Chapter 333

The organization 【Abyss Body】 is somewhat special.

Although it was established four hundred years ago, it is little known; the undead race possesses a long, near-eternal lifespan and does not have the three desires of the living.

This led to all members of this organization being very low-key.

So low-key that there isn't even a rumor.

Even the three legendary "Undead Kings"—the Dragon Night Death Mage, the Giant God-man Night Death Mage, and the Shadow King·Terror—were not invited in the legends of various human countries.

It was just to avoid attracting attention!

It can be seen that the difficulty of contacting 【Abyss Body】 can only be passively waiting for the members of the other party to appear.

"The news of the leader's death" might be a good thing...

This thought flashed through Tang Zheng's mind; he had now returned to the lava zone, and the plan to recruit Brian was very successful.

With the other party's talent and natural innate ability, it was worth recruiting him under his command; the only thing to worry about was not to dampen Brian's character through this incident.

"The leader's direction in wanting to contact 【Abyss Body】 was wrong from the beginning," Tang Zheng thought of the leader's actions and shook his head.

【Abyss Body】 doesn't want to attract attention, whether it was the action that shocked various countries 20 years ago by "Zuranon," or the big commotion made in the Hills area now.

This high-profile behavior doomed the result!

Therefore, Tang Zheng felt that the spread of the news of "the leader's death" was not necessarily a bad thing.

The truth of the leader's identity actually doesn't matter!

"To get this group of people from 【Abyss Body】 on the hook, only 'knowledge' is the bait."

Tang Zheng pondered while walking on the hot ground, heading toward the lava sea.

The undead have lost the desires of the living, but this has indirectly made their thirst for knowledge even stronger, especially regarding some "magic knowledge."

The power of the leader to create the two legendary undead, "Death Knight" and "Soul-Eater," also spread with the end of the Hills incident.

People from 【Abyss Body】 would surely be interested.

"True Dragon Lord, I don't know which one it is."

Tang Zheng had already arrived at the edge of the cliff of the lava sea, looking at the hot lava flowing below, a deep look rising in his eyes.

The most important reason he wanted to make contact with 【Abyss Body】 was the True Dragon Lord who had already controlled the organization.

Such an important clue.

Tang Zheng did not intend to let it go; only by obtaining more detailed information could he understand this unknown True Dragon Lord better, so as to avoid or utilize its strength.

With a "plop"!

Tang Zheng's figure jumped from the high cliff.

Whoosh!

The surface of the semi-liquid red flowing lava dented into a pit, and a large amount of flames sprayed out from inside.

Tang Zheng was not affected by the high temperature and flames at all, and dived into the depths of the lava sea and disappeared.

—Valley of Despair.

Oasis where the human tribe is located.

The dry and hot climate did not affect the human figures farming near the oasis water source.

Seeds are very precious.

In this desolate valley, every seed represents survival and hope.

Ya Ya Laer filled two wooden buckets from the oasis spring, carried one in each hand, and walked carefully toward the newly reclaimed farmland.

In every place where seeds were planted, she scooped up water with both hands twice to irrigate them, never wasting a drop.

Busy until noon.

Ya Ya Laer finally straightened her back and reached out her wheat-colored arms to wipe the sweat from her cheeks, which were sticking to her silver hair.

Seeing the irrigated farmland, Ya Ya Laer smiled happily.

By autumn, there will surely be a lot of food harvested, although they are not short of food now.

The Gray Dwarf clan was eliminated, and numerous grains and food had already been transported to the oasis where they were located, but who would dislike having more stored food?

After a simple lunch.

Ya Ya Laer changed into armor as usual, held a long spear, and patrolled around the oasis; this was a very hard job.

The tribe's population was small, and it was the busy farming season, so the main patrol work was completed by herself.

Ya Ya Laer didn't feel it was hard; instead, it was one of the few things in the day that she looked forward to.

It had been half a year.

'I wonder when the hero will return,' Ya Ya Laer had always firmly believed, but was also a bit worried.

Would the hero encounter danger? Grandpa said that places outside the oasis were full of all kinds of unknown dangers.

Along the way.

There were figures greeting her everywhere, and Ya Ya Laer responded to them one by one.

"Sister Ya Ya Laer," a timid voice came from not far away.

Ya Ya Laer stopped and looked at a boy running over from not far away; his face was dusty, and his clothes were a bit tattered.

