The large bird in the air circled once and then descended, landing in the group of people on the opposite side. Immediately, someone took out something to feed it, making low sounds.
The man wearing the old Exploration Team uniform glanced at Chen Chuan and then at the items he was carrying. He signaled the people behind him to stay put while he walked forward alone, carrying only a long sword that seemed to be made of bone.
Seeing this, Chen Chuan lightly squeezed his legs, urging his horse to move forward slowly, heading towards the man.
When the man reached him, he took off his mask, revealing a wrinkled face, half of which was covered with wrinkles, and completely white hair.
The other half was wrapped in cloth, with fleshy scars and wrinkled skin visible at the edges, as if he had suffered severe injuries. His exposed eyes were very sharp.
He looked like he was in his sixties or seventies, but it seemed that his actual age was not that high.
When the two approached within thirty meters, the man said in Da Shun language, "Judging by your weapons and clothing, are you from a Da Shun military base? What is your name?"
Chen Chuan dismounted, holding his horse, and said, "Yes, my surname is Chen. May I ask for your name?"
Hearing that he spoke Da Shun, the man suddenly showed a look of reminiscence, and his expression softened. He said, "My surname is Yang."
He turned back and said a few words to the people behind him in Native language, and they immediately lowered the weapons and firearms in their hands.He then looked at the hooves of Chen Chuan's Dragon Nose Horse and said, "It seems you have traveled a long way. This place is not safe. An Insect Tide is coming soon, and it might rain later. You should leave here as soon as possible. Why don't you come with us?"
"Insect Tide?"
Chen Chuan nodded. Insect Tide were common occurrences in the Convergence Zone, and Chen Bitong's memories showed that he had encountered them many times.
They arrived in swarms, relentlessly attacking their enemies. When there was no good way to deal with them, it was best to avoid them.
However, that wasn't the most important thing. The most important thing was the rain. The rain and snow in the unknown areas of the Convergence Zone had slight corrosive properties and would also bring down some organisms that usually floated only at high altitudes. These organisms were highly parasitic and aggressive, so it was not a good choice to resist them directly. It was best to find a place to take shelter from the rain.
If that was the case, it was indeed not suitable to travel and he needed to find a place to take shelter first.
Although he didn't know the exact identity of this man surnamed Yang, he could tell from the conversation that he was a Da Shun person and seemed friendly, so he didn't mind going with them for a while. Anyway, he had the ability to deal with any situation.
Seeing that he had agreed, the man surnamed Yang immediately went back to call on those people. They moved quickly, immediately releasing the big bird again. Then everyone quickened their pace, and each of them was very tense.
Chen Chuan remounted his horse and followed beside them. He noticed that these people moved very methodically, with arrangements for reconnaissance and front and rear cover during the march.
The clothes worn by these people were also relatively uniform, all wearing special masks. Together with the neat and uniform pace, it showed that they had undergone relatively strict training. The background of these people was likely to be from a military organization.
Among the team, there were several people with tattered clothes, and several others were being carried on stretchers. These people didn't seem to be with them, as if they had just been rescued from somewhere.
After walking quickly for more than an hour, a temporary camp appeared ahead. People who had been arranged here in advance by this group were here, and they immediately removed the roadblocks in front of the camp when they saw them returning.
The two sides simply exchanged a few words, and then under the command of the man surnamed Yang, they lit all the bonfires that had been piled up around the camp in advance. As the raging flames burned, streams of smoke billowed up, covering the sky.
Only then did everyone seem to relax a little.
However, after entering the camp, everyone looked to the sky, as if waiting for something. After about ten minutes, they heard a huge and noisy buzzing sound coming from a distance, looking like large clouds of darkness.
And the moving speed was very fast, almost in a few minutes they came to the sky above the camp. At this moment, it could be clearly seen that it was a cloud of insects composed of countless black mosquito-like insects.
Most of them avoided the rolling smoke above the camp, and those who occasionally entered here would fall down one after another, and then be quickly stepped on and killed by the people waiting below, and then shoveled up and thrown into the fire.
This Insect Tide gradually became sparse after lasting for more than an hour.
At this time, Mr. Yang's face was a little relaxed, and said: "Fortunately, the Insect King did not appear."
Chen Chuan looked at the direction of the insect swarm, thought for a moment, and then said: "Not necessarily, there may be something more powerful than the Insect King."
According to Chen Bitong's memory, such a large-scale Insect Tide seemed to come from an unknown area. In that place, there were many creatures that could prey on the Insect King, and now there were many powerful Martial Artist and armed personnel there.
