In the end, at the edge of the primeval forest, Karl and the others found the reception station Chen Mo had attacked before leaving!
However, they still found nothing. This time, Chen Mo had been rather thorough. After killing the people, he had put them into the Universe Bead and broken them down into nutrients for it. Aside from a few things Chen Mo had not wanted, there was truly nothing else at the scene!
Even after Qiao had people inspect the place carefully, they still found nothing—not even a fingerprint! After Chen Mo had taken everything away, he had casually used a Cleansing Technique. Naturally, it had been spotless!
"Qiao, I think Ma Xiu and the others are probably dead. Otherwise, we wouldn't still be unable to find any clues!" Karl said to Qiao.
"Yes, I think so too! After leaving the stronghold, we never saw Mountain Cat's markers again!" Qiao said. They had been able to find the mining area and the stronghold not only through gathered intelligence, but also through the markers Mountain Cat had left along the way!
This was a type of route marker used by special operations members. If something happened to them, other special operations members could use it to find them! However, after Qiao left the stronghold, he had found nothing else!
The disappearance of the markers meant Mountain Cat and the others had definitely died! Qiao had simply refused to believe it after searching for so many days!
Mountain Cat's four-man squad, along with Ma Xiu's Ability User squad, had all died. That was probably not something one person could have done!
"Karl, how should we report this to the base?" Qiao asked. He was not in a position to assess the combat strength of Ability Users, so he could not