Chapter 521 - 519: The Truth Comes to Light

"Fuck! How come we haven’t found them yet?"

Major Carrel sat inside an armored vehicle, furrowing his brows with an annoyed expression.

The sun had long set, and although several searchlights were set up, the distant surroundings were still shrouded in darkness.

They had been searching from afternoon till night, for a full seven hours, yet found nothing.

Major Carrel initially thought that after killing the monster and Tie Xiong with the bombing, he could kill two birds with one stone and obtain both sculptures directly.

But he never expected that hundreds of people searched for seven hours and couldn’t even find a single hair!

Even more absurd was that they didn’t even know the location of the monster and Tie Xiong’s bodies.

With such a violent explosion, it was impossible to find bodies; even rocks were blasted into dust.

In such circumstances, how could everyone find the bodies?

Without bodies, how could they possibly find the sculptures?

Just as Major Carrel was frowning, Lieutenant Daniel ran over in a panic.

"What’s wrong? What’s happened again?"

Seeing Daniel’s flustered demeanor, Carrel knew that it couldn’t be anything good.

"Major, something big has happened!"

Lieutenant Daniel gasped for air as he replied, "That Tie Xiong wasn’t killed in the explosion!"

"What?"

Hearing this, Major Carrel swiftly stood up from his seat.

His face was full of disbelief.

"That Tie Xiong actually wasn’t killed in the explosion?"

"This... how is this possible? Are you kidding me?"

In his view, regardless if you were a monster or an Extraordinary Ability User, standing before a ten-ton super bomb, you should be blasted to ash.

But reality delivered him a solid punch, leaving him dazed!

With such a violent explosion, how could it not kill a human?

What went wrong?

"Major, how could I dare to lie to you?"

Lieutenant Daniel replied with a bitter smile upon hearing this.

He understood Major Carrel’s feelings, as he also found it unbelievable when he heard the news for the first time.

After multiple confirmations, he believed that Tie Xiong and others were indeed not killed.

"That Tie Xiong somehow used a method to evade our bombing."

"And this guy directly ran to Dragon Country’s embassy in Banco."

"Dragon Country demanded a reasonable explanation, and Talan’s government gave in immediately, divulging everything we entrusted to them..."

Lieutenant Daniel spoke helplessly.

He was frustrated with Talan’s government’s cowardly behavior.

But he had to admit, Talan’s government did the right thing.

As a weak country, Talan’s government couldn’t possibly resist the pressure from Dragon Country.

It’s like when they originally asked Talan to cooperate in taking over Sheng Mei’s command post.

Therefore, faced with Dragon Country’s anger, Talan’s government capitulated.

Anyway, this matter had little to do with Talan’s government; they were just complying with Eagle Country’s request.

"After gathering some information from Talan, Dragon Country quickly speculated about our intentions, and they issued a severe diplomatic warning."

"If we cannot provide a reasonable explanation, Dragon Country will take certain measures..."

Lieutenant Daniel sighed upon finishing.

In today’s Blue Star, as Ox Country and Cat Country weakened, Eagle Country and Dragon Country rose in turn.

The current situation is that these two superpowers are fighting on equal terms while maintaining a subtle balance.

But their actions this time evidently intend to break this delicate balance.

No one can predict how the world will change because of this.

"What are you afraid of?"

"How could we Eagle Country soldiers possibly fear Dragon Country?"

Major Carrel forced a smile.

"Well, um..."

Lieutenant Daniel hesitated a bit and then quietly said, "General Schneider sent a message..."

"If we can’t find the sculptures, we’ll have to face the corresponding consequences!"

This statement left Major Carrel stunned.

But he quickly figured it out.

The bombing operation wasn’t reported to Eagle Country’s government; it was conducted privately.

If they could find the sculpture that bestows Extraordinary Ability, Eagle Country’s government might withstand the pressure from Dragon Country.

But if they don’t find it...

Unless the old folks in Eagle Country’s government suffer from dementia, how could they clash with Dragon Country over these rogue soldiers?

"Phew..."

After understanding this, Major Carrel exhaled deeply.

He looked into the dark distance, gritting his teeth, "Have those Talan folks continue searching for me!"

"Everyone stays sleepless until they find the sculpture on the monster!"

Since Tie Xiong wasn’t killed, the sculpture he possesses is naturally still on him.

So now, their only target is...

The sculpture on the monster!

If they can find it, they’ll be promoted and get rich.

But if not, they’ll have to bear the responsibility for this operation!

Lieutenant Daniel nodded, hoping only that the sculpture on the monster could be found.

However...

He was somewhat worried.

Tie Xiong wasn’t killed in the explosion.

So was the monster definitely killed?

If even the monster wasn’t killed, what did their bombing achieve?

Was it a wasted effort?

"No, no..."

Lieutenant Daniel shook his head repeatedly in his heart.

Tie Xiong escaped because he’s a person with intelligence.

But what about the monster?

It only acts on instinct and must have been blasted to ash in this bombing!

Thinking this, Lieutenant Daniel smiled, feeling he was overthinking.

He conveyed Major Carrel’s orders and turned to the adjutant from Commander Wenma.

Here, all Talan soldiers were managed by the adjutant.

So he just needed to give Major Carrel’s orders to him.

"What? We can’t sleep until we find the sculpture?"

Upon hearing the order, the adjutant was taken aback.

What does this mean?

Are they planning to exhaust them?

"Adjutant, these are orders!"

"As soldiers, you must follow orders!"

Facing the Talan soldiers, Lieutenant Daniel no longer had the smile he had with Major Carrel.

He donned a stern expression and coldly reprimanded them.

"But... but..."

The adjutant wanted to say more, but feeling Daniel’s angry gaze, he eventually chickened out.

"Yes... yes, Sir!"

He could only nod reluctantly, then turned to pass on the order...