Chapter 164: Following the Shadow

"What's going on? Where are Homan and Jon?"

Charlie, the captain of the hunting team, got out of the car and looked at Hero who came to greet him and asked.

"The captain died in the battle last night to protect us, and Jon took advantage of the chaos to escape..."

Hiro gritted his teeth and said.

"How many more of you are there?"

Charlie continued to ask.

"17 people!"

Hearing this number, Charlie and the other hunters who came to support had a look of surprise on their faces.

Everyone's eyes turned to the surviving hunters.

over the past nearly two decades.

The hunting parties dispatched by the Lighthouse to the surface to search for supplies had never suffered such heavy losses.

The worst part is that even the invincible gravity-body mecha is gone.

"What happened?"

Charlie frowned and asked.

"Last night..."

Hiro took a deep breath and described all the thrilling experiences last night.

From the initial attack by the soul-eating beast, to the subsequent rescue by Li Qingge and Jiji.

Throughout the entire process, Hiro missed almost no key detail.

"If it weren't for them, all of us would have died last night."

Hero and the surviving hunters had extremely heavy expressions, as if they had not yet fully awakened from that terrible nightmare.

"The giant soul-eating beast can emit terrifying energy rays, release powerful sonic attacks, and can resurrect dead small soul-eating beasts..."

These descriptions of the Soul-Eating Beast are enough to shock people just by mentioning them.

Unfortunately, these are all used to describe a soul-eating beast.

At this moment, even the hunters who were following Charlie looked at each other.

"Is there really such a soul-eating beast?"

"Fortunately we didn't encounter him, otherwise we would be the ones who died."

"It's so tragic. I encountered a new type of soul-eating beast. This is the first time I've heard of it in decades."

"Before we went to the ground to carry out the mission, shouldn't the Communications Department have scanned the energy fluctuations at the mission site? How could we not find it?"

"Could it be that these soul-eating beasts have evolved to the point where they can hide the energy fluctuations in their bodies?"

"..."

Various whispers of speculation resounded among the hunting team.

However, compared to that giant soul-eating beast.

There are also many hunters who are more interested in those who can defeat it.

"Where's the woman on the ground? Where is she?"

Charlie asked.

"Over there..."

Hiro raised his hand and pointed to the RV not far away.

It stands alone from the entire fleet and looks a little out of place with their cars.

"Go over and take a look!"

As Charlie said that, he led the people in the direction of the RV with long strides.

Just then.

There was another roar of cars in the distance.

A convoy of dozens of cars rushed towards them.

The huge convoy composed of dozens of armored vehicles was like a surging torrent of steel.

It was galloping towards the direction where they were.

In terms of scale and aura, it is more magnificent than any of their teams.

"laugh--"

Accompanied by a series of sharp brake sounds.

This menacing convoy stopped steadily in front of many wilderness hunters.

As a car parked in front of everyone opened.

A middle-aged man wearing a brown leather jacket stepped out of the car.

His expression is solemn and solemn, his eyes are as sharp as an eagle, and he is not angry and confident.

Just standing there makes people feel a powerful and inviolable sense of majesty and oppression.

All the hunters immediately became serious, lined up neatly, straightened their spines, saluted and shouted: "Captain."

"Um!"

Suiying casually glanced at the hunters in front of him.

Finally it stayed on Hero.

"Bring people here."

Shadow shouted.

As his words fell, a noisy cry for mercy came from behind the motorcade.

Two burly men walked over quickly holding a man on his back.

Hero's eyes and those of the surviving hunters all turned red when they saw this man.

Anger and grief intertwined, making their eyes almost burst into flames.

The person being held up was none other than the vice-captain of their team.

The person being held up was none other than Jon, the vice-captain of their team.

The traitor who abandoned them and escaped alone last night.

"A deputy captain of a team left his companions to escape alone. How should he be punished?"

Suiying's voice was very calm, and no emotion could be heard.

"Deserves to be killed!"

"Deserves to be killed!"

"..."

"Captain, please make the decision for us."

The survivors of the hunting team shouted angrily.

If it weren't for the presence of the captain, they would have been unable to restrain their anger and rushed forward to cut Jon into pieces.

"According to the lighthouse law, those who abandon their companions and escape from battle will be killed without mercy!"

Hiro gritted his teeth, and his voice seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth, low and full of power.

When Jon heard this, his face turned pale as a sheet. It was as if all his strength had been taken away from him, and his body fell limply to the ground.

Then he hurriedly struggled to get up, threw himself on the ground, and began to kowtow crazily.

At the same time, he kept begging for mercy: "Captain, I... I'm not running away for myself. I'm worried that everyone will die by then, and no one can provide you with important information..."

After hearing Jon's words, Hero's eyes became colder and his voice became more indifferent: "Information? I have already sent it back to the lighthouse through the communicator. Do you need to provide it?"

There are more than 100 people in the hunting team.

From the captain Homan to the ordinary hunters.

No one abandoned their teammates.

Some people even risked their lives to stay behind to help their teammates break out successfully.

However, as the deputy captain of the team, Jon not only did not take the responsibility of protecting his teammates.

Instead, he used all the hunters in the team to attract the attention of the soul-eating beast for him and escaped alone.

This behavior is shameful and hateful.

"The captain had already ordered us to retreat. I succeeded in breaking out. What's wrong with me? Do I have to stay there and die with you?"

Jon shouted hoarsely.

"You..."

Hiro's lips trembled with anger, but he couldn't find any other reason to refute.

"You didn't do anything wrong in breaking out, but as the deputy captain of the team, you abandoned the team members and escaped alone, which is a capital crime..."

Charlie said coldly.

"Then deal with it according to the law of the lighthouse!"

Suiying waved his hand.

A big man standing next to Jon immediately pulled out a pistol from his waist and aimed at the former's head.

"Captain... Captain..."

Jon wanted to beg for mercy.

But before he could say anything, there was a gunshot.

The bullet had shot through his temple.

Jon's mouth was still open, and his eyes were gradually blurred.