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Chapter 821: Bird in a Cage, Hunting and Being Hunted (5.4k -in-)

Haotian Castle orbits the majestic Shengzhou Island like a satellite, rotating non-stop.

The armored guards on the fortress were dressed in iron armor, their eyes fixed on everything in the starry sky like eagles.

——Anything that dares to approach the Holy Land of Haotian, whether it is a living being or otherwise, will be destroyed by them like butchers.

Even if it's just a black meteorite, it's the same.

After sneaking into the No. 68 Haotian Fortress, Yu Chen and Fei Sheng did not act rashly immediately.

——Indeed, even if all the iron guards in the No. 68 Haotian Fortress were added together, they would not be able to defeat Fei Sheng alone. But once they were exposed, what awaited them was unimaginable terrifying firepower.

In addition, Yu Chen and Fei Sheng also knew that even if the Haotian Divine Guards were armed to the teeth, that was because they were strictly disciplined. They would not care even if they could sacrifice themselves immediately for the Haotian Holy Land and be torn to pieces.

But... they are still human.

As long as they are human, they cannot keep running like machines. These armored guards will return to Shengzhou Island sooner or later.

Then will be the best time to set foot on Shengzhou Island.

During the long wait, the two of them were like sculptures, without any movement at all.

Suddenly, in the distant starry sky, one black steel ship after another rumbled across the sea of ​​stars.

But the guards on the fortress did not react at all.

Yu Chen and Fei Sheng were not surprised either.

——From the memories of the two unlucky guys they replaced, they learned that the entire Haotian Holy Land had been continuously sending fleets to the surrounding starry sky to excavate supplies and then transport them back to Shengzhou Island.

These pitch-black ships are the teams transporting supplies.

According to the memories of the two Iron Guards, these materials are generally starry sky spiritual mines that contain infinite energy of heaven and earth, as well as some rare treasures, divine iron and fairy steel.

Of course, as to what these materials were used for, the two divine guards, due to their humble status, did not know.

Not only that, from the memories of the two divine guards, Yu Chen and Fei Sheng calculated that the amount of supplies brought back by the treasure-hunting fleets sent out over the years, as far as they knew, was already a terrifying number.

Even beyond the century-old inventory of a complete holy site.

But the Haotian Holy Land is like a terrifying glutton, insatiable and grabbing resources from wherever it can reach.

In addition to these star treasure hunting teams, they even tampered with the front-line supplies traded with the Tianji Pavilion.

This made Yu Chen and Fei Sheng realize that Haotian Holy Land was planning something big.

Time passes little by little.

The boring days have lasted for more than half a month.

Yu Chen observed that although the iron guards around them were still standing with their heads held high, as still as a mountain, their aura had weakened somewhat.

--exhausted.

High-intensity, focused vigilance and preparedness are the most mentally draining.

Except for Yu Chen and the other two, these Tongtian Realm Iron Guards could no longer bear it.

So, after reporting and handing over the task, the captain of the Silver Guard gave the order to withdraw the troops.

Half an hour later, the Armored Guards who replaced them dropped from the sky and stationed at the Iron Citadel.

The captain of the Silver Guard led them and prepared to return to the Holy Island.

Boarding the special steel ship, they set out from Haotian Castle and sailed towards Shengzhou Island.

According to the memories of those two unlucky guys, Yu Chen and his men will hurry to the "military camp" to have specialized craftsmen check the wear and tear of their equipment and weapons, while the Iron Guards will return to the designated camp to rest. After three days of rest, they will set out again and be stationed in the Iron Citadel.

The Haotian Boat sailed across the starry sky, through the dark, smoky clouds, and entered the territory of Shengzhou Island.

What caught Yu Chen's eyes were pitch-black steel buildings that almost completely occupied the entire Shengzhou Island. Deafening and terrifying roars rang out from those steel buildings, day and night, as if there were extremely huge and terrifying machines running.

In addition, dark chimneys stood up everywhere on the earth, and billowing black smoke covered the sky.

With endless filth and horrific heat, like the heat of midsummer.

The temperature of the entire Shengzhou Island was so high that it was unbearable for humans. Even if there was rainfall in some areas, it was a foul-smelling rain that not only did not bring any coolness, but was also highly corrosive.

