Just as he was about to hit the red object, Bai Yinglan stopped his gun and let the object fall into the mud. Looking again, the two people from Black Star Castle had taken the opportunity to move away.
Tianyang came out from a nearby alley, took out the Ice Soul Gun, and shot at the object in the mud and water, freezing it along with the surrounding mud and water. He then took out a recycling container from his waist bag and put the object in it.
"What is this?" Bai Yinglan looked at the young man curiously, somewhat not understanding his cautiousness.
Tian Yang put the container away and said, "Black Star Castle has a kind of item called 'Secret Treasures'. These items have some strange abilities. When we dealt with Black Star Castle before, we suffered a lot from these secret treasures."
"The item just now is very likely a secret treasure. I don't know what special abilities it has, so it's better to be cautious."
Bai Yinglan suddenly realized, and said unwillingly: "It's a pity that those two people got away."
Tianyang looked around and said, "There should be no one in the gathering place. Let's go back first."
Miss Bai had no objection, so the two returned to the convoy. After listening to Tianyang's briefing, Han Shu stroked his rough chin and said, "Black Star Fort is not as big as us. Its military strength, Ascendants, and high-level combat power are all inferior to ours. But for so many years, why have they been able to take root here like a nail, and get deeper and deeper?"
"Because those guys are a pack of wolves."
Bai Yinglan said thoughtfully, "I heard that the people of Black Star Fort do almost everything. They loot supplies in the wilderness, go to other forts to work as mercenaries or gold diggers. They are also information dealers, and often sell information to hostile forts or organizations through different channels."
"In short, they have almost no bottom line, so they have been able to grow to the current scale in just a few decades."
Han Shu chuckled and said, "Yes, they are that kind of people. Therefore, I am not surprised that they are evacuating the gathering place now and even setting up an ambush in the gathering place. The people of Black Star Fort probably knew that we would repay them after the failed assassination of Bai Shengjie."
As they were talking, a machine came out of the Falcon. It looked like a smaller version of a chariot, equipped with various weapons, but it had several mechanical legs and moved on the ground like a spider.
It headed towards the gathering place.
"Isn't this a spider's nest?" Tianyang watched the machine going away and looked at Han Shu in confusion.
Han Shu looked surprised: "You also know this? This is an intelligent weapon sent by Yunyang Intelligent Engineering. Its name is 'Sentinel'. It is a member of the intelligent corps. This corps system is called 'Spider's Nest'. For this operation, Four Eyes equipped us with a Sentinel."
"The Sentinel has excellent reconnaissance capabilities and carries a variety of light firepower, enough to conduct induced attacks and carry out some decoy operations."
Tian Yang muttered, "Since there is such a convenient machine, we should have taken it out earlier."
Han Shu spread his hands and glanced at Bai Yinglan: "I wanted to take it out just now, but you left too fast..."
Bai Yinglan blushed and said apologetically, "I was too reckless."
Han Shu quickly waved his hands: "No, no, no, this is also my fault. I didn't make it clear before."
In the time it took them to finish a few words, the sentinels had already entered the gathering place and, under the control of the operator, had carried out life detection and metal detection.
The former found nothing, but the latter did detect metal reactions under the ground in several locations in the gathering area.
Afterwards, the Sentinels attacked those locations, and after the weapon platform mounted on the machine warmed up, a violent explosion immediately occurred in the gathering area.
Looking at the rising fireballs, Han Shu whistled: "The guys from Black Star Fort really have a trick up their sleeve. Those should be anti-tank mines. If we had driven directly through the gathering area, we would have been blown away by now."
Tian Yang reminded him, "Captain, should we catch up with those two people just now? What if... No, maybe they have already reported the intelligence here."
Han Shu said calmly, "Don't worry. The sentinels are equipped with a device called an information barrier. We have built a barrier in this area, and they cannot send any information back to Black Star Castle."
"Of course, we can't just let those two Ascendants go. According to the data, there is a Black Star Castle outpost not far from here. They should be heading to the outpost. Let's chase them now."
Bai Yinglan shook his head: "Maybe it's not that simple. Since they have discovered our whereabouts, they should know that our next stop will be the sentry post. Will they still be stupid enough to go to the sentry post? Isn't that obviously courting death?"
Tian Yang also said: "If they discover the existence of information barriers and know that communication cannot be used, then if they want to pass on the message, they can only rely on manual labor."
Han Shu followed their line of thought and continued to speculate: "In other words, the two people might not go to the outpost, but cross the mountainous area and return to Black Star Castle to report the news?"
Tian Yang immediately said: "Captain, let's split up into two groups. You continue to attack the sentry post, and I will go after those two people."
