Chapter 582: International Special Forces Compet.i.tion Begins (Part One)
Only the genes from jaguars were present in this serum.
The characteristic features of Jaguars were that they were st.u.r.dy and quick., and their sharp claws could tear through flesh! In comparison to lions, which were at the top of the food chain, their distinctive feature was their burst performance within a short amount of time. They could even fight among the treetops of the forest, while tigers and lions, although being the kings of the forest, were quite restricted in terms of their fighting environment.
Therefore, Xu Cheng chose the jaguar’s genes for Diesel to try.
The Deviant mercenaries practiced the drills every day, while the engineers continued deeper into the ground behind the mountain.
Xu Cheng stayed in his bas.e.m.e.nt that day, and Diesel had a reaction the same night he was injected with the solution.
He would have struggled and rolled down from the table if it wasn’t for the table straps. The table was made with a solid steel frame, and the bandages were all cowhide. Diesel constantly let out tormenting roars of pain so loud that everyone above would be able to hear him in the middle of the night if the soundproofing system wasn’t great.
Xu Cheng always had his eyes on Diesel’s reactions and sometimes he cheered beside his ears. “Hang in there, Diesel!”
Diesel gritted his teeth, his eyes were bloodshot, and the pores of his body stretched out as they continuously oozed out blood.
Xu Cheng knew that this was because the new cells were replacing the original cells, pushing them out of Diesel’s body.
After a full 24 hours had pa.s.sed and Diesel’s nails had become wide, long, and bright; that was when Xu Cheng knew that the cells had started to fuse.
Slowly, his claws seeped back into his flesh after Diesel stopped struggling, and everything else returned to what it was before.
Boom.
Bombs and gunfire were heard from a short distance away.
The Special Forces Compet.i.tion had begun.
Partic.i.p.ants came from ten countries, including Germany, the M Nation, the R Nation, Israel, Britain, and Italy.
First up was the sweeping project.
The entire map of the mercenary land was divided into ten districts and displayed as a 3D map in front of many national military scholars and generals.
The maps purposely excluded territories that belonged to Kush and the other top ten mercenary clans, so this way, they would not encounter any difficult situations that may put their soldiers in danger.
Excluding these territories, the remaining half of the mercenary lands were occupied by other smaller groups.
This half of the mercenary lands was divided into ten separate districts.
Among them, the territory that belonged to Xu Cheng was named District 7.
When the countries were drawing lots, the special forces team from the M Nation had picked out the draw and were to be in charge of sweeping District 7.
However, they immediately said to the judge, “What’s so challenging about this? I think we should draw a new one. This region, according to our intelligence, belonged to the Falcon Mercenaries who are long gone, and even if they are just hiding, it would mean that they are a bunch of garbage. The Wild Wolf Mercenaries were wiped out, so that only leaves the Black Cat Mercenaries and…. a newbie Deviant Mercenary Corp. There are only two mercenary corps in the district, that’s not even enough for us to gag. Look at the other areas, they all have at least five mercenary corps or more, and we only have two enemy forces; we wouldn’t feel accomplished even if we won.”
Chapter 582: International Special Forces Compet.i.tion Begins (Part Two)
The captain of the M Nation special forces protested, “What are you trying to suggest, giving us the weakest one out of the ten districts? You’re looking down on us, aren’t you? I think the difficulty of the compet.i.tion will reflect all aspects of an elite team’s ability, so are you insulting us by giving us the weakest one?”
The reason they protested was because the winning scores depended on the number of enemies they could eradicate in their District. So even if they had swept out their area early, which only had two groups including the Black Cat Mercenaries and the Deviants, then the head counts wouldn’t be sufficient to win.
They simply couldn’t get a higher score than their compet.i.tors and they were dissatisfied with the possibility of losing the first contest.
The other districts indeed had large and small mercenary corps compared to District 7. Although District 7 originally had five big mercenary corps, according to intelligence, Falcon had disappeared, Wild Wolf was exterminated, and the remaining one chose to hide away, leaving only Black Cat which was a little bigger in scale compared to Deviant. According to their intelligence, Deviant was a fairly new group that had been established for less than two weeks, which generally meant that they were small in size and could be seen as worthless. To put it bluntly, District 7 was used entirely for the weaker countries to pick up some small fries.
The referee explained. “Everything was a.s.signed at random, and there’s nothing fishy about it. Your leader grabbed a random one from the box, so the objection is overruled.”
The special forces from other countries heard that the M Nation team had drawn the weakest District and congratulated them sarcastically, “Congratulations, you can clear District 7 without sacrificing any of your comrades.”
“Call yourself the elites of the world’s special forces and yet you guys got the weakest District 7. I hope you will be as fast and efficient as we are, or else it would be humiliating.”
“Hahahahaha, I bet they’ll have to take some time looking for people first in that area. Whether it’s a Black Cat or a Deviant, they’ll probably be hiding away.”
The M Nation special forces were quite furious listening to the other teams mocking them.
“We’ll sweep up and complete our mission within a day!” said the Captain.
Usually it would take three days at least to complete sweeping one district, and the slowest battle went on for two weeks. Kush’s mercenaries and the Four Clans in the past had been tricky and ruthless enemies, and the special forces’ losses were also particularly big, so these years they’ve purposely avoided those territories.
For regions with only two mercenary clans, an elite team like the M Nation could in fact handle it in a day.
The R Nation Special Forces mocked. “If you have the ability, why don’t you go to the Earth Mercenaries’ territory and call it a day?”
The Earth Mercenaries belonged to Kush’s first mercenary group.
The M Nation shouted back. “I hear Falcon was your minion? So, for their sudden disappearance this time, are you the ones who tipped them off? I’m telling you, it’s no use hiding because we’ll find them and destroy them!”
“Okay everyone, I’ll remind you again that this is not a drill. This is not a drill. Because they are real outlaws with real bullets, any carelessness will cost you your lives. Again, no shooting at the local civilians, and no shooting at captives. In order to maintain the ecology of the area, you cannot use any ma.s.s destruction mines this time around, and only guns and various supporting equipment are allowed.”
Each country’s team had their own area, and the entire map was covered with drones to get feedback to the base camp, so they could be directed by the commander.
Boom boom boom!
Fighter jets from each country flew across the sky as their soldiers slid down the rope onto the ground one by one. They hovered over the area until all soldiers had landed and flew away in formation.
The M Nation team had a total of thirty elite soldiers; they landed in the sand and one soldier opened the satellite map as they then set off to clear the area.