"Since I said I'd get everyone out alive, I'll make sure I do."
Xu Long pressed both hands downward, and the voices around him immediately fell silent.
"But even though we won, don't let your guard down. According to the information relayed back from command, this dense forest is on the border. The terrain is complicated, there are lots of wild beasts, and people from across the border often sneak in."
"Uh, you mean there'll be enemy soldiers, boss?"
"Not just enemy soldiers, but wild beasts too!"
Xu Long said this to give them a warning in advance.
Before long, a pack of wild wolves would surround them.
Given these reincarnators' strength, they might not necessarily lose anyone, but injuries would be unavoidable.
"Wild beasts?"
Hearing Xu Long's words, everyone burst out laughing.
They were all D-rank reincarnators, and at least one of each person's attributes was more than ten times the average for an ordinary person.
Never mind wild beasts-even if demonic beasts came, they could take them on head-to-head.
Seeing how relaxed everyone looked, Xu Long didn't argue.
Once the wolves came, they would know how stupid they were.
"What if we run into wild beasts later?"
Sun Yameng asked Xu Long quietly.
"Stay behind me when the time comes. You'll be fine."
Xu Long smiled and spoke.
"Mm!"
Sun Yameng nodded. She remembered being chased by a local dog back in their hometown when they were little. Xu Long's small body had stood in front of her to protect her, just as confident as he was today.
"Everyone, spread out and hide in a moment, so we don't all get wiped out in one fell swoop."
Xu Long pulled a ham sausage out of his storage space, then noticed everyone else staring at him.
"What are you looking at me for?"
Xu Long muttered. He remembered sitting in the courtyard eating steamed buns as a child. It had been much like the scene before him now, with a bunch of puppies staring at him longingly.
"Boss, was that a spatial item you just used? And earlier, the signal jamming..."
One person reacted quickly and immediately zeroed in on the key points.
"It is a spatial item. Don't you have one? As for the signal jamming, have you forgotten which world I got my first S-rank evaluation in?"
Xu Long smiled. Anyone with half a brain could guess that he had obtained the Red Queen's motherboard, so there was no harm in admitting it outright.
"Holy shit, a boss really is a boss!"
Some people marveled, some were envious, while others' eyes flickered, their thoughts unknown.
Leng Feng and the others, meanwhile, looked completely baffled, with no idea what anyone was talking about.
Not much time passed before a commotion sounded from not far away.
Everyone immediately raised their guns and went on alert, only to discover that it was the second squad, the one that had caused the earlier chaos.
"What happened?"
"Wolves! A whole pack of wolves!"
The second squad's leader was deathly pale, and beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down his cheeks.
"Wolves?"
"Isn't it just a pack of wolves?"
Hearing the second squad leader's words, everyone brushed them off.
But in the very next instant, an utterly terrifying aura suddenly descended upon them.
Fierce, cruel, sinister, and savage, it made them shudder.
"Everyone, stay alert!"
Xu Long didn't need to say more. The reincarnators had already raised their weapons.
There were no wolf howls or drawn-out cries, only a terrifying killing intent.
Pair after pair of eerie green eyes appeared, followed by countless vicious wolves.
They were over three meters long and more than a meter tall, a size larger than even the biggest North American gray wolves and already comparable to Siberian tigers.
The wolves were highly disciplined and numerous, surrounding everyone from all sides.
"Don't hold back! Bring out every trick you've got!"
Xu Long roared and pulled out the Vulcan Machine Gun.
There were too many wolves. As far as the eye could see, there were only eerie green eyes. By a rough estimate, there were at least a thousand of them.
And that wasn't all. Their size alone showed that these wolves were incredibly strong, far beyond those in the movie.
"Get behind me!"
After shouting to Sun Yameng, Xu Long clutched the Vulcan Machine Gun and opened fire wildly.
At over six thousand rounds per minute, that was a hundred rounds every second.
Flames spurted from the rotating barrels, instantly tearing several lunging wolves to shreds.
"Who was it that just said it was only a pack of wolves?"
"This is a fucking pack of wolves!"
Shouts tangled in the air as the reincarnators also pulled out their weapons and began attacking.
After reaching D rank, the vast majority had acquired weapons that suited them, most of them firearms with unlimited ammunition.
All weapons were priced according to their power: the stronger they were, the more expensive they were.
No matter the type, an unlimited-ammo version of a conventional handgun could be exchanged for just 1,000 points.
Some submachine guns and rifles cost between 1,500 and 2,000 points to exchange.
Something like the Vulcan Machine Gun required an E-rank authorization card.
That was because it had already exceeded the limits of E rank, reaching a level that many D-rankers could not withstand.
"Why do you have live ammunition?"
The sudden turn of events terrified everyone, while Leng Feng and the other natives couldn't understand why there was live ammunition at a military exercise.
More importantly, what was with the outlandish machine gun in the deputy captain's hands? Where had he pulled it from?
"This isn't working! Their hides are too tough! There are too many!"
Zhang Dawei fired more than a dozen shots at a wolf in quick succession and immediately fell into despair.
The wolves had thick hides and tough flesh. Handgun shots were actually useless against them.
"Handguns aren't powerful enough. Submachine guns can barely get through their defenses."
Another reincarnator gave a low shout. Countless spent casings piled up on the ground, and his barrel had turned red from firing.
"There are too many! If this goes on, we'll all die here!"
Angry shouts rang out constantly. Except for the area where Xu Long stood, the wolf pack had closed to within ten meters from the other three directions.
That distance was already extremely dangerous. The wolves could reach their faces in a single stride.
"Leng Feng, catch!"
Xu Long threw the Vulcan Machine Gun in his hands to Leng Feng, then leaped into the air, bounding into the distance as he stepped on the wild wolves' heads and backs.
"What's going on? Did he abandon us and run away on his own?"
"What bullshit Long Aotian? It was all crap! He's nothing but a hypocrite!"
A jumble of voices rang out, with none of the earlier flattery or fawning left.
"Shut up, all of you! The deputy captain went to find the wolf king!"
Leng Feng shouted angrily. He attacked the wild wolves while still finding time to speak.
"The wolf king?"
"With a pack this big, there has to be a wolf king! As long as we find and kill it, the situation before us will resolve itself."
Although Leng Feng didn't know what was going on with these people, and knew even less about where the Vulcan Machine Gun had come from, he didn't hesitate in the slightest when it came to killing wolves.
As the gun spat fire, dozens of wolves had already been shot dead.