Insect swarms were difficult to deal with, but that was for individuals and small groups of people. If there were a large number of Martial Artist, with certain equipment and special items, they would still be able to deal with them.
Mr. Yang seemed to have thought of something, and his face became a little gloomy. At this time, it began to rain again, and a strange smell came out. In the rainwater falling on the ground, you could see something rolling on the ground, and then either burrowing into the ground or climbing onto the people nearby.
At this time, some people began to light some plant leaves to drive away these things, and then one by one hid in the tents in the camp.
Mr. Yang also called Chen Chuan to hide in the tent. After sitting down, he took a tube of water and handed it to Chen Chuan.
Chen Chuan directly took it and took a sip. According to Chen Bitong's experience, this was a Native custom. If the host gives you water, drinking the water means you trust the host and you are their guest.
Seeing that he drank so readily, Mr. Yang's eyes showed a trace of approval, and then he looked at Chen Chuan with a trace of hope.
"Mr. Chen, you are from the Da Shun military. I don't know if you have received an old frequency Telegram signal these days?"
Chen Chuan looked at him and said, "I don't know about this. The intelligence department didn't tell me about this before I came out."
Mr. Yang didn't seem to have any hope either. After a moment of silence, he said, "That's right, no one may pay attention to such an old signal."
Chen Chuan asked: "Senior, were you from the Exploration Team before?"
Mr. Yang frankly said: "Yes, a long time ago, about twenty-five years," he paused slightly, and added.
"I am not a deserter."
He said in a deep voice: "Twenty-five years ago, I and several team members went deep into this area. During the exploration, we discovered a relics, but unfortunately, an elite team sent by the Old Imperial Family also found this place. After the two sides fought, we annihilated this elite team, but the team suffered a lot, leaving only me and another teammate with combat power.
But at this time, we encountered an attack by a giant python. I asked another teammate to cover the retreat of other teammates, and I stayed behind to cover. In the end, I was swallowed by the giant snake because of excessive physical exertion and temporary dodging.
But I didn't give in. After entering the python's body, I still tried my best to destroy it.
I originally thought about dying with this giant python, but I didn't expect this python to roll into a Native village and die there. Later, I was dissected from the python's belly by the local Native.
They wrapped me in herbs to heal my wounds. At that time, my whole body was almost melted, and it took more than a year to recover."
He sighed slightly, "I guess my teammates, even if they returned successfully, should have thought I was sacrificed, and I didn't have the equipment and teamwork to go back.
Later, I sent several Telegrams, but there was no response, and there was no one in my family anymore, and these Native saved me, so I simply lived here, until now."
At this time, he took a bamboo tube with a strong medicinal smell, opened it and took a sip, and then sprayed it on the entrance of the tent.
There was a hissing sound, and many small insects crawling into the tent suddenly curled up, and then wisps of light smoke appeared all over their bodies.
He wiped his mouth and said: "About three months ago, I saw clouds and light appearing in the jungle that were almost connected to the sky. I knew that there must be relics appearing, and the level was not low.
Every time a third-level relics appears, it will definitely trigger a struggle between the Old Imperial Family, Da Shun, and the Company. And the nearby gathering place is too close to there, so I have been persuading them to move away from here, but they are unwilling to listen."
Chen Chuan knew very well that the appearance of relics was usually accompanied by colored light clouds in the early stages, and this anomaly could be observed in extremely distant places. Usually, the level of relics could be judged by these light.
All parties almost discovered the appearance of relics at the same time, and this was the reason.
He said: "Da Shun's camp is not here. The attack encountered by the gathering place should be from CompanyUnion."
Mr. Yang's expression was solemn and said: "I saw their badges, and I also saw the Linax Federation team. Now the gathering places near the mountain stream and valley have almost been destroyed by them. We came here this time to try to bring back the people who escaped.
But this is not easy. I found that a Martial Artist from Union has been chasing behind us, seeming to want to follow us to find our remaining camp. I can't let him succeed, so I fought with this person twice, but found that his Strength is very strong..."
Speaking, he lifted his jacket, and there was a hideous wound pierced through the chest covered with scars and wrinkles, almost seeing the clothes behind it.
He said in a deep voice: "This person in the past was enough to be a member of the Exploration Team, no, a Captain."
Speaking, he looked at Chen Chuan with his only remaining eye, "Mr. Chen, you can come here alone, I believe your Strength is very strong, I want to ask you as a Da Shun veteran to help me stop this person together, I promise, I will give you enough reward afterwards."
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