RITAAB 66.2

CHAPTER 66.2

Gao Siyang sighed and shook his head. “Although Xia Liangshen’s team also has three variant beastmen, they can’t compare to you guys, nor can they compare to the variant beastmen in my military.”

 

“From my observations over this period, Zhongyuan, as for your team member Qin Jiulin… being able to transform into a huge tiger is an advantage. But what I didn’t expect was that his combat power is also so strong.”

 

Even though they’re both feline beast forms, Xia Liangshen’s black panther transformation doesn’t have nearly as much combat power, not even a tenth of Qin Jiulin’s.

 

Gao Siyang looked at Qin Jiulin. “Before I truly paid attention to your combat ability, I thought you would need a long time of tempering to reach this level. But… after seeing the scenes of you killing the half beastman, I can’t help but exclaim – the variant beastmen in the military aren’t even your match, you’re truly too proficient!”

 

“Your one-hit-kill movements are also very skilled, the techniques are sharp, without any superfluous actions.”

 

Qin Jiulin was a bit embarrassed by the praise. In truth, it was thanks to his past life that he had such skills now. Otherwise, how could his current self have such mastery?

 

No one starts out as truly strong, it’s all about gradually exploring and growing stronger step-by-step, isn’t it?

 

Qin Jiulin raised his hand. “As for the matters regarding me, let’s leave it at that. Now, please provide us with the task-related information, as well as the location of those two variant beastmen. We need to familiarize ourselves with them before departure.”

 

“On the way to the military base, we also need to practice some coordinated combat. Otherwise, even if we have the individual strength, if we don’t know how to cooperate, the sum may be less than the parts.”

 

Gao Siyang nodded. “They are at this location, you can go find them. But we don’t have much time left, it’s best if you depart today or tomorrow.”

 

Qin Jiulin and Liu Zhongyuan exchanged a glance. “We’ll go find them now, and depart tonight.”

 

Gao Siyang: “Wishing you a successful return.”

 

Liu Zhongyuan took the information handed over by Gao Siyang and left with the others. Gao Siyang stood at the doorway, watching them leave, before turning around and returning to his desk.

 

Wu Feiyang was somewhat worried. “Captain Gao, is it really alright to entrust this to the five of them?”

 

Gao Siyang: “There’s no other choice. As you know, our entire military force combined is less than 30,000 people! And the number of beastmen is only a few hundred.”

 

“Do you know what this means?”

 

Wu Feiyang: “I know. It means that in the future… protecting the metropolis will mainly rely on firearms.”

 

Gao Siyang: “Yes, the number of beastmen is too few. Although they are truly very useful and have great strength, when facing those animals that have regressed to a very high or even complete level, we must rely on their help. But just like the beastmen, the number of animals that have completely regressed or regressed to a very high degree is also scarce.”

 

“The beastmen, especially the variant beastmen, can only be our trump card, but cannot be the daily combat force for protecting the city. Military firearms and weapons are absolutely necessary and can’t be lacking!”

 

Wu Feiyang: “In that case, why don’t we just relocate the factory from the military base? It’s too far away, and accessing it later won’t be very convenient, plus it requires back-and-forth transportation.”

 

Gao Siyang: “Do you think I don’t want to? But to move all those large machines over, how easy is that? For now, we can only transport some military weapons over here to survive temporarily.”

 

Wu Feiyang: “Captain Gao, how long can our remaining military weapons last?”

 

Gao Siyang was silent for a while before answering. “In the best case, 15 days. In the worst case… 10 days.”

 

Wu Feiyang: “That means Liu Zhongyuan and the others must bring the first batch of military weapons back within 15 days at the latest, or else we’ll have to fight with only cold weapons?”

 

Gao Siyang: “From now on, have everyone start conserving a bit, we can’t afford to waste a single bullet!”

 

Wu Feiyang: “Won’t that cause panic among the soldiers? After all, if there’s not enough bullets…”

 

Gao Siyang: “When transporting the military weapons here, many soldiers have already seen it. Do you think you can hide it from them? It’s better to let them know this clearly.”

 

“Of course, while telling them, also inform them that the support pillars have already dispatched people to the military base to transport the weapons over. As long as they hold on during this period, there won’t be a problem.”

 

Wu Feiyang: “…Understood.”

