Chapter 464: The Traitor of Humanity

The broken-waist wolf glanced at Xia Qing's claws, gave up on the idea of letting her remove its protective mask, and sped up to chase the lead wolf.

The spurned Xia Qing used her hands without sharp nails to hoist the sick wolf higher in her backpack, held her breath to undo the strap around her neck, took off her protective mask, removed her thermal imaging goggles and switched to night vision goggles. The thermal imaging goggles were suited to wearing in the dense fog, and once she climbed higher she would be out of the fog zone, where the low-light night vision goggles better suited combat and running were more appropriate.

All the animals in this evolution forest had been poisoned by the gas and lost mobility; as long as she avoided the aggressive plants, there was no danger at all. The lead wolf and the broken-waist wolf had also slowed down, proving they too had inhaled the gas and been poisoned, so she had to find the last member of the Fierce Fire Beast Hunting Team as soon as possible, find out what kind of gas they had used and whether there was an antidote, and then bring the three wolves back to human territory as quickly as possible to ask her idol's territory for rescue.

So, after putting her protective mask back on, Xia Qing carried the sick wolf on her back and ran upward at top speed.

"All territories, attention, all territories, attention. A large number of animals are fleeing the evolution forest on Mountain Fifty, forming a small beast tide, advancing toward the territories. The first echelon is evolution giant lizards, wild boars, and rodents, expected to arrive in fifteen minutes. The Green Dragon Squad on Mountain Forty-Nine and Territory Seven, please prepare to meet the beast tide. Green Dragon Squad, Territory Seven, acknowledge."

Mountain Forty-Nine is west of Mountain Fifty, and Territory Seven is at the valley exit between Mountain Forty-Nine and Mountain Fifty. It could be said that Territory Seven has the heaviest defensive task of all the territories.

Ji Li replied, "Territory Seven acknowledged, preparations underway."

Hu Zifeng replied, "Green Dragon Squad members stationed at the training ground are ready. We will not let a single beast pass through Mountain Forty-Nine into this territory."

Tan Junjie issued the announcement again, "This beast tide is estimated to be small in scale. Other lords, do not panic. Cover your farmland with rainproof cloth as soon as possible, then return indoors and close doors and windows tightly. I repeat, this beast tide is estimated to be small in scale…"

At the same time, Territories Fifteen, Eighteen, and Twenty-Six, separated from Mountain Fifty by only an isolation belt, also received the notice from the inspection team.

A beast tide is the nightmare of the humans who survived the catastrophe.

Evolvers make up a small proportion of the territories; most are ordinary people who came out to farm and survive. Every time a beast tide occurs, the ordinary people, lacking equipment and combat power, stay in the safe zone protected by sturdy walls and do auxiliary tasks.

This time, they were in a territory with no walls and no defense line made up of large numbers of evolvers. So even though it was only a small beast tide, it struck fear into many ordinary people, even breaking some of them.

Territories One through Ten border Mountain Forty-Nine, guarded by the Green Dragon Squad, to the north, and the immensely powerful Territory Seven blocks the mountain pass to the east. So at this moment, the lords of the Lord Alliance are not worried about their own safety; what concerns them more is that their Alliance Leader, Xia Qing, has not yet returned to the territory.

After Tan Junjie broadcast the announcement three times, Qi Fu immediately asked, "Captain Tan, has the search and rescue team found Xia Qing?"

Tan Junjie's voice was as stern as ever. "The search and rescue team has run head-on into the beast tide, abandoned the search and rescue mission, and begun resisting the beast tide."

Resisting the beast tide is more important than searching for a lord whose position in the evolution forest is unknown. The inspection team's decision was correct, but it left the members of the Lord Alliance anxious and desperate.

The inspection team will form the first defense line at the isolation belt, Third Brother and Territory Fifteen will form the second defense line, the Green Dragon Squad must hold the mountain, and the Lord Alliance has no one to call on for help and can only rely on themselves.

Qi Fu pleaded with Hu Zifeng, "Captain Hu, can you rent me two guns? I'll team up with Shi Du to go find Xia Qing. We're both evolvers, we can go into the evolution forest."

Before Hu Zifeng could reply, Tan Junjie calmly gave the order, "The beast tide is about to arrive. Leaving the territory for the evolution forest now means running straight into the beast tide. I repeat: no one in the territory may leave their own territory."

Zhao Ze wept in despair, "Then what about Xia Qing? We're just not going to save her?"

Inside Territory Twelve, Tang Huai burst into his father's office leaning on a single crutch and pleaded, "Dad, let's send people to look for Xia Qing! She definitely isn't dead, she's definitely hiding behind some big tree somewhere, waiting for someone to come rescue her."

Tang Zhengpo gestured for his son to sit aside first, quickly arranged the task assignments for the people in the territory, then had his younger son take people to prepare first. He closed the door and told his elder son, "Third Brother and Territory One have the best relationship with Xia Qing. If they haven't said anything, it means Xia Qing isn't in danger for now. Let's deal with the beast tide first. Once the beast tide is over, someone will naturally take the lead in arranging the rescue of Xia Qing."

Under the Territory Nine signpost, Zhang Qikun, leading two fully armed squads, once again called out to the inspection team members blocking them from leaving the territory, "I'll say it one last time: our squad members are in danger in the mountains. Since the inspection team has no time to search and rescue, we'll go save them ourselves. Please get out of the way."

Inspection team member Su Ming gripped his weapon without moving a muscle, and once again repeated the order from base, "Our orders are to protect the territory's safety. No one is allowed to leave the territory during the beast tide."

Seeing that the inspection team people could not be reasoned with, a Level Seven speed evolver behind Zhang Qikun, who had long been impatient waiting, suddenly accelerated and forced his way through the inspection team's defense line.

Anyway, the inspection team wouldn't dare shoot him dead, and anyway these people couldn't catch him.

"Bang!"

Unexpectedly, the moment this Level Seven speed evolver charged out of Territory Nine, he was kicked back into the territory by an inspection team member, knocking down a large swath of people. Everyone in Territory Nine was shocked.

"Top-tier speed evolver!"

Zhou Xun, a visual evolver hiding in the wild grass wall between Territories Two and Nine watching, was also stunned. "The danger inspection team guarding the territory is made up of ordinary people and regular evolvers. How could there be a top-tier speed evolver?"

How could such powerful combat power be sent to protect such a small, insignificant territory? Whose order was this?

"Idiot!"

Su Feng's reconnaissance captain, lying next to Zhou Xun, cursed in a low voice, "Are your fucking eyes blind? Can't you tell that's Yang Jin?"

Yang… Yang Jin? But… but isn't the Green Dragon Squad resisting the beast tide? How could Green Dragon Captain Yang Jin be blocking Territory Nine's gate with the inspection team?

Could blocking the people of Territory Nine be more important than resisting the beast tide?

"Bah! Xia Qing, you are a traitor to humanity!"

The last member of the Fierce Fire Beast Hunting Team, hiding in Xiong Dong, curled up behind a foldable bulletproof shield. Seeing Xia Qing appear behind the two wolves, he immediately burst out cursing, "I've already photographed evidence of you conspiring with these evolution beasts to murder our own kind. You'd better have these two beasts step aside, or I'll immediately transmit the evidence back to base and have you punished by law. Not a single one of your family will escape!"