On the outskirts of the capital area of ??Shadow Dungeon, at the foot of the outer ring mountain range of the natural barrier, in the Orion Village with more than a dozen families
¡°They passed here and went up the mountain.¡± Wei Liang checked the mountain road leading from the village to the ring mountain range and confirmed.
Ye Hua touched his chin and muttered: "The same way? That's what you say.¡§"
When Xiangda reaches the capital of Shadow Dungeon, in addition to passing through the pass that Ye Hua has been to before, there are also several hidden mountain roads that can pass through this first line of defense.
However, there is a small fortress built on each mountain road. In wartime, the mountains are relied on to resist enemy troops. In peacetime, patrols are sent out to arrest smugglers and stowaways. However, small teams with a small number of people are not unable to sneak past. As long as they master With the weekly updated patrol routes and times, you can seize opportunities to cross the mountains.
The place where the patrol intelligence was obtained was in this small Orion village at the foot of the mountain. The guy who sold the intelligence lived here. As for how did the intelligence dealer get the information? It was probably the guard of the fortress who betrayed him. Life on the mountain was poor, but the mountain was high and the emperor was far away. Almost no one could care about the guards. What big deal was it to sell some information in exchange for some living expenses? It's a common thing no matter where you are.
The route Bruns provided to Ye Hua was to pass through here, and the shameless robbers who snatched away the pawns and bombs also passed through here.
¡°Then their purpose is probably the same as mine, to smuggle the bomb into the capital city of Shadow Dungeon and sell it to the same gang. No matter how big the capital of Shadow Dungeon is, it's only one city. It's impossible to hide two groups carrying out terrorist attacks at the same time, right?
Of course, it remains to be confirmed whether the guess is correct, and we need to look at the situation again. Once it is confirmed that the guess is correct, we can abandon the difficult mountain road and directly pass through the convenient Guankou Avenue and go around to intercept in front of them.
"Let's go." Ye Hua greeted and asked Wei Liang and others to follow.
Wei Liang asked: "Following the traces into the mountains?"
"No." Ye Hua shook his head and said, "Let's follow the hunting village to do some things first."
"Okay." Wei Liang didn't ask anything, nodded and followed Ye Hua.
Ever since they regrouped, Ye Hua noticed that Wei Liang and the others' attitudes had changed. Except for Long Xinyue, who didn't know whether it really hadn't changed, or her acting skills were too good to see any flaws, and she still looked carefree, the other three His attitude became obviously cold, and there was even a hint of hostility.
In the past, I scolded and ordered them, which may have aroused their dissatisfaction. However, these did not exceed their bottom line of tolerance as professional players. After all, they work for money. As long as they have wages, the boss's attitude Being bad is no big deal. Therefore, although the previous relationship could not be said to be friendly and close, there were not many gaps, at least there was no tendency to deteriorate.
As for now. ¡§Is it already a bad state that is difficult to make up for?
Needless to say, the reason why he became enemies with them was definitely because he wanted to kill the reliable nut wall and steal the loot. Professional players are very sensitive to money matters. Ye Hua's doing this is tantamount to challenging the limit of their tolerance. A few words of scolding, for them, is at best like having their butts touched by a crazy man. But swallowing their spoils is equivalent to blatant penetration.
If it weren't for the fact that both parties still have interests, it would be like Ye Hua still holding a red card in his hand, which makes forced penetration look like forced buying and selling. Even if there is still some sweetness after all, I believe Huiliang and the others will do it immediately. Will pounce on him and crush his balls to burst.
But there is no trophy at all. The problem is that now, it is useless to explain that there is nothing. Ye Hua thinks about it from his perspective and knows that no matter what he says now, Wei Liang and the others will not believe it.
The reason why Wei Liang and the others didn't question her was probably because they knew that questioning would have no effect, so they simply kept silent about the matter, but it was inevitable that their attitudes would deteriorate.
Ye Hua doesn't care much about Wei Liang's attitude. If a man and a woman want to maintain a close relationship, they can only use love and interests to connect. He doesn't think he has the ability to play with love. The only connection between the two parties is interests. As long as the interests continue , cooperation like now will never be interrupted. As long as the cooperative relationship is still there, it makes no difference to Ye Hua whether they are happy or angry. It's just that when they have no use value and want to kick them away, they have to be kicked away. Be careful, after all, with such a bad relationship now, it is impossible to get together and break up.
How to ask them safely when the time comes is something that needs to be considered later. Ye Hua puts these things aside and deals with the matters in front of him first. These matters are the important matters that are really related to his own interests.
Ye Hua took Wei Liang and others back to the small Orion Village, and walked straight to the village according to the location given by BrunsAt the very edge, in front of an Orion hut built with animal skins covered on wood, he directly opened the animal skin curtain and walked in.
In the dark little room, there was a one-eyed kobold sitting cross-legged on the ground covered with animal skins, holding a greasy rag to wipe the old-fashioned matchlock gun in his hand.
As an inferior race, kobolds generally exist as slaves in the land of Shadow Dungeon. It is very rare to have the freedom of life like this one in the house. Thinking that this kobold is an intelligence dealer who sells out information about the patrol, then his identity is probably just an agent of the fortress guard. It is the fortress guard who is really selling the information, not this low-status dog head.
