My first thought was that this woman might be the secretary of the alliance leader or something?

But then I saw Mu Yun just now follow with a flattering look, and his expression now is quite respectful, which is completely similar to the domineering attitude towards us just now.

That's when I realized that this woman was actually the leader of the Wanderers!

I didn't expect the alliance leader to be a woman, after all, I had heard of this alliance leader's name "Zhao Youkuang" before, and it sounded like a man's name......

I noticed that Qin Yao also swept around the faces of several of us with some deep meaning, obviously observing our reactions.

Although I was surprised in my heart, my face did not show it, and it was still the same as before.

This woman's face is very delicate, with short and capable hair, and at first glance she looks like a strong woman type like Qin Yao.

This wanderer has become a woman's world......

However, although the two are somewhat similar, there are still some obvious differences between them.

The first is age, Qin Yao is in his early twenties at most, and although the current alliance leader looks young, he can see from his eyebrows that he is at least over thirty years old.

Secondly, the personalities of the two are also completely different, of course, I can only infer this personality from the surface, Qin Yao is the kind of person who seems to be gentle on the surface and does not talk much easily, while this alliance leader looks very enthusiastic, and the first reaction when we meet is to greet us.

Well......

How so?

I don't know, I think we are old friends with her, but in fact, among those of us, only Qin Yao and Liu Yong have met her before, and it is just a one-sided relationship.

I only learned about these things later, this alliance leader was originally the general logistics dispatcher in charge of several strongholds in the entire Qinhuai Mountains, and later in the middle of the Wanderer's entry into Dongkou Province, she commanded the Wanderer to wipe out several human strongholds that threatened Dongkou Province.

These "human strongholds" are all natives of Dongkou Province, and according to their words, they are fighting back in self-defense, but I feel that in fact it should be the opposite, and they are the real invaders.

However, this is not important, the important thing is that Qin Yao has proved her command ability through these attacks, coupled with her own eloquence, which makes the position of the alliance leader fall on her shoulders.

Zhao Youkuang's routine of asking for warmth is also very simple, that is, he asked us if we encountered any dangers and troubles on the road, and even asked if we had encountered some strange creatures hidden in the mountain, and I immediately reacted that this woman was testing whether we encountered a small group similar to the masked man before.

I denied this outright, and I didn't even mention the previous incident at the Saintess Peak near the Xiaoyi camp.

Zhao Youkuang nodded, and then motioned for the group of us to sit down again, and she herself sat in Mu Yun's position just now, and Mu Yun stood next to her.

As soon as he got out of Zhao Youkuang's line of sight, the old immortal turned into the original expression of contempt for us again.

Liu Yong's teeth rattled, with this guy's flaws that must be retributed, if this old man falls into Liu Yong's hands in the future, I am afraid there will be no good fruit to eat.

Of course, if it falls into my hands, he won't be lucky.

If there is any obstacle we have encountered so far, it is this Mu Yun, and now we can only hope that this alliance leader Zhao Youkuang is a veritable wise woman.

Well......

It doesn't seem to work, if she's too wise, won't she find out who we are?

After everyone sat down again, Zhao Youkuang took out a piece of white paper and spread it on the stone table in front of us, I saw that what was displayed on this paper was actually a map, if you look at the terrain, it is clearly the distribution map of the entire Qinhuai Mountains and several major rivers nearby, and the location of all the large strongholds is marked on it.

"All mountain strongholds with more than 100 people have been marked, and this map can be given to you. Zhao Youkuang blinked and said.

I hadn't reacted to what this meant, but Qin Yao said very quickly, "Thank you Alliance Leader for your trust!"

With that, she was about to put the map away.

Only then did I realize that Zhao Youkuang was using the map as an object to show her sincerity and show that she fully trusted us.

However, Zhao Youkuang didn't seem to give Qin Yao face, but waved his hand and said, "This map is for Mr. Liu." ”

Liu Yong's wings immediately cocked, this guy still enjoyed the feeling of being respected and valued, he immediately snatched the map from Qin Yao's hand, pretended to look at it and asked, "What do you want to express when you give me this map?"

"Mr. Liu, this is an update on the distribution of strongholds by our scouts on a daily basis, if you look closely, you should be able to see that there is a big gap in our defense at this stage. ”

"Vacancy?" Liu Yong squinted his eyes and looked at the map again.

I also looked at the map, and soon saw that there was obviously a large blank space due south on the map, there was not a single stronghold there, according to the scale on the map, the length of this blank area should be at least five kilometers or more, such an area is already a huge defensive gap for the entire Qinhuai Mountains.

No matter how stupid Liu Yong was, he could find out at this time, and sure enough, he immediately pointed to the blank space and asked, "Why is there no stronghold here?"

Zhao Youkuang nodded with satisfaction and said, "There are some energies there that we can't deal with, I think it may be related to the traps that the Voodoo Cult pre-arranged earlier. ”

I was shocked, in fact, when this blank area appeared just now, I had already guessed that this was probably the same situation as those similar masked groups, I thought that it was impossible for Zhao Youkuang to index the line to outsiders, but I didn't expect her to think of it immediately.

Although Zhao Youkuang is talking about "voodoo", this is actually a nature for us, because no matter who it is, it means that Zhao Youkuang has noticed that someone is causing sabotage in their rear.

However, several of us had a calm look on our faces, and after Zhao Youkuang swept around us a few times, he continued to say to Liu Yong: "Mr. Liu, those energies are somewhat similar to psionic energy, but they are obviously not the same type as psionic energy...... It's as if there's some resentful spirit lurking there that we can't see. ”

"Is anyone hurt then?" I couldn't help but ask.

