Long Yuehong responded with a somewhat dazed expression:

“Okay.”

Jiang Baimian immediately said:

“Then we’ll help you put on the military exoskeleton first, so that even if there are any accidents, you can deal with them more easily.”

“Okay, okay.” Long Yuehong seemed to wake up from a dream and nodded hurriedly.

Shang Jianyao and Jiang Baimian immediately divided the work, one standing guard, and the other helping Long Yuehong put on the “AC-45” military exoskeleton purchased from Lehman.

“If anyone suggests it later, allow them to contact Forward Camp and seek rescue.” Jiang Baimian instructed while putting on the remaining old-fashioned military exoskeleton.

She and Shang Jianyao quickly rushed into the mountain forest and disappeared from Long Yuehong’s sight.

After walking a distance further, Jiang Baimian stopped and glanced back:

“How about I stay here and keep an eye on Little Red, lest he runs into any problems?”

“He can handle it himself.” Shang Jianyao said seriously, “Believe in him.”

Jiang Baimian was silent for a few seconds and said:

“Alright.”

As the team leader, she still wanted to go to the cave more, observe the environment in person, and arrange subsequent hunting operations.

The two no longer delayed and, based on Genaeva and Bai Chen’s descriptions and various traces along the way, pursued the target location.

In the area where the fierce gun battle had taken place, Long Yuehong, wearing the military exoskeleton, guarded the place where the two cars were hidden, staring at Bob’s corpse and the overgrown weeds a dozen meters away, stunned for a while.

He immediately took a breath, cheered up, and turned his attention to the ruin hunters whose injuries had been initially treated.

Some of these people were sitting against the trees, groaning in pain from time to time, some were not fully awake and were sitting there like wooden sculptures, and some were panting, constantly observing the environment, seemingly wanting to confirm their current situation and think about what to do next.

Most of those who were seriously injured were already dead, and the ground was covered with corpses.

This was different from the riots in Weed City, where most of the deaths were caused by the “Old Task Force”.

Long Yuehong instinctively monitored the area, but his mind was blank, not knowing what to think or what he could think, until he saw a ruin hunter with a minor injury struggling to stand up and walk towards him.

His slightly dull eyes quickly returned to normal, and he looked at the ruin hunter and said:

“What do you want?”

He asked very politely, but the assault rifle in his hand had already been raised, and the grenade launcher, laser launch hole, miniature submachine gun, and other things attached to the military exoskeleton were also ready to fire.

The ruin hunter was in his early thirties, with a scruffy beard and messy brown hair, dirty and greasy.

His clothes were tattered and hadn’t been washed or mended for who knows how long.

At this time, he covered his right rib with one hand and raised the other to show that he had no weapons.

“I want to ask what you plan to do with us?” The ruin hunter’s eyes swept across the military exoskeleton on Long Yuehong’s body, and his expression became more humble, with a bit of a smile.

Long Yuehong thought for a moment and said:

“You’re not prisoners.”

His mind had already returned, and he asked curiously without concealing his curiosity:

“What happened to you before? Everyone doesn’t know each other, there’s no hatred, and there’s no issue of snatching spoils. Why did you suddenly attack us?”

After asking in one breath, Long Yuehong remembered that he should be polite:

“What’s your name?”

“Just call me Ronen.” The ruin hunter saw that Long Yuehong’s attitude was still relatively amiable, and he relaxed a lot.

His blue eyes revealed a look of recollection:

“I can’t understand why we were so crazy just now, wanting to kill you, as if someone had given us such an order in our minds.”

“During this period, you were following that white wolf?” Long Yuehong thought for a long time before finally thinking of the more appropriate word “following.”

Ronen’s face suddenly became gloomy:

“You could say that.

“That day, my companion and I encountered it. I watched as several of them became fanatical, as if they had become wolves themselves and were no longer human.

“The way they looked at me was full of hatred and defensiveness. I was frightened and quickly turned around to run away, but after only a few steps, I actually felt that I should obey the white wolf. It was so powerful, so charming, and a natural master.

“During this period, I, my companions, and other hunters have been following it, helping it remove traps, drive away prey, and eliminate enemies.

“Looking back now, I feel very strange, willingly doing so many irrational things.

“I, I suspect my mind was controlled by it…”

When he said this, Ronen’s face uncontrollably showed expressions of horror and confusion.

He paused for a moment and then said:

“The white wolf would eat a person regularly. That’s how two of my companions died, but I wasn’t sad at all at the time. I thought it was good as long as the master was satisfied…”

At this moment, a word jumped into Long Yuehong’s mind:

Serving as a tiger’s accomplice.

Thinking of the ruin hunters’ desperate charge before, Long Yuehong felt this even more strongly.

At the same time, he noticed a problem and couldn’t help but ask:

“When you encountered the white wolf, your companions were charmed, but you were fine and could turn around and run away?”

