After the man in black robes had gone far away, Su Yang and the others emerged from the bushes. Because they had been hiding so hastily, Su Yang and Lin Anlan had squeezed together. This close contact made Su Yang's heart flutter for a moment. He had been too close to Lin Anlan in the bushes, and it was precisely because he was so close that he could see Lin Anlan's face clearly. Her fiery red hair and bright red robe matched perfectly. Although the hood of the robe covered her head, her face was still very clear. Her beautiful features could be described as having a golden ratio. Perhaps because she had come out of her demonic state, her lips were dry and bloodless, and she looked very haggard, giving her a somewhat pitiful appearance reminiscent of the ancient Chinese poem.

Shaking his head to clear his mind of those irrelevant thoughts, Su Yang asked Lin Anlan, "Do you know who they are?"

"The Insulators." Lin Anlan paused, then added, "The most evil organization in the world, and also the most despised organization."

"Su Yang, let's follow them and kill them," Die'er suddenly said.

"Huh? Why? I don't seem to have any grudges against them, except for that time they ambushed me." Su Yang was shocked by Die'er's sudden burst of killing intent and was somewhat confused.

Die'er realized she had spoken out of turn and cursed inwardly, "Hey, Su Yang probably doesn't have the strength to fight head-on yet, so why can't he control himself?" Then she said nonchalantly, "Since they're bad guys, they must have some unspeakable secrets. Let's just kill them and maybe we can steal some good stuff along the way."

"Just who is this insulator?" Su Yang wondered.

Lin Anlan then explained, "The Insulators are made up of humans who are born unable to use elemental power. They are probably called that because they are destined to be without elemental power. People without the talent for elemental power can live as ordinary people if they are lucky, but most of them can only become slaves and end their lives tragically. I don't know when this organization suddenly appeared, and it even developed a device that can absorb the elemental power of humans and ferocious beasts."

Lin Anlan paused, then continued, "The first appearance of the Insulators was in the Kingdom of Delin. At that time, the Insulators attacked and occupied a border town of the Kingdom of Delin, under the pretext of liberating slaves. At first, the Kingdom of Delin only sent a small regular army, which was completely wiped out. Subsequent troops sent also failed to survive. In the end, the Kingdom's elite cavalry was dispatched to suppress them. When they investigated the town, they found that the soldiers sent earlier had either died from having their elemental power drained or had gone insane. After some investigation, they learned that not only were there many of them, but they could also extract the elemental power of others to replenish their own combat strength. Since then, all the countries on the continent have regarded the Insulators as an evil organization, which is why the Insulators dare not show their faces."

"So, the Insulators must be quite powerful. Well then, let's not cause any more trouble. When will this cycle of revenge end? Let's go back." Su Yang decisively rejected Die'er's suggestion. He felt that if they killed a team of Insulators, what if it became known and brought endless retaliation? He wanted to live in seclusion, but not in the world.

Seeing that Su Yang firmly refused, Die'er stopped talking. Lin Anlan also said, "They are numerous, and we are currently not strong enough. Other adventurers may not help us either. Besides, we are on an island. It's best not to provoke them easily."

So the group continued on their way to Suyang Farm.

Meanwhile, the eight members of the third operation finally arrived at the summit of Wan'an Peak. Based on the intelligence, they found the entrance to the cave of the Rock-Beast. Seeing that the entrance was blocked by rocks, a man in black robes used elemental power to blast open the rocks, and the group filed in.

They entered the cave where the Blood Squad had fought the Rock-Beast and found it littered with corpses, including not only their captain's body but also Yin Tianbao's. They were all shocked, none of them expecting Yin Tianbao to have died here.

The man in black robes, A, asked in surprise, "How could Yin Tianbao have died here? Did he know about our plan and get killed after fighting with Deputy Director Zheng?"

Another man in black robes, B, investigated for a moment and said, "He committed suicide. The captain of the seventh squad also died here before. It looks like he was tortured. He was probably captured alive. Perhaps Yin Tianbao interfered and repelled Deputy Director Zheng." It seems that these insulators are quite skilled in investigation.

“Alright, let’s not dwell on it. Our mission is just to explore. Let’s make a record of this place and continue inward,” said another man in black robes.

The group continued onward and arrived at the cave where Su Yang had taken away the Rock Beast Egg.

"Huh? Why are there so many dried meats here?" A man in black robes picked up a piece of dried meat that Su Yang had discarded and asked in confusion.

"Let me see." Another companion stepped forward, picked up the dried meat, looked it over from left to right, but couldn't see anything special. He said, "It was probably left behind by Yin Tianbao's men."

At this moment, another person suddenly said, "There's a smell of blood and residual elemental reactions ahead, let's go check it out."

The group dropped the dried meat and hurried towards another passage. After several turns, they finally arrived at the source of the bloody smell. There, they saw seven corpses lying haphazardly on the ground. The bodies of these corpses were all incomplete, missing limbs, making the group feel like vomiting.

Suddenly someone shouted, "Deputy Director Zheng!" The group looked closely and saw that it was indeed Zheng Jun.

But it wasn't a complete Zheng Jun. Zheng Jun's head was stuck between two rocks, and his eyes had long since lost their sparkle. It turned out that the owner of this corpse on the ground was the newly established First Action Team of the Insulators.

The men in black robes, witnessing the complete annihilation of the First Action Team, were overwhelmed with grief and shed tears. The destruction of the First Action Team meant that all the captains they had spent their days with were dead, and even more so, that their comrades who understood them and led them to achieve their dreams were gone. How could they, who had once been at the very bottom of the world, not be saddened?

Fortunately, one of the men in black robes managed to remain calm. He fought back tears and said to his companions, "The dead cannot be brought back to life. We need to quickly investigate the scene, find out the cause of the First Action Team's annihilation, and then go back to report."

Upon hearing this, the other men in black robes wiped away their tears and forced themselves to search around, but apart from detecting strong traces of earth elemental reaction, they found nothing else. Helpless, they could only collect the bodies of the members of the First Action Team, remove the release and absorption devices from their bodies, which were also tokens of the First Action Team, and begin their retreat.

Back in the cave where Su Yang had discarded the dried meat, a meticulous man in black robes picked up a piece of dried meat and said, "Take this back. It might provide some information. If we only bring back news of the First Action Team's deaths, not to mention whether the Chief of Staff will be angry, the Director will be furious."

Everyone else agreed that it made sense, so when they arrived at the cave where Yin Tianbao had committed suicide, they searched the body on the ground again, took away the tokens that could prove the identities of Yin Tianbao and the soldiers of Bailucheng, and then quickly left the cave, preparing to return to the base to report.

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