Those Classmates who Suddenly Disappeared
Chapter 1250: Discovering Anomalies

Chapter 1250: Chapter 1250: Discovering Anomalies

The battle was still ongoing; a team of elite vampire warriors accidentally discovered the whereabouts of Gu Fan and his companions. Given their fully armed appearance at first, they were mistaken for ordinary mercenaries, but soon it was clear that something was amiss. These people weren not fleeing; they were making upstream progress.

"These guys, actually taking the water route." The vampire warriors didn’t rush to attack because, after all, there were only ten of them, and dealing with two hundred mercenaries was somewhat challenging.

So they called over nearby companions, and two other groups of vampires immediately responded, planning to combine the strength of three groups to eliminate the two hundred mercenaries.

However, before the vampires could launch an attack, they were spotted by a bird, and the bird was being used by Lin Xi to gain visual information through magic.

"There are vampires over there! Everyone, be careful!" Lin Xi shouted, and Su Hui immediately picked up her gun and fired in the direction Lin Xi had indicated.

The vampire warriors were surprised; they hadn’t expected this group to be so vigilant. They had originally planned a surprise attack, but now they decided to fight openly.

The vampire warriors stopped hiding and leaped out from the trees, charging directly at the people on the River of Survival.

Lin Xi didn’t care whether they were elite or not; she controlled birds to strike from all directions, catching the vampire warriors off guard.

One vampire warrior had just jumped out and was still in mid-air when two birds struck him violently from the side. The force was strong enough to make him lose his balance in the air and then he fell straight down.

Thus, the first wave of attack by the vampire warriors was disrupted, some of them fell into the river, and others hit the ground.

Two hundred mercenaries opened fire together; bullets flew wildly, turning the vampires who managed to get up into a sieve.

Though some vampire warriors managed to protect their hearts and were not penetrated by the wooden bullets, they were hit so many times that their ability to move was hindered, making them sluggish.

Gu Fan, Zhuo Hang, and Su Hui joined forces and rushed over, taking care of the remaining vampire warriors.

Through the clash, Gu Fan had felt the formidable strength of these vampire warriors. Even with severe injuries, they could still exchange blows with Gu Fan. Moreover, they fought fiercely and fearlessly.

Although they had timely eliminated the three groups of vampire warriors, there was still panic among the team: "What do we do, we’ve been discovered. Should we continue moving forward?"

Upon returning to the team, Gu Fan heard General Horton make a bold declaration, "Now we can only follow one path to the end. Since they’ve discovered us, let’s accelerate our advance."

Two hundred mercenaries chose to trust General Horton, hence they went full throttle and continued moving forward.

Gu Fan became worried and quietly discussed with everyone. If they were indeed discovered by Organization X, then proceeding would be highly dangerous, as Organization X might have laid an ambush with a large number of vampire warriors ahead; meaning moving forward could lead them directly into a death trap.

"What about moving back then?" Ouyang Jin was somewhat nervous, her body even trembling.

Gu Fan and Su Hui analyzed that retreating was equally dangerous. In other words, given their current situation, they were stuck with no good options. They could only follow General Horton’s plan, take a gamble on luck, and push forward, bypassing Dark City.

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At this moment, at the headquarters of Organization X, someone was reporting the battle results. Currently, elite vampire warriors had struck everywhere, pursuing and killing the defeated regular troops and had achieved a comprehensive victory. The pursuit had nearly reached the edge of the Dark Primitive Mountain forest, concluding the chase.

The casualties were counted, and during the initial conflict with the regular troops, two thousand vampire warriors had been lost, which was within the acceptable range.

In the ensuing pursuit of the fleeing soldiers, over a thousand had been killed by a mysterious masked person, a somewhat heavy loss.

Other vampire warrior groups had also sustained losses of nearly a thousand while pursuing the escaping soldiers, totaling four thousand vampire warriors exchanged for ten thousand enemy soldiers.

Xue Wang had initially estimated a loss of two thousand five hundred. Unexpectedly, the mysterious masked person had increased the casualties so significantly, and Xue Wang could not help but feel heartache.

"It’s time to call all the vampire warriors back, as dawn is approaching and everyone has worked hard," Xue Wang could only reluctantly accept the results, still feeling uneasy about the individual who had slaughtered so many vampire warriors.

Someone suggested, "Shouldn’t we now concentrate our forces to eliminate that person? As long as he remains alive, there will always be a threat outside."

Xue Wang had naturally considered this and glanced at Lord Xiong, indicating that he and Lord Xiong would personally deal with the masked individual.

Lord Xiong understood the meaning in Xue Wang’s eyes; he had no objections and was very interested to find out who had such capability.

At this time, the life signals of three groups of vampire warriors disappeared, which again caused tension at the command center of Organization X.

"What exactly happened? Who can tell me?" Xue Wang started to lose his patience, and as he shouted, another life signal of a group of vampire warriors appeared on the screen.

In other locations, the life signals of one or two disappeared, but only in these two locations did groups vanish en masse.

One location was near the mysterious masked person, leading Xue Wang to surmise that he was still targeting vampire warriors, which did not surprise him. However, it was shocking that three groups of life signals had disappeared at once in another distant location.

Xue Wang and Lord Xiong became increasingly uneasy; dealing with one masked individual was troublesome enough, and now others had emerged who could freely kill vampire warriors. Organization X was facing such a passive situation for the first time.

Someone reported, "Xue Wang, the location where the life signals of that group just disappeared is at the River of Survival, and they are very close to Dark City now."

"What?" Xue Wang was alarmed, and Lord Xiong’s expression darkened—someone had infiltrated close to Dark City at just this time.

Lord Xiong spoke, "Since they have the capability to eliminate three groups of vampire warriors in such a short time, it suggests they are no ordinary force. It is highly probable that they are using the River of Survival to launch an attack on Dark City. We must be on guard."

In response, Xue Wang also became cautious, "A section of the River of Survival has been turned into a simple sluice by us, and we also have personnel guarding it regularly. They would have to fight their way through, but the newcomers mean harm. Regular soldiers won’t be able to hold them off. Immediately send more vampire warriors to defend it. I want to see who dares come our way."

"Yes, immediately dispatch ten nearby groups of vampire warriors to hold the position and also send another ten groups to block their escape route. This is our territory; we cannot allow them to run amok any longer."