Another Black Mark for the Beastfolk

Xu Xing only glanced back once during his escape, but the scene behind him instantly sent chills down his spine.

What comes into view is mud that has been splashed like a volcanic eruption, mixed with broken pieces of metal from factory machinery.

Then, an endless mist of blood surged from the ground and rose upwards.

The sunlight was blocked at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At this moment, the sky over this area was stained blood-red.

The crimson sky resembled a colossal beast opening its blood-red maw to hunt, exuding an aura of suffocating fear.

It makes it impossible for anyone to even entertain the slightest thought of resistance.

Xu Xing, fleeing, dared not think any further and was carried forward by the Human Race awakened ones protecting him.

They were trying to escape this place filled with the aura of death.

But the next moment, he was locked onto by Radiant Feathers, who suddenly appeared.

Several Radiant Feathers, appearing from nowhere, pierced through his limbs and immobilized his body.

Then, Spatial Energy surged, Radiant Feathers appeared for less than half a second before leaving again.

They just don't have the habit of leaving empty-handed.

Therefore, Shisui now had an unawakened being at his disposal. After capturing the protected individual among the fleeing crowd, Shisui addressed the Bound Captive before him.

"You all seem to care a lot about this commoner."

He shook the middle-aged man in his hand, who had been stunned by the spatial teleportation fluctuations, and continued speaking.

"This guy must be quite important."

This is not a question.

Shisui was now certain that the unawakened creature beside him, which smelled of almond tofu, was very important.

Because at the very moment this Human Race was captured, the two Heaven Realm Awakened present focused their attention on him.

The blatant gaze and the rising Psychic Energy pressure clearly carried a deliberately displayed warning.

The warning Shisui not to act rashly.

Unfortunately, Shisui is not the kind of person who would be intimidated by Psychic Energy pressure.

He'll just find it amusing.

Shisui reached out and pinched the unconscious Xu Xing, Rc Cells filaments silently emerging from his palm.

[Spirit Dream Recall] activated.

At the same time, Jin Yuze, who was opposite him, heard his words and glanced at the unconscious Xu Xing.

After confirming that he was still breathing, he asked, "What do you want?"

Jin Yuze did not reveal Xu Xing's identity or his importance to Citroën Company.

Based on his judgment, the other party only chose this hostage because Xu Xing was being protected in the center.

They may not be aware of the true value of a chief engineer in a military industrial enterprise.

Jin Yuze wanted to get the kidnappers, who were unaware of the hostage's value, to talk, so that they could get the hostage back at a price with less loss.

Shisui certainly knew what the opposing Human Race's Heaven Realm was planning.

But he didn't care.

His goal wasn't kidnapping or extortion; he just wanted a hostage to buy time.

That's right, Shisui is stalling for time.

He believed that the people on the other side would inevitably ask the Zi City for help.

Therefore, upon seeing the enemy, he deliberately did not seal off the outside space in order to attract more Human Race Bound Captive.

What do I want?

Shisui is very vengeful.

The group of Bound Captive, including their immediate superiors, had all offended him.

Now that they've come all this way, it's not something that one or two members can handle.

"How about we trade you your Human Race's most advanced warship technology—aircraft carrier technology?"

The information about Carrierization Technology was just retrieved from Xu Xing's memories by [Spirit Dream Recall].

However, Shisui's expression and demeanor revealed nothing of the truth.

It seems more like they knew in advance that the Carrierization Technology was largely complete, so they came to "reap the rewards."

At this point, as more workers were caught up with and absorbed, the blood mist grew increasingly thick.

The light was dim, Jin Yuze could only make out the general appearance of the enemy.

Therefore, he did not notice Shisui's scheming actions.

Naturally, he followed Shisui's line of thought, which indicated his ulterior motives, and confirmed that his objective was the advanced technology of the Human Race in warship manufacturing.

Coincidentally, this underground factory belongs to Citroën company with top-tier shipbuilding technology.

That matches up, that matches up.

While speculating in his mind, Jin Yuze still spoke up to negotiate with the enemy.

"Carrierization Technology? What's that?"

"Don't play dumb, isn't that factory downstairs a production site for one of those components?"

Shisui deliberately acted impatiently, interrupting Jin Yuze.

A hint of surprise flashed in Jin Yuze's eyes.

Then, that surprise was replaced by anger.

It's clearly suspicious that they know the factory's location and the details of a top-secret project.

There are traitors of considerable rank within Citroën, and even within the Navy.

This deduction was detected by the chain around Jin Yuze's waist.

It started to get scalding hot, which instinctively made Jin Yuze irritable.

Jin Yuze completely lost interest in continuing the conversation to stall for time.

However, he no longer needed to delay.

Because reinforcements have arrived.

"Prioritize the safety of the hostages, take action!"

The team that came to their aid was a group of Bound Captive happened to be patrolling nearby.

Also led by a Heaven Realm and four Earth Realm, their teamwork was even more seamless than when Jin Yuze had led the team before.

Clearly, this team is not a temporary group, but a long-term, bound combat unit.

These people are extremely fast.

The Heaven Realm supporters who rushed in front of Shisui at his face with their first strike, without any hesitation.

His teammate, meanwhile, struck Radiant Feathers, who was entangled with the hostage, while skillfully avoiding injuring the hostage.

Jin Yuze realized it in half a second.

Golden threads danced in his hands, wrapping around the reinforcements and providing them with a layer of protection.

Even the Heaven Realm Awakened had successfully sent away two or three workers turned back.

Everyone moved quickly, but Shisui Shisui even faster.

Suddenly, blood-red clouds fell, swallowing up the entire world.

The Citroën factory and the Human Race Heaven Realm Awakened were both enveloped within it at this moment.

The next moment, the blood mist contracted violently, shrinking from a diameter of 100 meters to one centimeter in less than two seconds.

Finally, the thick fog and the Shisui disappeared.

All that remains is a giant crater hundreds of meters deep.

This indicates that the outskirts of the Human Race were attacked, but the attackers escaped unscathed.

This matter must be thoroughly investigated!

The Human Race high command was unusually furious about the attack on the Citroën factory.

This is not only because most of the high-ranking officials in that underground factory are relatives of the Human Race high command.

Furthermore, the enemy's intelligence source for this incident is very likely a high-ranking Human Race traitor.

This is not good news.

Furthermore, by questioning the workers who survived and using some imagination, they learned the general content of Jin Yuze's conversation with the enemy.

Like Jin Yuze, they quickly concluded that Shisui's objective was an advanced warship.

However, those in higher positions know more than Jin Yuze, and therefore can make deeper inferences.

Human Race, Demon Race, and some Spirit Races all possess warships that they have independently developed.

Only the Beastfolk don't have it.

Because they are allies with the Insect Race, and the Insect Race have a formidable naval force.

Therefore, the Beastfolk had no intention of building a navy and focused solely on honing their land forces.

The Insect Race are now seen as a thorn in the side by all races, and most of the Beastfolk factions dare not openly admit to cooperating with Insect Race.

As a result, many of the Beastfolk's local territories lacked naval military capabilities.

Therefore, the Human Race high command speculated that this attack was likely carried out by the Beastfolk, who were focused on land warfare and coveted warship manufacturing technology.

Shisui deliberately let two or three workers go, in order to lead the Human Race to this conclusion.