Chapter 25: Time to Go Home!

Humans can not only kill gods, but they can also roast the flesh of "gods".

If someone were standing directly beneath the scattered remains of the Ash Priest, they should be able to smell the aroma of burning flesh.

However, the blood of the fallen insects is always foul-smelling, and the aroma of their oils is also highly polluted.

However, the Ash Priestess died.

Zhang Kuanxin stared blankly at the sky in disbelief.

It seems that after that rain of green blood, even the drizzle has shown signs of stopping.

Large swathes of clouds began to disperse in the sky, and the light changed from the darkness of dusk to the normal brightness of a cloudy morning.

It's so bright it's almost blinding...

Zhang Kuanxin squinted, her eyes blurry, feeling a sense of bewilderment and a weariness as if she had lost all her strength.

While he was still in a daze, the wolf pack behind him, who had already joined forces with him and were in a sorry state, desperate and exhausted, suddenly let out a hysterical cheer or roar!

"The Ash Priestess is dead! Destroy these motherless bugs! Charge back to base! Charge back to base!"

The roar was like the spark that ignites a firecracker fuse, or the beam of light that draws out thunder.

The roars of countless soldiers echoed across the scorched earth! Like a tidal wave, they surged forward, transforming into an army of humans.

Some soldiers were out of bullets, even with their guns and bodies empty, but they still roared and charged forward without fear!

The death of the Ash Priestess brought a weakening effect to the Fallen on the front lines, as if their souls had been ripped away.

The fallen insects, even the wise insects, were in a state of violent panic and trembling.

The tide of human soldiers surged forward and swallowed them up.

"May you have a safe journey and return home safely." This is a wish that every soldier hears when they set off for battle, whether near or far.

The close-in defense forces at the Central Plains Base No. 3 are now going home!

......

None of the members of the Martial God Team returned.

Because the first thing Chen Yuezhou said when he woke up was, "Where is Qi An?"

Zhou Yanying was pleasantly surprised by the completeness of his memory and the clarity of his logical speech! But she was immediately enraged by Chen Yuezhou's second sentence after receiving the answer: "You can leave, I'll stay."

A person who has just undergone brain surgery not only has to stay in this polluted, godforsaken place, but also has to get out of bed as if he's about to grab a gun!

However, while Zhou Yanying had the audacity to fly into a rage, she didn't actually have the guts to pin Chen Yuezhou down on the bed, tie him to a car, and take him away.

She and Chen Yuezhou are friends, but from the beginning, Chen Yuezhou has been her team leader!

Chen Yuezhou only sat on the edge of the bed for a moment to calm the dizziness caused by the still high intracranial pressure and excessive blood loss.

In just 10 minutes, he was able to get out of bed. His hands weren't very steady, but he was able to quickly assemble a rifle and load a magazine into his pistol.

The man's gaze remained calm amidst the crisp click of a pistol being chambered.

He certainly didn't remember anything about the surgery, but how could he not have remembered that vague yet warm, gentle light that seemed to fill every empty corner of his mind?

It has been left behind forever.

He absolutely cannot accept losing it!

Chen Yuezhou got out of bed, changed his clothes, and gathered his gear. The rain outside the window was starting to subside.

The Zhou siblings and the Martial God Team 1 had made all the preparations to leave, while Gu Liansheng and his group had already killed another wave of insects and returned to the hospital.

Zhou Yanying angrily denounced those obsessed with love, while Zhou Yanhui muttered, "Is dying for love glorious? Or are two people dying for one of them...?"

One of the Martial God team members became even more anxious: "Isn't the headquarters considered to have defected now? He doesn't care about our lives!"

But our lives matter too, let's get going!

However, just as this group of people organized themselves and rushed out of the hospital, they watched helplessly as the Ash Priest slaughtered all the fleeing cars on the road!

Blood flowed like a river at the North Gate! A vast horde of newly born Fallen Insects surged forth!

The anxious leader of this group retreated and then ran back to the suddenly safe outpatient building!

The Zhou siblings, who had hesitated to leave, looked at each other, filled with lingering fear.

If they had set off 10 minutes earlier, they probably would have already become part of the pilgrimage of the insects!

After the Ash Priest landed briefly and was lured back to the Eastern Camp, Chen Yuezhou set off, leaving behind only one sentence:

"The North Gate should be safe now. If you want to leave, do it now."

The danger lies entirely with Qi An; elsewhere, with other people, it is naturally safe.

This is roughly the meaning of "protection".

However, after Chen Yuezhou put on his rain hat and stepped into the rain, Lin Jiaran followed, followed by You Zi, Qin Tianshuo and Gu Liansheng... and finally Zhou Yanhui also rushed over:

"I don't think there's a safe place in this dilapidated base!"

"But the guy you wanted to commit suicide with, Boss, seems a bit strange. He always manages to pull people out of danger... I'm going!"

A group of people went down to the warehouse, and the team that was determined to see if Qi An was still alive met up with him and went down to the ground together.

Qi An was still conscious and saw many swaying faces.

She thinks she even saw stars!

A few remaining large drones, along with about a hundred smaller drones, slowly flew back to the underground warehouse, relying on their remaining battery power.

The vast majority of the drones returned to their four corners and were reattached to their charging boxes, which had become small boxes. Only three drones remained around Qi An.

The soft white light shone less brightly, seemingly weary, yet also as if proudly proclaiming, "I'm back from the fight! I won!"

"I'm awesome, aren't I!"

The "stars" dancing around amazed everyone, but their battery was really low, so they bounced around twice and flew back into the box.

Although Qi An's vision was already blurred, she still saw the "stars" and remembered the "stars".

Who is this?

She closed her eyes and fainted.

In the northeast corner of the cave, the "sweeping robot" peeked out for a few seconds. Seeing that many people had surrounded Qi An and his two companions, the red light on the camera flashed, and then it retreated back into the cave and fell silent.

This day is May 16, 2055.

The Central Plains Base No. 3 suffered its largest attack since its establishment.

Subsequent statistics showed that more than 2,000 main combat soldiers of the base's land defense forces died, more than 7,000 second-line soldiers died, and more than 20,000 civilians died! The number of wounded was countless.

After the Fallen Insect leader and his army were eliminated, it took a full week to clean up the mutants in the base and control the contamination trend!

The base, like the three people who saved her, suffered a near-death experience.

But they killed an Ash Priest!

That was the supreme leader of the entire Northwest Legion of Fallen Insects; there were only five of them on the entire continent!

With the death of this supreme-level Wisps, the morale and combat strength of the million Fallen Insects in the entire Northwest region plummeted! The Northwest war had reached its biggest turning point, almost securing humanity's victory!

This is practically a matter of national destiny!

The figure standing at the pinnacle of power, bearing the heavy responsibility for the survival of millions of people across the continent, glanced at those names several times:

Jiang Mo, Chen Xi, Qi An.

Zhang Kuanxin, Yu Shuang, Zhao Bohan, Zhuang Xiao, Su Qingran.

Chen Yuezhou, Lin Jiaran...