The Fallen Merman Chapter 111

Published at 12th of December 2022 05:25:34 AM

After the IOA Secret Service withdrew from the valley, He Suowei did not give any further orders to follow—rather, he turned around to check the injuries of his team members. Under IOA Secret Service's assistance, most of his team members only sustained scratches or light injuries during this battle; only one person's entire arm was blown off, while another died in battle.

And the team members who were assigned to intercept the Red-Throated Bird were rushing over after they finished clearing them out. 

He Wenxiao asked He Suowei for instructions, “Captain, Golden Silk Spider is about 100 meters ahead of us with adequate ammunition. Our team did not suffer any casualties, please relay your orders.”

He Suowei's expression was solemn. He was bandaging the member who lost their arm while saying, “There are casualties in my team. You and Wenyi come back to help deal with them. Everyone else follow the target from a distance.”

“Understood.”

It didn't take long for the He brothers, in order to take a shortcut, to go through the gap in the cliff—and after squeezing their way through, came out with their heads and faces full of dirt.

After seeing that someone was gravely injured, He Wenxiao immediately took off his backpack and ran over. He kneeled down, took out an adrenaline injector, and injected them with it. He washed and sanitized his hands, then treated the cross-section of the person's amputated arm.

But his situation wasn't looking great either. Although there weren't any injuries on him, his complexion was morbidly wan. Their team encountered that leader of the Red-Throated Bird called Huang Ci; an M2-grade with a magnet gland. Not only could he affect their electronic equipment, but he could also attract all iron components. When the grenade exploded, it denoted the iron scraps that the Red-Throated Bird buried ahead of time. He Wenxiao promptly covered a team member by swapping places with him, but his own body was embedded with a lot of iron pieces.

The team member who was shaking all over due to the severe pain tightly grabbed He Wenxiao's arm, his lips bloodless as he spoke with a tremble, “It's fine, Vice-captain. I'm okay.”

He Wenxiao grasped their hand, “The base's technology is advanced, and artificial bones are easy to use.” 

“The Thunder Support Team is hurrying over, they'll be here soon.” He Suowei sat back against a dried up tree, then continued to smoke without uttering a word.

The one surnamed Bai, if you keep rushing forward, Laozi won't be able to save you anymore.

Due to the inconvenience of being injured, Xiao Xun didn't move. He hid on a cliff two hundred meters away, aiming while in a lying position; he was like an unmoving statue.

Since He Wenxiao and He Wenyi appeared, he slowly shifted the crosshair to them, as well as used his J1 ability Universal Dashboard. 

After he finished checking, Xiao Xun moved the crosshair back on to Bai Chunian.

In fact, Bai Chunian had never left his sniping range. He was driving Golden Silk Spider toward a specific direction; in a tangent direction that deviated from the circular detection range of the anomaly radar.

On the other hand, Rimbaud's figure was getting closer to the harbor where the President was at. The two of them were not acting together.

But Xiao Xun no longer wasted his time to ponder over their intentions; he focused on watching the target within the crosshair and calmly waited for Bai Chunian's orders to come from the earpiece. 

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Bai Chunian calculated the scanning range of the radar in his head—a knife swept toward Golden Silk Spider, forcing him more than 20 meters away from the detection area.

Han Xingqian hid near the harbor, quickly using Strength Reset repeatedly, which made his forehead break out in sweat. 

It was well known that the military's equipment had excellent performance and durability, so it wasn't realistic to completely destroy two radars in a short period of time.

There was sweat hanging on Han Xingqian's eyelashes. He whispered, “Both radars have been resetted to half. The detection range is now reduced to a radius of one kilometer, and the scanning accuracy has been reduced. They are unable to detect the specific experimental subject serial number, only the amount of them and their positioning. However, they have discovered they have malfunctioned and are fixing them. The radars' functions will be restored once they are replaced with a new part. You must settle things within three minutes.”

“Got it.” Bai Chunian pressed the earpiece, “Lanxing, there's a swamp in my one o'clock direction. You and Lu Yan go around it.”

Surrounded by barren and withered trees nearby, Golden Silk Spider's silk unceasingly covered the whole dense forest, and he was able to freely walk on the fine spider silk. This kind of terrain was a disadvantage for Bai Chunian. 

Only the salt lake swamp that was a kilometer from the harbor was the area best suited for an ambush.

After these few rounds, Bai Chunian's physical strength actually didn't decrease at all. What he consumed was entirely from the energy supplied by the scythe in his hand.

