Near the forest outside Storm Bay, the owner of the lumber store rubbed his hands together and introduced his products to Carl and Hope.

He had a habitual ingratiating smile on his face and was particularly enthusiastic when introducing himself.

Work had already started in the lumberyard, and all the lumberjacks were at least level 3 fighters, some of whom even made Carl feel vaguely threatened.

Occasionally, the roar of an animal could be heard in the surrounding forest, and Carl noticed that there were guards patrolling the outskirts of the logging camp with chainsaws.

"It seems that life outside of town is indeed not safe. I didn't expect that even the logging camp had to hire security guards."

With a sigh in his heart, Carl looked at the wood carefully and found that most of the wood here was some kind of eucalyptus.

This tree contains certain toxins that can prevent insect pests and is indeed a good building material in this location close to the equator.

Carl directly paid half of the deposit, and then asked the person responsible for transporting the wood to follow him to the underground ruins.

After five trips back and forth, the timber was finally transported. Carl paid the remaining money to the timber merchant, and construction of the base began again.

At this time, Ying had already returned, and seeing that she was not in a good mood, Carl did not dare to disturb her. Instead, he asked V to use cork as a sound insulation layer and renovate the two bedrooms first.

Yongming lanterns have been placed in the corridor for lighting. Although the three of them have dark vision, the bright environment will make people feel comfortable.

The next morning, Ying appeared at the door of Karl and his partner's bedroom again with dark circles under his eyes.

Seeing her hesitant look, Karl knew that the effect of the sound insulation layer might not be as good as he thought.

"Or you should just remove the soundproofing. Hope doesn't have to put up with it anymore. I can't sleep even more with you guys like this."

Ying covered his mouth and yawned, his voice sounding a little weak.

The night before yesterday, she could still regard the noises they made as the roars of wild beasts, but after installing the sound insulation layer yesterday, the weakened sounds of the two people suddenly turned into the kind of suggestive...and decadent music.

Whenever Ying felt she was about to fall asleep, the sound would sneak into her ears from corners, and even earplugs were useless.

In the second half of the night, Carl and Hope fell asleep, but Ying's mind was still full of the rapid breathing and the sound of flesh colliding.

His eyes swept over the two guys, Carl and Hope, and Ying felt that he should not live next to them, but should choose a room farthest away from them.

"How about I buy you a carpet with the effects of Mordenkainen's private chamber spell?"

Looking at Ying's haggard face, Carl embarrassedly proposed a new solution.

In fact, if he tries hard, he can make this thing himself, but the construction time will be a bit long, so it is not cost-effective.

This thing is sold in the Golden Dragon Inn opened by the Dragon Mark Family. It costs 500 gold coins per piece and is considered a general-purpose item among rare magic items.

"No! That thing is too expensive! Ask V to clean up the bedroom farthest from you. I'll sleep there today."

Although he is very familiar with Carl, Ying still sticks to certain bottom lines and will not spend Carl's money indiscriminately.

After persuading V a few more times and seeing that the other party insisted, Carl no longer mentioned the matter. Instead, he asked V to clean up the farthest bedroom for Ying to live in as Ying requested.

However, he still took note of this matter and planned to study it when he had time.

Three days passed in a flash, and soon the base was completed.

This made Carl recall the days in the underground city. At that time, it took them a long time to build a small wooden house.

So over breakfast, Carl proposed the first expedition plan.

"The base is now able to operate normally, the protective force has been installed, and my ammunition and weapons production lines have been set up on the second floor of the base. It's time for us to go on our first expedition."

Hearing this, Hope and Ying looked at each other and nodded at the same time.

Ying: "Let's start from the west for our first trip. I've recently gathered some intelligence and found that most adventurers in Storm Bay go out through the west gate. There must be some special reason for this."

Hope: "Food and drinking water have been prepared long ago. How is your Gaia 1 and external weapon box prepared? What about those floating guns that have been made into micro-constructs?"

The three of them methodically sorted out the precautions for going out on an adventure, and soon confirmed that they were ready.

Letting V guard the base well, Carl took Hope and Shadow and officially embarked on the adventure of Xen'drik.

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At noon, the three arrived at the passage on the west side of Storm Bay.

This is a tunnel leading to the nearby mountains, and many adventurers go in and out.

Occasionally, there would be adventurers hurriedly returning carrying seriously injured companions. It seemed that they were novice adventurers who had encountered danger just after leaving.

After confirming each other's glances, the three of them walked into the tunnel.

The entrance is entered by queuing, and each team must wait 10 seconds before entering the adventure area. This is mainly to prevent some people with ulterior motives from tracking other teams, because the Xen'drik space in the adventure area changes at any time, and the arrival area will change almost every 10 seconds.

