S-Type and B-Type

Even Ye Shijie found it tricky.

Xia Chujian licked her slightly parched lips, a shadow flashing through her bright eyes.

"Everyone, put on your helmets and activate the shielding function." Ye Shijie calmed down and began making pre-battle preparations.

"That Gene Evolver is definitely also a Mental Strength Expert. Don't let him control you with Mental Strength. This Time, we can't bombard them with large-scale Thermal Weapons. We may need to engage in close combat."

"Prepare your Tactical Daggers."

"Use Three-Three System tactics. Number 3 attacks, Number 2 provides cover, Number 5 gives support. Target: the leopard-headed Humanoid on the left."

Number 3 was Song Mingqian, Number 2 was Li Fu, and Number 5 was Xia Chujian.

Ye Shijie was having the three of them form a squad to deal with the remaining leopard-headed Humanoid beside that human.

And the other side seemed to sense that danger was drawing near.

The leopard-headed Humanoid hunched over and bared its teeth in the direction they were coming from, letting out a low growl.

Then it bent down, took a step back with a whoosh, and leaped.

Its whole body spun in midair, and by the time it landed, it had turned into a real leopard, glaring at them viciously.

Yet it did not move forward a single step.

It seemed to know that as long as it stood guard there, the other side would not dare make a move—at least, they would not dare shoot at it! Because it was already very close to the Blood Kirin.

If anyone fired, there was no way to avoid blood splattering.

And that glittering golden Griffon Sea Eagle gave increasingly urgent cries, as if calling for its companions, or threatening and intimidating them to stay away from it.

"What about you, Captain?" Xia Chujian felt uneasy.

The Gene Evolver across from them was clearly the mastermind, and the strongest opponent among them.

But the captain was assigning the three of them to deal with the leopard-headed Humanoid, which meant he was leaving the most difficult Gene Evolver for himself.

Ye Shijie said, "I'll work with Number 4 to draw that Gene Evolver away. You need to keep that leopard-headed Humanoid pinned down too. Don't let it get near the Blood Kirin again."

Number 4 was Ping Qiong, who was providing remote support from the Flying Vehicle. She was ten kilometers away and could not hit this place with a Sniper Rifle, but she could provide detailed Coordinate Positions.

If Ye Shijie could truly draw that Gene Evolver away, then Xia Chujian and the others could take out the remaining leopard-headed Humanoid. Their chances of winning would still be high.

Xia Chujian let out a quiet breath and was about to nod when she suddenly discovered that, in the Squad Channel, the team members were all crying out in pain at the same time, as though they had lost control.

Fortunately, Ye Shijie had just warned them, and everyone had already activated their helmets' Mental Strength shielding function.

The helmets they had collected from the Dark Night Hunter Association This Time could block Mental Strength control Below Rank A.

Once the shielding function was fully activated, the agony that felt as if blood were about to pour from their seven orifices vanished instantly.

Ye Shijie said calmly, "Confirmed. The other party is indeed a Gene Evolver. His highest Mental Strength level should be Rank B Peak."

Because if the other side had been a Rank A Mental Strength Expert, their helmets would not have been able to stop him.

Now that the helmets had blocked it, it proved that the other side's highest level was only Rank B Peak.

Xia Chujian was also very nervous. She had not actually felt any Mental Attack, but she was worried that the other side would target her too.

She touched her Ability Defense Helmet and immediately activated every shielding function, including the soundproofing function.

Through the communication function built into her helmet, she said to her teammates, "I've activated the soundproofing function too. If you have anything to say, use the helmets. I won't be able to hear you shouting."

Xia Chujian's head was now tightly encased inside her helmet, as if she were in a vacuum.

Not only could not a trace of outside air enter, but even sound was completely cut off.

Sound required a medium to travel, so aside from the bone-conduction earpiece paired with her helmet, she could not hear any sounds from outside at all.

After thinking it over, Ye Shijie said, "Then, besides activating the shielding function, everyone should activate the soundproofing function as well. Turn on your earpieces. All communication will go through the helmets."

That way, they would not be able to hear anything outside, minimizing the chance that the other side could eavesdrop on their conversations.

Li Fu and Song Mingqian nodded in agreement and activated their helmets' soundproofing functions as well.

As for earpieces, they always had to wear them whenever they went on missions.

They simply did not need them under normal circumstances.

Only after seeing that everyone was ready did Ye Shijie wave a hand.

Song Mingqian, Li Fu, and Xia Chujian formed a triangular formation and slowly moved out of the forest.

The snowstorm outside the woods was growing ever more overwhelming, accompanied by winds of around fifty kilometers per hour. It was practically a catastrophic blizzard.

Visibility had dropped to less than one meter.

But the eyepieces they wore had a Far Infrared thermal imaging system, which had a Remarkable Effect in this kind of weather.

The snow on the ground was deep, but because the temperature here remained low year-round, the bottom layer had long since frozen solid.

The newly fallen snow on top only reached their knees.

The three stood back-to-back and edged through the blizzard, inching toward the forest across from them.

The Gene Evolver waiting by the stump in the opposite forest was Feng Qianzhan.

