Game: Civilization Paradise

Chapter 183: Chapter 183: Shock

"You can’t blame me. You’re the one who insisted on searching this place with me. Besides, you look so buff. How come you’re so out of shape?"

Long Ming retorted playfully.

"Stop. Let’s just say I said nothing. We need to hurry up and scout. We’ll see who the real wimp is."

Jing Chuan reacted like a cat whose tail had just been stepped on.

"Heh, alright."

Just as Long Ming and Jing Chuan were preparing to climb down,

his gaze happened to sweep over some nearby trees, and he stopped short.

"Come on, why’d you stop? Don’t tell me you’re calling it quits already,"

Jing Chuan asked, chuckling.

"No, something’s off. These trees have been cut down. If I’m not mistaken, there must have been natives active in this area before."

Long Ming said, looking at a tree stump, its flat surface almost hidden by overgrown weeds.

"In that case, there must be ruins nearby! I’ll call Luoxue and the others right now and have them search this area."

Jing Chuan excitedly grabbed his radio and spoke.

"Alright."

Long Ming nodded slightly.

Holding his radio, Jing Chuan shouted excitedly.

"Luoxue, Luoxue, this is Jing Chuan! Long Ming and I are on top of a small peak to the northeast. We’ve found signs of previous native activity here."

"Stay put. I’ll assemble the team and head your way immediately."

Luoxue replied at once.

"Got it."

Jing Chuan and Long Ming waited patiently.

「A long time later.」

Luoxue arrived with the rest of the team and immediately asked the two of them,

"What did you find?"

"Look at those stumps. They were all cut down by someone."

Long Ming pointed them out to Luoxue.

After examining them, Luoxue scanned the surroundings, thought for a moment, then made her decision.

"Everyone, with me. Let’s check out that highest peak over there!"

"Right!"

Long Ming and the others all followed Luoxue down.

「More than an hour later.」

Long Ming and the others reached the base of the peak. Suddenly, Luoxue raised her hand and called out.

"Everyone halt! Stay quiet!"

Jing Chuan and the others halted at once, instinctively raising their weapons as they scanned their surroundings, but they saw nothing.

Just then, Long Ming noticed Luoxue straining to hear something, so he also listened carefully.

"Did you hear that?"

Luoxue turned to Long Ming, her expression calm as she asked.

"It’s faint, but I’m sure of it. Those are explosions from a battle, and they’re coming from behind that towering peak."

Long Ming nodded slightly as he explained.

Hearing what Long Ming said, Jing Chuan and the others strained to listen as well, then spoke with frustration.

"Damn, are we that unlucky?"

"The sound of battle means there might be ruins behind that mountain, but it looks like someone beat us to it."

Fu Fuqing said, his face grim.

"Who the hell is it? They’re so fast they got here ahead of us."

Jiang Heng looked at Luoxue in confusion.

"It doesn’t matter who it is. We’ll find out when we get there."

Luoxue wasn’t about to give up. She led the team toward the towering peak.

「Several hours later.」

After navigating numerous cliffs and crags, the team finally summited the peak.

As they looked out into the distance, the scene before them was stunning.

Fortresses were carved into the distant mountainside, and the entire area was a storm of artillery fire, with explosions blooming everywhere.

Then, Long Ming and the others slowly shifted their gaze closer.

That’s when they discovered a colossal statue carved from the mountain itself, standing on the other face of the peak below them.

Long Ming crept forward for a better look. His eyes widened in shock.

He saw a large plaza below the statue.

A dense, dark sea of countless figures knelt in the plaza.

Long Ming quickly turned and said in a hushed voice.

"There are people down there. They’re alive."

"Everyone, take cover!"

Luoxue immediately gave the order.

She then led Jing Chuan, Zhihan, and a few others to creep forward cautiously.

「In the plaza.」

An old man knelt before the statue. He had a full head of white hair, a long white beard, and wore a white robe. In his hand, he held a mechanical staff. His eyes were filled with tears as he prayed.

"Great True God of Light, I beg of you, please save your people!"

SOB...

The countless kneeling civilians all had terrified expressions, weeping ceaselessly.

Meanwhile, the sound of explosions echoed continuously from behind them.

"Daddy, I’m scared."

"Don’t be afraid..."

Many parents were trying their best to comfort their children.

「Behind the statue.」

Luoxue and her team observed the people in the plaza.

Long Ming activated his Night Ghost’s optical enhancers. Zooming in, he confirmed that the dense, dark mass was indeed composed of people.

Their skin had a slightly grayish hue, and they were dressed in clothes with peculiar patterns. He lowered his voice and spoke to Luoxue.

"Luoxue, I’ve never seen clothing like this before. Their physical features are a little different from ours, too."

"Mm."

Luoxue nodded.

"Whoa, you don’t think these are the natives, do you?"

Jing Chuan said in surprise.

Hearing Jing Chuan’s words, Fu Fuqing and the others watched with great curiosity.

Just then, Zhihan tried to inch forward but accidentally dislodged a loose stone, which immediately tumbled down from the statue.

Seeing the falling stone, the kneeling crowd below panicked like a flock of startled birds. They cried out in terror.

"Something’s falling!"

"Don’t tell me the monsters got around us!"

...

Seeing the stone fall, the old man before the statue snapped his head up toward the top of the icon and yelled sharply.

"Who’s there!"

Long Ming and the others all looked toward Luoxue.

"Let’s go. Time to meet them."

Luoxue’s expression flickered for a moment before she stepped out from behind the statue.

Long Ming and the others followed her out.

Seeing Luoxue reveal herself, the rest of the team hidden on the mountainside also emerged.

Weapons in hand, Long Ming and his team looked down upon the crowd in the plaza from their high vantage point.

A gentle breeze stirred the hems of their clothes and their hair.

When the Pomide Clan Leader and his people saw Long Ming’s group, their aged faces filled with utter shock.

"People! They’re alive! There are still others alive!"

"Can it be? Has the great True God of Light truly answered our prayers!"

....

The people cried out in joyous surprise.

Some even began to kowtow to Long Ming and his team.

Jing Chuan watched the scene, stunned, and turned to Luoxue.

"Luoxue, are they treating us like gods?"

Seeing that the natives seemed to mean no harm and were unarmed, Luoxue gave an order.

"We’re going down to have a look."

"Right!"

Long Ming and the others nodded in response.

And so, they lowered their ropes.

Long Ming, Luoxue, and the others rappelled down.

When they reached the plaza,

the Pomide Clan Leader immediately rushed forward to greet them. He excitedly approached Long Ming, who appeared to be the best-equipped among them, and asked,

"Who... who are you?"

Jing Chuan was taken aback when the Pomide Clan Leader walked right past Luoxue and straight to Long Ming.

Long Ming looked awkwardly at Luoxue.

When Luoxue saw that the natives had singled out Long Ming, she gave him a slight nod, signaling for him to play along and take the lead.

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