Liu Dayong adjusted his glasses and said to Li Yan.

"There's no need for Captain Li to trouble you with that. We also have crops here that can support everyone at our base."

Li Yan remained silent, but Professor Hu looked at Liu Dayong.

"Director Liu, you also do planting! Could you take us to see it? I, Lao Hu, am a planting expert at the base and I'm very interested in planting."

Liu Dayong was stunned for a moment, not expecting that Professor Hu in front of him was a planting expert.

"Of course, that's possible, but our land is small, just a tiny plot, and we only planted it a couple of days ago, the sprouts haven't even come out yet!"

Professor Hu waved his hand. "There's nothing here, I just wanted to see your base's planting area."

Helpless, Liu Dayong had no choice but to call over the person in charge, who was also his assistant, and tell him to tidy up the planting area so he could take Hu Jiashou and the others over to take a look later.

The base leader saw the cunning in Liu's eyes and knew that he needed to clean up the area where the murder had taken place to avoid leaving any clues.

Then Liu Dayong said to Professor Hu and the others with a smile.

"Please wait a moment, everyone. It's a bit messy over there. I'll have my men tidy it up first, and then I'll take you there later."

Let's talk about the monsters in the back mountain first. We've invited you all here to help eliminate them and restore peace to our base.

Ye Yunxi and the others exchanged glances after hearing Liu Dayong's words. Only after seeing Elder Ye and Professor Hu nod did Li Yan speak.

"Chief Liu, our Chief Wu said we're here to help you. Please feel free to ask any questions. Regarding the monster in the back mountain, we can send an army to investigate. After that, we can discuss how to eliminate it."

Liu Dayong smiled on the surface, but his heart was filled with malice. "You'd better all go and die. Those things in the back mountain aren't monsters; they're just ordinary people. If they find out we're eating people, they have firearms too. We can't beat them; we can only cooperate."

We'll provide them with humans so they can capture and study them. Calling you here is just part of a scheme. Once you're all dead, you'll all end up inside our bellies.

Liu Dayong was thinking these things, unaware that someone was observing his every move.

He then smiled and said to Li Yan and the others.

"Alright, alright, then we'll have to trouble Captain Li and Captain Fang. Once you've eliminated the monsters in the back mountain, we'll have a good life and won't be afraid of them anymore."

Professor Hu and his colleagues knew Du Ming and that Liu Dayong was no ordinary person, but since they were here, they had no choice but to bite the bullet and see what tricks he was up to.

Li Yan and his group exchanged a few pleasantries with Liu Dayong, and then took them to see the planting area.

Led by Liu Dayong, the group arrived at the planting area.

Ye Yunxi saw that this so-called planting area was nothing more than a piece of land dug up from the woods behind the factory.

Professor Hu and the others stood and looked around before talking to Liu Dayong about the land. Ye Yunxi squatted down, picked up a bit of soil, and examined it.

This doesn't look like a planted area, and the soil looks like it was just turned over.

Fu Heng crouched down and asked in a low voice, "Xi Xi, did you find anything?"

Just as Ye Yunxi was about to tell Fu Heng what was on her mind, she noticed a trace of blood under the leaves of a tree ahead.

She stepped forward and removed the leaves, revealing a small patch of blood, about the size of a coin, confirming her suspicions. Someone had been murdered and dismembered on this plot of land; otherwise, Fu Heng and Zhang Haiyi wouldn't have seen it.

Ye Yunxi frowned, stood up, and nodded to Fu Heng. Fu Heng also knew that this was not the time to talk about this.

Li Yan then said to Liu Dayong.

"Commander Liu, we'll take our leave now. I'll go back and send a troop to check on the back mountain. I'll let you know later if anything comes up."

Then Professor Hu and Elder Ye also bid farewell to Liu Dayong.

After Ye Yunxi and Li Yan left, Liu Dayong's assistant said.

"Base Commander, should we send some people along as well?"

Liu Dayong's face turned sinister, and he adjusted his glasses.

"No need. Let them go to their deaths. If we can kill both sides, we can reap the benefits. Let's just wait and see."

Also, have all the meat been stored away properly? Including the bloodstains, don't let them find even a trace of it.

"Don't worry, Base Chief," Liu Dayong's assistant said seriously. "The meat has been stored away, and the bloodstains have been cleaned up. They won't be able to find out."

Liu Dayong nodded in satisfaction and returned to his office with his assistant.

Meanwhile, Ye Yunxi and the others returned to the factory and told Li Yan and Professor Hu what she had seen.

Professor Hu said seriously, "I just checked the soil, and it does look like it was just renovated, but I didn't see any bloodstains."

Li Yan thought for a moment and then spoke to Ye Yunxi and Fu Heng.

"Yunxi, Fuheng, I would like to ask you to come with me to see what's going on in the back mountain."

Ye Yunxi and Fu Heng exchanged a glance and nodded, indicating their agreement to go. They also wanted to know what kind of monster lurked in the back mountain.

After discussing the plan, Li Yan led a group of soldiers, along with Ye Yunxi and Fu Heng, to the back mountain for reconnaissance. Fang Dui and Professor Hu remained in the factory, remaining vigilant in case of any incident. If anything happened, they were to immediately fire a signal flare to alert the other side.

Ye Yunxi and Fu Heng returned to their tent, took out their backpacks, and brought Yunzi along. After they were all packed, they set off with Li Yan and the army.

The base manager led them to the path leading to the back mountain and turned to them, saying...

"Captain Li, this is all I can take you. The rest of the way is up to you. Be careful on your journey, and I look forward to your safe return."

Li Yan looked at the person in charge and nodded solemnly to him.

"Don't worry, we will return safely."