Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
“Let’s hurry up. The people there might not be able to stop the beast from breaking through!”
Along the way, Su Jie urged them repeatedly.
It was Han Ning’s first time riding a beast so quickly, so he couldn’t help but feel uncomfortable.
Even though he had already completed the transformation of Ultimate Strength Realm, he felt that his bones were about to fall apart from the constant bumps after riding furiously for three kilometers.
Shortly after that, Han Ning seemed to be hallucinating.
Amidst the violent turbulence, he began to feel that the surrounding mountains were shaking, and the mounts had also become restless.
Rumbling sounds could be heard from afar, as if the mountain was collapsing.
For a moment, Han Ning didn’t understand what was going on.
After all, he was someone who had evolved. He wouldn’t start hallucinating just by riding a dimensional beast, right?
Just as he was in doubt, Su Jie suddenly shouted, “It’s an earthquake! Han Ning, Researcher Bai, get off the mount and hide!”
Before he could finish his sentence, Su Jie rolled off the beast and pulled Han Ning to the ground.
Bai Yu was slightly further away from him, but he was more agile than Su Jie.
The moment he felt the earthquake, he had already jumped to the ground and rolled to the empty space beside him.
At this moment, the disparity between them was evident.
As a military personnel, Su Jie had a rich sense of crisis. Bai Yu had lived in this dimension for a long time and naturally had a certain degree of adaptability. When the two of them landed, they only staggered a few times.
In comparison, Han Ning was at a disadvantage.
Because the beast was running at high speed and Han Ning was dragged to the ground by Su Jie, he couldn’t stand on his feet when he landed, causing him to scrape his arm until it was a bloody mess.
Fortunately, this small injury was nothing to an evolved body.
However, Han Ning still took a deep breath from the pain.
After the three of them landed on the ground, the dimensional beasts that they were riding also fled in all directions.
At this moment, the surrounding mountains were shaking and the ground was shaking continuously. Some strange trees nearby were swaying and collapsing.
Han Ning and the others didn’t dare to move recklessly. They could only wait for the first shockwave to pass.
When the tremors finally calmed down, Su Jie immediately stood up and spat.
“F*ck! I knew those beasts were restless today. It turns out there’s going to be an earthquake!”
He then glanced at Bai Yu and Han Ning. Seeing that Han Ning was injured, he asked hurriedly, “Are you two hurt?”
“I’m fine.”
Bai Yu and Han Ning shook their heads.
Only then did Su Jie look into the distance.
“Such a strong earthquake. I wonder how the brothers guarding the cave are doing.”
As soon as Su Jie finished speaking, two blurry figures appeared in the distance.
When the two of them got closer, Su Jie realized that they were the subordinates who had stayed near the cave.
As the two soldiers approached, one of them gritted his teeth and said, “Captain! The earthquake came too suddenly. The brothers who were guarding the cave didn’t manage to evacuate in time and died there!”
“What! Nonsense!”
Su Jie’s face turned cold.
The combat power of his soldiers was not bad. The cave entrance was not far from the open area. Even if the earthquake was sudden, it was impossible that not a single one of them escaped!
Another soldier explained, “Captain, at that time, the beasts in the cave were frightened and ran around everywhere. The brothers were affected by the earthquake and had to deal with the beasts. That was why they were completely wiped out.”
“The two of us were stationed at the outer perimeter and weren’t attacked by the dimensional beasts. That’s how we survived.”
Listening to the soldier’s explanation, Su Jie fell silent.
Calamity and man-made disasters were unavoidable accidents.
Those soldiers were elites under him. It was heartbreaking to see them die just like that.
Seeing that Su Jie was silent, Bai Yu said, “Captain Su, it’s useless to say anything now. Let’s go over and take a look. Get your two subordinates to inform the others and see if we can rescue them.”
Han Ning also comforted him. “That’s right, Captain Su. What if there are survivors among those soldiers?”
Only then did Su Jie calm down.
Just now, he was overwhelmed by surprise and anger.
After regaining his senses, Su Jie immediately ordered the two soldiers, “The two of you go and inform our men to come and rescue them. Researcher Bai and I will go over and take a look.”
“Understood!”
The two soldiers obeyed and left.
Su Jie, Han Ning, and Bai Yu continued walking toward the cave.
In reality, Han Ning wanted to go back.
After all, nobody knew if the earthquake would happen again. He was not familiar with the soldiers, so there was no need to take the risk.
However, neither Su Jie nor Bai Yu had that intention, so Han Ning had no choice but to follow.
Twenty minutes later, the three of them arrived at the open area in front of the cave.
After the earthquake, the cave entrance had already been buried by rubble. Rocks were rolling all over the ground, and the cracks on both sides of the mountain looked horrifying.
Under such circumstances, it was impossible to start the rescue with just the three of them. Although Su Jie was anxious, he could only wait for the others to arrive.
About half an hour later, a group of soldiers arrived at the scene.
Su Jie immediately started the rescue operation.
Under Su Jie’s command, the team began to split up. Some of them were responsible for digging open the cave entrance and rescuing others, while the rest were responsible for assuming a simple defense around them to prevent the mountain from collapsing again.
Han Ning and Bai Yu watched from the side.
There was no need for them to interfere in such matters.
After some time, the hole was finally dug open.
Fortunately, the interior of the cave had not completely collapsed. Everyone could still walk in, but unfortunately, all of Su Jie’s soldiers had died under the attack of the earthquake and the beasts. None of them survived!
Su Jie didn’t say anything and just ordered his men to carry the corpses away one by one while he went deeper into the cave to investigate.
Seeing Su Jie enter, Bai Yu said to Han Ning, “Let’s go in and take a look too. There might even be a corpse of a dimensional beast inside. We can study it.”
Han Ning was speechless.
Old Bai has truly gone mad. He’s still thinking about studying it at a time like this!?
The master-disciple duo entered the cavern, and Su Jie walked ahead of them. As expected, they found the dimensional beast’s corpses.
Han Ning took a look and saw that the body of this type of dimensional beast had a lustrous blue color. Its body was long and narrow, and its rock-like skin was covered with patterns that resembled eyes.
Han Ning couldn’t help but ask, “Professor, what species is this?”
Bai Yu looked at it for a long time before shaking his head. “I’ve never seen it before. There are no records of it in the previous files either. It should be a newly discovered dimensional beast.”
With that said, Bai Yu intended to squat down and study it properly.
However, the corpse of the dimensional beast seemed to have been poisoned by something as it began to rot rapidly and become dilapidated!
In front, Su Jie pried apart a few loose rocks.
Instantly, a shocking scene appeared.
Behind the rock was a hidden cave, and on the stone walls around the cave, there were some spherical objects that were emitting lustrous blue light!