May you be happy and prosperous

After bypassing the movie theater, Lu Twelve and JAY soon returned to the main road leading to the forest park marked on the electronic map.

At this moment, the sky had already darkened. Seeing that the sun was about to set completely from the west, Lu Twelve took out his flashlight and looked at the power display. Now the torch still shows full charge—the torch of this era is solar-charged, and a fully charged torch can usually work continuously for four to five hours in energy-saving mode. The small flashlight has a strong spotlight, and the brightness can be adjusted to the maximum. It can be used as an offensive weapon, and it can be recharged by hanging it on the waist when it is not in use during the day, which is very convenient.

Lu Twelve held the flashlight in his hand, looked around, and found that the night fell faster than he imagined - he remembered that he could still see the sun when he left the movie theater, and at this moment, almost the entire ancient battlefield area It's all shrouded in the night... When the night falls, it means that danger may lurk more perfectly in every dark corner. Lu Twelve turned on the flashlight, and the dim light illuminated the environment more than ten meters in front of him. Liang, he breathed a sigh of relief almost subconsciously.

JAY beside him chuckled: "You are too nervous, please restrain yourself, this kind of emotion will infect your teammates, which is mine."

"..." Lu Twelve thought of JAY's previous girl's remarks, rolled his eyes and asked, "Is it really okay for you to relax so much? Did you see the ruins of the battleship left by the aliens when you came? "

JAY nodded sharply: "I see, it's super cool."

Lu Twelve showed a helpless expression: "...it's okay to be normal, I almost peed in fright, that thing looks like it's ready to take off at any time - I'm afraid that an alien will jump out of it at any time and point a gun at it. Hold my head and invite me back to my home planet as a guest."

"Haha, don't you want to have such a rich imagination, you are captured by force and taken to be Mrs. Yazhai who is a cool alien, this kind of fantasy is really girly-oh shit, don't hit people, just hit people Guilty, aren’t you? Let’s get down to business, if I didn’t delay watching that stuff just now, I should meet you sooner.”

While talking, JAY ignored the black-haired young man beside him looking at him with crazy eyes. He gave a thumbs up, raised his hand and pressed the brim of his hat as if it was a habitual action, his eyes looked pale under the light of the flashlight. It was extremely bright, and said again: "I have heard a saying that some people analyzed that whether it is the warships with long-range space navigation capabilities in the Middle Ancient Continent or the Eastern European Continent, the most primitive data are actually taken from these aliens. The remains of the battleship left when I fled the earth in a hurry, as well as some high-tech weapons such as heat ray guns, are all-so standing in front of that interstellar warship, I feel as if I am standing at the beginning of human civilization. Starting point-"

Lu Twelve felt that Fa Cai who was squatting on his head suddenly stood up. In order not to let this guy fall and fall, he stretched out his hand to support it, and at the same time muttered: "Exaggeration, according to you, it is Didn’t you want to say that those aliens invaded too well?”

"It's not an exaggeration," JAY said, "It's hard to imagine how advanced the science and technology of that planet have been to reach this level of science 500 years ago..."

"Maybe that planet has already exploded because of too many crimes. Fa Cai, can you squat down well? Don't move around there like you have ADHD, or you will roll down and walk by yourself." Lu Twelve said Spit on the furry creature on his head, while showing a mocking expression at his teammates, thought for a while, then suddenly remembered something, turned his head and asked JAY, "No, according to what you said, if Planet Vatlun The remaining warships are so valuable for research, the one just now should have been recovered by the government long ago, and the one just now was a royal warship, the symbol of the sickle and lotus—”

As soon as Lu Twelve finished speaking, the tail of the juvenile phantom beast lying on top of his head slowly fell from between his eyes, swayed from side to side, and then the tip of the tail was slightly raised, teasing back and forth on his nose Twice——Lu Twelve paused for a moment, then couldn't bear to drag the juvenile phantom beast off his head and threw it on the ground. Fa Cai let out a dissatisfied sound of "meow", and was thrown to the ground by Lu Twelve. Lie down on the ground in this posture, pretending to be dead.

a long time.

After waiting for a while without any movement, the young Eudemons raised its head, only to find that the black-haired young man walked past it without bowing his head.

It lay on the ground and was stunned for a moment, until the black-haired young man walked away and seemed to have no intention of turning back to wait for it, only then did he realize that he was out of play, the young Eudemons got up from the ground, shook its head, Standing on the spot with his ears raised high on his head, he watched the black-haired young man's back for a while, then shook his flexible long tail, and followed his master who had already reached the intersection with light steps.

