When the church knights were preparing to launch the next action, they received a message that someone suspected to be Tianyang had broken through the checkpoint of Blue Mountain Port and had left the city.
Not long after, they arrived at the checkpoint and obtained the video footage of the incident.
It can be seen from the video that a magnetic vehicle rushed through the checkpoint. Although the soldiers at the checkpoint wanted to intercept it, they were shot by a woman in the car and dared not show their faces.
"It's them."
Yin Meng looked at the silver-haired man in the image, and Xing Luo, who she was very familiar with, and let out a sigh of relief.
Looking at the video again, it was about seven hours ago, which means that the other party left the city after assassinating Luo Yingtian. Based on this, and recalling what happened in the past two or three days, an escape plan appeared in Yin Meng's mind.
"First, they pretended to be us and caused trouble in the city, attracting the attention of the Westland Headquarters, and thus luring His Excellency the Bishop away."
"Then he played hide-and-seek with us, draining our energy, and when we had to rest, he assassinated one of our companions."
"Finally, we took the opportunity to take a break and leave the city, leaving at least seven hours behind..."
Yin Meng tightened her grip on the sword and said, "We can't let our guard down any longer. This is most likely the most cunning opponent I've ever encountered."
"Set off!"
"We are already seven hours late. Next, we have to find a way to make up for the seven hours!"
Four magnetic vehicles that had been modified to be able to travel in the wild left Blue Mountain Port and drove into the vast wilderness of the West Continent. On the road, not far from Blue Mountain Port, pointed tents could be seen everywhere.
They were refugees from the Westland, where conditions were harsh and food was scarce. Those fortresses without Klav Gates rarely survived for more than a hundred years.
Some newly built fortresses fell into ruin for one reason or another within less than thirty years, resulting in a large number of homeless refugees on the western continent.
The settlements in the Western Continent were far more numerous and denser than those in the other two continents. Moreover, it took seven or eight years for a settlement to appear and disappear, and one or two years for a settlement to disappear.
There is nothing that can be done about it.
The settlements of the other two continents can work for the fortresses in their respective regions in exchange for daily necessities. Even worse, if the land is suitable for planting, they can also grow some crops themselves, and then use part of them for themselves and exchange part for necessities.
But in the West, the way of life in the settlements is completely different. First of all, the fortresses in the West are not rich, and there are not many jobs. Secondly, after two wars with alien gods, many lands have been polluted.
Such land cannot be used for cultivation and will affect the growth of native plants, thereby destroying the ecological chain of a region and leading to the extinction of a large number of organisms.
Under these harsh conditions, the way of survival of the settlements in the Western Land changed from working and planting to looting.
The refugees from the settlements would rob other settlements and even pillage nearby fortresses, so they always died out quickly.
The number of refugees in the West Land was the largest, and they were as cheap as grass. In some places, a loaf of bread could buy a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl. Of course, you couldn't expect a girl in the wilderness to be healthy.
And every city, especially a relatively prosperous city like Blue Mountain Port, will definitely have a large number of refugees in the surrounding areas.
This phenomenon occurs in nature
It is very common here.
In Blue Mountain Port, the top resources must be provided to the rich area, followed by the civilian areas. As for the slums, they only get garbage or inferior products.
But even so, being a poor person in Blue Mountain Port is a hundred times happier than being a refugee in the wilderness.
When the resources of Blue Mountain Port have circulated internally and have been digested layer by layer, the remaining residue will flow out of the city and become the object of competition among the refugees outside the city.
Those refugees were like flies or ants, decomposing the remaining resources of Blue Mountain Port and surviving tenaciously on this basis.
Since the church's magnetic vehicles were equipped with weapons, and the church's symbols were also very important, these things ensured that the knights would not be robbed when passing through the refugees.
"What a dirty continent." Chen Yan frowned as he sat in the car, looking at the dirty pointed tents in the wilderness.
Compared with the refugees in the Western Continent, the people in the settlements in the other two continents were already lovable. The refugees here were half-naked and would fight to the death for a piece of moldy bread.
It is full of chaos and darkness, but at the same time it is bright and prosperous, a contradiction that makes people sick.
"We have no control over the situation in Xilu, and we can't do anything about it."
"Focus on our mission. Once we complete it, we can return to East Land and leave this place as soon as possible."
Yin Meng's voice rang out over the SUV's public communication channel: "What do you think of the target's movements?"
Ren Ping's voice soon rang out: "I think he will go to the Waste Scavenging City."
