Da Yu was furious: "You should have said so earlier!"
He passed by the shadow again, and the Chen family painter suddenly displayed a power beyond his years, striking the shadow's brow fiercely with his index finger like lightning.
With a bang, Da Yu's shadow exploded after being pierced between the eyebrows, transforming back into a normal shadow that moved with the light.
Qingchen watched silently... Da Yu was no simpleton. It seemed that besides the forbidden objects that allowed him to manipulate origami and the Chen family's painting heritage, he had other trump cards.
Da Yu sat down on the ground, panting, and glared at Qing Chen angrily: "Next time you're trying to exploit a bug, stay away from me! Go to sleep!"
"So, just like my shadow, the shadows of these two people will also reflect back the damage they suffer in the form of pain, but there is only the sensation of pain, not real harm," Qingchen analyzed.
The three of them didn't go back to the campfire... it was just too far away.
They rested on the spot, planning to return to the wilderness settlement at dawn. Qingchen and Huanyu were more than ten meters apart, ignoring each other and maintaining a strong sense of distance.
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As dawn broke, Qing Chen suddenly heard a strange sound. He looked up at the sky and was shocked to see seven airships flying high in the air. The airships, which had been hidden in the clouds, immediately descended after spotting the three people and aimed their main cannons at the three people on the ground!
Because the airship was so high, even the three A-level beings were completely unaware of it.
Just as Qing Chen was about to wake the other two, he saw that the seven airships were already falling at top speed.
Even an A-level expert would find it difficult to dodge a laser cannon locked onto by the main firepower of a Class A airship.
At this moment, Qingchen finally saw the unit designation clearly: it was the Second Air Force under the Chen family!
"Zard, Da Yu, wake up!" Qing Chen shouted.
Da Yu stood up, rubbed his eyes, and exclaimed in surprise, "Brother Dean!"
Qing Chen: "..."
Why did Da Yu and Xiao Yu's identities suddenly switch at this moment? This is going to be the death of me!
Just then, a voice broadcast from the airship: "Attention, wastelanders on the ground, you are surrounded. Do not put up any futile resistance. Wait for the army group to arrive."
Qingchen and Zard exchanged a glance. They weren't there for them; in fact, the other party wanted to leave them alive!
"The only explanation for the army group leaving the Wildlings alive is that they want to use the Wildlings to explore forbidden lands!" Qing Chen said in a low voice. "It's a bit strange. The Northern Federation is still in a civil war. What kind of forbidden land is it that would make the Chen family go to such lengths at this time and even send out the fragmented Second Air Force?"
At this moment, they were surrounded by army groups from both the front and the rear. From Chen's army group, a large number of refugees were being escorted forward, numbering over a thousand, all wearing the uniforms of farmers from the production base.
The army group has 4,500 personnel, which is the configuration of a field brigade.
Qingchen was stunned. Everyone had been pretending to be farmers to deceive the Gao brothers, but had their words come true?
Did the Chen family really plunder the farmers of the 1129 production base to explore forbidden lands?
Qingchen suddenly said, "They're going to the fire pit! Zard, don't resist, let's sneak in!"
As he spoke, he stuffed everything—the Three Realms, the marionette, the power ring, the silhouette, the universal charger, and the satellite phone—into Zard's body.
A 30-man combat squad approached, and Xiaoyu hid behind Zard, cautiously watching them.
A soldier raised his rifle butt and slammed Qingchen to the ground, while Zard obediently pressed Xiaoyu down to lie on the ground with him.
Someone stomped on Qingchen's face with hard military boots, burying half of his cheek in the mud, and asked coldly, "Where are you from?"
The other soldiers began searching them to make sure they had no suspicious items or weapons before they relaxed their guard slightly.
Qing Chen said, "We are refugees from City 10. We traveled south from City 10 and got lost here!"
In order to blend in with the Gao brothers, Qingchen and the others all changed into tattered clothes and made their faces dirty, which came in handy now.
Moreover, the proud Great Feather was also in hibernation, leaving them without any weaknesses.
An officer slowly approached: "How did you escape from City 10?"
“Someone forced us through a door into the wilderness. They said there was a disaster in City 10 and told us to stay in the wilderness and not move. But we felt something was wrong, so we took the opportunity to run away as soon as we got to the wilderness,” Qingchen explained. “Please spare us, sir.”
The officer paused for a moment: "Take him to the group of farmers from 1129 and bring him along."
Qing Chen shouted, "Sir, I am a citizen of City 10. Please send me back, and I will reward you handsomely!"
The officer sneered and kicked him in the stomach, causing Qingchen to curl up like a shrimp.
The officer said, "I'm afraid you won't be able to get back to City 10!"
The 30-man combat squad escorted Qingchen and the other two into the ranks, and the Chen Clan Army Group continued westward, seemingly unaware of the existence of a wilderness settlement in the south.
Chapter 722, Senior Uncle, Chen Jiazhang!
The Northern War had just been suspended, but everyone knew that a new war was on the horizon.
As a result, the four northern conglomerates were locked in a fierce battle, and Chen said, "I'll go explore a forbidden place first..."
Therefore, the Chen Group Army must have an even more important task... the fire pit.
Fire Pit exists in the cracks between various conglomerates. They are located in remote areas and possess a wealth of forbidden resources, secrets, and even mysterious cultivation traditions.
