Atlas of Heaven and Man

Yuan Qiuyuan and Qin Qingque, confirming their opponents were silent, finally felt relieved and looked up at Chen Chuan together.

Seeing him walking slowly with a long saber in hand, a steel-masked head hanging from his waist, and wisps of white vapor rising from his body, even without deliberately releasing his biological field, an invisible pressure emanated.

Yuan Qiuyuan swallowed, trying to calm his breathing, looked at the head again and again, and couldn't help but say, "Captain, is it resolved?"

Chen Chuan walked up to the two of them, nodded and said, "It's resolved, but there are still some loose ends to take care of."

Yuan Qiuyuan walked over, clicking his tongue twice, "That's a Steel Demon! The people at the base turn pale at the mention of it. And that aura just now, wow, it was quite impressive." He reached out and poked the head. "Look, wasn't it still taken care of by us?

Qin Qingque earnestly corrected, "It was the captain who took care of it."

"Hey, the captain said, we're a team. What the captain resolves, we resolve."

"Executive Yuan is right," Chen Chuan said. "We are a team. Without your help in holding them back, I wouldn't have been able to resolve the Steel Demon so smoothly."

Yuan Qiuyuan straightened his back, but then he chuckled and said, "Captain, words are words, but Old Yuan here knows what's what. I'll be convinced by you from now on. I won't acknowledge anyone else."

Qin Qingque didn't say anything, but the expression she revealed meant the same thing.

Chen Chuan smiled, then reminded them, "Pay attention to your own activity index."

After all, this is the wilderness. Without the field connection of the base, if they are too far apart, they can't see each other's activity index. Now that they are close, they find that both of them have reached above twenty, but fortunately, they haven't crossed the warning line, which should be the result of their conscious control.

Yuan Qiuyuan and Qin Qingque were both startled and said yes. They had been keeping a tight rein on themselves during the battle, but as soon as they relaxed, they found that the index was rising again, so they quickly guided their breathing techniques to slowly lower the value.

At this time, they couldn't help but look at Chen Chuan's value, and found that it was still "zero", and they admired him even more.

They knew that it was okay to lower the index, but the further down it went, the harder it became. Chen Chuan had just fought the Steel Demon, and the pressure was much higher than theirs. It hadn't been a few minutes since the end of the battle, and the index had reached zero in such a short time. This kind of self-restraint and control over the body was truly amazing.

At this moment, Chen Chuan suddenly noticed something. Yuan and Qin also noticed, and the three of them looked to the rear together. They saw that all the remaining cavalry soldiers had gathered together, and at this moment they were facing this side to organize their formation, and soon they put on a charging posture.

Yuan Qiuyuan was a little strange. "What do they want to do? Do they want to charge us with these people?"

A group of Second Threshold cavalrymen want to deal with their three Third Threshold combatants. Are they actively seeking death? Are these subordinates of the Steel Demon so loyal to him?

Qin Qingque observed for a while, thought about it, and said to Chen Chuan, "Captain, the front row is blocking the back, but I saw that they seem to have brought grappling hooks. They may not be used to deal with us, but to try to retrieve the corpses on the ground."

"Then we can't return them, these are our spoils of war."

Yuan Qiuyuan shouted, and immediately ran to the SUV. After reaching the car, he reached out and climbed over the top, then grabbed the machine gun. "Captain, leave this little thing to us, we need to have a chance to show off."

Chen Chuan said, "Then I'll leave it to you."

"Okay, watch me, I've been trained."

Qin Qingque said, "I'll drive." She quickly got into the car, and soon the SUV started and drove towards the oncoming cavalry.

When the opposite side saw them driving the car over, the formation seemed to be slightly scattered, but it quickly adjusted and drove the horses to charge forward.

Chen Chuan shook his head. These people probably know the result of charging at a machine gun, even if the armored implanted modified horses can't stop the heavy machine gun fire.

However, these people should have no choice. According to the military traditions of the Imperial Family, it seems that when a superior dies, the bodyguards must be beheaded, and if the corpse cannot be retrieved, the entire team will be held accountable, not to mention that this team was built by the Steel Demon himself, and the degree of loyalty is beyond doubt.

Soon, the sound of machine gun fire came from the rear, as well as the mournful neighing of warhorses and the sound of heavy objects falling. All of this was drowned out in the large amount of dust raised.

Chen Chuan ignored it. He stood on the river bank, stuck his saber in the ground, looked at the flowing water in front of him, and thought about the changes in the Steel Demon just now.

He believes that the perfection of spirit and body should not be like that of the Steel Demon.

Admittedly, when they first encountered each other, his spirit, body, and the use of strength and skills had almost no shortcomings in all aspects, but in fact, these were loose, and as their confrontation progressed, it gradually became difficult to coordinate all aspects.

