"The difficulty of this canyon is even higher than that of the Earth Fire Desert!"
Sumo raised his eyebrows and understood immediately after browsing the detailed description of the terrain below.
Although the Earth Fire Desert is difficult, it does not directly test the contestants’ performance in a short period of time.
As long as you can buy enough drinking water and food directly from the merchants in the first stage without saving points, persistence will be tested more along the way.
But Rolling Stone Canyon is different, it tests the contestants’ short-term upper limit even more.
If you need to clear the fifteen-kilometer canyon within fifteen minutes, you need to maintain a speed of at least sixty kilometers per hour.
Even if the terrain in the canyon is all downhill, it is still a big problem.
It’s not surprising that the difficulty level is one star higher.
The other side.
Qi Jie and the other two also selected rewards, which were also the first must-select item and the fifth item with the biggest discount, coupons.
At this time, looking at the information displayed on the manual, the four of them were a little dumbfounded.
“There is someone who is faster than us. I don’t know which god it is.”
“This is too abnormal. One kilometer per minute, even aliens can’t rush through it. ?"
"It seems that we need to use tools. I don't know if our sandboard can go downhill at this speed."
"How about you try it? It can be teleported back.”
Xi Ruyue suggested quietly, which immediately caused Guan Mao and Zhang Jun to shake their heads.
Although the fruit forest at the end of the canyon looks very tempting, the four-star difficulty is even higher than the Earth Fire Desert.
Both of them considered themselves extremely lucky to have made it this far, and it would be a bit rude to want to challenge the canyon as a freeloader.
But at this moment, there was a noise in the oasis ahead.
Looking around, I saw three figures walking slowly into the inner path.
The one who arrived earlier than the five
turned out to be a human!
“These three people are so fast, what are their origins?”
Qi Jie was secretly shocked.
Little did they know that the three people on the opposite side were also shocked at this moment, surprised that five people came in succession.
And the one standing in the middle seemed familiar.
Wait
"That's Su Shen!" They couldn't help but exclaimed, and the three of them quickly walked out.
As the most promising favorite to win this race.
The major territories have repeatedly warned their contestants before setting off that as long as they meet the human Su Shen, they should just follow them closely.
Even if you can’t eat the most fragrant ‘meat’, drinking some soup and water along with it is an opportunity that no one else would envy!
When they arrived at this oasis in the morning, they saw no traces of biological activity. They thought that the human Su Shen had already passed through the canyon and went to the terrain behind.
Unexpectedly, the final result was that they were one step ahead, a few minutes faster than Su Shen.
"Everyone is preaching that Su Shenqiang is terrible. In this comparison, we are not bad."
With a hint of pride in his heart, the leading man walked out with a smile.
Although he didn't behave like ordinary people climbing up the ladder and trying to gain friendship, he still maintained enough respect.
After all, a person’s name is like the shadow of a tree.
Although they are slightly ahead, they are not too far ahead. They are still trapped in the oasis and cannot move forward.
Maybe Somo has the tools to clear the canyon, and they have to rely on others.
“Lord Soma, I didn’t expect to meet you here!”
"I am in the lower palace Manting, the deputy lord of the Changgong territory."
Raising a fist in a Jianghu salute, Gong Manting's personal image is somewhat similar to that of a Jianghu knight.
The body is burly, like a hill, and the exposed skin is tanned by the sun, like a piece of hardwood polished over time, full of texture.
The eyes are bright and firm, revealing a hint of the aura of a superior, but without the feeling of being superior.
Coupled with the short, rough hair that stood up like steel needles, standing next to two ordinary-looking men, he was obviously more eye-catching.
But the palace is full of court?
Never heard of it.
Suma knew that the Changgong territory was originally located in the west of the New World, not far from the Long Banner territory.
As Longqi expanded several times later, Changgong naturally joined it and became Changgong City.
But although the palace was full, Sumo could not find such a person from the memory of the future ruins.
It must have been that he died early due to some accident, or that he was not strong enough to rank in the wasteland.
"Hello, Lord Palace."
