Chapter 491 is a bit weird
After Wang Tao briefly tested the cloak, to prevent himself from omitting anything, Wang Tao did not leave directly, but walked around the place again, but the result was the same. The area of this second floor is too small. There are only two fifth-level lords, not even a treasure box...
Then Wang Tao can only leave.
After returning to the first floor, Wang Tao was going to find Cheng Yiyi to see how she was recovering.
It turned out that the Sixth Legion that had been stationed not far from the entrance of the cave had left. Judging from the traces on the ground, it seemed that they had left in a hurry, but there were no traces of fighting.
"They left first?"
Wang Tao contacted Cheng Yiyi directly, but it showed that there was no signal.
“These so-called communication vines don’t seem very reliable!”
Wang Tao looked at the vines on the ground and muttered. He subconsciously contacted Lan Yulian again, and found out that the answer was successful.
"Wang Tao, how are you doing over there? Everything is fine here!"
Lan Yulian said immediately after getting through.
“Huh?”
Wang Tao was a little surprised.
He can contact Lan Yulian, but cannot contact Cheng Yiyi? Could it be that Cheng Yiyi and the others had gone far further than the distance between him and Lan Yulian?
I was a little puzzled, but Wang Tao didn’t think much about it.
He told Lan Yulian and others about the recent exploration, and then told them that he would go back soon.
But on the way back, Wang Tao’s message watch received a call. Wang Tao thought it was Cheng Yiyi, but he didn't expect it to be Duan Xuchang of the Third Army Corps.
“Hello, Commander Duan!”
Wang Tao said with a smile.
“Hi! Principal Wang, just call me Lao Duan!”
Duan Xuchang said loudly.
When he first followed the orders of his superiors and went from Changhe Base to Zijing City to pick up Wang Tao and the others, he was still a squadron leader. Now that so much time has passed, he has become the commander of the Third Army.
Of course there are his own efforts, but there are also reasons for Wang Tao.
After all, he took over Wang Tao and others, and the relationship between Wang Tao and him is indeed good. Even if Wang Tao didn't say anything, the superiors would give Duan Xuchang some benefits for Wang Tao's sake.
Duan Xuchang naturally knew this, and he also knew that even if he had not picked up Wang Tao and others, Wang Tao would not have died. It was just ordinary people who would suffer, and Wang Tao would definitely be able to leave, because then Wang Tao was already an awakened person by that time...
Duan Xuchang is self-aware. When he got along with Wang Tao, he never regarded himself as Wang Tao's savior. On the contrary, Wang Tao gave him a lot of good things... He also knew that his promotion so quickly had a lot to do with Wang Tao. So he was very grateful to Wang Tao...
After the two were polite to each other, Duan Xuchang said again:
"Principal Wang, I want to ask, do you know about the Sixth Army Corps? Where are people? We are going to have a meeting. , but no one can be found... Commander Cheng said before that you were with them, and I couldn't contact her, so I just wanted to ask you if you knew."
"Hmm? Where is it?”
Wang Tao frowned.
The legion is different from other forces. The six legions are a whole and they need to maintain communication with each other at all times.
After Cheng Yiyi discovered something like the "communication vine", he immediately contacted the people he could contact. Since she can contact herself, she can definitely contact other legions.
But now, Duan Xuchang said that he had lost contact with the Sixth Army... Could something have happened?
Wang Tao asked again how long Duan Xuchang had lost contact with the Sixth Army. Duan Xuchang said that their regiments are required to communicate with each other at least once an hour. The last time they communicated with the Sixth Corps was three hours ago.
“Lost contact for three hours...”
Wang Tao calculated the time a little, and it should have been not long after Cheng Yiyi and the others left the second floor...
"Did something really happen? Or maybe they went to a place without communication vines..."
When Wang Tao just left, he took a special look. Although the Sixth Army retreated in a hurry, there were no traces of battle... and the rush is understandable. After all, in this hellish place, it would be useless to move too slowly.
"I'm not far from where the Sixth Army was stationed before. I'll go back and have a look."
Wang Tao immediately said, they are all our own people, so we must take care of them. .
"Okay, thank you very much, Principal Wang! I'm also worried that something will happen to the Sixth Army, but we won't be able to get through it for a while..."
After ending the call, Wang Tao immediately turned around with the lightning on his crotch. By the way, he told Lan Yulian and others that he would go back later because something might have happened to the Sixth Army.
