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Chapter 416 [River of Hope]

"Follow this river and go down the river, which can speed up the team."

Standing by the river, Han Ye looked at Lanlan and smiled gently.

Lanlan immediately communicated quickly with Tacitus beside her.

The two of them stared at the river in front of them at the same time.

The river surface is not too wide, and the river water is not turbulent, but the speed of the water flow is still not slow.

The water surface seems very calm and clear. Even when standing on the shore, you can see the pebbles that are rounded under the shallow water of the river beaches washed by adults over the years.

The river stretches out, heading north all the way to the end of sight.

There are endless wilderness on both sides of the river bank - Han Ye is right, this continent is indeed too deserted. The climate here is obviously not extreme, but after walking along the way these days, I rarely see lush vegetation.

Occasionally I see some sparse bushes, all of which are short and thin shrubs, like towering trees like Roland Continent, which are absolutely not available.

Lanlan and Tacitus discussed for a while, then looked at Han Ye and asked, "Sir Han Ye..."

Since she learned that Han Ye was Luo Xue's sister, Lan Lan's attitude towards this elf has become more and more respectful - Lan Lan saw the encounter with Luo Xue in the frozen forest and the fierce battle between Luo Xue and Chishuiduo on the shore of Dayuan Lake!

In addition to her relationship with Du Weiwei, she also learned some legends about falling snow from Du Weiwei.

At this moment, Luo Xue's sister was standing in front of her - and she had seen her show amazing strength before. How could Lan Lan not respect her?

"Sir Han Ye... We don't have a boat, can we only walk along this river?"

Han Ye smiled faintly: "It's not OK to walk."

After a pause, she explained: "This river is the longest river in the middle of the continent. We all call it 'Sulumbi' - you should know what this means."

Lan Lan nodded: "Sulumby... in the elves, does it mean hope?"

"Yes, it's hope. It's called the River of Hope by us." Han Ye said this and looked at Lan Lan deeply: "Do you know why?"

"...Why?" Lan Lan heard Han Ye's tone was a bit complicated.

"Because..." A kind of confused gaze flashed in Han Ye's charming eyes. She smiled gently, and her golden hair fluttered in the breeze, and then she slowly said:

"Legendary: Ten thousand years ago, our ancestors left their homes and were expelled to this continent by humans. At that time, the entire continent here was still a bitter and cold place. In order to survive, our ancestors had to wander around this continent, search and find all the suitable areas that could allow us to live in.

However, what made the ancestors helpless was that this abandoned continent seemed to be heaven, a place where gods specially used to punish us sinners.

On this continent, there are not only extremely bad weather and barren land. There are also many terrible monsters. Those monsters are some terrible existences created by powerful demons in ancient times. They are powerful and dangerous, and they live on this continent earlier than us.

Our people, looking for suitable habitats on this continent, have to search everywhere - the search process is very dangerous. We sent the bravest and bravest soldiers to sacrifice, but these excellent soldiers always encounter various dangers.

The powerful monsters that originally lived everywhere occupy many places on the continent, and our warriors are often attacked and killed.

At the beginning, our tribe suffered heavy losses!”

When he said this, Han Ye's tone became a little sad and low.

Then she stared at the river in front of her and walked slowly to the riverside. She bent down, gently snatched up a handful of water, and whispered: "Later, after making countless sacrifices, we finally discovered a strange rule."

"Rules?" Lan Lan widened her eyes.

"This river! This river we later called 'Sulumby'. It is the only security line on the entire continent!"

Safety line! This title was immediately remembered by Lan Lan.

"You can't imagine how terrible the monsters on this continent are! Although our tribes were originally defeated races, we had already lost too many elites and powerful warriors in the war with humans... But even so, when we came to this continent, we still had some outstanding warriors to protect everyone.

However, what made everyone desperate was that even the powerful warriors who had reached the Saint level had ended up with a sank of sand when facing some monsters!"

Saint level?

Lan Lan exclaimed.

But then, she felt relieved again.

The monster that looks like an octopus is witnessed by Lan Lan!

Even Tacitus, a top warrior in the Temple of Light, is already considered a top warrior - a powerful high-level warrior. When facing that octopus monster, he was almost killed in seconds!

It is conceivable that since that octopus monster can directly kill a high-level strong man, its strength should be comparable to that of the holy level!

"Even the holy warriors are not sure that they can protect themselves. How can we complete the exploration of this land? So... this river of hope has become our life-saving straw!

Our ancestors discovered that as long as we go south along this river, the length of this river exceeds 5,000 miles, and there will be no such monsters on both sides of it!

Later, according to the results of our ancestors' exploration, the territory of the monsters we identified seemed to follow a strange rule: their territory cleverly bypassed the river.

