The group ventured into the mountains and headed south.
Ahead, the mountains resembled a fortress, fraught with danger. Qingchen and his companions had to fight their way through.
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Just three hours after Qingchen and his group abandoned their vehicle, a special forces unit suddenly appeared next to it.
What's rather strange is that, in addition to carrying firearms, this group of people also had two black briefcases with them.
They did not wear semi-enclosed exoskeleton-powered armor.
Generally speaking, soldiers who want to conduct raids in the wilderness will definitely wear exoskeleton armor unless they are high-level genetic warriors who are extremely confident in their physical strength.
This special forces unit consists of 41 people, each with 12 scars on their faces, disfiguring their original appearance and making them unrecognizable by facial recognition.
They have never left their DNA comparison records in the federal database.
The Faceless Men Army.
It is also one of the most elite special forces units in the Federation.
Some team members tried to approach the car, but the captain raised his hand to stop them: "There's a trap inside the car."
The faceless men's action leader was silent for a moment, then gave a tactical signal, and the 41 men quickly infiltrated towards the distant mountains.
These 41 people leaped and darted through the mountains and forests with the agility and speed of monkeys; each of them was a gene warrior of B grade or above!
This is the most elite special forces force that other forces created through an arms race after learning of the existence of the Shadow Force.
Each person here would be capable of leading an army group independently at the battalion level.
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After the Faceless Men army entered the mountains and fields.
Another brigade-sized force arrived at the abandoned vehicle and made the same choice as the Faceless Men.
A lieutenant colonel ordered the main force to continue advancing along the main road, while his reconnaissance battalion, composed of genetically engineered soldiers, set off lightly into the mountains.
These reconnaissance battalions have a total of five hundred soldiers, each of whom is a D-level gene warrior, and the battalion commander is even a B-level one.
A massive number of mechanical spiders were dumped in the mountains and fields, advancing alongside the gene warriors. The mechanical spiders' four mechanical claws gripped the ground as they moved, emitting a chilling rustling sound.
An adjutant asked, "There's a shadow in that group. Even if we pile up our lives, we can't kill him. Is there any point in doing this?"
The lieutenant colonel sneered, "Of course there is. Shadow's abilities cannot be used without restraint. Every person he kills will accumulate a backlash. This is a pattern that the higher-ups have studied for ten years. Do you think Shadow isn't afraid of human wave tactics? No, he is. Otherwise, why do you think he has been so cautious in his actions all these years? It's only in the last few months that he has become somewhat unrestrained."
Lieutenant Colonel: "Don't worry, all we're asked to do is make a statement. The one who will ultimately end Shadow and Qingchen is not us, but the demigod."
Chapter 638, The Faceless Men Squad
Return countdown: 31:00:00.
"Brother, who sent you to train me? Why did you have to turn on me now of all times?"
Qingchen was running at a steady pace across the mountains and fields, complaining as he ran.
However, despite his complaints, no matter how undulating the mountain was, he always carried his shadow steadily on his back.
At this moment, Yangyang simply took Xiaomengqian, Sun Chuci, and Tuanzi and slowly flew in the sky. Although the speed was a bit slower, her ability to fly in a straight line regardless of the terrain allowed her to maintain a speed that was only slightly behind Qingchen.
As they spoke, an unusual electromagnetic wave came from afar, causing fluctuations in the lightning plasma within Qing Chen's body. While simultaneously faking a reflection of the electromagnetic wave, he said, "Land, someone's coming!"
Yangyang immediately landed, and the group quickly gathered together. Zard instantly used his ability to create a protective shell of sand around them to avoid being scanned by phased array radar and biometric detection, like a small bunker.
Moreover, Zard was very meticulous in his work; there were even weeds and vegetation on his little bunker.
A Class A airship drifted by in the sky, but even a Class A airship could not detect the anomaly on the ground.
In the darkness of the bunker, everyone waited quietly.
Zard suddenly asked, "Boss, didn't you and Yangyang shoot down a plane together before? Why don't you two go up in the sky and shoot it down?"
With a snap.
Sun Chuci yelled, "Who hit me on the back of the head?"
Qing Chen: "Sorry, I dialed the wrong person."
Zard: "Hehe, I changed seats, wasn't that clever?"
Yangyang explained, "At the time, I was only responsible for tossing Qingchen around in the air; Qingchen took off the plane himself."
Qing Chen: "...There are children here!"
Inside this small bunker, where no one could see anyone else, they were able to catch their breath for a moment.
Zard said, "Boss, there won't be many Class A airships. You two go up and take them out, then we won't have to hide anymore."
“No,” Qingchen said, “We have a record of shooting down airships before. This time, the enemy has a very clear target for me. They might have left some tricks on the airship.”
“Oh, then let’s chat here!” Zard said.
