Chapter 726 - The strange canyon (1/2)

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 assistant 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 crap.” 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” passed 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.”