<h4>Chapter 48: An unexpected discovery_1</h4>


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    The drone flew for another 50 to 60 miles before reaching the other end of the ind. If the distance between him and the stone bridge was added, the length of the ind from north to south would be about 120 miles. It was only 60 to 70 miles wide from east to west, but it was unexpectedly deep from north to south, which gave Tang Wen a surprise. In this way, the area of SuMei Ind was about twice asrge as what he had originally imagined. Tang Wen continued to control the drone and was ready to circle the ind before flying to the top of the mountain to take a look. It had been almost half a year since he had arrived at somi Ind. However, for the sake of safety, their scope of activity was temporarily limited to the area around the Crouching Dragon Lake. They had not explored the entire Ind. Not long after the drone flew to the back of the ind, Tang Wen was stunned. He found that the trees on the back of the ind were bigger and lustier. Ancient trees that reached the sky could be seen everywhere, and he could only see the primitive jungle. He could barely see the ground. So, he controlled the drone to lower its altitude and get closer to the ground. He found that there were many thorny nts and vines growing in the trees on the ground. On the vines, there were bright flowers and fruits as thick as basins, looking like small seductive women. These thorny nts and flowers were densely packed in the forest,yer byyer, looking quite terrifying. At this moment, the Tang Dynasty Army came over and said,”Oh.” “Did you find something?” Tang Wen turned to him and asked. “It’s a man – eating tree and man – eating flower. ” The Tang Army pointed at the trees and vines on the screen and said in a daze. “Man – eating, man – eating trees and flowers? Can it really eat people?” Tang Wen expressed his doubts. Although he had read about it in novels, he had never believed it. “Of course, they eat people. Of course, it’s not as evil as the legends say. Look at these man – eating trees. Their leaves are quite huge, and when spread out, they look like a small round table. Once a person got close, the leaves would close and wrap around them. Or, their vines would entangle you, causing the leaves to close in. After that, their leaves would spray out a poisonous liquid that would gradually corrode your skin and flesh. In the end, it was absorbed by the hole in the leaf. The man – eating flower was the same, it would open its flower and swallow you. However, this process is very slow. If you are skilled, you can escape. Of course, these man – eating trees and man – eating flowers would spit out some poisonous gas at any time. If you went in without any precautions, you would gradually be knocked out by them and finally be eaten. Therefore, he had to prepare some antidotes before going over. You can also use a specially made long knife with a pole and cut them from a distance. Then, they won’t be able to do anything to you. ” The Tang Army said. “Tang Army, look, these man – eating trees and flowers only grow in this area, and the area is only about one li. They don’t grow in a wide area, and there are no more further in. Is there a problem here?” Tang Wen said. “What’s wrong with that? maybe it’s because this area is suitable for them to grow, and it’s not easy for them to grow in other ces.” The Tang Army shook his head. “What if it’s artificially nted?” Tang Wen said. “Man – made, who would have nothing better to do than nt this thing? This kind of thing can’t be eaten or yed with. And I can’t sell it for money, that’s absolutely impossible. ” The Tang Army was stunned and said. “I think it’s man – made. It’s like it’s to prevent outsiders from entering.” Tang Wen said. “Pirates are hiding behind the ind?” The Tang Army blurted out. “Perhaps the Pirates who attacked us are hiding on the back of our Ind. There might be a pirate hideout there. ” Tang Wen said as he controlled the drone to continue flying forward slowly. “There’s someone!” After the drone continued to fly for ten miles, the Tang Army pointed at the screen and shouted. “This guy must be a hidden Sentry.” Tang Wen nodded and found a guy with a big knife and a bow hidden under a tree. The drone continued to fly and discovered a second and a third one. The further they flew in, the more people there were. They even found a horse track that was seven to eight meters wide. These horse tracks were hidden under huge trees. If the drone had not swept past them, they would not have been discovered at all. After walking for a few more miles, they found houses, all of which were one – story buildings. Some were made of stone, while others were made of bamboo. They were all hidden under the big