This revenge will be repaid!
Thinking of this, the thoughts in Li Chonglou's eyes immediately vanished. Not to mention his two missions, just his friend Zhou Tong was still waiting for him to bail him out from the detention center.
However, there was no immediate rush. It would take at least a few days to resolve the current Iron Forest situation. Li Chonglou thought and slowly closed his eyes.
The next morning, Li Chonglou was awakened by a man. After tidying up his clothes, Li Chonglou followed him back to the main hall.
At this time, the people at the three round tables in the hall were lined up. They were divided into four columns, and the leader of one of the columns was the tattooed man who had chatted with Li Chonglou earlier.
At this moment, there was no hypocritical smile on his face. He looked at Li Chonglou with extreme coldness, as if he were looking at an animal.
Yi Long stood at the front of the line, facing everyone with a solemn posture. Every face was either serious or cold and indifferent.
The entire hall had a slightly murderous atmosphere.
This was something many troops couldn't achieve. Li Chonglou could clearly feel from everyone that this murderous aura was something only those who had truly experienced slaughter possessed. It was clear that none of those present were easy to deal with.
However, Li Chonglou walked through this murderous aura without any change in expression. Even when he walked to Yi Long's side as instructed and faced everyone together, his face still maintained that calm demeanor.
His composure caused a hint of dissatisfaction to rise on the faces of the people in front of him. Because what they wanted to see was not this, but the tension or panic of a rookie.
Yi Long, who enjoyed watching the commotion, even fanned the flames, saying, "It seems you all have been neglecting training lately. You have no momentum today."
The tattooed man immediately retorted coldly, "Some people who haven't seen the world don't know what momentum is, but reality is always cruel."
Li Chonglou's brows furrowed slightly, and he looked at Yi Long, saying, "So you called me here to say these things?"
Yi Long coughed lightly and then got to the point, "I won't say much more idle talk. I hope we can all come back alive. Now, let's go!"
At Yi Long's command, the people in the four squads immediately stomped their feet and raised their hands, and the entire hall echoed with a single sound.
*Slap!*
This scene alone was enough to prove the tacit understanding between everyone. However, Li Chonglou was not surprised by this. He had already sensed the unusual nature of this place before entering the Dark Department.
With that artillery display, it would take at least twenty years to train. And after entering, although most of these people were arrogant and disdainful, their aura was far stronger than that of ordinary people.
The aura of the tattooed man was even inferior to Henry's.
Li Chonglou silently watched everyone leave. Yi Long reminded him at this time.
"After we go in later, don't run around. Just follow behind. I'll leave three people to protect you."
Li Chonglou nodded and suddenly asked, "Where is Xiaobai? Why don't I see Xiaobai?"
"Don't worry, we are more concerned about the Sacred Beast than you are. You'll soon know how lucky you are."
Yi Long said, indicating that Xiaobai had already followed another team and entered the Iron Forest first.
"Your Sacred Beast was born with some defects and is of a low rank. We sent it in for training last night."
Afterward, Yi Long led Li Chonglou to follow the team. After leaving the wooden house, everyone walked north into the depths.
Along the way, Li Chonglou saw many people training and a thought suddenly flashed in his mind. He couldn't help but ask Yi Long, "What is your purpose here?"
Yi Long smiled and said without reservation, "Everyone here hopes to improve their strength."
He pointed to a person crawling in the mud and said, "Don't look at him like this now. If he were to return outside, he would be the strongest mercenary in a small country. His annual income is not less than a hundred million."
"But he is still training here, even gambling his life for the improvement of his strength. This is human ambition, and this is where your ambition can be unleashed."
Hearing this, Li Chonglou immediately understood Yi Long's words. So that's why they were all so arrogant.
At this moment, Yi Long said again, "In fact, you are really very lucky. Although the Sacred Beast you obtained is a flawed product, there are only five in this entire generation. You should know what that means."
If it were as he said, Li Chonglou's luck was undoubtedly enviable and hateful.
However, for himself, he didn't feel much. But hearing Yi Long say that, he was also a little curious and couldn't help but ask, "Did this Sacred Beast you're talking about only start from your generation?"
"No, it existed before you. But your generation is indeed the most special. Let me put it this way, in the past, each generation basically had only one Sacred Beast. So for most of the contestants like you, they didn't even know about its existence."
Yi Long shook his head, a hint of regret flashing in his eyes.
Without asking, Li Chonglou could understand his meaning. Although he hadn't explained the exact role of the Sacred Beast for them, their reactions made it clear that the Sacred Beast held a significant position here.
But no matter what, since he didn't have to do anything himself, Li Chonglou was happy to follow behind everyone.
Thus, a large group of them directly left the Dark Department from the north, totaling thirty-one people. Yi Long had already rushed to the front of the team, with a rather commanding presence under his cold and solemn expression.
Outside the Dark Department, there was still a plain, but a dark shadow could be seen at the end of the line of sight.
Before Yi Long rushed to the front of the team, he had explained to Li Chonglou that they were going into the dark shadow in front, which was actually a mountain range.
But it was different from ordinary mountain ranges. This entire mountain range was man-made. Every route within it was meticulously designed, and even every inch of soil stepped on had its purpose.
And this was the Iron Forest, a continuous mountain range entirely designed and built by humans!
It was rumored that dozens of the world's richest people spent decades to complete its construction! The cost involved was astronomical, with the sole purpose of building a place that could continuously and massively strengthen soldiers.
Undoubtedly, they had succeeded.
Li Chonglou glanced at the blackness in the distance and then at the group of people in front of him.
Were they forging human weapons? Or did they want to own an elite force?