Chapter 141 Intelligence
The Wailing Abyss is a huge underground world with strange underground creatures growing, and they also developed this mysterious underground world. The channels inside are well connected. If you are not a person like Gu Cheng who has read the comprehensive analysis post, it is easy to get lost in it.
Because the passages inside are connected one by one, and each passage has a fork, the player who wrote the analysis post also leaned on each fork to mark the numbers, and then gradually understood the route of the wailing abyss.
Although the sharp-fanged druid occupied the abyss of howling, Gu Cheng and others saved the trouble of dealing with other underground creatures, they bypassed several passages from the altar and finally returned to the only exit. When they jumped off the last platform, even the legs of Marc and Seer who were relying on their physical fitness were a little weak.
However, the light at the end of the passage once again gave them motivation.
At this time, Sari had no strength to stand, so Mark had to run wildly with her back, and the five of them rushed towards the entrance of the cave like flying. The underground world had been staying for too long, and the dazzling light made them unable to open their eyes.
"Quickly, cut off those Tengman!" Gu Cheng held up the rune-long sword and pointed at the thick Tengman above the entrance of the cave. The Tengman was wrapped around a pile of gravel. As long as they were cut off, they could block the entrance of the cave with gravel.
Mark, Seer and Kana dare not neglect them. They were chased by spiders and poisonous snakes all the way, but they didn't want these monsters to chase outside. As soon as Gu Cheng finished speaking, the three of them immediately raised their weapons and slashed at Tengman.
"Boom--"
The gravel kept falling, and soon the small holes were piled up.
"call--"
Everyone exhaled and sat directly on the ground so tired.
"It seems that the Centaur Tribe has also retreated." After Mark came out, he was most concerned about the Centaur Tribe. They were forced into it by the Centaur Tribe. What he was most worried about was that everyone was exhausted and had to face the Centaur when they came out.
Gu Cheng always felt something was wrong, and suddenly thought of a very critical question. A cold light flashed in his eyes and asked faintly: "Captain, are you only a few of you left? Where are the others?"
Mark looked a little sad: "Frera and the others were all killed in battle, and Bis was also separated by the Centaur and the Sharp Druid. It should be... It's too bad... It's all my fault, why did I take this order... Now the goods are stolen, and the members of the group... Alas, the Mark Merchant Group really can't save it."
"Who suggested that the team leader take this order at the beginning?" Gu Cheng asked again: "Why hasn't the contact person shown up until now after you got here?"
"What's the use of saying this? People are dead. Let's go, go back. If you haven't completed the task, you will lose the score, and the caravan can't hold on." Mark seemed to have become more than teenagers for a while, and his voice was like an old man in his twilight moment.
In his early years, he worked hard as a scattered mercenary for decades and finally formed a caravan by himself. He loved it like his own children. Unexpectedly, after several years, he finally endured it like most small mercenary groups and small caravans, and was destroyed in a task that completely exceeded the strength of his team. For him, this was even more unacceptable than dying in battle.
Gu Cheng fell into a deep thought after hearing Mark's words, and then said: "To be honest, the reason why I came to the wailing place was because I received a task in the Mercenary Association to investigate the distress signal for the wailing place. According to the task prompt, a mercenary team lost contact after entering the wailing place 3 days ago. Then, someone received the distress signal yesterday, so he issued a task in the mercenary association..."
After a pause, Gu Cheng continued, "But my entourage and I searched the entire centaur camp and did not find any signs of the mercenary team coming. Instead, we encountered many centaur warriors... I suspect that this distress signal was faked to lead us to the place of wailing. So I was wondering if there was a problem with your order, it felt like a trap. I deliberately asked you to deliver the goods here, and then let the centaur tribe robbed them, and finally let you die in the abyss of wailing. In this way, God swallowed the goods without knowing it..."
"Wait!" Mark suddenly remembered something when he heard Gu Cheng say this: "You said this... the order clearly stated that when we entered the wailing place, someone would pick up the goods with us. As a result, we did not see the connector when we came, so we thought about entering the agreed place of the wailing place."
Seer added from the side: "No, leader, it was Bis who suggested that we enter the wailing place in advance. But after the attack of the Centaur Tribe, Biss disappeared in the blink of an eye."
Mark frowned: "Are you suspicious of Bees?"
Seer shook his head: "I don't know, I'm just very strange. Biss's skills are the best among us. At that time, we could get together and retreat into the abyss of wailing. He had no reason to fall behind. After hearing Mr. Reus mentioned it, I realized that it was Biss who suggested that we take the task, Biss who asked us to enter the place of wailing early, Biss who took us into the trap of the Centaur Tribe... But now Biss is missing, so it's hard for people not to doubt him!"
Mark denied: "No, it's not him. Bis has been fighting with us for several years! Don't forget that before taking over the mission, he also analyzed the dangers of this order to us. He also reminded us that the Centaur tribe colluded with the Star Demon and established a stronghold in the southern part of Luogu Mountain, allowing us to bypass the dangerous areas in the south...how, how could it be him!"
Centaur tribe colluded with the Star Demon?
Gu Cheng quickly asked: "Captain Mark, when did the news of the collusion between the Centaur Tribe and the Star Demon come out? Or did you not know this until Bis mentioned it."
Mark answered honestly: "We didn't know this before Bis mentioned the collusion between the Centaur Tribe and the Star Demon... Besides, the Centaur Tribe, as the largest tribal force in Luogu Mountain, would definitely be able to spread throughout Sot City in just one day."
"How did Bis know?" Gu Cheng asked strangely.
Everyone was stunned when Gu Cheng said this.
Yes! Logically speaking, the collusion between the Centaur Tribe and the Star Demon is definitely a major news that affects the safety of Sort City. If nothing else is right, Biss heard it alone, and no one else present has heard of it! Not to mention that Gu Cheng kept asking the Zero Guild for two consecutive weeks to inquire about the news for him.
Bis deliberately lured Mark to take the order to deliver goods to the Wailing Place; Centaurs attacked Mark's caravan and robbed the goods, and then forced them into the Wailing Abyss; Mercenary Union's help mission; Sacrifice of the Wailing Abyss...
Gu Cheng frowned, and he felt that he had found some idea...
"Captain Mark, what are the goods you are delivering this time?"
Commander Mark thought for a while and replied: "The goods are quite complicated, most of them are weapons and armor. Oh, by the way, there are still a small number of time and space crystallizations..."
"Crystal time and space? What is that?" Gu Cheng asked.
Commander Mark shook his head: "I don't know much about the specificity, but I heard it is an energy crystal developed by the Beast Control Association, which can stabilize the material for the transmission array. I heard that the Beast Control Association attempts to use this material to build a teleportation array between Sort City and other empires..."
Stable teleportation array?
Crystallization of time and space?
Could it be...
Chapter completed!