Chapter 19
In the darkness, Jiang Zihan and Lu Chenyuan hid behind the container, watching the guard approach the special cage step by step.
The guard held a tranquilizer gun in one hand and lifted the thick black cloth with the other. Blue and white electric light crackled between the iron bars, and a cub with its fur standing on end glared at the two men fiercely as if in stress.
Jiang Zihan dug her nails into her palm fiercely. It was indeed electric!
Lu Chenyuan gestured with his hand, indicating that they should charge together later. Jiang Zihan immediately held his breath. All the sounds around him gradually faded away. The moment the guard raised the tranquilizer gun, the two of them rushed out at the same time.
With her mental strength highly concentrated, even the sound of the wind turned into a distant hum. Instinct drove her to sprint forward, but even with her strengthened physique, she still seemed clumsy in front of Lu Chenyuan.
His figure was as fast as a lightning that tore through the darkness, and she tried her best to barely catch up with the afterimage.
“Crack!”
The sound of collision startled her. Lu Chenyuan accurately chopped the guard's armpit. The other party felt pain and his hand loosened immediately. Jiang Zihan immediately stepped in, hooked her wrist, and the tranquilizer gun flipped in the air and fell steadily into her hand.
In his peripheral vision, Lu Chenyuan's palm wind had already struck the second guard's throat. Jiang Zihan made a quick decision and stabbed the half-kneeling guard with the needle.
Both bodies collapsed simultaneously and fell to the ground silently.
"Dian Dian!" Jiang Zihan had just pounced in front of the cage, and before his fingertips touched Diandian's exploding fur, a shrill alarm suddenly rang out.
The cage in front of him rattled like crazy and was instantly engulfed in a blinding red light.
"Be careful!" Lu Chenyuan grabbed her shoulders and pulled her back with such force that she stumbled. His pupils shrank slightly, and his ears had already caught the sound of hurried footsteps coming from all directions.
"You've fallen into a trap." His voice was so deep that it seemed as if water could drip out of it.
Jiang Zihan suddenly tightened her grip on the tranquilizer gun and heard the man whisper, "Looks like we have to rush out. Get ready."
"Wait." She squatted down suddenly, and pulled out the stun gun from the guard's waist with a swift movement. With a casual wave of her hand, the blue-purple electric arc crackled at the end of the gun, illuminating her jaw line which was tense with anger, and smashed it hard against the lock of the cage.
Lu Chenyuan raised his eyebrows slightly, and quickly helped to pry open the cage lock and stuffed the trembling Dian Dian into her arms. The static electricity caused her hair to explode instantly. He paused and wanted to take the hair ball back, but saw that the girl had turned around and rushed to another container.
She chopped open several cages in succession, releasing the contents. A dozen fully armed tower guards broke in, surrounding them with the black muzzles of their guns.
Unlike the previous tranquilizer weapons, this time the sounds of live ammunition rifles being loaded came one after another, echoing in the confined space with a teeth-grinding sound of metal friction.
Lu Chenyuan calmly pushed her behind him, holding the knife in his backhand, ready to fight at any time.
"Follow me closely." His voice was soft, but it made Jiang Zihan determined. "I'll lead the way."
Diandian struggled a few times in her arms, baring his teeth as if he wanted to rush forward and bite him. Jiang Zihan stroked his fur and said softly, "Be quiet, we are here."
"Put down the war beast and surrender immediately!" The leading guard raised his gun and shouted, his voice echoing between the metal walls.
Jiang Zihan couldn't help but let her eyes drift into the air, where there was a system panel visible only to her. Diandian's energy index was soaring wildly, like a pot of water about to boil.
She clenched her fist slightly, knowing that if she didn't channel the energy out in time, it would explode inside her body.
After hearing the guard's words, he sneered and gently stroked the furry cub in his arms with his fingertips: "You are so good at crying wolf, your face is thicker than this iron wall."
She took a half step back, and when the guards were looking at each other, she narrowed her eyes. Now is the time!
