The Green Plains in the south of the kingdom had the most fertile land and abundant water in the kingdom. Cities and villages, large and small, were scattered all over this vast land, forming a densely populated area known as the Kingdom's Treasury. But even in such a prosperous area, a desolate no man's land still existed, and this strip of no man's land ran from the north to the south, from the north to the south hills.
The residents of the plains called this vast barren land the Devil's Corridor. In the local legend, the founding emperor of Taros once led his knights to fight against the Chaos on the Green Plains. It was the last year of the tide of Chaos. The last army of Chaos entrenched on the continent resisted stubbornly in the wilderness and fought with the human army for 17 days and nights. Finally, the valiant founding emperor led the warriors to defeat the Chaos and wipe them out on this line of defense. The ashes of the Chaos monsters and the blood of the humans mixed together and seeped into the ground, permanently polluting the land, leaving a black, corrosive land on the fertile Green Plains, which was now known as the Devil's Corridor.
On this land, plants could not grow, the soil was hardened, the undead and shadow monsters wandered day and night, and even the climate had become extremely strange. Although it was not as deadly as the land of Chaos, people living on the plains still stayed away from it. Except for the warlocks who studied shadow magic and the adventurers who specialized in making money from the monsters, no one would want to travel in the Devil's Corridor. But Hao Ren chose to go south through the Devil's Corridor.
Because only in this desolate no man's land could he step on the gas pedal. The road ahead was wide and open, and it was especially convenient to steer the steering wheel.
The strange vehicle, which had never appeared in Collow, kicked up a cloud of dust in the Devil's Corridor, roared deafeningly, and crashed through all obstacles along the way. Hao Ren counted and found that the things in front of the car had appeared more than a hundred times. At present, the record of the North Stars was 125 wins, 0 draws, and 0 losses. He glanced at the map again and found that they were halfway there.
The strange secret agent of the king, Lady Gloom, was now sitting in the passenger seat.
This strange woman, who was shrouded in darkness, had not said a word since she got into the car. Her silence seemed to be an attribute that was engraved in her bones. As long as you did not ask, she would never take the initiative to speak. However, Hao Ren believed that there was a limit to her calmness. After all, when the Big Dipper smashed through a hill, she would jump once...
Such a dull travel companion made the atmosphere in the car extremely awkward. Hao Ren had set the Big Dipper on automatic cruise mode, and it was even more boring at the moment. Hao Ren turned his head and looked at Lady Gloom next to him. "Don't you usually talk?"
Lady Gloom's hood swayed slightly as if she was tilting her head toward Hao Ren. She uttered a short nasal sound. "Hmm."
"Can you tell me about yourself?" Hao Ren did not give up. People's curiosity was like this. Once it was aroused, it could not be suppressed. "You're the king's secret agent? Why is a secret agent looking for an investigator from the Theocracy? "
Lady Gloom was silent for a moment. Just when Hao Ren thought she would not answer the question, a hoarse and low voice came from under the hood. "I'm going to Sanctum."
Hao Ren was surprised and almost stepped on the accelerator.
"You're going to Sanctum? You're a Taros man. Why are you going to Sanctum? "
"You're not from Sanctum. I don't have to tell you," Lady Gloom said stiffly.
This time, Hao Ren was even more surprised. He looked at Lady Gloom as if he had seen a ghost. "What did you say? I'm an ancient guardian. Have you forgotten? The guardian of the Cassouin Grand Temple! How can I not be from Sanctum? "
Hao Ren did not care about his identity as a Sanctum man at all. But after all, he had been using this title for nearly a month, and his actions in Collow were basically based on this title. At this time, this strange woman had revealed the truth, which surprised him.
Lady Gloom did not show any extra emotion. She just said faintly as if she was stating a fact, "You are not from Sanctum, and there is no guardian in the Cassouin Grand Temple. Your identity is fake, and there is no need to explain it. Not only your identity, but the 'ancient relics' you brought are also very problematic. They are definitely not products of Sanctum, but their divine power is genuine. "
Hao Ren looked at Lady Gloom from head to toe. In fact, he was just looking at her hood. A layer of shadow magic shrouded the woman's face, and he could not see her true appearance. After a moment, he shook his head. "Whatever. This question is not important."
Hao Ren appeared to be magnanimous. In fact, he really did not care about it. After all, an inspector was a permanent third party. Any identity he had when he was in contact with the indigenous civilization was temporary and could be abandoned. As long as a stage of the mission was completed, the identity would be meaningless. There was a saying among the inspectors: You don't believe in my identity? That's easy. I'll make up another one.
"Then why didn't you expose my identity when you were with Rudolph III?" Hao Ren was a little curious about this question.
