After hearing Jordan's words, Fang Linyan was taken aback and said,
"Go back now? Back to your canyon camp? It's going to be dark soon. It's a bit far. "
Jordan shook her head and said,
"No need to be so troublesome, just go to the salt pool."
Hearing what she said, Fang Linyan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and said,
"Okay, let's send you there."
Jordan knew that human machinery was very good at long-distance transportation, so she didn't refuse. When she left, she also told her people to clean up the battlefield and not cause trouble.
When they left, they could see that the centaurs outside were very active and very careful when cleaning the battlefield.
Many things that were completely garbage in the eyes of Fang Linyan and others were picked up by these people as treasures. They even didn't let go of half a piece of tattered animal skin and other things. It could be seen that the Magram Centaurs were quite poor in daily life, and their living materials should be quite scarce.
At this time, knowing that Jordan was going over, 2 centaurs also accompanied her. They also brought some of the sorted out spoils over first.
Rhett obviously also realized the importance of this group of centaur allies, and he obviously didn't want Fang Linyan and others to monopolize such resources, so he said,
"Well, Spanner, you accompany Jordan. Vulture and Goat stay to help me. I will send Ali to do odd jobs for you."
Ali was a black man. He looked very strong. He could be called a typical muscular guy.
En, if you want to use a reference to describe him, the famous fashionista in the NBA, the famous selfless player, the famous team player, and the famous rebounding monster, Wesker Brusk, were almost his template.
Ali smiled at Fang Linyan, revealing his big white teeth.
"Please take care of me."
Fang Linyan nodded and said,
"It's a small matter."
Next, in order to save people and have a live navigation, Fang Linyan drove the all-terrain vehicle very fast. About an hour or so, they drove to the salt pool camp of the Magram Centaurs.
The specific location of the salt pool was located in an underground rift valley. It was very hidden. There were only 7 or 8 tents of various sizes. The tents looked gray, at least from the outside, they looked dirty and broken.
However, there were still a large number of shrubs and grasses growing next to the salt pond. Probably because of genetic problems, the saline-alkali soil that made it difficult for ordinary plants to take root was like fertile soil for them. They grew very well and were luxuriant.
These plants were all salt-producing plants, also known as salt-expelling plants. They were similar to how humans sweat, excreting salt out of their bodies.
The plants here included spoon-leaved willows, mangroves, petal scale flowers, and so on. They grew in salty soil and absorbed a lot of salt, but the salt did not accumulate in their bodies. Instead, excess salt was discharged from the body through the salt-spitting glands on the surface of the leaves to prevent excessive salt accumulation from causing harm.
The Centaurs, on the other hand, had professionals collect the salt secreted from the leaves of these plants and sell them as premium products. At the same time, they strictly protected these salt-spitting plants and only allowed them to reproduce nearby. The rest of the plants were all pulled out.
In addition, there were 7 or 8 large wooden pile-like things around. Fang Linyan didn't know what they were for a while.
Obviously, the Magram Centaurs had always kept an observation post in such a precious place, so when Fang Linyan and the others approached, there were already 5 or 6 Centaurs waiting for them, holding the spears in their hands tightly. It seemed that they were about to fight.
In this situation where the morale was high, Jordan said that he was going to concoct herbs, and he immediately received a positive response from the group. A group of people immediately began to work.
Because the all-terrain vehicle had some minor breakdowns on the road, Fang Linyan directly repaired it after parking.
After he repaired it, almost half an hour had passed, so he walked around curiously.
At this time, the sky was already dark, and a bonfire had been lit in the center of the camp in advance. 2 female Centaurs were lying in a tent around it. They were wrapped in black straw headscarves and dressed similar to Jordan. They were processing some freshly collected herbs.
After looking at it a few more times, Fang Linyan found that the processing process was quite simple. The fruit-type herbs were almost all shelled, dried, placed in special jars, and then fumigated with fire. Some plant-type herbs were separated from their rhizomes, mashed, and squeezed out the juice inside. They were poured into the bamboo tube next to them for preservation.
