Chapter 726 The strange canyon
At this moment, Ren Xiaosu’s team had just arrived at a canyon in the Sacred Mountains. Cheng Yu received a message saying that Vanilla’s team had encountered Li Shentan on the other side and that they had lost control of the situation there. Everyone in that team was even forced to watch Li Shentan do magic tricks every day.
But at this moment, Cheng Yu actually felt a psychological sense of equilibrium in his heart. At least, it wasn’t just his team that had encountered trouble. In comparison, even though their group had a troublemaker like Ren Xiaosu, they also had a great helper like White Mask. Although White Mask was unwilling to communicate with them, Cheng Yu felt a sense of security with him in the group. Ren Xiaosu looked at the canyon in front of them. The edges of the stone walls on both sides of the canyon were as sharp as knives. He whispered to Yang Xiaojin, “Somehow, I feel that everything that we’ve seen and encountered this time is really strange. It’s just like a whirlpool that was designed by someone to trap all the Anjing House teams. This is similar to that tunnel at the bottom of East Lake back when it could collapse at any moment.”
Ren Xiaosu had underestimated the Pyro Company in the past. That was because some of the Pyro Company members he had encountered were full of nonsense and not very good at fighting in a direct showdown.
But ever since the fall of East Lake, he realized there was a reason why the Qing Consortium and the Saboteurs paid so much attention to the Pyro Company. The Pyro Company was never one to just sit back and do nothing about a situation.
“I’ve never heard you mention who controls the Pyro Company before,” Ren Xiaosu said. “I didn’t mention it because the Pyro Company is not controlled by a single person. What’s different about them is that while the other consortiums are led by a single clan leader, the Pyro Company has five.” Yang Xiaojin said, “You can’t be sure of who’s behind one of their strategies, or if they’re working together.”
“Five leaders?” Ren Xiaosu said in surprise, “Then wouldn’t they feud over the distribution of benefits?”
“That’s what makes the Pyro Company unique.” Yang Xiaojin said, “Rumor has it that they have never had any disagreements about their interests before. Moreover, their roles are not like the other consortiums that have a board of directors. They’re the chief scientists of five fields, and those five roles are fixed. Each person will lead a research team, and the organization will carry out research in five different areas. If one of them dies, a person on their team will replace them.”
“Then who do you think is the mastermind behind the fall of East Lake?” Ren Xiaosu asked.
“I’m not sure.” Yang Xiaojin shook her head.
After walking into the canyon, Ren Xiaosu suddenly realized there seemed to be signs of excavation and cracks on the stone walls on both sides of the canyon.
The canyon was so rugged it looked like it was manmade.
When everyone realized this, Cheng Yu’s a.s.sistant asked curiously, “Could it be that someone dug this canyon out of the mountain? Surely that’s not necessary, right? It’s not like this is the only way to get into the mountains, so why would they dig a canyon here?”
They had been traveling in the wilderness all this time. The Pyro Company had also built roads in the mountains, but their group did not dare to take those routes.
“Alright, cut the c.r.a.p.” Cheng Yu said, “Hurry through here first.”
Given the dangerous terrain of the canyon, it would be easy for them to get ambushed. Therefore, Cheng Yu did not want to waste any time here.
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As they made their way through the canyon, everyone was cautiously guarding against the Pyro Company’s sneak attacks. But when they were about to finish walking through the long canyon, the enemy still did not make a move. “This doesn’t make sense,” Ren Xiaosu said. The Pyro Company would definitely not give up on using such a convenient place for an ambush. This was their home field, after all, so they should be familiar with the terrain.
As he spoke, “Old Xu” pa.s.sed everyone and was walking in front of the group. “He” was the first to walk out of the canyon.
Cheng Yu sighed and said, “As expected, the stronger they are, the more responsible they tend to be. Look at White Mask. He’s always walking in front of us to fend off any danger, but some people in the team are unwilling to do that.”
There was an insinuation in his words. It was obvious that Luo Lan was being backed by Ren Xiaosu. However, Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin kept walking behind them the entire way. It was as though they were afraid they would be the first to bear the brunt of any danger.
Ren Xiaosu ignored him. He could already see through Old Xu’s vision that there was just a normal forest lying beyond the canyon. There was nothing strange about it, nor was there anyone lying in ambush outside the canyon.
Everyone followed Old Xu out of the canyon. But the moment they stepped out, Ren Xiaosu suddenly saw Cheng Yu’s a.s.sistant at the front of the group take out a gun and shoot someone next to him.
It was not only Cheng Yu’s a.s.sistant; many others also seemed to have gone crazy the moment they stepped out of the canyon.
In just a short span of half a minute, three people in the team had already died at the hands of their own teammates. The people who went crazy were wielding firearms as bullets whizzed through the air.
Ren Xiaosu quickly pulled Yang Xiaojin back into the canyon and called out to Luo Lan, Zhou Qi, and the Great Hoodwinker.
He looked at Yang Xiaojin and saw that her eyes were shut tightly. It looked like she was struggling with something. Ren Xiaosu was worried she might also have been possessed, so he prepared to knock her out. But before he could do anything, Yang Xiaojin opened her eyes again. “There’s something strange about this canyon. Quick, save Luo Lan and the others first.”
Ren Xiaosu looked at Luo Lan. He was surprised to find that Luo Lan and the others were also in a very chaotic state. It was just that they did not make any rash moves to kill the people around them.
A bullet came out of nowhere and hit Luo Lan right in the leg. Luo Lan let out a cry, but the chaos was still not over yet. In fact, he even wanted to join in the chaotic battle ahead. When Ren Xiaosu realized something was off, he quickly pulled Luo Lan back and knocked him unconscious.
After all, Luo Lan had only become a supernatural being a short while ago. Meanwhile, Zhou Qi and the Great Hoodwinker were in much better condition. Although they came around a little slower than Yang Xiaojin, they still managed to regain control of their faculties by themselves.
However, the Great Hoodwinker’s first reaction was to quickly lie down on the ground and pretend to be unconscious. In the end, he was also helplessly dragged back into the canyon by Ren Xiaosu. “What’s going on? What happened just now?” Ren Xiaosu asked Yang Xiaojin curiously, “Why am I totally fine?”.
“The moment I stepped out of the canyon, I started hallucinating. In my hallucination, I saw you drawing your saber at me,” Yang Xiaojin said.
“Then how did you snap out of it?” Ren Xiaosu asked.
“Oh, I didn’t think you would attack me. I realized it shouldn’t be real, so I woke up,” Yang Xiaojin said matter-of-factly.
Ren Xiaosu looked outside and quickly had Old Xu knock everyone out amid the chaos in an attempt to stop it.
However, he realized that other than him, there were also others in the group who were still themselves. The young man named w.a.n.g Yun shuttled through the crowd and carefully avoided all the bullets. He first knocked out his subordinates and dragged them aside. Then he returned to the battlefield and killed four people in succession!
His gaze was extremely cold, and it did not look like he was possessed at all. The people he killed were all spies sent by his compet.i.tors.
The man took advantage of this opportunity to eliminate his enemies. It could be said that he was truly ruthless.
However, to have saved his subordinates in such a chaotic situation, Ren Xiaosu did not know how to gauge the type of person he was.