Chapter 65
Artillery fire continued to explode, almost dyeing the night sky orange. The rebel transport convoy retreated step by step and was soon dispersed.
Jiang Zihan hid in a dark place, her pupils gleaming with a faint light. Suddenly, a shadow moved beside her, and a black figure came over and lay down beside her.
The Monkey King immediately assumed a state of alert, the pressure from the collision between the two causing the air to freeze. Despite being an S-rank war beast, it surprisingly hadn't spotted Shunying the first time. Clearly, the giant black panther's ability to hide had improved considerably.
"Wait a minute!" Jiang Zihan stopped him immediately, "We're all one team... No, we're all in the same group."
The Monkey King then climbed down again, but he did not let down his guard, and his peripheral vision was still keeping an eye on the strange war beast.
Jiang Zihan crouched even lower. The transport planes were parked silently not far away. She raised her fingertips slightly, and her mental power immediately spread out like a spider web, gradually enveloping the transport planes loaded with supplies.
Under the interference of mental power, the rebels were separated by invisible forces and unknowingly ignored the rear.
Shunying was eager to try, and when he saw the time was right, Jiang Zihan waved his hand and said, "Go!"
Shunying immediately turned into black lightning and pounced forward, swung his claws hard, but only left a few faint scratches on the fuselage.
A faint awkwardness spread in the air. Jiang Zihan opened his mouth and then closed it again. After all, it was a transport plane, so the shell was sturdy.
The Monkey King straightened his back silently, walked forward calmly, stretched out his long arms to grab the handle, and opened the hatch without much effort, while glancing at Shunying nonchalantly.
Shunying's eyes widened, and he couldn't help but raise his paws to look at his pads.
The hatch opened wide, and all the beastmen received orders to get into the transport plane, carrying the supply boxes and escaping as quickly as possible.
After running a few miles, he happened to meet Els and others who came to pick him up.
They harvested so many things in the first round, and the beasts on the top of the mountain were so happy that they jumped up and down around the things that were distributed to them.
When Lu Chenyuan caught up, he saw a little monkey trying to stuff an energy gun that was taller than it into the arms of a giant kangaroo.
"Have we dealt with all those rebels?" Jiang Zihan poked his head out from behind the haystack in the bunker. "They're pretty quick."
The good opportunity to attack just now was thanks to him for leading the rebels further and further away. Otherwise, even with the protection of mental power, the movement of the beasts would definitely not be concealed.
Lu Chenyuan stared at her for a few seconds, then suddenly raised his hand to pick off the grass debris stuck in her hair. The evening breeze brought a cool breeze, and he took off his coat and wrapped her up. "The intelligence is wrong. Only a part of the rebels has arrived. The core members are not here."
Not far away, the little monkey was trying to pull a pistol out of the pile of weapons, but accidentally used too much force and rolled over and hit Lu Chenyuan's foot.
He lowered his head and happened to meet the round, lively eyes. He couldn't help but pursed his lips: "They can already cooperate before they even develop intelligence. With some training, maybe they can even form a beast team."
"Things are not over yet, I still have to go and help. You stay in the quarantine area these days and don't act alone." Lu Chenyuan sent the person back to the quarantine area and left in a hurry.
He was gone for many days, and when Jiang Zihan received the call, he was busy renovating the plant forest beside the stone forest.
There were originally some banana trees here, but they were unable to bear fruit due to deformation. After she dealt with the deformation, it would not take long for them to provide some food for the beasts.
She turned on the communicator, and the little monkey hanging on her back swung, climbed up nimbly and lay on her shoulder, curiously putting its ear next to the communicator.
Jiang Zihan: "How's the situation over there?"
There was silence on the other end of the line for a moment, then Lu Chenyuan suddenly spoke up: "So this is what your voice sounds like on the phone."
Jiang Zihan was stunned. The battle was still going on, and many signal towers had been knocked down, making the communication signal unstable. The voice on the other end of the communicator was distorted, accompanied by the hum of electricity, which actually made her ears numb.
She unconsciously stroked the little monkey's furry head, and the surrounding sounds seemed to fade away.
"Ahem." Lu Chenyuan cleared his throat, a hint of fatigue still in his voice. "The military purge is almost complete. The initial chaos was caused by internal strife within the military. Although the rebels fled early, some retired veterans knew something about what happened back then. After aligning the clues from all sides, we finally figured out the situation."
