aircannonsinc Chapter 176 The army splits into two groups; the living dead attack.
Chapter 176 The army splits into two groups; the living dead attack.
Those few remnants of the European army were completely bewildered by Lin Chuxue's move.
They remained kneeling on the ground, too afraid to get up.
Lu Yan didn't have time to deal with them. He asked Ling Shuang to take stock of the supplies and prepare to continue on his way.
The blond knight realized what was happening and scrambled to Lu Yan's feet, shouting in broken Chinese that he wanted to lead the way.
"Going through the underground tunnels will allow us to bypass those patrol teams in the sky."
Lu Yan definitely needs a mentor.
"Stand up."
"lead the way."
The team followed the abandoned subway tracks for several hours through dark tunnels.
At the end of the tunnel, a cool breeze carrying the smell of rotten wood blew in.
When everyone crawled out from underground and stood on the ground, looking at what was in front of them, they were all speechless.
This is the Scottish Highlands.
The grassy plateau of my memory is gone. Now it's a barren, purple wasteland, riddled with cracks several meters wide.
The most troublesome thing is the thick, grayish-white fog in front of us.
The fog rolled back and forth along the ground, blocking out the light and making it impossible to hear any sound.
"Boss, all the equipment has failed," the formation master of the Fifth Squad reported over the channel. "The radar is black, and the drones lost signal as soon as they took off."
Technological means are rendered useless here.
"I...I've seen this fog before." The blond knight leading the way pointed ahead, trembling. "There are things in the fog, eyes, and lots of hands and feet...My brother was dragged in, and there wasn't even a trace left."
The rules of the Highlands have been changed.
"Liu Yiyi, scout ahead," Ling Shuang commanded.
"receive."
Liu Yiyi's figure flashed and rushed towards the edge of the mist.
She didn't dare to go inside, but moved quickly on the perimeter, trying to find a safe path.
But she had only run less than fifty meters when she suddenly stopped, as if she had crashed into an invisible wall.
Then, the space around her began to sway like the surface of water, and her entire body, along with the ground beneath her feet, folded and twisted in a strange way.
"Come back!" Xiao Qianyu called out.
Liu Yiyi's face turned pale. She struggled with all her might to break free from that distorted space and staggered back into the group, still feeling a bit scared.
"No, there's spatial turbulence inside. Even if you walk in a straight line, you'll be swept away to another place."
Searching blindly like this is no different from suicide.
Just when everyone was at a loss, Lu Yan walked to the front of the line.
He extended his right hand, palm facing up.
A small black lotus shadow slowly rotated in his palm.
It is a disk of nothingness.
As soon as the black lotus emerged, the annoying grayish-white mist around it seemed to have found an opening and kept drilling into the center of the lotus.
Lu Yan ignored the fog.
His spiritual energy, following the energy left behind by the Howling Celestial Dog, entered the spatial bracelet on his wrist.
The broken fragment of the three-pointed double-edged sword was thrashing around inside, exuding an indomitable spirit.
Lu Yan activated the Void Disc to forcibly analyze this aura.
In his eyes, the chaotic fog was peeled away layer by layer, and two energy trajectories of different colors emerged from the empty space, clearly pointing to the depths of the highlands.
One was dark red, filled with an aura of rage and slaughter, pointing towards a distant cave shrouded in mist.
The other one was a deep blue, exuding an aura of death and coldness, pointing towards a large lake at the end of the mist.
"Yang Jian's soul..."
Lu Yan remembered what the black dog had said.
One of these two paths leads to the soul, while the other is presumably the sacrificial ground set up by the false god.
time is limited.
He has to make a decision.
"Let's split up." Lu Yan turned around, his voice not loud.
"First squad, follow me this way." He pointed to the dark red trail.
"Third squad, Captain Ling Shuang, you're in charge of the other side." He looked in the direction of the dark blue trail. "Your mission is reconnaissance. If you encounter the enemy, focus on containment and avoid prolonged engagements."
"Understood." Ling Shuang accepted the order without hesitation, slamming her spear into the ground.
She knew very well that the first squad's individual abilities were far superior to theirs, and that they were the ones who had to fight this tough battle.
Their third team is better at defense and stalling.
"Jiang Xiaorou, Liu Yiyi, come with me." Ling Shuang called out and led her two teammates towards the lake, their figures quickly disappearing into the thick fog.
The two Chinese teams were thus separated.
……
Lu Yan led the first team forward, following the dark red energy trail.
The surrounding fog grew thicker, and the murderous aura in the air intensified.
Soon, a huge cave in the mountain appeared before them.
The entrance to the cave was so dark it looked like the mouth of a giant, man-eating beast.
"This is it."
Lu Yan was the first to enter the cave.
Xiao Qianyu, Zhao Leiguang, and the others followed behind.
Just as the entire team entered the cave.
The rock wall behind them suddenly began to move.
The hard rock, as if brought to life, turned into flowing flesh and blood, blocking the entire entrance in seconds.
Our escape route is cut off.
At the same time, all the communicators in the squad started making a piercing electromagnetic noise.
"Sizzle—sizzle—"
The signal was completely blocked.
Lu Yan frowned.
He discovered that not only regular communications, but even the encrypted location channel between him and Ling Shuang had mysteriously disappeared.
They were locked in a cage that was isolated from the outside world.
……
the other side.
Ling Shuang, leading the third squad, had already arrived at the edge of that deep blue lake.
The lake water was a strange dark blue, and the surface was as calm as a mirror, without a ripple.
"Captain, we can't contact Captain Lu and the others." Liu Yiyi tried several times, then had to put down the communicator.
Ling Shuang's face didn't change much.
I guessed it.
She looked up at the sky shrouded in mist, then shifted her gaze to the bottomless lake at her feet.
"Launching as planned."
"Yes."
Jiang Xiaorou stepped forward, opened her protective light shield, and prepared to provide the first layer of protection for her teammates who were going into the water.
Just then.
The light shield in front of her suddenly flashed a blinding red alarm.
This is the highest level of threat warning!
At roughly the same time, the previously still lakeside soil, along with the calm lake water, began to churn violently.
It looks like water has boiled.
grunt.
grunt.
Countless huge bubbles rose from the bottom of the lake, bursting and releasing a nauseating, fishy smell.
The wind violently blew away the surrounding mist.
As the fog dissipated, the revealed scene caused even the experienced Ling Shuang to feel intense physical discomfort.
in all directions.
Everywhere you look, there are densely packed figures.
Those "people" had red eyes, were covered in pustules, and had rotten feathers hanging from their backs.
They are converted fanatics, living dead.
There are tens of thousands.
They emerged from every corner of the highlands, surging silently like a tide towards the three living people by the lake, completely blocking their escape route.
A bloody battle is inevitable.