There was also a Witch Doctor in this tribe. The Witch Doctor was an old man, and he was currently treating an injured Centaur.
Although Fang Linyan didn't have the chance to talk to him, from the way the witch doctor treated the wounded and muttered, it seemed that Jordan was more reliable.
It was worth mentioning that the 2 Centaurs that the witch doctor was treating had just returned from the outside. They went out to patrol with a reconnaissance mission, but they encountered a small team of the Kyrgyz tribe that retreated. They finally escaped back with great difficulty.
As a result, the witch doctor could only save 1 Centaur. The other Centaur was seriously injured and died without waiting for the witch doctor's help at all.
Facing the death of their companion, the rest of the people didn't show too much sadness. 2 people came and carried them to the meadow not far away, facing the "big wooden stake" that Fang Linyan saw before.
The witch doctor walked to the side of the 'huge wooden stake' and started circling it. At the same time, he hummed a sorrowful song.
At this time, Fang Linyan realized that this big wooden stake looked like some kind of plant.
Its trunk was thick and round. From a distance, it looked like a big wine jar. Its diameter reached an astonishing half a meter, but it generally didn't grow tall. At most, it was less than 2 meters. Moreover, the tree body was full of small thorns. The density of the small thorns could be on par with a cactus.
While the witch doctor was circling around, a Centaur came out with a basin and watered the root of the "big wooden stake". After the water was poured down, a large number of tendrils began to slowly stretch out from the top of this thing.
In a short span of ten minutes, it had transformed from a thick wooden stake into the shape of a pot lid like a radar antenna. Of course, the crown part of the top was made up of countless dense and tough tendrils.
According to Jordan's introduction, this plant was called "Dorancal", and there was a beautiful story:
Legend had it that "Dorancal" was given to the Centaurs by the God Thora. At this time, Fang Linyan only saw a seedling.
In the heyday of the tribe, there was a mature Dolancar. Its huge tree provided shade for people to rest in. Its nourishing fruits and leaves had healing properties. Its branches were all strange and looked like tree roots. It was as if the roots grew on the head of the "inverted tree".
Immediately afterward, the dead Magram Centaur was sent to the crown of Dorancal's tendrils, then it was tightly wrapped by those tentacle-like leaves.
As the dead were sent into the tomb, the Centaurs began to sing an elegy. It sounded just like the elegy of the Elves. It was long and sorrowful, solemn and heavy. The hoarse voice was filled with a primitive and prehistoric feeling.
With the sound of the song, Fang Linyan could feel a touch of sadness, and layers of strange ripples appeared on the bark of Dorancal. It looked both illusory and real.
It was said that it only took a day and a night, and this dead warrior would be absorbed by this magical plant without leaving ashes.
Jordan told Fang Linyan that this was the funeral ceremony of the Centaur tribe. The Centaur tribe advocated nature. The funerals in the tribe were all held by witch doctors. The spells were passed down by shamans, which could help the dead return to the embrace of Mother Earth.
After the dead turned into nutrients for the tree, their souls could be redeemed. The witch doctor who cast the spell was his herbal teacher.
The Centaurs respected the dead and believed that the body should not be insulted. Otherwise, their souls would not be able to rest in peace, and they would not even have the chance to reincarnate after death.
In this way, Dorancal was like a physical transformation factory for the Centaurs. Not only did it provide them with precious herbs, but it also gave them a religious belief.
Because of the special relationship between the Centaurs and Dorancal, whenever the Centaurs saw this short and thick tree, there would be a touch of respect in their hearts. It was as if they saw an old friend and ancestor who had passed away, so they treated the tree as their family.
Next, Jordan cut the bark of Dorancal with a knife, and he immediately found that some thick juice flowed out. The key was that the juice could actually shine with a faint phosphorescence, which looked a little strange.
