"Adult men? They! They all went to work in the lumber camp." Faced with Leo's question, the old man guarding the gate of the town hesitated for a moment, and then answered as if he didn't care.

"Does the lumberyard need so many workers?" Leo asked slightly puzzled.

"Of course it is necessary," the old man said seriously: "I heard that the lumberyard has received a big order and needs to purchase a large amount of logs. The existing workers in the lumberyard simply cannot cut enough logs within the time specified in the order.

, so we temporarily recruited all adult males from the town to go to the forest to log wood. They should come back after the number of logs specified in the order is completed." As he said that, he looked at Leo very curiously and said, "Yes.

Why are you here at this time? Now is not a good time to travel here. During this period, the animals in the forest are in estrus. Even the docile animals are extremely aggressive. It is very dangerous to come to the forest at this time.

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Leo pretended to smile bitterly and said helplessly: "There is no way, I am just a worker. The gentlemen above have assigned tasks, and I need to complete them."

After he finished speaking, he asked for the direction of Lake Narnia and then left the town. Not long after he left, a bird with a note tied to its leg flew out of the gatekeeper's hut.

, and soon flew into the forest, but after entering the forest, the bird turned a corner, passed through a dense forest, and fell into the hands of the tree demon Luta Xi.

"How do you know he is lying?" Dryad Rutaxi took the note from the bird's foot, read it, and then handed it to Leo.

Leo took the note and read it. The content on the note was very simple. It said that a strange traveler planned to go to Lake Narnia, and asked the recipient of the note to be careful.

After reading the note, Leo tied the note to the bird's feet again, then signaled the dryad Luta Xi to let the bird go, and answered the question she had asked before: "It's very simple, because it's unreasonable."

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"Unreasonable?" Dryad Rutaxi looked at Leo in confusion.

"Not to mention the towns built in these primeval forests, even those rural towns close to big cities will never send out all the adult males in the town to work as lumberjacks for a little salary. You know the Middle Kingdom

This area is not a peaceful place. There are constant wars here all year round. Every war will produce a large number of deserters and defeated armies. Many of these deserters and defeated armies will become gangs of bandits wandering around. If the town takes all the adult males,

If they are sent out to work, if those bandit groups come to their town, how can their town resist them?" Leo answered in a very detailed and serious manner: "Although the people in the small town have little experience and little knowledge,

But they are not stupid. They certainly know how dangerous it would be if there were no adult males in the town, so sending all the adult males out is definitely not for wages. There must be more important reasons, and these reasons are closely related to the town itself.

The connection forced them to risk the town being attacked and send all the adult males out."

"Are we going to the lumber mill?" Dryad Lutaxi asked while listening to Leo's explanation and looking in the direction where the messenger bird disappeared.

"No! Not going to the lumber camp." Leo shook his head and said, "No matter what the situation is, it has nothing to do with me. For me, Lake Narnia is the purpose of this trip."

"Aren't you curious about what's going on?" Dryad Luta Xi asked.

Leo turned his head and looked at the tree demon Luta Xi. He seemed to see some of the tree demon Luta Xi's little thoughts and said, "Do you know something?"

"It's nothing." Dryad Lutaxi did not hide anything, pointing in the direction where the bird disappeared, and said: "I felt a force of nature over there, but that force of nature was chaotic, disorderly, and full of energy.

So aggressive, I have never felt such a force of nature."

Upon hearing this, Leo also sensed the direction pointed by the tree demon Luta Xi. However, compared to the sensitivity of the tree demon Luta Xi to the power of nature, Leo's perception was obviously not even a little bit worse.

For a long time, I didn't feel anything happened.

Although the tree demon Ruta Xi seemed to tell the truth about what she knew, Leo still felt that the tree demon Ruta Xi was hiding something, especially when she mentioned the so-called natural force that she had never felt before.

At this time, even if she tried her best to hide it, Leo could still see a trace of complex emotions in her eyes. This emotion included panic and fear, but also desire and greed. Obviously, the power of nature in his mouth was not what she said.

