CHAPTER 484: CHAPTER 449: CLOSING IN

Black Fox led his team swiftly through the darkness...

He had to reach there and take command of the situation before those Jungle Ants with muddled brains turned the lab into a mess.

The Green Nature Foundation tasked him with destroying the lab, but for Black Fox, maximizing benefits meant not only destroying it but also taking the research materials.

Losing Anna was equivalent to losing the tasks related to Snowden and the Cyprus Trust Fund. If the lab’s materials were lost, the series of missions he planned would turn into a losing deal.

Running was quite a painful thing for a person in his sixties, yet Black Fox showed excellent physical endurance.

From the hilltop where he had been hiding to the laboratory located in the valley, the straight-line distance was roughly 6 kilometers. Thanks to the friendly terrain of the Alaska jungle mountains, Black Fox crossed the forest and reached the outer valley in about 40 minutes...

The outer valley was now littered with the corpses of reindeer and sheep, and the Evil Beasts remained, chasing and biting the remaining animals.

They didn’t grasp the concept of being full; excessive modifications and physical pain had sent them into a frenzy, with killing serving as their only outlet.

Thus, describing the situation in the outer valley as chaotic was an understatement!

To avoid those Evil Beasts, Black Fox quickly took a detour along the edge of the valley...

Just as the leading Mercenary was about to enter the passageway between the two valleys, Black Fox suddenly sensed something was off.

Compared to the noisy outer valley, this passageway was ominously quiet.

He grabbed the leading Mercenary, frowned, and looked into the dark passageway ahead, handing him a substantial-sized infrared night vision device, and said, "Send two men in to check it out..."

The leading Mercenary nodded, signaled to two of his men to follow him, and the three of them slowly entered the dark passageway in a tactical assault formation.

The images in the night vision goggles weren’t clear, and with many animals remaining in the passageway, it was difficult to see clearly.

However, after moving forward only about 20 meters, the leading Mercenary too sensed something was amiss...

Because it made no sense for the Evil Beasts to spare the animals in this passageway...

The leading Mercenary raised his hand to signal a stop, swiftly found a rock on the side to use as cover, then began observing the upper parts of the mountain walls on both sides with the infrared device.

And just as he was pinpointing the source of his unease, two red dots suddenly appeared on the mountain walls on both sides, leaping downwards...

When he saw they were two mountain cats with bombs strapped to their backs and charging at him, he let out a panicked shout.

"Retreat, retreat, retreat..."

It was irrational to attack the Evil Beasts at this moment because if the explosives on them detonated in such a tight space, they had nowhere to hide...

"Boss, watch out..."

Just as the leading Mercenary was retreating quickly, there was trouble on Black Fox’s end...

A giant brown bear broke away from chasing reindeer, charging from the middle of the outer valley to where Black Fox and his men were located.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang..."

Black Fox, without hesitation, along with his men, pulled the trigger aiming to keep the bear outside the explosion radius while they retreated along the valley edge seeking cover...

Professional mercenaries, being more adept than Hunters at using crossfire for lethal effects, caused the charging bear to be repeatedly hit by bullets, and it soon fell in its path, then erupted in a severe explosion.

The explosion resonated through the valley, covering a vast area with gray-black smoke. Large amounts of dirt and leaves rained down like a shower on the team led by Black Fox.

But the danger was not over yet; two mountain cats running along the mountain side were rapidly closing in on them.

It was impossible to keep the two mountain cats out of the explosion radius under such visual conditions, and Black Fox shouted at his men to drop their weapons and prepare to subdue the crazed mountain cats with their bare hands to avoid an explosion...

Just as one mountain cat caught up with the leading Mercenary, furiously clawing and biting at them, another burst into the group led by Black Fox, crazily chasing and biting at Black Fox...

One Mercenary trying to protect Black Fox had his entire shoulder suddenly explode open, then a loud gunshot finally came from the top of the passageway above...

Seeing the Mercenary’s shoulder collapse downwards like melting ice cream, Black Fox grabbed another Mercenary to shield himself from the crazed mountain cat and shouted, "Find cover, sniper, it’s an ambush..."

It was all too late for Black Fox to say anything...

The two bomb-carrying mountain cats entangled the mercenaries, leaving them no chance to quickly seek cover and retaliate.

As two strong men among them grabbed a mountain cat, trying to provide their companions with a chance to strike back, another large caliber bullet shot over...

Watching as the strong man’s waist was scooped out by a devil’s claw, losing a large chunk instantly, intestines began to fall due to gravity...

Realizing the peril, Black Fox seized the chance while his men were tangling with the two mountain cats and turned to run...

And as Black Fox fled, Gray Wolf and his team, who had already been lying in ambush at a high point on the mountain, began an unrelenting crossfire at the mercenaries.

The mercenaries were trapped in a desperate situation, unable to mount any effective resistance.

