Chapter 861: The Fear of Sudden Silence from the Enemy..._2

It’s so… wonderful!

…..

Meanwhile, about 784 meters away from the road, deep in a dense grassland half the height of a person.

Chen Town was like a sleeping rock, or a dead tree root, completely still.

Every muscle in his body was in a delicate state of power accumulation, containing the astonishing strength that could erupt instantly; yet his breathing was as light as nothing, with only a weak ripple-like rise and fall in his chest close to the ground.

This was a battle instinct formed by long wandering at the edge of life and death and refining in blood and fire—capable of instant explosive force like thunder, slaying the enemy in a flash, yet able to lurk like a serpent for a long time, waiting for the optimal moment.

He keenly sensed that the situation on the road had changed.

The roar filled with anger and confusion disappeared.

The world seemed to have been muted, leaving only the rustling of the wind passing through the long grass leaves.

Instead of feeling relieved, Chen Town’s heart sank.

Not afraid of the enemy yelling, just afraid of the enemy’s sudden silence!

Chen Town started to move extremely slowly in the grass, adjusting angles between the grass roots and soil, cautiously turning his head and butt around to face the road.

Then he slightly raised his chin, through the gaps between the grass leaves, directing his gaze towards the direction of the white human-spider immense figure.

He spoke to the tiny microphone pressed against his throat, in an extremely low volume:

“Hawkeye, why isn’t he yelling? What’s he doing?”

In the flat, Xu Yingyan was typing furiously, almost wearing out the keyboard.

Multiple surveillance images relayed back from drones were being continuously switched, enlarged, and image-enhanced on the main screen in front of him.

From high-altitude overview to side distant views, and zoom-in close-ups… a 360-degree lock on the white human-spider, observing and recording his every move, and incidentally… capturing his “splendid beauty.”

As they say, white covers all flaws; that face of the white human-spider is nothing but white, isn’t it stunningly handsome!

Xu Yingyan responded at a rapid speed:

“Energy readings stable, no obvious change in attack posture. Behavioral pattern analysis, he seems to be… thinking?”

Zhang Shenyi stared at the entirely white face on the computer screen, his expression gradually turning serious, slowly speaking out three words with tightly pressed lips:

“White Mask.”

Just earlier, only a glimpse of the strange, fierce back view was seen, insufficiently distinctive.

But now, the iconic pure white face clearly presented before him, with the Worries Relief Studio’s information database and knowledge, they couldn’t possibly fail to recognize which divine being this “spider” truly belongs to.

The mission hadn’t officially started yet, and even Target Feng Mu hadn’t been seen, yet they’ve already encountered White Mask killing and abducting at the door of Second Prison.

This is certainly not a good sign.

For the sake of safety, it’s necessary to immediately readjust and significantly enhance the potential danger level of this mission.

At this moment, the Mechanical Department man from the sidelines, almost forgotten as an observer, suddenly seemed to be struck by some nerve, muttering under his breath.

His voice started low, like talking to himself, but became clearer, faster paced:

“This is White Mask; White Mask belongs to the Hidden Sect Mobile Department. Why would White Mask appear at the entrance of Second Prison, killing someone? This must be a violation, this…”

It seemed like he was explaining to the members of the Worries Relief Studio, but more like organizing the fragments of thoughts bursting in his mind, with an increasingly rapid, jumping pace:

“Yes, it’s Du Changle; Du Changle was dispatched back by Wang Xinfa, Member of Parliament, from the Hidden Sect not long ago. This White Mask must be his guy.

Feng Mu belongs to Mr. Wang, and Du Changle also belongs to Mr. Wang… So, Du Changle is helping Second Prison handle trouble? This White Mask, is helping Second Prison kill people?

Right, I seem to have heard that Mr. Wang has some proposal related to Second Prison…

The Mechanical Department man’s eyes grew brighter, his pace so fast as to almost bite his tongue.