"Our church has a great influence in the Western Continent, so our information channels have become extensive. Judging from the target's performance in the past few days, he is a careful person, and he has Xing Luo to help him."
"Xing Luo is of course very clear about the situation of our church, so the target will know the influence of our church in the Western Continent and that we have spies in many cities and fortresses."
"Under such circumstances, he can only go to places beyond the reach of our church, such as Silver Dragon Castle and Scavenger City."
"In the entire Western Continent, there are only a few cities and fortresses that don't have our diocese. Among these areas, Scavenger City is the closest place, so he will definitely go to Scavenger City."
In a magnetic car, Yin Meng nodded and said, "Ren Ping's analysis makes sense. We can assume that the target is heading to the Waste Gathering City, and then follow the path to the Waste Gathering City."
"But we can't let our guard down. We also need to contact the cities and fortresses near Blue Mountain Port and inform the parish there to keep an eye out for strangers coming in and out in the next two days to prevent ourselves from being targeted again."
In a blink of an eye, two days passed.
During these two days, the church knights discovered many clues.
They passed through several settlements and obtained some things that were suspected to be used by Tianyang. These things were extracted and preserved, and Ren Ping was responsible for examining them, thus obtaining some fragmentary clues.
Two days later, there were no more roads in the wilderness, and the not-so-dense jungle became the theme of the land.
The church's trackers entered the jungle, and Ren Ping found some traces that were covered up and almost disappeared.
These traces, plus some clues found in the previous two days, all indicate that Tianyang and his team are moving towards the Scavenger City.
Departing Blue Mountain Harbor
At noon on the third day, the trackers left the jungle and saw an abandoned town before them.
The town has been invaded by nature. From a distance, the town is covered with green grass and the trees even grow onto the tall buildings. However, there are no signs of biological activity in the town. Even during the day, it looks a bit gloomy.
"Look here."
Ren Ping squatted near a patch of moss, on which there were tire tracks that were so blurry that they were almost invisible.
The 'Hunter' took out a bottle from his body and dripped a few drops of blue liquid on the moss. The moss suddenly sizzled and the moisture was quickly sucked out. It quickly became dry, making the tire marks clearer.
Ren Ping took out the instrument and compared it with the traces collected in the previous two days, confirming that these were the traces left by the vehicle the target was riding in.
"So, they entered the town?" Yin Meng looked towards the town ahead.
Chen Yan took down his battle axe and said, "Then what are we waiting for? We have been chasing them all the way without sleep these past few days. I think we should have caught up with them."
"Maybe right now, those two guys are sleeping soundly in a house in town. We can avenge Ying Tian just in time."
Yin Meng glanced at him and emphasized, "I'll say it again, the target must be captured alive. Of course, as long as his life is not endangered, you can do whatever you want."
"But you have to exercise some restraint. If he dies, our trip will be in vain."
"Also, don't rush in. There might be a trap inside."
After Yin Meng finished speaking, she made a gesture and a knight named Ye Xiao came out carrying a black metal box.
He opened the box, and inside were several palm-sized flying discs. Ye Xiao picked up the flying discs and started them up. A faint green light appeared on the edges of the flying discs.
The knights threw these flying discs one after another, and after flying for a while, they hovered in the air.
Ye Xiao picked up another electronic board and entered a command. The flying discs then scattered and flew into the abandoned town in front.
Yin Meng also took out an electronic board, on the screen of which she could see the images transmitted back from the flying disc.
From the images on the electronic board, we can see that this is similar to other abandoned towns. There is no sign of human life, and the town has become a paradise for plants.
In a few years, this place will probably become a jungle, and the buildings will be completely submerged in trees, flowers and plants.
At this time, one of the flying discs came in front of a small building. Under Yin Meng's instructions, Ye Xiao controlled the flying disc and entered the small building.
The frisbee had just entered when suddenly the screen blurred and contact with the frisbee was lost.
Seeing this, Chen Yan shouted excitedly: "See, I told you he was in there! What are we waiting for?"
"Wait."
Yin Meng called him and said to Ye Xiao, "Replay the previous scene in slow motion."
Ye Xiao nodded, and played the video sent back by the flying disc in slow motion as Yin Meng said. Then, several knights saw that when the flying disc entered the small building, a group of inhuman black shadows pounced on it.
Behind that black shadow, deep in the small building, there were monsters hanging upside down that looked like bats but with human heads, and near their necks, there were glowing roots wriggling.
Divine evil!
That town could very well be a lair!