Chapter 329 A Lucky Beginning

Lu Yuan did not answer, but kept looking at the rankings on the light screen.

In the top 20 of the list, Xia Country occupied three positions in total, and the highest ranking was a person named "Ding Can", who ranked fourth on the Embers List.

Javier occupied four positions, two of the two powerful countries second only to the three hegemonic countries occupied two positions, and the rest were all from the Far Star Federation.

The list of supernova rankings that Xiao Rui had sent to Lu Yuan before was incomplete, and the information of the top 30 was all hidden.

Ding Can was obviously a strong man in the top 30 of the supernova list, and Lu Yuan searched for familiar names on the help.

At a glance, he saw Lan Chen's name, ranked more than 600 on the Embers List.

Lu Yuan was a little surprised that Lan Chen's SSS-level strength could only rank more than 600 on the list.

But thinking that the Embers List ranking is not completely equivalent to the strength ranking, but also linked to the exploration time, luck, etc., it became clear.

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

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

At first glance, it seems a lot?

But think about the number of extraordinary organizations participating in this joint exploration of the Embers Mountain, which is more than 100. If it is distributed to each country, it is really not a lot.

This is the ranking after eliminating a large number of "martyrs". When the exploration just started, there were more people on the list.

Only when Lu Yuan checked the list for a while, there were several changes in the top 50 of the Embers list, which shows how fierce the competition is.

Lan Chen urged Lu Yuan to enter the Yellow Bear Base, took a recording chip specially made for this joint exploration, loaded it into the auxiliary optical computer, and some necessary supplies, and then took him through layers of protection and headed out of the base camp.

"Three hours ago, a six-winged flying bear master led the team to set off. It's a pity that we didn't catch up, otherwise this trip would be much safer."

When walking out of the base, Lan Chen kept sighing, and Lu Yuan couldn't help asking who that master was.

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

".A supernova member among millions, with strong strength, a promising future at a young age, and first-class appearance and figure."

Lan Chen sighed with fascination: "It's a pity that I didn't catch that bus, otherwise there would be such a goddess in the team, even if I just looked at her, it would be pleasing to the eyes."

Lu Yuan glanced at Lan Chen speechlessly.

He didn't agree with Lan Chen's words.

In his opinion, Yin Muqing was only average in terms of strength, figure and appearance, how could she be called a goddess, she was just blessed by the pure supernova halo.

It's not like he hasn't seen a real goddess before, only the likes of Ya Shen and Yu Wentong can be considered.

As soon as we walked out of the base gate, we saw a tall and dense primeval forest.

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, several humanoid mechanical bodies rumbled over their heads.

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

Lan Chen lowered his head to study the map of the secret realm, and told Lu Yuan: "After entering, you must listen to my command. This place is too weird. Sometimes you die without knowing how you died.

If something happens to you, I will not be able to explain to Master Tong later."

Listening to Lan Chen's mumbling in my ear, I thought about changing the notes I should give him later. It would be more appropriate to add a label like "nagging" after "seeking credit".

Lu Yuan looked around by himself.

Suddenly, his eyes stopped somewhere.

His eyes flickered, and then he pointed in the direction where his gaze fell and said, "How about going there?"

"Hmm?"

Lan Chen looked up, followed the direction Lu Yuan pointed and compared it with the map, frowned and said, "Why go there?"

"No reason.

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

Lu Yuan said, staring at the front, with a faint strange color flashing in his eyes.

He saw that on the top of a big tree at the edge of the Ash Forest, there was an orange bird with a crown on its head.

Hoopoe!

The [Chaos Divination] he did before coming to the Ash Mountain to predict his future fortune, the result was the hoopoe pattern that symbolizes good luck.

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

Not sure if it was an illusion, Lu Yuan seemed to see the hoopoe glance at him intentionally or unintentionally, and then flapped its wings and disappeared 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 didn't say much and walked directly into the primeval forest.

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

Lu Yuan followed Lan Chen in the primeval forest, surrounded by unknown ancient trees with thick leaves. The fallen leaves of these ancient trees formed a thick layer under their feet.

From time to time, you can see the figures of insects and small animals. Putting aside their strange appearance, the overall atmosphere is still relatively relaxed.

This is especially true for Lu Yuan.

