He was so persuasive that he actually practiced extraordinary

The two fell to the ground, the giant's heavy body raising a cloud of dust.

Because it was night, even with night vision goggles, Mosquito and the others couldn't immediately tell what was going on with the two.

Everyone stared intently at the spot where the two had fallen, without blinking.

Whether they could successfully pry open the doors of Twilight Company depended on the success or failure of this battle. Everyone's hearts were in their throats.

Zhang Beixing, you absolutely have to take down this big oaf!

A moment later, a figure that appeared relatively short but seemed incredibly tall to the mosquitoes and the others stood up from the swirling dust.

Zhang Beixing twirled the blood-stained scalpel at Mosquito and the others, revealing a set of bright white teeth, and laughed:
"I've already told you, I'm pretty powerful."

As the two landed, Zhang Beixing immediately turned around, pulled out a scalpel from his spatial storage, and plunged it directly into the giant's heart.

"Zhang Beixing, Zhang the Demon King, I'm truly convinced now."

Seeing that the crisis was over, Andy immediately ran towards Zhang Beixing with a look of ecstatic joy.

"What? Have you been holding a grudge against me all this time?"

With the immediate crisis resolved, Zhang Beixing was in the mood to joke around with Andy, and said teasingly.

"How could that be? I was already captivated by you, you demon king, the moment I saw you," Andy quickly explained.

"Alright, stop bothering Zhang Beixing with so much nonsense. Let him rest first."

Kiko spoke up rationally.

"Yeah, who knows what kind of monsters we'll face next. They've even created this kind of monster, what else can't they do?"

The mosquito looked solemnly in the direction of the valley and said.

Everyone followed the mosquito's gaze. In the darkness, the entrance to the valley resembled a man-eating monster.

As an old Chinese proverb says: "He who travels a hundred li is only halfway there at ninety."

Everyone knew that the real difficulties were yet to come; they had only just stepped through the door.

Lu Lilong sat down on the ground, silently adjusting his physical condition; Kiko carefully checked everyone's guns and ammunition, replenishing what was lacking.

Mosquitoes kept circling around the car that had been destroyed by a rocket, seemingly studying something.

Zhang Beixing stood in the center of the crowd with his arms crossed, a glint of shrewdness flashing in his eyes from time to time, looking quite wary.

Andy, with a curious expression, examined the giant's corpse with a dagger, occasionally making sounds of amazement. After a while, he cut open the giant's shirt and called everyone over to see.

Four red roses bloom on the giant's back.

"Do you know how many roses can bloom behind a person with a gene serum?" Zhang Beixing asked.

The mosquito pondered for a moment, then answered:
"When we left ten years ago, the most impressive success we ever saw was accompanied by four roses."

Upon hearing this, everyone felt a heavy pressure fall on their shoulders.

Ten years ago, the most impressive thing was just four roses. Now, the successful products of four roses have appeared at the door, and there must be even more impressive products inside.

Will there be five roses? Or is it possible that there are even more impressive six roses?
Time was of the essence, and the group only rested for five minutes before continuing their journey.

Since we've already come this far, fear and regret are useless now—we might as well push forward with all our might.

Twilight Resources Strategy Company, we've been rivals for a long time. Haven't you been putting a bounty on my head, wanting to kill me?
Let's have a showdown right here!

Under the cover of night, the group entered this valley that held countless secrets.

Over the past decade, having suffered repeated defeats, the mosquito had imagined what this valley looked like more than once, even seeing it frequently in its dreams.

In his imagination, it was a world where stepping in was like entering the future, with many people in lab coats bustling about.

But the valley before them took everyone by surprise.

The valley that appeared before everyone was truly just a valley—filled with trees, without a trace of human presence.

"Mosquito, are you sure you're not mistaken about this information? Is this really the place we're looking for?" Andy couldn't help but question.

Kiko quickly raised her hand to defend herself:
"The information I provided is absolutely correct."

The mosquito couldn't help but touch its increasingly puffy belly:
"The information should... be correct." The latter part of the sentence was clearly tinged with a lack of confidence.

