Qianye was running in the wilderness, his goal was a human settlement nearly 200 kilometers away. On the general map, there is just a settlement similar to a military outpost. Usually, at most one company of troops will be stationed there for vigilance and initial blocking.
But when it comes time to fight the dark race, what role can a mere company play? Therefore, this kind of outpost at the forefront has always been regarded as daunting by the soldiers of the expeditionary army. Only when they make a big mistake, or seriously offend someone who shouldn't be offended, will they be sent to such a place to garrison.
Therefore, in the minds of the officers of the expeditionary force, most of them ignored this kind of settlement intentionally or unintentionally. As long as there is no news, it is good news.
It has to be said that disguising the important fulcrum of the Seventh Division's trade with the dark race as such a place that people can't avoid is indeed a good way to deceive people.
What Qianye wanted to do now was to go to that settlement to have a look. According to the news, there happened to be a "caravan" stopping by recently.
After leaving the city, Qianye acted exactly like a wild hunter, restraining his breath, using various terrains to move forward, and leaving as few traces as possible. At this moment, a faint roar suddenly appeared in the sky, and an airship appeared from the direction of Heiliu City, flying towards the sky above Qianye's head.
Qianye looked up at the angle of the airship's auxiliaries and the speed of the tail propeller, and judged the front and rear directions, "It's really worth it, even the airship has been dispatched."
Qianye found a big tree, climbed up the canopy to rest, and waited for the airship to pass by. This airship is not big, and the model is quite old. If it is an obsolete item in the upper continent of the empire, it is still a rare and good thing in the Evernight Continent. Even as the commander of the expeditionary force, Wu Zhengnan would not have many airships to use.
Since the airship consumes a lot of high-grade fuel every time it is dispatched, its use cost and maintenance cost are equally expensive. Generally speaking, even in small and medium-sized battles with the dark race, airships would never be used to transport troops unless it was an extremely urgent situation. As for using airships for aerial reconnaissance, the former Red Scorpion Legion often did this kind of thing, but Qianye believes that a division of the Expeditionary Army that only needs to defend a fixed battle zone will not spend so much military expenditure on it.
Therefore, the destination of this airship is just around the corner.
Qianye rested for about ten minutes, waiting for the airship to fly overhead before moving on.
As night fell, the silhouette of the settlement finally appeared on the horizon. It was a building complex spread out on the top of a small hill. Judging from its size, it could be regarded as a small town. It could accommodate about a thousand people. It was far from the usual small place with only two or three hundred people.
It is obviously abnormal to have such a large settlement in a place where the army of the dark race may appear at any time. Qianye frowned slightly. Everything he saw in front of him showed that the transaction must have existed for a long time, and the scale of the "caravan" must be huge.
Qianye was a little worried at this moment, and it would definitely not be smooth sailing if he wanted to pull out such a mature fang. Wei Potian's side is fine, the entire Far Eastern Wei family is his backing, at most it is impossible to impeach Wu Zhengnan. Song Zining went to touch Wu Zhengnan's black crystal channel behind the scenes, and it was always extremely dangerous when it involved real interests.
Qianye quickly collected his mood, and began to approach the settlement under the cover of the night and the terrain. Night battles were originally what he was good at, but since this stronghold is a base for trading with dark races, there must be various dark races in it. And many dark races have certain night vision capabilities, so in this regard, Qianye does not have a special advantage.
Qianye became even more vigilant when he saw the large open space outside the town and a tower that was tens of meters high. It was a simple airship take-off and landing base. Obviously, the airship we saw just now is not just for this taboo exchange, but a common facility, which shows the importance of this place.
This settlement has expanded to such a scale, and it was not formed in a day or two, which means that it is impossible to remove it in a short period of time. Qianye didn't even need to go in to investigate, as long as he brought this information back and waited for the people sent by the Imperial Army to make a surprise inspection, he would definitely be able to catch a handle.
But now that they have come, Qianye decided to go in after thinking about it, and confirm the transaction content with his own eyes. If the timing is right, he doesn't mind giving those guys a hard time.
When the distance got closer, Qianye found that the town had a special vigilance, and he smelled some unique stench. That's the smell of wolves, not military dogs. Then he saw that wandering the streets and alleys of this small town were huge wolves raised by werewolves. These natural guards are much easier to use than ordinary sentries.
However, Qianye was already prepared, took out some medicinal powder and sprinkled it on his body, and then continued to advance in the dark. This special powder has a subtle torment on the wolf's sense of smell, making them instinctively avoid the source of the smell, but they will not be alarmed.
When Qianye finally came under the town wall, he found that the wall in front of him was made of logs and was only four meters high. The watchtowers are distributed in four directions, far apart. Looking from here, you can clearly see that the guards in the towers are a little drowsy.
Such a guard situation full of loopholes is really not commensurate with the importance of this settlement. Qianye became more and more vigilant, he didn't think that this place had been safe and sound for many years, just because it was unknown.
