Chapter 6

Chapter 6: Killing Demonic Rats

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

From morning until afternoon, there was no news from the pursuit team that entered the wayward pine forest. Bored, Xia Ping’an closed his eyes and quietly rested on the helicopter.

It was only in the evening when the intercom of the helicopter rang once again.

“Calling Black Hawk 3, Black Hawk 4, we have a man down. We need a medic dispatch immediately. We are in pursuit of the target. Do you copy?”

“This is Black Hawk 3. Copy that.”

“This is Black Hawk 4. Copy that.”

“We will mark our location with a red smoke canister.”

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“Roger.”

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In the blink of an eye, the two helicopters took to the skies and flew towards the wayward pine forest. The helicopters had just climbed over a ridge when they could see a red plume of smoke rising from the ground far in the distance.

The two helicopters swiftly flew towards the smoke.

After just a few minutes, the helicopters arrived where the red smoke rose from. They sent the red smoke coming from the canisters on the ground, scattering in all directions.

On an open field in the wayward pine forest, four members of the pursuit team were lying on the ground. Some of the members had their guts spilling out of them. The others were with bloodied necks and thighs. They seemed to have had an intense battle with the demonic rats.

The other members also had injuries, but they could still move.

The bald guy and the short-haired beauty were not around. However, near the edge of the pine forest nearby, Xia Ping’an saw the burned corpse of a demonic rat that had been chopped into many pieces.

The group swiftly lifted the injured members onto one of the Black Hawk helicopters. The other seven members who weren’t injured got on the helicopter that Xia Ping’an was in. The two helicopters took to the skies at the same time. The helicopter carrying the injured members headed towards Xianghe City, whereas the one Xia Ping’an was sitting in headed towards the valley in a distance.

Xia Ping’an closed his eyes one more time. After a few seconds, an image once again appeared in Xia Ping’an’s consciousness: A demonic rat was swiftly escaping through the forest. Two drones were pursuing it in the sky above.

A blade missile shot out by the drones was blocked by the dense trees. After chopping down a few trees and large sections of foliage, it flew off course and crashed heavily onto the back of the demonic rat.

Another drone was shooting at it from the skies with a machine gun. Its shots caused earth, stone, and splinters from the tree trunks to splatter in all directions. The demonic rat that was being pursued was heavily injured, yet it still possessed frightening speed and movements. It even knew how to use the trees and its surrounding environment to evade pursuit.

More importantly, the wounds on the demonic rat’s body were healing on their own as it ran.

Xia Ping’an even saw the bleeding wounds on the demonic rat’s body rapidly cease bleeding. The wounds closed, and the bullets that entered the demonic rat’s body were pushed out of the wounds and fell to the ground.

About 200 to 300 meters behind the demonic rat, the bald guy, Big Tu, wielded his big knife. He was pursuing the demonic rat in the forest at the pace of a hundred-meter race. His speed was practically superhuman. There was a tree that had fallen up ahead. The bald guy leaped up more than 2 meters and instantly jumped over the tree trunk.

The short-haired beauty was running beside the bald guy. She was not any slower than the bald guy. She was even more nimble. When she encountered foliage in her way, she tumbled and twisted like a gymnast on a balance beam, easily avoiding the obstacles.

Honestly speaking, Xia Ping’an had never seen a woman who could run so fast and in the forest at that. A female hurdles gold medalist paled in comparison with this short-haired beauty.

The bald guy and the woman were like two pincers, surrounding the demonic rat from the left and right. The demonic rat seemed to have nowhere to run.

“There is a crevice in the left wall. We can climb through it.”

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“We need rope to climb down this boulder, which is more than 5 meters tall.”

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Xia Ping’an became the squad’s tour guide in the cave. At first, the pathway in the cave was still rather easy to travel on. However, the deeper they ventured in, the harder it was for them to advance. The cave was gradually getting wetter, and a creek formed. The squad advanced with their feet dipped in water. Soon, Xia Ping’an’s clothes were all wet.

Thankfully, since the demonic rat was huge, the places that it could access were surely places that Xia Ping’an and the rest could pass through too.

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After more than 40 minutes, Xia Ping’an suddenly stopped in his tracks and closed his eyes.

The entire squad came to a halt.

Xia Ping’an pointed at a pitch-black cave entrance 20 meters away from them while nodding seriously. The entrance was taller than the height of an average person. He then pointed in the three o’clock direction.

Everyone understood that the demonic rat was in the cave ahead. It was hiding in the three o’clock direction.

The bald guy gestured at the short-haired beauty and the two squad members who were protecting Xia Ping’an. Lin Feng immediately retreated with Xia Ping’an. He instructed Xia Ping’an to hide behind a huge rock. Zhao Yang took out two flashbangs and walked up to the cave entrance. Then, he raised three fingers.

Three...two...one...

The two flashbangs were thrown towards the right side of the cave at the same time. Everyone outside the entrance immediately turned around.

Bang. A muffled thud sounded from the cave. The blinding light caused everything in the cave to appear white momentarily.

The moment the white light disappeared, the bald guy lowered his body, and, with a combat roll, he dashed into the cave. The short-haired beauty was the second to enter the cave.

The swooshing sound of a machete being swung could be heard from inside the cave. They could hear the bald guy cursing, “Brute, die!”

The sound of gunshots followed immediately after. A crimson light lit up inside the cave, causing it to look like a burning kiln.

The shriek of the demonic rat reverberated in the cave.

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Two minutes later, the commotion in the cave ceased. The bald guy, who had a few claw marks on his left shoulder, emerged from inside nonchalantly with his machete. The short-haired beauty followed right behind him.

The bald guy ordered, “This cave has bats and other cave-dwelling animals. Zhao Yang and Lin Feng, the two of you stay here and make sure that the other animals do not enter here. I will inform the office to carry out anti-epidemic and sanitary disinfecting treatment here.”

“Yes, Sir!” The two members immediately took their spots at the entrance of the cave. They scanned the surroundings warily.

The bald guy looked at Xia Ping’an and walked towards him. He patted Xia Ping’an’s shoulder, revealing his frightening mouth full of steel teeth.

The bald guy’s grin turned into a menacing look of a ghoul the moment he revealed his mouth full of steel teeth. His grin would surely frighten kids to tears. “Kid, your performance today is not bad. You have guts. I reckon the director will not let a talented person like you go into hiding again. It’s hard to find someone with clairvoyance. Come under my wing. I’ll look after you from now on.”

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