Fire the First Shot

7:00 PM, research center of mutant human beings.

"We only have four hours left. Let's hurry up and be careful."

Inside Fei Ye's room, Yun Che was making a final confirmation with Fei Ye, Yun Cheng and Leng Yehan. Originally, Yun Che had put Fei Ye and Yun Cheng in charge of Section A and B. However, Section C and D were home to soldiers and mutant human beings, so it was inconvenient for Yun Che and Leng Yehan to do the business there, so they swapped. Yun Che and Leng Yehan had instructed Fei Ye to disguise them as mutant human beings, and they would secretly plant crystal nucleus bombs in Section A and B. Yun Cheng and Fei Ye were still in their human forms as soldiers lived in Section C, where mutant human beings would be kicked out the moment they entered, and no ordinary human would enter Section D. When their job in Section C was finished, Fei Ye would help Yun Cheng disguise as a mutant human being.

"Okay."

The three of them nodded and before they left, they checked the time with each other again to make sure. After they went downstairs, the four of them split into two groups and headed in different directions. Section A and B were the research section, and all the research buildings stood in these two sections. Yun Che and Leng Yehan, who had disguised themselves as mutant human beings, pretended that they were on patrol, moving swiftly around each research building. No one suspected at all because most of the guards working at night were mutant human beings.

In contrast, Fei Ye and Yun Cheng had encountered some problems. Humans were different from mutant human beings. Even ordinary people and superfunction possessors with useless superfunction had enhanced hearing and vision, which was quite troublesome. Most importantly, they had a brain, unlike mutant human beings, who simply followed the orders given to them and who had low IQ and did not have intricate mind like human's.

However, neither Fei Ye nor Yun Cheng was not stupid. To be precise, they were smart. After entering Section C, they split up and didn't even have a simple exchange of words. They followed the route planned and quickly planted crystal nucleus bomb in designated areas. They were dressing up as two lieutenant colonels and they could enter basically everywhere. But sometimes, someone would stop and they would waste some time. It took them almost three hours to finish planting bombs in Section C.

"Strictly speaking, we only have one hour left. Let's split up. Whoever finishes the job first go to Section B to rendezvous with Che and the others. If either one of us can't return by midnight, just send an email to confirm that he's safe."

At the junction of Section C and D, Fei Ye helped Yun Cheng disguise as a mutant human being. Before entering Section D, he cautiously warned. If one of them didn't arrive at the place agreed upon or send them an email to say he was fine, that meant something happened to him. Then the rest of them would come searching for him in the place he disappeared. It was important to eliminate the enemies, but what was more important was to protect their own people.

"Okay."

Yun Cheng did not reply, and he nodded to indicate that he remembered all. Then the two walked out from behind the bunker and split up after entering Section D. Meanwhile, Yun Che and Leng Yehan were working together. When they were planting bombs in the sewers of Section B, they encountered a rat man. Without hesitation, Yun Che formulated a small-scale array in the sewer, while Leng Yehan immediately initiate powerful attack of fire.

"Squeak…"

The rat man turned around and tried to run, but Yun Che's array trapped him. Before he could turn around, the knife made of fire was already coming down on his head. The rat man made a narrow escape but his front paw was cut off. Even though he had already reached level 9, there was no way that he could withstand the attack of level-9 superfunction.

"Squeak…"

"Boom!"

The rat man didn't even have time to feel sorry for his lost paw. A screeching sounded behind him, and he turned his rat head around, his eyes widened. In the next second, the pitch-black blade cut him into halves, blood spurting on Yun Che and Leng Yehan

"Let's get changed. If there is one rat man, there may be more. We must leave immediately."

After disposing the rat man's corpse, Yun Che said as he changed his clothes. They had disguised as mutant human beings that looked more or less like human, which had made things convenient for them. It was not strange even though they smelled of blood.

"Do we need to change the place to plant the crystal nucleus bomb?"

After getting changed, Leng Yehan took a look at the place where the bomb was placed. Although it was small, no larger than a cantaloup melon grenade, if it was found, people would suspect.

"Let's go."

Yun Che did not answer, but picked up the bomb that had already been placed. After running for some time, the two stopped and put the bomb somewhere more seclusive. It was such an unexpected accident, which warned them that they had to stay vigilant. At around half past eleven, they had already placed the two hundred bombs at designated places in Section A and B.

Eleven fifty-five, the rendezvous point in Section B.

"Something happened?"

Fei Ye, who had come to the rendezvous as agreed, saw the blood on Yun Che's face and frowned

"Well, it's no big deal. Cheng's not with you?"

As he spoke, Yun Che checked the time on his watch. It was four minutes to midnight. Yun Che grew nervous as he stared into the dark night.

"We acted separately. I didn't notice anything unusual when I came out, so he should be fine."

Their schedule was tighter so it was normal for Yun Cheng to take some more time.

"…"

Yun Che didn't answer, and the three of them were watching with bated breath at the direction of Section C. Every now and then, they would look down at their watches. At eleven fifty-nine, Leng Yehan pursed his lips and clenched his hands. Fei Ye had already taken out his laptop and was ready to check his emails, while Yun Che was getting more and more nervous.

"He's back."

