Chapter 1 The Beginning

A transport freighter, covered in rust, sailed across the sea, easily crushing the thinning ice layer and carving out a massive waterway for ships to pass through.

Three escort boats surrounded the transport freighter, their anti-aircraft guns scanning the sky, as if guarding against enemies that might appear at any moment.

Lu Chi and forty Wasteland Warrior soldiers wore thick Murfree winter cotton uniforms, concealing their conspicuous armor. They weren't on deck; instead, they sat cross-legged in the freighter's storage hold, wearing somewhat heavy anti-magnetic helmets, motionless.

Evolved beings have brainwave magnetic fields that differ from ordinary people. Lu Chi worried that the enemy might also have powerful mental-type evolved beings. If they detected Lu Chi and his group in advance, they might abandon their operation.

The electromagnetic shielding helmets manufactured by the EU couldn't completely block the attacks of mental-type evolved beings, only weaken them by about ten percent.

But even so, it was enough to be of great use in war.

The confrontation between mental-type evolved beings is extremely dangerous. A moment of carelessness could result in the destruction of the brain by powerful brainwaves. A ten percent difference could be enough to reverse the outcome of a battle.

The atavistic evolved warrior soldiers under Bai Jingyan weren't as good as the EU's elite, but they were still considered powerful. However, forty of them going together were pinned to the sea cliffs, indicating that the enemy possessed overwhelming strength.

Although Lu Chi was arrogant, he wouldn't underestimate the enemy.

He carefully analyzed the information Bai Jingyan gave him and made his own assessment.

If the enemy had deployed a hundred bandits at a time, then there would be at least twenty evolved beings among them, and mental-type and possessed-type evolved beings would account for more than half.

Only in this way could they have completed the overwhelming slaughter of the previous forty evolved warrior soldiers and over two hundred soldiers on the transport ship in a very short period of time.

During the last attack, the entire process, from the transmission of the message to Murfree headquarters to the removal of the locator, took no more than three minutes.

To wipe out all combat personnel on a large ship, completely control the ship, within three minutes was definitely not something ordinary atavistic evolved beings could do!

"I wonder where these wandering ghosts came from, to have so many special-type evolved beings!" Lu Chi muttered to himself, squinting.

Although the world is now vigorously promoting research on evolved beings, the evolved forces of most major powers are still dominated by atavistic evolved beings. The other three types of evolved beings are extremely rare.

Because current human technology can only replicate the genes of atavistic evolved beings. The acquisition of the other three types of evolved beings depends entirely on luck!

"According to currently published data, the EU has 17,362 atavistic evolved beings, 217 mental-type evolved beings, and 186 possessed-type evolved beings…" Lu Chi silently calculated these numbers: "The number of evolved beings in other major countries is not much different from the EU…"

According to these figures, mental-type and possessed-type evolved beings are as rare as pandas, even in major countries. They are definitely not the kind of beings who would be easily sent out to perform ordinary tasks.

But these wandering ghosts actually possess these two types of evolved beings, which made Lu Chi feel very abnormal.

Even if these two types of evolved beings were created using a large amount of radioactive water, why would they serve in an organization composed of defeated soldiers and generals of fallen countries?

If they left here, they would receive very favorable treatment and a very high status whether they went to the EU or major powers like Russia!

But in this kind of organization, not only is the risk high, but the resources available are not enough...

"Although this matter seems to be just a simple robbery, there are many things hidden beneath the surface…" Lu Chi took a deep breath.

All the doubts would have to wait until the enemy appeared to be explained.

Just then, a message came through Lu Chi's headset.

"We've entered the Bering Sea."

Hearing this, Lu Chi's body tensed up. Not only him, but even the other Wasteland Warrior soldiers' breathing became heavier.

…

There are many reefs and desolate islands in this sea area. The speed of the large freighter was greatly reduced when passing through this area. Moreover, with the presence of desolate islands, helicopters can easily hide and ambush. Combining all these factors, this is the best sea area for an attack.

The huge freighter passed in front of a group of towering reefs and suddenly sounded its horn, the piercing sound echoing across the sea.

On a distant, tall rock face, forty charred evolved corpses were nailed to the stone like jerky, like a terrifying mural.

Last time, Murfree only sent helicopters to take a few aerial photographs from a distance. Because they were worried about being ambushed, they didn't dare to get close at all.

After Lu Chi learned about the situation through the monitoring tablet, he was silent for a moment before saying to the transport ship's officer, "Send two small life rafts down and bring those bodies back."

Because Bai Jingyan had instructed him to take the lead in everything before the trip, the officer did not object. Instead, he followed Lu Chi's instructions, ordered people to slow down the transport ship, and lowered a few inflatable boats, heading towards the mountain wall where the corpses were nailed.

About half an hour later, the lifeboats returned, bringing back all forty skeletons from the rock face.

In the storage hold, Lu Chi stared intently at the charred skeletons in front of him. He had people bring back these corpses, not because he had suddenly become merciful and wanted to save these dead souls, but because he wanted to infer some information about the enemy by observing the wounds on these evolved corpses.

"All of you, come and see if there is any noteworthy information on these bodies." Lu Chi waved his hand, beckoning the many Wasteland Warrior soldiers to come over. These charred corpses looked very terrifying and twisted, and observing them up close made people's scalps tingle. Lu Chi bent down, not wearing any gloves, his five fingers stroking the charred flesh and bones of these evolved beings.

"Skull fracture…"

"Hyoid bone dislocation…"

"Head torn apart, skull missing…"

"Femur fracture…"

Lu Chi walked past the corpses one by one, carefully observing the injuries on their bodies. Their flesh had been charred, so Lu Chi could only judge what kind of attacks they had suffered by looking at their bones.

Those with intact bones should have had their minds disrupted or been directly stunned by mental-type evolved beings.

Those with broken bones should have had their bodies directly and violently shattered by possessed-type evolved beings, and then burned…

It is worth mentioning that there were no gunshot wounds or sharp weapon cuts on these broken bones of the evolved beings. The injuries on their bones were as if they had been savagely and violently beaten out by bare hands!

"It's really bloody enough…" Lu Chi muttered to himself.

Suddenly, his gaze fell on the skull of one of the skeletons.

There were two very shallow rows of dot-like marks, very neat, as if they had been pierced by some kind of awl, but they had not pierced through his skull.

Lu Chi's pupils shrank, and his gaze became gloomy.