Mutant Wolves & Plotting against Major General Qian

There might be mutant beasts in the village!

Soon, the news spread through the expedition. If people had never seen Heiyu, they wouldn't have been too concerned, but after they saw what Heiyu was capable of, everybody started panicking in terror. "What if those mutant beasts are as formidable as Heiyu is, we'll become their snacks for the night." It wasn't their fault for thinking that way because according to Yun Che's explanation, Heiyu was a mutant beast. So everybody just assumed that all mutant beasts were awesome and powerful.

Soon, the military gathered 100 superfunction soldiers. Unsurprisingly, Major General Qian and Zeng expressed their willingness to go with the team after Mo Wenyang said he would personally lead the exploration team. Yun Che went back to their room to gather Chaoyang and Peak guys. Their mates, Lei Dashan and Chen Hua, also wanted to tag along to see the mutant beasts with their own eyes. The rest of the superfunction possessors chose to stay quiet, some even thought it was a suicide excursion. Everyone had the right to live by their own code, which was fine by Xing Feng and Yun Che. Before merging with the military troops, Yun Che whispered in Ye Xingchen's ears. People could see they nod at each other but didn't hear a single word that Yun Che said.

"They're moving. At a fast speed. Look alive, everybody."

The look on Yun Che's face turned serious as the team only walked less than 100 meters into the depths of the village. The blue dots on the air panel started moving at a fast speed. Heiyu must have been the reason why they stayed put previously. And the lingering scent of Heiyu still intimidated them even though he went back to Space. Maybe it was because Heiyu's scent almost disappeared half an hour later or maybe the mutant beasts felt the crowd moving in their direction, they decided to make their move.

"Holy crap, what are those?"

After the team groped their way forward for another 50 meters, they had almost reached the end of the village. Inside the bamboo forest ahead of them, lots of spooky-looking green luminescent dots shimmered under the faint moonlight.

"Wolves! A pack of wolves!"

Xing Feng's voice was still steady but everybody captured the seriousness in his tone. To prove Xing Feng's words, a massive wolf, not much smaller than Heiyu, walked out of the bamboo forest, followed by a crowded wolf pack. The other wolves were smaller but still about the size of a tiger. Gazed by those green eyes, everybody involuntarily took several steps back with chills down the spine.

"38 wolves in total. The biggest one should be the Wolf King. It's at least level 3."

Said Yun Che with a solemn look on his face standing at the front of the crowd. Wolf, a highly intelligent creature, was one of the most cunning animals. After mutation, a wolf could develop a brain of a teenager. And wolves were social animals, when striking in pack, the combat power of a level-3 wolf was equal to that of a level-4 human.

"Shit!"

Mo Wenyang cursed. His attention had never left the wolf pack. Everyone else held their breath and furtively evoked their superfunction. Yun Che backed up a bit and said to Xing Feng, "You take Xingchen to the back of the team. Xingchen, try to control a mutant beast. Yafei, protect them and don't use sandification unless you must."

Zhan Yafei was able to sandify earth with her superfunction but regular earth superfunction skills weren't a problem for her, either. Even if she didn't use sandification, she could use other earth defensive skills. Hence, she was the best protector available at the moment.

"OK. Be careful."

Xing Feng wouldn't argue with Yun Che at this point. Indeed, Zhan Yafei was a girl, but you could say that she was the toughest girl in the entire Southwest Base. She was never softhearted in battle. When Ye Xingchen turned around, Yun Che silently wrapped them with air membrane. "Xingchen, keep what I said in mind. If you can control a mutant beast, don't get greedy, kill Qian first."

"Sure."

Their dialogue was simple and quick. The crowd was on the strain so no one really paid much attention to them.

Hoooowhoo!

They had only taken a few steps back, the Wolf King howled into the sky. It crept everybody out in the pitch-dark night.

"Here they come!"

Rrraaahh!

Right after Yun Che sounded the alarm, the Wolf King and the pack showed their fangs and charged at the human crowd, roaring and unsheathing their claws. The team scattered immediately and shot colorful superfunction at the wolves. The battle broke out at once.

"Split up, guys! One level-3 for one wolf, two level-2 a group."

It wasn't a video game, the damage in real life was indiscriminate. You might hurt your allies if everyone huddled up. Having successfully dodged the first wave of the wolves' attack, Mo Wenyang yelled his order while drawing one wolf to the field near them with his fire/water superfunction. His bodyguards had to watch him stray from the team as they got caught up in the fight.

"Growl…"

Thud! Thud!

People followed Mo Wenyang's order and every group kept a distance from one another. Thankfully, they were in a village, there was a lot of space for them to move around. Soon, dozens of skirmishes were formed. The mutant wolves had amazing muscle density, the same-leveled superfunction possessors could only cause small damage to them. And the pain only incentivized the mania in those wolves. Also, the wolves were exceptionally agile, the superfunction would even miss the targets sometimes.

"Come on!"

