Chapter 1254: Chapter 1252: Replanning

“They’re conducting an experiment, this experiment is quite like the one I remember…”

After Pexin and Teng Wei transmitted the situation from the Baldeke Base, Hao Jian’s eyes flickered slightly. The information they sent back was very similar to what he encountered back home.

It was that kind of experimental base, and they were using human beings as experimental materials. If it weren’t for the fact that he had to rescue his employees at that time, he might not have discovered this matter.

Now, those soldiers who aren’t normal humans, connected with the key point of capturing ordinary people and burning corpses, it can be guessed what is being done here.

However, what puzzled Hao Jian was why the Mercenary Alliance and the Assassin Alliance would be working together on this matter.

“Forget it, forget it, since it’s something that needs to be dealt with, it doesn’t matter how they’re mixed together.”

Shaking his head, Hao Jian stopped thinking about this problem. He sent a message, first asking Teng Wei and Pexin to come back, then he packed some things himself and prepared to head to Bata to check out the situation there.

Seeing it with his own eyes would give him a more accurate judgment than the reports from his subordinates, and after he revealed this plan, none of his subordinates said anything; instead, none of them seemed very worried.

Worried? What a joke!

As a man whom they couldn’t defeat even if they joined forces, would they worry about Hao Jian’s safety? If this was something Hao Jian couldn’t handle and he found it tricky, they could just pack up and prepare to leave too.

An enemy that even Hao Jian couldn’t defeat, they would just be throwing themselves into the lion’s jaws if they faced it together.

Far away in Bata, upon receiving Hao Jian’s message, Pexin and Teng Wei said nothing and packed up immediately, leaving the city of Bata overnight. Fortunately, the two were specialized scouts; otherwise, it would have been very difficult to exit from Bata.

Currently, Bata was already Baldeke’s territory, with ubiquitous surveillance. Without absolute experience, traces might truly be left behind.

As the two left Bata, the sky was already turning grey, and at this time, Hao Jian had just left Mongomo, but given his pace, it wouldn’t take long to reach Bata.

After all, sometimes there were quite a few cars on the roadside, and picking one to drive away was much easier than running on foot, right?

After a round of hustling, Hao Jian finally arrived in the city of Bata, while Teng Wei and Pexin had barely approached Mongomo.

“What a pity for this city!”

Standing atop a tall building, Hao Jian gazed upon the city, shaking his head slightly. Just seeing the situation on the tens of kilometers of roads he covered to enter the city left him feeling somewhat helpless.

The remaining people in the city were all locals unwilling to leave their homes, very simple folks, given how backward the country was. Most transactions were barters, for the majority of the nation’s wealth was vested in the ruling group and officials.

And now more so in an era of chaos, the country’s currency held no value, only gold and silver jewelry could serve as wealth. Unfortunately, for these simple people, how could they afford to trade such luxuries?

Thus, slowly reverting to a primitive barter system, if Hao Jian wanted to stay in such a city, he also needed gold and silver jewelry.

When Pexin and Teng Wei came over earlier, they also paid in gold and silver jewelry; otherwise, conducting affairs would be hard without it, although their gold and silver were taken from some wealthy individuals.

Only they knew how they got them, but knowing Hao Jian’s character, he would actually do such things too.

However, he didn’t need to now because he was just here to handle a matter and would leave, with no intention of staying long.

Glancing in a direction, Hao Jian slightly tapped the ground with his foot and sped across the rooftops, moving as stealthily as a leopard. No one would really notice someone sprinting across Bata’s rooftops.

The direction in which Hao Jian ran was towards the Baldeke Base; he needed to check out the situation there.

“It really is massive!”

As Hao Jian approached the base, he finally realized how huge this base standing within the city of Bata was.

Spanning over twenty kilometers, it encircled several mountains, housing more than ten thousand soldiers inside.

Of course, these people weren’t counted among the total population of Bata city.

In Equatorial Guinea, to become a first-tier warlord, your followers must exceed ten thousand. Compared to the entire country’s population, these soldiers’ proficiency was considered the limit.

