Fatal Strike: Mercenary Road of Gunfire Ranger-Chapter 668 - 620: The Virus Returns
The cave is the lower space where the Dimension Card Company was previously located...
This should originally be a large hollow mountain belly, able to accommodate animal experiments and personnel training, while also housing thousands of cattle and sheep to shelter from the winter cold, and providing food and animal feed for the Dimension Card Company people.
Mountain Eagle used bombs to destroy Dimension Card Company's laboratory, and the explosion in the upper space caused an internal collapse of the mountain, burying a large portion of the massive lower space with the collapsed mountain.
In the past period, after those so-called protection organizations diligently excavated and explored, the location where Mountain Eagle and his team are now has finally seen the light of day again.
Mountain Eagle knows about this, and is aware that most of those so-called protection organizations are just scams, but as the landlord, he cannot easily refuse these so-called environmental protection organizations endorsed by the State Government.
Anyway, the most important laboratory on the second level has been completely destroyed, so no matter how hard these people try, the results will be the same.
What Mountain Eagle didn't expect was that the ones trapped inside the mountain belly now include not only members from two Black Hawk helicopters but also a group of environmental protection organization members wearing green vests.
This group seems to have been living here for a while...
Tents, campfires, stoves, and the carcasses of several freshly slaughtered cattle and sheep, along with a big and small black bear.
These people should be doing well, even if a sudden blizzard blew outside, it wouldn't greatly affect the cave's interior.
But what Mountain Eagle actually saw was something completely different...
More than twenty individuals wearing green vests sat tethered with their hands tied behind their backs, their faces flushed and expressions manic. Among them were several clearly bear-bitten individuals, already in a critical state, seemingly ready to pass away at any moment.
Several Inuit soldiers armed with rifles stared intently at these people, as if they are beasts of flood.
Six severely wounded individuals transferred from the north lay on stretchers, occupying positions near the exit, with two medics hurriedly attending to them.
Two other Inuit soldiers and a few pilots sat on the ground with their arms crossed, occasionally picking up small stones to throw at those green vests, while intermittently cursing.
The site situation left Mountain Eagle quite puzzled...
Originally, everyone's goal was to escape the blizzard, and there wasn't much here worth fighting over, but clearly, a serious conflict broke out before they arrived.
The strange atmosphere was dissipated when Mountain Eagle and his team arrived, and the fierce Butcher took control of the situation the moment he entered the cave...
Dressed warmly, Michael and Scott struggled to remove their hats and hoods, rushing to the side of the severely wounded to communicate with the two medics, quickly finding their cousins.
Taking advantage of Michael's exchange with those soldiers, Mountain Eagle raised a high-brightness flashlight and, accompanied by Mad Bull and Pegasus, toured the still vast mountain belly space, eventually arriving at the pond where he had escaped from the mountain belly with Luna...
The northern part of the mountain belly has completely collapsed, but the southern part where Mountain Eagle is still relatively intact.
Standing by the pond, he felt the surrounding temperature, then squatted down to stir the chilling underground water with his hand...
Mountain Eagle looked at the excited expressions of Mad Bull and Pegasus and smilingly asked, "Do you think this place can accommodate 200 cattle?"
Pegasus, who had worked in the US West, clearly was an expert, nodded decisively and said, "Absolutely, the space here is large; if properly planned, it should be able to accommodate 500 cattle for the winter.
But supplying 500 cattle ourselves with forage would be strenuous, and buying outside would result in a loss-making deal.
But 200 should be no problem. Alaska's summer vegetation growth is intense; as long as we can plant pasture in the Valley and harvest once or twice, we can store enough forage for them to survive the winter.
Angus cattle can also move outside and forage themselves in winter, but the deadliest period for them is actually the coldest three months in Alaska..."
Mountain Eagle doesn't understand cattle farming; to him, those cattle and sheep are blessings from above—it's best if they survive, but he's not troubled if they don't.
Since Wayne and the natives are willing to try, Mountain Eagle would naturally sponsor them, after all, if his farm produced cattle and sheep, he could save some expenses.
The Brown Bear Camp, including the surrounding lands, has been the only large-scale physical investment Mountain Eagle has undertaken so far.
He's invested nearly 15 million US Dollars here, covering camp construction, land purchase, and initially semi-charitable trading activities.
All the fur acquired by the camp hasn't been sold; Emperor Salmon trade has been called for a long time, but besides sending shipments once a week from Anchorage domestically to satisfy Xiao Wan's cravings and occasionally give out favors, the other progress has been tiny.
