Chapter 431 - Chapter 431 The Meadow (1/2)

Chapter 431 The Meadow

Chen Yu sighed deeply and, to be honest, he was not interested in the internal conflicts of the Lakato Family.

However, a faction within that family was eyeing William’s family with covetous intent.

Only by completely eliminating that faction could he feel secure.

If he stuck to his original plan to completely wipe out the entire Lakato Family, it was clearly unrealistic.

Only by utilizing the masked elder could he regain power within the Lakato Family and genuinely eliminate that opposing force.

“No matter what, we are already in the thick of it and can’t extricate ourselves now; we can only follow this dark path to the end! Rest up, and we’ll hit the road tomorrow.”

Jin Lingsu nodded and then returned to her own room.

Nights in the desert were very short; it took less than five hours for daylight to break.

The small town at this moment appeared desolate; not a person could be seen as far as the eye could reach, and even the castle not too far away had been burned to ruins, the air filled with the stench of char.

Chen Yu quickly packed and then joined Jin Lingsu in the car.

The road was fraught with quicksand; had Chen Yu not constantly kept the system on, their car would have likely been trapped in the desert.

Not knowing how much time had passed, they finally saw a meadow, though the pasture seemed sparse, probably because it had recently been grazed.

Chen Yu immediately got out of the car, walked to the middle of the meadow, and picked up a handful of soil to examine it.

By the looks of it, a large herd of cattle and sheep must have just passed through.

He hurriedly took out a map and checked it, only to find that the marked Kadoge encampment was nearby.

Jin Lingsu got out of the car with a look of frustration and approached Chen Yu.

“Did we get the wrong place?”

Chen Yu took a moment to adjust his breathing and then sat down and closed his eyes.

The system’s scanning feature was fully activated, and soon it covered an area of more than a dozen kilometers.

This was the maximum range the system could achieve, but within this scope, there was no sign of human habitation.

Chen Yu gritted his teeth and forced the scanning range to expand.

[System Warning: Forcibly increasing the scanning range will greatly consume the host’s energy and bodily nutrients.]

“Continue!” Chen Yu commanded in his mind, and the scanning range quickly increased to over thirty kilometers.

His complexion turned pale, sweat beaded densely on his forehead, and his body began to tremble.

The degree of exhaustion was beyond his expectations, and if he continued, even his body might not be able to take it.

Jin Lingsu noticed something was wrong, but not knowing what Chen Yu was doing, she dared not approach carelessly.

Chen Yu’s breathing became more rapid, clearly reaching his limit.

Just as he was about to give up, a campsite flickered into his mind.

After confirming the direction, he quickly turned off the scanning feature, took a few deep breaths, and staggered to his feet.

“It’s in the northwest direction, keep going for thirty-five kilometers and we’ll get there.”

Jin Lingsu gasped in shock; she had always been unaware of how Chen Yu determined their direction.

There had been a few similar incidents in the past, and she never questioned them, assuming Chen Yu had some sort of positioning system on him.

But this time it seemed outrageous; Chen Yu appeared to be using his own body to search.

And such a long distance, even the world’s most advanced detection tools might not be able to reach that far, unless it was with a long-range unmanned aircraft.

Just as she was about to ask, Chen Yu promptly pulled her into the car.

But before he could start the car, Chen Yu unexpectedly lay down in the passenger seat, dozing off.