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Chapter 1025: Chapter 655: New Discovery
A chaotic sound of footsteps echoed through the dense forest.
Dry twigs and fallen leaves crunched underfoot, accompanied by the soft clink of armor plates, as a squad of over twenty people traversed through the forest.
The tree canopy overhead blocked out the sun, further dimming the already dark light in the Secret Realm, with only a few stray beams of light filtering through the leaves to flicker on the ground.
"A He, you said the D-23 Area has been thoroughly cleaned by us, so why does the Legion Commander still have us patrolling? We’ve been walking all day and haven’t seen a single Demon Shadow. It’s so boring."
Conis complained to his friend while instinctively scanning the surroundings with his eyes.
It was a reflex honed from long battles; his words could complain, but his body never relaxed even slightly.
"Whatever the Legion Commander tells us to do, we do. Haven’t you always emphasized that a soldier’s duty is to obey orders?"
Liang He casually replied, his eyes also busy analyzing the surrounding environment.
Yes, this is the place where we fought on the first day.
The battle was intense back then, and he only vaguely sensed something odd in a fleeting moment, but due to the urgency of the situation and no substantial problems being found later, he temporarily dismissed the feeling.
Yet that strange feeling was like a thorn that constantly pricked at his heart, occasionally surfacing to unsettle him.
Where could it be?
Liang He discreetly examined various details around him—the scorch marks on the ground, the direction of fallen trees, the growth state of weeds, and even the stones exposed in the soil overturned by the aftermath of battles.
His eyes worked like a precision scanner, missing no corner that could harbor information.
Though Liang He’s observation was subtle, as college roommates and battle comrades who had fought side by side many times, Conis knew Liang He too well.
He could instantly tell that Liang He wasn’t merely wandering around but was seriously searching for something.
Without saying much, he quietly moved to a position slightly behind and beside Liang He, ensuring he wouldn’t disturb his observations and could respond to any sudden events.
The other team members also tacitly maintained their silence, and the whole squad moved slowly through the forest, with only the sounds of footsteps and breathing rising and falling.
Liang He walked slowly through the forest, his eyes scanning like radar.
What did I see back then?
Liang He struggled to recall the scenes from that day’s battle.
Images of combat scenes, as well as the remnants after the fight, flashed through his mind like a carousel.
At that time, he was pulling his Battle Sword from the body of a Stele Demon, and when he looked up, his peripheral vision seemed to catch something.
What was it?
A shape? A light? Or an unnatural mark?
Liang He frowned deeply, trying to dredge that vague impression from the depths of his memory.
"Pa—"
Suddenly, he stopped, his whole body like it was nailed to the ground, with his brows slightly raised.
Yes, it was over there!
Liang He suddenly quickened his pace, heading swiftly towards the direction from his memory.
Conis followed closely behind him, and seeing the actions of the two team leaders, the other members promptly followed suit.
Quickly, Liang He arrived at an open area.
The trees here had been completely uprooted during the battle days ago, shattered into wood chips scattered across the scorched earth, and the air retained a faint burnt smell.
Scorch marks from thunder fire covered the ground, the blackened soil and ash-gray plant remains intertwining like an abstract painting.
Liang He slowly walked to the center, then bent down, his gaze fixed firmly on the ground.
"What’s up?"
Conis came over, following his line of sight to look at the ground and asked, puzzled.
"Look here." Liang He pointed to the ground below.
Conis crouched down, following the direction of Liang He’s finger.
In a patch of scorched earth, there was a circular area unusually clean—the soil there was yellow-brown, absent char marks from thunder fire and devoid of ash, as if someone had deliberately cleaned it.
"What’s up with this?"
Conis scratched his head, with a hint of puzzlement in his tone, "You think the cleanliness here is odd? But in battle, the damage to the ground is uncontrolled, maybe it just ended up leaving an area like this by chance."
"Conis, don’t you think the edge of this circle is too neat?"
Liang He placed his hand on the edge of the circular area, traced a circle along the arc with his fingers, and looked up at Conis: "It’s like it was drawn with a compass."
Upon hearing this, Conis once again scrutinized the clean area.
His eyebrows slowly furrowed.
Indeed, if you scrutinize, the edge of this circle is certainly too orderly.
Damage on the battlefield often is random and irregular; the border between scorch marks and clean areas should be jagged, not a smooth curve.
But what does this suggest?
Conis refrained from drawing conclusions, instead placing his finger at the center of the clean area and slowly injecting Spiritual Energy.
Spiritual Energy penetrated the ground like a probe from his fingertip, infiltrating deeper and spreading outward, searching through every inch beneath this piece of land.
One second, two seconds, three seconds...