On the cold and lonely snowfield, the team led by Qing Chen was marching forward. Viewed from the sky, they looked like a long line of ants.
Everyone leaned slightly forward to resist the fierce wind on the wilderness.
Qing Chen always led the way, silent and taciturn.
"Lao Chen!" someone cried from behind.
Qing Chen turned around and saw "Lao Chen," an old intelligence officer he had just met yesterday, fall to the ground outside the team, lifeless.
Someone wept beside him for a while, then turned and rejoined the team, following them into the distance.
They knew they didn't have more time for sorrow.
In these days, many people in the team of more than a thousand had fallen due to hunger and cold, becoming new milestones on this long escape route.
Qing Chen tried to lead them to find food, but the northern winter wilderness was exceptionally barren. Even a wilderness survival master might not find enough food for more than a thousand people here.
"There's only one day left, and we're still far from our destination," Qing Chen calmly said to Li Cheng and Qing Ling, "We can't stay on the road for too long. We'll have at most two hours of short rest in between, and then everyone must rely on willpower to endure the last 24 hours."Li Cheng and Qing Ling frowned: "Understood."
"Do you remember the route I told you?" Qing Chen asked.
Li Cheng hesitated: "We'll follow you, Boss. Wherever you go, we'll go."
Qing Chen shook his head: "Did you remember the route?"
Qing Ling said: "I remember."
Qing Chen nodded: "Remember, don't stop, don't look back, don't be afraid of hardship. Only by arriving on time can we survive."
Li Cheng and Qing Ling looked at each other.
They should have died in the pursuit of A02 base. This rotten life was a bonus. Since they saw a glimmer of hope, they could endure any hardship as long as they could survive.
But the question was, Qing Chen could personally lead them to their destination. Why did he repeatedly emphasize that they should remember the route themselves?
What's going to happen?
However, at this moment, Qing Chen saw a strange white lantern floating in the distance. There was a mouth in the middle of the lantern, opening and closing as if to swallow the souls of the dead.
ATS271 Shikigami "Never Fall"!
The Hu Family Intelligence Agency had records of this Shikigami. Although it had no ability to harm people, it only fed on death energy, but it could fly in the sky for reconnaissance.
A Yin-Yang Master had come.
And they came swaggeringly.
The person wasn't worried about being discovered. They let Never Fall follow the team to lock their direction. They were certain that Qing Chen couldn't escape, and they didn't take the more than a thousand people on this snowfield seriously.
Qing Chen knew that the one who wanted to possess his body was a Yin-Yang Master whose life was nearing its end.
If it was really him, everyone present would die.
No, it's definitely not just one Yin-Yang Master.
Li Cheng suddenly looked at Qing Chen: "Boss, you knew someone would come to hunt us down, right? That's why you asked me and Qing Ling to remember the route. You want to…"
The next moment, a wail came from the rear team. Qing Chen looked and saw twelve people being dragged into the thick snow by an unknown being.
Immediately, the originally pure white snow turned red.
Until then, they didn't even know what attacked the team.
The soldiers wanted to dig out the snow to save their comrades, but when they managed to dig open the snow, they could only see twelve bodies that had been bitten in half.
It must be some terrifying Shikigami!
And it must be an A-Class or above Shikigami!
In just over ten seconds, the Shikigami hidden in the snow attacked again, dragging twelve more soldiers away.
But this time, the soldiers didn't wail, only desperately shouted: "Don't worry about me, run!"
"Run!"
"Take care of my parents!"
Qing Chen knew that what had to come would eventually come.
Qing Ling took a deep breath and said to Qing Chen: "Boss, I know you're trying your best to get us out, but it seems impossible now. You're high-level, you can run faster than us. The best way is for us to stay and hold back the Yin-Yang Master, and you continue to move forward!"
Li Cheng was silent for a second and said: "I agree, Boss, go."
But as soon as he finished speaking, Qing Chen only said, "Remember what I said, we'll meet again at the destination," then turned around, controlled Shendai Yunzhi and Takahashi Senchi, left the team, and ran wildly to the southwest.
The cold wind cut his cheeks painfully. Qing Chen ran desperately. He only knew that he had brought these people out of hell and must bring them back to the world.
Instead of letting these people die in this desolate place.
Qing Chen ran desperately.
Following closely behind was Never Fall in the sky.
And on the snowfield, a constantly rolling snow line, as if some killer was hidden in the snow, closely chasing Qing Chen.
