Chapter 171 Speculation

"It always feels a bit strange. M." Several people were walking in front of the forest, and Feng Yiliu said suddenly.

"What's wrong?" Li Huailin asked at the front.

"How many bears have we killed?" Feng Yiliu asked.

"Huh? This... seven or eight?" Li Huailin thought for a while, and after walking all the way, he met seven or eight doll bears, and all of them were killed without accident.

"It's eight." Feng Yiliu said, "Everyone, except for the first time, we haven't been attacked by teddy bears in all the subsequent battles."

"Nonsense, the front swing of this thing is so big, you can dodge it with just a single move." Your Unchanging for a Thousand Years here said immediately.

"The problem is...it's too easy to hide..." Feng Yiliu said, "Everyone, this is a secret realm. The theoretical difficulty is about the same as that of the abyss at the same level, but look at the little monsters that appear here. Don't you find it strange that the attack can be perfectly dodged?"

"Huh? How can I put it a little bit." Qian Zaichang thought about it and said.

"Finally someone started to use their brains..." said the summoning Jade Emperor next to him.

"From the very beginning, I discovered that there are only mobs like bears in this forest, and the experience after fighting is only 105 points. Don't you think it's a bit less compared to the abyss?" Feng Yiliu continued.

"Indeed, this experience is like that of an ordinary level 30 monster, not like a monster that has received a bonus." Qianzai Yichang nodded.

"Although it's a monster in the secret realm, it doesn't have attribute bonuses. Isn't that a bit strange?" Feng Yiliu said.

"Then is there any conclusion?" Li Huailin, who was walking in the front, said.

"Conclusion?" Feng Yiliu thought for a while, "There is too little information, so there is no conclusion."

"Then tell me something." Li Huailin spread his hands.

"I'm just curious." Feng Yiliu said.

"Okay, in short, there will always be a conclusion after completing the task. It's not good to look forward to it now." Li Huailin said, "Oh, it seems that we have walked out of the forest ahead."

"Oh?" Several people looked forward, and it was true that the forest was no longer in front of them, because a very large lake appeared right in front of them.

Extending from both sides, you can't see the edge, but you can see the mountains on the opposite side of the lake.

Li Huailin looked down, the lake water was so clear and clean that he could almost see the bottom of the lake. However, because it was cloudy and there was no sunlight on the lake, it looked a little gloomy.

"It doesn't look like you can swim across." Here you, who has not changed for a thousand years, looked at it and said, "It seems that the other side is at least a few kilometers away. It will be dawn after swimming."

Players in "Heart of Glory" can of course go into the water, and they can also dive, but the useful speed and the speed of walking on the road are calculated separately. The default player's swimming speed is very slow, but there are also equipment that can improve swimming Speed, but now five people don't have it. It would indeed take half a day to cross the lake at the default swimming speed.

"So I said earlier that it's not this road... Do you think this is a road that can't be walked? Don't tell me that you really swim across." The summoning Jade Emperor here spread his hands, "What now? Do it, Mr. Captain."

"There should be something nearby." Li Hualin suddenly said with certainty.

"Hey, you should give up. After all, you are a man. Is it so difficult to admit a mistake? You clearly know that you have taken the wrong path." Your summoning Jade Emperor said.

"Huh?" Feng Yiliu and Qian Zaichang also looked at Li Huailin suspiciously.

"No...Actually, I do think there is something here?" Li Huailin said seriously.

"What can it be? It's obvious that you can't recognize the direction. Fortunately, after walking for more than ten minutes, there is no way. Otherwise, I don't know how much time I will waste." Summoning Jade Emperor said with a sigh.

"No, I think it's here. In fact, I've already noticed it on the hillside when I first entered the secret realm." Li Huailin said, "Obviously there are forests all around, but only this side is a lake, and I'm on the hillside When I looked here, I found a strange phenomenon."

"Strange phenomenon?" Summoning the Jade Emperor asked.

"It was a cloudy day, but I saw a golden light from the lake..." Li Huailin said.

"Golden light?" Summoning the Jade Emperor, he turned his head and looked in the direction of the lake, "There is no light at all, did you see it wrong? Did anyone else see it?"

"Ah? I just paid attention to the black smoke, and didn't notice the lake at all." Said Qianzaichang here.

"I didn't pay attention either." Feng Yiliu said.

"Me." An Ran here suddenly raised his hand and said, "I saw it too."

"Oh? You saw it too?" Summoning Jade Emperor said in surprise, "Really?"

"En." An Ran nodded, "There is indeed a light, just a few seconds before seeing the black smoke, I have seen it, and more than once."

"Hey, why didn't you say that?" Summoning the Jade Emperor asked.

"En." An Ran nodded.

"What does 'um' mean, please explain it anyway." Summoning the Jade Emperor shouted.

"Actually, there are other things." Li Huailin said suddenly.

"Anything else?" Summoning the Jade Emperor asked.

