Encounter with Tang Qiu

"Wait a moment," Ye Chen suddenly said.

Lan Yu and his companion turned around and looked at Ye Chen curiously.

Then, they heard Ye Chen smile and ask, "May I ask why so many people are here?"

Lan Yu replied, "There is an Enforcement Team inside hunting an LV7 Rank monster, so we are waiting here. As for the people at the entrance, they are those who want to join the Enforcement Team."

Ye Chen nodded and smiled, "Thanks."

Immediately after, Ye Chen said to Lin Nuoyi and the others, "Let's go!"

The four of them left the place and headed to another location.

After walking quite a distance, Zhu Qiang asked curiously, "Brother Chen, why do so many people want to join the Enforcement Team? Judging by what you said earlier, joining the Enforcement Team is equivalent to putting your life in someone else's hands. Why are there still so many people who want to join?"

Ye Chen explained.

"Look at their Ranks and pets; they are all low-tier existences. In this chaotic world, it is very difficult to survive, so they need to stick together to stay alive."

The three of them nodded in understanding.

Lin Nuoyi suddenly said, "Ye Chen, there is an abandoned biochemical factory in the suburbs. There might be Advanced monsters inside."

Ye Chen nodded and said, "Then let's go there."

The vast city was now in complete chaos. People without pets either fell to being food for monsters or became followers of those with pets.

The entire world had undergone earth-shattering changes.

The western suburbs were not actually a suburb.

On the contrary, it used to be a very prosperous area.

Many years ago, this place was a chemical research facility.

But later, a leak occurred, turning it into what it looks like today.

It was filled with broken walls and ruins, completely dilapidated.

The four of them had arrived at this area.

The once vast biochemical research facility was now surrounded by a wire fence.

It was deathly silent inside.

Except for the occasional cry of a monster, there was no movement at all.

For some reason, the biochemical research facility was shrouded in mist at this moment.

The wind blowing over felt like damp, cold mist.

Zhu Qiang said fearfully, "Brother Chen, maybe we should just leave. If we don't get killed by monsters, we might get scared to death instead."

This guy was as cowardly as ever.

He couldn't do anything right, but he was number one at running away.

Ye Chen, however, said, "Let's go in and take a look; there might be more Advanced monsters."

He led the way to a section of the wire fence with a hole in it and climbed right through.

Lin Nuoyi and Tie Niu followed closely behind. After thinking for a moment, Zhu Qiang chose to follow as well.

Zhu Qiang stayed close to Tie Niu's side, sandwiched between Tie Niu and the King Kong Ape.

In the thick fog, everyone's vision was severely restricted.

The range they could see was less than ten meters.

A few minutes later, the group arrived at a distance of twenty meters from the research facility.

"Oink!" The Piggy Dragon let out a snort, sounding as if it were sneezing.

Zhu Qiang slapped the Piggy Dragon on its thick head. "You scared the hell out of me!"

"Is, is anyone there?" A weak female voice suddenly rang out. "Ah! Mom, a ghost!"

Zhu Qiang instantly bristled, letting out a loud shout.

Ye Chen immediately pressed down on the jumping Zhu Qiang and asked cautiously, "Who is it?"

The weak female voice rang out again, "I'm here. Can you come over and save us?"

"Us?" Ye Chen instantly became vigilant.

"There's more than just you?"

"Yes, my teammates are here too. I'm currently severely injured. Can you come over and save us?"

Lin Nuoyi said, "It seems to be a squad."

Ye Chen nodded and then walked toward the direction of the voice.

However, Ye Chen still held the Thunderclap Blade in his hand, and the Blood Asura hovered in the mist.

If any sudden situation occurred, the Blood Asura could launch a surprise attack immediately.

The four of them walked forward slowly.

The situation in the mist ahead gradually appeared in their field of vision.

Before long, Ye Chen saw a woman lying on the ground ahead.

She looked to be in her twenties and was wearing black leather clothing.

Her neat short hair was now disheveled, and her face was covered in dust.

There was a wound on the chest of her leather jacket. It looked like she had been stabbed by a dagger.

Ye Chen came to the woman's side and recognized her identity. "Are you from the Enforcement Team?"

"How did you know?"

Ye Chen pointed to a pattern on the woman's left arm and said, "Look, this badge is the same as the one on Lan Yu's arm earlier."

Sure enough, the badge on the woman's arm had a pattern printed on it. The pattern featured an axe and a sword—it was clearly the emblem of the Enforcement Team.

Upon reaching the woman's side, Ye Chen finally saw her face clearly. She had a round face, big eyes, and very regular features. Although she was covered in wounds, one could still discern the cold and aloof temperament about her.

The woman continued in a weak voice, "That's right, I am Tang Qiu, the captain of the Bull Enforcement Team."

Tang Qiu? He hadn't expected this woman to be the Tang Qiu he had encountered before.

Ye Chen looked at the weak Tang Qiu and frowned. "You said there are other teammates?"

Tang Qiu said, "Yes, they are also severely injured and should be nearby."

"Nuo Yi, you three go take a look." Lin Nuoyi replied, "Okay!"

Ye Chen knew that if Tang Qiu didn't receive medical treatment soon, she wouldn't survive for much longer.

He immediately took a small qi and blood pill from his backpack. The qi and blood pill had healing properties for warriors and should be effective.

"Open your mouth." Tang Qiu forced her mouth open, and Ye Chen fed the qi and blood pill into her mouth.

As the qi and blood pill entered her body, the wounds on Tang Qiu's body began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Two minutes later, Tang Qiu suddenly spat out a mouthful of black blood. Her pale complexion then began to gradually turn ruddy.

Ye Chen looked at the black blood on the ground and immediately understood. The thing that had stabbed Tang Qiu must have been poisonous.

Tang Qiu took a deep breath, then looked at Ye Chen, her eyes revealing a hint of surprise.

Before Tang Qiu could speak, Ye Chen said, "I am Ye Chen, we have met before. What happened to you? What did you encounter, and how did you end up running here from the residential area?"

Before Tang Qiu could answer, Lin Nuoyi and the other two rushed back, saying with grim expressions, "We found five people in total, but they are all dead."

"Dead?" Tang Qiu exclaimed suddenly.

"Sigh, our squad had eleven people in total. We lost five in the residential area, and the five who escaped... I didn't expect them to not survive either."

There was a touch of sorrow in Tang Qiu's tone.

Ye Chen couldn't help but be shocked.

Tang Qiu's pet was a Divine-Grade LV5 Bull Warrior. With ten teammates on top of that, ten people still died, and Tang Qiu suffered such severe injuries.

One could imagine the terrifying level of the monster inside.

"What exactly is the thing inside that you mentioned?"

After calming down, Tang Qiu said, "It is an Advanced LV9 Blood Jade Spider. We thought we could hunt it successfully, but we didn't expect it to be so powerful."

Zhu Qiang cried out in alarm, "LV9 Rank!!"

So far, the highest-ranked monster the four of them had encountered was only LV7.

No wonder Tang Qiu's squad suffered such heavy casualties; it turned out they had encountered such a powerful monster.

Thinking of this, Ye Chen couldn't help but admire Tang Qiu's courage. Facing an LV9 monster, she didn't show the slightest fear. This was the Enforcement Team. For the country and the people. Defending the motherland.