At this time, Lu Twelve was still discussing with JAY about the battleship——

After listening to Lu Twelve's question, JAY slapped his forehead and shouted in surprise, and then took out the electronic map to study it as Lu Twelve did before, and confirmed that it did not mark the thorn bush like it did. Battleship Ruins...

"This is so strange," JAY muttered and glanced at Lu Twelve, "The relic of the Royal Battleship is blocking the way on the main road. The people who drew the map shouldn't have marked it, maybe it will still be here Therefore, why is it a tourist attraction, you must know that this is not a small temptation for Phantom Beast craftsmen..."

"How to say?"

"Oh, why don't you know this? Because those Eudemons eggs that almost only exist in legends are found near the battleships where the aliens were shot down or left behind."

"What?" Lu Twelve was taken aback, "I haven't heard anyone say such a thing."

"That's right, so there are still people who suspect that those first-generation Eudemons are aliens who invaded the earth 500 years ago. Because they were fatally injured, they degenerated into Eudemons eggs to protect themselves..." JAY seemed to feel that he was discussing a terrible Like a topic, he took off the peaked cap on his head, and fanned the wind with the hat in this late autumn season, and said with embarrassment, "Ahaha, but this statement is too nonsense. If it is true, it is worth it? Every The first generation of phantom beasts are all existences that respond to everyone. If they really retain their strength and become phantom beast eggs and stay on the earth, they are just waiting for a chance to make a comeback. Judging from the current situation where phantom beasts are everywhere... oh, then The picture is so beautiful that I dare not even imagine it!"

"..."

Lu Twelve didn't pick up the scented tea immediately. In fact, at this moment, he only felt that his mind was in a mess. For a while, he thought about the scene when the people from the planet Valteron invaded the earth 500 years ago, for a while, he thought about the ruins of the battleship he saw just now, and for a while, he thought about it again. The information mentioned by JAY—a mess of thoughts flooded into his mind for a while, he frowned, and somehow the uneasiness he felt before gradually surfaced in his mind, and at this time, an idea gradually sprouted in his heart ...

"JAY."

"what?"

"I think I'd like to kind of guess what happened to those people who disappeared before."

"...I know what you want to say. Do you think that the disappearance of those people is not an accident at all, but that they are the Phantom Beast staff who came to look for the first generation Phantom Beast eggs?"

"Yes," Lu Twelve nodded, "You seem to have said before that area C of the battlefield site is a newly developed area?"

"correct."

"...Are there advanced missions distributed in this area?"

"No, under normal circumstances, a specific mission location will only be filled with missions of the same level of difficulty. If there are missions with a slightly higher level, they must be placed in the high-level mission area. After the high-level missions are cleared, they will be downgraded. It is distributed to the lower-level mission area, otherwise, wouldn’t it be easy for newcomers to encounter the dangers that only other high-level missions encounter when doing missions?” JAY almost denied Lu Twelve’s statement without thinking.

"..." Lu Twelve blinked, and expressed the doubts in his heart, "Then have you ever thought that the reason why this relic is not marked on the electronic map is very likely that the person who drew the map did not want to let the outside world Does anyone know about the existence of this place?—For example——uhhh, I mean, if it wasn’t an accident, as a newcomer, I would definitely not accept such a difficult white task; when I have experience, I will accept it The difficulty is medium; when I am very experienced, I am afraid that I will only be able to upgrade to the green task area with the contribution value of the Eudemons Staff Guild, because the current overflowing contribution value cannot be carried to the next level Yes, so of course I don’t want to accept this task to earn obviously overflowing contribution points, because in comparison, it’s serious to quickly move up to the green zone to do more rewarding tasks—”

JAY: "Ah—"

Lu Twelve: "Then this task will be hung here forever, until one day, someone with no eyes registered for this task, such as us, and then came to this area and discovered the secret, after that... Killed quietly? This secret will continue to be kept until the person who drew the map finds the phantom beast egg. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the person who drew the map is one of the three groups of people who disappeared before that. a member."

JAY: "What?!"

Lu Twelfth: "In the end, almost no one will know the secrets of the battleship ruins in this area—unless a local tyrant like you who has nothing to do will come back to train new Eudemons—"

"..." JAY subconsciously raised his hand and touched Boy B who was squatting on his shoulder at the moment, the latter squinted his eyes and rubbed his hand intimately with his cheek, and said from his throat " "Hurr, snort" sound, in the satisfied sound of the phantom beast enjoying the stroking, JAY continued, "Damn, I suddenly feel that what you said is quite reasonable, ah, I must have something wrong--"

……

At this time, Lu Twelve and JAY have come to the thorny forest represented by the electronic map.

