Chapter 45: Dangerous Survivors (Medium)
There was not a trace of sound on the silent wilderness, except for the ashes floating down in the sky, Chen Kai didn't see anything moving, of course, if you had to count it, the blades of grass swaying in the wind under your feet could also be considered moving. Chen Kai and they have searched the entire meadow area, and there is no trace of information about living creatures, not even bloodstains, which means that there is no possibility of survivors living here.
"Let's go! Let's go to the next place! Chen Kai slowly straightened his waist and said to the dwarves behind him, compared to the dwarf behind him, who was only half his height, Chen Kai's field of vision was wider, at least he could detect the danger that the dwarves could not detect in advance. But there was no doubt that there was no danger around them now, or rather no danger in sight, because there was not even a single bird around. Obviously, the creatures around them had fled under the terrifying evil force, which was why the whole meadow area was so quiet.
Under such circumstances, Chen Kai naturally did not have to worry about being attacked, because no enemy would come to attack them at all. But after no survivors were found in the meadow area, Chen Kai had to move to the next place, about five kilometers away from the meadow area. Outside of the grey-white grasslands of the wasteland, there are mostly low trees, but there are also a few areas with large amounts of weathered rock. The place where Chen Kai and the others were going to explore was such an area with nearly five square kilometers of weathered rock, which was the most likely place around the dwarven camp where survivors would survive.
In fact, if it weren't for the large number of poisonous insects endemic to the wasteland entrenched here, it is estimated that the dwarves would have set up camp here, instead of the current place that has been burned to the ground. After all, the weathered rock only needs to be slightly transformed with the earth element spell to be a huge city wall, and there are many places to hide in the weathered rock area, even if an enemy comes, as long as you shrink inside, you can easily dodge it. However, if the enemy is the kind who has turned the dwarven camp into ruins, then no matter how good it is, it is just waiting for death.
The huge weathered rock area cannot be searched in a day or two, but Chen Kai does not want to scatter his people to search, because the weathered rock area is too dangerous. Although the creatures of the meadow were scared away by that terrifying evil aura. But Chen Kai didn't think that all the creatures in the weathered rock area would be scared away. Because this area is too big, and there are some evil creatures hidden in it, naturally they will not be scared away by those evil forces.
When Chen Kai stepped into the range of the weathered rock area with one foot, a strange wind whistle sounded in his ears. This strange wind is extremely terrifying, and if combined with a pitch-black night, it is enough to scare many timid players. Fortunately, when Chen Kai set foot here, the sun in the sky was still in the west, although it had gradually drooped, but at least there were still about two hours before it was completely dark.
"We had two hours to search here! If you can't do it, you'll have to leave, it's a bit dangerous at night, and we can't take too much risk! Chen Kai said loudly to the dwarf behind him, and the dwarf standing behind him clenched the weapon in his hand and nodded. As dwarves who had just picked up arms and turned into musketeers, these dwarves knew exactly how high their fighting power was, as they had previously used hammers instead of weapons. The most I do is just casting. Not murder and arson.
"Gagondo! You go this way with three people! Remember not to get too far away from me! Chen Kai pointed to the only gray dwarf among the dwarves and said softly, following Chen Kai to deal with the strongest of the seven dwarves searching for survivors. In fact, if it weren't for the consideration of the camp guard, Chen Kai would have hoped that it would be the players who came to search instead of the dwarves, at least Fei Yun's combat effectiveness would be much stronger, and he wouldn't have to worry about not being able to resurrect them after hanging up.
"Okay!" The dwarves did not object to Chen Kai's assignment, although Ge Gangduo was a gray dwarf, but at least he did his best to protect his people along the way. Even though the destruction of the dwarven convoy this time may have something to do with the gray dwarves, all the black dwarves who came with him all the way still believed in him.
"Let's go!" Chen Kai whispered to the remaining three dwarven musketeers, and then slowly walked towards the nearest weathered rock with his giant sword on his back. Not far from him, the gray dwarf Personality Gangduo did the same, but compared to Chen Kai carrying the weapon behind his back, Gegangduo directly held the weapon in his hand. Behind him, the dwarves had muskets in their hands. Fingers are always ready to put on the trigger.
The reason why the weathered rock area is believed by Chen Kai and his people to be the most likely to have dwarven survivors hiding here is not because the rocks here are large enough, but because there are many crevices and holes in the huge rocks here that have been eroded by the wind and sand. These crevices and holes produce a whirring wind sound when the wind blows, and this is where the strange whistling that Chen Kai heard when they stepped into this place came from. Some of these wind-eroded crevices and holes connect with the crevices in the rock itself, and may even lead to the underground world. Of course, this weathered rock area has no access to the underworld. The deepest caves are only about three or four meters underground.
