Chapter 31: A Precursor to the Plague

Lin Yuan hid in that very hidden valley for three whole days.

During this period, a team of searching Heavenly Wolf Kingdom soldiers also passed by outside the valley, but they couldn't find Lin Yuan, and he didn't take the initiative to attack.

He still has this self-knowledge, even if he is in his heyday now, he can't destroy a Sky Wolf Country search team, which will cause even more trouble.

What Lin Yuan was waiting for was another opportunity.

That is, the Heavenly Wolf Country gave up searching the mountainous area, that's for sure, when the Chu State in the mountainous area can no longer be searched, the Heavenly Wolf Country will inevitably withdraw all the search soldiers.

And if it is really as he guessed, this Heavenly Wolf Country is the vanguard of the invasion of the virus matrix, then, next, the Heavenly Wolf Country will definitely attack Chu and Han on a large scale to create conditions for the awakening of the virus matrix! For example, looting people, collecting the core power of this program world, and so on.

In this case, the army of the Heavenly Wolf Kingdom is likely to pour out of the nest, and as for Lin Yuan, he can sneak out of the mountains to find the sleeping nest of the mother virus.

Although it is very dangerous to do this, it is a rare opportunity, after all, it is always much easier to deal with a virus mother that has not yet awakened than a virus mother that has woken up.

In the previous novice teaching level, the reason why Lin Yuan was able to fail 186 times in one breath was not because the awakened virus matrix was too cunning and powerful.

Compared to his next endless pursuit mission, he will have to face the awakened virus matrix, and his choice is not too difficult now.

Quietly leaving the hidden valley, Lin Yuan climbed to a towering cliff and looked around, although he had guessed before that the base camp of the Heavenly Wolf Country was outside this mountainous area, or even in the mountainous area, but he didn't know anything about the specific direction!

So careful observation is required.

It's early autumn, and the vegetation is still green, and it's quiet in the sun, and occasionally a few birds hover through the air, looking very peaceful.

Lin Yuan quietly observed for more than half an hour, and finally determined that no trace of the soldiers of the Heavenly Wolf Country was found, whether it was in the line of sight or in the range of hearing, but in the breeze, there was still a faint smell of blood, looming, which was also thanks to the dry weather, otherwise an autumn rain would fall, even if he had a double sense of smell, he would be helpless.

As for the base camp of the Heavenly Wolf Country, Lin Yuan didn't find it, because the scope of this mountainous area was very large, and the peaks were towering, blocking the view.

However, it was difficult for Lin Yuan, he went straight to the direction where the bloody qi drifted from nearby, as long as he could embellish the traces of the Heavenly Wolf Country search team, there would always be traces to follow.

The mountain trail is quiet and the scenery is pleasant, and Lin Yuan has no intention of appreciating it, but along the way, he found that he rarely saw the beasts, and it is estimated that they were all frightened away or shot in the search of the mountains a few days ago.

About ten minutes later, Lin Yuan rushed to a pine forest, this is one of the sources of bloody qi nearby, obviously a few days ago, there was a fierce battle here, all traces are clear at a glance, there are blackened blood stains everywhere, judging from the chaos of this battlefield, there should be no less than twenty fierce battles, and I don't know if it is those dozen reincarnations?

Only for one point, there were no corpses at the scene, and there was no sign of being eaten by wild beasts.

But soon, at the edge of the battlefield, Lin Yuan found a few drag marks, as well as blood dripping from the ground, even if he was not an expert in the scene investigation, he could guess that this very obvious trace was left after several corpses were dragged away.

And whether it is the soldiers of the Chu Army or the reincarnators of Wang Dahu, it is impossible for them to have this interest, and they are not so calm.

Then, only the soldiers of the Sky Wolf Kingdom would do this.

But, what do they do with all the corpses in tow? Do they want to feed on corpses?

Thinking of this, Lin Yuan immediately shook his head, this is impossible, he killed the werewolf captain and the werewolf female assassin before, and most of the items that fell out were food, except for cheese, barbecue, and black bread, which is enough to show that their eating habits are relatively normal.

For a while, he couldn't think of any reason, Lin Yuan didn't think much about it, just took a light step and walked all the way along the very obvious trail of the corpse.

The drag marks were indeed heading towards the outside of the mountains, but gradually, Lin Yuan's face began to become solemn, because as he left the mountains more and more, the terrain began to flatten, and he also found that there were more and more drag marks on the ground, and even in some potholes, a broken arm could occasionally be seen.

This shows that there are a lot of Chu troops who fled into the mountains, but there are very few who can escape by luck, and their bodies are all taken away by the search soldiers of the Heavenly Wolf Country.

Why?

Lin Yuan couldn't figure it out.

And along the way, as he left the mountain, he could also see several villages at the foot of the mountain, Lin Yuan carefully touched it, but as expected, the entire village was slaughtered, and the corpses were gone, not even a single survivor, including chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, dogs, these poultry and livestock, were completely swept away.

When he gradually went deeper into the plains, scenes like this abounded, even if Lin Yuan knew that these were all part of the program in the program world, he couldn't help but be a little shocked.

It was clear that the plains were very rich before, just by looking at the rice paddies that were everywhere, but now it's a hell.

When he left the mountainous area for about thirty miles, Lin Yuan finally saw the main battlefield of the fierce battle between the Chu army and the army of the Heavenly Wolf Kingdom a few days ago, the bloody atmosphere here was extremely strong, and even the discarded ragged armor and weapons could be seen everywhere, but there was only a single corpse missing! Even the stumps and severed arms were cleaned up.

Seeing this scene again, Lin Yuan suddenly had a very bad feeling in his heart, and now he hoped that the soldiers of the Heavenly Wolf Kingdom would take away these corpses to eat as food, but he was afraid that it was simply possible!

Lin Yuan didn't stop at this battlefield, but he did collect an additional hundred feather arrows that could barely be used.

Next, he no longer needed to tell what direction it was, because all the obvious drag marks on the ground were pointing straight to the north.

He even saw that in the northern sky, a large dark cloud was shrouding there, faintly revealing evil energy, like a terrible plague, breaking out.

After continuing to drive north for about thirty or forty miles in one breath, the sky had already become dark, and I didn't know if it was an illusion or something, Lin Yuan felt that the farther north he went, the more corrupt the air was, and even the weeds on the ground began to turn yellow.

And there was still not a single Sky Wolf Nation soldier to be seen on the road, as if they didn't exist at all.

After the last light on the horizon completely disappeared, the night covered the land, and the atmosphere around it became more and more eerie.

However, Lin Yuan did not stop advancing, he had already delayed for three days, and according to the deadline of daily task one, he still had seven days left, during which he had to achieve phased gains.

Moreover, with the ability to double the vision, he could see three or four hundred meters even without starlight, which was enough to ensure the accuracy of the bow and arrow in his hand.

After traveling more than ten miles to the north again, the smell of decay in the air became more and more intense, and the night sky was shrouded in a gray mist at some point, and the withered yellow grass and trees could no longer be seen on the ground, as if they had all turned into ashes, and they no longer existed.

In such a strange situation, Lin Yuan couldn't help but relax his steps and be on guard with all his might, although he couldn't sense any living creatures in his sight and auditory search, he just had a feeling that danger was coming.

"Whoa!"

The very slight sound of water suddenly sounded a few hundred meters away, very slight, if it weren't for Lin Yuan's double hearing, normal people wouldn't be able to hear it at all.