By studying this initial map, Lin Yu could easily notice one thing...
The Little Charmander trio's initial Taoist temple and his own initial rendezvous point were located in the southeast of Chenjiabao(陈家堡: Chen Family Fort) and Wanquan Village(五泉村: Five Springs Village), and the northwest, respectively.
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Although the distances were similar, the route from the Taoist temple to Chenjiabao(陈家堡: Chen Family Fort) was smoother, with only a few demon-infested locations marked along the way – judging from the fact that the marked symbols were just a few bright red circles, this route, although dangerous, was limited.
As for his own route to Chenjiabao(陈家堡: Chen Family Fort)...the Fuyuan Mountain(伏猿山: Crouching Ape Mountain) he passed was densely marked with red circles and crosses, with a "skull" symbol and a simple drawing of a mountain demon(山魈: Shan Xiao, a type of mountain spirit).
Obviously, his route was more difficult – although he had a armed escort team familiar with the road to lead the way, this armed escort team might even be a disadvantage when it came to traveling!
After all, the fact that the armed escort team was escorting a living remnant body for some reason did attract a large number of mountain demons(山魈: Shan Xiao, a type of mountain spirit) from Fuyuan Mountain(伏猿山: Crouching Ape Mountain) to attack, and even attracted Sanyang(三阳: Three Yang), the leader of the mountain demons(山魈: Shan Xiao, a type of mountain spirit).
Although this crisis was resolved invisibly due to the alternating efforts of Li Nian and Lin Yu...the time wasted was definitely considerable!
Therefore, this made Lin Yu question.
"We were not traveling fast in the first place by following the armed escort team, and we encountered abnormal demon attacks that severely delayed our progress, which is why we barely made it to Chenjiabao(陈家堡: Chen Family Fort). Logically, you should have arrived earlier than us."
Li Nian had also been looking at the map next to him just now, and when he heard Lin Yu say this, he also reacted.
"Indeed, logically, you should be faster than us!"
"You are all 'Tier 2' people, so you should know something about the Fire Prison of the Prison Mountain Realm. It is impossible to deliberately waste time on the road, and you should even hurry up and try to reach the human gathering point as soon as possible...but why did you arrive at noon," Li Nian said vigilantly, "It can't be that you deliberately wanted to experience how terrible the midday three suns in the air of the Prison Mountain Realm Fire Prison are, and wanted to challenge yourselves, right?"
After all, at noon in the Fire Prison, it is really possible to be scorched to death.
Especially since although the native humans and most demons of the Prison Mountain Realm cannot withstand the heat of the Fire Prison, and even Sanyang(三阳: Three Yang), the leader of the mountain demons(山魈: Shan Xiao, a type of mountain spirit), has to find a place to avoid the light and cool off...
However, there are still a considerable number of demons with excellent heat resistance and sunscreen ability, so they will also wander outside at noon to find unlucky humans who have not returned to the gathering place.
Once found by those demons, fighting in the scorching sun will greatly reduce combat power, and it is easy to be killed directly by the opponent.
In fact, the more fire Prison demons with heat resistance, the stronger they tend to be.
Therefore, even 'high-level players' follow the principle of avoiding outdoor activities as much as possible at noon in the Fire Prison.
These three 'Player Mutual Aid Association' 'Tier 2' are neither strong enough to ignore the temperature of the Fire Prison, nor are they greenhorns who have just joined the game and do not understand the situation of the Ten Realms...'Player Mutual Aid Association' does the best in terms of basic science and information sharing within its members compared to other organizations.
Therefore, the fact that the three of them arrived late seems particularly strange.
Faced with Li Nian's questioning, Little Charmander explained: "We did not encounter any particularly abnormal events, but...on the one hand, small-scale demon harassment was also continuous, and we probably repelled five or six waves of demon attacks."
"On the other hand...uh, um...ha, how should I say it..."
A look of conflicted appeared on Little Charmander's face.
Lin Yu urged: "Stop stalling, hurry up and say it...If you continue to be so evasive, I will directly take action."
With the name of a 'Psychological Society' member hanging on his head, Lin Yu's threat seemed particularly effective at this time.
Little Charmander immediately made up his mind and said, "That's right – although there is a map, none of the three of us are particularly good at reading roads."
Little Charmander said embarrassedly.
Making up his mind to say it immediately is one thing, feeling ashamed is another.
Squirtle also sighed: "There's no way, 'Bulbasaur' usually does these things. Nowadays, electronic maps have navigation and one-click first-person view. It is still difficult to read this traditional map."
Li Nian finally couldn't help it: "But geography class will teach it – middle school geography will teach it!"
Little Charmander looked innocent: "But I didn't choose geography for my subjects...For the proficiency test, you don't need to master it so meticulously."
Squirtle also lowered his head somewhat self-consciously: "Sorry, my entering junior high was not very ideal, and I was diverted in the second year of junior high..."
Little Charmander comforted: "It's okay, education does not represent everything...Didn't we finally find this Chenjiabao(陈家堡: Chen Family Fort) by you understanding the map?"
Li Nian looked at Deadeye again: "Okay, these two can be considered to have unique skills, are you illiterate too?"
Deadeye shook his head displeasedly: "What are you talking about? I am a genuine college student – and I have also studied geography, and geography is even my advantage subject."
"Then how can't you understand the map?"
Deadeye sneered: "Exam-oriented and practical application in real life are completely different. Although I am not illiterate, I am a someone who easily gets lost."
As he said this, Li Nian gave a thumbs up: "Okay, none of you three are simple."
Lin Yu was thoughtful: "So you arrived so late just because you got lost and delayed your time?"
"Part of the reason, and another part of the reason is because we not only got lost, but also ran into the territory of a terrible demon."
Little Charmander pointed to an area on the map not far from Shuangju Mountain(双锯山: Double Saw Mountain) that was drawn with three skulls, with a simple drawing of a python on it.
This area is not on their necessary route and requires a large detour to get there.
"But it can also be considered a blessing in disguise. After we mistakenly entered here, we determined where we were."
At this moment, Lin Yu only had deep respect for this trio.
"It's not easy for you to come out alive."
After all, Sanyang(三阳: Three Yang) and his group of mountain demon(山魈: Shan Xiao, a type of mountain spirit) minions only had one skull, and this area had three skull markers, which in a sense means that the demons here should be two levels stronger than the mountain demon(山魈: Shan Xiao, a type of mountain spirit) group.
In other words...
The three of them survived the encirclement and suppression of three Sanyangs(三阳: Three Yang) completely unscathed – and didn't even see any signs of injury.
Little Charmander, Squirtle, and Deadeye were obviously unwilling to mention their recent experience, and just laughed it off when faced with Lin Yu's praise.
And just as Lin Yu was developing some curiosity and preparing to continue asking...
Suddenly, Old Zheng's voice rang in his mind.
"Boss, be careful, two more armed escort have disappeared!"
