Next to him, his comrade's head was smashed by a foot, and the headless body convulsed a few times, splashing fresh blood onto his face.
A Genetic Warrior, three meters tall and dressed in dark green Biological Armor, entered the An Nan soldiers' line of sight.
"Enemy attack, Genetic Warrior...."
The An Nan soldier's cry of horror was cut off as a bone tail suddenly emerged from the enemy's tailbone, ripping through his neck.
Then the Genetic Warrior fired the heavy machine gun in his hands, and the nearby An Nan soldiers who had just reacted fell into pools of blood.
Having done all this, the Genetic Warrior used his hands and feet like a nimble monkey, climbing up an ancient tree. His tail swished back and forth to maintain balance or coiled around the tree to spring far away in a few bounds. Laying flat on a branch, the Biological Armor he wore magically began changing color, gradually matching the hue of the branches and bark, camouflaging like a chameleon and making him nearly impossible to spot.
The An Nan soldiers, stirred by the shouts, rushed over, but the Genetic Warrior was nowhere to be seen.
And the Genetic Warrior, like a seasoned hunter, lay quietly perched atop the canopy.
The An Nan soldiers, unable to find their target, dispersed under a cloud of suspicion and uncertainty, a squad passing under the tree where the Genetic Warrior hid.
At that moment, the Genetic Warrior moved.
His bone tail, like a viper's tongue, extended over ten meters long, silently snaking down from above, suddenly wrapping around the neck and limbs of the last soldier in the squad, lifting him into the air amidst his struggles.
Then the second, the third, the fourth...
When other An Nan soldiers arrived, they found an entire platoon of 12 soldiers hanging from the branches like dried corpses, upside down, with their eyes wide open as if they had endured cruel torment before dying.
"Damn it, damn it, it must be a Genetic Warrior, he's targeting us."
"Stay calm, everyone calm down, we have so many people, why fear just one!"
"Find him for me, I want to tear him to pieces."
The An Nan soldiers were in severe turmoil, some frantically firing their guns in fear, others wielding rocket launchers and anti-tank grenades, shooting into the bushes, trying to blast the Genetic Warrior out.
Such chaos was just what the Genetic Warrior relished, as fear exposed even more flaws in the enemy.
Thanks to the poisonous insect gene fusion, this Genetic Warrior possessed chameleon-like camouflage, forked bone tail, and agile movements, making him as comfortable in the jungle as a fish in water. Sometimes using bullets, sometimes engaging in close combat, sometimes stealthily ambushing, one by one, An Nan soldiers silently fell to his attacks, turning into cold corpses.
The number of An Nan soldiers rapidly dwindled, a three-hundred-man infantry camp had dwindled to less than a hundred in just two hours.
The An Nan soldiers, who once thought themselves hunters, suddenly realized they were but prey to the Genetic Warrior.
By the end, the An Nan soldiers had collapsed.
But then, the Genetic Warrior no longer hid; he began to attack directly, simply avoiding the Anti-Material Sniper Rifle, rocket launchers, anti-tank grenades, and Single Soldier Anti-Tank Missiles. He had mostly annihilated these threatening forces during his earlier onslaught.
Lacking serious firepower, killing regular infantry was hardly more difficult for the Genetic Warrior than killing a chicken; the brief skirmish quickly ended. The Genetic Warrior then reported the location of the battle to his superiors, instructing the Servant Army to come clean up the battlefield.
Before long, helicopters flew overhead, their bodies marked with the Jieke Group emblem.
The Genetic Warrior shot a signal flare, and shortly afterward, several supply boxes equipped with small parachutes were dropped down.
The Genetic Warrior opened the supply boxes, replenished his ammunition, and then once again vanished into the dense jungle.
All across the jungles of An Nan, similar battles were happening every moment.
The An Nan soldiers soon realized that they thought entering the jungle would allow them to evade the heavy firepower of the Jieke Group, but those who entered found themselves facing even more terrifying and dangerous hunters, the Genetic Warriors.
Because in the jungle, the An Nan soldiers themselves could not carry any significant firepower; forget tanks and armored vehicles, armed only with light weapons, they were simply a delectable treat when facing the Genetic Warriors sent by the Steel Camp.
The Genetic Warriors, clad in Biological Armor, were more agile in jungle warfare; the soldiers could neither catch up when chasing nor escape when fleeing, manipulated at the whim of the Genetic Warriors.
And with the Genetic Warrior wearing Biological Armor, ordinary weapons were basically useless against it.
Coupled with Gatling guns and other high-caliber firearms, a hit meant there was basically no need for rescue.
The Genetic Warriors also had the Eye Worm's assistance, and some had other auxiliary poisonous insects providing capabilities like thermal imaging, night vision, scent tracking, ultrasound echolocation, insect compound eyes, vibration sensing, electrostatic field, and polarized light vision, turning the jungle into a fully transparent zone for them, where many An Nan soldiers died without knowing how.
The disparity in physical condition, defense, firepower, and reconnaissance entirely tipped the scales, turning the dense forests of An Nan Country into a chilling green hell for the An Nan soldiers.
Those countries hoping to see the Jieke Group mired in difficulty, such as Beautiful Country, were quickly disappointed, as the forest had entirely turned into a hunting ground for the Jieke Group.
Meanwhile, after probing the capabilities of the An Nan Guerrilla, the Jieke Group's heavy troops also finally deployed.