Feeding people and livestock costs money, and if they could actually jointly farm some cattle and sheep to ensure their people don't lack food or drink, occasionally subsidizing camp consumption via trade would be ideal.
Watching the enthusiastic Pegasus, Mountain Eagle nodded and said, "Then start with the wandering cattle and sheep outside; after the blizzard, get as many as possible inside.
If you need help, I can leave Balang here to assist.
Plus, I need to inspect the surrounding mountains, at least finding you a safe place to settle." 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎
After speaking, Mountain Eagle gestured for the two to continue looking around, then himself circled the mountain walls; after gaining some insights, he approached the green vests for a look...
"Gentlemen, as members of an environmental protection organization, how can you hunt black bears with cubs? This is a serious crime in Alaska that can get you imprisoned."
While Mountain Eagle was speaking, the green vests, whose faces were flushed and clearly had high fevers, did not respond. Instead, an Inuit soldier nearby came over and said, "Sir, these people are very dangerous..."
Mountain Eagle asked curiously, "Did they attack you? Why?"
The short Inuit soldier shook his head and pointed to several people on the ground who were almost at their last breath, saying, "I don't know...
We were bringing in the wounded to take shelter from the storm when these guys went crazy and attacked us.
We had to injure them and then tie up the others."
Mountain Eagle squatted next to a guy who had a leg injury from a black bear claw and simply reached out to lightly touch his forehead. Suddenly, the guy shrank his body and let out a scream of extreme pain as if caught in a mouse trap.
"Ah..."
The scream caught everyone's attention, and a green vest who was tied up screamed while trying hard to stand up, "What are you doing?"
Mountain Eagle glanced back at him, shook his head, and said, "Shouldn't I be asking what you did?"
Saying this, Mountain Eagle didn't wait for the guy's response and stood up to look at the group of Inuit soldiers, saying, "Keep your distance from them. They must be sick..."
At this point, Mountain Eagle had roughly figured out what happened?
Because the condition of these people was very similar to what he encountered previously!
From the moment he saw them, he felt something was off. Earlier, while wandering around the mountain wall, he carefully investigated using Golden Cicada, and then discovered a narrow passage leading to the second-floor space within the rugged paths of the mountain wall.
The exit of that passage was very close to the core office of the laboratory.
These people were not here for any environmental investigation at all; they were targeting the second-floor laboratory.
And somehow, they also got infected by the same virus that initially infected Mountain Eagle!
A few guys who had already lost consciousness all had bite and claw wounds from black bears...
It must be caused by the virus; Mountain Eagle couldn't explain the exact mechanism, but the high fever, clearly exceeding 40 degrees when he touched them earlier, already predicted those guys wouldn't survive.
Mountain Eagle was lucky to survive, not only due to his physical fitness but more importantly because Blood Fox and others spent millions of dollars following doctors' orders to purchase many sky-high priced drugs, and brought heavyweight doctors from Canada and the United States for consultations...
Hospital fees alone amounted to 3 million US dollars, plus nearly 5 million US dollars in additional costs paid by Blood Fox and others for sky-high drug fees and consultation fees, totaling nearly 8 million US dollars, providing him with the best care...
Even with this, Mountain Eagle almost didn't make it, but in the end, his wife, children, and Balang appeared by his bedside, which restored his mind, shattered by pain.
Actually, Mountain Eagle had reviewed his experience many times and guessed that his problem should be related to that ancient corpse inside the laboratory...
He even vaguely suspected that he was able to endure until the end because something on Balang counteracted the virus in him.
Because it was Balang who tore open the wound on his wrist at the critical moment...
The final doctor's conclusion was a type of viral infection, which triggered a certain mechanism within him, causing various hormones to secrete massively, leading his body to undergo dramatic changes.
From the results, this was a good thing for Mountain Eagle!
But for these people, the outcome might not be as fortunate...
While Mountain Eagle remained silent, a guy lying on the ground suddenly started convulsing and vomiting, his body shaking violently as if he was electrocuted, his limbs twisting and curling up...
The veins on his neck bulged, his complexion becoming increasingly red...
Just as the medic nearby wanted to come over, blood suddenly sprayed out from the guy's nose, and he opened his mouth wide and began to howl...
This sudden situation shocked everyone.
The Inuit soldier responsible for guarding the green vests muttered to himself and moved to the side, while his gaze at those unconscious fellas changed slightly...
Mountain Eagle frowned and asked, "What are you thinking?"
As he spoke, Mountain Eagle watched the guy howl while hooking his curved right hand inside his mouth, forcibly dislocating his jaw, which caused his mouth to open to an incredible extent...
"Shit, what the hell is this thing?"
