The entire wilderness was terrifyingly silent, broken only by the wind and the faint crawling sounds of mutant beasts.
Amid that silence, a muffled roar suddenly came from deep in the sky.
A military transport plane tore through the night, speeding in from afar, its engines roaring loud enough to shake heaven and earth.
The enormous noise instantly echoed across the area, startling every mutant beast lurking in the grass.
All the mutant beasts along its flight path stopped moving, raised their ferocious heads, and looked toward the massive roaring object in the sky.
A few seconds later, the transport plane streaked at full speed over countless patches of grass. Its roar gradually faded, vanishing completely beyond the far end of the night sky.
Once the noise dissipated, the mutant beasts lowered their heads again, preparing to resume their hunt.
But the disturbance had long since frightened off their prey. The ground was empty, with nothing left behind.
Seeing their prey escape, the mutant beasts were furious. They raised their heads and unleashed low, savage roars at the pitch-black night sky.
The cave camp was brightly lit, forming a sharp contrast with the dark wilderness.
Several investigators left behind at the camp lifted their tent flaps and hurried out.
Their footsteps were hurried as they raced toward the nearby airdrop site.
Just moments ago, the camp had received word that a new batch of supplies had been airdropped by transport plane.
They had to reach the receiving point at once to inventory and move the supplies.
The night grew deeper, yet humans were still active within the cave.
Quite a few investigators had voluntarily worked overtime, holding their posts deep in the cave to carry out extermination missions.
After days of intensive clearing, the vast majority of mutant beasts on