basketball court and looks inconspicuous.

The three also found a lot of shoe prints, wheel prints, household garbage and other things on the dirt road next to the gray area, confirming what the guide said that some people had been here before.

"We're finally here! But this gray area looks so small, is there anything good to be rewarded inside?"

Chen Ming, holding a white staff, was the first to approach the foggy edge of the gray area. He looked around curiously, trying to see through this gray area that seemed to be able to be crossed by running a few steps.

"The actual size of the gray area has nothing to do with the outer area. Maybe it's so big that you can't see the edge. It's hard to say what the reward will be. It basically depends on luck."

Chen Can on the side quickly checked the condition of his double gun magazines, then explained to his brother.

Wang Zhifan's observation point was different from the other two. His eyes were mainly focused on the situation around the gray area, that is, the numerous messy trees and the messy dirt roads.

"Brother Fan, did you find anything?"

Seeing that he didn't know what he was thinking about, Chen Can asked curiously, because he had also checked the surrounding situation but didn't find anything worth noting.

"We did find a little something... but it's nothing serious. Let's go in."

Wang Zhifan then gave a brief answer and took the lead into the gray fog ahead, with Chen Ming and Chen Can following closely.

After the three of them entered the gray area, a man's voice suddenly sounded in the air somewhere in the woods about two hundred meters away from them, followed by responses from several other people.

"Boss, will that person find us?"

"Impossible! If he found out there were so many of us here, why wouldn't he run away? He's not an idiot!"

"That's right... Many Xia people are very shrewd. If you want to deceive them, you have to use some tricks."

"Boss, how long should we wait for them? There are only three of them. They definitely can't defeat the gray area boss inside, and they won't get the double benefits."

"Fifteen minutes, no, twenty minutes! The informant said that the tall guy is very strong, we have to let them consume a few waves in there, and then we can take them all down while they are injured and tired!

Remember, the tall one can be killed, but the other two must be kept alive! They are all sons of big merchants in Xia Country, their lives are very valuable!"

"understand!"

"understand!"

……

An ambush outside the gray area has been formed, but Wang Zhifan and the other two seem to be unaware of it and have already started fighting inside the gray area.

Just as Chen Can said before, this gray area looks pitifully small from the outside, but once you come in you will find that it is huge. It is a huge, complex and old castle, larger than ten football fields.

The place where they entered was at the entrance of the drawbridge outside the castle. The drawbridge had been lowered and laid flat. A lot of filth and blood could be seen on the drawbridge, as well as various fragments of unknown monster corpses.

"This gray area with a western fantasy style, I guess the boss at the innermost is a vampire or a werewolf! It's a pity that I can't take pictures here, otherwise I would definitely make a strategy video and post it on C station..."

As soon as the underage Chen Ming came in, he became very excited and started to use his imagination.

His elder brother Chen Can was much more steady. He looked around the castle with a serious gaze, then suddenly fired with both hands in one direction, shooting down several small flying monsters that were trying to get close in the distance.

"Brother Fan, it looks like there really have been players here. I wonder if they are still alive. If we do encounter them, how should we deal with them?"

After dealing with the monsters, Chen Can turned around and walked towards Wang Zhifan who was walking towards the suspension bridge.

Wang Zhifan observed the entire castle and gave his answer:
"It depends on the situation. You can't generalize. I'll tell you when the time comes."

As he spoke, he was the first to step onto the suspension bridge and walked over the broken bodies of various monsters on the bridge. Some were humanoid, some were non-human, but it was certain that there were no humans.

The three of them then carefully crossed the drawbridge and entered the gate of the castle's outer city without any incident.

This city gate is also fully open. I don't know if it was originally like this or if it was the result of the previous player's strategy.

All in all, Wang Zhifan and the other two had no obstacles along the way.

After the city gate, they came to a relatively open flat area, where there were also many broken corpses of monsters. Moreover, in the dark corners far away from the city gate, a large number of hidden monsters soon appeared and surrounded and attacked them.

