I work as a security guard at a cemetery, and I overhear the dead chatting about getting rich quick.

The area behind the canyon was completely blocked.

Let alone digging out people, they can't even move the outermost layer of rock.

Lai Changqing left a mark on the rock wall and had people record Han Xiao's location, rock strata structure, and coordinates.

After doing all that, he only said one sentence:

"Keep moving forward."

No one tried to persuade him.

There's no point in staying here.

The path Han Xiao forged with his life wasn't meant for them to stand around staring blankly at the rocks.

The group continued forward along the canyon.

Small stones kept falling from above, and although the group walked quickly, no one dared to run. Only after passing through a narrow crevice where they could only squeeze through sideways did the forest reappear ahead.

The woods were very quiet.

It was almost too quiet.

There were no birds chirping, nor could one hear the sounds of insects.

The ground was covered with wolf tracks.

Paw prints, feces, gnawed bones, and several patches of torn bark.

Xu Mian squatted in front of a patch of mud.

There was a fight here just now.

The muddy ground was covered with messy footprints, and a few stones were stained with wolf blood.

There was also a wolf carcass lying next to it.

Its throat was bitten through, and its abdomen was ripped open. The wounds were not caused by a gun or other wild animal; they were clearly inflicted by its own kind.

Tang Zhi glanced around.

"Internal strife within the wolf pack?"

"Not just one or two."

Xu Mian pointed towards the woods.

"At least two groups of wolves."

Most of the footprints came from deep in the mountains.

The other batch came from the surrounding areas.

The latter were fewer in number, but their paw prints were larger, with one set being particularly noticeable. Their left forepaws touched the ground slightly shallower, and their stride was also different from that of the other wolves.

Like having injuries on one's body.

Lin Ye noticed that Lai Changqing paused for a moment after seeing the set of claw marks.

Jiang Zhaoye also looked down and glanced at it twice.

Both of them reacted very mildly.

But Cheng Fang still saw it.

"know?"

Lai Changqing raised his head.

"uncertain."

Cheng Fang didn't ask any further questions.

Of course he didn't believe it.

But Zhuyin is unwilling to talk about it, and you can't get anything out of him by asking now.

The procession continued forward.

The further you go in, the more wolf blood you'll find.

Between the two fallen trees, half a black metal chain still hung. The chain links had been forcibly torn apart, and dark red bloodstains and a few tufts of gray hair remained on the surface.

Lin Ye used a mechanical clamp to flip the broken chain over.

Small symbols are engraved on the inside of the chain links.

It's not something from the Seventh Place.

Tang Zhi looked at Zhuyin Hui.

"Yours?"

Jiang Zhaoye remained expressionless.

"They can pin this on us just because we found a chain in the mountains?"

"I was just asking."

Tang Zhi retracted the mechanical clamp.

"What's your hurry?"

Lai Changqing didn't respond to that, but instead said to Jiang Zhaoye:

"The Wolf King is back."

The voice was very low.

However, since the two sides were not far apart, some people still heard it.

Lin Ye looked into the depths of the woods.

"Have you ever caught wolves here?"

Before Jiang Zhaoye could speak, the bushes in front of him suddenly swayed.

Xu Mian instantly raised her gun.

A gray shadow darted out from behind the tree, moving so fast it was almost invisible.

It did not pounce on the seven people at the front, nor did it attack the person closest to it.

The target was Jiang Zhaoye.

"left!"

Jiang Zhaoye reacted quickly.

Just as the black stick was held horizontally in front of his chest, the gray wolf charged at him.

boom!

Both the man and the wolf retreated simultaneously.

Jiang Zhaoye's injuries had not yet healed, and he stumbled.

The gray wolf only rolled half a circle on the ground before immediately standing up again.

Only then did everyone see what it looked like.

Its size is similar to that of an ordinary gray wolf, but it has a thick neck and its left ear is missing most of its length.

A deep ligature mark remained around his neck.

Several patches of hair were shaved very short, and there were still wounds on the hind legs that had not yet scabbed over.

It stared at Jiang Zhaoye, letting out a low growl.

It's not a test.

I recognize him.

Jiang Zhaoye gripped the black stick tightly.

"It actually came back."

Cheng Fang heard it.

"Where did you come from?"

"Let's talk later."

No sooner had Jiang Zhaoye finished speaking than the one-eared gray wolf pounced on him again.

This time, it didn't collide head-on with the stick.

Just as they were about to get close, he suddenly veered to the left, passing by Jiang Zhaoye and rushing straight at a member of the Candle Shadow Society behind him.

The man was a step too slow in raising his gun.

The wolf's fangs bit into his forearm.

The scream had barely left his lips when the one-eared gray wolf suddenly shook its head, dragging the man to the ground.

Jiang Zhaoye turned around and slammed down with his stick.

The gray wolf immediately released its grip and jumped back.

The black stick missed its target, and the stones on the ground cracked instantly.

The people in the seven locations have already moved away to the other side.

Tang Zhi asked as she retreated:

"Should we intervene?"

Cheng Fang stared into the woods.

"Stay in your place."

