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Hanliu shook the branches to express her welcome to Nanjiang's return.

With a dexterous posture, Nan Jiang climbed up to the branch with the most lush branches and sat down, hung the plastic bag on the branch, and took out bread and ham from it to eat.

The area of ​​this oasis is tens of kilometers by visual inspection. The place where Nanjiang is currently located is close to the lake, and there is a house not far away.Nanjiang looked on coldly and felt that these houses had a history of at least a hundred years. The wind and sand eroded and the outer walls were often peeled off. However, good materials were used in the construction and the construction was also meticulous. There is no problem in using it for another hundred or eighty years. .

It's a little blurry when you look inside, and there are probably settings like energy walls.

There are some things related to modern life in this area, such as vehicles, emergency lights and so on.But the kitchen still has an old-fashioned look, and the stoves are all old-fashioned wood-burning ones.But it doesn't seem to be used often, the stove and water tank are quite new, and the oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar placed on the side also look like they have just been opened.More are foods that are easy to store, such as bread and ham.The food in Nanjiang's hand was found from the kitchen cupboard.

Most of the people who come out of this oasis are monsters, but there are also some accompanying humans. The food and drinking water are prepared for these human employees (or followers).

Nanjiang fell in the desert not far away in the middle of the night. Fortunately, the place where he fell was on a higher terrain, so it was easy to find the oasis here.When I got closer, I found traces of monsters and humans, so I didn't dare to be careless, and sneaked into the outer area, and found this old dry willow to hide.

His thoughts were similar to Ming Xia's, and he felt that his people were probably nearby.

It was almost dawn, and it would be wrong for him to hide in the tree again.According to his observational experience and old Liushu's advice, Nanjiang chose the warehouse next to the kitchen as a hiding place.There are probably very few outsiders here, so the kitchen and warehouse are not locked, and since there are piles of things in the warehouse, it is not a problem to hide people.

Nanjiang originally planned to rush directly into the warehouse with the plastic bag, but after some consideration, he chose to go back to the tree first.He currently only has Lao Hanliu as an ally, and he still needs it to cooperate with him in some things.

"Warehouse?" Old Hanliu was still a little clever, and immediately understood what Nan Jiang meant, "Hiding?"

"Yes." Nan Jiang said, "There are too many people passing by here, afraid of being discovered."

He also wanted to explore the densely populated areas, but it was difficult for him to do this alone. Before his companions came over, he had to find a safe place to hide and find out the surrounding situation first.

The warehouse is not far from the old dry willow. If Nanjiang is hidden here, you can see it by lying on the small window of the warehouse.So the old dry willow volunteered to watch out for him, "I'll shake the branches if anyone comes over."

The old dry willow has luxuriant branches and leaves, and the longest branches have already hung down to the ground.Once shaken, like a big broom, it still has the effect of raising the alarm.

One person, one tree made an agreement, and Nan Jiang sneaked into the warehouse before dawn.

The warehouse is as big as two ordinary classrooms, with several small windows, all of which are located at a high position, which are used to ventilate the room.There are rows of tall wooden cabinets in the room. The wooden cabinets are nearly one meter wide and three to four meters high.Nan Jiang opened several cabinets and looked. Some of them were divided into four floors, and some were divided into five floors.The things stored include rice, noodles, oil and grain, as well as some daily necessities.Most come in the kind of plastic storage bins you'd find in supermarkets.

There are wooden signs on the doors of the wooden cabinets, which say what is stored in the cabinets, and they are in good order at a glance.

The things stored here are basically the daily necessities that human beings need.Nanjiang observed carefully, and saw that there were not many people coming all day, and all of them were human beings. There were two Nanjiang who seemed familiar, probably the children of the old families in the old city that had a close relationship with the Yaozu.

Nanjiang was a little lucky, he felt that choosing this hiding place was simply God helping him.

This should be a warehouse dedicated to storing daily necessities for human beings, and the people who come in and out are naturally human beings, and human beings are not as sensitive to energy fluctuations as the monster race.Moreover, as soon as someone came, the old dry willow dutifully began to sweep the floor with branches, and the sound of brushing and brushing was enough to keep him alert.

Nanjiang looked back and forth through the front and rear windows, and listened carefully to the chatter of those who came in to fetch things. In addition, the old Hanliu told him some people and things about this oasis before, and he had a good idea of ​​the layout around the warehouse. Somewhat understand.So, after a whole day, after dark, Nan Jiang slipped out of the warehouse and began to touch the densely populated areas.

The layout of the houses in the oasis is a bit like a big family living in some local ethnic groups in the south. The houses are heavy and heavy. The further you go in, the more magnificent the houses are built.According to Nanjiang's observations, those who went to pick up things from the warehouse opposite the old Hanliu were also humans living in the outlying houses—they seemed to be followers, or staff members who maintained the normal operation of the oasis.

Naturally, there is no such thing as a surveillance probe in such a place. Even if there is a patrol team, it is still very easy to get in and out of Nanjiang.But going further in, Nanjiang didn't dare to be careless, because he sensed the existence of an energy wall.

