After one night’s sleep, Su Wan wakes up to find she’s transmigrated into an apocalypse novel—as the vicious side character who starts off by stealing the female lead’s space, cruelly tortu...
Su Wan and Lu Shiyan were both stunned.
All their attention was focused on saving Xiao Han and Xiao Lei, and for a moment they even forgot that Scorpion had previously captured two important companions, Li Kui and Li Xinhu.
Lu Shiyan glanced at the rearview mirror. Lei Laohu's men did not chase them in large numbers. It was obvious that the huge chaos inside Area A had made them unable to take care of themselves and were exhausted.
"where are they?"
Xiao Han gritted his teeth and tried to recall the details of the ambush and imprisonment:
"We...we were ambushed by Scorpion's men and locked up in an abandoned warehouse west of Area A! We must rescue Li Kui and Xin Hu as soon as possible!"
A cold murderous aura emanated from Lu Shiyan.
"Su Wan, weapons." Lu Shiyan said concisely.
Su Wan immediately took out several submachine guns and grenades from the space and handed them to everyone.
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The abandoned warehouse is located on the relatively remote western edge of Area A. It is surrounded by broken walls and overgrown weeds, making it look extremely desolate.
At this moment, there were several Scorpion's minions wandering around and keeping watch outside the warehouse, but it was obvious that due to the huge chaos in the central area of Area A, their vigilance had dropped a lot.
After Lu Shiyan parked the car in front of a collapsed building in the distance, the four of them got out of the car quietly. Xiao Lei's body was temporarily stored in the space by Su Wan. She promised Xiao Han that after everything was over, she would find a beautiful place to bury him properly.
"Xiao Han, you and A'mo take care of the outer sentries and end this quickly." Lu Shiyan lowered his voice.
"Su Wan, come with me and pay attention to the coordination. The situation inside the warehouse is unclear, so be careful."
"Understood!" Xiao Han responded. Although he had only spent a short time with Xiao Lei, the image of the child risking his life to save him and his helplessness of being forced to betray him were intertwined in his mind, leaving him with mixed feelings.
Xiaolei is pitiful and even more tragic...If I can find his sister, I can put my mind at ease.
A'mo remained silent and nodded.
The four of them moved towards the warehouse silently.
Xiao Han and A'mo's cooperation was perfect. Xiao Han used his wind ability to create a subtle sound to attract the sentinel's attention.
Ah Mo flashed out from the shadows, neatly twisting the opponent's neck or accurately shooting him in the head with a silencer pistol. The whole process was silent and did not alarm anyone.
Soon, the several sentries on the periphery were all cleared out.
Lu Shiyan made a gesture, and the four of them took turns covering each other and sneaked into the warehouse.
The warehouse was dimly lit, and the air was filled with an unpleasant smell of rust and dust. With a ray of moonlight coming through the hole in the roof, they saw Li Kui and Li Xinhu tied to two rusty iron pillars in the middle of the warehouse. Both were in a coma, with obvious scars on their bodies.
Not far from them, there were seven or eight of Scorpion's men, some were talking in low voices, some were wiping their weapons, looking a little bored. Obviously, they didn't expect Lu Shiyan and others to come to them so soon.
"Do it!" Lu Shiyan shouted.
Before he finished speaking, he had already rushed out, lightning flashing in his hands, and went straight for the two enemies closest to him.
Su Wan followed closely behind, the submachine gun in her hand spewing out angry flames, accurately shooting at the enemies who tried to fight back. Her shooting skills became more accurate and fierce after repeated actual combat.
A'mo and Xiao Han also surrounded them from both sides at the same time. A'mo's shooting skills were still steady and deadly, while Xiao Han made good use of the wind blade. The sharp wind blade was like the scythe of the god of death, silently cutting through the air and taking away lives.
The enemies in the warehouse had never expected to be attacked so swiftly, and were caught off guard and thrown into disarray. Although they had the advantage in numbers, they could not organize an effective resistance in front of Lu Shiyan and his evil spirits.
