Chapter 1 The North-South Tundra Operation Officially Begins

South of the Tundra.

Gu Shen and Mu Qingyang, leading nearly a hundred third-order extraordinary individuals, commanded a total of twenty-one "scout" squads.

These teams were all equipped with psychic-type individuals with extremely strong perception.

Their mission was to explore and gather intelligence.

In large-scale extermination operations, ambush attacks often occur... The scout teams' job was to minimize this possibility. Closely following them were Bai Xiu and Gong Zi's "enforcement teams." The number of Nagano enforcement teams was twice as large as the scouts. They were responsible for closing the net and violently eliminating targets.

Even a lion uses its full strength to catch a rabbit.

In the past Nagano missions, there had never been such a large-scale extraordinary containment operation.

This was a grand training exercise.

Li Qingsui and Luo Yu, one was responsible for logistical support, patching any gaps, while the other was in charge of central command, constantly changing strategies.

North of the Tundra, the arrangements and deployments in North Continent were equally serious.

Zhu Xue mobilized the two fortresses closest to the Tundra, as well as the young elites of the Investigation Corps.

The exterminators from North Continent were in no way inferior to those from Nagano.

Besides young generation S-levels like Mu Wanqiu, there were also top-tier fourth-order individuals at the level of military team leaders... Even the top ten criminals on the "Snow Cage" list would never be able to break through the encirclement.

Both sides' titled individuals tacitly chose to remain silent and observe during this "great encirclement."

They controlled the situation.

Before the titled individuals of the "Snow Cage" took action... this extermination was the best training for the young extraordinary individuals of both continents.

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"B17 scout team reporting, target found fifteen miles northwest of Kulong Snow Mountain."

"Coordinates uploaded."

"Requesting support."

"Command post received... C07 enforcement team is advancing, estimated arrival in 8 minutes."

"Also, D12 and D19, flank from the sides."

"Kulong Snow Mountain map permissions have been opened, mission team mental link established—"

The snow mountain was vast.

Living beings were tiny.

On this white, snow-covered Tundra, the shadows of extraordinary individuals were like fleeting shadows cast by falling snowflakes.

However, within this howling wind,

similar conversations were constantly taking place within the "Deep Sea" control system.

Luo Yu led the command post members, bringing the scout teams, enforcement teams, and logistics departments together—

This massive encirclement plan was linked and merged by one "independent command" after another.

Snow wind howled, undercurrents flowed silently.

The towering mountain known as "Kulong Snow Mountain" almost spanned the southern line. Although most of the Tundra region was flat, due to the sheer size of this wilderness, it was inevitable that several towering snow mountains or a few terrifyingly long mountain ranges would emerge.

This was a natural defensive line, and also the place where Snow Cage criminals most liked to hide during this extermination.

Currently, it was the first week of the extermination.

During this week, both the northern and southern enforcers completed the first wave of rapid advances in the Tundra region.

Because the enforcers' momentum was too strong, those fleeing criminals, under the dense advance and expulsion, could only flee... Currently, there were not many battles that broke out this week. Both combined teams only killed a dozen fugitives.

Just small fry.

Not much of a harvest...

But it didn't matter, because according to the "Deep Sea's" estimate, after the first week, the criminals fleeing outwards would have nowhere to escape.

The Central City enforcers, while heading south, would encounter the first "natural barrier" north of the Tundra, the White Whale Mountain Range.

Similarly.

The Nagano enforcers would arrive at Kulong Snow Mountain.

Here, there would likely be the first wave of "large-scale" breakouts and exterminations—

Those criminals who wanted to "escape" would be compressed of their living space if they didn't fight back here... until their eventual death.

But right now, Kulong Snow Mountain was quite quiet.

Not much was happening.

Nearly a hundred scout teams scattered across Kulong Snow Mountain, gradually advancing according to orders.

Mu Qingyang and Gu Shen, as leaders, were at the very front of the advance exploration... They were the top elite scout combination.

Gu Shen's "Blazing Fire Spirit" had been linked to every team leader in the scout group.

Mu Qingyang's Azure Fire could unleash powerful lethality in this harsh environment... which was why he was chosen as the scout team leader.

In fact, the division of labor among the eight leaders was not casually decided by Grandpa Gu Qilin.

Mu Qingyang, Gu Shen.

Gong Zi, Bai Xiu.

Li Qingsui, Luo Yu.