Jordan also let out a sigh of relief and said,
"Whether your companions can be saved or not, it actually depends on whether you can get the juice of Dorancal — — This is the main ingredient of the antidote, and it can only be secreted after our holy tree has been sacrificed."
Fang Linyan nodded and said,
"So how long can I get the antidote?"
Jordan said,
"Very soon."
Fang Linyan immediately knew what Jordan meant by 'very soon'. It was really very soon, at most 1 minute later.
The antidote was to soak the juice of Dorancal with the previously processed pills. En, it didn't look good, and the taste was very bad. At least it brought a lot of trouble to Fang Linyan's nose.
Another unfortunate news was that this medicine had a time limit. The Centaur's unit of time was "pile", which was the time that a bonfire could burn.
Jordan told Fang Linyan that the time limit of this thing was 2 "piles", which was only about 4 hours, but now it was already dark. If they waited until tomorrow morning, then the wounded would not be able to hold on until then, and the antidote would also expire.
In this case, the only choice for Fang Linyan and Ali was to rush back to the temporary base overnight.
Fortunately, Jordan's salt mine was not far from the temporary camp. It only took less than an hour to drive the all-terrain vehicle, so Ali was determined to return. After thinking about it, Fang Linyan decided to go back to deliver the medicine.
Soon, the 2 drove directly on the road. Fang Linyan drove for a whole day today, so he was a little tired, so he directly leaned on the back to rest.
Driving on this long wilderness, the engine roar of the all-terrain vehicle was not loud. At this time, it spread far in the quiet night. Because they were not familiar with each other, Fang Linyan and Ali did not have much communication.
All of a sudden, Ali spoke.
"Hey, slow down, look at what's on the right?"
Fang Linyan immediately looked to the right and found that there was a little light there. It seemed that there was a tent. The tent was actually a temporary camp style. There seemed to be 2 figures in the tent, but it was not very clear from a distance.
At this time, Ali had already driven the all-terrain vehicle over there while shouting excitedly,
"Wow! I thought Ai Jie and others who went out to patrol were all dead. I didn't expect them to camp here. "
"I know, most likely they encountered those scumbags who retreated, so they can only run here to avoid the trouble."
Unexpectedly, when they were hundreds of meters away from the camp, there was already a sloping rocky beach in front. The all-terrain vehicle could no longer drive there. Ali could only stop the car, then opened the door and walked out. At the same time, he said to Fang Linyan,
"Hey, what are you waiting for? Come and help quickly. There are still wounded among them. We have to pick them up and go there quickly. "
Fang Linyan didn't say much after listening to Ali's words, and he also got out of the car. After the 2 walked for about 50 or 60 meters, Fang Linyan suddenly frowned and said,
"Something is wrong, the people in the tent didn't move at all!"
After Ali heard it, his heart suddenly shuddered, but he was still a little unwilling. But at this time, there were a lot of "xi xi suo suo" sounds around, and there were even a lot of mixed snorts.
There was vicious hatred hidden in the sound as if it wanted to tear the 2 of them into pieces.
Immediately afterward, behind those stones, a pair of light green ghost fire appeared. Those were the eyes of the scavenger wargs!!
Obviously, the Kyrgyz centaurs who fought with Fang Linyan during the day were astonishingly intelligent!
The Ai Jie patrol team mentioned by Ali was obviously wiped out, and the Kyrgyz centaurs did not retreat completely after leaving. They directly used the corpses of the patrol team and the supplies they carried to set a simple and vicious trap.
Ali was actually not stupid, but he still thought that humans were superior and underestimated the intelligence of these indigenous creatures, so he had to pay a fatal price.
In this regard, Fang Linyan turned around and rushed to the vehicle without saying a word. He was also careless for a moment, so he followed Ali out of habit. As the saying goes, even a tiger has a time of napping. However, this mistake was not fatal, but Fang Linyan was too lazy to care about Ali at this time. He would take responsibility for his own mistakes and let him fend for himself.