Everyone understood that the Yin-Yang Master was looking for Qing Chen, and Qing Chen was going to lure them away to buy the remaining soldiers a chance to live!
Someone asked in bewilderment: "Lao Li, what do we do? We can't catch up with the Boss's speed."
Lao Li turned back and said in a deep voice: "Follow me, we must reach the location the Boss told us within the target time. I don't know what's there, and there may be nothing there, but everyone must die at that place!"
With that, the team set off again!
More than a thousand people, once again resolutely walked into the heavy snow.
Qing Chen ran wildly against the wind.
Running wildly into the snowy mountains.
"Are you two happy to see reinforcements?" Qing Chen panted to Shendai Yunzhi, "As far as I know, the old turtle's Shikigami doesn't include Never Fall, so it's someone else. The old turtle must be hiding in the dark. I don't understand, why does a Demi-God need to be so cautious to kill a B-Class like me?"
Shendai Yunzhi and Takahashi Senchi, who were running with Qing Chen, wanted to say something but couldn't.
However, when Shendai Yunzhi saw Never Fall, he was overjoyed, because he knew who had come!
No matter whether the ancestor comes or not, as long as this expert comes, he and Takahashi Senchi will be saved!
At this time, Qing Chen said, "I guarantee you will die before me. But if I survive, you help me kowtow to God a thousand times."
Takahashi Senchi found it extremely strange. At such a time, this fierce man was clearly nervous, but still kept talking nonsense.
At this time, Qing Chen glanced back. The constantly rising snow line behind him was getting closer and closer, and the snow waves were getting bigger and bigger. This Shikigami's speed in the snow was even faster than Qing Chen's running speed.
You must know that Qing Chen's physical fitness had already surpassed the threshold of the peak of B-Class and entered A-Class.
A Shikigami that could be faster than him had to be A-Class.
He couldn't run anymore.
He couldn't escape!
With Never Fall following him in the sky, he couldn't escape no matter what!
Just as he was about to rush into the mountain pass, Qing Chen suddenly turned around. In the process of turning, a black sniper rifle suddenly appeared in his hand, aiming at the sky.
Turning, taking the rifle, aiming, pulling the trigger.
Smooth as running water, in one go!
Breathing!
But it was seen that at this moment, Qing Chen's body changed from extreme movement to extreme stillness. The breath was like the command of the brain to the body, allowing the chaotic body state after running wildly to calm down for this shot in an instant!
With a bang!
A palm-long bullet spun out, piercing through the wind and snow, hitting the lantern!
The white paper lantern in the distant sky was shattered by this shot, turning into a stream of light flying towards the north.
When a Shikigami is killed, it won't really die. It will return to the Yin-Yang Master's Spiritual Bridge, rest for a week, and then come out to harm the world again.
At this moment, the rolling snow in the distance was boiling, constantly approaching him.
Qing Chen no longer looked in the direction of the stream of light, but kept pulling the trigger at the monster under the snow.
His arms were as hard as rock, and his body muscles were constantly switching between tension and relaxation, perfectly offsetting the recoil again and again.
But what was surprising was that the monster in the snow instantly split into twelve after Qing Chen pulled the trigger!
Qing Chen suddenly understood!
This was ATS038 Shikigami "Flying Head Demon." Only Flying Head Demon has the ability to split into twelve!
Flying Head Demon, transformed from the resentment of women. It was originally a mass of resentment, but after being summoned by the Yin-Yang Master, it could parasitize in a woman's body. After twelve days, the resentment would cut off the woman's head and turn into a Flying Head Demon.
Flying Head Demon is not a particularly powerful Shikigami.
But an A-Class Yin-Yang Master can use the lives of twelve women to make Flying Head Demon constantly split into twelve!
It's confirmed. The one who came to hunt him down was indeed an A-Class Yin-Yang Master!
Qing Chen frowned. Although his physical fitness had the appearance of the early stage of A-Class, he was definitely no match for a real A-Class.
But he had to survive. He had to bring Li Cheng and the others back to the world alive!
Twelve constantly rolling snow lines advanced side by side. Every time Qing Chen was about to pull the trigger, they would simultaneously make evasive movements to make Qing Chen's shots miss again and again.
In almost a few breaths, the twelve monsters had arrived in front of Qing Chen, opening their mouths full of fangs and flying out of the snow!
Enveloped in snow!