22: Chapter 22 Monkey

He spoke first: "Captain, the one I went to is a professional Exploration Team hired by the Tianshi Mansion. There are 10 of them, including two Taoist priests from the Tianshi Mansion, and they have been exploring in the mountains for 7 days. One person was also injured and was sent out yesterday; they are still recovering in the camp now!"

Liu Tingquan was formerly a geological surveyor, about 1.7 meters tall, with dark skin, a cheerful personality, and was familiar with the wilderness environment.

Wang An recruited him to map the topography, terrain, and distribution of minerals and water sources in the Forbidden Zone, which would become important data for Wang An's future research on Feng Shui energy fields.

Therefore, Liu Tingquan's role was defined as a geographic information collection and exploration support personnel.

He was naturally very satisfied with working as a technical specialist for Wang An's company, given the high salary and the protection of a team in the wilderness.

Following Chen Yanshan's words, he said to the Incarnation: "Captain, the one I went to is an Exploration Team organized by the Chunhe Aluminum Industry Group. I saw they had about 15 people, but there were three injured people in the camp, and they were preparing to send them to a hospital outside."

"And I heard from their people that this Exploration Team had been formed for less than 5 days before coming here. They had only been in the mountains for two days before carrying these people back; it felt like a makeshift, amateur operation."

The Incarnation nodded, having a clear idea of the strength of these Exploration Teams.

With the current level of official control, conflict is unlikely to occur in the camp. As long as everyone explores their own areas in the mountains, it is basically difficult to run into each other.

The only fear is if two Exploration Teams meet by a meteorite crater; how to distribute the meteorite could potentially cause conflict? Those with more people might oppress those with fewer.

However, looking at the situation of the four Exploration Teams in the camp, Wang An was not worried at all that they would pose a threat to him. In fact, with the firepower of the four archery coaches in the Exploration Team, once they were familiar with the environment and the psychological aspect of fighting against people...

...neither Chunhe Aluminum Industry nor Chen Martial Arts Hall could compare.

It's just unclear what level that hired professional Exploration Team is at.

As for the Exploration Team organized by the authorities themselves, there is basically no need to worry about the possibility of conflict. Even if they wanted to, they couldn't withstand the weapons in their hands.

You know, I heard from others that this special Recovery Bureau team is basically equipped with military crossbows and Compound Bows.

With this level of firepower, they are under no pressure in Huaiyu Mountain, which only has about 200 meteorites; they just need to be careful of surprise attacks from poisonous insects and snakes.

Later, the Incarnation applied to the management of the Recovery Bureau for the exploration records of Huaiyu Mountain, which detailed the directions taken by each Exploration Team and the Mutant creatures they encountered.

This could save time on repeated exploration and improve the efficiency of exploring new areas.

In the evening, Wang An, Chen Yanshan, and Liu Tingquan began to create a detailed exploration plan, with Wang An finalizing the direction and Chen Yanshan and Liu Tingquan providing supplements.

At 7:00 AM the next morning.

After eating, the Incarnation explained the exploration plan to the team members in the camp.

"This time, we will mainly set out from Huang Family Village to the Four Corners Plateau line, while also taking into account the exploration of the mountain valleys on both sides."

"A round trip might take about 5 days, so you need to be mentally prepared. Now, everyone organize your equipment, and we will set out in an hour."

At 8:00, the Exploration Team set out from the end of Huang Family Village, where a military patrol team could be seen stationed.

The Exploration Team presented their exploration permit, and only then were they allowed to enter the mountains.

When the Incarnation's satellite phone detected obvious strong magnetic interference, the Incarnation reminded everyone to turn off their electronic devices, as leaving them on for a long time under strong magnetic interference would easily damage them.

After entering the mountains, the Incarnation was second in the whole team, ready to deal with any sudden situations that might arise.

Chen Yanshan was in the first position, selecting routes that were easy for the team to travel.

Liu Tingquan was in the third position, taking out the special anti-electromagnetic interference camera that the Incarnation had applied for from the authorities to record information along the way and draw topographic maps.

Behind them were the four people: Mo Yuemei, Hu Jun, Li Guohua, and Chen Zhenhua.

Entering the mountain forest this time, Wang An felt the changes in the Heaven and Earth Qi field more and more clearly; the circulation speed of the Heaven and Earth Qi was more than three times that of the outside world.

Creatures also became very active, plant growth accelerated, and other organisms showed a clear tendency to reproduce.

The Incarnation picked up a green leaf from the ground and, seeing its decayed state, clearly realized that the decomposition ability of organisms within the Heaven and Earth Qi field had also increased significantly.

Seeing this, Wang An knew that the ecosystem within the entire Heaven and Earth Qi field was running much faster than the outside world. Before long, the population numbers inside would rise sharply and gradually spread outward.

On the afternoon of the first day, Wang An and his team finally passed the route of the previous Exploration Team and stepped onto this mountain range extending toward the southwest.

In this unexplored area, for every hour of advancing along the mountain ridge, they had to enter the mountain valleys on both sides to explore.

During this time, other than small animals like hwameis, red-billed leiothrix, great tits, South China rabbits, squirrels, and bats, there were no other discoveries.

It was not until 4:00 PM, when everyone was somewhat exhausted, that they chose a flat area on the mountain top to set up camp. After eating dinner, just as everyone was preparing to rest...

The Incarnation called out to everyone.

"In the wilderness, it is very dangerous to have no one keeping watch. Remember the porcupine quills from before? Now I will arrange for everyone to take turns keeping watch, in groups of two; I will take the last shift."

After arranging the night watch shifts, he told everyone to hurry and rest to get up early tomorrow.

As the sky gradually darkened, the sounds of various creatures gradually became active in the mountain forest, and even the roars of some monkeys appeared in the end.

The next morning, thick fog covered the sky; everyone finished breakfast and continued moving forward.

Wang An reminded everyone that a troop of monkeys might appear on the road ahead, so everyone should pay attention and observe.

By noon, at a position halfway up the mountain, they finally discovered a meteorite landing site, but unfortunately, the meteorite had already been used.

After Wang An collected the meteorite, he reminded everyone that it was very likely for Mutant creatures to appear near the meteorite, so everyone needed to be vigilant and careful of the surroundings.

Just then, a fruit pit fell from the woods, hitting Hu Jun's backpack with a "pop" sound.

"Alert!"

The Incarnation reminded everyone to get into a defensive state. Looking in the direction from which the fruit pit fell, a dozen or so monkeys gradually gathered above the woods.

Among them, a white-furred monkey with a very strong physique and arms, agile eyes, wearing a flowery grass hat, and holding a short wooden stick in its hand, looked just like a monkey king.

There were also a few stronger monkeys by its side acting as guards.

Seeing this group of hairless monkeys, it grinned and laughed, wanting to show off its power and conquer them.

Its hand, which had reached the thickness of an adult's, picked up a stone the size of a fist and threw it at the crowd.