Bogner was obviously very familiar with Federation geography. "There are quite a few roads, Boss.
But … "He suddenly looked at the crowd behind him and said in a low voice," I'm afraid there will be people from the Federation Comprehensive Academy following us. I've already noticed quite a few. "
"What do you have to do?" Chen Mu didn't believe the experienced Bogner would be helpless in the face of such a problem.
Sure enough, Bogner had a card up his sleeve. He laughed and said, "It's actually not difficult, Boss.
There were only a few ways to get rid of these people.
One is to kill them. It's best not to use that unless we have no other choice. That would make us shed all pretenses with the Federation Comprehensive Academy.
The other is to disturb their nerves and make them make wrong judgments.
That wasn't useful either. We had too many people, and it was too eye-catching.
If we had followed the normal route, we would have had to keep changing cars. Given the power of the Federation Comprehensive Academy, it would have been very easy for them to find us.
We might as well let them give up on their own. "
"Oh, what do you mean?"
"From where we are now, into the wilderness.
I knew of a path that had been opened up by some smugglers. The wild beasts along the way were not fierce.
The smuggling route was very long, and there were quite a few bases along the way. There were quite a few card artisans who didn't belong to any power.
They were called jungle card artisans, and they usually relied on those bases in the Outer Reaches to hunt wild beasts in the Outer Reaches to find raw materials to sell. If they encountered a lone card artisan, they would do some shady business of killing him for his goods.
Even if it were a small team of card artisans, that gang could eat them up. "
Chen Mu said in amazement, "Aren't they bandits?"
Bogner laughed heartily. "They are bandits. Killing a person in the wild is too easy.
Moreover, no one would care, no one would investigate, and even if they did, they wouldn't be able to find anything.
The wilderness was a haven for crime. These guys were semi-professional criminals.
Don't worry, boss. We have a lot of people, so they won't dare to make a move.
But those little tails behind us are in trouble.
Those people don't care if you're from the Big Six or not. Ha ha. Besides, everyone knows that card artisans who come from the Big Six have a lot of fat on them. "
Bogner smiled sinisterly.
Chen Mu thought about it and felt it was a pretty good idea.
Moreover, those 400 card artisans hadn't gone through a battle, so they could take the opportunity to train in actual combat.
Since the decision was made, everyone immediately got to work.
They came to a shop to buy some things they needed to enter the jungle.
Only then did Chen Mu discover Bogner was a true jungle expert. Perhaps his experience in surviving in the jungle wasn't as rich as Wei-ah's, but there was no doubt he knew how to use tools better than Wei-ah. He bought a bunch of strange things that Chen Mu had never heard of.
Once they were done with their purchases, they immediately entered the wilderness.
At this moment, their team was completely different from before.
In the middle of the procession were five transport shuttles loaded with food, medicine, and other supplies.
In the blink of an eye, the entire team disappeared into the forest.
Pa, he swatted a mosquito to death, but the dark red bloodstain on his palm reminded the bitten person how much blood he had lost.
"Damn it, are these guys crazy?
Burrowing into the Outer Reaches? "A card artisan couldn't help but complain." I've only just found out that the jungle isn't for people to stay in.
I really don't know if these guys took the wrong medicine or not! "
He was full of resentment. Just as they were following the procession, it suddenly entered the wilderness from Hammond.
This situation was beyond everyone's expectations. They had no choice but to report to their superiors while following closely behind.
Those people were a subordinate organization of the Federation Comprehensive Academy. What they trained most was city tracking, and they had basically never entered the Outer Reaches.
That time, in order not to lose them, they could only bite the bullet and follow them into the Outer Reaches.
Once they were in the Outer Reaches, they understood what a nightmare was.
Grass mosquitoes with a single sting were more powerful than any card artisan. They could suck your blood through your clothes.
There were also grasshoppers. Once that kind of creature came into contact with your skin, they would desperately burrow into your flesh without you even being aware of it.
There were also dangers lurking on all sides under their feet: a swamp covered with dead leaves that looked exactly the same as the surroundings, a snake as thick as a finger, extremely agile, and highly venomous. And if you stepped on the nest of the gray ants under the dead branches, then your disaster would begin...
An energy cloak could solve a lot of problems, but the problem was that the power cards they had on them weren't enough to keep them up all the time.
Once the energy was exhausted, they would have no choice but to die.
"Don't complain. The higher-ups have already sent people familiar with the jungle over. I reckon they'll catch up with us if it's not this evening or tomorrow morning.
