Monarch of Evernight: Eighty-eight trading points

bsp;Qianye was running in the wilderness, his goal was a human settlement nearly two hundred kilometers away. On the general map, it is just a settlement similar to a military outpost. Usually, up to one company of troops will be stationed there for security and initial blocking.

But when it comes to fighting the dark race, what role can a mere company play? Therefore, this kind of outpost at the forefront has always been regarded as a scary place by the soldiers of the expeditionary force. Only those who make big mistakes or seriously offend people who should not be offended will be sent to such places to garrison.

For this reason, in the minds of the officers of the expeditionary force, most of them ignored this kind of settlement intentionally or unintentionally. As long as no news came, it was good news.

It must be said that disguising the important fulcrum of the 7th Division's transaction with the dark race into such a place that people can avoid is indeed a good way to hide it from others.

What Qianye wants to do now is to visit that settlement. The news said that there happened to be a 'caravan' stopping by recently.

After leaving the city, Qianye acted exactly like a wilderness hunter, concentrating his aura, using various terrains to move forward, and leaving as few traces as possible. At this moment, a faint roar suddenly appeared in the sky, and an airship appeared from the direction of Heiliu City, flying towards the sky above Qianye's head.

Qianye raised his head and looked at the angle of the aerostat's auxiliary wings and the speed of the tail thruster, then judged the front and rear position, "I'm really willing to give up, even the aerostat was sent out."

Qianye found a big tree, climbed up to the top of the tree to rest, and waited for the aerospace boat to pass by. This aerostat is not big, and the model is quite old. If it were in the upper continent of the empire, it would be an antique-level obsolete product, but it is still a rare good thing in the Evernight Continent. Even as the division commander of the expeditionary force, Wu Zhengnan could not use many aerostats.

Since each time an aerostat is deployed, a large amount of high-grade fuel is consumed, so its use and maintenance costs are equally expensive. Generally speaking, even in small and medium-sized battles with dark races, aerostats will never be used to transport troops unless it is extremely urgent. As for using aerostats for aerial reconnaissance, the Red Scorpion Legion often did this kind of thing in the past, but Qianye believed that a division of the expeditionary force that only needed to defend a fixed theater would not spend so much military expenditure on this.

Therefore, the destination of this aerostat is readily apparent.

Qianye rested for about ten minutes and waited for the aerostat to fly overhead before continuing.

As night falls, the outline of the settlement finally appears on the horizon. It was a building complex spread out on the top of a small hill. Judging from the scale, it could be regarded as a small town. It could accommodate about a thousand people, which was far from the usual small place with only two or three hundred people.

It is obviously abnormal to have such a large settlement in a place where the dark race army may appear at any time. Qianye frowned slightly. Everything he saw in front of him showed that the transaction must have existed safely for a long time, and the scale of the 'caravan' must also be huge. The traded goods were not only large in quantity, but also large in size.

Qianye felt a little worried at this moment. It would definitely not be easy to remove such long-established fangs. Fortunately for Wei Potian, the entire Wei family in the Far East was behind him. At most, they could not impeach Wu Zhengnan. Song Zining, however, wanted to touch the black crystal channel behind Wu Zhengnan's backstage. Things involving real interests were always extremely dangerous.

Qianye quickly regained his composure, and using the cover of the night and terrain, began to approach the settlement. Night fighting was originally what he was good at, but since this stronghold is a base for trading with dark races, there must be various dark races in it. Many dark races have certain night vision capabilities, so Qianye does not have a special advantage in this regard.

Qianye became even more vigilant when he saw the large open space outside the town and a tower tens of meters high. It was a simple aerospace take-off and landing base. Obviously, the aerostat we just saw was not just for this forbidden exchange, but a common facility. This shows the importance of this place.

This settlement has expanded to such a large scale that it was not created in a day or two, which means that it cannot be evacuated in a short period of time. Qianye didn't even need to go in to investigate. As long as he took this information back and waited for the people sent by the Imperial Ministry to make a surprise inspection, he would definitely be able to grasp the clues.

However, after coming here, Qianye thought for a while and decided to go in and confirm the contents of the transaction with his own eyes. If the time is right, he doesn't mind giving those guys a hard time.

As the distance got closer, Qianye discovered that the town had special vigilance, and he smelled some unique fishy smell. That's the smell of a wolf, not a military dog. Then he saw that wandering in the streets of this small town were huge wargs raised by werewolves. These natural guards are much easier to use than ordinary sentries.

However, Qianye was already prepared. He took out some powder and sprinkled it on himself before continuing to move forward in the darkness. This special powder has a subtle torture on the sense of smell of wargs, causing them to instinctively avoid the source of the smell without being alarmed.

When Qianye finally arrived under the town wall, he found that the wall in front of him was made of logs and was only over four meters high. ?The watchtowers are distributed in four directions, far apart. Looking from here, you can clearly see that the guards in the tower are somewhat sleepy.

Such a security situation full of loopholes is really not commensurate with the importance of this settlement. Qianye became more and more vigilant. He didn't think that this place had been safe for many years just because it was unknown.