Seeing Ye Hua come in, the one-eyed kobold said, "This is not a hotel, and we don't welcome strangers."
Ye Hua didn't answer, walked directly to the opposite side of the kobold, sat cross-legged on the ground, and said: "I want to go up the mountain to hunt from here. I heard that you are the best hunter here, so I came to ask you about the recent mountain The movements of prey.¡±
The kobold raised his head and glanced at Ye Hua with his yellow single eye, then lowered his head and continued to wipe the matchlock gun, and asked: "What prey are you looking for? Pheasant, hare, wild boar, fox, bear, wolf, snake, or lizard?"
It turned out to be exactly what Bruns said! Ye Hua felt happy and said, "Of course it's a lizard, a big lizard."
The mounts of the dark elves are mostly large bipedal lizards, especially the mountain troops, which are all mounted like this. Choosing Lizard means that we need information about the patrols of the mountain fortress.
"Well," the kobold turned his one eye, rubbed his fingers, and said, "Lizards are very rare prey and are not easy to find. I am the only one in the village who knows where it is. I can't tell you without a hint. And you"
You can say it so directly, and for such a secret transaction, don¡¯t you know how to put it more tactfully? The good mysterious atmosphere has been ruined.
Ye Hua followed Bruns' instructions and took out five gold coins and threw them away. These gold coins were not his own money, but the tolls Bruns gave him. There are restrictions on their use and they can only be used in Bruns. The places Si had explained were not the places and people specified in the mission. These tolls were locked and could only be viewed but not used, so Ye Hua couldn't use them for personal use.
The one-eyed kobold picked up the gold coins and put them in his bag, muttering: "Tsk, I thought he was just a stranger, trying to swindle some extra money, but I didn't expect he was already familiar with the tricks."
Hey hey! Isn't it bad to say this in front of others? Doesn¡¯t this mean that you will change your face after receiving money? The service attitude is too bad and does not conform to the scope of market economy! However, this guy's business seems to be a monopoly? That's all excusable. Those who engage in monopoly are all uncles.
"Here you go, put it away carefully! I don't care if it gets broken, this is non-refundable, non-exchangeable and non-warranty!" The kobold threw a map over and then impatiently waved his hand to signal Ye Hua to go out.
'Oh shit! , Ye Hua cursed secretly, picked up the map and opened it to check. It only showed the terrain of this section of the mountain road, but the patrol route and passing time of the patrol team were all marked in detail. With a map, you can easily avoid patrols and pass through the mountain passes.
Ye Hua looked at the map and calculated the approximate time it would take to pass the mountain road (including the time to avoid patrols) based on the average speed of the caravan. It only took 10 hours at most, because the mountain road was originally paved in the ring mountain range and the terrain was relatively flat. , the road is relatively short, and the formal road takes much less time than walking through the wild forest.
Having figured out the approximate time when the caravan passed through the ringed mountains, the next thing to know is the time when the caravan entered the mountain. Only by knowing when they entered can we know when they came out, right?
If you want to know this, you have to ask this kobold. ¡§
"Let me ask you something." Ye Hua changed his nickname from "you" to "you" and asked respectfully: "There should have been a group of people driving a caravan here before. Can you tell me when they entered the mountain?" Of?"
"I don't know!" The kobold's one eye did not even glance at Ye Hua, and continued to concentrate on wiping the matchlock gun.
"Uh." Ye Hua was stunned and thought to himself: I should have thought that this guy wouldn't talk, so what should I do?
Ye Hua suddenly remembered what the kobold muttered when he was paying off his insurance premium. Does this guy want extra money? Alas, it looks like there will be some blood again.
Ye Hua reached out and took out two gold coins from his bag, hesitated for a moment, then put one back, handed one gold coin to the kobold, and said with an apologetic smile: "If you know, I hope you can tell me, this is very important to me." It¡¯s important, as for this gold coin, just think of it as money to buy you wine.¡±
The kobold snatched it awayThe coin was put into another bag. It seemed that he was indeed the agent of the fortress guard. The intelligence fee just collected was collected on behalf of the guard. Now this extra gold coin is his own, so the attitude is Very different.
After the kobold received the money, his attitude became much better, but he still said hesitantly: "This is not easy to handle. ¡§According to the rules, I cannot arbitrarily gain access to the information of people who pass through here."
"You can't penetrate casually, which means you can penetrate, and the money has been accepted, which means there is a way. He is hesitant now because he just feels that the money is not enough."
Ye Hua could only scold this money man in his heart. On the surface, he had to compromise. He reluctantly took out another gold coin and gave it to the kobold. Then he nodded with satisfaction and said, "You said driving a big Those people who came in the caravan had entered the mountain four hours ago.
If they move smoothly, they should go around the fortress on the mountain road. The journey after that will be much easier, and they will probably cross the mountain range in three hours. "
"How could it be so fast?!" Ye Hua exclaimed. This was three hours faster than the time he had just predicted. Could it be that his arithmetic skills were poor? Remember when you were in school, you scored 60 points every time? It's not that bad, right?
