area51novel Chapter 68 Beast Tide
Chapter 68 Beast Tide
Holy crap!
The Blue Shield squad members, who were unloading airdropped supplies, stared up at the sky in disbelief. Their mouths were agape, unable to believe what they were seeing.
"Is it... a dragon?"
One of the team members stared wide-eyed in utter astonishment at the sky.
A colossal golden beast flew overhead, its enormous wingspan giving the illusion of blotting out the sky.
"No, it's the dragon salamander! The dragon salamander has woken up!"
G4's face turned deathly pale. He then felt a slight tremor beneath his feet. He swallowed hard, looked down at the ground, and exclaimed in horror, "The ground is shaking!"
The once calm ground now seemed to be trembling slightly, with small pebbles swaying in the breeze.
Xu Su, who was in the main control vehicle confirming with headquarters that the airdropped supplies had been received, also keenly sensed that something was wrong.
Liu Baichuan rushed out of the cave where Outpost No. 3 was located and, upon seeing Xu Su, immediately asked, "What happened?"
Xu Su frowned and immediately used the walkie-talkie on his chest badge to inquire about the situation from headquarters.
Blue Shield has tens of thousands of satellites, and the control center maintains real-time contact with all field teams during their missions. It not only provides monitoring information such as terrain and weather, but also offers combat or evacuation plans when necessary.
Within seconds of waiting for a reply from headquarters, the amplitude of the tremors went from being barely perceptible to being strong enough to bounce pebbles.
No seismic waves detected.
A gentle, neutral voice came from within the badge.
Then, the voice switched to a slightly impatient female voice.
"Falcon, Falcon, satellite surveillance has detected an anomaly."
"A large number of anomalous creatures have awakened and, judging from their movement patterns, are rushing towards Outpost Three, where you are currently located."
"Projecting footage, Captain Xu, the situation is urgent. Abandon the mission and retreat!"
Xu Su's face suddenly darkened, and he stopped breathing.
At the same time, images captured by satellite surveillance were displayed inside the holographic mask.
Aside from the anomalous creatures that do not hibernate, a large number of anomalous creatures that should be hibernating are swarming toward us as if they have gone mad.
It has all kinds of birds and beasts, including many ferocious beasts with high danger levels.
There were even a few adult black dragon salamanders.
Xu Su's pupils suddenly contracted as he spotted a colossal, golden creature amidst the swarm of unusual creatures.
"Golden Salamander!"
"All gather"
Xu Su shouted, and the team members carrying supplies, setting up tents, and installing warning signal devices immediately ran towards him in a well-trained manner.
"Protect the students, evacuate!"
"yes!"
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Most students were either resting inside the cave or filming with various equipment. Many were still discussing whether the golden creature that had just flown through the air was a dragon.
The situation happened so suddenly that the bewildered students hadn't even had time to react when they heard Professor Liu's shout before the Blue Shield team members picked them up and threw them into the car.
Joey and Cao Yingchong flashed into a pickup truck, and Ji Chenyu and Yue Wanwan were also crammed in by G4 and Uncle D3.
"Where's Qi Te?!"
Yue Wanwan hurriedly tried to get out of the car to find Qi Te, but G4 pushed her back into the car.
"I'll go find Tezi," Ji Zhenyu said, blocking G4's outstretched hand. "I'm a speedster, I'm sure I can find him before everyone retreats."
Without saying a word, Uncle D3 slammed the door shut, flipped over and jumped onto the roof of the car, slipped his feet into the fixed metal frame, and half-squatted down.
G4 then pulled a wide rope from the side of his backpack, fastened it to the upper buckle, jumped onto the outer footboard, and tapped on the window. The driver immediately started the engine.
"Holy crap, put me down! I need to find Special..."
Before Ji Chenyu could finish speaking, a gunshot rang out.
As the pickup truck started and the driver floored the accelerator, Chit rushed up from behind.
There wasn't time to open the car door, so Uncle D3 quickly reached out and scooped Qi Te up onto the roof.
"Kid, hold on tight!"
Qi Te quickly lay down, hooking his feet tightly onto the guardrails on both sides of the roof. These guardrails, used to secure goods placed on the roof, had become his lifeline.