Yu Chen and Fei Sheng glanced at each other imperceptibly, and both saw the confusion in each other's eyes.

——Although I know that the Haotian Holy Land has undergone drastic changes, it shouldn’t be... as bad as this, right?
You must know that even the existence of mortals is not worth mentioning in the eyes of most Qi cultivators.

But it is these weak mortals who are the soil for the vigorous development of any holy land.

Therefore, many holy places are called "territory", and all mortal cities and countries within the territory are under their protection.

This is to protect the mortals, and also to protect the future and hope of the sect.

But the "Shengzhou Island", the territory of the Haotian Holy Land, has turned into a hell on earth.

——What on earth are those guys in Haotian Holy Land doing?
They both frowned at the same time.

But at this moment, the most important thing is not to worry about these issues.

Yu Chen lowered his eyes, waved his finger, and the dream-marrying magical power was activated again.

In an instant, the other sixteen iron guards on the entire ship fell into a dream at the same time.

In the dream, nothing seemed unusual and they were still on their way back to the camp.

But in the present world, Yu Chen and Fei Sheng jumped up, broke away from Shenzhou, and fell silently from above Haotian.

At the same time, golden light flashed in Yu Chen's hands, and two paper figures flew out. He blew at them, and the two paper figures immediately turned into the appearance of two divine guards, as if they were carved from the same mold, without any difference.

He replaced Yu Chen and Fei Sheng, filling the vacant position in the team, ensuring that even after the divine guard returned to the barracks, he would not discover any clues.

Afterwards, the magical power of the marriage dream was lifted.

The sixteen divine guards, including the captain of the silver guard who was at the Heavenly Venerable Realm, were unaware of anything and continued to drive towards the military camp - a huge, towering steel building that looked like a honeycomb.

Yu Chen and Fei Sheng landed silently on the land of Shengzhou Island.

Under the camouflage of fetal transformation and in the endless smoke and fog, they seemed inconspicuous.

But when they actually set foot on the land of Shengzhou Island, Yu Chen and Fei Sheng truly felt the surrounding environment.

--bad.

Looking around, the land was barren, the rivers were dry, and there was only endless rolling black sand.

When the wind blew strongly, sand filled the sky, revealing a pile of white bones.

"If you say this is a holy territory, I absolutely don't believe it." Fei Sheng frowned and said.

Yu Chen also nodded.

——This Shengzhou Island was just like what they saw on the Shenzhou in the sky. It didn’t look like a place where humans could survive at all.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a forbidden zone for life.

"What should we do next?" Fei Sheng looked around. The horrible smoke and the infinitely tall steel structures blocked the sunlight, and the entire earth was extremely dark.

——He himself didn't even realize that he should be the one in charge of this mission, but imperceptibly, this Sky Eye Siming began to follow Yu Chen's footsteps out of habit.

"let me see."

Yu Chen looked up at the world and spoke softly.

What is certain now is that the Haotian Holy Land is planning some terrible plots.

That is why they need endless wishes, and that is why they turned the Holy Island into the desolate and dilapidated state it is today.

It is worth mentioning that they learned more information from the memories of the two divine guards who were replaced by Yu Chen and Fei Sheng.

——Although the two Iron Guards have been living in the "barracks" almost in a captive manner since their birth, they are now more than two hundred years old.

In other words, the huge steel honeycomb-like "military camp" has existed at least two hundred years ago.

But Feisheng clearly remembered that when he came to the Haotian Holy Land a few years ago, Shengzhou Island was still a land of green mountains and clear waters, and there was no such thing as a "military camp".

There are only two possibilities. Either Fei Sheng remembered it wrongly, but this is impossible. A being in the Hedao realm would not make such a mistake.

Otherwise, at least two hundred years ago, Haotian Holy Land began to plan something. A few years ago, Fei Sheng came to Haotian Holy Land through the Dongxu Formation, and the Shengzhou Island he saw below was nothing but an illusion.

and so……

"A holy place has spent at least two hundred years secretly planning something. What was its purpose? Just thinking about it... my scalp tingles." Fei Sheng murmured.

Even though he successfully sneaked into the Holy Island, his face did not relax at all. Instead, it was extremely gloomy. His sense of smell from being in a high position for so many years made him smell a conspiracy, a terrible conspiracy.

