Fatal Strike: Paladins Mercenary Road

Chapter 415 Looking for Weaknesses
When Mountain Eagle was controlling Golden Cicada to eavesdrop on the conversations on the training ground, Crow suddenly sounded the alarm...

A large quadcopter drone took off from a hole more than 300 meters above him.

Such a close distance frightened the Mountain Eagle. In order to cover up the disappearance of the giant wolves and delay time, the Mountain Eagle ordered the crows to swoop down from above and attack the rotor of the drone with their claws when the drone climbed to a certain height.

The out-of-control drone lost its balance in the air, then drew an irregular arc and plunged into the northern end of the mountain.

When the Mountain Eagle turned the Golden Cicada's detection direction upward, he heard someone cursing...

"Shit, another one is broken. Locate the crash site and call the control team to have them retrieve the wreckage of the drone..."

Then the sound above became very turbid, and the other party seemed to have entered a certain space, making Jinchan's detection basically ineffective.

This situation indicates that there is a passage leading to the interior of the mountain...

The mountain eagle did not move, but stayed quietly in the bunker and waited...

Soon he saw a team of six people on four-wheeled motorcycles with two giant wolves rushing out from a passage below. After riding north for a while along the gravel foot of the mountain, the six people got off the motorcycle and began to climb the mountain.

The Mountain Eagle mobilized the crows to fly to the location where the drone crashed in advance, and then stopped on a tree and waited quietly.

About two hours later, the six people and two wolves arrived at the crash site of the drone following the guidance of GPS.

It was obvious that they had adapted to the working rhythm here. These so-called control team members, who had a strong atmosphere of professional soldiers, did not disperse or provide cover. They only left a guy holding a sniper rifle at the high point of the mountain, while the others escorted a technician to the side of the drone wreckage.

The Mountain Eagle observed through the crow's perspective for a few minutes, and soon discovered something special about these people.

They all seem to have some problems, but some are invisible, while others have very obvious symptoms.

One of them had a huge tumor on his forehead, and the tumor was like a bag pressing down on his eyes...

There is another one who is even stranger. Not only does he have a weird and even slightly deformed long face, he is also thin and hunchbacked. The shape and structure of his limbs are obviously different from those of ordinary people, especially his fingers, which actually look a bit like the limbs of a spider.

And there is a very uncoordinated feeling when the whole person walks!

If ordinary people heard the conversation between the soldiers on the training ground, they might think that these were some kind of cyborg freaks...

But Shanying happened to have a similar situation in the dormitory area of the steel factory when he was a child...

This thing is called 'Marfan syndrome', an autosomal dominant genetic disease mainly caused by a defect in the cellulogen gene.

Moreover, people with this disease become uglier in appearance as they get older, and they also suffer from serious heart disease.

The man in the dormitory area where Shanying lived at that time was often treated as a monster to scare children. He probably had experienced too much, so he was open-minded and became a terrifying figure that made children in the entire community stop crying.

Finally he was taken to a large hospital in the south, and then everyone realized that he just had an incurable disease that he had been carrying from his mother's womb!

People with this disease are usually very thin due to bone and cardiovascular problems, but Shanying saw that although this person was thin, his overall movements and mental state were extremely strong.

This was different from what he had imagined, and it gave Shanying a little more guesswork.

He couldn't hear the other party's conversation, but it was obvious that these people were not in a very good mood. Several people surrounded the technician and kept urging him. Half an hour later, the important data in the drone was dumped, and then these so-called control teams packed up the drone...

The guy with Marfan syndrome tied the bag of drone wreckage to the giant wolf with some difficulty, and then started the return journey impatiently.

The Mountain Eagle drove the Crow to take off again to monitor, and then he fell into deep thought in the bunker...

Genetic modification, trained animals, genetic patients, super soldiers, laboratories, lots of gold...

This information combined made him suspicious.

Is there really a connection here to Black Fox?
From any angle, Shanying couldn't see why Dimension Card Company had to hire Black Fox and bring a group of brainless poisonous insect soldiers from afar to work here.

They certainly did not treat the indigenous people as human beings, but they did not want to kill them directly, otherwise those giant wolves alone would have forced the indigenous people to migrate.

Black Fox's asking price is not cheap. Shanying cannot see from any angle why Dimension Card Company needs to hire Black Fox.

But Mountain Eagle can’t find a more valuable, or more conflicting, place in Alaska for now!
At this moment, Shanying suddenly had an idea...

In terms of value, what could be gained more than conquering this place?
Perhaps those jungle ants were not prepared for the Arctic foxes from the beginning, but for attacking this place.

Black Fox holds Anna, a high-value bargaining chip. He can threaten Blood Fox and mobilize Arctic Fox to help him take over this place...

Once the Arctic foxes are blamed, they will be targeted by an American senator, their home base in Alaska will be destroyed, and they may also face a global crackdown.

These politicians are absolutely serious when they spend the country's money to do their own things!
Only this would fit the impression that Black Fox had given to Mountain Eagle before...

This cunning guy seems to be doing one thing, but in fact he is doing two or even three things at the same time!