Even though he was absolutely certain that his intelligence was accurate, seeing this valley—apart from the few powerful guards at the valley entrance—it really didn't look like the Twilight Company's base at all.

“This is it, that’s right. Don’t you think this valley is too quiet?” Zhang Beixing said.

After Zhang Beixing's reminder, everyone realized that something was indeed wrong with the valley.

Given the lush vegetation in this valley, there should be many small animals living there.

Even though it's nighttime, there should be some nocturnal animals around. But this valley is completely silent.

"That's a bit scary."

Andy touched his arm, which was covered in goosebumps.

"Where exactly is the entrance to the Twilight Company's base?"

"We're not going to go through all that trouble to get in, only to find we can't find the entrance and have to slink back, are we?"

Kiko asked with a worried expression.

"No. It's just a rat hole. If we can't find them, we'll set it on fire. I don't believe we can't find them," Zhang Beixing said calmly.

Mosquito glanced at Zhang Beixing, hesitated, and after thinking for a long time, still didn't say anything.

If you really can't find the door to Twilight Company, there's really no better way than to set it on fire.

But if they set fire to it—it's late autumn now, with dry fallen leaves everywhere, and this valley connects to vast forests in the United States…

Setting fire to the mountain will land you in jail for life.

How could Zhang Beixing not have thought of something that a mosquito could think of, given his daily exposure to fire prevention propaganda in China? He was just saying it casually.

With the Golden Eye skill, how could he not find a mere mouse hole?
The group remained silent in contemplation. This valley was simply too vast; if they were to split up, they wouldn't be able to withstand even a single rose, let alone five powerful individuals.

They wouldn't even need to be wiped out quickly—except for Zhang Beixing, their entire group would be taken down.

However, if they gathered together to search for the entrance and exit—the entire valley is estimated to be at least ninety square kilometers. If they explored it bit by bit, even if it took them three to five days, they still wouldn't be able to explore the entire valley.

Moreover, the rat hole of Twilight Company is probably hidden in some nook and cranny.

Just as everyone was racking their brains, Zhang Beixing's gaze swept over an inconspicuous big tree.

It was nestled among greenery, indistinguishable from all the other trees around it. But Zhang Beixing's intuition told him: there was something strange about this tree.

No matter which angle you look at it from, something's wrong with this tree—the more you look at it, the more it seems out of place with its surroundings.

A golden light flashed in his eyes, and his brain subconsciously activated the X-ray vision function of his golden eyes to look ahead.

Before long, he discovered something unusual: most of the leaves on the tree were exactly the same.

As we all know, no two leaves in the world are exactly alike. But the leaves on this tree are not only identical on the outside, but even the veins inside are exactly the same.

Zhang Beixing had an idea and called to the mosquitoes, "Follow me."

He lifted his leg and ran towards the tree.

Ordinary people would never imagine that the strange thing was an ordinary, unremarkable tree in the whole forest.

If it weren't for Zhang Beixing's excellent observation skills, he wouldn't have been aware of the tree's existence at all.

Who would have thought? The actual entrance to the headquarters of Twilight Resources Strategy Company was actually a tree in a vast forest.

Seeing Zhang Beixing's confident demeanor, Mosquito and the others didn't say much. Although they were full of doubts, they still followed closely behind him and walked straight towards a tree.

As expected, once he got closer, the tree's secrets became completely clear to Zhang Beixing.

The trunk of this tree is filled with gears, intertwined and stacked in layers—it is an artificial mechanical tree.

The mosquito and Kiko behind them exchanged a glance, and the mosquito mouthed "what?"

Kiko shook her head slightly, indicating that she didn't know either.

"You all step back a bit," Zhang Beixing warned.

It's still unknown what will happen after opening this tree. Faced with unknown dangers, it's safer to retreat for now.

Upon hearing this, before anyone could even process what was happening, their bodies had already moved three meters away on their own.

Seeing that the people had retreated to a safe area, Zhang Beixing raised his hand and tapped five different spots on the tree trunk.

