The forest to the south of the Zhou Clan had completely become a no-man's land. Even the Zhou Clan's troops could not stand the snakes, insects, poisonous ants, and miasma in the forest, let alone the other scavengers.
However, they had not gone far when Li Shentan's expression turned strange. He saw a few mottled words on the wall where his flashlight was shining …
"Impressive," Li Shentan praised.
"It doesn't look like it. It's old and shabby. What kind of treasure could there be?" Si Liren said.
"The Ripple Clan?" Li Shentan slowly walked to the wide entrance of the cave. The cave was more than two meters tall, and the entrance was square. It was obvious that it was man-made. However, it seemed to have been built a long time ago, so it looked very dilapidated.
However, the legend of the treasure buried in this forest was still circulating among the refugees.
The other party had also noticed Si Liren in the sky and knew that if there were eyes watching them from the sky, they would not be able to escape at all. Therefore, they found a cave like this to get rid of Si Liren's pursuit.
"Then are we leaving directly?" Little Liren asked curiously.
"Of course not." Li Shentan's eyes were sparkling as he said, "Didn't you hear what they said? The Ripple Clan in Xiuzhu Prefecture is quite amazing. If they're really as good at fighting as they say, then there's another use for them."
Li Shentan thought about it. "Then if there's treasure in there, we'll leave half of it for Grandpa!"
The forest was empty, and no one responded to Li Shentan's request. It was as if there had never been a human face there.
However, there were not many "treasures" that could be found, so the scavengers were gradually dying out.
"Because they're really bad people." Li Shentan said in a relaxed manner, "But we can't kill them now, because we have to get them to lead us out of the forest. We won't get lost this time, right?"
A dark shadow in the forest wanted to slowly approach the campfire, but when he saw the scene next to the campfire, he quickly retreated like a startled beast!
Little Liren's eyes widened. "Do you think they're performing magic for us?"
"Eh, this might be the entrance to a ruin left behind by human civilization before The Cataclysm." Li Shentan wondered, "Could there be some kind of treasure inside?"
Now, not only did Li Shentan control the herb gatherers, but he also wanted to bring the entire Lian Clan to the Northwest …
Twenty minutes later, Si Liren suddenly hovered in the air. She waited for Li Shentan to join her before landing on the ground. "There's a hole in the ground ahead. She went in. It's a young lady in a strange dress."
Actually, there was nothing wrong with Li Shentan's logic when he said that these herb gatherers were rushing to reincarnate.
All these years, even the best assassins couldn't kill Li Shentan, let alone these small fries who came up with ideas on the spur of the moment.
"But what we find belongs to us. Why would they want to snatch it?" Si Liren muttered.
Li Shentan chased after him unhurriedly. He didn't seem to be in a hurry.
Underground parking lot.
If they knew the supernatural being they were going up against was the Demon Whisperer, these people might not have dared to poison them.
In the boundless dark forest, there was only a tiny bit of light from the campfire, which made it look very lonely.
"A little bit." Little Liren said, "But only a little bit. If any foul things really get close to us, I'll punch them until their faces are crooked."
Li Shentan turned around and looked in the direction of the black shadow. He said melancholically, "Were they scared off? I thought they'd find us more hospitable. "
As he said that, Li Shentan took out a flashlight from his backpack and walked straight into the hole. As he walked, he muttered, "If there's any treasure here, we can give it to Daxing Northwest as a greeting gift."
So Li Shentan shouted in that direction, "Um … can you come out again? I didn't see clearly just now!"
The two of them moved quickly through the forest. The black shadow shuttled through the forest like it was flat ground.
When Li Shentan saw that no one responded to him, he was a little disappointed.
"There must be something," Li Shentan said with certainty. "Let's go down and take a look."
Li Shentan pondered and said, "How do we find these people from the Ripple Tribe? No matter what, the Ripple Tribe definitely exists, but where are they? Forget it, let's wait for them to come to us. "
Little Liren muttered, "Grandpa always says that you're biased and that you're siding with outsiders. He's right. Can't you leave some money for Grandpa? I heard that he's quite short of money. "
In the early years, scavenging was a very popular profession. Many people who thought they had some ability made a living by searching for the treasures left behind by the civilization before The Cataclysm. Nowadays, most of the underground world's mobsters started their business by doing this.
Next to him, Little Liren looked at Li Shentan with a baffled expression. "What are you doing?"
As Li Shentan had turned around too late, he did not see what the face hanging upside down under the canopy looked like, nor did he see how it disappeared.
People used to come to the forest where Xiuzhu Prefecture was located. But as too many people had died, no one came anymore. If not for Li Shentan and Si Liren bringing along the impenetrable Chen Wudi, the two of them would not have been able to stand the harsh environment here.
Li Shentan replied, "I think this magic trick is quite interesting, but it's a pity I didn't understand it."
He decided to ignore the face in the forest for now. Instead, he looked at the stunned herb gatherers next to the campfire. As he sized them up, he muttered, "What should we do with them?"
Little Liren flew up into the sky with tacit understanding. Her eyes were locked on the target below as she pointed the way for Li Shentan.
"More or less." Li Shentan sat back down by the campfire. "Are you afraid?"
Instantly, the herb gatherers started singing and dancing. Their tone-deaf voices sounded like the wailing of ghosts and howling of wolves in the forest.
"What's the use of it?" Si Liren asked curiously.
"..." Si Liren's face was expressionless as she said, "Answer me properly."
"Didn't you hear them mumbling something about the Northwest of Daxing when you were in the Sacred Mountains? Why don't we kidnap these Lian tribesmen and head to the Northwest of Daxing? Ren Xiaosu will definitely be very surprised when he receives this gift." Li Shentan got excited. "Let's do it!"
As he spoke, he actually stood up and urged the herb harvester to chase after the black shadow.
"We've gone in a big circle." Li Shentan muttered, "Where are they taking us?"
Then Li Shentan looked at the herb gatherers and said with a smile, "It's a long night and I'm not in the mood to sleep. Since we're bored out here in the wilderness, why don't all of you show off some of your talents? Do some splits, dance, or something? "
"When they saw us two supernatural beings appearing here with huge alloy boxes on our backs, they must've thought we found some sort of treasure here." Li Shentan said, "That's why they're up to no good."
Li Shentan explained patiently, "Maybe they're in a hurry to be reincarnated."
The campfire flickered in the dark, releasing light and heat into the forest. However, it was as though there was a big mouth in the forest that was slowly devouring the light.
"Why did they want to poison us?" Little Liren asked.
"Grandpa said before that there are actually a lot of treasures in this mountain range in the south." Li Shentan said seriously, "Before The Cataclysm, human civilization spread across the entire continent, and there were almost no blind spots in the development and construction. That's why we might see this as a mountain now, but there must be more than a dozen cities buried in this forest, or even dozens of them. There's a lot of gold and silver, as well as other valuable items and information in these places. "
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
