Chapter 228

228. Chapter 226 Longyuan Mountain Conference

A series of urgent orders were issued, and many Daxia soldiers stationed near the Wushan Mountains began to act, with troops from other regions continuously rushing to reinforce.

This matter is of great importance, even involving foreign forces, enough to draw Daxia's attention.

They surrounded from all directions, activating many high-tech instruments; with no chaotic magnetic field, this search actually uncovered many mercenaries and agents who had sneaked in secretly.

Faced with the large-scale search by the Daxia military, these illegal members were completely caught off guard.

Could it be that someone has already succeeded, causing such a commotion in Daxia?

How long has this meteorite fallen, and already someone has gotten ahead of us? The speed is simply too fast!

While these people were astonished, they also cursed and retreated, fleeing with grim faces from the pursuit by the Daxia side.

They gained nothing, but instead had to face Daxia's heavenly net and earthly trap, truly miserable to the extreme, making it impossible for them to successfully leave the border to this day.

Fortunately, the mountains are continuous and interconnected; they hid in these deep mountains and old forests, playing cat-and-mouse with the Daxia troops, and for a while their whereabouts could not be found.

The forest is deep and secluded, with continuous fine rain, and the towering trees that block the sky make the surrounding environment extremely dark.

"Squeak squeak squeak—"

Rapid footsteps came from afar.

"Over here, according to the tracks, they ran toward the southeast!"

By a riverbank covered with fallen leaves, dozens of fully armed Daxia field troops looked at the footprints on the ground, their expressions somewhat solemn.

"Hurry up and chase, we absolutely cannot let them escape; these people likely have news of the meteorite on them!"

"We split up to act!"

Dozens of Daxia field troops dispersed on the spot, advancing in different directions of southeast, northwest, northeast, and southwest.

Anxious footsteps stepped on the ground, splashing large patches of mud and water droplets; no one noticed that, not far away in the river, weak ripples had begun to stir.

After more than ten minutes when the footsteps had completely faded away, amidst the riverbank covered with fallen leaves, a sound of splashing and gurgling came.

Several soldiers slowly crawled out of the water, moving quickly, daring not to linger, fleeing in the opposite direction.

"SHIT! If I had known, I wouldn't have taken this mission; otherwise, I should now be vacationing on the beaches of Kaisheng Continent!"

Keensen cursed nonstop, his narrow eyes appearing especially deep and gloomy.

He was formerly the commander of M Nation's special forces, retired and joined the FBI, with extraordinary skills, proficient in all firearms and driving equipment on the current market, having participated in several wars and missions.

He had completed a mission in Daxia, assassinating a defected important scientist of M Nation.

Just as he was preparing to leave, he received a temporary notice to go to the Wushan Mountains to find the golden meteorite, and at the time he didn't take it to heart.

As a result, shortly after entering, he received news that another team had been completely wiped out!

Know that the special forces dispatched by M Nation this time are all elite forces, each person said to be one in ten thousand, which is no exaggeration.

But now, another team has been completely annihilated in such a short time.

Most importantly, Keensen still hasn't figured out how they died.

Even more unfortunate, with the destruction of the other team, the Daxia military became anxious, as if they thought their ancestral graves had been dug, and directly dispatched a large army to blockade the entire Wushan Mountains.

They had just advanced in, and Keensen and the others hadn't even had time to conceal their tracks, when they were tightly gripped by the Daxia special forces.

The disparity in combat strength is huge, and moreover, they are on Daxia's territory; Keensen simply has no capital to engage in firefights.

In just two short days, the team he led has lost several members!

Mountain ridges undulate, layered peaks overlap, one mountain peak after another connected head to tail, forming a winding long dragon, stretching toward the distance.

Keensen and his party crossed mountains and ridges, traversed the jungle, trying to find another way out; although the entire Wushan Mountains were blocked, the mountain ranges are interconnected.

Moreover, the terrain is complex, like a natural labyrinth; although the Daxia military has been pursuing from behind, they are not pushovers, fleeing southward all the way, after several days and nights of long journey, they unknowingly arrived at the border of the Longyuan Mountain Range.

"Speed up; after crossing this mountain, we can completely shake off the pursuing troops behind, and then agents will meet us."