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

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

The feedback on the personal attribute panel was that the four basic attributes were slowly and steadily improving.

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

". We are now in the 'safe zone', with a total length of about ten kilometers.

Don't look at it now. It's calm and peaceful, as if there is no danger at all. When I first came in, there were man-eating evil creatures everywhere.

It took a lot of effort to barely wade through it."

Lan Chen walked in front of Lu Yuan, and the prismatic gem on his chest emitted a faint blue light.

Lu Yuan felt that his second-level mental power was all dispersed, and many modules in his body that had been slightly modified were ready to start at any time, which seemed very cautious.

Lu Yuan probably understood the path Lan Chen took.

It was a relatively high-end modification route.

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

This path has two branches, one is "man-machine integration", which completely transforms itself into a combat mecha, and the other is "man-machine separation", which takes the route of a pilot.

These two paths, no matter which direction, must rely on a large organizational force, and personal resources cannot support step-by-step upwards.

No matter which path, there are rigid requirements for mental power.

"My mental power of 31 points of intelligence is much higher than the ordinary second-level mental power, but it is not yet the third level."

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

His mental power is not outstanding. In his strength composition, the proportion of mental power is not large, and it is basically provided by skills and pure strength.

However, Lu Yuan feels that he is catching up quite quickly. Every time he adds a point of intelligence, the strength of mental power can be boasted and soared.

He estimates that if he adds a few more points to his intelligence attribute, his mental power will break through the third level.

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

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

But he couldn't find it, and he didn't know where it flew to.

"Go further and you will enter the 'unsafe zone'."

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

If anything happens to me, don't think about saving me. Hurry back the way you came."

Lu Yuan's eyes flickered, and he nodded without saying anything.

"Click, click--"

After Lan Chen instructed Lu Yuan, the prismatic gem on his chest glowed, as if he had pressed a certain power button, and pieces of azure alloy armor emerged from all over his body, firmly protecting his joints, vital parts and other parts.

"First stage start"

After doing all this, Lan Chen stepped forward cautiously.

Later on, his level of caution increased significantly, and he would stop and think from time to time before deciding where to go next.

The two of them moved forward quite slowly.

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

After walking for ten minutes, about one or two kilometers, a series of "rustling" sounds suddenly came from the bushes somewhere beside the two of them.

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

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

At about the same time, two figures jumped out from the place where the sound came from, wearing white combat uniforms with a black diamond pattern on the chest, and their appearance was very different from the Xia people.

Lu Yuan recognized this pattern as the logo of a supernatural organization called "Black Spirit".

The two members of the exploration team.

The two members of the Black Spirit Organization who came out of the bushes looked as nervous as Lan Chen, and the two sides looked at each other.

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

Name, country organization, and ranking on the Embers List.

The two groups of people who met unexpectedly did not have any verbal communication. After seeing each other, the two sides separated tacitly.

"Two people ranked over 700."

As soon as the two members of the Black Spirit Organization left, Lan Chen immediately breathed a sigh of relief, saying, and then imparted his experience to Lu Yuan: "The recording chip just loaded has an advantage, that is, as long as you meet someone, you can immediately check the other party's ranking on the Embers List.

This can also reflect the other party's combat power level to a large extent."

Lu Yuan did not comment.

After a false alarm, the two continued to move forward.

At a certain moment, Lu Yuan's peripheral vision suddenly caught a glimpse of an orange shadow flashing in the jungle.

Hoopoe? !

Lu Yuan's mental power suddenly extended over, but did not capture the other party's figure.

His eyes flickered, and after thinking for a while, he grabbed Lan Chen's arm, pointed to the direction where the hoopoe had just appeared and said, "Let's go this way?"

"Why do you, a rookie entering the secret realm for the first time, have so many weird suggestions?"

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

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

Then his eyes were fixed on a certain position in front of him, and there was a look of shock and ecstasy in his eyes.

"What a strong energy fluctuation!

The chip prompts that there is a suspected high-value rare object within a range of five kilometers ahead!

Oh my God, Lu Yuan. We seem to be lucky this time?!"

Lu Yuan did not speak, and followed two steps forward.

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

When he saw the prompt, for some reason, Lu Yuan felt an inexplicable sense of relaxation and sense of rightness in his heart.

He felt that he seemed to have guessed right this time.

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