Suma nodded slightly, still acting kindly but without losing his sense of distance.
“I didn’t expect you to be so fast. You have already crossed the desert on the seventh day.”
“No, we are just a little lucky. We just arrived in the morning. .”
Gong Manting breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Sumo was not as aggressive as the rumors.
“It’s been a hard journey all the way. The oasis is cool and refreshing, please!”
“Please!”
A group of people walked along a trampled tree-lined path. Go inside the center.
Gong Manting led the way while chatting about the experience of several people crossing the desert.
"My two brothers are also from the Changgong territory. When we first arrived in this desert, we were lucky enough to share the points and save the points to buy contact symbols to find the location.
In the first stage of the merchant When we were buying items, we originally planned to buy one tent per person, but there was only one on the sales list, so we took the risk and bought it twice, but we didn’t expect that besides tents, we actually got something good.”
After walking a few more steps and pointing to the three large kites hanging on the tree, Gong Manting laughed.
This time the main competition gathers all the top players among human beings.
It is both a good thing and a bad thing.
Their complete caution and strength allow these people to allocate their physical strength and points very rationally.
But the price is the loss of some opportunities gained from adventure.
Not to mention using points to refresh in the first stage, even those who bought water did not dare to buy an extra bottle.
“Since we won’t really fall to death anyway, we simply transformed the big kite we bought into a low-altitude hang glider.”
“As long as the wind direction is right, we can do it in one day. Fly out two hundred kilometers ”
Speaking of this, Gong Manting changed his tone.
"Lord Su, how did you get here? It seems to me that you didn't use this kind of gliding tool. This journey was extremely hard, right?"
Further inside the oasis, there are three people. A simply cleared space inside the center.
Three lonely tents stood in the middle, with an unfinished small fire piled in the middle.
“It’s really hard, we came all the way from the ground.”
Soma answered truthfully.
Although the opponent is skating in the sky and they are skating on the ground, compared to the level of difficulty, the latter is indeed more difficult.
“You can walk so fast on the ground. It seems that Lord Su’s methods are better than ours.”
Gong Manting seemed to be flattering without revealing anything, but in fact There is an uncomfortable sense of pride in and out of the above words, which seems to be clearly telling the audience in the sky:
Although the methods of human Su Shen are superb, they are not bad at all, and even worse. powerful.
In response, Sumo frowned and did not refute.
It is true that these three people got there first, and it is normal to be a little proud.
"By the way, you have also received the prompts from the game. Those of us who arrived first can choose any three of several rewards. In addition to the must-select Rolling Stone Canyon information, I suggest Choose fresh water and bread.”
Gong Manting kindly reminded: “The merchants over there sell some high-priced goods, and the cheapest ones cost one thousand points. We finally saved some points. It’s better to use it in the later terrain. Even if you can’t get through this canyon, you can just buy it when you exit.”
Discover water sources and oasis in the challenge mission, and you will be rewarded with a total of 300 points.
After three nights in a row without getting lost and crossing the entire desert, I gained another five hundred points.
In addition to the reward of 900 for successfully surviving two disasters, as well as the rewards of daily tasks for seven days.
As long as they can reach the border of the desert, the contestants are destined to earn more than two thousand points in the main competition.
Though spending some money aside, having one thousand to one thousand five hundred dollars in hand is a reasonable range.
Coupled with the bonus coupon, you can purchase even products priced at 2,000 points.
"Of course, if you can cross the canyon today, the fruit trees at the end should be edible."
"Then there is no need to choose food and fresh water, just choose points and coupons to make more money."
>Gong Manting told the truth, but his understatement made Qi Jie and the others unhappy.
It’s only half a day ahead.
If they had not chosen to rest, they would have reached the edge of this terrain long ago.
Why are you still pretending now?
"We only have two rewards." Qi Jie replied angrily.
"Only two items?" Gong Manting was a little surprised and quickly reacted:
"Then the top ten should be able to choose three rewards, right?"< br>
"Don't worry, the three of us have chosen food and fresh water. If you are short of it, we are willing to sell some to you at the price of the fourth-stage merchants and 50 points lower, as if we are making friends."
