Chapter 272 The United States Acts Unscrupulously in the Ancient World

"If you want to come and play in the other world, what else can you do?" Ning Yao said with a straight face. "If you don't do it for me, I'll tell Mom your secret."

Ning Hai immediately agreed, "Okay, okay, as long as you don't cause trouble in the modern world, I'll give you whatever you want."

"Hmph, that's more like it." Ning Yao turned and left.

Ning Hai secretly breathed a sigh of relief and then contacted the person in charge of the M country's military.

That afternoon, a new tank developed by Country M was transported over, and together with the troops on the mission, they passed through the portal and arrived in the ancient world.

A few months is neither a long nor a short time.

Because Ning Hai's research team was working day and night to advance the project, the United States was also investing heavily in support.

A modern military base, the size of a small town, has now been established here and named Pioneer Base.

The M army, which is stationed there permanently, numbers 30,000 and is mainly responsible for pioneering and road clearing.

There are also specialized infrastructure teams, mining teams, research teams, logistics teams, and so on. These teams, each with its own responsibilities, have a combined workforce of around 40,000 to 50,000 people.

Because they came purely for the rich, untapped resources of this ancient world, they didn't need to consider environmental issues or the lives of the world's native inhabitants, so they did whatever they wanted without regard for the consequences.

Within a radius of several hundred miles from the Pioneer Base, almost everything had become a wasteland.

Anything of value—ore, timber, earth, sand, and gravel—was extracted and transported to the modern world through the portal.

They even took advantage of the fertile native soil.

Every day, countless heavy transport trucks shuttle through the portal of time and space.

The entire base was transformed into a highly efficient plundering machine.

According to Ninghai's plan, once the operation mode of the Pioneer Base is established, it will be able to replicate in batches in a shorter time, and will definitely be able to occupy the entire ancient North American continent within half a year.

By then, Country M will have the resources of an entire continent, which will solve the energy shortage problem faced by all countries in the modern world.

When other countries lack energy, while the United States enjoys the resources of the entire continent and even the entire ancient world, one can imagine how powerful the United States can become.

Therefore, in the eyes of the ruling group in the United States, the ancient world more than two thousand years ago behind the portal is the United States' exclusive treasure trove of resources and an important reliance for the United States to once again control the modern world with absolute power.

In addition to being able to plunder resources without any scruples, the M country can also conduct any research experiments in this ancient world without worrying about the results being leaked, or being bound by modern laws and public morality.

A hundred kilometers away from the Pioneer Base, a weapons testing range was also built where many lethal weapons that were restricted by international law from being used on the battlefield due to their excessive brutality were tested.

A medical research institute was also built near the weapons testing site.

The top leadership of Country M secretly arranged for some highly skilled but radical medical scientists from around the world to come here.

In this medical research institute, they can freely research all sorts of bold and even outlandish projects, after all, the natives of this land are the perfect "expendable resources".

There's no need to consider ethics and laws like in the modern world.

Humans more than two thousand years ago were no different from modern humans in terms of biological structure, and all kinds of types could be found, which meant that living natives could be used as guinea pigs at will.

After receiving the tank that Ning Hai had sent her, Ning Yao immediately grabbed Lu Xingfeng and drove the tank straight to the medical research institute next to the Pioneer Base.

Since arriving in Country M, Ning Yao has spent most of her time in the ancient world. During this time, she has not only learned how to use many military weapons, but has also become quite proficient at driving tanks and piloting military aircraft.

Here at the base, as long as she doesn't interfere with project activities, she can do whatever she wants. Plus, everyone knows she's Ninghai's daughter, which gives her unprecedented power and status.

She even had the medical research institute build a special "playground" for her, which was a new way of playing that she came up with.

When she and Lu Xingfeng arrived at the gate of the medical research institute in their tank, its director was already waiting to greet them.

"Welcome, Ms. Ning," the manager said with a smile, reaching out to help Ning Yao as she emerged from the tank. "You haven't been here for several days, and we've missed you very much."

Ning Yao curled her lips, "Then will the number of people we can put in the amusement park this time be much larger?"

Excitement gleamed in the manager's eyes. "That's right, there are many more, ensuring Miss Ning has a great time. And... this time there are some special things too."

