The night is reckless, and the moon shadow is scarlet.
On the barren salt-alkali plain, there is only the mute sound of axle rotation, and the rubbing and squalid of wiping weapons.
After breaking through the encirclement of the puppet beast and galloping for several miles, Han Jun, who finally withdrew from the center of the beast, caught up with the team again.
However, with Han Jun's return, the atmosphere in the team has become strangely dull.
A trace of not-so-good premonition quietly filled Su Mu's heart.
Sure enough, when Su Mu had just given birth to such concerns, the defender headed by the five-man team and the older brother of the twin brothers approached Han Jun's direction almost at the same time.
Then the two were in a very tacit understanding, and directly let the twin brother's brother speak:
"You have long been aware of the parasitic beasts, just to maintain your dominance, so you have concealed such important information?"
Han Jun was of course speechless to question the two of them.
To some extent, the result of this fact is indeed to maintain Han Jun's right to speak. So even if Han Jun has other considerations when he is in fashion, it is not convincing at all.
Seeing Han Jun acquiesced to this fact, the two did not continue to criticize.
After all, Han Jun today is still the most powerful person in the entire mercenary group.
However, the two made a special trip to raise this question, and they were not trying to get any justice back.
The core purpose of the two of them, and the forces that they each represent, is still... to regain control of the team.
"Next, the command of the mercenary must be negotiated by both of us. And you must ensure that you must act in accordance with our arrangements for the rest of the itinerary."
"This is the price you... as a decision maker, must pay for the tragic death of that companion!"
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As soon as there is a change in power, under this calm appearance, it quietly rises and returns to calm again.
And because Su Mu himself was engraved with the mark of Han Jun's one party, at this time, as Han Jun lost his right to speak in the mercenary team, Su Mu was also marginalized again.
Fortunately, Su Mu himself didn't really care.
The more mercenaries prevented Su Mu from entering the core circle, the more convenient it was for Su Mu to continue to practice fighting skills stealthily.
As long as everyone can truly get rid of the creeping worm's tracking, no matter who or how to command it next, it will not have any impact on Su Mu.
But the only thing that made Su Mu slightly suspicious, even extremely alert... was the mystery of Han Jun instead.
Han Jun's behavior so far seems to be considering for the entire mercenary team. From this point alone, it seems that there is no problem at all.
But the strange thing is that although Han Jun tried to do such logical behaviors, in his execution of these behaviors, there were always some clues of discord and logic quietly appearing.
In fact, from the very beginning, Su Mu had noticed:
Han Jun's attention to the mercenary team far exceeds the indifference he has shown so far.
It can even be said that he is always watching the situation of the mercenaries.
Therefore, Su Mu had been carefully observing the behavior of the mercenary in order to steal the fighting skills, and only Han Jun, who was also observing the others, would pay attention.
And what can more confirm Su Mu's suspicion is... Later, in order to clarify the relationship with this trip, Han Jun specially took out the illustrations of sacrificing the fire wood and the deceit beast, and claimed that he was actually a deceive beast hunter.
However, Han Jun, as the "Beast Hunter", would discover the existence of the Bone Sand Scorpion even later than Su Mu, who had just hurriedly read the illustrated book.
Obviously, whether it is Han Jun's repeated cover-up, or his paying close attention to mercenary behavior.
All undoubtedly meant that he still had hidden secrets.
It's just that Su Mu was also at a loss as to this secret and what it was.
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It was another few hours of rushing in the moonlit night. When the archer in charge of the investigation was finally determined and there were no traces of the puppet beast within a few miles, the mercenaries finally got another chance to breathe.
At this time, the sky was already pale, and the sunlight at the end of the wilderness was trying to climb out of the horizon, trying to show its gentleness and enchantment.
"Break on the spot in batches, and set off again at noon."
After regaining the right to speak, the twin brothers quickly issued instructions to the entire mercenary team.
And the mercenaries who stayed overnight, of course, did not hesitate to confirm their turn guards, and quickly entered a nap with their weapons on the spot.
And at this time, the twin brothers weren’t indiscriminate.
For Han Jun, Su Mu, and the five-man squad with the strongest combat effectiveness in the team, they immediately arranged that there was no need to guard in rotation, so that everyone could replenish their energy as soon as possible.
Of course, Su Mu would not refuse this. Compared with other people who simply rushed on the road, if he was still familiar with fighting skills at the same time, the consumption would have been even greater.
Therefore, Su Mu didn't hesitate at this time, and directly thrust the giant sword tied back into the ground, and then fell into a sound sleep with his back leaning on the spine of the sword.
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I don't know how long the time has passed. When Su Mu opened his eyes again, the violent sunlight was already scorching the earth.
However, the scene in front of Su Mu became clearer a little bit in a trance.
The first thing that caught Su Mu's eyes was the solemn faces.
All the mercenaries stared solemnly in the same direction. It seemed that there was a dangerous omen in that direction, and they were approaching the crowd step by step.
Su Mu saw this and immediately looked at the place where everyone was watching.
I saw that at a distance of about a hundred meters from the crowd, there were countless worm-like invertebrates, winding and twisting, sniffing the mercenary breath in the wind.
There is no doubt that these extremely ugly and hideous monsters are the body of the fifth-order delusion monster creeping earthworm.
After experiencing the chaos of last night, most of the beasts parasitized by the creeping worms were destroyed. However, they still did not choose to give up, still falling behind the mercenary team, waiting for the opportunity of the next attack.
Fortunately, because there are no other beasts nearby, the creeping worms are far away from the side, but they don't have the ability to attack.
But even so, it is not a good idea to keep waiting like this.
After all, although the beasts are rare in this saline plain, they are not yet completely traced.
Once the creeping worms are allowed to drive the next batch of beasts to attack, it seems that it will be difficult to fight the entire group of Tier 5 delusions without the mercenary team contained by the Bone Sand Scorpion.
"We have no choice, we must go back to the business road, otherwise... everyone will die here!"