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Chapter 416 [River of Hope]

"Follow this river and go down the river, which can speed up the team."

Standing by the river, Han Ye looked at Lanlan and smiled gently.

Lanlan immediately communicated quickly with Tacitus beside her.

The two of them stared at the river in front of them at the same time.

The river surface is not too wide, and the river water is not turbulent, but the speed of the water flow is still not slow.

The water surface seems very calm and clear. Even when standing on the shore, you can see the pebbles that are rounded under the shallow water of the river beaches washed by adults over the years.

The river stretches out, heading north all the way to the end of sight.

There are endless wilderness on both sides of the river bank - Han Ye is right, this continent is indeed too deserted. The climate here is obviously not extreme, but after walking along the way these days, I rarely see lush vegetation.

Occasionally I see some sparse bushes, all of which are short and thin shrubs, like towering trees like Roland Continent, which are absolutely not available.

Lanlan and Tacitus discussed for a while, then looked at Han Ye and asked, "Sir Han Ye..."

Since she learned that Han Ye was Luo Xue's sister, Lan Lan's attitude towards this elf has become more and more respectful - Lan Lan saw the encounter with Luo Xue in the frozen forest and the fierce battle between Luo Xue and Chishuiduo on the shore of Dayuan Lake!

In addition to her relationship with Du Weiwei, she also learned some legends about falling snow from Du Weiwei.

At this moment, Luo Xue's sister was standing in front of her - and she had seen her show amazing strength before. How could Lan Lan not respect her?

"Sir Han Ye... We don't have a boat, can we only walk along this river?"

Han Ye smiled faintly: "It's not OK to walk."

After a pause, she explained: "This river is the longest river in the middle of the continent. We all call it 'Sulumbi' - you should know what this means."

Lan Lan nodded: "Sulumby... in the elves, does it mean hope?"

"Yes, it's hope. It's called the River of Hope by us." Han Ye said this and looked at Lan Lan deeply: "Do you know why?"

"...Why?" Lan Lan heard Han Ye's tone was a bit complicated.

"Because..." A kind of confused gaze flashed in Han Ye's charming eyes. She smiled gently, and her golden hair fluttered in the breeze, and then she slowly said:

"Legendary: Ten thousand years ago, our ancestors left their homes and were expelled to this continent by humans. At that time, the entire continent here was still a bitter and cold place. In order to survive, our ancestors had to wander around this continent, search and find all the suitable areas that could allow us to live in.

However, what made the ancestors helpless was that this abandoned continent seemed to be heaven, a place where gods specially used to punish us sinners.

On this continent, there are not only extremely bad weather and barren land. There are also many terrible monsters. Those monsters are some terrible existences created by powerful demons in ancient times. They are powerful and dangerous, and they live on this continent earlier than us.

Our people, looking for suitable habitats on this continent, have to search everywhere - the search process is very dangerous. We sent the bravest and bravest soldiers to sacrifice, but these excellent soldiers always encounter various dangers.

The powerful monsters that originally lived everywhere occupy many places on the continent, and our warriors are often attacked and killed.

At the beginning, our tribe suffered heavy losses!”

When he said this, Han Ye's tone became a little sad and low.

Then she stared at the river in front of her and walked slowly to the riverside. She bent down, gently snatched up a handful of water, and whispered: "Later, after making countless sacrifices, we finally discovered a strange rule."

"Rules?" Lan Lan widened her eyes.

"This river! This river we later called 'Sulumby'. It is the only security line on the entire continent!"

Safety line! This title was immediately remembered by Lan Lan.

"You can't imagine how terrible the monsters on this continent are! Although our tribes were originally defeated races, we had already lost too many elites and powerful warriors in the war with humans... But even so, when we came to this continent, we still had some outstanding warriors to protect everyone.

However, what made everyone desperate was that even the powerful warriors who had reached the Saint level had ended up with a sank of sand when facing some monsters!"

Saint level?

Lan Lan exclaimed.

But then, she felt relieved again.

The monster that looks like an octopus is witnessed by Lan Lan!

Even Tacitus, a top warrior in the Temple of Light, is already considered a top warrior - a powerful high-level warrior. When facing that octopus monster, he was almost killed in seconds!

It is conceivable that since that octopus monster can directly kill a high-level strong man, its strength should be comparable to that of the holy level!

"Even the holy warriors are not sure that they can protect themselves. How can we complete the exploration of this land? So... this river of hope has become our life-saving straw!

Our ancestors discovered that as long as we go south along this river, the length of this river exceeds 5,000 miles, and there will be no such monsters on both sides of it!

Later, according to the results of our ancestors' exploration, the territory of the monsters we identified seemed to follow a strange rule: their territory cleverly bypassed the river.

You can imagine that at the beginning, after we lost too many strong men and experts, we were almost desperate in the face of this dangerous continent. At this time, it was so exciting that it was to suddenly discover such a safety line of hope.

