Dorne took off his backpack, pulled out small black boxes, and distributed them to everyone: “These are tools developed by our technology department, they are called ‘Electronic Hacker’, equipped with very precise decoding units inside.”

“When you encounter any electronic lock, just turn on the Electronic Hacker and place it nearby. It will automatically recognize and decode it.”

“Depending on the complexity of the target, the time required by the Electronic Hacker will vary, so please be patient.”

After handing out the Electronic Hacker devices, Dorne advised, “Everyone should operate on this level first. Remember, you just need to decode and conduct on-site surveys, tallying and recording what you find.”

“Inform me immediately if there are any issues, and don’t move or attempt to take anything from TL730 without permission.”

“Everything here belongs to the Iron Blood Alliance, and violations will be considered a serious hostile act.”

No one had any complaints, as this was part of the agreed commission.

They only wanted to complete the commission according to the rules and receive the deserved reward.

Especially with Dorne as the escort overseer present, even if anyone had ill intentions, they wouldn’t dare act rashly.

At this time, Su Mo was decoding an insignificant room door, contemplating his next move.

The item he was searching for was located at the lowest level of TL730.

But given the current situation, if they teamed up to go down there, once that weapon was discovered, it couldn’t be taken.

To claim that weapon for himself, he must go down alone, possess it, and secretly take it out.

Su Mo glanced sideways at Dorne and the others.

He must come up with a way to temporarily detach from them without arousing suspicion…

…

In a concealed mountain cave in the forest, Wang Wei and the medic were hiding there.

Wang Wei’s broken leg was secured with a tourniquet and treated with emergency medication, so it was no longer bleeding, and he deliberately sealed it in a bag to prevent the blood’s scent from spreading.

But at this time, the anesthetic effect was wearing off, and the pain made beads of sweat continuously form on his forehead.

He complained: “When is the Iron Blood’s logistics team coming? If they don’t come soon, I’m going to faint from the pain!”

The medic hushed him: “Keep your voice down, or we might attract the predators, and then we’re doomed.”

Wang Wei could only lie down on the ground, continuing to wait for a rescue that he didn’t know when would arrive.

As he waited, he suddenly furrowed his brow: “Hey… Do you hear something?”

“Hmm?” The medic closed his eyes and listened carefully.

Soon, he understood Wang Wei’s meaning.

Outside the cave, rustling sounds were coming from the forest, faint at first, but gradually becoming louder, continuous, as if many creatures were running.

The two cautiously peeked outside the cave entrance, only to see commotion in the jungle, with various animals running, seemingly frightened.

Soon, they saw the shadow of the Violent Wolf in the forest.

The predator’s presence made them tremble, quickly lowering their heads.

Wang Wei asked quietly: “Is the Violent Wolf hunting?”

“Possibly, Violent Wolves are pack animals, often hunting collectively, making a lot of noise…” The medic was saying when his expression suddenly stiffened, “No… Look at that Violent Wolf!”

Wang Wei peeked outside.

That Violent Wolf was indeed running, but it wasn’t chasing the fleeing animals.

Even with a plump black bear right in front of it, it didn’t attack, but instead sped past it, escaping into the depths of the forest.

More and more Violent Wolves appeared, behaving just like the previous ones.

“The Violent Wolves aren’t hunting…” The medic’s eyes became glassy, “They’re… escaping?”

“Escaping?!” Wang Wei found it unbelievable.

He’s seen the fighting prowess of Violent Wolves; they’re predators impervious to even bullets, charging up for a bite despite the gunfire.

What creature in the forest could frighten the Violent Wolves into fleeing?

As the two were in shock, another group of predators appeared.

They were cold-blooded reptiles, entirely black-brown, with skin rough as rock, covered with numerous raised hard bumps, mouths full of sharp teeth, occasionally spitting out slender, scarlet tongues.

When Wang Wei peeked outside, his head was suddenly pressed down by the medic, who said with a face full of fear: “Don’t lift your head! I read about it in a book; those are Mo Lizard, their eyes can detect infrared heat sources, you’ll be discovered!”

The medic’s action came too late, a Mo Lizard had already noticed them.

Although the cave they were in was very concealed, in the eyes of the Mo Lizard, their body temperatures exceeding 36 degrees made them very conspicuous.

Amidst rising growls, more than twenty Mo Lizards surrounded the cave, incessantly sticking out their forked long tongues, as if eagerly anticipating their incoming meal.

Wang Wei and the medic were in despair.

The hard skin of the Mo Lizard was capable of blocking small caliber bullets, their jaws full of fangs could tear open thin steel plates, their combat power several times that of Violent Wolves.

With over twenty Mo Lizards appearing all at once, not to mention the two of them, even if Sun Min and others were present, it would be very difficult to handle.

As the two neared collapse, a strange, rhythmic call suddenly came from the jungle.

The sounds resembled the noise of a drowning person, gurgling, urgent yet deep.

A miracle occurred.

The Mo Lizards, upon hearing the call, unexpectedly ceased paying attention to Wang Wei and the medic, crawling straight toward the depths of the jungle.

“They… left?” Wang Wei muttered dumbly.

The medic was equally in a daze: “That shouldn’t be the case. I remember Mo Lizards are different from Violent Wolves; they’re solitary predators, for more than twenty to appear all at once is already strange, why act uniformly…”

Thinking about the implications behind this, the medic’s gaze completely lost focus: “Could it be…”

“Boom, boom, boom…” A heavy walking sound echoed, faintly shaking the ground.

The two stared blankly at the depths of the forest, witnessing a giant silhouette approaching.

It was an upright walking giant lizard-like creature, nearly 4 meters tall, terrifyingly big, covered in jet-black scales like a layer of heavy armor.

Its body surface featured numerous blade-like bony structures, gleaming like metal, reflecting cold glints under the sunlight, its thick tail appearing as segmented, each segment armed with hooked spines, capable of ripping out large amounts of flesh.

This was certainly not a natural predator, but a specially engineered, veritable biological weapon.

What happened next was even more astonishing.

This predator stood at the entrance of the cave, not launching any attack, simply gazing emotionlessly at the two.

Before long, a man slowly emerged from behind it.

The man’s forehead bore sinister tree-like bloodstains.

On closer inspection, one would notice that the beast’s forehead had the same bloodstains.

Their frequencies pulsated in unison, like a chord symbolizing death.

The man leaned against the predator, raised his hand to greet the two, his smile filled with coldness: “Good afternoon, Iron Blood hounds, I finally found you by following the signal. Any last words?”

The medic looked at the man before him, speaking his identity lost in thought: “Spiritual Brain Modifier of the Black Domain Group…”

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