When a mercenary, dragging a lynx that had been shot from above and seeking cover to prevent his side from being wiped out, suddenly discovered the lynx was dead, and the bomb had not exploded...

Just as this mercenary realized the problem and wanted to loudly warn his companions to take action, it was already too late.

"No bomb..."

A bullet hit the mercenary who realized the situation, causing him to collapse listlessly to the ground. As he tried to look for his boss, he saw Black Fox, who had run almost a hundred meters away, being pounced on by an animal...

"Bang bang bang bang bang..."

...

...

Bullets poured down like rain, giving the mercenaries no chance to dodge. In just about two minutes, nearly twenty mercenaries were laid down on the ground.

Mountain Eagle and Butcher rose from the darkness, slowly walking towards Black Fox...

Balang fiercely bit Black Fox’s gun-holding left hand, violently tearing it, causing him to lose the ability to counterattack.

Butcher stepped forward, kicked away the pistol, and then used his knee to press against Black Fox’s old waist, quickly subduing and binding him.

Mountain Eagle, now in worse condition, walked up to Black Fox sweating profusely, looked at this opponent he was meeting for the first time, and said with a smile, "Hello Black Fox, I am Mountain Eagle, Blood Fox sends his regards..."

At this moment, Black Fox knew he had no hope left. He glanced at the fallen mercenaries in the distance, then laboriously sat up and looked at Mountain Eagle before him, his voice hoarse, "You’ve been around all along, the radio interference was your doing, wasn’t it?"

Mountain Eagle simply sat next to Black Fox, somewhat tiredly saying, "Not only did I interfere with your radio communications, but I also got what you wanted.

I have to thank you; without those Jungle Ants holding you back, moving the pregnant women and children from the lab quietly wouldn’t have been so easy."

At this point, Black Fox finally realized that everything he had been doing from the beginning was anticipated by this young man, and he had unwittingly played the role of an assistant...

He leaned against a large stone, not caring about his left hand torn apart by Balang, his voice hoarsely saying, "My men have attacked the lab, how do you plan to end this?"

Mountain Eagle linked all the wild beasts, apart from the young wolves, through the smart tactical terminal, issuing a mandatory command for them to return to their nests...

Black Fox watched the Evil Beasts on the outer grassland suddenly stop their relentless fighting, and then, with painful roars, start sprinting towards the tunnel entrance...

He looked at Mountain Eagle in shock, finally realizing that the rhythm of the entire battle had been under Mountain Eagle’s control.

He thought Mountain Eagle had obtained the crucial technology to control the Evil Beasts in the lab; thinking of the vast effort and cost he invested, only to end up inadvertently paving the way for someone else...

In both pain and frustration, Black Fox let out a miserable chuckle, "I lost. Twenty years ago, I lost to Blood Fox, and now to his apprentice...

Kill me!"

Mountain Eagle shook his head and said, "Originally, I wanted to grant you a quick end, but then I changed my mind."

As he spoke, Mountain Eagle seemed to see something and dialed ATF Daniel’s number, saying, "Detonate the bomb..."

While Mountain Eagle spoke, a large number of Evil Beasts had already rushed into the mountainsides, engaging in close combat with the attacking Jungle Ants.

Subsequently, a series of explosion rumbles echoed from inside the mountain, and then the entire mountain began to tremble, followed by massive landslides both internally and externally.

The huge disturbances were felt by Black Fox, miles away...

Feeling the sliding earth from the mountain behind him and the reverberations of the ground, Black Fox suddenly coughed violently twice, spewing blood from his mouth and nose.

The release of internal pressure seemed to relieve Black Fox a bit; he calmly looked at Mountain Eagle and said, "What do you want me to do?"

Mountain Eagle, smiling, said, "The Green Nature Foundation offered a 10 million US Dollar bounty for the destruction of this lab. Now that I’ve destroyed it, I should rightfully take all of it, right?"

Hearing Mountain Eagle actually asking for money, Black Fox was stunned initially, then listlessly said, "You won, winner takes all, so this money should rightfully be yours."

Mountain Eagle, still smiling, said, "Speaking of winner takes all, can I ask for more?

Like the 15 million Euros you extorted from the Royce family in Germany?

Old Royce is dead, and his son promised you 15 million Euros, which should have already been transferred..."

Black Fox squinted slightly, "Did Anna tell you this, what else do you know?"

Mountain Eagle spread his hands and said, "I also know you found a big buyer for the lab’s data, but I’m not interested in trafficking such data.

I’d rather have you help me contact Alex Sorin; I’m sure they’d be willing to pay a large sum to retrieve the results of the billions invested..."

At this point, Black Fox knew what Mountain Eagle wanted to do. Looking at Mountain Eagle’s slightly flushed face, he said, "Why should I cooperate with you?"

Mountain Eagle, suppressing the dizziness in his head, stood up, looked at Black Fox, and said with a smile, "You speak as if you have a choice..."