75 Prehistoric birds (1/2)

When Ren Xiaosu heard Yang Xiaojin talking about the Pyro Company, he quickly processed what she said. That was because a lot of information was contained within that short passage of words.

Xu Xianchu obviously did not know this information about the Pyro Company. That was to say, Yang Xiaojin had far surpassed Xu Xianchu, who was a soldier of the private army, in terms of gathering intelligence.

Moreover, Yang Xiaojin had mentioned, ”Perhaps only the core personnel of the Pyro Company know what really happened there.” Why was she so sure that only the core personnel knew about it rather than the entire Pyro Company? Yang Xiaojin must have sought out information from some of the Pyro Company's members before but to no avail.

Ren Xiaosu felt that Yang Xiaojin couldn't have managed that alone. It was just like how he didn't know how many strongholds had been built by humans until now, with the highest number that he had ever heard of being Stronghold 178.

He did not know about the Pyro Company, nor how many organizations were out there. To be able to understand the overall situation of the world in this era where communications infrastructure was underdeveloped, she had to have an organization behind her!

Therefore, Yang Xiaojin must belong to an organization. As for which organization she belonged to, nobody knew.

Ren Xiaosu was someone who liked learning and contemplation a lot. At this moment, Yang Xiaojin stopped talking when she noticed that Ren Xiaosu was deep in thought. Yang Xiaojin was not stupid. She realized that Ren Xiaosu was analyzing the information she had just said.

Ren Xiaosu suddenly asked, ”Are these the only two known locations with mysterious activities happening?”

Yang Xiaojin gave him a look. ”There will be more and more of such places.”

In the afternoon, everyone was showing signs of fatigue except for Ren Xiaosu. As Liu Bu, Luo Xinyu, and Wang Lei were only normal people, their soles had already started blistering. However, they did not dare to fall behind or ask if they could take a rest.

Ren Xiaosu finished a bottle of water and then refilled it in a shallow stream. As the other three did not have any containers with them, they had to find some large leaves to hold the water.

In front, Xu Xianchu had a canteen while Yang Xiaojin had a bottle of water hidden on her too. As for Ren Xiaosu, needless to say, he not only had a water bottle, there was even the metal cup he'd brought from home.

However, Luo Xinyu, Liu Bu, and Wang Lei did not have any containers. As such, Ren Xiaosu, Yang Xiaojin, and Xu Xianchu were strolling ahead of them with their hands swinging about. Meanwhile, Luo Xinyu, Liu Bu, and Wang Lei each held a leaf in their hands as they followed them and looked pretty pathetic.

When they were getting water, Ren Xiaosu expressly instructed, ”Y'all can't go near the deep end. Just get water from the streams. Once you get it, leave A-SAP.”

When Xu Xianchu mentioned the prehistoric birds had appeared in the place controlled by the Pyro Company, he remembered the dark shadow in the river he encountered when he was catching fish!

It was a creature that even other fishes in the water were afraid of. Ren Xiaosu even regretted that he didn't catch a glimpse of what it really was.

At dusk, they finally found a new cave to settle in, but it was tiny this time. It was a little crowded with six people sitting inside, but they had no choice. The forest was too scary at night.

When they huddled together to keep themselves warm over a fire, everyone felt a rare sense of security. Perhaps humans would only realize the importance of companionship during moments like this.

Ren Xiaosu carefully checked the inside of the cave to look for any traces left behind by humans, such as inscriptions like the ones left in the hollow last night. Unfortunately, he could not find any traces of that here.

Xu Xianchu instructed, ”If anyone wants to relieve themselves, it will be best not to head into the forest in case of accidents. If the ladies want to relieve themselves, we'll just turn our heads the other way. The two of you can take turns to watch over us to make sure we're not peeking. This is also for the sake of everyone's safety.”

As the group chewed on the cooked pine roots, Liu Bu remembered the aroma of the roasted boar from before and joked to Ren Xiaosu, ”Why don't you make another wish? Wouldn't it be great if another animal ran into a tree?”