"Maybe... he is unwilling to be the gravekeeper anymore?" Yu Chen was silent for a long time before speaking.

After hearing this, Fei Sheng was shocked.

But he didn't answer.

And just when the two of them were silent.

Suddenly, they saw a shadow flash by on a steel building not far ahead.

——It was a steel building like a pyramid, pitch black, thousands of feet high, and stood in front of the two people like a high wall.

And at the top of the tower, a black shadow the size of a mosquito flew out from the top of the tower and then fell down.

Under the obstruction of smoke and dust, most people probably couldn't detect it at all. But Yu Chen and Fei Sheng's terrifying eyesight allowed them to see it clearly at a glance.

——That’s not a mosquito, that’s a human.

A young man who looks only in his teens, wearing tattered clothes and covered in dust, but with a smile on his dirty face and hope sparkling in his eyes.

Judging from his aura, he is probably at the Kaihai realm, but his spiritual palace is destroyed, and he is afraid that he will never be able to break through the spiritual realm in this lifetime.

But the boy didn't seem to care.

After he rushed out of the steel pyramid, he landed from the sky, took out a cylinder from his arms, and a steel frame rose out of it. At the same time, the compressed thick cloth unfolded from the frame.

The cloth is thick, but the colors are extremely mixed, as if it were made from countless rags pieced together.

But in the end, it turned into the shape of a huge "umbrella".

It was its existence that slowed down the young man's descent.

The young man's figure passed through the wind and sand, through the smoke, and when he fell to the ground, his whole body was covered in gray, and he kept coughing because the thick smoke had penetrated into his nasal cavity.

Because of the fetal transformation, even though the two sides were only two or three meters apart, the young man could not see Yu Chen and Fei Sheng. He struggled and coughed for a while, then after tidying up his clothes, he raised his head and looked around with great curiosity.

——In the eyes of Yu Chen and Fei Sheng, the harsh environment like purgatory seemed full of novelty to this young man.

He lay on the ground, sniffing the dark sand, which made tears come out. He looked around and saw the barren mountains and dried-up rivers, which made him feel extremely happy.

A face full of joy.

It's like a bird that finally leaves the cage and comes into the outside world, finding everything strange.

As soon as the excitement wore off, the young man frowned, took out a piece of tattered cloth from his bosom, looked at the scribbled picture on it, and muttered: "Grandpa said that the sky outside is blue... the water is clear... the land is dark yellow... why are they not the same..."

But immediately, he put away the rag, treasured it, dusted himself off, and gave a thumbs up: "Hey! Su Shiyi escaped! That's great!"

Then, he turned his head and looked at the steel pyramid that was like an insurmountable chasm to him, and I punched him!

"Everyone, wait for Eleven! Eleven will definitely find the adults! Ask them to come and save everyone!"

Then he took out a scroll with some landscape sketches scribbled on it.

It looks like a simple map.

The young man looked at it for a long while, scratched his head stupidly, and muttered to himself: "Hmm... the east... Grandpa said the east is where the sun rises! It's there!"

He slapped his head and headed west.

——The sun rises and the moon sets, now it is dusk.

But the young man didn't care about that. As if he had endless energy, he took out a few dirty pills, poured them into his mouth, wolfed them down to replenish his strength, and then ran towards the west!
Yu Chen and Fei Sheng saw everything, and they didn't know... what expression to make.

Everything around was harsh, desolate and hot.

But the young man in front of me was innocent, lively, and full of hope, especially his eyes, which had never lost any light. He was like a white flower in the dark mud.

Out of place.

"so good……"

Whether it was because he was impressed by the vitality of life or because he was infected by the youthful vigor, Yu Chen sighed, but then he looked in the direction of the steel pyramid and frowned, "--It would be better if there were no such guys."

Following his gaze.

At the entrance of the steel pyramid, more than a dozen figures wearing red soft armor, covering their bodies to the teeth, stood quietly.

In front of them was a fat Taoist priest wearing a red Taoist robe and with a big belly.

He was very tall, almost as tall as two ordinary people, and about the same width - he looked like a ball.

His Taoist robe was also red, like fresh blood, bright red, and the nails on his fat hands were also painted bright red.

