Retired for A Hundred Years: Re-Employment for the Apocalypse Bigshot!-Chapter 379 - 374: Mutant Tiger Pack

The driver suddenly changed course, making the other two teams in the vehicle alert. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Just as they were about to stand up, they suddenly felt their brains hit by something, and everything went black as they collapsed in the car.

Ye Xingyan clicked his tongue twice, holding tightly onto the handrail beside him.

This was a route they rarely took, and the transport vehicle was bumping violently. A moment’s inattention could have sent them flying out.

Suddenly—

A horrific roar sounded from beneath the vehicle wheels.

Ye Xingyan’s heart trembled, and he involuntarily moved a little closer to Ji Ning.

The transport vehicle didn’t stop, continuing to drive erratically.

The hair-raising roars from those being crushed made one’s scalp tingle.

Finally, the transport vehicle returned to its designated path, but seven or eight mutant tigers with glowing red eyes were following behind.

This change made the hunters in other convoys’ faces turn pale.

Curses echoed from the driver’s cabin.

But the driver’s eyes were dull, unaffected by any of this.

As the mutant tigers closed in, the hunters from other convoys began organizing a counterattack.

Various superpowers erupted like fireworks in the dark night.

The dense gunfire sounded "rat-a-tat-tat" concentrating fire backward.

But the mutant tigers Ji Ning sought out were not weak in combat, and the Tiger King’s strength had reached the fourth level.

Ordinary bullets were nothing more than an itch to it, unable to even break its skin.

Seeing the Mutated Tiger King about to break through the superpower defenses and pounce on the transport vehicle where Ji Ning was.

Suddenly—

From inside a transport vehicle, a hunter shot a special bullet at the Mutated Tiger King.

This bullet, wrapped in a metal-enhanced superpower, could directly pierce through the Mutated Tiger King’s tough hide.

Ji Ning’s pupils darkened, a curve forming on her lips.

Found it...

"Roar—Roar—"

The piercing cries made one’s blood boil and tumble.

The energy carried in the roaring was enough to burst the eardrums of lower-level superpower users.

Ji Ning jumped off the transport truck, quickly approaching the Mutated Tiger King, dodging its gaping maw and engaging it in a struggle.

Seeing a brave warrior go down to distract the Mutated Tiger King, everyone immediately shifted their attack focus.

Ye Xingyan, who had been watching Ji Ning’s actions, grew more and more excited in his eyes.

This was witnessing the scene of the Commander battling mutant beasts as described in the history books.

Those swift movements, fighting purely with strength instead of superpowers, were blood-boiling.

Xiao Shun and Ah Da were equally excited.

It was their first time seeing Ji Ning beat a high-level mutant beast barehanded up close. That speed, that strength, and those moves, wouldn’t other Support Ability Users come begging to be taught?

And Ji Ning intentionally refrained from using superpowers to prolong the combat, waiting for the special bullet infused with medicine to fully take effect.

She could sense this change immediately.

After about fifteen minutes, she could clearly feel the violent energy fluctuations on the Mutated Tiger King begin to weaken, and its attack power was also diminishing, as if a debuff had been applied.

The Mutated Tiger King, seemingly aware of its inability to continue fighting, let out an angry roar before attempting to retreat.

But how could Ji Ning let it leave so easily? She spread her fingers toward the Mutated Tiger King.

The nearby piled-up building debris rose in an orderly fashion, automatically forming sturdy stone walls, trapping the Mutated Tiger King in place.

The pitiful howls sounded unsettling, afraid it might break through the stone walls with brute force and escape.

With the Mutated Tiger King captured alive, the remaining mutant tigers grew intent on retreat, two or three managed to flee, while the rest were all killed by the hunters.

The leader of the task, looking stern, jumped off the foremost transport vehicle and strode angrily to the rear.

He opened the driver’s cabin of the rear vehicle and pulled out the slowly awakening driver, giving him a hard punch.