 

It’s the same as before, everyone knows their military weapons are insufficient, and everyone also knows the situation at the military base, after all, they retreated from there.

 

The meaning of dispatching people there is to send them on a mission, but… whether they can truly succeed in returning, that’s hard to say.

 

Their worries, Liu Zhongyuan and the others didn’t know about. After arriving at the location Gao Siyang had told them, they indeed saw two people there, both wearing camouflage uniforms, upright and proper in their bearing, whether standing or sitting.

 

The five of them sat on the sofa, and first they needed to introduce themselves.

 

“Zhang Yuankai, variant beastman, my beast form is the pangolin!”

 

“Mo Xinghui, variant beastman, my beast form is the snow leopard.”

 

Qin Jiulin’s eyes flickered. “Pangolin and snow leopard…”

 

Indeed, those were quite good beast forms. And if he remembered correctly, this snow leopard… was the particularly fluffy one with an incredibly long tail? 

 

What should he do? He wanted to stroke the fluffy fur!

 

Liu Zhongyuan’s gaze shifted to Mo Xinghui. “Snow leopard?”

 

Mo Xinghui’s eyes flashed. “What, are you all also interested in my beast form?”

 

Suddenly, Zhang Yuankai burst out laughing. “Haha haha haha…”

 

Mo Xinghui rolled his eyes. Their previous serious demeanor was completely gone now.

 

“What’s so funny?”

 

Zhang Yuankai, “Ah well, there’s no helping it, brother. We’re all big men here, what’s wrong with you letting us stroke your fur a bit? It’s not like anyone will lose a piece of flesh!”

 

Qin Jiulin, “Judging from your reactions, Mo Xinghui hasn’t been lacking in people stroking his fur before?”

 

Zhang Yuankai grinned. “That’s right, who wouldn’t love the fluffiest one among us? And some even transform into beast form to lick his fur.”

 

Qin Jiulin, “I see…”

 

Liu Zhongyuan thought about his and Qin Jiulin’s beast forms. Damn! They couldn’t lick each other’s fur.

 

His own tongue couldn’t reach the scales on his body, and he didn’t have any fur. 

 

As for Qi Yue, he didn’t count!

 

Liu Zhongyuan placed the documents he was holding on the table. “Alright, let’s set the other things aside for now. Let’s take a look at these documents first. When the time is right, we’ll depart today. Oh, and let’s have someone prepare the things we need to bring, we don’t have time to go back.”

 

Zhang Yuankai and Mo Xinghui instantly became serious again. “No problem, I’ll have the military personnel help us pack. Now let’s discuss the situation at the military base.”

 

Mo Xinghui spread out the documents. “This military base is not too far from here, around 50 kilometers or so. If we were to drive, it wouldn’t take much time. But we can’t drive.”

 

Qin Jiulin, “There’s probably no drivable vehicles left, right? And even if there were, the roads are likely impassable now.”

 

They had seen a lot of vehicles when the military came before, but those vehicles would definitely be unusable now. After all, the sound of vehicles would attract many animals, even the half beastman outside.

 

With just the five of them, they wouldn’t be able to handle it. The best option would be for them to travel in their beast forms, not to mention with Liu Zhongyuan there, they’d have a means of transportation for the military weapons.

 

Zhang Yuankai and Mo Xinghui looked at them with strange eyes. Liu Zhongyuan glanced at them. “What’s wrong?”

 

Zhang Yuankai, “Nothing, let’s continue.”

 

Mo Xinghui pointed to the content on one of the papers. “Captain Gao should have told you about the strength of the half beastman in this military base, right?”

 

Liu Zhongyuan, “Yes, but he didn’t give accurate details. He just said they were very strong, beyond what the half beastman in the city could compare to. But I’m not clear on the specifics of how powerful they are.”

 

Mo Xinghui, “Let me put it this way, when we left the military base, there were around 300 half beastman left inside.”

 

“These 300-plus half beastman were able to survive even with our constant gunfire, because the weaker ones had already been killed by us.”

 

“The 300-plus half beastman, almost every single one of them can be compared to a completely regressed animal. Their strength is extremely powerful. Lacking intelligence and only having the instincts of hunting and feeding, their combat power is far beyond what you can imagine. So do you understand now?”