Chapter 264

The ground was directly shattered by the impact.

Su Yang wasn't satisfied—he swung his foot and kicked the man's lower body.

"How dare you call me an asshole!"

"Ah!"

"Follow your orders?"

"Ah!"

"To hell with the Beast God!"

"Ah!"

A flurry of stomps left Su Yang somewhat appeased.

The Shoushen Sect Sect disciple had completely passed out.

Blood spread from his groin area.

Even unconscious, he still clutched his crotch with both hands.

Gao Yuan walked up to the Shoushen Sect Sect disciple, examined him, and shouted loudly: "Medic! Send medical personnel here!"

Even if Su Yang had held back his force, repeatedly kicking that man's vulnerable spot could still kill him!

Su Yang glanced at his bloodstained shoes and, with clear disgust, wiped them clean on the unconscious man's clothing.

Soon, medical personnel arrived, accompanied by a beastmaster bringing a Qingyu Sheep.

After removing the man's pants, the doctor, seeing the horrific state, couldn't help but grimace: "Feels like we don't even need to amputate..."

Su Yang and Gao Yuan didn't care at all.

They only needed him alive—as long as he could speak, that was enough.

"Lieutenant Su, thank you so much this time!" Gao Yuan extended his hand to Su Yang. "Without you, we might have searched for ages."

Su Yang shook Gao Yuan's hand: "It's my duty—we came here for exactly this!"

The two elderly couples originally living in the apartment were quickly revived; Yu Xiuhui was immediately sent to the hospital.

The remaining cleanup work, of course, fell to Nanyucheng.

"Ding~ Congratulations, host! Successfully captured a Shoushen Sect Sect member in Nanyucheng!"

"Ding~ Mission completed! Host may upgrade one of their beast's talent levels by one rank!"

Su Yang chose the Earth Shock Bear's mental resistance talent.

He had realized today that mental resistance was actually quite useful.

Without mental resistance, he might have been controlled today.

"Ding~ Your beast, the Earth Shock Bear, has upgraded its Rare Mental Resistance talent to Legendary!"

Su Yang always prioritized survival.

Only if you live can you deal damage.

Only if you survive is there hope.

Leaving the apartment, he changed into his military uniform and led his team back to the guesthouse.

Chen Ke asked: "Captain, is that really it?"

Su Yang replied: "Of course that's it. What else do you want?"

"Feels like we came here and did nothing!" Xu Jiutian muttered unhappily. "Just accompanied the captain on a half-day shopping spree!"

"Shopping? Isn't shopping nice?" Su Yang murmured. "Who wouldn't want to shop every day?"

"Exactly! Who doesn't want to shop every day? Who wants to fight for their life daily?" Liu Derong whispered.

"But now that the mission is done, we're free!"

Su Yang glanced at the sky—it was still early, barely three in the afternoon: "Mission's done. If you want to go shopping, go. Be back by seven—the mayor's treating us to dinner."

"Got it!"

Su Yang's subordinates scattered like birds and beasts.

At dinner, Su Yang inquired about the interrogation status of the two Shoushen Sect Sect members.

Gao Yuan sighed helplessly: "We got no useful intel—their memories were tampered with."

"That's troublesome."

Su Yang wasn't skilled in memory manipulation either.

"Changwu City has experts in memory fields too," Gao Yuan said. "We'll try one more time here. If we still can't crack it, I'd like to ask Lieutenant Su to escort them back to Changwu City."

"Fine."

Su Yang didn't refuse.

Even if reported up the chain, the mission would still likely fall to them.

After all, they were passing through.

"I'll immediately report the situation here—thirteen days," Gao Yuan said. "If we make no progress before the next worm train arrives, you take them back."

"Understood."

Su Yang could accept staying a few more days in Nanyucheng.

Almost all human base cities are surrounded by ferocious beasts.

Killing ferocious beast leaders in Changwu City is no different from killing them here.

He told the four squad members, and they had no objections.

The day after capturing the Shoushen Sect Sect members, Su Yang received from military headquarters a map of ferocious beast distributions near Nanyucheng.

Nothing was more important than enhancing one's strength.

Now, the Storm Eagle, the Earth Shock Bear, and the Hellblood Vine all reached Gold High-Grade.

Only the Rainbow Illusion Butterfly remained at Gold Mid-Grade, which made Su Yang, with his slight obsessive-compulsive tendencies, feel uneasy.

Twelve days later, eight Beast Tamer gathered in a dilapidated residential building within the poor district of Nanyucheng.

On the ground beside them lay a married couple and a child aged seven or eight.

Among the eight Beast Tamers, a man nearly one meter ninety tall, entirely shrouded in a black robe, asked: "Have you all confirmed the location where He Lu and Bai Xingsi are imprisoned?"

A Gold Mid-Grade Beast Tamer bowed and said: "My lord, we've confirmed it—they are held in the military's dungeon!"

"How are the guards?"

"It's troublesome—Commandant Gao Yuan has been residing in the military headquarters recently!"

"Gao Yuan?" the Heipaozhu Sect murmured softly. "It seems I must act myself—but if I do, our Shoushen Sect will immediately draw the attention of the Southwest Military!"

"But He Lu and Bai Xingsi know everything about us… if their memories are extracted, we'll all be in trouble."

"These useless wastes!" the Heipaozhu Sect cursed. "They already escaped, yet were still found."

"My lord, we also learned that Nanyucheng couldn't extract anything from them—they plan to hand He Lu and Bai Xingsi over to the Changwu Field Emergency Team, to be transported via Worm Train to Changwu City. Should we strike on the Worm Train?"

The Heipaozhu Sect shook his head: "That won't work. The train conductors average a rank higher than city governors. Compared to them, Gao Yuan is easier to handle—he, as governor, has more constraints."

"So your meaning is we act in Nanyucheng?"

"Yes. I summoned you from other cities—you've all traveled hard!" the Heipaozhu Sect said. "We rest today. We strike tomorrow night. I'll handle Gao Yuan. You handle retrieving He Lu and Bai Xingsi. If all else fails, let them serve the Beast God!"

"Yes, my lord!"

Thirteen days later, at dusk, Su Yang met Adjutant Jiang Long.

Jiang Long also brought orders from the Changwu City military headquarters: he would lead the escort of the two Shoushen Sect Sect members back to Changwu City.

"Ding~ Mission released: Escort the Shoushen Sect Sect members back to Changwu City."

"Mission reward: Host may designate one pet beast to learn a skill aligned with its innate talent."

Whenever a system mission appeared, it was never to be missed.

After a brief inquiry, Nanyucheng had extracted no valuable information from the two Shoushen Sect Sect members.

In the late night, Su Yang lay in bed when suddenly he heard a thunderous explosion.

The ground shook violently, as if an earthquake had struck.