Chapter 70
Fu Haiyang saw Wu Feiyang’s haggard appearance and his complexion was not good either. Both of them had not slept the previous night, and Fu Haiyang had been patrolling in another area.
“What’s the matter? Is everything alright?”
Wu Feiyang rubbed his temples, “For now, there’s nothing wrong, but the soldiers definitely won’t lie, so it’s estimated that in the next couple of days, there will be animals hiding around the area that will attack us.”
Fu Haiyang, “That’s true, the half beastmen can’t possibly be hiding and observing us.”
Wu Feiyang, “Recently, investigate if our military has killed any animals that could trigger retaliation when going out hunting, and report it in time if there are any.”
Fu Haiyang, “I’ve already ordered it, and the result…”
“Deputy Captain! We’ve found the situation.”
The two turned around to see a soldier running over, “What’s the situation?!”
“The people in the cafeteria said that yesterday, Xie Sihan and Cheng Tianxiang brought over a monkey with a missing head, this might trigger the monkey clan’s revenge, so I reported it to you.”
Wu Feiyang nodded, “It’s very likely to be this, I’ll go ask them.”
Fu Haiyang was just about to say something when he saw the trio coming behind Wu Feiyang, “They’re here, oh right, Xia Liansheng said he’d be going out to accept a mission today, he might be coming to find us for the mission.”
Wu Feiyang anxiously, “At a time like this, where else would there be a mission to give them? With so many animals outside, and I’m sure some have a high degree of reversion, and apart from the armed ones, the only other mutant beastmen are the three of them, the rest are ordinary beastmen. If they go up against those hungry animals outside, the casualties will be incalculable!”
High-level or completely reverted animals going up against mutant beastmen have a fighting chance, or even can be evenly matched, just look at Liu Zhongyuan, Qin Jiulin, or Xia Liansheng.
Now if even the three of them went out, then it would really be the end, wouldn’t it?
Xia Liansheng, “Captain Wu, we…”
Wu Feiyang raised his hand to stop him from continuing, “Wait, Captain Xia, don’t speak first, I need to ask your two team members some questions.”
Xia Liansheng was taken aback, his expression a bit unsightly, “I… I’ve consulted their opinions.”
Wu Feiyang was also taken aback, “It’s not that, there’s something else.”
Xia Liansheng frowned slightly, “What is it?”
Wu Feiyang looked at Xie Sihan and Cheng Tianxiang, “The soldiers patrolling outside last night found some animals observing the situation here in the distance, speculating that there may be an animal attack, or it could be retaliation.”
“Now we’ve done a tally, and the people in the military who went out hunting have basically killed herbivores, and they won’t come back for revenge. But we got the news that you guys hunted down a monkey with a relatively high degree of reversion yesterday?”
Xie Sihan nodded, “That’s right, when we went out hunting, we encountered it. We didn’t originally plan to target it, but at the time the distance was very close, and that monkey’s degree of reversion was visually more obvious, so we didn’t hesitate.”
“It was threatening me in the tree, so I found an opportunity to expose its weak spot and killed it, bringing it back. Shouldn’t this be fine?”
Wu Feiyang shook his head, “Of course it’s fine, you went out hunting, and when you encountered prey, you killed it, there’s no problem at all, even if the monkey clan really does come for revenge, you didn’t do anything wrong.”
“Moreover, we still can’t confirm if it’s the monkey clan, so we need to investigate first.” Wu Feiyang said this while turning to look at Xia Liansheng, “Captain Xia, I’m now issuing you a mission to investigate the animals lurking around us, is that alright?”
“This mission is not a simple one, there must be reverted ones among this group of animals, and it won’t be easy for you. I hope you can complete the mission seriously and carefully.”
Xia Liansheng, “Okay, no problem, we’ll take on this mission.”