She suddenly raised her hand and threw the silver-gray fur ball into the air, and a dazzling white light burst out from the cub's fur!
"boom--!"
A flash of lightning split the darkness and ran wildly along the ceiling lines. Amidst the bursting sparks, the lighting system of the entire freight floor exploded, and darkness swallowed everything like a tide.
In the darkness, Lu Chenyuan's dagger instantly cut through the air. Jiang Zihan took the opportunity to duck into the crowd, and the anesthetic needle on his fingertips accurately pierced the side of the neck of the nearest guard.
"Lu Chenyuan! Left!" she shouted in a low voice.
The man reacted extremely quickly. He spun around and rushed over to block several attacks. In a flash, he threw a back elbow. The opponent groaned and immediately lost his fighting power.
"Watch out behind you!" A flash of light appeared in his peripheral vision, and Lu Chenyuan suddenly widened his eyes and warned.
Jiang Zihan's scalp tingled and she jerked sideways, but she was still a step too slow. The blade was so close, she had nowhere to hide. Suddenly, a white shadow pounced and kicked the guard three meters away.
The guard, who was knocked unconscious by the fall, coughed up a mouthful of blood and felt that his internal organs had shifted, but he had no time to get up. He was staring at the huge figure with his eyes wide open, and his hands and feet were cold.
In terms of speed, how can an ordinary human being compete with a high-level Wind Chasing Tiger?
The amber animal eyes stared at him coldly for a few seconds, as if confirming that he could no longer stand up, and then turned back to Jiang Zihan.
Jiang Zihan patted his chest with lingering fear and praised: "Well done, Zhuifeng!"
From the beginning, she had intended for Zhuifeng to hide in the shadows to facilitate support. However, due to the chaos, she had forgotten that she had such a capable helper.
She hid behind Zhuifeng. There were too many guards here. In terms of combat power, they could only be counted as two and a half. With her mediocre skills, she was considered agile enough not to be held back by the man and the beast.
Suddenly, she caught a glimpse of a black shadow rushing out of the ventilation duct, and Diandian in her arms suddenly meowed in a coquettish voice, as if complaining.
The Phantom Cat is here!
It rushed into the crowd like a ghost, and its sharp claws scratched them fiercely. The crowd screamed several times and fell to the ground, then was knocked unconscious by the wings of Chi Yan who rushed over next.
"Chiyan? Huanmiao?" Jiang Zihan looked at the two war beasts in surprise. "How did you get here?"
The Phantom Cat flicked its tail lightly, glanced at Zhuifeng for a moment, lowered its gaze, and after confirming that its cub was fine, turned its head back to stare at the guards.
Jiang Zihan's heart moved. The war beast was very smart. It might know that its cub was lost and follow it based on its thoughts, but she was slow to react.
With the support of two war beasts, they quickly suppressed the opponent.
Suddenly, Zhuifeng's ears moved and he looked outside the door vigilantly. Jiang Zihan immediately realized that more guards were coming.
Lu Chenyuan suddenly grabbed her wrist and said, "Let's retreat first."
Jiang Zihan hesitated: "What about Kui Feng?"
Hearing this, Lu Chenyuan curled his lips and said, "Don't worry, he is much safer than you think."
…
In the tower monitoring room, a shrill alarm suddenly sounded.
The person on duty stood up suddenly, and just as his fingers touched the communicator, he was hit on the back of his neck with a precise knife. His eyes went black and he fell to the ground.
Kui Feng's tall figure emerged from the shadows like a ghost, shutting down the alarm system neatly. His strong arms dragged the unconscious attendant to the corner very gently, without making a sound.
His sharp eyes quickly swept across the surveillance screen and soon locked onto the figures of his companions. His fingers quickly operated on the console, shutting off the surveillance and power supply of the relevant areas one after another to buy them time.
Then, he opened the map, matched the surveillance footage with the map one by one, quickly recorded the layout structure inside the tower, and imprinted every passage in his mind.
