In the dense forest, two figures walked between the trees, one in front and one behind.
They wore clothes that looked like chameleons' skin, and the patterns changed color with the environment, making them almost perfectly blend in with the surroundings.
Although they had the body shape of a human, their heads and hands were covered with dense brown-green scales, and they looked like reptiles.
Xu Fengqing frowned and used the system to check their information.
【？？？】
Level: Unfathomable.
Both of them were the same. The level difference was too big, and he could not detect anything.
They were definitely not humans. Were they from a rare race? But why was Ah Sai so hostile to them?
Xu Fengqing quietly observed them.
Seeing the two approaching, he suddenly felt the person beside him pressing down on his hand.
Xu Fengqing looked sideways and met the eyes of Senos.
The silver-haired man's eyes were not only cold, but also dignified. Xu Fengqing thought for a moment and understood what he meant.
Without waiting for Synos' warning, he had already silently pulled open a shadow barrier.
He fell asleep late last night, and without his magic support, the effect of the skill disappeared.
When the shadow completely covered the two, he put the blanket that covered him into his backpack and held the dagger tightly.
All of this happened in silence.
After Xu Fengqing was done, one of the two people who were approaching them stopped and said, "Don't worry, it's fine.
It was an unfamiliar language, but Xu Fengqing had the system's real-time translation function, so he could understand.
"Kors, wait."
The person walking behind him suddenly stopped. He tilted his head and listened attentively. His actions and expression were filled with vigilance.
"Eller, what's wrong?" Kors looked at his companion and saw that he had a strange expression, so he quickly followed his companion and observed the surroundings, but he did not find anything.
Eller slowly shook his head, but his beastly eyes were still moving quickly. He did not find anything wrong, but when one's strength reached a certain level, their intuition would become more sensitive.
When he passed by, he vaguely felt that something was wrong.
It was not a sense of danger, but a feeling of … being watched.
"Aren't you too nervous?"
After Kors glanced around and confirmed that there were only 3-star and below interstellar beasts nearby, he shook his head and said.
They were already close to five-star in strength, so the interstellar beasts in this area were not a threat to them.
Seeing that his companion did not answer, Kors looked into the distance and said, "I don't know what's going on recently. The interstellar beasts have been acting strangely frequently. Last night, they even formed a small beast tide."
"Do you think … something happened on Roland's side?"
The spies planted by Berat in Roland had all been removed in the past six months, and they did not receive any more information. It was as if they were blind.
In order to avoid alerting the enemy, they did not discover any new hidden posts.
Eller was looking up at the big tree that Xu Fengqing and the others were standing on. However, he could only see the dense shadow of the tree and nothing else.
He could only withdraw his gaze and say, "I'm not sure. Let's go and take a look."
Kors nodded and laughed.
"Let's go. Let's finish our work early and go back. After the layout here is finished, we still have to go to the next place. I'm looking forward to it like four years ago … hehe …"
The lizardman with a calm expression glanced at him and did not refute. He continued to walk forward.
After the two lizardmen left, Xu Fengqing slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
They could walk freely in the forest, obviously they were fearless. They were probably stronger than Ah Sai in terms of strength.
If possible, he naturally did not want to go against these two NPCs. Because no matter how he looked at them, they were not friends, and Ah Sai's expression was very good to explain this point.
Thanos bit his lower lip hard. He did not know how to speak the Beirut language, but he knew how to listen. He heard everything that the two Beirut people said.
Why did the Berat people appear in Eshe?
Was Eshe's safe passage cracked? Or did the imperial city fall? And …
They just talked about what happened four years ago.
Did the beast tide four years ago have anything to do with the Berat people? Could this be their handiwork?
"Ah Sai?"
The man called him in a low voice and called Senos back to his senses. He then felt the pain from his lower lip and a trace of blood.
He bit down too hard and cut his lip.
Senos wiped his lip and the wound on his lip was quickly healed by the Healing Stream.
Then, he looked at Xu Fengqing and said somewhat uncontrollably, "Fengqing, I know you don't want to have anything to do with me. You don't want to know my identity, and you don't want to talk about yourself."
"But now, I still want you to tell me. Are you … from Roland?"
Otherwise, why would he speak such pure Roland language?
Xu Fengqing looked at his serious expression, hesitated, and said, "I belong to the Roland camp."
He could open the Roland camp's warehouse, so this rare race also belonged to the Roland camp.
