Chapter 400 - 400 284 United Exploration Agreement

400: Chapter 284: United Exploration Agreement 400: Chapter 284: United Exploration Agreement The small craft sped across the lake, the water rippling in its wake.

Though it appeared small in size, it was not at all slow.

Even fully loaded with eight burly men, it could still reach speeds of over a hundred kilometers per hour.

“Boss, this lake is just too vast.

I think we can head back now.

There’s simply nothing here, and continuing this search is pointless,”

one of the dark-skinned warriors spoke up, his expression and tone revealing that they had been in this location for some time.

A white man beside him was wiping his weapon.

Hearing the other man’s words, he shook his head slightly.

“Arsen, don’t be in a hurry.

The Commander gave us a mission to find the monster that appeared on the shore and, if possible, to kill it and bring it back, and to conduct an underwater environmental scan,”

he paused before continuing.

“You know what kind of person John is.

If we return so soon without finding that thing, the upcoming training will be hellish.

You wouldn’t want to taste the training in Hell again, would you?”

Upon hearing the words “training in Hell,” the others couldn’t help but shudder, and the dark-skinned man who had suggested they return clamped his mouth shut and said no more.

They were members of America’s Sea Lion Reconnaissance Team, each one a well-trained warrior.

Their current mission was to track a peculiar creature that had been sighted by a camping party by the lakeside.

While camping beside this vast lake, one of the team members deploying an aerial drone suddenly discovered a strange silhouette on the surface of the lake.

Though the pictures were not clear due to the heavy fog, after professional analysis and comparison, it was certain that this was none of the known creatures.

This immediately energized everyone, as capturing mutant monsters was a top-priority, A-level task in the orders they’d received.

However, due to the Gate of Hell, satellite signals could not reach this place.

Thus, the drones that could have been used for reconnaissance became useless and could only fly short distances using radio signals.

Consequently, this mission of tracking the monster fell upon the third team.

The team members, using the most primitive methods, drove the small boats that came with their vehicles across the boundless lake, searching as if looking for a needle in the sea.

“But speaking of which, this lake really is beautiful, just like the Mediterranean.

We must be the first team to reach this place, right?”

A young soldier on the boat looked at the lake beside him and couldn’t help feeling emotional.

“Perhaps, who knows?

The negotiations ended not long ago, and we are responsible for the outermost area of exploration.

It’s not impossible that we are the first to arrive,”

a teammate responded.

They spoke with such confidence because they trusted in the capabilities of their A-76 model military off-road vehicles.

With vehicles like these, they believed no one could surpass their speed in mere comparison.

Naturally, if other countries were using helicopters, they would be faster.

But they also believed that without satellite support, no one would use helicopters for such large-scale exploration.

The “negotiations” they referred to were indeed for the rights to explore and claim ownership of Rebirth Island after its discovery.

With the emergence of a new and unknown, gigantic, and mysterious island, it was not possible for it to be occupied haphazardly without any order.

After over a month of drawn-out negotiations, countries had finally come to a preliminary consensus and commenced actions concerning this area.

Of course, whether teams had secretly entered before this was unknown.

However, according to the joint exploration agreement, such incidents were not permitted.

Now, the agreement was completely established, and all exploration teams could finally work openly and aboveboard.

This Sea Lion Team was the one that received the task, responsible for scouting an advanced area of the operation.

“Beautiful?

Little Tommy, are you joking?

If you ask me, this is just a godforsaken place where not even birds would shit, without even a satellite signal coming through, almost preventing us from doing anything.”

In the team, a particularly irritable-looking guy retorted against the young man’s words.

He suddenly stood up, turned towards the outside of the boat, and straightened his back.

“What are you doing?”

The team leader frowned and looked at him.

Without turning his head, the irritable guy replied, “Dear Kando, I’m just feeding the fish here some fodder, no need to be tense.”

“Andrew, stay away from there, and be careful not to fall in.”

The team leader, seeing this, said no more, only reminding the other with a word of caution.

However, after hearing this, the latter did not take it to heart and instead leaned further forward, hooking his foot around the inside of the boat’s hull, striking a classic Michael Jackson leaning pose.

Just at this moment, disaster struck!

Suddenly, a vine-like slender tentacle shot out from under the water’s surface, and upon touching his clothes, it immediately stuck to them.

Then, an immense force came through, instantly pulling him over.

“Ah!”

A short and urgent scream was heard, and the irritable guy had no time to react.

His whole body was submerged into the water.

The others were startled by this turn of events and almost instinctively stood up, their weapons’ safeties off, adopting a defensive formation.

“Enemy attack!

Enemy attack!”

Captain Kando immediately bellowed, as everyone stood back to back, looking nervously at the surface of the lake.

“Boss, what about Andrew?

We have to find a way to save him!”

Next to where the irritable guy had been sitting, a blonde man shouted urgently.

“Dammit!

I told him to stay away from the edge of the boat, but he wouldn’t listen!

Now look, he’s probably going to end up fish food!”

Black Jason was the first to speak.

Behind him, the blonde man angrily retorted, “Jason, you looking for a death wish?

Believe it or not, I’ll tear your mouth apart!”

Black Jason was unyielding, “Matt!

Your brother was a brainless idiot!

I’ve been putting up with him for too long already…”

“Shut up!”

Team leader Kando suddenly shouted.

“Don’t forget who you are, we’re on a mission, and if there are any issues, put them aside, and don’t give me that mercenary crap you’re used to!

Now, everyone prepare for a rescue!

John, get the underwater drones deployed quickly!”

However, just as he finished speaking, the water’s surface suddenly bubbled up with a copious amount of blood, causing everyone’s faces to change.

“Andrew!”

Blonde Matt let out an enraged roar and then pulled the trigger, unleashing a burst of gunfire into the depths below.