Soilless Growing Rack: "Alpha Wolf Calling Wolf Den"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

"Call for backup! Call for fucking backup!"

Jax shouted to the marauders behind him, his face smeared with blood.

"Boss, no one's answering the walkie-talkie..."

Before the marauder could finish, an explosion hurled him away. Jax was thrown clear too.

The last thing he saw was a man in the distance, nearly half his body covered in metal, giving him an indifferent look.

His vision went dark. He was dead.

Soon, the sounds of fighting in the street died away.

Another mechanically augmented man reached the first in a few leaps and shook his head slightly.

"We didn't find the target. The plan failed!"

A Marauder Prison Raider beside them looked stunned.

"You didn't find Carmen? That can't be right! We heard that, as commander, he'd taken over the patrols and the mission to clear the outposts..."

He stopped when he saw the cold look directed at him.

"Are you questioning me? Shouldn't you be the ones answering for why the target wasn't in this convoy? You couldn't even get the most basic intelligence right..."

"That's enough. The target wasn't here, and our operation has alerted them. Let's go back and report to Lord Blackfire."

His companion cut him off, and he said no more.

News that Jax's entire squad had been wiped out soon reached the Black Shield Police Department.

Commander Old Ke was so furious he smashed the door to pieces.

"Idiots... Idiots..."

Hearing the furious shouting from upstairs, Erxiao moved closer to Carmen, looking relieved.

"Boss, Jax took the hit for us! Marauder Prison's ruthless. They used several outposts as bait. I'd bet anything you were their real target!"

"If it hadn't been for Jax, we probably wouldn't have made it. I can't help thinking there's something off about the chief putting you in