Super Gene Hunting Ground
Chapter 195: Let Them Be the Guinea Pigs

Chapter 195: Chapter 195: Let Them Be the Guinea Pigs

And those wielding submachine guns found that the bullets were almost ineffective against the light shields. Shooting at ordinary shields also yielded mediocre results, as the genetic store’s shields were much harder than the traditional iron shields of humanity.

Using shields to counter Xie Jun and others’ bullets was the simplest strategy Yang Xiao and his team could think of, so they equipped themselves with several hundred shields before arriving.

When Yang Xiao and his team charged to about seventy meters away, elemental mages from both sides joined the battle. However, Yang Xiao’s side had slightly more people, and over twenty elemental mages had entered the Primordial Gene primary stage, unleashing various ice balls, fireballs, wind blades, and lightning, naturally causing a lot more damage.

After being briefly suppressed, Yang Xiao and his people entered a phase of full counterattack.

Especially the Giant Eagle mother, who kept shooting fiery feathered arrows at the snow slope, a dozen at a time, leaving the people on the slope panicked.

Suddenly, Yang Xiao leapt high into the air, protected by the light shield, and got within fifty meters of the snow slope, extending his right hand.

One Finger Splitting Earth!

The power of the Primordial Gene intermediate stage was naturally much stronger.

Boom!

A huge spike about 25 meters in diameter burst from the slope, rising 20 meters high, like a five-story building, blasting the people, snow, and rubble for tens of meters around into the air.

Xia Luo also leapt forth, delivering a "Mountain Crossing Punch" on the slope. More than ten people ambushing from the other side were blown away immediately.

Yang Xiao and Xia Luo’s joint assault greatly disrupted Xie Jun’s team’s ambush.

The attack on those behind them suddenly eased, and with a war cry, they rushed over.

Dozens of masters at the Primordial Gene primary stage, with various large and formidable close combat beast souls, executed their soul skills, storming up the snow slope in a frenzy of slashing.

Xie Jun’s men instantly screamed in misery, tumbling down the slope.

"Retreat, retreat, quickly!"

Xie Jun laughed manically while running towards the subway station of the nearby commercial plaza, then suddenly turned and fired a rocket at the Giant Eagle in the air.

With a roar, the Giant Eagle quickly spat out a fireball at the incoming missile, and a booming explosion resounded mid-air.

Xie Jun did not expect to harm the Giant Eagle; it was merely to prevent it from pursuing and slaughtering the fleeing people.

Zhou Hua and most of the others began to retreat rapidly, heading for the underground subway station of the shopping center.

The Flying People Team in mid-air also retreated urgently, flying towards the Century Commercial Square.

Huang Wen panicked, shouting:

"Everyone go intercept them, don’t let them get away."

The Flying People desperately pursued, especially the twenty experts led by Huang Wen who quickly flew towards the enemy. Fiery feathered arrows exploded near their targets, intercepting many.

In the end, Xie Jun’s Flying People Team lost nearly a hundred people, with only a little over one hundred managing to escape into the subway station of the shopping center.

And the ground forces, relying on the submachine gun squad’s interception, finally managed to let most of their people escape inside.

Zhao Gang, Long Yongjun, Zhou Qiang, and others swarmed towards the shopping center, only to be stopped by Yang Xiao.

"Hold on, let’s first check the casualties. There might be an ambush inside the shopping center. No one should enter rashly. It’s sufficient to encircle the exits for now. Everyone stay vigilant."

Huang Wen’s Flying Bird Team began to scout around the Century Commercial Square within about a kilometer radius.

Yang Xiao assembled his team near the plaza. To prevent any ambushes from the enemy, everyone spread out and dared not concentrate too closely.

After more than ten minutes, the casualty statistics from the various teams were compiled: over thirty dead, and more than a hundred injured on their side, while the enemy had over two hundred dead and left behind more than a dozen severely wounded.

"Boss, what should we do with the severely wounded?"

Zhao Gang asked.

"Ask them about any ambushes and arrangements Xiao Jun and his people have made, including the composition and distribution of their personnel, as well as the storage of food and such. For those willing to talk, give them Small Blood Pills; for those unwilling, honor their loyalty."

Without faith, loyalty is a joke in the face of life and death.

Almost everyone chose to cooperate and disclosed Xiao Jun’s situation, upon which Zhao Gang gave them Small Blood Pills.

"Boss, according to the captives, Xiao Jun has devised tactics involving the subway stations and guerrilla warfare, wanting to engage us in underground tunnels. There are about seven or eight thousand people there, with over six thousand having combat power. None of these people have Hard Armor against the cold, so they can only be stuck underground."

"Pfft!"

Yang Xiao and Xia Luo laughed simultaneously.

Damn, Xiao Jun had a good hand but played it all wrong. With a few thousand combat teams, he only managed to get a bit over a thousand pieces of cold-resistant gear, all looted from bases below.

If Xiao Jun had found the Hard Armor against the cold earlier from the glaciers, with the combat power of 8,000 and the support from over a dozen suburban bases, he would have been the undisputed king of Nanmu City!

Yang Xiao suddenly felt a huge relief. If Xiao Jun’s seven or eight thousand men were dispersed through the city’s alleys and behind the ruined high-rises, launching ambushes and causing trouble, Yang Xiao’s little over a thousand men really wouldn’t be enough to fill their gaps.

Now it’s good; they’re all huddled in the underground tunnels.

"Yang Xiao, what do you plan to do now?"

Xia Luo asked.

Yang Xiao responded with a smile:

"Xiao Jun wants us to enter the subway and battle him there, but of course we won’t be so foolish as to walk into death. Since they like living underground so much, let them be. We’ll just treat them as a bunch of sewer rats, and we’ll be fine controlling the city above, right?"

"But if we don’t eliminate Xiao Jun and the leaders of the three Genetic Stores, we can’t qualify to take over management of the Genetic Store bases, and thus we cannot take control of Nanmu City and become its king."

Xiao Zhe remarked from the side.

"Exactly, they have enough food to last a year or two. During this time, we would have to be on constant alert for their attacks, which would be utterly annoying," Zhao Gang and Zhou Qiang and others said.

Yang Xiao chuckled and replied confidently:

"That’s simple."

Yang Xiao finished speaking and headed towards the Genetic Store near the square.

The old man from the Genetic Store saw Yang Xiao and his group approaching from afar, with a smile on his face.

Yang Xiao walked over, joined his hands and nodded to the old man, saying:

"Old Gu Bo sends his regards to you!"

The old man chuckled and responded:

"My boy, not bad at all. You, with so few people, managed to march straight into the city district. It is truly impressive to this old man. But don’t celebrate too soon. You can’t yet become the masters of Nanmu City, unless you remove Xiao Jun and his three subordinates in charge of the bases."

"Of course, I just want to ask a question: If they continue to hide underground and don’t come out, while we have occupied the city district base for a long time, would they still remain the owners of the base?"

"Definitely not. If the base owner cannot exercise their powers normally for a period of three months, they will be dismissed, especially if the base has been occupied by others, in which case the period can be shortened to one month."

"Good, thank you for the guidance. I hope we can cooperate pleasantly in the future. I’ll be conducting a lot of trade with your Genetic Store."

The old man laughed heartily and said:

"I look forward to that day arriving soon."

Yang Xiao walked out of the Genetic Store and shouted loudly:

"Brothers! Since Xiao Jun and his people like playing rats, let them live as rats forever. Rush into the buildings, blow up the subway station entrances completely, seal them off, and then seal all subway station entrances in the city district!"

(Today there will be six updates)