On her white and tender wrist, she wore a bracelet made of pieces of translucent "jade pieces" strung together by red thread. A closer look revealed scarlet and dark red spots on the jade pieces.

And the line should have been white, but it was dyed red.

--nail.

Yu Chen recognized them at a glance. The so-called "jade pieces" were all human nails, not ornaments. The bright red ones were bloodstains, and the dark red ones were dried flesh and blood.

Behind the fat Taoist, the leader of the dozen or so soft-armored figures was holding a tray in his hands, on which was a bow and arrow.

——It’s not a magical weapon, it’s just a wooden bow and wooden arrows.

The fat Taoist stared at the young man with eyes like a hawk, muttering, "Run faster... my lovely little bird... run faster... run farther..."

In those eyes, which were squeezed to a line by the fat, there was a morbid excitement.

Among the figures in red soft armor behind him, the last two people were talking to each other when they saw this.

One of them said, "Why isn't the cage owner in a hurry? If that guy escapes, we will be blamed and suffer!"

Another person said, "You were transferred from cage number 80? No wonder you didn't know this - the cage owner deliberately let him escape, otherwise with his sea-opening skills, how could he have escaped?"

"On purpose? Why?"

"Stupid, how can we hunt him if he doesn't run?"

"what?"

"Let me tell you, our cage owner is different from other cage owners. He doesn't like extravagance and debauchery, but only loves hunting. Every once in a while, he will deliberately 'neglect' and release some captive birds. The released captive birds are very happy and cheering, and the cage owner likes to hunt them at such times - do you see the nail string on the cage owner's hand? Every nail is a harvest from hunting!"

"Oh! Our cage owner is really in a refined mood!"

"Yes! And today this little captive bird is full of hope and is especially delicious. Look, the cage owner is drooling!"

"I want to see a moment like this, too. It's really exciting. You won't see such excitement in other cages!"

"That's it! Watch carefully - the moment when all the hope you had was completely wiped out... Tsk..."

The two of them talked louder and louder, until the leader, the figure in red soft armor, turned around and glared at them, then they fell silent.

But the excitement on his face was hard to conceal.

At the same time, the fat Taoist didn't care about their grumbling. He stared at the young man with all his eyes fixed on him. His fat flesh trembled and his eyes even shone with tears. He murmured to himself, "How beautiful..."

Then, he reached out his hand tremblingly, picked up the bow and arrow, took a breath of saliva, put the bow on, and pulled the arrow.

call out!
The arrow shot out at full speed!

The terrifying divine power acted on the arrow, tearing through the wind and sand, tearing through the thick fog, and piercing through the young man's back!

Arrows shot into the storm.

The fat Taoist stopped looking, put down his bow and arrow, closed his eyes, and looked intoxicated.

He is waiting.

Waiting for the beautiful cry that sounds when hope turns into despair.

But unlike every time before, he didn't wait.

A long time passed, and the only sound was the bird cheering and running farther and farther away.

But the fatal arrow disappeared like a drop in the ocean, leaving no trace.

The fat Taoist opened his eyes, and all the fat on his body was shaking, but it was not because of excitement, but anger.

It's like suddenly becoming impotent on your wedding night.

Extremely angry.

But soon, anger turned to fear.

call out--

There was only a sound of breaking air.

The next moment, the figure in red soft armor holding a tray next to the fat Taoist suddenly cried out in pain!
The fat Taoist was stunned. He turned his head and saw a huge bloody hole running through the chest of the figure in red soft armor.

The figure in red soft armor fell to the ground, wailing in pain.

He stretched his arms and moved his legs a few times, then stopped moving. He was dead.

The fat Taoist didn't even react.

"Ah" a wail!
Among the figures in red soft armor behind him, another one fell down, his head was pierced through, his face disappeared, leaving only a bloody hole.

The fat Taoist was shocked and angry, and said in a cold voice, "Who is playing tricks?"

But no one answered him.

call out!
There was another howl, and another soft-armored guard fell to the ground with a big hole in his chest.

The blood flowed down, dyeing the earth red.

At that moment, the fat Taoist finally panicked.

With years of hunting experience, he felt it in every pore of his body - a feast called "hunting" had begun.

Only this time, they were the prey.

(End of this chapter)