No one in their tribe was good at making clothes, and they lacked such materials; plus, the valley's climate was always hot, so most people actually didn't wear much.

The boy's clothes, the cuffs and hem were clearly too big, yet they fit well; they clearly came from Gray Dwarves, and it was possible they were stripped from some corpse.

A very common situation.

"Little Nick, what's wrong?" Ya Ya Laer seemed very familiar with this boy, bent down, and said with a smile.

"This is for you."

Little Nick opened his hands and took out a fruit the size of a fist.

Ya Ya Laer rubbed Little Nick's head and took the fruit: "Then I won't be polite; I still have to patrol."

"Sister Ya Ya Laer, when will the hero return?" Little Nick asked with hope.

The smile on Ya Ya Laer's face dimmed a bit, then disappeared in an instant: "Sister doesn't know either, but he will definitely return."

"Why have you been asking about this all the time recently? You should help your aunt reclaim more farmland and stop thinking nonsense."

Ya Ya Laer reached out her finger, tapped Little Nick's forehead, smiled brightly with her wheat-colored cheeks, waved her hand, and walked toward the outside of the oasis.

Watching Ya Ya Laer's departing back.

The timid look on Little Nick's face disappeared, his face revealing coldness and disgust, and a touch of gold appeared on the outer ring of his black pupils.

"I hate waiting the most!"

"I—hate you the most!"

A thick, malicious whisper sounded, almost imperceptibly:

"This place shouldn't have other humans!"

"Oh supreme King... is this a punishment for me disobeying orders... no, no..."

Little Nick's face twisted and distorted slightly, then returned to normal in an instant, looking as if everything just now was an illusion.

He had been waiting here for half a year, and the other party actually hadn't appeared; it didn't matter, he had plenty of time!

Near dusk.

Ya Ya Laer had also finished patrolling the area around the oasis and was planning to return to the oasis when she noticed a black figure appearing in the desert, walking with his back to the sunset.

The sudden situation!

Made Ya Ya Laer raise her long spear and prepare for defense.

"Ya Ya Laer, long time no see."

Ya Ya Laer was startled at first, then relaxed her grip on the long spear, full of surprise and excitement: "Hero!"

Crackle~

The bonfire of burning wood jumped in the night, and the humans of the oasis tribe danced happily around the bonfire.

Looking at the food piled up in front of him.

Tang Zheng said helplessly to Ya Ya Laer, who was kneeling on one knee beside him: "This food is enough, no need to add more."

"Okay."

Ya Ya Laer's cheeks were flushed and smiling under the bonfire's illumination as she nodded.

"Ya Ya Laer, go get a cup of warm water after boiling it," Chief Chieftain Chieftain Di Yelong saw his daughter's appearance and coughed gently, speaking in a weathered voice.

Ya Ya Laer's smile paused, and she left Tang Zheng's side somewhat reluctantly.

"Ya Ya Laer has become much more cheerful than before."

Tang Zheng turned his head and said to Chief Chieftain Chieftain Di Yelong.

"This is thanks to the hero."

Chief Chieftain Chieftain Di Yelong bowed, his tone respectful and carrying a hint of emotion: "That child carried too many things on her back before, and everyone gave her too much pressure."

"If it weren't for the hero's rescue and the elimination of the Gray Dwarf clan, we people would have already disappeared from this valley."

Chief Chieftain Chieftain Di Yelong thanked him solemnly again: "Our oasis tribe has nothing to repay you with."

All the people in the tribe were saved by the young man in front of them, and the other party was also human like them, although his background was mysterious.

But for the oasis clan, it was not a problem at all; if it weren't for the hero having no intention.

Chief Chieftain Chieftain Di Yelong would have intended to give up the position of chief.

"How is the oasis where the Gray Dwarves were now?" Tang Zheng asked seriously.

"According to the hero's plan, after we withdrew from the Gray Dwarf oasis, we sent this oasis to the Half-Orc clan."

"But the other party did not show any interest, and currently, this oasis has been in a desolate state," Chief Chieftain Chieftain Di Yelong immediately responded in a deep voice, his eyes also revealing confusion and incomprehension.

That was a complete oasis!

If it weren't for their human members being scarce, with only a few thousand people, they couldn't occupy two oases; if someone gave them an oasis for free, he would definitely accept it.

Tang Zheng was calm; he was not surprised by this answer.