The Mountain Eagle is actually just guessing... following the principle of maximizing benefits, looking for the one with the greatest hope among many possibilities, and then making arrangements in advance.

Once successful, the situation will be reversed instantly!
If we assume that this is the Black Fox's target, then what does he need to take it?
Man, he has jungle ants!
Then what he needs next is transportation and ammunition, among which ammunition is the most important!
The weapons in the hands of the horned demon Billy who was killed before were of the same source as the high-end weapons he had seized in Krabi before. This means that a batch of weapons may have entered Alaska in advance through other channels.

As long as we find that batch of weapons, we can just wait for Black Fox to deliver them to our door!
However, Shanying, who is very proactive and aggressive, would not be satisfied with just rescuing Anna.

He can also kill two birds with one stone!
As long as the strength of the attack is controlled, Black Fox cannot give up its original mission just because Anna was rescued. Mountain Eagle can completely increase the difficulty of Black Fox's mission.

Triggering the alarm of the mountain area laboratory in advance can make Black Fox's mission more difficult.

When two tigers fight, it is always the hunter who ends up collecting the bodies!

Those bits and pieces are valuable!
Dimension Card purchased the land around the mountain. No matter what they do, the laboratory set up in the mountain is illegal...

As long as there is a big commotion here, and Mountain Eagle brings in officials and indigenous people to completely expose this place, Dimension Card's reputation in Alaska will be ruined.

By then, they might be willing to resell the land to some kind-hearted person at a very low price!

Thinking of this, Shanying once again thought of the gold that those people had mentioned before...

At this moment, he suddenly felt that the days in Alaska were really too long. He didn't have much time, and he had to complete his idea before the other party discovered that the giant wolves had been killed.

While Mountain Eagle was hiding in the bunker waiting for dark, a team of fully armed soldiers ran out from the exit of the mountain below.

He carried a large backpack, wore a combat vest, and carried various weapons and began to run silently in the valley.

Unlike the noisy trainers before, these soldiers numbered more than thirty, but from the moment they ran out, they did not whisper to each other or look around. Instead, they ran silently at the urging of several instructors riding four-wheeled motorcycles.

Shanying looked at the soldiers' equipment and roughly estimated that they were carrying about 25 to 30 kilograms...

The circumference of the triangular valley is about 15 kilometers. If this group of silent soldiers can run around it and complete it within an hour and a half, the Mountain Eagle will choose to turn around and leave. He will not touch this place until the Black Fox people come.

While Shanying was daydreaming, the soldiers had already run nearly two kilometers away...

The pace wasn’t exaggerated, but their breathing rhythm was very good, and none of the thirty-plus soldiers carrying loads fell behind.

Shanying realized that these might be the "freaks" he had heard about before, and he focused on observing these soldiers...

The average height is over 175cm, and the strong body is in line with the general public's imagination of the US military...

Normally, soldiers of this size don't have a strong point in endurance, but this group of people broke the inertia.

Shanying checked the time at about five kilometers, about 17 minutes...

This is already an inhuman level!
The soldiers of the University of Tokyo have always been known for their hard work and endurance, and their training is oriented towards endurance. Their highest record of weighted running of 15 minutes and 40 seconds was set in 1964, and the current best result of the special forces soldier is also around 18 minutes.

Although there may be some errors in Shanying's estimation of the distance, it is definitely not very large. This group of guys who are obviously very strong actually ran into 18 minutes collectively, which is still a bit too exaggerated!
But soon, something unusual happened among them. First, a soldier fell without any warning, and then their overall speed began to drop sharply. When they reached 8 kilometers, two more soldiers fell to the ground...

At ten kilometers, the soldiers could no longer run, and large areas of purple appeared on their faces and bodies...

However, as they walked slowly, the unnatural color disappeared when they returned to their starting point, and several soldiers who fainted on the road were helped up and returned to the team.

Mountain Eagle glanced at the time, one hour and thirty-five minutes. Fortunately, it was still within the human range.

If this is what is called a super soldier, then Shanying feels that a group of guys who rely on drugs to boost their physical fitness and strength are actually just that.

Watching a group of so-called super soldiers rest for a while, complete a set of mediocre strength training and return to the mountain, Shanying shook his head slightly...

From the perspective of ordinary people, these soldiers are at the average level of top soldiers, but from his perspective, these people's physical conditions can only be considered relatively good.

What really made him feel a little curious, and even a little creepy, was that these people remained silent during the training...

Compared with their physical fitness and strength, the biggest abnormality is that they don’t roar during training!
Nothing special happened in the valley next. When the sheepdog began to drive the animals back to the valley, the sky began to gradually darken.

Taking advantage of the noise of animal migration, the mountain eagle quietly put away the camouflage cloth, then slowly moved up the mountain for about 300 meters and arrived at the place where the drone appeared...

The other party obviously disguised the exit, but with the help of Jin Chan, Shanying quickly locked the location of the passage.

After confirming that there was no one under the passage, Shanying lifted a cover covered with gravel, revealing the space below...

Looking at the glimmer of light below, Mountain Eagle couldn't help but whistle...

"What kind of genetic experiment? Mining is also making money!"

(End of this chapter)