Senos knew that because the entire Eshe planet was considered to be Roland's territory, all the creatures on Eshe planet were considered to be part of the Roland Empire.
He was not sure if Fengqing was talking about this concept.
But …
At least this Mr. Ancient Beast recognized Roland.
Senos's frown slightly relaxed. He asked again, "Then have you been to Roland's imperial city recently? In the past four years? "
He was eager to know the situation of his homeland. He wanted to know if Roland had been occupied by the hateful Berat people …
Xu Fengqing looked at his nervous expression and said, "Although I haven't been there, I have a rough idea of the situation."
He briefly explained what he knew. For example, there were only five main cities left in Roland. He also said that Roland's main cities were not afraid of interstellar beasts because of the protection circle.
Senos quietly listened to his description. He had heard about this from Xiao Wu, and now he could finally confirm that what Xiao Wu said was true.
He could not help but sigh in relief.
At least Roland was not completely destroyed. They still had hope!
But how did the Berat people come to Eshe planet? What were they planning behind the scenes?
Senos frowned deeply as he pondered.
He originally wanted to return to Sirene as soon as possible, but suddenly he was not so anxious anymore.
He could not just sit back and do nothing. His intuition told him that these lizardmen were planning a bigger scheme!
But …
Senos lowered his head and looked at his broken body. He could not do anything now. Should he ask Fengqing to help him? No, that would not do. He could not take such a big risk.
Thinking of this, Senos could not help but feel depressed.
"What are you worried about?" Xu Fengqing frowned. "Those two humanoid creatures … Do you know them?"
"They are from the Berat people."
Senos said with certainty. "They have been eyeing Roland since a long time ago. They are our enemies."
"Because of Eshe planet's special environment, they have been unable to enter Roland and carry out their invasion plan. But now they are here …"
Xu Fengqing understood what he was worried about. He also vaguely remembered that in the information given to him by the game team, there was indeed an introduction of the enemy forces of Roland.
Although he did not remember when the enemy forces were supposed to appear, it was impossible for them to appear at this time of the first week of the open beta.
At most, the traitor NPCs would start to contact the players and lure them to join the enemy forces. Then, as the story progressed, the enemy forces' true colors and related gameplay would be revealed.
At this moment, the system notification rang.
[Ding. Successfully triggered the legendary mission [The Berat people's Conspiracy]]
[Description: You have discovered traces of the Berat people at a place far away from the original border of Roland. They seem to be planning something.]
[Mission Details: Find out why the Berat people appeared in the Roland Empire and their plans.]
[Mission Reward: Unknown]
Looking at the mission notification, Xu Fengqing sighed deeply in his heart.
He had understood. Without a doubt, it was because his account was too far away from the newbie city that this mission was triggered early.
No player would go so deep into the forest at the beginning of the open beta. The original border of Roland … That was at least ten thousand miles away from the Imperial City of Roland!
And this was clearly illogical.
Xu Fengqing always thought that he was the game publisher, not the player, so his behavior in the game was very restrained.
He had been trying his best to avoid affecting the game, even though the act of saving Thanos itself might have been the biggest impact.
So now, it was impossible for him to complete this legendary mission. The person who triggered and completed this mission should be the players, not him.
With this in mind, Xu Fengqing closed the mission interface.
He looked at Senos and said, "Let's continue to look for your companions."
Senos looked at the direction where the two lizardmen left with some hesitation.
He was not willing to give up such a clue, but he also understood that if he could not send the message, even if he found out the truth, it would be useless …
At this moment, Senos's pupils suddenly shrank.
Xu Fengqing was about to speak, but he felt a strong force on his chest. He saw Senos reach out with his left hand and push him down the tree.
Because of the belt connecting the two of them, when he fell, Thanos also fell with him.
Xu Fengqing caught him and looked up. He saw that there was a small hole in the ground where they were just standing, as if it was hit by a bullet.
Then, under his gaze, the hole spread and corroded the bark, exposing the fibrous tissue underneath, and it continued to corrode!
"They dodged it."
Xu Fengqing fell from the sky and rolled on the ground with Senos in his arms. When he got up, he saw the two lizardmen standing not far from them.
The one named Kors was holding a very high-tech gun in his hand. It was obvious that he was the one who fired the shot.
"Alan, you are too smart. How did you know there was someone on the tree?" The lizardman played with the weapon in his hand and asked his companion.
Alan kicked the nut shell on the ground.
Xu Fengqing knew at a glance that they threw it down after they finished eating on the tree last night!
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