Versatile Mage: Undying Fire

Chapter 292 Ambition
Looking at the luster of this stone, you can tell that it has transformed into crystal. Stone crystals are generally of very high value, especially Yuan crystals which are the most expensive. Lin Ran and his companions did not expect that the little grasshopper would give them such a big gift.

Lin Ran also gave a large piece of meat to the little grasshopper.

"How about you come down the mountain with us?" Mo Fan couldn't help but ask, and asked Xiao Yanji to translate.

It's strange to say, I didn't expect that Little Flame Princess could really communicate with the mutated little grasshopper. However, the little grasshopper seemed quite afraid of Little Flame Princess. It might be that the scorching fire on Little Flame Princess was something it couldn't resist.

"Ring, ring, ring." Little Yan Ji quickly passed the little grasshopper's words back to the others.

"You still want to stay here? What's there to defend? There's only a bunch of black pebbles... Let's go now. Remember, you have to be a kind-hearted magic hopper and don't harm the crops at will!" Mo Fan patted the mutant magic hopper's head with his hand. "By the way, have you grown taller? You looked so big a few days ago, and now you're this big. Do you magic hoppers eat feed?"

Lin Ran said, "Did you feed him too much meat?"

Seeing that Lin Ran and Mo Fan wanted to chat for a while longer, Mu Nujiao took Lin Ran’s hand and said, “Let’s go!”

"Carry me." Lingling asked Lin Ran to carry her.

"Okay, come on."

……

After that, several people walked down the mountain. This Fire Demon Mountain was not of much value now. The energy in the Elemental Holy Land had been almost absorbed by the fire of Little Princess Yan and Lin Ran. Even if it would burn again in the future, it would probably not be as fierce as before.

Little Yan Ji also told Mo Fan that he should bring her to places with fire more often in the future, so that she could temper herself and become stronger.

This was good news for Mo Fan. After all, the growth rate of Little Yan Ji was still quite slow. It would take many years for her to become the mature Queen Yan Ji. However, if Little Yan Ji continued to use this magic fire to temper herself during her growth, then not only would her strength be improved immediately, but once she truly transformed into the Queen Yan Ji, her strength would also break through the limitations of her racial bloodline and become even stronger!
"It seems like we have been here for almost three days. I don't know how they are doing." They hurried down the mountain. Mo Fan was still worried about Zhang Xiaohou, after all, they had been away for a long time.

As the few of them passed through the black rocky area, the dust gradually became thicker.

In the hazy sandstorm, they could see the station building which was half buried, but after searching for a while, they did not see anyone.

"Strange, have they already moved on? But Monkey and the others said they would wait for us here, right?" Mo Fan couldn't help but say.

Lin Ran said, "There will definitely be accidents, be careful."

Jiang Shaoxu nodded, Mu Nujiao also became serious, but Lingling was very relaxed. After all, with Lin Ran around, no one could hurt her.

Little Yan Ji was also flying around, helping them find other people, but after flying a long circle, she still saw nothing.

“Monkey, reply to me when you hear me. I’m going down the mountain.” Mo Fan picked up the communicator and tried to contact Zhang Xiaohou.

There was still no response from the other end. Perhaps this harsh environment did not support communication signals.

But the question is, where did they go? Why didn’t they leave any information for them? How can people find them?

"Come quickly." Jiang Shaoxu said suddenly, his voice very uneasy.

Lin Ran and his companions ran over quickly and found an arm exposed in the sand behind a stone house, while the rest of the arm was buried under the sand.

Everyone's heart sank, and Mo Fan hurriedly used his mind to dig up all the sand.

The body was somewhat dry, indicating that a day had passed since death.

When they dug this person out completely, they discovered that he was Li Sizhong, the logistics staff member who had been rescued by Mo Fan before!
Mo Fan breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that it wasn’t him… But his brows soon furrowed. Li Sizhong actually died in such a place, which meant that they must be in danger! !
Mo Fan looked at Lin Ran and said, "We have to work hard to find them."

