After everyone chatted for a while, everyone closed their eyes and rested their minds.
The car drove out of the city and drove quickly on the highway. Two hours later, the car stopped. When everyone opened their eyes, they saw green peaks, green valleys, and vast mountains. The car was pulling over and parked on a five-meter-wide asphalt mountain road.
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"The car can't reach its destination, so we can enter the mountain from here." Luo Qingshan said.
Everyone got out of the car and followed Luo Qingshan into the forest.
At the beginning, there was a trail into the mountain for people to walk, but after walking for a while, when they arrived at a mountain village, the trail into the mountain disappeared.
Everyone's current realm and strength have improved greatly compared to before. Before entering the village, Zhang Yao and others felt something strange in the village.
It was obviously a village, but there was no sign of living activity in the village, not even the most common crowing of chickens and dogs, and it was completely silent.
In the deep mountains, if it were a lively village, it would be nothing. A completely silent village would look a bit eerie.
But everyone is a warrior and has experienced many events of awakening creatures, so they are not afraid of the deathly and gloomy atmosphere.
"There's something wrong with this village!"
"There seems to be no living person inside, not even animals."
"I don't know whether it was a safe retreat or..."
Everyone hopes that the villagers in the mountain village have evacuated safely.
Luo Qingshan's voice was slightly deeper and he said slowly: "Related to our mission this time, the people in the village did not evacuate safely, but all disappeared. There are many mountain villages like this in the mountains, but the situation in other villages
, is also similar to the village we see now, where all the villagers have disappeared!"
"All the villagers disappeared!"
Everyone's hearts trembled. All the villagers in the mountain village disappeared, which meant that the young, old, women and children were all in danger. It was not yet known whether they would survive.
"How many people are there?" everyone asked.
"The danger has not been eliminated yet. It is impossible to count at present, but it is estimated that there are no less than a thousand people." Luo Qingshan said.
"Senior, was it done by awakened beings or human warriors?" Everyone asked again. At this time, everyone had completed many tasks and knew that not all tasks in the Supernatural Bureau were done by awakened beings, but also by some warrior gangsters.
Because, not all human warriors are good people, there are also extremely evil ones among them.
"This is our mission this time, to investigate the specific reasons why the villagers disappeared. If we can solve it, we will solve it on the spot." Luo Qingshan said.
Everyone understands.
A first-level warrior, if given enough time, can cause the disappearance of more than a thousand villagers, but it is difficult not to reveal any information.
There are dozens of villages in the mountains, covering a huge area. More than a thousand villagers have disappeared. Only now is the news coming out. It is probably the work of powerful warriors or awakened beings.
Although the Provincial Supernatural Bureau does not know the specific reason, it has designated the task as level five. Obviously the task is not simple.
"Whether it's an awakened creature or a gangster, everyone deserves to die!"
"I just hope the villagers are okay and can hold on until we go to rescue them."
Everyone was simmering with anger, and they wanted to immediately find out the real culprit behind all this, and cut the real culprit into pieces.
"Let's go."
Luo Qingshan sighed softly. No one knew whether more than a thousand villagers were still alive. But judging from the current situation, the villagers' hope of survival was slim.
As they climbed over the mountains and ridges, they encountered several more villages. The conditions of these villages were indeed the same as the one they encountered for the first time.
The anger in everyone's hearts grew stronger, and when they thought about the safety of the villagers, they were very worried.
Luo Qingshan saw everyone's appearance and asked: "How many tasks have you personally completed?"
"Ten."
"Seven."
"nine."
"..."
Everyone responded one after another.
"This is your first time encountering something like this?" Luo Qingshan asked again.
Everyone nodded. For the previously solved tasks, the problems were solved almost as soon as they arrived, and there were basically no casualties.
Even if it does occur, there will only be very few casualties.
Unlike this time, more than a thousand villagers, old, young, women and children, all disappeared.
"People's hearts are made of flesh. I understand that everyone has emotions. But we are performing tasks, and performing tasks with emotions will greatly affect everyone's thinking and judgment, which is not conducive to us completing the task. Think about it, if this
If our mission fails this time, more people will continue to be in danger." Luo Qingshan said.
Not to mention everyone, Luo Qingshan was also angry at this time, and wanted to cut the real culprit into pieces. However, such emotions would not help in the execution of the mission, but might lead to the failure of the mission.
"Yes, senior."
Everyone nodded and tried to control their emotions. When they thought that the mission failed and more people would be in danger, everyone suppressed the anger and murderous intention in their hearts.
After Luo Qingshan's reminder, or guidance, everyone realized that the gap between them and Luo Qingshan was not only in strength and realm, but also in valuable experience.
Luo Qingshan glanced at Zhang Yao. Among all the people, Zhang Yao's mood was currently the best.
Luo Qingshan nodded slightly, it seemed that Zhang Yao must have had a similar experience.
Zhang Yao did have a similar experience. The last Longhu community incident, if it had not been handled properly, hundreds of people would have died.
As everyone went deeper into the mountains, the sky became darker.
When the sky turned completely dark, Luo Qingshan signaled everyone to stop repairing.
