Chapter 69 Tracking
Ten minutes later, Chen Jing and his party arrived at the end of the secret passage.
The entrance to the cave was obviously blocked by something outside.
He signaled Shang Qingmei to step back, and after he had moved out of the space, he directly kicked the thing outside away.
The moment the cave entrance opened, the three of them rushed out immediately and got into a fighting stance in case someone ambushed here.
But now it seems like it was a useless effort.
Boom!
Only then did the thing blocking the hole just fall onto the marble floor, making a loud noise.
The three of them put down their guard and began to take stock of their position.
Judging from the arrangement of furniture in the room, it should be an office, and the thing blocking the opening was a huge iron cabinet, which should have contained some documents and the like, but it is now empty.
The Blood Moon Club chose the address of this exit very well. No one from the patrol team would be bored enough to move the iron cabinet.
The door of the house did not seem to be damaged. It was still Chen Jing who took the lead, holding the handle of the knife with one hand and gently turning the door handle with the other hand.
The soft sound of "Bah" sounded in the empty subway hall.
When they walked out, the payment station was right in front of them. Next to it was the downward elevator entrance. Walking to the left and right sides was the station exit.
Shang Qingmei stretched out his slender index finger and pointed at the dusty sign in front of him and said:
"This is Liantai Station. According to the military's defense plan, the exits of this area are completely blocked. Go directly downstairs. They will definitely choose to go through the tunnel."
"You know this as well?"
Lin Zhan was very surprised. Who would memorize the subway defense map?
Shang Qing's eyebrows were cold and he simply replied: "Be prepared."
Lin Zhan shrugged and said nothing more. It was obvious from his expression that he believed the other party. He knew that with the other party's temperament, it was impossible for him to say anything uncertain.
Chen Jing also agreed with this, but in order to be sure, he still opened his nose and smelled the remaining breath. After those people went down, he nodded and informed: "Then let's go down."
The elevator going up and down had long since stopped, and it was covered with thick dust. Three clear and obvious footprints appeared in front of them.
"Three people, two of them are between 1.75 and 1.80 meters tall, and the other one is between 1.9 and 2 meters tall."
Chen Jing, who had perfect scores in tracking in school, quickly deduced the heights of the three of them based on the length of their footsteps.
Shang Qingmei and Chen Jing, both top academics, came to the conclusion at about the same time.
Lin Zhan rubbed his nose awkwardly. He had never been interested in cultural classes, and he would rather spend more time in the martial arts training ground.
After listening to Chen Jing's story, he clapped his hands quickly and said: "Then what are you waiting for? Let's go quickly."
Although the other party was right, Chen Jing still rolled his eyes at him.
The three of them quickly came down. The subway platform looked very spacious. There were seven or eight stone pillars in the two rows on the left and right supporting each other in parallel. The yellow signs near the tunnel could not be seen at all. Apart from the dust, a few stones could also be seen clearly on the platform.
There were black blood stains that had solidified for a long time. It was unclear whether they were from humans or beasts.
Not paying attention to this, they followed the footprints to the left edge, where the other party should have jumped down the tunnel. They just didn't know which direction they went.
Shang Qingmei jumped directly, and there was a tiny splash of water. There was a lot of groundwater accumulated on the railway track, which was much better than the water that had been soaked in the sewer before. But this also brought difficulties to the tracking.
A lot of trouble.
Even so, she knelt down and searched carefully.
Lin Zhan was self-aware and did not go down to cause trouble. He just stood there quietly and waited for the answer.
But when I saw that Chen Jing was as motionless as him, I couldn't help but feel a little confused.
Why is this guy so stupid? Why don't you go down and help if you have the ability? Are you just standing here and being lazy?
Of course Chen Jing was not being lazy. He quickly confirmed the direction through his nose. For some reason at this moment, he suddenly felt like he was dreaming back to the first time he hunted and seriously injured a barbarian.
Although it was less than a year ago, he still clearly remembered that this young man who had just reached the first level and did not know anything about the Nine Layers Thunder Sword, the Six Military Styles, etc., had been tracking for several hours with his passion.
Finally, he found the other party and dragged him to death dangerously, thus successfully earning his first pot of gold.
Now, he is still tracking, but he has become a second-level warrior with top-level martial arts skills and can easily jump up and fight. And there are two teammates beside him who are no less than him.
It is much stronger than the first time.
Just when Lin Zhan couldn't hold back and wanted to ask questions, Chen Jing finally came to his senses, pointed to the tunnel on the right and pointedly said: "Take the right side of the tunnel."
Lin Zhan had a look of disbelief on his face. He had been watching Chen Jing standing there in a daze, doing nothing.
He asked directly: "You didn't check the traces below, how can you be so sure?"
Shang Qingmei also looked over with confusion.
After Chen Jing briefly talked about his abilities, he asked Lin Zhan: "You must have seen my nose move, right?"
Lin Zhan thought about it and it really happened.
He didn't expect this guy to have such abilities, so he would have to be more careful in the future. His inner alarm for Chen Jing increased even more.
Shang Qingmei glanced at Chen Jing with an incomprehensible look, then quickly returned to normal, and said with a calm expression: "Then let's set off in the direction you said."
The three of them continued moving forward.
"Can you determine how long the smell lasts?"
Shang Qingmei suddenly asked as the high-top combat boots covering his calves stepped on the track covered with stones.
Chen Jing understood what she meant, took a deep breath, and after a minute, said directly: "Twenty minutes away."
Shang Qingmei nodded with satisfaction. She knew something about smell tracking combat skills. She had to praise Chen Jing for being able to do this despite not being a major.
"Speed up and remind everyone when there are five minutes left," she continued.
Chen Jing nodded. The three of them accelerated again.
They were accelerating, but the speed of the three people who were not aware of the pursuers in front continued unabated. After all, they were running for their lives.
Twenty minutes later, Chen Jing and the other three deliberately accelerated and narrowed the distance between the two to about ten minutes away.
Just as they continued walking for about a hundred meters, Chen Jing suddenly stopped and shouted: "Be careful, there is a situation ahead."
He smelled the foul smell of blood.
The three of them stopped and walked over slowly.
"It's a ground-burrowing sandworm. It looks like it's the third level in size." Lin Zhan said with a frown as he looked at a grey-brown beast in front of him that was about ten meters long and looked like a caterpillar.
Chen Jing looked specifically at the injuries on its body and frowned.
The head was broken, killing him with one blow. And it was done by one person, so he was very powerful.
"It's a bit troublesome. I hope it won't be the worst outcome."
His eyes were a little complicated, and he glanced at Shang Qingmei, who was still indifferent. He didn't believe that he didn't guess it based on his intelligence.
Until now, this person is still expressionless, or should I say firm.
"Keep going!" Shang Qingmei's voice was cold but very pleasant.
Chen Jing shrugged and let's continue. The possibility is very low. You can't be as courageous as a woman.
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"Five minutes left."
The three of them slowed down.
Shang Qingmei looked at Chen Jing and said, "Let's formulate a battle plan."
Chen Jing nodded. At the last moment, all hesitation, timidity, and uneasiness were abandoned, and finally turned into a surge of fighting spirit. This is the true warrior.
The two discussed it seriously.
Lin Zhan, who was ignored, looked at the two men eagerly. They spoke so fast that he was a little overwhelmed.
In the end, he just stayed aside silently and was still very self-aware, quietly waiting for the final battle plan.
…
"Then, prepare to fight."
Chapter completed!