Chapter 170 Mutated Rats

After getting in the car, Yu Qingchuan didn't mention what had just happened. Instead, he took out a notebook from his pocket and placed it on the table in front of Qiao Yu and Jiang Zhan.

Cheng Sinian was sitting on the carpet holding Luo Zhenzhen. Yu Qingchuan took off his down jacket and sat down cross-legged on the carpet as well.

There was tea made from fruit juice on the table. Cheng Sinian took a cup from the side and poured a cup for Yu Qingchuan.

Yu Qingchuan took the tea and warmed his hands while saying, "I asked many mercenaries for their specialties and to optimize their groups, but none of them showed any abnormalities before receiving this mission."

"They are not even from one regiment, but randomly selected from the three regiments under Commander Xie."

Qiao Yu sat in Jiang Zhan's arms, flipping through the notebook in his hand. It recorded the conversation between Yu Qingchuan and the mercenary being questioned.

Yu Qingchuan's handwriting was a little sloppy, but the content of the record was very detailed.

"What about the number of mercenaries? Have they been counted?"

Yu Qingchuan nodded, his expression rather heavy. "There are currently seventy-six mercenaries in the camp."

Cheng Sinian was stunned, "So much is missing?!"

When they came, they brought a total of 120 mercenaries.

Before going up the mountain to search and rescue yesterday, Yu Qingchuan divided them into six groups, each with twenty people.

Two groups were left to guard the camp, and the remaining four groups all went up the mountain.

Now there are only seventy-six people left, which means that in addition to the members of Wang Zha's team being completely wiped out, many members of other teams have also died.

Yu Qingchuan took a sip of tea and whispered, "Yeah. Because the other three teams that went up the mountain also suffered varying numbers of casualties. I asked the surviving team members, and their accounts were the same as Wang Zha's: they really did suddenly lose their minds without any warning and then turned on each other."

"But what's interesting is that although the dead mercenaries showed no abnormalities before receiving this mission, most of them were from the 331st Legion."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Yu closed his notebook and raised his eyebrows. "It seems the clues are already very clear."

Yu Qingchuan took another sip of tea. "There are still a dozen or so mercenaries from the 331st Legion left in the team. Should we take them under control first?"

"No." Qiao Yu shook his head. "Find a way to split them into two groups. After we pass through the tunnel tomorrow, have one group follow you."

"We must find the reason for their sudden madness."

Qiao Yu was really curious.

What kind of method is this? It can actually control people's brains like a psychic system...

"Okay." Yu Qingchuan nodded, "Then the search and rescue mission..."

"It doesn't matter if you're slow. We'll help you wherever we can't finish searching."

"good."

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The next morning, before the fog had completely dissipated, everyone in the convoy got up and started packing their luggage.

——They are going through the tunnel to Zhongfeng today.

Although Huayue was extremely angry last night and the wound on her abdomen was ruptured, after two days of rest, her complexion was obviously much better than before.

"Captain Qiao..." Hua Yue lay on the roof of the car with her head lowered, stretching her arms hard and knocking on the car window.

Qiao Yu opened the car window and stuck his head out, looking at her with some confusion.

"I...can someone please help me?" Hua Yue said with a troubled look on her face. "With my current health, I probably can't complete the mission. Just leave me here. Once I recover, I can go back to the base by myself."

She had already caused a lot of trouble to the Pendulum, and she really couldn't be so shameless as to let them take her into the mountains to get the mission reward, so she simply decided to stay and go home after her wound healed.

Qiao Yu looked at Hua Yue's apologetic eyes, thought for a moment, and then quickly comforted her: "It's okay, we can take you into the mountains. Don't worry, Wang Zha will be with you, everything will be fine."

Qiao Yu has already learned from Yu Qingchuan that Hua Yue's spider silk can control actions.

Faced with a rare spider-mutant, especially one that spoke for her and had special powers.

Qiao Yu thought it was okay to help her.

Hua Yue's eyes suddenly widened, "This..."

She wasn't afraid of anything happening, she just felt embarrassed...

Qiao Yu blinked, "This mission isn't over yet. Don't you want to take most of the mission rewards from Shengshi Dynasty and then leave the team?"

Hua Yue heard this, her eyes suddenly became firm, "I want to!"

"That's right!" Qiao Yu said with a smile, "The best way to defeat someone is to take away what he values ​​most."

The convoy set off soon.

After driving for a while, they stopped at the entrance of the tunnel.

It was pitch black inside and I couldn't see what was going on clearly from the entrance.

Jiang Zhan tightened his grip around Qiao Yu and whispered, "There are a lot of them, be careful."

Upon hearing this, several people nodded seriously.

The car leading the way was scorching bright.

They drove slowly into the tunnel with their headlights on, followed closely by several other cars.

"Don't rush. Drive slowly. Pay attention to your surroundings."

Baili Zhuo sat in the co-pilot seat and whispered instructions to the team member who was driving.

But just as he finished speaking, Baili Zhuo heard a series of "squeaking" and "squeaking" sounds.

"What's that sound?" Baili Zhuo frowned. There was clearly nothing in front of him, but he felt an inexplicable panic.

"Squeak—squeak—"

Just when all the vehicles in the convoy reached the middle of the tunnel, several black shadows suddenly jumped out from the surroundings and surrounded the convoy in an orderly manner.

"Shit! What...what is this thing!"

A member of the Burning Light team looked at an animal not far ahead. It was about the size of an adult cat, with crimson eyes and shiny fur. His voice trembled slightly. "Is it... a cat? Or a rabbit?"

Baili Zhuo stared at the mutant animal for a long time, then suddenly frowned, "It's a rat!"

"Bang——"

As soon as Baili Zhuo finished speaking, a mutant rat flew directly to the window of Vulture's car.

"Ah——" a female team member sitting by the car window immediately screamed.

This scream was like a signal, causing more than a dozen mutant rats to rush and launch a crazy attack on the convoy.

These mutant rats are huge in size and have very sharp claws, which make them particularly harsh when they grab the car body.

Qiao Yu, Jiang Zhan, Cheng Sinian and Luo Zhenzhen leaned against the car windows on both sides, holding submachine guns and firing continuously.

Hua Yue was lying on the roof of the car, with Wang Zha tightly holding her body. If any mutant rats tried to pounce on her, Wang Zha would burn them into dried rats.

"Something's wrong." Qiao Yu fired while observing the mutant rats around him.

Everyone is killing rats, so why do the numbers seem to be increasing?

Jiang Zhan's face darkened. "The number of mutant rats is still increasing. We must leave here quickly!"