Final priesthood

Lu Yuan didn't answer, but kept looking at the rankings on the light screen.

Among the top twenty on the list, Xia Guo occupies a total of three positions. The highest ranking is a person named "Ding Can", who is ranked fourth on the ember list.

Javier occupied four positions, two powerful countries after the three major overlords occupied two, and the rest were all from the Far Star Federation.

The list of supernova rankings that Xiao Rui sent to Lu Yuan before was incomplete, and all the information on the top thirty was hidden.

Ding Can was obviously one of the top thirty strong men on the supernova list. Lu Yuan searched for a familiar name on the gang.

At a glance, Lan Chen's name was ranked over 600 on the ember list.

Lu Yuan was a little surprised that Lan Chen's SSS level strength was only ranked over 600 on the list.

But it becomes clear when you think that the ranking on the Ember List is not completely equivalent to the ranking of strength, but is also linked to the exploration time, luck, etc.

Perhaps noticing Lu Yuan's gaze, Lan Chen explained: "I was already in the top 500, and then I received an order to pick you up. As I came and went, my ranking immediately dropped."

Lu Yuan ignored him, swept the light curtain from beginning to end, and counted more than 1,300 rankings in total.

Seems like a lot at first glance?

But when you think about it, the number of extraordinary organizations participating in this joint exploration operation on Ember Mountain exceeds one hundred. When divided among each country, it’s really not that much.

This is the list ranking after excluding a large number of "martyrs". When I first started exploring, there were more people on the list.

Just after Lu Yuan checked the list for a while, several ranking changes occurred in the top 50 of the Ember List, which shows how fierce the competition between them is.

Lan Chen urged Lu Yuan to enter Huangxiong Base, received a recording chip specially made for this joint exploration, loaded it into his auxiliary optical brain, and some necessary supplies, and then took him through layers of protection. , heading outside the base camp.

"There was a six-winged flying bear master who just led the team to set off three hours ago. It's a pity that we couldn't catch up, otherwise this trip would have been much safer."

When walking out of the base, Lan Chen kept sighing, and Lu Yuan couldn't help but ask who the adult was.

As a result, Lan Chen said a name that was quite familiar to him - Yin Muqing!

".A supernova member who is unique among tens of millions. He is powerful, has a bright future at a young age, and his appearance and figure are top-notch."

Lan Chen sighed with fascination: "It's a pity that I couldn't catch the bus, otherwise it would be eye-catching to have such a goddess in the team."

Lu Yuan glanced at Lan Chen speechlessly.

He disagreed with Lan Chen's words.

In his opinion, Yin Muqing can only be regarded as average in terms of strength, figure and appearance. She cannot be called a goddess and is blessed by a pure supernova halo.

It's not like he's never seen a true goddess, someone like Crow God and Yu Wentong can count.

As soon as you leave the base gate, you will see a tall and dense virgin forest in front of you.

There were many traces of people walking in front of the forest. When Lu Yuan and Lan Chen stopped to decide which direction to go in, several humanoid mechanical bodies rumbled and flew over their heads.

"You have just entered the secret realm. Your first exploration is mainly based on familiarity. Let's choose a safer route."

While Lan Chen lowered his head to study the map of the secret realm, he told Lu Yuan: "When you enter later, you must listen to my instructions. This place is so evil that sometimes even the dead don't know how they died.

If something happens to you, I won’t be able to explain it to Mr. Hitomi later.”

Listening to Lan Chen's murmuring in his ear, he thought that he should slightly change his notes later. It would be more appropriate to add a label like "Long-worded" after "The boy who wants to take credit".

Lu Yuan looked around by himself.

Suddenly, his eyes stopped somewhere.

His eyes flickered for a moment, then he pointed in the direction where his eyes were falling and said, "How about going that way?"

"Um?"

Lan Chen raised his head, followed the direction pointed by Lu Yuan and compared it with the map, frowned and said, "Why do you want to go there?"

"There is no reason.

I just feel that I will have better luck if I go in that direction. "

As Lu Yuan spoke, he kept staring ahead, with a faint strange color flashing in his eyes.

He saw an orange bird with a crown on its head perched on the top of a big tree at the edge of the Forest of Embers.

Hoopoe!

The [Chaos Divination] he did before coming to the Mountain of Embers was to divine his future fortune, and the result he got was a hoopoe symbol that symbolized good luck.

Although this thing is somewhat superstitious, as a world where gods really exist, what if this is really a hint given by the goddess of luck?

Not sure if it was an illusion, Lu Yuan seemed to see the hoopoe glance at him intentionally or unintentionally, then flap its wings and disappear into the forest.

Lan Chen hesitated for a moment, but finally chose to respect Lu Yuan's decision.

"Okay, anyway, the route in this direction is relatively safe."

The two of them said nothing and walked directly into the virgin forest.

There is no distinction between day and night in the secret realm of Ember Mountain, and there is no sun, but it is not dark.

Lu Yuan followed Lan Chen as he walked in the primeval forest. He was surrounded by thick ancient trees surrounded by unknown people. The fallen leaves of these ancient trees formed a thick layer under his feet.

From time to time, you can see insects and small animals. Despite their strange appearance, the overall atmosphere is relatively relaxed.

This is especially true for Lu Yuan.

The evil god factor in the primeval forest is about two to three times stronger than outside.

As soon as Lu Yuan walked into the forest, he became extremely "excited" and could feel the growing blood cells in his body all the time.

Feedback to the personal attribute panel shows that the four basic attributes are slowly and steadily improving.