Seeing hope ahead, Keensen and the others hesitated not and stepped into the deep jungle.

The deep and dense forest resembled a giant beast lurking in the dark, instantly swallowing their figures; no one knows what awaits them inside.

The party moved through it; here the plants grow extraordinarily tall, as if they had arrived at an ancient forest.

Even more primitive than the Wushan Mountains!

"Shasha—"

Keensen suddenly stopped, made a gesture, "Wait, there seems to be movement ahead."

The others stopped to listen, and indeed, not far ahead, there was indeed sound coming over.

The group exchanged glances, their eyes somewhat wary; Keensen made a gesture, they gripped their weapons, and cautiously walked forward.

As they approached, the movement became clearer and clearer, sounding like someone talking to themselves.

Keensen's eyes flashed with a sharp killing intent; someone actually exists here!

Could it be that Daxia knows they are taking this route and has sent people ahead to block them?

Everyone gripped their weapons tightly, safeties off, fingers on triggers, silently advancing forward; they subconsciously held their breath, pushing aside the bushes over half a person high ahead.

However, after clearly seeing the scene ahead, everyone froze in place.

It was a figure covered head to toe in hair, like wearing a huge fur garment.

On its back was a basket woven from vines, containing many plants and wild fruits and such.

It did not resemble Daxia military, but rather like a wild man living in the mountains and forests.

The expressions on everyone's faces relaxed somewhat; as long as they were not Daxia soldiers, there was nothing to fear.

Just a wild man; he poses no threat to them.

It seemed to sense their presence; that "person" slowly turned its head, revealing a hairy face.

Everyone stared wide-eyed, their mouths almost able to fit an egg.

That was actually a monkey!

In its hand it still grasped a slender plant, with soil underneath, as if it had just been dug out of the ground.

Is this gathering herbs?!

In the deep mountains and old forests, there's actually a monkey gathering herbs!

For a moment, both sides stared at each other, originally expecting to see the ambush of the Daxia military, but who would have thought they'd see a monkey behaving strangely.

This monkey looks much taller than usual, its upper body upright, nearly over two meters tall, casting a shadow over them.

Keen Sen and the others couldn't help but grip their firearms tightly; if this monkey made any move or showed attacking intent, a bullet would send it to the afterlife.

The monkey stared at the dark gun barrels, its eyes showing no fear, instead flashing with a sharp light.

The next second, something even more surprising happened.

The monkey sized up the group before it, "Who are you? Dare to trespass Longyuan Mountain? Don't you know this place has long been my demon clan's forbidden land?"

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The agents' pupils contracted sharply, staring at the monkey in horror, unable to believe that sound came from it!

The monkey can actually speak!

Originally thinking the monkey gathering herbs was shocking enough, who would have thought it could also speak human words; for a moment, Keen Sen and the others' expressions became dazed, feeling as if they were dreaming.

"The monkey is actually really speaking?"

"Has it undergone some training!"

"What training could make a monkey speak?"

"This must be the mysterious East, even a monkey can speak."

"Could it be that Daxia is conducting genetic mutation animal experiments here, and this monkey is one of them?"

No matter how much mutation, a monkey is still just a monkey; speaking human words completely defies biological常理.

Seeing this group of people silent for half a day, and even when they spoke it was gibberish, the monkey's tone grew impatient, "No strangers allowed here, you'd better leave quickly!"

Among animals, the monkey's temper is still not bad; it studies medicine, likes to treat demons, and will also heal some animals; if it were replaced by other hot-tempered ones like jackals or black bears, these brothers wouldn't be so pleasant with these people, likely attacking on sight.

But Keen Sen and the others don't know this. He can also understand some Chinese; hearing the monkey tell them to leave, his face instantly turned grim.

The Daxia military had no choice but to retreat; it's just a beast, even if it can speak, what can it do, still able to run over their heads and act arrogantly!

Moreover, I have nowhere to retreat; behind us are pursuers.

The anger built up over several days finally erupted at this moment.

"Get lost!"

Keen Sen roared, raising his rifle to aim at the monkey's head, speaking gloomily: "Although I don't know why you can speak, if you don't want to die, get out of the way!"