"After arriving in the village, I discovered two things. First, the road." Li Huailin said.

"Road?" Summoning Jade Emperor asked strangely.

"Yes, in fact, there are two roads in the village we passed by just now." Li Huailin said, "The first is the road we found for the first time, leading to the village, but that's the way to think about it the other way around. It’s actually the way out of the village, right.”

"Yes." Summoning Jade Emperor nodded.

"Now it's interesting. I also found the second road in the village. Where do you say the second road of this hidden world village in the secret realm leads to?" Li Huailin asked.

"Huh? I didn't pay attention at all." Qian Zaichang said.

"Didn't the villager say that there is a castle in the north? It must lead somewhere." Summoning the Jade Emperor said.

"Yeah, I thought so at first, but in fact we all tried it. At first we all walked towards the north, but we didn't see the way, right?" Li Huailin said.

"That's right." Feng Yiliu nodded, "There is no way at all, after a few steps, we have already reached the forest."

"Where does that lead to?" Summoning the Jade Emperor asked.

"Of course it's here, by the lake." Li Hualin said.

"Here?" Summoning the Jade Emperor to look around.

"Look carefully at the soil under our feet... Although it hasn't been smashed, it looks like someone has walked by. I'm sure this is part of the road. If you go south along this side, you should be able to return to the village by the way. Here It's fifteen minutes away from the village at most, if you don't believe me, you can try it." Li Huailin said pointing in one direction.

Summoning the Jade Emperor to look down at the soil under his feet, he didn't pay attention to it just now, it is indeed a bit strange to look at it now, there are no weeds on it, it is unlikely that such a situation will occur in natural circumstances, it is obvious that it is here Someone may have walked by.

"Okay, now let's talk about my second discovery." Li Hualin paused and continued.

"What is it?" Summoning the Jade Emperor really didn't notice anything strange in the village, but Li Huailin actually found two, and the first one was well-founded, which made her curious about the second discovery .

"First of all, everyone, think about it first. I said that no matter what, there will be a person who is not dead in the village, and then the task will be sent to us, right?" Li Huailin said.

"Yeah, yeah, we know you're the most fucking witty." Summoning Jade Emperor said with a roll of his eyes.

"Generally speaking, this is the case, but this time the situation is different." Li Huailin said, "The general situation is that the village is full of corpses, so there is a person who is not dead and escaped by pretending to be dead, and then the task is given to us..."

"I'll go, I understand, no wonder I always felt that something was wrong when I entered the village." Feng Yiliu suddenly realized, "There are no corpses at all, this time the other party took all the corpses away. It is impossible to leave only one person in the village."

"Yeah, don't you think it's strange, why did the other party take away the corpse, but leave a person who didn't die?" Li Huailin asked?

"Is it a trap? In fact, that person was left on purpose by the other party?" Summoning the Jade Emperor guessed.

"Stupid, how did the other party know that someone would come to the village, why did they set up a trap? The other party should not know the existence of our team until now, right?" Li Huailin said.

"Yeah, what's going on?" Summoning the Jade Emperor asked.

"It's very simple, because this person was not in the village when the accident happened in the village." Li Huailin said.

"Oh?" Summoning the Jade Emperor was stunned for a moment, "No, how did he die?"

"Bear." Li Hualin stretched out a finger and said.

"Impossible, the other party has a knife wound." Summoning the Jade Emperor said immediately, "If you are killed by a bear, it will not be a knife wound."

"Yes, there is a big knife wound on the left chest." Feng Yiliu said.

"The knife wound does not have to be cut with a knife, you can also use an axe." Li Huailin said.

"Axe?" Summoning the Jade Emperor, he suddenly thought of the old axe, a task item, "Wait, it is true that when the axe was handed to us, there was blood on it, but the other party was already covered in blood, and it is normal to be covered with blood, but you Let’s figure it out first, whether it’s a knife or an axe, bears don’t know how to use it.”

"So, in fact, although the knife wound looked scary, it was not fatal." Li Huailin said, "Think carefully about the other side's chest when he died?"

"Oh? Is this important? I... didn't pay attention..." Summoning the Jade Emperor, he thought about it for a while, but he still couldn't remember it, and he didn't pay attention to such a small place at all.

"To the right." An Ran suddenly interjected, "That's right."

"Yeah, it's on the right side. When you think about it carefully, when a person is about to die, you usually subconsciously cover the place where you are more seriously injured, but the knife wound is on the left side. Why does that guy cover the right side?" Li Huailin said, "Very Simple, the left side is just scratched, and the right side where the bear hit is the fatal injury."

"Huh?" Summoning the Jade Emperor suddenly felt like he couldn't keep up, "Can you explain it more clearly?"

"To put it simply, this guy was holding an ax and was attacked by a bear, and then he was hit by the bear several times, and one of them hit the ax, and the ax flew out and scratched the opponent at the same time, but because the ax is very important , He picked it up again and continued to fight, but he still failed to defeat the bear, and received a fatal blow." Li Huailin said.

