Chapter 199 - Regroup (1/2)

”Do you know where we are?” Zeng Yu yelled as he surveyed the surroundings.

The group was standing in what seemed like a graveyard for some type of a massive beast. There were thousands of meters long bones protruding from the ground.

Each one with a radius of thirty meters at least. The bones reached the first cloud layer and passed through, giving the spectators a sense of dread because of several reasons.

'This world was once home to such gigantic creatures? Where did they go? How did they die?'

'Going by the number of skeletons that are going on for miles upon miles without end, there were quite a few of them. But what led to their demise? Perhaps the undead that were buried somewhere in the ground? Or something entirely different?'

A timid young man of about twenty years of age walked out of the group. His name was Lang Wen and he was part of the science team that was with Zeng Yu's group. There was a rectangular device in his hand with several buttons, nobs and a screen with some numbers on it.

”S-Sir, w...we are about eighty thousand miles from the base camp,” he stutteringly replied with his head down.

Zeng Yu frowned, ”How is that possible? We were on foot and only walked for a few days. How can this place be that far from where we started?”

He turned around to look at the speaker and his frown deepened, ”Where is your team leader?”

The boy was already scared and with Zeng Yu's strict tone, he almost passed out.

”T-The team leader was one of the people that turned into the undead back at the temple...”

”...”

Zeng Yu kept staring at Lang Wen with a frown, making him more and more nervous. Zeng Wu sighed and walked up to him, ”Good job. We'll be in your care now,” he patted Lang Wen's shoulder.

Taken aback at first, Lang Wen smiled and quickly ran back to the group.

Zeng Wu turned around and looked at his father.

”What should we do? Go back or find the rift and exit?”

”Go back of course. The Ma and Shi clan are still there. Not to mention the rest of the science team. And even if we wanted to we wouldn't be able to leave. That bastard kept the equipment needed to find the rift in his own storage ring. And I doubt many other people even know how to use it,” Zeng Yu explained with a deep sigh.

Zeng Wu's face lit up as he understood, ”Yin...Da..?”

Zeng Yu silently nodded.

Yin Da was the chief science officer and the person in charge of the science team. He was a very eccentric man and there were many 'strange' rumors about him in the military.

Not to mention he was a very cold-hearted and calculating person.

”Alright, let's go back then,” Jin Wang's voice came from behind them. He was still very pale and looked almost sickly.

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