The battle ended quickly, in just a few minutes. Corpses were lying in all directions in the warehouse, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood.
"Li Kui! Xinhu!" Xiao Han rushed over and untied the ropes tied to the two men.
Lu Shiyan and Su Wan also went forward to check on the two. Li Kui and Li Xinhu only suffered some superficial injuries, and they were drugged, so they were unconscious. Su Wan took out two bottles of refreshing medicine from the space and injected a little into each of them.
Soon, Li Kui and Li Xinhu woke up slowly.
"Ahem...Brother Lu? Sister Su Wan? Xiao Han?" Li Kui shook his still dizzy head and saw the people in front of him with a look of surprise and confusion, "Where... where are we?"
Li Xinhu also rubbed his aching neck and looked at the corpses around him in confusion: "Weren't we... captured by Scorpion's people?"
Seeing that the two were fine, Xiao Han's tense nerves finally relaxed, "It's okay, we are here to save you. It's just... Xiao Lei..."
Li Kui and Li Xinhu's faces changed when they heard this. They vaguely remembered that when they were attacked, it seemed that Xiao Lei had a problem.
Back in the car, the atmosphere was still depressing.
Under the questioning of Li Kui and Li Xinhu, Xiao Han told them intermittently about Xiao Lei's sacrifice and how they were ambushed.
It turned out that the four of them were responsible for meeting and cleaning up the fish that slipped through the net outside the canyon that day according to Lu Shiyan's instructions. Everything should have gone smoothly. After the explosion in the canyon, they were preparing to evacuate according to the plan.
Who would have thought that Scorpion, who was supposed to be fighting with Lei Lao Hu in the canyon, actually appeared in front of them unharmed with a small team of elite soldiers!
"We were all stunned at the time!" Li Kui's voice was trembling with fear, "The scorpions surrounded us directly. We wanted to resist, but they were outnumbered, and there was also Xiao Lei..."
Xiao Han took a deep breath, his eyes bloodshot: "Xiao Lei... Xiao Lei suddenly attacked and controlled me with a powerful mental force that I have never seen before... That power has exceeded the scope of his original supernatural power."
"I couldn't move at all and watched Li Kui and Xin Hu being knocked down by them." He lowered his head, his voice full of pain.
"From the very beginning, he joined our team and attracted our attention in the ring. It was all arranged by Scorpion. His purpose was to lurk around us and give us a fatal blow at the critical moment."
Li Kui and Li Xinhu also looked incredulous and angry.
"Xiao Lei... why did he do this?" Li Xinhu asked puzzledly. In his impression, Xiao Lei was a little timid, but he had a good heart.
"He said... Scorpion captured his sister Mo Yao and threatened him." Xiao Han lowered his head, his voice full of pain, "From the beginning, he joined our team and attracted our attention on the ring. It was all arranged by Scorpion. The purpose was to lurk around us and give us a fatal blow at the critical moment."
Su Wan and Lu Shiyan looked at each other. This Scorpion was indeed insidious and cunning. He had set up such a complicated trap.
"He also said... I'm sorry..." Xiao Han's voice became lower and lower. "I remember that when Xiao Lei was taken away by the Scorpion's men, he kept coughing violently, and there was even blood oozing from the corners of his mouth... At that time, I thought he was scared or hurt. Now that I think about it... he may have known that something was wrong with his body a long time ago..."
Su Wan looked at Xiao Han and asked in confusion: "I remember that Xiao Lei's ability seemed to be more inclined towards mental interference, but that day he was able to completely control you and even suppressed your ability to resist. This is beyond the scope of simple 'influence', right? How did he do it?"
Xiao Han had the same question. He shook his head painfully: "I have been thinking about this question. He was able to burst out such power in the end. I am afraid... I am afraid he paid a price that we can hardly imagine."
"He was so weak that he even coughed up blood... Perhaps he used some forbidden method to forcibly stimulate his potential. The price... might be his life."