Yes, the Warrior Clan.
The Warrior Clan is a very complex group. In the beginning, they were a group of people who were not very bright or who were disappointed with reality. Because they admired the Challenge World, they chose to stay in the Challenge World forever and took "war" as their name.
They named it "War Clan".
Later, for various reasons, such as criminals, they also chose to stay in the Challenge World in order to escape the legal sanctions of Earth.
Thus, the War Clan gradually grew stronger, even to the point of daring to snatch food from the tiger's mouth and challenge the authorities, growing from ghosts into behemoths.
After acknowledging the threat posed by the War Clan, the authorities began a thorough investigation and registration of unclaimed beacons across various regions. Through background checks, they obtained preliminary information about the War Clan.
However, this does not include situations where people deliberately hide or collectively enter the world to challenge it.
The most terrifying thing is that this group of people says they will never return to Earth, but no one can guarantee that they won't invade Earth when they become powerful.
This is why Liu Xiaotian and Captain Wang took the news very seriously immediately.
"The people we've arranged will be there soon. You all continue to lie low and make sure you don't expose yourselves." Captain Wang's voice was much more urgent.
If it's just about tailing the suspect's contact person, or using Wei Huan's abilities to eavesdrop on the other party's intelligence, then Wei Huan and Liu Xiaotian are enough.
Liu Xiaotian is a top-tier soldier king of the fourth rank. As long as he has enough materials, he can reach [Sequence Five: Martial King] in no time. He is a top-tier powerhouse. There are not many people on Blue Star who can surpass him. At most, they can only fight to a draw.
However, this does not include the discovery of an enemy stronghold, a gathering place with more than a thousand beacons. Even if it is not the enemy's main base, it is normal to have several Tier 4 units that can be deployed at any time.
It's not safe for Liu Xiaotian to be with Wei Huan, who is in Sequence 3.
"This is troublesome. I didn't expect the mission to be more difficult again. Let's find a place to hide first. The challengers are mysterious and their abilities are unpredictable. Maybe even a seed on the ground is one of their surveillance eyes. We must be extremely careful," Liu Xiaotian warned.
"Hmm." As Wei Huan responded, a portal opened beside him, and seven or eight ghost crows flew out, followed by a string of facehuggers.
When the ghost crows flew out, there was nothing wrong, but when the facehuggers came out, Liu Xiaotian grimaced in discomfort.
"Damn it, I hate bugs the most!" Liu Xiaotian stared red-eyed at the facehuggers crawling across him like a white carpet, scratching his arm. "I'm getting goosebumps!!"
Wei Huan was acting on a whim. Just then, seven or eight facehuggers that were passing by Liu Xiaotian suddenly jumped half a meter high, performed a cool backflip, and with a muffled "thud," revealed their mouthparts on their lower abdomens.
Its scarlet mouthparts were densely packed with teeth.
"Aaaaaah!"
Liu Xiaotian did not disappoint Wei Huan's expectations; he disappeared in an instant with a scream.
If his attributes hadn't been high enough, he wouldn't have been able to see Liu Xiaotian turn around and run away; he even activated his Iron Armor to escape.
The unexpected reaction amused Wei Huan. Liu Xiaotian's emotional appeal was so strong that Wei Huan felt a little closer to him as a result.
He silently commanded the facehuggers to return to normal and continue their encirclement mission ahead.
It's as if nothing just happened.
Pass.
Wei Huan relied on his "quantity" and his favorite thing to do was to "surround and observe" the enemy.
On the third-class highways, after he became familiar with this tactic, he found it to be surprisingly effective.
Whether they're friend or foe, even if the Heavenly King himself comes, we'll surround them and talk about it later!
Wei Huan only opened two portals, and since he wasn't in a hurry, the facehuggers kept coming out and coming out, until Liu Xiaotian had to force himself to come back, and they were still gushing out like a flowing river.
"Huh~! How many of these are there? Are you a necromancer? Or a queen insect? Holy crap, thank goodness I didn't awaken that class, or I would have died."
Liu Xiaotian had climbed up the tree at some point and was squatting there like a monkey, looking down. After a while, he said, "What are you doing? Are you trying to scare them to death?"
