Chapter 332: Scattered

"What is this thing?!!"

"Damn it, guns don't seem to have any effect on it!"

"Calm down!! Spread out! Fire at its eyes!"

"Maintain formation, fire alternately!"

"Protect the research team!!"

“……”

This special operations team responsible for escorting the research team also had very rich combat experience. Even seeing such an eerie creature, they didn't panic too much but quickly adjusted their formation and tactics, protecting the research team behind them.

Under the suppression of powerful firepower, the monster wolf couldn't attack for a while, gritting its teeth and moving rapidly through the forest.

Although the situation before them seemed to be under control, only Chen Ling knew that the crisis was far from over.

"Watch out!!"

Chen Ling saw a ball of light flash in the forest and pushed Lu Xun, who was stunned, violently. The latter only felt a huge force coming, and his whole body was instantly pushed several meters away, falling heavily to the ground.

Before he could come to his senses to question, a fireball exploded from his original position!

Boom—!!

A blinding fireball erupted on the surface, illuminating this area of the dark forest as bright as day. It was also at this time that everyone saw the terrifying figures around the forest... Their pupils contracted suddenly!

"Th-this is..." Yang Xiao’s face was extremely pale.

While everyone was stunned, Chen Ling reached out and grabbed a pistol from a corpse nearby, pointing the muzzle at a void beside Su Zhiwei.

Half a second later, a silver falcon, fast to the extreme, flashed out of the forest like lightning. Its sharp eyes seemed to have locked onto Su Zhiwei on the outermost periphery, stabbing straight toward her temple!

When Su Zhiwei reacted, it was already too late. She hadn't even turned her head halfway when the falcon flashed before her eyes!

But just as Su Zhiwei’s skull was about to be pierced, a very slight gunshot came from the side.

"Judgment."

Pfft—

The bullet, capable of decomposing everything, seemed to have predicted the falcon’s path and shot accurately into the falcon’s body. The silver giant shadow disappeared instantly, not even leaving a trace of flesh and blood, only a few blood-stained feathers falling from mid-air...

Everything happened too suddenly. Su Zhiwei hadn't reacted to what was going on. She looked to the side in a daze, only to see Chen Ling holding a gun with one hand pointing here, wisps of blue smoke drifting from the muzzle.

In this chaotic and roaring environment, almost no one noticed this scene in the corner, except for Lu Xun, who happened to be sitting opposite and witnessed the whole process.

He stared blankly at Chen Ling holding the gun, his eyes full of shock and confusion.

Roar—!!

As more and more Calamities rushed out of the forest, the special forces’ firepower defense line was also broken. Bullets flew everywhere in the flickering open space, and various eerie animal shadows ruthlessly slaughtered all the dangerous figures with guns.

"...Damn it!" Dr. Lou, wearing black-rimmed glasses, saw this, his eyes flashing with sharp light. After hesitating for a moment, he stood up and rushed toward a certain direction in the forest!

"Don't run around!! Don't scatter!!" Lu Xun shouted with all his might, but was swallowed by the roaring and booming sounds one after another.

Dr. Ji saw Dr. Lou’s departing back, snorted coldly, a cold light flashing in his eyes, and ran wildly in that direction without hesitation!

Leaving with him was another researcher whom Chen Ling didn't have much impression of.

Seeing that everyone had scattered, Lu Xun gritted his teeth, seemingly still thinking of a countermeasure, but the Calamity’s attack had already caused the remaining seven people to be separated and scattered all over the battlefield. As a fireball shot out from the depths of the forest again and exploded in the center of the crowd, raging flames directly enveloped the earth!

Under the rolling tongues of fire, everyone couldn't see where their companions were at all. Coupled with Calamities darting out from all angles, two figures were forced to flee into the depths of the forest in another direction.

"Oh no..." Seeing this scene, Lu Xun’s heart sank to the bottom.

He looked across the sea of fire at Chen Ling, who was protecting Yang Xiao and Su Zhiwei, and then at the direction where the two researchers had just fled in a panic, and gritted his teeth:

"Director Chen! Protect them well! We'll gather near the fragment!!"

After saying that, he turned and chased after the two researchers who had just run away.

Chen Ling roughly knew why Lu Xun suddenly trusted himself so much. After all, the scene of him saving Su Zhiwei was seen by him, and he probably guessed something vaguely... He knew he could protect these two people.

Chen Ling quickly scanned the surroundings, saw the battlefield that had already become a river of blood, and the number of Calamities that were still increasing, and said in a deep voice:

"We can't stay here anymore, follow me!"

As soon as this sentence was spoken, Yang Xiao and Su Zhiwei didn't hesitate at all and ran into the depths of the forest following Chen Ling.

Just after running two steps, Chen Ling saw a figure huddled under a tree, his hands covering his head and shaking non-stop. It was Wu Tongyuan, who didn't know where to hide when the Calamity started attacking.

Seeing this, Chen Ling grabbed Wu Tongyuan by the back of his collar with one hand and ran wildly with him!

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!! Don't kill me! Don't kill me!!"

Wu Tongyuan thought a monster was carrying him away and screamed immediately. The next moment, Su Zhiwei’s hand covered his mouth.

"Shut up!" Su Zhiwei’s expression was extremely ugly.

Wu Tongyuan saw that the person holding him was Chen Ling, breathed a sigh of relief, stood up from the ground, and followed the three of them running wildly.

Perhaps the distant battlefield full of fire and gunfire attracted the vast majority of the Calamities’ attention. There were not many Calamities chasing the four of Chen Ling. Even if there were a few scattered ones rushing here, they were all decomposed into nothingness by Chen Ling with one shot from afar.

The beam of the flashlight swayed constantly in the dark forest with their panting. All their attention was used to avoid the pits and stones on the ground. They ran wildly in the forest for more than ten minutes without stopping, until Wu Tongyuan tripped and fell headlong to the ground.

Thump—

Wu Tongyuan groaned, holding his ankle with both hands, the corners of his mouth twitching wildly from the pain.

Seeing this, Chen Ling and the others also stopped. The heavy panting of Yang Xiao and Su Zhiwei beside him echoed in the forest, and they also ran until their faces were pale... None of them paid attention to exercise on weekdays, and running wildly in the mountains was too much of a drain for them.

Chen Ling stepped forward to check Wu Tongyuan’s foot and said:

"Fortunately, it's not broken, just a sprain. It will be fine after a little rest."

Wu Tongyuan gritted his teeth and nodded. He didn't know if he was afraid that the Calamity would catch up, but he didn't dare to make a sound.

Seeing this, Chen Ling patted him on the shoulder silently:

"We are safe now. If it hurts, you can shout it out."

"Ouch, damn it... hiss..." Wu Tongyuan let out a breath and groaned, "It hurts, it hurts, it hurts... I really had the worst luck..."