Moreover, if the Chen family wanted to cross the southwestern snow-capped mountains to influence the Qing family's main camp, they had to pass through the fire pit.
This fire pit and Forbidden Land No. 8 were like a thorn stuck in Chen's throat.
In the past, if the Chen family wanted to light a fire pit, the Qing family would send troops to practice in the wilderness.
Whenever the Qing family held military exercises, the Chen family had no choice but to retreat, fearing that the Qing family might suddenly stop exercising.
Now that all forces are tied up on the northern battlefield, the Chen family must take this opportunity to completely seize Huotang!
Open the corridor leading to the Qing family!
As Qing Chen was being escorted towards the refugees, he kept glancing around, trying to understand the situation of this field brigade.
If they attack the fire pit, it means there must be a master of the Chen family hidden in the field brigade. Chen Yu himself might even be in the Class A airship above them!
Otherwise, how could a field brigade possibly capture Huotang, a place teeming with skilled fighters? Even if Spade were operating in the north now, it wouldn't work.
Qing Chen had only been observing for two minutes when he spotted a familiar face…
Chen Yehu.
The other party was wearing a senior colonel's uniform and was returning to the off-road vehicle; this was Chen Yehu's unit.
When Qingchen first transmigrated into Prison No. 18, Li Shutong put a cat-face mask on him and took him to the most famous rooftop revolving restaurant in City No. 18 for a meal.
It was this Chen Yehu who stepped forward, representing the Chen family, to persuade Li Shutong to return to prison.
At that time, Li Shutong personally praised Chen Yehu as the most outstanding talent among the younger generation of the Chen family.
While they were thinking, the soldier responsible for escorting Qingchen and the other two pushed them into the crowd of farmers.
The farmers had been driven on foot for more than 200 kilometers, and their expressions were numb. Even when Qingchen and the others joined the group, they only glanced at them and then had no reaction.
These farmers include the elderly, women, young adults, and children.
There were men carrying two-year-old babies in their arms, walking along with indifferent and weary expressions. Some women had lost their shoes but had to continue walking barefoot, their feet blistered and raw.
At this moment, an old lady fell to the ground. She had walked more than 200 kilometers and could no longer go on.
The Chen soldiers suddenly kicked her in the back: "Can't walk anymore? If you can't walk anymore, then die here."
The old woman's son's eyes were bloodshot: "I carried my mother away. Didn't you want a living person? How can you test the rules of the forbidden place with a dead person?"
The soldier sneered, "If you're so filial, then carry her on your back. Let's see how long you can carry her. If you dare to walk too slowly, I'll beat you both up."
The old woman's son helped her up, carried her on his back, and they continued forward with difficulty, step by step.
Even Zard, the usually unserious lunatic, showed a look of pity on his face. He said in a low and serious voice, "Boss, I want to save them."
At this moment, Zard is just like when he covered Xiaoyu's eyes, completely different from his usual self.
In the group, Xiaoyu said in a low voice, looking aggrieved, "Brother Zard, Brother Xiaotu, I'm scared."
"Don't be afraid, Xiaoyu," Qingchen comforted her. "They won't do anything to us for now, Zard. If you want to rescue people, you have to wait patiently, at least until Dayu comes out again. Otherwise, the two of us alone won't be enough to deal with the risks."
Zard nodded and hummed in agreement.
At this moment, a group of Chen's soldiers came over and put electronic collars on the refugees one by one.
An officer said coldly, "Don't even think about running away. Once the location is too far from the group, we'll detonate it. If you don't want to die, just obey us."
Qing Chen said in a low voice, "The Chen family has no intention of leaving any survivors."
Once the rules of the Forbidden Land have been explored, the Chen family will definitely kill everyone in the Forbidden Land to prevent anyone from returning to the Federation alive and affecting the Chen family's reputation.
Zard looked down and said, "That's too cruel."
"Zard, this is the meaning of my purpose in changing the world."
"Yes, I understand."
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The column marched on until evening, and Chen's soldiers, like shepherds, drove the farmers to build barracks and collect firewood.
Anyone who was even slightly slow would be whipped a few times.
The evening sun shone on everyone, but there was no warmth, only bone-chilling cold.
An elderly man with mobility issues was carrying firewood when he suddenly fell down on the road. However, the Chen soldiers in charge of supervising the crowd immediately lashed him with a whip.
With a crisp crack of the whip, Qing Chen turned around and saw Zard lying on top of the old man, shielding him from the whip.
"You have compassion, huh?" Chen's soldier sneered, and as he spoke, he lashed out with the whip more than ten times, tearing Zard's clothes to shreds.
This time, Zard was very cautious. He even controlled the body on his back to give up elementalization and used his flesh and blood to endure the pain. Otherwise, if he didn't get injured after being whipped more than ten times, he would be suspected.
At one point, Qingchen felt that Zard seemed to have two souls inside him, one serious and one unserious.
The unconventional one, used to resist the world that once abandoned him.
The real him is the one who is genuine.
However, Zard did indeed have a mental problem, and he couldn't distinguish which one was himself.
This time, it was Qingchen's turn to cover Xiaoyu's eyes; he didn't want Xiaoyu to see this scene.
After the Chen soldiers had had their fill of fighting, they said coldly, "Get up and get to work! If the barracks aren't set up by nightfall, nobody will get any food!"