Li Fei said: "Since you are doing well, why help us?" Aren't you afraid of being exposed and getting into trouble? ”

"Trouble? What trouble could be compared to 'Empire'? Lao Zhang's emotions were excited, "I, Lao Zhang, don't have the ability to fight with the brutes of the 'Empire', but as long as I can help people who fight with the 'Empire' like you, even if I spare my life, it's worth it!" ”

"Lao Zhang's family members have all died under the claws of the 'empire', and he is willing to help the 'empire' just so that one day, he can see the end of the 'empire' with his own eyes. In addition, he has been using his identity to secretly help the 'Cold Fang' monitor the 'Empire's every move on the river. Of course, there are many people like Lao Zhang, who, as ordinary people, use their own methods to fight against the 'empire'. Zero whispered in Li Fei's ear.

Looking at Lao Zhang's back, Li Fei got up and opened the wooden door of the cockpit, "I'm still a little unwell, I'll go and rest again." ”

"Brother 'Black Crow' is alright?" Seeing Li Fei leave the cockpit, Lao Zhang asked worriedly.

Ze Luo watched Li Fei close the wooden door with complicated eyes, "It's okay, he's just overdrawn, let him rest alone!" ”

"It's fine, but you don't have much time to rest." Lao Zhang's finger pointed on a map posted on the cockpit windshield, a big red circle was drawn on the map, Lao Zhang's finger was on the edge of the red circle, "It is estimated that in the afternoon, it will reach the edge of the range of action delineated by the 'Empire' for me - this is here, once it goes beyond the edge, it will definitely attract the brutes of the 'Empire', in normal times, I don't care, but today is different, today, I still have a piece of information to pass on to 'Cold Tooth', I really can't continue to help you." So, I'll find a nearby dock for you to disembark, sorry. ”

"No, it's okay, you've helped us enough, we're not in a hurry, and it's far more important than us to pass on the information." Zero ripped off the bandages on his arms, and there were no wounds on his smooth skin, "After a week of rest, the injuries are basically healed, and we can cope with them ourselves." ”

"At that time, the wound was deep and bone-deep, it was only a week, but there was no scar left, and those who dared to fight the 'Empire' were really not mortals." Lao Zhang stared at Zero's arm and was amazed, "However, let me ask more, I have taken a few glances at your map, and there are several waterways in it that I have never seen before, where are you going?" Is this map reliable? ”

"I just said, let's go meet old friends." Zero looked at the mountains on both sides of the bank according to the map, and pointed to a rocky beach road ahead, "Lao Zhang, you don't need to continue to move forward, please stop nearby, we will rest until noon, and then land on that rocky beach." As for the map, believe me, this map is even more reliable than your satellite map! ”

In the afternoon, the sun above his head was the hottest time of the day, Sima Luming wore a black vest and black cropped pants and walked through the streets of the city, while "AI" wore a white T-shirt and pale yellow beach pants, holding his laptop in his hand, and followed Sima Luming.

On both sides of the street, dilapidated buildings have all been scaffolded, and a large number of young laborers are restoring dilapidated buildings, and some are being demolished if they are really unrepairable.

"How's it going?" Sima Luming stopped and looked up at a building under restoration.

"It's slower than expected, and there are still too few people." "AI" said, staring at the computer screen.

"Slow down, slow down! Don't be in a hurry, remember, what happened yesterday must never happen again! Sima Luming said sharply, yesterday, on a street, there was an incident of the "Empire's" overseer abusing civilians, if it wasn't for the "White Lady" who found out in time, stopped and severely punished the overseer, I'm afraid a riot was inevitable.

"Remember, I don't care what the strategy of the 'Empire' is, since the South is my territory, I will never allow anything like this to happen! What I want is complete domination, not brutal servitude! Sima Luming deliberately spoke loudly so that the surrounding members of the "Empire" could hear him.

As soon as Sima Luming finished speaking, a flying dragon landed in front of him and "AI", this flying dragon was much more majestic than those ridden by the flying dragon knights, and its size reached three or four times that of ordinary flying dragons.

