Desperate people, accept the seed of my soul!

A collective gasp filled the sealed room.

Bai Xiao looked at the shining eyes of his subordinates and a satisfied smile appeared on his lips.

He certainly knew the true nature of the medicine.

The confidential document sent from headquarters clearly states that after the drug's effects wear off in thirty minutes, the user will experience severe physiological backlash.

In mild cases, it can cause muscle breakdown and internal organ failure; in severe cases, it can lead to immediate death.

The headquarters laboratory conducted 37 human trials, and without exception, all of them resulted in adverse reactions.

Of these, 29 died within 48 hours of the injection, and the remaining eight were left with lifelong disabilities.

Therefore, headquarters labeled it as a "consumable tactical agent".

To put it simply, it's a disposable item.

But Bai Xiao wouldn't say this to his subordinates.

It was someone at the grassroots level who died, not him.

As long as we capture Song Chao and hand him over to headquarters for research, headquarters will be able to obtain first-hand samples of extraordinary power.

When the extraordinary project is accelerated, he, as the branch president, will be able to obtain the real extraordinary potion, the kind without side effects.

These people's lives are nothing more than stepping stones.

"President, does this medicine have any side effects?"

Cheng Feng, the deputy, stared at the syringes in the box, his eyes filled with both longing and a hint of doubt.

"Of course there are side effects. There may be temporary physical fatigue after the injection, but it will subside after a few days of rest. The headquarters has already conducted thorough testing."

Bai Xiao patted Cheng Feng on the shoulder, his tone sincere.

"When have I ever lied to you? If we can capture Song Chao in this operation, I'll give you all of this batch of medicine."

"Brothers, we've fought so hard for so many years, it's time for us to turn things around."

Cheng Feng was silent for two seconds, then reached into the box and took out a syringe.

"I've worked for the chairman for so many years, my life already belongs to him."

The other leaders exchanged glances and also reached out their hands.

Four hundred doses of medicine were distributed in less than two minutes.

Bai Xiao looked at them, a cold calculation flashing in his eyes, but a gentle smile on his face.

"Pass down the order, everyone move out. Tonight, we're going to pull teeth from the tiger's mouth."

At 2:40 a.m., the transport convoy entered the canyon section.

The road is flanked by dense shrubs, and the highway winds its way through the canyon, with a rushing river valley below the roadbed.

Yue Sheng, sitting in the passenger seat, suddenly felt his eyelids twitch.

He pressed his earpiece and asked into the communication channel.

"The forward sentry post reports the situation."

"Post number one is normal."

"Post number two is normal."

"Post number three is normal."

Reports came one after another from the encrypted channel.

Yue Shengsong took off his headphones, but his brows remained furrowed.

It was so quiet in the woods.

There wasn't even a bird chirping.

"parking."

He suddenly spoke.

"All units are on Level One alert. Forward troops are dispatching reconnaissance teams to inspect both sides of the hillside—"

He hadn't finished speaking.

An anti-tank missile flew out of the woods on the hillside.

The missile's trail of flame streaked across the night sky and struck the turret of the armored vehicle at the front of the convoy.

The explosion sent flames shooting into the sky, the turret was blown off its feet, crashed onto the road, rolled twice, broke through the guardrail, and fell into the valley.

Then countless gun muzzle flashes lit up the hillside.

From the entrance to the middle of the canyon, along a 1,200-meter-long hillside, there is a firing point every ten meters or so.

Light machine guns, heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, and shoulder-fired anti-tank missiles rained down from both sides of the hillside like a storm.

"Enemy attack!"

Yue Sheng's roar exploded in the communication channel.

The soldiers of the Sharp Blade Brigade immediately launched a counterattack.

The machine gun positions positioned on both sides of the provincial highway began to return fire, bullets weaving into a dense net of fire in the darkness.

The bushes on the hillside were swept away by machine gun fire, exploding in large swaths.

The four armed helicopters in the sky quickly climbed up, and their cannons spewed out six tongues of fire that poured down from the sky.

But the number of enemies far exceeded expectations.

At least 1,200 people.

The Five Mountains Alliance has mobilized almost all the available personnel from its Jeolla Province branch this time.

In addition, mercenaries were urgently transferred from neighboring provinces, forming a raiding force of 1,200 men.

Bai Xiao knew very well that the 5,000-strong escort force was a tough nut to crack; if there were fewer people, they wouldn't even be enough to fill a gap in the teeth.

"At all costs, break through the middle section of the convoy!"

White Owl lay behind a protruding rock on the hillside, roaring into the communication channel.

He heard a barrage of responses coming through his earpiece.

On the hillside, four hundred elite soldiers who had been injected with the "Warrior" drug stood up at the same time.

The one leading the group was Cheng Feng.

The blue liquid had spread from the carotid artery throughout the body.

His eyes turned pale blue, his pupils dilated to almost twice their normal size, and dark blue veins bulged on his skin.

His muscles swelled up as if inflated, stretching his combat suit so tightly it looked like it was about to burst.

pain.

It hurts like every bone in my body is being hammered.

It hurts so much, it feels like every inch of my muscles is on fire.

But he felt no fear.

He gripped two submachine guns and charged down the hillside.

Four hundred elite soldiers, who had also been injected with the drug, charged forward with him.

The 400-strong assault force surged down the hillside like a blue torrent, moving at a speed three to four times faster than the average person.

The pebbles that were stepped on were all kicked away, hitting the tree trunks with dull cracking sounds.

The soldiers of the Sharp Blade Brigade opened fire in retaliation.

When the bullets hit these enhanced soldiers, the bullets were stuck in the muscles less than two centimeters deep by the increased density of muscle fibers.

Some people were directly hit by machine gun fire, their chests blasted open with a bloody hole the size of a washbasin. They fell to the ground, twitched a couple of times, and then got up and continued charging.

The pain-blocking effect of the drug made them completely unaware of the existence of fatal injuries, and their bodies would continue to execute the last brain commands before they became completely incapacitated.

"Monsters! They are monsters!"

On the front row of machine gun positions, a young soldier watched in terror as Cheng Feng, covered in blood, charged towards them carrying two submachine guns.

Cheng Feng rushed up to him and punched him in the face.

His helmet was knocked off, and he flew five meters away as if he had been hit by a truck, slid down against the armored vehicle door, and his facial bone was dented in a large chunk.

"Grenades! Blow them up with grenades!"

On the position, veterans roared as they pulled the pins and threw grenades.

The grenades exploded at the feet of the reinforced soldiers, shrapnel piercing their legs, abdomens, and chests, but they didn't even look down, continuing to charge forward.

Some people had their Achilles tendons severed by shrapnel, yet they still crawled forward with their crippled legs.

Someone had been shot through the lung, and was still firing despite blood and foam coming out of their mouth.

Yue Sheng stood up from behind the cover and fired a rifle continuously. The bullets hit the reinforced soldiers, only temporarily slowing their advance.

"Detention cells! Protect the detention cells!"

He roared, and then he saw Cheng Feng rush to the side of the heavy transport vehicle.

Cheng Feng stretched out his hand, charred black from the electric current, and reached for the lock on the detention cell door.

The moment his finger touched the metal latch, another surge of high voltage was released, sending him flying.