153: Bad news

Old Man Zhang spent a lot of time recounting everything he had experienced.

"Alright, thank you, Brother Zhang. Brother Zhang, why don't you leave the Wildlife and Plant Administration Bureau and return to the military region? Your brothers from back then all miss you."

Hong Hua said at last.

"Forget it. Old Li died at the hands of these beasts. If I don't slaughter these beasts completely, how can Old Li rest in peace?"

Old Man Zhang waved his hand, the killing intent in his words startling everyone.

In a daze, Hong Hua seemed to see Brother Zhang from his youth again, just as stubborn, even more so than an ox. But because of that, he led them to one victory after another.

If he hadn't been injured in the end, he wouldn't have retired.

But now, Brother Zhang had become an Awakened One, his injuries seemingly gone, his Peak strength restored, even surpassing ordinary people.

"Alright, once this mission is over, Brother Zhang, we must have a good drink!"

Hong Hua said.

"Deal. I want to see how much you can drink now, daring to challenge me."

Old Man Zhang said with a laugh.

The group also prepared to leave, heading to their respective departments to report. Chen Xu and Lin Fei were free agents, so they immediately pulled out their phones, preparing to contact their families.

They had already contacted their families while on the plane, and everyone had safely left Shangqing City. Now that the matter was handled, they naturally needed to ask where to meet.

"Mr. Lin Fei, first, congratulations on safely leaving Shangqing City. I'll give you one day to bring your Brother Octopus to this address."

After Lin Fei dialed the number, a cold voice came from the other end.

"Mysterious Organization?! I warn you! If you dare to harm even a single hair on my parents, I will absolutely kill all of you! Every single one!"

Lin Fei was first startled, then his eyes filled with alarming bloodshot veins, exploding with killing intent as he roared.

"...I will kill your entire family!"

Chen Xu, beside him, also roared in anger, killing intent overflowing in his words.

"That organization?"

Old Man Zhang raised an eyebrow.

"Student Lin Fei, what's wrong?"

Hong Hua also heard that something was amiss.

"That Mysterious Organization kidnapped my parents and Chen Xu's parents, telling me to bring Brother Octopus to this address within a day."

Lin Fei, a little flustered, picked up his phone and showed the address sent by the other party.

"This is a section of the Yangtze River outside Shangqing City, surrounded by uninhabited wilderness."

Old Man Zhang glanced at it and said.

"Student Lin Fei, this concerns the Mysterious Organization. Leave this matter to the National Security. We promise we will do our utmost to rescue your parents."

Hong Hua said with a serious expression.

This Mysterious Organization was no longer a secret among the higher-ups; he knew about it too.

The Navy and National Security had long wanted to uproot this Mysterious Organization.

"I..."

Lin Fei and Chen Xu exchanged glances. Their first thought had been to find Brother Octopus.

But now, having calmed down, not only would it be too dangerous for Brother Octopus, but how to communicate was also a major problem.

Most importantly, so many days had passed since the Yangjiang Town incident. Finding Brother Octopus within a day was virtually impossible.

Lin Fei estimated that Brother Octopus should no longer be within Shangqing City, because news of Su Yuan and the Big Black Fish's battle in Luolong City had spread previously.

Even if they took a plane to Luolong City immediately, they would arrive around noon, and it would take at least another hour to get from the airport to the lake where Su Yuan last appeared.

Calculating this, they had very little time to search, and for the two of them to search for Brother Octopus was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"Leaving it to the National Security is better than you acting on your own, no matter what. You know the strength of the Mysterious Organization; even if you are Awakened Ones, you won't have the slightest chance of winning."

Old Man Zhang patted Lin Fei's shoulder.

Lin Fei and Chen Xu thought it over carefully and agreed to their plan. At the same time, they both immediately took a plane to Luolong City.

With their parents involved, they couldn't sit still, so they proceeded with both approaches simultaneously.

The news here quickly reached the ears of those in charge.

Upon receiving the news, the Navy immediately dispatched the specialized anti-submarine frigate that had been waiting in the military waterway.

At the same time, a team of National Security personnel had already parachuted into the target waters, ambushing the surroundings, and various underwater monitoring devices were densely deployed in the river.