These six young people... were actually paired "strong-weak" combinations, especially the front four who were responsible for direct combat.

One was mainly responsible for strategy and command, issuing orders, and the other was responsible for life-and-death combat, providing martial support.

It was just that Grandpa Gu really underestimated Gu Shen's strength.

When he grouped them, he specially arranged for Gu Shen a close-quarters bodyguard as fierce and unparalleled as "Mu Qingyang" to prevent accidents during the scout team's mission, in case Gu Shen couldn't escape.

Now it seemed,

this arrangement was somewhat redundant.

Outside Kulong Snow Mountain, at the foot of the southwest corner, stood a stone pavilion that had been repaired at some unknown time.

Long neglected, it had fallen into disrepair.

The wind and snow had eroded and obscured the stone pavilion, making it look more like an openwork crag from a distance.

Mu Qingyang carried a large gun wrapped in black cloth on his back.

This red-tasseled spear was his family heirloom. He came from a branch of the Mu family. After awakening, he didn't receive much cultivation resource training... The only thing he could show off was this B-grade sealed item, Scarlet Dye.

This spear wasn't actually rated very highly. The Mu family's main branch had offered to replace it with another sealed item, but Mu Qingyang politely declined. Because he had used this spear for many years, and it resonated with his heart.

When a man is with his spear, how can he easily replace it?

When he wasn't using it, Mu Qingyang would carefully wrap it up. This black cloth was the Mu family's main branch's "compensation" after he refused to replace the sealed item. It was a "gun-wrapping cloth" with a higher level than Scarlet Dye.

The B-grade sealed item, Liyang, this black cloth could absorb all of the Blazing Flame power of Azure Fire. Wrapping the spear with this cloth was like storing a long sword in a treasure sheath. Once Mu Qingyang took the lead in launching an attack, pulling off this black cloth would exponentially increase the killing intent of the Scarlet Dye spear—

To draw the spear was to unleash a killing move!

And wrapping it up meant that all the killing intent was completely contained.

No clue could be seen.

"Brother Gu, do we have to keep waiting?"

Mu Qingyang stood in the snowy stone pavilion, "The scout team has completed the exploration... There are thirty-one targets on the edge of Kulong Snow Mountain. We can launch an attack at any time."

Outside the stone pavilion stood a figure in a black windbreaker.

Gu Shen sat in the snow.

He closed his eyes, but the entire view of Kulong Snow Mountain floated in his mind.

Countless strands of Blazing Fire were sent by him to all directions of Kulong Snow Mountain... In terms of mental power detection, only Bai Xiu should be able to compete with him in this enforcement team.

"Thirty-one targets... have all been confirmed."

The information received by Deep Sea was fully open to Gu Shen, with no secrets to speak of.

He was not only the leader of the vanguard exploration team, but also the main person in charge of this overall encirclement mission...

Of course, leaving everything else aside.

With Chu Ling around, he could also see "everything."

"These targets have all been found... but my heart vaguely feels that something is wrong. Rashly issuing an order to launch an attack on Kulong Snow Mountain might lead to bad things happening."

Gu Shen frowned.

He held the pendant in one hand and the bracelet in the other.

The "mental fluctuations" transmitted by the pendant told Gu Shen that his premonition was correct... the first official encirclement of Kulong Snow Mountain was not as simple as he imagined.

Had someone been missed?

But his mental sensing results were consistent with those of the scout team.

This was unreasonable.

"Why is this happening? Did I overlook something?"

Gu Shen frowned, thinking carefully, but still couldn't understand.

Should he use the bracelet to see the specific "disaster scene"?

"No rush, wait a little longer."

Gu Shen spoke to Mu Qingyang behind him, saying, "Brother Qingyang, tell the scout team to continue locking onto the target positions, maintain contact with the corresponding enforcement teams... Don't rush to attack before I give the order."

"Understood."

If Mu Qingyang still held some "prejudice" against this young man when he first met Gu Shen,

then after this week of getting along,

he was already completely convinced by Gu Shen, body and soul.

Although the extermination harvest was minimal this week, the "top-notch mental capture" displayed by Gu Shen left him amazed... He alone was almost equal to an entire scout team.

The scout team's mental exploration results would be "verified" by Gu Shen, and any mistakes made would be corrected in a timely manner.

This "spectacle" of one person correcting the entirety of his subordinates made Mu Qingyang couldn't help but sigh.

As expected, the fierce men who can get an S-level rating are all peerless freaks and perverts.