His expression changed continuously, then turned into a look of ecstasy, excitedly shouting at Zhang Shenyi and his team:

“Opportunity! This is an excellent opportunity! We must bring back that corpse; it is a rare ironclad proof.

No, just bringing the corpse back isn’t enough; bring that White Mask back alive, evidence and suspect together, this could topple…”

The Mechanical Department man’s eyes shimmered with the light of discovering some opportunity.

It’s hard to tell how he managed to piece together such a seemingly logically coherent perfect script from fragmented information he knew.

Let’s just say the process was right, with the conclusion slightly off.

But that doesn’t matter.

As long as the Worries Relief Studio listens to him, brings both the White Mask and the corpse to him, he has a way to align conclusions with facts on a granular level.

Unfortunately, the Worries Relief Studio members, from top to bottom, ignored his ecstasy and directives.

He’s just a paid “spectator,” he doesn’t get to say how the team battle is fought, does he?

Zhang Shenyi’s brows furrowed slightly, his gaze briefly scanning the Mechanical Department man, calmly stating:

“This isn’t on our task list; our mission is only to capture Feng Mu.”

The Mechanical Department man’s face instantly turned from excited red to dark as the bottom of a pot, his lips moving, trying to argue the enormous value of this “unexpected windfall.”

But Zhang Shenyi gave him no opportunity, directly issuing a new command to Xu Yingyan:

“Raise all drone altitudes, expand scan radius, search for all suspicious heat sources, signal sources, and abnormal activity units in the surrounding environment.”

“Understood!”

Xu Yingyan immediately executed, his hands rapidly sliding on the control interface.

In the sky, the stealth drone clusters swiftly dispersed like a massive invisible net spread wide.

The screen’s view quickly elevated, capturing the wilderness, meandering roads, scattered buildings… everything in full view.

Suddenly, Xu Yingyan’s gaze locked onto one section of the split screen:

“This sparrow seems a bit … unusual!”

In the image, a gray-brown sparrow was circling in the air.

In the wilderness with clusters of weeds and abundant insects, sparrows are a common sight.

From the drone’s aerial view, one can often see a few gray-brown sparrows jumping, flying, chirping, and foraging.

But among them, one sparrow stood out slightly.

Solitary, its flight altitude noticeably higher than its peers, and its flight path was not aimless, but rather expanding its flight radius around the pile of car wrecks on the road.

Xu Yingyan felt a chill, his hands swiftly on the keyboard, urgently summoning nearby drones to focus on it simultaneously, capturing multiple angles and conducting data analysis.

In the high-definition zoom-in image, this sparrow appeared exceptionally realistic, its feather texture, beak’s glossy texture, claw details all vividly live-like.

The flapping wings’ posture, turning maneuvering motions in the air, indistinguishable from a real bird.

With just the naked eye, it could deceive most observers, showing almost no flaws.

However, on the computer screen before Xu Yingyan, a dynamic recognition algorithm developed within the studio was running at high speed.

It inputted this sparrow’s flight trajectory, wing-flap frequency, air hovering subtle timing, flight altitude stability changes, and dozens of other parameters, processed through a series of complex mathematical calculations, quickly deconstructed the sparrow’s flight power model.

Then, it compared the model with the flight model of real sparrows recorded in the Worries Relief Studio’s database, with the results instantly showing.

“Flight posture simulation 87%, hover duration exceeds natural sparrow average by 33%, flight altitude fluctuation range exceeds standard by 43%, turning acceleration deviates from the natural model by 17%…”

Xu Yingyan spoke rapidly, with a trace of fear:

“Comprehensive parameter analysis indicates an overall deviation from standard natural models by 35.4%.

Exceeds alert threshold, unmistakably confirming it to be a disguise mimetic unmanned aerial vehicle, conducting area grid search tasks.

According to its current speed, flight radius, and search range calculation…”

Xu Yingyan quickly calculated mentally, hurriedly informing:

“After 37 seconds, its probability of discovering Chen Town’s hiding spot will rise to over 89%. Captain, what should we do? Should we immediately shoot down this ‘sparrow’?”