Chapter 385: Being Tricked into the Mountains

An hour was neither long nor short, but it passed quickly during the agonizing wait of Qiao Yu and the others.

When we set out, it was already dark.

The surrounding fog grew thicker and the temperature dropped, which was actually not very suitable for human combat. However, Yan Zijin said that only at night would the "mother species" stop working.

Although Qiao Yu and the others didn't know where Yan Zijin got the information from, they decided to make the best of it. Since they had already decided to cooperate, they naturally had to trust the people they employed and not employ them if they didn't trust them.

Although Yan Zijin brought many people with him, he was the only one who actually went into the mountains.

The others either stayed in the camp to look after the house, or waited outside the mountain, ready to rescue at any time.

Cheng Sinian frowned, "Captain Yan, are you planning to go in by yourself?"

Yan Zijin fastened his packed backpack firmly to his back while repeating Cheng Sinian's words. He nodded and said, "That's right. I'm the only one going in here."

Cheng Sinian glanced at Qiao Yu with obvious suspicion in his eyes.

Going into the mountains alone...Is Yan Zijin using us as tools?

Qiao Yu pursed her lips and said nothing, but the meaning in her eyes was very clear: Let's take it one step at a time, help if I can, and forget it if I can't, the important thing is to find Hua Yue!

Cheng Sinian shrugged upon seeing this.

All right. That's all we can do for now.

"Captain Qiao, when we go into the mountains, let the leopard use the mental barrier. This will save us a lot of trouble." Although Yan Zijin said this to Qiao Yu, his eyes were looking at Jiang Zhan. Then he paused and finally shifted his gaze to the thugs on the ground.

When Qiao Yu saw this, he was stunned at first, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was not surprising that Yan Zijin could guess this with his intelligence.

So he nodded, "I understand."

"One more thing." Yan Zijin packed his backpack and looked at Qiao Yu again. "You and Mr. Jiang's abilities are both relatively weak, so don't go ahead. Follow behind me."

When Qiao Yu heard this, he was stunned again.

But before she could ask, Yan Zijin turned around and whispered, "Let's go!"

So Qiao Yu closed her mouth again, which had just opened. She drooped her eyelashes and finally said nothing. She took Jiang Zhan's hand, followed Yan Zijin, and walked step by step towards the entrance of the cave on the mountain.

--

The structure inside the cave was indeed not much different from the drawings provided by Yan Zijin.

Under the cover of the thugs' mental barrier, the group successfully avoided a large number of alien species and entered the depths of the mountain.

The further you go in, the fewer alien species there are.

Cheng Sinian looked at Yan Zijin, who didn't even glance at the map, and frowned slightly. He whispered to Qiao Yu and Jiang Zhan, "Brother Zhan, Qiao Yu, why do I feel like... Yan Zijin seems to be very familiar with this place?"

Qiao Yu pursed her lips and said, "You don't need to feel that way, because this is the fact."

"Hey..." Cheng Sinian curled his lips and lowered his voice even more. "Did we get tricked by him?"

Qiao Yu didn't answer, but just looked at Yan Zijin's back quietly.

His back was broad and steady, but seemed to carry a hint of... determination?

Yan Zijin didn't say a word since entering the cave.

He walked forward with his head down, and after many twists and turns, he led Qiao Yu and the others to a cave, and then he bent down and walked in with them.

Not long after walking, the view in front of me suddenly opened up.

What comes into view is a cave that is very wide and filled with many experimental samples, similar to a laboratory.

At this time, a man wearing a white coat and a black baseball cap was sitting in the cave with his back to the few people.

“Ouch—”

The moment the thug stepped into the room, it suddenly howled, then fell limply to the ground, and the blood-red in its eyes gradually began to fade.

Seeing this, Wang Zha ran over immediately, rubbing his head against the thug and making a low "woooo" sound, as if asking it what was wrong.

Qiao Yu and the others were also shocked when they saw this. They squatted down to check, "What's going on?! Thug, what's wrong with you?"

"thug!"

Without the thugs' mental barrier, the alien species outside the cave suddenly let out a deafening roar, but strangely, not a single alien species rushed towards them.

At this moment, Yan Zijin, who was walking in front, suddenly said to the man, "I have done what you asked me to do. Can I see her now?"

From beginning to end, Yan Zijin never looked back once.

Seeing this, Yu Qingchuan suddenly stepped forward and shouted, "Yan Zijin! You lied to us?!"

Cheng Sinian also shouted angrily: "Yan Zijin! You shameless villain! We trusted you so much and even formed an alliance with you! How dare you lie to us!"

"Hahahahahahaha..." The man in white suddenly laughed out loud when he heard that. His laughter was rough and incoherent, like a clockwork doll that suddenly got stuck. In the empty cave, it sounded particularly harsh and unpleasant.

"As expected of you... Yan Zijin... you did a great job!"

Although it was just a short sentence, Qiao Yu recognized the person's voice instantly.

——It’s Han Ming!

Qiao Yu's hands gradually clenched, and the darkness in his eyes almost swallowed Han Ming whole.

At this moment, Han Ming took out a key from his pocket and handed it to Yan Zijin. He pointed to a narrow passage on the left side of the cave and said with a smile, "Go ahead, it's right there."

Then he turned around and looked at Qiao Yu and the others.

It was not until the moment he turned his head that Qiao Yu discovered that Han Ming's entire appearance had changed drastically!

His face was pale, his fingertips were faintly black, and the black pupils in his eyeballs had become much smaller, leaving only a small black dot, and the rest had turned grayish white.

He was very similar to the "half-human, half-alien" child that Qiao Yu and the others saw yesterday, but not completely white like that child.

Everyone was shocked when they saw this, even Qiao Yu frowned slightly.

How could Han Ming turn himself into such a horrible state?

Han Ming's gaze swept across the faces of Qiao Yu and the others, finally landing on Luo Zhenzhen's face.

He chuckled and muttered to himself, "What a high-quality seed..."

"With you joining us, my children will definitely be of better quality!"

"Hahahaha - the world will be overturned in no time -"

Hearing this, Qiao Yu suddenly had an idea.

——Seeds, mothers, and children.

——Female alien.

Could it be that the "seeds" they were talking about were those female mutants?!