"You're the one from the command post who was transferred here?"

Lu Yuan shrugged: "It should be me!"

The other person nodded: "You can leave now!"

"Huh? Captain Chu, what do you mean? I'm here to report for duty!"

The other person turned to look at Lu Yuan: "Stop messing around! You're just one of the people in the office, what are you doing getting involved in this mess? You should go back now!"

Lu Yuan shook his head: "There's no going back! I can only come here!"

"Hehe! What a joke. Although I haven't experienced the messy things that happen in the office, I know a little about them. You've just offended Qian Jin. Just say something nice to him and he won't make things difficult for you! Now everyone in our Group Seven has been assigned a group! So don't get involved in this mess!"

After saying that, the other party ignored Lu Yuan and walked straight into the distance.

Lu Yuan stood there, somewhat dazed. Chu Jialin seemed to be quite hostile towards the people in the office, and his attitude towards him was quite different. If Lu Yuan hadn't been aiming to enter the upper-level area, he might have left immediately. However, Lu Yuan had come with a heavy mission, so he couldn't leave, nor would he.

However, Lu Yuan did not continue to look for him, but instead followed those people to unload the things.

After a while, the people who were unloading the goods saw Lu Yuan's unfamiliar face and couldn't help but ask him some questions out of curiosity.

Lu Yuan briefly introduced his situation to them.

Of course, they were talking about things that weren't very important, and these people all looked at Lu Yuan with a hint of sympathy.

"Brother, I didn't expect you to be such a tough nut to crack, haha! I like your temper! But this is a suicide mission! You should go back!"

"Yeah! Brother, don't take the risk! This is definitely a death sentence! We have over a hundred people, and we don't know how far we can go! You should leave now! We promise we won't reveal your whereabouts!"

"Yes! We won't tell the higher-ups, so you'd better hurry up and leave! While there's still time, don't cause trouble for yourself! Think of your family!"

"Sigh! I really don't understand what you're thinking! You're actually willing to die with us, brother. You don't know how precious life is. We were forced to come here! Otherwise, who would choose to be a suicide squad!"

"Let's go! We'll cover for you while we have the chance. If the team leader asks, we'll say we don't know anything!"

"..."

The crowd's attempts to dissuade him surprised Lu Yuan somewhat.

After reaching Group Seven, the most frequent advice I heard was to leave.

Lu Yuan sighed with emotion. There are still good people in the world!

However, Lu Yuan's mind was made up, and seeing that they couldn't persuade him, the others could only give up in the end.

At 7 p.m., everyone sat in an open space, with ten people per table, and seventeen or eighteen tables were set up in the seven groups.

Lu Yuan casually found a seat and sat down. The waiter carried a cart of wine and placed two bottles on each table.

There were no markings on the bottle, which clearly indicated that it was homemade liquor. Lu Yuan had drunk this kind of liquor before when he was in the middle level.

It's very harsh on the throat and can easily make you feel intoxicated. If you drink too much, you can usually get rid of the problem by vomiting. Of course, this kind of liquor is basically just alcohol diluted with water. You can hardly find real grain liquor anymore. Nobody would be willing to use grain to brew liquor, except for middle-level and high-ranking leaders who can drink liquor brewed from pure grains.

Chu Jialin stood on the high platform, holding a glass of wine, and shouted loudly to the people below: "Brothers! Today may be the last day we live in this world! It is my honor to have had the opportunity to spend so much time with you all. I hope you all have a safe journey! If there is any chance of survival, please burn more paper money for us in the future!"

After he finished speaking, there was a moment of silence, then everyone stood up with flushed faces, holding wine glasses and shouting loudly in Chu Jialin's direction.

"Brothers! Let's drink this bowl of wine, and in our next life, I hope we can be reborn into a world without disasters!"

"Damn it! Rest in peace, brothers! Let's be brothers again in the next life!"

"Stop dawdling, hurry up and earn some money to feed our families! Let's do it!"

"..."

One by one, everyone drank their wine in one gulp with great gusto.

Lu Yuan stood aside and watched as everyone shared only one thought: death.

A sense of helplessness welled up inside him. Drinking this bowl of wine felt extremely unlucky to Lu Yuan, but not drinking it made him feel out of place.

However, in the end, Lu Yuan still felt that he had to drink this bowl of wine, not for any other reason than to toast these people who were not afraid of death.

A series of gulping sounds rang out as people drank.

Then everyone simultaneously smashed their rice bowls on the ground.

The scene immediately became a mess.

"Eat! After this last meal, tonight we'll have a big battle with these termites!"

Chu Jialin grabbed a pork knuckle from the bowl and stuffed it into his mouth. The others followed suit. This meal was probably better than the meals of everyone in the middle management.

Lu Yuan could also sense that the Long Group had invested a lot of resources in supporting this mission.

The people at the scene looked like they hadn't eaten in years; no one spoke, and the only sounds were the chewing and desperate swallowing of food.

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