After leaving Cross Street, Chen Bugu led the group south.
He planned to go to the abandoned buildings a dozen kilometers southwest to find Liu Shifu and Lin Ye first.
He urgently needed an explanation for everything that had happened to Wang Bin.
On the way out of Obsidian Town, they could gradually see many injured Awakeneds of various races appearing on the road.
From this, it seemed that the beast tide had completely ended, and the defenders from all directions should have gradually withdrawn.
Indeed, when Chen Bugu and his group arrived at the South City Wall, half of the defenders here had already withdrawn, and the remaining ones were collecting monster materials and cleaning the battlefield below the city wall.
Taking advantage of the wide-open South City Gate, Chen Bugu and his group left Obsidian Town directly.
Within three li extending outwards from the South City Wall, the retreating monster army had left behind many corpses.
The further they got from Obsidian Town, they gradually saw some scattered monsters resting in place, most of them wounded, indicating they had just retreated from the battle.
Among them, there were even severely wounded Eight-Star monsters, which vigilantly watched the humans chasing out from the town, expecting another fight, but unexpectedly, these humans just hurried past them not far away, without even looking back.
Along the way, Chen Bugu carried Wang Bin, deliberately slowing down to ensure he and Lin Lin were in a relatively static state, so that Lin Lin could continue to use Holy Light for healing on the road.
Although Wang Bin was out of mortal danger, his condition was still very poor, and he would cough violently from time to time while lying on Chen Bugu's back, spitting out a large mouthful of murky blood.
Blood fell on Chen Bugu's shoulder, and he stopped to ask Wang Bin how he was, but Wang Bin was still unconscious.
Lin Lin had also told Chen Bugu about the strange energy attached to Wang Bin's wound.
Now, Chen Bugu was even more certain that Dongcheng Xiuwu had done it, because that Japanese man's ability was the magic-type Weakening.
Chen Bugu had heard many people mention the Weakening ability in his previous life, after all, the abilities of these important figures were often topics of discussion among the minor characters in Obsidian Town after meals.
The Weakening ability was very disgusting; Dongcheng Xiuwu could attach "weakening" energy to his attacks, and this energy would invade the opponent's body through the wounds Dongcheng Xiuwu caused, continuously weakening the opponent's Three Regions and inhibiting the individual's recovery ability.
According to rumors from the previous life, "weakening" energy could weaken a person's "Three Regions" to 80% of its original strength within one minute, and if not expelled, the effect of "weakening" energy remaining in the body could last for 48 hours.
This ability was indeed powerful; without explosive attack power, even ordinary powerhouses of the same level would suffer when facing Dongcheng Xiuwu.
Fortunately, Lin Lin's Holy Light could expel this "weakening" energy. At this moment, the "weakening" energy on Wang Bin's body gradually disappeared. Although he was still unconscious after spitting out the foul blood, his complexion improved somewhat.
...
Meanwhile, half an hour after Chen Bugu and others left Obsidian Town, the people of Cross Street gradually returned to their headquarters.
Dongcheng Xiuwu stood in the front yard, looking at the cross lying on the ground in the center, and the corpse in the corridor on one side, frowning.
He had already heard the full story from the surviving gang member.
"You guys quickly put away the cross, don't leave it on the ground, Mr. Alek will be unhappy if he sees it later."
"Okay, Deputy Leader, how should we deal with that person's body?"
"Take it outside the city and throw it away, do I still need to teach you such things?" Dongcheng Xiuwu's tone was subtly displeased.
"Understood, and about that person being abducted..."
"No matter, those annoying Chinese rats will come back again, it's not the first time."
After speaking, disregarding the ugly expressions of the Chinese members in the courtyard, Dongcheng Xiuwu walked directly into the inner courtyard; he needed to quickly organize the banquet.
The theme of the banquet was to celebrate the successful promotion of Alek, the leader of Cross Street, to Black Iron Nine-Star...
On the other side, Zhou Lao searched everywhere on the South City Wall but couldn't find Chen Bugu and his group. Later, he heard from other Awakeneds that someone saw them carrying a severely injured casualty and leaving Obsidian Town from the South City Wall gate.
This made Zhou Lao feel a bit confused, but in his impression, no one in Chen Bugu's group was severely injured, so it could only mean they had found a companion.
However, Zhou Lao knew all the severely injured Hall members from the East City Wall, and there were no new recruits recently.
What was going on?
Could it be that their companion had not joined Unyielding Hall?
In any case, Chen Bugu and his group leaving without a word was not good news.
Besides that, for Zhou Lao, there was also bad news.
Or rather, for all members of Unyielding Hall except Liu Chengfeng, this was bad news.
That was, Alek, the leader of Cross Street, had broken through to Black Iron Nine-Star during the recent beast tide.
Although Liu Chengfeng often talked about the greater good of humanity, in fact, many members of Unyielding Hall greatly disapproved of the actions of Cross Street.
Their leader advancing to Black Iron Nine-Star was naturally not something they wished to see.
Chen Bugu was unaware of everything happening in Obsidian Town at this moment.
At this moment, they could already see the outline of the abandoned buildings in the distance.
Seven or eight dilapidated stone houses were situated on the plain, with a few scattered trees around them.
The stone houses were broken, and the outer walls of some were already damaged, with the inner rooms exposed.
After the heavy rain just now, it could be seen that the interiors of some houses had accumulated a lot of water.
The wind was picking up on the plain, blowing off many leaves that fell on the surface of the dilapidated stone houses, adding a sense of desolation.
This area of buildings was once a small settlement, but it was later affected by a beast tide, so it had long become a ruin.
Since it was not very close to Obsidian Town, most people would not come here, and there were not many powerful monsters in this vicinity on a daily basis, so it was considered a relatively safe location.
A few experienced Awakeneds in Obsidian Town, if passing through this direction on missions, would choose to rest here at night.
The moment Chen Bugu walked into this ruin, he immediately sensed the presence of "Amon."
Soon, a snapping turtle the size of a small dog slowly crawled out of a stone house.
"Amon!"
Lin Xiaoxiao and the others also saw this small turtle.
Its dark red shell and gray-black hard ice, wasn't it Amon?
However, Amon had clearly grown a lot; Chen Bugu could feel that it now had the strength of Black Iron Four Star.
Amon, seeing Chen Bugu and the others, first paused slightly, then quickly ran forward and rubbed against Chen Bugu's right foot.
As Amon rubbed, its two huge red eyes suddenly shed tears.
"It seems 'Amon' misses you very much," Lin Xiaoxiao said.
Chen Bugu looked at Amon; he could feel Amon's complex emotions at this moment.
Grievance, longing, joy, sadness...
This complex emotion also made Chen Bugu a little puzzled.
"Liu Shifu, Teacher Lin, we're here!"
Chen Bugu shouted loudly towards the house Amon had come out of.
The wind picked up...
That faint, intermittent whistling sound came from behind the house.
Chen Bugu's heart eased, and he hurriedly walked towards the back of the house, suddenly remembering the whistle Liu Lao had blown from the edge of the platform when they parted.
They had answered the promise of that whistle, returning safely.
When Chen Bugu turned a corner, he suddenly stopped.
He looked behind the house...
On the small open space, a diamond-shaped stone tablet stood quietly.
The wind blew, and the red whistle hanging on the stone tablet swayed slightly...
Emitting faint, intermittent whistling sounds, one after another...
"Beep... beep..."