"The patriarch is dealing with things now. It may take an hour or two before he can take you to see him."

The middle-aged man led He Ao on the road inside the camp. He still had some disbelief in his eyes, "Do you really have a way to deal with the man-eating mushroom? The patriarch said that this kind of mushroom is full of weirdness of abnormal creatures. If you let it go,

If left unchecked, all life in the surrounding wilderness will be devoured by it."

His tone was a little low, "We have tried many methods but failed to solve it, and we have also lost a lot of people. If there is no other way, we will have to move away from the place where we have lived for generations."

"I just heard about this mushroom by chance near Chenxi City and learned some information about it," He Ao said calmly, "But I'm not sure whether that method is effective. I need to experiment first."

"Hope your information is accurate."

The middle-aged man nodded, and now the three of them were almost reaching the tent that the middle-aged man had set up specifically for He Ao.

This tent is close to the wall of the camp, and there are heavily armed wilderness wanderers coming and going around it, seemingly changing defenses.

He Ao glanced at these soldiers and asked casually, "It seems that there is not much peace in the wilderness recently."

"Not long ago, the largest wilderness wanderer camp in the surrounding area was devoured by man-eating mushrooms," the middle-aged man sighed. "The nearby wilderness wanderer family is a bit uneasy. When the situation is chaotic, it is inevitable that some people will take advantage of the chaos to rob and make money.

It’s a big deal, so take precautions early.”

"It seems that the relationship between you and the Merck family is not very good? I just came out of the city not long ago, and I don't know much about the situation in the wilderness."

He Aosi thought.

"The Merck family turned out to be just a little-known, marginal family. They also received our favor. Their former high priest was seriously ill and was cured here.

"Originally, our two families were in peace, but their new high priest got a C-level secret medicine from nowhere, was promoted to C-level, and quickly began to expand."

The middle-aged man's tone seemed a little helpless,

"We have no intention to compete with them, but the recent emergence of human-eating mushrooms has made them feel the crisis, so they have turned to us. They feel that our family must have hidden something good after having lasted for so many years, and they want to take advantage of it.

, destroy our family.

"But we are not easy to mess with. We have had one or two confrontations recently, and we both had the upper hand."

"So that's how it is. How come that person from the Merck family knows your family's location so well?"

He Ao smiled.

He knew that the middle-aged man's last words were deliberately spoken to him to show the strength of the Andavi family.

"Their spies have been exploring the terrain nearby," the middle-aged man spat.

"It is estimated that we will have another battle before long. Although their high priest is an ungrateful thing, the young men in the family are the best heroes and will fight for their lives."

He Ao nodded slightly.

He has seen the Merck family attack a convoy. Those wilderness wanderers are more ferocious than the most ferocious hyenas in the wilderness. They can fight back against the convoy's machine guns and laser cannons. Their organizational skills are not ordinary in the wilderness and can be defeated in one blow.

Wanderers can compare.

However, the Andavi family, which can gain the upper hand in small-scale conflicts, is probably not weak either.

At this moment, the three of them have walked back to the tent where He Ao lived yesterday. The middle-aged man looked at He Ao and said, "Mr. Pate, please wait here for an hour or two. When the patriarch is finished, I will come over and take you to see him immediately."

He, I will have lunch food delivered later."

Having said this, he paused and said, "Mr. Pate, if you need anything else, you can tell me."

"I really have a small request," He Ao said with a smile, "I wonder if you have extraordinary materials in stock here. I need some materials to make some items, and I also need three mithril test tubes. I can pay according to the price."

After that, he entered the tent, took out a piece of paper from the salute, wrote down some materials, and handed it to the middle-aged man.

"The blood of the mountain monster...the juice of the shadow grass...the mountain spring water..."

The middle-aged man reached over and took a look, folded the paper casually, put it in his pocket, and said with a smile, "These are not scarce things. You don't need to pay. I will ask someone to prepare them and send them to you later."

He Ao did not refuse, but responded, "That would be troublesome."

