13 Mink Street

Although Karen lived in the manor for quite a few days this time, it didn't take long for him to recover and be able to carry out normal activities, so happiness was still short-lived.

Neo called. According to the plan, taking advantage of the last period of Karen's vacation, they were going to explore the burial site of Compasini.

Neo has already made the mission plan, and has handed it over to Alfred a long time ago. What Karen needs to do now is to follow the steps in the plan until... when the accident happens.

Because the next step is not to go to the York City Academic Affairs Building to do the teleportation circle, so Pu'er and Kevin were left in Allen Manor by Karen.

When parting, Eunice did not come out to say goodbye, but stood at the floor-to-ceiling windows upstairs, wearing a white pajamas, leaning gently on the window sill, smiling at Karen.

It's like the sun in winter, giving people a very warm feeling.

Pu'er went straight to Karen's shoulder, and said to Karen: Don't you understand, sometimes a girl says no, which means she wants it.

I don't understand, you understand?

How could I not understand!

Have you ever been in love?

I……

Have you ever been married?

you……

In terms of relationships, you're not even as experienced as Kevin.

Hehe, you actually attacked me personally. I used to feel a little guilty for tearing up all your stockings, but now, no, you deserve it!

Oh, it's your masterpiece. It's well torn and has a wild taste. I like it very much.

Pu'er: ...

...

Alfred drove the hearse away from Allen Manor and headed towards Sangpu City with the crowd. At a gas station not far from Sangpu City, he met Neo who had been waiting there for a long time.

Karen got out of the hearse and got into Neo's car, which Neo didn't drive in his VIP car but an ordinary sports car.

How are you resting these days? Neo started the car while gesturing to the hearse behind him, signaling to follow him.

Very good, very comfortable.

Have a cigarette.

No, my soul injury has healed.

Pooh!

Neo spit the gum out of the window and cursed:

What I mean is, you gave me cigarettes. Didn't you take away all the special cigarettes I originally put in the VIP car? You gave me a pack... No, you didn't give me a single cigarette. stay!

Smoking is harmful to the body. It doesn't matter if it is used as medicine. If you smoke too much, you will still be addicted.

speak English.

I recovered from my injury, so I didn't take it.

Dry!

Neo had no choice but to open the car drawer and take out a vial of potion with a white skull;

Take a pinch with your fingertips, twist it open, then pour it into your mouth and drink it up.

There's no need to spoil your body like this.

I can see that you are very energetic, and you look like you have just been nourished by love, so isn't it a little cruel for you to comfort me now?

Well, it's a little bit, but how does not being cruel to you highlight my happiness?

Please be tactful.

OK.

I have basically arranged things this time. From Sangpu City, take the teleportation circle directly to Morgan, and then from Morgan, take the teleportation circle to Maixinla, which is at the edge of the restricted area of ​​the Pest Desert.

Then we went straight into the restricted area on a sand boat, and it is estimated that it will take two days to reach the destination, which is the burial ground of Compasini according to the information we have now.

Well, it's quick.

I even made arrangements for accidents. There are many shady forces in the restricted area of ​​the Pest Desert. Bandits are considered small players in it. Normally, if you enter the restricted area, even if you are not disturbed by the weird and unpredictable natural changes in the restricted area Killing it is also easy to fall into the hands of those strange forces.

So I asked Bertha to help me go there in advance and found a very famous guide, who would personally drive a sand boat to take us into the restricted area.

Is this guide reliable?

It's definitely unreliable. I didn't ask Bertha to bargain. Bertha decided on whatever price he offered, and he deliberately made Bertha reveal her identity as a bright remnant.

You know, in this era, the bright remnants are synonymous with fools in the eyes of most forces.

I found out the true identity of that guide in the Whip of Order archive system in other regions of our God Cult. He is the leader of a force in the restricted area.

Karen understood, nodded and said, If you let him come and eat black, our journey will be smoother.

Yes, that's right, that's what I thought. If he wanted to do something, he would definitely send us to our desired destination first. The excuse I gave was to find the lost sacred artifact.

In this way, we don't have to deal with other inexplicable forces in the restricted area, and we can just solve his family alone, saving worry and effort.

We still have to strive to go back as soon as possible, so as not to delay returning from vacation to work for order.

Um.

By the way, how does that [Memory Compass] feel?

It has been transformed, and it has successfully integrated with Qianmei in my body. The director's vision is really good.

I mean, thirty-five thousand coupons...

Let's settle it after you come back. Whoever goes out to explore still has 35,000 order coupons with him.

Your car has been refitted, and it is now parked in the parking lot of the headquarters building. I didn't drive it because I was afraid it would be conspicuous.

