Chapter 1740 Is there a mole?
Her fingertips traced the words on the map, a cold glint flashing in her eyes:
"It seems their target isn't just us, but also that box of zombie virus reagents. No wonder they were so desperate to stop us earlier; they wanted to steal the reagents."
She looked up at Lu Jingcheng, her tone firm:
"Cheng, take the team to the abandoned gas station ahead to rest. Xin Xin and I will clean up the scene and collect the enemy corpses to avoid leaving any traces. After I finish treating the team and their condition stabilizes, we'll head to the B City base immediately. This place has been exposed; we can't stay here any longer."
Lu Jingcheng nodded, bent down and carried the injured Chu Yuanqing on his back. Chu Yuanqing leaned against his back and said weakly:
"Chengzi... I'm sorry, I couldn't hold on just now, and we were almost in danger."
"Don't blame yourself, you've done a great job."
Lu Jingcheng patted him on the shoulder and turned to the other team members:
"Lin Hai, Sun Qi, you two support each other, we'll go and rest first."
Watching the group walk away, Li Luo then opened his spatial storage and collected the enemy corpses one by one.
Although they are dead, we might find some clues on their bodies.
Shi Xinxin helped inspect the battlefield to ensure that no weapons or intelligence were missed.
"Lolo, how do you think... the Destruction Force knew we were going to the B City base to hand over reagents? Could there be a mole within their ranks?"
Li Luo frowned: "It's hard to say right now, but it's very likely. Once we get to the base in City B, we need to remind the people there to be on high alert."
The polar day sun was blindingly bright, falling on their sweat-soaked combat uniforms, and even the air felt scorching hot, but the chill in their hearts did not dissipate in the slightest.
The fact that the forces of destruction are so decisive in committing suicide shows just how deep their obsession with the reagents is; the road ahead will only become more dangerous.
The midnight sun, like molten gold, spills onto the asphalt roads of the abandoned service area, where the ground temperature is so high it can melt the bottom of plastic bottles.
Li Luo squatted beside the corpse of a member of the Destruction Force, pale golden spatial patterns forming at his fingertips.
The patterns shimmered with a subtle light in the sunlight, slowly enveloping the corpse.
"We need to check carefully, make sure there are no trackers left." As she spoke, she used a fine needle formed from her metal-based supernatural power to pry open the corpse's collar.
Sure enough, I felt a black device the size of a grain of rice on my collarbone, with black symbols unique to the forces of destruction engraved on its surface.
Li Luo exerted force with her fingertips, and the fine needle instantly pierced the core of the device. With a soft "click," the device emitted a wisp of black smoke and was completely destroyed.
Shi Xinxin stood to the side, her hands each gleaming with a different light.
His left hand possessed a light blue ice-type ability, which was freezing the dark purple blood remaining on the ground into ice blocks to prevent the smell of blood from attracting mutated beasts;
His right hand was enveloped in orange-red fire-based power. After the ice solidified, the flames flickered and instantly turned the ice into water vapor, leaving not a trace.
"Lolo, we've finished here. The rest of the team is still waiting at the gas station. We need to hurry." Her dual ice and fire abilities worked together seamlessly, and with the interplay of ice and fire, the traces of the battlefield were cleaned up completely.
Li Luo nodded and deliberately placed the corpses in the isolated area of the space, intending to search them carefully later, hoping to find more clues about the forces of destruction.
The two then walked quickly toward the abandoned gas station. Their combat boots sizzled on the scorching ground, their sweat-drenched hair clung to their necks, and even their breath was hot.
