After just a few minutes of driving, Lin Gang ran over to Gu Ran and said solemnly, "Brother Leng Ran, do you feel anything is wrong?"
"You felt it too?" Gu Ran was a little surprised.
Xue Xiling, who was sitting in the passenger seat, asked dazedly, "What's wrong? Isn't this the road we took to Canglong City? I still remember this direction."
When the team was launched earlier, Gu Ran ignored Xue Xiling's reaction and forced his way into her car, so the two of them stayed together.
"It's too quiet." Gu Ran replied.
Xue Xiling was puzzled: "Too quiet? Maybe it's because there was a gathering of ferocious beasts here just now, so all the other animals fled."
"No, it's a deathly silence." Gu Ran shook his head.
"As expected of you, Brother Leng Ran. You saw through it at a glance, and what you described is exactly what I felt but couldn't put into words." Lin Gang gave Gu Ran a thumbs up.
"Dead silence?" Xue Xiling was shocked. "What's going to happen next? What should we do?"
Gu Ran blended into the surrounding environment and felt it quietly.
He suddenly felt a little familiar.
Space power
Could it be Leng Feng
No, that's not right.
If it was Leng Feng, then she wouldn't have to use such means. It would be easy to either kill them directly or kidnap them.
Is it because it is inconvenient for me to show up
Gu Ran was unable to judge for a moment, he continued to feel the abnormality in the surrounding environment.
Seeing Gu Ran silent, Lin Gang thought he was thinking about this matter, so he said, "If it is because of the ferocious beast, although other animals will be scared away, there will still be some smaller animals moving, such as various insects. Such animals will not be affected by the tide of ferocious beasts. But now, let alone the sounds of various insects, even the 'sounds' of nature are a little abnormal."
"Are there some abnormal sounds in nature?" This touched upon Xue Xiling's blind spot in knowledge. She looked at Lin Gang with confusion and curiosity.
Lin Gang: "That's right. Didn't you notice that the wind direction has changed at some point? Normally, the wind is blowing from the southeast at this time of year, but now it's blowing from the northwest. Although the wind is very light, it's very easy for a warrior to feel the difference."
"It's true!" Xue Xiling carefully felt the wind direction and widened her eyes.
"This power is indeed the power of space." Gu Ran's face was a little solemn, but he was sure of one thing in his heart, "But it's not her power, but the power of some kind of space item."
"What is the relationship between Canglong City and Zhuque City?" Gu Ran suddenly looked at Lin Gang and asked.
"Do you suspect that it was done by Suzaku City? Are they ambushing us?" Lin Gang frowned and thought.
But then he shook his head: "Canglong City and Suzaku City have the same origin. Although there are differences in their philosophies, they have not yet developed into a tit-for-tat situation, setting up ambushes to attack each other. If it is a critical moment, the two cities often even become allies of each other. So it is absolutely impossible that the top leaders of Suzaku City are targeting us, because we represent Lanxin University.
"Although our team is extremely weak, as long as we represent the official power of Lanxin University and Suzaku City, they will never target us, unless they want to go to war with Canglong City! Suzaku City wants to go to war with Canglong City, which is even more incredible than the dissolution of the Human Alliance!"
Gu Ran nodded, agreeing with him.
Zhuque City and Canglong City have coexisted peacefully with each other for more than 1,000 years. During these 1,000 years, although there were occasional frictions between the two cities, they were still within the range of mutual tolerance, and they were allies most of the time.
Gu Ran started asking that question because he had a little suspicion that Leng Feng had taken action against them. Leng Feng had a special status in Suzaku City. Leng Feng's action against the scientific expedition team representing Lanxin University meant that the Suzaku City government had taken action against the scientific expedition team.
However, whether judging from the interests or from common sense, it is impossible that Leng Feng would take action, and naturally it is even more impossible that Suzaku City would deal with them.
"No matter who it is, I think the other party can't wait to take action." Gu Ran said calmly, "If I remember correctly, the rescue team from Lanxin University is almost here, right
"If the other party does not want to go to war with Lanxin University and wants to cover up their tracks, then the best time to act is before the rescue team arrives."
Lin Gang immediately looked around vigilantly.
Xue Xiling unconsciously grabbed the corner of Gu Ran's clothes tightly.
In the vast wilderness, the only sounds were the wheels of the moving convoy and the relaxed conversations between the scientific expedition team members.
"Everyone on alert!" Lin Gang suddenly picked up the communicator and shouted in the team channel.
The other people who heard the voice were a little surprised and were about to look at Lin Gang to ask him what was going on.
Suddenly, the originally clear sky turned gray and blood red.
The originally gentle wind turned into a cold and howling wind.
Gu Ran immediately knew who the enemy was.
"Abyss Demon!" Gu Ran was a little surprised.
He suddenly remembered the demon he encountered in Saint Joel City. The abnormal tide of ferocious beasts at that time was caused by that demon.
Now there are demon aliens here again, what exactly do they want to do
Does the abyss really want to invade the human world
But if they really want to invade the human world, wouldn't it be easier to wait until the three worlds merge? It would only take a few decades at most. For the demons with long life spans, isn't this a very short time
Gu Ran was a little confused.
