The little village was not far away, only half an hour's drive from the convoy.
However, with the persistent rain and rugged mountain roads, the convoy had already come to a halt halfway there.
Looking at the narrow dirt path ahead, which could only accommodate one or two people at a time, the regiment commander got out of his vehicle and said with a wry smile:
"That's the mountains for you!"
Hearing the regiment commander's sigh, Yan Gaoyuan shook his head, then glanced at the convoy behind him and ordered:
"Leave a few people here to guard the convoy. The rest of you, come with me to the village."
"All right."
Nodding, the regiment commander began directing the convoy.
Just then, as though remembering something, the regiment commander suddenly called out to the convoy behind him:
"Boys, remember to bring those beauties."
"Come on, Commander, do we really need to be this cautious? Those beauties weigh a ton."
"Heavy?"
His expression darkening, the regiment commander looked at the young man who had spoken and stressed:
"Right now, they're just heavy. Once you lose your life, you'll know what real weight means."
With that, he walked alone to the last vehicle in the convoy, his face dark, and took out a metal case.
Inside was a modified Small Armor-Piercing Round, specially designed for Mutated Beasts.
In mountains like these, tanks and even armored vehicles could hardly get through.
Thus, manually fired Small Armor-Piercing Rounds had come into being.
However, considering their terrifying recoil, which could shatter a person's arms, weapons like these were generally reserved as a last resort.
They still relied more on ordinary guns and artillery.
Of course, it was worth mentioning that Armor-Piercing Rounds, shells that primarily relied on a projectile's kinetic energy to penetrate and destroy a target, posed an extraordinary threat to Mutated Beasts.
After all, ordinary Mutated Beasts owed their strength to their terrifying defenses, which could shrug off bullets and artillery fire.
Yet a single Armor-Piercing Round could tear through the defenses Mutated Beasts were so proud of, unleashing tremendous kinetic energy and pulverizing their internal organs.
Generally speaking, very few Mutated Beasts could withstand such a terrifying weapon head-on.
Except for those few...
As though remembering something, the regiment commander's expression suddenly dimmed.
This was not his first time participating in a mission like this.
The last time had been ten days ago.
But that time...
Sighing inwardly, the regiment commander suppressed the ill-timed emotions rising within him.
Still, he had to admit that Mutated Beasts were becoming an ever-greater danger to humanity. Even with the military entering the mountains to hunt them down, they were finding themselves somewhat unequal to the task.
And that was without even mentioning those few Death Hells that had already become forbidden zones.
Beneath the gray sky and drizzling rain, the world seemed shrouded in a layer of gray, blurring ordinary people's vision.
Thud, thud, thud...
Heavy footsteps sounded through the curtain of rain as a group of over a dozen people slowly approached, marching in orderly fashion across the puddle-covered mud.
Yet before they arrived, they heard cries of grief.
"My granddaughter, why did you leave us so soon?"
"The old burying the young-how are the two of us supposed to go on?"
Hearing those extremely clamorous yet grief-filled voices, the young soldier at the front, Yan Gaoyuan, exchanged a glance with the regiment commander. Both their expressions changed slightly.
"Something's happened."
With that, Yan Gaoyuan suddenly nodded, then sharply bent his right leg. Immediately afterward, a faint glow enveloped both his legs.
Boom!
As the ground shook and water splashed three or four meters into the air, Yan Gaoyuan shot like an arrow loosed from a bow toward the little village scattered across the nearby land.
Gulp.
Watching this inhuman feat, many of the soldiers seeing it for the first time swallowed.
"Commander, this..."
"Shut your mouth. Some things aren't yours to ask about at a time like this."
Already heavyhearted, the regiment commander snapped, then took another long look toward the figure that had already vanished into the distance.
If he'd been there last time, that brother of ours wouldn't have...
With a bitter smile, the regiment commander shook his head helplessly, then looked back at the many raw recruits entering the mountains for the first time and warned:
"You lot, remember this: you're here to gain experience. If we really run into danger and I tell you to get the hell out, you'd better get the hell out right away..."
As he gave this rare warning, the regiment commander's heart only grew heavier.
If he remembered correctly, the area they were surveying this time might very well harbor a Mutated Beast with a spiritual energy peak as high as ten thousand, might it not?
If there wasn't one, that would naturally be good.
But if one really did exist... then they would truly be in serious trouble.
After all, the Mutated Beast they had encountered last time had only had a spiritual energy peak of 6,000, yet it had been as terrifying as a monster and slaughtered half a squad.
"Ah..."
With a sigh, the stubble-faced regiment commander clenched his fists so hard that bloody marks appeared.
Yet just then, unbeknownst to this group, clouds and mist suddenly surged deep within the mountains, as though some enormous creature were slowly awakening.
Boom!
Accompanied by a terrifying roar, a visible storm rose, countless banks of dense mist swirling within it.
From afar, it truly looked as though a monster were stirring the clouds and mist.
"How could this be?"
In a rare moment of disbelief, Yu Ziyu's heart sank little by little.
Humans.
And not ordinary humans, either.
The dense mist could enhance his perception.
However, since this was the foot of the mountains, Yu Ziyu had deliberately thinned the dense mist to avoid attracting the villagers' attention.
Even so, he could still sense from afar the spiritual energy fluctuation that had flared up for an instant just now.
And through the mist, Yu Ziyu was even more astonished to discover that it had actually been a person.
Yes, a person.
The mist was his "other pair of eyes." Although he could not see clearly, Yu Ziyu had still made out a human silhouette.
Around 1.78 meters tall.
Somewhat thin.
Although the spiritual energy fluctuation that had just erupted was only around Entry-Level five or six.
The implications of his appearance here nevertheless caused Yu Ziyu's expression to change drastically.
"Impossible."
"Absolutely impossible."
As he spoke coldly, Yu Ziyu remained firmly convinced that humans could not possibly have discovered his existence.
After all, of the two women who had witnessed his existence firsthand, one was already dead, her departed soul entwined around his roots and bound to him.
And the other woman was entirely under his control.
Not to mention that she had yet to awaken.
Even if she woke up, what of it? Yu Ziyu had long since instructed Xiao Qing to erase her memories while she was unconscious.
As someone whose spiritual power had awakened, Xiao Qing would not find this difficult.
Moreover, it was both for convenience and out of fear that her memories might return.
Yu Ziyu had given an absolute order to erase that woman's memories completely, even if it left her an idiot.
In other words, to utterly destroy that woman's mind.
And this was also one of the reasons the woman had still not awakened.
It was not that she did not want to awaken, but that she had difficulty doing so.
Unless Qing'er took control of her body remotely, even if that woman woke up, she would be nothing but an idiot.
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