The scale of the thorn forest is much larger than Lu Twelve's imagination. The whole thorn bush covers the sky and the sun, and it is as high as a dozen floors——the plants are covered with huge thorns and countless tiny thorns as JAY said. It's like the burrs on a cactus... Each thorn is as thick as an arm, and the thorns in the jungle are intricate, and the sky is dark, so I can't see the specific situation and density at all.

Lu Twelve slowly put on the thick special gloves. Now he finally knows why this mission recommends the use of phantom beasts of the flying type. According to the ordinary way, he wants to bypass such a huge, almost forest-like Thorns and vines are simply impossible—if he and JAY want to pass through this thorn forest, they can only rely on brute force to force a passage.

"It's getting dark, let's just make an opening and let's find a place to rest, and we'll do the rest tomorrow when the sun rises. You just told me about it, and now I also feel gross..."

JAY looked around, and took out his own flashlight to brighten it up a bit. The light of the flashlight was aimed at the thorn forest, and of course nothing was illuminated except for some gaps that an adult could pass through. —But even if there is such a gap, because the thorn bushes are full of thorns, it is impossible for them to drill through the gap directly. At best, they can only choose a passage with a little more gaps to reduce the workload.

At this time, under JAY's signal, Boy B had already jumped off his shoulders, stepped forward, his ears that had been completely metalized moved, and then it raised its paws - only then did Lu Twelve find out in surprise , B-boy's ten claws have been completely metalized. At this moment, B-boy jumped on the spot nimbly, called "meow" and swung his claws violently behind him, accompanied by the metal sharp tool cutting plants with a "swish" sound. With a sound, a thorn stalk was neatly cut off!

Lu Twelve: "Wow!"

Lu Twelve's eyes full of expectation turned to his family's fortune, and then saw...

My own young phantom beast cocked its tail, rushed in front of the thorny vines, raised its little pad paw and slapped the thorny vines like a model, and then——

Fa Cai: "Meow ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow!"

The screams broke through the sky.

The dark-haired young man covered his face feebly.

Covering his face with his hands, he pulled it down. Under the silent eyes of his companions, the owner of the phantom beast, who had lost all face, squatted down, took his phantom beast back to his arms by the back of its neck, and rolled over it. The little fleshy claw covered with thorns on the thorns raised his head and looked at JAY silently.

The latter fumbled in his pocket, then produced a pair of silver tweezers and handed it to him.

Lu Twelve took off his gloves, took the tweezers, and nodded at him expressionlessly: "Thank you, Doraemon."

JAY: "..."

JAY looked at Lu Twelve sympathetically as he lowered his head and used tweezers to pick out the thorns in the meat pad of the hairball that was rolling around in his arms. Fa Cai moved hard, and he slapped it on the forehead: "Move again!" I threw you into the thorn bushes and turned you into a hedgehog-shaped phantom!"

Get rich: "..."

Then the world returned to peace.

JAY fanned the peaked cap in his hand, scratching his head in embarrassment: "...I originally planned to keep it for us, because although the glove is thick enough, sometimes there will be thorns piercing through the glove. It's in the palm of your hand, but, alas...it doesn't matter, at most B-boy will be a little more tired."

Lu Twelve didn't answer him, he just quickly pulled out the thorns from the phantom beast pad in his arms one by one, and after finishing all the work, he put the tweezers into the right pocket, and put the fortune into the left pocket. Pocket - After this extremely skillful movement, he straightened the gloves on his hands and walked towards the thorn vines.

JAY was stunned for a moment, and after a few seconds, he seemed to realize what the black-haired young man wanted to do, and quickly stopped him: "Hey, it's really unnecessary, just let B boy do these tasks..."

"That won't work. How can we take this task together? How can I let you work alone and I will watch." Lu Twelve said without looking back, grabbing a thorny vine , tugged gently, and accompanied by a "rustling" sound of plant caressing, a whole thorny vine was pulled off by him——

"Although that's what I said, but you don't have to do it yourself so much that you even do your own magic beast's work..."

"That can't be helped," Lu Twelve chuckled, and threw away a thorny vine that he just pulled out of his hand, "It's like taking a cat or a dog out for a walk, and you have to shovel the shit for them. As the master, isn't it? Have you professionally wiped your pet's buttocks for 300 years..."

Amid JAY's depressing sighs, Fa Cai squatted in the black-haired young man's pocket, raised his head, and stared at the latter's jaw tensed due to the forceful pulling of the thorns with a pair of bright golden pupils ——Accompanied by every movement of the black-haired young man, being shaken by the light of the flashlight he held in his mouth...