A moment later, Wang Tao once again came to the place where the Sixth Army was stationed.
There was no need to distinguish the traces of retreat, Wang Tao let Lightning smell it and chased him out.
Half an hour later, a forest appeared in front of Wang Tao's eyes!
It seems to be a mutated banyan tree, but the mutation is not that complete, so there is no health bar, which means that they are unconscious... Obviously, Cheng Yiyi and the others went inside.
Without hesitation, Wang Tao went in with lightning.
After entering, Lightning whimpered a few times. It was telling Wang Tao that there was the aura of the fifth-level lord in it, but the aura was very scattered and it had to look for a while to find it.
There are also fifth-level lords on the first floor, but there are not many of them.
"I hope Cheng Yiyi and the others did not encounter any danger..."
If it were a head-on battle, Wang Tao felt that with the combat power of the Sixth Legion, he could completely annihilate the fifth-level lord. But there are never any mutant plants that fight head-on here, they just like to sneak attacks. The Sixth Legion would be in danger if they were attacked by a fifth-level lord!
Wang Tao did not dare to be careless. He mobilized his mental power, like a humanoid radar, and searched carefully with Lightning...
It didn't take long for Lightning to find a fifth-level lord.
[Health volume: 306783/400000]
[Mana volume: 153895/200000]
[Level: Level 5·Lord]
[Awakening: Savage Growth]
[Savage Growth: Crazy Growth in a Short Time]
This Level 5 Lord is just a tree The mutated banyan tree, but it is not full of health... Then this situation is obvious. There is a high probability that the Sixth Army encountered it and fought with it!
There are indeed some traces of battle around, but there are no corpses and no discarded weapons...
I don’t know if Cheng Yiyi and the others escaped, or if they were eaten by this mutated banyan tree.
Wang Tao felt that they should have escaped. If they were eaten, Wang Tao would not believe that these mutated plants would even eat the power armor...
Wang Tao really wanted to mutate this plant The banyan tree cleaned up, but he was not sure if there was only one fifth-level lord here. If there are other fifth-level lords, he might harm the people of the Sixth Legion if he fights. So let's wait for a while until we find someone...
Still letting Lightning smell it with his nose, half an hour later, Lightning barked softly in a direction.
"Is the smell inside?" Looking at the cave entrance made of banyan trees, Wang Tao waved directly, "Let's go in!"
It was very dark inside the tree hole, and the density of the black mist was comparable to the second layer. However, these naturally had no impact on Wang Tao. He was cautious along the way and soon saw the figure.
“It’s really here!”
Wang Tao walked over directly.
......
Not far away, a large group of soldiers gathered around. They were all injured, but their mental state was good.
"Commander Lin, do you think we can go back alive..."
A soldier said bitterly.
He also knew that it was not good to say such things at this time, but he really couldn't control it. If you don't give him some hope, he might collapse. "Don't worry, everyone, we will go back safely! When I recover my strength, I will rush out with you! I remember the way, there will be no problem!"
No. Lin Kaiyang, deputy commander of the Sixth Army Corps, spoke firmly.
Seeing that Lin Kaiyang's belief was so firm, the morale of the others instantly improved a lot.
"What a pity, Commander Pei and Commander Cheng..."
At this time, another soldier sighed.
Hearing this, the soldiers became quiet for an instant, and a sad atmosphere emerged in their hearts.
“What happened to Commander Cheng?”
Suddenly, a deep voice seemed to ring in everyone's ears. Everyone was shocked.
"Who is it!"
All the soldiers picked up their weapons and flashlights and stared cautiously into the darkness.
Lin Kaiyang also immediately picked up the crystal energy gun. His expression was a little panicked, but also a little surprised.
He shouted tentatively:
"Counsel Wang? Is that you?"
Shasha——
In the darkness, a tall figure and a dog slowly appeared in front of everyone.
“It’s really Advisor Wang!”
Seeing that it was indeed Wang Tao, Lin Kaiyang breathed a sigh of relief. The other soldiers also breathed a sigh of relief.
Naturally, they all know Wang Tao as a consultant, but they have not had much contact with Wang Tao, so they are not sure about Wang Tao's voice.
Wang Tao walked over and looked at Lin Kaiyang with a frown:
"What did you just say about Cheng Yiyi?"
"Legion Commander, she..."
Lin Kaiyang's eyes suddenly turned red, and the other soldiers lowered their heads.
