Wu Jiawei opened his mouth in response, but still couldn't say anything.

He sighed, looked at the dead white deer, and asked:

"But, Captain... do you think it's not quite right for us to just kill these animals? Didn't the Biological Institute say that even if there's a need, we should try to capture them alive...?"

Hearing this, Qi Tian, who had initially spoken for the Biological Institute, suddenly turned and swore:

"Capture them alive? Those guys talk so easily! Everything has to be captured alive! Even the Second Level Alien Species have to be captured alive for them! How is that possible! It's simply unrealistic!"

"These beasts just ate people, and you want to capture them and treat them well? I can't do such a thing!"

"And now that they've tasted human flesh, in the future, even their offspring could eat people! Keeping such things around is a disaster! If the people at the Biological Institute want to research them, they can just study the corpses!"

Qi Tian ranted extensively, completely different from before, and the members of the intelligence team who were eavesdropping were all taken aback.

Regardless of what happened at the Abnormality Department, the remaining two survivors in the forest were shocked by the scene before them.

Looking at the tragic appearances of the dead monsters, the two couldn't help but swallow, a chill rising involuntarily in their hearts.

It wasn't out of sympathy but an instinctual fear for life at the sight of it.

Liu Hai and Wang Zinan leaned against a big tree, looking at the tall figure with terrified eyes, unsure if they should speak.

"Crack~"

The mask was lifted, revealing Chang Hai's face underneath.

"You are really too bold, knowing it's dangerous and yet still going in. Are you scared now?"

He was also quite upset about what had just happened.

Whether it was the death of that guy or the demise of these wild animals, it could have all been avoided.

As the saying goes, curiosity kills the cat, which is not wrong at all.

Xu Xing, a warrior from the Abnormality Department, is just a young guy of twenty-five, not much older than them.

He once had similar fantasies, but they all faded away once he entered society.

As someone who's been there before, seeing these kids being so immature made him really disappointed, so he couldn't help but say a few more words.

Little did he know, as soon as he said that, the two couldn't hold back and sat on the ground crying loudly, leaving him at a loss for what to say.

Actually, as soon as the mask of the battle armor was lifted, Liu Hai and Wang Zinan could barely hold back their emotions.

Perhaps it was the stark contrast of surviving the disaster or seeing faces like theirs in such a strange and dangerous environment that made the two young men cry so heart-wrenchingly.

"Thank you... sob... I won't dare anymore... I won't come here again... I want to go home... sob..."

Liu Hai stammered out words, once his emotions were released, it was hard to stop.

In the face of such life-and-death crises, not everyone has the courage to go through it again.

Most people aren't as strong as they imagine, and the so-called protagonist halo and willpower are just things to listen to in stories.

Let alone ordinary students like Liu Hai.

Even in elite modernized armies, there are often soldiers who receive treatment because they can't withstand psychological stress.

Xu Xing sighed helplessly, then put on his mask, urged them a few times, signaling the two to follow him in retreat.

However, what he didn't see was that just after he left, at the original spot, the ground suddenly began to churn.

As the soil squirmed, dozens of vines seeped out from the ground, wrapping all the white deer corpses and dragging them back into the soil.

In the distance, at the edge of the forest.

Old Chen was nervously watching the direction where several of them had just left, his forehead covered with sweat.

He had naturally heard the scream Cheng Youquan let out before he died, which immediately changed his face.

"What to do, what to do... those guys can't have really encountered a monster, can they? Damn it, why don't those brats listen and insist on going in there?! What am I supposed to do now!!!"

Old Chen was also a little flustered.

Although as an experienced driver, he had seen a lot, he couldn't have possibly encountered such a situation on a daily basis.

Seeing the passengers he brought encountering danger in the mountain forest, he, as the driver, would definitely not escape responsibility.

Even though he had recorded a video before, it could only reduce some of his responsibility and not completely absolve him.

After all, he was the one who brought them from the city.

Even though it was their decision to get off the car, he, as the person who brought them, could not escape the connection.

He was initially holding on to a fluke, not expecting this group to be so unlucky as to run into trouble.

"I... I... damn it! Should I go and save them or not!?"

Old Chen was in a turmoil.

He wanted to hit the pedal and run but knew the consequences of such actions might make things worse for him.

However, just going in to save them was absolutely impossible.

He knew he didn't have the guts to rush into the forest and face the man-eating monsters.

While fearing that the monsters might emerge and eat him too, he also worried that if he just ran away, it might cause those kids to lose their last chance of survival, thus making his fault even greater.

Old Chen sat in the car as if on pins and needles, craning his neck to look in the direction of the woods.

Time passed by slowly; at first, he could hear the faint cries of the boys.

But later, Old Chen could hear nothing at all.

The forest regained its usual silence, and he could only hear his heartbeat pounding.

Finally, just as he was about to step on the gas and leave, there was some commotion from the direction of the woods.

Old Chen's heart was in his throat.

He had already started the car, staring intently in the direction of the woods, ready to leave at the first sign of anything extraordinary.

Then, when the over two-meter-high battle armor appeared in front of him, the experienced driver was so scared he instinctively hit the gas, wanting to leave the scene.

In the distance, Xu Xing saw the vehicle about to flee and immediately activated flight mode, accelerating to the front of the off-road vehicle, raising his hand to signal a stop.

However, frightened, Old Chen wouldn't stop obediently, planning to steer around from the side.

"This is the Huaxia Anomaly Investigation Department, and we need your vehicle to transport the wounded. Please stop immediately! Stop immediately!"

Xu Xing was aware of what this experienced driver had done.

Being part of bringing them here, he could not shirk his responsibility, so how could he let him leave just like that?

Fortunately, Old Chen didn't completely lose his mind.

After three consecutive warnings, he finally realized what was happening.

Although he didn't know where this strange robot came from, it shouldn't have been made by monsters, right?

As for that long string of names, in such a tense situation, he couldn't remember any of them.

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