BFET Chapter 62

Sea Fog

Sea Fog

Are they still alive?

The thought popped into Shang Mengzhou’s head out of nowhere. She didn’t dare to dwell on it, and subconsciously craned her neck, trying to see more clearly to confirm. However, the surging horde of Mutated Entities around her didn’t give her the chance.

Their speed had increased at some point. In just a few breaths, many had already gathered around Xie Yi and Shen Shu. Those close enough were even about to pounce!

“Damn it!” Shang Mengzhou cursed. The spear in her hand was instantly covered in frost, emitting a chilling aura as she waved it. Just as she was about to throw it with force, several white light shadows suddenly flickered into existence beside her.

With a series of sharp “call out” sounds, countless arrows of silver light poured out from the side, accurately striking the Mutated Entities around Xie Yi and Shen Shu in the blink of an eye.

Shang Mengzhou paused for a moment, quickly regained her senses. With a flip of her spear, she deflected a series of Mutated Entities, shouting towards the direction of the arrow rain: “Team Leader Gu!”

Dozens of figures appeared in her field of vision at the same time as she spoke.

Leading them was a man of about forty years old, bald, with a hideous scar on his left face, running from the corner of his eye to his jaw.

It was none other than Gu Xingjian, the team leader of the Second Branch of the Kui City Security Defense Team.

Gu Xingjian glanced in Shang Mengzhou’s direction, scanned the surroundings, and then raised his hand to signal the field team members behind him.

Immediately, most of the field team members behind him scattered with a roar, attacking the surrounding Mutated Entities.

Gu Xingjian led the remaining few people towards the two standing in front, continuously firing arrows as he waved his hand.

As they approached, they realized that there was a knife between the two of them. The blade was almost completely buried in the body of one of them, while the hilt was gripped in the hand of the other.

A young man following behind Gu Xingjian cautiously stepped forward, then turned his head and said, “Team Leader Gu, they’re both still alive.”

Gu Xingjian nodded upon hearing this, his gaze passing over Xie Yi, then Shen Shu, and finally landing on the black mass of flesh full of ravines in Shen Shu’s hand hanging by his side.

“Team Leader Gu!” A young woman rushed over from behind them. “Many Mutated Entities are coming this way!”

Gu Xingjian snapped back to reality: “Notify everyone, prepare to retreat!”

Shang Mengzhou forcefully tore open an opening with her team, and arrived at Gu Xingjian’s side as quickly as possible, just in time to hear this sentence. “Team Leader Gu!”

Gu Xingjian turned his head to look at her, “We’ll talk about it when we get back.”

“Yes.” Shang Mengzhou glanced at Xie Yi and Shen Shu, then immediately turned around and led her team back in the direction they came.

The brilliance of artillery fire and Ability attacks complemented each other, temporarily suppressing the dimming light of dawn.

Except for the field team members covering the rear, everyone concentrated their firepower, forcefully tearing open a retreat path. When they rushed out of the encirclement, they happened to meet Shang Zhouzhou, who was leading a team to meet them.

Shang Mengzhou: “Xiao Zhou? What are you doing here?”

“Sister!” Shang Zhouzhou quickly stepped forward, relieved to see Shang Mengzhou safe and sound. “I came to meet you.”

As he spoke, he moved past Shang Mengzhou and looked at Gu Xingjian behind her. His gaze paused for a moment when he saw him half-supporting a person, and quickly shifted away. “Team Leader Gu, I received Team Leader Lu’s retreat order when I came over. The route back to the safety zone on the north side, I arranged for people to scout it in advance, there aren’t as many Mutated Entities there.”

Gu Xingjian nodded: “Lead the way.”

With the constant humming ringing in his ears, Xie Yi felt like he had been thrown into the sea, his whole body floating up and down with the waves, very uncomfortable.

He struggled to open his eyes, his vision blurred for a few seconds, and then a white ceiling fell into his eyes.

“Xie Yi! You’re awake!”

Someone leaned in from the side. Through the transparent face shield, Xie Yi saw a familiar face – Jiang Li.

Xie Yi reached out and grabbed the side, propping himself up. He realized that he was in a semi-open treatment pod, his exposed upper body covered with scales of varying depths.