"She, she was eaten by that fifth-level lord monster! Deputy Commander Pei also died..."
Lin Kaiyang whispered.
"..."
Wang Tao had a bad premonition when he just heard what they said, but when he really heard the result, he still couldn't believe it. The people who were still fighting together before are gone now?
He and Cheng Yiyi had a very good relationship and were good friends. He was willing to be named as a consultant in the Sixth Army just because of Cheng Yiyi... But Cheng Yiyi died.
Wang Tao felt a little hard to accept it, but after living in the apocalypse for so long, he was used to seeing death, so he would not lose his composure.
"What's going on specifically!"
"That's it. Not long after we separated from you, Deputy Commander Pei said that someone told him that there was a fourth-level lord in a place. This is the place. So we came over and found out that it was not the fourth-level lord, but the fifth-level lord! The lord is very strong and we can't defeat it at all. In order to let us escape for our lives, Commander Cheng and Deputy Commander Pei gave us the rear... I saw with my own eyes that the monster tore Deputy Commander Pei's powered armor to pieces, and then killed Cheng The legion commander grabbed it out of the power armor and ate it..."
Lin Kaiyang covered his face and explained painfully.
The soldiers also sobbed secretly.
Hearing this, Wang Tao's heart suddenly sank. He asked again:
"What kind of monster is it?"
"It's a big banyan tree..."
"Then have you encountered any other monsters in the future? Monster?"
"No, I just met that fifth-level lord..."
It seemed that what Cheng Yiyi and the others encountered should be the mutated banyan tree that Wang Tao had just seen.
Wang Tao had the urge to go over and kill the mutated banyan tree immediately.
However, he quickly suppressed his emotions and observed Lin Kaiyang and the others.
There are only three intact power armors here, and there are no other power armors. Wang Tao has observed around the mutation, and there is no damaged power armor there...
Is it possible? The mutated banyan tree ate the power armor?
Or is it that Cheng Yiyi and the others did not die, but escaped death?
Wang Tao thinks the latter is more likely.
Although Lin Kaiyang said he saw it with his own eyes, the black fog here was so thick that he couldn’t see clearly even if he was a few steps away. Maybe he was wrong...
"You guys come with me first."
Wang Tao is going to take these people out first, and then come over to search to see if Cheng Yiyi is still alive. He still didn't want to believe that Cheng Yiyi died like this.
"Yes!"
Lin Kaiyang immediately saluted a military salute excitedly, and then called on everyone to follow him quickly.
After Wang Tao led them out of the tree hole, they were about to return along the original path when Lightning suddenly tugged at Wang Tao's clothes.
He lowered his head to Lightning and briefly communicated with his mental power. Wang Tao frowned at first, and then had a strange expression on his face.
“Consultant Wang, what’s wrong?”
Seeing Wang Tao suddenly stop, Lin Kaiyang spoke cautiously.
"Something's not right, I feel the breath of a fifth-level lord... A fifth-level lord is coming!"
"Huh?"
Hear this , everyone was a little panicked, their previous tragic situation was still vivid in their minds.
"The aura of this fifth-level lord is very powerful. I can't protect you. You go back to the tree hole first, and I will lure it away!"
Wang Tao said with a serious face.
“Yes!”
Lin Kaiyang did not dare to hesitate and immediately took the people back to the tree hole.
After Wang Tao saw that everyone had gone back, he did not lure the fifth-level lord away as he said, because no fifth-level lord came.
Lingning just told him that after careful identification, he smelled Cheng Yiyi's scent. Wang Tao is now going to look for it.
The reason why Wang Tao didn't tell Lin Kaiyang and the others was because Lightning told Wang Tao that there was someone who was hostile to Wang Tao for a moment just after Wang Tao showed up!
This is interesting. After he revealed his identity, there were still people who were hostile to him... This was obviously abnormal. After all, Wang Tao was one of their own to them. Moreover, Wang Tao didn’t know the person Lightning was talking about.
So Wang Tao asked the others to hide first, and he went to find Cheng Yiyi himself.
More than ten minutes later, Lightning took Wang Tao to a small banyan tree cave. Wang Tao used his mental power to detect a little and saw the seriously injured Cheng Yiyi inside.
At this time, Cheng Yiyi was tied up by a thick iron chain.
"There is indeed a problem!"
Wang Tao walked in immediately.
(End of this chapter)