Chapter 487 Entering the Gray Mist

Xu Ling immediately called someone to ask, "What is this? We are not far from Marcus Town, right?"

"Report, this is the lower section of the Mobis River, about 98 kilometers away from the town of Marcus." Someone immediately answered the question.

Xu Ling and Li Xian looked at each other, and the latter said, "A Jing, please check the map immediately, how long has the fog spread?"

Soon, the result came out. From the last scout, the gray-black fog went forward more than ten kilometers this time, and the speed was amazing. If this continues, it will not take long to arrive around Marcus Town.

"Do you need to go over and see?"

Li Xian asked this. He first tested the words and stood in his own position. Of course, the sooner the contact, the better.

But as expected, Xu Ling was not willing to do this, because so far there were still two governors, an unknown number of super-level monsters, and an orc legion that had not appeared, so they were likely to be in the mist.

According to the original plan, if the fog spreads slowly, most researchers can camp farther away, and then only send a small number of people to approach the fog for investigation.

In this case, even if an emergency occurs, at least there will be a buffering distance for the combat troops of the investigation team to respond.

But now, the fog has spread rapidly forward for a long distance, even if camping far away, it may be swallowed up in the fog at any time, so it does not seem very safe.

Xu Ling thought for a while and ordered most of the troops to escort most of the researchers to retreat and station in the middle of the Mobis River. It was a long distance away from here. It took warriors so far to hike for most of the time. Even if the fog moves again, it would have time to retreat.

Only a small number of investigators with warriors and the most elite part of the battle sequence were arranged to investigate nearby.

"Our investigation is mainly based on these current personnel, and the middle reaches of the river section as the transit. This is also a safety precaution. I hope everyone understands it." Xu Ling said.

The investigators naturally had no objection. Even if there was no one, it would be a bit unreasonable to discuss with you a major general and still have to be picky.

Since Li Xian is also an ordinary person, he can only stay in the middle. It is most convenient for people like A Jing who have excellent research skills and have certain martial arts qualities. He followed the warrior army to the vicinity of the gray fog.

After Xu Ling walked in, he realized that the fog was indeed extraordinary. Its thickness was as strong as the strongest foggy weather he had ever seen. Even if he stood on the edge, he could only see a distance of one or two meters.

The edge of the fog does not fade gradually, but it really ends abruptly like an irregular wall.

"Don't go in."

He said, "A Jing, you first analyze the components of the fog to determine whether there are harmful substances."

"Um."

Even if Xu Ling didn't say it, they would definitely do it. Some researchers have taken out professional equipment to sample it.

At this time, he walked to the edge by himself, arrived at a place where no one was around, and then drew out the short knife.

Swish.

A sword shadow flew out, and the thick mist was thrown to both sides. At the same time, countless whispers sounded in my ears, briefly revealing a path, it quickly closed and its whisper disappeared.

But in such a short moment, Xu Ling saw a birch or other tree after the fog. The branches were thick and the crown was towering, but it had withered and withered. It seemed that it would collapse in the next second and then be buried under the dust and mud.

He felt that there should be a strong power of chaos in the fog, which is a power that causes all things to decline.

After a while, A Jing's analysis results came out.

"Our instruments cannot detect the components of this fog, but no harmful substances are found for the time being."

His eyes were full of curiosity, "I need to send the sample to the rear for testing."

"Um."

Xu Ling snorted absent-mindedly, without stopping it, "I want to go and have a look in the fog."

A Jing said: "Yes, but you need to be careful. Someone went to the shallow layer and looked at it. The vegetation inside seemed to have withered abnormally."

"Someone has already been in?" Xu Ling asked in surprise.

"Yes, it's okay. I didn't let them stay too late after wearing protective clothing."

Seeing that he was still worried, A Jing said, "Research can be done by looking from afar, but it's okay anyway."

Xu Ling did not respond and just said seriously: "Give me a set of protective clothing, I want to go in, hurry up."

"OK."

A Jing didn't know why he suddenly entered the fog, but he didn't care. If he walked in without any protection, as a researcher, he would definitely not agree, but as long as he took good measures, he would not object.

Xu Ling put himself in a sealed protective suit, and the filter device made him breathing a little difficult, but in order to comfort A Jing, he still put on this suit.

"There is a spare filter mask in this bag. If there is an accident, you can change it. Although no harmful substances have been detected for the time being, I'm still more cautious."

A Jing tidied up his clothes for him, and then said, "It's OK, do you need someone to go with me?"

"Need not."

Xu Ling connected the hook to the buckle of the back waist, which was to prevent him from getting lost in the fog.

He nodded to A Jing, and walked into the fog alone.

Just like outside, only if the distance is close enough to something within one or two meters can be seen clearly, but like a brief glance just now, every grass and tree are all lost.

The world in the fog is quiet and deserted. Even if it is only a short distance away, you can't hear the sound outside, as if the foggy place has been completely isolated.

Xu Ling thought about it and decided to continue walking for a while. Anyway, there was a rope tied behind him, so he was not afraid of getting lost in the fog.

After walking fifty-five steps forward, he pulled out the short knife from his waist again. After the light blade was unfolded, he waved it a few times. The fog was stirred up but did not separate, indicating that the fog here was already heavy to a certain extent, just like the water could be split on the water surface, but it could not do the same underwater.

But Xu Ling did not try to check whether the fog would be split, but wanted to check whether the moves in the fog would become different.

It turns out that this is necessary. The sword moves in the fog have at least 20% less powerful than in a normal world.

This is not a good phenomenon. If you want to find the white laboratory in Hoxingnai according to Loji and Frig, you must go deep into the fog, but if your strength is weakened, it is obviously not conducive to exploration.

Xu Ling shook his head, feeling that he had been out for a while, and planned to turn back to get out of the fog and touch the rope behind him.

Oh, empty.

He looked back and saw that the rope that was supposed to be hooked on the buttons on the back disappeared.

At the same time, a system prompt came to my mind.
Chapter completed!