After arriving at the Valley of Despair, Tang Zheng had already used teleportation magic to go to the Gray Dwarf oasis first to check the situation there.

The inquiry just now actually had a bit of testing.

After all, half a year had passed, and it was unknown what situation had occurred on the human side; simple testing could determine whether he should trust the oasis clan next.

"Indeed strange."

Tang Zheng frowned slightly.

A whole oasis was left vacant, and the Half-Orcs were not interested at all; this was a desert area that lacked water and was desolate.

"Did you get any other information from the Half-Orcs?" Tang Zheng asked again.

Chief Chieftain Chieftain Di Yelong dared not hide anything and said: "We used the weapons, food, and other resources obtained from the Gray Dwarves to trade with the Half-Orcs."

"The process went very smoothly, but we didn't learn much about outside information or information about the Orc Kingdom; those Half-Orcs didn't seem to know much either."

Chief Chieftain Chieftain Di Yelong explained in detail, fearing that Tang Zheng would be dissatisfied with this result and suspect that he hadn't done his best.

Strange!

Tang Zheng mused; he always felt there were strange places, but for a while, he couldn't find where the problem was.

"If the chief doesn't mind, can you tell me the situation of the past half year in more detail?" Tang Zheng said to Chief Chieftain Chieftain Di Yelong.

"No problem, hero."

Chief Chieftain Chieftain Di Yelong began to introduce the things that had happened in the past half year, especially matters such as the trade with the Half-Orcs.

The people who were dancing and celebrating.

Noticed Tang Zheng and the chief discussing things, stopped the movement of dancing and playing, and took the initiative to lower their voices, fearing that it would affect the two.

Ya Ya Laer didn't take long to fetch warm water, sat quietly to the side, and added water to Tang Zheng and Chief Chieftain Chieftain Di Yelong from time to time.

A night passed quickly in the exchange.

A touch of fish-belly white appeared in the east.

The bonfire's flames had also extinguished, emitting green smoke.

Tang Zheng came back to his senses from his thoughts and noticed Chief Chieftain Chieftain Di Yelong, whose face was full of exhaustion, his eyelids constantly colliding, struggling not to fall asleep.

And on the ground not far away, the people of the oasis were lying in a pile, sleeping soundly; clearly, this group of people had accompanied him all night.

"Ya Ya Laer, let everyone go back to rest first."

Tang Zheng said softly to Ya Ya Laer beside him, a faint brilliance flashing in his eyes.

He realized where the problem was!

The Half-Orcs were actually trading with humans very smoothly; one must know that humans are inferior races in the eyes of these demi-humans.

Even because of the destruction of the Gray Dwarves, the Half-Orcs could not have shown such a friendly attitude.

Additionally!

Tang Zheng also discovered a problem he had ignored: why did the Gray Dwarves attack humans only now!

The reason the Gray Dwarves attacked humans was because of the lack of water and the surge in the number of the tribe, which led to the oasis no longer being able to support the entire Gray Dwarf clan.

The problem lies here—

Why did the Gray Dwarves launch an attack only when the oasis could no longer support the number of the entire tribe, instead of eliminating humans in advance.

The Gray Dwarves could have done it in advance.

"It's a bit like they were forced to eliminate humans," Tang Zheng muttered to himself, his expression gradually becoming solemn.

"Hero."

A timid voice sounded.

Tang Zheng came back to his senses and looked at an eleven or twelve-year-old boy walking over carefully.

"Who are you?"

Tang Zheng tried his best to show a gentle smile on his face and spoke softly.

"His name is Little Nick." Ya Ya Laer helped Chief Chieftain Chieftain Di Yelong up at this time and said with a smile.

"Oh, Little Nick, what's the matter."

"That... did the hero come here alone?"

"That's right, just me alone," Tang Zheng smiled.

Little Nick muttered to himself: "So it's just one person."

In an instant.

Little Nick appeared in front of Tang Zheng like a teleportation in the blink of an eye.

Tang Zheng's gaze changed instantly.

"Air Explosion Fist"!

A petite fist was swung out, the air in front was broken in an instant, and the visible impact spread, hitting Tang Zheng's front.

Boom!

A roar like muffled thunder exploded out of thin air.

Tang Zheng's figure turned into a black stream of light, shattering trees in the oasis, and blasted into the desert in the distance.

(End of chapter)