However, before Fang Linyan got close to the all-terrain vehicle, the wolf pack vanguard that rushed in front was also very fast. There were even a few wargs standing on the roof of the all-terrain vehicle.
Not only that, a large group of wargs also began to roar one after another, then they began to shrink the encirclement net, speeding up and swarming over.
Ali gritted his teeth. Knowing that it was a matter of life and death, he immediately changed to a unique magazine. Then, with quick reflexes, he picked up the K-14 automatic electromagnetic rifle and fired continuously at the wolves that were pouncing on him.
The 8MM special "spike" bullet was fiercely spat out of the muzzle of the gun, shooting at the attacking wolf pack with precision. As Rhett's confidant, Ali not only had good marksmanship, but the weapon he was equipped with was also powerful. Ali immediately took down several wargs that were charging in front.
Fang Linyan also cooperated with Ali to fire at this time. The 2 of them fought and retreated at this time. Gunshots sounded continuously under the night sky, and screams were endless. In just a dozen seconds, the ferocious wolf pack vanguard was severely injured.
About seven or eight wargs were either killed or injured under the crazy shooting of the 2 of them. Those that were killed were basically killed by the special depleted uranium bullets used by Ali, while the rest were still wandering around them, constantly dodging and circling, waiting for an opportunity to launch a surprise attack.
The harsh gunshots and wolf howls were intertwined again and again, attracting the wargs and Kyrgyz centaurs in the distance. Fang Linyan followed behind Ali, pushing toward the all-terrain vehicle step by step. He moved while fighting, and finally rushed back to the vehicle before a large group of wargs arrived.
And Ali was really lucky. At this time, if it weren't for Fang Linyan blocking the door with his powerful strength, any rescue team member couldn't do this.
But at this time, the front of the all-terrain vehicle was surrounded by many black wargs. Pairs of terrifying green eyes kept flashing, completely surrounding the vehicle. Some even began to gnaw on the car body and tires.
Not only that, an old centaur holding a staff emerged from the darkness at this time, muttering something in his mouth. When Fang Linyan discovered it, the old centaur's staff was already pointing toward this side!
Immediately, a beam of blue-white lightning flew directly toward this side!
Lightning Arrow!
This lightning arrow hit the front of the vehicle accurately. The lights inside the all-terrain vehicle immediately flickered, then they went out powerlessly.
Fang Linyan used [Detection], but he found that his detection was incomparable to Vulture's, so he could only detect this guy's name,
Kyrgyz Lightning Summoner!
He didn't see this guy during the day, so the most reasonable explanation was that the Kyrgyz tribe had sent reinforcements.
Ali pressed the key frantically to try to ignite the ignition, but the all-terrain vehicle actually dropped the chain at this time.
At this moment, a bright searchlight shone from afar. It was an all-terrain vehicle that had come to their aid. The driver stepped on the accelerator all the way, making the vehicle charge at the pack of wolves from the periphery like a beast.
After the all-terrain vehicle sped up, it crushed into the pack of wargs with the violent agitation of the engine. Several wargs were smashed into pieces and thrown into the air. Even the tracks of the all-terrain vehicle were painted with bright red. The vehicle rampaged in the frightened wargs, and the people in the vehicle could only endure the violent bumps.
Seeing that someone came to help, Fang Linyan and Ali naturally shot wildly without holding back. The all-terrain vehicle also made a sideways drift, so a few wargs who wanted to try to attack couldn't dodge in time and were knocked out by the side of the all-terrain vehicle.
At the same time, several shooting ports of the all-terrain vehicle opened at the same time, and a large number of tongues of fire were spat out, causing blood to splatter in the pack of wargs.
At this time, the Kyrgyz Lightning Summoner attacked again, but in the dark, the blue-white lightning in his hands when he chanted was too conspicuous. Someone immediately launched a grenade at him, making him obedient and let out a painful cry.
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