Familiar smell?

Chen Wen looked at the lynx with curiosity.

He asked, "What is it? A person? Or Hua Yun? Could they have kidnapped the crew members too?"

Chen Wen was a bit nervous.

Although the gold was important, if Hua Yun, or even Yang Feng and the crew were kidnapped.

He felt he needed to change his plan.

But the lynx shook his head: "No, it's not the smell of other humans, it's the wolf pack, the one you summoned back then."

Chen Wen was startled.

Black Wolf King?

How did they follow us?

Just as Chen Wen was feeling annoyed, suddenly, a familiar wolf howl echoed from the distant forest.

"Damn! It's really them!"

Chen Wen jumped to his feet.

But then he suddenly remembered, this was the mercenaries' camp!

This wolf pack is going to cause trouble!

Chen Wen just wanted to stop the wolves from howling, but the camp had already been alarmed by the howling.

Some mercenaries had already walked out of their tents in panic, weapons in hand.

They looked around bewildered, as if some dangerous creature was approaching in the darkness.

"Wolf pack! Everyone be careful!"

A somewhat experienced mercenary loudly warned his companions.

But this warning turned out to be a big mistake.

The alerted mercenary grabbed his gun, intending to find the wolves.

But opposite him, a mercenary, hearing the commotion, rushed out of the tent.

The gun-holding mercenary instinctively pointed his weapon in that direction.

"It's one of us!"

The nearby mercenary barely finished speaking when the mercenary being aimed at suddenly roared in anger.

"Damn it! Do you want to kill us and steal the treasure?"

With his roar, the mercenary's pistol was already aimed.

The gun-holding mercenary didn't have time to think and pulled the trigger abruptly.

Boom!

The shotgun's sound ignited the emotions of all the mercenaries.

After a day of running around and a night full of their leader's shouting, all the mercenaries were on edge, in a state of utter hopelessness.

On the verge of breakdown.

That shot pushed them completely into collapse.

Some mercenaries opened fire defiantly, loudly shouting for revenge for their captain.

Some mercenaries, with sharp eyes, silently aimed their guns at mercenaries they had grievances with.

Others, showing greed, looked at the gold in the camp with killing intent arising.

Regardless of their motives, everyone was shooting.

Bang bang bang!

The gunfire scared the wolves away and terrified the lynx, even Chen Wen lay on the ground, not daring to move.

"Damn it, what's happening? Why are they fighting among themselves?"

Chen Wen was a bit scared, but mostly puzzled and confused.

What he didn't know was, in military terms, there's a very fitting description for this situation.

"Camp explosion", also known as camp panic or camp chaos.

When the army's morale is low, uncertain about the future, and unaware of their life and death.

If there's even the slightest disturbance at night, possibly just a soldier screaming from a nightmare, it can ignite a hysterical crazy atmosphere in the camp.

Soldiers completely freeing themselves from military discipline, some picking up weapons to settle scores, chasing officers, enemies, unknown comrades, leaving nothing but corpses the next day.

This was a very typical "camp explosion."

This group of mercenaries had gone through internal strife, continuous traveling, and the effects of the extreme cold, with their morale reaching rock bottom.

The wolves' howling pushed their already tense nerves to the limit.

And then someone fired a shot.

"Camp explosion" happened naturally.

The duration of the chaos was short, after all, there were only fifteen people at most.

In less than thirty seconds, the gunfire gradually subsided.

Some familiar mercenaries cautiously poked their heads out from cover.

In the not-so-big camp, bodies lay everywhere, some even fell onto the bonfire, already starting to catch fire.

"Are there any survivors?"

Someone asked.

Amidst sporadic answers, about five mercenaries carefully crawled out of cover.

They looked around blankly, finding it hard to believe they were the ones who did this.

Just then, from the largest tent, the white captain came out holding his shoulder.

He glanced at the remaining soldiers, his eyes full of despair.

"Captain, what exactly is..."

Someone asked.

The white captain shook his head, not wanting to say more.

He never expected that his group would encounter the legendary "camp explosion."

"Those wolves should have been scared off by the gunfire."

The experienced mercenary was still alive.

He glanced at his friend who started it all, who was already dead.

"We... boo hoo..."

Someone tried to say something, but soon was choked with sobs.

Others looked at the boxes filled with gold, eyes full of greed.

"The gold, you can take it if you want."

The white captain saw the two mercenaries eager to act, he saw clearly from the tent after taking down the deputy.

Their purpose was clear, to kill!

Many were killed by them.

But at this point, he really didn't have the courage to settle the score with them, nor was there any need.

Upon hearing this, the two mercenaries were first excited.

But they quickly said, "No, captain, we'll follow your orders."

The others echoed.

Looking at the remaining five mercenaries, the white captain let out a long sigh.

"Then let's move these… brothers to the outskirts of the camp, we'll leave overnight, I'm afraid the wolves might return, the smell of blood here is too strong."

Upon hearing this, the others looked at the wilderness as if it were a ferocious beast, a bit terrified.

But staying here, apart from the discomfort in their minds.

They were also afraid of the wolves.

The last wolf howl, just when the treasure was nearly theirs, cost them half their people.

This wolf howl reduced them to just six.

When it comes to the wolves, these mercenaries were scared to their core.

They agreed to the white captain's decision, not knowing this very decision led them into a deadly crisis.

As the mercenaries began packing.

The white captain shouted for them to take more food and heating equipment.

The others complied.

But the two mercenaries tempted by the treasure took some firewood off the sled, reducing the load.

...

Chen Wen quietly got up.

Only five left, most of them wounded.

Chen Wen shivered.

Watching lives fade away before his eyes, he was genuinely scared.

However, he still couldn't understand why the mercenaries suddenly started fighting.

After hesitating a while, Chen Wen quietly left.

He saw that the remaining mercenaries wanted to leave.

But he wasn't worried because the lynx was still around.

It could track the mercenaries' position.

...

Chen Wen found the wolf pack.

As the lynx had smelled, these wolves were indeed led by the Black Wolf King.

At this moment, the wolf pack was also very scared.

They just howled twice, never imagining something so terrifying would happen.

The strong scent of blood usually tempted them closer, but now that area became the most feared place for the wolf king.

"Why do I feel you're somehow involved?"

Chen Wen approached the Black Wolf King, looking at its obedient appearance, feeling strange.

It seemed that only after the wolves' howling did the mercenaries' chaos occur.

"Forget it, you're not allowed to go over there, you hear me!"

Chen Wen spoke sternly to the Black Wolf King, emphasizing with gestures.

The Black Wolf King understood Chen Wen's intention, promptly rubbed against Chen Wen's body obediently.

"Did you come looking for me?"

Looking at the vast wolf pack, Chen Wen sighed.

The wolf pack was loyal, but he really couldn't shelter them.

Not even if he had money.

"Alright, our fate together has come to an end, I'm no longer your leader."

Chen Wen waved his hand, bidding farewell to the wolf pack.

But knowing the wolves wouldn't understand such gestures, Chen Wen could only approach the Black Wolf King.

This wolf king was a bit more intelligent.

Slowly, it understood Chen Wen's meaning.

Finally, it looked at Chen Wen reluctantly, let out a low growl, and led the pack to slowly disappear into the forest.

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