Chapter 1266: Discovering the Underground Bunker

"Reporting to Commander, after the beast tide entered, ground monitoring data for Fierce Fire Mountain—apart from the four leak points—remains normal, no toxic substances detected."

Inside a helicopter hovering above Fierce Fire Mountain, disaster-suppression supervisor Luo Pei reported the situation here to the commander.

Everyone knew the Fierce Fire Squad, which had held the top spot on Hui City Squad Rankings for over five years, was running illegal experiments. Otherwise they wouldn't have, in just five or six short years, "developed" so many serums and churned out batch after batch of prohibited toxic weapons. But Fierce Fire had always been cautious and discreet—no one knew where their lab was.

In today's disaster-suppression operation, the detection team, based on the intel provided by Wang Rujiang, searched Fierce Fire Mountain and the surrounding evolution forest, and only found small amounts of uncleared spreading toxin in four areas. This was also why Zhang San had ordered Fierce Fire Mountain cleared out.

Since they couldn't control these people, they would just drive them back to Hui One Safe Zone. No matter how much the Fire Phoenix stirred things up inside Hui One Safe Zone, the Fierce Fire Squad's threat to the surrounding evolution forest and other bases would be much smaller.

Zhang San replied calmly, "Keep observing and monitoring the beast tide's movements and air quality. Report any anomalies immediately."

"Copy." Luo Pei ended the call with the commander and looked at Xia Qing, who was checking her phone beside her.

Xia Qing had just used text to report the Fierce Fire Mountain beasts' movements to her idol, and took a moment to check on her territory. Seeing Luo Pei looking at her, she explained, "Our territory is under raptor attack. No casualties so far."

Everyone...

True to form for a farming lord—even out on disaster suppression she's still keeping an eye on her little plot of land.

A disaster-suppression operative from the detection team sent by Hui One couldn't hold back any longer, and spoke up in an accusatory tone, "Director Xia, right below us, over three thousand mu of Fierce Fire Squad's prime farmland have been destroyed by the beast tide."

Xia Qing stared at him expressionlessly. So? Out with it!

The aura of a dual-system advanced evolution sniper—how could a near-zero combat technician withstand it? The man folded in seconds, bowing his head and not daring to make a sound.

A Hui Three disaster-suppression team member shot a look at this coward, then asked, "Captain Luo, do you think the beasts down there will withdraw before dark and return to their own territories?"

Luo Pei shook her head. There was someone on the helicopter who could answer that question, but it wasn't her.

"Captain Luo." The visual evolver in charge of reconnaissance spoke up, "The beasts have found the entrance to the underground bunker!"

Over a hundred Fierce Fire members were hiding inside the underground bunker. No matter how tightly the doors were sealed, there would be traces of human scent left outside from transporting supplies—so the beasts finding the bunker's location was only a matter of time.

Now, it all depended on whether these gradually calming wild beasts would charge at the bunker's doors.

Panicked giant lizards, wild boars, buffalo and other animals were still scurrying chaotically within the Fierce Fire Squad's walled territory. For the beasts to gather these animals and have them slam into the doors regardless of their lives was no easy feat.

Most of the disaster-suppression personnel in the cabin were hoping the Fierce Fire Squad members would be wiped out.

But Xia Qing didn't want Old Four to attack or even break through the bunker's doors. First, the Fierce Fire members hiding inside were sure to be carrying heavy weapons and equipment; Old Four clashing with them head-on would definitely get injured or even killed. Second, those scumbags underground were human—if the wolf pack charged the doors, her idol would have to order the beasts to stop harming humans.

Hearing the sharp heh-heh sounds of the hyena that had found the underground bunker, calling its companions, Xia Qing immediately pulled out her phone, wanting to message her idol.

Before Xia Qing could send the message, the helicopter disaster-suppression squad received the idol's order: "Xia Qing, Huo Zhun, Wang Man—immediately escort the supplies moved out from the Fierce Fire Mountain warehouse to Hui One, Detection Point Twenty-Two Mountain."

"Copy."

Xia Qing glanced once more at the beasts below roaring in fury, then nimbly swung on a rappel rope to another helicopter, joined Wang Man and Huo Zhun, and headed for Twenty-Two Mountain. The idol had reassigned her to escort supplies—surely to have her handle something more important than watching the beast tide inside Fierce Fire.

The old wolf, which had been running fast, stopped. It glanced up at Xia Qing, who had switched helicopters and flown off, then looked at the helicopter circling overhead. After letting out several long howls, it charged toward the underground bunker entrance, leapt up, and swatted the surveillance camera on the nearby stone wall to pieces with one paw.

"Those damn beasts are coming, hurry!"

The surveillance screens all went black. The Fierce Fire Squad's Seventh Team inside the underground bunker didn't panic at all—they looked excited. Deng Peng lowered his voice, urging his teammates to move faster, "Cut two blood bags, lure all the beasts outside over here, hurry!"

"Yeah, call them all over here to blow them up!"

The old wolf heard the faint sound of human conversation from inside and let out a low howl.

The helicopter landed at Twenty-Two Mountain. After handing off the mission, Xia Qing immediately received the idol's order: "Xia Qing, hand the supplies to Wang Man. You and Huo Zhun immediately head back to Sealed Zone Five, Twenty-Eight Mountain."

"Copy."

After handing off the mission, Xia Qing ran at full speed with Huo Zhun for over ten minutes, then pretended to run out of energy and let Huo Zhun carry her on his back while she continued forward. She lay on Huo Zhun's back and dialed Broken-Waist Wolf's number.

When the ringtone sounded in her Bluetooth earpiece, Xia Qing gripped her phone tightly, silently praying: Pick up, please pick up...

The phone rang seven times before it was finally answered.

Seeing the familiar big black nose appear on the screen, Xia Qing immediately spoke, "Handsome Wolf Bro, a group of over three hundred evolution macaques from Hui Six is moving fast toward the western tiger pack's territory—that is, Blindy and the others' territory. Can Handsome Wolf Bro pass this message to the western wolf pack right away and have them notify the western tiger pack? Three evolution tigers went with Old Four to get revenge, and they're not in their territory right now."

After hearing what Xia Qing had said, even Huo Zhun—a retired special forces soldier with solid combat training—nearly stumbled and fell.

"Handsome Wolf Bro, can you do it?"

Broken-Waist Wolf briefly showed the bloodied tips of its fangs, tilted its head back, and let out a howl. Xia Qing could only make out the meaning of a warning.

After Broken-Waist Wolf howled the message several times, it lowered its head to look at Xia Qing again.

"I don't have anything else. Thanks, Handsome Wolf Bro. Are you hunting, Handsome Wolf Bro?"

Broken-Waist Wolf showed its bloodied fangs once more, ended the call with a nudge of its nose, and went back to gnawing on its meat strip.

After replying to her idol, Xia Qing put away her phone. "Brother Huo, we're good."

After the call, she could run on her own.

"No worries, carrying you I'm faster anyway." Huo Zhun didn't stop, and asked while running, "Brother Duan is hundreds of kilometers from here—can it accurately pass the message along? Why didn't Sister Qing record it and send it to Captain Luo?"

Xia Qing certainly had her considerations. "For a disaster-suppression operation of this level, recordings definitely have to be submitted."

Just as humans have unique voiceprints, every wolf's howl also has individual differences. Xia Qing certainly wouldn't risk exposing the northern wolf pack's strength to save the southern wolf pack.

If Broken-Waist Wolf's warning howl couldn't make the wolf pack and tiger pack immediately return to their respective territories, then they'd go with the idol's plan—use the potent tranquilizer darts!

(End of Chapter)