Although everyone can continue to move by starlight and moonlight, they have spent a lot of time traveling through mountains and rivers for a day and need to repair themselves.
"Let's rest here. Don't light a fire, don't use lighting, and try not to make too much noise. Zhang Yao and Tan Jiangxu are responsible for watching the first half of the night, and I'm responsible for watching the second half of the night. The others take the time to rest. Even if someone is watching the night, everyone will rest.
You must also remain vigilant and hold the weapon in your hand when sleeping." Luo Qingshan said.
Everyone nodded and gained some experience.
Zhang Yao and Tan Jiangxu each stayed on one side, while the others rested in place.
Although everyone has elixirs with them, they don't have many elixirs with them when taking action. The elixirs on hand need to be reserved for useful moments, so there is no need to waste elixirs.
Late at night.
Luo Qingshan ended his break and replaced Zhang Yao and Tan Jiangxu.
At three o'clock in the morning, everyone who was sleeping soundly heard some noise.
Everyone woke up one after another, pressed their alloy weapons, and turned their heads to look around under the faint starlight.
Zhang Yao also woke up, listened to the sounds, and looked at the movement around him.
"The senior is not nearby."
Everyone discovered that Luo Qingshan had disappeared, but no one panicked. Luo Qingshan's strength was at the peak of the fourth level. If there was real danger, it would be impossible for him to disappear without warning everyone.
The noise in the distance may be coming from Luo Qingshan who is dealing with danger.
After a while, a black shadow flashed over, and Luo Qingshan appeared in front of everyone.
Seeing that everyone was awake, Luo Qingshan nodded slightly. Everyone's alertness was pretty good, "The group of wolves has been dealt with. Let's continue to rest."
I was harassed by a pack of wolves and was speechless after that.
In the early morning, everyone got ready and hit the road.
At nine o'clock in the morning, Luo Qingshan took out a map and said to everyone: "Based on the distribution of the villages, it is currently highly suspected that the real culprit who caused the disappearance of the villagers is hidden in this area. I am a single team, and you are a team of nine.
These are signal bombs, there are only three of them, you decide for yourself which three people should keep them. If your life is not in danger, try not to use the signal bombs."
Everyone nodded. Once the signal bomb is used, it means that everyone will be exposed. Luo Qingshan can know everyone's location, and the real murderer will also know.
At that time, the real culprit may be alerted and the real culprit will escape. Of course, it is more likely that the real culprit will kill them and then escape.
"In addition, don't expect too much from the signal flares. These things sometimes malfunction, especially when facing powerful warriors or awakened creatures." Luo Qingshan reminded.
"Why?" everyone asked.
Zhang Yao guessed a possible reason, which may be related to the unknown and mysterious changes taking place in the world.
"I don't know the specific reasons, but some strong people have predicted that when the unknown and mysterious changes that are taking place in the world develop to a later stage, most modern technological products will become ineffective. Planes may not be able to fly into the sky, and cars may not be able to fly into the sky.
Will it be impossible to run quickly and so on?" Luo Qingshan said.
It was the first time that Tan Jiangxu and others heard such remarks and were very surprised to learn that such a thing might happen in the future.
"Planes can't fly and cars can't run. If that's the case, wouldn't the world be going backwards?"
"It's like going back to ancient times. In ancient times, there were no cars, trains, or airplanes."
"..."
Everyone was very moved.
Luo Qingshan smiled. When he heard about this kind of thing for the first time, he was shocked like everyone else.
Is the world going backwards?
maybe!
But who can tell whether this is a bad thing or a good thing.
They may not be able to see that day. But maybe, this kind of thing will happen next moment.
No one can predict what the future will bring.
After everyone finished sighing, Luo Qingshan pointed to a small red dot on the map and said to everyone: "Whether we find any clues or not, everyone will gather here before dark today." After that, he handed the map to Zhang Yao.
Waiting for others, Luo Qingshan has memorized the entire map in his mind.
Luo Qingshan ducked and left.
"This search area is very large. If we divide the search into two teams, it will take longer. Senior Luo asked us to form a team of nine because of our strength. We will be stronger as a group. But we are just searching. As long as we are careful,
There shouldn't be any big danger. It would be better for the nine of us to subdivide into several teams so that the search can be faster." Cai Wenhan said.
"There are nine of us, and we have exactly three flares. Why not divide us into three teams." Tan Jiangxu suggested.
Zhang Yao and others nodded.
After some discussion, everyone finally decided that Zhang Yao, Li Nanjia, and Cai Wenhan, who were more familiar with each other, formed a team.
Tan Jiangxu, Su Yuxuan, and Mu Yunye formed a team.
Wan Chongyi, Xia Qingming, and Xu Cefeng were left, and the three of them formed a team again.
There is only one map, and it is impossible for everyone to have a copy.
Fortunately, everyone practiced the Meditation Sutra and condensed the seeds of mental power. The mental power was strong and the memory was amazing. After a while, everyone memorized the entire map in their minds, and finally everyone decided that Zhang Yao would keep the map.
The nine people were divided into three teams to start the search.