Did he have to sacrifice his teammates to complete the mission?
For a moment, struggle appeared on Xiwen's face. Not far away, the alien beast's eyeballs suddenly fixed, catching Xiwen's flaw. Its figure flickered and it vanished from its spot.
It's over, there's no time.
This bomb also needed some time to activate. If he were killed immediately after activating it, the opponent might instantly sense the danger. And judging by the speed the alien beast had displayed, it could escape the death zone before the bomb exploded!
Xiwen closed his eyes in despair. If he detonated the bomb now, it was very likely that the alien beast wouldn't be killed, and it would definitely implicate Li Chonglou. Therefore, he gave up the idea of activating the bomb.
However, just as he thought he was about to meet his demise, he suddenly heard a sound from the front.
When he opened his eyes, the scene in his night-vision goggles made him freeze.
About five meters in front of him, Li Chonglou stood alone, blocking the entire alien beast.
Raising his hands to meet the alien beast's massive claws, Li Chonglou let out a low roar amidst its astonished gaze. He simultaneously activated all the acupoints within his body, especially the two acupoints that had been upgraded to level 15. The power that erupted allowed him to instantly break through his previous limit. He used his feet for leverage, driving power from his waist, and leaped upwards, forcefully lifting the alien beast's entire claw.
The sudden immense strength caused the alien beast to lose its balance for a moment, and its body tilted backward.
Li Chonglou narrowed his eyes, instantly vanishing from his spot. When his figure reappeared, he was directly above the alien beast.
If nothing else, this speed alone had shocked Xiwen. However, what neither of them had expected was that the alien beast, reacting to the situation, disregarded its bodily damage and forcefully twisted its body, directly fleeing into the distance.
This left Li Chonglou, still in mid-air, somewhat bewildered.
I don't think I've shown any killing intent, have I? Is this guy's sense of security this strong?
"Quick, Xiao Li, chase it! Once it escapes and hides, it will be very difficult to find it again!" Xiwen, who had recovered first, shouted anxiously at Li Chonglou.
At this moment, he could no longer spare time to ask about Li Chonglou's condition.
"Alright."
Li Chonglou nodded. After landing, he also pursued the direction the alien beast had fled.
Only after both the beast and the person had left his line of sight did the narrowly escaped Xiwen collapse onto the ground, looking like he had just survived a disaster.
"Is Xiao Li's strength this terrifying?"
Xiwen, having regained his senses, unconsciously swallowed. But he quickly realized that this was not the time to ponder such things. After all, the commotion just now had already attracted other mutated creatures in the vicinity.
Therefore, Xiwen quickly got up and hurried to check on his teammates who had been ambushed earlier. If any were still alive, he would take them with him.
However, the alien beast had shown no mercy. Every teammate it ambushed was beyond dead. Xiwen's expression gradually turned grim, his eyes filled with intense hatred.
Fortunately, when he finally reached Old Niu's side, he discovered that Old Niu's breath had not completely ceased.
Xiwen no longer cared about anything else. He quickly picked up Old Niu and rushed towards the entrance.
As for Li Chonglou, who was still pursuing the alien beast, Xiwen felt no concern at all. After all, considering the speed he had just displayed, Xiwen believed that no alien beast here could catch up to him!
With such speed, why would he fear being surrounded by the beast tide?
How could that be!
At the same time, directly above Xiwen, on the outer perimeter of the base, the reinforcement forces rushing from the trial zone and various outposts finally arrived.
In the face of such a special beast tide outbreak, they had to intercept all of them outside the base. Otherwise, once they broke through the base's defenses and surged into the entire Iron Forest, the losses would be incalculable, especially with the weapons at the various outposts not yet recharged.
The delay in opening the trial zone was also due to this reason. After all, all military forces had to be concentrated at the base; where would they find personnel to oversee trial missions?
"What's the situation inside now?"
Gurney Shaw, the overall responsible person for this reinforcement and the chief judge of the trial zone, immediately inquired with the base personnel responsible for coordination upon his arrival.
"The situation is not optimistic. A small portion of mutated creatures has already swarmed the base. The base is currently in a state of full combat, but it is estimated that a larger wave of mutated creatures will swarm in within half an hour."
The base personnel responsible for coordination reported the situation rapidly to Gurney Shaw. Listening to his words, Gurney immediately understood that this beast tide had formed.
This meant they were in for a tough fight!
However, before ordering everyone to prepare for battle, Gurney Shaw asked another question.
"Have those guys from the suicide squad gone in yet?"
"They've all gone in, but there's been no news yet. If the next wave of the beast tide truly erupts, it's basically..."
His words were not finished, but Gurney Shaw already understood his meaning and couldn't help but curse.
"Damn it, Xiwen still owes me two dozen bottles of wine! And those guys, each of them borrowed a lot of good wine from me. I've lost a fortune this time."
Although he said this, the base personnel responsible for coordination clearly saw a look of sorrow in his eyes.
He couldn't help but sigh and say, "No matter what, they are heroes worthy of our respect. After this, I will apply to headquarters to erect hero statues for them."
It was obvious that, in his subconscious, he didn't expect them to complete the mission.
After all, based on past experience, very few people managed to survive each time a suicide squad undertook such a mission.
The only survivor who had ever undertaken such a mission was Xiwen.
But even that was a lucky survival after failure.
Therefore, he had never held much hope for the suicide squad.
"They're not heroes, they all owe me so much good wine."
Gurney cursed again, but his true feelings, masked by his words, were clearly seen by those around him.
After a long pause, perhaps to hide his emotions, Gurney suddenly shifted his focus to headquarters, harshly cursing, "Those bastards only know how to conduct experiments and set these suicidal mission rules. One day, I'll take them all down and send them to the third level to see if this is a mission that humans can actually complete!"
As soon as he said this, the faces of those around him changed drastically.