bookpower Chapter 235: 216: The Cunning Guanling Mountain
Chapter 235: 216: The Cunning Guanling Mountain
Chapter 235: Chapter 216: The Cunning Guanling Mountain
Jiang Long’s voice arrived, and the expressions of the gatekeepers changed; they recognized who the comer was.
All of them had come out of prison, and their backgrounds were more or less the same—how could they not know another boss?
“Brother Long, your territory isn’t here.”
Someone stepped forward to talk, his eyes filled with vigilance. They all knew about the discord between Jiang Long and Guanling Mountain.
Although both parties relied on the Blood Curse Insect for existence, even if there were conflicts, they would not tear apart their alliance, but what if someone went mad?
The very moment Jiang Long arrived with so many people without saying a word, who could tell if he intended to swallow them up?
“You want to die?”
When Jiang Long was provoked by this person, his eyes turned blood-red, a faint crimson light emerged from his body, and a hissing sound came from deep in his throat.
The man’s expression changed drastically as he clutched at his chest, showing a pained look: “Brother Long, I didn’t mean that.”
The pain, although not fatal, was like being pierced by a thousand arrows. The Enhanced Blood Insects hidden within his body began to struggle, making it difficult for him to control.
Though they were all Blood Insect warriors, it was quite evident that the Blood Insects within Jiang Long’s body belonged to an original generation, holding a dominant position and capable of affecting the subordinate Blood Insects.
“The subordinate spoke out of turn; a lesson is all that is needed. How could you think about killing on my turf?”
A voice echoed from the dusky alley, and a tall bald man strode out.
He stood around one meter ninety, his face covered with stubble, his tiger-like eyes solid and piercing, crossed muscles covered his face, and his body’s muscles were strong and bulky, resembling a wall.
Guanling Mountain walked over with large strides, and his followers gathered from all corners of the lane, armed with weapons. The Angel Envoy had been summoned to his side, readying for battle.
Compared to Jiang Long’s side, those who followed Guanling Mountain were obviously more aggressive fellows who did not fear combat.
The entire Yunji Village was not a small place; God knows how many people Guanling Mountain had summoned here.
Jiang Long’s followers clenched their weapons tightly and became alert. The vehicle’s headlights shone directly into the alleys of the urban village, also in a stance ready for combat.
“Put down the stuff.”
Guanling Mountain was still the first to speak, and Jiang Long followed, saying, “Everyone put your weapons away.”
Although the two didn’t get along, they both clearly understood where their power came from and could never afford to have a fight to the death among themselves.
Otherwise, they would lose their value, and the consequence would be death.
“Jiang Long, state your purpose. I don’t believe you would bother coming all the way from the suburbs.”
Guanling Mountain’s words were laced with sarcasm, aware that the dangers of Yunji Village were not comparable to the Steel Transit Center.
To put it bluntly, there were still many monsters left uncleared in the surrounding area.
“Humph.”
Jiang Long just snorted coldly and said, “If I hadn’t come, you might have died before me. Do you really think Yunji Village is as secure as Fort Knox?”
“Hmm?”
Upon hearing Jiang Long’s words, Guanling Mountain squinted his eyes, his rough face showing wariness; he asked, “What do you mean, Jiang Long?”
“It confirms what they said, it’s true.”
Zhu Xiong was eyeing the blood insects, which at that moment were all in a paralyzed state, thanks to the paralyzing poison from the Nine-Snake Mother Tree.
The reason they could extract them so smoothly was thanks to the paralyzing poison and Bai Qilan’s psychokinetic power. Control and guidance, the dual assistance, naturally made everything go smoothly.
Zhu Xiong continued, “According to the separate interrogation results, this group seems to be prison escapees, who survived the early days of the apocalypse. They only entered the city once the fog had cleared, taking over the Steel Transit Center about one or two months ago. They likely number no less than a thousand people, with about 500 blood insect warriors.”
“That’s quite a few.”
“They aren’t all from the prison, though. They had an internal conflict, and another group went elsewhere. However, Yang Mingliang and his lot don’t know the specifics, as they’re not from the prison.”
“Those two leaders won’t talk?”
Su Han’s gaze was calm as he inquired.
“They won’t talk, seems like their minds might be a bit off.”
Zhu Xiong’s gaze shifted subtly; he was the one responsible for extracting information. During this process, as soon as certain deeper aspects of the Blood Insect Camp were touched upon, the two would resist fiercely, like madmen, adamantly refusing to speak.
“There’s something wrong with the enhanced blood insects.”
Bai Qilan’s cool voice came through. The testing wasn’t done by her, but that didn’t mean she was unaware of the results.
“There’s no such thing as a free lunch in the world. To gain enhancement, there’s certainly a price to pay. Although they are not the same as the fallen, I can sense the mix in their spiritual energy. The blood insects must have a source.”
Gan Xinglei spoke up, “How we handle the Steel Transit Center is key. Their people are all there, and none of them are good.”
The operational mode of the Blood Insect Camp was to treat humans as slaves, livestock-like blood citizens.
They kept blood citizens in pens, with some rotated out for labor, crafting tools, cultivating plants, breeding Evolved Kind, or helping in hunting.
The others were confined to cages, treated as blood providers for the blood citizens.
Alternating between the two, they wouldn’t drain continuously, but they would certainly not show any mercy or consideration for their wellbeing. They were simply maintaining a constant source of blood.
To escape the status of blood citizen, one had only to earn merit and gather enough credit to join them and receive an enhanced blood insect to gain strength.
Moving up the ranks, the pathways were fixed, and over time, the enhanced blood insects could gradually transform the body and mind, thus expanding the group, hunting for more blood citizens to earn rewards.
This was the logic of the Blood Insect Camp, as well as where their sins lay; all of their growth was built upon treating humans as beasts of burden.
Zhu Xiong’s face twitched with a dry laugh, “I could just take people over and wipe them out directly, do they think they have more people than us and can compare?”
At this moment, the Tree Domain was strong and well-armed, with combat personnel not less than two thousand, and that number was just the active duty. There were even more who were applying to join, in various stages of assessment.
With the territory expanding, and gradually assimilating the benefits that came with the larger domain, the overall strength was bound to increase substantially.
Yet no sooner had Zhu Xiong finished speaking than Su Han’s expression changed slightly, showing a hint of an amused smile.
“You probably won’t need to go there, they’re coming here.”
The vines of the Nine-Snake Mother Tree stretched nearly across the entire northern half of the city, but scattered as they were, they didn’t always pay attention.
However, they were certainly not dead to large-scale movements.
And now, a message from the Nine-Snake Mother Tree indicated a significant commotion in the Third Order area, headed straight for the Tree Domain, with no small number of vehicles.
Although it wasn’t yet clear, there were no such coincidences in the world.