Chapter 435: Explosion

"Croak—"

The brain-evolved crow hiding in the tree saw another eagle owl slowly flap over, raised its head to aim the camera at the newcomer, and quietly reported to Seeing Xin Yu.

Inside Territory Eight, Seeing Xin Yu immediately contacted Yang Jin through the walkie-talkie. "The eagle owl from Territory Nine is in position. Xu Pin is behind a big rock three hundred meters to your nine o'clock. Force him into the open as fast as you can and strip away his cover."

"Understood." Yang Jin replied and sprinted toward Xu Pin's hiding spot.

Xu Pin, lurking in the shadows, had been planning his retreat after realizing he couldn't kill Yang Jin tonight when he suddenly sensed a killing intent.

He had just rolled aside to dodge when the rock he'd been hiding behind was kicked away. Every hair on Xu Pin's body stood on end, and he spun around and ran.

Xu Pin was also a high-level evolver, but he was a six-times stamina evolver—his running and reaction speed were far inferior to top-tier speed evolver Yang Jin. So no matter which direction he ran, Yang Jin would cut him off and kick him flying.

This wasn't a fight between two men; it was a top speed evolver single-handedly crushing a stamina evolver.

Inside Territory Nine, Shan Ying watched the footage from the eagle owl's camera with unusual excitement. "Order the eagle owl to drop its flight altitude to the lowest!"

A scout reminded him, "Captain Shan, if the altitude is too low, the eagle owl is very likely to be caught or killed by the elastic evolvers of the Green Dragon Squad."

"Capturing precious footage is its reason for existing." Shan Ying's eyes were locked on the top speed evolver's movements. "Lower the altitude. Lower it again."

Seeing Xin Yu inside Territory Eight saw the Territory Nine eagle owl's altitude drop to around ten meters and quietly ordered, "Guagua, take out the bomb. Let Xiaoxiao stay out of that big bird's line of sight and fly high."

Guagua immediately hopped onto the evolved eagle owl's back, used its talons to command the owl to spread its wings, and flew above the Territory Nine eagle owl.

The eagle owl is the largest owl on Blue Star. When this kind of bird slows its flight, it is almost silent and very hard to detect.

Inside Territory Nine, Seeing Xin Yu, wearing an earpiece, calmly ordered, "Guagua, take the bomb out in your beak. Xiaoxiao, descend."

The eagle owl descended to an altitude of twenty-five meters. Seeing Xin Yu contacted Yang Jin. "Retreat in twenty seconds. Countdown starts now."

"Copy."

Yang Jin switched on his camera, rushed forward, grabbed him by the collar of his protective suit so he couldn't see what was happening overhead, and gathered evidence. "Xu Pin, why did you want to kill Brother Luo?"

"Heh." Xu Pin, blood spurting from his mouth from Yang Jin's beating, laughed coldly. "Why? Of course because he chose you and Xie Yu instead of joining my squad. Because even after you reached Hui Three, you kept opposing me at every turn."

Yang Jin punched him hard. "You bastard. Your squad has done nothing but dirty work—no decent person would want to join!"

"Guagua, drop the bomb."

Time's up! Yang Jin, fist raised, seemed to sense something and suddenly looked up at the sky.

"Not good, Yang Jin dis—"

The scout inside Territory Nine didn't finish his sentence before the surveillance feed went black, and a violent explosion rang out from outside the window.

"What's the situation?" Shan Ying frowned and asked.

The scout's heart was bleeding. "The eagle owl is dead. Cause unknown. It's very likely Xu Pin detonated the explosives he was carrying."

"Send speed evolvers to check immediately. If Yang Jin is already dead or seriously wounded, we must bring him back." A top-tier human evolver, alive or dead, was of enormous research value.

Inside Territory Three, Xia Qing felt the shockwave of the explosion make even her attic tremble. Sheep Boss and Sick Wolf both stood up, propped their front legs on the window frame, and peered out from either side of Xia Qing.

Xia Qing's heart leapt into her throat. She lowered her voice. "This explosion sounds clearly different from the earlier ones."

It was very likely Seeing Xin Yu had made his move. She didn't know if it had succeeded.

"Baa."

"Woof."

Sheep Boss and Sick Wolf both responded.

But judging by their expressions, the human, the sheep, and the wolf were not concerned about the same thing at all. Sheep Boss was annoyed at being disturbed by the explosion. Sick Wolf had picked up on Xia Qing's worry and responded to her.

"Buzz."

The phone in her pocket was vibrating. Xia Qing immediately took it out and opened it, finding Seeing Xin Yu had sent her two words: Complete.

The deal was done. Xu Pin was dead!

Seeing Xin Yu was really something!

After replying with thanks, Xia Qing asked, "How's Yang Jin?"

Seeing Xin Yu replied, "He was notified to retreat in advance."

The "in advance" Seeing Xin Yu mentioned was probably only a dozen seconds—more than enough for a top speed evolver to evade the blast wave.

Xia Qing couldn't contact Yang Jin directly right now, because he would soon be investigated over Xu Pin's death. Reaching out to him at this moment might expose their joint plan to bomb and kill Xu Pin.

Inside Territory Two, Tang Zhengsu's face went black. "Get lost, you son of a bitch, no reply! Keep trying to reach them. Send out reconnaissance drones, now!"

Bao Zhengchao, a cigarette dangling from his lips, stood in the courtyard staring north, lost in thought.

The reconnaissance drone from Territory Two took off and sped toward the incident site on Mountain Fifty-Two. En route, the drone picked up human figures. "Captain, three high-level speed evolvers are sprinting at full speed toward the scene."

Another scout enlarged the transmitted image and quickly judged, "They're not from the Green Dragon Squad!"

The drone followed the three high-level evolvers as they advanced, and soon the scene of the explosion came into view.

In the footage, Wang Liang was carrying the unconscious Yang Jin on his back while Tangzhou was inspecting the scene. There was no sign of Xu Pin.

The drone had just turned to search for Xu Pin when Tang Zhengsu gave the order, "Lock onto Yang Jin."

"Yes." The scout immediately used the radio remote device to make the reconnaissance drone turn around quickly.

"What a pity."

Too bad their reconnaissance drone only had scouting capability and couldn't carry missiles—otherwise, taking this golden chance, Tang Zhengsu could have eliminated Yang Jin, the thorn in his side.

"Green Dragon—ah—" The scout didn't finish before letting out a cry, because their drone had been shot down!

"Who the fuck did this! Who!"

Last night, his helicopter had been bombed inside Territory Two, and several scout birds had been lost. Tonight, Xu Pin's fate was unknown, and his reconnaissance drone had been taken out again. Tang Zhengsu's heart ached so badly he was twitching, and he had no idea how to explain it to his brother.

The scout leader enlarged the final frame. "Judging by the attack angle, it should be those three speed evolvers. They seem to be heading for Yang Jin's squad."

Tang Zhengsu stared fixedly at the screen and ordered, "Magnify the image again."

Suddenly, Hu Zifeng's voice came over the lord channel. "Is Captain Tan there?"

"Here." Tan Junjie responded immediately.

"On our captain's way back to the territory with evidence, he was intercepted by the deputy captain of Territory Two, Xu Pin, leading a squad. A violent explosion occurred at the scene. The situation is unclear. We urgently need the Investigation Squad's assistance."