Karen took out a black market private bank bearer card from his pocket: Hey, why is there a card in my pocket? It seems that I didn't take it out when I washed the clothes last time.

Neo reached for the card and asked, Is there thirty-five thousand?

Only more and less.

Neo nodded and said trustingly, That's exactly thirty-five thousand.

When the car drove into the urban area of ​​Sangpu City and approached the Academic Affairs Building, Neo asked curiously, Do you have a blacksmith by your side?

I think it's more appropriate to describe it as a rune master.

Is that the dog?

And the cat at home.

Then you get rich. Neo enviously said, This is simply a lucky dog ​​and a lucky cat.

Look at their mood, I won't force them.

Stop me in advance?

No.

It's okay, I'll buy some coffee some other day and find some posters of Goddess Mills to visit your pets.

Is it so outrageous?

What is outrageous? I don't have any other hobbies. I just have love and like pets.

In fact, Pu'er and Kevin were obviously limited by their own strength before, and many methods and abilities could not be used, just like a woman with the best skills can't pickle a good Weien miso without soybeans.

Now, with Kevin being unlocked another layer of seal by himself, after the two of them work together, they can indeed do some things that were impossible before.

As Neo said, if the cats and dogs at home can play a guest role as a rune teacher, and occasionally do private work... Among other things, at least the expensive Pu'er coffee can make your stomach full.

The Academic Affairs Building arrived. After parking the car, Neo opened the trunk, took out the mask from it and handed it to everyone who got off the hearse:

Wear them all to hide your identity.

Immediately, under the leadership of Neo, everyone walked into the Academic Affairs Building. It stands to reason that real-name registration is required to transmit the magic circle through the church under normal procedures, but Neo took out a document to let everyone avoid the registration this process.

The tickets for the teleportation array had been booked long ago. After picking up the tickets, everyone entered the array circle and waited for the array to open.

Not registered? Ventura was a little bewildered.

While flexing his wrist, Neo said: I have issued a covert mission mission letter to myself, which means that I have sent myself to carry out a secret mission, so there is no need to register.

Including our teleportation circle ticket this time, it can be mixed into the next mission and reimbursed in the future, ha ha.

This is using the conditions of the public to take over his own private work.

Karen smiled and said, Director, you have thoroughly studied the use of power for personal gain.

Heh, I'm trying my best to find out these loopholes first, and then I can plug these loopholes when I continue to be promoted in the future.

You are quite right.

The teleportation circle was activated, and the white light enveloped everyone.

...

After transferring from Mogan, everyone took the teleportation circle to Maixinla.

After leaving the gate of the teleportation circle, outside, I saw the guide who came to meet him.

He is an old man with white hair and beard, a little hunchback, and there is a little girl beside him, who looks to be about eight years old, very innocent and cute.

But when he walked over, Neo whispered to Karen: The little girl is at least thirty, and she is a dwarf.

How did you get it?

I can feel the vitality in her blood. This is definitely not the delicacy of children. Don't get me wrong, I have never drank children's blood. No, I have no habit of drinking blood except for fighting.

The last time I swept the road...

It was an accident and it was all Bernie's fault.

A distinguished guest from afar, I am Marli, and this is my granddaughter Nailing.

Thanks to the great...cough, thanks to fate, we can get your help, I believe that in the next journey, we will get the clearest guidance.

Of course, God of the Desert above, we will surely have a pleasant journey!

After everyone got into Marli's car and drove out of the town to the desert, Marli motioned for everyone to get off the car, then waved a staff in front of them, and a sand boat emerged from under the sand.

It really looks like a ship, but it doesn't have sails, and its energy is driven by magic spar.

Neo said with emotion: Oh, this is simply a machine for burning coupons.

The environment inside the sand boat was very similar to that of a bus. After everyone sat in, the sand boat started to drive at a very fast speed, but the windows were covered by the splashing yellow sand. Fortunately, Nailing lit an oil lamp to ensure that The light inside.

Please bear with me. In order to save energy, we can only light kerosene lamps now.

This scene made Karen a little dumbfounded. You used the magic spar as the power to push it. What’s wrong with connecting an extra electric light or penetrating an extra light formation?

But soon, Karen realized something was wrong. When he breathed, he clearly felt some slight repulsion and disgust, which meant that there were substances similar to pollution in the air.

Do you need something to eat? I brought a lot of our local specialties here. You can have a taste.

No need. Neo directly refused, We brought our own, and your food can be stored first.

In addition to Karen, Neo, Philomena, Alfred, Ventura, and Murrie all opened their backpacks and began to take out food.

Karen reminded: The climate here is dry, drink more water.

When everyone was eating, they opened a bottle of purification potion and drank it together.