Nan Jiang is an experienced demon hunter. He has dealt with countless big demons under his command, and he is very familiar with the various defense and attack methods of the demon clan.He could sense that the energy wall was not very aggressive, and it should only be used on the periphery to prevent human staff from entering and exiting at will.Perhaps some sort of alarm measure would also be triggered.

In other words, the inside of this layer of energy wall is not something that needs to be protected.If you continue to walk in, there must be a second and third energy wall.

This first energy wall is not difficult to deal with. Humans don't have an energy shield, but the demon hunter can do it.

Nanjiang cautiously scouted around this energy wall, and found that there seemed to be people coming and going outside the wall, there were cafeterias and warehouses, but in fact these things, even these humans living on the periphery, were of great importance to the people deep in the oasis. For the big monsters, it may be just a moat around the city wall. If it can block one, it is nothing. Anyway, no one expects the moat to really protect the city.

Of course, they themselves have no fighting power.When a battle really happened, their role was very limited, at most they were running errands to pass on messages, and guarding vehicles and supplies.

Nan Jiang figured out the distribution of people in the outermost circle, so he mobilized the energy membrane to protect himself, and passed through the outermost energy wall very carefully.

After entering, Nanjiang discovered that the outermost energy wall still had a certain degree of obsession.Because the size of the inside of this energy wall is definitely larger than what you see from the outside—if you think this oasis is what you see from the outside, then those who touch it will definitely suffer.

There is also an energy wall on the inner layer of this house, and its defense level is much higher than that of the outer energy wall.Nan Jiang tried it carefully, not daring to act rashly.

The arrangement of the houses here is more neat and orderly than the outer ones. Judging from the aura, there are not only human beings, but also some monster races.Nanjiang felt that the people living here might be guards and thugs.

Where there are guards, there are naturally patrols.Nanjiang observed for a while and found that at the same time, there were four teams performing patrol missions, two human teams and two monster teams.The patrol routes of the four teams are interspersed, and the distance distribution is also very reasonable, basically covering this circular area.

After finding out their patrol route, Nan Jiang carefully approached the inner circle.Judging from their layout, the closer to the inner circle, the higher the status, the more valuable the information that can be obtained naturally.For Nan Jiang, there was no value in eavesdropping on topics such as a few people in the outermost house chatting about which day the stew was better.

After training, many human beings will have a stronger sense of the monster race and the demon hunter, but compared with the monster race's natural ability, it is still much worse.Nanjiang aimed at these human leaders who lived in the inner circle - they might know some news, but compared to the monster race, they were not so easy to detect him as an eavesdropper.

Nan Jiang hid, wandered around the inner circle, and finally found a window where the sound came from.A low, dense shrub grew outside the window.If it was during the day, there would be no possibility for such a low plant to hide, but now it is night, and this side of the window is shaded, and the moonlight cannot shine through.

Nanjiang's whole body was covered with an energy membrane, and he squatted behind the bushes with his legs tucked up. Unless he got very close, or the powerful monster detected the energy membrane around his body, no one would be able to find out that there were people hiding there.

Judging from the breath, there are two people living in the room, both male and not very old.One of them was reprimanding the other with a very angry tone.

"...Even if you have a pig's head, you should know that you can't say this here..."

Another weak retort, "I clearly said before that when the time came, I would replace people... and even set up a written statement. They can't count their words..."

"Why can't they? Where can you go without their permission? Ah San, tell yourself, where can we go without their permission?!"

"Brother Jin," the reprimanded Ah San was about to cry, "but my contract has expired, I don't want to stay here anymore, I really want to go home."

"What you're talking about is all nonsense!" Brother Jin was furious, "If they don't let you go, you won't be able to leave. You have to fight with them, do you want them to crush you to death and bury you under a tree to make compost? ?!"

"I don't want to." Ah San didn't know what to think of, and her voice weakened, "But..."

"You have to see the situation clearly." Brother Jin seemed to have some friendship with this Ah San, and tried to enlighten him, "We are under their control now, and we don't even know where this place is. It's all desert when we leave the oasis. They are willing to let you go, without a map, food, and water, isn’t going out a dead end?”

Ah San breathed heavily.

"Ah San, you keep calling me Brother, do you think Brother Jin can harm you?" Brother Jin sighed, "I originally thought that this job would earn a lot of money, although it is sometimes dangerous, but at least I can do it for a few years It's enough for you to buy a house. Only when you have a house can you be a daughter-in-law... After all, it's my brother who killed you."

"Brother Jin, don't say that." Ah San's voice was full of frustration, "If I didn't know that you introduced me here just to drag me, would I still be a human being? My father doesn't care about me, If it weren't for you, I might have followed those runners to the south, and now I might be dead..."

The two talked to each other and comforted each other.

Nan Jiang hid outside the window. After listening for a long time, he didn't see any useful information from these two people. He was about to get up and leave when he heard Brother Jin comfort Ah San, "You must cheer up when you are on the job. No matter how dissatisfied, you have to stop thinking carefully." Take it! The people handed over to our guards are all former soldiers, and they all have a lot of background. Especially the middle-aged man with the scar on his ear, he is very good outside, he is the key guard target, and he must not do anything. It’s a problem, otherwise our lives will be explained here.”

Nan Jiang's heart skipped a beat, and he shrank back again, but Commander Du's imposing face appeared in his mind.