novelbin Chapter 62 The Bustling Border Region
Chapter 62 The Bustling Border Region
Just as Liu Baichuan had predicted, Blue Shield Company accepted all of his proposed conditions.
Xu Su invited him into the pickup truck and they signed the agreement online.
As the captain, Xu Su could not leave his post without permission, so he left three capable men at the stronghold to meet the main force that was rushing to the location.
In less than half an hour, Outpost No. 1 was emptied.
Six large pickup trucks, carrying the collection team members and hundreds of biological samples, quickly drove away from the old town.
At 13:45 in the afternoon, there was only about an hour left before the freezing rain was predicted by the meteorological satellite.
The pickup truck sped along, carving six deep furrows into the dense, jungle-like tall grass.
Inside the train carriage, the students discussed their findings.
Upon hearing that Cao Yingchong had collected seven biological samples with extremely high activity levels in just one hour that morning, Qiao Yi couldn't help but admire him so much that her eyes lit up.
"Look at you, so worthless, all love-struck, it's terrifying."
Ji Chenyu made a sarcastic remark, and Qiao Yi immediately chopped off the back of his head.
"What are you saying? I'm the class monitor's biggest fan."
"Pinkhead, with such heavy makeup, you look more like you have acne."
"Tch, you country bumpkin, you don't know anything." Qiao Yi took out her phone, opened Feixun (a messaging app), and pointed to more than a dozen chat groups: "This is just a part of our 'Onion Flower' groups, there are dozens more on other platforms."
"What?!" Ji Chenyu exclaimed incredulously, "Wait, class monitor, are you a singer, dancer, and rapper? How come you have so many fans!"
Qiao Yi quickly answered, "The class monitor doesn't need those fancy things. We 'scallion' fans are all fans of the class monitor's good looks."
Ji Chenyu was not convinced, but he was greatly shocked: "This is actually possible?!"
"Of course! Our class monitor is so handsome! He became an internet sensation back then with just one fencing competition photo..."
Qiao Yi opened an app and accessed the fan account created specifically for Cao Yingchong, which was filled with all sorts of handsome photos. In addition to current photos, there were also photos of him participating in marathons, fencing, golf, and amateur shooting when he was fourteen or fifteen years old.
Ji Chenyu looked at the class monitor incredulously, while Cao Yingchong shrugged dismissively, once again subtly showing off.
The three were chatting animatedly, but Qi Te kept looking out the window with a slight frown on his brow.
"What's wrong?" Yue Wanwan asked softly.
Qi Te collected his thoughts, shook his head to indicate that he was fine, and Yue Wanwan wanted to say something more, but the pickup truck sped out of the tall grass, and the view outside the window suddenly opened up.
A buzzing sound came from not far away, and the students immediately turned their heads and looked out through the glass. They saw more than a dozen drones streaking across the sky, flying towards the old town.
"They've actually deployed Scorpion fighter jets!"
Cao Yingchong saw another fighter jet in the distance, following behind, through the "Eagle Eye".
G4 said proudly, "This is just the advance team. Headquarters has also sent three elite teams and three A-level captains."
Qin Yun, a senior student in the same car, couldn't help but exclaim, "Blue Shield truly lives up to its reputation as the strongest security company in Long County; its strength is indeed formidable."
The Scorpion fighter jet is a weapon specifically designed for air combat in border areas. It is equipped with cannons, missiles, tracking missiles, incendiary bombs, and heavy machine guns, with armor penetration up to 2000 mm and a maximum range of 8000 meters.
With a top speed of 450 kilometers per hour, its unique nested propeller design allows it to not only take off and land vertically, but also fly in reverse in emergencies.
The terrain at the border is complex. It takes pickup trucks three or four hours to drive from the city gate of Haicheng, while fighter jets can reach the old city in just over half an hour.
As he watched the drones fly by rapidly, Qi Te's heart tightened.
"The hunters have been dispatched!"
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Just as the convoy sped toward the mountain range where Outpost No. 2 was located, at the foot of a barren mountain that looked like it was made of black rocks, two dark gray SUVs slowed down and slowly drove into a canyon.
The rock face is riddled with holes formed by sun and rain, and the wind whistles through the valley as it passes through the holes.
The canyon got its name from this, Whistle Valley.
Fifteen minutes into the journey, a middle-aged man with a scarred face wearing a black semi-transparent mask, sitting in the passenger seat of the lead car, addressed everyone via a wristwatch communicator.
"We're almost there, everyone get ready."
"receive"
The team members responded one by one.
"Uncle Gun, after we finish this job and get the final payment, let's go to the Seravi Casino and have some fun, and maybe find a few hot girls to relax with."