Bai Yinglan immediately said: "I will go too, firstly, to have someone to look after me, and secondly, I want to repay that woman!"
Han Shu simply said: "Okay, let's do it this way, we will set off now."
Bai Yinglan temporarily handed over the command of his team to Han Shu, and set off with Tianyang. After they passed the gathering place and entered the mountainous area, they went their separate ways.
Han Shu led the convoy along the highway directly to the outpost, while Tian Yang and Bai Yinglan went deep into the mountains to search for the Black Star Fort deserters.
After entering the mountain area, the two quickly found some clues in just a few moments.
For example, footprints, pieces of fabric hanging on the edges of rocks, or marks of being scraped by sharp objects such as swords. Seeing these marks, Tianyang knew that they had come to the right place. The man and woman from Black Star Castle did not go to the outpost, but went deep into the mountains.
Bai Yinglan seemed to have received professional tracking training. In many places where Tianyang could not find any clues at all, Miss Bai was often able to find a breakthrough.
At sunset, they found some replacement parts that seemed to have been left behind by the hunter with the prosthetic arm.
Before it became completely dark, they found several food cans discarded in the grass, some of which even had gravy residue in them.
All signs indicated that they were not only chasing in the right direction, but were also very close to the two men.
But when Tianyang and his friends were resting and having a meal, it started raining again in the mountains.
It's pouring rain!
It was impossible to move forward with such heavy rain, so the two men had to find a cave to take shelter from the rain.
Boom—
Thousands of silver snakes exploded outside the cave, lightning flashed in the sky, thunder roared, wind and rain poured into the cave, wetting all surroundings.
Fortunately, the cave was big and deep enough, and there was a relatively dry area inside. Tianyang made a fire, took off his wet clothes, and dried them over the fire.
Bai Yinglan also took off his armor, went barefoot, and hung his wet combat uniform over the fire to dry.
There was another thunder outside the cave. Bai Yinglan's body shook slightly and he shrank inside.
Tianyang glanced at her and felt strange. Could it be that the eldest daughter of the Bai family was afraid of thunder
Bai Yinglan suddenly said, "Isn't it ridiculous that I'm already a Level 4 person, but I'm afraid of thunder."
Tianyang took out a kettle, drank a sip and said, "Everyone has something they are afraid of. This has nothing to do with combat power. So, even if you are afraid of thunder, I don't think it's funny."
Bai Yinglan was a little surprised: "Do you think so?"
Tianyang threw the kettle at her: "I see you didn't bring any supplies, use mine first."
Then he said, "That's what I think, because I am also afraid of something."
Bai Yinglan asked curiously: "Tianyang, are you afraid of something? What is it?"
Tian Yang scratched his head a little embarrassedly: "When I was a kid, I once made my mother angry. She locked me up and didn't even turn on the light for me. That time, I was really scared. The room was pitch black, and there were strange noises coming from every corner, like mice gnawing at something, or countless bugs crawling around."
"If there's anything I'm afraid of, it would be narrow, dark spaces, right?"
Bai Yinglan listened intently, and when she came to her senses, she realized that she had already drunk several sips of water. This was nothing, but when she thought about the fact that the boy had used this kettle just now, Miss Bai's ears began to feel hot.
She quickly spoke to divert attention: "I haven't been locked up in a small dark room. When I was very young, I went to the beach with my family. I was having so much fun that I ended up running into a cave by the sea. It rained heavily that night, just like it is now."
"I listened to the thunder all night and was almost scared to death. It was not until the next day that the guards found me. So since then, every time I hear thunder, I will..."
Before she finished speaking, there was a loud thunder outside the cave. Bai Yinglan's hands trembled and the kettle fell to the ground. She covered her ears, screamed, and suddenly shrank into a corner.
Tianyang was stunned for a moment. It was hard to connect this girl with the dragon-like figure with the silver spear in the Beidou base.
He picked up the dried uniform, walked over, and put the Night Walker uniform on Bai Yinglan: "Don't be afraid, they can't hurt you."
Feeling the warmth on the uniform, Bai Yinglan calmed down a little. Suddenly her eyes moved, and she raised her pretty face, but she didn't dare to look at Tianyang.
"Um, um... can you hold me?"
There was another thunder outside the cave.
Tian Yang thought he had misheard, but then he saw Bai Yinglan panicking and saying, "Forget it, just pretend I didn't say anything. Really, what on earth am I talking about? You don't have to care..."
Bai Yinglan's body tensed up and trembled slightly, and she was already hugged by Tianyang.
The girl's heart trembled. Plan, was the plan successful