Chapter 142: Sensing Danger in Advance (Extra Chapter for "Your Big Brother")

Beyond him, the other members participating in this operation had also been injected with beast DNA serum.

For instance, Scott, another team member who had just spoken, had been injected with a serum derived from a mutated jaguar. When in combat mode, this fellow could reach a staggering speed of thirty meters per second, covering a hundred meters in just over three seconds. Before the Great Transformation, he would have been on par with the fastest cheetahs on land, leaving even world-record sprinters in the dust. Furthermore, Scott possessed not only incredible speed but also immense endurance. To ensure his combat power was fully unleashed, the company behind them had spent a fortune forging a custom alloy combat blade. Its primary material was rumored to come from an extraterrestrial meteorite, granting it indestructible properties that allowed it to pierce through steel plates several centimeters thick with ease. Not long ago, Scott had single-handedly ventured into the northern primordial jungle and effortlessly slaughtered a Tier 4 mutated brown bear.

The other members were equally formidable. It is no exaggeration to say that, before the Great Transformation, the combined power of this group could have easily toppled a small nation. Deep down, Sanchez believed they were more than enough to deal with that mutated saltwater crocodile. He had reviewed the previous combat footage; while the target was undeniably powerful, it was, at the end of the day, a beast, and its intelligence—even if present—was limited. If they employed the right tactics, it was not impossible to kill. Moreover, they had the support of modern weaponry for this mission.

According to inside information Sanchez had received, the company had already begun researching the extraction of DNA serum from beasts originating from different dimensions. However, because their biological structures differed vastly from Earth's animals, their blood appeared to carry a certain type of contamination. Consequently, compatibility with humans was low; while test subjects became stronger after injection, they would lose their sanity entirely, becoming incredibly ferocious and cruel. They would lose the ability to distinguish friend from foe, attacking any human who approached. Most importantly, the success rate was abysmal—less than one in ten thousand. For example, some time ago, the Meligen nation had used a nuclear bomb to hunt down a Kaiju from another dimension. When they attempted to inject test subjects with genetic serum extracted from its remains, every single subject died. In the short term, it was unlikely that the company would achieve a breakthrough in their research on dimensional beasts. This was precisely why they had turned their attention back to the mutated saltwater crocodile, which, to date, could be considered the most powerful native beast on Earth.

***

Xia Kingdom, Crisis Management Team.

A team member reported urgently, "Captain Dong, our high-altitude surveillance drones have detected over a dozen armed helicopters suddenly appearing over the Madura primordial jungle. Based on their flight path, it seems they intend to move against the Dragon King!"

"What?!" Dong Mingjun was shocked upon hearing the report and hurried into the conference room. After viewing the real-time feed on the large screen, he slammed his hand against the table. "Have those people in Meligen lost their minds? This is pure madness..."

Within the Crisis Management Team, a clear consensus had been reached regarding the Dragon King: its value was immense. Facts had also proven that Professor Wu's initial proposal for cooperation had been highly prescient. It was precisely through the Dragon King's assistance that the Xia Kingdom had been able to obtain precious sword cultivation techniques from the dimensional space. It had already been confirmed that these cultivation methods were remarkably effective for humans. Currently, over a thousand members of the Crisis Management Team were practicing them; combined with the tempering effects of spirit stones, most had reached Tier 2 in just one month. Such stunning results had left many ecstatic. Internally, they were already discussing plans to promote these methods to the general public once they were certain there were no hidden risks.

As for the Meligen nation's "Ork Project," the Crisis Management Team viewed it as a crooked path. The consequences were unpredictable, and the risks were extreme.

"What should we do? The communicator must have been taken into the dimensional space by those other crocodiles; we can't pick up any signal, and we have no way to warn the Dragon King to hide in time..." a team member said, his face full of worry.

"Heh, no need to warn it. I suspect the Dragon King already knows," Dong Mingjun said with a smile, shaking his head.

"Knows? How is that possible?!" Several members looked on in astonishment. They had only just learned of the mercenaries' plan through the reconnaissance drones. How could the Dragon King possibly know?

"Have you forgotten the Wolf King we killed in the northwestern desert a week ago?"

Hearing the captain mention that ferocious Wolf King, many of the members involved in that operation naturally had a vivid memory of it. Over half a month prior, they had received a distress call from a local area. A two-headed Wolf King had suddenly appeared in a part of the northwestern desert, and for reasons unknown, it had led its entire pack to launch repeated attacks on human settlements. In just one week, it had cruelly killed over a hundred people. The local crisis management squads had organized hunts several times with no success, losing five members in the process. Helpless, they had been forced to call headquarters for aid.

Upon receiving the information, Dong Mingjun had led his team to the site immediately. After several days of grueling combat, they finally managed to kill it. The entire process had been incredibly convoluted; the two-headed Wolf King was cunning and sensitive, escaping their encirclement time and again. It was only after they resorted to saturation missile strikes that they managed to wound and corner it, allowing Dong Mingjun to personally lead the final strike. Afterward, some members speculated that the Wolf King’s sense of smell had undergone an abnormal evolution, allowing it to detect the scent of humans from several kilometers away, which was why their previous hunts had failed. Upon reflection, however, this explanation felt shaky, as the team had been attacking from the sky via helicopter, theoretically leaving no scent behind. Many members remained puzzled to this day.

Dong Mingjun spoke again: "After Professor Wu and his team carefully analyzed the footage, they concluded that these beasts, upon reaching a certain level of evolution, awaken a form of precognition—a capability to sense danger in advance, which allowed it to escape in time."

"So that's how it is," a member nodded repeatedly. The two-headed Wolf King’s behavior had been a complete anticipation of human anticipation.

"Captain, since animals can do it, can humans? Can you..." another member asked curiously. Given his current strength, Dong Mingjun ranked among the top five cultivators in the Xia Kingdom; otherwise, he would not have been appointed captain of the Crisis Management Team.

"I can only sense danger vaguely now, similar to what everyone calls a 'sixth sense'..." Dong Mingjun did not deny it. After all, as a cultivator's realm increases, these things will no longer be secrets. "Since the Dragon King knows there is danger but remains in place, it means it is very confident in itself and capable of resolving the threat. Furthermore, based on the various traces left behind in the mist-shrouded space, Professor Wu and his team have assessed the Dragon King's combat power and believe it has likely become a Tier 5 beast, or perhaps even higher, and possesses more than one type of mutation ability. Conventional weapons, even with saturation attacks, likely won't cause it much harm..."