Even in such an emergency, Chit still managed to free his hand and tap on the car window.
The window was locked, and Yue Wanwan hurriedly asked the driver to lower the window. Ji Chenyu then tried to pull her inside. However, the car had already started and was speeding away at an extremely high speed. Under these circumstances, unless one was a power-type ability user, the possibility of losing control was almost 100%.
"Catch it securely."
Qi Te shouted and lowered a collection box to the position of the car window.
Ji Chenyu quickly supported the bottom, and Cao Yingchong immediately stepped forward to help. Together, the two of them pulled it into the carriage.
Upon arriving at their destination, Qi Te couldn't wait to take his collection equipment and venture into the rainforest where Outpost No. 3 was located to begin collection operations.
After successfully collecting a strange creature that resembled both a fish and a frog, he felt a slight tremor beneath his feet.
Immediately, countless beast-like creatures appeared within the field of visual perception.
Therefore, Zit was the first to notice the earthquake, but because the rainforest was dense and he was focused on his collection work, he did not notice the dragon-like creature flying overhead.
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Six pickup trucks quickly drove away, and from the dense, rainforest-like jungle, a strange, multicolored creature that looked like an ostrich suddenly sprang out.
The ostrich cried out, its long legs giving it incredible jumping power, leaping more than three meters high in a single bound.
"what!"
Inside the pickup truck that was finally started, the timid Lu Yan screamed and burrowed into the arms of a senior student.
"They're catching up! Hurry, hurry!"
The students inside the carriage urged them on in alarm, while the Blue Shield team members driving the vehicle slammed on the gas pedal. However, the uneven ground greatly affected the vehicle's speed.
The ostrich had a long, sharp beak covered with serrated spikes. From a distance of only a dozen meters, the students could clearly see multiple bloodstains on its body, and a large gash on its neck, indicating that it had been injured before.
Behind the ostrich monster was a group of unusual creatures, a large, dark mass, numbering at least several dozen.
Just as the herd of beasts was about to catch up, a low roar suddenly rang out.
A black and yellow beast leaped out from the right side of the rainforest and ran at an astonishing speed.
Inside the last carriage, turning his head to look at the two senior students behind him, his pupils suddenly contracted, and he was so frightened that he almost lost his soul.
"Leopard Tiger!"
This mutant species, ranked third in danger among common creatures in the border region, has the head of a tiger and the body of a leopard, and can reach a top speed of 200 km/h. Furthermore, it can run at its maximum speed for ten minutes.
At the pickup truck's speed, it was impossible to shake off the beast's pursuit.
The two team members, crouching on the roof of the vehicle and standing on the foot pedal, aimed their guns at the beast horde.
Gunfire erupted, resembling a battlefield.
The ejected cartridge cases collided with the carriage and windows, making a continuous clanging sound.
The ostrich-like monster, leading the charge, slowed down as the gunfire erupted, using the cover of the surging herd of beasts to dodge the hail of bullets. It then circled around and charged from the side, and just as it was about to catch up with the pickup truck, beasts behind it were repeatedly knocked into the air.
The leopard charged and leaped through the herd.
Finished!
The students were filled with despair, but the next second, they saw the leopard-tiger beast pounce on the ostrich monster and bite it viciously.
The surrounding beasts avoided it like the plague, running around it in a hurry.
The students were stunned for two seconds before realizing that the leopard-tiger beast's target was not them, but the ostrich monster.
Therefore, the wounds on the ostrich monster were caused by the attack from that ferocious beast known as the Shadow Assassin of the Borderlands.
Regardless, the leopard-tiger beasts feasted, and the herd slowed down as they tried to avoid them, which undoubtedly gave them a chance to escape.
"Faster, faster, faster!"
The students were nervously muttering to themselves, while the driver slammed on the gas, chasing after the convoy that had already pulled hundreds of meters ahead.
As the beasts gradually separated, everyone felt a sense of relief at having escaped a desperate situation.
however.
'Bang!'
A loud bang.
A black dragon salamander, over ten meters long and jet black, fell from the sky like a meteorite.
It slammed heavily onto the pickup truck, and the Blue Shield team member on the roof didn't even have time to fire a single shot before being smashed into a pulp by the behemoth's giant hand.
Six people in one car, none survived!