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Lian Deng did not even need to dismount. Tilting his head to study the ground for a moment, he said, “The state troops passed this way.”
The western road had many forks, and the state troops must have deliberately chosen this one.
Further ahead, massive trees lay toppled along the roadside, tangled one atop another.
“Hm, look at this,” Lian Deng crouched low. “Something heavy was dragged across. Whatever it was, the weight scraped the very skin off the earth.”
“These redwoods?” He Lingchuan examined the stumps. “The cuts are fresh. The sap is still wet. They were felled less than two hours ago.”
“The state troops used them to block the road. Clever.”
For all that praise, unease prickled through both men. If the logs were this fresh, then they were already within two hours’ march of the column. But what of Lu Yao? How far behind was he?
He Lingchuan’s face turned grim. “We need to move faster.”
They crested the next slope and were then swallowed by fog.
Lian Deng swore, “Fuck! What a thick fog! I can’t even see the road!”
He Lingchuan glanced at him, eyes narrowing. “You can’t see?”
“Eh, I can’t even see my fingers when I extend my arm away...
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