Xia Liansheng immediately took Xie Sihan and Cheng Tianxiang out. Cheng Tianxiang flew in the sky for a while, but didn’t find anything abnormal for the time being. Of course, since it might be the monkey clan coming for revenge, her gaze was focused on places with obstructions, especially in the forest.
Monkeys usually like to stay in trees or places with vegetation, right?
Xia Liansheng and Xie Sihan huddled together, they couldn’t go too far, after all, Wu Feiyang said it was a large group of animals, the two of them together would still have a fighting chance, but if they split up, they would be picked off one by one. Hopefully this mission can be completed smoothly.
Xia Liansheng lightly landed on a sturdy tree branch, his pure black fur had inconspicuous black cloud patterns on it. If you didn’t look closely, you couldn’t even see it.
Xia Liansheng and Xie Sihan wandered around the area where the soldiers had discovered the abnormality the previous night, and indeed there was a pungent smell. Xie Sihan immediately recognized it as the scent of monkeys.
It was similar to the monkey they encountered yesterday, so it must be the monkey clan coming for revenge, this was certain. She glanced up at Cheng Tianxiang with some caution.
Then she drew a few strokes with her front paw to tell Xia Liansheng that it was indeed the monkey clan. Xia Liansheng nodded, indicating he understood this information, and then started walking towards the distant smell.
They didn’t go too far, if they were ambushed by the prepared monkey clan, they might get injured.
Cheng Tianxiang kept circling in the sky, searching for traces of the monkeys, but there was no sign of them in a large area, as if they were being too cautious.
She only realized the truth when she saw Xie Sihan’s paw drawing – it was definitely the monkey clan. She could only try her best to search for the monkeys’ tracks or signs of their activities in the area ahead of Xia Liansheng and Xie Sihan, after all, they could follow the scent on the ground.
But she kept getting no clues, and couldn’t smell anything. She could only fly ahead of their direction.
Xia Liansheng, with Xie Sihan, carefully hid behind a large boulder on the mountainside. In the valley in front of the boulder, they noticed a few monkeys resting in the trees by the lake or under the trees.
Xia Liansheng immediately spotted two particularly conspicuous and huddled together monkeys, these two monkeys were very special, their appearance showed that they had an extremely high degree of reversion!
What was also strange was that the two monkeys were holding a monkey’s head, this must be… Hearing that the monkey Xie Sihan brought back yesterday was headless, it turned out that they had discarded it.
Xie Sihan realized that this was indeed her own mistake when she saw the monkey’s head. Judging from the size of these two monkeys, she guessed that the monkey they saw yesterday was their child, who hadn’t grown up yet, no wonder its degree of reversion was so high, but its size was a bit small.
The two in front of them were larger, of course this also meant that killing them would be more difficult, or rather, they were on a completely different level. These two monkeys looked much more ferocious based on their appearance.
Xia Liansheng took a rough look at the number of monkeys and their degree of reversion, and then brought Xie Sihan back, after all, the two of them against two reverted monkeys might be able to do it, but the remaining monkeys could interfere with them, and the possibility of them being at a disadvantage would be greater.
As for Cheng Tianxiang in the sky, she couldn’t really help them in direct combat.
Xie Sihan received the retreat signal and didn’t hesitate, after all, she was quite self-aware. With Cheng Tianxiang watching the monkey clan from the sky, if the monkey clan discovered Xia Liansheng and them and chased after them, she would immediately warn the two.
Fortunately, their retreat process was also relatively smooth. Back at the base, Xia Liansheng reported some of the situation to Wu Feiyang, “There are two highly reverted monkeys, they look like the leaders of the monkey clan, the rest seem to be ordinary monkeys, the number is between eighty and a hundred, the distance is a bit far, so I couldn’t count them accurately, but the number won’t differ too much.”
Wu Feiyang, “Well done, the location and everything have been confirmed, right?”
Xia Liansheng, “Yes, there are only two highly reverted monkeys, you can leave them to our squad, the rest of the monkeys can be assigned to the ordinary beastmen to kill, your soldiers can provide cover, and give a little help, this way, this not-so-numerous monkey clan can be easily dealt with by us.”
