Chapter 449: Conditions

Su Xiao's primary task now is to obtain the compass from Old Bal.

In the red soil region, one could barely survive for the first few days, but the final days were different.

Su Xiao had already sensed that by the second day, Reincarnation Paradise had gradually increased the difficulty of survival.

There is food and fresh water in Old Bal's tribe, but this is not a place for a long stay. Staying here for the first five days of the survival trial should be fine, but for the last five days, the difficulty of the red soil region will be terrifying.

Following Old Bal into the tribe, there are few men in the tribe; one doesn't need to think to know that the men have all gone to the front lines to deal with the Zerg.

Not long after walking, a tall stone house appeared in his line of sight.

This stone house is located in the center of the tribe and is particularly conspicuous among the many low stone houses.

A wooden sign is tied to the stone house, with a vine carved onto it.

This vine is baring its fangs and brandishing its claws, in a posture of choosing someone to devour, as if it had come to life.

Su Xiao's gaze flickered; that small tribe he slaughtered also had this kind of vine. That small tribe treated this vine as a totem, but Old Bal's tribe is different; this vine seems to be just some kind of symbol.

"Come in and sit."

Old Bal walked into the stone house. There are no items like furniture in the stone house, and some animal skulls are placed around the room, with furs spread out in the center of the stone house.

Old Bal sat cross-legged on the furs, and Su Xiao sat opposite him. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang did not approach the fur, as the black and white patterned fur made Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang very panicked.

Old Bal, having sat down, spoke: "You want to leave the red soil region, right?"

Su Xiao nodded; this was obvious.

"Alright then, let's negotiate a condition."

Old Bal placed the compass in front of him.

"This is the only way to leave the red soil region; without it, you cannot leave the red soil region."

"Oh?"

Su Xiao did not pursue the question; Old Bal would take the initiative to say it.

"I don't know how you entered the red soil region, but I can show you a map."

Old Bal stood up and took out an animal skin from the pottery jar behind him.

The animal skin was spread out in front of Su Xiao, and he discovered that it was a crude map drawn with charcoal.

Although somewhat rough, it was a map of Devour Island.

The structure of Devour Island is very interesting; the whole island is not connected as one piece. The red soil region is the very center of Devour Island, and there is a circle of cliffs around the red soil region.

The span of the cliffs is dozens of meters wide and bottomless, so it is somewhat difficult to leave from the red soil region.

Although there is a circle of cliffs around the red soil region, it is not impossible to leave.

There is a natural stone bridge on both the front and back sides of the red soil region, and the stone bridges connect to the ordinary region. One of these two stone bridges has been half-destroyed, and now only one remains.

"The compass points to this stone bridge, so if you want to leave quickly, you will definitely need to use it. If you search along the cliffs, it will take at least ten days or so, but with the compass, it will take at most one day from here to the stone bridge."

Although Old Bal's words cannot be fully trusted, their credibility is not low.

Su Xiao did indeed see the cliffs; he had previously traveled along the cliffs for a long time, but because there were too many obstacles on the road, he had to give up.

Not to mention the terrain near the cliffs, the creatures entrenched near the cliffs alone are enough to be fatal.

"Where is this?"

Su Xiao pointed to the circle of forest on the edge of Devour Island.

"This is the Black Forest, the forbidden zone within the forbidden zone. If you don't want to die, don't go there."

Su Xiao now fully understood the terrain of Devour Island this time.

The outermost periphery of Devour Island is a circle of forest; this is the Black Forest, which occupies the largest area.

Inside the Black Forest is the ordinary region; this place is the safest and also the richest in resources.

Moving further toward the center is a circle of cliffs, and on the other side of the cliffs is the red soil region.

If you look at Devour Island from high altitude, you will find that this island looks like a target. The red in the bullseye is the red soil region, the green in the center periphery is the ordinary region, and the black in the outermost circle is the Black Forest.

After understanding the situation of Devour Island, Su Xiao wanted to leave the red soil region even more.

"State your conditions."

Since we are going to trade, let's get straight to the point.

Old Bal signaled for the few natives in the stone house to go out first.

"Bai Ye, you should have seen the 'Blood Vine Warriors' by now, right?"

"Blood Vine Warriors?"

"Yes, you have their bloody scent on you; there's no need to deny this. Their bloody scent is very special."

Su Xiao's hand moved close to the hilt of his blade, looking at Old Bal with a smile.

"Maybe I have seen them; I killed dozens of them."

Old Bal stood up with a 'whoosh', and at this moment, a sharp blade was pressed against his throat.

"You killed them? Was Bari also killed by you? That's great!"

Old Bal raised his hand to signal that he had no hostility, but the excitement on his face could not be concealed.

"Bari? Never heard of him."

"An Asenman who uses a blowpipe."

"Is it that guy?"

Su Xiao nodded; at this point, there was no need to hide it. At worst, he would just kill his way out.

"Sincere thanks to you."

Old Bal seemed very happy to learn that the group of natives was dead.

"My 'dear' brother, you finally died."

Old Man Shi paced inside the stone house, the joy on his face undisguised.

"It seems I helped you kill a competitor; is there no gratitude?"

Old Bal stopped pacing and sat back down opposite Su Xiao.

"No gratitude."

"As expected."

Old Bal looked Su Xiao up and down.

"You killed them at night, didn't you?"

"Hmm?"

Su Xiao looked at Old Bal in confusion.

"No need to be confused. If it were during the day, and with the sun out, the one who died would definitely be you."

Old Bal had seen Su Xiao killing enemies on the battlefield with his own eyes, but he still said this.

"Daytime? The sun?"

Su Xiao muttered, not continuing to pursue the question.

"By the way, when you killed Bari and the others, did you find anything in their tribe? For example, a transparent crystal, or a black seed."

Su Xiao guessed that the transparent crystal should be a Soul Crystal, and as for the black seed, he couldn't think of what it was.

"Didn't find any."

Even if he had found them, Su Xiao wouldn't say.

"What a pity. Let's continue talking about the compass."

Old Bal pondered for a few minutes, and after a long while, he spoke: "The compass can be given to you, but you have to do one thing for me."

This was an expected result.

"What thing?"

Su Xiao was already prepared to snatch it; there was only one native, Old Bal, in the stone house.

"It's like this: three days later, we will go to war with the Zerg. This kind of war is a common situation, but the scale is not small. We are preparing to dispatch 15,000 people."

The Asenman tribe has a total of 50,000 combat members, so dispatching 15,000 is already quite a lot.

"After the war starts, do one thing for me: go to the Zerg's lair and snatch something."

"Impossible."

Su Xiao refused flatly; the Zerg must not be easy to mess with, let alone their lair.

"No need to refuse just yet."

Old Bal chuckled, as if he had long expected Su Xiao to refuse.

"I will go with you."

It is very obvious that what Old Bal is doing is not for the tribe, and it is even the kind of thing that cannot see the light of day; otherwise, he wouldn't be looking for an outsider like Su Xiao to help. ===== CHAPTER 450 =====