Ye Yunxi frowned, looking at Base Chief Han with great confusion. What did this old guy mean by trying so hard to keep them here?

Regardless of his thoughts or intentions, we must leave the Fifth Base soon.

If I don't leave now, I'm afraid I won't be able to leave tonight.

"Then we won't trouble Commander Han. We haven't done much, so we're not tired at all. Besides, it's the polar day now, so there's no difference between day and night. It doesn't matter where we sleep."

Moreover, other bases are still waiting for our rescue. The sooner we set off, the sooner the other bases will be rescued.

I think Commander Han won't stop us from rescuing other bases, am I right, Commander Han?

Han Ji, the base commander, was sweating profusely. Hearing Ye Yunxi's seemingly logical explanation, he realized that if he continued to obstruct them, their secret would truly be exposed.

"Alright, then I won't try to stop you any longer. Have a safe journey."

Li Yan quickly thanked him. "Then let's take Commander Han's good wishes and hope we can survive well."

At this moment, Assistant Liu returned with several people and brought a box of gold.

Assistant Liu looked at Base Chief Han and said to him.

"Chief Han, the gold is all in here. How should we distribute it to Miss Ye and the others?"

Before Commander Han could speak, Gu Qingqing and the others shouted.

"No need to distribute them. All our compensation will go to Sister Yunxi. We don't want ours."

Zhang Jing and Chen Zhe chimed in, "Yes, we don't want ours either, we'll give it to Sister Yunxi."

The other companions also refused, wanting to give them all to Ye Yunxi.

Ye Yunxi was surprised that they didn't want the gold, but instead left it for her, which warmed her heart.

Commander Han was also surprised that they all refused their promised rewards and gave them all to Miss Ye. It seems they trust each other a lot, otherwise they wouldn't have done that.

Commander Han generously gave the entire box of gold to Ye Yunxi.

Ye Yunxi had no choice but to accept them all. They then bid farewell to Chief Han and Assistant Liu.

The group of them carried their suitcases back to their lodgings.

Upon returning to their lodgings, Li Yan instructed the soldiers to immediately pack their belongings and leave the Fifth Base. Although the soldiers were puzzled, they complied.

After they had all packed their things and put them in the car, Assistant Liu came to see them off when they left.

After saying goodbye to Assistant Liu, they drove away from the Fifth Base without stopping, heading towards other bases.

After they left, Assistant Liu returned to Chief Han's office and spoke to him.

"Base Commander, Captain Li and Miss Ye have already left. I wonder why you didn't ask them to stay?"

Commander Han looked out the window and said.

"It's not that I didn't try to keep them, but I did, and they refused to stay. Did you take care of the things I asked you to do before?"

Assistant Liu nodded. "The task assigned by the base chief has been completed. But now there's no extra nutrients for that thing, and it's almost out of control."

Commander Han looked sharply at Assistant Liu and said in a stern voice.

"Then go find me some people, or at the very least, bring the people from the base to feed it. I refuse to believe it won't have pups."

Assistant Liu wanted to say something more, but when he met Base Chief Han's eyes, he dared not say anything more. After all, those who disobeyed would be fed to that monster.

"Yes, I will take care of it right away."

Assistant Liu quickly left Chief Han's office.

Commander Han looked ahead sharply and said in a cold voice.

"When I have filled the entire country, and even the whole earth, with little monsters, that will be the day I rule the earth. Everyone will call me king."

On the other side, Ye Yunxi and the others were unaware that this base chief, Han, had serious problems. They only knew that he kept trying to persuade them to stay at the base, which made them suspicious.

In addition, the words that Assistant Liu had said to them earlier made them afraid to stay at the Fifth Base any longer, fearing that something might happen.

Ye Yunxi and her group dared not linger near the Fifth Base. Taking advantage of the early hour, they hurried on their way.

After driving for more than five hours, they stopped to rest in a flatter spot.

Li Yan spoke loudly to all of them.

"Everyone is very tired today, so let's rest here for the night and continue our journey tomorrow. You can set up your tents here and grab something to eat later."

After giving instructions to the soldiers, he walked towards Ye Yunxi and the others. He then spoke to them.

“Yunxi, Fuheng, don’t you think there’s something wrong with Han, the commander of the Fifth Base?”

Fu Heng replied, “This person does seem to have a problem, but I don’t know what it is.”

Chen Zhe suddenly spoke up.

"Yes, when we heard that Commander Han wanted us to stay overnight, we were terrified, afraid that something bad would happen."

Lu Hengyi thought for a moment and then said.

"Didn't you notice? Why did that Assistant Liu tell us about the deaths or disappearances of outsiders?"

Gu Qingqing nodded and continued.

"Yeah, and the people from their base were staring at us the whole time. It gave me the creeps, and my skin crawled. It felt so eerie and scary."

Zhang Jing chimed in, "Yes, I felt the same way Qingqing described. I suddenly felt a chill down my spine."

After listening to their words, Ye Yunxi pondered for a moment and then spoke to them.

"No matter who this Han base commander is or what conspiracy he has behind it, now that we've discovered it, we can't control that. But if the conspiracy is aimed at us humans, then we shouldn't be polite to him."

Putting everything else aside, thankfully we've already left their base. Now we can rest well and head out again tomorrow morning. When we go to other bases, everyone should be extra cautious.

Xuan Yu continued, "Yes, we should all listen to Sister Yunxi and Brother Fuheng. We need to be more careful when going to other bases."

Everyone nodded in agreement, agreeing with Ye Yunxi. After chatting with them for a few moments, Li Yan decided to notify the soldiers tomorrow.

After chatting for a while, he had dinner with Ye Yunxi, Fu Heng and the others.

They eat self-heating rice and hot pot. Some soldiers can't afford these and eat dry rations instead.

The group ate and chatted. After a while, they finished their meal and began to set up their tents to rest.

After Ye Yunxi and the others set up their tent, they took sleeping bags out of the car and put them inside the tent.

The group sat around the fire, chatting idly. When it was almost bedtime, they said goodbye and went back to their tents to rest.

Yunzi hadn't eaten well these past two days, so I brought it into Ye Yunxi's tent, took out some of its food from my spatial storage, and urged it to eat quickly.

After eating, let Xuan Yu take you to his tent so you can sleep with him.