Wu Feiyang let out a slight sigh of relief, this was also what he was thinking, “Since it’s like this, then I’ll have to trouble your squad. If the monkey clan attacks, those two highly reverted monkeys will depend on you to delay them.”
Xia Liansheng, “No problem.”
Xie Sihan also immediately said, “No problem, Captain Wu, this was originally a problem I brought.”
Wu Feiyang shook his head, “This kind of thing is not worth worrying about, don’t blame yourself, we are also living beings in the natural world, to survive we have to keep hunting, this kind of thing will definitely happen in the future.”
“Just get used to it.”
Xie Sihan also slightly calmed her mood, “Okay, Captain Wu.”
“The soldiers will be on patrol around the area, and as soon as they detect the monkey clan approaching, they will notify you!”
Xia Liansheng, “It’s better for us not to go too far, the other monkeys are not fast, but those two special monkeys are no joke. Notify us until we arrive here, even if it’s fast, it will take two to three minutes, and for highly reverted animals, two to three minutes can do a lot.”
“So, we’ll just stay here, that way if there’s an emergency, we can respond in time.”
Wu Feiyang, “Then do as you say.”
This time, Xie Sihan and Cheng Tianxiang also had no objections, after all, this monkey clan attack was related to them, especially Xie Sihan, she had been blaming herself in her heart.
Although Wu Feiyang’s words to her made her heart not so painful, but… if there really were casualties due to the monkey clan, she would never forgive herself!
Wu Feiyang was worried about other things, Liu Zhongyuan’s squad had only been gone for a few days, and this kind of thing happened here. If they ran out of ammunition before they came back…
Hopefully this time the monkey clan won’t be too hard to deal with!
Of course, even if the monkey clan attacks, they can’t say they will conserve bullets because of lack of ammunition. They still have to shoot when necessary, this is not their way of doing things.
If they run out of ammunition later, they’ll figure something out, but if people die, that’s just the way it is.
Xia Liansheng stood on the roof of a nearby building with Xie Sihan, this way they could clearly see the distant scenery, and also wouldn’t miss any sudden situations.
Cheng Tianxiang flew up in the sky every half an hour to check the situation for five to ten minutes, but throughout the day she didn’t find anything, which meant the monkey clan didn’t attack during the day.
Then is it at night?
For mutant beastmen, going one or two nights without sleep is still something they can endure, so the three of them didn’t plan to rest tonight, and kept watch again all night, but still nothing happened.
By the next day, when Cheng Tianxiang flew around the mountain valley where the monkey clan was discovered the previous day, she couldn’t find the monkey clan there anymore.
It seems the monkey clan left this place after being discovered by them yesterday, but where they went, of course Cheng Tianxiang didn’t know. Cheng Tianxiang was anxiously searching in a wider area, and finally found the monkey clan’s trace in a place much farther away, about four kilometers from their base…
Not too far, Cheng Tianxiang thought.
She observed them for a long time, until she was sure the monkey clan had no intention of leaving, then she left. What she didn’t notice was that the two ferocious-looking highly reverted monkeys looked up at the direction she flew away.
Cheng Tianxiang returned to the base, “Whew… I’m so tired.”
Xie Sihan, “How’s the situation?”
Cheng Tianxiang quickly drew a simple map on the ground, and pointed to a certain location, “This is where we discovered the monkey clan yesterday, and this is where I found the monkey clan today.”
Xie Sihan, “They’ve changed locations, and the distance from here is farther, are they trying to leave?”
Xia Liansheng, “Unlikely, if they were leaving, they would just leave directly, not stay in a not-too-close-not-too-far place, I guess they’re waiting for an opportunity.”
Xie Sihan, “Then… should we continue to wait?”
