Atlas of Heaven and Man.

Chapter 733 Traces
It's not like Xu Chan's team had ever encountered aboriginal gathering places before, but the danger level of this unknown area is obviously several levels higher than that of the outside. How could there be a gathering place here?

He immediately thought that this was definitely not a simple gathering place.

He asked, "Have the people in the camp discovered us?"

"We found out, and it was their people who took the initiative to contact us."

Xu Chan said in a deep voice: "Tell me the details."

The investigator explained that through the previous contact, he learned that the other party was not a simple gathering place of indigenous people. The people inside came from various places. The main group among them were those who were wanted by the old imperial family and escaped. There were also some deserters who were once the Dashun garrison, and the rest were the indigenous people here.

These people said they were familiar with the surrounding geographical environment and were willing to provide them with what they needed or provide some other help, but they also needed some tools and supplies carried by the team.

Xu Chan thought about it and said decisively: "We will give them whatever they want if we can afford it."

He instinctively felt that these people were not as simple as he said, but as long as they did not show hostility, there was no need to bother with them, even if there might be Dashun's wanted criminals among them.

After all, these people have been here for a long time. If we can get their guidance, it will be much easier to move around here, and maybe there will really be a way to get rid of the enemies behind us.

In short, everything is based on getting the lost items, and nothing else matters.

However, whether it is the other party or ourselves, the prerequisite for the transaction is to have a certain amount of military force. Without military force as a guarantee, we are just packing ourselves up and sending ourselves to others.

At this moment, on the other side, the Thunder Twins returned to their starting point with the blood diamond. However, unlike when they left, the surrounding trees seemed to have been flattened. A large number of personnel from the United Land seemed to be searching and checking something. Seeing them come back, the surrounding security personnel stood up in silence.

Svia ignored the other people here and asked a young man who was sitting there: "Mr. Heros, why didn't you show up as agreed?"

After hearing her question, the young man slowly stood up from the ground. He was a man over three meters tall, with thick black hair like seaweed. His facial features were three-dimensional, and under his thick eyebrows were a pair of extremely bright eyes. His face was as firm as if chiseled by an axe, and his whole body was covered with muscles like those carved out of stone.

Although he is much taller than others, the very good proportions of his limbs make people unconsciously feel that he is a more perfectly evolved human being.

As soon as he spoke, his voice was magnetic and appealing: "I'm sorry, ma'am, we just encountered the enemy and it's difficult for us to get to you."

"enemy?"

"Yes," said Heros, "it is right under your feet."

Svia looked down and was shocked to see an extremely huge creature lying on the ground, and they were now standing on the body of this creature!
However, this creature seemed to have no thickness or conspicuous outline, and almost covered the entire surrounding area. In addition, there were no signs of life at the moment, so it could not be discovered for a while.

Sigvard jumped twice and found that the feeling was indeed different from the soil. However, there were all kinds of situations on the fusion land, so he didn't think much about it. At this moment, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "What is this?"

Heros said: "I don't know either. We ran into this thing on the road and it tried to wrap us all up. There is no record of it in the data. I think it should be a new species. In order to break free from its restraints, we were delayed here for a while, but this is not the main reason."

He said seriously: "I feel that there is someone watching us from a distance, and he is a threat to us."

"who?"

"I don't know." Heros said, "I only know that he is very dangerous, but if he appears again, I can find him."

"Is it someone from the Linax Federation?" Svia looked up. "Is it Wilhelm?"

Heros shook his head and said, "Not Blueblood." Then he emphasized, "Not him."

Sveia and Sigvard looked at each other. Even Hros felt threatened, but it wasn't Wilhelm who was heard to be coming, so who could it be?

While they were talking, Qi Qianyang walked to a tree house made of vines about ten kilometers away. When he approached, the branches slowly parted on their own, and a man in his thirties with a side-parted hair walked out. As soon as he saw him, he asked, "Instructor Qi, you're back. How are things going?"

Qi Qianyang said: "That Heros is quite sensitive. I was almost discovered just now. He is indeed worthy of being ranked among the top in the world."

"So what?" the man said, "Can he still be a match for Instructor Qi?"

Qi Qianyang touched his chin and said, "It's hard to say. At our level, no one knows until we fight."

The man said with certainty: "That's just that Instructor Qi didn't use his full strength."

