70: Chapter 70 The Man Who Poops Everywhere

Captain Ma Shangwu's team assignments appeared fair, but in reality, they were full of precautions.

He intentionally split the twelve Transcendents from the Dawn Convoy into pieces, scattering them across three teams.

But who was Zhou Che? He was a seasoned veteran among seasoned veterans, and he had long been guarding against this move.

When the split happened, he didn't say anything on the surface, but secretly, he had already gathered his four core combatants—Captain Liu Ruyan, Lin Wan, Ruan Xiaoxiao, and Luo Xi—right by his side.

As for the remaining Sequence 1 scrubs like Shen Fei and Wang Laowu...

It didn't matter which team they were thrown into; they were just there to make up the numbers and slack off anyway.

Although he didn't seem to value them much on the surface,

Zhou Che still reminded them to hide in the back if anything happened and not to rush forward and risk their lives.

Zhou Che scanned the entire area and silently counted in his heart.

The Transcendents from all the The Convoys on the East Bank added up to over sixty people.

With six teams, each having about ten people, the crowd looked quite imposing.

His team, the first team, had exactly ten people.

Besides him and the four core combatants, the rest included Brother Kun from the Trainee Convoy.

And four unfamiliar stragglers.

Zhou Che had seen these four guys from afar a few times before.

He couldn't even name them; they were all Transcendents from other small The Convoys.

Captain Ma Shangwu handed out items to each team one by one.

When it was the turn of Zhou Che's team,

He handed over a small bronze mirror the size of a palm; the mirror surface was gray and looked completely unremarkable.

The title of team leader naturally fell to Captain Liu Ruyan.

No one was blind enough to try and snatch it from her.

Everyone had seen the stance of the twelve Transcendents from the Dawn Convoy standing there just a moment ago.

Whoever dared to fight for this leader position was simply looking for trouble.

Captain Liu Ruyan took the mirror and immediately handed it over to Zhou Che.

As soon as Zhou Che touched the mirror's surface, the system's notification sound rang in his mind.

[strange object: Tracking Mirror (Sub-mirror)]

[Effect: Can track the residual aura of a designated target and lock onto its approximate location.]

[Cost: The user must continuously inject Transcendent energy; during use, one's own Transcendent abilities are temporarily stripped away, reducing the user to an ordinary person.]

Zhou Che's heart skipped a beat, and he almost threw the mirror away.

"What the hell? This is such a trap?"

"You become an ordinary person just by using it?"

"If you run into an Devourer of Calamity, wouldn't the person holding the mirror be the first to die?"

"What is Captain Ma Shangwu thinking, handing out this piece of junk? It's purely meant to make each team act as cannon fodder to scout the path."

"Does the Human Alliance not have anything better to find this Devourer of Calamity?"

He kept his composure and handed the mirror back to Captain Liu Ruyan, saying seriously:

"Captain, this mirror can track the Devourer of Calamity's aura, but the cost is a bit high. Using it will temporarily strip away one's Transcendent abilities."

In front of outsiders, he still had to keep up appearances.

After all, on the surface, Captain Liu Ruyan was the leader of the Dawn Convoy.

After hearing this, Captain Liu Ruyan immediately frowned.

"Strip away Transcendent abilities? Only a fool would use it."

She turned to look at the four stragglers at the back of the team, her gaze landing on a young man named Shen Yuan.

"Shen Yuan, you take the mirror and be responsible for tracking."

Her tone was flat, leaving no room for negotiation.

Shen Yuan's face immediately fell; he was completely unwilling.

Anyone with eyes could see that this wasn't a good job.

Using the mirror meant becoming an ordinary person, and if they ran into an Devourer of Calamity, he would be the first to be finished.

But he didn't dare to resist.

Captain Liu Ruyan's strength was clear, as was the influence of the Dawn Convoy.

If he dared to say no, Captain Liu Ruyan could cripple him on the spot without even needing the Devourer of Calamity to act.