A few seconds later, he quietly exited the monitoring room and rushed to a corner with a clear goal. He collided head-on with a worker carrying supplies. Before the worker could even make a sound, he was knocked unconscious by his clean and neat moves.
The document slipped off the box, and he squatted down to pick it up. It turned out to be a list of supplies given by the anchor. There were two copies of the list, and after comparing them, he found that one of them had obvious signs of being altered.
He sneered and shook his head, a trace of contempt flashing in his eyes: "He actually took nearly 30%..."
After confirming that there was no one around, Kui Feng stuffed the information into his clothes, hid in the darkness again, and sneaked into the depths of the corridor.
The two people who were fleeing suddenly noticed that the alarm had disappeared. Before Jiang Zihan could react, Lu Chenyuan immediately understood: "Kui Feng has arrived at the monitoring room."
So fast?
Jiang Zihan recalled the towering metal tower. It was a huge building with dozens of floors, and the monitoring room was hidden in a corner of the top floor.
It would be extremely difficult for a normal person to climb up those intricate pipes and metal joints on the exterior walls with bare hands, but the other party did it in such a short time.
"This is too much." She unconsciously clenched the stun baton in her hand, her knuckles turning slightly white. Is the physical fitness of humans in the interstellar age so incredible?
Although she faced ferocious war beasts and magical elemental attacks, it was the first time she truly realized the gap between her and humans.
She recalled the pitiful points balance on the system panel. In front of a truly strong person, her physical enhancement was not even at the entry level.
They turned several corners, getting closer and closer to the door, and just when they thought they were about to escape, a gun barrel was silently pointed at her back.
"Be careful!" Lu Chenyuan exclaimed.
Jiang Zihan felt a powerful force from behind, but the expected pain didn't come. She opened her eyes and turned around, only to see a determined figure blocking her way. An invisible energy pulse blocked the bullet, but her heart suddenly tightened. This aura...
This is a sign of a rapid increase in distortion!
"Zhuifeng!" Her voice sank.
Zhuifeng quickly knocked the man down, but the approaching footsteps became more and more frequent, so it had to move away from the two of them to cover their retreat.
Jiang Zihan grabbed Lu Chenyuan, who had become somewhat sluggish, and breathed a little rapidly: "Can you still hold on?"
Lu Chenyuan shook his head, and the voice seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth: "Let's go!"
The newly appeared group of guards were obviously an elite team that had undergone special training. The weapons in their hands shone with a dangerous metallic color under the cold light. Those were obviously no longer ordinary tranquilizer guns. Electric light flashed on the gun bodies, and a sense of crisis suddenly came over them.
"That's a specially made trap." Lu Chenyuan explained in a low voice, "They want to capture us alive."
Jiang Zihan's eyes suddenly became sharp. He aimed at the guard in front and pulled the trigger. They had to leave here. If they fell into Gaota's hands, who knew what these people would do.
"Swoosh--" Each anesthetic bullet hit the target accurately, and one figure after another fell down. As they were getting closer and closer to the exit, a "click" sound suddenly came from the gun barrel, and the originally smooth rhythm was abruptly interrupted.
The magazine is empty.
The remaining fully armed guards had now surrounded them in a fan shape, and the slight charging sound of the capture device continued to be heard, as if a large net would fall from the sky in the next second.
Jiang Zihan angrily took out the scalpel, and at this moment, a fire bomb suddenly swooped down from the sky, and Chi Yan, who had been left behind, came back.
It flapped its wings vigorously, its eyes were round with anger, and black smoke was coming out of its forehead. Jiang Zihan's heart moved. Has Chi Yan found the key to a breakthrough?
However, the next second, the red wings flapped, knocking the guards in the front row away and crashing into the wall. The attack method was still quite simple and crude.
The corners of Jiang Zihan's mouth twitched slightly. He clearly had signs of elemental transformation, but he had learned close combat skills from Kui Feng and the others. He had to separate them after returning.