"Oh? What is it?" Ning Yao immediately became interested.

The person in charge said mysteriously, "You'll find out when the time comes, Ms. Ning, please."

Without saying a word, Ning Yao returned to the tank.

The tank, resembling a massive metal monster, drove through the research institute's gates and onto the amusement park located at the rear.

The so-called amusement park was an open space about the size of a football field, surrounded by concrete walls with a dense network of high-voltage electric grids on the top.

Outside the wall, there are several sentry posts that are more than ten meters high.

Each sentry post is manned by at least two fully armed US special forces soldiers, and is equipped with a heavy machine gun.

Under a dark, overcast sky, accompanied by a dull thud, the heavy protective gate of the amusement park slowly opened. Amidst the rising dust, Ning Yao and Lu Xingfeng drove their tank into the amusement park.

Then, the gate closed, and on the other side of the gate, a row of signal lights lit up on the high wall.

Below the traffic lights were several iron gates, each over two meters high. Like the walls, the gates were covered with scratches and dark brown bloodstains. Strange noises could be faintly heard from behind the gates, as if something was hidden there.

"Alright, release them now," Ning Yao ordered through the walkie-talkie.

The person in charge's voice came through the walkie-talkie, "Yes, Ms. Ning."

Beep—beep—beep—

A loudspeaker announced a warning.

Ning Yao leaned half her body out of the cabin, took a deep breath of the air that faintly smelled of blood, her eyes flashing with excitement as she stared intently at a row of iron gates under the signal lights in the distance.

When the beeping stops.

Several iron gates opened automatically.

From within the dark passage, rustling sounds gradually began to emerge.

Before long, more than a dozen naked ancient North American natives emerged from each passage.

There are probably close to a hundred people in total.

These natives included both men and women, varying in height and build, and walked like zombies, their eyes displaying an expression unlike that of normal humans.

Ning Yao, while carefully observing through binoculars, said, "Uncle Lu, don't you think this batch of test subjects is more dangerous than the previous ones?"

Inside the tank's driver's compartment, Lu Xingfeng was also observing through the periscope and responded, "Hmm, I have that feeling. It seems the research institute has made progress."

"Uncle Lu, how many cougars do you think this group can kill?"

"Hmm... five to ten, I guess."

...

During their conversation.

Several more iron gates opened, and eight large, ferocious-looking cougars walked out.

The cougar breed from over two thousand years ago was far more ferocious than the modern one; just looking at it from afar could send chills down your spine.

When the hungry cougar saw the nearly one hundred natives in the clearing, it immediately roared and pounced.

The natives, who had been walking slowly like zombies just moments before, suddenly had a fierce glint in their eyes and let out strange roars. Instead of being scared away, they charged at the cougars at an incredible speed.

Crack—

A cougar bit into a native's arm, crushing the bone, and then flung its massive head to the side, severing the native's entire left arm and sending him flying several meters away.

Before the cougar could even swallow the meat in its mouth, a group of natives pounced on it, tearing at it like wild beasts.

The native with the broken arm showed no signs of pain, paid no attention to the bleeding wound, and got up to join the fight.

Nearly a hundred indigenous people engaged in a fierce battle with eight cougars using the most primitive biting methods.

Even if the indigenous people's bodies were torn apart by cougars, even if most of their heads were bitten off, as long as they were not completely dead, they would continue to fight, even if they were just crawling on the ground.

This performance, which exceeded the physiological limits of ordinary people, made Ning Yao watch with great interest.

Meanwhile, in a studio at the research institute, dozens of eccentric medical experts dressed in white overalls were watching the live broadcast of the amusement park's surveillance footage, constantly recording observation data.

Half an hour later.

Seven cougars were killed without their bodies intact. The only surviving cougar, in extreme terror, tried to escape by jumping over the wall. With the strength that burst forth from its extreme survival instinct, it managed to jump to the top of the wall, but the moment it hit the high-voltage electric grid, it turned into a charred mess.

Of the nearly one hundred indigenous people, only forty or so remain.

Blood stained large areas of the ground with crimson mud.

The surviving natives squatted among the severed limbs and entrails, grabbing body parts that were indistinguishable as those of cougars or humans, and kept putting them into their mouths.