"Torch!" Chen Kai stood at the entrance of the rock crevice, which was not particularly deep, but because of the light, Chen Kai still couldn't see the situation in the depths of the crevice. As for climbing into the gap, don't think about it, even if Chen Kai's huge body is just a wall at the entrance, even if a dwarf wants to climb into this gap, it is enough to choke, but the child has no problem.
"No one. Go to the next place. Chen Kai's eyes swept over the entire gap, and with the help of the light generated by the torches, he could clearly see the things in the entire gap, but unfortunately there was nothing else except a few scorpions crawling because of the torch light.
"Bang!" Just as Chen Kai wanted to turn around and walk towards the next area of weathered rock. Not far away, the dwarves led by Grigandor heard the sound of muskets. He subconsciously turned his head to look at the dwarves not far away, and then ran wildly towards them.
"What's going on?" Chen Kai looked at Ge Gangduo, who was a little panicked, and the dwarf with a musket in his hand and asked, he didn't find the target of these dwarves, but there was no doubt that from the dwarves' faces, they must have seen something.
"There is a shadow! There was a shadow just now! I didn't hit it when I shot it, though! Murdos, the black dwarf who fired the shot, stammered a little, he was very nervous at the moment because his bullet had just hit Gergondo's head.
"Did you see that?" Chen Kai asked the other dwarves, but everyone, including Ggangdo, shook their heads, especially Ggangdo, who was almost shot in the head by Murdos's bullet. But he didn't find anything, for the only thing he felt was the sound of bullets passing overhead, and at that moment he thought he was dead.
"Then you have to pay attention! Next time it may not be so lucky! Chen Kai pulled out the dagger at his waist and then detained the bullet fired by Murdos from the rock. At the same time, the rock where the bullet hit was also detained. A gentle crushing of the rock revealed the bullet inside, as well as a burnt hair.
"Shoot on target next time! Murdos! Also, pay more attention to the top of your head in the future, don't be crushed in the head, and you don't know where the danger comes from in the future! The same goes for you! Everyone with their weapons, I think there's something here that welcomes us! Chen Kai could feel the incomparably evil aura on that strand of hair, and only in this way would the evil thing not be frightened by the evil power that had erupted before. When Chen Kai raised his head again, his eyes began to be covered with a layer of golden magic light, and after discovering that there was something stored here, Chen Kai began to bless the eyes of the stars on his eyes.
Seeing that Chen Kai's eyes were covered with divine magic, all the dwarves began to subconsciously clench their weapons, especially Ge Gangdo, who was still complaining that Murdos almost killed him just now, began to thank the other party at this moment, because if it weren't for Murdos, maybe this gray dwarf would have his head blooming and lying on the ground by now.
"Now ungroup! Ge Gangdo, you follow the team to the back of the hall and take charge of the palace! Everybody remember to load the bullets. Always ready to shoot! And of course don't make my head a target! Chen Kai's eyes swept over the entire crack in the rock, and under the light of the torch, there was no trace of life in the crack, and he also did not catch any trace of evil or filthy creatures.
"Let's go! Go on! Chen Kai didn't choose to give up the search because of the presence of enemies, thinking that maybe he might really find something in this weathered rock area.
Although the merger of the two teams into one has increased Chen Kai's safety factor a lot, there is no doubt that on the other hand, it has reduced their action efficiency a lot. It's just that Chen Kai and what they need now is safety, and none of the dwarves want their own people to die again, because they feel that there are enough people who have died.
Looking at the dwarven musketeer Chen Kai behind him who was as cautious as a devil entering the village, there was not much smile on his face, he kept holding a torch and probing into the crevices of the weathered rocks to find traces of survivors, but there was nothing else in the air except empty echoes. At the same time, the Cun ZĂ i, who had been shot by Murdos, did not reappear. For more than an hour, Chen Kai and his team searched for hundreds of huge weathered rocks and walked nearly three or four kilometers. At the same time, they gradually penetrated into the center of the weathered rock area, and the surrounding rocks became larger and stranger, and the strange sound of the wind was constantly hovering around them.
"That's it! It's starting to get dark, and we have to get out of this area right away! Wait until dawn tomorrow to come back! It can get dangerous at night! Chen Kai looked at the sky and felt that he couldn't stay in this area anymore. It's just that as soon as his words fell, a faint shout came from his ears.
"Help! Who's going to save us! The shout was very soft, even to the point of being almost inaudible. But both Chen Kai and those dwarves heard it, and the only problem was that they couldn't judge the source of the sound.
"Who is it? Who's there! At this moment, everyone shouted where they thought the sound was coming from, but they couldn't hear anything other than the cries for help carried by the breeze. Just when the group thought that maybe it was just an illusion. There was a faint sound in the air again.
"Come and save us! We're here! This time the voice was clearer, even so clear that it made people feel like the other party was close to the left. Of course, Chen Kai knew that this was impossible, because he had not found any trace of the source of the sound in the surroundings. Judging from the direction of the source of the sound, the other party should be in the heart of the entire weathered rock area.