Wei Huan turned to look at him and said, "The people patrolling the perimeter are all ordinary people or low-level challengers. Is it normal that there's only one level three challenger inside the factory?"
"I don't know. I haven't encountered any of the more than a thousand beacons. We also need to be prepared that if we make a move, all of those thousand beacons will come back to life." When it came to business, Liu Xiaotian finally became serious. "These guys are very troublesome to capture. If we can't confiscate their phones immediately, they will escape into the Challenge World, and vice versa. So every time we capture them, we must completely verify their identities and set up defenses on both sides before we can officially take action."
Wei Huan knew this, of course. In his previous life, he had dealt with the "War Clan." These guys had become an organization and had experience dealing with official pursuit. They helped each other and used the mechanism of challenging the world to achieve an escape rate of over 90%, and they were really arrogant for a long time.
Of course, the authorities will quickly come up with a solution to this situation.
Wei Huan recalled the methods he could use and quickly came up with an idea.
Although this method will soon be cracked by the Warrior Clan, it is still somewhat useful for now. Moreover, once this method is developed, it will accelerate the official research and development progress, and it is a good thing to get rid of the Warrior Clan, this "cancer," as soon as possible.
Thinking this, Wei Huan took out his phone and sent a message to Mu Zhong, and the two began to communicate.
Seeing Wei Huan looking down at his phone while the bugs continued to be released without making a sound, Liu Xiaotian was genuinely afraid of this thing, even though he was willing to fight it.
The facehugger rustled and crawled along the ground like a giant python in the mountains, moving at an extremely fast speed.
Within twenty minutes, they had completely surrounded a four-kilometer radius around the abandoned factory.
To increase concealment, Wei Huan had them dig a hole and bury themselves inside, allowing them to enter but not exit. If an ordinary person wasn't paying attention, they could step over them without realizing they had entered the encirclement.
The ghost crows weren't summoned too many; just a few were enough to keep an eye on the abandoned factory area.
Furthermore, the Ghost Crows are generally not very intelligent. Apart from Sister Crow, they are unable to provide Wei Huan with overly complex information. In the Challenge World, they can only open treasure chests, and they are not very good at scouting.
At times like these, Wei Huan felt more and more that he still didn't have enough elite undead in his possession.
Liu Xiaotian waited until all the facehuggers had left and the portal had closed before jumping down from the tree.
He clapped his hands, chuckled awkwardly, and before he could say anything, Wei Huan raised his finger.
They stopped him from speaking.
Only then did Liu Xiaotian see his face clearly. His left eye was emitting green flames. In broad daylight, the green flames illuminated half of his face in a strange way. His silver glasses could not fully simulate the face under the light, and the occasional glimpses of his hideous skin were quite terrifying.
Wei Huan said, "Someone else has arrived."
His green eyes seemed to see something; his eyeballs pressed down, staring blankly, seemingly at nothing in particular.
He continued, "Four cars and one container truck."
Liu Xiaotian immediately said seriously, "Let them in. They should be the people we're looking for. Make sure there are no more leads before taking action."
Then Liu Xiaotian whispered into his earpiece, turned and walked away.
Wei Huan's eyes remained fixed on the convoy traveling through the mountains.
Fearing to alert the enemy, the Demon Eye Lord flew very high, unable to see the people in the car clearly. He could only watch as they drove to the vicinity of the abandoned factory. Halfway there, several armed patrolmen jumped out, and after passing through two checkpoints, they finally arrived at the gate of the abandoned factory.
The security level was higher than he had imagined; he was able to observe these things, which gave him the advantage of being more than 6 kilometers away from the undead and his summons.
Otherwise, they wouldn't be sitting here so leisurely.
More than a dozen people got out of the car in one go. From a distance, Wei Huan could only see that these people were all black-haired people from Daxia. After they quickly met up with the people in the abandoned factory, they all looked at the box truck.
Immediately afterwards, the container truck that had initially bothered Wei Huan opened, and someone jumped inside.
The next second, several people wearing hoods were thrown out of there with a thud. There were men, women, young and old, thin and fat people.
Wei Huan's attention fell on one of the tall, fat figures. He felt that the figure looked somewhat familiar, but because it was too far away, he temporarily gave up observing it.