"Hah! Sima Luming! I can hear you in heaven! Thick and powerful, you kid should be doing well lately! Langut jumped off the flying dragon, stepped forward quickly, and gave Sima Luming a big hug.

"Don't mention it! I'm tired of being a dog! Can you help me? Sima Lu glanced at him, and the "AI" consciously avoided it.

Langut laughed and said, "If you dare to let the envoy help you, you have the guts!" That's right! Let me tell you, on the way, I ran into Li Fei and Zelo! ”

Sima Luming asked calmly, "You killed them?" ”

Langut regretted: "No! If I kill them, how will I come to you? I'm going back early! However, that Zero, it's very powerful! I was impressed by his swordsmanship, and besides, his strength seemed to be limited and not fully realized. I hope to play him again with him at full strength! ”

"'Black Crow'! Do you still want to run away? Take your responsibility! In the darkness, the angry "evil scorpion" was surprisingly clear, "You coward! You don't deserve the power of a crow! ”

The angry "evil scorpion" was approaching, and suddenly a spear shaped like a quadrangular pyramid with barbs pierced the "evil scorpion" chest from behind. The "evil scorpion" looked at the spear that pierced his chest in disbelief, clenched the barrel of the spear with both hands, and wanted to break free, but in a burst of mocking laughter, the spear and the "evil scorpion" were held high, and a familiar face of Li Fei appeared in front of him.

"Hahaha! You, too, want to oppose our great 'empire'? What about the X-class? What about the 'crow', it's just a poor puppy! Li Fei finally recognized that this person was Langut, the "Empire" general who easily defeated the five of them with his own strength.

Langut kept sarcastically mocking Li Fei, and Li Fei wanted to refute, but he couldn't make any sound in his mouth.

"What? Dumb? Is it uncomfortable? Then I'll help you get free! Langut shook off the "evil scorpion" hanging on the gun, raised the spear, and stabbed Li Fei head-on.

There was a violent convulsion of the body, the eyes were dark, the spear was gone, the Langut was gone, the gurgling water, the towering cliffs on both sides, the cool breeze, the unknown bird cry, the dark world was replaced by a peaceful and pleasant picture, Li Fei rubbed his drowsy head, leaned his back against the grass hut, and started to be stunned.

"Another nightmare? You don't seem to have had a good night's sleep these days! Outside the straw hut, Zeo said softly, with a long oar swinging in his hand, he and Li Fei were now on an old straw boat, this boat was found by him and Li Fei yesterday by the river, they spent half a day together to repair the old ship that had been stranded for an unknown amount of time, and used it to replace the raft that Zelo had planned to make.

Li Fei is still silent, and Zero no longer speaks, Li Fei has been like this for the past few days, sleeping, waking up in a nightmare, in a daze, and continuing to sleep, like a lifeless walking corpse, even when repairing ships and eating, it is like a machine, meticulously completing Zero's arrangements, but there is no life on his body that a living creature should have.

Zero took out the map, compared it, confirmed that the route was correct, and continued to shake the oars, they had been traveling on the river for three days, in three days, except for eating and occasionally resting on the shore, Zero almost never left his hand, I don't know if he didn't want to or didn't count on it, in short, he didn't mean to let Li Fei help share it at all.

At night, they anchored at a rocky beach and set up a bonfire to bake the river fish that Zero had caught freshly.

"I guess I'll be there tomorrow." The two of them ate the grilled fish in silence, and Zero suddenly spoke.

"Oh." Li Fei just responded casually, ate half of the fish, and returned to the grass shed of the old ship.

"Li Fei, there are some things, you can't hide if you want to, you don't want to face it, but fate will eventually find you." Zero looked at Li Fei's figure through the bonfire and muttered to himself.

On a dazzling summer day, flying birds, mountains, flowing water, Li Fei was lying in the grass hut, and Zero was shaking the pulp at the stern of the boat, today seemed to be a replica of the previous three days, and there was not much change, until the afternoon, when Zero rocked the boat through a naturally formed huge stone arch, the river suddenly became open, and then in the distance, it was evenly cut into eight parts by the blade-like cliff.

