A Delicious and Flammable Backlands Tour

Remarks: It can help you repair the world to a certain extent, but it may also attract the attention of powerful enemies!Please be careful! ——Sylvan Goddess

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The more Xia Zhi looked at this candle, the more he liked it, he said triumphantly.

"What, the forest goddess still loves me!"

"That's not what you said just now."

Xieyan couldn't complain.

"If there is a 'virus' in this world, then this thing should be a 'vaccine', right?"

The forest goddess can understand the current situation of the world through small candles, and it is not impossible to even directly help the summer solstice.

"Hmm. In special cases, Flora is still reliable. Even if this thing is a prototype, it should be able to help me a lot."

Xiazhi nodded.

He tried to blow out the candle, but found that there was no way he could do it.

And this small candle completely ignores the laws of physics, not only cannot be extinguished, but also floats in the air like weightlessness.No way, in order not to attract attention, Xia Zhi had to stuff it into the backpack.

"It works fine in a backpack anyway."

After dealing with the mail, Xia Zhi collapsed on the bed and fell asleep.Xieyan was responsible for the vigilance at night, and he slept peacefully.

……

The next day, before Katia came to knock on the door, Xieyan used his tentacles to walk around Xia Zhi's body.

"Master, it's almost eight o'clock now!"

Hearing this, Xia Zhi opened his eyes and bounced off the bed.

"Huh? Then why didn't you call me earlier?"

"I see that you were wasting your time on the road, I want you to rest for a while." Xieyan withdrew his tentacles calmly, preparing to drill into the pet space.

Xia Zhi looked at it, and found that his mana gauge had lost 80 points of mana.

"Naughty animal! What time are you still stealing mana! A day's plan lies in the morning, how can I be diligent in this state in the morning?"

A skillful hand knife chopped Xieyan directly into the pet space.

Xia Zhi gritted her teeth, almost half of the blue bars were lost when she woke up in the morning, it was too difficult for herself.

It just so happened that Katia just opened the door at this moment, she saw Xia Zhi's complexion was not very good, thought he was angry for getting up, she couldn't help but said a little funny.

"Mr. Xia Zhi? We waited for you for an extra hour and a half? Did you really have a good rest last night? You look a little tired."

"Stop talking, you will understand in the future." Xia Zhi waved his hand weakly, followed the girl to have a simple breakfast, and sat in the car.

The people in the caravan turned a small amount of goods into funds, and used them to buy a large amount of water, food, and consumable supplies.

And the car Xia Zhi was riding in was originally planned to be used to hold water.The originally empty compartment was filled with water buckets, and there was no room for Master Xia anymore.

"Haha, I'm sorry." The guard in charge of purchasing the water source patted Xia Zhi on the shoulder, showing a beating smile. "Water in the desert is the source of life, so you should bring some more. How about you just stay with us?"

When he said this, he quietly blocked Katya's view.

If Xia Zhi still doesn't understand Katya's position in the caravan, then he is in vain.

Xieyan is hiding in the pet space, and the small candle that arrived yesterday is also in the backpack. There is nothing suspicious about him.

"Okay."

Xia Zhi realizes that this is a good opportunity to build relationships.There are some things that Katia won't tell him and may not know, but these people's mouths are not so strict!

Under the enthusiastic guidance of the young man, Xia Zhi stayed in the carriage where the guards stayed.

Seeing that Xia Zhi had no airs, the guards chatted with him a few words, and the previous barrier basically disappeared.The time of rushing was the most boring, and everyone soon started chatting.

This job is familiar in the summer solstice!He quickly and easily led the topic to where he wanted it.

"You guys, can you tell me about the werewolf curse? I haven't seen many werewolves in my hometown."

"Nonsense, you have changed." The evil eye in the pet space complained.

"Shut up, evildoer, don't bring up this matter again!"

The surrounding guards couldn't hear Xieyan's complaints, and they exchanged a few words.Finally, an older guard spoke to Xia Zhi.

"It's impossible for someone who has been an adventurer for several years to know about the normal werewolf curse, so you probably want to know about President Katia?"

"Correct."

Xia Zhi nodded, and at the same time said that she did not have any malicious intentions.

"If possible, I would like to help her solve this problem by the way."

Whether you do it or not, you have already expressed your opinion.Brother, what do you say?

"The young man has a good heart, but I think you should know it too. There are currently only three recognized methods to lift the curse of the werewolf. The first is to overcome it through the breakthrough of the cursed person's own strength and willpower, and turn it into strength ;The second type is to find the priest organization of the holy capital;”

The captain of the guard looked serious.

"The third type... before the person dies, the curse of the werewolf will disappear."

"Please exclude the third one, I didn't mean that."

The summer solstice is a black thread.

"It's not reliable to find that priest organization! It's better to make her stronger sooner."

The first method is the most practical. After overcoming werewolf transformation, the increased strength is also a good thing for Katia.

"It's not that simple. Before she was infected with werewolf transformation, Katia was the most talented fighter in our area. This talent not only allowed her to make rapid progress in swordsmanship, but... also favored her after the werewolf transformation."

"……I understand."

The first method, to apply RPG games, is to improve your own professional level without distributing experience to werewolves, and overcome the werewolf curse by gradually widening the gap.But this guy Katia split the experience between the warrior and the werewolf in a heartless way.

Xia Zhi's complexion is very delicate.

He really wants to say something now, if he can't be cured, he will die and leave.