The monkey merely coldly stared at them, as if looking at the dead, seemingly unaware of the threat from the dark gun barrels.

Such a gaze made Keen Sen especially uncomfortable; unable to deal with the Daxia military, could it be that he still can't handle this monkey here.

"Fire!"

As he gave the order, the other soldiers pulled the trigger without hesitation, they were decisive in killing, although saying everything before them made them unable to believe, killing a speaking monkey was truly a waste, but now they couldn't care about so much.

Fire snakes spewed from the black gun barrels, yellow bullets wildly pouring out.

Seeing this, the monkey, its patience exhausted, its eyes burst forth with endless cold light, "You're seeking death!"

As black spiritual power emanated from it, a huge phantom suddenly appeared behind it, which was actually a divine ape apparition!

Keen Sen and the others widened their eyes, staring in disbelief at the scene before them, the fear in their eyes almost becoming tangible, even their features twisting.

"God, what is this!"

"No, don't!"

"Save me!!"

The next second, accompanied by rising and falling screams, the dark abyss descended upon this land.

Half an hour later.

"Hurry up!"

"Just now, gunfire came from this direction."

"Everyone speed up, absolutely cannot let these agents escape."

One by one, the Daxia special forces urgently searched, finally locking onto the accurate position, "They should have run toward the southeast."

In the dense jungle, surrounded by towering trees blocking the sky, the air faintly carried a smell.

The special forces soldier at the front suddenly lifted his head, carefully sniffed, his brows suddenly furrowed, "Blood smell?"

"All attention, there may be a situation ahead, proceed with caution, prepare for battle!"

The other special forces nodded in turn, quickly released the safety, expressions solemn, silently advancing forward.

They followed the footprints on the ground, pushed aside the half-person-high shrubs ahead, the closer they got, the stronger the blood smell became, everyone's spirits also tensed up.

However, upon clearly seeing the scene ahead, everyone was stunned.

What met their eyes was a scene of bloodiness, to the extent that the surrounding plants were dyed red, those unaware might think they'd mistakenly entered a slaughterhouse.

In sight were the corpses of the M国 special agents and soldiers they had been tracking for so long, miserably piled up here.

Their heads seemed to have been forcibly twisted off, their eyes gouged out, over ten in total, placed beside them, forming a pyramid shape.

The topmost skull was that of the agent captain Keen Sen, his eyeballs not gouged out, matching his twisted features, as if before death he had seen something extremely terrifying.

Others either had a large hole punched in their chests, or their arms were partially missing; in short, each person's death state was different.

The shattered flesh mixed with soil, with a slender plant swaying its body in the wind atop it.

Red and white mixed together, flesh blurred, even though the Daxia military had seen life and death, and the intensity of battlefields, they had never seen such a miserable death scene.

Truly too miserable!

Vast amounts of blood soaked the land, even the surrounding trees were thus, blood almost able to gather into small streams.

Looking at the hellish scene before them, after a long while someone broke the silence, "This, these are all done by whom."

It absolutely couldn't be them, after all they still wanted to capture someone alive for interrogation to find out where the meteorite landed.

"Third team! What's wrong with you, did you successfully intercept the M-country agents, why haven't you replied for so long——"

From behind came another rustling sound, more than a dozen Daxia special forces soldiers rushed out of the dense forest with their guns, anxious, and before they could finish speaking, seeing the scene ahead, they abruptly stopped.

"Damn, what's going on here!"

The bloody scene kept impacting their vision, even though these special forces had experienced countless battles and could eat raw mice without changing expression, seeing these mangled corpses still made them somewhat nauseous.

The leading special forces captain stepped forward, his gaze stern: "Did you guys do this?"

Seeing their captain's expression like looking at a pervert, the first-arriving third team special forces twitched the corners of their mouths incessantly, "Captain, do you think we're that kind of people!"

"When we rushed over here, it was already like this."

Special forces captain Chen Yanbo crouched down, his expression solemn as he observed the bloodstains and bone fragments on the ground, even touching his own body and turning over the surrounding soil.

His strong military quality and calm composure made the surrounding other team members show admiring expressions.

Chen Yanbo pondered for a moment then said: "The bodies haven't completely cooled, the blood hasn't coagulated, indicating the person who caused all this hasn't gone far yet."

