Chapter 57: Traces of Humanity in the Deep Mountains

Looking at the broken bear on the ground.

Chen Yun was slightly disappointed.

The disappointment was not because I had not been able to kill it.

He was not that murderous for the time being, and this bear was a regular employee with a locator implanted in his body.

If something happens, there will definitely be relevant departments nearby to intervene and investigate.

He was slightly disappointed.

This is because the strength of this bear alone is not enough to reflect how powerful he is currently.

Black Bear’s level is too low.

It is nothing compared to all the land beasts and can hardly be ranked among the top.

Its relative, the brown bear, is a monster that is really worth seeing, with the largest individual weighing nearly one ton and having a strength of about one ton.

The black bear was killed instantly without even having to hold on for half a second.

Chen Yun tried to wake the black bear up by grabbing its neck and shaking it.

But this black bear is obviously very smart.

Chen Yun clearly felt that its emotions changed from a mostly unconscious state to a complex mixture of tension, fear, and uneasiness as it shook.

but.

But he just closed his eyes and dared not open them.

He was pretending to be dead very skillfully.

This made Chen Yun roll his eyes helplessly and said, “Come on, you’re a bear.”

It’s a pity that the black bear, who is well versed in the art of survival, still did not make any movement.

It was obvious that he was well aware of the strength of the two-legged beast in front of him.

Chen Yun could only throw the black bear to the ground.

It seems that next time I can only ask Tiger for a sliding tackle?
Speaking of which, after giving the black bear a blow just now, I felt like I had some vague understanding.

Thinking.

Chen Yun turned around and left after thinking for a moment.

After bidding farewell to the obedient black bear, Chen Yun, whose clothes were somewhat ragged, went deeper into the forest.

……

The lush broad-leaved tree canopy intermittently blocks the sunlight.

Under your feet is a humus layer formed by the gradual accumulation of fallen leaves, twigs, fruits, bark fragments and other organic debris.

Every step he took was unusually soft.

After a long time, Chen Yun, who was walking in the woods, vaguely discovered that there was something special here.

There should be no signs of human activity here, but there seem to be some faint traces of human footprints and smells.

Even though these footprints were covered by new fallen leaves and dead branches in the humus layer, they were still faintly visible under Chen Yun’s perception of the Transparent World 2.0. These footprints probably appeared only a few days ago.

Thinking.

Chen Yun took out a rough map of Laojun Mountain from his empty backpack.

The map only has an outline of large areas covered by mountains and forests, without any details.

However, the villages around the mountains are roughly marked out.

Find the Huangjia Village where you came from, and then compare the distance and direction you have walked so far.

Chen Yun found that he should still be in the mountains.

“Where are the traces of human activities in the deep mountains?”

Frowning, Chen Yun murmured softly.

Is it a scientific research organization?
Or a ranger?
Looked at the scattered footprints.

After pondering for a moment, Chen Yun began to follow these traces.

With his powerful perception ability.

Just follow these imperceptible traces and move forward easily.

Whether it was the faint footprints, the direction of the weeds, or the smells coming from outside the forest…

These are all clues that Chen Yun is tracking.

Soon.

Chen Yun followed these traces and came to a small stream.

Across the stream there was a cobblestone clearing.

There were two men in the open space, fetching water with wooden buckets. One of them looked thinner, with a buzz cut. The other was fatter, with longer hair.

The two men were dressed in loose white robes.

It doesn’t look like the clothes that someone traveling in the mountains would dare to wear. It’s probably because they don’t need to travel too far so they are too lazy to change clothes.

This can be seen.

They should be living nearby. But…

Apart from forest rangers and some people who need scientific research, who would be so bored as to live in the mountains?

Not only is daily life extremely troublesome, there is no water, electricity, or a series of modern equipment.

And there could be danger.

After all, there are real wild animals such as black bears, wild boars, and martens in this forest.

It’s nothing for Chen Yun, but it’s life-threatening for most people.

Being silent.

The two men also noticed Chen Yun’s arrival.

They were stunned for a moment, and then the man with a buzz cut slowly put down the bucket, looked at Chen Yun and said, “Hello, are you lost? Do you want to go to our spiritual retreat and rest for a while?”

His voice sounded sincere.

It was as if he had really seen Chen Yun appear in tattered clothes in the deep mountains and forests, and couldn’t help but feel a sense of sympathy.

But in front of Chen Yun.

Everything is in sight.

The fat man who stood aside without saying anything felt peaceful and harmonious.

However, the man with a crew cut did not seem to be so sincere in his heart. Instead, he felt some kind of… greed?
Things don’t seem that simple.

Groaning.

Chen Yun nodded and said, “Thank God, I thought I was going to be trapped here.”

Although he didn’t cry when he said this, he looked a little tearful.

His strong body coordination and control ability make his acting skills very vivid.

The performance was vivid, with three parts of fear and seven parts of surviving a disaster, just like a person who was really lost in the forest and felt lucky to see a living person.

Such acting skills, coupled with the tattered clothes caused by sprinting around in the forest, are more convincing than any evidence.

next moment.

As expected, Chen Yun noticed that the man with the crew cut was secretly delighted, as if he was the one who was rescued in the deep mountains and forests.

“Then come with us. We have food, water and accommodation.”

The man with a crew cut smiled, picked up the bucket full of water and headed north.

The fat man immediately followed behind with water in his hand.

See this.

Chen Yun followed decisively.

This so-called spiritual retreat, which sounds like a cult name, is located in such a deep forest, and there is something wrong with it.

Chen Yun was also upset by the greedy mood of the man with the crew cut.

and so.

Without thinking too much, Chen Yun’s choice was to follow the two men immediately.

We didn’t go far afterwards.

We came to a protruding mountain.

There are several caves on the mountain.

Chen Yun smelled the scent of saltpeter, which should be the mine left by the ancient people who mined saltpeter.

There are not many trees outside the cave, only a dozen or so simple wooden houses.

In the open space between the wooden house and the cave.

Chen Yun saw a scene that made him narrow his eyes and think deeply.

A middle-aged bearded man sat cross-legged on the ground.

He closed his eyes and assumed a mysterious pose.

Around him were eleven adults, both men and women, sitting cross-legged around the bearded man, muttering prayers.

Their emotions were filled with fanaticism.

Outside of those people who were sitting cross-legged with their eyes closed, a very tall royal sister was silently watching Chen Yun and the other two who were returning from outside.

Her eyes were carefully examining Chen Yun’s unfamiliar face.

Everyone here.

They were all dressed in white robes, just like the two men who led Chen Yun here.

See this.

Chen Yun couldn’t help but look up at the sky, which was rarely without dense shade of trees. At this moment, the sun had already set to the appropriate angle at around four in the afternoon.

The slightly dim sunlight fell on the ground in front of him, making the scene of a group of people in front of him seem a bit weird as if they were praying.

This made Chen Yun fall into deep thought.

Have I… accidentally entered a cult’s lair?
(End of this chapter)