Chapter 204: Spying
The content sent by Jiang Wang contained a huge amount of information.
The official assessment by the Investigation Bureau is coming soon, and the team leader’s ability is difficult to deal with, so it is estimated that it will not be easy to deal with it perfunctorily.
As for that supply station… it was a place of both danger and opportunity. This was the limit of help Jiang Wang could provide, and sharing this information with me would undoubtedly put him at risk.
Since the news had arrived, I had no reason to let it go and took action immediately.
In the end, I chose to take a risky move and headed to the abandoned supply station that Jiang Wang mentioned had been looted by the "Smelting Fire."
This is currently the fastest and most likely way to directly obtain large quantities of supplies.
The commission cycle of the Secret Garden Association is long and full of variables, while transactions with the Investigation Bureau will cause endless troubles.
I didn't say anything, I just told Bai Zang and then selected the other four most elite and patient veteran team members to sneak out of the stronghold under the cover of night.
The journey was more difficult than expected.
The mutant creatures wandering among the ruins seemed extremely anxious and aggressive, as if they were driven by some greater fear.
We had to detour several times and even had a brief fight, which wasted some time.
When we arrived at the B7 supply station in the west area, it was already dawn.
The sight before him was terrifying. Tall barbed wire fences had been violently torn and twisted, watchtowers had collapsed, and the building's exterior walls were covered in charred blast marks and horrific gaps left by some form of high-temperature corrosion.
The air was filled with a strong smell of blood and the stench of molten metal mixed with sulfur.
We carefully crept inside. The place was devastated, covered in the remains of battle and blackened, clotted blood. It was clear a brutal massacre had taken place there.
"Search separately, move quickly, and stay alert!" Bai Zang gave orders in a low voice, his expression looking particularly cold and hard in the dim light of dawn.
The team quickly dispersed, searching through the ruins and dilapidated warehouses. Fortunately, the followers of "Melting Fire" seemed only interested in destruction and killing, or perhaps their transportation capacity was limited and they had indeed left behind a lot of things.
We found dozens of unopened boxes of military canned food and compressed dry rations in a half-collapsed underground storage room, and a number of barrels of fuel were piled in a corner.
However, before the joy could spread, something strange happened!
An inhuman roar mixed with the sound of metallic friction sounded from deep within the warehouse, and a tall figure suddenly pushed aside a pile of debris and rushed out!
That can hardly be called a human being.
He was wearing a tattered guard uniform, but most of his body seemed to have been splashed with some kind of high-temperature molten liquid. His flesh and blood, melted metal armor, and weapon debris were strangely fused together, forming a terrifying form that was constantly dripping with dark red hot liquid and covered with twisted metal spikes.
His eyes were just two holes burning with dark red flames, and in his hand was a red-hot iron rod that was fused to his arm.
The team members became visibly nervous, but such a long training period was not in vain. At Bai Zang's command, the team members opened fire to suppress the enemy.
However, ammunition seemed to have little effect on it.
"Change formation, Lao Xu, go!" Bai Zang commanded calmly.
The team member named Lao Xu roared, his muscles bulged, his skin instantly turned a rocky gray-white color, and he suddenly jumped down from a high place, smashing his powerful fist into the head of the molten monster!
"clang!"
With a dull thud, the monster's head was knocked to one side, and several pieces of molten metal fragments flew out, but it just shook, and the burning hole suddenly locked onto Lao Xu, and the arm fused with the iron rod swept over with terrifying high temperature!
Old Xu jumped back in embarrassment to avoid it, the high temperature almost singed his hair.
The other team members also used their abilities to provide cover, but to little avail.
The battle reached a brief stalemate. Bai Zang frowned, as if searching for the next breakthrough.
I watched patiently. This monster's defense and strength far surpassed those of ordinary mutants, but its movements were somewhat sluggish. With the team's coordination and special abilities, victory wasn't impossible. This was truly a rare opportunity for practical training.
However, at this moment, I suddenly felt a hint of unusual breath.
It didn't come from the manic monster in front of him, but from the outside of the supply station.
It was an abnormal mental fluctuation that was spreading silently at this moment, covering the entire area in an instant.
It was not like the indiscriminate mental whispers before, but carried a clear intention of scrutiny and suppression.
“Hmm…”
Almost at the same time, a team member who was shooting with all his strength suddenly groaned, his face turned pale in an instant, the finger that was pulling the trigger stiffened, and a strong illusion of fear appeared in his eyes, as if he had seen the most terrifying scene in his life.
Another team member who was trying to find an angle suddenly froze in his tracks, a look of struggle and confusion flashing across his face. He seemed to be stuck in a quagmire of self-doubt, and he almost dropped the weapon in his hand.
Even Bai Zang, who had the strongest will, was noticeably slower in his movements, with cold sweat oozing from his forehead, as if he was under tremendous invisible pressure.
The investigation bureau has arrived.
He actually arrived at this critical moment, and directly activated his ability without any concealment, suppressing all living beings in the field indiscriminately!
The molten monster seemed to be affected as well, and let out a more manic and chaotic roar. Its attacks became more disorganized, but more dangerous because of it.
"Keep calm! It's a mental attack!" Bai Zang suppressed his discomfort and shouted sternly, but his voice was already trembling slightly.
Old Xu roared and tried to attack again, but was forced to stagger back by the sudden outbreak of hallucinations about the tragic death of his family in his mind, and was almost hit by the monster's hot iron rod.
The situation took a turn for the worse!
It seemed I couldn't let it go any longer, so I immediately distorted the space and squeezed the monster into lava pulp.
The high temperature was extinguished instantly, and the violent breath came to an abrupt end.
Boom.
The strange wreckage fell to the ground with a dull thud.
The entire warehouse fell into silence.
Then, my figure flashed and disappeared from the spot. The next moment, I appeared on a broken beam in the warehouse, my eyes locked on the direction from which the breath came.
In the shadows at the entrance, several figures wearing the standard combat uniforms of the Investigation Bureau stood quietly.
Fortunately, I wore a gas mask when I went out, otherwise I would have been recognized.
The team members struggled to break free from the terrifying illusion in a daze, looking at the monster's wreckage that was still smoking slightly in shock, and subconsciously looked at me who suddenly appeared on the broken beam.
"Second in command! It's the Second in command!"
Bai Zang suppressed his dizziness and looked at me with eyes full of shock and a hint of relief.
Without any pause, I moved again, and the next moment I landed silently at the entrance of the warehouse, just in front of the investigation bureau members who had just appeared.
My face was covered with a gas mask, and my voice came through the filter, with a hint of dull noise, completely covering up the original sound:
My gaze penetrated the lenses of the mask and locked coldly on Gao Han, the middle-aged man with a stern temperament who was in the lead.
"Come in uninvited and even attack someone. Is this how you, the relevant departments, act now?"
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