Lin Ran nodded and said, "Yeah."

……

In the rocky valley, a large group of people in gray-blue military uniforms were surrounding it, guarding the entire passage and even the valley.

"Tong Li, why did you do this? We trusted you so much!" Zhang Xiaohou roared angrily, his eyes fixed on Tong Li.

"For the sake of big things, it is understandable to use some small tricks. It's just that Lin Feili is too ignorant. Does he really want to bury the secrets here along with his bones in the sand? He is such a stupid and stubborn person, exactly like Captain Zhou." Tong Li said with a smile.

"Hahaha, you are so stupid. Do you really think that we come here simply to open up wasteland for the benefit of mankind? It's ridiculous. Whoever wants to do this stupid thing of exchanging life for reputation can do it by themselves. Originally, this matter has nothing to do with you, but you insisted on joining in the fun. Now that you know things you shouldn't know, you will not have a good ending!" Zheng Tong suddenly laughed.

"Zheng Tong, you don't take me, the regiment commander, seriously at all!!" Ge Ming said angrily.

"I'm sorry, Captain. Actually, we wanted to keep this a secret, but Lin Feili has already recognized me, so I can't do anything about it." Tong Zhuang said. "You used to be the guards here?" Ge Ming looked at the team members who had betrayed him in an instant, and his heart sank instantly.

The Golden Hunters had experienced the Black Church incident before, which was a heavy blow, so Ge ​​Ming wanted to take this opportunity to thoroughly establish the name of the Golden Hunters, and asked Tong Zhuang, a person he trusted, to be responsible for finding people. However, he did not expect that their desperate pioneering operation would be taken advantage of by others! !

Looking at the army around him and a military commander with scars all over his face, Ge Ming felt extremely helpless.

"Lin Feili, I'll give you one last chance. Tell us where the Core of the Earth is right now!" Tong Li grabbed Lin Feili's throat viciously, his eyeballs almost popping out. This was an emotion mixed with greed and anger.

Zhang Xiaohou looked at Tong Li, who looked like a completely different person, and felt extremely guilty.

Why does he always think things are so simple? How could he easily believe what Tong Li said?

This guy was not here to look for her sister's bones. He didn't care about her sister's death at all. What he cared about most was the Core of the Earth, an important source of stone that could be used to build a city in the desert!
"It was you who destroyed this post station eleven years ago, right?" a wizard asked coldly.

What no one expected was that behind their desert reclamation mission this time, there was actually an army ready to take action. It was estimated that these military mages had been planning how to re-enter the desert long ago...

The reason why Tong Li went back early was not to bring back his sister's bones, but to notify these military magicians to come in. By the time everyone realized that there was external support from the army here, they had already been surrounded by the army.

"I was the one who destroyed the post station!" Suddenly, the army commander Shi Qianshou said without any emotion.

"Aren't you afraid of being sentenced to death by the military court?!" Zhang Xiaohou said angrily.

As they were all soldiers, Zhang Xiaohou could not tolerate the behavior of the military commander Shi Qianshou.

Soldiers are supposed to protect post stations, towns and cities, but this crazy guy not only failed to do so, he even destroyed the post station which was originally the size of a village with his own hands. What's more hateful is that he even reported to his superiors that the post station was buried by a huge sandstorm, and then completely hid his crime eleven years ago in this forgotten sandstorm. If Li Sizhong hadn't accidentally discovered the secret of Tong Zhuang and Zheng Tong, they wouldn't even know that they were being used.

"Compared with a huge city, such a small post station is nothing. Don't talk to me about humanity here. In this desert, there is only one rule to follow, that is, whoever is alive can have the right to speak! My request is very simple. Just hand over the Core of the Earth to me. If such a precious thing is handed over to the incompetent municipal government, it won't be long before the Core of the Earth is exploited without any energy left. This post station will always be just a post station, not even as good as a village... Just give me the Core of the Earth, and I can build a city here, a sand imperial city that is the only one that can survive in the desert. To the north is unlimited litmus ore, and in the distance there is a natural mountain fire furnace. To the west is an inexhaustible supply of insect shell species. As long as these things are used reasonably, this city will surpass everything!" said Shi Qianshou.