A red light flashed in his eyes, and the thick night in his dark vision seemed to brighten up for an instant, and he immediately discovered the abnormality. On the town wall and the ground beside the wall, there are gray spider webs all over. If you don't have your own opinions, it's really not easy to see.
These are not ordinary natural spider webs, each piece of silk is connected with each other to form a huge network. Behind the town wall, there must be one or several deep pits, and a Modo hunting spider lurks in each pit. This kind of spider the size of a calf is a sentinel raised by the nerubian family. The spider web is like an extension of their tentacles, and even a little abnormal change can't hide their perception.
Qianye narrowed his eyes slightly, and the appearance of the Warg and the Modo Hunter Spider showed that there was an unspeakable secret in the town. Even if it is a military base of the dark race, the guards are nothing more than that.
However, the Modo hunting spider was difficult for most hunters, but in Qianye's eyes, it was not helpless. He casually grabbed a few insects that could be seen everywhere in the wilderness, and threw them onto the spider web.
These beetles or moths were the size of palms, and they moved extremely powerfully, constantly tearing and breaking the spider webs as they struggled desperately. But these silk webs are much stronger in viscosity and toughness than ordinary spider webs, the more they struggle, the more spider silk is entangled on their bodies.
Just as the insects were struggling, several wooden cones came through the air, sticking to their bodies and firmly nailed into the wooden outer wall.
Amidst the rustling sound, several fist-sized gray-gray hunting spiders emerged from their hiding places and rushed towards the prey on the web. They quickly wiped out the resistance of their prey, mended the web, and returned to their hiding place.
This is the weakness of the Modo hunter spider webs. They have limited intelligence and can only respond to living things, but they don't even notice that there are a few extra wooden vertebrae on the outer wall that didn't exist.
Qianye appeared from the night again. He was fast, but landed silently. After a few ups and downs, he jumped towards the town wall, stepped on the wooden cones accurately, and then climbed over the top of the wall and fell silently into the town.
It's not yet late at night, but the town is completely silent. There are hardly any people moving on the empty streets, and the lights in the buildings are also sparse.
Qianye stood in a shadow, took a deep breath, the blood qi rolled in his body, and then retracted to the heart. Since Tianxuan Chunshou, the golden blood energy has become more and more suitable for independent operation. When Qianye mobilized it and the original force of dawn at the same time, it would faintly resonate. However, when the dark force outside the body is extremely strong, the golden blood energy will occasionally lose control like in the tavern, as if it wants to choose someone to devour.
Qianye shook his head, putting this worry behind him. Relying on the induction of the blood energy in his body just now, he has already discovered that there is a strong smell of werewolves and nerubians in the wind, and there are a lot of them. Only there is no blood race. But it's normal to think about it. The werewolf and the vampire have been feuds for thousands of years. Unless it is a last resort, there is absolutely no possibility of the two clans acting together.
Footsteps and faint voices came from an alley behind him. Qianye retreated a few steps calmly, turned into a corner of the curve, stood against the wall in the shadows, activated the hidden ability of the bloodline, and at the same time used the secret method of the army to restrain the breath of the whole body.
Four or five people came out of the alleyway next door and crossed the intersection where Qianye was hiding, their voices also reached Qianye's ears.
"Damn, there are wolves and spiders everywhere, I hate them!"
"Be quiet! Have you forgotten how Lao Li died? Those guys don't care who you are. Once they find an excuse, they will find a way to eat us!"
"Hey, if something happens, Commander Zhou won't protect us at all, he will just let us endure."
A slightly old voice said: "It's fine to endure tonight. Don't complain. After completing this transaction, you and I know how much benefits you can get. With so much money, how can you not think about it?" The truth of the matter?"
"As long as this transaction is completed, don't make any mistakes."
"It's been so many years, how many times have accidents happened?"
"Don't talk about it, just spend tonight with peace of mind, complete this big business, and let Commander Zhou invite everyone to drink."
Several people chatted all the way, and gradually went away.
It seems that because of the deal that has not been completed, there are a lot of dark races stationed in this small town. From the blood energy sensing just now, combined with the obvious dark style of the layout in several places in the town, Qianye judged that there might be more than a dozen werewolves and four or five spider demons here. Regardless of the small number of nerubians, their real combat power relies on all kinds of giant spiders. There are probably no less than dozens of giant spiders in those two buildings with webs on the outside.
Such a configuration is enough to form a regular patrol team of the dark race. A transaction that requires such power to protect is obviously of great value. It is precisely because there are a large number of dark races in the town that human beings have closed their doors in the house early.
The night is the world of the dark race, and the defense of the town is not a problem at all. However, for the human beings participating in the transaction, the threats they face come from the werewolves and nerubians who come to conduct transactions. If you go out alone at night, you may disappear suddenly. Such things have obviously happened many times before, so when Qianye saw humans walking at night, they would walk in groups.
The question now is, what are the parties to trade