"Maybe you'll need to go over and help me then. Dya thought for a moment and said, "According to the words of the previous regiment leader, what happened to him over there was a little unexpected, and listening to the tone, it seemed to be very troublesome, and it would take more time to deal with it." I sent a lot of information for me to look up, and asked me to ask about the price of some jewelry, in short, a lot of questions are now piled up on my hands. After the recruitment of new recruits in the empire this time, there are fewer people, and there are plans to recruit new members in the near future, and I want to wait until the head of the regiment comes back, I don't think it's possible. ”

"It's good to get used to it, I remember that when I first joined in, the head of the regiment couldn't be contacted for a long time. It's much better now, and there were no effective contact details left at all. Waters smiled wryly, "I'm going to trouble you when the time comes." ”

Hesley didn't expect such an answer, but with a smile on his face: "It's just boring here, in fact, I think the same as you, just go out and have a look." ”

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After dinner, Kasia sat by the fire and looked at the rudimentary map he had made, thinking about where he would go tomorrow.

As he explored the surrounding terrain, he became familiar with this unfamiliar area. The terrain has changed dramatically from what Grote had dictated. The effects of the huge eruption of the volcano were completely left behind, and the lava flowed over the surface, condensing and completely changing the basic landscape. The accompanying tremors cracked many of the mountains, and over the course of a few hundred years, they became a new area.

The last few days have been spent in the mountains. After a continuous rain, the clouds in the sky were completely dispersed. Not far away, the snow-covered crater is clearly visible, stained with a very light green. It was already a cold environment in the sky, but it still couldn't stop these trees with extremely strong vitality.

Beside him, a pile of crystalline ore reflected a little orange-red light in the firelight. While exploring the terrain, Kasia also picked up a lot of jewels and ores along the way. The depths of the mountain range are more severely affected by the "germs", where the vegetation is somewhat unusually lush and more distorted. Many of the trees were completely knotted together, and vines climbed up the trunks, making them more like a wooden dirt bag.

Adding the place she had walked today to the map, Kasia put down her pen and looked at the amount of food stored behind her, which could last for a week.

Exhaling, Kasia stretched. In the dimming light of the fire, his own body was also emitting a faint green glow. I don't know how long it started, but by the time Kasia noticed this, it couldn't be stopped. The strange substance stuck to his clothes and his skin.

Inside the mountains, there is a noticeable increase in this substance. The first time I went in to investigate, my exposed skin reacted. It was a slight burning sensation, and it took a day or two for the body to fully get used to it. Although she didn't molt again, Kasia felt that her resistance to the "germ" had improved considerably.

Without thinking about what exactly this "germ" could be, they seem to have the power to infect any substance. And in the eyes of Kasia, this substance is dangerous, but in the midst of danger, there is an ability that interests him very much.

Accelerates the evolution of infected matter. Kasia didn't know if he should explain it this way, but he did see it in the animals he had seen walking in the mountains for a few days. The animals that survived, he more or less found something different from other ordinary species. In terms of fur, claws, size, and danger, they are more inclined to be true second-class creatures.

"The influence of the Holy Sword?" Cassia couldn't think of a second possibility, "but Grote said that it was just a second-generation Holy Sword, an imitation of Avalon's early days, so it shouldn't have such an ability, right?"

"But I don't seem to know much about the sword itself. Finally, with a self-deprecating remark, Kasia stood up and looked at the green mountains in front of him, and sighed a little, "We have to hurry up." ”

Early the next morning, Kasia swam past the lake and re-entered the mountains. Follow the mark to the end of yesterday's advance, where several twisted trees stand in the way. Peeling back the vines wrapped around it, a forged steel sword was sinking into the trunk of a tree.

"It's completely healed. With a voice of amazement, Kasia drew his forged steel sword and stepped forward to stroke the pale pieces of bark on the trunk. That's where he shot with his musket yesterday, and it did blast several holes in the trunk. But it only took one night for the hole to be refilled and even new bark grown.

"I'm probably not wrong in the right direction, and the place where Grote placed the holy sword should be further ahead. ”

Kasia cleared the way with a forged steel sword as he observed the new landscape around him. The plants twisted even more, and the trunks began to shift towards vines. The rocks and condensed lava were no longer visible on the ground, and they were all shade-loving ferns and mosses, and they felt soft when stepped on.

Soon after, a crisp sound at her feet stopped Kasia.

It is a bone covered in moss, which has been soaked in water vapor for a long time and is somewhat blackened. A pickaxe was found on the side, rusty and almost mixed with the dirt below. It was the group of people who were looking for minerals at the beginning, and during the few days of exploration, Kasia often encountered such a situation suddenly. A lot of corpses were left behind along the way, and those in the abandoned town were just a part of this group.

At this time, the front became cheerful. Only one large, flourishing tree grows there, with a thick trunk, a mossy rhizome exposed, and a lot of human bones rolled up in the fine roots. This is a cemetery, and all the corpses that were discarded at the beginning have become nourishment for this tree.

Zigu shook his head, and around the roots, there were many bones with, and some cloth that had not completely decayed. It seems that this is not only a cemetery, but also a temporary resting place for the group. Maybe there would be something left, with this thought, Kasia walked over, but his weight became a drag, and he was not far away, when he suddenly felt a loosening of his feet, and the ground around him caused a chain reaction, and they sank one after another.

The light suddenly disappeared from the front of the eyes, and converged upwards into a small irregular spot of light overhead. Without any leverage, Kasia's hands swayed around her body, and she didn't grasp anything that would stabilize her body. He could only try to control the balance of his body, and after two or three seconds, a huge force came from the soles of his feet and quickly penetrated his whole body. The bones rang one after another, and the dizziness and pain made Kasia unable to think for a moment, and her head went blank.

In the darkness, when her body had gradually recovered, Kasia propped herself up and sat up, leaning against the hard object behind her. He took out a flashlight, and a turbulent underground river was not far in front of him, and then looked around, a huge skull was lying silently on the side, and two empty eye sockets were shadowed by the light, and he was quietly looking at this side.