Four stages of businessmen?
Don’t you have to sell a bottle of water for 100 points? Seventy points for a piece of food?
Sumo's eyes twitched when he heard this. The fresh water he sold to the foreign tribe was only fifty points per share. Who expected that someone would sell it to him for double the price?
And in a comforting tone of making friends?
"We have water and food, thank you." Qi Jie stood in front, his tone becoming a little cold.
He could see that Su Mo was feeling a little unhappy now, but he immediately took it out due to his bad feelings.
"Is there water and food?"
Gong Manting has been a sophisticated man for a long time, but now he felt a little confused when he felt the change in the other party's attitude.
He met many contestants along the way, some of whom were even willing to exchange two hundred or more points for fresh water.
Now in order to make friends with Sumo, he is willing to sell it at a discount of 100 points.
No matter how you say it, you feel like you have offended the other person.
Does the other party want to buy it at the price of 50 points from the merchant in the first stage?
Gong Manting's expression changed, and finally he said angrily:
"Well, you must be tired all the way here, so we won't disturb your rest first!"
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"Forget about the plants and springs in the oasis, you must also know that."
With two subordinates, the three of them turned towards the tent camp and continued to deal with the unfinished small fire.
Although the water from the Earth Fire Spring is not drinkable, it is fine for other things.
With plenty of time now, they plan to use spring water mixed with soil to bake some pottery, and try to see if they can distill the spring water to remove the side effects.
“Let’s go over there.”
Somo turned around and looked around, pointing to the side of the oasis closer to Rolling Stone Canyon.
This oasis occupies a vast area, and the open space in the center alone is twice the size of the previous oasis.
There are also many water points inside, but the spring point on the side of the canyon is the largest, so naturally you need to take advantage of the few people to occupy it first.
“Brother Gong, they didn’t go to occupy the central position. Instead, they went to a remote place over there.”
Looking at a few people out of sight, Gu Wei quickly whispered .
Gong Manting was already feeling a little depressed. He turned around and took a look, feeling more and more that Sumo was avoiding them on purpose.
“Don’t think too much, maybe we arrived early and stole the limelight, which made Su Shen feel unhappy.”
Gu Honghai, who was concentrating on stirring up the mud, also raised his head and took a look. , then comforted him, causing the two of them to nod frequently and complain a little in their hearts.
Who doesn’t know that human Su Shen is the undisputed number one in any competition between big and small disasters.
It’s fine if no one sees it now, but there are hundreds of millions of viewers watching the main game, so it’s probably a disaster rather than a blessing that they are stealing the limelight.
"After burning the stove, pour out two bottles of water. I'll go and apologize to Lord Su."
Gong Manting seems to have a mouthful of phlegm stuck in his throat, and he won't be happy if he doesn't spit it out:
< br>"But I never thought that the first human being could be so narrow-minded. It seems that the rumors from the outside are a bit false."
"Brother Gong, be careful what you say!"
The ancient Red Sea stretches out and is full of stains. Niba's hand pointed upward silently.
The three of them immediately shut up and concentrated on lighting the fire.
About half an hour passed, and when the sky became a little dark, Gong Manting stood up.
The three of them chose fresh water, and there was quite a lot left at this time, a total of five liters.
Take out two small bottles and fill them up. Gong Manting gritted his teeth again and tore off about 300g of bread with his hands.
"The three of us will go there together, you two, please stop talking nonsense later."
"Okay."
Gu Wei and Gu Honghai are two brothers who are on rare routes and have smart minds. They naturally know the pros and cons at this time.
Although they were a little depressed, the three of them forced themselves to comfort themselves and walked in the dark to another light in the oasis.
“Their arrogance is much bigger than ours!”
Even before they got closer, hot and bright flames were already coming from the gaps in the treetops.
The crackling sound of explosions continued, and the small half of the sky in the oasis became bright.