The driver’s cheek stung with pain, his body collapsing uncontrollably to the ground.

"I’ll deal with you later!"

The leader gave him a fierce glare, his eyes scanning everyone on the transport vehicle with a sinister gaze, seemingly trying to identify the troublemaker.

But Ji Ning had already awakened the members of the other two teams. They all had just gone through a tough battle, with weapons still in hand, making it hard to tell who had intentionally lured the mutant tigers.

He could only look towards Ji Ning, who had trapped the Mutated Tiger King single-handedly.

He had some suspicions in his heart, but his attitude softened a lot compared to earlier, "Thank you for your hard work. The Black Snake Gang will triple your reward. Could we procure this Mutated Tiger King from you? The price is negotiable."

According to the Hunter Alliance’s regulations, during missions in the pollution zone, any additional resources obtained besides the current task goal are retained by the hunters themselves or sold to powerful factions for profit.

"Sorry! I have other uses for this Mutated Tiger King." Ji Ning refused directly, causing the leader’s face to freeze, suppressing his dissatisfaction, he continued, "We can offer you an empty vehicle, contact me anytime if you change your mind."

Ji Ning did not refuse this time and nodded in agreement.

The leader wished he could forcefully take the Mutated Tiger King, but the strength displayed by the person in front of him left him with no choice but to back down.

Who knew if he was someone from a powerful faction?

Subsequently, the leader had one of the transport vehicles emptied for Ji Ning’s team and to house the Mutated Tiger King.

...

On the way back.

Ye Xingyan used the medical equipment Ji Ning carried to draw ample blood from the Mutated Tiger King.

He also conducted a full-body examination, collecting hair, saliva, claws...

Whatever could be gathered was all collected.

Seeing this, Xiao Shun and Ah Da felt somewhat sympathetic for it.

Indeed, it was like the saying: a tiger losing ground to a dog... No, to a human.

But there’s no choice; this Mutated Tiger King is temporarily theirs, but once they reach the defensive zone, they won’t be able to keep it.

They had no intention to confront the Black Snake Gang head-on at this moment.

Sure enough, when the driver drove their transport vehicle into the Black Snake Gang camp, they were immediately surrounded by Black Snake hunters.

Faced with hunters, looking ferocious and holding weapons, just short of openly robbing, Ji Ning and her group of four remained remarkably calm.

Among them was the vice leader of the Black Snake Gang.

He was not wearing a gas mask or protective suit, and from the energy fluctuations on his body, his strength appeared to be above level 8.

"Which route are you from?"

The team that took the mission was the Evil Wolf Squad, but these four people were not members of that team; he even had someone verify this fact.

These newcomers in front of him had knocked out and tied up the members of the Evil Wolf Squad, then replaced them to participate in the task issued by the Black Snake Gang.

Ji Ning stepped forward, unfastening her protective suit to pull out something.

The surrounding hunters reflexively stepped back a few paces.

Until Ji Ning took out a short arrow.

The vice leader’s eyes instantly widened, disregarding the danger as he walked several steps forward. Once he saw the design of the short arrow clearly, he immediately said, "Please put it away and let me invite you to the office for a sit-down. And for you guys, put down your weapons and clear the area immediately..."

The anxiety in his voice seemed to fear upsetting Ji Ning if things were delayed.

Equally shocked was Ye Xingyan, standing nearest to Ji Ning.

He was quite familiar with the token of the Ji Family Army, especially the faint energy emanating from the engraved characters on the arrow tail, stirring one’s spirit.

This token was genuine!

Distinguishing the authenticity of the Ji Family Army’s token is relatively difficult for outsiders, as they remain on traditional methods, like identifying handwriting or material age, for appraisal, whereas for knowledgeable individuals like them.

Determining authenticity only requires checking whether it contains an unknown energy.

Any relic that the Commander personally made or engraved has a remarkable unknown energy.