Let's suffer a little longer, fellow Blue Star folks.

Can the center of gravity really be stabilized?

Phantom Tanks: To be honest, they look a bit like the wandering merchants in Zelda.

I'm not a traitor: Maybe he's a merchant? We haven't seen any traveling merchants in our gathering place yet.

Tianji Liao Wuhen: How about we just go out and ask? It's not a big deal to keep staring at them like this.

Alps: Don’t worry, wait...

Alps' words were still in the input box when the middle-aged man who was sitting and resting in the distance suddenly turned around and looked in the direction of the five of them.

"who?!"

Although the five players tried their best to cover it up, some discordant voices were always unavoidable.

After all, they were not well-trained scouts. The fact that they could sneak all the way to a place about fifteen meters away from the three people was already considered carelessness on the part of these three people.

NND, does this game have to be so realistic?

Alps looked helplessly at the three people not far away who suddenly became alert, and finally decided not to pretend.

He stood up quickly and walked out from behind the bushes where he was hiding.

"We are from the Yunshan River gathering place. Where are you from?"

Alps didn't even raise the gun in his hand.

After walking out of the bushes, he even walked forward and stopped when he was about five meters away from the middle-aged man.

Then he immediately looked at the three people in front of him.

A middle-aged man of about forty years old, of average appearance.

There were also two young people, a man and a woman, who looked to be in their twenties and were quite good-looking.

As we all know, good-looking NPCs in the game are very useful.

Could it be that they are really traveling merchants?

When Fang Xin heard what Alps said, he frowned slightly.

Yunshan River gathering place?

When did this place become a gathering place?

Did you just move in?

Uncle Wang looked at the several figures standing up vaguely behind Alps and silently suppressed his urge to take action.

They now have no way to run back to the demon-occupied area, otherwise they will be inexplicably wanted by some local force.

Then this business trip would be ruined.

So he put down the sword in his hand, took two steps forward and said:

"We are refugees from the west, heading east to Jiaoqiu Town to seek refuge with our relatives. We have no ill intentions."

West?

Alps raised an eyebrow.

"Are you from Shaling Town?"

Because Uncle Li and his friends chose to stay in the gathering place for a long time, many players also learned about Shaling through the migrant workers there.

They also knew that there was unrest there, so many people fled.

The middle-aged man shook his head.

"It's not Shaling, it's somewhere further west."

He did not reveal the name of the town, intending to conceal his identity.

After hearing the middle-aged man's words, the faces of several players in the distance became obviously excited.

Somewhere further west?

New map?!

The sky closest to the Alps looked at the back of the Alps with a strange look.

Could it be that this guy B is so lucky that he can get such a big reward every time he gets lost?

"That's it."

Alps nodded slightly, a warm smile suddenly appearing on his face.

"We are guests, and you are probably traveling merchants. I see you are parked here in the middle of the night, and I guess you can't find a place to stay."

"Our gathering place is not far from here. How about you all stay with us for a night?"

The middle-aged man did not answer immediately.

As veterans with many years of experience, they certainly couldn't just follow Alps' invitation.

People like this would have died in some corner long ago.

However, if these people really come from a normal gathering place, they can indeed save a lot of time.

After a night's rest, we will complete the supply replenishment tomorrow morning and continue our journey tomorrow morning.

But if they are evil people...

No, this place is so close to the border camp of the Yunhe Army, and there are patrol troops of the Yunhe Army on the mountain next to it. The evil people should not be so bold as to station here.

Seeing the middle-aged man hesitate, Alps immediately added:

"Our gathering place has in-depth cooperation with the Yunhe Army. There is a Yunhe Army office outside the gathering place."

"So you don't have to worry about us having any bad intentions."

After hearing these words, the middle-aged man in front of him did not change his expression, but the young man behind him shook his head subconsciously.

Alps also saw this clearly.

Huh? Is the Yunhe Army's reputation really that bad?

So he quickly added, "However, the Yunhe Army of the office cannot interfere in the affairs of our gathering place, so you can trade with us without worry."

"They don't usually come to the gathering place."

The middle-aged man finally nodded slightly.

It's not that he really believed what Alps said, but he found that the man in front of him and the people behind him seemed to be practitioners who had not entered the realm of cultivation.

And there is an old saying:

Seven steps away, grab quickly; within seven steps, use your sword quickly!

If the situation turns out to be unfavorable, the three of them still have a good chance of escaping by force.

