The group from Underground Walnut and the Seven Seas Travel Group are currently in a similar plight, making them ideal for recruitment.
Of course, it still depends on their own opinions, and Fang Hong wants to observe them further.
They hadn't gone far when Parker's shout came from the front.
Fang Hong sent the Clockwork Fairy to fly in that direction, and soon saw what they had discovered.
Two of them found a carcass of a wingless dragon by the roadside. The carcass also had a backpack, which they took and returned with—it contained a letter identical to the one they had seen before.
The dates on the letters were the same, suggesting they were sent out on the same day; only this wingless dragon wasn't as lucky as its companion.
Tang Xin examined the carcass and found a deep, bone-revealing wound approximately half a foot long on the side of the wingless dragon's massive body beneath its ribs.
This was a fatal wound, along with several other less deadly wounds scattered across the thick skin of the wingless dragon.
Upon seeing this carcass, Fang Hong felt that the supply station likely held little hope.
It was already the fifth day since the signal was sent, and they hadn't sent a second one—either they were trapped.
Or they were already completely annihilated.
However, considering most construct beasts lack intelligence, Fang Hong found it hard to believe they could orchestrate a siege, making him more inclined to believe the latter possibility.
By five o'clock in the afternoon, they arrived at the supply station.
In fact, with only one entrance and exit in the canyon, it was hard not to see the camp. Their thoughts were confirmed—the camp was dead silent when they arrived.
From the outside, several large gaps appeared in the fence. Following the breaches inside, the camp was in disarray, with tents fallen over and scattered.
The innermost part looked as though covered by a heavy snowfall, with a vast expanse of white.
Braving the wind and snow, Fang Hong inspected each tent. All were vacant, and as the snow swept in, the torchlight revealed faint dark red stains on the ground.
It seemed no one had died here, which made sense, as those without Starlight wouldn't venture out.
However, the eerie atmosphere of the camp was still unnerving for the two young girls, Tianlan and Gita, who stood uneasily at the center of the camp.
The young people from the Art of Conflict Guild fared no better; they had never seen anything like this and didn't dare to breathe loudly.
Underground Walnut shielded Beiji, but the girl wasn't scared at all, much calmer than him.
Eventually, the Big Cat People found the remnants of the construct beast mentioned in the plea for help.
It was buried under the snow, requiring effort to excavate it.
In general, the thing resembled a crab, with two sword-like claws, six legs, and a body shaped like a flat rock.
If the letter hadn't stated it was a construct beast, Fang Hong would likely have thought it to be an elemental creature, an Earth Element.
At least from appearances, he couldn't discern what made it a construct.
He wasn't sure if these construct beasts had only this form, but it was the only one found in the camp.
Fang Hong considered another possibility—since it looked just like a rock, only when intact could its original form be guessed.
But the smaller rock fragments scattered across the camp, whether originally mountain rocks or remnants of the beast, couldn't be determined easily.
With this in mind, he ordered the others to exercise caution and have them scour the camp to see if anything valuable had been left behind.
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