Xia Liansheng, “No need, I guess they won’t attack during the day, for now, go rest for a while, if there’s a situation, we’re right here, the soldiers will also notify us in time, it won’t delay time.”
Cheng Tianxiang also knew this, “Okay then, there’s no other way. It’s my fault for not being careful earlier, I relaxed my guard a bit after observing a few times without anything happening.”
Xie Sihan, “You scared me to death, breaking the feathers on your wing, which means you almost had your wing broken, that monkey must have aimed at your wing when throwing the rock, it seems they want to kill you.”
Cheng Tianxiang nodded, “Yes, how crafty!”
Xie Sihan, “Okay, go bandage yourself first, this abrasion will probably take a few days to heal, these few days you’d better not run around everywhere, I’ll go explain the situation to Captain Wu, let him dispatch another flying beastman, since it’s just high-altitude reconnaissance, it won’t be a problem.”
Cheng Tianxiang, “Okay, I understand.”
At this moment, she realized that her crane beast form didn’t seem to be of much use, unlike the combat-capable and hunting-capable Qi Yu. Apart from her size increasing, she had nothing else, no sharp claws, no sharp mouth, completely no combat ability…
She, the mutant beastman, seemed to be the most useless one, not much different from an ordinary beastman, joining this mutant beastman squad might be the most unqualified.
She used to look down on Xia Liansheng, but who knew she was the real loser. She was very dejected as Xie Sihan sent her to the infirmary for bandaging.
Doctor, “It’s nothing serious, but it may take a week for it to fully heal.”
Xie Sihan, “Thank you, doctor.”
Doctor, “Remember to come back to change the dressing in the next two days.”
Xie Sihan, “Okay, I’ll supervise him.”
Xie Sihan sent Cheng Tianxiang back to her room, and when she returned to Xia Liansheng’s side, there was already a somewhat unfamiliar man standing beside Xia Liansheng.
“Hello, I’m Lin Yuze, my beast form is an ordinary pigeon, although I have no combat power, I can fly fast and high.”
Xie Sihan, “Hello, Mr. Lin, the aerial reconnaissance and monitoring of the monkey clan’s movements will be handed over to you from now on.”
Lin Yuze, “No problem, leave it to me.”
After Xia Liansheng explained the situation to Wu Feiyang, he immediately thought of Lin Yuze, after all, the other flying ordinary beastmen currently all have their own missions.
Lin Yuze has been idle for a long time, and they can’t just keep him like that, so this time he’s being deployed, hopefully he’ll be useful
Meanwhile, at the military base, Liu Zhongyuan’s team was also diligently eliminating the half beastmen that had emerged from the base.
At first, they still felt it wasn’t too difficult, but the further they went, the more difficult it became. This was not their illusion, the strength of the half beastmen was actually getting stronger and stronger…
Liu Zhongyuan’s team had to work hard to deal with this increasing threat. The half beastmen they encountered were becoming more and more formidable, posing a greater challenge to the team.
Despite the difficulty, Liu Zhongyuan and his squad members continued their mission, determined to eliminate these dangerous creatures and secure the base. They knew the stakes were high, and any lapse in vigilance could be costly.
As they pressed on, the half beastmen’s abilities seemed to evolve, becoming more unpredictable and dangerous with each encounter. Liu Zhongyuan realized they would need to adapt their tactics and strategies to overcome this growing threat.
The battle was intense, but Liu Zhongyuan’s squad remained resolute, unwavering in their commitment to protect the base and its inhabitants. They knew that every step forward was crucial, as the fate of the entire settlement rested on their shoulders.
The fight against the half beastmen was a grueling test of their strength, endurance, and adaptability. But Liu Zhongyuan and his team were determined to emerge victorious, no matter the cost.
Back at the base, Xia Liansheng’s squad and the newly assigned Lin Yuze continued to monitor the monkey clan’s movements, waiting for the right opportunity to strike. The tension was palpable as they prepared for a potentially fierce confrontation.