"Third team, you search along the southeast direction."

"Second team, you leave a few people here to send signals and gather intelligence, the rest follow me to continue searching!"

"Received!"

Numerous special forces members sprang into action.

However, the subsequent actions yielded nothing, no clues were found at all.

Even if the numerous Daxia special forces members used all kinds of technological equipment and tracking methods, they found no traces.

It was as if the M-country special forces had been wiped out, vanished from the human world.

Apart from some herbal plant roots and stems found not far away, they found nothing else.

"What's going on, why no traces were left at all, this really shouldn't be the case."

Chen Yanbo returned to the crime scene, at this time the blood on the ground had already coagulated, he furrowed his brows tightly, his expression somewhat troubled.

I know this person Cohen Sen, he is M-country's most outstanding special forces member, later transformed into an FBI agent.

But such a person died inexplicably here, not to mention his death state was still so miserable.

"It's impossible that our Daxia did this, could it be other forces?"

"Exactly which force, actually has such great capability, to deal with Cohen Sen and his group in such a short time"

Chen Yanbo was really curious to the extreme.

The monkey, the culprit behind all this, didn't have any disgusting perverted thoughts.

In the eyes of monsters, humans and they are different, especially the monkey as a healer, has much more curiosity about living beings, suddenly seeing a group of blond-haired, blue-eyed foreigners, just wanted to study them.

Furthermore, the monkey had already warned these people, it was them themselves who didn't listen and insisted on barging in, and moreover, on Cohen Sen's body, the monkey felt a strong blood-killing aura.

It can be seen that these people also have some blood on their hands, that's why they dared to attack them without hesitation, if it were other ordinary innocent people, the monkey would at most give them a beating as a light punishment.

……

After a carpet-like search, numerous Daxia special forces still couldn't find any useful clues, could only take photos of the scene, everything done and recorded to go back and report.

Although the meteorite hasn't been found yet, there is good news, that is, all the forces dispatched by M-country this time were completely wiped out.

Whether it's special forces members or these agents, they cannot be measured by money, cultivating an excellent talent requires investing a lot of time and money.

Losing so much at once, even if M-country is rich and powerful, they would probably feel the pain.

Of course, the members dispatched by other countries also suffered devastating blows, no matter how they hid, they couldn't escape Daxia's strict search!

Wushan Mountain Range.

Amidst the clouds and mist, the mountain colors float, illusory and ethereal, like a southern Chinese ink painting scroll, while outside it is layer upon layer of heavy troops guarding, the Daxia military has sealed the outer perimeter tightly, not to mention people, even a fly cannot fly out.

The archaeological team and others walking out saw exactly this scene, completely unaware that the outside world had undergone tremendous changes.

Hearing the commotion from afar, dozens of pitch-black gun barrels pointed at their heads, scaring Professor Zhang and others to quickly raise their hands, "Captain, don't shoot, we're our own people!!"

Seeing clearly it wasn't foreign agents, the soldiers quickly lowered their guns, "Who are you people?"

Professor Zhang and others quickly took out their credentials, "We are the archaeological team from Wu Du and Kyoto, originally we were in the mountains inspecting an ancient tomb, but we discovered a golden meteorite falling from the sky, which actually smashed open that ancient tomb!"

Hearing this, the military personnel's eyes instantly lit up, after verifying their identities had no problems, they immediately contacted the general command of the southwest region.

"Report to the chief quickly! We have a major discovery here!"

The archaeological team members were escorted out by staff, rushing overnight to the southwest region's general command.

……

Southwest Region Command.

Chen Yanbo was reporting his investigation situation.

"You say what? All dead! The meteorite also not found, exactly who did it?"

The old man in Zhongshan suit had a solemn gaze, his aura not angry but imposing, "Didn't I tell you to capture someone alive?"

"The meteorite is definitely on them, now they're all dead, how can we still accuse M-country, where to find the meteorite's traces?"

Chen Yanbo showed a self-blaming expression, "This matter wasn't done by us, when the third team rushed over, they were already all dead."

"Afterwards we carried out a carpet-like search, found no suspicious personnel, and no clues related to the meteorite."

