Chapter 538 - A jack-of-all-trades doctor (1/2)

When Ren Xiaosu saw this sight, he felt like he was looking at a civilization that was about to disappear.

Perhaps warring and plotting among humans might really be an eternal theme.

But before he could get too emotional about this, Ren Xiaosu saw some people surround them from outside the tunnel. He could vaguely see that they were wielding black ceramic sabers as they approached, looking like they were planning to encircle the group of people lying here in the grass.

Ren Xiaosu realized this was probably the Pyro Company’s follow-up plan. They were looking to establish their dominance over those who tried to mess with them.

In the past, it was only the Anjing House and the Saboteurs that were at odds with the Pyro Company. However, it was a little different this time. The Anjing House had attracted so many underworld criminals with just a text message, and this made the Pyro Company feel threatened. The Pyro Company knew they had to let the entire criminal underworld understand that it was not going to be easy to seize something of theirs.

The Pyro Company did not intend to communicate this to the underworld criminals in a proper setting. They firmly believed that as long as they massacred this disorderly mob and terrified them, no one would dare to respond to the call of the Anjing House in the future.

At the very least, they should consider whether they were qualified before joining in on the action!

Men died for money, and birds died for food. This saying was just like a reflection of tonight’s events.

It wasn’t until this moment that the people who came to steal the Pyro Company’s laboratory data realized how ruthless the opponent was.

But it was too late.

The 30 people encircling them suddenly made their move. In the blink of an eye, the encirclement perimeter shrank further. When the nearly a 100 people in the grass saw the situation was getting unfavorable, they dispersed and attempted to break out of the encirclement.

However, the members of the Pyro Company were extremely ferocious. When anyone tried to get past them, they would quickly block their getaway and stab them with sabers.

Not only that, at least 40 Pyro Company members were hiding in Stronghold 73 prior to the battle.

In the distance, a sniper had started taking down the Pyro Company members. It seemed the Anjing House was starting to fight back. However, the sniper only managed to get two shots off before he let out a cry and was killed.

In turn, that member of the Pyro Company’s Dusk squad who finished off the sniper was killed with a fine metallic needle that penetrated through his skull.

The elderly sugar painter was sitting beside Vanilla with his aluminum plate spread out in front of him, along with a stove and a metal pot. As the sugar cubes reduced into an amber liquid in the red-hot metal pot, the old man waved his hand over the aluminum plate and painted a dragon that came alive and stood close guard next to Vanilla.

These two people had formed a tacit agreement to work together. One would paint a dragon to protect the team while the other focused on manipulating metal to finish off the enemy.

When the first amber dragon appeared, the old man wiped the sweat off his forehead and said, “Can’t you inform me in advance next time? Don’t make it so hasty for me. I need some time to cast my power.”

Vanilla replied with a smile, “Well, you still managed to get it done, didn’t you?”

As he spoke, he opened the silver box he was carrying that contained 24 tailor-made long metal needles. With a flick of his finger, 12 long metal needles flew up and floated in front of him, searching for targets.

The long needles shot out as though they had detected something, and a person cried out in pain in the darkness. Vanilla killed one of the Pyro Company’s combatants lurking in the vicinity!

In the darkness nearby, more members of the Pyro Company appeared. Some of them had crawled out from the river, and they had gill-like features growing at their jowls. This was likely what allowed them to breathe underwater.

These people were the ones who had detonated the tunnel with explosives, and it could be said that the cave-in at East Lake was their doing.

Now that they had completed their mission, they would have to come out of the water to join their teammates in battle.

However, Ren Xiaosu was at a loss. Could they still be considered human? Had the Pyro Company’s genetic modifications already reached a stage where they could even change the characteristics of a species?