Atlas of Heaven and Man

#435 - late at night

Chen Chuan and his team set off by car in the morning, but after chasing all the way until noon, they still hadn't caught up with the horse team.

Moreover, it was easy to sense that the horse team was deliberately leading them to a place far away from the garrison.

If they continued to chase like this, the remaining time would probably not be enough for them to reach the nearest garrison before nightfall.

Chen Chuan said at this time: "If we withdraw at this time, it will be as if we didn't come out at all, so I plan to continue chasing them to put pressure on them."

He looked at his two teammates, "That means we must choose to spend the night in the wild, but you are all aware of the dangers of the night. If you are not prepared, then I will allow you to go back."

Yuan Qiuyuan leaned back in his seat, smiled nonchalantly, and said, "Captain, what are you talking about? You're underestimating me. In my, Yuan Qiuyuan's, code of conduct, there's no such thing as desertion in the face of battle."

Qin Qingque said seriously: "Captain, I will not leave the team."

Chen Chuan nodded and said, "Since you have decided, then don't think about quitting later. Executive Qin, a little later, send a telegram to Consultant Rao and tell him our decision. Now, continue chasing."

"Yes!"

The off-road vehicle continued to chase. During this time, the fortress sent a telegram to inquire about the situation. They replied that they were still in pursuit and had not encountered the enemy, and reported their location.

The fortress immediately replied, reminding them that they had deviated too far. Even if they were to the nearest garrison, it would take five or six hours, and told them not to chase any further.

However, Chen Chuan immediately had Qin Qingque reply again. This time, they planned to continue chasing, and in order not to lose the other party, after careful consideration, they decided to spend the night in the wild.

"What? Spend the night in the wild?"

Inside Fortress 73, Consultant Rao, upon receiving this news, became anxious and paced around in circles. He immediately wanted to send another telegram to persuade Chen Chuan and his team to return.

However, he thought of Chen Chuan's attitude before leaving, that he might have already considered this point, and that he might have some way to deal with it.

But he had to consider one thing: Chen Chuan and his team were the only team capable of fighting the Iron Demons and operating in this area. If they were wiped out by the Iron Demons, then before more powerful teams could be mobilized, the rear could only be allowed to roam back and forth.

At this time, he had to report this situation to the combat command room.

He asked the telegraph operator to leave, put on his headphones, and personally sent the telegram, narrating the basic situation.

However, regarding Chen Chuan and his team's decision to go out, he took a breath, added his name to the appendix, and stated that this was a unanimous decision of the team, including himself.

On the edge of the dense forest, Qin Qingque looked up, "Captain, it's sent."

Chen Chuan said: "Continue the pursuit, and at four o'clock, we'll stop to set up camp." The horse team in front can keep moving, but the traces are not so easy to eliminate.

Even if the other party can move at night, they need to consider that in order to reach Fortress 73, they must travel at night and rest during the day, and they are rushing as quickly as possible at the cost of overdrawing their horsepower, continuing to do so for several days.

After not resting all night last night, and facing their pursuit for a whole day today, they will definitely try to rest tonight, so there is no need to worry about them going too far.

As long as they are chasing behind them, they will have no time to do anything else, unless they turn around and eliminate them, but that is what he expects.

Moreover, through their previous interactions, they could feel that although this captain looked young, he was always very steady and his judgment was very accurate, and they believed that he should have some kind of certainty about this.

But even so, they were still a little nervous about the unpredictable night in the Land of Convergence.

Chen Chuan asked the two to take the tools and equipment from the car, set up some simple defensive settings and warnings around, and then took out the prepared esoteric materials and began to paint them on the inside and outside walls of the car body.

Here, the defense against abnormal situations usually uses protective and protective coatings. The garrison fortresses use this kind of thing, but esoteric materials can also do it.

It's just that ordinary people may not have this knowledge, and this thing itself is subject to relatively strict control and is relatively sensitive. The material itself does not have the conditions for long-term retention, so it may not be adopted.

But for the few of them, and only for one night, it's just right.

Yuan Qiuyuan saw him depicting the ritual and couldn't help but open his mouth: "Captain, what is this..." But he only said half a sentence before he realized something and shut up.

He knew that some things should not be asked if they should not be asked, and isn't it a good thing that the captain is capable?

Qin Qingque didn't say a word. She had always fulfilled her responsibilities as a subordinate very well and would never ask anything else.

Chen Chuan had already thought about what kind of ritual to use when he set off, so this time he didn't have any reference and directly started painting. He had set it up in less than an hour.

But he didn't stop there. He asked the two to take off the stab-proof robes on the outside and bring them over, and also painted some ritual patterns on them.

At this moment, only thirty miles away from them, the Iron Demon's large army was stationed here.