Sister Crow will see everything and will report back later.
Those who were thrown from the car fell into a coma and remained motionless even when placed face down on the ground.
The others carried them into the factory like dead pigs.
The fat man's weight was unknown, and the person carrying him was weak. The first time, they couldn't lift him and he fell face down to the ground. It was only on the second time that they managed to lift him up.
There were about 20 people in total, and that's how they entered the factory.
Wei Huan has also lost sight of the situation and can only wait for Sister Ya to return and report.
After a long wait, Wei Huan's phone beeped with a text message.
[Mu Zhong: Alright]
With a thought, Wei Huan produced a remote-controlled toy car and an electronic megaphone in his hand.
Liu Xiaotian looked over curiously: "A special item for challenging the world? What's it for?"
"It works." Wei Huan only said that, then looked down at the object in his hand and examined it carefully. He had Mu Zhong modify it according to his requirements, but he wasn't sure if the method he remembered was correct, or if it would achieve the desired effect.
A little while later, Captain Wang arrived with six men.
Including Liu Xiaotian, there are two "Martial Kings", one "Shadowless", one "Demon Shepherd", one "Divine Healer" and two "Grand Mages".
With all units at level four, even now that the level five ceiling has been broken, this configuration is already incredibly powerful.
Moreover, Wei Huan could tell at a glance.
The team's main damage dealers are two "arch-mages".
The "Archmage" is one of the few classes with area-of-effect attacks. It seems their goal is the thousand beacons, and they are prepared to face a large number of enemies at the same time.
"Shepherd" is a [Hunter Sequence 4], a cool girl with Uyghur blood.
"Healers" are also women.
After landing, Captain Wang nimbly disembarked from the aircraft and looked at Wei Huan: "I know everything from before. Any new information?"
Wei Huan didn't know where Liu Xiaotian had reported to before, so he looked at Liu Xiaotian.
Liu Xiaotian said, "That's all. These eight people brought five hostages with them. Currently, we've detected a total of 24 guards on the outer perimeter, 11 inside, and over a thousand beacons deep underground." After saying that, Liu Xiaotian touched his nose. "Just a few of you? I don't think that's enough. I don't know how many more people will run into the Challenge World and hide. These people go in and don't come out for six months or a year. We can't leave someone specifically to keep an eye on them. It's best to just catch them directly."
"There's no better way right now, and we're short-handed. The higher-ups are already researching solutions for the War Clan."
Liu Xiaotian, however, looked at the remote-controlled toy car in Wei Huan's hand. He could guess that there must be something subtle about its appearance at this time, but...
"Quack quack..."
Just then, a ghostly crow cawed. Looking in the direction of the sound, they saw a ghostly crow with very intelligent-looking eyes, no bigger than a fist, its body emitting faint black smoke. It had landed on a branch above their heads at some unknown time.
Wei Huan looked up in surprise. He hadn't called Ghost Crow back, so why was Sister Crow back?
With a thought, the ghost crow cawed loudly. Wei Huan listened for two seconds, then his expression changed drastically: "Liu Chengzhi!?"
...
When Liu Chengzhi woke up, he was in excruciating pain in his stomach, as if his intestines had been torn apart.
He curled up and groaned, taking the opportunity of dry heaving to dart his eyes around shrewdly.
The door was tightly shut, and there were no windows in sight. Only an emergency light hung in the corner above, illuminating the abandoned and filthy room.
There were six people around him, some squatting and some standing. Four of them had weaker auras than him, while the other two were very powerful. One of them seemed to have just beaten him up.
He gagged a few times, then, realizing what was happening, he quickly closed his eyes, buried his head on the ground, and said, "I didn't see what you looked like, I've already closed my eyes. I'm the only son left in my family after four generations of only sons. Just spare my life, I'll do anything you ask!!"
As he spoke, Liu Chengzhi secretly moved his hands and feet.
The hands, which were bound behind the back, were fitted with a type of handcuff specifically developed to capture professionals. When force was applied, an electric current would be generated, instantly paralyzing the handcuffed person.
He didn't even need to try; he knew they wouldn't give him ordinary handcuffs, so there was absolutely no need to alert them.
