Chapter 92: Tailing

At the same time.

The dim sky faintly glowed white. Over ten kilometers away from the base, in a desolate mountain wilderness, Chen Chong dashed wildly in a certain direction among jagged rocks, his clothes tattered and his body stained with blood, like a fierce tiger descending a mountain.

The blood on him was certainly not his own, and his clothes were torn because he had fully activated the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art while heading to the base, which had split them apart. Although the fur clothing he wore had been deliberately chosen a size larger, it still could not escape this result.

The wilderness was especially dangerous at night, and Chen Chong was not arrogant enough to think his current strength could ignore all threats. So before nightfall the previous evening, he had seized a Radiation Species nest that looked like a giant pangolin to rest for the night, then set off again as the sky brightened, constantly comparing maps to correct his route as he rushed toward the base’s location.

Now that he had achieved Current Push, his entire body was filled with inexhaustible explosive power . Chen Chong’s speed from merely running on leg power was astonishing. Running without regard for consumption, his speed was almost comparable to a speeding car; he could run nearly a hundred kilometers in an hour!

If it were not for needing to constantly correct his route along the way and frequently encountering harassment and attacks from various ferocious Radiation Species, Chen Chong would probably have already reached the vicinity of the base.

Rustle, rustle, rustle…

The bloody smell on Chen Chong’s body and the noise of his wild running clearly alerted the Radiation Species in this desolate mountain wilderness. During his sprint, one after another, Radiation Species as large as calves, with scale-armored backs and dense, sharp teeth, lunged out from the jagged rocks like lightning.

“Will this ever end? Get lost!”

However, the current Chen Chong was no longer the weakling who could only flee in panic. Facing these scale-armored beasts that saw him as food, he was like a more ferocious and violent tyrannosaurus. While running wildly, he raised his hand, and his fist force exploded. His fist shadows were like heavy cannon bombardments. Any scale-armored beast that pounced at him was immediately sent flying backward like a cannonball, letting out a whine as it fell to the ground, its internal organs burst. After kicking its legs a couple of times, it died completely.

In fact, these scale-armored beasts could be considered thick-skinned and tough-fleshed. Chen Chong’s current fist power was incredibly fierce and violent. Under the impetus of over ten thousand volts of Current Push and the force-generation method of the Qi Blast Cannon Fist, an ordinary body of flesh and blood would probably explode under a single punch. Yet these scale-armored beasts could maintain the integrity of their bodies; one could imagine how hard their bodies were.

A distance of over ten kilometers was neither long nor short. Chen Chong’s luck was fairly good; he did not encounter particularly powerful monsters like the Ape-like Giant Beast he had seen before. In the end, after successively killing several waves of Radiation Species that saw him as food, he arrived safely near the river valley they had climbed during their prison break.

There was still some distance from the cliff wall of the river valley. Chen Chong first took out a leather top from his backpack and changed out of his burst and blood-stained clothes. Then he searched and checked the vicinity. After confirming that the people from the Dawn Gathering Place had not yet arrived, he slowly came to the edge of the cliff wall.

“Hmm, this Mist actually still exists?”

Looking down from a high vantage point, Chen Chong turned his gaze and immediately saw the Mist that still covered the river valley area below. However, it seemed that this mind-bewildering Mist was much thinner than he remembered.

“It seems that although the Main God Fragment was taken, that giant tree is still alive and has recovered some vitality.”

Thinking about how he had obtained a Main God Fragment within the Mist, which had turned his fate around, Chen Chong could not help but feel a sense of change and nostalgia in his eyes.

In just less than a month, he had transformed from a prisoner struggling between life and death into a Territory leader controlling a region. The wonder of fate was indeed hard to fathom.

Without dwelling too much on pointless emotions, Chen Chong inspected the rock wall and confirmed that no traces that could expose him were left nearby. Then he leaped down into the river valley below and walked straight into the Mist.

For others, the Mist Zone that confused the mind was extremely dangerous. But for Chen Chong, who was immune to this harm, it was the best hiding place. As long as the forces from the Dawn Gathering Place arrived and entered the base through the cave, he would definitely detect and know about it.

…

Two or three hours later.

Trees were dense, and vegetation grew thickly. Because of the steaming water vapor from the underground river, this river valley area was filled with a rare sight of green in the wasteland.

Rustle, rustle, rustle…

A large number of hurried and dense footsteps sounded. A mass of fully armed figures could be seen shuttling forward through the underbrush, quickly arriving at the edge of the river valley cliff. They spread out, vigilantly patrolling the area. The leader, Long Ying, walked to the edge of the cliff with a cold and stern gaze. His entire body exuded a shocking murderous aura, and his eyes swept back and forth like a hawk’s, as if searching for his prey.

It was exactly Long Ying, the leader of the Dawn Gathering Place, and the several combat squads under his command.

At this moment, a small number of people in these combat squads were wounded, and their numbers had decreased by a few, as if they had experienced many intense battles earlier.

Although they had scouted out a relatively safe route in advance, because the seven vehicles were too large a target, Long Ying’s team had still encountered attacks from large groups of Radiation Species during the over one hundred kilometers from the Dawn Gathering Place to here. Three team members had also died in the attacks, and even Long Ying, a Transcendent, had been unable to save them.

Fortunately, such losses were entirely within Long Ying’s expectations. After paying the price of only losing three members, they fought while retreating, finally bypassing the direction of the base’s main entrance and arriving near the river valley. After parking the vehicles at a well-scouted hidden parking spot, Long Ying led his total of eight Awakeners and thirty combat personnel up onto the cliff wall.

This was the underground river leading to the base?

Looking down below, the gazes of most people were filled with killing intent and faint excitement. Then they turned their eyes to Long Ying, who was in the lead, seemingly awaiting his command. Only Qiao Jun looked around uneasily, as if searching for something.

“Let’s go down!”

Long Ying’s gaze was cold and stern. Then, taking the lead, he leaped down, landing steadily in an instant. The cliff wall, nearly twenty meters high, was like flat ground to him. He then looked up and made a gesture to the people on the cliff wall.

Following that, the other eight Awakeners, including Qiao Jun, also leaped down. The combat personnel, who were ordinary people, immediately took out ropes and dropped them down. One after another, they slid down quickly, and in just a few minutes, everyone had landed steadily on the ground.

“Groups of four, each Awakener leads one group. Execute according to the original plan! If you encounter the opposing Transcendent, do not engage directly. Immediately send a signal, and I will deal with them personally!”

Long Ying’s every move carried an iron-blooded style. Facing the pitch-black cave entrance, he waved his hand decisively and shouted in a low voice:

“Move out!”

“Yes!”

Following Long Ying’s order, everyone, armed with various guns, cannons, and all sorts of weapons, responded in a low voice and immediately advanced, slipping like ghosts into the cave entrance, which was as huge as a monster’s mouth.

A moment later, twenty to thirty meters from the cave exit, the Mist swirled, and Chen Chong’s tall figure walked out from within.

Looking at the pitch-black cave entrance ahead, Chen Chong’s eyes flickered, and then he followed in as well.