Just as Tie Xiong and his team were flying on a private plane towards Shengmai, the scorpion monster was already less than forty kilometers from Shengmai.

Fortunately, the scorpion monster moves slowly; otherwise, Shengmai would have become a ruin before Tie Xiong even arrived.

Initially, the citizens of Shengmai didn’t know why they needed to evacuate.

But as soon as they saw videos of the scorpion monster online, they chose to flee Shengmai with their families immediately.

Are you kidding me?

Faced with such a terrifying creature, do you wait to die if you don’t escape?

Quickly, the mass evacuation turned Shengmai into an unprecedented traffic jam.

Cars lined up one after another, completely stuck, with no one able to move an inch.

The scorpion monster was less than forty kilometers from Shengmai, yet everyone was stuck here wasting time?

Some who couldn’t bear the traffic jams simply abandoned their cars and fled Shengmai on foot.

As time went on, more and more people made this choice.

Yet even so, the entire Shengmai remained extremely congested.

Wenma Menglachaweng, seated in a helicopter, looked down at the various congested intersections below, his face grim.

If the congestion continues like this, at least half the citizens will be unable to leave Shengmai.

If these people haven’t left when the scorpion monster arrives, they’ll likely become part of the creature.

Devouring so many people, that monster could swell to over a hundred meters long, couldn’t it?

At this thought, Wenma Menglachaweng couldn’t help but shudder.

If the scorpion monster really grows to that size, Talan might truly face the risk of national extinction.

"Z-z-z... Z-z-z..."

As Wenma Menglachaweng was worrying, a voice suddenly came over the helicopter radio.

"Commander Wenma, Eagle Country has agreed to assist our nation in exterminating the creature and has air-dropped a special operations team to the southeast of Shengmai..."

Upon hearing this, Wenma Menglachaweng couldn’t help but be taken aback.

Then, a joyful smile spread across his face.

He had not expected Eagle Country to be so decisive and straightforward, immediately air-dropping a special operations team.

After finding out the specific location of this team, he immediately instructed the helicopter pilot to fly to that location.

Upon reaching the location, Wenma Menglachaweng indeed saw a group of Eagle Country soldiers, well-equipped.

He immediately instructed the helicopter pilot to find a clearing for landing.

"Hello, I’m Deputy Commander Wenma Menglachaweng of the Northern Military District of Talan!"

After the helicopter successfully landed, he immediately approached with a smile and introduced himself.

"Hello, Commander Wenma. I’m Daniel, the leader of this task force."

A burly and robust Eagle Country soldier stepped forward and introduced himself as well.

Wenma Menglachaweng glanced at the military rank and smiled, "Welcome to Shengmai, Lieutenant Daniel!"

"Commander Wenma, our mission for air-dropping into Shengmai this time is to gather as much specific information about the monster as possible."

"I hope you can dispatch some vehicles to transport us near the creature!"

Lieutenant Daniel responded solemnly.

"No problem! I’ll have someone send vehicles over right away!"

Wenma Menglachaweng dared not say otherwise.

He promptly nodded in agreement.

As Wenma Menglachaweng turned to arrange for vehicles, an Eagle Country soldier stepped up and smirked, "Hey, do you think that monster is really that scary?"

"Of course, Sam!"

Lieutenant Daniel nodded without hesitation, "That creature took six air-to-ground missiles directly!"

"Ha!"

"I suspect that Talan’s military is just terrible!"

"Their air-to-ground missiles are probably old relics from decades ago..."

Soldier Sam shrugged, smirking as he spoke.

Lieutenant Daniel chuckled at these words.

He knew better than anyone what kind of outfit Talan’s military was.

But this could not be displayed for now.

After all, they were currently in Talan and needed the cooperation of Talan’s military.

About half an hour later, the armored transport vehicles arranged by Wenma Menglachaweng finally arrived.

Seeing these vehicles dating back twenty to thirty years, Soldier Sam and others frowned deeply.

"Hurry and get in!"

"We need to complete the mission quickly!"

Lieutenant Daniel could see everyone’s displeasure but still urged them to hurry.

With no choice, Soldier Sam and the others obediently got in the vehicles.

Wenma Menglachaweng did not join them but watched the armored transport vehicles drive away.

"Return to headquarters and await the arrival from the Dragon Country Religious Affairs Bureau!"

Once the armored transport vehicles disappeared from view, Wenma Menglachaweng re-boarded the helicopter.

...

On the other side, Lieutenant Daniel and the others, riding in armored transport vehicles, saw many fleeing Talan villagers along the way.

"It seems we’re getting closer to the creature!"

Lieutenant Daniel remarked in a grave tone.

"Boss, can we kill that creature directly?"

Soldier Sam chuckled, fondling the gun in his hands.

Despite being only about twenty strong, their firepower could rival a composite regiment of Talan’s military.

"Very unlikely!"

Lieutenant Daniel shook his head, "The creature is just too massive!"

"Normal firearms and bullets probably won’t even harm it!"

"Well, you never know!"

Soldier Sam responded indifferently with a laugh.

The others laughed along with him.

Just as they were joking around, the driver of the armored transport vehicle suddenly slammed on the brakes.

Due to inertia, Soldier Sam and the others all collided with each other.

"F***! How are you driving?"

The group was furious and couldn’t help but curse.

"We’ve... we’ve arrived at the location!"

"I... I can’t go any further!"

The driver stammered in Eagle language.

"Get out, and run back on your own!"

Lieutenant Daniel looked at the driver, whose face was filled with fear and dread, and gestured for him to leave alone.

"I... I..." The driver wanted to say more but was stopped when Lieutenant Daniel drew a handgun and pressed it to his forehead.

The same situation occurred in the other two armored transport vehicles.

After driving the three Talan military drivers off the vehicles, Lieutenant Daniel and the others took the wheel themselves and continued forward.

But they hadn’t driven far before they felt the ground start to shake, as if an earthquake were happening.

"Get out!"

"Quick, everybody out!"

Seeing what lay ahead, Lieutenant Daniel urgently urged the team members to disembark.

As soon as they got out, they saw, just over a hundred meters away, a towering scorpion monster exceeding twenty meters in height.

"Gulp!"

The monster seen in the videos looked completely different from witnessing it firsthand.

Seeing the gigantic and frightening creature, Soldier Sam and the others instinctively swallowed hard...