Everyone walked through the portal and returned to their own residence.

On the eastern plain of Federal City 2, lightning and thunder were heard, the space was twisted and torn, and the portal appeared, and two masked assassins came out.

Ding Lei and the death thief Eric, as soon as they arrived here, the color of the assassin's outfits on their bodies immediately changed to brown, almost the same as around them.

This is a yellow plain, and through it, there is a large scattered settlement of humans, which is a small village jointly formed by multiple small fishing villages.

Most vendors in the federal city would transport some sea items from there to sell. Because the distance was a little far, on the way back and forth, they had to hire magic adventurers to keep the sea items fresh, so the price for resale was also high.

There will be a fork in the middle, which goes south and leads directly to the high-level mining areas discovered by humans. However, since the mining area was abandoned, not many people have gone there, but some vendors will still pass by, because there is a magical pond nearby, which can replenish the magic energy consumed by adventurers.

However, these are not worth mentioning to the sect or alliance, after all, human beings are too small in their eyes.

Ding Lei and Eric walked quickly through the plains, listening to the thieves' introduction to this area.

"Well... the distance is long and the cost is high, so is sea food expensive?" His current thinking pattern has already become what the superiors should look like. Maybe this is growth.

Ding Lei passed the question in his mind and immediately got an answer: "Set up a portal and go directly from the fishing village to City No. 2 to 7, and the maintenance fees are collected from taxes and pedestrians using the portal. But if this is the case, wouldn't this past trade route be abandoned?"

Ding Lei couldn't help but think of a great writer's words: There is no road in the world, and if more people walk, it will become a road, but if fewer people walk, there will be no road.

Forget it, there is no road, at least if there is a portal, I have arrived at the fishing village now, right?

I didn't let Camilla drive to the fishing village, but I was afraid that the violent magic fluctuations would attract others' attention and would be bad for alerting the snake.

The two of them were very fast, and their movements were like flying against the ground. It took about ten minutes to arrive.

Lying on a concave, their camouflage clothes completely integrated into their surroundings.

The fishing villages ahead have not changed much, and some fishermen have placed dry goods waiting for vendors to come and collect them.

"Hawkeye." Ding Lei's eyes flashed, and all the scenery was closer. As his vision moved, he could see everything along the way.

No suspicious found.

"Eric." Ding Lei looked around and said to the thief: "You go to the left, I go to the right, and change the clothing to normal style. If a fight occurs, the alliance logo will be displayed as soon as possible and then escape. Do you understand?"

"I understand Your Highness, be careful."

"Go."

The thief agreed, stood up, and disappeared from the spot.

Ding Lei changed his clothes to traveler's clothes, put on a gray robe outside, and finally walked slowly towards the fishing village ahead.

"What are you going to come for, this guest?" Some vendors greeted him from time to time along the way.

Ding Lei chose one of the ones that looked quite fresh. He squatted down and picked up the net bag next to him, caught the fish in the basin, and asked, "Boss, your fish are quite fat. Did you just beat them?"

"Haha, that's not the case. I'm just waiting for you to collect it. How about it? The price is easy to say!" The boss said with a smile on his face.

"Oh, let me ask, do you see any strangers when you sell things here?"

"Strangers? Aren't all strangers here? Guest, if you feel dissatisfied, I'm here..." The vendor said as he turned around and lifted out the basket of sea shells behind him.

Ding Lei waved his hand and asked, "A few days ago, have you seen or heard a large number of people transporting some iron cages or something?"

"Cargoyle? No. I have more fresh sea food here, why don't you take a look?"

Ding Lei found that he couldn't get along with him, so he smiled self-deprecatingly, shook his head, and then stood up. At the moment he stood up, he sensed a trace of magic fluctuations.

Then he hurriedly used his skills to check the surroundings and found that the magic power came from the surface of the basket of sea shells. A lot of shells were stained with transparent crystal fragments condensed into spots. The fluctuations were emitted from these crystal pieces.

What's going on?? Magic fluctuations are emitted from these small pieces... Could these things be dropped from magic energy blocks?

Ding Lei picked up one of the seashells and looked at it, thinking quickly in his mind: Imagine if there is a large magic energy block, then what will be used? Magicians or... some large machines driven by magic!

And these small pieces are a small part of the machines that are missing or leaked? So what will leak in the ocean? Steamships! Merchant ships and... warships!

Why is it leaked? Being attacked outside or... internal damage!

What causes severe damage to the warship from the inside and causes energy leakage? I remember griffons and flying dragons are very ferocious animals...

Thinking of this, Ding Lei looked suddenly enlightened, then smiled, and watched Camilla analyze the problem for a long time, and he unconsciously opened up his mind. Haha, he is worthy of being a senior magician, and he can invisibly teach people around him.

"Guest? Guest? How about these seashells? The price is easy to say!" The vendor saw Ding Lei standing there holding a shell and giggling, and immediately started business.

"Uh...how do you sell this basket of sea shells? I'll ask for them all!"

"Really! As long as you make this number, you can take these things away, hehehehe~" the vendor stretched out 5 fingers.

5 gold coins?

Ding Lei looked at the basket of sea shells again. One gold coin can be exchanged for 10 silver coins. The purchasing power of a gold coin in this world is equivalent to about 1,000 RMB on the earth. This guy needs 5,000 yuan if he speaks?

Ding Lei: "..."

Forget it, just treat it as rewarding him. At least I learned some valuable information from him, and the sucker also recognized it.

Seeing Ding Lei take out a few gold coins, the vendor said in distress: "Customer, I can't find it..."

Ding Lei asked blankly: "...5...silver coins?"

"Don't you?"

Ding Lei looked down at the 5 gold coins he took out, shook his head, and said, "Tell me where you got the seashells in this basket, tell me the specific location, the money is yours." After that, he shook in front of him.

The vendor saw the stars in his eyes and his tongue was knotted: "At... there! In that place, not far from the coast!" As he said, he turned his head and pointed in a direction, "About 2 or 3 nautical miles!"

Ding Lei followed the guidance and looked in the direction of the sea, nodded and said, "Let's go ahead, they are yours."

"Hey! OK! Hey!" The vendor held the gold coins in both hands and was amused.

After finishing, Ding Lei lifted the basket of sea shells and disappeared from the spot, and the people next to him seemed to have not seen it.

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Chapter completed!