“Wait a minute, can’t you control the sand to move? We’re in this little bunker, so why don’t you just move this bunker?” Qingchen said.
“Yeah, right…who’s touching my hand?” Zard asked.
Tuanzi stammered for a long time, "Sorry, I...I touched the wrong thing!"
Zard: "I'm a respectable person!"
Qingchen, with his back to the shadow, said, "Everyone, keep your hands to yourselves. We're running for our lives. We can talk about love later, once we're alive. Let's keep going."
The small sandcastles on the ground began to move slowly southward at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour, looking like assassins in a movie, stealthily stalking green belts.
Yangyang uses her force field to sense the outside world from inside the small sand bunker. If there is any enemy activity, she can sense it 300 meters in advance.
Qing Chen suddenly realized that they were an absolutely perfect battlefield infiltration team, equipped with anti-radar, anti-life detection, and force field radar...
It would be even better if Zard didn't fart in the little sandbox.
The first Class A airship slowly flew northward, and soon, the second one flew overhead as well.
The troops of the Qing and Chen clans seemed to have cast a large net across the mountains and fields, determined to find Yingzi and Qingchen.
At this moment, Yangyang suddenly said, "Stop!"
The small sandcastle suddenly stopped.
Less than a minute later, a small squad of seven soldiers passed through from the south. They didn't even glance at the small sand tower before continuing northward.
Surprisingly, no one discovered this small sandcastle.
“Although the small sand tower is moving a bit slowly, it is well concealed. Unless someone is holding a life detector at close range, they definitely won’t be able to find us,” Yangyang said.
Just then, another group of soldiers appeared, carrying life detectors.
Qing Chen asked, "Can they find us?"
Yangyang: "It should be possible... Why is she carrying a life detector around? Is she really that cautious?"
At this moment, the soldiers outside looked at the small sandbar and asked, "Is this a grave? Who buried themselves here, some wilderness man?"
"Scan it with the detector."
The soldiers glanced at the screen on their instruments, then looked up at the small sand bunker in front of them, overgrown with weeds and saplings...
Holy crap!
There are clearly several people whispering inside this 'grave mound'!
How come there are still a few living people in this grave mound?!
"Fire! Target spotted in area B49, requesting support!" the soldier roared into the communications channel. "Requesting airships to return to base for air support!"
The silence on the communication channel was suddenly broken.
To the west, in the Faceless Men's unit, the soldier who always held a handheld terminal said, "Captain, target found."
He checked the map again: "Nine o'clock."
The captain, his face crisscrossed with scars, said with a ferocious expression, "Let's go."
This elite special forces unit suddenly sprang into action, carrying two black boxes, the purpose of which was unknown.
A special forces unit of 41 B-level gene warriors can even wipe out a battalion-level organization in the wilderness without suffering any casualties!
On the other side, Qing Chen heard the gunfire outside: "Zard, provide cover! Kill these people first!"
We can't wait any longer.
With blockades ahead and pursuers behind, their progress was already slow. If they were stopped here, even with Zard, him, and Yangyang there, they would eventually be overwhelmed.
If we have to wait for Shadow to wake up and save the day, then Shadow will waste his life in the face of sheer numbers.
Qingchen carefully placed the shadow on Yangyang's back and whispered, "If there are too many of them... then fly away with him."
The sand bunker suddenly broke open, forming a sand wall that provided cover for Qing Chen's approaching squad while simultaneously shielding them from a hail of bullets.
The sand walls surged like waves, raising huge clouds of dust on the ground.
The moment the sand wall encountered the seven soldiers, it slammed into them like a locomotive, sending them flying. Qing Chen also emerged from behind the sand wall, firing in bursts with his black sniper rifle as if it were a pistol.
At that moment, the airship in the sky suddenly turned around, and the soldiers who were originally scattered in the wilderness also approached Qing Chen and the others in an orderly manner, like a swarm of bees.
Just as Qing Chen finished killing the first squad, the second and third squads appeared one after another.
Zard roams underground, constantly dragging soldiers down into the ground, while saplings above his head wander through the mountains and fields.
More and more soldiers gathered, as if the whole world was the enemy. At one point, Qingchen looked at the big tree not far away and almost thought that it was also the enemy.
There are far too many enemies.
Zhang Mengqian, who was not far away, suddenly climbed out of the sand wall. He crawled forward quickly, not afraid of cutting his body on the gravel on the ground.
The little boy crawled to the body of Chen's soldier, grabbed three automatic rifles, and crawled back.
Back behind the sand wall, Tuanzi looked at his wounds and yelled, "Are you out of your mind?"
While checking the magazines, Zhang Mengqian calmly glanced up at Tuanzi and tossed the inspected guns to Sun Chuci: "The boss and his men are short-handed. Those who want to live, fight together."