"Because you are not Lockmarton's minion," Lady Gloom said. "I can't see what you are, but at least you are not Chaos, and you have the power of Order in you, so I judge that you are harmless."
After saying this, she lowered her head as if she was not going to answer any more questions.
And she did not show any unnecessary curiosity about Hao Ren's attitude.
Hao Ren just shrugged and said casually, "Well, I also want to go to Sanctum."
Lady Gloom reacted to his words. She had to ask again, "You are not from Sanctum. Why do you want to go to Sanctum?"
Hao Ren smiled and didn't say anything.
He wanted to see if Lady Gloom was also curious. But after a long time, Lady Gloom really did not ask a word.
Hao Ren was speechless.
Before they knew it, they had reached the end of the Verdant Plain, and the hills in the south were faintly visible.
It was getting late.
The car gradually slowed down at the exit of the Devil's Corridor and finally stopped on the gravel beach with a squeak. The two rows of thrusters at the back of the car slowly retracted into the mechanical compartment, and the repulsive shields covering the four tires went out one by one. In the direction of the North Dipper, there was a scorching chasm in the setting sun that gradually cooled down.
Hao Ren pushed the door open and got out of the car. "It's getting late. Let's rest here and leave tomorrow morning."
Lady Gloom also got out of the car. "I thought you would travel overnight."
"Why?"
"You seem to be in a hurry to meet your 'friend,'" Lady Gloom said. "Beyond this hill is the border of Fort Raven. There is not much time left."
Hao Ren looked up at the direction of the hills. He was a little tempted, but he shook his head in the end. "There is no hurry. There are many risks near the border. Fort Raven is in a state of war. If we go there, we will probably have to fight and even fight our way in. We need to rest and recharge today."
Lady Gloom nodded and had no more opinion.
Camping in the wild was not difficult for Hao Ren, and it was even enjoyable. His dimensional pocket was filled with all kinds of survival supplies, including a small alien habitat and an extreme environment ecological dome. These things could allow inspectors to live a life of air-conditioning, wifi, and watermelons on Mars. Of course, he would not build an eco-sphere here, but a habitat was still possible.
When Lady Gloom saw Hao Ren casually throwing out an affordable house, she could not help but feel a little surprised despite her usual composure.
"Don't ask, and I won't tell you. Even if you do ask, I can only tell you that this is the technology of the previous generation, and you will certainly not believe it. But if I tell you something else, you may not understand or accept it. So, in short, don't ask." Hao Ren waved his hand in front of Lady Gloom to get her to come back to her senses. "I still have a lot of magical equipment in my dimensional pocket."
However, Lady Gloom seemed to be concerned about something else. She stared at the living cabin that Hao Ren threw out and muttered to herself, "This also has the power of Order."
"What?"
"No, nothing."
"Inexplicable," Hao Ren whispered, feeling that it was a mistake to bring this strange and gloomy woman with him. He shook his head and turned to go into the living cabin to rest. But just as he turned around, he saw a shadow looming over the hills in the south.
It was the last quarter of an hour before dusk. The sky was dark, but the shadow was still conspicuous in the darkness. It was a dark block, floating between the clouds. Under the shadow, the whole world seemed to be shrouded in a layer of purple-black mist, which made it completely different from the surrounding clouds. It looked more like the dark mass seen in the wilderness.
"What is that?" Hao Ren could not help but ask curiously.
"That is the tearing point of Chaos closest to the southern border," Lady Gloom said. "The mountain people call it the Horgus Hut. We'd better go around that place tomorrow. Although this place is still under the control of the power of Order, the tearing point of Chaos often expands suddenly. There is no guarantee that there will be no accidents. "
It was rare for the taciturn spy of the king to talk so much.
"The tearing point of Chaos?" Hao Ren scratched his chin. "I seem to have heard Veronica and Ania talking about it."
"It is a permanently solidified realm of Chaos. Even in the state of the land of Order, the tearing point will always be shrouded in Chaos. The Cassouin Grand Temple is located in such a tearing point. Before Princess Veronica found you, it had been swallowed by Chaos for a thousand years. So almost no one in the secular kingdom knows about the existence of the temple."
While Hao Ren and Lady Gloom were discussing the tearing point of Chaos, another team had come to the depths of the hills.
Lily looked up at the mound shrouded in purple-black mist and exuding an unclean aura. She felt that the dim light on her body was about to be lit up again.
Behind her, Calaxus's Sanctum investigation team, the knights from Fort Raven, and the Alpha's personal guards composed of high-ranking beasts looked nervous as they stared at the fog of Chaos in front of them.
"Alpha," Calaxus warned. "The tearing point is very dangerous. Its internal environment is almost the same as the land of Chaos, maybe even stranger. Please think twice."
"But I smell something strange around here." Lily blinked and sniffed. "Sniff … sniff … I want to go there!"
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