"It's okay. Mr. Pate is a person valued by the patriarch. These things are not worth mentioning."

The middle-aged man said goodbye to He Ao with a smile, and then left here.

He Ao glanced at the bright and dark sentries around him, shook his head and took his daughter back to the tent.

Although the Andavi family showed enough kindness towards him in behavior, their vigilance has not diminished.

Enthusiastic yet cautious, with good control of scale, perhaps this is one of the reasons why this family can continue to exist in this wilderness.

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The sun shines through the gaps between the mountains into the deep valleys.

Five young men wearing blue-gray uniforms with pale faces climbed over a hill and looked at the huge and prosperous camp ahead.

The leading young man raised his wrist, and a holographic electronic map was projected from the bracelet on his wrist.

What is shown on the map is exactly the scene of this camp.

The five people looked at each other, quickly rushed down, and rushed to the camp gate in the blink of an eye.

"Stop," the sentry standing in front of the door raised his gun, "who are you?"

The leading young man raised his hand, and the bracelet in his hand showed its projection again, and a hazy emblem floated in the air.

This is an emblem depicting the stars and the sea, but what is different from the general logic is that in this emblem, the sea is at the top and the stars are at the bottom.

"We are looking for your high priest."

The leading young man spoke slowly and hoarsely.

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Ten minutes later, the five young men walked into the deepest and most luxurious building in the camp.

Sitting in the main seat of the building was a man wearing an expensive silk suit and his hair was neatly styled.

He looked to be about thirty years old, with a cold face and a calm expression.

He saw five young people walking in and chuckled, "Are you a special team from the group? I wonder why you came to me suddenly?"

The peripheral vision of his eyes swept over both sides of the building. Behind the side doors on both sides, there were a dozen fully armed wilderness wanderers lurking in ambush. As long as he gave the order, they could rush in immediately and beat these five young men.

into a sieve.

"We are looking for someone and need your help."

The leading young man seemed not to notice his movements and said hoarsely.

"This is easy to handle," the man laughed. "You send me the information, and I will immediately arrange for people to find it. Now this entire wilderness is under the control of my Merck family. As long as the person the group is looking for is there,

I can find it in the wilderness."

He stood up from the main seat and walked slowly in front of the young man with a smile on his face, "To tell you the truth, since I accepted the investment from the group, I have been working hard and sleeping day and night, and I have never wanted to repay the group for its kindness. This kind of

It's a small matter, just talk to our family contact person directly from now on, you don't have to go there in person."

His laughter was calm and natural, as if coming from the heart.

"That man is very strong."

The leading young man said slowly with no expression on his face.

"How strong is it?" The man in formal clothes laughed out loud, "In this wilderness, this is my territory. Even if the dragon comes, I have to lie down."

"You can kill a powerful C-level warrior with two moves."

The leading young man said slowly.

"Oh oh oh," the man in formal attire laughed, "are you here to arrest that person?"

"Priority execution."

The leading young man replied hoarsely.

The man in formal attire looked at the leading young man, and then at the other four people behind him, his eyes slightly focused.

Something seemed to have passed through his mind, and then he smiled and said, "Can you show me the information on the person you are looking for?"

"Can."

The leading young man raised his hand and sent a document to the man in formal clothes through the LAN.

The man raised his bracelet, and a picture of a somewhat haggard, honest-looking middle-aged man was projected.

He looked at the photo and said with a smile, "You really can't tell a person by his appearance."

Then he paused for a moment and thought, "I seem to have seen this person somewhere."

"He has a daughter with him. She is about sixteen years old. She is very beautiful."

The leading young man reminded.

"I can't remember, but it must have been in the wilderness."

The man smiled and turned off the projection, "I will give these information to each family and let everyone search for it. As long as he is in this wilderness, he will definitely find it...but..."

"If you find someone who doesn't need you to take action, you can determine the location and tell us directly."

The leading young man looked calm.

"That's not true," the man said with a smile, "the men in our family are all good men, and they are not greedy for life or death, but it's just..."
To be continued...