Shen Yuan reluctantly took the mirror and, gritting his teeth, injected a trace of Transcendent energy.

The next second, his face went pale, and his entire Transcendent aura vanished without a trace.

He had truly become an ordinary person.

At the same time, the gray mirror surface lit up with a faint beam of white light, pointing toward the weeds in the east.

"Follow the light," Captain Liu Ruyan commanded, taking the lead and following it.

Zhou Che walked leisurely in the middle of the team, with Lin Wan and Ruan Xiaoxiao on his left and right, and Luo Xi bringing up the rear.

Protecting himself tightly.

The area they were responsible for was the periphery of the independent The Convoys and the Campus Convoy.

Everywhere was full of waist-high weeds and abandoned shacks, with extremely poor visibility.

The ten people followed that faint beam of white light, walking unsteadily forward.

After walking for about ten minutes, the light suddenly brightened, pointing straight at a patch of dense weeds ahead.

Everyone stopped, vigilantly staring at the patch of weeds, not daring to even breathe loudly.

The surroundings were terrifyingly quiet, with only the rustling sound of wind blowing through the grass leaves.

They looked at each other, but no one was willing to go up and test it first.

No one knew what was hidden in the weeds; if the Devourer of Calamity was inside, the first one to go up wouldn't have a good outcome.

As the leader, Captain Liu Ruyan couldn't hide anymore.

She gritted her teeth and pulled out the strange object long whip that Zhou Che had given her from her waist.

This whip was long enough, over five meters, so she could strike into the weeds without getting too close.

She took a deep breath, flicked her wrist, and the long whip, carrying a gust of wind, lashed fiercely at the patch of weeds!

"Crack!"

A crisp sound rang out, followed immediately by a heart-wrenching scream from the weeds.

"Ah! My butt!"

Everyone was stunned.

How did this scream not sound like an Devourer of Calamity?

They saw a middle-aged man clutching his butt, scrambling and rolling out of the weeds.

His pants were pulled down to his knees, and a bright red whip mark on his butt was particularly eye-catching.

It was also stained with quite a bit of yellowish-brown stuff.

So this guy was taking a dump in the weeds just now!

Captain Liu Ruyan's whip had struck perfectly, right on his bare butt.

The man rolled around while wailing, tears streaming down his face from the pain.

You have to know, her whip had a power bonus.

The man looked up and saw ten Transcendents with unkind expressions standing opposite him, including Transcendents from his own The Convoy.

The curses that had reached his lips were forced back down; he dared to be angry but didn't dare to speak.

He felt incredibly stifled.

Being interrupted halfway through a dump and getting hit by such a vicious whip—who wouldn't break down?

Seeing his poop-stained butt, Captain Liu Ruyan's face instantly darkened, and she silently turned her head away.

Zhou Che also almost laughed out loud; he quickly covered his mouth, his shoulders shaking as he held it in.

The Transcendent in the team who knew him had a face that turned green with shame and anger; he stepped forward and kicked the man in the butt.

"You embarrassing piece of trash! Get back to the camp immediately! If you dare to poop in the wild again, I'll break your legs!"

The man didn't dare to talk back; he pulled up his pants and ran off limping, not even having time to wipe his butt.

Everyone had just let out a sigh of relief, thinking it was a false alarm.

Just at that moment!

A ball of pitch-black mist suddenly shot out from the weeds where the man had just run away!

Its speed was astonishing, giving no one time to react.

The black mist lunged directly at the Transcendent who was still grumbling.

With a "poof" sound.

There was no scream, no struggle.

The Transcendent's head tilted directly to the side, and his body slumped limply to the ground.

The black mist swirled, and his corpse instantly vanished without a trace, not even leaving a single drop of blood.

Everyone froze in place, their scalps tingling.

Devourer of Calamity!

It really was here!

Zhou Che reacted the fastest; his feet slid, and he retreated directly to the back of the team, shielding Captain Liu Ruyan and Luo Xi in front of him.

"Watch out! It's an Devourer of Calamity!"