Chapter 396 After the Pass
The pass is not big in width, but it has a long depth. The left and right sides are the same as outside, with steep cliffs, reaching the sky directly, and walking in it gives a strong sense of oppression.
Xu Ling followed along the way in the wind.
The Hidden Cat is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Its body size is relatively small in the same level. It is very flexible and has high vigilance, which leads to Xu Ling's process of crossing the pass not being very smooth. He felt that he was almost discovered several times because the road here is very straight and there are no obstacles, so it is very difficult to track.
However, with the suppression of his hard power, he managed to cross hundreds of meters away from the pass, and his eyes suddenly became clear.
"Well... it's no different from outside."
Xu Ling thought in his heart, then looked around and realized that the conclusion was too early.
I saw that the peaks on both sides of the pass were still connected to the mountains on both sides, dividing the Ashus Plain into two halves. The Expeditionary Force was on the east side, and at this time he was on the west side.
But after he arrived on the west side, he found that the mountains here were gentle and covered with vegetation, not bare and steep cliffs like the east side.
"What is that?"
His eyes froze, and suddenly he saw something on the mountainside far away on the right. From a distance, it seemed like a building, but it was covered with green plants and it was a little hard to see clearly.
"No, if this barrier appeared, how could there be no human buildings from the old era remain on it?"
Xu Ling turned sideways, swept the terminal on his body in that direction, leaving the image back, and maybe he can analyze it after going back.
He can't waste too much time, because the Hidden Cat has continued to run forward and must keep up.
After following a short distance, Xu Ling found that the monsters here were not dense, very sporadic, and should be in a natural state, far from the density of the beast tide.
But this made him even more surprised. Since even organized and disciplined reconnaissance can be done, why are there not even a group of monsters behind it?
In his imagination, as long as he passes the pass, it is normal for ten or eight super-level silver dragons to lie opposite him. This is also the reason why the command center does not recommend him to perform tasks alone, but the facts seem to be very different from the imagination.
Xu Ling did not hesitate and continued to follow Hidden Cat and entered a dense forest.
There are some low-level monsters living here, but they don’t seem to be wary of them. They are all relatively lazy. The hidden cat did not stop, but continued to move forward. The difference from outside the pass is that it seems to think it has left the dangerous area and no longer deliberately hides its body.
After following for a while, he soon left the woodland. He found that there was another high point here, and there was a small cliff ahead. He couldn't stop the Hidden Cat at all. It jumped deep and jumped down.
Xu Ling hurriedly leaned over to the edge of the cliff, took a look, and his pupils suddenly dilated, almost unable to maintain the state of the storm.
A huge camp is on the flat ground below, and it is no smaller than that of the Expeditionary Force. The military tents are scattered everywhere and have a high density. This is obviously not built by the monsters. They are rough and thick in skin and flesh, so there is no need to shelter from wind and rain to tents.
What surprised Xu Ling so much that they were not these things, but the monsters walking between the aisles.
After calming down his mood, he received a storm of wind, used the small cliff to hide his body, and carefully observed the scene below with a telescope.
There were guards at the entrance of the camp, wearing combat armor similar to that produced by the Capital of Miracles, holding cold weapons, but no guns were seen.
Now, he had fully understood why there were traces of humans and monsters acting together outside the pass.
Because they are really acting together...
Obviously, those monsters that walked out of the pass to reconnaissance must have been sent by the people here.
Xu Ling can't wait any longer, he must go back and report the situation immediately.
But when he was about to withdraw his telescope, he saw an unusual situation in his sight. The hidden cat walked to the guard standing at the door. The latter squatted down and ruled behind his head for two random moves, then gestured in his hands, as if he was... communicating.
Xu Ling was even more surprised. He could not have imagined that these humans could live in peace with the monsters and communicate.
If we look at it from a bright side, suddenly, he felt something else behind him, and suddenly his heart tightened. He didn't expect that a monster could quietly touch him behind him.
He held the hilt of the knife and was about to fight, but found that Lin Ling was coming.
"Didn't you ask you to stay outside?"
"I stuck outside the pass and didn't hear any movement inside. If you were worried, you would come with me."
Xu Ling knew that this was not the time to care, so he asked her to post it to the edge of the cliff and look at it.
"That person, he is with the Demons."
Lin Ling's reaction was not much better than he had just now, and a moment of shock appeared on his always light face.
"This is impossible."
In fact, Xu Ling also found it difficult to accept, but the reality is right in front of him and he has to believe it.
The two of them were lying on the ground together to observe with a telescope. The guard was still gestured to Hidden Cat, but the armored helmet covered his face and could not see clearly whether he was talking.
"You take off your helmet and see what you look like." Xu Ling murmured. If you can see the person clearly, you can at least observe which country's physical characteristics are.
As if to meet his thoughts, the guard really started to take off his helmet.
Lin Ling cheered up and whispered: "Look carefully at what is under the armor."
"It must be human anyway."
Xu Ling said, "Warcraft can't wear armor, right?"
The guard unbuttoned his buttons and took off his helmet. What he exposed was not his head, but a scarlet flesh and blood.
"...What did you say just now?" Lin Ling wanted to block his mouth.
Xu Ling was speechless, thinking that his mouth was really open.
"What is this thing?"
Judging from the position, there should be a wide vertical crack on the limb of the head, and the interlaced sharp teeth grow in a mess. You can call the thing to the mouth with your teeth, and you can't see clearly what else you have on your mouth.
The monster opened his bloody mouth and suddenly bit the lower neck of the Hidden Cat. Blood surged. The fourth-level monster did not resist at all. He refused to die and fell to the ground soon.
The big-mouthed monster in armor bit the cat's head and gnawed it.
Lin Ling's face was pale, and she couldn't help but reach out and grabbed Xu Ling's sleeve, as if she could find a little security: "It, eat it."
Xu Ling nodded: "That part should be the Overflowing Magic Crystal of Hidden Cat."
Just as the two were talking, another scene appeared in the distance of the camp. A humanoid creature in armor walked in from the edge of the camp. He held an iron chain in his hand, and a humanoid creature with locked hands and feet behind him.
"No, you see, those who are bound are not monsters." Lin Ling said.
Xu Ling adjusted the angle of the telescope and locked the prisoners behind him. He saw that the people had no armor on their bodies, only ragged clothes, and could not even completely cover their bodies. The exposed skin was covered with dirt, perhaps dry mud or blood scabs.
Chapter completed!