Chapter 435: Late Night

Words : 2095 Updated : Oct 15th, 2025

Chen Chuan and his group set off in the morning, but after chasing until noon, they still hadn't caught up with the horse team. Moreover, it was easy to sense that the horse team was intentionally leading them away from the Base. If they continued to chase like this, the remaining time might not be enough for them to reach the nearest Base before nightfall. Chen Chuan then said, "If we withdraw now, it's as if we didn't come out at all, so I plan to continue chasing and put pressure on them." He looked at his two teammates, "That means we'll have to spend the night in the wild, and you all know the dangers of the night. If you're not prepared for that, then I'll allow you to go back." Yuan Qiu Yuan leaned back in his seat, smiled nonchalantly, and said, "Captain, what are you saying? Are you underestimating me? In my Yuan Qiu Yuan's code of conduct, there's no such thing as desertion." Qin Qing Que said seriously, "Captain, I won't leave the team." Chen Chuan nodded and said, "Since you've decided, then don't think about backing out later. Qin Executive Officer, later, send a Telegram to Consultant Rao, telling him our decision. Now, let's continue chasing." "Yes!" The off-road vehicle continued to chase. During this time, the fortress sent a Telegram inquiring about the situation. They replied that they were still in pursuit and had not encountered any enemies, and they reported their location. The fortress immediately replied, reminding them that they had deviated too far. Even the nearest Base was now five or six hours away, and they should not continue chasing. However, Chen Chuan immediately had Qin Qing Que reply. This time, they planned to continue chasing, and in order not to lose track of the other party, after careful consideration, they decided to spend the night in the wild. "What? Spend the night in the wild?" Inside the Seven Number Thirteen fortress, Consultant Rao, upon receiving this news, became anxious and paced around in circles. He immediately wanted to send another telegram to persuade Chen Chuan and his team to return. However, he thought about Chen Chuan's attitude before leaving, who might have already considered this point and might have some way to deal with it. But he had to consider one thing: Chen Chuan and his team were the only team capable of fighting the Iron Demon and operating in this area. If they were wiped out by the Iron Demon , then before more powerful teams could be mobilized, the rear would be at their mercy. At this time, he had to report the situation to the operations command room. He asked the telegraph operator to leave and put on the headphones himself to send the telegram, describing the basic situation. However, regarding Chen Chuan's team's decision to go out, he took a breath, appended his name, and stated that this was a unanimous decision of the team, including himself. Meanwhile, in the dense forest, Qin Qing Que looked up, "Captain, it's sent." Chen Chuan said, "Continue chasing. We'll stop to camp at four o'clock." The horse team could keep moving, but the traces were not so easy to eliminate. Even if the other party could move at night, they needed to consider that in order to reach Seven Number Thirteen fortress, they must travel at night and rest during the day, and they were rushing at an accelerated pace at the cost of exhausting their horses, for several consecutive days. And after not resting last night and facing their pursuit for a whole day today, they would definitely try to rest tonight, so there was no need to worry about them going too far. As long as they were chasing behind them, they would have no time to do anything else, unless they turned around and eliminated them, but that was what he was hoping for. After another few hours, the sky gradually darkened. Chen Chuan looked outside and said, "Let's camp here." "Yes!" Yuan Qiu Yuan and Qin Qing Que dared to follow him down, not blindly. They had made some preparations beforehand. Moreover, through their previous interactions, they could feel that this Captain , although he looked young, was always very steady and his judgment was very accurate. They believed that he should have some certainty about this. But even so, they were still a little nervous about the unpredictable night in the Convergence Zone. Chen Chuan asked the two to take the tools and equipment from the car and set up some simple defenses and alarms around. He then took out the prepared Secret Cult materials and began to apply them to the inside and outside walls of the car. The defense against Anomaly situations here usually uses protection and protective coatings. The Base fortress uses this kind of thing, but Secret Cult materials can also do it. It's just that ordinary people may not have this knowledge, and this thing itself belongs to a relatively strict, more sensitive thing, and the material itself does not have the conditions for long-term stay, which may be why it is not adopted. But it was just right for the few of them, and only for one night. Yuan Qiu Yuan saw him depicting the ritual and couldn't help but say, "Captain, you are..." But he only said half a sentence before realizing something and shut up. He knew that some things should not be asked, and it was good that the Captain was capable. Qin Qing Que didn't say a word. She always fulfilled her responsibilities as a subordinate very well and never asked anything else. Chen Chuan had already thought about what ritual to use when he set off, so this time he didn't have any reference and directly started to depict it. It took less than an hour to arrange it. But he didn't stop there. He asked the two to take off the stab-proof robes worn on the outside and bring them over, and also depicted some ritual patterns on them. At this moment, only