"The lair people don't like working with outsiders, and they're also wary of letting the data in the lair leak out. In the past, the Survival Committee had thought about sending a large number of reconnaissance drones to scan the entire lair and use the heat map of the communication data to estimate the number of people in the lair. But in the end, the lair people blocked the signals," Shen Yupeng added.
"This time, the lair people are willing to share a large amount of crucial data with us, which means that they're showing great sincerity in working with us. That's why we have to focus on the main problem and not let anything else happen. The gray industries in the lair and the lost people who have been hiding in them for decades aren't the target of this operation. The Deification Capsule pharmacy and the creator are our main focus.
"At the end of the day, as long as we can completely solve the problem of the monsters, the lair and the lost people will slowly fall apart, but as long as the monsters exist, we won't be able to free up our hands to get rid of the 'tumor' in the lair."
This sentence was mainly directed at Meng Chao.
Shen Yupeng was worried that Meng Chao would be full of vigor and his sense of justice would explode. If he ran into lost people in the lair, he would ignore them and act on his own.
But Meng Chao's mental age when he carried out the mission was much older than his actual age.
In his previous life, Dragon City had worked with the devil multiple times to survive. In fact, they had even turned into the devil themselves.
The so-called 'Extraordinary Catastrophes' were never synonymous with 'justice' or 'brightness'.
Meng Chao naturally knew how to differentiate between the main problem and the secondary one.
He focused his attention on the mission briefing that had just been projected on his retina.
"Over the past three days, hundreds of malicious crimes have occurred in Dragon City. At least five hundred robbers have fled into Golden Tooth Lair with a large amount of stolen cultivation resources. It is highly suspected that they are controlled by the mastermind codenamed Vortex. There is also a factory that creates the forbidden drug, Deification Capsule, in the depths of Golden Tooth Lair.
"Due to the uniqueness of Golden Tooth Lair, the first wave of fighting force to enter the lair is made up of veteran hunters hired by the insurance companies in Dragon City.
"Your main mission is to search the suspicious regions in the lair with the people's cooperation and guidance. You have to track down the two robbers with the locating chips implanted in them. In the end, you have to locate the mastermind behind the Deification Capsule pharmacy and Vortex. If possible, you have to capture them.
"You have to pay attention to this. Ever since we gained full victory in the northern offense, Dragon City has been expanding. The distance from the Supernatural Tower in the city center to the new area has practically doubled. If we make some calculations, the new area of Dragon City is four times its previous size.
"There are a lot of construction machines, crystal refinement equipment, and the necessary experts and scholars for Dragon City's development.
"To protect the important talents and assets in Dragon City, the Red Dragon Army, secret police, abnormal beast research department, and even the normal superhumans have been largely dispersed. The number of superhumans per unit area has also dropped to one-fourth of what it used to be.
"When we consider that the hundreds of crimes that happened over the past two days might just be the prelude to the abnormal beasts' attack, a lot of manpower and resources must be used to protect the crystal mines, refinement factories, power plants, water treatment plants, schools, residential areas outside, and other important nodes that maintain the operations of the civilization. The capture squads might not be able to get reinforcements in time.
"And the environment in the lair is unprecedentedly complicated. The number of residents in one unit area is five times or even ten times that of the outside world. If we attack, there is a high possibility that a lot of innocent citizens will die.
"So, the capture squads' first mission is to locate the mastermind, then investigate, and finally lock down the area. Only when everything is under control can we capture and suppress the mastermind in one strike.
"The most ideal situation is to force the Vortex out of Golden Tooth Lair, and then get rid of it with brute force.
"The secret police and abnormal beast research department have contacted Deity Realm superhumans as the ultimate solution.
"But the power of Deity Realm can destroy the world. If the Deity Realm superhumans really go all out in Golden Tooth Lair, not only will they accidentally injure innocent citizens, they might also stimulate the lost people lurking in the depths of the lair. At that time, these evil lost people will escape from the lair and run into the streets and alleys of Dragon City, and the chaotic situation will go out of control.
"Time is limited. That's all the information we have right now. Next, the operation data and mission briefing will be refreshed once every five minutes to provide the most accurate guidance."
Meng Chao whistled.
This Neural Tactical Data Link System was too amazing.
Fighting with the support of large amounts of data was really fun.
"Get ready to go!"
Man-eating Shark Zhou Chong and the veteran hunters had also finished setting up the data. Everyone was connected to the same tactical network, and they could even share the voices and sights they heard.
The logisticians from the secret police and abnormal beast research department also delivered their final supplies — gene medicine and high-calorie nutritional fluid.
Meng Chao took the gene medicine wrapped in silver white packaging. It looked like a sealed metal tube, but it was incredibly light in his hand. There was even a picture of an angry, dark red aquatic dragon printed on it.
"Raging Dragon Blood?"
Meng Chao could not help but gulp.