"We're here." Zero lowered his oars, took out what looked like a compass and compared it, then picked up the oars again, took control of the straw boat, and sailed into the second river channel from the right.

Hearing what Ze Luo said, Li Fei in the grass shed subconsciously glanced out, and the layout of the eight rivers gave him an inexplicable familiar feeling, "Where is this?" Li Fei asked.

Zero quipped, "Huh? Did the wooden man speak? ”

"Where the hell is this?" Li Fei continued to ask, in fact, he already had a rough guess in his heart.

"Guessed, why ask?" Ze Luo smiled at Li Fei, "Forget it, I haven't been here for a long time." ”

"Tell me, where is this?" Li Fei asked reluctantly, but this time, Ze Luo stopped talking, as if the roles of the two in the past four days had been reversed.

The cliffs on both sides of the river tend to be gentle, and in about two hours, the towering cliffs descend into lush forests, and the grass boats travel leisurely in this green passage for another hour, following the river and entering an ancient town. As soon as they entered the town, the grass boat attracted the attention of the townspeople, and people came to the river bank to watch the grass boat of Zero and Li Fei, not wanting to cause further commotion, so Zelo found a nearby stone platform and docked the grass boat.

"You said you wanted to visit an old friend, and this is here?" Li Fei asked dissatisfiedly.

"No, although there are old friends here, I just stopped by to see them, and the people I really want to meet are further north." Zero jumped onto the stone platform, but did not fix the boat in any way, and did not seem to be worried about the grass boat just drifting down the current, "Are you coming?" Or do you stay on the boat and watch the ship for me? ”

Li Fei didn't say a word, tied the cable firmly to the guardrail on the shore, and sat back in the grass hut.

"Alright! I'll call you when I'm leaving. Like a martial arts master in the novel, Zero jumped on the roof in a few steps and disappeared into everyone's surprised gaze.

"Damn! If I knew I wouldn't have followed! Li Fei slammed his fist on the hull of the boat, and the old hull made a "squeak" sound that was on the verge of collapse, and when the river was divided into eight paths, he guessed the destination of Zero's trip, but he just guessed, he didn't expect it to be true, Zeroo would actually come here!

Time passed slowly, there were more and more onlookers on the shore, and there were several strong men with weapons standing on the stone platform, staring at the grass boat vigilantly, but because Li Fei had been staying on the boat honestly, they did not take special measures, after all, it was not ordinary people who could enter here smoothly from the waterway.

"Let's go! Let's get it! On the shore, someone suddenly shouted, and the crowd of onlookers left to make way, and a man in a light blue robe walked down the stone steps to the stone platform, and then jumped lightly, fell to the bow of the straw boat, and leaned into the grass hut.

"Is that you?" Li Fei and the man exclaimed at the same time.

"I heard someone coming in down the river, I didn't think it was you!" Zhuge Tian was pleasantly surprised, "Since you're here, why don't you go ashore for a long time?" ”

"I ......" Li Fei was about to make an excuse to refuse, but Zhuge Tian grabbed his hand and pulled him onto the stone platform.

"Scattered, scattered! My fox friends are visiting, everyone is gone! Zhuge Tian pulled Li Fei into the street in one breath and shouted to the onlookers.

As soon as he heard that he was Zhuge Hu's friend, and a few people recognized Li Fei, the crowd on the street quickly dispersed, and Zhuge Tian pulled Li Fei into a carriage and drove in the direction of his house, "If you want to come, don't say it in advance, it's an extraordinary time, what if someone else has a conflict with you?" ”

Li Fei defended: "No, Uncle Zhuge didn't plan to come, not to mention that I don't know this waterway!" It was purely a friend of mine who brought me in on his own initiative. ”

As soon as Li Fei said this, Zhuge Tiancai remembered that the last time the "Night Wings" team came in, they took the land route, and Li Fei really didn't know the way to pass by water, "You said a friend of yours?" Who is it? Do you know that this waterway is far more dangerous than the land route, and you know how to pass through it, who is your friend? ”

Li Fei said apologetically: "I only know, his name is Zelo, and he has a strange blood-red long sword in his hand, which looks eight or nine points similar to me, and I really don't know the rest." ”