thirty miles away from them, a large force of Iron Demon was stationed here. At this time, a rider came close, saluted on horseback, and said, "Prefect, they have been following us, and they have not turned back, but are stationed in place. They probably want to spend the night in place. Prefect, what should we do now?" The Iron Demon just rode his horse in place, looking into the distance. After a while, a dull voice came from behind the Mask. "Wait." On the other side, Chen Chuan and his team returned to the car after the arrangement was completed. The black night came quickly, like a heavy curtain falling, and the surroundings were suddenly shrouded in darkness. Yuan Qiu Yuan watched the car window vigilantly, but for a long time he didn't feel anything. Just when he thought that the black night of the Convergence Zone was nothing more than that, he suddenly heard a rustling sound very close. It was as if a huge snake was swimming across the car body, and the sound of scales rubbing, as well as the feeling of the vehicle being weighed down by heavy objects, was extremely clear. After a long time, this thing seemed to have swam past, but at this moment, with a bang, the car wall seemed to be hit hard by something, causing the car body to shake. After a few breaths, the sound of impact came again. This time, it seemed that the entire car body was about to roll over to one side. Yuan Qiu Yuan and Qin Qing Que both tensed up, holding their weapons, with solemn expressions. Chen Chuan seemed very calm. He saw a trace of fading appearing on Second Self's body, but not too strong. However, correspondingly, the material applied to the inner wall of the car was gradually dimming. He believed that those applied outside the car were the same. S~eaʀᴄh the ηovelFire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Looking at this situation, it seemed difficult to last the whole night, but he deliberately left some gaps. When the consumption reached the back, he would find a way to add some more to reinforce it. The sound of the impact disappeared several times, as if the thing attacking the vehicle had given up. But they heard a heavy sound approaching. It seemed to be an extremely huge creature. Every footstep would shake the ground, and each step was delayed, so you could imagine the distance of the stride was extremely large. Not only that, they could feel that the other party was getting closer and closer at this moment. It seemed that their vehicle was blocking the other party's path. Yuan Qiu Yuan and Qin Qing Que couldn't help but think, when that thing came over, would it directly trample their car down? Should they quickly drive to move a position? From the moment night fell, Chen Chuan had been paying attention to the two's Activity Index. At this moment, he found that, in just a while, the two's indexes had soared to above twenty, and were still continuing to rise. If it exceeded thirty, it would enter a dangerous stage. He said, "Executive Officer Yuan, Executive Officer Qin, you two should immediately use Breathing Technique to suppress activity. If you can't suppress it, take Drugs. You don't need to think too much about the rest, and you don't need to worry about it." Yuan Qiu Yuan and Qin Qing Que immediately responded, "Yes, Captain." Chen Chuan's calmness infected the two. They immediately put aside those interferences, maintained Breathing Technique, and the rising index on their bodies slowly stopped and slowly fell, but the fall was very slow. They soon settled their minds in it, and when they stopped, they found that the long night had passed, and the light outside the car window was bright, as if all the feelings they had experienced last night were illusory. Yuan Qiu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. He opened the car door and stepped down from it, but he soon found something wrong, because the location where they were staying at this moment was at least hundreds of meters away from yesterday's stay, and on the car body, you could clearly see the marks of being smashed and bumped, as well as the traces of being rubbed by something. And only a few meters away from the car body, there was a huge pit, which extended outwards, gradually stretching into the distance, which made him think of the huge sound last night. What I encountered last night was definitely not just a simple illusion! Qin Qing Que did not get out of the car. She opened the Radio, first sent a telegram to Seven Number Thirteen fortress, and then began to receive news from other Bases. Yuan Qiu Yuan then walked over and said, "Captain, those things last night were really bizarre and unpredictable, but what do the Iron Demon's people rely on to stay outside for so long? Faith? Drugs? It's not like everyone is a Demon Ghost, right?" Chen Chuan said, "Some special means, which we can't imitate, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to master it after cooperating with those natives for so long." "That's true." Yuan Qiu Yuan thought for a while and said with lingering fear, "But if they came to attack us last night, wouldn't we have to face those Anomalies directly?" Chen Chuan said, "It's not that simple. Although the Iron Demon can move at night, all the attacks so far have been near dawn, just like the night before yesterday, when I noticed something strange, it was almost dawn. If they could launch an attack at any time at night, there would be no need to wait until then, so we only need to be prepared during this period." Yuan Qiu Yuan chuckled, "It seems that the Iron Demon and his people are not afraid of anything." Chen Chuan looked at his watch and said, "Let's pack up and set off. Today we will continue to chase and see when they can't help it anymore."

Chapter 435: Late Night

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