Our factory traveled through time

Chapter 26 A Strange Encounter in the Mountains and Forests

Soon, the workers from the five factories finished packing and even returned to their posts ahead of schedule.

There are currently no large predators roaming around the park, so the area around the south gate of the park is relatively safe.

According to the map provided by Zhou Li of Daqiang Electronics Technology, there is a large river one kilometer away in a straight line from the south of the park.

This is just the closest distance, the end of the first hunting trail opened up at the Fuhuakang Electronics Factory, the location with mudskippers.

The entire river meanders, and that location is situated on the convex bank, making it the closest riverbank to the park.

The river flows from east to west. Big Gun Electronics and Jingmao Luggage went downstream, while they went upstream to open up a second hunting route.

In terms of forest coverage, the upstream area is clearly larger, which also means the level of danger is higher.

"Brother Ce, according to the map, there's a closed-off, dangerous area to the south of the park."

"To the south is a large river, to the west is a swamp, and to the east are towering mountains, completely locking us in."

Huang Feipeng rarely seemed to be thinking, but his eyes kept glancing in the direction of Beijiajia children's clothing, revealing his true intentions.

"Alright, stop showing off. Which girl have you got your eye on? I'll give you a hand later."

Huang Feipeng rolled his eyes at Wang Ce, then laughed on the spot, saying with some disdain:

"Brother Ce, you're helping me? I'm not trying to discourage you, but you can't even handle it yourself."

Zhang Luoyan walked over from behind and saw Wang Ce and Huang Feipeng talking furtively, with Huang Feipeng glancing at her every now and then. She immediately kicked him on the left.

"What's that fatso up to now? I just sent out a drone to scout around, and there are signs of a wild beast to the east. We need to be careful later."

Huang Feipeng chuckled foolishly, but Wang Ce spoke up:

"What Fatty said earlier is right. The south is a closed-off dead zone. Our three organizations will clear out the south and ensure there are no worries before we explore the north."

Zhang Luoyan frowned slightly and said, "According to normal geography, the location of the park should not actually be a basin, as this does not conform to geological changes."

"I suspect that this basin was formed by unnatural factors, but the answer to this question can only be found by going north."

"My third uncle headed north on the first day he traveled through time, leaving overnight, and he hasn't returned yet."

Wang Ce and Huang Feipeng both looked at Zhang Luoyan with some surprise. Wang Ce, in particular, asked suspiciously, "You really have a third uncle?"

He thought Zhang Luoyan had fabricated the lie to increase her own leverage. After all, logically speaking, who would dare to run directly into a primeval forest after transmigrating?

"I don't know the exact details, but a long time ago, an elder of our Zhang family entered this place because of the sinkhole incident, and we had special channels to maintain contact with the outside world."

"However, these things haven't reached my generation yet, so there are many things I don't know."

"When my third uncle left that night, he said he was going to try his luck and told me to stay in the park and develop my career slowly."

He said that according to the laws of this world, crises increase gradually over time, and there is no absolute danger of death at the beginning.

This information was too vague, but at this point, Zhang Luoyan had no reason to lie to herself.

Wang Ce could only temporarily memorize these seemingly unrelated pieces of information, hoping they might come in handy in the future.

Before setting off, Longmen Bamboo and Wood specially replaced the metal bows of the hunting teams with bamboo bows that were more flexible and lighter.

The hunting party consisted of 23 people from Shenghong, 10 people from the Black Rare Earth Chemical Plant, and 15 people from Suqu Jewelry Factory, for a total of 48 people.

Although the number of people was not large, their weapons and equipment were very sophisticated.

While the five factories were preparing, Wang Ce also arranged for someone to go back and tell Master Xu to prepare to produce rifle parts, use the excess waste as grenade fragments, and move all the weapons and equipment from the factory over.

The upstream area is very long and covers the largest area, so the level of danger there is definitely not as high as the first hunting route.

Everyone was armed with large bows, carried a quiver of metal arrows on their backs, had a Tang sword at their waist for close combat, held an aluminum alloy spear, and had a military dagger strapped to their calves. It would not be an exaggeration to describe them as armed to the teeth.

According to normal hunting logic, troop types should definitely be separated. Either spearmen should be equipped with Tang swords, or bowmen should be equipped with Tang swords. This kind of fully equipped setup is not reasonable.

In addition, everyone also had to bring animal traps and plastic baskets for collecting materials, making it a truly heavy-duty trip.