"The rebels had long ago planted a secret agent in the military headquarters, providing cover for some banned experiments."
Lu Chenyuan looked at the picture on the screen with a serious gaze. The scene in the so-called "basement" was even more disgusting than the researcher described.
There were clumps of objects curled up in the cage, and their complete shapes were impossible to recognize. Even the staff who were taking notes on the side had some non-human growths on their bodies.
They mixed the genes of humans and war beasts and tried to conduct chimera experiments.
Jiang Zihan: "The genes of humans and war beasts influence each other?"
"They say that combining the extracted genes in this way can increase the probability of awakening superpowers." Lu Chenyuan said with a hint of sarcasm.
Jiang Zihan couldn't help but stare blankly: "Does anyone believe this nonsense?"
Lu Chenyuan sneered, "Some people believe it, and quite a few of them. I don't know if they are arrogant or stupid."
Jiang Zihan frowned. "To convince so many people, is there a successful example?"
"Clever." Lu Chenyuan lowered his voice. "Ringo, the leader of Area B, awakened his water-based abilities after being injected with the genetic solution. At a time when supplies are scarce, his awakening is truly a godsend."
But Jiang Zihan soon discovered the problem: "Lin Na also has water-related abilities. Isn't this a gene that comes from their family?"
Lu Chenyuan nodded. "That's right. I checked. Even Qi Feng has a slight water-related reaction. So the ability has nothing to do with the experimental solution. It's probably the bloodline talent of the 'Lin family'."
"So I guess this is the reason why Lina left Area B." Lu Chenyuan expressed his guess. Lina appeared in the wild very early, almost not long after entering the Land of Exile.
Maybe he discovered that his special abilities were similar to his brother's, so in order to prevent his plan from failing, he took the initiative to go to the wild, and then accidentally ended up in another base.
Linna's ability was not of a high level, and he deliberately concealed it, so few people connected him with Ringo, otherwise their conspiracy would have been discovered long ago.
Lu Chenyuan: "The rebels have been staying here for a long time. There must be other reasons. But no matter what the reason is, the border troops will not let the rebels cross the border."
An idea flashed in Jiang Zihan's mind, and he suddenly glanced at the beasts lying around him: "It would be too troublesome to rely on the border troops alone. How about making a deal?"
It only took Lu Chenyuan 3 seconds to guess what she was thinking: "Okay, I'll go talk to her."
I don’t know how Lu Chenyuan communicated, but the border troops quickly agreed to coexist with the wild beasts. They usually sent soldiers and wild beasts to take turns blocking the border line to prevent the wild war beasts from being contaminated by deformation.
The border troops increased their strength and the beasts obtained food, killing two birds with one stone.
Things here were almost settled, and most of the doctors at the emergency center were preparing to evacuate. Els loaded all the luggage into the car and prepared to head to the next border planet with Xiao Wen and the others.
Everyone in the medical department discussed it and learned that the blockade order on the Exile Land had been half lifted. They decided to send doctors to the island for exchange and learning after the war subsided. Jiang Zihan promised that he would be ready to welcome them when the time came.
After seeing off her new friends, Jiang Zihan also planned to return to Chang Gung Base. However, the Panda War Beast was unhappy when it knew she was leaving. It laid on the ground with its huge body and rolled around, refusing to let her go no matter what.
Jiang Zihan was so embarrassed that she didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She promised it that they could go to the island to play together during the holidays, and then she started crying and let down her trouser legs.
But before leaving, he suddenly heard that there was a black market here, so Jiang Zihan planned to bring some local specialties back.
The location of the black market is very hidden. Lu Chenyuan introduced that there are many materials rarely seen in the outside world, and there are also many gray industries, so you still have to be more careful.
Jiang Zihan raised an eyebrow: "Gray industry?"
Lu Chenyuan pointed at one of the stalls and said, "It's illegal to sell war beasts in the outside world, but many people here use this to make a living."
Jiang Zihan didn't quite believe it. The system had told her that there weren't many war beasts. Apart from those with owners, those in research institutes and war beast breeding centers, she didn't believe there would be that many war beasts on the black market.
