Jingcheng is the closest transfer station to the Mirage Mountain Range.
This place has been built into a steel barrier, and from time to time there is the sound of artillery fire and the ground shakes.
"Another tide of beasts is coming. It's worthy of being labeled as a five-star extremely dangerous area in the Mirage Mountains..."
"It's also a good thing. There are many alienated beasts in the Mirage Mountains, most of which are edible. The price of meat in Jingcheng has dropped a lot recently."
When the sound of artillery fire stopped, the steel gate of the transfer station reopened. The city guards quickly processed the corpses outside the city wall, picking out some of the slightly damaged alien beasts that were still edible. Some people were responsible for skinning and cutting the main materials. The remaining bodies were taken to the nearest landfill and burned.
There are also disinfection personnel to disinfect the area around the city wall to prevent virus infection.
Facing the back door of Jingcheng Sanctuary, several motorcades drove in at this time, and awakened people wearing uniform and sophisticated equipment stepped out of the vehicles.
The idle awakener at the transfer station looked over in astonishment:
"How come people from several major mercenary groups are together?"
"It's the mercenary groups controlled by the Li family, the Ye family, the Wu family, and it seems there are elites sent by their families."
"Didn't the Li family just lose a mercenary group some time ago? It is said that the group leader "Immortal Li Jing" died without a complete body, and I don't know who did it. It's really scary. "
"The Zulong Special Battle Group is also here! I don't know which faction it is, or maybe they are both?!"
"It feels like something big is about to happen!"
There were many elite awakened people coming, and their momentum made all the awakened people at the transfer station look at them with suspicion.
The idle awakened ones and the powerful awakened ones are like two distinct parts. In other words, the casual people cannot afford to offend the powerful forces, so they can only sit aside and rest.
To the surprise of the idle awakeners, those elite awakeners, fully equipped and neatly dressed, obviously did not want to go out for an outing. They had been repairing at the transfer station for a long time, but they seemed to have no intention of heading into the mountains.
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At this time, the other side.
The elite awakened ones have divided areas according to different forces and are whispering.
Some people looked contemptuous:
"Why are you waiting for people from other shelters? What's the use of those weaklings!"
"I heard it's a game from the upper levels. Anyway, the Mirage Mountain Range is so big that we in Jingcheng can't swallow it alone. Besides, there are more than a dozen large shelters coming this time. Their combined strength is not weak."
"Haha, I heard that some teams lost half of their men on the way to Jingcheng. The remaining defeated troops will only hold us back."
"So weak?"
"What do you think? We in Jingcheng have the most sophisticated rune equipment, the most powerful awakeners, and have developed several secret realms... These are not comparable to other shelters. Take the one we jointly control with the Li family and the Ye family. For example, in the secret realm, one day of practice is equivalent to refining one-third of a bottle of soul power, which is more efficient than hunting demonized beasts... "
The awakened person who spoke spoke with a sense of superiority:
"There are other shelters, let alone none. Even if they are lucky enough to discover a secret realm, can they understand the meaning of those words? When our cultivation is slowly increasing, those people can only slowly and slowly Climb forward."
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Time passes gradually.
Various convoys arrived one after another, and the convoys were relatively mixed. In addition to the official forces of the shelter, there were also top mercenary teams from various shelters. There are many people, with a total of two to three thousand elite awakened people, although these are already the elites left after multiple screenings.
Not only for exploring the Mirage Mountains, but also for many shelters to open up the 'road' to Jingcheng, making it easier to travel back and forth in the future.
The transfer station was not big, so the convoys stayed outside. The major forces in Jingcheng who arrived first also came out one after another to comment on the major shelter convoys.
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This large-scale joint team from Tiannan Province did not immediately go deep into the Mirage Mountains to explore.
On the first day, I wandered around the entrance to get familiar with the environment in the mountains, and also gave each team some time to adjust.
The sky turned dark and bright again, and by the next morning, nearly three hundred top experts were selected from the first day's combined army to form the Tiannan exploration team.
"Why do we in Kuncheng only have so many places?"
The leader of the Kuncheng team looked at the few "own people" in the exploration team, his face darkened, and he was quite dissatisfied.
Nominally, Jingcheng No. 1 and No. 2 giants have the highest authority, but in fact, even if they are both official sanctuaries, they all care about their own affairs. Jingcheng does not have the ability to command the major shelters in Tiannan... The formation of the exploration team is more like an driven by interests.
He was dissatisfied with the quota allocation by the commander of Jingcheng!
However, the dissatisfaction of the Kuncheng team leader did not resonate with other shelters. Some people even sneered:
"You have several masters in Kuncheng. Can't you tell? Do you have to let the losers follow you?"
Kuncheng's black-faced leader glared angrily.
"There should be few experts coming to Kuncheng, but the exploration team must have at least the seventh level of awakening strength, otherwise it will be a hindrance, which is not good for ourselves and the team..."
Jingcheng is the strongest, accounting for less than half of the people. In other shelters, there are more and less top experts selected.
Like Kuncheng, it is the least.
Jingcheng takes the lead in selecting members for the Exploration Corps, but all forces see it. There is nothing fishy about it. The selection is based on strength and performance on the first day. Each shelter is both a collaborator and a competitor, and competition starts from the moment of selecting people.
If there are many candidates, it means that the shelter is strong, but if there are few candidates, it means it has no reputation.
The black-faced leader of Kunshan argued for a few words, but in the end he did not dare to leave the exploration team and go into the mountain alone. He angrily dropped a few words and said no more.
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The expedition group sets off.
Many of the remaining men from other forces also chose to enter the Mirage Mountains, but they did not dare to go deep and just wandered around the periphery.
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The exploration team was not advancing very fast. The awakened ones in front of the team were holding long weapons and slashing away weeds and obstacles. People with mental and sensory abilities take turns releasing their abilities to detect the surrounding environment.
Zhou Jianhong was assigned to the flank, wielding his sword to kill the attacking demonic beast, and sighed:
"Somehow, I'm not very optimistic about this joint operation."
"Then why are you still here?"
"Lindong's asking price is high. I have been soaking in the "Tower of Trial" these past few days and bought a few more pieces of equipment. I have spent all the source crystals. The consumption of green shade is so high. If I don't make money, I won't be able to live anymore. , why are you here too? "
"What a coincidence, so am I."
"I found that a lot of people didn't come. They must be wealthy people with mines at home."
"Forget it, whether Jingcheng's goal can be achieved or not has nothing to do with us. As long as we get paid and can practice in the shade, that's enough."
"That's right, that's right!"
In front of the team, the commander from Jingcheng said in a deep voice:
"Attention! We are about to go deep into the Mirage Mountains. The inner layers of the mountains may encounter danger at any time. It may be the environment or unknown enemies. Please be vigilant. The sun is about to leave us."
The sound is cleverly controlled so that everyone can hear it clearly, but it will not spread far away and attract enemies.
When Zhou Jianhong heard this, he raised his head slightly and looked towards the sky.
The sky gradually became dark.
The scorching sun that hung high in the sky also disappeared without a trace.
But Zhou Jianhong knew clearly that it was not the time when the sun was setting, but that the sun's rays could not reach the inner layer of the Mirage Mountains. As they went deeper, the scorching sun... was moving away from them!