Chapter 892 - Hand’s Full (2/2)
”Fine. Go ahead but always check in with my group. Keep the distance close enough. I will also send out another scout group to check ahead,” said Lincoln.
Baron Blood nodded at the command and gestured the rest of the Scarlet Hunters to follow his pace. They were not engaging the enemy, merely moving faster and scouting the front. Although he did not like the idea of merely scouting, he could not disobey Lincoln's command.
Baron Blood was confident in his skills. After attacking and killing China's number one sect's leader Ma Xuantong, he was even bolder than before, thinking that he and his men could take on the other martial artists. It was only natural since he and his men were at the Pinnacle stage of Level 4. They could take on several martial artists at the same level as them and destroy the rest easily.
”Crow, go ahead and scout for enemies!” Lincoln ordered another mutant when the Scarlet Hunters left.
”Yes, sir!” A man dressed in black cloak answered and immediately morphed into a black crow, slighter bigger than a regular one.
The Mutant was an Animorph, like the others that could change themselves into a specific type of animal. He, on the other hand, was not suited for combat. Before being put through the Bio-Enhancement procedure, he was only able to morph into a small crow, working with a circus crew, fooling the audience with absolute obedience. After enhancement, he become stronger physically. However, that was not enough for him to be useful in combat. On the other hand, being able to fly at breakneck speed allowed him to serve as scouts.
Besides Crow, there were others just like him—able to morph into birds and insects—who took off the ground and flew in all directions. Their mission was to locate the missing martial artists.
Roughly 30 minutes later, Baron Blood and his men arrived at the beach, only to find it empty and quiet.
”Where are they?!” Baron Blood roared.
”Didn't you say they were running towards the beach?” one of his men asked.
”I did. But something is off. I need to bring this in,” Baron Blood quickly contacted Lincoln and told him the situation.
”No one there? Impossible!” Lincoln was taken aback. After a while, he replied, ”Look around and see if anyone has ever been to the beach!”
”Yes, sir!”
The Scarlet Hunters went on their own ways to search the entire beach to find any traces of anyone being there.
At the same time, Lincoln contacted the American Naval Fleet to ask request for surveillance footage. Unfortunately, the 3rd Fleet was so busy with their own problems that they had their hands full!
Concurrently, the American 3rd and 7th Fleet were engaged in nautical warfare, the likes of which no one had ever seen.
”Sink that submarine!” cried the commander of the 3rd Fleet, Halsey.
”Damage report. All missiles had detonated successfully! Hold on a second… I'm… I'm getting readings… The Chinese vessels are unharmed! They are still alive!” cried the operator.
”Impossible! All ten missiles hit them but none of the enemy's ship is damaged?!” Halsey blabbered.
The intercepting drones that had destroyed the missiles were launched right at the moment of the missiles launch, they were able to fly a few kilometers away from the Chinese fleet and detonate the missiles away from them. That gap between the predicted detonation was only 2 seconds margin of error. From the perspective of the Americans, they had thought that their missiles had hit their targets successfully were not intercepted.