So, relying on the river along the earliest ancestors, several settlements were established, allowing our ancestors and people to reproduce and thrive. Although the climate is still cruel and the land is still barren, at least they can get a safe area where they can breathe slowly."

Lan Lan sighed a long sigh when she heard this, but the look at the riverside in front of her became even more strange.

Han Ye saw the doubt in Lanlan's eyes and smiled slightly: "You must be curious why those terrible monsters want to avoid this river?"

"...Well. I think there must be some special reason for this, right?"

"Of course there is a reason." Han Ye smiled bitterly: "At the earliest times, our ancestors also tried to use many methods to figure out this answer. After all, the monsters living on this continent will be one of the biggest enemies of the ancestors in the future. If we can figure out why those monsters avoided this river, then perhaps we can use this answer to fight those monsters."

"Did you... find the answer?" Lan Lan asked.

Han Ye was silent for a long time, and she looked at Lan Lan.

What disappointed Lan Lan was that Han Ye's eyes became obviously strange.

But... she didn't answer!

She just seemed to smile - Lan Lan could obviously feel it. There seemed to be many things hidden in Han Ye's smile and eyes.

But if this elf doesn't say it, Lan Lan can't continue asking questions.

Han Ye pointed to the north of the river and said softly: "From here, go north along the river, well... at the speed of your journey, you can see a forest for about three or five days. It is a very strange plant. They are not tall, but they can grow a particularly wide leaf. The leaves are very tough. If one leaf is collected and falls on the water, it will be enough to accommodate three or five people floating on the water.

In the current season, the leaves have not yet withered, so we can collect some leaves and use them as boats. If we go down the north, the speed of traveling will be much faster. Moreover, this is the safest way.

Of course. You'd better tell your people that no matter what happens along the way, you must never leave the river bank for more than a hundred meters away!

Because although this river is a safety line, its basin still runs through the territory of several powerful monsters along the way.

Those monsters are very powerful, and even I will not provoke them easily. I don’t think you have a way to fight those things.”

Don't leave... one hundred meters on both sides of the river bank?

One hundred meters, but a very narrow distance!

Lan Lan immediately felt the dangerous smell, and she couldn't help but say, "Mr. Han Ye... Even a strong man like you... you... should have surpassed the holy level, right?"

Han Ye glanced at Lan Lan, her tone became strange, and she slowly said: "The powerful strength is not used as a power of killing."

This sentence confused Lan Lan a little.

Then Han Ye said in a deep voice: "I went to the area where you landed and killed that monster for a special reason. That monster is a bit different from other monsters. It has two power attributes and can survive in the sea. Therefore, the barrenness of the continent will not have much impact on it, so that kind of monster is the fastest one that reproduces among all the monsters on this continent. On such a barren land, if a powerful and extremely dangerous monster appears, and its reproduction ability is too fast, it will break the balance here and bring a huge threat to all races!

So... our elves have no choice but to send all powerful tribe members to hunt down some such octopus monsters every time.

We elves do not like killing, but we can only do this in order to maintain the natural balance here."

Lan Lan noticed that when Han Ye explained this, he accidentally agreed to a fact.

That is: her strength has indeed reached the level above the holy level!

Moreover, with Lanlan's guess, it may be far beyond the level of the holy level!

Because, when this elf hunts the octopus monster, it seems... very relaxed!

...

According to Han Ye's guidance, the team followed the river to the north.

Walking hard, on the sixth day, I found the kind of place Han Ye said that it would grow and use huge leaves as a boat.

Looking at the "woods" mentioned in the cold night in front of me, many humans were deeply moved.

The "forest" Han Ye mentioned is actually just a sparse ten trees.

This kind of tree is indeed not tall. It is only about two or three meters tall.

People from Roland have never seen such a strange plant: its trunk, the largest tree, is only the thickest tree, the thickest one, the thickest one, the thickest one, and even so, it is impossible to cut down and make wooden boats, because there are only two or three trees with such thick waists. Most of them are just the size of the bowl.

Such relatively slender tree trunks are shocking.

Trees look like huge umbrellas. Many large and huge leaves grow on their canopy.

This kind of leaves are extremely thick, and when you touch it, it is probably as thick as a person's fist. If you pinch it hard, it is very tough.

It seems that the smallest leaves are 20% or 30% larger than ordinary people’s dining tables!

Each leaf is in a natural bowl shape. As long as it is collected and thrown into the river, it will be like a natural boat.

Although this kind of leaves are large and thick, they are relatively light in weight and have great buoyancy.

Some leaves were collected and thrown into the water, and there was no problem with three or five people sitting on it.

Under Han Ye's guidance, the crew members and sailors in the team started to collect these leaves.

But Han Ye made strict requirements: this elf sternly warned humans that they would definitely forbidden from cutting down these trees! Even if they accidentally broke a branch, they would get the elves' stern eyes!!

