A Maybach on a rainy night? Talk to my Levadin!

Caesar's brow furrowed deeper and deeper, his mind churning with doubt: What's going on? When did hybrids start having this form? I thought the undying golden eyes were the ultimate proof of pure blood, but I didn't expect there to be an expert like this? With dragon horns and a dragon tail, how pure must your bloodline be?

Caesar glanced at Talulah, then at Zhao Zizhan, and then at everyone else who seemed completely unfazed. When he first arrived, he had assumed Talulah was some kind of secret weapon for their project team.

Wait, isn't that a dragon? This is a dragon, isn't it? This must be a dragon, right? Even if it's not a first-generation species, it's at least a second-generation species, isn't it?

Is this right?

But he had seen how determined Principal Angers was to slay the dragon. There was no way the principal would send me to the dragon's lair. There must be some kind of misunderstanding!

As he was struggling with his inner conflict, he heard Zhao Zizhan clear his throat and explain to everyone, "Talulah's situation is rather special. She and Surtr were both rescued from a secret hybrid research institution. Due to the experiments, their appearances were changed, making it difficult for them to live with normal people. They came to help me today after hearing about my situation."

After Zhao Zizhan's rambling, everyone except Xia Mi showed a look of sudden realization.

Oh... I see.

Caesar, however, remained suspicious. He took a step forward, his tone inquisitive: "Could you tell me which region the experimental facility was in? With Kassel's intelligence network, we might be able to find the person in charge back then and help them trace the truth behind the experiments."

"The main person in charge of Black Swan Port is Herzog."

Zhao Zizhan answered without hesitation, even emphasizing the pronunciation of "Herzog." Go ahead and look it up; once you do, you'll find out he's completely silent!

Upon hearing this, Zero, who had been standing quietly in the corner, suddenly raised her head, her icy blue eyes filled with confusion. Right...right?

Is this experimental subject in Black Swan Harbor?

She was once an experimental subject in Black Swan Harbor and knew everything about it, but she had never heard of "companions" like Talulah and Surtr—at least during the time she spent in Black Swan Harbor, there had never been a case of an experimental subject growing dragon horns and a dragon tail.

Talulah and Surtr remained unfazed. Although they didn't understand what "Black Swan Harbor" or "Herzog" meant, they could tell from Zhao Zizhan's expression that he was helping them clarify their identities. The two tacitly maintained silence, but Talulah's toes dug tightly into the soles of her shoes. She could feel people around her secretly observing her dragon horns, and those gazes made her somewhat uncomfortable.

Zhao Zizhan, seemingly oblivious to Zero's confusion, continued, his tone tinged with regret: "Back then, Talulah was just a child. The experiments at Black Swan Harbor caused her significant psychological trauma. Even now, she experiences stress reactions whenever anything related to the experiments is mentioned..."

At this point, he suddenly changed the subject and softly called out to Talulah, "Hello, Black Serpent."

With a "whoosh," Talulah's body jolted violently. Her relaxed shoulders tensed instantly, her pupils contracted to pinpoints, and her tail, which had been hanging behind her, lashed out, creating a gust of wind that nearly knocked over a nearby chair. She instinctively glanced around rapidly, her hands frantically searching her body as if checking something, her breathing becoming rapid.

When everyone saw this, and looked at Talulah’s obviously stressed appearance, they were mostly convinced – it seemed that Zhao Zizhan was right, and the girl was indeed seriously injured by the experiment at Black Swan Harbor, but she didn’t seem to have any problems.

Even Zero was starting to feel confused. She stared at Talulah's tense back, her doubts deepening: Could there really have been such an experimental subject in Black Swan Harbor back then? Was it an experimental subject I'd never encountered? Or was my memory wrong?

"We have been investigating the secrets of Black Swan Port, and I now have some evidence suggesting that the mastermind behind Black Swan Port is still alive."

Zhao Zizhan shook his head, ending the topic: "Those are things for later. We'll have plenty of time to delve deeper into the mastermind behind Black Swan Harbor, but now is not the time to dwell on the past. Let's focus on the mission we're about to undertake."

As he spoke, he connected to a communication device: "Calling, call, please respond."

"Received it, received it..."

Su Enxi's impatient voice could be heard from inside the airport.

"Here's a report on the findings of our investigation over the past few days."

Su Enxi sighed and opened her computer: "Based on my three days of tracking data across the entire internet, I found quite a few discussions mentioning you on three encrypted forums on the dark web—someone is inquiring about your whereabouts and trying to access your activity records. I traced the device signals by following the IPs that sent these messages. Although the other party had put up multiple layers of disguise, I was still able to pinpoint the approximate area of ​​a temporary base."

Suddenly, a satellite image was projected onto the television screen inside the airport. The image showed an area covered by a dense forest, with a hidden entrance on the ground and several small guard posts scattered around it.

"This is it. The base is located on the border between Russia and China. It was originally an underground munitions depot built during the Kwantung Army period, but it was later modified by these people, who reinforced its defense system."

