Headless Town is located at the foot of Headless Mountain, nestled within a valley and surrounded by lush forests on all sides. Moreover, these surrounding forests are all primary forests. Once one ventures into them, it's easy to lose one's direction.

The average elevation of the Golden Triangle area ranges from fifteen hundred to three thousand meters, with fertile land and a temperate and humid climate. The long hours of sunlight in the subtropics and the changes brought by the Southeast Asian monsoon have created two distinct seasons in this region: the wet season, with abundant rainfall caused by the moisture-laden southwest monsoon from the sea during summer, and the dry season during winter when affected by the dry and cold north wind. This cyclical change regulates the rhythm of local life.

The climate in the Southeast Asian region, with its long daylight hours, low latitude, and high humidity, is highly conducive to the growth and reproduction of flora and fauna, thus forming the unique rainforest climate and resulting in a great diversity of life forms.

Lin Chuan plunged into the jungle, his expertise being jungle warfare.

Jungle warfare offers significant concealment, especially for a lone fighter like himself, providing an advantage. Once inside the jungle, it's hard for the enemy to find him. Even if they were to surround the mountain and search, with his skills, he could find ways to break them down one by one.

In the forest, there's a scent of decay, along with the fragrance of moss.

Lin Chuan swiftly moved through the forest, the ground covered in a thick layer of pine branches and fallen leaves. After hundreds of years of seasons, the layers of leaves have decomposed in this forest and once again given birth to new life.

With each step, a splash of black mud shot up from the thick bed of leaves, leaving behind footprints marked with water.

Behind him, more than a dozen people stood at the edge of the forest, shouting. Facing the lush forest, with its eighteen interconnected mountains, they seemed to lose the courage to pursue. Inside the forest, various predators were lurking, ready to claim their lives at any moment. Despite being armed, the nearly invisible hidden assassins were also a constant threat to their lives. For example, poisonous snakes, spiders, and even potentially deadly tropical viruses...

Lin Chuan quickly climbed a tree to survey the situation from the treetop.

Just as they were about to give up, suddenly, two trucks carrying fifty to sixty people arrived at the foot of the mountain. Indeed, the enemy had finally dispatched so many people for a mountain-wide search.

The bearded man roared: "Search for me."

Woof, woof...

Several military dogs barked furiously.

Footsteps followed, and Lin Chuan immediately realized the gravity of the situation.

Military dogs are highly neurologically active animals, with an olfactory discrimination ability tens of thousands of times better than humans, sixteen times the hearing capacity, a wide field of vision, and nighttime observation capabilities due to their low-light vision. Once targeted by a military dog, there's no chance of escape. Moreover, military dogs have a very strong biting force, which could overpower even three to five adults.

Lin Chuan's expression was solemn as he quickly jumped down from the treetop and sprinted toward the depths of the forest.

At that moment, two military dogs erupted in a frenzy of barking.

"Boss, the dogs have picked up his scent," said a henchman leading the dogs.

"Release the dogs," the bearded man ordered sharply.

The henchman holding the dogs immediately let go, and two military dogs charged into the jungle with great speed. The rest of the men also hurriedly entered the dense forest. They left more than a dozen people at the foot of the mountain to guard. Lin Chuan must not be allowed to escape.

Lin Chuan was quick to act, but moving through the jungle was indeed challenging. This primitive forest, with comfortable year-round temperatures and abundant rainfall, has allowed its trees to grow wildly, with many reaching tens of meters in height, and at their lower parts, vines clinging to tall trees and various shade-loving plants.

Huffing and puffing...

Lin Chuan was running breathlessly through the jungle, rubbing some strongly scented plants found in the underbrush to smear their juice on himself in an attempt to mask his scent and evade the dogs' keen noses. Of course, it also served to repel the 'assassins' lurking in the dark forest.

Most people innately reject such forests because they are indeed too dangerous, with risks of losing one's life at any misstep.

Due to the frantic running, Lin Chuan's vest was torn in several places, and his skin was cut by the thorns in the jungle.

The two military dogs were in hot pursuit through the jungle, moving fast and tracking Lin Chuan by scent.

However, it wasn't long before the dogs started running circles, seemingly having lost the trail. Yet, these dogs were at least of excellent German Shepherd pedigree. After some recognition and searching, they took off again rapidly toward the deeper parts of the forest.

Lin Chuan's efforts to hide his scent were doomed to fail.

"How is it going?" the bearded man, carrying a rifle, caught up.