Was it because he lacked a force to unite them in one place, or did the existence of that thing in his body hinder him?

He thought about it, and there may be two reasons.

Then what is true perfection like?

After about half an hour, the sounds outside gradually subsided. The off-road vehicle returned from the rolling dust. As the dust gradually settled, it revealed a ground full of wreckage and blood. The limbs of men and horses were indistinguishable.

After the vehicle stopped in front of them, Yuan Qiuyuan jumped down from the top and said, "Captain, everything is taken care of. But the numbers are a bit off."

Qin Qingque came out of the driver's seat and said, "Captain, two teams went to our rear earlier. They should be looking for a shallow part of the river to outflank us from both sides. They probably haven't arrived yet."

Chen Chuan said, "Since we came out to pursue and剿滅, let's try to clean them up. It doesn't matter if we can't catch them. These people can't escape."

"Yes."

The two team members responded in unison. After this victory, their morale was high, and they became very convinced of Chen Chuan.

However, the things here must first be disposed of, especially the corpse of the Iron Demon must be completely burned to eliminate future troubles.

At the same time, the armor of this man and his subordinates, some accompanying documents and jade seals, and other important items must be taken back as proof of identity.

After all of this was taken care of, more than half an hour had passed. But still, there was no sign of the cavalry warriors who had been separated. If these people had not yet detoured, then they had received a warning midway and scattered. But the pursuit still had to be carried out.

Chen Chuan looked at the gradually extinguishing fire, and when he saw that the things there had completely turned to ashes, he withdrew his gaze and said, "Let's go."

Qin Qingque stepped forward, opened the car door for Chen Chuan, and saluted, "Captain, please get in."

Chen Chuan hummed and got into the car. After the vehicle started, he looked at the sky. Counting the time spent handling everything before and after the battle, it was about three hours.

He hadn't expected the battle to end so quickly. He had wondered if the battle would drag on into the night if the two sides were deadlocked.

Although he was not unprepared, and had drawn the ritual on the coats of two teammates beforehand, the key was the activity index, which was too variable.

However, judging from the battle situation, the Iron Demon had no intention of doing so at all. He might also be afraid of the night, or he might be eager to decide the outcome and didn't want to be surrounded.

At this time, he said, "Executive Qin, did those cavalry soldiers have radios with them?"

Qin Qingque replied, "Captain, no. They should have transferred them in advance. But if they learned that the Iron Demon was killed, they might destroy the radios, making it difficult to trace the source from the traces."

Chen Chuan said, "Then there's no need to force it." This was not their business in the first place. It would be best if they could help find clues, but it didn't matter if they couldn't. They just needed to do their part.

When they followed the traces left by the cavalry soldiers to the rear, they found that the cavalry team had stayed here before, but had obviously dispersed and retreated again.

They discussed it and felt that the remaining cavalry soldiers were no longer a major threat, so they didn't pursue them any further.

Chen Chuan said, "Executive Qin, you can send a message to the rear. Also, thank Advisor Rao by the way." He knew that intelligence deception was not that simple, and Advisor Rao had definitely taken a risk.

"Yes, Captain."

In Outpost 73, Advisor Rao had been waiting in front of the radio. He was always very worried, both about Chen Chuan and his team, and also about himself.

Just as Chen Chuan had guessed, intelligence deception was something to be used at a critical moment. If it didn't play a role, he would be held responsible.

At this time, the radio operator looked up and said, "Advisor, a telegram has arrived."

"It's here? Quickly!"

Advisor Rao urged. The arrival of a telegram meant that the people were safe, which was not the worst outcome.

After the radio operator wrote down the code, he didn't need to translate it at all. He directly took it over to read. First, his eyes widened, and then his hands trembled. The joy on his face could no longer be suppressed.

However, after reading it repeatedly, he suddenly became a little uneasy, so he sent a telegram back to confirm. After two round trips, the other side said that they would bring back the head of the Iron Demon and his personal belongings, and then he completely relaxed.

With a smile on his face, he instructed the radio operator, "Send a telegram to the command, tell them..."

Speaking of this, he slowed down his speech, trying to make his words clear.

"It has been confirmed that at approximately 10:00 AM today, the Iron Demon and his subordinates encountered an elite squad actively attacking from our side in the middle reaches of the river section marked twenty-four."

He paused.

"After nearly two hours of fierce fighting, they successfully beheaded the Iron Demon and two samurai serving under him, and annihilated more than thirty elite cavalry warriors, with only a dozen cavalry escaping.

Note: The squad was led by First-Level Executive Chen Chuan, with team members Yuan Qiuyuan, Qin Qingque, tactical advisor Rao Qili, etc..."

At this time, he looked at his watch, "Time, November 26th, 2:23 PM." He raised his head and said to the radio operator, "Report it like this."

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