He felt his throat dry and couldn’t help but cough a few times, asking hoarsely, “How long have I been unconscious? How did we get back? Where’s Shen Shu?”

“An hour. Team Leader Gu and the others brought you back. Shen Shu has been arranged in the next room, he hasn’t woken up yet.” Jiang Li glanced at the indicators on the instrument next to her. “How are you feeling? Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?”

Xie Yi shook his head, “I’m fine. What’s the situation now?”

Jiang Li gave a forced smile: “It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that the Mutated Entities are besieging the city, but we’ve managed to hold them off for now.”

After speaking, Jiang Li was silent for two seconds, then couldn’t help but say: “Do you… do you know Shen Shu’s real situation? He…”

Xie Yi interrupted: “I know.”

“So what is the relationship between him and the Mutated Entities?” Jiang Li sighed softly upon hearing this. “The higher-ups in the headquarters are all suspecting that he is one of those things too.”

Xie Yi looked up at her.

“What happened on the tarmac and what happened to you in the Evil Omen have made the higher-ups panic.” Jiang Li lowered her eyes. “Professor Hu has been called away because of this matter. They… they’re discussing how to deal with Shen Shu.”

“I don’t think this Shen Shu can be kept, let alone brought into the underground city.” A middle-aged man with short hair said, sitting around the long conference table with five or six other people. “No matter what you’re considering, the situation is that you can’t control this Shen Shu at all. You hid this monster for more than twenty years, and even put him in the field team. Now you still want to keep him. What if another tarmac incident happens? Who can take responsibility for that? The best way is to get rid of him. And that Xie Yi, he’s also a dangerous factor, it would be best to get rid of him together!”

Xu Shan, sitting next to him, looked left and right, and then spoke up in agreement: “I agree with Qin Feng’s point of view. The rescue team that stayed on the tarmac was almost completely wiped out because of the monsters that came out of the vortex. There are so many ordinary people in the underground city. If we take him in, wouldn’t it be like bringing in a time bomb?”

Fang Ganlang: “Old Qin, don’t be so impulsive. We never said we were going to bring Shen Shu into the underground city from the beginning to the end.”

Qin Feng snorted coldly, “The Mutated Entities outside are acting like crazy now, and what if another Evil Omen appears? Isn’t it only a matter of time before everyone retreats into the underground city?”

Fang Ganlang frowned, and was about to speak when he was suddenly interrupted by Gu Xingjian: “If an Evil Omen really appears again, then it is indeed necessary to keep this Shen Shu, after all, the one that died before was related to him.”

Gu Xingjian met Qin Feng’s gaze, and continued unhurriedly: “I don’t think we need to jump to conclusions so quickly. After the Evil Omen died, the situation is still within a controllable range. We can wait for Xie Yi and Shen Shu to wake up, clarify the situation, and then make a decision. After all, no one knows how that Evil Omen was killed.”

“There’s one more thing I’m curious about, what exactly is that thing he was holding in his hand?” As Gu Xingjian spoke, he looked at Hu Xianwei, who had been silent all along. “Professor Hu, what’s your opinion?”

For a moment, everyone’s eyes fell on Hu Xianwei.

“If we only look at the shape, I think it’s a heart.” Hu Xianwei lifted his eyelids and looked at him, his voice calm and composed. “To confirm what it is specifically, we need to cut it up and analyze it. I was called over for interrogation by you for almost an hour as soon as Shen Shu was brought back by you, I haven’t had time to confirm anything yet.”

Qin Feng, who was on the side, became enraged when he heard what he said, his face changed instantly. “What do you mean we interrogated you, you…”

“General Commander!”

At this time, Xiao An rushed in from outside, interrupting Qin Feng’s words, and went straight to Fang Ganlang’s side, reaching out to bring up the holographic screen of the Smart Terminal, and said at a rapid pace: “The Control Center received messages from four safety zones that have been transferred to underground shelters at the same time a minute ago, Mutated Entities are attacking the locations of the shelters from the ground.”

The faces of everyone present changed instantly.

Xiao An continued: “Also, emergency news came from Jin City, their detachment stationed on the Haidong coastline sent a message saying that sea fog is approaching the land!”

Fang Ganlang stood up abruptly, and exclaimed, “What did you say?”