A young man with bright red hair in the back seat made the suggestion with a grin.
The man immediately hardened his face and scolded, "What's in your pig brain besides women and gambling?"
The young man immediately pouted in dissatisfaction, and the driver quickly smoothed things over: "Boss, Wei is still young, it's normal for him to want women. In our line of work, we risk our lives, we always have to have something to look forward to, right?"
The scarred man was clearly the leader of this group. Hearing what the driver said, his angry expression softened slightly, and he shook his head helplessly.
"Wei, bounty hunting is a young person's game. Save the money you earn, a few small bets are fine, but don't get addicted. Otherwise, you'll end up like your dad, who was too eager to use the money and got into that kind of accident."
The young man named Awei lowered his head, his face looking rather grim.
The scarred leader looked down at the map on the holographic display and pointed to a protruding rock not far ahead.
"We're here, right there."
The driver slowed down and drove towards the canyon walls.
From the air, it looks like a car has lost control and crashed into the rock wall, but in fact, there is a hidden opening at the bottom of the boulder.
The car was turned around and stopped, keeping its direction facing outwards.
Seven men and women got off the vehicle one after another. Some of them were dressed in pure black combat uniforms. Their clothing was slightly different, but they were all fully armed. Their tactical vests were filled with magazines and various equipment, and they had military bayonets and daggers on their waists and ankles.
A short, thin man raised his hand and beckoned, and the other nine people immediately moved closer to him.
"Check the equipment, weapons, and ammunition."
"The tracker indicates the target is deep within the cave. The employer's intelligence indicates the target is fire-attribute, A+ level. Therefore, even during winter break, the temperature deep within the cave will be extremely high; everyone should prepare temperature-controlled suits in advance."
"Once inside the cave, proceed with caution. Communicate using the communicator and try to avoid making high-decibel noise. Understand?"
After the scarred leader finished speaking, nine men and women dressed as combatants responded in turn.
A short, middle-aged man wearing a transparent mask led the way, with the others following closely behind, quickly moving deeper into the cave.
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Just as a group of bounty hunters entered the cave, two figures appeared out of thin air from among the rocks 500 meters away.
"This border area is really lively. By the way, what are those bounty hunters doing here? Could there be treasure at the bottom of the mountain?"
A blond, blue-eyed white youth looked curiously toward the cave at the foot of the mountain.
A young woman wearing a baseball cap stood nearby, her brows furrowed as she looked up at the swarm of drones flying rapidly in the distance, and the two Scorpion fighter jets following behind.
"Could it be that our whereabouts have been discovered?"
"Heh~" The white youth sneered, "Nico, even though we are five-star wanted criminals in the Federation, you don't need to use that thing to hunt down the three of us."
The woman named Nicole thought about it seriously for two seconds and then nodded: "That makes sense."
The rocks behind the two men seemed to float like cloth, and then a one-eyed man with an extremely burly build stepped out from them.
Those weren't real rocks, but tents with dynamic camouflage features.
"Mukert, has the base responded?" Nicole asked hurriedly.
The one-eyed, burly man named Mukot wore a holographic transparent mask. His square face was chiseled, with sharp angles, and he looked very resolute.
"We received a reply that it was sent by Blue Shield Security Company. The purpose of the operation is unclear, but we can confirm that it is not aimed at us."
"Could it be related to that gathering team?" Nicole asked.
Just as Mukert was about to say something, the instrument in his hand suddenly lit up.
"Signal from base, proceed!"
The young white man immediately beamed: "Great! I've been stuck in this godforsaken place for two days, and I have to put up with your snoring. It's been awful."
Mukot raised his hand and waved it, and the tent spontaneously combusted without fire.
Freezing rain will fall within half an hour at most, and the burn marks will be completely wiped away.
The young white man rolled his eyes dismissively: "Do we need to be so careful? We're from the [Outpost]. Even if we're discovered, what can those federal idiots do to us?"
Nicole said irritably, "Isaac, you talk too much nonsense."
Having said that, the slender young woman suddenly leaped into the air.
Without a running start or any build-up, starting from zero frames, he leaped across a canyon tens of meters wide and landed on the opposite mountain peak.
"Take your own things."
Mukert slung one bag over his shoulder, tossed the other one he was holding to the white youth Isaac, and instantly vanished.
"You two bastards deliberately left me out, remember this!"
Isaac cursed angrily and pulled an oval-shaped device from his bag.
Once activated, the device unfolded, resembling a small surfboard. Isaac flipped and leaped onto it, stepping on it with both feet. The metal buckles automatically engaged, and a transparent wave of air shot out from the tail, carrying him towards the other side...