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Chapter 394 Another Doubt
Xu Ling and Xiao Pingzi quickly rushed to the camp of the Central Route Army according to the instructions, and found that there were some obvious changes in the troops in the camp. Based on their experience, they could easily see that this was preparing for the battle.

I walked into the command tent with some doubts, and saw all the senior officers and staff officers of the headquarters gathered together, including Zhang Yuan and others from the other side. However, unlike the cheerful atmosphere among the soldiers at the grassroots level, the tent seemed a bit serious.

Xu Ling lowered the curtain and tried to ask why.

"Is this... what happened?"

Zhu Taran sighed and said: "Since we are all here, let's start, come and have a look."

A large map was hung on the curtain behind him, and the area was concentrated in the river valley in the central area of ​​the mainland, which was where the expeditionary force was and was about to arrive.

"Everyone should have heard some news more or less. The reconnaissance team found some traces of human activities in the green forest highland ahead."

"What kind of traces?" Someone asked.

Zhu Taran said affirmatively: "There is no need to question it, it is definitely left by humans, the traces of making fire, using tools, and camping."

"Is this a good thing?"

Xu Ling said, "What are you waiting for, let's find out where they are, maybe they live underground or in some kind of cave like the people in the City of Miracles?"

"Everyone, don't worry."

Zhu Taran was unhurried, "There are some strange things, we have to think long-term, that's why I called all of you here."

He pointed to the circled highland on the map and said: "First of all, judging from the map records from a hundred years ago, after going down the green forest highland and going west, it should be a large plain. Asius, who was once known as the granary in the middle, plain."

"However, after the investigators looked out on the high ground, they found that the topography of the plain had changed dramatically, with high peaks raised from both sides, and connected to the surrounding mountains on both sides."

Zhang Yuan likes to consider issues from a tactical point of view, and said in a rough voice: "So a pass is formed? This is not conducive to charging."

Others have strange expressions. Is this the point at this time?
A hundred years is enough to change many things, but it is not enough to move the earth's crust to the extent that it squeezes out the mountain.

Since the map does not match the actual terrain, either the map is drawn incorrectly, or... some kind of force caused the landscape to change drastically.

It is a pity that the map was previously drawn using satellites combined with on-site surveys. Now the expeditionary force is just downloaded from the database, and it is impossible to make mistakes.

The simple answer, then, is that rising mountains are formed by some force beyond imagination.

"Underground corridors, cities of miracles, it turns out that as long as there are large-scale unexplainable changes in the natural environment, there is a high probability that there are surviving humans."

He was the first to know twice, so he is very sensitive to this point, "This can also be mutually corroborated by the discovery of human traces."

Zhu Taran nodded and said: "That's right, it's like this. Although the matter is very strange at this stage, it is not without precedent. But the discovery later is very puzzling."

Everyone held their breath and focused, wondering what made Ha You say that.

Zhu Taran continued: "The scouts also found traces of monsters in the camps where they discovered human activities."

?

A question mark floated in everyone's mind.

In the occupied area, it's strange to find traces of monsters. Even if they overlap with traces of humans, that doesn't mean anything. They may have set foot on the same place after humans left.

But Zhu Taran said: "After the second reconnaissance and analysis, the traces of monster activities and traces of human activities were produced in the same period."

Xu Ling probably knew what he wanted to say. It was nothing more than that according to the principle that monsters cannot be tamed, humans and monsters should not coexist peacefully.

But he still has a point of view: "The trace analysis is not very accurate. If those people just walked away, the monsters would follow and leave similar traces."

Zhu Taran responded, "What you said is not unreasonable, but the problem is that the investigators have searched the surrounding area, but they have not found any remnants of the battle."

Others were finally able to understand.

There are many things left behind in the battle, blood, corpses, and signs of damage to the natural environment. In the wilderness, such an environment should be very common, whether it is on the snowy field, on the border of Xia Kingdom, or around the city of miracles. Everywhere.

Xu Ling looked at the expressions of the others, and was as deep in thought as himself.

"It shouldn't be, as long as there are human activities, they will definitely fight monsters." He said.

"Could it be... Could it be that they have some means to avoid being discovered by the monsters?" The staff officer who was most familiar with Zhu Taran muttered in a low voice, and he didn't know if he was talking to himself or telling others.

"Or their base camp is not here, but far away. The traces we found are only their scouts or someone else."

Chu Xiaojun, who led the other side army, said.

Zhang Yuan somewhat disagreed: "Even if it is a scout, it is difficult not to fight at all. As long as a monster sees a person, it will attack, even if it is unilateral, it will always leave some scratches, broken trees or traces of energy spewing. .”

"Is it possible that the so-called traces of human activities we found were actually left by monsters?"

As soon as this remark came out, the tent fell into silence, which was undoubtedly the most unacceptable conclusion.

Warcraft's intelligence is not low, but this only allows them to have the ability to judge the situation reasonably during battle. The killing instinct engraved in their genes determines that it is difficult for them to form an order, so it is difficult for them to have a society with the same division of labor and cooperation as humans.

And if the traces of using tools and camping were indeed left by Warcraft, then things would become very troublesome.

Zhu Taran looked at Xu Ling: "What do you think?"

"what?"

Xu Ling was thinking seriously, but he came back to his senses when he was called out, like a student who was caught answering questions for not listening in class, "Are there still investigators over there?"

"Yes, but they were not ordered to enter the pass created by the terrain change, for safety."

"Then let's take a look with our own eyes and see what we can come up with while staying in the command tent."

". makes sense."

Zhu Taran thought for a moment, "You go with me, the others stand by and wait for orders, and Chu Xiaojun temporarily takes over the command of the three armies."

Xu Ling didn't expect to go too, but he didn't hesitate, stood up and prepared to follow.

Zhu Taran asked: "Don't you need to explain to the investigation team?"

"No, Liu Tao, who is in command during wartime, and Luo Zhixing, who is in command in peacetime, will be assigned in this way as long as I'm not around, so there's no need to say anything."

Everyone applauded silently in their hearts. Although Xu Ling's promotion was extremely fast and he hadn't led the team for a long time, he learned quickly and handled things very standard.

The two left the command tent, headed westward, and soon arrived at the activity point of the reconnaissance troops.

"Report, sir! According to the instructions, we have searched within a three-kilometer radius of mark K12. So far, we have found 22 traces of human activities, including three large-scale campsites, which have not yet entered the front pass."

The report was also a senior colonel, responsible for commanding and dispatching this batch of investigators.

"Li Hua, you order two people to come out, and go with me to the vicinity of the pass to have a look, maybe those people came out from there."

Xu Ling looked at the middle-aged senior colonel with a round face and slightly chubby, thinking that he was indeed Li Hua, with a very high rate of duplication.

Previously, because the towering peaks on both sides of the pass were extremely abrupt and strange, the investigators received instructions not to approach them for the time being, in case of danger, or to scare the snake away.

"Okay, Xiaoqin, Xiaotao, you two follow, and the others continue to search."

The middle-aged Huazi called out two relatively young lieutenants to come out, followed by Zhu Taran, a total of five people walked towards the pass.

There are two steep mountains on the left and one on the right. The cliffs almost reach ninety degrees, leaving only a narrow passage in the middle.

Xu Ling looked in that direction from a distance, feeling a vague uneasiness in his heart.

(End of this chapter)