Golden Silk Spider was seriously injured, add on that he was carrying a heavy mummy on his back, his physical strength gradually couldn't keep up. In one breath, he charged toward the harbor.

Bai Chunian didn't attack him again, but lightly jumped among the branches of the tree shadows. His gaze fell on Golden Silk Spider, analyzing the other's intention, and made verbal attacks from time to time. 

“Brother, stop running already. All the big shots are having a meeting at the harbor. Aren't you just throwing your life away if you go?”

“Who are you looking for?”

“Yan. Yi.” Golden Silk Spider indifferently answered him.

“Why are you looking for our President?” Bai Chunian raised a brow and asked. He leaped to a distant branch with his toes. “I'll take you there, follow me.” 

Golden Silk Spider struggled to utter each word, “I, don't believe you.”

“You wound me.” Bai Chunian covered his heart. “We're the same kind. Believe me, I have the final say.”

“Screw off.” Golden Silk Spider angrily raised his gun, turned around, and fired at Bai Chunian.

Bai Chunian had long since ascertained the firing range, rate of fire, and the ballistic trajectory of this weapon; he nimbly avoided the bullets. He hung the scythe on the gun belt behind his back and followed Golden Silk Spider closely. “What do you want from our President? I can at least convey it for you. What's your name?” 

“Give him, important thing.” Golden Silk Spider got lost in thought, mumbling to himself, “My name… I don't remember.”

The mental capacity of an experimental subject during the cultivation stage wasn't enough to be used in the first place, yet Bai Chunian was still forcing him to think. His thoughts became confused. Bai Chunian blocked his path and directly plunged him into the swamp.

The air in the swamp area was humid. A layer of droplets quickly formed on Golden Silk Spider's silk, losing its lightness and making it harder for him to control it.

Golden Silk Spider jumped onto a tree. From this direction, he could already see the figures on the harbor. He found the President's figure amongst the guards dressed in fancy uniforms and recklessly rushed over. 

When he approached the cliff and was about to jump off, a sniper bullet flew silently from a kilometer away and hit his rifle hard. The impact knocked Golden Silk Spider back.

From the swamp beneath his feet, several jet-black vines suddenly grew upward, and the vines turned into highly poisonous upas trees—the dense poisonous trees trapped Golden Silk Spider within like a towering fence.

The crucial confinement has been achieved. Bai Chunian said, “You guys withdraw, get out of his firing range. The mission has been completed. Take Xiao Xun back to get treated.”

Golden Silk Spider clenched his teeth, and his fingers manipulated the spider silk. Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his back as if a scythe was ruthlessly tearing open a wound. 

The mummy had always been carried on his back; if he felt his back hurting, then the mummy was definitely the first to get injured.

Golden Silk Spider didn't think much about it—he desperately untied the mummy from his body and held it. His movements were a bit clumsy and sluggish as he checked if the mummy was chopped off by the scythe.

However, the mummy was not harmed in the least, and his own back was also not injured.

Once he had come to the realization that he was duped, Bai Chunian's scythe was already pressed against his throat. 

“That was my associated ability Pain Deception just now. I never damage another person's most treasured thing.” Bai Chunian gripped the muzzle of his rifle and took it from him, then lifted Golden Silk Spider and threw him to the ground.

Golden Silk Spider was stunned, and his lower abdomen suddenly received a heavy blow. Bai Chunian had a hand in his pocket and the scythe in the crook of his arm. He lightly smiled while stepping on Golden Silk Spider's lower abdomen, then kicked him a few times. He held the communicator to Golden Silk Spider's mouth to have He Suowei listen to his blood-curdling screams.

It wasn't until He Suowei said “Enough,” that Bai Chunian stopped.

Golden Silk Spider coughed up a mouthful of blood and lay on the floor like he was resigning to his fate. He brought the mummy into his arms with difficulty, curled up his body and stopped moving. 

“Brother, you're really troublesome.” Bai Chunian was sitting horizontally on the long scythe handle that was floating close to the ground electromagnetically. He roughly pulled up Golden Silk Spider's hair, holding up the IOA Freebird badge on his chest to the other person's beak mask. “Open your eyes and look closely at what this is.”

Golden Silk Spider was slammed against Bai Chunian's chest. He didn't know what the badge was, but he could smell the scent of President Yan Yi's pheromone left on Bai Chunian's body.

