Xia Pingan followed Mo Yanshao downstairs and arrived at the residential area. Only then did he realize that there were two gray-green Falcon Helicopters parked on the lawn of the residential area. The two helicopters had the insignia of the National Committee of Order on them.
A few special forces members in black combat uniforms were standing beside the helicopters with guns in their hands.
Fortunately, there weren't many people in the residential area at the moment. The two Falcon Helicopters didn't cause too much of a commotion. Only a group of uncles and aunties who didn't go to work and a few housewives were curiously looking at the helicopters. They were whispering and pointing at them.
The residential area's security guards were also maintaining order around the lawn.
The effects of yesterday's space invasion were still present. Everyone thought that the arrival of the two helicopters might have something to do with yesterday's space invasion.
Under the gaze of a group of people, Xia Pingan, who was still in his sportswear, followed Mo Yanshao and quickly arrived in front of one of the Falcon Helicopters.
There were nine people sitting in the cabin of the helicopter. Seven of them were fully armed special forces members. There was also a burly bald man and a beautiful woman with a cold temperament.
The bald man's body was as strong as an ox. His muscles were like the rocks on a hill. Beside him was a wide machete that was more than a meter long.
The short-haired beauty was in her twenties. She had short black hair and red lips. She was wearing a leather suit that showed off her curvaceous body. On one side of her thighs was a pistol and the other a dagger. She was like a thorny rose that wasn't to be trifled with.
The woman was concentrating on operating a tactical computer in front of her. Her fingers were flying across the keyboard of the computer. Maps were constantly changing on the screen of the phone in front of her.
"Old Tu, this is Xia Pingan. I'll leave him to you!" Mo Yanshao said to the burly man. Then, he looked at Xia Pingan. "Follow them!"
Xia Pingan nodded. He quickly boarded the helicopter and sat beside the burly man. Mo Yanshao ran to the other helicopter not far away.
"Kid, you're not bad. You've hidden your clairvoyance ability so well …" Xia Pingan had just boarded the helicopter when the burly man grinned at Xia Pingan. His mouth was full of metal teeth. It was a daunting sight. He even handed Xia Pingan a noise-canceling headset.
Xia Pingan took the noise-canceling headset and put it on. The helicopter's hatch opened. The helicopter's rotors were already rotating, making a loud roar. The lawn on the ground was blown to the side. The people who were watching the show around the lawn were blown away.
The helicopter quickly took off and the other helicopter also took off....... and the two helicopters separated in the air....
The residential area on the ground became smaller. The buildings and vehicles of the entire city flew by quickly.
After flying for a few kilometers, another gray-green Falcon Helicopter joined the first one in the sky and followed behind the first one.
This scene made Xia Pingan feel relieved.
"Let's go to the place where you found the last traces of the two escaped demon rats!" Seeing that the helicopter was gradually flying out of the city, Xia Pingan, who was sitting in the helicopter, did not stand on ceremony. He directly entered the zone and said to the bald man called Old Tu, "Also, show me the images of the two demon rats. I want to confirm what they look like!"
"No problem!" Old Tu said directly. Then, he said to the short-haired beauty, "Lingshan, show him …"
The short-haired beauty didn't say anything. She operated the tactical computer in front of her with her fingers and turned the screen of the tactical computer to Xia Pingan.
The first image that was shown on the computer screen was the one taken by the commando's helmet camera last night.
The background of the video was green, which meant that it was shot in the dark. The commandos followed the bloodstains on the ground and entered a logistics park outside the city. They found the corpses of two workers who had been gnawed on the ground. As the video shook, a few of the commandos entered a warehouse and started to search inside.
"Found two victims' bodies. Team Seven, enter the warehouse. Turn on the thermal imaging sensor. The target might be nearby …"
A few seconds later, the thermal imaging device found a moving heat source. The team quickly surrounded it, and then violent gunshots rang out. In the image, two demon rats suddenly appeared from behind a pile of wooden crates. Amidst the hail of bullets, the demon rats rushed over and pounced on two commandos. One of the demon rats used its sharp claws to tear open the throat of one of the commandos, and then it quickly fled...
The second image was taken from the sky. The angle should be from the drone.
At dawn, the two demon rats had already fled outside the city. They were running wildly in the bushes by the river outside the city. The drone only took five seconds to find them. One of the demon rats even stopped for a short while and looked up at the sky. Then, just before the drone's attack arrived, the two demon rats suddenly jumped into the river and dived into the water, disappearing.
