Chapter 1053: Trade Route (2)

The entire caravan formed three vertical rows.

Looking back, the whole caravan was very long, with over three hundred carriages stretching far into the rear.

Every carriage was packed full, except for Zhao Chi's, which was relatively empty.

"Zhao Chi, can our soldiers' personal bundles be placed on your carriage? I see your carriage is quite empty."

Tie Shan pointed at the soldiers ahead.

"Sure."

"Good." Tie Shan called out to the soldiers: "You few, put the bundles up here, pack them tight."

"Yes, Captain Tie."

More than twenty soldiers gathered around and set down their bundles.

These were all their personal bedding; carrying them on horseback was somewhat cumbersome.

They weren't heavy anyway, so Zhao Chi had no reason to refuse.

With more than twenty bundles piled up, Zhao Chi's carriage became bulging and full.

Soon, the time reached nine o'clock.

The entire caravan was fully prepared.

Tie Shan walked to the middle of the caravan and shouted loudly: "Check once more; if there are no problems, I will set off."

"The rear is fine!"

"The middle is ready."

"The front is prepared!"

The soldiers shouted back in response one after another.

Tie Shan walked back to the horse at the very front and roared: "Everyone ready, let's go!"

Accompanying the roar, thunder sounded from ahead.

The pure white wall of mist opened, and mist drifted everywhere.

A dim space appeared ahead.

Zhao Chi could feel a very distorted energy fluctuation; he couldn't say what it felt like, but it was very different.

Soon, led by the soldiers ahead, the entire caravan began to set off.

Slowly, the caravan passed through the area of the mist wall.

Zhao Chi felt the surroundings immediately grow dark.

It was like a cloudy evening; one could see the surroundings, but not very far.

It felt eerie and strange.

The caravan advanced slowly.

Suddenly, a dull rumble of thunder came from behind again.

Zhao Chi immediately looked back and saw that the mist wall which had just opened closed once more.

After sealing completely, it vanished without a trace.

Behind, there was no mist wall, only a vast, dim space.

This was inside the spatial rift.

Zhao Chi had never been to such a place before; hearing the name, he had thought the spatial rift would be very narrow, after all, it was a rift.

But he never expected it to be so large; it felt endless everywhere.

The surroundings remained dim.

No matter where one looked, there was nothing; only a vast, dim expanse could be seen.

Everywhere were bumpy dirt roads, and the carriages advanced slowly while bumping along.

It was no faster than walking.

In the distance lay a darkness where nothing could be seen clearly.

The ears were extremely quiet.

There was not a sound of wind, only the rumbling of the carriage wheels and the coughing of the caravan personnel behind.

At this moment, Tie Shan stood up from the carriage ahead.

He shouted with his neck stretched: "Start work! Set off!"

Set off?

Start work?

What does that mean?

Zhao Chi also stood up from the carriage and looked around.

He saw that quite a few new personnel suddenly appeared beside the caravan.

The races were different as well.

But the most numerous were personnel from several basic races.

Soon, these people approached the carriages.

A goblin walked up beside Zhao Chi: "Brother, can I sit here?"

The driver's seat of the carriage was quite long.

If it were women like Tang Ruan or Qi Yue, three could sit side by side.

For men, sitting two was no problem.

This goblin was even smaller, so sitting down was indeed possible.

Zhao Chi hesitated slightly, but still nodded: "Okay."

The goblin laughed, leaped up, and sat down steadily beside Zhao Chi.

Zhao Chi had never imagined he could sit beside a goblin.

But this goblin was clean, with no odor at all.

He wore fitted clothes and hung a silver pendant.

His skin was a glossy green, his ears long and pointed.

Yet his face was still the classic goblin visage, still somewhat sleazy.

The goblin extended his arms, and two white orbs the size of fists appeared in his hands.

The light was blinding; Zhao Chi quickly squinted.

The goblin raised both hands, and the two orbs floated upward, stopping ten meters above, drifting lazily alongside the caravan.

The two orbs glowed brightly, like super-bright torches.

Or like spirit-energy lamps.

Then two more orbs rose, then two more.

A total of ten orbs floated ahead of the caravan, illuminating a great distance.

And this was just one goblin.

On the wagons behind sat human mages and orc mages.

One by one, orbs rose.

The entire caravan had become a white dragon of light, everywhere bathed in white radiance.

Far away, darkness still reigned, but nearby it was as bright as day.

Then the male elf on the central wagon stood, his hands emitting earth-yellow spirit-energy light.

The light flashed and vanished, surging forward into the darkness.

The entire dirt road ahead writhed and trembled violently, as if Gu Qing were surging with energy.

The next instant, the elf pressed down hard with both arms.

The dirt road ten meters ahead immediately sank downward.

A very smooth, compacted stretch of road appeared.

Zhao Chi immediately felt the wagon stop shaking, moving forward with perfect steadiness.

The entire caravan's speed instantly increased.