Atlas of Heaven and Man.

Chapter 435 Late Night
Chen Chuan and his companions set out in the morning by car, but they kept chasing until noon without catching up with the horse team.

It was not difficult to sense that the cavalry had been deliberately leading them away from the base.

If they continued chasing like this, the remaining time might not be enough for them to reach the nearest station before nightfall.

Chen Chuan said at this time: "If we withdraw now, it means we have not come out at all, so I plan to continue chasing them and put pressure on them."

He looked at his two teammates. "You will have to spend the night in the wild, but you all know the dangers of the night. If you are not prepared, I will allow you to go back."

Yuan Qiyuan leaned back in his seat, smiled nonchalantly, and said, "Captain, what are you talking about? You are underestimating me. In my Yuan Qiyuan's rules of conduct, there is no such thing as deserting a battle."

Qin Qingque said seriously: "Captain, I will not leave the team."

Chen Chuan nodded and said, "Since you have made the decision, you don't have to think about withdrawing later. Executive Qin, send a telegram to Consultant Rao later to tell him our decision. We will continue to pursue the matter now."

"Yes!"

The off-road vehicle continued to chase downwards. During this time, the fortress sent a telegram asking about the situation. They replied that they were still chasing and had not encountered the enemy yet, and reported their own position.

The fortress immediately sent back a message, reminding them that they had strayed too far away and that even the nearest base was five or six hours away, so they were told not to chase after them.

However, Chen Chuan immediately asked Qin Qingque to reply. This time they planned to chase after him, and in order not to lose him, after careful consideration, they decided to spend the night in the wild.

"What? Spending the night in the wild?"

Inside Fort No. 73, after receiving the news, Advisor Rao was so anxious that he went around in circles. He immediately wanted to send another telegram to persuade Chen Chuan and others to come back.

However, he thought about Chen Chuan's attitude before he left, and he knew that he might have considered this a long time ago, so he might have some way to deal with it.

But he had to consider one thing. Now Chen Chuan and his team were the only team capable of fighting against the Iron Monster and operating in this area. If they were destroyed by the Iron Monster, then before mobilizing more powerful teams, the rear would have no choice but to let the enemy move back and forth.

At this time, the situation must be reported to the combat command room.

He asked the radio operator to leave, put on headphones and sent the message himself, and described the basic situation.

However, regarding Chen Chuan and his team's decision to go out for the operation, he took a deep breath and added his own name to indicate that this was a unanimous decision made by the team, including himself.

Meanwhile, Qin Qingque looked up and said, "Captain, it's ready."

Chen Chuan said: "Keep chasing, and at four o'clock we will stop and set up camp." The cavalry in front can move continuously, but the traces are not so easy to erase.

Even if the enemy could move at night, they had to take into account that in order to reach Fort No. 73, they would have to march at night and rest during the day, and they would have to overdraw their horsepower to speed up their journey, and this would have to happen for several days in a row.

We didn't get any rest last night, and today we face a whole day of pursuit from them. We will definitely try to rest this night, so we don't have to worry about them going too far.

As long as they followed behind, they would have no time to do anything else unless they turned around and destroyed them, but that was what he was expecting.

After a few more hours, the sky gradually darkened.

Chen Chuan looked outside and said, "Let's set up camp here."

"Yes!"

Yuan Qiyuan and Qin Qingque were not daring to follow blindly, as they had made some preparations beforehand.

Moreover, through their previous interactions, they could feel that although the captain looked young, he was always very stable and his judgment was very accurate. They thought that he should have some confidence in this.

But even so, they were still a little nervous about the unpredictable night of fusion.

Chen Chuan asked two people to take tools and equipment from the car and set up some simple defense facilities and warnings around it. He took out the esoteric materials he had prepared in advance and began to apply them on the inner and outer walls of the car body.

Here, protection against abnormal situations usually uses protection and protective coatings. This is what is used in the garrison fortress, but esoteric materials can also do the job.

It’s just that most people may not have this knowledge, and this thing itself is subject to strict control and is quite sensitive. The material itself does not have the conditions to be retained for a long time, which may be the reason why it is not adopted.

But for a few of them, and just for one night, it was just right.

When Yuan Qiyuan saw him describing the ceremony, he couldn't help but say, "Captain, what are you doing..." But he only said half of the sentence before he realized something and shut up.

He knew that there were some things that he shouldn't ask, and wasn't it good that the captain was capable?

Qin Qingque didn't say a word. She always fulfilled her responsibilities as a subordinate and never asked any other questions.

Chen Chuan had already thought of the ritual when he set out, so he didn't have any reference this time and just started drawing. It took him less than an hour to set it up. But he didn't stop there. He asked two people to take off the stab-proof robes on the outside and draw some ritual patterns on them.