"Haha, this fat guy is such a coward."
"Who do you think he is? The heir to Star Steel?"
"It wasn't easy to lure him out. We had to go through a lot of trouble to catch him. Anyone else would have been fine, but we couldn't let him get away."
"Did you hear me, Fatty! If you don't obey, you'll die!!"
Liu Chengzhi shrugged, his shoulders trembling, trying his best to appear even more cowardly and afraid of death.
Li, however, had already thought through the whole story of how he was captured.
Who would have thought that my childhood friend would lie to me?
Damn it!
That's his childhood friend! They grew up wearing the same pair of pants, and he treated him like this?!
Let's not think about that now. We can take revenge later. Right now, we need to figure out a way to escape.
Think, think quickly, what do you have that you can use?
While calculating the probability of a successful escape in his mind, Liu Chengzhi acted like a coward, crying and begging for forgiveness.
He probably looked easy to bully, and coupled with the stereotype of third-generation rich kids, people kicked him again amidst his wailing and crying, and then let him go.
The next person whose hood was removed showed Liu Chengzhi the consequences of being stubborn and inflexible. When the last person spat blood onto him, he trembled; he was genuinely terrified.
So, what's the best way to get in touch with the boss?
Should I gain their trust first before trying to get the message out? But what if I'm forced to do something bad before that? I finally got on the boss's bandwagon, why am I so unlucky? Is this the price of being rich—my luck has been reset to zero? Ugh~
Finally, the person next to him collapsed at Liu Chengzhi's feet, his face covered in blood. Liu Chengzhi curled himself up into a ball.
That look in his eyes, that posture, and that innate cowardice—he successfully evaded the punches the other party hadn't had enough of.
This short man, whose strength was estimated to be at the top level of level three, finally shifted his gaze from Liu Chengzhi's face again, walked up to the next person, and ripped off his hood.
"Stop pretending! You've been awake for ages, do you think I didn't see you? You're so scheming, plotting against your grandpa? I'll beat you to death!"
Amidst the screams of agony, the other party was beaten even more for their cries.
After having one of his teeth knocked out, the man finally snapped, "I surrender! I surrendered! I didn't fight back! Why didn't you beat up the fat guy who surrendered, but instead beat me up?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Chengzhi cursed inwardly, then looked pitifully at the man who was looking at him again and said, "Brother, he's trying to sow discord between us. I'm truly willing to obey your orders. If you say east, I'll never go west. We'll be on the same side sooner or later. You only gave me a small lesson because you know my sincerity. What does he know to try to sow discord? This man is so wicked!"
Liu Chengzhi was neither handsome nor wealthy, but when he looked at me with such longing eyes, there was a strange sincerity in him.
Perhaps it's because he has such clear eyes; I subconsciously feel that he wouldn't lie.
"Thump!"
The person who stirred up trouble was kicked against the wall and almost choked.
Choking back tears, she couldn't understand the difference between herself and Liu Chengzhi.
"Brother is amazing! Brother is so rational! Brother won't be provoked like that. Who am I? I'm a high-ranking leader in the organization... uh, a middle-level manager... wow! An indispensable cornerstone of the organization! We must join hands in the future to make the organization bigger and stronger, and we will strive together for our lofty ideals and goals!!"
The excessive flattery almost fooled him.
Just as he finished speaking, the iron gate creaked open, and three people walked in from outside.
All three were wearing baseball caps and masks, but judging from their build and the condition of their exposed skin, they should be quite young.
The man walking in front was wearing a thick black down jacket. Something seemed off about him. If you focused your gaze on his right arm, you would see that the sleeve was hanging empty, swaying as he walked, as if his entire arm was missing.
The man walking on the left had eyes peeking out from between his hat and mask that resembled a venomous snake, sending a chill down Liu Chengzhi's spine for no apparent reason. His gaze was fixed on the black glove on the man's right hand, unable to look away, as if a vague connection had been made to him.
After the three men walked in, the man who was beating the man stopped what he was doing, turned around and said, "Who gave you permission to come in? You're just here to deliver goods, take what you need and get out!"