Only this way could their uniqueness be displayed, and as a mighty warlord, Baldeke’s forces were not short of numbers. With the help of the Mercenary Alliance and the Assassin Alliance, his forces counted over nineteen thousand, plus nearly a thousand bizarre humans, effectively making him command over twenty thousand.

It should be known that the remaining population of Equatorial Guinea was around seven to eight hundred thousand. Out of them, only a little over a hundred thousand could be soldiers, and Baldeke already controlled one-fifth of them.

Within these twenty thousand personnel, nearly a thousand bizarre soldiers had strength equivalent to over ten normal humans, meaning these bizarre soldiers alone equated to an army of ten thousand.

“It’s truly hard to infiltrate…”

Within the base’s mid-level defenses, hiding under a wooden barrel, Hao Jian’s face showed helplessness. From the entrance to here, Hao Jian spent half a day, even almost getting exposed due to a moment of inattention.

Fortunately, he noticed just in time, preventing himself from being exposed.

“Three kilometers to go…”

Hao Jian looked at the distant towering walls, his face twitching slightly. The base seemed to have placed traps at every possible point.

If not for Hao Jian’s strong experience, any ordinary expert would have been discovered long ago. Any of his twenty-six subordinates attempting a solo infiltration would fail.

This showed how strong the base’s defenses and mechanisms were.

“This wall…”

After spending another hour, he finally ran past the intermediate defense zone three kilometers away, not alerting any guards along the way.

However, when he reached the inner base that Pexin and Teng Wei mentioned, he tightly furrowed his brow as he looked at the over ten-meter-high wall in front of him.

Touching the wall, it felt like cement, but when Hao Jian channeled his power into it, he found numerous metal plates beneath most of the cement, connected with intricate lines resembling some kind of mechanism.

“Seems they’re conducting experiments down here…”

Upon discovering the structure of the lines on these metal plates, Hao Jian understood the situation. Yet knowing this made his head ache even more.

Earlier, he had observed an abnormal soldier walking on the passage above the wall, immediately recognizing it wasn’t human, but a Transformed Person, just like in the bases Hao Jian had previously destroyed.

Yet these Transformed People were even more advanced than those with rotten flesh yet powerful offensive capabilities, with stout, non-decaying bodies, only turning iron-blue due to lack of blood flow.

“There must be their experiment staff inside. If these people are dealt with, dealing with Baldeke would be much easier.”

Rubbing his chin, Hao Jian pondered strategies, but no matter how hard he thought, he found it difficult to devise a solution for eliminating the experiment staff while ensuring a safe escape.

Secondly, he wanted to deal with the Transformed People after removing the experiment staff so he could rest easy.

However, achieving all this was near impossible, given the presence of people from the Mercenary Alliance and the Assassin Alliance. He had no idea if extraordinary figures from these alliances would assist.

After much contemplation, Hao Jian ultimately decided against breaking through immediately, opting to wait for the development of a mature plan before floating the base.

If it was in an open field, Hao Jian alone could tackle the staff from the Mercenary Alliance, the Assassin Alliance, and the experiment staff from within the base.

But with nearly a thousand huge Transformed People, Hao Jian still felt it would be challenging; he already found it tiring dealing with Transformed People in the previous base.

Moreover, going in unnoticed to rescue people without alerting anyone was almost impossible.

“Once I come up with a perfect plan, I’ll get rid of you all at once!”

Looking at the wall in front of him, Hao Jian’s eyes flickered indecisively; this base’s defense was quite strict, or rather, this experimental base’s defense was strict.

With his capabilities, charging in recklessly wouldn’t yield a good outcome, so he temporarily chose to compromise, planning to return and discuss with his subordinates on what to do.

With this thought, Hao Jian still found it hard to resign. Relying on his skills to go unnoticed, he roamed the base, gradually memorizing its layout.

After accomplishing that, only then did Hao Jian feel the trip was not wasted, and he returned, somewhat unsatisfied. This time, however, he would have no car to use for his journey back and could only rely on foot, which would take a bit longer.