This wolf is clearly coming for Zhuyin.

There's no need for the Seventh Division to rush to shield them.

But they won't be lenient with anyone who tries to provoke the Seventh Division.

The gray wolf with the missing ear did not continue the fight.

It circled the group for a while, then suddenly disappeared into the bushes.

Xu Mian's gun barrel was always following it.

"They haven't gone far."

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a wolf howled from the other side of the woods.

A sound.

Two sounds.

They quickly merged into one.

A dozen or so wolves emerged one after another from behind the tree.

Leading the way was a male wolf with black fur on its back.

Lin Ye recognized it.

The black-backed wolf that led the wolf pack to attack the camp and then led them into the wild boar's territory was this one.

The black-backed wolf was followed by a number of young wolves.

However, on either side of the wolf pack, there were several older gray wolves.

When the gray wolf with the missing ear reappeared, the other old wolves visibly stepped back.

One of them even lowered its body and tucked its tail between its legs.

The black wolf stopped in the middle of the open space.

The gray wolf with the missing ear stood on the opposite side.

Neither of the wolves pounced immediately.

They slowly circled, staring into each other's eyes.

The surrounding wolf pack also began to separate.

The young wolf approached the black-backed wolf.

Several old wolves kept looking back at the gray wolf with the missing ear, appearing somewhat hesitant.

Tang Zhi lowered her voice.

"Is this the old boss coming back to check on things?"

Lin Ye looked at the wound on the neck of the gray wolf with the missing ear.

"It seems the new leader isn't keen on stepping down."

The black-backed wolf lowered its body first.

A short, low growl squeezed out of his throat.

The gray wolf with the missing ear did not respond, but only stared at its front legs.

The next second, the black-backed wolf pounced.

It is much faster than a regular wolf.

Instead of biting its throat directly, it first rammed into the injured hind leg of the gray wolf with the missing ear.

The gray wolf with the missing ear dodged to the side, then turned and bit.

The two wolves rolled around on the ground.

Wolf fur and dirt flew up together.

The black-backed wolf is younger and stronger.

It tried several times to pin the earless gray wolf down, and its movements clearly showed signs of training.

Before each exertion, the shoulders and back would tense up, and the breath would pause for a beat.

But Gray Wolf with missing ears seemed to have known all along.

As soon as the black-backed wolf lowered its shoulder, it retreated ahead of time.

Once the black wolf has exhausted its strength, immediately bite its front leg.

After several rounds, Blackback Wolf had several bloody gashes on its shoulder and right leg.

The gray wolf with the missing ear doesn't look good either.

A long gash was torn open in his abdomen, and blood dripped down his gray fur.

Neither side stopped.

The area around the wolf pack began to stir.

When some young wolves tried to help the black-backed wolf, several old wolves immediately turned their heads and bared their fangs at them.

The situation is getting increasingly chaotic.

Just then, a macaque scream came from the treetop.

A macaque, clutching a bone, leaped from a tree onto a nearby rock.

It didn't throw it into the crowd.

Instead, he placed the bone on the stone and tapped it three times with the stone.

thump.

thump.

thump.

The sound wasn't loud.

The surrounding wolves suddenly fell silent.

Blackback Wolf also paused for a moment, turning its head to look at Jinggu.

The gray wolf with the missing ear also looked over.

It was clearly familiar with those three sounds.

The macaque knocked again.

The gray wolf with the missing ear did not return to the pack.

It slowly walked towards the rock.

When the macaque saw it approaching, it immediately jumped back into the tree.

The gray wolf with the missing ear stood in front of the bone and sniffed it.

The bone was covered with dense lines, the edges of which had long been worn white by the wolf teeth.

Lin Ye originally thought it would stay.

The next second, the earless gray wolf opened its mouth and bit the bone.

Click!

The bone broke in the middle.

It took another bite, crushing the remaining half as well.

Tang Zhi said softly:

"That's like leaving the group on the spot."

The black-backed wolf suddenly pounced from behind.

There were no warnings, and no further probing.

The gray wolf with the missing ear seemed to have been prepared all along.

It suddenly rolled to the side, causing the black wolf to miss its target, and then turned around and bit its opponent's hind leg.

The black-backed wolf let out a miserable howl.

The gray wolf with the missing ear didn't let go, and dragged it backward.

The black wolf crashed into a rock.

Before it could even get up, the one-eared gray wolf pounced and bit its throat.

The wolf pack exploded instantly.

The young wolf growled and tried to approach, but several older wolves stepped forward at the same time to block them.

The black-backed wolf struggled frantically.

The gray wolf with the missing ear bit deeper and deeper.

It only slowly released its grip when the black wolf stopped resisting.

The black wolf did not die.

It lay on its side on the ground, panting for a few moments, before struggling to get up.

One side of his throat was bitten through, and blood kept gushing out.

It dared not look at the gray wolf with the missing ear any longer, and retreated into the woods with its tail between its legs.

Six young wolves followed.

The remaining wolves stayed behind.

The gray wolf with the missing ear did not chase after them.