However, Wang Ce also had his own considerations. If he encountered an emergency and these equipment were in the way, he could simply throw them away on the spot.

But if we really need strong firepower support, it would be very awkward if we couldn't use it.

After all, we're going out to explore and establish a hunting trail, and we can't predict what we'll face, so it's best to be well-prepared for the first day.

"We've already scouted the area with drones, but we still shouldn't let our guard down."

Shenghong's team was at the front, Black Rare Earth was to the left rear, and Suqu Jewelry was to the right, advancing in a triangle formation.

"Our team is missing a plant expert like Mr. Guo. With so many plants, we don't even know which ones are edible and which ones aren't."

Huang Feipeng saw a lot of mushrooms and some berries he couldn't name along the way, but the colors of both the mushrooms and the berries were just too bright.

Combining the nursery rhyme about the red umbrella and white pole from a past life, and the feeling of lying flat on a board after eating it, no one dares to try it.

"Even plant experts aren't always helpful. You forgot about foxtail grass; that old Guo himself spent the whole night growing it."

"Our goal this time is to establish a stable route to the river. The first hunting trail ends on the convex bank of the river, where there are many mudskippers. We are closer to the concave bank here, so we might have other catches."

"And later on, water will definitely have to be drawn from the river."

"Let's spend more time opening up this road, and then integrate the resources in the south to fully arm ourselves."

"The fact that Daqiang Electronics Technology lost dozens of drones in the north shows that the danger in the north is far greater than imagined."

Wang Ce had a strong sense of crisis, and from beginning to end, he never considered the transmigrators in the park as potential enemies.

The real enemy is in the north, where something unknown exists.

Wang Ce had considered personally organizing drone reconnaissance, but according to the Dark Forest Theory, they had already been exposed once.

If it is exposed again, the probability of the industrial park being discovered will increase dramatically. It would be fine if it were just one country, but what if it were Japan and the United States?

Those people are definitely more evolved than Zhang Luoyan, and even with powerful modern industry as their support, they may not be able to resist.

"Captain Wang, how do you determine east, west, north, and south? I see you wandering around in the woods without seeming worried about getting lost."

Xiao Yong, who works at the Black Rare Earth Chemical Plant, couldn't help but ask a question while carrying several bags of explosives.

They walked quite a distance, with Wang Ce, Huang Feipeng, and Zhang Luoyan leading the way, followed by several workers operating drones.

I didn't hear the drone operators report their coordinates, so how did Wang Ce find the location?

Upon hearing Xiao Yong's question, the head of Suqu Jewelry's hunting team, a thin young man, also looked over curiously.

"I have a map of the surrounding area, which shows the area south of the industrial park and up to the river in great detail."

"As for the direction, don't mobile phones have a compass function? Just use the phone to guide you."

"The magnetic field here is not chaotic, and there haven't been any problems with its direction so far."

Everyone was somewhat surprised; they had never imagined that Wang Ce could use the compass function on his phone to determine direction. He really had some skills.

The group walked very slowly, and since they had set off late, and this route was longer than the first hunting route, they knew they would definitely not reach the river today.

However, Wang Ce did not rush into things for personal gain, but instead proceeded steadily, scouting locations one by one.

Basically, every sixty meters, Wang Ce would find a suitable spot and mark it with a tree.

"I tied the trees with strips of cloth, and then I'll have the Longmen Bamboo and Wood Factory build watchtowers on them one by one."

Perhaps it was because there were too many people, but despite the abundance of animal droppings and signs of large creatures on the ground, they did not encounter any of them.

But that's normal. In nature, who would be so bored as to deliberately provoke a species they've never seen before?

The saying "a donkey in Guizhou has run out of tricks" applies everywhere. Previously, it was because it had encroached on the territory of the giant wolves that it was attacked by the wolf pack.

Following this logic, the giant wolf pack should be one of the top predators in this area.

"Brother Ce, Brother Ce, look! Look! What's that thing?!"

Huang Feipeng, whose eyes were darting around, suddenly patted Wang Ce on the shoulder and pointed to the big tree to the left in a low voice.

Wang Ce and Zhang Luoyan subconsciously looked up, and then Wang Ce quickly made a fist gesture.

The two factories following behind immediately stopped moving forward, and the entire procession became completely silent within three seconds.

Everyone held their weapons horizontally in front of them, ready for battle.

Some of the quicker ones also looked up at the dense branches overhead, their pupils gradually becoming excited.

"This is good stuff! This is really good stuff!"