Qi Qianyang smiled and did not deny it. He said, "It's not the right time yet. Let them look for it first. When they find the things, I will go up to receive them." Under the original joint camp, Chen Chuan picked up the Xuejun Knife and slashed it, instantly closing the gap in front of him.

He practiced here all night last night. There are quite a few underground spaces here, so he doesn't have to dig them himself.

After coming out, he felt his second self and found that his strength was even closer to his current self.

In the battle yesterday, he killed the enemy in one encounter entirely by relying on his own strength, which gave the second me a great boost.

He didn't know his name yet, and he didn't find any identification when searching. Judging from his strength, he should be a well-known fighter.
I'm sure I'll encounter more fighters like this in the future.

He put Xue Jun into the scabbard, stood up from the ground, walked up from the underground space, and Chao Ming, who had woken up, followed him.

He pushed open the deformed metal door and came outside. He saw that the place had become completely charred. Large pieces of black ash were floating down from the sky, and a thick layer of it had accumulated on the ground.

Yang Yuncheng seemed to have gotten up long ago. He walked over from not far away. He had cleared all the outer sentries before nightfall yesterday. Now he asked, "Manager Chen, are you leaving?"

Chen Chuan nodded and said, "We are ready to set off, but the road ahead is a bit difficult to walk on, so I'll ask you, Old Yang, to take care of the three horses we brought with us."

Yang Yuncheng said: "Leave it to me, I will definitely take good care of you."

Chen Chuan glanced at the sky and said, "There may be another airship coming over today to confirm the situation. You'd better stay away."

Yang Yuncheng said yes.

Chen Chuan walked to the side with a knife in hand. There was a two-wheeled motor vehicle called "Rakshasa" produced by Fenghai Company parked here. It was found near a sentry post yesterday. It should be used by patrolmen to travel back and forth between the camp and the sentry post.

However, under normal circumstances, it is basically impossible to use this kind of tool to go deep into the intersection, because you don’t know what you will encounter on the road, and you may not even have time to react when driving at high speed.

But it seemed just right to him, as he had discovered now that as long as his spiritual power was sufficient, he did not have to be too wary of many things. As long as he released his spirit while walking, it would be enough to scare most creatures. Of course, it might be regarded as a provocation, but as long as his speed was fast enough, he could usually avoid it.

Of course, doing so might consume a lot of mental energy, but he has his second self, and the lost item that can restore his mental and physical strength, so he doesn't need to worry too much.

This two-wheeled motor vehicle was big enough. He hung the things he was going to carry on the metal racks on both sides, slung the Xuejun Knife across his back, and then sat on it. He said to Yang Yuncheng, "Old Yang, I'm leaving. Take care."

Yang Yuncheng responded solemnly: "Manager Chen, I wish you success in your mission!" Then he stepped back a few steps.

Chen Chuan nodded, put on the protective mask, straightened the red scarf around his body, nodded to Yang Yuncheng, and then started the vehicle. The two-wheeled motor vehicle rushed out with a roar, leaving a cloud of dust behind.

Chao Ming made a chirping sound in the sky and followed.

Yang Yuncheng took two steps, watched him leave, raised his hand to salute, until his figure disappeared into the depths of the dense forest.

After Chen Chuan left the camp, he looked at some traces left on the ground. These were obviously left by a large group of people who had traveled to an unknown area before.

This made it convenient for him. He moved forward according to the traces left, and used his spiritual power to clear the way. His speed was very fast, far beyond what he had experienced in the previous two days.

He also discovered that many of the powerful creatures that were supposed to be on the road had been dealt with. He even saw an unknown creature as big as a small hill lying on its side. Most of its body had become a skeleton, covered with dense insects. It seemed that there would not be much time left for this skeleton to disappear.

After driving for half a day, he found a large abandoned camp. Judging from the campfires, at least a hundred people had stayed here.

He stopped here, got out of the car, and took a look at the surrounding layout and some abandoned metal cans. He was sure that these were left by the people from the joint group, but they obviously had no intention of covering up the traces.

He looked forward. If he followed this camp, he might be able to find other camps where these people had stayed. If he kept looking, he might be able to catch up with this group of people soon.

Just as he was thinking this, suddenly a certain place in the camp was alarmed by his spiritual power. The cover there was suddenly stretched open, and with a buzzing sound, dense things flew out from it and swarmed towards him.

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(End of this chapter)