Because the kobold received the benefits, he naturally explained patiently: "Because the road conditions on the mountain road have been improved recently."
"Has the road been built?" Ye Hua asked doubtfully: "Isn't the current situation in the Shadow Dungeon not good? How can there be money to build a road? This is a mountain road that is rarely used."
The kobold shook his head and said, "You misunderstood. The mountain road was not built by the government, but by the commander of the fortress."
"Why does the commander want to build the road?" Ye Hua felt very strange. Building the road had nothing to do with the fortress guard. The government would not give him any reward if he built the road well. Why would he do such a thankless job? ? Could it be said that the fortress guard here is a good person? How is it possible? If a good person can be an official, the tree will be full of sows.
The kobold hesitated and said, "I guess you have some free time, right?"
Ye Hua said angrily: "Hey! This kind of explanation doesn't hold up! If you don't know, just say you don't know!"
"I'm not talking nonsense, because recently the capital city has transported a large number of slaves to various fortresses. It is probably that the commander is not willing to let these slaves eat and make excrement idle, and has to let them do something to consume their energy. To avoid rebellion, we asked them to build roads, because apart from building roads, there is really no work within the control of the fortress that can use so many people."
"Slaves?" Ye Hua was even more confused and asked doubtfully: "Didn't the Shadow Dungeon shrink its defense line recently and stick to the capital area? It is impossible to send a slave-catching team outside, right? Where did so many slaves come from?"
"I don't know about that. Maybe they were caught from the ground?" the kobold said hesitantly.
To be honest, the kobold's statement is more reliable. The surface world is in a state of blockade, and large numbers of slaves can only come from the underground world. However, the population of the underground world is sparse, and large numbers of slaves do not rely on slave catching teams. Or the only possibility that slave traders can obtain is war. Only by defeating other forces through war can they obtain a large number of prisoners of war who can be used as slaves.
So the reason why the Shadow Dungeon is clinging to the surface is because it is waging a war against the underground world? But why? Whether it is economic value or strategic value, the surface is obviously more important. Why does the Shadow Dungeon government ignore the large-scale rebellion on the surface and go all-out underground? Having said that, there is a rebellion on the surface, a war underground, and a terrorist attack in the capital. Isn¡¯t it a coincidence that these things come together? It seems like something involving something very big is about to happen.
Would you like to explore it? After all, there are many benefits to be gained from participating in major events.
Forget it, there are other things to do
Ye Hua said goodbye to the kobolds and walked out of Orion Village. Instead of entering the mountains, he headed towards the pass. It was impossible to catch up with the caravan by walking on the mountain road. Only by walking through the pass could he go around and intercept the caravan.
As for the good citizen certificate required to pass the border? In order to regain the caravan, Ye Hua could only bleed a little again, or he was bleeding heavily.
All the way to the pass, the situation here was exactly as Ye Hua imagined. The players who were blocked from the pass established a temporary market, and the most popular and special commodity in this market was the heads of the rebels.
As the saying goes, where there is demand, there is a market. The certificate of good citizenship required to pass the pass can only be exchanged for the heads of rebel soldiers. Heads are not easy to obtain, so some people buy and sell heads.
Perhaps because the market has just appeared, the price per head of each stall varies greatly, but the prices are generally very high.
Ye Hua went in and walked around twice, cursing in his heartbusiness!
The problem is that it¡¯s impossible not to buy it. Compared with the small money to buy a head, the value of the caravan is greater, so you can only bleed.¡§.
Ye Hua picked a stall owner who seemed easier to bully and fought with him for a long time. Finally, he bought all 18 rebel soldier heads he held for 80 silver coins each, and then moved to another stall owner. The stall paid for two heads for one gold coin, making up 20 heads.
20 heads can only be exchanged for two certificates of good citizenship, which means that Ye Hua can only bring one person in. This requires careful selection. If you choose wrongly, you may get a death f and you may get hurt. Maybe a hatchet too. -
Ye Hua looked at each of them with a scrutinizing gaze¡§
The first is the Rage Potion Bottle. This girl who looks very weak is actually quite terrifying in combat. Ye Hua still clearly remembers the way she tore people alive. According to the evaluation of combat power, she is definitely the first. of.
But, if you want her to use her full strength, it seems very dangerous and troublesome. Ye Hua can't imitate Wei Liang and go up to hug her, right? If the opposite sex moves too closely, you will be warned by the system, so the Rage Potion bottle is excluded.
Next is Wei Liang. He is a person with good combat power and intelligence. He also knows how to track, command, and has certain diplomatic skills. He can recognize the form clearly, has a cool head, and knows how to maximize benefits. These are almost all advantages. , is really a good choice.
However, she is too shrewd and has too many little thoughts, so it is not easy to deal with it. Bringing her along will be a great help, but the danger is also great. Ye Hua does not want any more accidents, so Wei Liang is also ruled out.
So, there is only one Long Xinyue left, can we only take her with us? ¡§
"Hey! There's still me!" Guli Nuqiang said angrily: "Don't ignore me! It's too much!!"
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