"Call--"
The heavily armored warrior exhaled.
He looked up at the Tier 3 Calamity Beast lying in front of the three of them, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.
"Goodness, it's finally dead. But this one should be enough for the three of us to eat for a long time, right?"
"That's enough, but we still need to find water, otherwise we'll die of thirst first!" Another relatively thin soldier took two steps forward and came closer.
Upon hearing this, the heavily armored warrior couldn't help but click his tongue.
"Humans can abstain from grains when cultivating immortality, so why can't we?"
"They have spiritual energy, but we don't," another soldier said.
"But don't we have Origin Power?" The heavily armored warrior looked over.
"It can't be equated, can it? If it were, we'd be at the Qi Refining or Foundation Establishment stages... instead of tempering our Body Tempering First Tier First Tier this!" another warrior scratched his head. "Besides, they have a very high demand for spiritual energy. While we'd be weaker without Origin Power, the physical attributes we've developed through tempering First Tier still make us much stronger than others. If we had to compare... maybe we're more like the body cultivators in cultivation novels?"
"Uh, maybe!" the heavily armored warrior replied, somewhat unable to refute the statement.
"Alright, let's figure out where we are first!" the relatively thin soldier said.
"Indeed," another soldier nodded, his gaze sweeping over the surroundings, "The best, naturally, is somewhere deep in the mountains and forests of Blue Star; the worst..."
He paused, then said in a somewhat heavy tone:
"That might be in the Ruins Realm!"
There was no response, and the heavily armored warrior's face darkened.
Several days have passed, but they are still puzzled by their current situation.
what happened?
have no idea!
How did they get here?
have no idea!
Where is this place?
have no idea!
What about the others?
No...
In short, all they probably knew was that they were not in immediate danger and that their Origin Power was suddenly very difficult to use for some reason!
Besides that, they knew absolutely nothing!
It's true, although it seems safer here, if I had a choice...
As the heavily armored warrior was pondering this, a slightly surprised voice suddenly came from his comrade beside him.
"Shen... Captain Shen?"
He paused for a moment, looked at his comrade, and then followed the other's gaze to look up at the sky not far away.
A figure suddenly descended rapidly.
If it weren't for his comrade's words, he probably wouldn't have recognized him, since he had only seen him on the forum and had never seen him in person. But now...
Without time to think about anything else, the three of them immediately stood up straight, raised their hands, and saluted.
" Captain Shen!"
Shen Heng landed on the ground and also raised his hand to salute the three of them.
He lowered his hand and asked:
"Which way did you come in from?"
"Reporting to Captain Shen, I was originally in North-Pacifying City, training at the time, and then for some reason, I inexplicably fainted, and when I woke up I was here!" the heavily armored soldier said.
Another, relatively thinner soldier followed closely behind.
"I'm also from North-Pacifying City. The process was the same, except I wasn't training back then!"
"Uh, I'm not from North-Pacifying City. I came from the base to deliver supplies!" said the other remaining soldier.
Shen Heng nodded.
Before he could even speak, the relatively thinner soldier asked somewhat impatiently:
" Captain Shen, what are you doing here?"
Shen Heng looked at the three of them and said:
"The specifics are a bit complicated. Your terminals should still be working, right?"
Upon hearing the inquiry on the terminal, the three paused for a moment, then realized what it meant.
"Yes, yes!"
As they spoke, they took off their personal terminals.
" Ringing Sound, connect these devices and then share the intelligence!" Shen Heng said, looking at the terminals in their hands.
"Okay, connection established, data transmission in progress..."
Ringing Sound replied.
Taking advantage of this moment, Shen Heng looked up at the three of them.
"You can find out why this information suddenly appeared in this place later by checking your personal terminals."
"Then, along with the intelligence, a map was also sent."
"The map will mark the locations of the cities we've built in this space, as well as information about the terrain, Calamity Beast, and other hazards along the way from those cities."
"Based on the information on the map, avoid the Calamity Beast you can't defeat, and then head towards the location of the city."
Shen Heng paused here, looking at the three of them.
"Do you understand?"
After a pause, the three nodded.
The words were a bit long, but not difficult to understand. It's just... how come there's suddenly a city outside?
"Uh... Captain Shen, aren't you going back?" The relatively thin soldier seemed to have grasped the key words in the previous sentence.
Upon hearing this, the other two also looked at Shen Heng.
"I still have a mission to complete and need to continue forward. You guys head towards the city first. If you're slow, I should be able to meet you later," Shen Heng explained to the three of them.
Upon hearing this, the three nodded as if they understood.
"Furthermore," Shen Heng continued, "I also..."
"Although the map indicates the location of the Calamity Beast and their possible movement range, the Calamity Beast are ultimately alive, and their actions cannot be completely predicted."
"Therefore, when you're on your way, pay attention to the situation along the way. If you encounter Calamity Beast you can't defeat and can't avoid, then move a little further away and stay where you are. That's about it..."
He paused for a moment when he said this.
Shen raised his gaze and looked up at the Sun, which was almost directly overhead.
"In a few more hours, when the Sun has traveled more than halfway, you can start calling my name intermittently," Shen Heng said, turning his gaze away.
"Did you call me... you?"
Another soldier opened his mouth instinctively, seemingly puzzled.
The other two people beside him also looked at Shen Heng with some confusion.
"Hmm," Shen Heng nodded.
"Say ' Captain Shen Captain Shen ' softly every now and then."
"I'll hear it on my way back, and then I'll go find you!"
Huh? This will work too?... The three of them looked at each other, their eyes filled with deep doubt.
Shen Heng didn't explain much, his gaze sweeping across the surroundings before settling on the corpse of the Calamity Beast.
The long sword automatically drew out, extracted the Origin Crystal, and tossed it to the three.
"I've collected the Calamity Beast's corpse for you. I'll put it in the city tonight. If you need any materials from the Calamity Beast later, you can go and get them."
After speaking, Shen Heng paused, looked at the three hesitant people, and said:
"Don't worry, I won't embezzle any of this."