Although everyone in the campsite hoped to have a strong ally like White Mask to enter the Sacred Mountains with, he would be of no value to them if he fell here.
A stampede of footsteps came from the distance. It sounded like the middle-aged man’s reinforcements had arrived.
Everyone in the campsite felt a sense of pity that a powerful supernatural being like White Mask was actually going to fall here.
Based on his combat strength, there were very few who could match him in a head-to-head duel. Such a supernatural being should have become a prominent figure in this world, but he ended up dying before his potential was fulfilled.
Perhaps he got stabbed in the back like this due to his conceitedness.
“He’s probably done for,” someone said.
“Aye, he was too arrogant.”
“Prepare for battle. I think we might get attacked as well!”
Everyone tensed up.
But to their surprise, a sudden wail came from the direction the middle-aged man ran off in. Continual gunfire could then be heard.
“Ah!” A scream rang out, and everyone in the campsite trembled in shock.
“Ah!” Another scream was heard. Everyone could only silently look into the darkness of the night as their hearts skipped a beat with every scream that rang out.
Cheng Yu could tell the scream belonged to the middle-aged man.
As the screams went on and on, Cheng Yu said with a look of commiseration, “That sounds really tragic….”
Everyone was stunned as they did not expect such a reversal. Wasn’t White Mask shot unconscious by a tranquilizer? What was with this sudden turn of events then?
Judging from the current situation, it was clearly the middle-aged man that was being absolutely thrashed!
Some of them suddenly regretted their inaction. White Mask was probably just putting on an act earlier. If they had lent a helping hand in his time of need, wouldn’t they have gained a valuable friendship?
Unfortunately, this assumption was not valid either.
The screams gradually subsided.
Ren Xiaosu, who had not stepped out of his tent throughout all this, sighed. He had suspected the middle-aged man was a spy the Pyro Company had planted in the group. The Pyro Company had been prepared to deal with this group of people from both within and without. However, the spy kept pushing back the plan as he feared White Mask.
Today, the middle-aged man had first delivered some food to Old Xu. But when he saw that Old Xu did not take the food, he decided to just use a tranquilizer gun on him.
As the higher-ups had instructed him to obtain a sample of White Mask’s DNA, the middle-aged man dragged Old Xu, who had fainted to the ground, into the wilderness. Little did he know that it was actually the Grim Reaper he had dragged with him.
Ren Xiaosu felt that if the middle-aged man had chosen any other target among the many supernatural beings in the camp, he would not have ended up in such a miserable state.
Of course, he could also understand the Pyro Company was probably very eager to get their hands on the DNA sample of White Mask, so they decided to take action in advance.
The battle came to a close. Everyone in the campsite was looking in the direction of where the battle had taken place in shock.
Eventually, a figure appeared in the fog. White Mask slowly took in the eyes of everyone in the campsite as though it was silently mocking them for not saving “him.” After all, over a dozen of them here had been personally saved by Old Xu.
These people couldn’t make eye contact with White Mask due to their guilt.
However, Ren Xiaosu did not continue acting cocky here and had Old Xu throw several badges onto the ground. There was a hollowed out carving of a flame logo on the badges.
This was something Old Xu had found on the bodies of the enemies “he” had just killed. It was proof the middle-aged man was actually a Pyro Company spy.
Cheng Yu walked over and picked up the Pyro Company’s badges. “So they’re really from the Pyro Company.”
In truth, everyone had already thought of this possibility. Since so many of the consortiums’ people had managed to sneak into the group, what was there to stop the Pyro Company from doing the same?
It had been proven on many occasions that the person overseeing the Pyro Company’s battle strategy was really smart. He might even have prepared a contingency plan and was only waiting for the Anjing House to make the next move.
Thinking of this, many people on the team started to have thoughts about retreating.
If it weren’t for the fact the leaders of their organizations were seeking immortality and had given them an irrevocable order, they would probably have left already.
Cheng Yu looked silently at the others in the campsite. Everyone was either sitting or standing around as they looked at him. He wondered if there were still others from the Pyro Company among them.
“As everyone knows, all members of the Pyro Company are required to have their serial numbers tattooed near their ribs.” Cheng Yu said in a low voice, “This is the recognized brand all Pyro Company members carry. Be it T31092 or T5102, the serial numbers will definitely be found under their left rib cage. So to prevent the Pyro Company’s spies from remaining in the group, we’re going to conduct a body check today to see if anyone has said tattoo under their left or right rib cage.”
It was not a secret the Pyro Company members were marked with a serial number under their left rib cage. Many people knew that after joining the Pyro Company and confirming they could be genetically modified, the tattooing of the serial number would be the first step they had to go through. This was unavoidable.
Furthermore, the Pyro Company’s method of confirming the serial number would amaze anyone as well, because they could determine whether you were a T3 or a T5 by simply checking your genetic sequence. They could accurately determine your future potential with very little chance of error.
The Pyro Company always believed that talent determined each person’s potential and that the gulf between a T1 and T5 was naturally present.
As for whether there were any ranks higher than T5, this was not something that was known to the public. But people guessed there might be a T6 rank as well.
Although Cheng Yu’s suggestion to conduct a body check violated their privacy, no one rejected it, nor would they have any reason to.
The men would check on the other men, while the women would check on the other women. No one would want a Pyro Company member around them, after all.
The body check process went very smoothly. During this time, Cheng Yu and his assistants were constantly on guard in case any Pyro Company members tried to make a run for it. However, after a full inspection was carried out, they did not discover a single person with a tattoo on their ribs.
Cheng Yu thought for a moment and suddenly said to Old Xu, “Can you please go and check on the corpse of that middle-aged man just now to see if he has a tattooed serial number on his body?”
Old Xu nodded and walked over. After a while, he returned with a piece of skin with the words “T31029” tattooed on it.
Cheng Yu heaved a sigh of relief. “This crisis has been temporarily resolved.”
He had gotten Old Xu to go and check because he was worried the Pyro Company did not tattoo anyone they trained as spies.
After all, everyone knew the Pyro Company members had such tattoos on their bodies. What if this common knowledge was actually deliberately spread by the Pyro Company? They could then easily use the opportunity to stab you in the back while you had your guard down.
But from the looks of it, it was true that everyone from the Pyro Company had a tattoo on their bodies. At the least, that middle-aged man had his serial number tattooed on him.
“Wait a minute, why are we missing a person?” Someone carefully counted the number of people present. “We can’t miss out on checking anyone during this inspection. One of the guys is missing. Don’t tell me he has already escaped?”
When Ren Xiaosu heard this, he looked around at everyone. He suddenly realized the missing person was that young man who had secretly left those markings.
Cheng Yu also realized Wang Yun had disappeared. He walked to the entrance of Wang Yun’s tent and lifted the door curtain. He discovered Wang Yun lying inside the tent and foaming at the mouth. There was even a bitten piece of hardtack lying at the side.
“What happened?” Cheng Yu felt for Wang Yun’s pulse at his neck. “He’s still alive, but why did he suddenly get poisoned?”