This sounds a bit unbelievable, but when Carl and the other two really took a step forward, they found that the scenery in front of them had suddenly changed.

Behind them was no longer the tunnel, but a winding stream.

The green leaves swayed gently, and it looked like a great place for a picnic.

But the three did not relax, because according to the rules of Xen'drik, there are biological communities in every area, and the "transition zone" without life can only be reached by walking and taking chances.

Sure enough, perhaps because they smelled the presence of a living being, roars suddenly came from the surrounding woods.

The leaves swayed, and several spotted leopards jumped out of the woods, looking at Carl and others vigilantly.

"Bang!"

A pulse cannon hit the nearby branch. The leopard on the tree was frightened by the sudden noise and magic power, and turned around and ran into the forest.

Hope looked up at the treetops and quickly determined the direction.

"This is south, this is north, which direction should we go next?"

Pointing to the stream and the forest, Hope asked the local figure about the next direction to go.

Ying also looked up at the sky, but pointed at the stream behind him and said, "This way, the direction of Xen'drik cannot be trusted. Remember, only the direction towards the center of this continent and the direction away from the continent are correct."

Before Carl and the other man could understand what this sentence meant, Ying had already led them along the stream.

The further they went, the wider the stream became. After the three of them walked about two kilometers, they discovered that it was actually a lake.

The water in the lake was not very clear, and occasionally you could see scaly hands and feet flashing across the surface of the lake.

Apparently, this lake is inhabited by fish-people.

The species of murlocs was not unfamiliar to Carl. He had seen them before in the Nine-Layer Path competition venue.

The crown changed into a helmet, and the Moon Spirit Armor entered combat mode.

The yellow chips at the eye positions of the helmet emitted a faint light, and Carl's exploration dragon pattern reacted miraculously with it.

This is the dragon-patterned magic weapon that Carl modified - the Explorer Goggles.

When in tune with it, Carl's insight will be enhanced and he can see many things that he had not noticed before.

Sure enough, just after he synchronized with it, Carl discovered some abnormalities.

"Hope! Shadow! Back off! The guy in the lake is preparing a spell!"

Without any hesitation, Hope and Shadow stepped back.

Suddenly, a stream of water gushed out from the lake and flew towards the place where the three people had just stood.

The water was green and didn't look like normal flowing water at all.

Sure enough, as soon as the green liquid hit the ground, an unpleasant smell accompanied by white smoke rose from the ground.

"Acid splash or Tasha's acid brew? Neither of them looks similar at this power."

Just as we made some judgment, several murloc warriors quickly rushed out of the lake.

They carried spears and scimitars and wore ill-fitting mail and leather armor.

A murloc shaman slowly rose from the water behind them, with a necklace made of human skulls hanging around his neck.

With the way they are dressed, no one would believe that they are not from the evil camp.

Seeing that there were only three people on Carl's side, the murloc shaman did not underestimate the enemy and waved the bone staff in his hand.

The bones tied to the staff collided with each other, making some strange sounds.

The skin of several murloc warriors was visibly changing to purple-red. One of the murloc warriors even let out a loud shout and rushed towards Carl and the others.

"Is this shaman also a bard?"

Without waiting for the opponent to get close, Carl raised his hand and fired a pulse cannon to test the opponent's strength.

But the murloc warrior took the attack without dodging and continued to attack Carl.

“Well done!”

Controlling the deployment of the armor at four positions on the calves and two arms, Carl revealed the liquid nitrogen acceleration jets on his limbs.

The Moon Spirit Armor does not have dragon crystal, but Carl used this unique method to add freezing damage to it.

By the time the fishman came closer, the first round of liquid nitrogen had been compressed. White mist was steaming from Carl's limbs, and he punched the fishman.

When the fist approaches, the liquid nitrogen acceleration injector of the corresponding limb releases the accumulated liquid nitrogen.

The impact force of the fist was effectively enhanced, and a layer of white frost was visibly covered on the opponent's body.

The fishmen are actually very sensitive to cold and heat. As soon as frost appears on their bodies, their bodies become a little stiff.

But Carl wasn't going to let him go just like that.

The fist was retracted, but the thigh on the other side kicked out due to the reaction force of the retracted fist.

It's still the same liquid nitrogen acceleration, but the jets on the legs are more powerful than those on the arms.

With a dull "puff" sound, Carl's leg armor actually embedded directly into the opponent's flesh and blood.

Liquid nitrogen sprayed again, and the injured parts of the murloc warrior quickly froze.

With a "click", Carl pulled his legs out, and there was a sound of glass breaking.

(End of this chapter)