"Is that so?" Summoning Jade Emperor said in disbelief.

"Otherwise I can't explain the situation at the scene." Li Huailin said, "Otherwise, can you explain?"

"Hmm..." Summoning the Jade Emperor thought for a while, "Well, even if he was shot to death by a bear, what does that have to do with us? Give us the task."

"Haven't you noticed?" Li Huailin said, "There is a very strange place here."

"Ah?" Summoning the Jade Emperor said confusedly, "What's so strange."

"It's an axe." Li Huailin said, "Why is this guy holding an axe?"

"Huh? How strange is this? Isn't this ax a treasure in the village? He... Hey, wait... He's not in the village..." Summoning the Jade Emperor suddenly realized.

"You see, he didn't have time to go back to the village to get the axe. The village was in ruins when he noticed, all the houses were on fire, and if the ax was in some house in the village, he couldn't possibly go in and get it Yes, everyone in the village has been taken away, and it is impossible for him to get it in the hands of the villagers." Li Huailin said, "In fact, he was attacked by a bear before he even reached the village, and he retreated while fighting. He returned to the village and fell there. The blood on the ground under his feet began to extend drop by drop from the outside, indicating that he walked to the village after being injured. The place where he fell was also near the other road I mentioned. .”

"Huh? The more I listen, the more confused I become. If your assumptions are true, where did this ax come from?" Summoning Jade Emperor said.

"It's very simple, he returned to the village with an axe, so everything can be explained." Li Huailin said.

"Huh? Turns out he's the caretaker of the treasure in the village, so he's carrying an ax with him?" Summoning Jade Emperor asked.

"Do you think it looks like it? His clothes don't look like a person of high status in the village, nor is he the oldest person. In an ordinary village, such things would be handed over to the village chief or the oldest person for safekeeping." Li Huailin said, "What kind of treasure custodian, there is indeed this possibility, but it is infinitely approaching zero. He can't even beat a bear. How can he protect the treasure? And he takes the treasure from the village with him? It's too weird and I can't agree."

"Then why is he holding the axe?" Summoning the Jade Emperor asked.

"In fact, you should ask where he got this ax." Li Huailin said, "It is true that the other party said that this ax is a treasure in the village, but the treasure did not say that it must be kept in the village. Maybe put it on... here?"

"Huh?" Summoning the Jade Emperor asked strangely, "Here?"

"Yeah, combined with what I just said, one, there is a strange thing on this side of the lake, and the village has a road leading to the lake; two, the ax is obtained by the villagers outside the village. There is only one explanation that can explain the situation at that time , Let me tell you something now. First of all, when the village was destroyed, this villager was by this lake, not knowing what he was doing..."

"I don't know what you're doing?" Summoning the Jade Emperor interrupted.

"Maybe it's fishing, maybe it's looking at the scenery, it's not important." Li Huailin said casually, "The important thing is that when he turned around unconsciously, he found that the direction of his village was actually emitting black smoke."

Li Huailin said while pointing in the direction of the village, "'Something must have happened to the village', he must have thought so at the time, because there have been bad omens in the village recently, just like the mission you took to come here Investigate, right?"

"Yes, I met a villager in the main city, and he asked me to investigate." Summoning Jade Emperor nodded.

"So he realized that the situation was not good, and he could probably guess that something serious happened in the village, so he ran towards the village quickly, but after running two steps, he felt that something was wrong. He was just an ordinary person, and even if he rushed back, it would be too much It’s just sending a life away, it’s not helpful at all.” Li Huailin said vividly, “But at this moment, he had a flash of inspiration—the treasure in the village, bringing it back to the village might cause a miracle, so he immediately When I turned around, I took the treasure, that is, the ax and rushed back to the village."

"Unexpectedly, he was attacked by a bear on the way. He fought for a while, but was seriously injured. He ran back to the village with difficulty, and found that the village had been destroyed and no one was there. In despair, he left fell down, and then we appeared." Li Huailin said.

"This..." Zhao Yudi thought about it while listening to it. Although what Li Huailin said was basically speculation, it felt very reasonable. "It seems that if this is the case, it really makes sense."

"Yeah, it makes sense." Feng Yiliu who was standing next to him also nodded, "If all the information so far is put together, this is indeed the result."

"Oh! That's what happened." The thousand-year-old here also nodded, "Brother, you have a trick."

"Okay, according to my current speculation, this lake is where the other party got the axe. Since this ax is a treasure in the village, it is very likely that the villagers will enshrine it as a fetish. Then the location of the enshrinement is at..."

Li Huailin pointed to the road on the ground while talking: "This side leads to the village, then walk along the other side, and we should be able to find the original location of the axe. I think we should be able to do it by then." I understand what this ax is."

After finishing speaking, Li Hualin pointed to another direction where the road under his feet led: "It's probably there, go and see if what I said is right." RS