At this moment, only thirty miles away from them, a large group of Iron Demon's troops were staying here.

At this time, a rider came close, saluted on his horse, and said, "Captain, they have been following us, and they did not rush back, but stayed where they are. They probably want to spend the night there. Captain, what should we do now?"

The Iron Demon just rode his horse in place, looking into the distance. After a while, a dull voice came from behind the mask.

"Wait."

On the other side, after Chen Chuan finished the arrangement, the three of them returned to the car. Night soon arrived, and like a heavy curtain falling, the surroundings were suddenly shrouded in darkness.

Yuan Qiyuan looked out the car window vigilantly, but didn't notice anything for a long time. Just when he thought that the night in the fusion land was just like this, he suddenly heard a rustling sound very close.

It was as if a huge snake was swimming across the car body, and the sound of its scales rubbing against each other and the feeling of the car sinking under the weight of something heavy were extremely clear.

After a long time, the thing seemed to have swum past, but at this moment, there was a loud bang, and the car wall seemed to be hit hard by something, causing the car body to shake. After a few breaths, the collision sound came again, and this time, it seemed that the entire car body was about to flip to one side.

Yuan Qiyuan and Qin Qingque both had their bodies tense, weapons in hand, and serious expressions.

Chen Chuan seemed very calm. He saw a slight sign of blurring on the second me, but it was not too strong. However, correspondingly, the material painted on the inner wall of the car was gradually becoming darker, and I believe that the material painted on the outside of the car was the same.

Judging from the situation, it seems difficult to sustain the whole night, but he deliberately left some gaps. After the energy is consumed, he will try to add some more for reinforcement.

The collision noise disappeared after a few times, as if the thing attacking the vehicle had given up.

But then they heard a heavy sound approaching, as if it was an extremely huge creature. Every step it took shook the ground, and each step was taken a little later. It can be imagined that the distance of the strides was extremely large.

Not only that, they could feel each other getting closer and closer.

It looked like their vehicle was blocking the other party's path.

Yuan Qiyuan and Qin Qingque couldn't help but wonder, when that thing comes, will it trample their car directly? Should they drive to another position quickly?
Since nightfall, Chen Chuan has been paying attention to the activity index of the two people. At this moment, he discovered that in just a short while, the index of the two people soared to more than 20, and was still going up.

If it goes over thirty, it enters a dangerous stage.

He said, "Executive Yuan, Executive Qin, the two of you should use breathing techniques to suppress the activity immediately. If you can't suppress it, take medicine. As for the rest, you don't need to think too much or worry about it."

Yuan Qiyuan and Qin Qingque responded immediately: "Yes, Captain."

Chen Chuan's calmness infected the two people. They immediately put aside those distractions and maintained the breathing method. The rising indexes on their bodies slowly stopped and slowly fell, but the fall was very slow.

They soon immersed their minds in it, and when they stopped, they found that the long night had passed, and there was bright light outside the car window, as if everything they had felt last night was an illusion.

Yuan Qiyuan let out a breath, opened the car door, and stepped out, but he soon realized something was wrong, because the place where they were staying at this moment was at least hundreds of meters away from where they stayed yesterday, and on the car body, you could clearly see traces of being hit and rubbed by something.

And just a few meters away from the car body, there was a huge pothole, which extended outward and gradually stretched into the distance, which reminded him of the loud noise last night.

What I encountered last night was definitely not just an illusion!
Qin Qingque did not get out of the car. She turned on the radio and first sent a telegram to Fort No. 73, and then began to receive news from other bases.

Yuan Qiyuan came over and said, "Captain, those things last night were really weird. But what on earth did the people led by Iron Demon rely on to stay out there for so long? Beliefs? Drugs? They can't all be demons, right?"

Chen Chuanshuo said: "It must be some special method. We can't imitate it. Otherwise, we have cooperated with those natives for so long, there is no reason why we can't master it."

"That's true." Yuan Qiyuan thought about it and said with lingering fear: "But if they came to attack us last night, would we have to face those anomalies directly?"

Chen Chuanshuo said: "It's not that simple. Although the Iron Demon can move at night, it has been attacked all the time close to dawn. Just like the night before yesterday, when I noticed something was wrong, it was almost dawn.

If they can attack at any time during the night, there is no need to wait until then, so we just need to be prepared during this period."

Yuan Qiyuan chuckled, "It seems that Iron Demon and the others are not afraid of nothing."

Chen Chuan glanced at his watch and said, "Let's pack up and set off. We will continue the pursuit today. It depends on when they can no longer bear it."

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(End of this chapter)