Yesterday, the long-legged girl sneaked in to scout and confirmed the identities of the people inside—they were all members of the Revival Faction, and there were also quite a few heavy weapons hidden inside. What's more troublesome is that in addition to the fixed sentry posts, there are also mobile reconnaissance teams patrolling every half hour. The defenses are as tight as an iron barrel, making it virtually impossible to approach quietly by ground.

"Besides here, there are several other bases in Southeast Asia..."

"It's okay, we'll take it one at a time, slowly."

P.S.: I updated right at the exact moment the blood moon was at its brightest! I'm so cool!

These past few days, some new people have contacted me to recommend books, and I've been helping them out.

Chapter 187 The Fall of Titan.

Su Enxi moved the mouse across the computer screen, which displayed a 3D topographical map of the base's perimeter. The map was densely covered with red markers indicating the sources of detection signals: "Based on the current distribution of the enemy, there are quite a few hybrids with detection capabilities on the other side. Their perception range is larger than we anticipated. Once exposed in mid-air, they'll be sitting ducks."

She paused, then pointed to a hidden valley on the map: "So we have to parachute ten kilometers outside the base. Long-legged Girl will be waiting for you at the rendezvous point. Her Word of Power can create a temporary perception barrier, but she has limited physical strength and can only help you advance to a few dozen meters in front of the base at most. The rest of the breakthrough section will be up to you to fight your way in."

“But you guys should be strong enough,” Su Enxi said, glancing at Ace and Sharp, who were standing next to Zhao Zizhan, subtly protecting him.

"Are these the two guys from the warehouse that day?"

Recalling that day in the warehouse, Su Enxi still feels lingering fear. Back then, those two people smashed through the reinforced concrete wall with their bare bodies, and the bullets hitting her felt like tickles. Their numbers left a very deep impression on her.

“No,” Zhao Zizhan shook his head.

"They need to be stronger."

"..."

Su Enxi pursed her lips.

Those two were wearing armor so tough they looked like next-generation monsters, and there's even a master among them? How tough must this one be? Can he take a missile in his face?

Is it related to the meeting place?

Zhao Zizhan, with his hands behind his back, slowly nodded: "Your plan is very good and feasible. However, I would like to make some modifications."

"How about we turn the outer perimeter of the base into the base itself? This problem will be solved immediately, what do you think?"

Lu Mingfei couldn't hold back any longer and gave a thumbs up: "I say the Chief Executive's opinion is brilliant."

Su Enxi exploded. She stood up abruptly, slamming her notebook on the table with a loud bang, her voice rising eight octaves: "Are you an idiot? Parachutes are such big targets, do you think all hybrids are blind? A group of people parachuting over the base, isn't that just making ourselves easy targets? Do you think we have too many lives?"

"Who said I was going to skydive?"

Everyone was stunned when Zhao Zizhan said this.

Caesar's eyes lit up instantly. He stepped forward, placed his hands on the table, and his eyes gleamed with excitement: "Sounds very challenging! A high-altitude descent without a parachute—this is a combat method never before seen!"

Lu Mingfei, however, sprang up from his seat like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, waving his hands as he backed away: "Brother, look at you, you're acting on emotion again! Um, I suddenly remembered that my cat and dog are dating, and I need to go back and take charge, I have to get down here right away—"

Xia Mi followed closely behind, clutching her chest, a pained expression on her face, her voice so weak it sounded like she might faint at any moment: "I think your suggestion is good, you don't need to suggest it next time... I suddenly got a terminal illness that prevents me from jumping out of planes. The doctor said I'll have difficulty breathing at high altitudes, there's really no way..."

Su Enxi took a deep breath, pointed to the clouds outside the cabin, and said with a helpless tone, "Do you know we're at an altitude of a thousand meters right now? Even if we descend to our destination, we'll still be at least several hundred meters! Jumping without a parachute is no different from suicide! If you want to die, just say so, don't waste everyone's time!"

"Look at you, so impatient," Zhao Zizhan said, pointing at Su Enxi.

"Don't worry, only me and a few of my friends will go down. You guys will need to parachute out to the outer perimeter to clear the evacuation route for us, making sure there are no ambushes, so that we can all retreat together later."

Su Enxi confirmed again: "You mean, you plan to use a few of you to rappel down from a high altitude without parachutes, then take care of the enemies in this base, and then come out to meet up with us and evacuate together, is that what you mean?"

"good"

"You're really crazy..."

Su Enxi couldn't understand why such a combat plan, besides putting pressure on the combatants' bodies from falling from a great height, would also trap them in a dense encirclement and be very unstable. Especially for hybrids, as everyone knows, unless you activate the Bronze Throne, their strength is just so-so.

There's absolutely no benefit to jumping like that.

"If it's not shocking enough to the world, why should I take the initiative?"

Zhao Zizhan countered with a question.

"I believe that I have never received any benefit whatsoever from being of mixed race since I was born."

He slowly began, “I used to be an ordinary person, living a peaceful life. But ever since I awakened, those so-called hybrid organizations have swarmed around me like flies attracted to blood, trying to impose all sorts of rules and shackles on me, observing me, testing me, attacking me, trying to win me over… It’s like a magnifying glass shining on a piece of paper, countless rays of sunlight converging on it, making it heat up, smoke, and eventually burn!”

