Volume 2 Xuancai Mountains 133: Expeditions in the Camp
The man-made structures crushed by Fangno were only the outer walls of the shelter, and the real camp was further down the canyon.
When the adventuring party discovered its entrance and entered it, everything seemed to be normal except for no one inside.
Silver took the broken mirror and poked her head at the entrance and exit of the building, not daring to go any further.
"It's weird." She said, "Where have all the people gone?" Mr. Shirahashi told us to take good care of them. β
There was another point that confused her.
That is, they had clearly rested for a little time after leaving the dark forest, and their energy should have recovered, but her head was still a little dizzy now, and when she walked, a ghost would appear in front of her eyes.
But her psychic powers didn't catch anything wrong.
Is it the reason for this mirror? The human lowered his head and stared at the remnant mirror in his hand, only to feel the gem on it flickering with a strange light.
She instinctively wanted to throw it back to the ground.
Eventually, reason prevailed over her instincts, and she tucked the mirror into the backpack she carried with her, believing that it might be related to the mystery of the disappearance of soldiers and refugees, and that it could not be discarded.
"Silver, there's no danger inside." Not far away, the captain of the adventure party called, "Do you want to follow?" Or do you want to get a good rest outside? β
For a moment, Ms. Adventurer's expression became extremely solemn.
But when she turned her head to reply to her companion, her expression returned to her usual state, although she was depressed, but she did not lose her passion to move forward.
"I'll come now."
The area of this shelter is not very large, after all, it is only a temporary base to hide, and it has to hide in the canyon from other enemies.
The adventurers cheered up, stood on guard, and walked slowly into the depths of the building.
When encountering the strange phenomenon of "all the people are missing", people don't even dare to perform miracles, for fear that after mobilizing too much spiritual power at one time, it will cause the deterioration of the environment.
Passing the guard's booth not far from the entrance and exit, Sylph noticed a layout of the camp hanging on the wall next to it.
She quietly left the group and came up to it, taking a picture of it.
Turning back, she was visibly relieved to see that there were still many figures swaying in her field of vision, as it seemed that there was no invisible and treacherous force that would punish those who left the team and acted alone.
"I shouldn't have seen so many ghost stories related to disappearances around the world before I left." She sighed to herself, caught up with her companions, and reported her findings.
With a map, their exploration will be a little easier.
"This camp is newly renovated...... No, it was newly requisitioned, and it was originally the sanctuary of our Holy Cross, but later a shipwrecked army came in, and it became their quarters. β
The captain scanned the floor plan of the building as he read out additional information that had been marked in the blank space by an unknown person.
"Excluding the area of the collapse of the perimeter, there are four entrances and exits to this place, located in four directions here, but one leads to the top of the canyon - the one we are facing and is obscured by many walls and rooms."
"If you want to go through that entrance, you have to go upstairs." "There are only two pairs of stairs on each floor," he gestured, "on each side of the camp, and the first floor leads to the cellar. β
"What's in the cellar?" One of the team members became interested in the term, "Hey, it's a place where paranormal events often occur, maybe we can find their corpses, cough cough, ahem, traces left over there?" β
"Don't curse anyone." The captain waved his hand and scolded him for his irresponsible jokes, "Words also contain power, maybe just when you didn't expect it, it suddenly resonated with the atmospheric spiritual power, and then came true?" β
"Captain, youβYou're actually joking, aren't you?" The team member replied weakly, his heart was already a little empty.
He couldn't afford to perform a miracle of such a terrible nature as the Curse.
It's deadly.
The bearded captain snorted and did not reply positively.
"Each of the four guard booths should have had a soldier standing guard to guard against a possible crisis." He shifted his attention back to the floor plan and muttered about it, "The one we just passed by was empty, and I'm sure the other guard booths were the same." β
"The fortifications are the outer walls, which have been crushed into ruins by unknown forces before they are finished...... The large room in the middle of the first floor of the building belonged to the highest-ranking people in that army, but none of them were generals, just ordinary soldiers. β
"The most of the shelters are medical rooms." He showed the map to his companions and waved his hand to it, "There is also a storage room for storing spiritual resources, if we have the opportunity to pass by there, we can go and get some, they shouldn't care." β
"Really?" The adventurers were talking, "Captain, you are such a good person! β
"Hee-hee, adventurers don't go empty." The bearded man scratched his head, he didn't feel ashamed of his conscience to do so, but rather that this was how their team came to be.
On the first floor, apart from the medical room, the large room, the storage room, and the cellar, the remaining rooms were the residences of the soldiers and ordinary people who had fled here.
"There's also a place to cook, it's just a small space, not at all visible on the floor plan...... I don't see a room like a restaurant, is it on the second floor? β
"Wait, there's this area ......" the captain turned his gaze to the part of the paper that had been left unnoticed by them.
"It's a church." Silver, who had previously looked at the map, announced the answer before he did.
The lady held her forehead and looked tired.
She leaned her weight on the wall next to her, her face bloodless and her lips purple.
