It's difficult to move forward.

The soil that absorbed a lot of moisture became extremely soft, and you could step into the muddy mud with a little wrong step. The weeds that were almost burned out by the fire still had some wet fragments, and there was an inexplicable herbal smell emitted from the pile of ashes beside the road.

Walking on the mountain road in the middle of the stormy night, Curt unconsciously illuminates the surrounding environment with the lantern in his hand. There are many once-developed lands around, filled with weeds burned to ashes. In addition, there are many piles of waste that can be seen in the outline of the building left everywhere.

It was like someone who built a village here, but for some reason they abandoned their homes and went to other places. It seemed that before the fire not long ago, the place had been damaged, which created the remains of the valley.

On both sides are steep slopes with tall trees, and the gloomy bushes burst into tears in the raging wind and rain. The people who created the previous fire obviously deliberately controlled the spread of the fire. The burning traces had disappeared before touching the dark dense forest. The valley and the jungle were divided into two blocks.

"Oh no, there's no way ahead."

Curt suddenly stopped - because a fault suddenly appeared in front of him. Less than a few hundred meters in front of him, the road was interrupted in front of him. The hillside, which was originally slightly inclined, suddenly extended downward with a larger amplitude, almost perpendicular to the deep valley below.

The fracture surface is quite abrupt, and it looks a bit torn apart by some huge monster. The soil above the fault was torn apart forcefully, and even the rocks were smashed into countless debris. Most of the hillside broke unnaturally, revealing the inclined surface of the mixing of earth and rocks.

The turbulent stream turned into a thin waterfall on the benzyl on the inclined surface. It fell directly from a corner of the steep cliff into the bottomless darkness. Blasts of hollow cold wind blew from behind, like several invisible hands. They wanted to push the people standing next to the steep slope to the bottom of the cliff.

Looking into the distance from a corner of the high cliff, you can see some unremarkable apertures after the dark rain screen. In the sky covered by the dark black curtains, there is only that place with unusual brightness. The sky seems to be infested by those lights, scattering circles of light and shadows.

Perhaps it was the lights of the high-rise buildings in Katris City. However, Curt's vision was not enough to penetrate the darkness, so naturally he could not see the true nature of Xu Guanghui.

"The direction is probably fine, but we should change the path."

Curt glanced at the slope that was almost 90 degrees downwards and said to Liqi with a laugh and crying: "I think those two guys should know the convenient path... But I think no matter how we ask, they are unlikely to tell us the right path."

After saying that, he looked at the two magicians bound by Liqi with shadows and said helplessly. These two people were obviously unlikely to cooperate with them. Even now, they were still using the remaining magic power in their bodies to fight against Liqi's spells, trying to break free from their constraints.

Although they were weak and limp in the dark tentacles, they still tried their best to control the magic in their bodies. Both of them stared at Li Qi who did not take them seriously, as if they were about to eat her alive - but this was also ignored by Li Qi.

There is no doubt that this was a futile effort. However, neither of them seemed to know this fact. With the slightest magic they had left, even the protection measures that bound the outermost spell, it was a dream to escape from the shadows that wrapped around them in the inner and outer three layers.

As for Liqi... she still looked lazy and didn't seem to care about the struggles of the two spells. She just stared at the movement of the magic power in their bodies leisurely, and when their struggle was too intense, the spell's defense structure was appropriately adjusted as their actions.

"No. It's not entirely because there is no road to go - since there are traces of artificiality here, there must be ways to travel between cities." After adjusting the structure of the spell, Liqi looked around with her eyes half-squinted. Then she pointed to a steep slope not far away and said, "Look. For example, there, although the slope is so steep that it is impossible to carry things. But it's enough if you just want to walk below."

She slowly walked to the edge of the steep slope, picked up a stone and threw it out to the bottom of the cliff. The magic-attached stone was shining like a candlelight, and a silver stream of light fell downwards. After just a few seconds, a sharp bell sound finally came from the bottom of the dark cliff.

"Well, if you estimate at this speed, it's about two hundred meters away from below..." Liqi murmured in a low voice, as if she was doing some calculations. "If you want to walk from here, if you don't walk those trails, you will probably have an impactful contact with the ground."

