Just thinking about the terrible consequences made An Chen's face turn solemn, realizing that this small village wasn't as safe as he had imagined.
If a similar situation were to occur in the future, how could he ensure the safety of these children?
'It's time to think of a way to protect the village, to prevent the children from being disturbed or attacked by external forces…'
After pondering for a while, An Chen made a decisive decision and entered the system's inventory to see if there was any reward that could help.
Soon, An Chen's eyes lit up as he looked at the reward he had just received that morning and murmured to himself.
"Small Celestial Star Array…"
…
On one of the mountain peaks in the Kunlun Mountains.
The scorching sunlight, like dense bullets, poured into the forest, casting a mottled pattern of light and shadow on the ground.
The ten members of Lei Zhen's team, along with their two captains, all stared wide-eyed at the distant mountain peak, feeling utterly shocked.
Eight strong tigers had lined up in a row, marching in a certain direction?
Especially the leading Siberian tiger, which not only walked upright but also had strong, muscular arms, and was even carrying a white banner embroidered with stars on its shoulder?
For a moment, the team members were completely dumbfounded!
Several of them even gulped and instinctively turned to look at Captain Shen, as if trying to compare his muscles with those of the Siberian tiger.
But they quickly snapped out of it, silently cursing themselves for what they were thinking. Was now really the time to be considering such things?
Shen Hao and Guan Lanhui both stared solemnly at the Siberian tiger, feeling their hearts race and their throats go dry.
Even though they had been through many storms, witnessing such a reality-defying scene still left them utterly shocked and astonished!
In fact, Guan Lanhui could feel an overwhelming aura emanating from the Siberian tiger, like an invisible giant hand reaching through space and gripping her throat, nearly making it impossible for her to breathe!
And she wasn't the only one feeling this way.
The other ten team members were also intimidated by that invisible aura!
They all held their breath, not daring to make a sound, afraid that the Siberian tiger might notice them!
"It's real!"
At that moment, Shen Hao stared at the Siberian tiger, dazed, and muttered.
After receiving the order for this mission, he had also received a message from a friend.
The message contained a long paragraph, detailing Professor Qin's discoveries about the Kunlun Mountains.
It mentioned words like "living gods," "pandas fishing," "elephants farming," and "Siberian tigers speaking."
So when Shen Hao saw the Siberian tiger, he immediately recalled the content of that message.
He never expected that just shortly after entering the mountains, he would witness the very scenes Professor Qin had described.
Hearing what the captain said, Guan Lanhui immediately frowned and asked, "What's real?"
Just as she asked, a strong tremor came from the ground, as if thousands of horses were stampeding toward them, accompanied by a series of loud rumbling sounds that shook her heart deeply!
"What's happening?"
The team members were all startled, raising their heads to look in the direction of the tremor.
The next moment, their eyes widened in disbelief as they witnessed an even more astonishing sight!
Right after the Siberian tiger led the seven tigers away, five massive elephants appeared!
Especially the leading white-tusked elephant, which not only walked upright like the Siberian tiger but also had the body of a human with an elephant head, and carried two white banners embroidered with stars on its shoulders!
Even more shockingly, the white-tusked elephant exuded a terrifying pressure, as if with one stomp, it could crush the entire ground beneath it.
"This… this…"
The ten team members were dumbstruck on the spot!
Some of them couldn't believe what they were seeing and hurriedly rubbed their eyes before looking again.
When they realized it was still those five elephants, they couldn't help but gape in shock, feeling like their entire worldview had been hit by an unimaginably fierce blow!
It was as if it was on the verge of collapsing!
Some of the team members kept swallowing nervously, staring at the two white banners on the white-tusked elephant's shoulders, feeling both puzzled and curious.
"How strange! Why are both the white-tusked elephant and the Siberian tiger from earlier carrying white banners?"
"What are they planning to do?"
"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe it even if someone beat me! This is such an unbelievable scene!"
Vice-captain Guan Lanhui snapped out of it, nodded in agreement with what the team members were saying.
Without wasting any time, she turned to Shen Hao and quietly asked, "Captain, what should we do next?"
Shen Hao, still staring at the group of elephants as they gradually walked off, finally responded succinctly in a deep voice, "Follow them!"
"Yes, Captain!"
…
At the same time, on the other side of the Kunlun Mountains.
From the distant sky, three helicopters quickly approached, descending to the lowest possible altitude.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~~~"
The rotors spun rapidly overhead, stirring up powerful gusts of wind.
Three rope ladders were quickly tossed from the three cabins.
Then, one by one, foreigners bent over and stepped out of the cabins, their hair tousled and clothes flapping in the wind from the pressure.
Their hair, skin, and eyes were all different colors.
They weren't fully armed, but wore casual clothing, as if they were just tourists visiting the Kunlun Mountains.
Soon, those foreigners descended the rope ladders and landed swiftly on a grassy plain.
As the three helicopters lifted off again, turning into small black dots disappearing in the distant sky,
the foreigners immediately gathered together, picked a direction, and rushed forward at high speed.
Looking at the map, the direction they chose led directly to a small village.
However, before they could even get close to the village, as soon as they crossed a mountain, they were stunned by the scene that suddenly appeared before them!
"Oh NO! Look, what is that?!"
A blonde-haired, blue-eyed young man suddenly widened his eyes and shouted in shock, pointing at an orchard on the mountainside.
The other foreigners were startled, and without saying a word, quickly raised their heads to look.
When they clearly saw what was happening in the orchard, they were all so shocked that their jaws nearly hit the ground, and their eyes bulged out in disbelief, feeling utterly amazed and horrified!
It was obvious that, to them, the scene they were witnessing was nothing short of divine intervention!
In that orchard, a row of pandas, of various sizes, sat in a line, each holding a piece of bamboo, eating with great enjoyment.
At the very front of the row sat the largest panda.
It was wearing a straw hat, with a fishing rod beside it. As it munched on fresh bamboo shoots, it casually tossed aside a white banner in its hand…