Chen Yanbo took out the photos he took at the scene, "This is the crime scene, we feel it's very strange, being able to easily annihilate M-country special forces, this force is absolutely not to be underestimated."

Guohua glanced at it, the wrinkles between his brows almost able to pinch a mosquito to death, because the picture inside was really too bloody and strange.

"How could it be like this."

Guohua carefully observed these photos, found that these corpses' wounds were very strange, not like caused by sharp instruments, and also had no bullet holes or puncture traces.

Some bare bones exposed outside, not a single bit of flesh residue remained, can be said to be clean to the extreme.

Basically not like human-caused, but rather like torn off by some biological giant force, most importantly, he really found beast claw marks on it.

"This cannot be caused by human means."

I always feel these wounds look somewhat familiar, as if I've seen something similar somewhere before.

Chen Yanbo nodded beside him, "We conducted a careful investigation, and all the muscles and bones on the bodies appear to have been torn apart by some violent force, with claw marks on them, more like the work of some large wild beast."

Xu Guohua showed an incredulous expression, "What wild beast could deal with fully armed agents? This is simply impossible."

Chen Yanbo also thought it unlikely, "Could it be that the other side released smoke bombs to confuse our vision?"

But upon further thought, normal people wouldn't believe it, after all, where would a wild beast have such great strength?

"Wait!"

Suddenly Xu Guohua seemed to think of something, and hurriedly called up the multimedia beside him, flipping out several photos.

These photos are exactly the scenes previously captured by the scientific expedition team and special forces inside the tomb chamber, "Look at these!"

Similarly, both are bloody, with beast traces left on the bodies, the immense brute force doesn't seem man-made; comparing the two, at first glance, they really do share a remarkable similarity.

Chen Yanbo couldn't help but widen his eyes, "Chief, where did you get these photos from."

"They were taken earlier in the tomb where the meteorite fell."

Looking at these photos, Chen Yanbo pondered for a moment, "Could it be that the deaths of these two teams were both caused by the same force."

After some speculation, everyone felt it very likely that this force also took the meteorite.

Now it seems M country is really too unlucky, encountering it once, then again, and finally the entire army was wiped out.

The most critical question is, which country's force is this, possessing such great ability to annihilate M country's special forces and agents in a short time.

Even the Daxia military cannot reach such speed.

Just as the two were discussing which force it was, the conference room door was knocked on, "Chief, we have a major discovery!"

"Before the meteorite fell, an archaeological team first entered the Wushan mountain range, then arrived at the meteorite landing site, entered the tomb chamber, and subsequently encountered M country's special forces."

Hearing this, Xu Guohua was overjoyed, "Quickly bring them over."

M country's special forces were entirely wiped out, and the clues were cut off; they had been worrying about who took the meteorite, but now there are actually eyewitnesses—how could he not be excited.

Not long after, Professor Zhang and others finally met with the military, he extended his hand, "Chief, hello!"

After exchanging pleasantries with Xu Guohua, he hurriedly asked people to sit down, "In these special times, we needn't stand on ceremony, Professor Zhang, tell us everything that happened in the ancient tomb, no detail too small."

Professor Zhang nodded, "That's right, when we entered the ancient tomb, we soon discovered that meteorite, then heard footsteps outside, so we hid in the side tomb chamber."

Everything was normal up to that point, but later it began to become absurd, Xu Guohua and Chen Yanbo showed expressions of disbelief.

"You mean, just as M country's special forces were preparing to set micro-explosives, a fierce tiger appeared?"

Professor Zhang corrected them, "Precisely speaking, it was a tiger wearing an apron, even able to flip the middle finger and speak, this tiger demon single-handedly faced M country's special forces' firepower without flinching."

Those unaware might think they were hearing a story, Chen Yanbo struggled to speak, "So, in the end, was it an old tiger that took the meteorite?"

"Yes!"

The moment the firm and resolute words landed, the entire venue fell into a deathly silence.

Xu Guohua, after so many years, has seen his share of great storms, but hearing such absurd words now, his expression inevitably became somewhat dazed.

Could they have misheard? Professor Zhang actually said it was a tiger that took it.