Gong Manting looked helpless and glared at Gu Wei who was speaking:
"The trees in this oasis can't be burned for months. It's okay for them to like big fires. ”
The small fire of three people was piled in front of this big fire, which was obviously not enough.
Guessing that Sumo might have used this to crush them on purpose, the three of them raised their legs in silence.
However, when I walked out of this short section and came to an open space.
What they saw in front of them made the three of them stunned at the same time. Their raised steps were also froze in mid-air and they were a little at a loss.
Near the Earthfire Spring, a house appeared at some point.
There are three straw huts set up on the side of the house, one side is next to the wall of the room, and the other side is semi-open to the outside.
Looking inside through the open part, there are small beds made of treated reeds, which look more comfortable than their windproof tents.
And the crackling sound just heard not far away was not the sound of a fire burning.
“The firepower is too strong, hurry up and bring the pot over, the inside will be burnt in a while!”
Xi Ruyue was busy holding the iron pot, and there was something in it that made people move their index fingers. The scent of oil comes out.
It turned out to be a fried cake!
Gong Manting’s eyes widened with an incredible expression.
I saw seven or eight yellow dough pancakes tumbling up and down in the iron pot, making crackling sounds as the oil heated up.
When Guan Mao fetched an empty small basin of water, Zhang Jun put down a few chopsticks and fished out all the fried cakes.
The three of them breathed a sigh of relief and saw Gong Manting who looked like a wood merchant standing not far away.
"Hey, why are you here?"
Guan Mao was a little confused, but he still greeted him out of habit.
Su Mo and Qi Jie had the confidence not to react to the deputy lord Gong Manting, but that didn't mean they could.
Walking in the wasteland, who doesn’t want to have a few more friends?
"What do you call this little brother?"
"Oh, my name is Guan Mao, from the Blazing Fire Territory." Guan Mao looked strange and turned around to point at Zhang Jun: " That's my buddy over there, Zhang Jun. We both belong to the same territory."
"She is Xi Ruyue, from Mengyue Territory, and we are both Sanren."
"Sanren? You are not Lord Su's"
"No, we also met Lord Su in the first stage and followed him all the way."
There is no idea of a fox pretending to be a tiger, Guan Mao" "Honestly," he said.
He knew very well that the current behavior of the three people had shocked the entire palace.
Reinstalling does not make much sense.
"This is what Lord Su ordered us to do. He and Brother Qi went to explore the canyon over there."
"We just need to finish making five frames of oil cakes before he comes back, and everyone will have The reward of five loaves.”
What?
A reward of five loaves?
Gong Manting was shocked, but the Gu family brothers next to him swallowed involuntarily.
"You have this pot, this oil, and the raw materials."
"Sorry, this is requested by Lord Su, and we can't disclose it to you." Mentioning the materials, Guan Mao quickly shook his head and refused.
It’s not a question of whether you dare to say it or not. In fact, even they don’t know where the material comes from.
Noting the change in Gong Manting's expression, Guan Mao thought for a while and added:
"But if you want to eat, Lord Su said yesterday that we humans can follow the instructions Get the goods directly at the lowest discount.”
"Get the goods? Do you do takeout?"
Gong Manting's drooped eyelids suddenly trembled, and a glimmer of light shot out of his eyes.
Compared to the black bread, this fried pancake is obviously more satisfying and satisfies hunger.
“I don’t know the price.”
“Oh, the price is cheap. One cake is 10 points, and the minimum order is five.” Guan Mao laughed.
Regarding the sale of goods, Qi Jie has given the three of them certain authority.
Although unlike those alien races who want to make money, they can't make much of a difference in price from selling to humans.
But looking at the bright side, they don’t need to pay high costs to get the goods.
And as long as the sales figures are ideal, are you afraid that the righteous Brother Qi won't give them some small profits?
Already familiar with Qi Jie’s character, Guan Mao continued to introduce eagerly:
"Not only oil cakes, we also sell fresh water, and the price is even cheaper now than before."
"A bottle of water only costs 30 points, so you can get whatever you want!"
(End of this chapter)