Chapter 182 The Overthrow Plan
Qin Haifeng had already fallen to the ground the moment Lin Baozhu screamed!
A scorching stream of air, carrying sparks, whistled past his scalp...
In the flickering firelight, he looked up at Lin Baozhu, who was holding a strange fire-breathing weapon, his eyes filled with shock and confusion.
Her weapon...
Where did it come from?
As her thoughts wandered, Lin Baozhu's slightly trembling voice rang out from above her head: "Qin Haifeng, are you alright?!"
His thoughts returned, he suppressed his doubts, and said in a hoarse voice, "It's nothing!"
As he spoke, he nimbly leaped to his feet, brushing the ashes off his body. His gaze locked onto the charred, twisted wreckage at the center of the flames, and his voice was icy: "I never expected... that old bastard could actually put up a last-ditch effort!"
While quickly checking his body for burns or insect bites, Lin Baozhu explained in a deep voice, "He bit off the poisonous insect sac hidden in his teeth! That was his last resort to kill us all! Besides, he was already at his wit's end. Rather than surrender and suffer the torment of interrogation, he decided to take us down with him... Ha, he does have some of the guts of a desperate criminal!"
She let out a long sigh, suppressing the pounding in her heart, and looked around.
The cave was a scene of utter devastation. Most of the venomous insects had either been consumed by the flames or scattered in terror. The remaining ones, having lost their command and the allure of their special scent, crawled blindly and chaotically among the corners and wreckage. The enormous humus bed, scorched by the flames, sizzled and emitted an even stronger, more pungent, burnt stench.
The crisis has been temporarily resolved...
But the mystery remains unsolved.
Zhao Asi is dead, but is there an organization behind him? What is the real purpose of cultivating these deadly poisonous insects? These questions must be thoroughly investigated!
"Search! Search carefully! Look for any other clues!"
The two endured the nauseating smells and visual shocks, conducting a thorough search of the cave. Lin Baozhu put on thick gloves and began to feel around inch by inch at the base of the rock where Zhao Asi was sitting cross-legged…
Crack!
With a soft click, she precisely pried up a perfectly disguised stone slab almost flush with the rock face with her dagger! Below, a hidden compartment the size of a brick was revealed! Inside lay a thick notebook tightly wrapped in oiled paper with a blank cover, and a palm-sized bronze token engraved with a ferocious, coiled viper pattern!
“Look at these…” Lin Baozhu took the items out.
Qin Haifeng's gaze fell upon the notebook and the token emanating a chilling aura, and his pupils suddenly contracted!
He quickly took the notebook, his fingers trembling almost imperceptibly as he flipped through the pages. As he read, his brow furrowed deeper, his face darkening like the sky before a storm!
"Snap!" He slammed the notebook shut, his knuckles white from the force, and squeezed out a few words through clenched teeth:
"These heartless bastards!!"
Seeing his drastic change in expression, Lin Baozhu immediately moved closer. Qin Haifeng took a deep breath, suppressing his raging anger, and spoke in a very low voice, each word as cold as ice:
"This notebook contains a detailed record of Lin Asi's entire process of cultivating specific poisonous insects, using corpses as nutrients, and precisely hunting carnivorous beasts to create a rabbit plague! It's all in Japanese!"
He paused, his eyes flashing even colder:
"The most crucial thing is—Lin Asi's identity! He is a henchman planted here by the 'Viper' organization! He is carrying out the 'Nest Destruction Plan'!"
Lin Baozhu gasped: "'Viper'?! Isn't that a remnant of the 'Red Scorpion' unit from back then...? Wasn't it already..."
"Only those who are officially repatriated are being sent back!"
Qin Haifeng interrupted her, his tone chilling: "In the shadows, vipers like Zhao Asi are still lurking! This 'overthrowing the nest plan' is to use a controllable rabbit plague to trigger a large-scale landslide, completely burying the commune at the foot of the mountain and several key surrounding villages!"
He pointed at the notebook, his voice filled with deep-seated hatred:
"Their real goal is to cover up and permanently seal off the entrance to a secret base deep underground in this area, abandoned by the Japanese pirates and containing important chemical weapons formulas and some finished ammunition! Once the entrance is buried by a mudslide, finding it again will be extremely difficult! This 'Viper' organization is a sabotage group formed by the remnants of the 'Red Scorpion' unit in collusion with local traitors!"
They wanted to completely destroy this remaining deadly evidence! This 'Viper Token' was the symbol and communication token of the core members!
"The evidence is conclusive! The case is serious! It's far beyond what we imagined!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Baozhu felt a chill run from her feet to the top of her head! She knew all too well the terrifying consequences of such abandoned chemical weapons!
In a past life, a tragedy occurred in a certain place in the north due to the accidental triggering of a mustard gas canister left behind by Japanese pirates, a tragedy that still evokes lingering fear! Few survivors remained, and all suffered from lifelong aftereffects!
"We must get down the mountain immediately!"
"Take the evidence and go to the organization! Request that a special task force be sent to conduct a thorough search! There's no time to lose!"
"Walk!"
Without any delay, the two hurriedly left the death-filled cave, carrying the notebook, the bronze token, and some undamaged key insect nest samples (special moss, secretion fragments).
After meeting up with Lin Sanlang, who was pacing anxiously at the agreed location, the three rushed down the mountain as fast as they could! Qin Haifeng didn't even have time to return to the village; carrying the crucial evidence, he headed straight for the county town!
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On the way back to the village, Lin Sanlang couldn't help but speak:
"Little sister, this morning I found a lot of dead insects under the trees where we sleep! You went to investigate last night..."
"Third Brother!"
Lin Baozhu quickly interrupted, "There are too many gossips in the village! You can't say a word about our investigation of the rabbit hole up the mountain, or anything you saw! Remember, not a single word, not even to anyone, including our parents!"
Seeing his sister's unprecedentedly solemn expression, Lin Sanlang's heart skipped a beat. Remembering Qin Haifeng's hurried departure, he immediately realized the gravity of the situation! He patted his chest heavily and solemnly assured her, "Don't worry! I know what's important! I won't tell anyone!"
The two had just returned home when Lin Baozhu, without even having a sip of water, rushed off to the brigade headquarters.
When the captain heard the words "Zhao Asi," "spy," "Operation Overthrow the Nest," and "chemical weapons" from Lin Baozhu...
"Clang!"
He felt as if all his bones had been removed, and he slid off the chair and collapsed to the floor! His face was ashen, his lips trembled, and he tried to crawl a few times but couldn't get up!
Oh my god!
Oh my god!
There were enemy agents hiding in the village he was in charge of!
They're even plotting a shocking conspiracy to flood several villages?!
If Lin Baozhu and Qin Haifeng hadn't accidentally gone into the mountains to investigate the rabbit infestation... the consequences... just thinking about it made the captain feel dizzy and terrified!
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