Technological practice: leading the human race to the stars

Chapter 117 Tracking
In order to allow Yuanze to gain the upper hand, Zhang Zhisheng carefully planned to change the nature of the mission from clearing out to investigation, and deliberately concealed most of the content of the mission.

According to intelligence, the next day, the Flamemon will appear in a specific area. Genze's mission is to investigate the area in depth and kill the Flamemon before it causes geological activity.

However, that night, Yuanze tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. An indescribable uneasiness was rising in his heart.

In the surveillance footage, there was no other sound except the rustling of grass and trees swaying in the wind and the howling of source beasts in the distance.

His mind was spread out around like a cordon, but he didn't notice anything unusual.

Just in case, Yuanze got up and left the tent that had the ability to conceal his breath, hiding behind a huge rock.

Outside the tent, he could only use the ability of "Flow". Although it consumed source energy, at least he would be more concealed.

However, even for Yuan Ze now, it is difficult to afford the long-term consumption of his abilities, after all, he still has to fight the next day.

He could only let Astra use the mental power of his "second self" again and use the weak source beasts around to monitor the area.

At the same time, Yuanze also used the perspective of these source beasts to explore an extremely hidden cave and decided to rest there.

The night was long, but nothing unusual happened. The tent not far away was intact, without any sign of damage.

"Am I too sensitive?" Yuanze stretched his slightly stiff joints and walked over to pack up the tent.

"That should be the case. It was a peaceful night." Astra pointed at the rabbit-shaped source beasts foaming at the mouth. "Look at them. They are all exhausted."

"Well, Astra, you've worked hard too."

"It's not hard work, it's just that there are only rabbits around here. I played the rabbit simulator all night and I'm tired of it."

Yuanze smiled, took out the source crystals in their bodies, turned on the camouflage and rushed towards the target area of ​​the mission.

This group of hot springs, located about ten kilometers north of Tianchi Waterfall, is the most densely populated area of ​​hot springs in the entire Tianchi Mountain and is known as the Julong Hot Spring Group.

In the era without the invasion of source beasts, this place was an ideal place for people to relax.

Yuanze was crouching nearby, and even though he was at a distance, he could feel the waves of heat coming towards him.

The misty hot air was mixed with an extremely hot source of energy, which made his skin feel a burning pain.

"Ding~"

Suddenly, there was a faint sound from the neural network around him, which was a signal that someone was approaching the hot spring.

Yuanze immediately became alert. He found that two groups of people were approaching, and the aura of one of them made him feel inexplicably familiar.

This puzzled Yuanze a little. He remembered that his master said that this was his exclusive information. Logically, no one else should know about the birth of the Flame Sun Beast.

Moreover, in China, the only team that can effectively utilize this source beast is the team led by the master. So why would there be other people here?
A thought flashed through Yuanze's mind:

He accepted this mission and was being watched. Just as Crowther had reminded him, there were always many eyes secretly watching him in the training camp.

Everything that happened last night had a reasonable explanation. The panic was just a maze they had deliberately set up to disturb my rest and weaken my fighting power.

However, this also made Yuan Ze realize that they might not be sure of winning, so they would seize every possible opportunity to weaken their own strength.

"Then let's wait and see." The two groups of people searched everywhere in the hot spring area, and it seemed that they only caught some insignificant clues and did not notice Yuan Ze's current hiding place.

However, it can be seen from the mental map that they are not in the same group. There is a lot of overlap in their search areas, indicating that they may meet at any time.

After careful consideration, Yuanze decided to use the groundwater network map drawn by Astra. He turned on the heat resistance of his suit and carefully drilled into a cave with a spring nearby.

Although the heat insulation ability of the new battle suit has been significantly improved, the heat of the blazing source power still cannot be completely absorbed. It penetrates the defense of Yuan Ze's body surface, making him feel extremely uncomfortable.

However, the energy in Yuanze's body was gradually adapting to this high temperature energy. It gradually reversed the uncomfortable feeling of being boiled, allowing Yuanze to continue moving forward.

He stared closely at the map drawn on the mask, and based on the direction, swam towards the exit where the two groups were most likely to meet.

Those mental power marking points were made by the weapons manufacturing bureau, with marks on them to facilitate Astra to record their movement tracks. As long as he kept stepping on them, he would be able to form a roughly continuous tracking.

However, at this moment, one of the groups seemed to have discovered the point where they were marked. They lost their sense of touch on the map, making it impossible to determine their exact current location.

Astra tried to use other detection methods, but due to the barrier of high temperature source force, she could not determine their location in real time. So she used a prediction model to estimate their route of action.

Yuanze also successfully crawled out of the nearby cave, found a hidden place, and quietly waited for the next development.
Then, he sacrificed the performance of "Flow" perception, simulated this hot source of power, and released the heart net.

Soon, the group of people who had lost their traces also entered the radiation range of the heart network, and their location was almost the same as Astra's previous estimate.

As expected, the two groups soon met each other. They obviously noticed each other's presence and their footsteps stopped abruptly.

Yuanze could vaguely sense the emotions of both parties.

The group of people who had just "disappeared" behaved unusually calm and gentle, as if they had expected this; while the other group seemed a little at a loss, as it was obvious that all this was beyond their expectations.

He approached cautiously and gradually sensed their number: the missing group had two people, and the other group had three people. Both sides had peak-level Origin Warriors, and one of the three was close to the extraordinary level.

He continued to move closer and heard the conversation between the two parties.

"You're actually going to attack me?" A short figure roared.

"The guy who complains first!"

The two leaders were keenly aware of the entanglement of the source of energy. They realized that it was subtly different from the naturally formed source of energy hot springs around it.

However, Genze intertwined his energy in a very concealed way, cleverly making both sides mistakenly think that the other side was preparing to launch an attack.

"Hahaha, you're pretty mean." Astra couldn't help but laugh when he saw Yuanze's trick.

"Tsk, it's rude for a gentleman not to return the favor." Yuanze raised his eyebrows, "Who told someone to mess with me last night?"

"What kind of gentleman are you?"

"Hey, hey, hey, which side are you standing on? Isn't it good to watch dogs fight each other?"

Astra projects a thumbs-up sign.

(End of this chapter)