“Yes.” Ronen gave a definite answer.

Long Yuehong followed up and asked:

“Were you walking at the back of the team at the time?”

Did the people in front enter the range of the ability, while he was one or two steps short?

“I was in the middle.” Ronen answered without hesitation.

This… is not quite the same as Qiao Chu’s ‘Charm’… Wait, the team leader and Shang Jianyao said the same thing just now… Long Yuehong quickly picked up the walkie-talkie and reported this to Jiang Baimian and the others.

…

When Jiang Baimian received Long Yuehong’s report, she and Shang Jianyao had already arrived at the cave described by Genaeva and Bai Chen.

This location was very hidden, concealed by several boulders and the surrounding environment. If they hadn’t been tracking the white wolf, even Genaeva wouldn’t have been able to find it.

“There are no other exits in the surrounding area.” Genaeva, who had just returned, reported his findings.

Bai Chen, who was responsible for guarding the entrance of the cave, followed up and said:

“The target hasn’t come out either.”

Jiang Baimian looked at the dark and bottomless cave and said thoughtfully:

“We don’t know what the situation is inside. Entering rashly and exploring recklessly is not a good thing.”

“It’s too deep. Some areas are beyond my detection range.” Genaeva replied, “But everything is normal in the areas I’ve investigated.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the ground suddenly trembled, and the entire mountain range seemed to shake a few times.

Immediately afterward, a muffled and terrifying rumbling sound came from the depths of the cave.

Shang Jianyao and the others quickly retreated and pulled away. As they did, the rocks on the roof of the cave collapsed, blocking the entrance.

This… Jiang Baimian’s eyes widened slightly as she watched.

When everything returned to calm, she frowned and said:

“The cave completely collapsed?

“This movement and change doesn’t seem like it happened naturally…”

“It’s a good thing Old Ge and I didn’t go in rashly.” Bai Chen exclaimed sincerely.

Otherwise, they would have been buried inside.

For intelligent robots like Genaeva, this was also a fatal danger.

Jiang Baimian tried to analyze:

“Did the white giant wolf do it?

“It has a certain amount of intelligence. After escaping from another exit, it used some method to detonate the pre-buried explosives in the cave, wanting to kill Old Ge, who it believes it can’t personally solve?”

Shang Jianyao said thoughtfully:

“There’s another possibility.”

“What?” Jiang Baimian wanted to hear what this guy had to say.

Shang Jianyao replied with a face full of emotion:

“The white giant wolf is proud and arrogant. It was blocked here by us, and there were no other exits, so it simply detonated the pre-buried explosives and buried itself in the cave, preferring to die rather than become a plaything of humans.”

“It really has integrity…” Jiang Baimian echoed in a not-so-sincere tone.

She immediately took a breath and said:

“Let’s split into groups of two and look for other exits.

“This cave is so deep, who knows where it leads.”

Speaking of this, she thought and said:

“Combining the intelligence Little Red sent back, this white giant wolf’s ability is similar to ‘Charm’ but also different. There may be a limit to the number of targets, which is closer to the realization of ‘serving as a tiger’s accomplice.’

“Hmm, what have those ruin hunters been eating and drinking during this time… Hunting? So many people have to hunt every day to fill their stomachs, and how did they hide such a big movement from powerful hunters like Wang Fugui?”

She believed that the remaining “accomplices” might provide some useful clues, so she informed Long Yuehong through the walkie-talkie.

—Once they went to look for other exits and distanced themselves, the walkie-talkie could not be used.

…

After chatting for a few words, Ronen made a request:

“Can I release a flare and request Forward Camp to provide assistance? Mainly medical assistance. My injuries are nothing, but the others need it very much.”

He was one of the few relatively lucky people. He was only grazed on the ribs by a bullet, suffered a minor injury, and then got rid of the abnormal state due to the severe pain and the white wolf’s departure. He quickly put down his weapon, lay on the ground, and assumed a posture of surrender.

Long Yuehong thought of the team leader’s instructions and nodded:

“Okay.”

Wearing a military exoskeleton, he wasn’t too afraid that the rescuers from Forward Camp would have malicious intentions.

If he couldn’t beat them, couldn’t he escape?

After Ronen released the flare, he felt the earth tremble and glanced in the direction of the rumbling sound with confusion.

This quickly subsided, and Long Yuehong casually asked Ronen:

“What’s going on?”

“I don’t know.” Ronen looked blank.

Long Yuehong then glanced at the injured and corpses on the ground, remained silent for a moment, and asked:

“You, don’t you hate us?”

“Hate?” Ronen smiled, “In that situation, I would also attack obviously abnormal enemies. Should I care about their feelings? Hehe, those who are still alive should thank you. As for those who are dead, there is no question of hate or not. As for the companions of the dead, I don’t know either. My companions were either eaten by the white wolf or died in the mountains.”