"On this continent, any life is precious! Even the growth of a grass is extremely difficult! It seems to be a forbidden zone for life. These trees are extremely precious things. I allow you to collect leaves because after this season every year, the leaves will naturally wither and fall off, and will grow again in the next year.

But if you break the branches, these trees may not be able to grow these precious 'ship leaves' again in the coming year! As for cutting down these trees, don't even think about it! If anyone dares to do anything randomly, I don't mind throwing him into the river!"

Han Ye's stern warning was fully respected by people in the church such as Tacitus.

The casual sailors and crew members were also harshly warned one by one, so the things that made Han Ye worry didn't happen.

Then Han Ye told another fact, which made everyone very pleased.

"In addition to being able to ferry over rivers as boats, these leaves can be eaten as food. Of course, the taste may be checked and the taste is a bit dry. But it can actually fill the stomach. This has been proven in our elves and orcs - of course, those races that only like to eat meat are not included."

But eat?

The humans were immediately surprised.

Even Lan Lan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief!

In fact, there is really not much food in her storage ring.

After all, after coming to this continent, I didn’t find any people. It was desolate and I couldn’t find any food. Even wild animals were hard to see, so it was very difficult to hunt and obtain food.

Although I caught some sea fish on the beach, I thought that there was still such a long way to go... I am afraid that the food I reserved may not be enough to eat.

After all, the storage ring in Lanlan's hand has not been infinite.

Of course, in order to confirm Han Ye, Tacitus still carefully experimented.

He personally tasted a small piece of this "ship leaf".

I have to say that Han Ye’s evaluation of “the taste is slightly bitter” is really too conservative.

After entering the mouth of this leaf, its tough taste seems to be the most difficult to bite old beef, which is so tough that it is difficult to chew. And if you bite too much, many green juices will flow out - fortunately, they are barely tolerable.

However, the belly won't lie.

This thing really brings a feeling of "fullness". After Tacitus tried it, he ate a meal of leaves. After waiting for a long time, he confirmed this. Eating this kind of boat leaf will indeed bring people exactly the same effect as food: nutrients needed by the human body.

Although it is a little bit unpalatable - but in such a place, you can no longer ask for more.

So, after collecting more than 30 leaves, people collected more than 100 leaves, and all of them were stored in blue storage rings. If they couldn't put them down, they folded them together as boats.

One hundred leaves are already the limit that Han Ye allows them to collect. After all, too many leaves will also damage the vitality of these trees.

But at least, after solving the food hidden dangers, even Tacitus, who was frowning along the way, seemed much more relaxed.

As for Tamsui... the river in front of you has completely solved everyone's worries.

After more than 30 boat leaves were launched, the adventure team ushered in a smooth journey.

For the next twenty days, everyone would rely on these boat leaves to move forward in the water every day.

This river is not a straight line, it will also be winding along the way.

But after getting the warning from Han Ye, everyone would rather endure this kind of winding sailing on the water than no one dared to step onto the shore to walk straight lines and shortcuts.

Especially on several nights, Han Ye told everyone that the area where the river passes through the territory of some powerful monsters...

In the middle of the night, everyone sat on the boat leaves and could clearly hear some strange sounds coming from the land on the shore!

Some of them are like howling wild animals, and the sound is like thunder, with a sense of near suffocation and oppression!

Sometimes, in the middle of the night, someone clearly saw that not far from the riverside, he seemed to see a huge shadow moving slowly!

Judging from the outline of the shadow in the dark night, the size of that monster should be larger than the octopus monster by the sea!!!

It is conceivable that if this team encounters such a huge monster on land, then the outcome can be imagined!

Fortunately, Han Ye’s statement has been confirmed!

Neither the terrifying roars or the terrifyingly large monster outline seen with his own eyes—these things did not approach the river, but were only kept about a hundred meters away.

Along the way, there were no dangers.

Until the twenty-fifth day of sailing on the river...

A mountain can be clearly seen in the distance in front of the river.

This mountain is not too high. If it is in the Roland Empire, it can only be regarded as a small mountain.

This hillside forms a canyon-like terrain.

And in the distance, this river was passing through the canyon...

What excited Tacitus, Lan Lan and others was that they clearly saw that at the entrance of the canyon, there was a platform piled up with stones!

Although it looks simple, it is indeed not a product of nature, but a pile of human resources!

Moreover, from a distance, a faint blue smoke slowly rose in the canyon...

Obviously, after more than a month, we have seen a place with people on this land for the first time!

Or... there are places where higher races gather!!

Looking at the excitement of humans such as Lanlan and Tacitus, Han Ye said in a cold tone: "I don't want to smite your good mood, but I want to remind you! Although the canyon in front is a settlement of multiple races, the owners here have no good feelings for humans."
Chapter completed!