Not long after, the beautiful women appeared one by one with cold expressions, their eyes seemingly able to penetrate everyone's hearts.
"Who was it just now?" Song Xia was also domineering, directly pointing at the group of men and angrily asking.
At this moment, all the men present, except for Lin Chen, were here.
Even Mo Fan hadn't left. Although Mo Fan wanted to go, he had already noticed that Lin Chen wasn't there, so he gave up the idea.
"Who else could it be? There's only one person in our team with Shadow System ability!" Jingjing glared at Peng Liang and said angrily.
Peng Liang's face turned pale, and he hurriedly stood up to explain, "I didn't! I just went into the woods, and before I even reached the stream, you discovered me. I really didn't see anything!"
"Peng Liang, I didn't expect you to be this kind of person. I feel a bit ashamed to be your classmate," Zhao Manyan coughed dryly and said righteously.
"Zhao Manyan, you..." Peng Liang suddenly felt like he had been sold out.
Just now, every man here encouraged him to feast his eyes, but when the girls started questioning, they all pretended to be gentlemen!
Peng Liang did have a wicked thought, but the problem was that he really didn't see anything before he was discovered. In his helplessness, the miserable Peng Liang could only accept his fate.
"Forget it, Song Xia was guarding all along, he probably just lingered nearby."
"Hmph, shameless!"
"Beast in human skin."
"Hypocrite!"
The girls angrily returned to their tents, while the men around the bonfire nodded frantically, determined to sell Peng Liang out completely.
Peng Liang's life was plunged into darkness, and just then, Lin Chen's figure emerged from the woods.
Upon seeing Lin Chen appear, everyone looked towards him.
Lin Chen casually said to the girls, "It's so late, why are you all here?"
Hearing Lin Chen's words, the girls' faces showed some shame and anger. Lin Chen's tone had a hint of a thief crying "stop thief." If someone hadn't been peeping, they wouldn't have wanted to be among a group of men so late. Jingjing didn't answer but instead asked, "Where did you just go?"
Lin Chen hid himself very well. After his spirit power possessed him, all magical fluctuations would be hidden, making it impossible for them to detect any abnormalities.
Lin Chen's expression was normal as he calmly said, "What do you mean 'what'? What else could I be doing in this wilderness? Of course, I was patrolling to see if there were any hidden demons around."
Seeing Lin Chen's resolute words, the girls couldn't ask anything further. They also thought that Lin Chen had girlfriends, and not just one. Both Mu Ningxue and Mu Nujiao were exceptionally beautiful, so Lin Chen wouldn't stoop to such shameless acts. So, after a moment of deliberation, the girls stopped asking and could only angrily return to their tents.
Seeing the girls disperse, Zhao Manyan slyly ran to Lin Chen's side and whispered, "How was it? Whose figure was the best?"
Hearing this, Lin Chen's mouth twitched, and he said righteously, "What are you thinking? I am a true gentleman!"
Zhao Manyan was stunned, then teased, "You, a true gentleman? Who would believe that!"
"Go away! I'm going to sleep!" Lin Chen said helplessly, ignoring Zhao Manyan and crawling into his tent.
As for the topic of whose figure was the best, it was naturally impossible to discuss it with Zhao Manyan. All those girls had curvaceous figures, very amazing, especially Bai Tingting, who was even more amazing. Bai Tingting truly lived up to being a Healer System girl; not only were her "headlights" very amazing, but they also shone with a crystal-clear luster. Just thinking about it was exciting.
Late at night, Lin Chen had just returned to his tent after a passionate encounter with Bibi Dong in the spirit world when he saw a figure dart into the woods at an extremely fast speed, looking very anxious.
Since Lin Chen's tent was his own, he didn't share a tent with three people like the others, but slept alone in one. Naturally, he didn't have to worry about disturbing others. Lin Chen was just about to get up when he heard Zhao Manyan's voice from not far away.
Only then did he learn that the sneaking person was Lu Zhenghe. As for what Lu Zhenghe went to do, Lin Chen knew very well, but Lin Chen didn't stop him. He also wanted to see what was so special about Devil magic.
...
The next day, everyone once again embarked on their journey to Jinlin City.
The journey forward involved traversing mountains and rivers, blazing a trail through thorns and thistles.
Apart from the thrilling experience in that cave, the entire process for the seventeen people was relatively smooth, and they did not encounter large groups of demons again.
After walking for nearly ten days, the remote Jinlin City finally appeared in everyone's sight.
This was a mountain range, with a vehicle tunnel still piercing through the mountain. This time, everyone chose not to take the pitch-black tunnel again, preferring to climb over directly.
Upon climbing to the top of the mountain range, a vast plain basin immediately came into view. To the west, an endless expanse of plains and hills stretched out, all visible at a glance.
Everyone was astonished upon seeing this abandoned Jinlin City.
To the north was a winding river that flowed past a city, now in ruins and overgrown with weeds, before continuing into the distance, turning eastward towards the mountain range from which they had come.
The extent of the city's abandonment was self-evident, but this was normal. The entire city had been inhabited by demons, and all the houses, streets, and roads were utterly destroyed. Plants, nourished by demon excrement, grew incredibly fast, with vines, moss, and grass covering everything.
"Let's go, we'll survey the outside first and count how many demons are wandering here," Song Xia said.
The outskirts of Jinlin City were a wide flat area, surrounded by a forest. This forest encircling the city was one of the survey points. To determine if the city had any meaning for reconstruction, they first needed to know the surrounding conditions and whether it had been completely occupied by demons.
After a search, only a few sparse demons were foraging in the outer forest. There were no large groups of demons, and all of them were of the Servant-level, posing no threat at all.
The exploration of the outer forest went very smoothly. After making the relevant records, someone suggested, "Let's go straight in. The sooner we finish, the sooner we can go back. Staying outside for too long always makes me feel uneasy."
Since there were many places to survey, separate surveys could greatly increase the survey speed, but separate surveys also had much lower safety.
After some discussion, everyone decided to forgo survey speed and survey together. Although it was slower, at least it provided more safety guarantees.
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