When they were in the Jing Mountains, the entire team was on tenterhooks because of the disappearance of their teammates' corpses. Ren Xiaosu still could not figure out why the fish meat and bones had disappeared.
The corpses could still be explained as the Experimentals dragging them away.
But the Experimentals shouldn't be so cowardly as to steal the fish meat and bones, right?
Right now, the answer to this riddle had finally appeared in front of Ren Xiaosu. He looked down at his feet with an inexplicable sense of fear. He could not determine what was hidden underneath.
Ren Xiaosu controlled "Old Xu" to dig the ground with its bare hands in search of traces of the strange plant.
Cheng Yu and the others were dumbfounded by this scene. They thought to themselves, 'Isn't White Mask a little too fierce? Isn't he afraid of the plant attacking us?'
Everyone looked at "Old Xu" in silence. But even after "Old Xu" had dug half a meter deep, they did not see anything strange. The gray, silky tentacles seemed to have retreated deeper into the ground after sucking the corpses.
"Does it only devour corpses?" Cheng Yu's assistant wondered, "There are so many injured people here, and quite a lot of their blood has dripped onto the ground. But we didn't see it appear earlier. It only appeared after that person died."
"We can't be so sure." Ren Xiaosu shook his head. "It might even attack us while we're sleeping."
This was something that could not be said for sure. Based on the situation in the Jing Mountains, Cheng Yu's assistant's deduction was indeed correct. But at that time, the plant would definitely not devour the corpses in front of others.
Ren Xiaosu suspected that the strange plant here was much stronger than the one they encountered in the Jing Mountains.
Of course, this deduction was also very reasonable. After all, the changes in the Sacred Mountains occurred much earlier than the Jing Mountains. Moreover, it had been more than a year since their trip to the Jing Mountains.
"Then how are we going to sleep at night?" This was the first thing Luo Lan was concerned about. "I saw a lot of people only bringing tents with them. They didn't even bring any moisture-proof pads. They won't be able to defend against this thing at all."
Ren Xiaosu looked up at the tree and pointed at a branch. "Then we can only sleep in the tree."
Luo Lan looked up awkwardly. He tried to climb up, but the moment he laid down on a branch, it was crushed by his strong body.
With a thud, Luo Lan fell and grimaced. "Is there any other way?"
"If you want to live, find a thicker branch." Ren Xiaosu said with a sigh, "Although I might be overthinking it, it's always better to be careful."
Luo Lan thought for a moment before going off to look for a thicker branch. The essence of Ren Xiaosu's survival in the wilderness lay in this sentence. It was always right to be more careful.
At night, everyone was a little quiet as they sat in front of the campfire. Fortunately, Wang Yun had already completed the exchange of information, and the wounded were all treated.
Although they still looked very miserable, at least their wounds did not hurt anymore, and they knew they would not die from infection.
Some of these people had exchanged information for the black medicine, while others had spent 1.2 million yuan to purchase it from Wang Yun. Wang Yun did not push things too far. He also wanted to have more companions on the way to the Sacred Mountains.
Wang Yun kept his promise and went to look for Ren Xiaosu. He said, "There are only five pieces of information that are more important. I'll tell you about them one by one."
"The first piece of information was given to me by that young woman. She's the one in the 9 o 'clock direction. She's a supernatural being, and she was the sixth person to wake up when we exited the canyon." Wang Yun said, "According to my observations, she has six companions here, but the exact organization they belong to is still to be determined. If I have any clues, I'll share them with you."
Ren Xiaosu looked at Wang Yun in surprise. This information was much more valuable than he had expected. He thought Wang Yun would try to fool him.
As such, Ren Xiaosu asked in a serious tone, "What do you want?"
"It's so easy to chat with smart people." Wang Yun said with a smile, "I don't want much. I just hope that if you can really enter the core area of the Sacred Mountains and find the No. 001 Experimental, you can give me a sample of his DNA. I won't have to take him with me."
The reason why Wang Yun had provided so many "valuable services" to Ren Xiaosu was because he wanted to borrow his strength.
Since he was not strong enough, he would have to borrow the strength of others. This was the basic principle of intelligence agents.
Now that he was 80% certain that Ren Xiaosu was the Stronghold Destroyer, he would look a little foolish if he did not cozy up to Ren Xiaosu.
Therefore, Wang Yun wanted to use what he was best at in exchange for some benefits from Ren Xiaosu.
But Ren Xiaosu shook his head. "I'm sorry, I can't promise you that."
"Why not?" Wang Yun was a little surprised.
"I can't provide you with that. Do you have any other requests?" Ren Xiaosu said.
If the No. 001 Experimental was really Yan Liuyuan, how could he possibly exchange a sample of Yan Liuyuan's DNA for information?
Wang Yun was silent as his mind raced. It would not be difficult to extract a sample of the No. 001 Experimental's DNA. There was so much blood and cell tissue in the human body, so why would the young man in front of him be unwilling to give him a sample of DNA?
Unless the other party knew the No. 001 Experimental or knew more about it, he could not give him a reason. At the very least, in Wang Yun's opinion, he could not figure out what the other party's reason was.
However, Wang Yun was not particularly persistent. Instead, he smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if you can't give it to me. Let's change it to something else. Keep me alive as long as it's within your power. If your friends are in danger at the same time as me, you can save them first. "
Ren Xiaosu sized up Wang Yun. The other party's condition was actually not too much. The words "as long as it's within my power" were also completely up to Ren Xiaosu's own judgment. Rather than calling it a deal, it was more like a verbal agreement.
Ren Xiaosu asked curiously, "Aren't you afraid that I won't save you even if I have the strength to spare?"
"I can take a bet on that," Wang Yun said with a smile.
"Alright, it's decided then." Ren Xiaosu said, "Let's move on to the other pieces of information."
"The information provided by this woman is about the Kong Clan, which is also the organization I belong to." Wang Yun said with a smile, "There's no need to hide my identity anymore. I'm sure you already know that I'm the director of the Kong Clan's 2nd Military Intelligence Division, Wang Yun. She said the death of Kong Erdong, the head of the Kong Clan's intelligence agency, was an accident caused by the Anjing House's Vanilla. I already knew about this, but she also mentioned something I didn't know. The Anjing House and the Wang Clan have reached an agreement, and there will be plans to assassinate the Kong Clan's higher-ups in the future. In my opinion, I'm afraid the Wang Clan is trying to start a war by doing this. "
Ren Xiaosu thought to himself, 'As expected, the Anjing House and the Wang Clan are already tied together.'
Wang Yun said, "It's just that I don't understand. Actually, politicians don't like to resort to assassination because it's not presentable. Moreover, as a mature politician, Wang Shengzhi should be more like this. But it seems like he's being a little unscrupulous now. It seems like … he's in a hurry."
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