Chapter 22
There was an intense battle in the wilderness as the private army had not expected to encounter wolves . The wolves were extremely fierce and cunning, and it seemed like they had been waiting in ambush .
At first, the troops thought that they could scare away the wolves by just firing their guns, but it turned out they were wrong . The wolves did not panic this time when they heard the gunshots!
By the time the wolves appeared in front of them, the private troops were shocked to discover that these wolves were even bigger than they had imagined . They were the size of bison!
Wait a minute! After these wolves attacked the factory, they waited in the only possible path that the private army would have to pass through . Why did it seem like they had been targeting these private troops from the very beginning?
However, the private troops were trained soldiers . Before the casualties started piling up, they fell in and began to defend . Comparing the firearms of humans with the sharp teeth and claws of an animal, firearms would still come out on top in the end!
The private army had dealt with the wolves on more than one occasion . In recent years, they had slowly started pulling back on their plans to encircle and keep the wolves suppressed after being instructed to do so by the people in charge . Of course, this also gave the wolves some respite .
For some reason, as Ren Xiaosu listened to the gunshots, he found the cracks to be so pleasant that his adrenaline started pumping . The gunshots excited him .
He didn't go and take a closer peek at the battle . All he knew was that if the wolves and the private army were fighting now, it would be safe for him to go to the factory .
Ren Xiaosu ran like a cheetah through the wilderness . For the first time, he could get a complete sense of his newly obtained strength and dexterity .
His muscle fibers tensed up and relaxed over and over again . This sort of feeling could only be described as invigorating .
When Ren Xiaosu neared the factory, he finally slowed down . He hid in the darkness and approached it quietly . Ren Xiaosu was surprised to see many of the refugees' dead bodies lying around . It seemed like they had wanted to escape back to town but were caught by the wolves one after another .
Only a minority of them were lucky enough to escape at the expense of their companions .
Ren Xiaosu painstakingly examined their wounds . They looked like they had been bitten in the neck by the wolves and died immediately . However, the wolves did not feed on their corpses and seemingly left in a hurry .
Ren Xiaosu thought for a while . He did not enter through the main entrance, instead climbing his way up a pipe on the outside of the factory building . Each time he passed by a window, he would scrupulously check if there were still any survivors inside .
When Ren Xiaosu got to the top floor of the building, his heart sank . It didn't look like any survivors remained in the factory . The wolves had already swept through the entire factory, sparing no one .
'Where are the guns hidden?' Ren Xiaosu wondered . The factory managers would definitely not place them where it would be easily accessible to others .
Ren Xiaosu broke the glass window on the top floor and jumped into the building . He looked around and saw that the hallway was full of bloodstains and corpses . The large factory felt like a purgatory .
All of a sudden, Ren Xiaosu realized something was off . All of the corpses looked like they had been running in the same direction when they were alive, as though something was guiding them towards it .
What would attract people to run towards the same place at such a crucial time?
Ren Xiaosu came to a conclusion . That place would either be the location of the weapons storage or a hiding place .
He followed this path all the way until he ended up in the basement . Was this… the emergency shelter?
The more he walked forward, the more corpses there were . Ren Xiaosu could imagine what the scene looked like when everyone was trying to escape in panic from the wolves . They wanted to escape to a safe place, but they were not fast enough to outrun the wolves .
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