“As a soldier, all supplies must be handed over to the military fortress. You clearly want to embezzle them. You just want to be a local emperor here, so don’t make yourself sound so righteous. People like you actually destroy an entire post station for these things. You are no different from the evil insects, cave maggots, and magic ants living around. It just makes people feel disgusted!!” Zhang Xiaohou said angrily.

"Hehe, Lin Feili, I know that the old captain must have told you the secret of the Core of the Earth. I also know that thing is here, but you should know that I don't have the patience to turn over all the stone layers to find it. I will give you one last chance. If you don't hand over the thing, I will kill one person per minute until only you are left. If you are willing to continue guarding and let these innocent people be buried with you, I will consider it as a wasted trip!" said the military commander Shi Qianshou.

After a while, Shi Qianshou's eyes fell on Zhang Xiaohou.

Shi Qianshou's eyes turned cold, Zheng Tong and Tong Zhuang immediately stepped forward and pressed Zhang Xiaohou tightly under the sand!

Lin Feili suddenly became like an enraged beast, but with so many soldiers restraining him, he was completely unable to move. Everyone was locked up by them, even Ge Ming, the super-class mage, could not move.

"You little bastard, you're so arrogant. You hold a high position and have a bright future. Haha, now you're in our hands. Just wait to turn into a pile of bones here!" Zheng Tong kicked Zhang Xiaohou viciously, and said with a morbid sarcasm.

Zheng Tong actually felt very sorry. If only Lin Ran and the others were there too, he could torture Lin Ran. He had disliked Lin Ran for a long time!
"After so many years, don't you have even a hint of guilt?" Lin Feili roared with red eyes.

"What is there to feel guilty about? The one who should feel guilty should be the old captain. If he had handed the things to me earlier, I could have sent people to pick up the people in this post station earlier, and they would not have been completely eaten up by the migrating dust storm grasshoppers!" Shi Qianshou said with a raised eyebrow.

"You are the one who attracted the Dust Storm Grasshopper. Don't think I don't know!" Lin Feili roared furiously.

"Just take it as it is. Please make a decision quickly. I know you are not afraid of death. You just want these people to be buried with your secret, or give the Core of the Earth to me. It's your choice." Shi Qianshou said.

Lin Feili's spirit is now somewhat broken. What happened eleven years ago is happening again. This is the most terrible blow to him.

The reason why he is still alive is, firstly, to continue guarding the Core of the Earth, and secondly, he wants to tear the crazy soldier Shi Qianshou to pieces with his own hands!
At that time, there were more than 200 lives lost in the entire post station, including border patrol soldiers, hunters who stopped here to rest, and some locals who had lived in this desert for a long time. The beast Shi Qianshou led the dust storm grasshoppers here, and then forced the old captain to hand over the core of the earth. The old captain refused, so Shi Qianshou, who was in charge of transportation and collection here, used his domain to block everyone here, and almost everyone was eaten alive by those grasshoppers...

The reason why Lin Feili survived by chance was that he ate a kind of desert venomous snake when he was in despair. In that situation, he was already considered a dead man, so the Dust Storm Grasshopper would never touch his highly poisonous body.

However, when Lin Feili woke up, he found that he had to eat this desert snake almost every day, using the snake venom to fight the snake venom to barely save his life. This was why he never left the desert...

He is a monster. He survived here like a wild beast, but everyone else died. All this was because of Shi Qianshou's greed and ambition!!

……

“Damn it!” Mo Fan found several more bodies. They had been trekking together not long ago, but now they were turned into corpses. Mo Fan became more and more worried about Zhang Xiaohou.

Jiang Shaoxu knew that Mo Fan was very anxious, so he said, "Think carefully and see if there are any clues."

(End of this chapter)