Zhao Youkuang looked at me deeply, as if he was weighing my identity and status, but Liu Yong did not object to me interjecting, and Zhao Youkuang also replied to my question: "There are no external injuries for the time being, but the people who come back from there are overwhelmed by suppressed emotions for a short time, and it will take a long time to recover." ”

I nodded, it seemed that this area was indeed a cold-dominated area, and this area was much larger than the dead wood forests of Saint Maiden and its surroundings combined, would it mean that the number of masked people there would also increase exponentially?

I found myself a little excited, because that would mean a lot more allies that could be recruited by me.

"Alliance Master Zhao, what do you think we should do?" Qin Yao also asked at this time.

Zhao Youkuang's attitude towards Qin Yao was obviously much colder, she just said "um" slightly, and said simply: "It depends on what Mr. Liu means." ”

These two strong women give me the feeling that they are going toe-to-toe with each other, and it seems that the relationship between the two is somewhat delicate.

Qin Yao was deflated, which could be regarded as boring to herself, so she stopped talking with a gloomy face at the moment.

Liu Yong cocked Erlang's legs and said with a savior look: "Then you mean, let's go there and check it out?"

"Not an inspection, but a complete removal. Zhao Youkuang said: "Mr. Liu, I know that your special physique can deal with many negative energies, if you can find out the source of the strange energy in that area, after our successful defense of voodoo, you can choose one of the several life-numbered strongholds and directly serve as the city lord there!"

I sneered in my heart, this reward may seem very big to Zhao Youkuang, but to me it is just a small sesame, my ambition is far more than that small broken stronghold, but a real Dongkou Province.

Even Liu Yong himself didn't say much, he just turned his head and quietly glanced at me, I immediately nodded at him slightly, signaling him to agree for the time being.

The reason why I did this is very simple, Zhao Youkuang now clearly wants us to go to that place to investigate, and I really want to go to find out, so I can simply follow Zhao Youkuang's meaning, so that I can still sell a favor.

Mu Yun, who was beside Zhao Youkuang, couldn't hold back at this time, and he said to Zhao Youkuang with some concern: "These people are unreliable...... And they don't have many people to send out, so I'm afraid these few people alone will not be able to complete your instructions!"

Zhao Youkuang's words were almost whispered, and his voice was extremely small, but I heard it clearly, and in the same way, Liu Yong should be able to hear it, because Liu Yong's face instantly turned blue.

I secretly motioned to Liu Yong to pretend not to hear, because I didn't want to make any mistakes now.

This Zhao Youkuang is an assertive person at first glance, since she has already thrown the map to us, it means that she really intends to let us do things, that Mu Yun's words are just a stumbling block made by the villain, and it will definitely not have any impact on Zhao Youkuang.

Sure enough, Zhao Youkuang immediately stopped Mu Yun's words with his eyes, and then continued to say to Liu Yong and the rest of us: "Everyone, this blank defensive area was actually normal half a month ago, but it was only recently that such an inexplicable energy appeared, and I think it must be related to the Gu worm virus." As you know, a small number of Gu worm viruses have begun to appear cold-tolerant, although they have not yet become a climate, but it means that the energy extended by the Gu worm virus may eventually spread in Dongkou Province, and the breath that is now spreading in the Qinhuai Mountains is likely to be a kind of this energy. ”

I nodded.

Zhao Youkuang continued: "So the current research on these energies actually has a deeper meaning, that is, we must find out the potential threat of Gu worms, once these energies evolve to the point that they can spread in the cold region, the last barrier of Dongkou Province will also be unprotected, and all of us will die." ”

We were all silent.

After a long while, Zhao Youkuang took a breath and said: "But I won't force everyone to do these things, the loitering is originally a democratic group, if you don't want to accept it, I won't say anything, next, I will give Mr. Liu a position of alliance forces, we can discuss the long-term plan, and discuss with other allies the defense strategy against voodoo." ”

Hehe, this Zhao Youkuang is playing the emotional card to us, indicating that even if we don't carry out this task, her attitude towards us will not change.

She was a natural actor, but now I've decided to go along with her.

When Zhao Youkuang turned his head and whispered to Mu Yun, I whispered to Liu Yong: "Promise first!"

Liu Yong received my instructions and immediately pretended to be righteous and awe-inspiring and told Zhao Youkuang that he was willing to go, but he had to provide her with enough equipment and food.

is worthy of Liu Yong, and he will never forget to knock on a stroke at any time, even if it is "his own person......

Zhao Youkuang was very happy after hearing this, and he couldn't help but smile extremely brightly on his face, to be honest...... It's kind of good-looking, and it doesn't look like a thirty-year-old woman anymore.

"Great, then you guys wait here, I'll go and call a few scouts who escaped from those areas at that time, you can communicate with each other about clues, and when you're rested, you can go!"

Soon Zhao Youkuang and Mu Yun left one after another, and there were a few of us left in this stone room for a while.

Now that Qin Yao is still around, we can't say anything, but Qin Yao is the first to say, "Mr. Liu, did you really decide to help them?"

"That's right. Liu Yong continued to cross Erlang's legs and said: "The defense in this valley must be watertight, and now there are such a group of internal troubles, which must be eradicated." ”

"But......" Qin Yao frowned and said, "Since you can't even eradicate the energy of the Holy Maiden Peak, what reason do you have to solve the problem here?"

......

The atmosphere was a little stiff for a while, and Liu Yong couldn't close his mouth with his mouth open, as if he didn't know how to answer.

Liu Yong's gaze began to fall on me, obviously asking me for help.

But I don't know how to answer.

Then I heard Qin Yao sneer and say, "It seems that you have a secret." ”