With both sides taking action at the same time.

In the suburbs between Gaoling City and Oasis City, news that wild beasts attacked humans and caused death soon spread in the construction team's camp.

For a while, it also made people panic, and even the construction efficiency in the past few days was reduced.

Gawain sighed as he realized that he could not go on like this.

And early the next morning, all the workers gathered in the camp and held a morning meeting.

"In recent days, the construction efficiency of the project has dropped significantly!"

While speaking, Gawain also waved the project schedule in his hand in a decent manner.

The workers standing below all lowered their heads subconsciously.

"I know what everyone is worried about, but what do you have to worry about? There are a hundred soldiers in this camp to protect your safety!"

"And Gaoling City has also dispatched special troops to deal with this matter."

"Perhaps as I speak, that beast will have been taken care of by the soldiers responsible for the cleanup mission."

"It's not long before winter. I think everyone wants to get more wages at the end of the month so that they and their families can live a more stable and comfortable life this winter."

"But according to the current work efficiency, there is no way to achieve this goal!"

The entire morning meeting didn't last long, only about ten minutes.

Gawain knew exactly what to say at such a time.

After the morning meeting, every worker felt relieved.

Yes, there are so many soldiers in the camp protecting them. What are they afraid of?

Work hard and get more wages at the end of the month. This is what they need to care about.

As soon as I thought about this, everyone quickly cheered up, and their work efficiency slowly returned to the level it should have been.

At the same time, on the other side, a hundred-man team sent from Gaoling City quickly arrived in the hilly area and launched a search mission.

However, this task did not go particularly smoothly.

After all, the wild area is still very large. It is not that easy to complete the search in a short time.

At the end of the day, the centurion sent to investigate found nothing.

This made the centurion, the team leader, couldn't help but sigh.

Then looking at the soldiers who had gathered in front of him, he said loudly...

"Today's mission ends here. Everyone is preparing to camp for the night and continue tomorrow!"

However, at this moment, a squad leader standing in the first row of the square suddenly raised his hand.

"Report!"

"What's the matter? Tell me!"

"Report to the centurion that one of the menial team failed to return in time!"

The centurion frowned when he heard this.

"You will take a small team of people later to take a look at the area he is responsible for."

"clear!"

However, after the meeting ended, the squad leader and his team members searched around again, but still could not find the missing soldier.

After nightfall, when the centurion got the news, his eyebrows were furrowed and almost twisted into a ball.

He had an ominous premonition.

And it turned out that his hunch was right.

The body of the missing soldier was found two days later.

The disembowelled death state was almost the same as that of the previous deceased, which instantly made the atmosphere in the entire military camp become solemn.

Faced with such a situation, the soldier as a centurion naturally responded immediately.

"From today on, all soldiers will work in groups of five and act collectively. Don't scatter! Pay attention to taking care of each other!"

However, this approach doesn't seem to have much effect.

On the fourth day, a soldier on duty at night disappeared...

"What's going on? I should have said that we need to work in groups of five and act together. The same goes for night patrols. Why is one person missing? What were the four of you doing at that time?!"

Facing the centurion's questioning, the expressions on the faces of the remaining four soldiers were full of difficulty.

"Reporting to the centurion, Lao Gao said it was convenient to go there at that time, but out of caution, Lao Li and I also followed. Who knows, who knows..."

"How do you know anything?"

Seeing the hesitant soldier, the centurion became a little irritable.

"Who knew that as soon as I turned around, the person would be gone..."

"..."

At this moment, even the soldier who said this was filled with disbelief, let alone the centurion who heard this.

A big living person disappeared in a blink of an eye?

Could it be that it can evaporate out of thin air?

To be honest, the centurion thought this was nonsense!

But you still have to ask what you should ask.

He lost two subordinates inexplicably. If he couldn't find out the reason for this matter, it would be a huge dereliction of duty on his part.

"Think carefully about whether there was any sound or anything else wrong at that time."

Facing this question, Lao Li, who had been standing nearby as if he was worried, raised his hand.

"I reported to the centurion that something was wrong. There seemed to be a sudden gust of wind, and from the corner of my eye, I seemed to catch a glimpse of a black shadow moving past at a very fast speed..."

Obtaining new information made the centurion feel slightly refreshed.

Although there are no substantial clues in this information, it is better than nothing.

"Why didn't you say anything just now?"

"Reporting to the centurion, it was late at night, the light was dim, and there was no moon. I thought my eyesight was wrong. Moreover, it seemed that it was not unusual for the wind to blow on the hills at night, but the wind blew too suddenly.

Centurion, I just remembered it after you asked me that."

The centurion nodded after hearing this.

However, facing this situation, he didn't know what to do for a while. He could only ask his soldiers to be more vigilant and careful during the execution of their tasks.

A few days later, they found the soldier who was missing that night. Apparently, he was also a corpse.

The method of death was exactly the same as the previous deaths, which made the atmosphere of the entire army become more and more subtle.

Gradually, some mysterious rumors began to spread among the soldiers.

Each one said is more evil than the other.

But thankfully, probably because of their caution, there were no more missing soldiers during that period.

And it was at this time that the search team's mission made new progress.

They found a set of footprints in a hilly area.

The size of those footprints is much smaller than that of a normal adult human being, about the same as that of a child.

This discovery is simply a major breakthrough for the search team that has been unable to find a breakthrough for a long time.
Chapter completed!