Lu Cheng and three team members walked all the way to the edge of the ruins of the town.
"Kite, Illustrated, Iron Ring, after you enter the town, find cover on the left side."
Lu Cheng issued a new order a second before stepping into the ruins of the town.
From the observation on the cliff, the place where the giant wolf fell was an empty square, and there might be other monsters or something lying in ambush.
Exposing all members of the team in the square would put the entire team in danger.
"Captain, you are the priority for protection. The risk of this contact should be borne by me."
Tiehuan said in a low voice that before he came, he had received a task with a higher priority than Lucheng, which was to protect the safety of Lucheng.
Lucheng is the key to this operation, and it is obviously unwise to let Lucheng be the 'bait'.
"I feel like I have become a national treasure on the same level as the giant panda. So the plan has changed... Also, bring this with you. I may be able to understand what the indigenous people are saying."
Lu Cheng took out a handheld radio and threw it to Tiehuan.
Although Tiehuan was very curious about why Lu Cheng could understand the natives' language, he did not ask any more questions...
The operation unfolded as planned, and the three-man team led by Lu Cheng bypassed the ruins of the town and found a suitable lookout point around the square where the giant wolf fell.
"In position." Lu Cheng's voice rang out over Tiehuan's radio, "The three natives we encountered earlier are still lingering at the target location."
Tiehuan walked on the stone-covered road towards the square at the entrance of the town. It didn't take him long before he saw the corpse of the giant wolf.
Now it can no longer be called a corpse, but a skeleton.
It took less than twenty minutes of hiking from the forest to here, but the flesh and blood on the giant wolf had completely rotted away, and half of its skeleton was exposed to the air.
The rotting flesh turned into a sticky liquid that accumulated on the ground and quickly evaporated.
Tiehuan ignored the strange corpse and looked at the three 'humans' kneeling beside the corpse.
Their postures really do look like they are praying to the gods.
"cough…"
Tiehuan coughed, interrupting the prayers of the three people. The middle-aged man opened his eyes instantly and looked at Tiehuan in panic.
He pointed at the iron ring and shouted something he couldn't understand.
"He's asking who you are. We have nothing left."
Lu Cheng's voice was heard in Tiehuan's radio headset, and Lu Cheng was translating the other party's language.
"Tiehuan, turn up the volume of the radio to the maximum. I don't know why... I seem to have the language of these indigenous people stored in my head." Lu Cheng issued a new order.
Tiehuan took out the walkie-talkie and pointed it at the three natives.
The middle-aged man seemed to think it was a weapon. He was so scared that he sat down on the ground... and hugged the little girl beside him with his hands.
"You don't need to be afraid. We have no ill intentions. We were the ones who killed this monster."
Lu Cheng's voice came from the walkie-talkie, using a language that Tiehuan could not understand, but it was obvious that the middle-aged man understood it.
"You killed that blood...blood crystal beast? God...are you the God of Thunder?"
The middle-aged man asked excitedly. In his eyes, the iron ring did not speak. The voice coming from the strange box was almost like the oracle of God.
"Blood Crystal Beast, what god did you say? Wait...Iron Ring! I found the enemy at your three o'clock position. There are also some behind you. They are wolves."
The language of Lucheng instantly changed from an alien language that Tiehuan could not understand to Chinese.
Tiehuan had no time to pay attention to the three natives. The moment he loaded the rifle in his hand, more than a dozen wolf-like creatures appeared from both sides of the ruins.
These wolves, like the fallen giant wolf, had sticky scarlet liquid flowing all over their bodies, but the volume was at the level of normal wolves.
The middle-aged man was praying to God again. In this desperate situation, perhaps only God could save them.
But Tiehuan doesn't believe in God, he only believes in the thing in his hand.
He raised his gun, aimed, and pulled the trigger. The moment sparks flew from the muzzle, the three wolf-like creatures in the lead were torn apart by bullets and fell directly to the ground.
But the wolves behind the iron ring also launched an attack, and they started running on the ruins.
In less than three seconds, the abdomens of the seven wolf-like creatures that were running towards them were completely pierced through by 5.8mm caliber bullets one after another. Their bodies, made of viscous liquid, could not withstand the powerful destructive power of the bullets and were almost broken into two.
They could no longer support their bodies and fell to the ground dead.
"The battlefield has been cleared."
Lu Cheng's voice sounded again in Tiehuan's earphones. Tiehuan looked at the seven bodies shot dead behind him in surprise. He only heard seven gunshots, all from Lu Cheng.
"The God of Thunder...It's the God of Thunder!"
The middle-aged man went completely crazy after seeing this scene, or rather...he was completely convinced that this was the work of God.
He had mistaken the sound of the gunshot for thunder, and the wounds on the wolf's body for marks left by lightning.
"Forget about God. You have a hiding place, right? Lead us there."
Lu Cheng's voice came from the walkie-talkie again. Lu Cheng was basically certain that this town was not very safe.
These three natives must have a relatively safe hiding place in order to continue living in this town.
"Of course, of course! Please follow me..." The middle-aged man had already regarded the iron ring as a messenger sent by some god.
Lu Cheng temporarily gave up explaining to the native. After meeting Tiehuan on the road, Lu Cheng was taken by the family to a building that looked like a church.
"This is the church of the God of Souls. Lord God's Envoy, please forgive me. There is no church dedicated to you in our city."
The middle-aged man respectfully said to Tiehuan that the three team members who showed up later were also regarded as messengers of God.
After all, the team's equipment is very uniform, and the clothing style of this world is still that of rough linen clothes. Converted into the level of civilization on Earth, the eleventh or twelfth century is already the limit.
“What on earth is going on here?”
Lu Cheng looked at the interior of the shelter. The space inside was quite spacious, and it seemed that no one had taken care of it for a long time. Five or six dusty indigenous people were huddled in the corner of the building, looking at Lu Cheng vigilantly.
There are seven people in total. They have been trapped here for some time. The supply of food and clothing is insufficient. In short, they are all refugees.
"Lord God's Messenger, don't you know about the blood crystal beast disaster?" the middle-aged man asked carefully.
"We are not gods... but it doesn't matter, you can call us that if you want. I just want to know what happened in the town."
Lu Cheng believed that this awe would help him extract information from him.
"I don't know when a blood-stained moon descended upon our country, and blood crystal beasts began to attack everything around us. Those monsters destroyed our homes, families, friends... everything. We barely survived the first wave."
"Sounds a bit like Zerg?"
Lu Cheng thought of the group of wolf-like creatures he had killed before. Their flesh and skin were constantly festering. These creatures didn't look like they were born from the womb. Instead, they looked like disposable products.
"insect?"
"Don't mind it, I still have some questions to ask." Lu Cheng said.