After driving for a while, the old Marli who was in charge of driving the sand boat shouted with a smile: Everyone, we are about to enter the restricted area of ​​the Pest Desert, and there is a small tribe of Sand Snake people on the outskirts ahead, do you want to Go experience it?

Forget it, we won't go, let's save some time and get to our destination earlier. After Neo refused, he smiled at the people around him, That kid Richard isn't here anyway.

When Philomena heard this, she asked, What kind of place is the Sand Snake Tribe?

Karen explained: It is similar to a tourist attraction, which retains some characteristic folk culture.

From the look in her eyes, she didn't believe it, but she nodded anyway.

But Karen is not lying, because dim sum shops with different characteristics in various places are part of their folk culture.

The reason why Neo mentioned Richard was mainly because Richard was very keen on treating guests to the dim sum shop for a while.

The next step is pure rush. After entering the Pest Desert restricted area, the weather began to become very strange. For a while, the sky was clear, thunderstorms appeared for a while, mirages appeared for a while, and other unimaginable extreme weather appeared for a while.

Fortunately, Marri is an experienced guide who can handle these situations well.

On the way, Nailing will read some of Pest's articles and poems about this area.

Well, Pest is a wandering singer, a character more than two thousand years ago. Some people say that he is a member of the family belief system, and some people say that he is a priest of a certain divine religion.

He traveled to many places and left a lot of poems. Now the place names of many places are also taken from his poem descriptions.

The reason why Garpest's name is used in front of this desert restricted area is because this is his final destination and the end of his life journey.

Either lie down or sit, while resting and listening to this 30-40-year-old woman pretending to be a little loli and telling stories in a childish voice, the time is easy to pass.

Finally, after Neo and Marli checked the map markers together, they finally arrived at their destination. According to the current speed, there is still less than a quarter of an hour to go.

Neo put away the map, sat next to Karen, and said while kneading his shoulders, Your body is going to get rusty, you need to move around later.

As he said that, Neo stretched out two hands, one hand grabbed the top of his head and the other hand grabbed his chin, tried to twist it several times, but failed to make a sound.

Shall I help you? Karen said.

Neo refused, Forget it, I'm afraid you're not going to take the shot lightly or hard, it's not safe.

Nailing took out a collection of Pester's poems and said to Neo, Uncle, I want to give it to you as a souvenir.

Neo and Karen looked at each other and smiled.

Isn't there still a return journey, should I bid farewell to the souvenirs now?

Of course, the smiles of Neo and Karen, in Nailing's eyes, are the kind of knowing smiles that see children's innocence and cuteness.

Okay, thank you, lovely little Nailing.

Neo stood up, walked over to Nailing, and took the poetry book.

Uncle, I still have a collection of poetry here, can you sign it for me?

Neo joked, Why don't you ask that big brother to sign? Look at how good-looking he is.

I... I'm sorry.

Hahaha, okay, okay, I'll sign for you.

I'll find you a pen.

At this moment, Marli turned his head and said, Well, can any of you take a look and see if you want to move on or just stop here?

Karen stood up, walked to the driver's seat, and leaned forward: You can go a little further, there is still a little distance.

Yes, how much more is there to go?

Go further...

squeak!!!

At this moment, Marli slammed on the brakes, and the sand boat came to a sudden stop. The people inside immediately lost their center of gravity and swayed.

Nai Ling flicked off the cap of the pen with her fingertips, and inside was a small sharp dagger emitting black light, and it slashed directly along Neo's neck.

puff!

For a moment, Neo's neck had a big opening, and his head fell backwards, leaving only a small part of flesh that continued to carry his head and body.

Marli directly grabbed Karen's arm with his left hand, held a red fruit that looked like a beating heart in his right hand, and placed it in front of Karen, shouting:

This is the fruit of the curse in the restricted area. As long as I crush it, everyone in this narrow area will be sprayed with pollution. So, please stay still and be obedient!

The sand boat stopped on the sand dune, and more than 20 figures emerged from the sand. They were from Marli, and they began to approach the sand boat at this moment.

Marli continued to shout to the people in the sand boat: Don't resist, I will only take what we want, we have no interest in killing extra people, not only that, we will send you back and keep you safe, after all We take word of mouth very seriously.”

Seeing that everyone was quiet, without resistance or even making noise, Marli was very satisfied, and the business was successfully won.

At this moment, a scene that shocked Marri beyond imagination happened.

Karen, who was held hostage by him, opened his mouth, leaned his neck forward, and directly bit into his mouth the cursed fruit floating in front of him, and began to chew.

Marry: ...

Kach... Kacha... Kacha...

Neo grabbed his head with his left hand, lifted it up, and let it return to the position on the neck. In order to fix it, he twisted it a few times, and the extremely dense joints and crisp sounds came out:

Ah, it's comfortable...