Chapter 134 - Death Canyon

Zero looked up at her.

She sat down next to Zero, took a few short breaths, and said, "He's gone up the Larsen River."

"Are you sure?" Zero asked. Because his injuries required time to heal, Zero could not do the reconnaissance by himself. After more than two hours, the girl finally returned to the village.

"I've been the best hunter in the village since I was five years old," she said, raising her eyebrows. Always! "

After emphasizing this point, she pointed to the map in front of them and said, "This guy is just as you said. He's very cunning! He had cleaned up almost all traces of his departure. There were no physical traces left, not even footprints, but he could not get rid of the smell. "I have to say, the smell of you foreigners is quite distinct. It's so obvious that it's like a torch in the dark night. I can smell it with a single breath."

"Following his scent I came to the upper reaches of the Lamarson River, where the plants had been cut down and the heavy objects had been pushed into the mud. I think he didn't have the stamina to clean up the traces when he arrived here, so after he cut down the raft, he quickly chose to go into the water and flee far away. " She added.

Zero looked at the map. The Lamarson River was a winding river, and it was only after a kilometer downstream that the area became flat. They were mostly rapids and dangerous beaches, with no place to land. In other words, if Parkland's killer were to go into the water, he'd have to go downstream to get back into the water.

Zero pointed downstream and asked, "How long would it take to drift downstream?"

She closed her eyes, obviously calculating in her mind. After a moment, she opened her eyes and said, "Three days."

"Three days?"

"This is the most conservative estimate, which includes the fact that this fella didn't get thrown into the water by the torrent, or the fact that he didn't get attacked by the Giant Tusk Fish and Triangular Crocodile in the Lamasson River." Atasha sneered, "It's summer now. The mutated beasts in the Lamassen River are still active. Even if they did not attack the outsider, the intense sports movement in their water would create a variety of rapids and undercurrents that would greatly increase the passage of time across the Lamarson River. Three days is already the shortest amount of time, it's impossible for it to be any shorter! "

He looked at the map, from the Semitic village to the lower reaches of the Lamasun River. Other than going through the water, the only other option was to go through the Death Canyon. Judging from the map, although the Death Canyon wasn't a straight line through the northern region, its slight slope was much faster than the twisting Lamarson River.

"How long would it take us to reach the lower reaches of the Lamarsson River if we went through Death Canyon?" He asked again.

"We'll be there by tomorrow afternoon at the earliest. Death Canyon was filled with Death Reaper Flowers. The strong winds in the valley blew endlessly every day, causing the Death Reaper Flower to fill the sky and become an insurmountable barrier. But in the middle of the day, the wind will stop around 12: 00 to 3: 00 in the morning. We can swing through the interlaced vines above the canyon without coming in contact with the Flower of Death. "But …"

Looking at Zero, the African woman said with some regret, "Your injury will need at least tomorrow to be able to move. Therefore, we will have to delay our arrival for another day."

"That would be too late." Zero stood up, took out the other Poison Cleansing Bandage and wrapped it around his body once before saying, "We will set off tonight. We must hurry to the downstream area tomorrow evening, then we can give him a surprise."

"Can you hold on? It will take at least two hours to cross the canyon. Atasha said doubtfully.

Zero laughed, "As long as we don't have to engage in a fierce battle, there should be no problem."

He was not exaggerating. The estimate of his injuries during the day was the data of his recovery from the previous serious injury. However, he discovered that his body's recovery rate seemed to have increased. He had only just recovered from his injuries after tomorrow morning, but now, he had reached the minimum standard for moving around. At this rate, Zero believed that it would not be impossible for him to recover from his injuries, or even regrow his physical body, just like Hans had done.

Seeing Zero's insistence, Atasha did not object, and the two quickly packed.

Zero woke Mony up. Seeing that it was getting late, he naturally couldn't leave her alone like he did when he was heading to Death Canyon. However, the situation of zero allowed him to only act on his own, and he could not use more than the speed of a rank 4 Agility, or else his injuries would worsen. So the task fell to Atasha. Fortunately, she didn't hate Monnie, so the black girl didn't object.

Just like that, the three of them left the village and travelled through the mountains at a constant speed of 150 km per hour under the night sky. Although she was only using Agility of the third step, looking at how smooth and dexterous Atisa was, he thought that this black girl's agility enhancement skill was not much lower than his own.

Agility enhancement was an auxiliary ability. Generally speaking, only the fighting faculty and most of the female students had this ability. Due to the fact that women's physical strength was inferior to that of men, they did not have the potential to increase their strength to a higher level. Because of this, they needed to have more agility and a faster speed to make up for their lack of strength.