He was not wearing much. Aside from a Mezzanine flannel shirt made of Alien Beast fur, he wore only a modified Hunting Outfit Bulletproof Vest, which made it easier for him to carry various Weapons and Equipment and supplies.

He also had a Helmet, goggles, and a self-heating mask. Those were his standard gear.

Although he was a Gene Evolver, he had not reached the point where bullets could not penetrate him, so his brain and the vital areas of his body were tightly protected.

The rest did not matter.

The functions of every cell in a Gene Evolver's body were already vastly different from those of Ordinary People.

Though the temperature here was extremely low, Feng Qianzhan did not feel particularly cold.

He watched the blizzard outside the forest with a gloomy expression, viciously cursing in his heart.

When he came here, he had received information from his Employer that the other side had collected a great deal of High-Grade Conventional Thermal Weapon equipment from the Dark Night Hunter Association. So his plan was to make sure they had no opportunity to use those Weapons and Equipment!

After all, although he was a High-Grade Gene Evolver, he still could not withstand it if the other side bombarded him wildly with Conventional Thermal Weapons.

So he needed an opportunity that would make them unwilling and unable to use those weapons of mass destruction, then crush them with Mental Strength!

But he had not expected that after they entered the range where he could launch a Mental Attack, the Mental Attack of a Rank B Peak Gene Evolver like him would completely fail!

The highest Mental Strength level in the other side's team was clearly only D-Rank Mid-Stage! How was that possible?! Unless they had High-Grade Defense Equipment capable of blocking Mental Attacks Below Rank A...

But on Guiyuan Star, the most remote planet in the Empire, could such advanced Defense Equipment exist? There had not been the slightest mention of it in his intelligence.

One had to know that the combat ceiling of all Guiyuan Star was Rank B Peak! Defense facilities capable of blocking Mental Strength Below Rank A would not be something ordinary people could obtain even on Beichen Star, where the Imperial Capital was located!

This lousy little squad ranked so low in the Dark Night Hunter Association. Where had they gotten such good equipment?!

A vicious glint appeared in Feng Qianzhan's eyes.

He snorted and ordered the leopard-headed Humanoid on his left, "Jia Gua! Kill them!"

To maximize the effectiveness of his Mental Strength, he needed to lure that squad closer.

The leopard-headed Humanoid named Jia Gua looked fearfully at Feng Qianzhan.

Although he was afraid of death, he still did not dare defy Feng Qianzhan's orders and could no longer continue hiding beside the Blood Kirin.

He let out a low growl, leaped up from the snow, and pounced into the swirling snow outside the forest.

He was now in full Beast Form, running incredibly fast, zigzagging through the snow in S-Types one moment and B-Types the next.

From far away in the Flying Vehicle, Ping Qiong saw this through the visual feed converted from the Solid-State Optical Radar and discovered that the other side's Coordinate Position could change several times within a single second! At that moment, Xia Chujian, Li Fu, and Song Mingqian were standing back-to-back with their guns raised, cautiously inching forward.

The howling wind swirled around them.

Snowflakes piled into small drifts along the uneven terrain, only to be lifted by the gale and swept into the air before being spread out somewhere else.

It blocked their vision and absorbed the ambient noise, making the surroundings feel incomparably quiet, with only the soft rustle of falling snow.

Xia Chujian said over the Squad Channel through her helmet's Communication System, "Something feels wrong. Since they set a trap to lure us here, why haven't they acted yet?"

Song Mingqian was a Gene Evolver with D-Rank Initial-Stage Mental Strength.

Even in such harsh weather, his vision and perception far surpassed those of Ordinary People like Xia Chujian. Working with the Assault Rifle Scope's intelligent system, he could see farther.

He focused on the distance ahead and suddenly said, "It's coming... 57 degrees north latitude, 124 degrees west longitude."

Song Mingqian gave only a Coordinate Position, but Xia Chujian immediately raised her Destroyer 800 Fully Automatic Submachine Gun without hesitation.

Pitter-Patter!

She fired a burst, and a beast's furious roar rang out ahead.

Then, amid the endless white snowstorm, a Bloodstain suddenly shot into the sky!

Song Mingqian saw it clearly and muttered, "...Xiaochu, you killed a leopard-headed Humanoid..."

Xia Chujian: "..."

She had not seen anything at all. She had relied entirely on her feel for the gun and the rough Coordinate Position Song Mingqian had given.

After transforming into Beast Form, that leopard-headed Humanoid had become extraordinarily agile.

In fact, after Song Mingqian gave its Coordinate Position, it had already dashed seven or eight meters forward and changed direction.

But when Xia Chujian raised her gun, she had fired a scattered barrage in advance, sealing off every route ahead of the Humanoid!

"Song Ge, your Coordinate Position was incredibly accurate." Xia Chujian calmly praised him, then continued, "Any more?"

Ping Qiong also saw it on the visual display converted from the Solid-State Optical Radar.

She marveled, "Chujian, your marksmanship is fucking accurate! I can't compare to even one of your fingers!"

Xia Chujian was unmoved by the praise and asked calmly, "Cai Jie, are there any more obstacles ahead?"

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