The dark clouds covered the moon that night, but under the dim light of the flickering flashlight, the golden pupils of the young Eudemons looked exceptionally bright.

Under the brisk work of Lu Twelve and B Boy, the dense thorns and vines have been torn open a passageway entrance about the width of a person and a half.

At the same time, JAY, who was standing behind with his hips on his hips and a flashlight to help illuminate, also found that the movements of the black-haired young man became slower and slower. JAY did not want to express how strange this was at all. Originally, gloves were only used for phantom The beast cut the thorn vines and carried them away, but now this guy is wearing gloves to tear the thorn vines...

The thorns from the vines would of course dig into his hands through the glove.

Fingers connected to heart, it hurts.

When Lu Twelve raised his arm and grabbed a thorn vine like he had repeated countless times before, he sucked in a breath of air and retracted his hand as if he had been scalded. Under the light of the flashlight, the black-haired young man was covered with cold sweat Between the foreheads——JAY frowned a little in disbelief at the scene that he seemed to be abusing his partner. He shook the flashlight in his hand and wanted to announce that today was the end of the day, but at this moment, he Hearing Lu Twelve's "Huh", it seemed that he had discovered something.

"What's wrong?" JAY held up the flashlight to look over, and found that the black-haired young man bent slightly and turned sideways, and then digging and digging in the gaps between the thorn bushes, and finally...his hand retracted, two Between two fingers, there is actually a human ID card!

The air around the scene seemed to cool down all of a sudden.

Lu Twelve and JAY exchanged a look in silence, and invariably remembered their previous speculation—three groups of Phantom Beast workers came to this battlefield ruins in search of the first generation Phantom Beast Eggs, and then they probably encountered something , and then, no one can go back.

[I heard that someone saw wild Eudemons activities near Area C of the ancient battlefield ruins, ah, it's better to be fake, otherwise it will be troublesome. 】above.

Lu Twelve couldn't help but think of Jay's emotion before entering the mission area.

Lu Twelfth: "...Has anyone said that you are actually a crow's mouth?"

JAY: "...Has anyone ever told you that you are actually an unlucky person with a good brain and easy dreams to come true?"

Lu Twelve: "..."

JAY: "..."

The deadly silence lasted for about five seconds. Suddenly, everyone present heard a strange cry from Fa Cai squatting in Lu Twelve's pocket. There was a rustling sound!

When the sound sounded, the thorn bush trembled slightly in a strange way...

It looks like—

Something alive moves swiftly among the thorn bushes!

"Lu Twelve! Boy B!"

JAY screamed in a tense voice. In a panic, the light source of the flashlight in his hand shook. At this time, almost everyone could clearly see a black shadow like a wild beast quickly coming from the depths of the thorn bushes. We are getting closer to them!

Under the electric light, Lu Twelve came anxiously to see what seemed to be a reflection of metallic luster. The next second, the beast had already arrived in front of him, and the black-haired young man was thrown down heavily before he even had time to react and dodge. On the ground!

His back was heavily pressed against the ground covered with thorns and vines. Lu Twelve let out a cry of pain, but his attention was immediately attracted by the bloody and rancid smell coming from above. He fixed his eyes on the ground. , Only then did he see the beast pressing above him at this moment—two sharp metal fangs on the mouth of the beast with a bloody mouth. It was probably white at first, but now it has become messy and dirty. Black brindle, almond shaped eyes...

A huge tiger.

Its thick paws pressed against the black-haired young man's shoulders, raised his head, and let out a low, threatening beast roar!

however.

Just before Lu Twelve had time to figure out what the beast pressing on him was going to do, suddenly, JAY's terrified standard girlish scream sounded from behind him, and there was a dazzling light in the scream It flashed, and then, before Lu Twelve could realize what had happened, the huge beast that was firmly on his body was kicked away by a force that suddenly appeared from the side!

The beast let out a painful roar, fell heavily into the thorn bushes, struggled for a while and slowly got up—at the same time, a tall figure came to the dazed black-haired young man lying on the ground, The shadow cast completely enveloped him.

Lu Twelve blinked.

In the next second, he was picked up by the blond man standing beside him with one arm as if he was holding a chicken... He was firmly held in a broad embrace by a strong arm, The black-haired young man who didn't realize what happened at all raised his head, blinked, and only saw the man's perfect jawline...

And under the dim yellow moonlight that emerged from behind the dark clouds at some point, those icy golden pupils with a murderous intent like a beast.