These monsters are divided into two types. One is the black crawling monsters that charge collectively on the ground. They look like giant deformed scorpions. The other is the flying monsters that rush down from the sky in all directions. They are only slightly larger than sparrows, but have very long beaks and are incredibly fast.

"Energy shield!"

"Bullet rain!"

Seeing this, Chen Ming and Chen Can coordinated their efforts. Chen Ming, who was a priest, was responsible for defense, while Chen Can, who was a gunner, launched a range attack. Together, they blocked the first wave of monsters' charge.

"You guys are doing a great job cooperating, but save your energy and leave the rest to me."

Wang Zhifan stood in the transparent energy shield unfolded by Chen Ming. He first observed their skillful cooperation for a few seconds, and then suddenly took action, killing all the remaining monsters around him instantly and turning them into ice chips on the ground.

"It appears! Brother Fan's signature ability, the invincible Ice Shattering!"

Upon seeing this, Chen Ming immediately let out a slightly exaggerated exclamation.

It’s not like he hasn’t seen Wang Zhifan use the power of ice before, but every time he sees it with his own eyes, he is still shocked by this violent aesthetic.

Chen Can, who was standing by, was quite dissatisfied with Chen Ming's shouting behavior and immediately scolded him:
"Don't make such a fuss! You'll be happy if you can attract all the monsters around here!"

"Hey, brother, I'm not like this usually! Isn't Brother Fan here? No need to be so cautious!"

Chen Ming immediately responded, saying that he was not stupid, but with Wang Zhifan around, he was very relaxed and didn't want to always act as if he was facing a great enemy.

"It doesn't matter. It's good for you to relax a little, but remember not to bring this habit into the dungeon."

Wang Zhifan spoke to end the quarrel between the two brothers, and led them through the flat area that had been cleared by the ice source force and walked to the side.

This ancient castle has three walls in total. They are currently between the first and second walls, preparing to go deeper through the portal on the second wall.

As for climbing over the walls directly, it was not impossible, but Wang Zhifan judged that such behavior would trigger some special reaction mechanisms, which would greatly increase the complexity of the strategy with two people, so he decided to proceed step by step. Just like the first city gate before, they easily found the second city gate and found that this gate was also open, and there were also traces of fierce fighting around it.

But different from those outside, human corpses appeared here for the first time. Although the corpses were not complete, it could be clearly identified that they belonged to two men and one woman.

"Only players can appear in places like this. Look carefully, and you might find some extra rewards."

Seeing this, Chen Can adjusted his black sunglasses, examined the body parts on the ground, and then walked forward to start searching, trying to get some equipment left behind by the dead players.

Chen Ming soon joined in and after searching for about ten seconds, he found a copper ring on a severed finger among the corpses.

"Excellent-grade life-restoring ring... This is worthless, so I'd better not take it. This thing belongs to a dead person, it's unlucky!"

As a rich man's son, Chen Ming didn't want everything. He took a closer look at the fine ring and then ignored it.

Chen Can, who was not far away, also came over to take a look after hearing this. He also did not pick up the copper ring. He turned his head and said to Wang Zhifan, who was observing the top of the castle a few meters away:

"Brother Fan, the bodies of the players here have definitely been looted. There's no good equipment left. Only some junk is left to fool people."

Wang Zhifan answered without turning his head:

"This is normal. We probably won't be able to find anything from the players later on. Maybe there will be surprises in the boss room... Let's keep going."

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After this short pause, the three of them continued on their journey, passed through the gate of the second outer wall of the castle, and came to the area between the second and third walls.

This area is not completely flat. In front of them, there is a ditch more than ten meters wide. Behind the ditch is a huge hillside. The third outer wall and the core buildings of the castle stand on the top of this huge hillside.

Passing the ditch is an important hurdle they need to face, because the ditch is not filled with ordinary water, but some kind of black liquid that is constantly rolling and bubbling, which looks very wrong.