Lu Yan, who was hiding at a distance, couldn't stand Bai Chunian's merciless mistreatment of the captive any longer; he had recently experienced SERE training, so his empathy for POW had yet to wane. Lu Yan jumped down from the high valley holding a gland suppressor and persuaded Bai Chunian, “Chu-ge, forget it, forget it. Put this on him and take him away.”

Golden Silk Spider turned his head toward Lu Yan and blankly looked at him for a long time; as if seeing him as someone else. 

Lu Yan didn't dare get closer, hiding behind Bai Chunian with half his face sticking out. His rabbit ears covered his eyes, revealing only a small slit. A sheep in wolf's clothing, he threatened, “What, are you remembering my face so you can take revenge? It seems like you haven't been beaten enough!”

Golden Silk Spider silently crawled on the ground, held the mummy, then reluctantly handed it over to Lu Yan.

Everyone knew that a corpse was wrapped in this spider silk. Lu Yan uneasily brought his hands to his chest, unwilling to take it, so Golden Silk Spider kneeled.

“Ahhhhh, it has appeared! Emotional blackmailing!” Lu Yan's rabbit ears perked up, and he pointed at Golden Silk Spider as he shouted, “What are you doing?!” 

Bai Chunian gave him a push. “Just take it since he's giving it to you. What's all the fuss about?”

Lu Yan was pushed forward and staggered two steps, coincidentally colliding with the mummy. This thing was much softer than he had expected—the spider silk was wrapped very smoothly, it felt like a soft silk blanket, and it didn't have an unpleasant rotting odor. There was only a faint scent of opium poppy flowers.

Thus, he could only endure the immense discomfort in his heart and take the mummy into his arms.

Golden Silk Spider tremblingly looked for his gun. Bai Chunian kept a close eye on him; ready to guard against him suddenly shooting Lu Yan. 

But Golden Silk Spider was still slowly kneeling down, placing the rifle flatly on the ground, carefully pushing it to Lu Yan.

Lu Yan was amusingly holding the mummy in one hand and picking up the gun with the other. The mummy in his hand would not obey him as if it had no bones. Moreover, Lu Yan was petite in build, so the mummy's height was too tall for him.

“I have, microchip.” Golden Silk Spider lifted up his sleeve, revealing an arm of young omega. His inner wrist had a Red-Throated Bird symbol on it.

“Inside body, lots of microchips.” Golden Silk Spider went through each position on his body at snail pace. “There's bombs… and a tracking chip. Staying, dangerous. Red-Throated Bird, avenge.” 

Bai Chunian had experience in communicating with experimental subjects during the cultivation stage, and from these intermittent words, he could piece together the meaning he wanted to express.

After the Red-Throated Bird bought Golden Silk Spider, they injected a GPS chip into him. He had to act according to the boss's orders and would be caught wherever he escaped. There were micro bombs in his body; the boss used this to torment and intimidate him.

“I'm… going back.” Golden Silk Spider lowered his head and walked away with difficulty while holding his injury. “Thank you, President.”

Bai Chunian looked at his back. “I have a way so they can't find you.” 

Golden Silk Spider paused his steps.

Han Xingqian's voice sounded in his ears, “They have fixed the anomaly radars. There's still ten seconds until they reboot—eight…five…”

When the countdown reached zero, the anomaly radars restarted and Golden Silk Spider was completely exposed under the radars' detection range.

“Let's go.” Bai Chunian and Lu Yan withdrew from their current location. 

There were many military helicopters gathered in M Harbor, and a black Lincoln was parked opposite the helicopters.

The alpha in the back seat was wearing his military cap askew, the whites under his eyes were a bit apparent. He appeared very young, but perhaps it was due to getting injured when he was younger, his back was slightly hunched. The military uniform tassels on his body were tangled, and his collar slovenly opened. His hand was on the windowsill, his long and thin fingers tapped on the car door according to his mood. Etiquette simply didn't exist with him.

The crow omega sitting in the driver's seat, Du Mo, asked in a low voice, “Warden, should I open the door for you now?”

The warden shrugged and gave a chuckle, “Wait, look over there.” 

Du Mo raised his head and looked in the direction where the warden had pointed—a blue merman was wrapping his entire body on the tip of the Lessa Tower.

“I thought that the IOA's blindly defensive President being here was already troublesome enough, but even Siren who had disappeared without a trace for more than 70 years unexpectedly showed up. This is specially made for me to see.”

“It certainly won't be easy to take someone from here today la.”

The anomaly radars suddenly detected an abnormality and sounded an alarm. 

The warden turned his head and looked over.

Chapter end