Chapter 44 Missing Army

Although Zu Kou's words are correct, the pouring rain is true. Therefore, the sun he was looking forward to did not appear. Without the sunshine, no one will break the fantasy array, and it will naturally not disperse by itself. However, with the efforts of Zu Kou and Gong Yu Jin, although more than 100 soldiers were damaged in the camp, most of them were still safe.

Now, the remaining soldiers are completely concentrated in front of the front of the front camp. In front of them were five soldiers guarding the camp gate last night, but unfortunately they have now become corpses. It was not others who killed them, but themselves. The blades in their hands cut each other's necks. Obviously, they killed each other in an illusion.

"Attention, everyone! All the soldiers pulled the ropes! One by one, we have to move forward! Don't leave the team on the way! You can't return to the team if you fall behind or leave the team!" Zu Kou rode on a horse, waved a long gun in his hand, and shouted, "Okay! Let's go now! Target Su Jiaji. Under his command, the remaining more than 1,800 original soldiers continued to gather at the Su family.

Zu Kou is not unaware of the power of the illusion array, but he knows that if they all stay in place now. There is only one way to die waiting for them. In this case, it's better to continue marching forward; perhaps, we can still find a way to survive. His army reached noon, and the rain had weakened.

"General!" A mage rode to Zu Kou's side, "I feel that we have gone the wrong way."

"Going the wrong way?" Zu Kou listened to his words and had to look around. This is obviously the road to Su Jiaji. Mr. Lu Heng, do I think you are too nervous?

"Ha ha, General. Lv Heng will be nervous, but he will not be nervous. After saying that, the mage named Lu Heng took out a metal copper plate with a scale from his pocket, and then put a smooth hemispherical object with a pointer on the copper plate. The hemisphere changed its direction, and its pointer just pointed to the direction of the army's march.

"Is this... Si Nan?" Zu Kou looked at the object in Lu Heng's hand and asked in a low voice.

"Yes!" Lu Heng replied with a smile, "This is the product of the joint research of Lord Zhao Zhengfang. It can identify the direction in the field. We should go southeast to Sujiaji, but we are going straight south now. I guess we are going the wrong way.

"Oh!" Zu Kou listened to Lv Heng's words and nodded without saying anything. If they really deviate from the predetermined direction now, he feels that this is not what happened today. Because yesterday evening, the scout had already said that a misty forest was found on the road. According to the journey, they are now just marching in the misty forest.

"The order..." Zu Kou raised the long gun in his hand and was about to order the army to stop moving forward. At this time, the public lost Jin came back from the front of the team, "General Zu! Not good. There is no way ahead of us."

"What?" Zu Kou listened and looked at the public defeat with a solemn face. Now it is confirmed that he is going the wrong way. Don't wait for Zu Kou to issue a new order. The illusion around their army began to fade. Obviously, the people who are arraying have taken the initiative to withdraw.

"Stop moving forward! Everyone gathered together. Zu Kou looked at the environment after the illusion retreated, and he shouted nervously. Now, they are in a completely strange environment. The trees here are tall and the branches and leaves grow. The sunlight can't shine through the cracks in the leaves. And the most horrible thing is that these big trees nearby are full of the bones of various animals...

In Sujiaji, Su Huaide is still waiting for Zukou's reinforcements to come. They didn't expect that Zu Kou and his army were already in danger. Two days later, a messenger from Ink City came to Su Jiaji. He brought Zhao Zhengfang's letters to Su Huaide and Tian Zheng. In the letter, Zhao Zhengfang told the two of them to find Fengshenzhu; at the same time, he also mentioned that Zu Kou and his army had rushed to Su Jiaji.

"General Zuco's army still left in Ink City and hasn't set off?" Tian Zheng asked the messenger. Now, he is also a little anxious to wait for Zu Kou. After all, according to the plan, they should have arrived at Su Jiaji two days ago.

"Lord! General Zuco's army set off four days ago. The messenger replied.

"What? Did they leave Ink City four days ago? When Tian Zheng heard the messenger's words, he asked in surprise. On the way from Ink City to Sujiaji, if you can get there in a day with a whip, even if the brigade is slow, two days will be more than enough. However, Zu Kou took four days, and now he doesn't even see the shadow. Tian Zheng had to consider this matter in a bad way. He soon found Su Huaide, and the two negotiated. Now it seems impossible to continue to wait for the arrival of Zu Kou in Sujiaji. On the one hand, they must find the whereabouts of Zu Kou, and on the other hand, they must send people to guard the areas where Fengshenzhu may exist in the ruins of the city. After all, in Zhao Zhengfang's letter, the specific location of Fengshenzhu was mentioned again, and this time, they also sent it.

