Uncle-Master Chen Jiazhang!

Qing Chen put on a complete act. He not only pretended to be a refugee from City No. 10, but even deliberately provoked the Chen Clan soldiers and went up to take a beating.

He frowned as he analyzed the situation. There was nothing wrong with the Chen Clan exploring Forbidden Zones; after all, every consortium was doing the same thing.

But the timing was far too strange:

The northern war had only just paused. The entire Federation was preparing for war, and everyone knew another war would come.

Yet while the four northern consortiums were fighting fiercely, the Chen Clan said they were going to explore a Forbidden Zone first...

Therefore, Chen's Group Army definitely had a more important mission... the Fire Pit.

The Fire Pit lived in the cracks between the various consortiums. They occupied remote terrain and possessed vast Forbidden Zone resources, secrets, and even mysterious cultivation inheritances.

Moreover, if the Chen Clan wanted to cross the southwestern snow mountains and exert influence over the Qing Clan's stronghold, they had to pass through the Fire Pit.

The Fire Pit and Forbidden Zone No. 008 were like a thorn lodged in the Chen Clan's throat.

Whenever the Chen Clan wanted to make a move against the Fire Pit in the past, the Qing Clan would send troops into the wilderness to conduct military exercises.

That was why, when Qing Chen had undertaken the challenge in Forbidden Zone No. 002, the Fire Pit had helped Shadow Candidate Qing Huai kill him.

The Fire Pit's relationship with the Qing Clan had always been ambiguous.

Whenever the Qing Clan held military exercises, the Chen Clan could only retreat.

After all, they feared that the Qing Clan might suddenly stop pretending to exercise.

Now that every force was tied down on the