Chapter 112: Fog Area and Incidents in the City

The foggy area is considered a forbidden area for most people in this world.

Except for fog explorers, ordinary people are generally not allowed to enter the fog area.

Of course, this is not absolute. If someone really wants to explore the fog area, there will always be a way to bypass the defense and enter.

Even if the guards knew, they wouldn't do anything.

After all, your life is your own. The fog area is a no-man's land. If an ordinary person without any relics enters the fog area without permission, even if he dies, it will not be the guards' fault.

Although most people won't do that.

After Li Qi awakened his memory, he lived in this world for four years. This is the first time he has stepped into the fog area.

After passing through the huge city wall that was dozens of meters high and coming to the outside of the city for the first time, Li Qi looked at the fields bathed in sunshine in the distance, and his heart sank slightly.

The sunny area in the distance is where the fog is.

Li Qi wanted to become a fog explorer, so he naturally had some understanding of this profession and things related to the fog area.

He knew very well that although the plain ahead looked peaceful and seemed to have no danger at all.

But in fact, as long as you step into it, you will enter the fog area.

The plains they saw were only superficial. Only by going deeper into them could they touch the 'truth'.

The expedition team left through the city gate, and none of the explorers spoke.

Except for the heavy fog level leader and the residual fog level deputy leader, the rest are all novices, including Li Qi.

Most of them have only received training from the association and have never actually been to the foggy area, so many of them are quite nervous.

In such a tense atmosphere, no one spoke.

They stared intently at the direction of the foggy area in the distance, following the leader and deputy leader, moving forward step by step.

Only when they reached the edge of the foggy area did the leader stop and turned to remind everyone, "We are about to enter the foggy area. The first foggy area is the Immortal Forest. Our mission this time is to go to the Lost Altar in the Immortal Forest and obtain the resources for making relics.

“As long as you come back safely this time, your assessment will be considered successful, and you will become a formal Mist Explorer from now on.

After the leader finished speaking, the deputy leader of the team, the man with short blue hair, goggles, and a somewhat handsome look, added:

“The mission sounds simple, but be careful not to get lost in the foggy area. Although we have basically explored the first layer of the foggy area, there is no particularly dangerous place.

“But once you lose track of the team and get lost, it’s easy to enter the second layer of fog.

"That place is an absolutely fatal forbidden zone for newcomers like you. Not to mention anything else, the fog backlash after returning from the second-level fog area is likely to make you unable to withstand it."

The deputy chief had a serious look on his face and spoke very seriously.

Some of the timid newcomers to the Wu family turned pale and their bodies tensed with nervousness.

Li Qi, who was at the end of the team, nodded slightly as he listened to what the deputy leader said.

The fog was backfiring, Li Qi naturally knew this.

I heard that it is a symptom that occurs after returning to the safe area from the fog area. No matter who you are, after entering the fog area and coming back, you will experience the backlash of the fog.

Experienced fog explorers have experienced backlash many times and are naturally accustomed to it.

But for a novice mist explorer, a backlash could very likely cost him half his life.

The deeper you go into the foggy area, the more severe the backlash of fog will be when you return.

If a newcomer went directly to the fourth floor and then returned to the safe zone, he would definitely not be able to withstand the pain brought by the backlash of the fog.

I heard that a long time ago, when the Tanwu clan was just rising, many people died in this way.

The group of fog explorers sent by the association have all undergone a year of training.

Before this, they had also briefly experienced the backlash of the fog simulated by the association themselves, and they knew the pain of the backlash better than Li Qi.

That's why some people's faces lose color.

The pain of backlash is definitely a pain that many people do not want to endure.

The deputy leader is probably saying this to these people to see if he can persuade a few of them to retreat.

Especially Li Qi. The deputy leader looked at Li Qi most frequently when he was speaking.

He seemed to want this untrained boy to go back obediently, but Li Qi ignored his gaze, blended into the crowd, and listened to his speech like everyone else.

Seeing that Li Qi had no reaction, the deputy leader turned to look at the leader.

Noticing his gaze, the team leader shook his head and turned to head towards the foggy area:

"Since no one has quit, let's go now!"

As he spoke, his booted feet stepped into the boundary between the fog area and the safe area.

With a ripple in the air, the leader disappeared in front of everyone.

Next came the deputy leader, who also walked in without hesitation.

The rest were other explorers. After a slight hesitation, they followed the two leaders and entered the fog area one by one.

Li Qi was at the end of the crowd.

When everyone disappeared from his sight, he deliberately used his perception superpowers to take a look.

But he saw nothing.

Frowning slightly, Li Qi tried to put his hand deeper into the fog area.

A magical scene appeared before him.

