Hou Li was getting a little anxious, feeling like something was about to happen.

The mercenary on the side suddenly started talking into his headset, then looked surprised and subconsciously turned to look at Hou Li.

"What happened? Did the mission succeed?" Hou Li stamped his foot when the mercenary didn't react.

"Hey, you don't understand anyway."

...

On the rubber speedboat, six mercenaries covered in mud were rubbing their aching bodies.

Fang, rubbing his kicked backside, said to Red Fox with lingering fear, "Captain, is it really Chinese Kung Fu? But aren't those all just tricks?"

The two men left on the speedboat looked on with curiosity and asked, "Captain, what happened? Have we been ambushed?"

Red Fox had just finished radioing with the yacht and, upon hearing their words, changed his squatting position (he couldn't sit down).

"We were ambushed. How we were discovered is no longer important. One person disarmed us like an adult toying with children. The enemy's strength is not even on the same level as ours."

"Chinese martial arts are indeed profound and extensive. I originally thought that what has been passed down was just fancy moves, but today it seems that this ancient civilization still has its mysteries."

The man codenamed "Clown," the first one to be taken down by Garuru, angrily slammed his fist on the side of the ship.

"If you give me a gun, I don't care about kung fu or anything like that."

"Come on, you're the first one to get taken down. Giving you a gun wouldn't change anything," Fangs sneered from the side.

The clown immediately retorted angrily, "That's because I was ambushed!"

"Shut up!"

Red Fox got a little angry, and the group immediately fell silent.

Red Fox thought to himself, "I need to think about how to explain this to my employer. Maybe I can get another chance."

"Captain, something's not right," the mercenary codenamed Little Boy suddenly warned.

Red Fox turned to look at him: "What's wrong?"

"Look at the river behind you, the waves are so big," the little boy explained.

"Isn't this abnormal? This must be caused by our speedboat passing by," the clown said after taking a look.

The red fox gazed at the river surface.

"No, the waves are too big. Our little boat can't handle such waves. Give me a powerful flashlight."

The little boy handed the portable flashlight from the boat to the red fox.

With a snap, a beam of light, like a small searchlight, shot towards the water behind the boat.

Everyone saw that the river water behind them was completely murky, as if the silt and sand in the riverbed had been stirred up.

"How is this possible?" Red Fox exclaimed in astonishment.

According to the data, the river has an average depth of over 4 meters. How could their small speedboat possibly muddy the water? Not to mention a speedboat, even Hou Li's yacht would have done the same here.

It was as if something was stirring up the riverbed and following them.

Submarine? Don't be ridiculous, a submarine would only run aground in such a shallow inland river.

The red fox, deep in thought with its flashlight in hand, didn't notice the water's surface.

"There's something underwater!" A terrified cry interrupted the red fox's train of thought.

The red fox immediately looked at the water, but found nothing.

"Fang, what do you see?"

The latter seemed somewhat surprised and uncertain: "Just now, when I shone my flashlight on one spot, I saw a huge dark shadow on the bottom of the water."

"A shadowy figure?" Red Fox raised his flashlight with a serious expression and carefully shone it on the river. "Turn on all the remaining flashlights on the boat."

Three beams of light shone together along the turbid, churning waters of the river.

A few seconds later, all the mercenaries' pupils contracted to pinpoints.

"Run! Turn the engine up to full speed!" Red Fox yelled at Sparrow, who was steering the ship.

"Ugh ugh ugh~~~" the motor roared wildly.

Except for the helmsman, everyone else gripped the ship's walls tightly, taking deep breaths, their eyes fixed on the river.

They had just seen the terrifying black shadow at the bottom of the river, and a glimpse of blue scales peeking out in the bright light.

Below them was a giant snake that could easily capsize their speedboat—no, not necessarily!

"This river is called the Azure Dragon River!" the Japanese-American captain, Red Fox, shouted in his heart. "If I find out that that damned profiteer didn't report it, I'll make him understand what true terror is."

...

Wu You lay on the bed and muttered to himself, "I've been discovered. Sigh, the river is still too shallow."

"In that case, let's switch from infiltration to horror movies, hmm, Dragon's Disaster."

With such great resources, I wonder if I could make a fantasy or martial arts movie someday?

...

On the Qinglong River, the speedboat was still speeding relentlessly. At its current speed, it would only be 5 minutes away from the Qiantang River.

But suddenly countless splashes of water rose from the river surface, impossible to ignore even in the darkness of the night.

First a corner, then a whole area, and then a huge dragon head rose from the churning waves, its gleaming amber eyes staring playfully at the small boat ahead.

A suffocating feeling enveloped each of the jackal mercenaries, stemming not only from fear but also from a primal, biological pressure.

His black assault suit was completely soaked, and even though he forced himself not to look at the sparrows behind him, sweat was still pouring down his face.

So close!

Death is imminent!

"There's still hope! It seems like it can't catch up with the speedboat! There's still hope!" Red Fox shouted encouragingly, but deep down he had no confidence.

This is a dragon! Any East Asian person of Asian descent would believe that a dragon can only swim like this.

"Damn profiteer, we'll be there in four minutes. If we can guide this dragon to the yacht, we'll definitely attract its attention, and then we'll have a chance to escape!"

This time, Red Fox's words finally cheered everyone up a little, but as for the brother still on the yacht, everyone chose to remain silent.

At this moment, Ao Guang suddenly lunged forward, its dragon head slightly open as it lunged at the speedboat.

"Turn left quickly!" Red Fox frantically lunged at the speedboat's steering wheel.

With a "bang," a wave several meters high erupted from the spot where the speedboat had been.

The speedboat swayed violently from side to side, almost like a sailboat, as the splashing water pelted all the Jackal mercenaries like rain.

The tension between life and death assaulted every taut nerve.

Just as the boat stabilized, Ao Guang suddenly shot out of the water with one of his dragon claws, grabbing at the rubber speedboat with a spray of water everywhere. The dense dragon scales and sharp, cold light on the claw were clearly visible.

Ah~~~

Ah~~

...

Several screams, each with a different tone, rang out as the speedboat narrowly avoided another collision.

A loud "bang!"

The massive waves, whipped up by the crashing waves, surged directly onto the left bank, striking the mountainside like a dense barrage of bullets.

...

"It's no fun without some exciting elements, right, Ao Guang?"

The person lying on the bed revealed a sly smile.