In the misty forest, Zuko and his remaining army are still struggling. Although, the cannibal tree killed a large number of soldiers. However, it is impossible to eat up an army of 2,000 people. Therefore, the elite of the army are still there, but they are all tired." General, we have been in the woods for two days. I'm afraid it's hard to find the exit of the forest!" Lu Heng said to Zu Kou with Si Nan in his hand.

"Ha ha, Mr. Lu, don't worry." Now Zu Kou's spirit has relaxed instead. We will always go out. Although this foggy forest is large, it is not without an outlet. We just really lost our way."

"That's right!" Lu Heng nodded and replied, "However, General. I don't know if you feel it. There is something strange in this forest.

"Ha ha, sir also noticed it?" Hearing Lv Heng's words, Zu Kou asked with a smile, "Do you mean that the nearby elf grottoes seem to have been destroyed by someone?"

"Yes!" Lu Heng nodded. Elf grottoes are the essence of the misty forest. If the elf grottoes in the forest are destroyed, the appearance of the forest will change. But this change is uncertain, because after the elf grottoes are destroyed, the fog forest will burst out the power of revenge. In other words, it will recreate a grotto elsewhere. However, there is a time limit for the generation of new grottoes. If the destruction of the old grottoes is not as fast as that of the new grottoes, the power of the forest will gradually increase; on the contrary, the power of the forest will gradually weaken. Usually, the power of forests will gradually increase with the destruction and establishment of grottoes. However, the forest where Zu Kou and others are now is weakening. This is both good news and bad news for Zu Kou and the original army. On the good side, it is easier for them to leave here; on the bad side, they may encounter extremely strong spiritual clans.

"I don't know who has such a strong power that is always changing the direction of the forest." Zu Kou glanced at Lu Heng and muttered to himself.

"Yes! If it hadn't been for them constantly changing the appearance of the forest, maybe we would have gone out long ago. Lv Heng listened to Zu Kou's words, and he also whispered. Forests will change with the strength and strength, constantly changing the growth of roads and terrain in the forest.

Outside the misty forest, Hu Yumei and dozens of other fox spirits are guarding here. Obviously, it was them who set up the illusion array to introduce Zu Kou into the forest. Sister patriarch, I don't think they can come out for the time being. A three-tailed fox spirit looked at Hu Wumei and whispered.

"Yes, sister." Hu Yaner looked at the fog forest and said, "We led them to the place of cannibal trees, and I think they will also suffer heavy losses."

"Yan'er, we still have to be careful." Hu Wumei listened to Hu Yaner's words and replied with a smile, "After all, this is an original army, if someone comes out alive. Soon, they will find out that it is the illusion array we laid. If they really have to fight with us, we are really not their opponents.

"Sister is right." Hu Yaner nodded, "But, sister, have you noticed that the forest in front of us is very strange?"

Hu Wumei listened to her words and nod her head heavily. How could she not notice the changes in the forest? The aura of this forest has become weaker and weaker, and the speed of this change is not as fast as she can imagine. Since the birth of this forest, it has been strengthening, but now it has suddenly weakened a lot in two days. This is indeed a very strange thing.

Somewhere in the forest, Kong Xiaoyin, the five-turned spirit cat, and the elf Sylph were meditating quietly in an elf grotto. In this way, they can absorb the aura of the elf stones on the stone walls in the grottoes. There is something like a bud on the wall of each grotto, and it is the essence of the whole grotto. Such a thing itself is of little use to the original people and spirits, but it has a unique effect on the elves.

"Meow!" The five-turn spirit cat was lazy in the grotto, "Yinyin, we should go. The spiritual power of this grotto has been sucked away by us again.

"Is it so fast?" Sylph listened to the five-turn spirit cat's words and interrupted with dissatisfaction, "Cat, you have found a hole worse than the other!"

"Meow, meow!" The five-turned spirit cat glanced at Silph, "Do you think it's a forest full of high-end grottoes? Moreover, these purple grottoes are not accessible by ordinary original people or spiritual people.

"All right! Don't quarrel with the two of you." Kong Xiaoyin looked at the two of them and smiled, "Then where shall we go?" Obviously, she likes to make a living by destroying grottoes. After all, her task is to come in and sleep after being frightened. However, vaguely, she felt that something had changed in her body.