"Big brother, we're about to catch up," the henchman behind him hastily replied.

Half an hour later, Lin Chuan finally encountered the two dogs. Two pairs of gleaming green eyes fixated on him in the darkness, like two wolves. Clenching his teeth, Lin Chuan muttered, "Heaven's right path was not your choice, and now you barrel through hell's gate. Don't blame me for this."

Having said this, Lin Chuan unsheathed his dagger.

Whoosh...

One of the dogs howled and lunged at Lin Chuan with great speed.

Lin Chuan swiped with his left hand, smacking the dog's head, then swung his right hand. His hand traced an arc through the air.

In the darkness, a flash of light glinted.

Thud...

Following that, a spray of dark red blood burst from the wolf-dog's neck. In that instant, the wolf-dog let out a piercing, agonized howl.

"Ow ow..." After falling from mid-air, it staggered, barely able to lift its neck.

Ow ah...

At this moment, another wolf-dog lifted its head and let out a long, mournful howl. It seemed to be calling for its companions. However, in this vast primeval forest, where would it find any companions? But when Bearded and the others heard this sound, they immediately felt something was wrong.

"Not good, something's happened." The one leading the dogs panicked upon hearing this.

"What's wrong?" Bearded curiously asked.

"The wolf-dogs are probably in trouble." The dog handler hurriedly said.

"Then what are you waiting for, chase!" Bearded shouted urgently upon hearing this.

Afterward, a group of people ran wildly into the jungle.

Soon, they finally arrived at the scene. The bodies of the two wolf-dogs were lying there, one horizontal and one vertical. One of them had its neck slashed open by a sharp weapon; its windpipe and throat were severed, already dead from asphyxiation. The other wolf-dog's neck was mechanically twisted; the neck bones broken, cervical vertebrae shattered, leading to the destruction of its central nervous system, and ultimately death by suffocation.

"My... my dog!" The dog handler flung himself over immediately.

These dogs were as good as his own life, but to his surprise, they had been killed like this. He had always had great confidence in his dogs; even a single one could not be overcome by three to five adults. Let alone two dogs, that made it even more impossible.

"Damn it." Bearded gritted his teeth: "Not even sparing the dogs."

"Big brother, we absolutely can't let this kid get away." A young man in a dark blue garment said through his teeth.

"Alai, stop crying." Bearded shouted to the dog handler, "Can you now find the trace of the other party's escape?"

The dog handler choked up a bit, he wiped the tears from his face and said, "I'll try."

Years of contact with dogs, one could always learn a thing or two from them. He glanced around, sniffing the air. Lin Chuan's body had some dog blood on it; the smell was strong. Therefore, based on this scent, it was completely possible to determine the other party's direction.

He curiously circled around, but just as he took two steps forward.

Whoosh...

A white streak shot out from the darkness.

That white streak unerringly struck right in Alai's neck. Alai had no time to react. With the speed of that white streak, an average person's response would be too slow, and even a talent like Alai had no choice but to be hit.

Thump...

Alai's body fell heavily into the lush jungle.

The crowd was immediately shocked.

"Fire, shoot!" Bearded roared angrily.

Ratatat...

A burst of bullets crazily sprayed, and under the heavy firepower suppression, the darkness was chased away, firelight blazing, lighting up the surroundings. After a frenzied burst of gunfire, Bearded hurriedly shouted, "Stop, everybody stop!"

The crowd then halted one after another.

Just as Bearded was preparing to send people to check the situation, a voice came from the darkness: "The hunting game, now begins."

"Big brother, he's... he's... still not dead." The man in the dark blue garment immediately turned pale.

"Damn it, I don't believe it." Bearded said through clenched teeth: "So many of us and we're still not his match, keep searching."

Afterward, a large troop of people continued to advance into the darkness, each person's forehead equipped with a high-beam flashlight, but even with such bright flashlights, they could not illuminate the path ahead in the dense forest; they could only light up the trees right in front of them. The party of several dozen people proceeded cautiously through the darkness.

In the front, more than a dozen people armed with machetes cleared the way, while dozens of others armed with guns kept watch on the left and right, constantly wary of a sneak attack from the opponent and also any possible attacks from fierce birds and beasts.

In this world of tropical rainforest, there are numerous mosquitoes, especially at night when those massive mosquitoes and bloodsucking insects swarm in. If it weren't for the insect repellent they had applied, these people would probably be drained dry by the mosquitoes here.

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