He also understood why these people clearly had opinions on him, yet they tried hard to restrain themselves.Because they hope that they, who are suspected to be top swordsmen, can bring opportunities to Katia.

NO.726 Death is endless

Xia Zhi nodded to indicate that he understood the situation. Although he didn't give a positive guarantee, he could feel that these people had let down their guard against him.

"Master, are you really going to waste your time saving people?"

Xieyan felt that Xia Zhi should spend the limited time on more meaningful things, such as crusade against monster leaders, liberating the occupied human settlements and so on.

"I can't say that well. Maybe it will be a matter of course, and it can be solved easily."

Xia Zhi answered slowly, and at the same time answered the other guards' questions one after another.Among these people were many young warriors who were not ashamed to come over to ask him before, but now they seized the opportunity to ask Master Xia non-stop.

And Xia Zhi was so happy to sell her personal favors that she replied briefly one by one.He has his own set of experience in dealing with all kinds of monsters, especially the huge giant enemies, which these guys lack.

"...so, about dealing with sandworms—"

Just as Xia Zhi was about to tell about his experience in the desert, the car started to slow down.

"We're here." The captain of the guard interrupted Xia Zhi apologetically. "Go about your business. We have to get to work."

A group of people jumped out of the carriage, stepped on the sand, and stopped in front of a huge pothole.Such a dangerous terrain suddenly appeared in the flat sand, causing some people to shrink back.

They imagined all kinds of terrible legends about the underground monsters in the desert, and began to regret the muddy water.

Katya was standing on the edge of the ravine now.

"How is this going?"

She stroked the sand on the ground in some surprise.They have lost the fluidity unique to sand bodies and have become hardened solids.It is precisely because of their existence that the steep angle did not cause the pothole to collapse.

"It was caused by some huge creature."

Xia Zhi recalled the topography of the Corrupted Land, and his first reaction was that the potholes in the sand were actually bigger than the Corrupted Land.In other words, Hei Changzhi couldn't drill such a thick hole.

"Fortunately, you still want to explore the mine veins underground. Don't you know what's here?"

"Normal sandworms can't be this big!" Katya gestured. "The holes they drilled are at most two meters in size, but this pothole..."

Saying 20 meters is a bit conservative.

"What now?"

Xia Zhi touched the ground, and he observed more things than Katia.

There are signs of erosion on the hardened sand block, which means that the unknown giant monster has not appeared nearby for a long time, and it is likely that this site has been abandoned.

"As long as you don't die, it's safe here for the time being. Do you want to go down?"

After listening to Xia Zhi's analysis, Katia fell into deep thought, with a hesitant expression.For a long time, she gritted her teeth.

"...The team is changing. All the shooters stay at the top, and the fighters go down to explore."

"Really want to take this risk?" Xia Zhi frowned. "Even if you find the vein below, I'm afraid you won't be able to explore it?"

"Yes, I will transfer it to someone else." After making this decision, Katya seemed to relax a little.

She explained: "Because the environment has deteriorated, our town needs a lot of money...We are all out to try our luck for this purpose."

"that's great."

Xia Zhi breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'm afraid you won't think about it and insist on jumping in. The roads below extend in all directions, it's a completely different kingdom, and there are all kinds of dangerous things inside..."

"How do you understand it so clearly?" Katia was a little puzzled. "Have you explored similar terrain before?"

"It's just what I read in the book, and it may not be useful."

"...well."

Seeing that Xia Zhi was obviously avoiding this topic, Katia was not bothered.According to the predetermined plan, she and several guards set up a simple descent device above the pothole.After finishing, several people prepared to fall down slowly.

"Wait, I'm at the front. You all watch your feet. See something to remind me."

Xia Zhi was in front of the team, and his old habit of leading the team committed again.

The others were a little surprised, but seeing the weapon Xia Zhi held in his hand and his unquestionable expression, they let him act like this.

Xia Zhi slowly pulled the rope down to the half of the pit, and threw the temporary torch in his hand far away——

The torch fell on the pothole that snaked down, illuminating the swarming arthropods below - ant lions.

"Ah!!" Katya couldn't help screaming, and then quickly stopped her voice.

In this environment, this kind of movement is too dangerous.

"It's useless. These guys spotted us when we got to the cave."

Xia Zhi shook his head.

"Their perception of sand is better than ours. My suggestion is that it's best not to fall to the ground. By the way, don't you plan to return like this?"

"Thank you for your concern."

Katia sighed, and she seemed to realize that with her current staff, it would be difficult to open up this place.

But the detection equipment on her body indicated that there were indeed mineral veins nearby.She only needs to record this information and trade it to other large chambers of commerce. It's worth a gamble.

So she decided to continue the descent anyway.However, she didn't intend to lead the team anymore, and said to Xia Zhi very earnestly.

"I'm afraid you are the one who is qualified to be the leader of the team. If you feel reluctant, please take us away immediately."

"Well, actually, I suggest you run away now."

"why?"

Some people are not convinced.Even if he didn't dare to go down and charge himself, but could these stupid ant lions still charge up and attack him?

Coincidentally, an antlion emerged from the sand below, and it aimed at everyone and started spraying sand bombs.Although this kind of attack is not fatal, it will make people extremely annoying and painful after hitting.

The sound of flapping wings seemed to be heard in the air.

"The adults of ant lions can fly! I won't stop you if you want to fight."

Xia Zhi shrugged, and manipulated the Platinum Sword to kill the flying Antlion Bee.This is just one.There are definitely more of these bugs in the caves.

"...Do we still have hope?"