"You're so tired, Silver, you should have stayed at the door just now, waiting for us to come back." Her teammates surrounded her and cared for her with words and actions.
"I'm just feeling a little dizzy." Silver slid to the ground, clasping her hands over her chest, gasping for air.
"Are you having trouble breathing?" The captain's brows furrowed, he was very worried about the safety of his teammates, "Is there any mechanism or trap in this place that we can't feel?" β
"You guys go first." However, she did not directly respond to people's concerns, "I'll stay here alone for a while, and when I've rested enough, I'll follow you." β
"Let's go, don't waste time." Seeing that her teammates hesitated, she urged again before everyone refused.
The captain glanced around with some embarrassment on the faces of the people around him, and was silent for a moment before he slowly spoke, "That...... All right. β
"Be careful on your own." He advised, "If you encounter a threat, don't care about the consequences that may be triggered, and directly release your spiritual power to call us." β
He didn't let Silver call out to his companions, because he knew that when it came to a critical moment, the other party would most likely not have a chance to shout.
After this, the adventurers left Sylph behind and continued to search the interior of the building for traces of humans.
ββ¦β¦ Call. β
The lady opened her eyes slightly, which had been closed when she had pretended to be weak.
The afterimage in her field of vision had disappeared, presumably observing their mysterious existence behind the scenes, and realizing that she had fallen behind, so she took the initiative to retract the influence.
Suddenly, she vaguely saw a small white shadow blinking up and down the corridor on the first floor of the building, but when she widened her eyes to make sure, the other party was nowhere to be seen.
As if it was just a delusion on her part.
"A beast?"
The Adventurer's voice was very low, and when she pronounced the term "beast", it was like chanting an object of hatred that had been hated for a long time.
Once again, she unleashed her finely tuned psionic powers, which were imperceptible to her companions, but still capable of seeing things for her that the naked eye could not.
But the result was the same as the previous times, and she was extremely disappointed.
Silver stood up and walked back to where the guard booth had been.
Her form gradually blurred, and she successfully penetrated it without opening the door of the guard booth, and then slowly recovered her form.
She removed the broken mirror and placed it on the desk table in the pavilion, and then she raised her arm and made a fist gesture.
The next moment, a communicator wrapped in spiritual power flew out of the corner of the pavilion, hovered in front of her, and was grabbed by her again.
She was in charge of communicating with the outside world in that team, and she had a team-specific communication device in her hand, but it wasn't the one she had just summoned.
This communicator belongs to this camp...... Or maybe it was placed in this place by someone who promised to hand over to the adventurer lady.
After making sure that there was no one else around, and that the aura of the mysterious guy who had vaguely sensed and seemed to be watching them had disappeared, Sylph turned on the communicator and opened up a communication that he didn't know who was on the other side.
"It's me." Her tone was completely different from the past, a little less soft and weak, and a lot more high-spirited and confident.
"'Mild.'" She seemed to be saying a certain code, or a "code name", "It's time to report every Red Star Day, don't make me wait." β
Soon, she announced the person she contacted:
"Mr. Shirabashi."
β¦β¦
Above the canyon of the "White Bridge ......", Fang Nuo, who was standing on the top of the cliff, frowned slightlyβhis face only did not need to be bothered by him when he made a serious expression.
"Even though those humans are sharp, it's okay." The little beast, who has always been optimistic, patted his human hands, "Their resistance can push me to improve, and my control over new skills has improved a lot." β
"By now, they shouldn't be able to sense my presence." He nodded in satisfaction, completely ignoring the companion next to him who was stunned because he had nothing to do.
"You just ...... Did you say Mr. Shirahashi's name? The demon beast beside him suddenly spoke, attracting Fang Nuo's sideways gaze.
"Huh?" He replied in a raised tone at the end of his sentence.
"What kind of person is he?" Fang Nuo asked casually, not expecting a reply from the other party at all.
Most of his attention remained on the interior of the building below.
There were different minds in that adventure team, Fang Nuo thought to himself, those people came from different countries and belonged to different forces, and everyone was making small calculations in their hearts...... Maybe the bearded captain who seems to care about the team members has also planned to sell all his teammates one day.
"He is the greatest and most selfless human on this planet." A rebellious demon beast floated next to him, "After Mr. Girim left the chief position, he single-handedly supported the Holy Cross. β
"Uh-huh." "I see, he's the mysterious man who financed Bishop Gillium. β
The pair of former friends, Baiqiao and Jireme, finally "did not conspire with each other" and gradually drifted apart.
Moreover, before the "person" of "Gilram" withdrew from the stage of history, the two of them probably never met again, and the end of their respective futures was life and death.
Now, the "White Bridge" is in charge of the "Holy Cross", an organization whose doctrine is unknown, and in the name of "redemption", it has brought war and disaster to the human beings living on this planet.
As a demon beast, although Fang Nuo didn't have much real feelings about this, he was also a "bystander", and realized that there might be a deeper conspiracy behind this incident.