trees and were extremely difficult to find. “Ship!” The Tang Army shouted again, and Tang Wen found that there was an extremely narrow canyon there. The canyon was connected to the sea. At this time, a boat was slowly sailing into the canyon. The drone flew into the canyon, and the two of them were stunned. It was full of people. A group of Pirates patrolled with whips andrge knives, watching the workers. The workers were also busy, and if they were slightly slower, they would be whipped. Theseborers were carrying wooden boxes onto the ship. What was inside the boxes? At this time, Tang Wen controlled the drone and carefullynded in a hidden ce. After that, he controlled the drone to open the cockpit, and another hummingbird – sized mini drone slid out. The endurance of this kind of miniature character was not good. It could only make a round trip within a range of ten miles. Any further and it would not be able to return. However, because it was too small, even the hidden sentries would find it difficult to discover it. They would often think it was just a hummingbird. The hummingbird drone flew in and found that there was smokeing out of the front. It seemed that there was a hole, so it flew in carefully. Damn it! As expected, they were stealing the Tang family’s Silver mine. Severalrge cast iron furnaces were lined up in the cave, and hundreds of workers were busy smelting the silver ore. Moreover, these guys were too smart. The furnace would emit arge amount of smoke, and they had actually made a few huge metal cylinders. In front of these cylinders, there was a huge upside – down pot – like thing covering the top of the big chimenea. Behind the metal cylinder, there was a group of people desperately spinning a few pieces of something that looked like the green luck. As the green luck rotated, the smoke in the iron furnace was sucked into the metal cylinder. These iron sheets and copper coins were directly connected to the seawater not far away. The smoke was absorbed into the seawater, so it naturally wouldn’t rise everywhere. Wasn’t this the ancient version of a ‘exhaust fan’? Moreover, it was a superrge one. “This mechanism is too powerful. Could it be the work of the Gongsun family?” The Tang Army sighed. “It’s possible. However, theseborers must have been captured by them.” Tang Wen said. “That’s for sure. There are Pirates everywhere here, and theborers can’t run away even if they want to.” The Tang Army nodded. “They found out that we’re building a dam, so they’re afraid that we’ll find them. That’s why they sent people to attack us twice in a row. First, they want to scare us away. If they can’t scare us away, they will kill us. Thus, there will be an even greater attack soon, and there will be even more peopleing for the third time. ” Tang Wen said. “They seem to have quite a few handguns. The first two times, they were probably afraid of alerting the enemy. Perhaps they thought we didn’t have any abilities, so they didn’t bring their muskets. However, we’ll be in trouble if he brings Huo Cheng here for the third time. ” The Tang Army said worriedly. “So, we have to strike first.” Tang Wen said. “But they have a lot of people. Just look, there are two to three hundred of them patrolling. I’m afraid there are at least five to six hundred of them. We don’t have firearms, so we definitely can’t beat them. Why don’t we report this to the officials and invite the Navy to annihte them?” The Tang Army shook his head. “We are at war right now, the Navy won’t care about our small matters. Furthermore, the Navy moved slowly, so who knew if they were spies in the Navy. You see, they haven’t been discovered for so many years. Maybe there are officials in the Navy who colluded with them. Once it’s leaked, they’ll make their move in advance and we’ll suffer instead. ” Tang Wen shook his head. “Then what should we do? Why don’t we ask Constable yang to help us with the other constables?” The Tang Army was anxious. “We have to be careful about this matter. There are spies in the Navy, and the Yamen can’t guarantee that they don’t have spies. They had been running the business for dozens of years and had refined a lot of silver. They had been bribing everywhere. They might have also secretly formed awork of connections in Yanling County. If we move, they’ll know. ” Tang Wen shook his head. “Are we just going to wait for them toe and kill us?” The Tang Army snorted. “Let’s go back first and stop the work. Let’s organize our men and have them undergo special training for a few days before we prepare for action. ” As Tang Wen spoke, he recalled the drone and the two of them quickly returned to the station. As soon as he arrived at the gate, Li Quan came over and said,”master, someone wants to see you.” “Who is it?” Tang Wen asked.