It's that simple.

"After I have gone to Lake Narnia and finished my business, I will go there again when I have time." Leo did not intend to follow the wish of the dryad Luta Xi, but made the decision to maintain the original goal.

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After hearing Leo's decision, Dryad Lutaxi felt very disappointed. Although she wanted to say something to persuade Leo, she swallowed it back before she could say it, and in the end she could only follow silently.

Behind Leo, he walked towards Lake Narnia.

In the early days, the crystallized stones of Lake Narnia were regarded as gemstones. Although mining is difficult and dangerous, compared with ores that require digging holes to mine, the open-pit gem mines at the bottom of the lake are obviously less expensive to mine, and almost

Everyone can mine it, no qualifications are required.

As a result, a large number of miners gathered here. With their simple diving equipment or their extraordinary diving abilities, they dived into the bottom of the lake to mine Narnia gems. These people also left a large number of residences around Lake Narnia.

Need wooden house.

Leo was still far away from Lake Narnia, and he had already seen abandoned wooden houses beside the road. And as he got closer to Lake Narnia, the number of such wooden houses became more and more, and they were covered with trees beside the road.

Buried in forests and shrubs, it looks a bit eerie.

However, in addition to wooden houses, there are also a large number of devices used for diving in the past. For example, the size of a house can supply artificial air transmission tower pumps required for six people to dive. This kind of tower pumps became obsolete decades ago. Now,

They use mechanical pumps for personal use, but there are similar devices on some expedition ships at sea specifically for shipwrecks. After all, this kind of tower pump is easier to manufacture and less likely to break.

In addition, some corpses can be seen inside and outside some houses. Judging from the distribution of the corpses, a large-scale armed fight should have occurred here. As for the purpose of the armed fight, it is unknown, but it is probably not for

Those crystal stones in Lake Narnia.

Because although the Lake Narnia gems were popular for a while, and even became the top gems in the world for a time, their value dropped very quickly. It can be said that within ten days, it fell from a sky-high price gem to an ordinary crystal.

The price of stone.

The reason why this happened was because the finance minister of a certain country was dismissed at that time. After interrogating this finance minister, people found that there was an organization secretly manipulating the price of Narnia gems, and even the price of Narnia gems.

They also concealed the fact that it was just a crystal stone, not a gem, and bribed a large number of gem experts to speak for the Narnia gems.

This incident destroyed the reputation accumulated by the Narnia gems almost instantly, and the price of Narnia gems also plummeted to the bottom. Until now, the price of Narnia gems has not increased, but has increased with the price of Narnia gems.

Other crystal stones are used together as decorative stones.

Also because the price of Narnia gems is too low, mining is difficult and dangerous, so except for some gem merchants who temporarily need a batch of Narnia gems and hire people to mine them here, other gem merchants are not willing to touch Narnia gems.

Subgems, and the residential areas around Lake Narnia where miners gathered were naturally abandoned.

After passing through a large residential area formed by intricate wooden houses, the reality in front of him suddenly became clear. A huge lake that even Leo could not see the edge on the other side appeared in front of him, because it was dusk at the moment, and the sunlight

Falling on the gloomy lake that reflects the sky, the waves are sparkling and the scenery looks very beautiful.

However, the two people who saw this scene at this moment seemed to have ignored this beautiful scenery, and their attention was focused on the extraordinary things hidden under this beautiful scenery.

Perhaps it was because the shadows brought to her by the things she had seen in Lake Narnia were so great that the dryad Rutaxi stopped far away from Lake Narnia, and stopped.

While walking, he used his own abilities to put layers of protection around his body, and also showed Leo that he would not go near the lake under any circumstances.

This somewhat exaggerated behavior of Dryad Rutaxi did not displease Leo. He could clearly feel the fear and worry in the heart of Dryad Lutaxi at this moment. The other party was in such extreme fear and

Under the influence of worry, it was already good that he didn't turn around and run away immediately.

