ca-book Chapter 3740 Investigation
Chapter 3740 Investigation
Leon closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
He forced himself to calm down.
Too much has happened in a short period of time, and he's already a bit disoriented.
The other party was clearly prepared and acted extremely quickly.
In retrospect, the explosion at Warehouse No. 18 was just a smokescreen, a trap to distract them.
While everyone's attention was focused on Ruins No. 18, other sealed-off sites were rapidly falling.
Judging from the traces left at the scene, the other party's purpose was to seal the box.
The enemy launched attacks from multiple points and on multiple fronts simultaneously. Caught completely off guard, and with insufficient manpower, they were simply unable to hold them off.
Passive defense is no longer an option.
Only by launching an attack can we possibly regain the initiative!
Leon slowly opened his eyes and looked back at the warehouse that had been reduced to ruins.
Let's start with the stolen sealed box!
Searching for the stolen sealed box.
Wherever the sealed box is, that's where the enemy is.
Turn passivity into initiative!
One fatal blow!
……
at the same time.
Not far from the No. 7 sealing point, there is the underground hall of an abandoned building.
Umer sat in front of the monitor screen at the edge of the hall.
The latest intelligence messages kept popping up on the screen of the communicator in his hand.
A violent explosion occurred at storage point number 18...
Storage point number 19 was attacked by a creature suspected to be a seed of Ouroboros...
A high-level Ouroboros seed life form has been confirmed to have been discovered in the second ring area of Colossus City.
Target: Ouroboros Seed Lifeform - Licker, Danger Level: SS.
A highly infectious zombie virus has been discovered.
The entire second ring road area was completely sealed off.
A fine layer of sweat appeared on Umo's forehead, and he was secretly alarmed.
The Lickers launched scattered attacks on various supply depots, and the zombie infection has already spread on a small scale, throwing the entire Second Ring District into complete chaos.
The swarms of Lickers alone have already turned the second ring of Elephant City upside down.
Even now, the Star Alliance members still don't know who their real enemy is or where they are!
Putting himself in the enemy's shoes, Umer felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
"Click, click click click..."
Suddenly, the ground in the center of the abandoned warehouse behind Umer bulged up abruptly, the concrete layer cracking inch by inch like a dry, cracked crust, as if something had pushed it open from beneath the ground.
The three Evil Clan guards immediately became alert, drawing their weapons and aiming their beam weapons at the crack in the ground.
"Don't move! They're on our side!"
Umer stood up and lowered his voice to stop him.
"laugh!"
A scarlet claw emerged from the crack in the ground, gripped the edge of the concrete, and pushed outwards, causing the entire body to flip out of the ground. It landed almost without making a sound.
They're lickers!
Umo's pupils contracted.
Once the Lickers entered the ground, they immediately began to widen the breach.
Soon, more lickers emerged from the breach.
As the breach gradually widened to more than five meters, lickers began to drag metal sealed boxes out of the hole.
The Lickers began to act in shifts. One group was responsible for moving the alloy sealed box from the ground, another group quickly scattered and disappeared into the shadows, and the remaining group continued to dig downwards in an open space.
For a moment, the only sounds in the warehouse were the scratching of claws against concrete and the clanging of sealed boxes being moved.
Umo looked at the scene before him and was secretly amazed.
Is this the Seed of Ouroboros?
In addition to possessing terrifying combat capabilities, they are also excellent in logistical support.
"Don't just stand there, inspect the goods first."
A voice came from behind.
Umo suddenly turned around.
Fang Heng had appeared in the shadows behind them without them noticing.
Wu Mo immediately bowed respectfully: "Mr. Fang Heng."
"Inspect the goods."
"understand!"
Umer immediately turned and waved to his men, urging, "Quick! Get moving! All the sealed boxes must be opened and carefully inspected. Activate the alchemical scan, spatial fluctuation detection, and signal source probes! Only replace them with our sealed boxes after confirming everything is correct! Hurry, hurry, hurry!"
"Yes!"
The members of the Evil Clan acted swiftly, beginning to unpack the boxes sent by the Lickers one by one and conduct various inspections using instruments.
"Drip drip drip..."
Soon, alarms sounded one after another.
"Box number 18 contains a miniature positioning device."
“Box No. 3, delayed trigger seal mark detected; Box No. 39, abnormal spatial fluctuations, suspected of being implanted with tracking anchors.”
Wu Mo looked at Fang Heng and nodded slightly.
As they suspected, the Star Alliance had left a backup plan inside the sealed box.
In fact, not all tracking programs are set up by the Covenant. When goods are being transferred, cargo owners often leave various tracking devices as backup in case of loss or robbery.
Without opening the sealed boxes and inspecting them one by one, it would be difficult for them to discover these tracking procedures.
Fang Heng and his group didn't have a good solution to this either.
If we don't check, it will be even more troublesome if Charlene gets tracked down.
Soon, after the sealed box was opened and inspected, the tracking device was removed, and it was repackaged and transported again through the tunnel dug by the Lickers to the stronghold where Sharin was located.
The evil clan's team responsible for opening and inspecting the boxes was divided into four groups, and they carried out a streamlined operation of scanning, disassembling, resealing, and transferring the boxes at the fastest speed.
Even so, their efficiency quickly fell behind.
The sealed boxes in the corner of the warehouse piled up more and more, and in the blink of an eye, they filled an entire wall.
Meanwhile, sealed boxes continued to be smuggled out of the holes in the ground by the Lickers.
Too late!
There's simply not enough time!
The members of the evil clan responsible for opening and inspecting the boxes felt immense pressure and were working at full capacity, sweating profusely with anxiety.
Fang Heng watched silently from the side.
Inefficiency was to be expected.
As long as all the supplies that were detained by Charlene and her team are inspected and transferred out, everything will be fine.
Whatever is earned after that is just extra.
Just then, a member of the Evil Clan responsible for perimeter security rushed into the warehouse.
"Lord Umer!" the subordinate said urgently, "A Star Alliance squad is rapidly approaching our warehouse. We suspect they've tracked us down."
Umer immediately looked up at the monitor screen.
As he saw the figure appear on the screen, Umo's face gradually darkened.
On the main street outside the abandoned building, three fully armed squads had assembled. The leader, a young man, was wearing a silver-white exoskeleton armor and had a dark purple spear slung over his shoulder. The tip of the spear, suspended in the air, occasionally crackled with purple lightning.
"It's Harvey."
Umo uttered the name in a low voice, a hint of hostility flashing in his eyes.
The three evil clan guards behind him held their breath at the same time.
Harvey is one of the best among the younger generation of the Covenant.
He was also a peer whom Umo considered a formidable rival. (End of Chapter)