At this moment, a rider approached and saluted from horseback, saying, "Captain, they have been following us, and instead of heading back, they've set up camp on the spot. They likely intend to spend the night there. Captain, what should we do now?"

Tie Yao merely remained on his horse, gazing into the distance. After a moment, a muffled voice emerged from behind his mask.

"Wait."

Meanwhile, after Chen Chuan finished the preparations, the three returned to the vehicle. Night arrived swiftly, like a heavy curtain falling, and the surroundings were abruptly enveloped in darkness.

Yuan Qiuyuan warily watched outside the car window. However, after a long period, he didn't sense anything amiss. Just when he thought the darkness of the Intermingling Zone was nothing special, he suddenly heard a rustling sound nearby.

It sounded as if a massive snake was slithering across the vehicle's body, and the sound of scales rubbing, along with the feeling of the vehicle sinking under the weight of something heavy, was incredibly clear.

After a long while, the thing seemed to have moved on. However, at that moment, with a bang, something slammed hard against the side of the vehicle, causing it to shake. After a few breaths, the impact came again, and this time, it seemed the entire vehicle was about to flip over.

Yuan Qiuyuan and Qin Qingque both tensed up, gripping their weapons with solemn expressions.

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Chen Chuan, however, appeared very calm. He saw a slight sign of virtualization appearing on his body, but it wasn't too intense. However, correspondingly, the material smeared on the inside of the vehicle was gradually dimming, and he believed the ones smeared on the outside were the same.

Judging by the situation, it seemed difficult to last the entire night. However, he had deliberately left some gaps, and when the consumption reached a later stage, he would find a way to replenish some to reinforce it.

The impact disappeared several times, as if the thing attacking the vehicle had given up.

But then they heard a heavy sound approaching. It sounded like an enormously large creature, and each footstep shook the ground. Moreover, each step landed a moment later, one could imagine the distance of the stride was extremely large.

Not only that, but they could feel the other party getting closer and closer at this moment.

It looked like their vehicle was blocking the other party's path.

Yuan Qiuyuan and Qin Qingque couldn't help but wonder if, when that thing came over, it would directly trample their vehicle. Should they quickly drive away to another location?

From the moment night fell, Chen Chuan had been paying attention to the two people's activity index. At this moment, he discovered that, in just a short while, the two people's indexes had soared to above twenty, and were continuing to rise.

If it exceeded thirty, then they would enter a dangerous stage.

He said, "Executive Yuan, Executive Qin, you two immediately use the breathing technique to suppress your activity. If you can't suppress it, then take the medicine. As for the rest, don't think too much about it, and don't worry about it."

Yuan Qiuyuan and Qin Qingque immediately responded, "Yes, Captain."

Chen Chuan's composure infected the two, and they immediately put aside those distractions and performed the breathing technique. The rising index on their bodies slowly stopped and gradually fell, but the fall was very slow.

Before long, they had calmed their minds, and when they stopped, they found that the long night had already passed. The light outside the car window was bright, as if everything they had experienced last night was an illusion.

Yuan Qiuyuan exhaled. He opened the car door and stepped down, but he quickly realized something was wrong, because the location they were currently stopped in was at least several hundred meters away from where they had stopped yesterday. On the vehicle, they could clearly see dents, as well as traces of things rubbing against it.

Furthermore, only a few meters away from the vehicle, there was a huge pit. This pit extended outwards, gradually stretching into the distance, which made him think of the huge sound last night.

What they encountered last night was definitely not just a simple illusion!

Qin Qingque did not get out of the car. She turned on the radio and first sent a report telegram to Fortress 73, and then began receiving messages from other outposts.

Yuan Qiuyuan walked over at this time and said, "Captain, those things last night were truly bizarre and unpredictable. But what exactly are Tie Yao and his people relying on to wander outside for so long? Faith? Drugs? It can't be that everyone is a demon, right?"

Chen Chuan said, "Some special means, perhaps, that we can't imitate. Otherwise, we've been cooperating with those natives for so long, there's no reason we wouldn't be able to master it."

"That's true." Yuan Qiuyuan thought for a moment and said with lingering fear, "But if they had attacked us last night, wouldn't we have had to face those anomalies directly?"

Chen Chuan said, "It's not that simple. Although Tie Yao can move at night, all the attacks so far have been when it's close to dawn, just like the night before yesterday, when I noticed something was wrong, it was almost dawn too.

If they could launch an attack at any time of the night, there would be no need to wait until then, so we only need to be prepared during this period."

Yuan Qiuyuan chuckled, "It seems Tie Yao and the others aren't afraid of everything after all."

Chen Chuan looked at his watch and said, "Let's pack up and set off. Today we'll continue the pursuit, and see when they can't bear it anymore."

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