It stood in the middle of the wolf pack, raised its head, and let out a long howl.

Several old wolves first crouched down.

The other wolves hesitated for a moment, then lowered their heads one by one.

The old king has returned.

Lin Ye did not expect that the battle for the wolf king would end so quickly.

But in a real wolf pack, there is no succession ceremony.

A loss is a loss.

To leave alive is already a stroke of good luck.

The gray wolf with the missing ear stopped howling and looked back at the crowd.

My gaze swept over seven places first.

It then stopped on the Candlelight Society.

The bitten member clutched his arm, his face pale.

Jiang Zhaoye raised the black stick again.

Lai Changqing raised his hand to stop him.

"Don't move."

The gray wolf with the missing ear took a few steps forward.

The wolf pack followed.

The two sides were now less than twenty meters apart.

Seven people also raised their guns.

Cheng Fang said in a low voice:

Whoever it attacks, that's who will deal with it.

"Don't fire recklessly."

The gray wolf with the missing ear stopped beside the broken black chain.

It lowered its head to sniff, then looked up at Lai Changqing.

A low growl rolled out from his throat.

Then it turned around.

The wolf pack followed them into the woods.

There were no attacks in seven places.

They did not pursue the Candlelight Society further.

Tang Zhi breathed a sigh of relief.

"You're leaving already?"

Lai Changqing looked in the direction where the wolf pack had disappeared.

"It just got back."

"First, we'll deal with the wolves, then we'll settle old scores."

He said it with absolute certainty.

This is clearly not the first time I've dealt with it.

Cheng Fang looked at the black chain.

"Can we talk now?"

Jiang Zhaoye wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

"I caught it before."

"There was a slight mishap when it was shipped out."

Tang Zhi looked at the chains, then at him.

"Your escort skills aren't very good."

Jiang Zhaoye said coldly:

"How about I give it to you next time?"

"Thank you, but I don't handle after-sales service."

Cheng Fang glanced at Tang Zhi.

Tang Zhi immediately pursed her lips.

Lin Ye walked to the broken bone fragments.

The teeth marks left by the gray wolf with the missing ear were very deep.

He stepped back a few paces and activated his spiritual hearing.

In the earliest lingering sounds, there was the rapid panting of a wolf cub.

It ran again and again, and fell down again and again.

That familiar voice laughed and scolded from the side.

"With legs this long, don't you know how to use them?"

"Slow down."

"Learn to breathe first, then think about becoming the wolf king."

Time goes on.

The wolf cub has grown up.

The running sounds grew faster and faster, and the footsteps of other wolves began to appear around them.

"You are smarter than them."

"Once you've learned it, they'll all have to listen to you from now on."

The wolf with the missing ear at that time did not yet have a missing ear.

It seemed to trust the voice.

Then, the lingering sound changed.

The wolf pack growled incessantly.

The voice then began instructing them to move to fixed positions.

"Don't steal it."

"I didn't tell you to chase after me, so just stand there."

"Stop when you hear a sound."

The wolf king did not do as instructed.

It knocked over the bones and led the pack of wolves out of the training area.

The voice cursed for a long time behind us.

"Something that can't be tamed."

"You'll come back begging to me sooner or later."

Lin Ye put away his spiritual hearing.

Cheng Fang asked, "Did it train here before?"

"I've practiced it."

Lin Ye looked at the shattered bones scattered on the ground.

"At that time, it was probably the one that the spirit favored the most."

"Later, he became disobedient and left."

Tang Zhi asked, "So that's why the bear filled in?"

"possible."

Lin Ye looked in the direction the wolf pack had left.

"At least this shows that being trained doesn't necessarily mean you'll obey spirits."

The gray wolf with the missing ear chewed up the bones.

It's not because I can't understand it.

It is precisely because it understood and remembered.

Suddenly, a commotion arose from the woods ahead.

First came the howling of wolves.

Then came the sound of wild boars crashing into trees.

Macaques screamed incessantly in the treetops, while the sound of birds of prey flapping their wings echoed high above.

The black wolf fled in that direction.

Using her shadow as a guide, Xu Mian quickly climbed to a higher place.

A moment later, her voice came through the communicator.

There's an open space ahead.

"The area is very large."

"There are many animals inside."

Cheng Fang asked, "Gathering together?"

"no."

Xu Mian paused for a moment.

"They are changing positions."

Lin Ye looked up.

The trees blocked the view, and all that could be seen was dust rising in the distance.

The wild boar is running headfirst.

The wolf pack flanked from both sides.

The macaques moved along the tree canopy.

The birds of prey swooped down repeatedly, then quickly rose again.

They didn't bite each other.

They didn't gather like ordinary herds of animals.

They were repeatedly practicing the same set of offensive tactics.

Cheng Fang gripped his weapon tightly.

"There is also a training ground."

Lai Changqing took out the compass left behind by Han Xiao.

The pointer steadily points forward.

"This one looks a little different."

Deep in the woods, a group of wild boars charged simultaneously.

The earth trembled.

Lai Changqing stared at the rising dust and said in a low voice:

"It seems to be used for practicing killing."