You can imagine that at the beginning, after we lost too many strong men and experts, we were almost desperate in the face of this dangerous continent. At this time, it was so exciting that it was to suddenly discover such a safety line of hope.

So, relying on the river along the earliest ancestors, several settlements were established, allowing our ancestors and people to reproduce and thrive. Although the climate is still cruel and the land is still barren, at least they can get a safe area where they can breathe slowly."

Lan Lan sighed a long sigh when she heard this, but the look at the riverside in front of her became even more strange.

Han Ye saw the doubt in Lanlan's eyes and smiled slightly: "You must be curious why those terrible monsters want to avoid this river?"

"...Well. I think there must be some special reason for this, right?"

"Of course there is a reason." Han Ye smiled bitterly: "At the earliest times, our ancestors also tried to use many methods to figure out this answer. After all, the monsters living on this continent will be one of the biggest enemies of the ancestors in the future. If we can figure out why those monsters avoided this river, then perhaps we can use this answer to fight those monsters."

"Did you... find the answer?" Lan Lan asked.

Han Ye was silent for a long time, and she looked at Lan Lan.

What disappointed Lan Lan was that Han Ye's eyes became obviously strange.

But... she didn't answer!

She just seemed to smile - Lan Lan could obviously feel it. There seemed to be many things hidden in Han Ye's smile and eyes.

But if this elf doesn't say it, Lan Lan can't continue asking questions.

Han Ye pointed to the north of the river and said softly: "From here, go north along the river, well... at the speed of your journey, you can see a forest for about three or five days. It is a very strange plant. They are not tall, but they can grow a particularly wide leaf. The leaves are very tough. If one leaf is collected and falls on the water, it will be enough to accommodate three or five people floating on the water.

In the current season, the leaves have not yet withered, so we can collect some leaves and use them as boats. If we go down the north, the speed of traveling will be much faster. Moreover, this is the safest way.

Of course. You'd better tell your people that no matter what happens along the way, you must never leave the river bank for more than a hundred meters away!

Because although this river is a safety line, its basin still runs through the territory of several powerful monsters along the way.

Those monsters are very powerful, and even I will not provoke them easily. I don’t think you have a way to fight those things.”

Don't leave... one hundred meters on both sides of the river bank?

One hundred meters, but a very narrow distance!

Lan Lan immediately felt the dangerous smell, and she couldn't help but say, "Mr. Han Ye... Even a strong man like you... you... should have surpassed the holy level, right?"

Han Ye glanced at Lan Lan, her tone became strange, and she slowly said: "The powerful strength is not used as a power of killing."

This sentence confused Lan Lan a little.

Then Han Ye said in a deep voice: "I went to the area where you landed and killed that monster for a special reason. That monster is a bit different from other monsters. It has two power attributes and can survive in the sea. Therefore, the barrenness of the continent will not have much impact on it, so that kind of monster is the fastest one that reproduces among all the monsters on this continent. On such a barren land, if a powerful and extremely dangerous monster appears, and its reproduction ability is too fast, it will break the balance here and bring a huge threat to all races!

So... our elves have no choice but to send all powerful tribe members to hunt down some such octopus monsters every time.

We elves do not like killing, but we can only do this in order to maintain the natural balance here."

Lan Lan noticed that when Han Ye explained this, he accidentally agreed to a fact.

That is: her strength has indeed reached the level above the holy level!

Moreover, with Lanlan's guess, it may be far beyond the level of the holy level!

Because, when this elf hunts the octopus monster, it seems... very relaxed!

...

According to Han Ye's guidance, the team followed the river to the north.

Walking hard, on the sixth day, I found the kind of place Han Ye said that it would grow and use huge leaves as a boat.

Looking at the "woods" mentioned in the cold night in front of me, many humans were deeply moved.

The "forest" Han Ye mentioned is actually just a sparse ten trees.

This kind of tree is indeed not tall. It is only about two or three meters tall.

People from Roland have never seen such a strange plant: its trunk, the largest tree, is only the thickest tree, the thickest one, the thickest one, the thickest one, and even so, it is impossible to cut down and make wooden boats, because there are only two or three trees with such thick waists. Most of them are just the size of the bowl.

Such relatively slender tree trunks are shocking.

Trees look like huge umbrellas. Many large and huge leaves grow on their canopy.

This kind of leaves are extremely thick, and when you touch it, it is probably as thick as a person's fist. If you pinch it hard, it is very tough.

It seems that the smallest leaves are 20% or 30% larger than ordinary people’s dining tables!

Each leaf is in a natural bowl shape. As long as it is collected and thrown into the river, it will be like a natural boat.

Although this kind of leaves are large and thick, they are relatively light in weight and have great buoyancy.

Some leaves were collected and thrown into the water, and there was no problem with three or five people sitting on it.

Under Han Ye's guidance, the crew members and sailors in the team started to collect these leaves.
To be continued...