Chapter 682 - Black sniper rifle (1/2)

On the way out of the black market.

“Why are the Sacred Mountains called the Sacred Mountains?”

This question might sound a little nonsensical, but the Great Hoodwinker’s interest was aroused when he heard it. He answered Ren Xiaosu, “Actually, this mountain range did not have a name in the past. Everyone was caught up with trying to survive in these wastelands, so why would anyone care to remember its name? Moreover, the terrain around here had also changed since The Cataclysm. Later, the Pyro Company only named this place the Sacred Mountains after they set up a research laboratory here and cordoned it off.”

“I keep getting the feeling that this name sounds a little religious. It’s somewhat awkward to hear it being called that,” Ren Xiaosu muttered.

“It has nothing to do with religion at all. The Pyro Company only believes in genetics.” The Great Hoodwinker said with a sigh, “However, there’s a rumor circulating among a minority of people that this is hallowed ground. The Qing Consortium defined the Jing Mountains as hallowed ground as well, but now that the Jing Mountains have been destroyed, no one dares to explore there anymore.”

“Hallowed ground?” Ren Xiaosu wondered, “Does that mean that something like a god has appeared at this place before? What’s the explanation for that?”

“That, I’m not sure. It’s very difficult to infiltrate the Pyro Company’s territories. Back then, I was only brave enough to walk around the outer perimeter of the Sacred Mountains. It somehow felt like there was some kind of unknown danger lurking on the inside.” The Great Hoodwinker said, “However, the Qing Consortium seems to have a lot more spies out there. They defined it as hallowed ground because there was someone who appeared there, or was born there, that sparked changes to the surrounding environment.”

Ren Xiaosu had never asked Luo Lan about these things. As for the Jing Mountains, it was a memory from a long time ago.

However, Ren Xiaosu knew Qing Zhen disliked the Pyro Company a lot. With Qing Zhen’s character, he would indeed spare no effort to understand as much as he could about his opponents.

Therefore, this information that had originated from the Qing Consortium might very well be true.

“Hallowed ground…” Ren Xiaosu muttered to himself. That place was where the Pyro Company’s Laboratory 39 was, and now, it had somehow become known as hallowed ground? Could this also be related to the No. 001 Experimental?

“Why are you suddenly so interested in this matter?” the Great Hoodwinker asked.

“Yang Xiaojin and I both went to the Jing Mountains. We can at best be considered survivors of that cataclysmic earthquake.” Ren Xiaosu said in a low voice, “If there’s a correlation between the two hallowed grounds, we had better be more careful. There could be extremely terrifying creatures living here in the Sacred Mountains.”

When they were traveling into the Jing Mountains, that black shadow in the river gave Ren Xiaosu a sense of danger. Then there were the events of the fish bones and meat and human corpses that had mysteriously disappeared. There were also the Experimentals and face bugs too. Some of those were strange existences that even supernatural beings were not capable of dealing with.

But what worried Ren Xiaosu the most was that enormous monster living in the volcano. Could there be something similar lurking in the Sacred Mountains?

Once the volcanic eruption destroyed the Jing Mountains, Ren Xiaosu was constantly worried for several months that the creature would come out of the volcano. But when there were no signs of activity there, Ren Xiaosu began to forget about it.

But how could he truly forget about a creature as surreal as that?

If there were also such a monster in the Sacred Mountains, all those who ventured into the Sacred Mountains this time would probably be in trouble.

The three of them were walking at the back of the group. Someone had suggested they drive to the periphery of the Sacred Mountains, but Cheng Yu rejected that plan.