Lu Yuan felt that even if he did nothing, as long as he stayed here, the natural improvement of his light attributes would make his trip worthwhile.

“.We are now in the ‘safe zone’, with a total length of about ten kilometers.

Even though it's calm now and there doesn't seem to be any danger at all, when I first came in, this place was full of man-eating evil creatures.

It took a lot of effort to get it level."

Lan Chen walked ahead of Lu Yuan, the prismatic gemstone on his chest emitting a faint blue light.

Lu Yuan felt that all his second-level mental power was dispersed, and many modules in his slightly modified body were ready to be activated at any time, appearing very cautious.

Lu Yuan probably knew the path Lan Chen took.

It is a relatively high-end transformation route.

The core of the system is the exoskeleton armor, which has an energy field embedded in the body and a large number of intelligent modules to assist in combat.

There are two branches on this path, one is "integration of man and machine", completely transforming itself into a combat mecha, and the other is "separation of man and machine", taking the route of a pilot.

These two paths, no matter which direction, must rely on the power of a huge organization, and personal resources cannot support one step at a time.

No matter which path you take, there are strict requirements for mental strength.

"My current mental power of 31 points of intelligence is much higher than the ordinary second-level mental power, but it is less than the third level."

Lu Yuan secretly compared the mental power gap between himself and Lan Chen.

His mental power is actually not outstanding. In his strength composition, mental power does not account for a large proportion. He basically relies on skills and pure strength to provide explosions.

However, Lu Yuan felt that he had to catch up very quickly. Every time he added points of intelligence, his mental strength could boast a huge increase.

He estimated that with a few more points in his intelligence attribute, his mental power would be able to break through to the third level.

After all, intelligence does not only represent mental power, but covers a wide range.

While following Lan Chen, Lu Yuan had been trying to find traces of the hoopoe he had just seen outside the forest.

But I haven't been able to find it, and I don't know where it flew to.

"Going further, we will enter the 'non-safety zone'."

Lan Chen suddenly stopped and reminded Lu Yuan with a serious expression, "This area has not been fully explored and there are still many dangers. You must follow me closely.

If something happens to me, don’t even think about rescuing me. Just go back the way you came.”

Lu Yuan's eyes flickered and he nodded without saying a word.

"Kacha kacha——"

After Lan Chen told Lu Yuan, the prismatic gem on his chest glowed, like pressing a power button. Pieces of azure alloy armor popped out from all over his body, firmly sealing his joints, vitals and other parts. Protect it firmly.

"One-stage start"

After doing all this, Lan Chen cautiously took steps forward.

During the subsequent journey, his level of caution increased significantly several times. From time to time, he would stop and consider before deciding where to go next.

The speed of the two people moving forward became quite slow.

Lu Yuan was not in a hurry, silently absorbing the evil god factors in the surrounding environment, seizing every moment to strengthen himself.

After walking for ten minutes, about a kilometer or two away, a series of "rustling" sounds suddenly came from somewhere in the trees around the two of them.

Lan Chen's nerves tensed up instantly, and he suddenly turned around and pointed his hands in the direction of the sound.

There were bright blue energy light groups flashing in the palms of both hands.

At about the same time, two figures jumped out from wherever the sound came. They were wearing white combat uniforms with a black diamond pattern printed on the chest. Their appearance was very different from that of the Xia people.

Lu Yuan recognized this pattern as the symbol of an extraordinary organization called "Black Spirit".

Fellow members of the exploration team.

The two members of the Black Spirit Organization who emerged from the bushes looked as nervous as Lan Chen, and they looked at each other.

The brief identity information of the two people opposite him popped up in Lu Yuan's eyes.

Name, national organization, Ember List ranking.

The two groups of people who met unexpectedly did not communicate with each other verbally. After meeting each other, the two parties separated with a tacit understanding.

"Two ranked over 700."

As soon as the two members of the Black Spirit Organization left, Lan Chen immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and then imparted his experience to Lu Yuan: "The recording chip just loaded has the advantage that as long as you meet the person, you can check it immediately Rank in the opponent's ember list.

This can also reflect the opponent’s combat strength level to a large extent.”

The road is far away.

After a false alarm, the two continued moving forward.

At a certain moment, out of the corner of his eye, Lu Yuan suddenly caught sight of an orange shadow flashing through the jungle.

Hoopoe? !

Lu Yuan's mental power suddenly stretched over, but he failed to catch the figure of the other party.

His eyes flickered, and after thinking about it, he grabbed Lan Chen's arm, pointed in the direction where the hoopoe bird was suspected to have appeared, and said, "Shall we walk this way?"

"How come you, a rookie entering a secret realm for the first time, have so many incomprehensible suggestions?"

Lan Chen glanced at him with a strange expression, took two steps in the direction pointed by Lu Yuan, stretched out his hand to push aside the tree vines blocking the way, and said: "Is there anything special here? Why do you have to go this way? Um?!"

Before Lan Chen finished speaking, his whole body suddenly trembled violently.

Then his eyes were fixed on a certain position in front of him, with a look of shock and ecstasy beating crazily in his eyes.

"What a strong energy wave!

The chip prompts that there are suspected high-value rare objects within five kilometers ahead!

It's a long way to go. We seem to be in luck this time? ! "

Lu Yuan said nothing and took two steps forward.

When he walked to Lan Chen's side, the exploration chip loaded in his body also popped up a similar prompt.

When he saw the prompt, for some reason, Lu Yuan felt inexplicably relaxed and natural.

He felt like he was really in the wrong this time.

Could it be that that elusive hoopoe bird is really his lucky envoy? !