Jiang Zihan's physical strength was quickly exhausted during the siege, and Lu Chenyuan was also at the end of his strength. The distortion continued to control his brain, and he was just holding on until now.
The bullet grazed Jiang Zihan's arm, leaving a bloody mark. Chi Yan's eyes became even redder, and he glared at the bad guys fiercely. His beak opened and closed, and the black smoke on his body became thicker.
The nearest guard took a few steps back. Could it be that this little chicken was so angry that it was about to explode?
The next second, a red line of fire spurted out, catching the guards off guard and setting them on fire.
In the blazing firelight, Jiang Zihan blinked in a daze. Did Chi Yan become so angry that he successfully awakened a skill? The little guy had quite a temper.
The flame became more and more stable. After Chiyan successfully evolved, his body seemed to have grown larger. The air around him became scorching hot. The wall of fire stopped the guards from chasing him and gave Zhuifeng and the others a chance to return to defend.
After spewing out several balls of fire, the Red Flame's endurance was clearly at its limit, but the guards were busy putting out the flames and didn't notice it at all. Or perhaps, out of fear of the high-level war beasts, they didn't dare to approach easily.
The two seized the opportunity and rushed quickly to the emergency passage. Jiang Zihan grabbed Chi Yan and Diandian and stuffed them together. Zhui Feng and Phantom Cat followed behind them in tacit understanding. The low roars of tigers and cats echoed in the corridor.
It was not until he rushed out of the tower and felt the cold wind blowing in his face that Jiang Zihan realized that the arm he was holding was unusually warm.
She looked at Lu Chenyuan worriedly. It was still a long way from here to the gathering place, and his body might not be able to withstand it.
At this moment, a dark figure leaped down. It was Kui Feng, who had split into two groups and returned. He immediately saw that something was wrong with Lu Chenyuan, and without saying a word, he threw the man on his back and rushed out like he was carrying rice.
Jiang Zihan then jumped onto Zhuifeng's back and quickly fled the area.
They went deep into the dense forest, and after confirming that there were no pursuers behind them, they found a cave to settle down. They had to suppress Lu Chenyuan's condition first, otherwise they might face an out-of-control high-level Deformer, and they would all be doomed.
Kui Feng laid the man flat on the ground, holding him down while watching Jiang Zihan take out the inhibitor and inject it into him.
Lu Chenyuan's breath became hotter and hotter, the blood vessels in his neck swelled and knotted, and his whole face turned red.
Jiang Zihan gritted his teeth and opened the system panel again. Chi Yan was only a little sluggish due to the depletion of his energy, but Lu Chenyuan's data was not looking good.
The data were almost a mess, but she also found a clue in the rising data. She had never seen Lu Chenyuan's data clearly, but this fluctuation was extremely similar to Zhuifeng's.
So he is actually an S-class deformer?
Under what circumstances would the tower expel an S-level expert?
Jiang Zihan's mind was a little confused. This primary inhibitor had very little effect on him, and she didn't know where to start.
War beasts can be included in the breeding list regardless of the level difference, but humans cannot. The system only provides breeding plans for war beasts, which are very rigid and do not take other people into consideration at all.
At this time, Kui Feng talked about his discovery in the tower: "I found that most of what they hid were potions."
Jiang Zihan paused. "Ordinary potion or...?"
"It's not marked on the list." His voice was a little serious. "But that's not all the rewards from the live broadcast room. I suspect that the outside world has been providing potion support to the Exiled Land, but the Tower has been keeping it."
This was the first time Jiang Zihan gritted his teeth in hatred. This was clearly a request for everyone to die!
She looked at the few remaining points on the system panel, which had increased a bit after Chi Yan's breakthrough, and her eyes were fixed.
Jiang Zihan took out a scalpel, stared at Lu Chenyuan's heart, and closed his eyes fiercely: "Brother Kui, you go out and guard first to prevent Gao Ta from chasing us. I need to perform a small operation on him."
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