Gu Shen took a deep breath.

He began to outline "mental characters" with the Blazing Fire at his fingertips. Soon, "flame characters" appeared all around him.

Mu Qingyang couldn't understand the ancient characters.

But he knew that Gu Shen's mental power was highly concentrated at the moment, and he couldn't allow external disturbances.

So he silently unloaded his spear, stood in the snow, far behind Gu Shen, silently guarding the core of this scout team, the S-level psychic freak.

"Since I can't see clearly... I might as well use the Disaster Bracelet... to see what will happen at Kulong Snow Mountain."

Gu Shen first used the Qingzhong array patterns to consolidate the mental space around him, and then slowly wore this bracelet... Mental power was poured into it, and then countless holy lights涌into his mind.

He closed his eyes.

Scenes appeared in his mental sea.

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Collapsed snow forests, frozen corpses.

Corpses... there were many.

The first scene given by the Disaster Bracelet was extremely shocking. The identities of these fallen corpses were not difficult to "identify." It could be seen from their respective clothes—these people were not only escaped criminals, but also enforcers and scouts responsible for the extermination!

Seeing this scene, Gu Shen's heart skipped a beat.

Because he knew,

forbidden objects like the Disaster Bracelet, which involved "fate and karma," were fine if you didn't use them, but once you did, the scenes you saw... would definitely come true!

So, the corpses on the snow mountain were real!

Next, the enforcer teams would suffer heavy losses!

The second scene appeared!

In the scene, a figure in a black windbreaker was nailed to a tree trunk by solid ice, with blood flowing from his shoulder.

At the same time, ice cones filled the sky, overwhelming him.

"What's going on?"

Gu Shen's back oozed cold sweat. He knew too well who the protagonist of the second scene was!

Who else could it be but himself?

"These ice cones... are not my 'Great Cold'..."

This second scene was of himself being in a desperate situation, which made Gu Shen feel terrified. With his strength, with the overwhelming lineup of this enforcer advance, what kind of accident could create such a bizarre scene?

Of course,

the scenes given by the Disaster Bracelet only guaranteed that they would definitely appear, but did not guarantee... when they would appear.

"Calm down, I can't be deceived by this bracelet."

Gu Shen suppressed his emotions. "If I want to avoid the scenes of disaster divination, theoretically, I should choose to escape Kulong Snow Mountain... But according to the bracelet's rules, as long as you see the disaster, the disaster will definitely happen. Even if you escape, it is a link in fate that is destined to point to disaster."

Having figured this out, he calmed down a little.

Instead of thinking about how to avoid it,

it was better to think about... how he should escape from this "dangerous situation"!

Most importantly,

who exactly was the "enemy" he was facing?

Using the Disaster Bracelet was to allow him to see the root of his "unease."

But this time, after seeing it... not only did the problem not get resolved, but it made Gu Shen feel even more "uneasy"!

In his opinion,

this encirclement was almost a sure thing.

But the result given by the disaster... was extremely tragic.

"Alert!"

"Alert!"

"B12 exposed, target is moving rapidly... target is approaching!"

"C01 is providing support."

"B03 exposed, A14 exposed, A20 exposed..."

"All units, enter temporary combat status, encirclement begins, encirclement begins."

Accompanied by the Deep Sea's cold and ruthless alarm sound, Luo Yu issued a special order for emergency response.

The enforcers surrounding Kulong Snow Mountain no longer concealed their figures at this moment.

This encirclement unfolded in a way that no one expected.

The prey hiding in the shadows, when forced into a desperate situation, chose to counterattack... For the Nagano enforcer team, this level of counterattack was completely meaningless resistance.

They didn't care.

Gu Shen suddenly woke up in the alarm sound. He stood up, looked at the strand of Azure Fire burning beside him, felt a little relieved, but then anxiously asked, "It's started... The guys on Kulong Snow Mountain took the initiative to launch a counterattack?"

"Yes."

Mu Qingyang was a little surprised by Gu Shen's anxiety.

He asked, "Is there something wrong?"

"Yes... of course there is..."

Gu Shen muttered.

A flash of inspiration, a thought suddenly flashed through Gu Shen's mind, and he suddenly understood.

He looked at Kulong Snow Mountain and said, "There are more than thirty-one targets here."

Mu Qingyang was stunned.

"On this snow mountain... there must be a thirty-second person that all of us have not yet discovered."