Chapter 79, Every snowflake is not innocent.
Perhaps it was because of the daytime, so Ren Xiaosu and the others really didn’t encounter any more dangers that could threaten them, and on the way, they had encountered a wildcat that had come face to face, and as a result, the wildcat hadn’t attacked them, but instead had simply run away.
Ren Xiaosu’s group was getting closer and closer to where the Qing Clan Consortium was located, and they were getting more and more cautious.
“According to the habits of the combat brigade, they must have scouts setting up dark outposts on the periphery when they conduct exploration and blasting,” Xu Xianchu said, “so we must be as careful as possible when we approach.”
“So professional? There’s a secret sentry?” Ren Xiaosu said, “But it’s not just the dark sentries, I’m afraid that the area around them has been swept away by force, look at that wildcat just now, it’s obvious that it’s come over in fear.”
Ren Xiaosu knew the habits of animals very well, creatures like cats were a very calm and cautious kind of animal after they revert back to their wild nature in the wilderness, and they would seldom show panicked behavior like they did just now.
Sure enough, as they slowly approached again, they could vaguely hear the intense sound of gunfire.
Ren Xiaosu pondered that this consortium’s armed forces did feel much stronger than the private forces, the private forces felt like they were just sent to die, while the consortium’s side was simply hanging the beasts in the realm’s mountains to fight.
He suddenly remembered what Zhang Jinglin had said: Humanity’s thermal weapons are far more powerful than you can imagine.
Ren Xiaosu had advanced firearms skills, so he now deeply understood the correctness of what Zhang Jinglin had said.
At this time, a wounded wild boar ran towards Ren Xiaosu and their side, and Xu Xianchu whispered, “Get out of its way, don’t shoot!”
This wild boar grew a bit larger than any they had seen before, yet it was bleeding madly from its head and abdomen, to the point that the boar went crazy as well.
Xu Xianchu and the others have stepped aside from the path of the wild boar charging, not that they can t beat this wild boar, but …… since they can hear the gunfire of the consortium s armed forces, it proves that the consortium can also hear them.
And what Ren Xiaosu and the others were most worried about was that they were discovered by the consortium in advance.
Liu Bu looked at the boar and said, “It’s okay to stop it and roast it for dinner, we haven’t eaten for almost a day!”
Ren Xiaosu lamented that there really is such a group of people in this world, the value of their existence is to set off others, he said to Liu Bu, “I really envy you ah, evolved intelligence but do not use it, looks very dashing ……”
Liu Bu was half speechless as he was choked, Xu Xianchu explained, “Aren’t you telling the Qing Clan that you’re here by lighting an open fire here?”
Wang Lei looked at the wild boar that had already brushed past them and wondered, “We and the Qing Clan Consortium are all humans, shouldn’t we rush over to join them now, why should we worry about being discovered by them.”
Wang Lei, Liu Bu, and Luo Xinyu now couldn’t wait to have the Qing Clan Consortium come over to save them now!
At this time, Yang Xiaoguan said, “The mysterious land controlled by the Fire Seed Company, there have also been multiple consortiums that have sent armed forces to scout it, but without exception all of them were silenced by the Fire Seed Company, so do you think that if the Qing Clan Consortium finds out that you’re here as well, that they’ll feed you well and return you back to the barriers? This is also the reason why Barrier 113 needs to fly the band’s flag whenever they send out their private forces, although doing so is no different from covering their ears and deceiving themselves.”
To the Consortium, the secrets here were worth more than human lives.
“It’s amazing that you guys would think that an existence like the Consortium would save you,” Xu Xianchu sighed.
Liu Bu, Luo Xinyu and Wang Lei who originally planned to defect to the consortium were as lost as ever when they heard this, to be honest the world they were exposed to was still the bottom for the consortium, so they had no idea what the consortium thought, and being protected they had no idea how cruel this world was.
In the barriers, all they had to do was work well every day and they would have food and drink, no beasts, no hunger.
The consortium told them that the outside world was safe, and that the wild beasts had been cleared out of the barricade circle, so they believed it, and the barricade was a blur of song and dance.
“Then why are we still going over there?” When Liu Bu realized that he would be silenced if he was found out, he lost the spiritual pillar that had sustained him this day, and his desire to seek help from the Qing Consortium was almost the last straw that saved his life.
Liu Bu sat down dejectedly, “You guys go, I’m not leaving.”
Ren Xiaosu they did not care about Liu Bu and continued to move forward, to Ren Xiaosu they are Liu Bu’s death is really not important at all, to be honest, Ren Xiaosu would prefer Liu Bu to be able to stay here.
But not waiting for Ren Xiaosu how far they go, Liu Bu listening to the surrounding woods in the subtle sound of the wind, the more he thought the more afraid, he immediately climbed up from the ground: “Wait for me!”
At this time, Ren Xiaosu asked, “What if we encounter the Qing Consortium’s combat troops?”
Xu Xianchu thought for a moment, “Let’s prioritize retreating to the rear, their main task right now must be to excavate the pre-cataclysmic civilization, not to hunt us down.”
“You have underestimated the consortium’s determination to blockade the news,” Yang Xiaoguan shook his head and said, “Once they discover us it will surely be a do-or-die situation, and there is a wireless communication system inside their helmets, if they find out that they cannot obliterate us right away then they will surely call for support, and at that time You will definitely feel that you still prefer to get along with the sphinxes.”
Ren Xiaosu froze for a moment, was this Qing Consortium so fierce? He curiously said, “You seem to know a lot about these consortium’s combat troops?”
Yang Xiaoguan glanced at him but didn’t answer the question, “Once encountered you have to kill all visible targets immediately, don’t show any mercy because the other side won’t be merciful.”
“The consortium’s soldiers also have children and mothers,” Wang Lei hesitated, “Will this be too cruel.”
Yang Xiaoguan calmly said, “When an avalanche occurs, not a single snowflake is innocent. Whether it’s spontaneous or swept up, everyone in the war is a tragedy while creating others’ tragedies.”
“Let’s go,” Xu Xianchu looked at the forest ahead.
The secret in that realm’s mountains was tempting them, and if the consortium discarded it as if it were their own, then they might lose interest in it as well, but this secret was so treasured even by the consortium, so there was bound to be something precious about it.
Turning back was death, moving forward was the only way to survive.
Xu Xianchu and the others carefully identified where the gunshots were coming from, trying to avoid meeting with the consortium’s combat troops. Ren Xiaosu had an estimation in his mind, perhaps after an hour they would be able to find out what was hidden inside this realm of mountains.