Out of curiosity, Leo asked the dryad Rutaxi what she was afraid of and what Lake Narnia looked like in her eyes.

"Above Heaven"

Faced with Leo's inquiry, Dryad Rutaxi did not give a suitable answer, because even she herself did not know what she was afraid of, because the experience that gave her fear in the first place was still in her mind.

She has become very confused. This is not because there is a problem with her memory, but because the experience itself contains a mysterious power. That power will completely erase that memory, leaving only fear.

The emotion itself.

As for the shape of Lake Narnia in her eyes, it is very uniform. Whether it is the shadow world or the real world, Lake Narnia is a dark lake with calm water without a trace of ripples.

After hearing the description of Lake Narnia from the dryad Lutaxi, Leo also realized that the Narnia lake seen by the dryad Lutaxi was completely different from the Narnia he saw.

Although Lake Narnia seen with normal vision is very calm and peaceful, there are still obvious ripples on the lake, and these ripples are like covering the lake with a layer of scales under the sunlight. This scene

It is completely different from the black mirror lake mentioned by the dryad Ruta Xi.

In this case, Leo also converted his eyes to a state of spiritual vision. Through the power of the Eye of Truth, he also saw the situation in Lake Narnia described by the dryad Lutaxi.

Although he had already heard the description of the dryad Luta Xi and was already prepared in his heart, when he saw Lake Narnia before his eyes, Leo still couldn't help but feel an inexplicable sense of danger.

This dark mirror lake made him involuntarily think of a black hole. Let alone getting close, just staring at it for a long time would give him a sense of spiritual awareness and even the feeling of his body and flesh being sucked away by the lake in front of him. And more importantly, thunder

Ou soon discovered that it was not a feeling, but a reality. After he removed his spiritual vision, he immediately felt an inexplicable sense of fatigue in both his body and mind. After a subsequent examination, it was found that his spirit and flesh and blood were indeed partially damaged.

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After discovering this, Leo also understood why the tree demon Lutaxi was so far away from the lake and did not dare to approach it. Presumably, she should also be very aware of the dangers of the Black Mirror Lake.

However, what also makes Leo feel magical and incredible is that as soon as he exits the spiritual vision state, the dangerous black mirror lake in front of him immediately turns into an ordinary lake, and the mysterious power that can separate the soul and flesh disappears.

, even though Leo stood on the edge of the lake, squatted down and put his hand into the water, he didn't feel any danger.

Although it is still unclear about the origin of the dangerous power in the Black Mirror Lake, Leo can be sure of one thing, that is, this power should have nothing to do with the Stone Throne, because when that power appeared, the Stone Throne had nothing to do with it.

reaction.

But what's interesting is that the devouring power produced by Leo's chaotic stomach has become a little more active because of this power, but the degree of activity is not too obvious. If Leo didn't carefully check all the conditions of his body, I'm afraid,

This faint trace of activity cannot be found.

Obviously, this situation shows that even if the dangerous power contained in the Black Mirror Lake is not directly related to the devouring power of the Chaos Stomach, the two should still have some origin-level connection.

In order to confirm his guess, Leo deliberately used his spiritual vision ability near the lakeside and began to use the devouring power in his body to spread it on the surface of his body.

Because it is right on the edge of Lake Narnia, the mysterious power that absorbs spirit and flesh in the Black Mirror Lake has become several times more powerful than the previous location, but its side effects on Leo have completely disappeared. Perhaps

To be more precise, it was isolated from the body by the power of devouring. Obviously, the power of devouring can effectively resist the mysterious power of the black mirror lake.

After discovering this, Leo once again released his spiritual vision ability and restored Lake Narnia in front of him to its normal state.

Although he found a way to deal with the mysterious power in the Black Mirror Lake, he did not immediately explore the situation in the Black Mirror Lake. Instead, he decided to explore the normal Narnia Lake first, enter the bottom of the lake, and mine some Narnia gems.
Chapter completed!