By now, the monsters on the riverbed had long since been cleared out. Mu You encountered no resistance and soon swam ashore through the icy river water.
As expected, the moment his head broke the surface, a row of dark gun muzzles greeted him.
Mu You paid them no mind. After such a major incident, with enemies still manipulating everything from the shadows, it would have been strange if no one had been guarding this side.
These soldiers were only doing their duty. Besides, now that he had equipped all three pieces of the armor set, ordinary firearms no longer had any effect on him.
"He's one of us! One of us!"
Zhang Yang had been waiting by the river all along. The moment he saw Mu You come ashore, he hurried over and motioned for the surrounding soldiers to lower their guns.
Mu You walked onto the riverbank, wiped the water from his face, and took the opportunity to show his Anomaly Investigation Bureau ID. Only then did the soldiers salute him, put away their guns, and let him through.
"Are you hurt, buddy?"
Zhang Yang hurriedly pulled Mu You aside and checked him over. Only after confirming that he had no wounds did he breathe a sigh of relief.
"No. Unfortunately, I ran into a flock of wyverns not long after entering and got separated from the main group..."
Mu You briefly explained what had happened to him in the swamp, but only up until he encountered the Black-Robed Man, Rhodes. Naturally, he concealed everything after that, saying only that he had searched the swamp for a long time without finding the main group. Later, he discovered that the space within the swamp was being disrupted, sensed danger, and turned back early.
"Haha, what does that matter? As