Looking at the eyes looking around, Chen Kai raised his head to check the sky, he knew that even if he said anything now, these dwarves would definitely have to go and check it, and he wanted to take a look himself. If it's really the dwarven survivors who escaped, then it's fine, if it weren't for the fact that they were at least in their way, they would still have a chance to escape.
"Let's go! We have to hurry! The night here is so dangerous! Chen Kai directly summoned Lal, and the other dwarves climbed onto their mounts and pack horses when they heard this, which allowed them to reach their target faster. If the opponent is in danger, the sooner you arrive, the better your own chance of survival.
The weathered rock area is not large, and it is only a dozen square kilometers horizontally and vertically. And Chen Kai and the others were less than a kilometer or two away from the source of the distress cry. The sound became very slight after being transmitted through the air, but Chen Kai and they could still hear it very clearly, and Chen Kai felt quite strange about this alone. But there was no doubt that Chen Kai could only suppress this strangeness in his heart, because at this moment, these dwarves felt that the voice was undoubtedly their kindred.
"It's also the dwarf's loud voice that can make the sound travel far away, maybe it's true! Maybe it's because of the terrain! Such a thought flashed in Chen Kai's mind, and then urged Lal to rush ahead, his speed almost surpassing the other dwarves by several positions. When he saw the location where the sound had come from, the first thing he saw was a damaged carriage, a carriage that had overturned on its side on the ground.
"It's our carriage!" Ge Gangduo, who arrived later, shouted at the top of his voice, of course, it was Chen Kai's eyes that responded to him, because Chen Kai could naturally see such a carriage. At the same time, he also checked in his mind and found that it was not one of the vanished carriages. Because the carriages are even more special, but this carriage is extremely ordinary. Of course, it was precisely because this carriage was extremely ordinary that Chen Kai would not remember it, because there were hundreds of such carriages and dwarves.
"What about people?" Looking at the open door of the carriage, everyone knew that the people in the carriage were not here. Just looked around, Chen Kai found that there was no place to hide, and the most important thing was that Chen Kai found no trace of the horses pulling the carriage.
"Look around! Be careful not to scatter! Chen Kai took Lal back to the pet space, and the strange thing was that when they arrived here, the sound of cries for help disappeared all at once. Chen Kai, who felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong, lit the lights on the carriage, and the two unbroken lamps and torches illuminated their location.
"Where are you? Hurry up and answer us! Gegandor shouted as he held his torch aloft, and the flickering light of the fire pulled out leaping shadows behind him, and now a dark shadow was slowly groping towards him from behind the rock.
"Gagondo! Watch the back! Chen Kai's eyes kept flashing with golden divine light. The starlight even burst out of his eye sockets several centimeters. At that moment he caught a black-red glow that felt so evil to him that his eyes tingled a little. However, this did not prevent him from warning the gray dwarf, and Murdos, who had always held the musket in his hand, did not hesitate to fire the musket at the back of Ggando. The sound of gunfire was very clear in the night sky. Directly broke the quiet night.
At the moment when the musket rang out, Ge Gangduo directly turned around and held the shield in his hand sideways in front of him, and then he felt a huge force coming from the shield, and at the same time, there were sparks from the friction of metal. With the help of the torches that had not yet been extinguished at his feet, the gray dwarf saw a face that was extremely hideous and distorted. At the same time, he was even more horrified to discover that the face belonged to the dwarf, and that it was still a gray dwarf like him. It's just that the dwarf in front of him is no longer an ordinary dwarf, and even he no longer belongs to the category of living beings, at least Ge Gangdo has never seen a dwarf with such hands or claws.
"What are you?" Gagondor was knocked back by the sheer force. A hint of anger and bewilderment flashed across his face.
"Help me! Come and save me! Whoop! An extremely strange voice came from the mouth of the dwarf in front of Ggando, and then he kicked his leg hard in front of the gray dwarf, and his body flew directly backwards for two or three meters and jumped on the top of the rock behind him.
"This is the survivor who called for help? Why did they become like this! The dwarves' faces became terrified and angry as they saw more of them like this. These strange dwarves stood on all fours on the top of the rock, and with the help of the torches and carriage lights on the ground, Chen Kai could clearly see their pitch-black skin and naked bodies.
"Is this a surprise? It's really amazing! Chen Kai slowly drew the giant sword behind his back, and at his signal, all the dwarves began to converge towards him and gather on the side of the carriage. Facing the dozen or so strange dwarves in front of him, Chen Kai felt very troubled, because he found that the speed of these dwarves was very fast and the stinging feeling in his eyes made him understand that the power of the other party was extremely evil, and perhaps it was this evil power that made them become what they are now. (To be continued......)