Clearly, what he saw in front of him was a plain bathed in sunshine, but his hand disappeared above the plain. What he sensed was not the dry and warm sunshine, but slightly damp and cold air.

Both hands reached in, and then Li Qi was completely immersed in the fog.

The scene in front of his eyes changed instantly.

From a sunny plain, it turned into a forest filled with fog.

Li Qi turned his head and saw the city wall of Rubino standing in the sun, and the boundary line under his feet was also clear.

Sunshine on one side, mist on the other.

Looking at the huge forest shrouded in mist, Li Qi felt as if he had come to another world.

When Li Qi, the last fog explorer, entered here, the leader who first entered the fog area smiled and shouted to everyone:

"Welcome to the Fog Zone, rookies!"

Li Qi half bent down and inserted his fingers into the slightly soft soil under his feet.

Feeling the moisture in the soil, Li Qi finally had some sense of the reality of this world.

Here... is the foggy area.

…

"Did that brat go to the foggy area today?"

Inside the association in Rubino City, Carol came to Maru in her pajamas without caring about her image, and asked while yawning.

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Maru crossed his arms, looking at the huge round special relic in front of him. Without even looking at Carol, he said, "It should be today. Aren't you going to see him off?"

"Tsk, that kid doesn't like me, so I won't send him off, to avoid upsetting him."

Carol pouted and said unhappily.

Li Qi doesn't like Carol, and Carol can certainly feel it.

But having said that, Carol didn't really hate Richie. After all, she loved Chris and his family. She had a good relationship with Chris, closer than sisters, so naturally she couldn't hate Chris's son.

Even if the other party dislikes her to death.

Maru grinned when he heard the slight grievance in Carol's tone.

He said: "Everyone has their annoying moments. When Li Qi grows up a little, he will understand that you are really doing this for his own good."

"? Maru, did I hear you correctly? You were speaking for me just now?"

Carol stared at Maru with a little surprise.

Malu was a little stunned, looking at Carol expressionlessly: "You heard wrong, what I just said was that you deserve to be hated by Li Qi."

"Tsk, you weirdo, you'll die if you tell the truth."

Carol rolled her eyes in dissatisfaction, but didn't bother with Maru.

She walked over to Maru, looked at the huge circular device in front of her, and said in a serious tone:

“Come to think of it, is this really a special-grade relic?”

"That's what Weiner said. You know his relics. Even his relics can't break them. At least in terms of durability, they are indeed qualified as top-grade relics."

Maru mentioned Weiner.

The Black Mist-level explorer who decided to enter the Endless Sea of ​​Mist.

Carol frowned slightly and said:

"But we can't open this thing at all, and we don't know what's inside... We sacrificed so many people to bring it back, so we don't want to bring back something useless in the end."

Malu didn't answer. He looked at the spherical relic, stroked his beard and thought.

The spherical relic is nearly three meters in diameter and is pure white with several barely noticeable cracks on it.

The gaps are very regular and have unique patterns, proving that the sphere can be opened from the outside.

But neither Weiner nor the other fog explorers in the exploration team could open it.

Even though it cannot be opened, it can be confirmed that the sphere is indeed a special-grade relic, and Weiner judged that it is very likely a special-grade relic related to the Endless Sea of ​​Fog.

Because the place where they found the sphere was the ruins closest to the endless sea of ​​fog.

So the exploration team brought it back.

But up to now, they couldn't find a way to open the spherical relic.

"Let's take it to the capital. Maybe those guys there will have a solution."

Carol gave advice in a bad way.

If they can't figure it out, let others figure it out. Anyway, they have done what they should do, and studying relics has nothing to do with them.

Maru nodded.

It seems that this is the only way now.

As the two were discussing, they suddenly saw someone hurriedly walking past them.

He was a mist explorer wearing glasses. Like Carol and the others, he was a member of the exploration team.

Seeing that the fog explorer seemed very anxious, Carol couldn't help but call him: "Hey, Ed, what's going on? Where are you going in such a hurry?"

The bespectacled young man named Ed turned around and looked at Carol and replied:

"There's a small problem with the Rubino City Association. Someone fell into a coma due to the backlash of the fog and hasn't woken up yet. I'll go take a look."

Carol laughed as she listened: "Which newcomer is going deep into the fog area without following the rules?"

She thought that some newcomers who went to explore the fog did not follow the rules and entered the deeper fog area, so they encountered severe fog backlash when they came back.

This is a common occurrence in the history of the Tanwu family. The Tanwu family are not surprised by it and even talk about it as a joke.

But what Ed said next made Carol and Maru's expressions become serious.

Ed replied: "That's exactly the problem. The one who suffered the backlash of the fog was not the Tanwu family, but just an ordinary person, and..."

Ed's expression became serious: "He never left Rubino either."

(End of this chapter)