Six days have passed since Situ Qingyun, the eldest son of the Ancient God Biological Gene Group, left the village.
The agreed-upon date is approaching.
In the past few days, Xiao Tian, Chu Feng, and Zhou Quan, who has become arrogant after becoming Evolver, have been sparring in a bloody and brutal manner.
On the first day of the sparring, Zhou Quan said he couldn't take it anymore and refused to fight. Little did he know that he had Awakening an ability known for its strength, making him a true power-type tank hero. He thought that Xiao Tian, who was skilled in archery, was only slightly stronger than an ordinary person, but he was completely crushed.
Unable to find any sense of power from Xiao Tian, Zhou Quan resorted to sparring with Chu Feng. Initially, Zhou Quan managed to give Chu Feng a hard time with his overwhelming strength, but by the second day, Zhou Quan was completely outmatched and utterly defeated in terms of Dou Technique.
On the third day, Zhou Quan decided not to seek out those two perverts for further torment. However, Xiao Tian and Chu Feng, under the guise of "training" Zhou Quan, came directly to his door. Zhou Quan couldn't hide, nor could he escape, and was thus miserably used as a punching bag.
" Situ Qingyun, you Xiao Bai boy! Come back here right now!"
On the desolate mountain road, an SUV and two large trucks were driving.
"Hmm?" Situ Qingyun, sitting in the SUV, frowned, and for some reason, suddenly felt a pang of heart palpitation.
"Young Master, what's wrong?" A Da, who was driving, couldn't help but ask, puzzled.
"It's okay, how much longer until we arrive?"
"Young master, at our current speed, we should arrive at the village around 10 PM."
"Hmm." Situ Qingyun nodded, raising his eyelids and rolling his eyes upwards as if trying to see through the car roof.
" Xuan Zi, if possible, save those three later. Especially the one who bargained with me."
Sitting cross-legged in the SUV, Xuan Zi was like Immovable Wisdom King, letting the wind blow and his robes flutter, his eyes fixed straight ahead without blinking.
"As far as I know, this child is not yet Evolver, and has not yet Awakening. Why not primarily help the other two?"
Inside the SUV, Situ Qingyun's lips curled into a smile, his eyes gleaming with a Evolver light. He murmured, "I, Situ Qingyun, have seen many Evolver Evolver. Those two are not particularly outstanding in my eyes. Moreover, after returning this time, the decisions of my elders have forced me to reconsider. If we can save these three, we will. Otherwise, there's a high chance that the bargaining kid will survive. I, Situ Qingyun, have never lost to anyone."
"Alright, that kid isn't Evolver, so things are easier to handle. However, although there are quite a few Evolver on this trip, and they've brought advanced equipment, I must remind you, young master, to stay away from the battle. That handsome Evolver is not simple, but I can't say exactly how."
Rumble!
The already gloomy sky became even worse.
"It's going to rain, let's speed things up. Our group is determined to have that tiger spirit." Situ Qingyun stared at the distant mountain village, his heart inexplicably racing.
Perhaps it's because it's the first time they're about to witness a battle where the Evolver are besieged.
The rain poured down, and the village where Xiao Tian and the others were located was filled with deafening thunder.
Inside a supply depot, Zhou Quan looked utterly dejected.
"You two perverts! You've tormented me for so many days! Are you even human?! Let me die! Aaaaaah!"
Xiao Tian, sipping his Cola, sneered, "Fatty, who was so arrogant back then? We were just giving them a taste of their own medicine."
"Did you two really have to torture me for so many days?! You two are disgusting!"
"Shh." Xiao Tian gestured for silence. Relying on his keen senses and the full map cheat in his mind, he discovered that Situ Qingyun's two spies left in the village were approaching.
"These past few days, we've concealed our whereabouts, and so have they. However, we've learned of their location. Now that the agreed-upon time is approaching, those two informants must remain vigilant at all times."
"They seem to be heading out of the village." Braving the heavy rain, the three quietly left the courtyard, peeking out to observe the situation on the street outside.
"Follow the past."
Soon, Situ Qingyun's two informants entered an abandoned house in the alley.
" A Wu, it's the sixth day."
"Wait, let me check if anyone is following us outside."
A Wu, looking wary, went out of the house and quietly searched the area around it. After finding no suspicious people, he returned inside.
On the rooftop, Xiao Tian, Chu Feng, and Zhou Quan lay prone, exchanging glances in silence.
Have you made contact?
"It's not that easy. Right now there's no 4G or 5G signal, we can only rely on Wi-Fi. Let's wait and see."
Five minutes later.
"We've made contact."
"What do you mean? This looks like gibberish. You even know Morse code?"
"It's child's play. The young master ordered us to keep an eye on those three people, provided we can find them and appease them if necessary."
"Then what?"
"That's all. Let's get out of here before we get caught."
The two were speaking in hushed tones, but the three people on the roof could still make out the gist of their conversation.
Especially Xiao Tian.
After A Wu and A Shisan quietly left, Xiao Tian signaled for everyone to leave half an hour later.