Even for high-level fighters, the most they could pick was around the third stage. After all, to them, being nimble was not as efficient as being suppressed by absolute strength. Therefore, in the eyes of many people, they did not think highly of the ability of Agility, even though the lowest level ability would cause a qualitative change if it was developed to a higher level. However, Agility Enhancement was a skill used to escape in the eyes of many. Those who chose to invest in this skill usually represented the weak.

Zero did not have any prejudices. He was not good at the Elemental Domain or the Combat Domain techniques. Whether it was a sniper attack or a short distance gunfight, both needed to be kept at arm's length. Therefore, for him, Agility Enhancement was the most cost-effective at the moment. For a Gunner, distance was life!

As for Atasha, who had grown up in the forest, she seemed to have invested quite a few points of evolution in the area of agility enhancement. In addition to being a woman, this had more or less to do with the environment in which she lived. After all, in the Death God Ridge, with a faster speed, the chances of survival were relatively higher.

Two hours later, the three of them reached the line they had seen in the early morning hours of the descent. From the moment he stepped onto the brownish-red gravel, he could feel that the radiation was much stronger than the area occupied by the mutated plants. For this reason, Monnie had already donned protective clothing and activated a radiation protection kit to protect her from the huge amount of radiation in the area.

However, this was not enough. With Mony's physique and equipment, she would only be able to move around this area for around two to three hours. Beyond that time, Monnie would be infected, triggering a series of genetic lesions that would eventually lead to a complete genetic collapse.

Therefore, Zero and Atasha did not stay. After a short period of rest before entering the grassy areas with green vegetation still remaining, he dashed towards the entrance of Death Canyon with a blur.

They both knew that this was not just a race against Parkland's killers, but a race against time. There was still time left for them to pass through the valley. With their skill, the 200 kilometers of canyon was just barely sufficient for them to pass through. This was to ensure that nothing unexpected happened along the way, and as long as they carelessly fell into the valley, those Death Reaper Flowers that filled the mountains and plains would become their final resting place.

When they arrived at the entrance of the canyon, the wind had stopped for about a minute. When the three of them arrived at the entrance of the valley, they were just in time to see the magnificent view of the dark blue demonic flowers descending from the sky. The scene was as beautiful as a fire from a dream. At the same time, it was also the most deadly type of firework.

She said nothing, and Monnie, who was slung over her back, was already secured with the bark rope made of Shinzu. So the black girl didn't have to be distracted by Monnie. She chose every footstep with all her concentration, carefully distancing herself from every place where she could step on the Flower of Death, and constantly moving toward the canyon wall. Zero followed her, landing point as precise as the repetition of Artemisia's movements.

Under the night sky, the figures of the three of them were getting closer and closer to the walls of the canyon. When he got closer, Zero finally saw that the walls of Death Canyon were scorched black, but there were quite a few holes. Vines as thick as an arm protruded from each of these holes, intertwined in the air and connected to the other side of the canyon, forming a dark green barrier.

These vines were the only plants in the canyon, and they were slightly different from ordinary vines. On the roots of the vines, there were round, hard shells of varying sizes. They looked like mutated tissues that had been left behind for a long time. As for the Flowers of Death on the ground, they were actually grown from the mutated tissue of these plants. The Flower of Death was a product of the vines expelling the poison from its body. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been able to grow so densely in this region where the radiation source was terrifyingly strong.

Zero had no time to marvel at the wonders of nature. He watched as Atasha suddenly increased her speed. Carrying Monnie on her back, she almost ran up the sloping cliff wall. When she reached the peak, she reached out her hand and scooped it up, then hung it on a vine. Following which, Atasha's hands moved in a crisscross motion, borrowing the vines that could be found everywhere to move towards the depths of the canyon.

After a deep breath, Zero suddenly raised his speed to the speed of a fourth step. All parts of his body immediately sent out signals of pain. Zero's face turned pale, but he suppressed the sound of resistance with his willpower. The huge amount of kinetic energy allowed him to run up the mountain like Atasha. When he was close to the highest point, he suddenly grabbed onto a vine with both of his hands, only then was he able to break through the fourth step of Agility.

Fortunately, this "journey" of exerting force was not too far. Zero's body could still bear it. But looking at the faraway canyon, Zero could not help but smile bitterly. Right now, he could only hope that his body would be able to endure this not too far, and not too close at the same time. Otherwise, the faint blue light beneath his feet would become his most beautiful coffin!