Maybe it was a tacit understanding or it was unintentional, everybody left the Wolf King to Yun Che. In the middle of their stand-off, Yun Che held his blade, the Wolf King locked its green eyes on Yun Che as its giant body moved to and fro. All of a sudden, it pounced at Yun Che like an arrow off the bow. Yun Che's eyes sharpened, he lay down, rolled aside to dodge the pounce, and then kicked himself up. The series of actions was seamless. Yun Che's sharp blade aimed right at the massive wolf.

*Roar*

This was the Wolf King and it reigned the pack for a reason. It seemed big and slow while in fact, it was agile and swift. It roared and dodged the attack coming from the flank, and at the same time, slashed its forepaw at Yun Che's head.

"Ha, you're good. I can get some proper exercise tonight."

Yun Che lifted the blade to hold the claws. There was no way Yun Che's human strength would resist the pressure from a mutant wolf, but he was a smart man. Before he said the words, he had already wrapped the Wolf King in the air membrane, reducing 60 percent of the pressure. He then charged the blade with the power of thunder, the crackling electricity instantly ran through the wolf's body.

Ooowho!

The Wolf King howled, its gigantic body was forced to back up. Yun Che shook his arms and legs. "Get ready for more!"

And then, the air began to converge at Yun Che. He jumped into the sky and hacked the blade, thrusting waves and waves of thunder power at the wolf.

*Roar*

The Wolf King dodged and roared at Yun Che. Apparently, Yun Che's attacks had pissed it off. But Yun Che was never afraid of threats. Facing the angry Wolf King, Yun Che wasn't terrified while he was in midair, instead, he pressed the attack by striking more destructive waves mixed with purple streaks of thunder at the wolf. The ground where they fought was all smashed up.

"Che goes full-on! It looks like he's been repressing himself."

Zhan Yafei chuckled involuntarily far away from the battlefield. But it did make sense, right? Although Yun Che was level 3, his true power was far beyond level 3. The highest level of the zombies that they could normally encounter was level 3 and before Yun Che could do anything, the other Peak members, an enterprising bunch, would anxiously engage with the zombies, leaving nothing to Yun Che at all. And fighting with those low-level zombies was also dull and boring for Yun Che. The Wolf King was a rare match for Yun Che, so of course, he couldn't wait to unleash himself.

"He sure has."

Xing Feng smiled, too. He could empathize with Yun Che. After all, they were on the same level. In fact, Xing Feng had fewer chances to fight because he was supposed to hide his power. The most important thing was, Yun Che was clear about what he wanted. There was no shortcut in improving oneself, only by challenging the overmatches could one made breakthroughs quicker. This was why they always outclassed all the other superfunction possessors who often shied away from formidable opponents.

"So? Is it going well?"

As spectators, Xing Feng and Zhan Yafei didn't neglect Ye Xingchen who was trying very hard to control a mutant wolf. It hadn't been long but his perspiration had wetted his clothes. Fortunately, the result was satisfying as he had managed to control the mutant wolf that was fighting Major General Qian. Ye constrained it from moving, making it an easy target for Major General Qian to attack. One thing about social animals was that they were vengeful, once one of them was dead, they'd attack the killer together like crazy. Yun Che's plan was simple, make Major General Qian the most conspicuous target on whom the hatred of all the mutant wolves would be centered. Let the mutant wolves kill him because even if everybody witnessed his death, Yun Che wouldn't be a suspect.

"I'm trying. I'm getting there."

After all, it was the first time Ye tried to control a mutant beast and these bastards were huge! Ye Xingchen had to invest all his psychological power into it. The mutant wolf nearly broke loose of his control when he answered them. Zhan Yafei and Xing Feng were clever people, they didn't raise more questions. After scanning the battleground, they noticed that most of the mutant wolves were only level 2. It could hardly be called a breeze for Jiang Shang to deal with them but it wasn't that difficult anyway. Those level-2 superfunction soldiers, however, had trouble withstanding the attacks even though they were in groups made of 2 or 3 people. Many were injured.

Boom!

About ten minutes later, the mutant wolf Major General Qian fought with collapsed to the ground. The creature, bigger than a tiger, twitched and died. The strong smell of blood soon suffused the area. Major General Major stepped up and kicked the dead mutant wolf panting. He sniffed at the dead beast, "A mutant beast, huh? Is this it?"

Ooowho!

Roar!

"Shit, what?"

"What's happening?"

"No! Run, Qian!"

All of a sudden, the Wolf King roared in the middle of the intense confrontation against Yun Che. The other mutant wolves received their boss's signal and responded by abandoning their current opponents and turning to Major General Qian. The scene of a whole wolf pack charging was breathtaking, also, quite horrifying. Everybody was appalled when they realized who their target was.

"I…"

The incoming mutant wolves scared the gloating major general out of his wits even though he was a military man who was supposed to have a strong mind. His face turned as white as a sheet, he couldn't even move his shuddering body, much less strike back.

"Shit, why are you still standing there?"

Mo Wenyang ran toward the man, shouting in a panic-stricken manner even though he was fully aware that Yun Che set the whole thing up. Well, someone needed to at least put on a decent show. It all seemed perfectly normal and natural to Major General Zeng and the soldiers. Other than Yun Che, the Wolf King, and Xing Feng, every wolf, every man rushed in the same direction at this very moment.