The forest was silent, without even the sound of a bird.
The air was filled with an indescribable smell, like rotten food or vomit, and everyone had to wear masks to prevent poisoning.
"Is this... a snake slough?"
After walking in for more than half an hour, they found a huge snake skin that was broken into pieces between several trees.
"Is this the basilisk's slough?"
There are pythons distributed in Quang Nam Province, but their maximum length is only five or six meters, and their skins are not that big.
The shortest basilisks that appeared in the school before were more than ten meters long. If they could shed their skin like snakes, the skin would be about this size.
"Be careful, some basilisks will drill through."
According to the investigators who escaped, there are several types of basilisks. Some can fly, some can burrow into the ground, and some have the ability to become invisible. The Dark Forest is their home ground.
Here at the snake slough, they found huge tracks that crisscrossed the area.
Seeing so many traces, everyone quickly left the area. They were there to find the snake man's hiding place, not to hunt the basilisk.
"This is where the snake man was found before. Looking at these things, it is indeed here."
Three days later at night, the team of ten arrived at the location indicated by the intelligence. There were traces of battle and various man-made objects. It seemed that something had lived here for a while, but it was not certain whether it was a human.
"Did they run away?"
It was quiet all around, no monsters, no humans, it was eerie quiet.
"It's likely he ran away. It's too dark to see anything now. Why don't we wait until tomorrow to look for him?"
"Okay, arrange a vigil tonight and look for it tomorrow."
The snake people may have received the news and evacuated early for fear of being found. Zhou Yaning also thought so. The snake people seemed to have a conspiracy and did not dare to show it in the open.
Nothing happened during the night. When it was a little light, they got up and searched for any traces of the snake man's escape.
"Captain, over here, they're heading southwest."
"Southwest, that's the direction to Elephant Country. Are they running towards Elephant Country?"
This primeval forest is very large, covering several countries, and only a part of it is within Shenghua. Now the snake people may be running towards the Elephant Country. Should they still chase them?
"Captain Lin, should we continue searching?"
Seeing the direction they were heading, Zhou Yaning hesitated. If they were within the territory of Shenghua, he would chase them no matter what. But if they went to another country, he didn't know what to do.
If they go to other countries to fight and kill, it will have a bad impact if others find out.
In the past, Shenghua Kingdom had political conflicts with Xiang Kingdom, and the relationship between the two countries was not friendly. If the other side took advantage of the situation, how would they respond?
"Chase them. You have to know their exact movements. Even if you can't kill them, you have to prevent them from coming back."
It would be fine if the snake people went to other countries to cause trouble, at least they would not be the first wave of victims when something happened. As long as they had time, they would be able to react.
Many times things happen suddenly, and even if they have the power, it takes time to exert it.
"Let's report to the headquarters first and wait for the director's response." Zhou Yaning called the director. Things cannot be decided so easily.
At least we can't let them decide on their own, we have to inform their superiors.
"You ran to the Elephant Country, right? If it doesn't work out, come back."
Zhang Chengyan asked them to give chase. After receiving the reply, Zhou Yaning no longer hesitated and led his men to continue chasing the snake man.
They followed the traces to the Elephant Kingdom, but after going deep into the primeval forest, the traces on the ground disappeared.
"There are no traces left. Looking at the direction, they are still moving southwest." Zhou Yaning stood up from the ground. The snake people were migrating to another place.
"Let's go. We've already come this far. Let's keep going."
Following the snake people's direction of advance, the team continued to move southwest.
Soon after they set off, they passed through a series of trees and suddenly a dirt road appeared in front of them. The dirt road was wet and muddy, with many potholes of various sizes on it.
"Wait, there are cars coming, five cars, and some people."
Just as they were about to walk over, Lu Chengchuan heard the sound of a car engine from behind on the right, as well as the sound of running and panting in the mud.
"Hide and don't interact with the locals."
The ten people hid behind the trees. Less than half a minute later, cars drove over. They were military vehicles with a bunch of soldiers standing on them, and there were more than a hundred people running behind the cars.
Lu Chengchuan stood behind a tree and watched the army running by. There was an area in Xiangguo that was covered by forests. Many criminals traded here, and even government troops did some illegal activities.
They were not afraid of these people. Lin Jing could deal with these guys alone, but they did not want to make too much noise, and even more so did not want to attract the attention of the Xiang country officials.
After the cars and soldiers passed, they came out from behind the trees and left quickly.
"Be more careful here and don't get discovered by these soldiers."
The team marched southwest for a week, and halfway through, they received a call from the director.
"Don't chase them. Check the international news. Half an hour ago, a group of half-human, half-snake monsters and giant snakes rushed into the sea. You can't catch up."
The director's call made Zhou Yaning stunned for a moment. Zhang Chengyan also just learned about this and hurriedly called her.
"Go to any video website, search for snake monsters, and watch the news and videos. Also, the mission is canceled, so hurry back."
Zhang Chengyan hung up the phone, and the people around her saw her expression change and knew that the situation had changed.
"Everyone search for the latest international news, just search for snake-man monsters."
Upon hearing this, everyone took out their search engines and quickly found many videos and news.
Many of the videos were shot from high altitudes, and the images are very clear. In the images, a group of giant snakes that are more than ten, twenty or thirty meters long jump into the sea frantically, including some half-human, half-snake monsters.
The video lasts several minutes, showing hundreds of basilisks pouring into the sea.
There is a small country southwest of Xiangguo, close to the sea. The basilisk entered the ocean from this country. No wonder Zhang Chengyan asked them to go back. Once the basilisk entered the sea, they could not chase it at all.
It's easy on land, but the difficulty increases sharply once it enters the sea.
"Let's go. Don't stay here any longer. Let's go to the Chinese Embassy in Xiangguo and take a plane back."
The mission was cancelled, and Zhou Yaning didn't want to waste half a month walking back. They could sneak into the embassy and return home through the embassy's operations.
Without a mission, Zhou Yaning went to search for the nearest city. The embassy was located in the capital of Xiang State, which was still some distance away. They went to the city to resupply while contacting the embassy and waiting.
"There's a small city twenty kilometers away. I'll contact the embassy on the way and meet there."
After finding the right direction, everyone continued on their journey. During this time, they also contacted the embassy, and the other party would send a car to the small city to pick them up.
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