Jumping directly over seemed to be the best option, but even if everyone had the ability to jump, the part of the black liquid in the circle of ditches that was emitted into the air above them also indicated that it would not be easy to force their way through.

Seeing this, Chen Ming raised the white staff in his hand high and used a professional skill towards the ditch in front.

"Purify!"

As a white light was emitted, a part of the ditch reacted slightly instantly, but there was not much change overall, and it still looked very dangerous.

"The pollution level is so high! My purification capacity is not enough!"

Chen Ming then looked at Wang Zhifan and Chen Can beside him, indicating that he was powerless.

"Why don't you open the shield and try again? As long as the shield can hold for one second we can jump over."

Seeing this, Chen Can gave some suggestions.

"It's obvious that it won't work. You'll definitely die if you try!"

Chen Ming shook his head and answered decisively.

"Then let me do it. This thing is really not that simple."

Since his two companions were unable to handle the trouble in front of them, Wang Zhifan took over immediately.

His way of dealing with it was very simple, which was to draw out the Qingdi Sword and slash forward with an ordinary move.

As the clear light of the knife passed by, the unknown black bubbling liquid was instantly cut off, leaving a two-meter-wide passage, as if the river water automatically separated to both sides to reveal the riverbed.

"rush!"

This time, without Wang Zhifan's reminder, Chen Ming and Chen Can quickly jumped into the new road and ran over. The three of them quickly reached the other side of the black water.

"Wow! We've all come here, but the things inside still haven't closed. Brother Fan, your sword is so powerful!"

After passing this level, Chen Ming looked back and observed, and found that the residual force of Wang Zhifan's previous sword attack was so strong that the separated black water remained separated.

“It won’t close again.”

But Wang Zhifan shook his head after hearing this, indicating that Chen Ming didn't know enough about the previous knife attack, and then he raised his leg and climbed up the hillside in front.

At the same time, many unknown black shadows flew out from the windows of each floor of the high castle, all charging towards them, merging into a torrent of monsters that seemed to completely drown and devour them.

"The source of ice."

Wang Zhifan instantly unleashed his epic ice power, instantly killing all the monsters that wanted to attack him, and passed another level of test.

As players with better physical fitness than ordinary people, the three of them were fully equipped, so it was quite easy for them to climb a section of the hillside. Within two minutes, they arrived under the third wall of the castle and found the third gate on the wall.

This gate is in a rather special state. You can see that it is closed, but a large hole has been blown out on the door for people to pass through. However, the hole is pitch black, giving people a vague sense of danger.

"I'll try with a probe bomb."

Seeing this, Chen Can removed the magazine from his silver pistol, replaced it with a special bullet, and then fired the bullet into the black hole of the gate.

After one shot, his detection bullet seemed to disappear and did not cause any feedback on the other side of the black hole. It was obvious that the detection had failed.

"There's something wrong with this door. Let's just climb over the wall."

Chen Ming immediately suggested, obviously not wanting to go into this strange black hole.

"Climbing over the wall will be troublesome, it's better to think of other ways."

Wang Zhifan shook his head after hearing this. He moved his eyes upwards to look at the huge building behind the wall. Through the energy trajectory observation ability granted by his super perception, he judged that climbing over the wall would trigger a series of chain reactions in the castle.

Chen Ming and Chen Can were obviously convinced by his suggestion. Without asking any more questions, they began to wander around the wall and ponder.

After a few seconds, Chen Can made some new discoveries and pointed to a low hole behind a corner.

"There's a hole here! There doesn't seem to be anything unusual inside! Why don't we crawl in from here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Ming, who came to check the situation, raised his voice of objection:
"No! This must be a dog hole! I don't want to go through a dog hole!"

Wang Zhifan ignored their quarrel. He carefully observed the door with the strange black hole, then walked to the side not far away, raised his hand and knocked on the nearby stone, and suddenly a sound came from the door. (End of this chapter)