Ji Mingyang's heart raced with urgency. "Why won't this person listen? That place is dangerous."
However, before he could further persuade, Zhu Xiong embraced him with a laugh, "Don't worry unnecessarily. You're a researcher, right? A real talent. Just cooperate honestly and we'll ensure your safety."
Zhu Xiong was grinning like a jovial tiger, and Ji Mingyang didn't dare to say another word, comforting himself silently: "There are so many of them; they should be able to escape."
Ye Kailing quickly sent back news as well; the supplies in the two supermarkets were half gone, especially the food, which was almost depleted. This matched the information provided by Zhao Kun and his group.
Since there was not much left to move in the supermarket, everyone gathered at the warehouse location, together with Zhao Kun and his people, and began transporting the supplies.
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Although frightened at first, Zhao Kun and his team gradually found that Su Han's team was very disciplined and eventually let their guard down, vigorously moving the rice.
Being able to clear out hundreds of fleshy corpse monsters was a feat far more impressive than their disorganized bunch.
The rice was packaged in large bags, each weighing a hundred kilograms, so about sixty bags for three tons. With most of the group being Contractors and many Angel Envoys among them, it took less than 15 minutes to load all the supplies onto the truck.
After disrupting Zhao Kun's group, Zhu Xiong immediately drove them to the Aoke Biological Research Center in two trucks.
The research center was not far from their current location. After Zhu Xiong drove another block, the sides of the street began to clear, being mostly occupied by large corporations or office buildings.
As the fog gradually dispelled, Ji Mingyang and Shu Hongguang, who were in the lead vehicle, grew increasingly nervous.
"We're here, just another five hundred meters to the Aoke Biological Research Center. Those monsters must be nearby; we must..."
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Ji Mingyang's voice was abruptly interrupted by a series of gunshots, making everyone's expressions stiffen as they exchanged glances.
"Gunshots?"
Bai Qilan, startled, immediately turned her crossbow, and with a swift click, triggered the mechanism. The crossbow arrow shot out with a "pfft" sound, piercing the body of the monster.
Blood splattered, and the creature thudded to the ground.
"Split-mouth Worm!"
Ji Mingyang exclaimed in shock. He was all too familiar with this kind of creature—a worm that had burst from the soft earth to devour many of his colleagues and those Double-tailed Scorpions.
Su Han focused his gaze. This red fleshy worm was over a meter long, as thick as a bucket, somewhat resembling an earthworm but with a black beak-like mouth split into three parts, lined with three rows of sharp teeth, and a flexible tongue like a long snake, pink yet covered in barbs.
Although the Split-mouth Worm had been hit by an arrow, its vitality allowed it to continue wriggling violently.
"Pfft"
Su Han chopped off the head and then said, "Watch your step, keep off the grass and stay on the concrete."
The concrete, having been hardened, was much safer since these Split-mouth Worms could not penetrate it.
"Boom!"
A massive explosion came from one side of the main building, shattering glass windows everywhere. As the group quickly approached, they were met with a shocking sight.
A seven-meter-tall Double-tailed Emperor Scorpion was engulfed in flames, a heat wave sweeping around, creating chaos all around, the nearby Double-tailed Scorpions being blown away, limbs shattered, blood and flesh flying.
Yet, in such an explosion, the creature seemed almost unaffected, suddenly lunging and overturning a black armored security vehicle.
"Retreat! The bombs have no effect on it."
An armed squad of about thirty people continuously shot at the Double-tailed Emperor Scorpion, rapidly retreating with panicked expressions.
"I'll use the Shadow Claw Monster to hold it off, Captain, you all retreat immediately, abandon this laboratory."