Chapter 721: Section 499: Truth (Part 2)
As the caterpillar-tracked convoy clambered onto the broken highway, Malin had an indescribable feeling in his heart. Humanity was once again setting foot here after the apocalypse, yet all that met their eyes were ruins and shattered walls. Even the road made of high-strength materials had become so frail under the erosion of time and rainwater.
In the distance, the silent ruins of the city recounted to Malin the past after destruction – buildings cleaved in half, spires no longer straight, dried-up riverbeds, with remnants of Chaos strewn across the wilderness.
Some soldiers from the human alliance were busy gathering the corpses of these Chaos remnants to prepare for cremation.
According to them, the ruins of those cities were filled with all kinds of Spirits and different kind, but as long as you stay away and don’t attract their attention, these things wouldn’t come out.
Malin didn’t know why this was, but he felt... civilization shouldn’t be reduced to such a state.
Unfortunately, there are no ifs.
The caterpillar-tracked convoy continued to move forward. After getting off the highway, their speed started to slow down. To avoid being ambushed by the remnants of Chaos, Malin had Salis and Jason act as aerial reconnaissance to confirm safety before scaling the hills.
Fortunately, Malin’s Salis was a master of reconnaissance. It even found a cold-blooded beast that Jason had failed to detect – a low-temperature different kind brought over from some unknown world by Chaos. It was invisible in the infrared spectrum, and its appearance could change color like a chameleon to blend into the terrain, which completely fooled the infrared sensor-equipped Jason.
But Salis smelled its scent, and what followed was a segment the World Tree Saplings thoroughly enjoyed – live flaying. For this kind of different kind of Chaos, becoming fertilizer for the plants was already a rather elegant way to die.
And as the ravine came into view, their destination was near. The convoy stopped atop a relatively safe hill and set up a simple camouflage sunshade. Malin took only two Church of Justice Punisher leaders and Lulu, leaving the rest outside.
"There used to be a road here." Malin kicked away the loose soil and looked at the man-made road surface beneath his feet, "It seems that the materials used here are even better than those of the highway outside."