ACSP: Chapter 41: Survivors, Evil God Organization!
Seeing the miserable state of Chen Zhentian's death, Li Yanran and the others grew tense.
In the restricted areas of the wild, far from the city, anything could happen.
If this place had really been attacked by an exotic beast with strength comparable to a Kage-level Ninja, then they absolutely could not stay here for long; they had to leave as soon as possible.
"Danqing, can you smell Jiang Chen's scent?"
Li Yanran turned and asked Yuan Danqing.
"No, the smell of blood here is too strong; I can't smell it at all."
Yuan Danqing shook his head helplessly.
His sense of smell was much sharper than an ordinary person's, but in such a specific environment, it was still too difficult to pick out one person's scent.
Li Yanran said with some disappointment: "If that's the case, we'll just have to search separately. Everyone, hurry up. Once we find Jiang Chen's body, we must leave immediately."
"Okay."
"Understood."
Everyone immediately took action.
There were exactly four of them, so they could split into four directions to search.
During the search, Li Yanran discovered many familiar faces.
Wang Li, the head of the Wang family, and his son, Wang Hao, had also died here, and their deaths were just as miserable.
Besides them, there were the leaders and second-in-commands of various major family factions in Jinghai City, as well as those stewards who had previously defected from their City Lord's Mansion.
It seemed that everyone who had come to participate in this secret realm competition, except for them who had left early, had all died here.
This was too strange.
"Could the exotic beast that attacked this place have appeared after we left?"
Li Yanran thought to herself, frowning.
If that were really the case...
"Their luck is truly heaven-defying."
"Yanran, you guys come over quickly..." At this moment, Wang Shanshan's voice suddenly came from nearby.
She looked very excited, as if she had seen something unbelievable.
Li Yanran did not hesitate and quickly ran over.
Wang Shanshan was currently crouching in front of a corpse covered in burn wounds.
Seeing Li Yanran approach, she immediately stood up and pointed at the person, saying: "Yanran, I found Jiang Chen, and he seems to still be alive..."
"What did you say? Jiang Chen is still alive?"
Li Yanran felt as if she had heard something incredible, and her whole body became excited.
Although the skin on the person in front of her had been burned away, from the contours of his face, she could vaguely recognize that it was indeed Jiang Chen.
The key was that he still had a heartbeat and was still breathing. He was still alive!
"Damn, this guy has a tough life. So many people died, yet he is actually still alive..." Lin Ye couldn't help but exclaim.
Yuan Danqing rolled his eyes at him in annoyance: "What? Do you want him to die?"
Lin Ye quickly waved his hands to explain: "Don't misunderstand, I definitely didn't mean that. I'm just surprised by how tenacious Jiang Chen's vitality is."
"Stop talking nonsense. Jiang Chen needs treatment now, let's go back immediately."
Li Yanran wept with joy. Without thinking further, she quickly picked up Jiang Chen and ran out of the woods.
Wang Shanshan and the others exchanged glances and immediately followed.
...
However, not long after they left, another group of people arrived at this bloody slaughterhouse.
These people were all wearing black cloaks and bamboo hats, looking very mysterious.
"No wonder the smell of blood here is so strong; it turns out so many people died here," one of them whispered.
After speaking, he turned to look at his companion beside him and sneered: "Wei Tian, how about it? As someone who just joined the Evil God Organization, are you scared seeing such a bloody scene?"
The person called 'Wei Tian' sneered: "It's just some corpses, what is there to be afraid of."
At this moment, another person in the group suddenly spoke: "These people are clearly not from our Hangzhou City; it seems they must be from another city."
Wei Tian asked: "Then why would they die here?"
The man thought for a moment: "Judging by how these people died, they were likely killed by some kind of exotic beast."
"What kind of exotic beast could kill so many people at once? Could it be a Shadow-level exotic beast?"
"How would I know that?"
— Crack!
As they were talking, an arm suddenly stretched out from under a piece of cracked earth nearby.
"There's a survivor..."
Wei Tian's feet lifted off the ground, and he quickly flew to the arm and pulled the person buried under the pit out.
"Huh? It's a woman?"
The others heard this and immediately rushed over.
"Wait a minute, why does this woman look so familiar?"
"Isn't she that Kage-level Contractor from the Chen family in Jinghai City, Chen Chuxi?"
"You know her?"
"I don't, but I secretly watched her livestream on the road during the day. I didn't expect her to end up like this."
"A Kage-level Contractor, it seems our harvest this time is not small."
"Harvest my ass, her internal organs and bones are shattered; she probably won't live much longer..."
"Take her back first. Maybe Lord Evil God will like her."
...
Jinghai City.
After bringing Jiang Chen back, Li Yanran immediately sent him to the City Lord's internal hospital for treatment.
However, what surprised her was that on the way back, the burnt skin on Jiang Chen's body had already started to heal. And the healing speed was very fast.
It was as if a very powerful medical Contractor had been treating him the whole time. However, now was not the time to dwell on this issue.
After sending Jiang Chen to the hospital, Li Yanran immediately ran to tell her father about what they had seen in the woods.
After listening, Li Hongfei immediately showed an expression of disbelief.
"No wonder those people from the Chen family haven't returned yet; it turns out something happened to them."
"Dad, I think although this matter is a bit suspicious, it is a huge good thing for us. Now that the Chen family is gone, those family forces that had good relations with the Chen family have also suffered heavy losses. In the future, this Jinghai City will be much easier to manage." Li Yanran said with a smile, her face always wearing a grin.
Ever since Jiang Chen was rescued, she had been in an exceptionally good mood, and she had a great appetite. However, Li Hongfei was lost in thought.
The heavy losses suffered by the Chen family and other family forces were indeed a good thing for their City Lord's Mansion. But for the entire Jinghai City, that might not be the case.
You must know, since the arrival of the Dimensional Era, many cities have gradually begun to enter an independent mode. Especially those cities without a City Lord's Mansion force, or where the City Lord's Mansion force has already been swallowed up, this is even more true.
In order to plunder enough resources, those cities often send out reconnaissance teams to search the surrounding areas. If they find other cities where humans live, they will immediately launch an attack on them.
Previously, Jinghai City had numerous family forces and families with considerable strength like the Chen family. Coupled with their City Lord's Mansion, the overall strength was quite good.
But now, the patriarchs and core members of the Chen family and several other families have all been killed, causing the overall strength of Jinghai City to plummet to the bottom instantly. If people from other cities come looking for them at this time, how would they respond?