"Quite a few people do believe it." Lu Chenyuan said with a smile, "Even if there might not be one among a hundred beasts, there are still quite a few people who come to try their luck. After all, in addition to the innate war beasts, there are also those that awaken later in life."
Jiang Zihan glanced at a stall. The baby animals in the cages looked very lethargic. They were most likely injected with some catalyst.
Just as she was about to turn around and complain, a pair of large hands held the back of her neck: "Don't look back, someone is following us."
Jiang Zihan's fingertips twitched slightly. Could it be the rebels? Were they hiding in the black market?
His back was gently supported and he was led into a hotel. When asking at the front desk, Jiang Zihan spoke before Lu Chenyuan: "A room." His eyes swept across the swaying figure outside the door. The person was following very closely.
After entering the room, before she could say anything, Lu Chenyuan took out the tracker from her body and crushed it. He quickly walked to the window, closed the curtains, and quietly opened a crack to observe the movements downstairs.
After a while, he breathed a sigh of relief: "The person is gone."
Jiang Zihan finally breathed a sigh of relief. "I've been going back and forth between the quarantine area and the Stone Forest the entire time. I've never been anywhere else. How could I have been put on a tracker?"
A cold light flashed in Lu Chenyuan's eyes: "It seems that someone in the border army has evil intentions."
In an unnamed building a few kilometers away from the hotel, Ringo poured a cup of tea and pushed it aside. The steam rising from the cup blocked their view.
The rebel subordinates outside the door were busy counting the last of their weapons, and the atmosphere was very depressing.
"Once things are settled, I'll find a piece of land for you, and you can grow whatever you want then." He knew that Lin Na liked stability the most, but the situation forced him to need his help.
Lina stared at his hands. These hands had been working in the fields some time ago, but now they were stained with blood that could not be washed away.
"It's okay, brother. I'll wait for your news here." He clenched his fists. He had no regrets. Nothing was more important than family.
Ringo patted his brother's shoulder, turned around, got into a car, and hurriedly drove into the darkness under the cover of night.
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After Jiang Zihan and Lu Chenyuan made a plan for the night visit, the man's eyes were dark and his fatigue was almost unconcealable.
"It's still early, why don't you take a rest first." Jiang Zihan suggested.
Lu Chenyuan was startled and glanced back. There was only one bed in the room. He stood up and prepared to sleep on the floor, but Jiang Zihan thought that they were going to "steal" at night and they had to get a good rest, otherwise their whereabouts would be exposed if they were not careful.
"You sleep on the bed. I'm in good spirits and just need a short nap." Jiang Zihan stopped him, grabbed a corner of the blanket and planned to sleep on the floor himself.
A pulling force came from his hands, and the blanket stretched straight. Lu Chenyuan refused to let go. Jiang Zihan had no choice but to take a step back. She gestured: "How about half for each of us?"
Lu Chenyuan lay down with his clothes on, leaned against the edge of the bed, closed his eyes, and fell into a deep sleep almost immediately.
Jiang Zihan turned his back and heard the steady breathing coming from behind him. He originally just wanted to close his eyes and rest, but somehow he fell asleep.
When I regained consciousness, I opened my eyes to see a peaceful sleeping face. I didn't even know when I leaned on his shoulder.
The night light in the corner emitted a dim light, and the man's eyelashes cast a faint shadow in the light. His arm was loosely draped over her body, his collar was tightly grasped in his hand, and his tall body was clinging to the edge of the bed. If he turned over, he would fall off the bed.
The corner of Jiang Zihan's eyes twitched, and he felt annoyed and guilty. His first reaction was to tiptoe and gently lift up the arm that was on him, then slowly move himself out.
At this moment, a slight sound suddenly came from outside the window. The figure in front of her jumped up instantly, opened one hand to protect her behind him, and opened the curtains very carefully.
The light from outside the window came in, and the Monkey King was seen squatting by the window eating fruit. When the curtains were opened, there was a "pop" sound, and the fruit core instantly stuck to the glass.
Now the two of them were completely sober. The Monkey King waved to Jiang Zihan, then jumped down from the windowsill in a swagger.
Silence spread in the room, and Lu Chenyuan's ears turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Jiang Zihan coughed lightly: "We should set off."
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