A tiger wearing an apron and flipping the middle finger—even novels and storybooks wouldn't dare write that!

Chen Yanbo's expression instantly became hard to describe, suspecting whether Professor Zhang had been stimulated in the tomb chamber, causing his mental state to become somewhat abnormal.

He spoke gently, "Professor Zhang, haven't you rested well? How about this: you go back to rest first, organize your thoughts, and come back to report later—it's not too late."

Xu Guohua also thought the same.

Professor Zhang and others understood the implication in Chen Yanbo's words, their expressions solemn: "Chief, I understand your meaning, but I am now completely clear-headed, not just me, but the other team members also saw it."

The people beside him also nodded, "Yes, Chief, we all saw it, absolutely not an illusion or blurred vision."

If one person said this, it might be forgivable, but a group saying it makes it seem somewhat strange.

Looking at their solemn expressions, Chen Yanbo and Xu Guohua still didn't believe it, after all, what the archaeological team and others said is truly incredible, shocking to the world.

How could there be demons in this world? This isn't a joke, and moreover, there are no pictures or videos to prove the truth of what they said.

Professor Zhang's expression was sincere, "I know what I say sounds incredible, frankly, before I personally experienced all this, I also didn't believe demons exist in this world, but everything in the tomb chamber changed my deep-rooted views."

He even feared Xu Guohua and Chen Yanbo might misunderstand, so he added: "Moreover, before coming here we underwent psychological testing, and our mental state is stable."

Xu Guohua's expression instantly became hard to describe.

Looking at Professor Zhang and others' appearance, they also seem quite normal, not like they have any mental illness, yet regarding the matter of demons existing in this world, it still seems somewhat absurd.

Xu Guohua and others politely saw Professor Zhang and others off, and the situation became even more confusing.

However, just as they had left, at this moment, a special phone call came through to the command center!

"Who called?"

"749 Bureau."

Xu Guohua frowned, "Why is the 749 Bureau calling at this time?"

If he didn't misremember, the 749 Bureau side was investigating nationwide anomalies, why call me?

But regarding the 749 Bureau, he didn't dare neglect it, Xu Guohua answered the satellite call from the 749 Bureau.

"Director Chen, what's the matter?"

Chen Zhijun got straight to the point: "I heard about the situation in the Wushan mountain range, so I wanted to come over and inquire."

Xu Guohua sighed, "Don't mention it, I've been worried about this matter, originally we suspected the meteorite fell into M country's hands, now M country's people there were entirely wiped out, whereabouts unknown, and even someone said demons took the meteorite—"

Chen Zhijun's eyes flickered, "Wait, what did you say?"

Xu Guohua recounted what happened here, including what Professor Zhang had just said.

Hearing this, Chen Zhijun's eyes became somewhat complex, "You probably haven't seen Professor Song Ze's press conference, have you?"

"When would I have time! What press conference?"

"Professor Song Ze and others encountered demons at Longyuan Mountain and held a press conference. And according to our 749 Bureau's investigation and analysis, we suspect demons truly exist in this world, so……Professor Song Ze's words might not be false!"

As a chief of Daxia, at this moment Xu Guohua felt as if he were listening to a heavenly script.

He looked utterly bewildered, his face full of disbelief, "Are you sure? There really are monsters?!"

Not only Professor Zhang, but even the 749 Bureau said so.

Chen Zhijun's voice sounded somewhat weathered, "Absolutely certain, these are all Professor Song Ze's personal experiences, and we have indeed found some clues that could prove the possibility of monsters existing!"

"In short, things are roughly like this; your situation might also be the work of monsters, and it's highly likely, precisely the monster that Professor Song Ze encountered in Longyuan Mountain!"

"We have already applied to our superiors for an action report, and will soon conduct a new investigation of Longyuan Mountain, attempting to communicate with the monsters! So, your military's investigation into the meteorite's whereabouts might possibly join in..."

After a long while, hanging up the phone, Xu Guohua remained dazed for a long time, he walked to the window, gazing into the distance at the lush mountain range, which seemed to be a part of the Longyuan Mountain range.

For a moment, this seemingly ordinary mountain made him feel especially mysterious.

"Longyuan Mountain, just what secrets does it hide......"(End of chapter)