Chapter 553 - The Freemasons’ Headquarters (1/2)

Edited by Aelryinth

After finally crossing the Jingzhou straits, everyone felt relieved inside.

Although they didn’t encounter anything really dangerous on their way, the waters were an unknown factor. Who could say for sure that there wouldn’t be anything dangerous appearing any moment?

“It’s getting late. Follow me closely and be on guard. Although there won’t be any powerful exotic beasts appearing after we crossed the waters, we’re close to a large city and can be easily discovered by the military. We mustn’t let our guards down.” Yang Sen threw them a wet blanket when he saw everyone else showing looks of excitement.

They couldn’t assume they were completely safe just because they crossed the waters. They still had some risks to take on their upcoming journey to their headquarters.

At present, both the Hua Xia military and government were putting all their efforts into combating the cults. Given how big their group was, in addition to them moving around stealthily, it wouldn’t be easy for them to get through the military’s questioning if someone discovered them!

“We understand, branch chief. We’ll be more careful.”

“Branch chief is right. We have to act more cautiously going forward.”

Everyone echoed their agreement one after another, their expressions much more serious. It went without saying that they knew what Yang Sen said was the truth. It would be tragic if they ended up in the military’s hands after crossing the waters after so much difficulty!

The terrain on this side of the coast was rather rough. They found a hidden corner and quickly ate some food, a few of them standing guard.

Although they didn’t use much time to cross the waters, they were tense the whole time and experienced a few intense encounters. Their bellies were rumbling in protest. It was impossible for them to hold out until they arrived at the headquarters.

Their food was all in Yang Sen’s spatial storage, since such stuff wasn’t easy to haul around. Using a storage-type beast card to store them was the best option.

-Really, the most fearsome thing in this world is comparing yourself with others. These things are really bad compared to what I usually eat. Luckily it’s only for a few days, or I’d probably go crazy from hunger…- Zhang Che complained endlessly inside as he held his share of food in hand and chewed on it like he was eating wax, trying not to taste it.

In the past, he didn’t feel like the food he usually ate was very good, but after following the cult members around these few days and eating this simple food, he finally realized how true the old saying was.

It was easy adapting from poor to rich, but difficult adapting from rich to poor!

Back in the days, he could even eat a few kilograms of these tough-to-swallow compressed biscuits, but now he had become incredibly picky about his food. He would find any food not made from exotic beast meat to be very unpalatable.

Indeed, enjoyment would corrupt people!

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The group ate very quickly, finishing their own shares of food swiftly.

Yang Sen summoned out a scouting-type flying subdued beast to survey the situation around them, then waved his hand and said, “Let’s go. It’s not dangerous around here. We’ll set out immediately!”

The others didn’t say anything. They quickly packed their belongings and followed Yang Sen inland.

Everyone had their own flying-type subdued beasts. Their travelling speeds weren’t slow. Even though they had guilty consciences and didn’t dare to act too flashily, they quickly flew past mountains and rivers, even passing by a few cities.

Fortunately, those cities weren’t very big. Obviously they weren’t where the Freemasons’ headquarters was located. Yang Sen led them around the cities, with no plans of entering any of them to reorganize themselves.

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Zhang Che grew increasingly excited inside.

He knew he was getting closer and closer to their headquarters. He wanted to see who exactly was the brains behind the Freemasons, actually expanding an evil cult to such a huge scale in such a short period of time! Not only that, its secrecy was maintained so well that they weren’t taken down by the government and the military, despite their focused efforts.

It was precisely because he thought of this that Zhang Che kept warning himself that he must not get careless on this operation. The consequences would be troublesome if the Freemason headquarters actually turned out to be powerful and he accidentally exposed himself!

Although it should be impossible for an evil cult to have a divine-tier beastmaster among them, Zhang Che wouldn’t be able to handle it if they had too many high-tier beastmasters with epic-quality subdued beasts,either.

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