survival adventure

Under the leadership of Terence, the group passed through most of Morris Township and came to a small wooden house on the edge of the town.Dejer pointed to the shabby-looking cabin and said, "My lords, Neil lives here. That, hehe..."

As he spoke, he looked at Dejer expectantly, rubbing his palms back and forth in front of him.

Dejer took out two silver coins, flicked his fingers, and the two silver coins fell into the hands of the fat and thin men respectively.Cullens was very grateful, and blew a kiss to Tao Sijing with the silver coin between two fingers, and quickly disappeared from everyone's eyes with the fat man.

A small open space was surrounded by a wooden fence in front of the cabin, and a few low shrubs were planted, which were blooming red and white bright flowers.

At this time, the small door in front of the wooden house was pushed open from the inside with a "squeak", and a middle-aged woman with a slightly stooped figure came out twisting the kettle and glanced at the group of people standing outside suspiciously. He lowered his head and began to water the shrubs in the small garden, opening and closing his mouth, as if muttering something.

"Annoying", "Again", "Endless"...

Sun Chengran pricked up his ears and listened for a while. Because the distance was too far, he could only hear a few words intermittently, but he probably guessed what the middle-aged woman meant.

This middle-aged woman should be Neil's mother.It is estimated that many people have come to Neil recently because of the news of the "Tatam tribe", and she is obviously a little impatient.

But even knowing that she might not be particularly friendly, Sun Chengran still walked out of the team, ready to negotiate.

However, just as he was about to move his legs, Cheng Yu next to him also moved.The two looked up at each other at the same time, Sun Chengran was expressionless, but Cheng Yu grinned and said, "Together?"

Although Sun did not speak, he did not refuse either. The two walked to the fence together and were about to speak when the middle-aged woman had already yelled into the room: "Neil, there is a guest!"

After she shouted this sentence, she still lowered her head and poured water, not even giving the two of them a straight look.

"Here we come." The small door of the wooden house was pushed open again, and a tall young man came out from inside.He has blond hair, eyes are as blue as the sea, and there is a naughty smile on the corner of his mouth. He looks about twenty years old, and there is still a trace of childishness on his face.

He went straight to the fence, opened the wooden garden gate, and said enthusiastically, "Hi, I'm Neil. Are you here to inquire about the 'Tatamu'? If you don't mind, come in and sit for a while." Bar."

He took two steps back, spread his arms to the side, and made a "please" gesture.

Sun Chengran and Cheng Yu looked at each other, and they both saw something wrong in each other's eyes.This young man named Neil is really too enthusiastic.His mother obviously did not welcome their group of guests, but in his eyes, there was some kind of unexplained expectation.

Sun Chengran narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at the mother and child in front of him again. There was no "qi" in them, and they looked like ordinary people.There is no shelter around the cabin, and it doesn't look like there is an ambush.Everything seemed very peaceful, but Sun Zhenran felt a kind of unreasonable irritability in his heart. The inconspicuous cabin in front of him seemed to open a terrifying mouth at this moment, waiting to swallow the guests in one gulp. Down.

Sun Chengran pointed to a large group of people behind him and said, "I'm sorry, as you have seen, we have a lot of people coming this time. If you all go in, your room may not be able to fit. Why don't we talk in another place?"

"It's really troublesome." After watering her small garden, the middle-aged woman finally raised her head and glanced at the two of them indifferently, as if looking at two corpses.It's just that Sun Chengran didn't have time to ask in detail, so she turned around and went back to the cabin, and closed the door with a "bang".

Neil said embarrassingly, "I'm sorry, there have been a lot of people looking for trouble recently. My mother is not in a good mood, please don't worry about it. Let's go outside and talk."

"Looking for trouble?" Sun Chengran showed a clear look, and said, "I understand, you are really in trouble. Don't worry, we just want to know the whereabouts of the 'Tatamu' and will not force you to do anything else. "

"Of course, it can be seen that you are different from the previous people." Neil walked through the wooden door on the fence, pointing in the direction of the town, "There is a tavern in front, let's talk there?"

Sun Chengran waved his hand and said: "No need, we are short of time. Since many people have come to you recently, you should have a map of 'Sea of ​​Misty' here? Just give us a copy, and we will pay you paid."

Neil glanced at Dejer, who was not far away, who was dressed as a nobleman. He didn't seem to understand what Sun Chengran meant by doing this. He frowned and said, "I still have a few copies of the map, which were handed over by people from the 'Tatam tribe'." Give it to me. Due to family rules, they cannot leave the 'Sea of ​​Misty'. Although they really want to trade with people on the mainland, they have been suffering from no way out. I am actually half of their introducer now, but even if they have a map guide..."