Not only that, but missile systems at nearby military bases were already prepared, aimed at the target location, ready to launch at the first command.

The military base also dispatched army troops for support, ensuring that if a battle broke out, the enemy could be annihilated immediately.

Such a display was unprecedented in the country.

This also indirectly highlighted the threat posed by the Mysterious Organization.

At noon, Lin Fei and Chen Xu, accompanied by Gu Xiong and Old Man Zhang, arrived at the place where Su Yuan and the Big Black Fish had once fought.

Under special authorization from above, they even accessed surveillance footage from the lake and surrounding rivers, but found no trace of Su Yuan.

"So many days have passed; it's hard to find it."

Gu Xiong sighed; this was already his euphemistic way of speaking.

Even if this Giant Octopus knew Lin Fei and their relationship was not shallow, the problem was that it didn't have a phone and didn't know Lin Fei was looking for it.

Most importantly, the Giant Octopus had always been elusive, likely hiding in sparsely populated areas.

In such circumstances, trying to find the hidden Giant Octopus within a day was undoubtedly a pipe dream.

This was almost impossible.

They even specially contacted Professor Professor Jin Weiguo for this, learning that the Giant Octopus might still enter the Underground Dark River system, further increasing the impossibility.

"Kid Lin, how did you manage to develop feelings for an octopus you raised? Could it be a female octopus?"

Old Man Zhang, beside him, was laughing, but his gaze was sharply scanning the surroundings, both searching for Su Yuan and remaining vigilant.

"If Brother Octopus entered the Underground Dark River, we wouldn't be able to find it. Now, we can only guess that it followed the current into the Yangtze River, and only then might we find it."

Lin Fei said.

As the group spoke, they called for helicopter support, boarded the helicopter, and headed to the skies above the Yangtze River ahead.

To be on the safe side, the helicopter maintained a distance of over a hundred meters from the river surface.

Lin Fei and the others sat in the helicopter, observing the river water with military binoculars.

At first glance, they were startled, seeing many terrifying figures in the river water.

For many of them, they estimated the length of the shadows to exceed ten meters.

Moreover, the density of these Big Fish was astonishingly high, greatly surprising them.

The Mutated Creatures now, like before, lived by the law of the jungle, even more intensely.

With these large Mutated Big Fish so close together, if even one was a carnivore, a major battle would surely erupt.

Unless they were all docile, non-carnivorous animals.

"Since the global heavy rains during that period, the water level of the Yangtze River has been rising. The water level here is estimated to be around fifty meters."

Lin Fei and the others were also listening to intelligence from Luolong City.

At this water level, it was basically impossible to see the riverbed from high altitude.

However, going deep into the river was also not advisable; with so many Big Fish, it was too dangerous.

Ultimately, the helicopter could only maintain a height of over a hundred meters, slowly moving and observing from the air with binoculars.

Time passed, and an hour went by.

Lin Fei and the others searched along the Yangtze River, their eyes aching, but found nothing.

"This won't do. With Brother Octopus's hiding ability, even face-to-face we might not find it, let alone like this."

Lin Fei interrupted this method of searching and instead used a loudspeaker to broadcast his voice, stating his identity.

Gu Xiong looked bewildered. Could this octopus actually understand human speech?

Chen Xu could only believe it now; there was no other way.

However, even so, they searched until nightfall without any discovery.

This made Gu Xiong feel that using a loudspeaker to search meant Lin Fei had lost his composure.

Even with the current global biological mutation, he had never heard of any creature that could understand human language.

"Did Brother Octopus really understand me that day and go to the sea?"

Lin Fei thought at this moment.

If that were truly the case, finding Brother Octopus would be impossible.

"Kid Lin, how about it? Let's go to the agreed location."

"In this country, the only one capable of rescuing your parents is the National Security."

"Even if you really bring the Giant Octopus to the rendezvous, do you truly believe they will release your parents?"

Old Man Zhang noticed Lin Fei's emotional change and said.

However, Old Man Zhang was also unsure how advanced the Mysterious Organization's technology was, and many technological means for rescuing hidden hostages were largely ineffective against the Mysterious Organization.