Chapter 651-652

Chapter 651: Accidental Prey 　 The 49 students had been divided into two groups. Each group was led by two chaperones and two teachers. At the reserve, the group got into four electric cars. Yun Xi was talking to Zhao Yumo, and they fell behind. The reserve was divided into three parts. One part was an animal sanctuary, one was a wetland sanctuary, and the third a forest sanctuary. The animal sanctuary mainly studied macaques and forest birds. This was the first time that anyone had ever come out to visit this scenic spot on a professional learning visit, so the staff were excited and looking forward to it. Because of the recent heavy snowfall, the reserve was closed to tourists. The students had gotten this opportunity to come and inspect the reserve because the organizing committee of the winter camp and the person in charge of the reserve had negotiated to arrange the trip. 　 　 Yun Xi looked around carefully all the time she was in the car. When she had been kidnapped in her previous life, after she’d escaped she’d run into this forest in a panic. She remembered the ancient stone bridge outside the forest from her last life. In that life, the forest bridge had been strengthened, but the stream under the bridge had dried up and was overgrown with weeds. Now, in this life, she watched as a stream rushed under the bridge. The sound of the running stream was mellifluous. On each side of the stream, there were icy ridges that gleamed under the sun. The forest they were visiting was outside the reserve, and after getting out of the car, she could see macaques jumping throughout the snow-covered trees in twos and threes. The cars couldn’t enter the forest, so everyone got out of the car. “Don’t get too close to the macaques. They bite if you get too close and bother them.” After numerous instructions from the staff, the students were led along an open mountain road into the forest. As she was about to start climbing up the mountain road, Yun Xi noticed a large pine cone on the ground. She detoured to pick it up and, as she returned to the group, she suddenly noticed a white lump to her right. The lump had been camouflaged by being covered with snow, and no one would have been able to notice it if one hadn’t been as vigilant as Yun Xi was. She quickly ran over and took a look. As she got closer, she realized that it was a vehicle covered by snow. She walked up to the engine and touched it. It was still hot. The license plate of the car had been hidden by a piece of metal. It didn’t look like a car that had been driven by an ordinary traveler. 　 　 And the person in charge of the reserve had said that the mountain was closed to tourists. How could there be cars that could get in and out? And even be hidden in this remote place. She made a small opening in the snow and looked at the back seat. There was nothing there but a long, green army-style canvas bag that had been thrown there. The length and style of the bag reminded her of the sniper rifle bags Mu Feichi’s team used. They looked similar in style to this one, and, from its length, it didn’t look like it contained hiking sticks. SUV, sniper rifle, hidden... A series of words flashed through her mind, and, subconsciously, she felt a little uneasy. The state prohibited private guns. It was impossible that the staff of the reserve would allow anyone to enter for their personal training. But from what Yun Xi could discern from this car, someone must have entered this reserve with a gun. This car could only seat five people at most. However, if whoever belonged to the car wanted to cause panic and chaos, even with only five people they could cause a lot of destruction on their group of accidental prey. Not daring to think too much more about this, she ran back to the team quickly. “Yun Xi, where have you been?” Zhao Yumo lowered her voice and asked her. Yun Xi shook the big pine cone that she’d picked up. “I went to pick this up. This is the first time I’ve ever seen such a big pine cone. I was very curious.” She slowed down, walking at the back of the group. Yun Xi pulled on Zhao Yumo’s sleeve and winked at her. The two of them had been friends for a long time, and they maintained an incredible tacit understanding. With only one glance, Zhao Yumo could understand that she had something to say. “Yumo, the mountains might not be safe. Be on your guard.” “What do you mean?” *** Chapter 652: With Her Current Abilities, She Probably Wouldn’t Be Able to Escape 　 “I just saw a car hidden over there, with a bag for sniper rifles on the back seat. Maybe someone is lying in wait on the mountain.” “No...no way. Didn’t they just tell us that the mountain was closed? How could anyone have gotten in?” “I don’t know, but be on your guard and don’t forget everything that Second Master Jiang has taught you.” As soon as she heard that the skills that Second Master Jiang had taught her could be needed, Zhao Yumo knew that things were serious. “Do you want to tell the teachers or anyone else? There are so many people in our group. What if something goes wrong?” “I don’t want to cause panic because it could be unnecessary. I’m not sure yet, and, if nothing happens, won’t the two of us be condemned by the class? Didn’t you see that everyone was super-excited to be here?” “This...” “It’s okay, don’t worry, just be careful!” Yun Xi glanced all around, paying special attention to the commanding heights around her. Since the other party had brought a sniper rifle, they would definitely have chosen a high location in which to fire it. However, it wasn’t clear what the other party was here for or who the target was, so she could only be on her guard. ... In the temporary combat command room, Mu Feichi was discussing the final finishing-up work with Feng Rui. Except for the three that had been stolen, all the virus test tubes had been recovered. The whereabouts of Crocodile hadn’t been traced so far, so it wasn’t good for them to delay things further here. 　 　 Their purpose behind coming here this time was to recover the virus and follow the trail to discover the whereabouts of Crocodile. “Young Marshal!” Holding an emergency phone in his hand, Qi Yuan entered in a hurry. Before he could catch his breath, he handed over some documents in his hand. “There is news about those mercenaries! Look!” Mu Feichi scanned the information, and his dark eyes suddenly looked troubled. Feng Rui glanced over and asked casually, “What’s the matter? Has the group of mercenaries who tried to assassinate General Chen appeared?” “Yes, and they haven’t sent very many people out this time. There are only five of them, and all of them have gone to Longqi Mountain.” “Whaaat? That’s bad!” Suddenly realizing something, Mu Feichi threw down the file in his hand and rushed to see Grey Wolf. “Immediately pull up all the surveillance footage of the Longqi Mountain Reserve, and, along the way, inform the nearest Silver Eagle team over there. Have them send people in a rush to Longqi Mountain and send me their position after arriving.” “Yes, sir!” “Young Marshal, what’s the matter?” Qi Yuan and Feng Rui had followed him to see Grey Wolf. The mercenaries had appeared so suddenly, and the Young Marshal was so anxious, so obviously something was wrong. “The girl happens to be doing a biological field study on Longqi Mountain today. All the students from the winter camp, at least 50 people, are there. The group of mercenaries must be targeting her.” 　 　 Feng Rui was taken aback. “Isn’t that a bit too much of a coincidence?” “It is possible that they’re really targeting her. The mercenaries have so few people: Only five people in total. It’s clear that they have a small target.” It doesn’t require too many people to take care of a young girl, and the more people there were, the more conspicuous they would be, and it wouldn’t be easy for them to retreat. If they were really targeting the girl, five against one, with her current abilities, she probably wouldn’t be able to escape. And there were so many teachers and students there. If there was really an accident... “Grey Wolf, locate that girl’s cell phone and see where she is now. Send her real-time location to Silver Eagle, so they can find her in the shortest possible time and she won’t have any accidents.” “Okay. Long Qishan’s surveillance system has been hacked into. Young Marshal, look...” “Cut to the big screen.” Mu Feichi stood upright and looked at the lit-up command and combat screen. On the screen, there were many cars entering and leaving the reserve, so it was impossible to tell which one it was.