Back at the supply depot, Xiao Tian Human Path, "Personally, I think the upcoming transactions won't be very stable. Situ Qingyun might bring even more men when he goes back to get the goods."
"Is this Xiao Bai planning to double-cross us and shoot us?" Zhou Quan's face was grim, filled with dissatisfaction.
"It's just speculation now, but it's highly likely. We've hidden Huzi's body well, so why don't we leave the village first? I remember they left from the east. There's a place outside the village where you can see the outline of the mountain village. If Situ Qingyun brought a lot of people, then we can at least conclude that he intends to harm us," Chu Feng said.
" Fengzi, lead the way."
Chu Feng nodded.
The three packed some food supplies and raincoats, and relying on their familiarity with the village, quietly left.
Half an hour later, they arrived at a hillside where they could see the general layout of the entire mountain village.
The three were very cautious. After all, the world was in chaos, and what if a mutated pangolin monster emerged from the ground and attacked them?
The rain continued to pour, but fortunately, the three of them were in much better physical condition than the average person, and were able to withstand the damp and cold conditions.
Although it's summer, the world has changed; the temperature is much lower than in previous years.
Night had fallen, and the wind howled like a vengeful ghost. Time passed, and just as Zhou Quan was about to drowsily collapse, he realized he didn't know how much time had gone by.
"They've arrived, three cars."
The SUV and the truck happened to pass by the spot at the bottom of the hill. Instead of going directly into the village, the three vehicles stopped about five miles outside the village, and everyone got out and walked.
Wow, there are so many people!
Under the starlight and moonlight, over a hundred people got out of the three vehicles. Apart from a few people in the off-road vehicles, the people who got out of the two large trucks were all armed to the teeth, carrying powerful automatic large-caliber firearms, and had smoke grenades, high-explosive fragmentation grenades, and blinding grenades on their waists.
"It seems the double-crossing is confirmed." Chu Feng couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.
The world has changed; people's hearts are no longer what they used to be.
"Wrong, Fatty. This is how the world is. Even in peaceful times, it was still a dog-eat-dog world. In the cutthroat competition of the city, many people exploit their bodies for money, damaging their mental and physical health. And now it's the most direct way. Order has already collapsed in places like this."
"Hey, it's so unfair. Even in this day and age, the rich can still do whatever they want. If we hadn't noticed in advance and stayed in the village, and even made a deal with them face to face, we would basically be three cold corpses now. In such a sparsely populated mountain village, if the three of us died, no one would come to avenge us." Zhou Quan clenched his fists, his eyes flashing with cold light and anger.
"Fairness is a joke. The only fair thing is that everyone dies in the end. Since Situ Qingyun and the others have chosen this path, we don't need to be polite. To survive in this increasingly cruel and bloody world, we must become stronger and more ruthless than others." Xiao Tian narrowed his eyes and said to Chu Feng and Zhou Quan.
" Brother Tian is right. When the fighting starts, we must not show mercy. Mercy to the enemy is cruelty to ourselves."
Chu Feng's eyes turned icy. At this moment, he truly felt the cruelty of the world. The threat of death brought by the mutated monster and the threat of death brought by his own kind were two vastly different feelings.
"The fully armed team did not march into the village. Situ Qingyun was accompanied by four Evolver. Apart from the Evolver called Xuan Zi, the other three were quite Evolver, but their abilities were currently unknown."
Xiao Tian activated the Eye of the Night Demon and used thermal imaging to observe Situ Qingyun and his group in the distance.
"We're almost at the mountain village, and it's pitch black. Luckily, Brother Tian, your eyesight is really good. What do we do next? Infiltrate the village and take care of Situ Qingyun and the others?" Zhou Quan asked.
Xiao Tian's gaze shifted, surveying the three hidden vehicles and the nearly one hundred armed men guarding them. He chuckled softly, "So, do you think the Gene Enhancement Liquid is with Situ Qingyun, or on one of the vehicles? To fool us, they'll probably bring the goods with them, right?"
"Back to the village?" Zhou Quan asked.
"You 'Fengzi, what do you think?"
Chu Feng stared intently at the armed men in the distance and whispered, "I have a feeling that Situ Qingyun will bring a few bottles of high-quality Gene Enhancement Liquid for us to inspect, and the rest will either be in the car or he didn't bring them at all. He's clearly got us cornered."
" Fengzi, your thinking is spot on. None of these nearly one hundred people are Evolver, but their equipment is not to be underestimated. Even if there were one Evolver, a newly Awakening Evolver appearing in front of them, twenty of them wouldn't be enough to defeat them."
"Then how are we supposed to investigate what's in the car? There are too many people," Zhou Quan wondered.
Xiao Tian looked at Zhou Quan's bull horns and couldn't help but grin mischievously.
Zhou Quan couldn't help but shiver, turning his head to meet Xiao Tian's gaze, and felt a chill run down his spine.
" Brother Tian, what do you want to do? I won't agree, I'll call for help."