We can go back as soon as the mission is over.
The higher-ups have given a death order. No matter what, we can't lose them. "
Another card artisan frowned as he reminded his companion.
He hadn't thought the mission would be so tricky, and an ominous premonition arose in his heart.
Ru Qiu carefully stepped on the dead branches on the ground, full of curiosity as she looked around.
It was her first time entering the Outer Reaches. She had always heard how dangerous it was, but she had just discovered that it didn't seem to be as terrifying as she had imagined.
On the contrary, all she could see was verdant green, which couldn't be seen in the city.
The occasional bird cry was like a piece of music, full of the wildness of nature.
Bright flowers could be seen everywhere, as well as all kinds of wild fruits she couldn't name, which made her open her eyes wide with curiosity.
Like her, it was Sue Lochiro's first time in the jungle, and her expression was full of curiosity.
But she was a lot more restrained than Ru Qiu, carefully staying close to Lu Xiaoru.
The card artisans walking at the very edge all had their wristwatches lit up.
They were all using a kind of card called the bug repellent card.
The bug repellent card didn't have any lethality, but it could emit a kind of infrasonic wave. The fluctuating infrasonic wave had a powerful repellent effect on insects and snakes.
Experienced card artisans would bring along a bug repellent card when entering the jungle, since it consumed very little energy and could be used for a long time.
The card artisan at the very front had a palm-sized screen in midair diagonally below him. The numbers on the screen were constantly jumping, and the screen always maintained a fixed distance from the card artisan.
From an outsider's point of view, the screen had been following the card artisan forward.
What he was using then was the air test card, which could measure the concentration of harmful gases in the air, as well as the current damage index to the human body.
Once it exceeded a certain threshold, it would sound an alarm.
That kind of card was very unorthodox, and it wasn't used the most by battle card artisans but by those prospecting card artisans.
But, when used in the jungle, the results were outstanding.
Apart from the scary beasts in the jungle, there was also the invisible and intangible miasma, which could kill once inhaled.
That was especially true when entering an unfamiliar jungle, where the air test card was irreplaceable.
Bogner's endless stream of cards stunned Chen Mu.
He hadn't thought there would be so many auxiliary cards that could be used.
Those cards could greatly increase a card artisan's chances of survival in the jungle.
Seeing Bogner move with ease along the way, and thinking back to what he had said about the jungle card artisans, Chen Mu wondered if Bogner had been in that line of work before.
Xi Ping had the same idea as Chen Mu, but he and Bogner usually had a lot of dealings, so he spoke a lot more casually. "Were you a bandit before, Old Bogner?
Uh, that jungle card artisan.
You're pretty good at the business! "
Bogner shook his head. "No, I don't like semi-professional guys."
Just then, Bogner took a look at the time and said to Chen Mu, "Let's take a break, Boss."
Chen Mu nodded. "OK."
Along the way, Bogner's command was extremely professional, and he grasped the pace of the march just right.
Chen Mu felt he couldn't do any better than he could, so he simply let him take command.
The team immediately stopped, and a few card artisans very consciously spread out to keep their guard up.
Each team took out a strangely shaped card appliance, which Bogner had just purchased in Hammond.
The card appliance was made up of two parts. The top part had a soft trumpet-shaped mouth that had a diameter of 20 centimeters when unfolded. The bottom part was a soft water bag that could hold three liters of water.
When the button was pressed, the surrounding air was quickly converging toward the trumpet-shaped mouth, and a clear misty vapor could be seen.
It was a water condensation card appliance, and its core card was only a high-efficiency air-breathing refrigeration card.
It could absorb and gather the vapor in the air to form pure water.
Its use was limited in ordinary places, but if it were in the jungle, where the air was humid and the vapor density was dozens of times higher than in other places, its use would be very obvious.
The water condensator didn't have much technical content, but it was an extremely efficient and convenient card appliance when used properly.
Whether it was the bug repellent card, the air testing card, or the water condensator, they were all very cheap, but their use far exceeded their value.
Suddenly, a card artisan quietly came over to report, "We've discovered some guys following us, Boss. There are seven of them, and they don't seem to be in good shape."
Get rid of those guys!
That was the first thought that popped into Chen Mu's mind.
The feeling of having someone following you was like someone was always staring at your back, which couldn't help but make you feel uneasy.
"That's easy to handle, Boss." Bogner showed his trademark white teeth.