Steel steam and flame

Hainuoyi and his dragon went into the air, while Sasir and his dragon crawled on the ground with the team. All the investigation work of the surroundings was handed over to the two dragon knights, and the sensing range could reach almost ten kilometers. During the several kilometers of walking, the surroundings remained quiet from beginning to end, without any movement.

During this period, there were changes in Zero and Cassia, with their moving speeds changing at times. But Sasir and the others could only sense a rough idea, and they didn't know the specific situation. Originally, all the members of Sawyer's team had gathered after the incident, and Foster and the other two remaining dragonriders also advanced about eight or nine kilometers. According to Sasir's order, they finally circled an arc. shape the route in order to observe the movement inside the forest within a wider range and then catch up with them. Except for Zero and the experimental subject, the rest of the entire team had gathered at this time.

But whether the team should continue walking or build a complete offensive and defensive position on the spot and wait for Cassia and Zero to move here, Mishuer and the others have not yet reached a fixed result. The team could only keep walking in front of Cassia and the others while thinking about the safest way to support them.

"Still approaching this way." Hainuoyi's voice sounded like wind. At this moment, she is located at a high altitude beside Cassia and Zero in order to obtain more accurate detection information. "There are still thirty-seven of the fifty experimental subjects. In the past two minutes of observation, there have been No experimental subjects died..., etc. It seems that another one died just now, and only thirty-six experimental subjects are still active. Mr. Zero has been entangled with the target, and the experimental subjects are mostly cooperative. In frontal combat, , the role they can play is not very obvious. The experimental subject who died just now was killed by Cassia after he left Mr. Zero's restriction."

"The target seems to be the same as Miss Komishur guessed. Even with Mr. Zero's restrictions, he has been thinking of ways to move in a fixed direction, almost following our retreat route."

"Miss Hainoi, did you find anything else in the air?" Jeremy asked, "Without more information, we can't guess the meaning of the target's actions at all."

"There are no more situations. Except for the slight increase in smoke rising in the distance, I think we are the only ones with the target in this area. This is obviously an area that has been cleared. I am in mid-air You can feel the silence and emptiness below through the senses of dragons. Except for us, there are no other visible creatures in a large area below." Hainuoyi glanced around, confirming his words even more, " Captain Sasir, I don’t know how you feel.”

"It's roughly the same." On the ground, Sasir replied, "But because he felt the target's breath, he came to this area earlier than us, and it is normal for him to disperse the surrounding second-type creatures. The situation. But in my opinion, it is understandable that the breath scares away those ordinary second-type creatures, but making this place feel empty in terms of life has to make people suspicious. "

"Either Cassia's current state is not his true appearance, or there are reasons other than the target. Could some kind of biological poison have been used on a large scale here in advance?"

"Are you talking about letting biological poisons be integrated into the environment here so that they can have undetectable effects on us later? There are indeed similar precedents, and the actual effect is this. But..." Looking at a member of the Holy Guard, "Do you think this is possible given the appearance of the surrounding environment?"

"No, if there is, I will alert you immediately when I notice it." The member of the Holy Guard said, "Of course, it does not rule out that the pharmacist on the target side is far stronger than me, whether it is the release technique or the preparation. I can’t find any traces of the biological poison specifications that came out. But this kind of probability...\

,""Mr. Tornos, do you think that the entrance to the huge cave not long ago has some connection with these things that we don't know yet?" Seeing the discussion on the other side, Sawyer approached Tornos and pressed He asked in a voice, "If there are second-class creatures like lords here, it would be normal if there are no other second-class creatures around."

Tornos said "hmm". He was obviously thinking about the same problem as Sawyer because of the discussion by Mishuer and others.

"I can't tell the relationship. The huge entrance and exit, the considerable depth, and the fact that it was excavated only a short time ago. Judging from these factors, it indicates that nothing can be said for certain." Tornos failed to give a clear answer. , he looked around and said, "If you remember correctly, our current location is not far from the entrance and exit of the cave. If we continue to move forward at the current speed, it will only take about two minutes."

Sawyer nodded after hearing this, "Then it's better to bring it up first. Maybe you can get the answer from others right away. You can also be more fully prepared when you go to the entrance and exit of the cave."

"Okay." Tornos agreed. The darkness in the cave was frightening, and he could not suppress this impression at the moment.

Sawyer later used his own voice to cut off the discussion by Mishuer and others, because they could not draw any conclusions, and all their ideas were based on speculations without factual basis.

After Komishur and others listened to Sawyer's brief explanation, they all fell into the same thinking as Tornos.

"Are there any needle-like hairs around, or some kind of pungent smell?" After digesting Sawyer's words, Sasir spoke first, "A second-class creature that actively digs holes in the dark forest. There are many genus-like creatures, but according to Captain Sawyer's description, such a huge cave entrance will most likely be the product of a second-class genus creature like the king rat. In addition to the huge cave entrance, the pungent smell around the cave entrance is also the most obvious. One of the characteristics. The smell is a biological poison."

Seeing Sawyer shaking his head, Sasir thought about it carefully. He does know many kinds of creatures that can dig such caves, but most of them have fixed living environments and are almost impossible to appear in the dark forest.

"Anyway, it's only about two minutes away. It's not too late to make a judgment after we get there." Sawyer said, and everyone put their doubts into their hearts.

Soon, a well-lit area gradually appeared in front of the dark forest. A large beam of light fell, like a stage spotlight, illuminating the area two to three hundred meters in front, as if waiting for the actors to enter.

Sawyer and Tornos' expressions were already very ugly at this moment. By the time Mishuer and others noticed something was wrong with them, the entire team had stopped in place without realizing it.

"The tree pile is gone!" Sawyer said with a solemn tone.

"A huge tree pile. Many ancient branches were cut down not long ago and piled up, right under that patch of sunshine." Tornos continued, adding details. Like Sawyer, he kept confirming the obscure marks made on the surrounding ancient trees, observing the bright area, and comparing it with his own memory to make sure that he was not looking in the wrong place.

"It is indeed gone. The entrance and exit of the cave have been blocked again and disguised."