The third image was in the wilderness. The sky was already bright. The drone captured the two demon rats coming ashore by the river. Then, they entered a large swamp and reed field and disappeared.
"Okay …" Xia Pingan nodded. He remembered the appearance of the two demon rats. Then, he stopped talking.
…
Half an hour later, the two Falcon helicopters arrived at the last place where the two demon rats appeared — — the swamp area over 160 km away in the northwest of Xianghe City. This swamp area covered over 20 square miles. There were endless mountain ridges in the distance. This place was close to the national park of Nanyi Province.
Looking down from the helicopter, most of the swamp area was covered by trees, reeds and weeds. The surrounding mountain ridges had a complex topography, crisscrossed river valleys, waterfalls and dense black pine woods. It was very difficult to find the target.
The helicopter hovered above the swamp area. The bald tough man looked at Xia Pingan and asked, "Can you find the trace of the two demon rats?"
Xia Pingan closed his eyes and started to recall the look of the two demon rats.
Only after a few seconds, a picture appeared in Xia Pingan's mind.
The two demon rats were in an underground cave. They were motionless. Xia Pingan raised the image in his mind. He saw a large area of black pine woods outside the demon rats' cave, a hot geothermal spring not far away, two bare mountain tops, and a large grassland. The surrounding terrain gradually became clear.
"The two demon rats have already left this swamp and entered the mountain ridges …" Xia Pingan opened his eyes and pointed at a direction. It's over 80 km away from here. It's in a black pine woods! "
"Can you mark it on the electronic map?" The bald tough man asked.
"Yes!" Xia Pingan nodded as he took the electronic map from the bald tough man. After glancing at it for a short while, he drew a circle on the electronic map, "It's about here …"
The bald tough man patted the pilot of the helicopter in front and made a hand gesture. The two Falcon Helicopters immediately flew towards the direction Xia Pingan pointed at.
"The drone can fly above the target area to monitor and search for the target …" The short-haired beauty finally spoke as her fingers tapped on the keyboard.
After a short while, Xia Pingan saw the drone's image on the computer screen in front of the short-haired beauty. The drone was rapidly approaching the area that he had marked on the electronic map.
Before the helicopters arrived, the drone had already arrived. It was hovering above a large area of black pine woods and using its thermal imaging system to scan and identify the movements on the ground. The black pine woods covered an area of over 60 square kilometers. It stretched across a valley and a mountain slope.
Animals such as elk, bison and pronghorn antelope in the woods and valleys were constantly detected by the drone's thermal imaging system. However, the two demon rats were still nowhere to be seen.
"The two demon rats are very cunning. They dug a hole and hid underground. They won't be detected by the thermal imaging system!" Xia Pingan said.
The bald tough man licked his lips and looked at Xia Pingan, "Can you be more precise about where the two demon rats are hiding?"
"I'm sorry. Perhaps some people have the ability to accurately pinpoint their location. However, I don't have that ability yet. I can only determine the approximate area!" Xia Pingan shook his head.
…
Only ten minutes later, the two Falcon Helicopters flew to the edge of the black forest. The two helicopters lowered their ropes and the commandos on the two helicopters quickly slid down from the ropes and began to carefully search the area.
"You don't have to follow us. Stay in the helicopter. If you find anything, you can contact us immediately …" The bald tough man picked up his guillotine-like machete and said to Xia Pingan. Like a ferocious tiger, he pulled the rope and jumped down from the helicopter.
The short haired beauty also put away her tactical computer and stuffed it into the tactical backpack on the helicopter. She grabbed a shotgun beside her and jumped down from the helicopter after the bald tough man.
The two Falcon Helicopters then shifted in the air and flew to a grassy area about 20 kilometers away before stopping.
The Falcon Helicopters could stay in the air for more than 6 hours at a time. As they weren't sure how long the pursuit team would need to search the black pine woods, the helicopters could only wait by the side. They didn't want to waste their time in the air. As for the attack and surveillance missions in the sky, they were taken over by the drones that could stay in the air for longer.
The helicopters stopped. Xia Pingan got down from the helicopter and peed in the nearby bushes.
Looking at the beautiful scenery of the surrounding valley, Xia Pingan felt like he was in a fantasy again. Xia Pingan was in a daze for a moment.
This place should be within the boundaries of Yellowstone National Park. He had come here in his previous life when he came to North America to investigate the mountain terrain recorded in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas". The entrance fee was calculated by the vehicle and each vehicle was about 25 USD.
However, this was the 5A National Forest Park in the Fire Country's Yi Zhou Province. There was no entrance fee!
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