Raging Dragon Blood was the strongest gene medicine Dragon City created, and there might not be anything that could compare to it.
The main components of this gene medicine came from the blood of Apocalyptic Beasts.
It was not every day that Dragon City could kill an Apocalyptic Beast.
Even if they did, it was impossible for them to extract all of their blood.
There was a limited amount of Raging Dragon Blood, and it was a treasure that countless superhumans could only dream of.
As for its use …
There was no need to talk about the boring parameters of increasing the gene. Let's put it this way: If Meng Chao was given one vial of Raging Dragon Blood, he would dare to kick an Apocalyptic Beast's butt!
'Three vials of Raging Dragon Blood each? That's too extravagant! 'Meng Chao had not felt dizzy just now, but now, he did.
He felt as if he had been hit by a train of happiness.
"Entering the lair to capture an unknown criminal is a dangerous task. It's only worth it if there's a high enough reward."
Snake Eye Mo Lan swayed her hips and went forward to grin at Meng Chao. "It's fine. The insurance companies in Dragon City have plenty of money. You don't have to save money for them."
The veteran hunters were mercenaries, so it was only natural that they came for the high reward. Three vials of Raging Dragon Blood each could be considered a down payment for them.
But Meng Chao was a person who did not care about fame. He joined the operation mainly to protect Dragon City's peace and the future of human civilization.
He immediately pulled open his collar and hid the three vials of Raging Dragon Blood in the innermost part of Black Soul. He pressed them against his stomach and sensed the cold and hard vials of medicine. A smile that came from the bottom of his heart appeared on his face.
"With three vials of Raging Dragon Blood, I can contribute even more to human civilization. This is great!"
"Also, do you need this?"
Snake Eye Mo Lan handed him a black mud paste that gave off a faint earthy smell.
Many of the veteran hunters dug out a clump of mud paste, rubbed it evenly with their hands, and applied it to their faces and hands.
As they continued rubbing and squeezing their faces, their skin color and even the lines of their facial muscles immediately changed. Some people's faces swelled up a little, some people's eyes and lips were pulled up and down, some people's skin turned waxy yellow or light brown, and some people had clear acne on their cheeks.
They had become completely different people.
Also, the faint killing intent and awe-inspiring presence they had gained after surviving hundreds of battles were suppressed to the limit.
When they put on their tattered cloaks, hoods, and wide-rimmed sunglasses, they turned into gang members that could be seen everywhere in the lair.
Snake Eye Mo Lan also sighed and applied the black mud on her face.
From a heroic huntress, she turned into a middle-aged woman whose luster had been worn away by life and was covered in dirt.
Meng Chao knew that the black paste was known as the Disguising Gel. It was collected from the swamps and forests to the south of Dragon City, and it was a unique, slightly poisonous fungus and microorganism.
Just as its name implied, the Disguising Gel could stimulate and numb a person's facial muscles and nerves. It could change a person's appearance and hide the presence of a powerful person.
Man-eating Shark Zhou Chong and the other veteran hunters were all verified accounts with millions of fans on social media platforms and video websites.
The abnormal beasts might not have a lot of spies in the lair.
If he went in with his real face to carry out the mission, it would be too eye-catching.
Meng Chao thought about it. Ever since he killed the Demonic Abyss Eye, he might have been marked by the abnormal beasts. They might have been sharpening their weapons and were waiting to cut him into pieces.
He quickly dug out a large clump of the Disguising Gel and applied it to his face and hands. He also pulled open Black Soul's collar and applied some to his neck and chest.
A slight sting and itch later, he noticed that he had turned into someone with thick lips, small eyes, and dark skin.
Even Bai Jiacao might not be able to recognize him.
"Let's go!"
Man-eating Shark Zhou Chong lifted the cover of a secret tunnel in a corner of the warehouse.
During the era when zombies ran amok, this warehouse stored more than half of Golden Tooth Lair's food. There was naturally a secret tunnel connecting the two.
Meng Chao followed the veteran hunters and moved through the dark tunnel in silence for ten minutes. He moved past the broken fences and kicked away hundreds of rats and abnormal insects before he finally saw the stairs leading up.
The stairs led to a rather small warehouse.
The warehouse was filled with synthetic food made from earthworm meat and monster organs. It released a strong fragrance that stung his eyes a little.
There were a few people in the corner who were also wearing large cloaks, hoods, and goggles to hide their weapons and gazes. They observed them without batting an eyelid. They should be the contacts in the lair.
Man-eating Shark Zhou Chong went forward and extended his hands under the cloak of one of the contacts.
The contact also extended his hands under Meng Chao's cloak.
This was a greeting unique to the lair.
It was the same as a handshake in the outside world.
Of course, it was not a problem for them to say that they were checking whether the other person was carrying lethal weapons.
No, it was only natural for the people in the lair to carry lethal weapons. It was just a matter of how many of them there were and how "lethal" they were.
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