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"…Okay, now? I get it."

Fengdi's expression gradually became serious, and the sharpness of a soldier was revealed. Seeing this, Ling Dengxian unconsciously straightened his back, and his cheek seemed to be slightly painful.

Fengdi put down the communication terminal, and Ling Dengxian moved his eyes to the terminal. Fengdi knew nothing about sophisticated electronic products. It was said that in order to master this model of mobile terminal, she had damaged more than a dozen of the same instruments.

But his attention was not on the terminal, but on Bagpipe's hand, which was tightly gripped, almost squeezing it. When he came to his senses, Bagpipe's blue eyes had been fixed on him for some time.

"Ling Dengxian, I can't take you with me on the rest of the journey." Fengdi said solemnly, "The captain and the others are here, and I have to go and carry out my first mission."

"...very dangerous." Fengpi added, and Ling Dengxian nodded and said, "What about me?"

"We didn't take a long detour. Didn't I ask you to remember some landmarks when we came here?"

"Well, you got it wrong four times."

"Ahem, yes, that's the terrain. Go back the same way you came to Qicheng Town. If you meet the bounty hunter on the way, take her with you. Let's put the hunting aside for now."

"Okay, then what?" Ling Dengxian didn't realize that he had lowered his head.

"...Everyone in the town should have been evacuated by the garrison. If there are still garrisons in the town, you will follow their arrangements. If not... go to a safe place in the town... and wait for me to come back." Bagpipe handed the backpack to him. She was not very familiar with these things. In the past, Horn was in charge of them, and she only needed to obey orders.

Now, she had to figure it out on her own.

Seeing that Ling Dengxian seemed to understand, Feng Di put away the terminal, picked up her weapon and ran to somewhere in the mountains, but before she ran ten meters, she turned back and smiled awkwardly: "Be obedient..."

Ling Dengxian stopped the step he had just taken and said nothing.

"Anyway, I don't think I'm the one who needs to worry, right?" Bagpipe's gaze left him speechless. What exactly drove him to take a step forward? Worry? Or unwillingness?

Or is it both?

"Follow him, host. Follow him. Based on the information we have, if you follow him, you may be able to stay with Bagpipe."

"The 'trouble' I mentioned before is about to come. Think carefully."

Xiaoxie's whispers swirled around his nerves. Yes, that's right. Only by following the bagpipes could he have contact with Victoria's military. Only by contacting them could he make a difference and stay. Otherwise, he could only -

Xiaoxie was right. At least the system gave some meaningful suggestions.

"Understood." Ling Deng said briefly and casually. He put on his backpack, bent down, picked up the tied-up little animal, and ran back the way he came.

"Host?"

"..." Ling Dengxian did not respond. His steps, driven by uneasiness and disgust, did not stop for a moment. No matter how much he hoped that this system could change his hesitant current situation, at this moment he only hoped that the wind in his ears could cover up the deeper voice.

"Hey! Hey! Is that so? Again--" Xiaoxie's voice stopped abruptly, and at the same time Ling Dengxian heard the sound of burning. Different from the sound of a bonfire, it seemed like the sound of igniting ice and snow, nor was it just melting ice and snow, but it was like the sound of snowflakes falling and shackles being untied - at the same time, it was indeed the sound of burning.

"Ah!" The little wolf's dissatisfied growl was simply ignored by Ling Dengxian.

Fengpi looked at the departing figure with a bit of frustration: "I'm angry... but I still haven't dealt with it well."

"Hoo, bagpipes, you need to adjust, there's a mission coming up... Now, let's go!"

Beyond the mountains, somewhere higher up.

"New here, this is observation point number four, and it's also our resting place. We don't have any supplies, but we built a small hut to protect us from the wind and rain and rest."

"Can we rest now?"

"Rest, that's okay—" The seemingly experienced Scourge Messenger seemed to sense something unusual and immediately climbed up to the observation point, took out the observation instrument and aimed it at the southeast sky.

"What, what happened? Suddenly someone climbed here first..." The second person stopped talking when he saw the direction he was looking. The knowledge he learned in the academy told him what had happened, or what was about to happen.

The sky there darkened a little, and dark clouds were visibly gathering. Although it was very slow, a sense of danger began to spread.

"New here, how did your school teach you to distinguish between weather and natural disasters? Do you have to see it fall and grow Originium crystals before you can make a final conclusion?" The first natural disaster messenger quickly turned on the communication equipment, "At this distance, the equipment can be used!"

"...Okay, it seems that the density of Originium energy in the air will fluctuate greatly... There are also movements and formation processes -"

"Newbie, remember, there is another more intuitive phenomenon, the activities of wild animals. They are more vigilant than us and can detect abnormalities in advance. Therefore, you should pay attention to the activities of wild animals before observing whether there will be natural disasters."

"Ah, connected! Yes, this is the No. 4 Natural Disaster Observation Station. It's like this. We have discovered a natural disaster is forming. Yes, it is estimated to be a level 3 natural disaster. Yes, the type should be rain-type. Okay, I'll send the coordinates over right away..."

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"Boss! It's bad, the weather has changed! There is a high possibility of a level 3 natural disaster erupting ahead!"

"Why panic? It's not a level one or two natural disaster. Besides, it hasn't broken out yet!" The man from Liberi, who was still recovering from his injuries, squinted his fierce eyes, looked at the sky ahead, and fell into deep thought.

"Boss, us?"

"Hmph, that's fine too."

Bruno wiped his mask and handed the intelligence note to Kuranta when he saw him approaching.

"Old Duva, there's a level three natural disaster in that direction."

"It won't affect us... Can I leave this to you? I'll go take a look, in case something goes wrong."

"Eh? I didn't see you worried before?"

"Stop talking nonsense. Let me ask you again. Are you okay alone? Do you want Bach to stay with you?"

"Heh, I'll do it alone. If I can't handle it, I can still run. Bach hasn't had a good rest recently. He's too excited. Let him rest."

"That's fine. Snow Fang and his men will be here soon. Look for my signal then."

"Got it!"

A natural disaster stirred up the turbulent waters of this lake, and even those in high places would bow their heads.

"Your Excellency the Duke...the natural disaster over there..."

"...Level 3 natural disaster. If the mercenary group can't handle it, they should just retire. As for the army... Victoria's army, how could they not overcome this difficulty? They are Victoria's sword and shield."

"As for the Storm Assault Team 2... hehe, it's good to learn a lesson, but I don't know if we can reduce their numbers."

"Sir, the Stormtroopers are Victoria's elite troops after all, and they are also serving Victoria..."

"Victoria doesn't need disobedient elites. I've hinted to them many times."

"Let the people who are supposed to pick us up be more efficient and don't let the other dukes catch us."