Chapter 412: Blown Up

"I don't know!" Zhou Xun, pushed to the forefront by Territory Two, gritted his teeth, wishing he could hack his own leg twice and crawl to Territory Twelve to find Tang Huai.

Damn it—the Tang family's internal fighting, why the hell is the unlucky one me?

I just wanted to make a living, who did I provoke, who did I offend?!

On the lord channel, someone spoke in a hoarse, duck-like voice, "I. Said. It. Twice."

The voice was so unclear that everyone couldn't help wondering whether it was even produced by a human.

Kuang Qingwei asked, "Did someone just speak? Did everyone hear clearly?"

Sheep Boss stopped chewing, opened his eyes, and stared at the walkie-talkie beside him.

Xia Qing cleared it up for her companions, "It's Tang Huai. He's injured."

Tang Heng answered Kuang Qingwei's question on the lord channel, "The one who spoke just now was my brother, Tang Huai. My brother's vocal cords are injured, he can't speak normally. Before the refugees left the territory, my brother twice emphasized to them that there were brain-domain evolved bears and brain-domain evolved wolves in the Evolution Forest, telling them not to actively provoke the evolved bears and wolves when hunting, to avoid provoking retaliation."

"Roar—"

"Roar—"

Two more angry bear roars. Beard Feng cursed, "It's been over five minutes and the gunfire in the Evolution Forest still hasn't stopped, the bears' roars are getting louder and louder. Tang Heng, among the people you sent out, are there deaf people, or idiots?"

Tang Heng answered solemnly, "Among the evolvers who went out, we've confirmed there are neither of the two types Captain Hu mentioned."

The two Tang brothers' personalities were too different. Beard Feng, used to trading insults with Tang Huai, was momentarily at a loss for how to talk with Tang Heng.

Zhou Zhaoping, assistant of Territory Eight, asked, "Captain Tan, who should compensate, and how many times over, for the losses our territory suffered from the brain-domain evolved bears' retaliatory attack?"

This one, Hu Zi really couldn't answer. "Our captain is busy right now, the specifics have already been reported. Please rest assured, no matter when, the Investigation Team will stand on the front line, protecting the safety of all lords and territories."

Zhou Xun was pushed out by Territory Two again to take the blame, "Our agent has already explained the pros and cons to the refugees. If they still clash with the evolved bears, it's very likely they accidentally wandered into the evolved bears' territory, so they were attacked by the evolved bears. If they did it on purpose, that's even more terrifying—who sent these refugees, who wish their own people would be wiped out by the bear pack, to the territory? Isn't this harming people!"

People from different territories heard Zhou Xun's words and simultaneously spat out one word: Scram!

Damn, so it wasn't that Tang Huai was annoying—it was that whoever held the position of Territory Two's agent would be annoying.

Zhao Ze, unsure of himself, asked his pillar of support, "Sister Xia Qing, if the brain-domain evolved bears really attack, do we really have no way to deal with it?"

Xia Qing answered, "If the brain-domain evolved bears gather a large number of evolved bears or other evolved animals and attack the territory during the Calamity Rain, we don't have a sure-win chance."

Outside the Calamity Rain period, no matter how strong the evolved bear pack is, if they walk out of the Evolution Forest and attack human territories, they'll be blasted into mincemeat by artillery shells.

But during the Calamity Rain, because using heavy firepower, high voltage, lasers and other weapons could very likely trigger a Calamity Explosion, human combat power drops to its lowest during the Calamity Rain. We really might not be able to take on a bear pack led by two brain-domain evolved bears.

The territory has no sturdy walls. If we really encounter a bear pack attack, it would be an utterly catastrophic disaster.

Hearing Zhu Li asked, "Evolved bears need to breathe too, and they don't have protective masks. Wouldn't they be affected by the Calamity Rain?"

Shi Du answered, "They would. After being affected, evolved bears with weak resistance are very likely to lose control and go berserk, their combat power at least doubling. They won't stop until they're beaten to death."

Everyone fell silent.

Beard Feng reported the latest news on the lord channel: "The top of Mountain Forty-Nine has detected that deep in the Evolution Forest, evolved bears have already started roaring back in response to the two bears on Mountain Fifty."

"Are those the two brain-domain evolved bears?" Zhao Ze's voice was trembling. "No, please. I've lost several pounds recently, I just finished building the greenhouse…"

Kuang Qingwei pleaded, "Captain Tan, can you immediately send people to Mountain Fifty to stop the hunting squad, don't let them fight the evolved bears?"

Shi Zhong couldn't help but speak up too, "Captain Tan, think of something quick. What's growing in our fields is food…"

No matter how capable Tan Junjie was, he was only the Investigation Team squad leader responsible for the security of this patch of territory. What could he possibly do right now?

From the first bear roar until now, it's already been fifteen minutes. The bears are still roaring—this is too abnormal.

This shows the refugee squad's purpose wasn't to hunt bears, but to deliberately enrage the evolved bears, make them roar, and draw the attention of the bear pack on Mountain Sixty-One.

Their purpose in doing this—Xia Qing could think of two:

One, to draw the bear pack on Mountain Sixty-One to support Mountain Fifty, making it easier for Xu Pin, who'll take a helicopter to the lake beside Mountain Sixty-One tomorrow, to carry out his operation.

Two, the Blaze Squad and the Sufeng Squad are using this behavior of actively provoking the bear pack to pressure Zhang San, letting him understand the consequences of not cooperating with the Blaze Squad.

Regardless of which purpose, what Sufeng did is just too damn immoral. Because for their own selfish interests, they simply didn't take the safety of the hundreds of lives and thousands of acres of farmland in this territory to heart at all.

Honestly, Xia Qing really wanted to haul out her howitzer and blast the helicopter in Territory Two with one shot.

Damn you—if you're going to the lake on Mountain Sixty-One, then walk through the Evolution Forest and have a face-to-face brawl with the bear pack you drew out!

Thoughts are thoughts, but Xia Qing couldn't actually do this. Because she wasn't yet strong enough to directly wage war against the Sufeng Squad. The moment she blew up the Sufeng Squad's helicopter, the very next moment, the Sufeng Squad would blow up her territory.

Problems she could figure out, Yang Jin and Third Brother couldn't possibly fail to figure out. They…

"Boom!"

"Blast!"

While Xia Qing was racking her brains for a solution, she suddenly heard a violent explosion. The windows of her house rattled loudly.

"Moo!"

Sheep Boss, startled by the huge noise and tremor, jumped up and let out an angry roar. The territory was under attack—he had to protect it together with Xia Qing.

"What was that sound?"

"What was that flash of light just now, where did it explode?"

"It looks to me like it's Territory Two or Territory Eleven?"

The lord channel exploded into chaos. Xia Qing took Sheep Boss and climbed up to the attic, watching the fire and thick smoke rising in Territory Two, and clapped her hands hard.

"Good! That was a great explosion!"

She had only been thinking about it, but someone in this territory had already taken action and blown up the helicopter parked in Territory Two!

Hu Zi inquired on the lord channel, "Territory Two, please report what happened in your territory, why was there an explosion?"

No one answered on the lord channel. At this moment in Territory Two, no one could hear the sound from the walkie-talkie.