Love and passion, cutting up the wasteland

Lu Meng stood still for a while with his hands behind his back.

Then he called Huo Buyang.

Xiao Huo now has a very high status in the Embers Cult. He was responsible for leading the church members to develop in Scone Town and later transform the swamp.

Although he is not as good at defending the church with force as Griffin, nor is he as proficient in "scriptures" as Maile and has his own expertise in special construction, nor is he as good at preaching and inspiring people as a certain non-staff poet... But he is like Lu Meng in one thing, that is, he has a wide range of interests and has his own opinions on many different fields, so only he can coordinate the overall work of the entire cult.

It must be said that Huo Buyang has seen everything along the way with Lu Meng, especially in Scone Town, where he also participated in the reconstruction of the prison tower and the external patrol during the period of Scone's lack of manpower and martial law... He has accumulated quite a lot of experience.

The original plan.

Now it has reverberated.

However, since Huo Buyang came to Shandi, he was more willing to stay with Brother Lu as before - he knew that a large part of his status in the Embers Cult came from being the spokesperson of the Grand Master.

Now that the First Flame has come.

He no longer has to bear this responsibility.

The work has become much easier, and the pressure is not so heavy, and there is time to learn more things.

"Brother Lu," he approached, "Mr. Hui has gone far away, taking only two or three people... The Shadow Department can't track their whereabouts."

Lu Meng waved his hand: "Don't think about tracking the anti-slavers... No one even knows whether the part you found is what they deliberately want people to see."

Although Hui, the bee prince, is an old man from the Bloody Rebellion era, there is no sign of decline in his appearance and posture.

He rarely makes a move without showing his strength, but Lu Meng knows that it is because the other party is a senior executive and the brain of the anti-slavers, and now has a more important work center.

If we only talk about strength, I am afraid he is better than most anti-slavery rookies like Jage.

[A warrior and a liar with special skills, don't be fooled by his age. ]

——Wanted by the United City officials.

Being able to leave such a warning on the reward order of a thousand gold per word is enough to show its gold content.

After all, he is one of the first anti-slavery.

No one who can come out of the cruel early days is a good person.

"Yes." Huo Buyang nodded first, and then explained: "We didn't want to chase... But everyone in the Shadow Department has recently received special training from Miss Bo, and they are eager to try, so we thought about tracking them - Miss Bo also allowed this."

The result is obvious.

"They know how to play." Lu Meng smiled.

Using students taught by themselves to chase their own people, if they fail to catch up, it means that the retreat and counter-detection of the anti-slavers are flawless; if they catch up, then everyone's whereabouts and response capabilities can be improved, and early warning will reduce the risk next time... Besides, they are all taught by Bo, so it is not a loss of face.

Lu Meng didn't care. Long before Xiao Huo's report, he saw several small green dots representing "friendly" disappear outside the base on the system map-all as a farewell.

As a new instructor and guide among the anti-slavers, Bo is really good at teaching people. Lu Meng once observed a training of the Shadow Department, and even he was inspired by it.

To gain something from just watching once, it depends on the tenfold experience module and the "one skill, the foundation of life" bonus that was brushed when the mission achievement was completed for the second time... One of the skills is [Stealth].

However, Lu Meng did not plan to personally train the troops: among the anti-slavers, Bo was also one of the people who stayed with Ronin Diu. In addition to helping train the members of the Shadow Club, she was actually very interested in these swamp ninjas, most of whom came from the original water tribe. They could learn from each other.

According to Bo, the training method of the swamp ninjas in the southern wetlands reminded her of her hometown and the lowland lake... Of course, the latter was not as extremely wet.

After sending the anti-slavers away, Lu Meng gave the black box left by Hui to Huo Buyang for safekeeping. When the already strong little Huo, who used brutal blunt weapons, carried the box, his body sank a little.

This surprised him a little.

But he didn't ask much.

Instead, he told Lu Meng another thing-

"There are also technology hunters coming back with Seto and the others." Lu Meng thought for a while after hearing this, "From the south."

To be honest, it is not uncommon for technology hunters to pass by.

This organization has a large number of members, and the key is that they are widely distributed. Sometimes, even the trade network of the Merchant Guild is unwilling to extend to poor and dangerous areas, but it is possible to find traces of technology hunters.

The inducement may be just that there is an anecdote about the discovery of a blue book in the local area...

They can travel around.

There are many hidden masters among them.

Lu Meng himself has dealt with technology hunters many times. Even when he just became the king of the swamp, he met with technology hunter Rona and his group who went to explore the southern wetlands and returned. The other party was also surprised by the changes that happened to Lu Meng when they saw him again after a short separation.

The original promise to treat Lu Meng to swamp turtles was also broken... Lu Meng treated them to a turtle meat pot that he learned from the proprietress of the skinning town - after all, you are the king of the swamp, is it reasonable not to treat guests when you are the master of the house?

He also cooked in person for the first time in a long time, winning unanimous praise - although in the end, most of the meat was eaten by the little princess who was busy eating in silence.

A ruthless man does not have many dishes.

When thinking of this, Lu Meng couldn't help but smile... In general, he got along well with this bounty hunter organization that targeted lost technology.

But...

From the south?

- South of the Land of Light is the Skeleton Wasteland where the beast disaster originated... But this does not mean that the entire Skeleton Wasteland is full of wild beasts.

That place has the word "wild".

Even animals can't fill it up, and the plateau and mountains are largely barren. In comparison, the fragile grassland environment of the Land of Light is considered fertile soil... Otherwise, they would not be forced to go to the north to find food and set off the beast disaster.

Your disaster is my way out.

They are two sides of the same coin.

It's just that the Skeleton Wasteland is also the sphere of influence of the United City.

South United City.

In such a fragile ecology, only human city-states can survive, just like islands in the ocean, and caravans are the lone boats connecting them.

This land has poor planting conditions.

The Southern United City was forced to embark on the road of industrialization, and once it turned out to be a blessing in disguise and started to prosper... Even though it has declined a lot now, its true strength cannot be underestimated.

"In this case..." Lu Meng said, "Let's go meet these guests."

The technology hunters are from all over the world. If they are not all led by the inner ring, the differences between them may be greater than the gap between different forces outside.

And if you want to move in the south, you can't avoid having connections with the imperial city-states there.

Inextricably linked.