It was only when he saw the level 10 dot approaching on the air panel that Yun Che was quietly relieved.

"Sorry, I'm a few seconds late."

About a minute later, they finally saw Yun Cheng. Leng Yehan took him into his arms. Moments ago, he was so worried that his heart almost stopped pounding. He couldn't imagine how he was supposed to live if anything happened to Yun Cheng.

"Hug however you want when you guys are back to the Space. Fei Ye, change them back."

The clock was ticking. Yun Che said as he stayed alert what was happening around them. Fei Ye walked towards them and changed them back.

"Let's go!"

After sending Yun Cheng and Leng Yehan back to Space, Yun Che and Fei Ye took advantage of the dark night to rush to the exit. Since mutant human beings were capturing donors regardless of day and night, it was easy for them to sneak out of the research center as mutant human beings. Once they were out of the periphery filled with soldiers on patrol and mutant human beings, they kept running at full speed towards the place they chose long time ago.

"This is the place, right?"

About half an hour later, Yun Che stopped at a high ground, from where he could clearly overlook the research center, and because there were trees in front of them, they would not easy be easily discovered.

"Yeah."

Fei Ye nodded as he raised his hand to formulate the array, and meanwhile, Yun Che smoothly opened the Space for Zhou Zeyu and his squad to come out, "Set up the battery yourselves. Remember to formulate an array. When the array is initiated, immediately fire the cannon. Keep in mind where the crystal nucleus bombs are and aim at those places."

Without small talks, Yun Che took out a transparent energy cannon and instructed them with a serious expression. They were now in the final step and they had to make sure nothing would go wrong.

"Okay."

Zhou Zeyu was serious and careful, not like his usual playful self. The squad members behind him nodded in unison. Though they didn't have to do it by hand this time, it was indeed an arduous task that no mistake was allowed.

"Let's go on to the next location."

They were old partners, so there was no need for him to explain everything in detail. Yun Che and Fei Ye nodded. After they withdrew the array and left, Zhou Zeyu immediately laid a new array and commanded the squad to set up the battery and prepare level 4 crystal nuclei to be used later.

In the night, Yun Che and Fei Ye kept running. They had to set two energy cannons at each location at the east, south, west and north directions of the research center so they had to circle around the building. Because there were a lot of mutant human beings in the mountain and they had to be careful not to be discovered, their progress was slow, and it took them about an hour to place the cannons at a single location.

"Let's take a break."

After finishing the job at three locations, it was almost four in the morning. Yun Che, whose superfunction was almost drained, found a relatively secluded place to stop for a rest. He took out two bottles of water from his Space and handed one to Fei Ye. He unscrewed the bottle and gulped down the water. He hadn't felt that his energy was so drained for a long time. He had been running by using his superfunction for four hours and he was utterly exhausted.

"Your people have arrived at Heishui."

Taking the water Yun Che handed to him, Fei Ye handed him laptop, not forgetting to set up the array. The reason why he didn't set up the array earlier was because he had to send and receive emails. The array could shield their breaths and voices, as well as cut off satellite signal.

"I wonder how Heiyu's proceeding. Does Xuan Po have a way to suppress Xuan Tian. If he comes messing up, we'll be the one got kicked in the ass."

Casually throwing the empty bottle into Space, Yun Che said as he replied to the email he received.

"There is definitely a way, but it will hurt the fundamental of Xuan Pao. However, he wouldn't even frown to help you. Can you get in touch with Heiyu?"

Fei Ye threw him a mysterious smile, and then asked in confusion. As far as he knew, Yun Che should be able to keep in touch with Heiyu.

"Well, I've paged him many times, but he still hasn't responded."

As he pressed Enter to send the email, Yun Che was a bit worried. After all, Heiyu was unable to use his divine power outside, so if anything happened to him, he could only use the power of his flesh. Now they lost contact, which meant Heiyu was unconscious or he was miles away from him.

"He'll be fine. Heiyu was extremely smart and he was a divine beast, so no one could hurt him."

Knowing that he loved Heiyu like a son, Fei Ye patted his shoulder and comforted.

"Yeah. We've got one more place to go. Hurry up and finish it as soon as possible."

Yun Che said as he returned the laptop to Fei Ye. The latter removed the array and exchanged a look with Yun Che. Then the two started running in the night again. After they finished setting the energy cannons and returned to the place outside Section B, it was already dawn. The two of them found the core position of the array, and one initiated the array while the other quickly used the laptop to send emails to Xing Feng, Mo Wenyang, Tan Weiye and Ye Xingchen.

"Captain Zhou, the array is initiated."

At the same time, sensing unusual fluctuations, the people at each direction got up steam. Zhou Zeyu yelled, "Put in the crystal nucleus. Ready aim fire!"

"Yes!"

The same conversation also proceeded at the same time in the remaining seven locations where the cannons were placed. The squad was divided into three. One was responsible for handling the energy cannon, one for loading the crystal nuclei as ammunition, while the rest were responsible for staying alert.

"Boom, boom, boom…"

The moment the array was completely activated, it enveloped the whole area like a transparent shield. The thunder of cannons sounded in all places, and the research center of mutant human beings was blasted into pieces. Then the cannon kept being fired, frantically bombarding the research center of mutant human beings.