After three days of fruitless travel, on the evening of the fourth day, the group finally found an exciting clue while looking for a place to spend the night.
It was a burnt stone, but there was no ash around it. There were also some food fragments on the ground.
Hailig was certain that Reina had left them behind. If Chestnut was here, he would be able to smell Reina's scent. Even so, he still searched the ground for a while and finally found a few strands of beast fur.
It was the fur left behind by the Shadowless Cat. He was now a hundred percent sure that Reina had left these traces behind. She had spent the night here before. The reason was that she was the only one who had the burning stone. The bonfire left behind by the Hunters would definitely have embers.
"She came here about a week ago."
He stood up and looked around, as if trying to figure out the direction Reina had gone.
In fact, it wasn't difficult because Reina's path was easy to guess. As long as you knew the direction of the Heart of Distortion, you would be able to find her path.
"Finally a piece of good news. Ah ~ I can't wait to see that human girl."
Yao Ji yawned. They didn't light a bonfire tonight because they had lost almost half of their supplies during the Hybrid Demon's attack. They wanted to save as much as they could. After all, a new member might join them soon.
"A human? It still doesn't feel realistic. I've never seen a human before. "
Busie, who was sitting with her knees crossed, said softly.
"After all, the humans are very far away from here. I heard that the Demon King had almost wiped them out."
"Isn't that the same as us?"
"Heh, something like that."
Youken and Faceless were silent. As the only believer of the Moon God Sect, Youken rarely spoke. At night, he would pray to the sky. In fact, he was praying to the moon. However, it was rare to see a clear night sky on the second floor. From here, the sky was always covered by a layer of hazy clouds.
As for Faceless, he often sat on the ground without moving. Because he was wearing a mask, it was hard to tell if he was thinking or sleeping. Hailig was used to living alone. He would not speak unless it was necessary. Therefore, other than Shia the Beauty and Busie the Draconess who were more talkative, the others rarely spoke.
As a result, the atmosphere in the team was often silent and somewhat awkward. Perhaps it was because they had found a clue, and the mission was finally taking shape, the atmosphere was much better now.
After finding the clue, Hailig immediately confirmed the route. What was even more surprising was that Reina was less than half a day's journey from here.
Therefore, at noon the next day, they saw a strange phenomenon. Many Mantis Demons were crawling around a mountain as if there was an invisible wall blocking them. They seemed to want to climb up the mountain, but they didn't dare to take that step.
The observant Hailig also discovered that some Locust Hybrid Demons had jumped in, but they seemed to have been attacked by something. They lay on the ground as if they were dead, not moving at all.
No one had ever seen or heard of such a phenomenon before. In the hundreds and thousands of years of history that Caldera had fought against the Hybrid Demons, nothing like this had ever happened. The only explanation was that there might be poison in the area, and once the Hybrid Demons got too close, they would be killed by the poison gas.
This was the explanation given by the Beauty who was good at using poison. It did make sense. The second basement was very deep. Sometimes, there would be a similar poisonous gas in a coral field. According to the survivors, the place was filled with the smell of rotten eggs. Then, their eyes would start to tear up for no reason. If they stayed for too long, they would feel a headache and nausea. If they continued to go deeper, they would suddenly die.
There were many dangerous areas filled with poisonous gas in the second basement. Most of them were marked on the map.
The best way to deal with such forbidden areas was to stay away from them. This was the experience of the Hunters. However, what they did not know was that these forbidden areas to them were huge treasures to humans. There were many precious resources that could be exploited and used.
Since Hailig had lost his map, he could only rely on other people's maps. The other people's maps were the maps of the Beehive headquarters. Even though it was very detailed, it lacked the notes of the Hunters.
In order to prevent the map from being filled with graffiti, the Hunters would not accept all of their suggestions. Hunters also liked to draw some markings on the map to record things that were important to them. However, these things would not be synchronized with other people's maps.
Hailig, for example, would mark the places that he had been to and the safe places that he had found to camp out in the open.
The place in front of them was marked as unknown on the map. Before they knew it, they had arrived at the deepest part of the second basement. This was a dangerous place that was rarely visited by Hunters …
"What should we do? Should we go around or go up the mountain? "
Hailig turned around and looked at Faceless. He was standing on a rock and looking at the scenery in the distance.
"Do you think the person we're looking for is on that mountain?"
Faceless asked. Hailig thought for a few seconds and replied, "To be honest, I can't say for sure. I don't know what she's thinking. But if she was on that mountain, she must have been injured. Otherwise, she wouldn't have let go of any opportunity to fight. I think she's here to find a strong opponent. But I don't understand why those damned Hybrid Demons are surrounding her. As far as I know, she doesn't have that kind of magical power … "
Upon hearing this, Faceless smiled and pinched his chin. He pondered for a moment before replying, "You're right.
"Haha, she sounds like me. I'm really looking forward to meeting her. So, does that mean that although the possibility is low, she might be there? "
"Yes …"
Hailig replied uneasily. He knew that it was a race against time. He could not hesitate for too long. A wrong decision could lead to thousands of deaths.
"Then we'll split up. You guys go around this place and avoid those Hybrid Demons. Then, we'll meet up at the mountain pass."
Faceless suddenly pointed at a place far away.
"What? Could it be? You're going alone? "
Hailig looked at Faceless in shock. This meant that he would have to charge into the encirclement of tens of thousands of Hybrid Demons by himself. What if Reina wasn't there? What if the place was filled with poison? What if Faceless never came back?
Thinking of this, Hailig was suddenly patted on his shoulder. It was as if he had just woken up from a dream. He jerked and looked up. He seemed to see a scary smiling face. Upon closer inspection, it was the mask on Faceless' face.
"If I don't return in a day or send a signal, you will continue to lead the team forward." Then, without waiting for Heilig to speak, he turned around and said to the few people who were resting, "Now, we have to split up. While I'm not here, Heilig will be the leader. You have to listen to his orders …"
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