As Curt looked along the mountain wall, the "trail" that Liqi referred to was placed on the rough rock walls - in fact, they were just some hard rocks protruding from the soil, arranged closely on the slope of the slope of the sloping cliff, barely building a small space that can make people step into.

These rocks look similar to the remaining stones after a landslide. I am afraid that a little step on them will cause collapse. However, if you observe carefully, you will notice that these stones maintain a delicate sense of balance and are placed in some parts that are relatively easy to touch.

With Curt's skills, he could indeed walk to the bottom of the mountain with these stones that could barely be called "the place to go". However, standing on one side of the cliff, Curt still hesitated. The dark abyss was like a bloody mouth of a monster, waiting for food that fell into the trap.

Perhaps this direction really leads to Katris, but do they really have to choose to go this way? He looked back at Liqi. She seemed to be busy tied up the two magicians with shadows, waiting for the opportunity to pull them down to the bottom of the cliff, so he did not pay attention to Curt's hesitation.

"Of course, this is not the only way to go."

Liqi noticed Curt's silence, walked slowly to the cliff, illuminating the rocks that looked quite dangerous with a beam of light: "But one thing I'm absolutely sure is that this is the shortest path, which allows us to go to the nearby road faster."

The girl tentatively manipulated the shadow tentacles that bound the true vision spells, trying to find a suitable angle to put them down. The dark "cage" was shaking in the storm, and the two spells blocked in it could only wait for their destiny helplessly.

She seemed very satisfied with her spells. She not only tried to use spells to transport those spells, but also wanted to use spells to lower them. While adjusting the trajectory of the flow of magic, she also dragged out an extra black tentacle and shook it in front of Curt, as if asking him if he needed a safety rope.

"Okay, if that's what you mean...it doesn't matter if you go this way." Curt shrugged, and then slapped the tentacles that reached in front of him. "As for these auxiliary skills, please spare me... I really don't want to be thrown around by these things."

Then, he jumped onto a slightly crooked rock, and then jumped out again the moment it dived under force and stepped towards the next footing point. Those simple footing points were difficult to accommodate an ordinary person with half a foot, and Curt could only use them to adjust the direction of his progress.

After adjusting the center of gravity and jumping downwards several times, Curt followed the beam of light thrown by Liqi. He moved quickly on a lead-gray slope brushed by the rain, passing through the rock mass that seemed to crack when touched, and approaching the flat ground below little by little.

As it turned out, they chose a very difficult road. Curt could only find the paths that could be stepped on between exposed rocks and walk carefully. As long as hesitated a little, he might slide into the abyss from the slippery footing point.

If that is the case, waiting for their ending will be really "broken" - if the body is damaged to such a degree, it will not be able to recover its ability to move in a short time. It is precisely because of this that he will carefully find a stable path and leave a mark after the action along the way.

Perhaps this is not the correct way to sag, but it may be more efficient. After almost a moment, the smooth ground appeared in front of him. But almost in a moment, Curt felt that his choice might put him in trouble again.

A country road passing by the foot of the mountain appeared in front of me. Many weeds almost as tall as Curt's knees had grown on the rammed earth that was not sorted. But nearby, huge plants with ugly appearance suddenly grew. Curt had never seen them in the area near Cartris.

These plants look like aloe vera that has been enlarged several times. The thick stems and leaves extend upward from the roots, and the layers of leaves are covered with sharp-toothed thorns. In contrast, their roots are surprisingly thin compared to the stems and leaves above, and various wastes emerge from the trunks.

A large number of metal fragments piled up on the roots of the plants, and they broke into pieces and embedded inside the giant plants. In a quick glance, Curt quickly recognized the original appearance of the metal fragments. They were part of the street lights outside Katris, but now they have become part of this "grove".

He carefully observed the areas where these plants were distributed, and the thick stems and leaves were arranged in a fixed pattern near the rammed earth road. Seeing that their roots were mixed with twisted fragments of street lights, I am afraid that the part where these plants grew was the area where the street lights were originally established.

"How could there be such a thing?"

While Curt was concentrating on observing the surrounding scenery, Liqi slowly descended from above the rock wall. After she knew more information than Curt, she saw the strange plants, a hint of surprise appeared on her face. Curt unexpectedly noticed that a rare sense of urgency appeared in her eyes. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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