"Tsk tsk..." Ning Yao sighed, "The physical fitness and brutality of this batch of test subjects have improved a lot, but their brains seem to have been damaged by the drugs. They are still far from being successful in the experiment. However, killing these failed test subjects is more interesting than killing normal natives, hehe."

"Ms. Ning, you've seen how well these test subjects performed. We'll be releasing the remaining three hundred. Have fun," came the voice of the research institute's head over the walkie-talkie.

"Alright, release it quickly, I can't wait!" Ning Yao said excitedly, and returned to the tank compartment.

Soon, three hundred test subjects were released.

Ning Yao drove the tank herself, while Lu Xingfeng helped her observe from the side.

The tracks spun rapidly, and the steel behemoth roared as it charged toward the more than three hundred natives.

The natives, who had lost their ability to think normally, mistook the tank for some kind of wild beast and pounced on it to bite it.

But how can flesh and blood fight against it?

Wherever the tanks went, the natives were crushed into a bloody pulp.

The two people sitting inside the tank didn't even feel the slightest bump.

"A group is coming from the right," Lu Xingfeng warned. "Should we bombard them?"

Ning Yao's eyes were filled with a bloodthirsty excitement. "Bombarding them is no fun. It's much more fun to crush them in droves."

After saying that, she turned the tank around and accelerated it to its maximum speed.

Pfft... Pfft...

The sound, like crushed persimmons, rang out one after another.

A dozen minutes later, the tank, which looked as if it had been splashed with blood, came to a stop.

On the ground of the amusement park, there was no visible human tissue, because Ning Yao had driven the tank back and forth several times, and it had all mixed with the soil, turning into patches of dark red mud that exuded a strong bloody smell.

"Hehe...that was exhilarating..." Ning Yao's face was full of lingering satisfaction. "This feeling of crushing and slaughtering is much more exhilarating than going hunting and chasing before!"

Yes, she was tired of the old hunting methods.

Later, she learned that the local medical research institute was using indigenous people for human experiments, and that a large number of used indigenous people needed to be disposed of every day. So she proposed to build a place where the institute could gather the indigenous people who had lost their experimental value but were still alive, and she would kill them there.

At first, she was shot with knives and crossbows, but she found it tiring and switched to using a rifle.

As the number of test subjects increased, she switched to machine gun fire.

Later they rammed it with an armored vehicle.

Until the research institute conducted an experiment to supposedly improve human strength, the test subjects who were used ended up with brain damage but physical abilities three to five times that of normal people. Ning Yao felt that even ramming them with an armored vehicle wouldn't be efficient enough, so she asked Ning Hai to get her this latest heavy tank from the United States.

"Ms. Ning, the special items are ready," the person in charge's voice came through the walkie-talkie. "Would you like to have some afternoon tea and relax before continuing?"

"No need, no need, just release them quickly, I'm waiting!" Ning Yao was in high spirits and became even more enthusiastic.

The person in charge said, "Okay, but I must remind you, Ms. Ning, if you feel it needs to be stopped, please tell me immediately. Please don't take any risks."

Hearing this, Ning Yao was intrigued. "I'm driving the latest tank from the US! What danger could there be? Besides, my Uncle Lu is here to protect me. Bring it on!"

"Okay, Miss Ning."

After finishing his call, the person in charge nodded to the person next to him.

At the same time, all the US special forces soldiers on guard duty at the watchtowers outside the amusement park's high walls heard the order through their earpieces, and they all released the safety bolts of their machine guns and pointed their guns at the open ground below.

Boom—Boom—

The ground in one corner of the amusement park slowly cracked.

Ning Yao took a closer look through the tank periscope and discovered that there was an exit of an underground passage hidden there.

The metal door covering the passage was about 20 to 30 centimeters thick, and the opening was a square about five meters wide. When the metal door was fully opened, it looked like a big hole had appeared in the amusement park floor.

"roar--"

A roar unlike any known animal's cry came from the burrow.

The sound was extremely penetrating, causing the special forces soldiers on the sentry post to tense up, and even Ning Yao and Lu Xingfeng, who were sitting inside the tank, changed their expressions.

The ground trembled, and a huge, strange black silhouette gradually crawled out of the hole.

Ning Yao's pupils constricted instantly. "Uncle Lu, look... what the hell is that?!"