Five people, ten pairs of eyes, stared at each other for a long time.
Chu Tian was shocked, and the three people in front were clearly also unsettled.
"Who are you..."
Both sides spoke almost simultaneously.
They all found the other party's presence here unbelievable.
Seeing Chu Tian and Xiao Hei carrying no weapons, the three people on the opposite side relaxed their vigilance.
The muzzles of their guns slowly lowered.
"Are you from the Dragon Country?" the three on the opposite side asked slowly after hearing Chu Tian speak.
"Are you too?" Chu Tian asked back, which was also an acknowledgment of their guess.
At this moment, another woman walked out of the camp.
This woman also had an Asian face and wore a fitted outfit.
Chu Tian realized that the attire of these people and their camp.
They were likely some kind of expedition team, archaeological team, or involved in scientific research.
The young woman came over, and the three men with guns spoke a few words to her.
Chu Tian heard them call her "Doctor."
This woman appeared to be in her early twenties, yet she was a doctor.
She frowned and asked Chu Tian and Xiao Hei.
"How... did you get here?"
Because Chu Tian and Xiao Hei had no equipment on them, not even climbing tools.
This made her suspicious!
"Damn it, what business is it of yours how I got here? Don't point that junk at your Lord Hei, believe it or not, I'll crush you!"
While Chu Tian was still thinking about how to phrase his words, Xiao Hei, this fellow, directly leaped forward!
With that one step, as fast as lightning, the three men didn't even react before Xiao Hei snatched the submachine guns from their hands.
"Xiao Hei, don't hurt anyone!"
Chu Tian saw Xiao Hei holding three guns in one hand and tossing the three men aside.
In the next instant, he reached out his palm and went straight for the young woman's neck, quickly shouting to stop him.
However, as soon as his voice came out, the man who was about to be grabbed by Xiao Hei suddenly moved like a veil gently blown by the wind.
His body swayed, and he retreated two meters.
Dodging Xiao Hei's grab...
Chu Tian's voice interrupted Xiao Hei's pursuit.
Chu Tian then looked towards the woman.
"Are you an ability user?"
The latter was full of vigilance and trepidation.
Xiao Hei hadn't held back with that move just now.
If she had been grabbed by the throat, her trachea would have been instantly crushed.
Although she dodged, if that man hadn't spoken up, she might still have been pursued by Xiao Hei.
"Who exactly are you and what are you doing here? This is a forbidden zone for life!"
The woman took a slight step back. She was scared.
"Don't be afraid. You can see we are not ordinary people. We are just here to find something!"
Chu Tian walked slowly, passing Xiao Hei's position, and went up to the woman, extending his hand.
"Hello, my name is Chu Tian, and he is Chu Mo. You can call him Xiao Hei!"
"Uh... my name is Chen Siyu. We are members of the Antarctic Exploration Team 901!"
Chen Siyu placed her hand in Chu Tian's, and the two shook hands amicably.
Chu Tian nodded after hearing her words.
Indeed, they were researchers, but they were also very capable to have crossed the snow mountains outside and entered here.
Chu Tian observed that among the four people, apart from the woman in front of him, the other three were ordinary people.
Their stances when holding guns were not standard, and they didn't even have their gun straps on.
That's why Xiao Hei could snatch them away so easily.
Chen Siyu, although an ability user, Chu Tian could tell that her ability level was not very high.
Furthermore, he could see from the eyes of the other three men that they did not know Chen Siyu was an ability user.
At this moment, their gazes towards Chen Siyu were still filled with shock and disbelief.
"You should leave quickly! Don't go any further, it's very dangerous in here!"
Chu Tian didn't want to waste too much time with them and directly advised them.
"I know, we're waiting for three more days. If the other captains don't return, then we..."
Chen Siyu became a bit dejected at this point.
"There are others? They went deeper inside?" Chu Tian frowned.
"Yes, they left seven days ago. In three more days, we'll only have enough food left to get out and reach the Great Wall Observation Post!"
Chen Siyu looked at the time on her wrist as she spoke.
She was standing in front of Chu Tian, and as she made this movement, Chu Tian froze for a moment.
Just as Chen Siyu was about to lower her wrist.
Chu Tian grabbed her hand and pulled her over, causing Chen Siyu to stumble.
"You..." she exclaimed in shock, about to resist.
However, she found that Chu Tian had no other intentions, but was staring at her electronic watch.
"Is your watch broken?" Chu Tian, staring at the time, looked up at Chen Siyu and released her hand.
"No!" Chen Siyu was baffled by Chu Tian's actions and carefully looked at her wrist.
"It's 2023, July 18th, 8:29 PM Kyoto time. What about yours?"
After stating the time, she looked at the other three men. The three men nodded, confirming the time was correct.
Upon confirmation, Chu Tian's brows furrowed. The time on Chen Siyu's watch was exactly ten years behind Chu Tian's time.
And the minutes and seconds matched perfectly. Chu Tian's watch showed 2033, July 18th, 8:29 PM.
Was it a temporal overlap? Or something else?
Chen Siyu noticed Chu Tian's strange expression and asked.
Chu Tian did not reveal the truth, shaking his head to indicate it was nothing.
After asking a few more questions, he bid them farewell and moved forward.
Chen Siyu then asked him, if he saw the others, to tell them to return quickly. If he didn't see them, or if he saw their bodies, to bury them!
Burying the dead was a tradition of the Dragon Country, indicating that she was quite a traditional woman.
Chu Tian agreed, as it wasn't a particularly difficult task.
Digging a hole and burying some soil, counting one, two, three, four, five – it was that simple.
Chu Tian didn't expect to see anyone alive. The forbidden zone was described as so mysterious by Xiao Long Tian and others, it was bound to be full of danger.
Even if these ordinary people carried standard weapons, venturing too deep would surely result in their deaths.
On the map, the location where Chen Siyu and her team were was not marked as dangerous. However, any further ahead would be where Yun Hu had gone three hundred years ago.
The location Chen Siyu pointed to was precisely the direction Yun Hu and his group had taken.
After bidding farewell to Chen Siyu and the other two, Chu Tian did not choose to bypass the area marked with a red circle on the map. Firstly, he didn't know how large the area was.
Secondly, the thing that was calling to him was located there.
If he went around, he didn't know how far he would have to detour.
Chu Tian felt that what he lacked was time. Having lost more than a year, he felt extremely uncomfortable.
He took the lead, charging forward at an extremely fast pace.
Even in the forest, it did not affect his speed at all.
Xiao Hei followed closely behind him.
Suddenly, Chu Tian stopped. The scenery before him changed.