The smile on Neil's face stopped, as if recalling some not-so-good memories, he sighed and said, "So far, there are five groups of people who have gotten maps from me to enter the 'Sea of ​​Misty'. The approval was made ten days ago. Normally, it only takes two days to go to and from the islands of the 'Tatamu', but so far, I have not heard of any team returning from the 'Sea of ​​Misty'. I am very Worrying, will they encounter any accidents."

Sun Chengran wondered: "Didn't you enter the 'Sea of ​​Misty'? What kind of danger is there? Since you can come back alone, I don't think anyone who comes here to look for you will be as innocent as you. Get ready."

Neil smiled awkwardly: "Of course, each of their teams doesn't look like ordinary people—just like you, they are very powerful at first glance. It's just that when I first went into the sea, it was always calm , did not encounter any strange danger, as if someone was guarding in secret. And when I arrived at the island of the 'Tatamu' by chance, they cured my mother's disease and sent me back to coast, and handed me ten sea charts, allowing me to guide suitable people into the sea again. So I actually don’t know what kind of danger lies in the ‘Sea of ​​Misty’.”

Sun Chengran turned his head to look at Cheng Yu, and asked him with his eyes if he knew something.

Cheng Yu spread his hands and said, "I don't know either. I don't have any information about everything in the 'Sea of ​​Mist'."

Sun Chengran looked at Neil again and said, "Then, the map..."

Neil took out a few pieces of parchment from his arms, handed one to Sun Chengran and said, "That's it. Because it's from the 'Tatam tribe', you don't need to pay me anything, even if I repay them for saving their lives." En."

Sun Chengran opened the map, and a route was drawn with a red line with an arrow on it. It seems that the distance from the coast is not too far. If you take a boat, it will take about a day.

Neil blushed slightly, and said: "I'm really sorry, there were some teams who wanted me to be their guide. But as you can see, my mother is just recovering from a serious illness, and I can't leave her for the time being. Otherwise, I'd be more than happy to come back To thank the 'Tatamu' people."

Sun Chengran smiled and said, "Of course, I don't need to bother you. But I want to ask, is there a place to sell boats around here? I don't think there is a similar industry in the whole town."

Neil scratched the back of his head, like a boy who didn't grow up, and said: "No. Although we are very close to the 'Sea of ​​Misty', no one dared to go into the sea for generations. I was also desperate at the beginning, and I relied on a self-made raft to take me to the sea. with my mother into the sea."

"Let's leave it at that, we'll figure it out ourselves." Sun Chengran folded the map and put it in his pocket and said, "Thank you very much, I hope your mother can recover soon."

Neil turned and returned to the wooden fence, waved to everyone, and said, "I wish you good luck too."

The two returned to the team and explained the content of the conversation to the others in detail.

Dejer took the map, followed the path of the arrow on the map with his finger, and said: "There is no problem with the ship, but I don't know what dangers are in this 'Sea of ​​​​Mist'. Almost no one in history has succeeded." Returning from inside—Neil, a survivor, can’t explain why.”

Sun Chengran glanced at the silent Cheng Yu, opened and closed his lips several times, and finally said: "My lord, I always feel that we are going too smoothly? I have been unable to find any clues before, but now it is simply ' The Tatamu' was put before us."

Dejer said, "You think he's lying to us?"

"No, he didn't seem to lie to us." Sun Chengran shook his head and said, "I just have a feeling that our trip may not be so easy."

Dejer smiled slightly, but his eyes revealed a kind of determination: "Of course, what we want to enter is the 'Sea of ​​Misty'. Even the most powerful dragon clan dare not set foot in the area easily. But I There is not much time left, and I can't let go of even a chance. Well, it's useless to think about it now, what difficulties are waiting for us, we will know when we enter the sea."

After Dejer left with a group of servants, the door of the cabin was pushed open again.The middle-aged woman stood at the door, looked at the direction they were going away, sighed heavily, and said to herself: "Oh, what crime did I do..."

Neil also walked out of the room, supported the middle-aged woman's arm, and said gently: "Go inside, Mom, you can't bask in too much sun. You forgot how the previous batches of people treated us Is it? We just need to follow the orders of the lord now. Anyway, these guys who want to find the 'Tatam' are all greedy, and death is not a pity. Use their dirty souls in exchange for you It can be regarded as leaving a little pride in their lives."