A red light flashed in his eyes, and the thick night in the dark vision seemed to brighten for an instant, and then he noticed something abnormal. The wall and the ground beside the wall are covered with gray cobwebs. If you don't have a clear mind, it's really hard to see them.

These are not ordinary natural spider webs. Silks are connected to each other to form a huge network. Behind the town wall, there must be one or several deep pits, and in each pit there will be a Modo Hunter Spider lurking. This kind of spider, which is as big as a calf, is a sentinel raised by the spider demon clan. The spider web is like an extension of their tentacles, and even the slightest abnormal change cannot hide from their perception.

Qianye's eyes narrowed slightly. The appearance of wargs and Modo beast-hunting spiders showed that there was an ulterior secret in the town. Even if it is a dark race military base, the guards are no more than that.

However, it is difficult for the Modo Hunting Spider to catch most hunters, but in Qianye's eyes, it is not helpless. He grabbed a few insects that could be seen everywhere in the wilderness and threw them into the spider web.

These beetles or moths are about the size of a palm, move extremely powerfully, and constantly scratch and scatter the spider webs in their desperate struggle. But these silk webs are much more viscous and tougher than ordinary spider webs. The more they struggle, the more spider silk becomes entangled in them.

While several insects were struggling, several wooden cones came out of the air and were firmly nailed into the wooden exterior wall against their bodies.

Amidst the rustling, several fist-sized blue-gray hunting spiders emerged from their hiding places and pounced on the prey on the web. They quickly eliminate the prey's resistance, repair the web, and return to their hiding place.

This is the weakness of Modo's hunting beast spider webs. They have limited intelligence and can only respond to living creatures, but they did not notice at all that there were a few more wooden vertebrae on the outer wall that did not exist before.

Qianye appeared from the night again. He was very fast, but landed silently. After a few ups and downs, he jumped towards the town wall, accurately stepped on the wooden cones, climbed over the wall, and fell silently into the wall. Within the town.

It is not yet late at night, but the town is silent. There are almost no people moving on the empty streets, and the lights in the buildings are also sparse.

Qianye stood in a shadow and took a deep breath. The blood flowed through his body and then retracted into his heart. Since the Tianxuan Spring Hunt, the golden blood has increasingly adapted to operate independently. When Qianye mobilizes it and the force of dawn at the same time, it will still resonate vaguely, and the 'Morning Qiming' that overflows from the force becomes more and more impressive. However, when the dark force outside the body is extremely strong, the golden blood will occasionally lose control like in the tavern, as if it wants to choose people to devour.

Qianye shook his head and threw this worry behind him. Just now, relying on the induction of blood in his body, he had discovered that there was a strong smell of werewolves and spider demons in the wind, and there were quite a lot of them. Only there is no vampire. But it's normal to think about it. The werewolves and the vampires have been feuding for thousands of years. Unless it is absolutely necessary, there is absolutely no possibility that the two clans will act together.

The sound of footsteps and faint voices came from an alleyway behind him. Qianye calmly took a few steps back, turned into a blind corner in the corner, and stood close to the wall in the shadows. His bloodline hidden ability was activated, and he used the secret method of the military to control his aura.

Four or five people walked out of the alley next door and crossed the intersection of Qianye's hiding place. Their voices also reached Qianye's ears.

"Damn, there are wolves and spiders everywhere, I hate them!"

"Keep your voice down! Have you forgotten how Lao Li died? Those guys don't care who you are. Once they find an excuse, they will find a way to eat us!"

"Oh, if something happens, Commander Zhou will not protect us at all, he will only let us endure it."

A slightly older voice said: "Just bear with me for a little longer. Don't complain. You and I both know how much benefit we can get after completing this transaction. With so much money, how can we not mention it?" What’s the point of doing things with your head on your shoulders? ”

"Just complete this transaction and don't make any mistakes."

"How many times have things happened in all these years?"

"Don't say anything, just spend tonight with peace of mind, complete this big business, and then let Zhou Tongli treat everyone to a drink."

A few people chatted all the way and gradually moved away.

It seems that because of the unfinished deal, there are now a large number of dark races stationed in this town. From the blood energy induction just now, combined with the obvious dark style layout in several places in the town, Qianye judged that there might be more than a dozen werewolves and four or five spider demons here. Despite the small number of spider demons, their real combat power relies on various giant spiders. There are probably no fewer than dozens of giant spiders in those two buildings with webs on the outside.

This configuration is enough to form a regular patrol team of the dark race. A transaction that requires such force to protect is obviously worth a lot of money. It is precisely because there are a large number of dark races in the town that humans have stayed in their rooms early.

Night is the domain of the dark race, and town defense is not a problem at all. However, for humans participating in the trade, the threat they face comes precisely from the werewolves and spider demons who come to trade. If you go out alone at night, you are likely to disappear suddenly. This kind of thing has obviously happened a lot before, so when Qianye sees humans walking at night, they always walk in groups.

The question now is, what do the two parties want to trade?

ps: Thank you to the new leader for signing the contract.