"I've held back for so many days, consulted so many people, and prepared for so long, all for the sake of showing everyone that I have the ability to accurately perform surgery on all mixed-race factions."

"What I want is something unprecedented, something illogical!"

He said, enunciating each word clearly, "I want them to see exactly how vast the gap is between them and me! I want them to never dare to think of causing me any more trouble!"

He turned to the four members of Rhodes Island: "Gentlemen, is there any problem?"

"I'm fine," Surtr said nonchalantly.

“I’m fine too,” Talulah said, confident in her strength.

“I have some experience in siege warfare, so I’ll be the first to jump and can serve as your first support point,” said Ace.

"I'll go first," Talulah said. How dare they attack Zizhan? I think these guys are more lovesick than red beans.

"If you had told me earlier that I needed to go out on fieldwork, I would have asked for more overtime pay..."

Sharp muttered something.

For these Super Terrans, rappelling from hundreds of meters high without a parachute is routine; it's something Huang Miaomiao does every day.

"Okay, okay, they're a bunch of lunatics..."

Su Enxi rolled her eyes and offered no further comment.

As the plane descended from the clouds, the once bright moonlight was obscured, and the cabin instantly dimmed. Looking down through the porthole, the dark earth was only a jagged outline, like a giant beast lurking in the darkness.

"Get ready, the plane is about to descend. When we reach the lowest point of the dive, I'll say 'jump,' and you'll jump. You only have one chance, understand?"

"clear"

"Everyone, dive begins, hold your ground!"

As soon as Zhao Zizhan finished speaking, the plane suddenly tilted downwards, and a huge feeling of weightlessness instantly swept through the entire cabin, causing everyone's bodies to sway slightly as the plane dived.

"5!"

He started counting down.

"4"

The scenery outside the window flashed by, the dark earth magnified in the field of vision, and the originally blurry outline of the base gradually became clear—barbed wire, watchtowers, patrolling figures, and even the flashing lights of the night vision goggles in the sentries' hands.

"3,"

"2"

Inside the base, the hybrid sentinel was the first to notice the anomaly in the sky. A sentinel in a black combat uniform was leaning against the watchtower smoking when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a huge silhouette swooping down on the base in the night sky, its red and green navigation lights flashing like the eyes of death.

"what's the situation?"

He suddenly stood up straight, threw his cigarette on the ground and stomped it out, picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted, "Calling base! Calling base! An aircraft has been spotted and is diving towards base!"

Another sentry leaned closer, squinted, and looked up: "The plane crashed?"

He frowned. "If it had crashed, why didn't we see any fire? And the flight path was too stable..."

"wrong!"

The first sentry suddenly realized what was happening, his voice changing, "Notify all personnel to prepare for defense immediately! This thing isn't a crash, it's coming for us!"

Just then, a sentry suddenly pointed to the sky and shouted, "Look, isn't there a firelight over there?"

"where?"

The others looked up and followed his gaze—they saw a sudden burst of orange-red light on the side of the diving plane, like a spark suddenly blooming in the night sky, particularly dazzling against the dark background.

Inside the cabin, Zhao Zizhan's countdown had reached its final second: "1!"

"Jump!"

The cabin door swung open, and a torrent of air rushed into the airport, whipping Talulah's silver hair around. Flames ignited in her hands as she stepped forward, leaving a long trail of orange-red flames behind her, like a burning meteor streaking towards the earth with a dazzling trail.

Surtr's greatsword was not to be outdone; instantly, blazing flames erupted from its blade, red tongues of fire spreading along the edge and spreading horizontally in the air like a burning barrier. She leaped down, the greatsword spinning around her, flames slicing through the night sky, echoing Talulah's firelight.

"gone!"

Ace shouted and leaped out first, his body drawing a clean arc in the air; Sharp pursed his lips and followed suit.

Zhao Zizhan, standing last, said, "Everyone, proceed according to plan. We'll meet at the rendezvous point."

He leaped out of the hatch, his blood transforming into wings behind him as he swooped down to the ground.

“Enemy attack—!!!”

The meteor fell to the ground with a whooshing sound, followed by destruction and an explosion.

Thump! Boom!

Two loud explosions heralded the arrival of death.

The base entrance instantly turned into a sea of ​​fire, with raging flames rising from the ground and spreading outwards like a volcanic eruption—the water in the trenches evaporated instantly, emitting white steam; the metal pipes were heated red-hot by the flames, emitting a "sizzling" sound; the iron gate at the entrance of the passage was engulfed by the flames and quickly twisted and deformed; the sound of melting metal came from the elevator shaft, and thick smoke billowed from the shaft opening.

As the plane climbed, before the cabin door could even close, everyone witnessed a scene reminiscent of the punishment of Pompeii.

"Is this... the strength of a hero capable of fighting against the first generation of heroes...?"

Gazing at the sea of ​​fire outside the porthole, Caesar murmured to himself.

"This is what a man should do..."

PS: Sorry I was too sleepy this afternoon and fell asleep, so this is a late update. I'll eat seven now, then cook seven more. The next chapter is on its way.