There are already signs that the three realms of heaven, abyss and human world are merging, and the merger will be completed in a few decades at most.
Only then will the real war begin.
"Could it be that they are preparing for the war that is very likely to happen when the three realms merge in a few decades?" Gu Ran thought to himself, "This possibility cannot be ruled out. If they are really preparing for the moment when the three realms merge, then it means that the demon generals of the abyss are very ambitious."
Humans know very little about the abyss. They only know that the demon world is ruled by 12 generals and that there are countless kinds of demons in the abyss.
Then we know even less about the heaven, which is a more mysterious world for humans.
"Brother Lengran, what's going on?" Lin Gang was a little panicked when faced with this situation. He had never thought that his enemy would be the abyss demon.
He had only heard of this creature in various legends in the past.
"The other party should have used some kind of space treasure to pull us into another space, so no matter the previous movements of various insects or wind direction, they are all different from the original world." Gu Ran's expression was also a little solemn. The abyss demon seemed to have more space treasures. Last time, the demon almost escaped directly using the portal.
"Space treasure, isn't this thing only available in Suzaku City? Could it be that Suzaku City really wants to attack us and start a war with Canglong City?" Lin Gang's face changed.
Compared with the life and death of their team, the symbolic significance of Suzaku City's action against them would cause earth-shaking changes that would cause huge storms.
"Don't worry, it's not Suzaku City. Although I don't know how the abyss demons got it, they do have treasures in the space. Space treasures are not unique to Suzaku City." Gu Ran patted Lin Gang's shoulder to comfort him.
Lin Gang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Compared to the annihilation of their team, he was more afraid of the Zhuque City and Canglong City turning against each other.
By that time, it would be a truly earth-shattering event. I don’t know how many people would be killed or injured, and the entire structure of the human alliance might even change because of it.
"Don't relax too early. Compared to Suzaku City, the demon clan is also very dangerous to us. Oh, no, it's also very dangerous to you. After all, you and I are just in an employment relationship. There's no need to risk your life." Gu Ran smiled and said comfortingly.
Lin Gang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. It would be better not to comfort him with such a comforting tone. At least he had a little fantasy about Gu Ran before, and expected that the strongest person in this team could show his power and rescue the team.
"ah!"
Suddenly there was a scream from the front.
It turned out that all kinds of skeletons suddenly emerged from the ground around the team. Some even had half of their skin hanging on. The beating internal organs could be seen inside, and blood was flowing and dripping like water.
These skeletons have different incomplete clothes and sizes, and appear to be of all ages. The one thing they have in common is that there are red flames flickering in their eyes.
Manipulating the dead is a unique ability of the abyss demons.
The skeleton army slowly besieged the scientific expedition team. Although it was slow, in this environment, their hideous appearance was enough to scare ordinary people to faint.
Click, click.
The bone joints of this skeleton army were rubbing against each other, making a creepy sound.
"Everyone be on alert and form a circle! Try to use long-range weapons to eliminate those skeletons!" Lin Gang shouted immediately.
He glanced at Gu Ran and found that Gu Ran was indifferent, so he gritted his teeth, returned to the middle of the team and began to command the team.
"Can you...can you help us?" Xue Xiling asked timidly.
Gu Ran looked at her and said, "No, you are wrong. We are us and they are them. Even if you don't say anything, I will definitely help us. After all, if you don't help yourself, isn't that suicide?"
"No, I mean to help them, help the scientific expedition team." Xue Xiling said quickly.
"Oh, so you mean that you don't belong to the scientific expedition team, but stand on my side?" Gu Ran raised his eyebrows and said.
Xue Xiling opened her mouth, but didn't know how to answer.
"Alright, alright, I was just joking. The other party obviously doesn't intend to let us all go, otherwise they will reveal who they are. They deliberately want to get rid of the research team before the rescue team arrives, isn't it just to cover up their identity?"
"Since they want to conceal their identities and prevent Lanxin University from discovering them, they must be trying to kill us all. It's hard for me to stay out of this world. I've been implicated by you. I wouldn't have earned this hard-earned money if I had known earlier."
Gu Ran said with a sigh, pretending to be serious.
"Yes, I'm sorry." Xue Xiling lowered her head, feeling a little overwhelmed.
In fact, Gu Ran has been observing Xue Xiling. The triangular crystal cone has been reminding him that Xue Xiling is abnormal, but from Gu Ran's point of view, no matter which aspect, Xue Xiling is just an ordinary girl.
If you want to investigate Xue Xiling more deeply, you must further develop a good relationship with her.
Although Gu Ran was ruthless when facing his enemies, he did not want to hurt an innocent person - a girl who was full of hope for the future and worked hard to live.
Although the skeleton army is large in numbers, they are vulnerable in strength. Even if the scientific research team shoots with pistols, they can easily destroy their bone bodies.
Gu Ran observed.
There were also some skeleton troops attacking him, but they couldn't even reach him, as if they were crushed by some heavy pressure.
"Not enough bullets!"
Suddenly someone shouted.
"There are too many of them. We can't kill them all even if we run out of bullets!"
More and more members of the scientific expedition team encountered this situation and shouted in panic and fear.