With that, Huang Ji slammed the door shut.
The instant it closed, he used the armguard on his left arm to block the listening device. He had retrieved the Buddha Bone Armguard aboard the helicopter when he picked up Lin Li and the others outside the base, then concealed it beneath his combat uniform's long sleeve.
Now, with the Buddha Bone in hand and the Nano Swarm inside him, he could do one thing...
Turn these wealthy men into Dragonkin! At the other end of the earpiece, Amu leaped up in excitement when he heard Huang Ji say, "Alexei, I'm so glad you're all right."
They had found them! The Lizardmen hadn't fled. They were right here in Great Serpent Valley! He immediately reported it to the White-Skinned Strongman, who remained calm. "Are you absolutely certain?"
"No," Amu said. "The listening device has been blocked. There are Lizardmen in there, but Kogas is there too, and possibly others..."
"Then proceed with the original plan," the White-Skinned Strongman said. "Surround the Great Serpent Valley Base at once. As for me... I won't be going."
"If there are no Lizardmen there, or only Alexei, the others could join forces with the rebel Sentinels and launch a surprise attack on Santa Fe. That would be disastrous."
"Understood," Amu said at once. "Leave Great Serpent Valley to me."
He was already on the road with three thousand troops, and had even positioned the encirclement. They were advancing in layers. Within ten minutes, they could tighten the ring around the base itself, leaving no one inside any chance of escape.
To avoid alerting their targets, he had not ordered the low-ranking guards inside the base to check the building.
Those guards would be no help. Worse, they might tip off the enemy. So he intended