The armless man spoke in standard Daxia language: "We also deserve credit for catching these people. What they have will only be better. Are you going to take all the spoils by sending us away after this interrogation?"
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He started by saying these words to the man who hit him, and then he started saying them to the man who had his hands in his pockets the whole time.
Liu Chengzhi's timid gaze swept over the man with the dyed red hair, and he knew that this was the leader.
Red Hair also spoke up, saying, "No need to trouble yourself with that. We've already paid you for your services, and we've given you everything you asked for. It's a clean transaction, and we'll each go our own way."
But the man with the severed hand suddenly turned to Liu Chengzhi and said, "The heir of Xinggang is not just someone whose money is exchanged for goods; his equipment is not just one or two pieces of gold-level gear. You want to use him to further devour the Northeast Army..."
Ahhhh! Is this something he can even hear? Hearing such explosive news, the next thing he'll do is kill him to cover it up, right?
"Yes, yes, I am the heir of Star Steel, and I also have a piece of gold equipment. My grandmother only has me as her family now, and everything she has will eventually be left to me. I dare not say that I can challenge the world, but my family's assets in Great Xia are definitely worth mentioning. Star Steel is mine, and it is also the organization's. As long as the organization trusts me and gives me the opportunity to shine, I will be the organization's most loyal believer."
Liu Chengzhi chickened out too quickly, and he had a sweet tongue. He was used to reading people's expressions and every word he said hit the nail on the head.
Although his groveling attitude is despicable, it must be admitted that it is difficult to harbor murderous intent when encountering someone who can bend and stretch.
"Ha, if Xinggang ends up in the hands of a coward like this, it'll be ruined sooner or later. I heard Xinggang even wants to form a racing team in Challenge World to get a share of the pie. With this cowardly host, who can he compete with? How can he even compete?"
The speaker was a man standing a little behind, wearing a black glove on his right hand. His tone was mocking and condescending, and he did not notice Liu Chengzhi's suddenly contracted pupils.
He could never forget that voice, no matter what!
He clearly remembered that he almost died in the Challenge World. It was this voice that attacked him while laughing and talking arrogantly, just because he approached the ruins they had discovered first. If he had just been informed, he would have turned around and left without saying a word.
But these people attacked him directly, raising their hands to kill him. There was no enmity between them; this only shows that these people are inherently bloodthirsty, cruel, and inhumane.
If it weren't for the boss saving him...
So the person wearing black gloves is an "acquaintance," then...
So, is this guy with the severed arm... Shi Hengjun?
Although Liu Chengzhi was unconscious at the time, after returning, Boss Mu recounted the details of what happened afterward, and he also became very familiar with where Shi Hengjun came from.
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The people of Sangshu Kingdom have always coveted and harbored treacherous ambitions towards the Great Xia Dynasty. Shi Hengjun had witnessed what he was doing in District 1006. Although he didn't fully understand it, he knew that if it weren't for the sudden rise of the leader, District 1006 would have been Shi Hengjun's domain. Given his methods and dark intentions, who knows how many more people would have died.
Thanks to the leader, District 1006 has the highest survival rate so far.
There are also many people who trusted the leader and followed him all the way through the Level 3 highway test. Now they are all working on Level 3 highways, and they have outperformed so many people.
Liu Chengzhi admired his boss from the bottom of his heart and never thought of betraying him. So far, his actions were all about survival and finding opportunities.
Things that can be solved with money or equipment are not a problem, let alone saying a few soft words. A true man can bend and stretch, and he doesn't mind lying down for a while.
While he was "bent" like this, Liu Chengzhi's mind was already like a CPU, connecting various pieces of information and finally drawing a conclusion.
Those bastards, Xiao Sangzi, are up to something again.
The group of Daxia people they were dealing with were definitely not good people; they even dared to scheme against the Northeast Army.
The Northeast Army Corps is Mu's territory, and the boss has already said he would bring them to surrender. Now that we've heard about the Northeast Army Corps, it might not be a bad thing. Maybe it's fate that has brought us here to help the bosses gather intelligence.
Thinking about it this way, Liu Chengzhi felt a sense of mission well up inside him, and suddenly had the impulse to sacrifice himself here.
Yes, we should stay and gather as much information as possible!