Late at night, the mysterious combat team once again entered Forbidden Zone 10, having already been inside for nearly four hours.

The commander glanced at the simple map in his hand. They were very close to Dragon Fish Lake.

He gave a tactical hand signal.

The seventy soldiers in the forest immediately slowed down and quickly split into ten tactical squads, weaving forward in the dark shadows.

Each squad was 21 meters apart, a distance that allowed them to avoid being wiped out together in a fire strike while still maintaining good coverage for each team.

If one team was attacked, the others could quickly provide support.

The soldiers were dressed in black, blending into the darkness, with even their faces smeared with black and dark green camouflage.

They had no identifying marks on them. If anyone was captured, there would be no evidence of their origin.

This was a squad dedicated to killing.

However, during the advance, a soldier at the rear of one squad suddenly had yellow earth, like a python, winding up from beneath his feet.

Strangely, the soldier didn't even notice anything was wrong. The yellow earth was extremely soft, as light as nothing.

It wasn't until the yellow earth wrapped around his neck that the end of the yellow earth python suddenly split apart, turning into a hand that tightly clamped the soldier's throat.

Suddenly, the ground silently caved in, and the soldier disappeared from the surface, forever sleeping in the soil of Forbidden Zone 10.

As each combat squad moved forward, the soldiers in the rear placed their hands on the shoulders of the soldiers in front of them.

Only 20 minutes left.

By the lakeside.

Qing Chen and the others were not affected by the gunshots in the Forbidden Forest at all.

Ma Jingjing and the others sat by the lake, shivering, but as they looked around, none of the others seemed flustered.

Yi Wenbo calmed down: "They seem to know very well what's happening in the forest. It should be related to the two missing guides. The three guides and the four artificial spirits have known each other for a long time. Bringing us in is just a side effect."

Yi Wenbo continued: "But the strange thing is, they also seem to have known that a battle would happen in the forest. Who exactly are these people? Could someone want to kill them?" 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

However, Qing Chen and the others didn't react, so the four of them could only wait and see.

Qing Chen set up three small pots and was making boiled fish for Yang Yang and Zhang Mengqian.

In another small pot, Shadow was stewing mushrooms picked from the Forbidden Zone.

Qing Chen curiously looked at Shadow: "Are you really not eating fish? I'm not that stingy."

Shadow said with a smile: "You guys eat. I don't need it."

Ma Jingjing's group sat on the other side, watching them decline each other, and their saliva was almost drooling.

They really hadn't caught a single one!

It would have been fine if everyone hadn't caught anything, but the key was that others were having a bountiful harvest while they had nothing. This made them seem too miserable.

At this time, Xiao Yu pitifully asked: "You guys are eating meat, can't you at least give us some soup?"

Qing Chen thought about it, and after Yang Yang finished eating the Dragon Fish, he would take the pot to them.

Ma Jingjing looked into it expectantly, and immediately felt terrible. He said with heartache: "You guys ate it too clean! If you gave this pot of stuff to Tang Sanzang, he probably wouldn't even be breaking his vows!"

Qing Chen said with a smile: "Yes, yes, yes."

At this time, there was a rustling sound from the forest outside the lake shore.

Everyone looked back and saw Zard walking out with a small sapling on his head, grinning and saying: "It's all solved. I deserve the most credit. I killed more than fifty of the seventy assassins by myself."

"Awesome, awesome," Qing Chen praised: "...But what's with the sapling on your head?"

Zard smiled: "I just happened to see it on the way, so I picked one and planted it on my head. What do you think? Is my limited edition skin good-looking?"

Qing Chen: "...It's good-looking, but why are you so determined to plant trees on yourself?!"

Zard said: "I'm an earth-based Awakened One. If I don't have grass growing on me, I'll look very barren."

Qing Chen: "???"

What kind of logic is that!?

Zard smiled: "Hehe, don't worry, it won't hurt me. There are no blood vessels in this body of mine. It'll die in a couple of days. By the way, now that I've made a contribution, can I make a request?"

Qing Chen was stunned for a moment. Why would he make a request to him?

"What request?" Qing Chen asked.

"Take a group photo and record a video together," Zard said with a smile: "Can I? You have to use your real appearance."

Qing Chen thought about it. His appearance had already been exposed, so recording a video wasn't a big deal, so he agreed and restored his true appearance.

Zard ran to his side excitedly, sat down, turned on his phone, took a selfie, and then said to Qing Chen: "Am I qualified to join Daybreak now?"

Qing Chen raised his eyebrows: "...Yes, yes, yes!"

At this time, Ma Jingjing and the others in the distance were stunned for a moment. The four of them widened their eyes and looked at each other in shock.

What?

Daybreak!

Ma Jingjing looked at Qing Chen again, and the quiet young man sitting by the campfire was none other than the renowned Master of Daybreak?

The countdown returns to zero.

Return.

The world falls into darkness.

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