Chapter 5 (1/2)

Chapter 5 Proceed On Foot

Note: Hi guys, thank you for the patience in waiting for the update. Chapter 5 finally up! And as I have mentioned in previous chapter about the ”Tidal Organisation”. The author said that there isn’t any special meaning on the organisation’s name itself, so she said I can just translate it to the direct meaning “Wave”. But I find that a little… cheesy? So I used another word for “Wave” which is “Tides”. So, we’ll go with “The Tides Organisation” then!  ^_^  Enjoy!

”The engine's damaged. The overspeed perpendicular flight just now had damaged the power system of the aircraft, so it has to land.”

Xiao Yan answered plainly. He remembered that he had once skim through the structural plan of a military use aircraft power system out of interest.

”Are you really a Rank B student?” Reeve stared at him in disbelief.

”Being a jack of all trades but master of none can never become an outstanding researcher.”

Xiao Yan was once told by his tutor that he has endless curiosity, but does not have the patience for extensive research. This was a fatal flaw for a researcher.

Meanwhile, the aircraft has landed smoothly on the ground within a deep forest.

Once again, an anxious atmosphere spreaded across the cabin.

Mark came out from the c.o.c.kpit with a deep frown on his face and said: ”Hey researchers! Get ready to leave the aircraft, we're walking over to Base 14.”

”What did you say? Leave the aircraft!?” Captain White has yet to recover from his paled face. He did not even have the energy to stand up.

The apprentices gaped at Mark, waiting for him to tell them that it was all a joke.

Mark shrugged, ”All of you can stay here, after all, it'll be a twelve hours walk from here to Base 14.”

”Twelve hours——”

The atmosphere within the cabin was like popcorn in oven.

”Twelve hours! Not twelve minutes! And the sun will be setting in less than an hour! And there will definitely be zombies lurking in the forest!”

Then, Heine stepped out from the c.o.c.kpit nimbly. His icy cold eyes were as though a knife edge that tipped up everyone’s heart.

”Let's go.”

With that said, he lifted a box with raw uranium, opened the cabin door and headed into the forest without turning back.

Mark sn.i.g.g.e.red while hauling up a box in one hand and said: ”All of you stay here then! I bet the Tides Organisation would love to offer you some tea!”

”Wha-What do you mean?”

The apprentices' face turned ashen.

Reece glanced at Xiao Yan and handed a box towards him, and said solemnly: ”Come with us.”

Without a second thought, Xiao Yan was about to follow Reeve out of the cabin but was held back by the senior who peed in his pants out of fear.

”Don’t go! They may not be able to protect you! It’s best to wait for the rescue from Base 14!”

Xiao Yan took a deep breathe, ”Do all of you really not understand what’s happening now? The platform that was originally our supply station has now been taken over by the Tides Organisation and their scheme is to stop this aircraft from bringing the raw uranium back to Charles. With the Tides' ability, they'd probably be able to track the location of this aircraft faster than Base 14 and for sure, they'll come for us! Do you think the Tides Organisation will honestly serve us a cup of nice black tea?”

”This……”

They were dubious.

Only Captain White came before Reeve and said: ”I’ll go with you as well.”

Once Captain White and Xiao Yan left the aircraft, those staying behind shut the cabin door heavily.

Captain White let out a sigh.

”Don't worry, their choice is not necessarily a mistake.”

Captain White and Xiao Yan had seen the capabilities of Mark and Heine. If the Tides Organisation planned to destroy this aircraft at any cost, both of them believed that their chances to survive would be much higher by following Heine and his team, than by staying in the aircraft.

The sun was setting, and a warm, red glow filtered through the leaves of the trees, leaving a wide shadow on the ground. The sky turned gradually into a dark shade of orange.

Xiao Yan raised his head and listened to the chirping sound from birds homing to their nests. As darkness falls, the world sunk into an eerie silence. Only a faint sound of Xiao Yan's military boots walking on gravel and fallen leaves can be heard.

Walking in front of him was Mark, and the one behind him were Captain White and Reeve. He walked carefully, following Mark's footsteps for he could barely see the path before him.

Suddenly, Mark stopped walking.

”What is it?”

”Shh……” Mark placed down the box in his hands and drew out his knives from behind.

Within the murky shadows, several pairs of glowing green eyes stared at them gleamingly.

Xiao Yan held his breathe. He may not have seen them with his own eyes, but he had read about them in books.

They are a kind beast called wolf. They do not have ma.s.sive body but fast and agile. They have powerful bites with a ferocious and cunning nature.

Reeve turned her back towards Mark, similarly, with daggers in both of her hands.

Xiao Yan did not know which was worst, zombies or wolves. And because of his unknowing towards wolves, a faint trace of fear started to rose in his heart. The sound of Captain White's gulp was exceptionally loud in this tensed situation.

The wolf pack gradually closed in and Xiao Yan stared at them intently. This was his first time to see the beasts living in the wild.

They did not howl, rather, they let out a threatening growl.

Heine slowly walked over to where Xiao Yan and the others were and stood before them. There wasn't a hint of fear on his face, while a surge of deterrent force emitting from his body.

He went down on one knee with one hand supporting on the ground and gazed at the wolf pack. The silhouette of his back exuded an air of inbred arrogance, like a misplaced luminescence trailing across a sharp edge of a blade and descent into darkness.

Shortly, the wolves backed off bit by bit and disappeared into the shadows.

How on earth did Heine Burton did it?

As Xiao Yan sighed out in relief, a noise of an aircraft engine sounded from the sky.

Captain White looked up and exclaimed: ”Thank G.o.d! It's-”

Reeve came forward and m.u.f.fled his mouth before dragging him to a tree and hid in the shadows.

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Xiao Yan did the same by concealing himself in the bushes, but when he had a glimpse of the person beside him, he froze.