Void Jigsaw Puzzle

Before the first ray of morning light shone into the Nitou Mountain area, Guo Ling and Fan Ting had successfully sneaked to the foot of the mountain closest to Cuiyun Corridor.

There happened to be a large patch of bushes half a person's height there, with extremely dense branches and leaves. After hiding in it, you couldn't see anything from the outside.

The only slight challenge was that the two of them needed to bend lower than usual to prevent the halo above their heads from emerging from the top of the trees.

Because the space was really limited, the two of them were pressed tightly together at the moment. They could even feel each other's heartbeats, and the breaths from their mouths soon mixed together.

But no one had any bad thoughts, and all attention was focused outside.

As the light returned to the earth, they had already seen most of the situation outside clearly.

The terrain in the area of ​​Nitou Mountain is very simple. There is quite lush vegetation covering the entire mountain from the foot of the mountain, but the slope of the mountain is very direct and clear at a glance. There is no structure of ravines or caves. In other words, if someone is on the top of the mountain or on the mountainside, they can only bury themselves deep under the vegetation like Guo Ling and Fan Ting to avoid being discovered. Once they show their heads out, there is no other cover to hide them.

The mountains are not directly connected. The distance between the two mountains varies from tens to hundreds of meters. The terrain in these intervals is very flat, with almost no strategic locations to defend and no places to hide.

Therefore, despite the natural barrier of Cuiyun Corridor, the conditions in the Nitoushan area as a base were actually quite poor compared to other areas. Areas like People's Square, Sanduping, Fule Palace, and Future University were not mentioned; they were all popular areas with relatively abundant infrastructure and supplies. Even remote areas like Ciqikou and Chenghuang Temple had existing buildings available.

Here, the Pu Yue team had no choice but to set up camp on the flat ground.

After their limited observations, the Pu Yue team stationed here had their tents distributed in three areas. The first area was located on both sides of the Cuiyun Corridor entrance, monitoring the only entrance and exit to the core area. Thanks to Fan Ting's suggestion to sneak in under cover of darkness, otherwise, if they had waited until daybreak, they would never have been able to successfully reach their hiding place at the foot of the mountain from the Cuiyun Corridor exit.

The second area was just like them, scattered at the foot of several mountains, each within their own sight range, forming a corner for each other. This was also easy to understand, the position at the foot of the mountain allowed both attack and defense.

The third area was the top of the mountain, but they only saw such a camp on the top of the central mountain.

It is most likely Pu Yue’s “central military camp”.

Although they were well aware of the layout of the Pu Yue team's base, Guo Ling and Fan Ting were faced with a biggest dilemma: how to leave this hiding place without being discovered?

Obviously, once they go out, they will be immediately exposed to the field of vision of several tents. Although it is uncertain whether someone in the tent will happen to discover them, they dare not gamble on the probability, because once they are discovered, it is 100%.

Guo Ling's stomach growled at an inopportune moment.

He rubbed his stomach helplessly and whispered, "He's protesting because he didn't have breakfast."

Fan Ting comforted her softly, "It's okay. The worst that can happen is that we'll be hungry all day. By midnight, we can still escape unscathed."

"..."

However, Guo Ling was puzzled by the fact that everyone on Team Pu Yue seemed to be hiding in their tents, with no one emerging. In the vast Nitou Mountain area, they hadn't found a single living person so far.

He was about to discuss his doubts with Fan Ting when he heard the roar of an engine coming from the direction of Cuiyun Corridor, accompanied by a slight vibration of the ground.

Guo Ling held his breath, widened his eyes, and stared at the exit of Cuiyun Corridor from afar.

I saw a train coming out of the thick fog!

Guo Ling was stunned.

He had lived in Wuming City for so long and had never seen a train in real life. In fact, Wuming City didn't even have any railway tracks.

All my memories and knowledge about trains come from before the "singularity moment" and from various books.

And now, it appeared in such a remote place!

No, that's not right!

He looked closely and found that these vehicles were not trains, because their tires were the same as those of cars, except that the carriages were connected.

The front carriage is obviously the "locomotive", which looks like a truck head. Behind it, there are seven carriages closely connected, plus the locomotive, a total of eight carriages.

Yes, the eight carriages had already completely driven out of the Cuiyun Corridor and were slowly heading towards where the two of them were hiding.

Guo Ling didn't know what to call this thing. It was obviously not a train, but it was not a simple car either.

Just as he was racking his brains to think of a name, Fan Ting whispered a reminder: "Look at the driver in the front of the car, there is a beige halo above his head!"

Guo Ling took a closer look and found that it was indeed the case.

They turned their heads to look at each other, and read the meaning in each other's eyes.

"Team Pu Yue has indeed formed an alliance with Team Ya Yue! It looks like these vehicles are coming from Ci Qi Kou!"

Guo Ling further thought of a possibility and was stunned.

The train of cars happened to pass by the roadside less than ten meters away from where the two men were hiding, heading towards the Central Nipple Mountain.

Fan Ting didn't notice that Guo Ling was in a daze, but instead stared intently at every carriage.

All eight carriages, including the front of the train, are camouflaged, and the windows are very small, so you can hardly see anything from the outside.

But judging from the deep tire marks left by the wheels on the ground, the things loaded in the carriage must be very heavy.

"What could be so heavy..."