49 Apocalypse Rules

Chapter 268: Chapter 255: The Unexpected Contact

"The location is right around here... Xun’an Town."

From a low hill, Guan Tong gazed at the small town in the distance, which had been destroyed in an earthquake.

He had tracked the login location of "Desperate’s" account and pinpointed the device to this town.

The town, named Xun’an, was located on the northern border. It had taken Guan Tong quite some time to get here from the western mountain city of Pinglu.

He could now confirm that "Desperate," the person who had sent him a private message on the website, was in the town. As for whether the "Big Sis" Jiang Lanying was there, that remained uncertain.

Moreover, his previous tracking had revealed that the network device used by "Desperate" was offline most of the time, only connecting to send messages.

This suggested there might be an electronic jamming device in town, one that was only temporarily deactivated when contact with the outside world was necessary.

Guan Tong didn’t know if this town was a trap.

But now that he was here, he wasn’t about to leave without getting to the bottom of things.

’I should send a Shadow in first to take a look.’

Just as Guan Tong was thinking this, his ears twitched, and he turned to look into the distance.

Straining his eyes, he saw a large helicopter flying this way on the horizon.

This put him on high alert, and he preemptively retreated to a distant spot to lie in wait.

Then, as he watched, the helicopter landed some distance from the town, and a dozen or so personnel in full special-ops Combat Suits appeared.

’Could this be the extraction team that Desperate mentioned?’

But Guan Tong felt that wasn’t right.

That person had said the extraction team was from abroad. If they were coming from abroad, why would they approach from the south? They should be coming from the north.

After disembarking, the dozen or so people began moving forward at a fast jog. Judging by their speed, they were undoubtedly Ascenders.

’An official pursuit squad?’

Guan Tong guessed. For a figure of Jiang Lanying’s level, who had committed such monstrous crimes, the higher-ups would never allow her to defect and continue to endanger the country.

The small squad rapidly approached the town, and Guan Tong maneuvered a Shadow to follow them.

He planned to get a clear picture of the situation in town before making a move himself.

"Dragon Team, all communications are down."

As the squad led by Dragon Soul entered the town’s perimeter, a team member made the discovery.

It wasn’t just long-range communications; even short and medium-range radios were being jammed.

"This isn’t a normal jamming device. It must be the effect of some special Psychic Power item," Dragon Soul determined.

"Everyone, spread out in formation. Follow my hand signals."

Dragon Soul used hand signals to direct the team. After advancing some distance into the town, he gestured to Chen Na.

Chen Na understood immediately. She closed her eyes and activated her ability.

A special Domain, imperceptible to the naked eye, unfurled.

The Perception Realm, centered on Chen Na, expanded rapidly. Anyone moving within its range could not possibly escape her senses.

Before long, she found something.

Because the squad members were operating in sync, she was able to directly share the information she perceived with her teammates.

The next moment, everyone received a location.

Two o’clock, over seven hundred meters away near a building, more than a dozen people were active.

The numbers matched. It was confirmed to be the target and her subordinates.

Dragon Soul gave the hand signal to advance and encircle. The squad immediately began moving toward the target.

But Chen Na, after opening her eyes, turned uncertainly and glanced at a corner of the ruins not far behind her.

"What is it?" Silver Fox, who was beside her and keeping a close eye on her, asked in a low voice.

Chen Na shook her head uncertainly. "Nothing. I think I was mistaken."

"Let’s go, then."

After the two of them left, a mass of shadow slowly emerged from the corner Chen Na had looked at.

Remotely controlling it, Guan Tong mused to himself, ’Did that person just sense the Shadow’s presence? So perceptive... I need to have the Shadow keep its distance.’

Since Chen Na and the others were all wearing fully-enclosed Combat Suits and helmets, Guan Tong didn’t know that person was Chen Na.

He continued to control the Shadow, following from a distance, and before long, he discovered the squad’s destination.

It was a bank in the northern part of town.

The town had been destroyed by an earthquake months ago. It was filled with collapsed walls and rubble; very few buildings were still standing.

This bank was one of them. To be precise, the bank’s vault was still intact, though the main hall and courtyard had collapsed.

At that moment, in the vault area, a group of short-haired women were all gathered, waiting.

Today was the day to meet the extraction team and leave the country. As soon as the Commander-in-Chief gave the order, they would leave this country together, not knowing if they would ever have a chance to return.

Among them, one woman appeared calm on the surface but was inwardly anxious and frustrated.

She was "Desperate."

She had a hidden micro-networking device.

She knew that whenever the Commander-in-Chief made phone contact with the extraction team, she would temporarily disable the signal-jamming item. During those times, she would secretly use her hidden device to connect to the internet and contact Shadow on Ascender’s Home.

She had originally thought Shadow would agree to her proposal. But unexpectedly, ever since their last contact, where she had asked for a guarantee, Shadow had not replied.

She had sent several more messages since then but received no response.

This made her realize that Shadow was not going to provide her with a guarantee.

In that case, she certainly wouldn’t reveal the location either.

It was just that, this way, she knew she would have to flee the country with the Commander-in-Chief, and that wasn’t the outcome she wanted.

The reason she had chosen to betray the Commander-in-Chief was that she wanted to live. The deaths of Han Ling and the others had made her understand that to the Commander-in-Chief, they could be sacrificed as pawns at any time, whenever it was deemed necessary.

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