Chapter 47 Setting Fire to the Mountain
Qi An wasn't the only one who smelled the insect oil; there were many others present whose senses were even more acute than hers.
Zhuang Xiao fired another shot into the sergeant's head, his nose twitching: "Does it smell of oil?"
The wind picked up in the morning, carrying the smell of oil with it.
However, the location of the insect oil was already very close, which is why the scent wafted over, and Qi An could already sense the other two wisdom insects!
“Give me a map!” she shouted.
She couldn't make a sound, so she gestured with her hands.
The first to understand her abstract, arm-gesturing gesture was actually Sun Yiran, who shouted, "Captain, give the tablet to Qiqi!"
After so many battles, one of Qin Tianshuo's important lessons was to "listen to Qi An."
Without saying a word, he jumped down from the pile of rubble and ran towards Qi An.
Qi An zoomed in on the city's electronic map and drew a red line on a main road three blocks to the southeast.
These are the movement routes of two Wisps, one a Yellow-robed Priest and the other an Apprentice Priest.
Based on their speed of movement, Qi An couldn't immediately determine whether they were on foot or in a vehicle.
There was another one darting around rapidly at the edge of her perception; it wasn't high-level and seemed to be searching for something.
Qi An handed the tablet to Qin Tianshuo and pointed to the southeast.
"Let's go! There are still some bugs! Check your noise-canceling headphones and bulletproof vests, change your magazines, and go shoot the bugs!" Qin Tianshuo shouted immediately, urging them on.
"Is Qiqi going?" Sun Yiran asked.
"My sister Qi is so badly injured!" Zhuang Xiao was a little scared when she fought the yellow-robed priest, but she still shouted.
Qi An didn't move, and Yang Ying seemed to have found a point to attack!
But the air, once it reached the throat, leaked out before it could come out.
How could anyone mock Qi An for not continuing the fight?
He was suddenly somewhat bewildered and disheartened, but more than that, he felt a surge of pent-up anger.
"Kill the bugs!" Seeing that Yang Yuning was alright, Yang Ying screamed and rushed out after Qin Tianshuo.
The entire Chilong team had no choice but to follow.
Qi An paused for a moment, but didn't stay still. Instead, he typed on his phone:
At least four more insects were beyond my sensing range.
“We can go look for them,” Yang Yuning said immediately. “Where did they disappear to?”
"They must have gone to the easternmost part of the base," Qi An said.
So certain? Yang Yuning was taken aback, but did not question her, and squatted down in front of her.
He wanted to carry her on his back; he had wanted to ever since Qi An left the post station, but he just didn't make it in time.
Qi An went to the purification station, grabbed a rifle and several fully loaded magazines, and then climbed onto Yang Yuning's back.
She's not as steady as Feng Xu, nor as fast as Chen Xi, but she seems to have a natural chemistry with Yang Yuning when it comes to combat and adventure.
She doesn't need to speak; she only needs to use gestures and subtle body language for Yang Yuning to know where to go.
There are large factory areas on both the east and west sides of the base.
There are many chemical plants and building material factories in the eastern district. Not far from Qi An's residential area, on the easternmost edge, there is a large-scale oil storage station!
After running against the wind for about ten minutes, several spherical storage tanks, each with a diameter of two stories high and an outer gray-white layer, came into Qi An's view on the ground floor of the storage station.
Those giant round jars were magnificent and enormous, yet round and cute, with two of them having a brand new, snow-white outer layer.
That was reflective paint that had just been applied not long ago.
This is where the insect oil refinery of the new base is located. Two newly painted tanks have been removed and are now filled with insect oil.
"Stop!" Qi An said in a low voice. She squinted and looked closely at the towering jar, asking, "Do you see something on the first jar on the left?"
They were still on the street outside the factory, but Yang Yuning and Qi An had both brought scopes among their equipment.
Yang Yuning glanced at it: "Yes?"
There is a small black dot that is moving.
No, it looks like there's a string of small black dots that are increasing in number. These dots spiral upwards from the wall of the jar, spreading all the way to the top!
"Explosives!" Yang Yuning exclaimed, "There's a bug sticking explosives on it!"
Qi An looked down and saw a thin layer of sand on the asphalt road, with two very wide tire tracks on it.
Oil tanker truck!
Qi An's thoughts immediately connected.
The new base has been constantly at war, and there is a huge amount of insect oil, but there is not enough space to store it, so the unprocessed insect oil is stored in tanker trucks.
The group of insects that Qin Tianshuo and his men went to kill drove the oil tanker out, leaking oil all the way, and they had spread insect oil all over several blocks!
Under the blazing sun, in this wind, and in this surrounding building materials warehouse that the planning department has already cleared out!
Waterproof tar paper, foam boards, and a large amount of timber cut down from the mountain and piled up in the warehouse!
Aren't they all ignited at the slightest touch?
The fallen insects must set a huge fire!
However, Qi An and Yang Yuning, who had figured out the purpose of the Fallen Insects' arson, were stunned.
The small black dots were about to spread to the top of the tank, and the explosives were about to be laid out!
However, Yang Yuning only guessed that there were insects sticking explosives.
It was a mimicry insect; he could only see the tiny black dot of the explosive, not the insect itself!
Qi An could vaguely sense it, but she wasn't confident she could snipe a tiny moving target from such a distance.
What type of explosive is it?
A fuse? A timer? Remote detonation? Or the simplest method: shoot one of the explosives and detonate them all?
I'm afraid all of them will be correct!
There are 31 Fallen Insects in this factory, 29 of which are ordinary worker insects, obviously mutated from the factory's workers and guards.
There was also an apprentice priest, and a yellow-robed priest who seemed to be in control, with a gun wrapped in his tentacles or holding a detonator!
Would the explosion of such a huge oil tank be as powerful as a missile?
Both of them felt cold inside, but Qi An dug his nails into his palms!
“There’s still time!” she said.
There's still some time, because there are two oil tanks!
When cleaning, we clean whichever jar is best preserved, rather than cleaning them one by one. So the two jars with snow-white outer layers were not next to each other, and there were several layers of obstruction between them!
To double the power of detonating both cans together, it's best to have some detonator on the other can as a precaution.
Qi An focused intently on sensing in that direction.
Sure enough, the mimic insect jumped to another jar!
Qi An's heartstrings relaxed slightly, and he immediately turned around.
This little bit of time is reserved for the captain and his support team.
The words she typed on her phone were not just for Yang Yuning to see; she sent them to Yu Shuang as soon as she finished.
Two seconds, five seconds, one minute...
Yu Shuang appeared! And at the forefront was Chen Yuezhou; he had come in person!
"Go! Charge in!" Qi An shouted!
She went to the oil tank, while the support team went to kill the worker insects and the yellow-robed priest.
Their only chance is to control all three sides simultaneously and ensure that no insect has a gun or a source of fire!
Chen Yuezhou was faster, rushing over at the same time as Yang Yuning and the other person entered the factory gate.
"The Yellow-Robed Priest is 200 meters south of that oil tank covered in explosives! And he's still moving south!" Qi An shouted.
It's about to explode, and it's trying to avoid it!
Both sides rushed into this forge, which might soon become a fiery inferno, without hesitation.
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