The once lush and leafy tree began to close up as Zhang Beixing fell, and the entire trunk slowly opened.

A two-meter-wide, pitch-black passageway opened up in the tree trunk.

This magical scene made Andy exclaim in surprise:
"My God, Buddha, am I watching a fantasy blockbuster? Has the technology of Twilight advanced to the point where it can create a space?"

Kiko had no time to criticize Andy's chaotic belief system—the technology before them, far beyond human comprehension, had stirred up a storm in everyone's hearts.

"Let's go," Zhang Beixing said, rousing the others.

In fact, when Zhang Beixing saw that tree, he already sensed that something beyond his imagination might appear there.

Having prepared himself mentally, he was still surprised, but he quickly composed himself.

Now that we've found the mouse hole, it's time to get to the mice.

The group carefully made their way through the pitch-black space.

Lu Lilong walked at the front. Ten years of living in darkness in the no-man's-land had enabled him to see clearly what was inside without the aid of night vision goggles.

They were about to pass through a long corridor, about three meters wide, that seemed to stretch endlessly into the distance.

Lu Lilong gently raised his hand and touched the wall—an unknown, hard material that actually felt slightly warm to the touch.

Using the moonlight filtering in from behind, he could make out the color of the wall: white.

Just as Zhang Beixing, the last person in the group, stepped into this space, the large tree behind them quietly closed its trunk, plunging the entire corridor into complete darkness.

No one spoke; everyone was on edge, following in Lu Lilong's footsteps.

The road wasn't as long as they had imagined, and surprisingly, they encountered no danger. A short while later, they were blocked by a door.

Amidst the overall white theme of the experimental base, a quaint wooden door stood out.

It's like some nouveau riche who doesn't know anything about interior design installing a rustic wooden door here—it's just so out of place.

When Zhang Beixing arrived at the door with the group, Lu Lilong, who had been walking in front, glanced at him and asked for his opinion: Should we open this door?
Zhang Beixing glanced at the wooden door and nodded slightly.

Lu Lilong reached out and pushed the wooden door. Perhaps due to years of disrepair, the wooden door had gaps, and some light leaked in through the gaps.

After being in the dark for a long time, the sudden light was extremely uncomfortable for the eyes. So Lu Lilong used this momentum to push forward.

Unexpectedly, the door was pushed open—even the lock that had been hanging on it fell apart under Lu Lilong's immense force.

So the twenty people, of different skin colors, sitting quietly at the dining table, turned around and stared in disbelief at Zhang Beixing and his group.

The first one, a large black man, had a test tube in his mouth filled with some kind of white liquid.

This situation...

Andy's inner voice screamed wildly: "Aaaaaah! We actually barged right into the enemy's lair! What kind of move is this?"
Why send someone to their death from afar? Wouldn't it be better to sneak in secretly?

Do they think they've lived too long?
Upon seeing this scene, Zhang Beixing, who had experienced all sorts of ups and downs in his life, was also stunned, his brow twitching and his face blank.

I just wanted to quietly infiltrate the Twilight Base and pull off a big heist when they weren't looking—how did it turn into a funeral home as soon as I entered?
The black man at the front, upon seeing the newcomers, let out a grotesque laugh.

He produced a large, black iron hammer, the same color as his skin, from who-knows-where, and addressed Zhang Beixing and his group:
"Since the little ant has found its way here, it might as well leave its life here."

"I just heard from Li Qi that a few ants had broken into our gate. Now they're right in front of us. They must be quite capable."

A tall woman with blonde hair spoke up from behind.

Ever since he inexplicably encountered this group of people whose combat strength far exceeded that of his own team, Kiko has been observing their every move, trying to find a way to break through.

The enemy clearly hadn't expected outsiders like themselves to be there, so they had no ranged weapons at all. Kiko's eyes flashed—a perfect opportunity.

As soon as the blonde woman finished speaking, Kiko, who had been standing behind Zhang Beixing, fired a shot at her. (End of Chapter)