Chapter 51: Canyon, Discovering a Medium-Sized Camp.

Chapter 51: Canyon, Discovering a Medium-Sized Camp.

Cao Xing's eyes lit up. "At 100 loyalty, I can unlock it as a mount?"

"Woohoo! That's awesome!"

After all, compared to riding on these robots, riding a mammoth would be way cooler!

Meanwhile, Assam, who had finished scouting the surrounding terrain, came over to report, "Lord, I checked both sides of the nearby canyon, but I couldn't find a place where the mammoth could climb up."

"Its size is just too massive."

Hearing Assam's report, Cao Xing scanned their surroundings.

This canyon was a good seventy to eighty meters deep.

The terrain on both sides was quite steep, with only the occasional protruding boulder.

Cao Xing and the others could easily climb up.

But for Dabai, with its massive size, climbing up would be quite difficult.

Cao Xing couldn't just leave Dabai here and take the others up by himself.

After all, this was a Level 20 boss-level creature with extremely formidable combat strength.

After a moment of thought, Cao Xing said, "Let's go. We'll head deeper into this canyon and see if there's another way up."

"Yes, Lord."

"As you command. Andrew is willing to charge into battle for you."

Having received their orders, Assam and the others began heading deeper into the canyon.

As for the tracked robots above, under Cao Xing's orders, they moved along the edge of the crevice, keeping pace with the group below.

Dabai followed at the rear of the group, its massive body looking incredibly imposing.

Thud! Thud, thud!

With every step of its thick elephant legs, a heavy sound like an earthquake rang out.

With the mammoth joining them, Cao Xing's team had grown even stronger.

Meanwhile, because the tracked robot hadn't come down, Cao Xing had lost his means of transportation.

He looked at the loader robot nearby.

Its bucket was fifty centimeters deep and nearly a meter wide, which was plenty of space for him and Liu Muxue to sit inside.

So, Cao Xing commanded the loader robot to lower its bucket, and he climbed in with Liu Muxue.

Creak, creak!

The sound of mechanical arms rotating echoed.

Cao Xing's field of vision began to rise. Looking ahead, he said with delight, "Time to drive an excavator!"

The team set off once more, maintaining a decent pace.

At this moment, Cao Xing glanced at the time above.

[Countdown to nightfall: 2 hours 17 minutes…]

[Current Temperature: -53°C]

"Only two hours until dark. It looks like we need to hurry up and find a way out so we can return to camp."

Just then, Liu Muxue, sitting beside him, reminded him, "Ah Xing, it looks like it's going to snow tonight."

Cao Xing nodded; he remembered this as well.

Although there was no sign of snow yet,

once it started, the temperature would plummet rapidly, and the snow cover would make the road conditions much more complicated.

This would slow their pace even further.

He had to bring everyone back to camp as soon as possible, or they would have to spend the night outdoors.

Cao Xing ordered, "Everyone, pick up the pace."

"Sarah, go ahead and scout the way."

Everyone quickened their pace, and the four robots also entered a high-energy consumption state.

Meanwhile, Sarah's figure vanished from where she stood.

Thud, thud… thud, thud…

The rapid sound of footsteps rang out.

The surrounding scenery flew past them.

This canyon seemed to have been formed by some geological movement; the ground was relatively flat, with only the occasional boulder covered in wind and snow.

Half an hour later.

They had advanced about three to four kilometers.

Sarah reappeared silently once again.

As an assassin,

she not only possessed formidable assassination skills but was also highly adept at scouting, making her much more suited for exploration work than Assam.

Sarah said calmly, "One kilometer ahead, there's a camp. A large number of Hunters have gathered there."

Hearing Sarah's report, Cao Xing was taken aback.

"There's actually a Hunter camp in this place?"

However, thinking back to the group of Hunters that had been cornering Dabai earlier,

it wasn't surprising that there was a Hunter camp nearby.

Cao Xing nodded and continued to ask, "How strong are they?"

Sarah replied, "There are about forty Hunters in the camp. Most are mere ants, but there are four Tier 2 powerhouses among them."

"However, there is one aura that feels quite powerful, roughly on par with this mammoth's strength."

After Sarah finished speaking, Cao Xing fell into deep thought.

Roughly on par with Dabai… meaning there might be a Level 20 boss-level entity there.

Plus another three or four elite-level Hunters.

This was a fairly formidable force.

Cao Xing weighed the strength of both sides in his mind and came to a conclusion.

That is, they were roughly evenly matched.

However, if they really fought, although the enemy had the advantage in numbers,

his side had the buff of his [Ice Healing Art] and [Frost Armor] on all units, naturally granting them a near-infinite health regeneration state.

They were highly adept at this kind of outnumbered combat.

Just as Cao Xing was thinking,

Sarah added at this moment, "Beside that camp, I saw a stairway built of boulders. We can climb up from there."

Hearing this, Cao Xing's eyes lit up.

A stairway meant they could have the mammoth climb up and return to the camp with them!

Cao Xing immediately declared, "Then what the hell are we waiting for?"

"Everyone, let's bring down judgment upon these crazy cultists!"

Assam drew his longsword, being the first to respond, "I am willing to charge into battle for you, Lord!"

Andrew also bared his claws. "The power of nature will guide my path."

The group began to rush forward rapidly.

Two minutes later, they could see from afar that in the canyon ahead lay small strongholds built of wood and stone.

Nearby, several Hunters armed with swords were patrolling.

At this moment, several Hunters were gazing into the distance, whispering to one another.

"Strange, why aren't Ramush and the others back yet?"

"Yeah, they've been gone for most of the day. Usually, when they go out hunting, they're back in half a day at most."

"Do you think Ramush took so long this time because he caught some huge prey?"

At these words, the other Hunters also began to look forward to it.

Just then, they vaguely saw several figures appearing ahead.

"It looks like someone is coming."

"Is it Ramush and the others?"

When the Hunters focused their gaze, they immediately saw an armored knight riding a frost wolf, and a druid on all fours.

Beside them, three robots were rushing toward them at full speed.

After their initial confusion, these Hunters suddenly cried out in alarm, "It's the enemy!"

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

Warning cries rang out one after another.

As a well-known cultist force on this continent, the Hunters were basically reviled by everyone, and any creature they saw was considered an enemy.

Meanwhile, the entire Hunter camp fell into utter chaos as a large number of Hunters rushed out of their tents, weapons in hand.

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