Death Game: Starting as a fraudster, pretending to be a god.

Yue Zhenqiao naturally agreed with Li Nian's proposal.

There were too many unexpected situations along the way, which seriously slowed down the team's progress and itinerary.

Although these escorts have been escorting goods in the Hell all year round and have rich experience in summer heat relief, they all wear relatively heat-insulating special animal skin clothing produced in the Hell, and also carry a lot of water bags, ice stones and other things for cooling down. They seem to be in better condition than the "flying knives".

But they were just a group of bodyguards after all, and were also affected by the high temperature to some extent.

Moreover, precisely because they are experienced and have been outdoors for many years, they are very clear about the consequences of staying outdoors for a long time at noon in the Hellfire, and are even more awed by such things.

Walking along the winding valley road, the team's speed was obviously much faster than before.

Another long while passed, and after they repelled several waves of demon attacks that were still abnormal but fortunately small in scale, they were almost out of the range of Fuyuan Mountain.

but……

Judging from the fact that He Yuezhenqiao was looking at the sky, the map, and the hourglass with increasing anxiety and frequency, their progress was still not fast enough!

Lin Yu felt his lips were a little dry as he walked in the team.

He even had to take Hannah back temporarily - as an aquatic animal, even though the little octopus had a high status, it still had its own natural weaknesses before reaching the state of "doing whatever it wanted".

Hannah is really afraid of heat and dryness. If the little octopus is exposed to the sun in such weather all the time, Lin Yu is very worried that it will turn into dried octopus.

"What about me, Boss? Am I not afraid of the sun?"

Old Zheng, who was hidden in Lin Yu's sleeve, said resentfully, "I'm just a piece of delicate and fragile connective tissue. If I'm exposed to the sun without the protection of my skull, I'll turn into roasted brain."

Lin Yu said helplessly: "I think you are in good spirits."

"It's actually a last gasp," Old Zheng said with a twinkle in his eye. "Please take me back too. Please."

"No, Hannah went back because it really couldn't hold on any longer, and I don't have any use for it for the time being," Lin Yu cruelly rejected Lao Zheng, "and you... now we are carrying a 'remaining body' whose condition we don't know yet, and we may attract new demonic attacks at any time, so..."

"You have to stay outside."

Hearing Lin Yu's words, Lao Zheng sighed deeply: "Okay, Boss... Is there any high temperature subsidy?"

"Did you have a salary before, and also a subsidy?"

“You’re so heartless…!”

Even Lin Yu, whose physique could be considered mid-to-upper in the Black Swamp Realm, felt thirsty and burning. Old Zheng, a former "Level 3", even began to actively try to get Lin Yu to put it back into the [Prop Space]...

The other ordinary escorts in the team were naturally dizzy and had chapped lips due to the heat.

Several people who were injured earlier fell unconscious and groaned continuously. Just listening to them could make one feel extremely painful.

The employer, "Fei Dao", had already slumped over the horse's back, motionless, and was about to pass out from heatstroke at any moment.

Apart from Lin Yu, the only ones in better condition in the entire team were Yue Zhenqiao and his deputy, the chief and deputy escort leaders.

Of course, there are also Sanyang and Li Nian - there is no need to say much about Sanyang. As a native demon of the Hell of Fire and a leader-level demon, although Sanyang doesn't like being exposed to the sun, it obviously has an outstanding ability to withstand high temperatures.

Even though it was approaching noon, Sanyang only stuck out his tongue from time to time to dissipate heat and showed no signs of decline.

As for Li Nian, he had the mildest symptoms among humans.

She was wearing sunglasses and humming a song, and even had the leisure to look around and chat with Lin Yu.

"It's so hot, it would be nice to have a big watermelon—preferably one that's been chilled, not frozen in the refrigerator but from well water. I can just split it open and cut a big leaf and bite into it directly. The juice is so cold that it hurts my gums. That's how good it tastes!"

"Hey, Sister Zhu Ming, do you prefer crispy or juicy watermelons? I prefer crispy and juicy ones. Sure, juicy watermelons are sweet, but I always feel an itchy throat after eating them..."

Lin Yu was helpless: "You are not hot at all?"

"Fortunately, this outfit was stolen from a wealthy family and is useful for keeping warm in the cold and heat." Li Nian pinched it with her fingertips and shook it. Lin Yu then realized that she was wearing a layer of transparent soft clothes. "However, although Yue Biaotou is getting more and more anxious, we should soon find a place to rest."

Li Nian said this, and Lin Yu was a little surprised.

"How did you know?"

He was too hot to observe Yue Zhenqiao.

"Because he's starting to get confused," Li Nian said calmly, "especially when he was looking at the map... This shows that Yue Biaotou is worried about something..."

Lin Yu's thinking had not been affected by the high temperature, so after hearing what Li Nian said, he also reacted.

"Captain Yue, are you planning to take a shortcut, or perhaps skip the village you originally planned to rest in and spend the afternoon somewhere else?"

"I guess so."

Li Nian nodded.

Not long after, the escort team finally left the territory of Fuyuan Mountain - when they walked out of the end of the valley, two downhill forks appeared in front of them.

The one on the left leads to a mountain with complex and steep terrain, and the one on the right leads to another mountain with complex and steep terrain.

Here, escort leader Yue Zhenqiao took out the map and hourglass for the last time - and he even stopped his horse to look at them.

Finally, Yue Zhenqiao made up his mind.

"Everyone, I'm afraid it's too late for us to go to 'Wuquan Village' again. It's almost noon now... So this time, let's take a different route, a closer one, to rest and recuperate at Chenjiabao on the other side of 'Shuangsaw Mountain'."

"We'll go to the well to refill the water bags and give the wounded a chance to rest. At night, we'll go to Wuquan Village to rest as planned."

Yue Zhenqiao tried to cheer himself up and spoke.

Upon hearing this, the escorts in the team seemed a little shocked by this decision and became conflicted.

"Double Saw Mountain? Chen Family Fort?"

"This……"

But soon, the deputy leader spoke again and dispelled the doubts in the team.

"Chenjiabao is much shorter than Wuquan Village. It takes less than a quarter of an hour to get there now, and it won't be too far of a detour if we leave tomorrow... What Old Yue said is the best solution right now!"

"If we grit our teeth and head to Wuquan Village, it would be fine if we arrive safely, and we can barely land there just before noon. But if we're stopped by a monster for even a moment, it would be a huge problem!"

As the deputy escort leader spoke, everyone was finally convinced.

"Okay, I'll follow Master Yue's orders."

The escorts turned their horses around and followed Yue Zhenqiao into the mountain path on the left.

But Lin Yu, who was mixed in the team, frowned again.

"It seems that there is something strange about this Chen Family Castle..."

Judging from what the deputy escort leader said, Chenjiabao is much closer than Wuquan Village.

So what was Yue Zhenqiao struggling with before?

After Yue Zhenqiao proposed this plan, what were these ordinary bodyguards struggling with?

There must be something strange about Chenjiabao that makes them so confused!