"Okay, then let's go to where you gather."

……

Meanwhile, on the north side of the valley.

Several players were squatting quietly in the dense weeds, taking advantage of the slight slope and watching a group of people about a hundred meters away.

There happened to be a flat area there, so it was suitable for making a fire and setting up camp. These people were roasting the prey they had just caught on the road, probably preparing for a midnight snack.

Yu Shui and his companions walked north for a long time, until it was completely dark and everything around them was silent. They even avoided two groups of inferior demons before they finally saw this group of people.

Phosphorus pentoxide: Are these the people who killed the previous group of people?

Fat Tiger: It doesn’t look like it.

Although the distance was quite far, they could still roughly see the appearance of the group with the light of the campfire.

They were dressed in the same style as the ten people who were attacked, and their weapons were also varied. Some of them carried not only guns, but also spears, long knives, and long swords.

If they really killed the person, the wounds shouldn't be so uniform.

Xiyang: From this angle, I seem to see two cloth bags placed aside. Are there human heads in them?

After posting this message, Xi Yang immediately added a picture.

The two cloth bags were not far from the campfire. One of them was blocked by several people, but the outline of the other cloth bag could be clearly seen. There were many semicircular ridges on its edge, and the overall shape seemed to be filled with many spherical objects.

Phosphorus pentoxide: It really does look like a human head.

Chenlu Bobo: But these people are too arrogant. They are making such loud noises. Aren’t they afraid of attracting demons?

Even from more than a hundred meters away, Chen Lu could faintly hear the voices of these people, and felt that they really did not take the demons seriously.

Yu Wenbobo: This group of people should be the rebels, the demons will not actively attack them.

While on the road, Yu Shui read the posts posted by Alps and others on the forum, and understood why those headless corpses appeared.

Suddenly, it seemed that someone in the distance was burned by the fire while holding the barbecue. He took a big step back and accidentally knocked over the cloth bag, and a head rolled out of it.

Now all five of them saw it.

Fat Tiger: Holy shit, these people really killed him?!

Chapter 157 Go to the Morning Market

Around the campfire.

"Boss, should we continue to go up the mountain tomorrow to check, or should we first bring back the news that Wang Wu and the others are dead?"

A rebel who was grilling meat asked a rough-looking man with a stubbled face not far from him.

"I must go back and report the news first!"

The bearded man took the piece of freshly grilled meat without thinking and took a big bite. The blood oozing out of it flowed down his chin. He licked it a few times and ignored the rest, letting it flow down his neck.

It seems like I've gotten used to it.

"So Wang Wu and the others died in such an unclear manner?" the rebels who were grilling meat asked.

"so what?"

“Are we better than them?”

The bearded man glanced at the rebel and continued:

"Wang Wu and the others died so quickly. If we continue running south, won't we be throwing ourselves away?"

As he spoke, he turned his head to look to the south, and then looked at the two cloth bags placed beside him.

"Anyway, we've made a profit this time. I'll go back and tell the battalion commander the news. We don't need to worry about the rest."

The Black Beard Army had always let each military camp prepare the monthly payment for the demons on its own, and then the battalion commander would distribute it to the lower levels, so it became a matter of each squad preparing it on their own.

Then these battalion commanders use rewards to motivate these rebels, making them obedient and willing to fight for their lives.

Although they did not find any refugees this time, they did not complete the mission in the camp and did not receive any reward from the battalion commander.

But the victory was that he chopped off the heads of those people from Wangjia Village, which was considered a big profit.

As for helping Wang Wu take revenge.

They have no connection with Wangjia Village, so it is not their turn to take revenge.

"Boss, do you think Yun Hejun was responsible for this?"

The rebel who was grilling the meat saw that the boss had not finished the meat in his hand, so he took a piece for himself, stuffed it into his mouth, and asked vaguely.

"Otherwise, there is no such strong person around here."

"Not like."

The bearded man shook his head.

"I've been going back and forth across the border for so many years, so I'm quite familiar with Yunhejun's style of doing things."

"If they were the ones who killed us, their heads would have been destroyed for sure. They might even be hiding there and ambushing us."

"This time it seems more like Wang Wu and his companions have provoked some passing practitioners."

"I just don't know if it's Yellow Rank or Mysterious Rank..."

If it's a yellow level one, ordinary teams like them can be more cautious and deal with it with guns.

But if it is the Xuan level, only the battalion commander can take action.