CHAPTER 438: CHAPTER 438: FALLING BEHIND LEAVES YOU VULNERABLE TO BULLYING

"But..."

"There’s no but." Xiao Zhan interrupted him, then said, "Actually, it makes no difference whether you rest or not, because we can’t win this way anyway."

"Can’t win? Then how are we supposed to win?" Chu Mo immediately asked anxiously.

"You just wait here, leave the rest to me."

Xiao Zhan spoke directly.

After he finished, he didn’t offer any explanations, instead, he left without looking back.

Leaving Chu Mo alone, at a loss for what to do next.

"What are you planning to do?" On the way, Ye Youlong asked Xiao Zhan.

"I don’t have a plan yet, we have to see what they’ll do first," Xiao Zhan answered.

’They,’ referred to the subtle moves of the various Federations.

Until now, Xiao Zhan had only noticed the Baka Federation’s subtle moves.

The Beautiful Federation also had some tricks up their sleeve, but they were not yet obvious, and the remaining ones had not shown any significant actions.

Xiao Zhan wanted to use an unchanging strategy to respond to the everchanging, to wait and see what they will do.

Therefore, he continued to follow.

About half an hour into his follow, Xiao Zhan noticed that the Beautiful Federation started their action.

"Sean, the Earthwork Mountain at three o’clock, everything is ready," came a voice from the Beautiful Federation over Sean’s communicator.

Hearing this, Sean immediately expressed his understanding.

Then he turned to his teammate beside him and said, "Grice, head to Earthwork Mountain in advance to prepare; we will go get the sign and then meet you at Earthwork Mountain."

"Roger," replied the teammate and turned, sprinting towards the direction of Earthwork Mountain.

Xiao Zhan was not too far from them, but his ears could not catch the content of their conversation, and Death Aura could only sense movement, not hear any sounds coming through communicators.

However, Xiao Zhan was aware of this shortcoming of Death Aura.

That’s why, he had long since learned to read lips.

And he could understand the lip-reading of each Federation.

So, he still got some information from Sean’s words.

"Earthwork Mountain?"

Xiao Zhan murmured doubtfully.

Before departing, he had looked at the map; Zhang Family Mountain was entirely conflicting with their route of travel, and it was also very far away.

It was just a mountain, nothing else there; what were they going to do there?

Moreover, three groups of people were to meet there.

Xiao Zhan estimated their speed and realized that if all three teams were to meet up at Earthwork Mountain, they would definitely not be the first to return to the base successfully.

That is something they should be aware of as well.

If so, why would they still go there?

Xiao Zhan kept a lookout, this Earthwork Mountain surely had something to help them overturn the situation.

At the same time.

Grice’s departure also made everyone in the base who saw this scene curse Beautiful Federation for being shameless.

"Damn it, Beautiful Federation is cheating again."

"What can we do? Their technology is more advanced than ours; there’s some truth to the saying: ’The backward get beaten.’"

"Looking at the direction Grice is going, where is he headed to? Earthwork Mountain? There’s nothing there; what is he going to do?"

"Earthwork Mountain is so far away, there’s not enough time. The Beautiful Federation must have a big trick up their sleeve this time."

"Damn it! Damn it!"

"..."

The crowd cursed.

But they had no way with the Beautiful Federation.

Because they were behind in technology, they couldn’t even detect the cheating methods of the Beautiful Federation.

"What do you think Beautiful Federation is hiding in Earthwork Mountain?" Song Chao’an asked Qin Wanfeng at Longxia Base.

After thinking for a moment, Qin Wanfeng said, "Based on past experiences, it must be related to technology. With such a far distance to Earthwork Mountain, if they want to turn defeat into victory, most likely they’ve hidden a transmission array there."

"Transmission array?" Song Chao’an was surprised to hear these words, "They’ve developed such a thing?"

"I was just joking," Qin Wanfeng said awkwardly.

Song Chao’an breathed a sigh of relief, though his face still looked somewhat grim, "That joke wasn’t funny at all."

Qin Wanfeng knew the joke wasn’t funny, and he said again, "Although it’s not a transmission array, it’s probably something related. Going to Earthwork Mountain means there’s not enough time, they must have arranged something to shorten the time."

Song Chao’an nodded, "Indeed."

Afterward, his expression grew more somber.

Watching the Longxia trio each fighting their own battles on screen, Song Chao’an felt somewhat overwhelmed.

The competition continued.

Xiao Zhan kept following.

For now, he ignored whatever was happening at Earthwork Mountain, as it would take time to get there.

The key was on Sean’s side; keeping an eye on Sean was enough.

Soon.

They were about to reach the destination for the sign.

Just then, a figure appeared within Xiao Zhan’s perception.

It was Gu Chen!

This guy had already gotten the sign and was now heading back the way he came.

But this guy was also somewhat clever, using the flow of the wind attribute, he had detected that the main forces were nearing him and hidden himself in advance.

After all, there was some truth to the saying: the honest earnings are nothing compared to the gains from deceptions and theft.

There was a distance left to the destination, so why not take the opportunity to rob Gu Chen?

Of course, robbery came with risks, it was safer to get the sign on one’s own.

One misstep during the robbery could easily lead to mutual destruction and a third party’s profit—like the proverbial snipe and clam.

Therefore, it was better not to rob.

Moreover, there was no need to do so right now.

Because the real battle was yet to come.

Xiao Zhan had discovered Gu Chen, so he didn’t need to go for the sign anymore since the signs were limited, one per Federation, more wouldn’t count.

Going for it would likely cause chaos earlier than necessary.

So, he found a spot to rest for a while.

Of course, he chose a place where his perception could cover the destination.

This would make it convenient to observe their subtle movements.

Waiting until the forces passed by and Gu Chen confirmed it was safe, he then emerged from hiding and continued on his way.

Xiao Zhan perceived Gu Chen’s state and couldn’t help but be a bit amazed.

Because he found that this guy was truly something else, maintaining the exact same speed as before without any sign of fatigue.

Could he really keep up this pace all the time?

Upon closer perception...

Xiao Zhan discovered the reason.

It was that Gu Chen had a high level of comprehension of the wind attribute, to the extent of Wind Manipulation.

Reliant on the inertia of the wind’s flow, it propelled him forward, which meant he hardly needed to use any Spirit Manipulation Energy.

As expected of the Golden Iron Triangle, they had some skills.

After resting for a while, once the forces had all obtained their signs and began to head back, Xiao Zhan also continued to follow.

At this moment, Xiao Zhan could clearly feel that the atmosphere among the people had changed.

Although everyone was far away from each other, the thick scent of gunpowder was something Xiao Zhan could already smell.