Chapter 260: Tracking

"Bring the iron whip!" Zhan Ye roared.

Cheng Yi took an iron whip down from the weapon rack and handed it to Zhan Ye.

"Negligence of duty, you deserve to be punished!"

He swung the long whip, lashing it fiercely across the bodies of Chen Fan and the other seven people.

Snap! Skin split and flesh tore!

"Soldiers daring to lie, you deserve to be punished!"

Snap! Snap!

The sound of whipping echoed through the valley.

Everyone's back was covered in blood, yet not a single person spoke up to talk back.

This was the military code; if one person made a mistake, everyone had to bear the responsibility.

After exactly twenty lashes, all 8 people were sprawled on the ground.

Zhan Ye snorted coldly: "If the stolen information isn't recovered, all 8 of you can pack your bags and get out!"

He turned and scanned the trainees of the Jiangcai Camp, saying: "After the incident, I already notified the major fortresses in advance to blockade the Taizu Mountain Range, and I have also activated large-scale signal jammers. I hope they haven't transmitted your information out yet."

"Now, everyone take your weapons and set off immediately. Spread out in a fan shape to search; you must capture that group of rats!!!"

"Yes!" Everyone shouted in response!

Chen Fan and the other seven also climbed up and followed the crowd as they walked out of the valley.

In the Taizu Mountain Range, Chen Fan and Zhan Le walked side by side.

Zhan Le said gratefully: "Brother Chen, thank you for not exposing me."

Chen Fan waved his hand and said: "That group of rats definitely didn't sneak in from our side, so it has nothing to do with whether you were sleeping or not."

Zhan Le said: "Brother Chen, you're a good person. If anything happens in the future, I'll help you shoulder it; if there's trouble, I'll help you bear it."

Chen Fan sighed: "Let's find that group of rats first before we talk about anything else."

At this moment, at a location one hundred kilometers away from the Jiangcai Camp, the bald man and his three companions were hiding.

Nearby, a computer with a strong sense of technology was sending data outward.

Nightengale frowned and said: "Luda, they must have jammed the signals. There is almost no signal, and the transmission is extremely slow. Looking at this situation, it will take another 3 hours to complete the transmission!"

The bald man said somewhat indifferently: "They won't find us that easily. We've hit the jackpot this time; the price offered by the buyer is one hundred million for the information of a single trainee! With so many trainees, over twenty billion, it's enough for us to squander for the rest of our lives."

In the Taizu Mountain Range, the search speed of the Jiangcai Camp trainees was not fast, as there were dangers lurking everywhere.

At a place 30 kilometers away from the Jiangcai Camp, Zhan Le raised his hand to stop Chen Fan from moving forward.

"Brother Chen, wait a moment, there's a clue."

"A clue?" Chen Fan looked around, but found nothing.

Zhan Le pointed to an open space behind a large tree and said: "There are Water stains on the ground, and if you observe the ground carefully, aren't there two faint footprints?"

Chen Fan looked over; there was indeed a puddle of Water on the ground, with a small shoe print on each side of the puddle.

The footprints were extremely shallow, so shallow that an ordinary person's eyes would never be able to discover them.

"This must have been left when this person was urinating and failed to control the force under their feet for a moment."

"And these footprints are so small, which means this person is either a child or someone with an extremely short stature. There are very few people in the Military Camp who meet these conditions, so these footprints must have been left by them!" Zhan Le analyzed from the side.

Chen Fan couldn't help but give a thumbs up inwardly; these trainees from the Jiangcai Camp really had some skills, they were worthy of being born as elite soldiers.

"It seems our direction is correct." Chen Fan said: "In that case, let's follow them carefully!"

The two continued to head deep into the Taizu Mountain Range, and five minutes later, the sound of a beast roar came.

A Sixth-Rank Red-Tailed Poison Scorpion appeared in front of the two.

It instantly sprayed a large amount of poisonous mist, enveloping Chen Fan and the other.

Just as Chen Fan prepared to use Teleportation to escape, Zhan Le said in a low voice: "Leave it to me."

Having said that, he activated his Otherworldly Ability. He saw his hands come together, and the poisonous mist filling the sky was instantly compressed by him into a sphere the size of a basketball.

The next moment, this basketball-shaped object flew out like a cannonball and slammed directly into the Red-Tailed Poison Scorpion.

The Red-Tailed Poison Scorpion was blasted away for dozens of meters.

"Suffocation!" Zhan Le said in a low voice, and the oxygen in the Space around the Red-Tailed Poison Scorpion was instantly sucked away.

"Super Wind Tunnel!" Zhan Le said in a low voice again, and a huge air ring appeared in front of the Red-Tailed Poison Scorpion.

Inside the ring, the air was accelerated to hypersonic speeds! A full five Mach!

This terrifying airflow blew out from the air wind tunnel, sharp as a Bone Blade. In a moment, the original Red-Tailed Poison Scorpion was left as nothing but a pile of white bones.

Chen Fan's eyes couldn't help but light up; Zhan Le's application of this air control Otherworldly Ability had reached its peak.

This Super Wind Tunnel could actually accelerate gas to five Mach!

Zhan Le smiled and said: "How about it, I'm not bad either, right?"

"Very impressive." Chen Fan nodded and smiled.

After the two traveled another few dozen kilometers, Zhan Le spoke again: "There is a bloody smell in the air!"

Of course, Chen Fan had smelled it too!

After the two searched the vicinity for a while, they found the corpse of a Three-Eyed Demon Wolf behind a bunker.

"The blood hasn't dried yet, and there are footprints on the ground. I estimate they are not far ahead!" Zhan Le said in a low voice.

"That's not right! The direction the footprints extend is definitely not the direction they are heading!" Chen Fan shook his head.

"The footprints here are too obvious! They barely left any clues along the way; it's absolutely impossible for them to leave such a big mistake here."

"Makes sense!" Zhan Le slapped his forehead and said: "I was too impatient and almost got tricked by their scheme, but which direction did they actually escape in?"

The two carefully observed the surroundings but did not find any effective clues.

Chen Fan frowned slightly and released Qingyou directly.

The appearance of Qingyou gave Zhan Le a sudden fright.

"Chen... Brother Chen, could this be a dragon from the legends?"

"Yes!" Chen Fan did not explain further, but said to Qingyou: "Qingyou, someone killed a Strange Beast here; sniff out which direction they went."

Qingyou's nose was extremely sensitive and could capture the scent lingering in the air.

It sniffed in the air for a moment and soon identified the direction.

"They really did change direction!" Chen Fan whispered.

"Qingyou, you lead the way in front!"

Qingyou nodded and flew ahead of the two of them.

Zhan Le was still dazed; he looked at Chen Fan, his expression remaining one of disbelief.

Chen Fan was simply too mysterious!

He seemed to have made a certain decision and firmly followed in Chen Fan's footsteps.

After the two traveled another 20 kilometers, Qingyou stopped.

"Are you saying the scent of that group is nearby?" Chen Fan asked.

Qingyou nodded incessantly.

"Brother Zhan, you stay here with Qingyou, I will search the surroundings!"

After saying this, Chen Fan put the Hidden Soul Bead around his neck to conceal his aura, then used his Mimicry Ability to transform into a Purple Thunder Demon Tiger.

Zhan Le's pupils constricted; Chen Fan's methods overturned his understanding.

The Mimicry Ability could only change one's appearance, but he had never heard of it being able to turn someone into the form of a Strange Beast!

Under Zhan Le's astonished gaze, Chen Fan went off to search the surroundings.

PS: There will be another chapter later this afternoon. A few friends left book reviews yesterday; thank you very much.